Example 9.12: simpler ways to carry out permutation tests
October 31, 2011
In a previous entry, as well as section 2.4.3 of the book, we describe how to carry out a 2 group permutation test in SAS as well as with the coin package in R. We demonstrate with comparing the ages of the female and male subjects in the HELP study.
In this entry, we revisit the permutation test using other functions.
We describe a simpler interface to carry out and visualize permutation tests using the functions from the mosaic package.
We begin by replicating our previous example (section 2.6.4, p. 87).
numsim = 1000
oneway_test(age ~ as.factor(female),
distribution=approximate(B=numsim-1), data=ds)
which yields the following output:
Approximative 2-Sample Permutation Test
data: age by as.factor(female) (0, 1)
Z = -0.9194, p-value = 0.3894
alternative hypothesis: true mu is not equal to 0
We conclude that there is minimal evidence to contradict the null hypothesis that the two groups have the same ages back in their respective populations.
Now we demonstrate another way to run this test in a more general form, using the mosaic package's do() function combined with the * operator to repeatedly carry out fitting a linear model with a parameter for female which will calculate our test statistic (difference in means between females and males) repeatedly after shuffling the group indicators. The shuffle() function permutes the group labels, and then the summary statistic is calculated.
> library(mosaic)
> obsdiff = with(ds, mean(age[female==1]) - mean(age[female==0]))
> obsdiff
> summary(age ~ female, data=ds, fun=mean)
age N=453
| | |N |mean |
|female |No |346|35.46821|
| |Yes|107|36.25234|
|Overall| |453|35.65342|
Now we can run the permutation test, then display the results on a souped-up histogram with different shading for values larger in magnitude than the observed statistic (see above).
res = do(numsim) * lm(age ~ shuffle(female), data=ds)
pvalue = sum(abs(res$female) > abs(obsdiff)) / numsim
xhistogram(~ female, groups = abs(female) > abs(obsdiff),
n=50, density=TRUE, data=res, xlab="difference between groups",
main=paste("Permutation test result: p=", round(pvalue, 3)))
The results are similar to those from the previous test: there is little evidence to contradict the null hypothesis.
In SAS, we'll take another approach, delving into the capabilities of proc iml to make a manual permutation test. We begin by reading the data and replicating the example in the book.
libname k 'c:\book';
proc npar1way data = k.help;
class female;
var age;
exact scores=data / mc n= 9999 alpha =.05;
Data Scores One-Way Analysis
Chi-Square 0.8453
DF 1
Pr > Chi-Square 0.3579
Permuting data is a very awkward thing to do in data steps. But it turns out to be easy in proc iml (the built-in SAS matrix language). Here we read in the key variables from the data set (use and read). Then we generate the permutations (ranperm). However, this generates row for each permuted data set, while we need a column for each, so we transpose the matrix (t) before saving it. Then we save the resulting data in a SAS data set with the female variable. Note that we permuted the ages only, as opposed to the R example– it doesn't matter which is permuted, of course. Much of the proc iml code used here can be found in section 1.9 of the book– however, note that curly braces are required in the read statement, as shown below.
proc iml;
use k.help;
read all var{female age} into x;
p = t(ranperm(x[,2],1000));
paf = x[,1]||p;
create newds from paf;
append from paf;
With the permuted data in hand, we use proc ttest (section 2.4.1) with the ODS system to generate and save the differences. Note that the default variable names from proc iml are fairly nondescript. With the 1000 permuted statistics in hand, we can generate a histogram of the statistics and a p-value with proc univariate.
ods output conflimits=diff;
proc ttest data=newds plots=none;
class col1;
var col2 - col1001;
proc univariate data=diff;
where method = "Pooled";
var mean;
histogram mean / normal;
data diff2;
set diff;
absdiff = abs(mean);
proc univariate data=diff2
loccount mu0 = 0._PHONE_;
where method = "Pooled";
var absdiff;
Location Counts: Mu0=0.78
Count Value
Num Obs > Mu0 357
Num Obs ^= Mu0 1000
Num Obs < Mu0 643
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Jack Greenberg
Redis Permission Cache
During my summer internship at Indico, one of my big projects was building a cross-microservice permission cache system using Redis.
Indico's API is a microservices architecture, which means that they have a bunch (~12 iirc1) of smaller applications that all communicate over HTTP to perform different functions. For instance, one service fetches datasets from a database while others handle that data and perform machine learning tasks.
The need for a permission cache came from the fact that when any of these services were used (i.e. they received an HTTP request), each of them individually would have to make sure that the request had the correct permissions on the data that was being used.
And in order to verify those permissions, the service in question would have to make an additional HTTP request to a central service that was responsible for verifying the permissions. So for each request, there would be almost double the amount of HTTP traffic, and for large, involved requests, that could mean a very heavy load for the whole system.
That's where my project came in.
Each of the services has access to a central in-memory database that runs Redis. Utilizing Redis I was able to write a system where only a single service has to make an HTTP request, and the others just wait for the first one to fetch the data, and read it from Redis. It works like this:
 1. 3 services {A, B, C} need to verify permissions on a set of data.
 2. The first service to query the cache A sees that it is unlocked and empty, and locks it.
 - Any other service that checks the cache now will see that it is locked, so it can just wait
 3. A makes an HTTP request to fetch the permissions, and then stores the results in Redis.
 4. A then unlocks the cache
 5. Now all other services that were waiting for the lock to be released are now able to access the cache, and find that it is filled with data that they can use.
Design Decisions
There were a handful of decisions that were made to improve the performance and security of the tool. For one, each cache was keyed2 using the API request ID, the user id, and the data id. This meant that the data was only fresh for a specific request and a specific user, and thus wouldn't be accessed by any others.
Additionally, we set up a number of failsafes that would prevent deadlocks, including a timeout on the cache lock, just to make sure that a request never failed due to a fault in a single service.
One option we considered while designing the system was actually moving all permissions to a Redis database instead of having them fetched per HTTP request. While potentially memory-intensive, this option would be beneficial in that it would prevent race conditions with different microservices making simultaneous requests, and instead just allow the services to make requests to Redis directly, thus eliminating HTTP traffic in that stage entirely.
Looking Back
This was my first real industry software engineering project, and I learned a lot! It was a great opportunity to apply concepts I learned in my Software Systems class like mutexes and memory storage. It also taught me a lot about software design patterns and writing efficient software.
I couldn't have done it without the help of my brilliant and patient mentors at Indico, to whom I'm forever grateful for the opportunity. I can definitely see that this project and others that I worked on at Indico have changed the way I write software for the better.
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Understanding Pages and Extents
The fundamental unit of data storage in SQL Server is the page. The disk space allocated to a data file (.mdf or.ndf) in a database is logically divided into pages numbered contiguously from 0 to n. Disk I/O operations are performed at the page level. That is, SQL Server reads or writes whole data pages.
Extents are a collection of eight physically contiguous pages and are used to efficiently manage the pages. All pages are stored in extents.
In SQL Server, the page size is 8 KB. This means SQL Server databases have 128 pages per megabyte. Each page begins with a 96-byte header that is used to store system information about the page. This information includes the page number, page type, the amount of free space on the page, and the allocation unit ID of the object that owns the page.
The following table shows the page types used in the data files of a SQL Server database.
Data rows with all data, except text, ntext, image, nvarchar(max), varchar(max), varbinary(max), and xml data, when text in row is set to ON.
Large object data types:
Variable length columns when the data row exceeds 8 KB:
Global Allocation Map, Shared Global Allocation Map
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Data rows are put on the page serially, starting immediately after the header. A row offset table starts at the end of the page, and each row offset table contains one entry for each row on the page. Each entry records how far the first byte of the row is from the start of the page. The entries in the row offset table are in reverse sequence from the sequence of the rows on the page.
Large Row Support
Rows cannot span pages, however portions of the row may be moved off the row's page so that the row can actually be very large. The maximum amount of data and overhead that is contained in a single row on a page is 8,060 bytes (8 KB). However, this does not include the data stored in the Text/Image page type. This restriction is relaxed for tables that contain varchar, nvarchar, varbinary, or sql_variant columns. When the total row size of all fixed and variable columns in a table exceeds the 8,060 byte limitation, SQL Server dynamically moves one or more variable length columns to pages in the ROW_OVERFLOW_DATA allocation unit, starting with the column with the largest width. This is done whenever an insert or update operation increases the total size of the row beyond the 8060 byte limit. When a column is moved to a page in the ROW_OVERFLOW_DATA allocation unit, a 24-byte pointer on the original page in the IN_ROW_DATA allocation unit is maintained. If a subsequent operation reduces the row size, SQL Server dynamically moves the columns back to the original data page. For more information, see Row-Overflow Data Exceeding 8 KB.
Extents are the basic unit in which space is managed. An extent is eight physically contiguous pages, or 64 KB. This means SQL Server databases have 16 extents per megabyte.
To make its space allocation efficient, SQL Server does not allocate whole extents to tables with small amounts of data. SQL Server has two types of extents:
Uniform extents are owned by a single object; all eight pages in the extent can only be used by the owning object.
Mixed extents are shared by up to eight objects. Each of the eight pages in the extent can be owned by a different object.
A new table or index is generally allocated pages from mixed extents. When the table or index grows to the point that it has eight pages, it then switches to use uniform extents for subsequent allocations. If you create an index on an existing table that has enough rows to generate eight pages in the index, all allocations to the index are in uniform extents.

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I've created a check box on a window using the following call to CreateWindowEx()..
(note: h_check is a window handle(HWND), h_mainwindow is a handle to the parent window which has been created, CBID_CW is a constant and is used as an id number, app_instance is the hInstance passed to WinMain())
h_check = CreateWindowEx(NULL, "BUTTON", "Blah", WS_VISIBLE | WS_CHILD | BS_AUTOCHECKBOX | BS_TEXT, 0, 0, 100, 17, h_mainwindow, (HMENU)(CBID_CW), app_instance, NULL);
My problem lies here.. The main window background is white but the check box has a grey background behind the text. I want to change the colour of the grey area behind the check boxes text to white so it matches the rest of the window.
Can anyone give me an example of how to do this without drawing the check box myself?
If i have to draw the checkbox myself that doesn't matter but it would be easier if i could just get windows to draw it a different colour.


Question: English & Literature
What influenced F. Scott Fitzgerald's writings?
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His writing was highly influenced by his own life, which was every bit as extravagant as Gatsby's. Like Gatsby he fell in love with a woman whom he had to 'prove' himself to (both monetarily and otherwise). He lived a fairly wealthy lifestyle his entire life. He was involved briefly in World War 1. What influenced him was all of the changes that he lived through and saw, and the extreme changes that money had on people (good and bad).
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You are busy cleaning up your house because there are guests coming over for an hour. Your children aren't helping and are just watching TV. You complain to them:
Don't just sit there! Do something!
This means to sit in one place and not do anything. You use this phrase when criticizing someone, when you think they should be doing something. You can also say "just stand there" in a similar way:
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PSD schools with Dual Language Immersion programs
Harris teaches the PSD standards-driven curriculum in both English and Spanish. The school's goal is for every student to become fully bilingual and biliterate. The dual language instructional model at Harris has received state and national recognition. The school maintains a 50/50 ratio of native Spanishand English-speaking students.
The Irish Elementary program includes a 50/50 group of native English/Spanish speakers. The program's goal is to have students leave Irish bilingual, biliterate, and bi-cultural. Language of instruction for math, science, social studies, and social skills alternates between Spanish and English each week.
Boltz Middle School extends the Dual Language Immersion program for students that have an elementary dual language background. Students in the program receive core instruction in Spanish for their social studies class and a Spanish language arts class. Students in the program are part of a cohort group that progress through all three years at Boltz. The AP Spanish language and composition test serves as the capstone goal for eighth grade students and successful completion of that will ensure their Colorado State Seal of Biliteracy. This program begins with sixth grade only beginning in the fall of 2019.


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Create a 2-3 page guile abridgment that describes your separated structure, a interest amount or convenience, the peel of axioms you allure want, and how your theme sanctions you to present the MBA program remainders.
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For this toll, present the structure you accept separated to learning, why you chose it, and how it allure sanction you to present all of the MBA program remainders.
Write a 2–3 page article, in an academic congeniality mode, that details the theme and object of your capstone guile. Your guile abridgment should be disentangled and terse yet powerful ample for faculty to agree feedback and control. Your guile abridgment should be well organized and involve the aftercited sections:
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What Does Bridge the Gap Mean?
Bridge the Gap Meaning
Definition: To connect things in a logical way; to have qualities of two different things; to fill in a space between two things.
Essentially, at its minimal meaning, bridge the gap means to diminish the differences between two things. This can be by adding something intermediary, as in, "Scholarships were provided to bridge the gap between students with money and students without money." or it can mean to find an existing similarity between the two, as in, "Their love of brownies bridged the gap between the two people who otherwise hated each other."
Origin of Bridge the Gap
meaning of bridge the gapBridge comes from the Old English brycgian, which means to make a causeway. Gap is an early 14th-century word meaning an opening in a wall, a break, a breach.
The broader meaning of unfilled space or interval, any hiatus or interruption didn't come about until around 1600, and it is likely that the metaphorical meaning of bridge the gap did not come about until after this—not until after the version to stop a gap was popular. Stop a gap, later stopgap, was something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency.
The earliest newspaper examples of the idiom as seen today were not until the late-1800s, with a May 1888 issue of The Pacific commercial advertiser reading,
 - Two hundred and seven circulating planetary bodies bridge the gap between Jupiter and Mars, the complete investigation of the movements of any of which would overtask the energies of a life-time.
Examples of Bridge the Gap
bridge the gap meaningIn the modern day, this idiom is used in casual conversations as well as in business conversations.
In its most literal meaning, people may say,
 - They are planning to bridge the gap with a 40 foot-long structure this spring.
If there is a noticeable and problematic difference between two things, one could say,
 - They will bridge the gap between German speakers and non-German speakers by providing a translator.
 - The knowledge gap between those at the top and those at the bottom can only be solved through a change in education.
More Examples
 - Bridging the gap between old and young will not be easy, and is clearly not something the Government can do: no one wants the state telling families how they should live. –The Telegraph
 - We wanted to bridge the gap [between healthy and filling food] and create a palate-satisfying hearty meal that wasn't heavy. The result? An 85% plant-based menu sprinkled with enough animal protein to feed the soul. –Ocean Drive
To bridge the gap is to connect two otherwise unrelated things by adding something or by finding common ground.


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A sleeping woman's internal thoughts extrude through the surface of her skin in the form of words and numbers
By Di Mainstone, Hollie Miller, Heiko Prigge, Judy Jacob, Adam Stark, Liisa Pesonen
As seen at the Cannes Film Festival's Short Film Corner 2014
Words & Numbers visualises a woman's internal thoughts as they burst through the surface of her skin in the form of words and numbers. As she sleeps her tear ducts weep numbers. These abstract equations spell out a story, whilst playfully growing and moulding themselves around her body until sinking back into her skin.
The sleeping woman's dreams and anxieties revolve around a mysterious man with elegant eyes. The sleeper appears to count details, days and memories of this man. These thoughts form complex equations to which there is no answer. Time passes and her recollections become confused as numbers mix with words and time appears to fluctuate. We wonder if this man is a figment of her imagination or someone she has yet to meet…
Di Mainstone began by writing the story of the dreaming girl. Di and Hollie Miller then mapped out detailed thumbnails, visualising the story, and cut out all of the fonts in foam. Hollie and Di tested where these words and numbers could be placed on the body and how they might travel across the skin. They then transformed Di's living room in to a studio and worked with photographer Heiko Prigge to create a stop frame animation. Di manipulated the small words step by step on Hollie's body and also built larger structures that Hollie disassembled and manipulated with her movement. Design assistant Liisa animated various elements of the story and Judy Jacobs edited the film.
Words & Numbers is an experiment of how Di's body-centric sculptures can inspire or trigger sound via movement. Di and Hollie imagined that each letter had a particular sonic personality. These ideas were passed onto sound artist Adam Stark who created a mesmerising score that brought the piece to life.
Cannes Film Festival 2014
We are thrilled to announce that Words & Numbers has just been featured at the Cannes Film Festival as part of Short Film Corner 2014.


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Are we what we eat? What does food reveal about how we live and how we think of ourselves in relation to others? Why do people have a strong attachment to their own cuisine and an aversion to the foodways of others? In this engaging account of the crucial significance rice has for the Japanese, Rice as Self examines how people use the metaphor of a principal food in conceptualizing themselves in relation to other peoples. Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney traces the changing contours that the Japanese notion of the self has taken as different historical Others--whether Chinese or Westerner--have emerged, and shows how rice and rice paddies have served as the vehicle for this deliberation. Using Japan as an example, she proposes a new cross-cultural model for the interpretation of the self and other.
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Data Security Knowledge Base
What is Managed Detection and Response? Definition, Benefits, How to Choose a Vendor, and More
According to Gartner, managed detection and response (MDR) vendors provide services to companies and organizations that aim to improve the way they detect threats, respond to incidents, and monitor their IT assets continuously.
What is Managed Detection and Response?
Managed detection and response is a service that arose from the need for organizations, who lack the resources, to be more cognizant of risks and improve their ability to detect and respond to threats.
Different companies offer their own set of tools and procedures in detecting and responding to threats. However, all managed detection and response offerings share the following characteristics:
 - MDR is more focused on threat detection, rather than compliance.
 - The services are delivered using the provider's own set of tools and technologies, but are deployed on the users' premises. The technology stack often deals with hostand network-based solutions. The provider will be responsible for managing and monitoring these tools. The tools are placed to guard Internet gateways and can also detect threats that have passed traditional perimeter security tools. The techniques providers use may vary: some rely solely on security logs and others use network security monitoring or endpoint activity to secure your network.
 - Managed detection and response relies heavily on security event management and advanced analytics.
 - While some automation is used, managed detection and response usually involves humans to monitor your network round the clock. Humans also do analysis of security events and alerting the customer. Customers can expect to have direct interactions with the analysts rather than relying on a portal or a dashboard when it comes to alerting, investigating security events, case management, and other activities.
 - Managed detection and response service providers also perform incident validation and remote response. This means if you need to identify indicators of compromise, reverse engineer a piece of malware, or do some sandboxing, you can rely on your service provider for all these things. You can even consult with them on how to remedy or contain security vulnerabilities.
Managed Detection and Response vs. Managed Security Services
Managed detection and response may sound similar to managed security services but there are some distinct differences between the two, including:
 - Coverage. Managed security services can work with different types of event logs and contexts. The customer decides which of their security data is sent to the MSSP. With managed detection and response services, they only work with event logs that their own tools provide.
 - Compliance reporting. If you need compliance reporting, go for a managed security service, as managed detection and response services rarely do compliance reports.
 - The human touch. One of the upsides of managed detection and response offerings is that you get more human interaction with analysts. Managed security services rely on portals and e-mail rather than direct communication.
 - Incident response. With managed detection and response, you only need a separate retainer if you want on-site incident response. Remote incident response is usually included in what you pay for the basic service. This is not true for many managed security services, where you need separate retainers for both onsite and remote incident response.
Benefits of Managed Detection and Response
Like any outsourced service, managed detection and response service providers allow you to gain a team of experts at a price you can afford. For companies who don't have the time or resources, this is especially useful. In addition, some of the tools used by these providers are too expensive to buy on your own and may not be easily found or readily available. Depending on your provider, you could even get customized implementations to cater to your specific cybersecurity needs.
MDR vendors not only detect and analyze threats, but also stop them. When a threat is detected, they will first verify if it is a real threat before informing you to take action to avoid the scare of false alarms. MDR providers can help your organization deal with advanced attacks that even traditional managed security service providers might not be prepared for. Gartner predicts that 15% of midsized businesses and bigger corporations will be using MDR services by 2020, a big leap from the less than 1% of companies that are currently using them.
What Should You Consider When Selecting a Managed Detection and Response Vendor?
If you're considering managed detection and response services to enhance your organization's security posture, here are a few important factors to consider:
 1. Not all managed detection and response service providers offer the same services or technology. Be sure to choose wisely and select the one that is a perfect fit to your organization's size, security controls in place, and needs. You can also ask for proofs of concept to validate a provider's claims.
 2. MDR vendors augment your current tools and expertise. If you haven't had the opportunity or resources to dive deeply into your organization's security, consider only those providers with a more comprehensive technology stack. If you already have tools at your disposal, choose a provider that can offer you a different set of tools than what you have.
 3. Data and privacy regulations should be respected. Be sure that you choose a provider that is able to meet the compliance requirements you need to observe.
While a relatively new facet of information security services, managed detection and response is proving to be valuable for companies aiming to create a more robust, comprehensive security posture. If your organization is looking to improve its incident response and threat detection programs, an MDR vendor could be a cost-efficient way to achieve these goals.


text: Over the last 9 years I have been creating theatre and researching performance techniques with particular interest in the embodied voice, training in the Human Voice (Centre Artistique International Roy Hart), Noh Theatre (Royal Holloway University), Actors Training (Moon Fool), and the Listening Eye (Michael-Deason Barrow, Tonalis). The journey of finding your voice is one we all embark on in some form. What does it mean to embody that voice and for that voice to be embodied? I believe these questions hold the keys to unlock many doors hidden within our psyches, marking the threshold between spirituality and physicality. Finding our voice through the multiplicity of permutations of generations of individuals of bodies, within a global, cultural, social and personal context is a journey of spiritual significance.


fixation - definition and synonyms
noun [countable/uncountable]
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 a very strong interest in something that prevents you from paying attention to anything else
 Doug has a fixation with sports cars.
 fixation about:
 She seems to have a fixation about someone called Tony.
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 in psychology, a mental condition in which someone's feelings about sex have not developed normally because they loved someone or something a lot as a child


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What Is Oregon Grape Used for Today?
| What Is the Scientific Evidence for Oregon Grape?
| Safety Issues
The roots and bark of the shrub
(also called Oregon grape) have traditionally been used both orally and topically to treat skin problems. They were also used for other conditions such as gastritis, fever, hemorrhage, jaundice, gall bladder disease, and cancer. In addition,
was used as a bitter tonic to improve appetite.
According to some experts,
is identical to the plant named
, but others point to small distinctions.
, commonly called
, is a close relative of these herbs, but is not identical.
What Is Oregon Grape Used for Today?
Oregon grape is primarily used today as a topical treatment for
. Growing evidence suggests that it may help reduce symptoms, although it does not seem to be as effective for this purpose as standard medications.
Oregon grape has been proposed as a treatment for other skin diseases, such as fungal infections (such as
However, the evidence is either extremely preliminary or inconclusive. For example, a double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 88 people with eczema tested a cream containing extracts of
The results failed to show benefit overall.
Many studies have been performed on purified berberine, a major chemical constituent of Oregon grape and other herbs such as goldenseal, but it is not clear whether their results apply to the whole herb. In addition, impossibly high dosages of the herb would be required to duplicate the amount of berberine used in many of these studies. (For more information, see the article on
What Is the Scientific Evidence for Oregon Grape?
Evidence from two
studies and one comparative trial suggest that cream made from the herb Oregon grape may help reduce symptoms of psoriasis, although it does not seem to be as effective as standard medications.
In a double-blind study published in 2006, two hundred people were given either a cream containing 10% Oregon grape extract or placebo twice a day for 3 months.
The results indicate that the people using Oregon grape experienced greater benefits than those in the placebo group, and the difference was statistically significant. The treatment was well tolerated, though in a few people it caused rash or burning sensation.
Benefits were also seen in a double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 82 people with psoriasis.
However, the study design had a significant flaw: the treatment salve was darker in color than the placebo, possibly allowing participants to guess which was which.
Another study found that dithranol, a conventional drug used to treat psoriasis symptoms, was more effective than Oregon grape.
Regrettably, the authors fail to state whether this study was double-blind. Forty-nine participants applied one treatment to their left side and the other to their right for 4 weeks. Skin biopsies were then analyzed and compared with samples taken at the beginning of the study. The physicians evaluating changes in skin tissue were unaware which treatments had been used on the samples. Greater improvements were seen in the dithranol group.
in which 443 participants with psoriasis used Oregon grape topically for 12 weeks found the herb to be helpful for 73.7% of the group.
group, it's not possible to know whether Oregon grape was truly responsible for the improvement seen, but the trial does help to establish the herb's safety and tolerability. (See Safety Issues below.)
Laboratory research suggests Oregon grape has some effects at the cellular level that might be helpful in psoriasis, such as slowing the rate of abnormal cell growth and reducing inflammation.
Topical ointments or creams containing 10% Oregon grape extract are generally applied 3 times daily to the affected areas.
Oregon grape appears to be safe when used as directed. In the large open study described above, only 5 of the 443 participants reported side effects of burning, redness, and itching.
However, because Oregon grape contains berberine, which has been reported to cause uterine contractions and to increase levels of bilirubin, oral consumption of Oregon grape should be avoided by pregnant women.
Safety in young children, nursing women, or people with severe liver or kidney disease has not been established.
There is an additional concern regarding the berberine content of Oregon grape. One study found that berberine impairs metabolism of the drug cyclosporine, thereby raising its levels.
This could potentially cause toxicity.


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Salomon de Caus
Caus or Caux, Salomon de (both: sälōmôNˈ də kō) [key] 1576–1626, French engineer and physicist, educated in England. From 1614 to 1620 he was engineer to the Elector Palatine, Frederick, at Heidelberg. Because of his Les Raisons des forces mouvantes avec diverses machines (1615), an early exposition of the principle of steam power, he has been considered the originator of the steam engine.
The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Hartlepoolseaport and unitary authority, geographic and historic county of Durham, northeastern England, on the North Sea.
The old town, occupying a limestone peninsula that sheltered a fishing harbour on the North Sea coast, enjoyed the patronage of the medieval prince-bishops of Durham, who granted its charter of 1201. Modern development dates from the coming of the railway in 1835, when Hartlepool became a port for the Durham coalfield, exporting coal and importing pit props. In 1847 the West Hartlepool dock was added, and a new town was laid out alongside. It grew rapidly with iron and steel, shipbuilding, and marine engineering industries.
As those industries have declined, Hartlepool has come to depend increasingly upon its association with Teesside. The port is now concerned mainly with servicing North Sea petroleum fields, and the town has a chemical industry. A nuclear power station stands at Seaton Carew in the southeast, and light industries have been established northwest of the town. Area 36 sq mi (94 sq km). Pop. (_PHONE_ est.) 9190,900000.


text: The mathematical relationship (breakage equation) between the inlet and outlet particle-size distributions of a roller milling operation is described, and the breakage function linking the two is defined. The forms of the breakage equation and the breakage function are different for roller milling than for other comminution operations, such as hammer milling or ball milling. The breakage equation is discretised to give a matrix form, from which it is demonstrated that during roller milling of wheat, particles break independently of one another. This is an important assumption of breakage equations for many comminution operations and experimental results are presented, which confirm its applicability to the roller milling of wheat grains. Breakage matrices are successfully used to predict the outlet particle-size distributions from First Break milling of wheat. Later papers in this series consider the form of the breakage function.


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Many individuals assume that Index Universal Life (IUL) crediting rates ("Indexed Returns") and the equity returns of the underlying fund (for example, the S&P 500 Index) to which they are linked closely track each other. In fact, Indexed Returns can vary significantly from the returns of the underlying index fund as a result of following IUL product factors:
- Participation rate and
- The fact that Indexed Returns do not include dividends paid on the stocks comprising the underlying index.
How do you understand the combined effect of these various factors? The attached article utilizes models developed by John Hancock and VOYA to evaluate one product's Indexed Returns in comparison to the equity returns of the S&P 500 Index. For example, based on John Hancock's Rate Translator and a 0% floor, 11% cap and 100% participation rate:
- The crossover rate is 5.3%. Note: The crossover rate is the rate at which the Indexed Return equals the equity return of the underlying index.
- Going from a 5.3% to a 6% Indexed Return (a.7% increase) however requires a nearly 3% increase in the equity return (5.3% to 8.27%).
- However, moving below the crossover rate, a 5% Indexed Return equates to a much lower 4% equity return.
This simple example emphasizes the importance of understanding these complex factors, leaning toward illustrating on a more conservative illustrative Indexed Return basis and closely monitoring performance over the life of the product.


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Inventors in England attempted to apply steam power to vessels on the water as early as the 1720s. However working steamboats only began to become feasible in 1781 when Scottish engineer James Watt patented a steam engine that produced continuous rotary motion. By 1803 the steamboat Charlotte Dundas designed by the Scottish engineer William Symington was in operation. It inspired the American, Robert Fulton, who was present at its trials, and was intrigued by the potential of the steamboat. After some trials in Europe Fulton had a Boulton and Watt steam engine shipped to America, where his first proper steamship was built in 1807. Fulton's North River Steamboat (later known as Clermont) carried passengers between New York City and Albany, New York along the Hudson River. The Clermont was able to make the 150-mile (240 km) trip in 32 hours. The Clermont was the first commercially successful steamboat.
By 1817 various steamboats were in operation. This hand-colored print published by Ackermann shows one paddle-wheel steamer designed by Barrodell Robert Dod. In the left background is a steamboat of "American design".


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A statistical relationship between spring Arctic sea ice concentration (SIC) and Chinese summer rainfall is identified using singular value decomposition (SVD). Results show that decreased (increased) spring SIC in the Arctic Ocean and the Greenland Sea corresponds to increased (decreased) summer rainfall in northeast China and central China between the Yangtze River and the Yellow River (28 degrees-36 degrees N); and decreased (increased) rainfall in south China. Corresponding summer 500 hPa height anomalies show a Eurasian wave train structure, which originates in northern Europe and extends southeastwards to northeast China, and a south-north dipole structure over East Asia south to Lake Baikal. Such a spatial distribution of 500 hPa height anomalies and corresponding summer rainfall anomalies cannot be entirely attributed to the impact of East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) variability. The spring Arctic SIC provides a complementary precursor for Chinese summer rainfall variability. The combined impacts of both spring Arctic SIC and Eurasian snow cover on the Eurasian wave train may explain their statistical linkage. Citation: Wu, B., R. Zhang, B. Wang, and R. D'Arrigo (2009), On the association between spring Arctic sea ice concentration and Chinese summer rainfall, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L09501, doi: 10.1029/2009GL037299.
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Selective demolition is useful when you want to make structural changes to a part of your home without destroying the entire building. This type of demolition is common when making interior remodels, altering a building or constructing an addition. Whichever your project is, you need to carefully plan it out to prevent damage to the rest of the structure. A proper plan may also save you a lot of money during the subsequent construction project. Therefore, as you prepare for the demolition, here are four steps to take.
1. Create a Detailed Demolition Plan
Work with your demolition contractor to create a detailed plan. What parts of the structure do you want to tear down? What do you intend to do with the space in the future? Answering these questions will prevent extensive destruction to other parts of the building. Your plan should also include details on the following:
 - A plan on how the demolition contractor will access the site
 - Proper dust control measures to protect the rest of the home from the demolition work
 - A plan of tools to be used to enable partial demolition, such as using attachments such as shears instead of wrecking balls to reach high components
 - Mould removal to prevent exposure to mould spores
A proper plan will not only streamline the project but also make it easy for you to project the costs of the project.
2. Inspect for Hazardous Materials
If your property was built before the 2000s, it might contain hazardous materials such as asbestos and lead. Exposure to these materials can cause severe respiratory problems. Therefore, a demolition contractor should not go in blindly. Inform them of the need to conduct a pre-demolition inspection. If hazardous materials are present, you can take the proper remediation measures to prevent exposure of dangerous fibres and fumes into the air.
3. Determine the Components to Keep
When tearing down a part of your structure, there's a chance you will want to keep some components for the new building. This will save you a lot of money as you won't be forced to buy new fixtures for the remodel. Some of the components include lighting fixtures, plumbing pipes and fixtures, floor tiles, windows, beams and much more. Make a list of these things early so your contractor can know to preserve them during the project.
4. Decide What to Recycle or Trash
Demolition projects generate a lot of waste. However, not all of it should end up in the landfills. Items such as concrete, timber, nails and metal can be recycled for your next project. If you don't wish to recycle, you can always sell them and make some money. Therefore, decide what you will reuse or trash. This way, your contractor can separate the recyclable materials and carry away the rest to the landfill.
As you prepare for selective demolition, work with an experienced contractor to ensure a successful project.


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The European Parliament and Council on 5 April 2002 adopted Directive 2006/25/EC on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to risks arising from optical radiation during their work. This represents the 19th individual directive within the health and safety Framework Directive 89/391/EEC. The directive defines optical radiation as:
'any electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range between 100 nm and 1 mm. The spectrum of optical radiation is divided into ultraviolet radiation, visible radiation and infrared radiation. Ionising radiation like x-rays or gamma rays, electromagnetic fields such as microwaves and radio frequencies are not covered by the directive.'
The exclusion of natural sources of radiation, such as the sun, from the directive was a controversial issue during the legislative process.
The aim of the directive is the prevention and timely detection of any adverse health effects on workers, as well as the prevention of any long-term health risks and any risk of chronic diseases. The directive lays down minimum standards for the prevention and early diagnosis of damage to the eyes and skin from optical radiation, and for the prevention of long-term health risks. It sets exposure limit values and includes provisions on employees' right to information, training, consultation and health checks.
A key aspect of the preventive approach is the obligation of the employer to adapt working methods to avoid or minimise the duration and level of exposure, to incorporate preventive measures into the design of the workplace and to provide appropriate protective equipment. Adjustments of work processes should take account of technical progress and scientific knowledge to control the risk at source.
The directive stipulates that employers are obliged to carry out risk assessment in line with Articles 6(3) and 9(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC. Where the risk assessment indicates any possibility that the exposure limit values may be exceeded, the employer shall devise and implement an action plan comprising technical and/or organisational measures designed to prevent the exposure exceeding the limit values. Workers who are exposed to risks from artificial optical radiation at work and/or their representatives must receive the necessary information and training relating to the outcome of the risk assessment.
Member States shall adopt provisions to ensure the appropriate health surveillance of workers pursuant to Article 14 of Directive 89/131/EEC. The directive on optical radiation must be implemented by 27 April 2010. It is the last of a series of four directives designed to protect workers from the dangers of physical agents. Previous directives dealt with vibration, noise and electromagnetic fields.


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We roll out the red carpet for dignitaries and celebrities, but what about World War II fighters plane that need to land in battlefields without airstrips? For them, the Army rolled out the burlap:
A FACTOR in Allied victories on the Western Front has been the availability of airstrips for our fighters directly behind the battle lines.
Thanks to a new type of mat which resembles tar paper, Army engineers have been able to lay these emergency fields in recordbreaking time. When a location suitable for an airfield has been rolled and graded, a device known as a "stamplicker," towed by a truck, rolls over it strips of burlap material called "Hessian Mat." These rolls are 100 yards long and 36 inches wide. As they pass through the rollers of the stamplicker, which is towed at a speed between 2-1/2 and 4 miles per hour, they are coated with a 50-50 solution of gasoline and asphalt, called "RC-3 cutback."
The strips are laid with a 50 percent overlap and their seams are sealed with a special tar compound, the resultant surface having about the same non-skid properties as an asphalt highway.
Modern Mechanix has more on this modern marvel, as published in the Jun 1945 issue of Mechanix Illustrated: Link


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This one is about an issue you may run into when Microsoft Word is virtualized and you try to open a DOC or DOCX file from a SharePoint site. Issue: When you have Microsoft Word virtualized and streamed to a client, if you open a SharePoint site, select a doc file and in the drop down list you choose "Edit in Microsoft Word" you may receive the following error.
Resolution: There are three possible workarounds for this issue:
1. Install the SharePoint Compatibility Pack from the Office CD on the client.
2. Save the document locally before editing.
3. Run Internet Explorer inside the virtual environment, either by opening it directly from a virtual app or by adding an OSD for it to the package.
More info: KB83314


Khorfakkan Youth Center
Khorfakkan Youth Center
 - Throughout the year: 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
 - Holy month of Ramadan: 9:30 pm to 11:30 pm.
Telephone: 092385207
Khorfakkan Youth Center opened its doors in 2005, and it offers several activities within five main tracks: Literature and Languages, Science and Technology, Entrepreneurship, Arts, and Sports.
The center offers a number of activities in the area of Literature and Languages including reading, appreciation for literature, and other cultural activities such as writing short stories and poetry, debates, and a variety of literary elements. Youth can improve their reading habits and develop literary and critical skills.
As for the Science and Technology track, it offers activities related to robotics, programming, scientific inventions, and innovation.
In the field of Entrepreneurship, the center offers many activities related to leadership and personal development, in addition to human capital investment, financial investment, volunteerism, and developing initiatives. Youth entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to acquire the skills needed to solve problems, communicate effectively and initiate initiatives.
In the field of Arts, youth can benefit from a variety of activities such as music, visual and plastic arts, theater, and cinema.
In the field of Sports, the center's facilities are an integral part of its offerings, with many activities available. These include indoor football, swimming, water polo, table tennis, martial arts, and archery. Youth will have the opportunity to acquire the skills they need in a variety of sports.


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The role of ammonium, calcium, and ethylene in the development of the physiological disorder early bunch-stem necrosis of Vitis vinifera L. c.v. 'Cabernet Savignon'
Early bunch-stem necrosis (EBSN) is a physiological disorder which can severely affect fruit set in grapevines. Poor set due to EBSN has been responsible for up to 50% crop losses in many New Zealand and Californian vineyards. The specific cause(s) of EBSN are unclear. Involved researchers presently acknowledge EBSN's correlation with site specific stress(es), with most maintaining that EBSN is the grapevines acclimation response to a reduced carbon status, with damage symptoms mediated through elevated rachis NH₄⁺ levels. The experiments reported here investigated the influence of NH₄NO₃, (NH₄)₂SO₄, CaCl₂, ethephon, and α-ketoglutarate treatments on the leaf and opposing inflorescence of single node Cabernet Sauvignon (Vitis vinifera L.) cuttings. Results from these investigations concluded that: • Incubation of cuttings in ethephon concentrations of 0.1 and 1 mM induced significant levels of EBSN. • Incubation of cutting in 10, 20, 30 mM NH₄NO₃, 5, 10, 15 mM (NH₄)₂SO₄, and 10, 20, 30 mM CaCl₂ induced only 'EBSN-like symptoms'. • Incubation of cuttings in 0.1, 1, and 10 mM α-ketoglutarate induced no significant reduction in EBSN or EBSN-like symptoms. Secondly ethylene production levels by excised grape inflorescences following NH₄NO₃, (NH₄)₂SO₄, CaCl₂, ethephon, and α-ketoglutarate treatments were measured. Conclusions drawn from investigations were that: • Incubation of cuttings in 0.1, 1, and 10 mM ethephon significantly increased ethylene production by excised grape inflorescences. • Incubation of cuttings in NH₄NO₃ or (NH₄)₂SO₄ treatments did not significantly influence ethylene production by the excised inflorescence. • Incubation of cuttings in CaCl₂ treatments did not significantly influence ethylene production by the excised inflorescence. • Incubation of cuttings in 0.1, 1, and 10 mM α-ketoglutarate treatments significantly increased ethylene production by excised grape inflorescences. The above conclusions clearly support the involvement of ethylene in the development of, and manifestations associated with, EBSN. The involvement of NH₄⁺, Ca²⁺ and α-ketoglutarate however remains unclear.... [Show full abstract]


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Rendering Saturn's Rings
It took me a while to figure out how to do this realistically in
Imagine. Similar techniques will probably work in other
rendering programs. Key steps are:
- Create a 1-dimensional transparency map. I obtained the raw
numerical data for mine from Bjorn Jonsson's planetary rendering
site, and digested it using an IDL routine to create a map that
would have correct geometry when wrapped with spherical
geometry around an axis located a pre-determined distance (I chose 2
Saturn radii) above the ring plane. The rendering of the rings here
was done using a 1 x 12,000 pixel maskbecause it's one dimensional
it can be very high resolution without using much memory. The nature
of spherical mapping means that only about 1/4 of those pixels can be
used for the actual ringsthe rest are blank.
Here is my 1 x 12,000 pixel transparency
mask, in.BMP formatdownload using "Save Link As".
- Create a plane larger than Saturn's rings, and center the texture
axis the predetermined distance above the center of the plane. Apply
the mask as a transparency mask, with spherical mapping around an
axis perpendicular to the ring plane.
- That's all that's required for the lit side of the ringsif the
ring color is something light, both the rings and their shadow on the
planet will look right. There might be a problem with the rings being
too dark when the sun is a small angle above themfixing this
requires some of the techniques required for the dark side of the
- The dark side is more complex because, like most rendering
programs, Imagine can't handle the diffuse scattering that
illuminates the dark side of the rings. A different model is needed,
that in addition to the transparency map has a brightness map, with
similar values and identical projection to the transparency map, but
set to zero where the rings are completely transparent, where the
transparency map's value is 255. Here is
my 1 x 12,000 pixel dark-side brightness mask, in.BMP formatdownload using "Save Link As".
- Because the dark side of the rings has a brightness map, it will
glow in the dark where Saturn's shadow crosses it, and we don't want
that. My solution is to use the Imagine slice function to
cut out the part of the ring that's in shadow (using a cylindrical
slicer), and color that part black (while maintaining the transparency
map, so the dark ring will still block light from the planet where it's thick).
The resulting ring model will only work for a single sun angle, but
I haven't yet found a better solution.
- The same "artificial shadow" will work on the lit side of the
rings, and allows addition of extra brightness to the lit rings to
make them brighter when the sun angle is low.
Return to John Spencer's Astronomical Visualizations Page
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Provision, Sowing and Reaping
Receive, Save and Invest
The context of this verse is that Judah, at that time King Hezekiah, was surrounded by the Assyrians. Just imagine being surrounded by a vast army, running out of food and water, low in morale. Feels like covid? I think it was easily 100 times worse!
But check out the promise in the midst of that dark time. That you will eat "what grows of itself". Meaning there will be divine provision.
But notice what happens in the 2nd and 3rd years.
In the 2nd year, they eat what springs from the same. Meaning, there will be some surplus, perhaps not intentionally sown (or saved and invested) because there isn't much left over. Perhaps it was seeds dropped during harvest. The focus is still provision.
In the 3rd year, they are supposed to eat what is sown. Meaning, whilst there is room for provision, at some point, they are supposed to set aside some of the harvest, and start sowing and reaping.
In the initial stages, it is ok to depend on some provisions. But at some point, you will need to start getting disciplined, save and invest the surplus. And at the same time depend on the Lord for the harvest.
Take small steps, but start.


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The OR operator tells Google to search for either keyword in your query. In other words, only one of the keywords must be present in your search results. OR must be typed in uppercase letters or Google will ignore it.
Here are some ways to use the OR operator in genealogy searching:
- Use OR to search for multiple spellings of a name. There are many surnames in my family tree that I have seen spelled differently from document to document. Instead of doing a search for one surname spelling followed by another search for the second spelling, you can use the OR operator to search for both spellings in just one query. Your search results will list web pages that have either spelling.
- Use OR to search for words that have the same meaning.
obit OR obituary OR "death notice"
- Use OR to search for a location and its abbreviation. Some web pages will list one or the other but not both. You can also use the OR to look for webpages that may contain the old-fashioned abbreviation that data transcriptions from years ago may have used.
- Use OR in combination with quotes to search for the various ways a name may appear on a webpage.
sara OR sarah
meyers OR myers
reed OR reid
DE OR Delaware
DE OR Delaware OR Del
"Patrick Powers" OR "Powers, Patrick" OR "Patrick J. Powers"
You can also use the ¦ symbol in place of the word OR. On my computer keyboard, the ¦ symbol is on the key above the "enter" key (using the shift key). Using the ¦ will give the exact same search results as using the OR. Some people may prefer to use it because it is only one keystroke. NOTE: On some computers the symbol ¦ may appear to be a solid bar; on other computers, the symbol ¦ may have a space in the middle of the bar.
sara ¦ sarah
meyers ¦ myers
DE ¦ Delaware
reid ¦ reed
obit ¦ obituary ¦ "death notice"
For step by step instructions for building a Google genealogy query, go to Learn to Build a Genealogy Query


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In Scrum Process Canvas, the scrum tool, perform the steps below to identify the vision of your scrum project. You may try the steps interactively by visiting the interactive product tour.
Preparation: Provide the business case
- In the Scrum Process Canvas, click on the work item Identify Project Vision to open it.
- The Inputs panel lists the data required to complete this work item effective or properly. Very often they are references that help you in completing the steps. Mandatory inputs are indicated by an asterisk. Now, provide the mandatory input Project Business Case. Click on it.
- Upload the project business case.
- File uploaded. Click OK to confirm.
Step 1: Create a draft vision statement
- You can start performing the step. Click on the action artifact Project Vision.
- Enter the project vision in the popup window, and then click OK to confirm.
- When you are done, you can move on to the next step. To do this, click on Complete Step at the bottom right corner, and then select Complete from the popup menu.
Step 2: Validate and finalize the vision statement
- You are now in step 2. Step 2 requires you to finalize the vision statement. Again, click on the action artifact Project Vision.
- Review the draft product vision statement against the checklist provided as part of the Instruction. Review and revise the vision statement.
- When finished, complete this step.
Step 3: Develop the Project Charter
- In the third step, you are required to develop the Agile project charter. Click on the action artifact Project Charter.
- The Project Vision is pre-populated for you. Fill-in the Project Mission, which describes what will be done to realize the project vision. If it has already been mentioned in project vision, try to elaborate it in a bit more detail.
- Fill-in the Project Success Criteria, which are the principles or standards used to determine or judge project success (or failure). Key stakeholders must understand and have a common agreement about the way to measure project success.
- Go back to the work item page via the breadcrumb.
- Complete this step.


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Welcome to Zoology's
The zoology major emphasizes critical thinking and conceptual skills that come from an understanding of how scientific information is obtained and evaluated, and how this information can be applied to societal issues. The major provides a solid foundation in genetic, cellular, physiological, ecological and evolutionary principles and in the related disciplines of chemistry, physics and mathematics. As a result, the major fosters an understanding of biological complexity including the interrelationships among humans and natural systems.
Characteristics of Major and Student Outcomes
Honors in the major
Undergraduate Zoological Society


You will need to use Preview to make an application icon.
 1. Find the application you wish to make the icon for in the Applications Folder.
 2. Get the info for the application by going Command + I or selecting File > Get Info. Copy the icon in the top left corner (Command + C)
 3. Open Preview and select File > New from Clipboard (Command + N).
 4. The application icon should appear. Press Command + I to get the image size. Select the image that gives you 256 x 256 pixels and then select File > Save. Ensure that you are only saving the one image, not the entire collection that appears in the left-hand sidebar.
 5. Save the icon as Application_Name.png with underscores instead of spaces. Make sure that you save it as a PNG. Select Save.
 6. Once you have created the application icon, Add it to the relevant folder in LibApps.
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Organic Farming Footprints (OFoot)
This project addresses needs of 3 stakeholder groups: organic producers, organic certifying agents and agencies, and purchasers/traders of carbon credits. These groups need a scientifically sound yet simple estimation of the carbon and nitrogen sequestration and net greenhouse gas (GHG) balance likely in a given organic cropping system scenario.
Both a research model and a Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) tool will be developed through this project. The LCA tool will evaluate the impacts (contribution or mitigation) of organic farming methods on climate change. Currently, LCA is the purview of academics and consultants. Working with organic producers to develop a generally useful LCA tool could lead to organic farming methods and systems that maximize soil carbon storage, minimize greenhouse gas production, minimize total carbon footprint, and thereby contribute further to critical ecosystem services including global temperature moderation. A small set of "Focus Farms" will be involved in shaping the contents and format of the LCA tool, serving as validation sites for the model outputs, and as assessment sites for system-level LCA analysis.
Goal 1. Determine the carbon sequestration, greenhouse gas balance, and nutrient availability effects of common inputs, crops, and practices used in organic farming. Conduct laboratory and field experiments to parameterize and evaluate predictive models.
Goal 2. Elaborate on the current CropSyst® model to enable quantitative prediction of the carbon-, nutrient-, and greenhouse gas-related ecosystem services of operations common to organic farming.
Goal 3. Develop a simplified model with LCA capabilities (OFoot 1.0) to allow the evaluation by farmers, agencies,extension personnel, and organic certifiers of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, carbon sequestration, and nutrient balance under user-specified organic farms conditions.
Goal 4. Conduct educational outreach and trials. Train organic producers and organic certifiers to use the LCA tool for soil C management.
Goal 5. Utilize the LCA tool for a minimum of 5 commercial certified organic farms and 2 certified organic research fields. Assess the relative importance of C sequestration, N2O efflux, transportation, and input choices on a total farm carbon footprint.
OFoot Focus Farms
Summary of how focus farms will be used in the OFoot project and a list of which farms are participating.
Summary presentation of Organic Farming Footprints project.
Greenhouse Gases and Agriculture: Where Does Organic Farming Fit?
Agriculture can be both a source and a sink for greenhouse gases. In this webinar, the presenters discuss these roles of agriculture, how management affects them, and ways in which organic farming systems in particular may influence greenhouse gases.


Question: Can You Study Too Much In One Day?
How much is too much studying a day?
How many hours a day should you study?
Does studying too much make you do worse?
Because new research shows that kids who study too much actually perform worse on standardized tests. And that's not all. Stanford researchers found that high school students who are swamped with homework often suffer from poor mental and physical health because they're studying instead of exercising or sleeping.
Is studying 8 hours a day too much?
I'm sure many people do well by studying 8 hours a day for months, but if you do that it will likely hurt your grades and other areas of your life. I'm not saying you shouldn't study a lot for the test, or that it's easy if you just do it the right way. It is still difficult and it still takes a lot of work.
Can I study for 8 hours a day?
I'm sure your first reaction when you see someone studying for 8 hours is that you think it's impossible. It is not, it's work, like those who work from 9 to 5 in offices. The trick is to have diversified tasks to do. Such as challenging tasks, easy, long and short.
What happens to your brain when you study too much?
To start off, cramming in information and over-studying can turn into extra, unwanted amounts of stress and tension that can burn out. … Researchers also say that too much stress from studying can cause brain inflammation and result in memory loss and depression. Even working, in general, can hurt people.
Is studying 12 hours a day too much?
12 isn't healthy but using a pomodoro timer works well. It's scientifically proven that it's better to study 1 hour per day rather than 2 hour per day. The reason is, you learn less per hour when you cram more information.
Can homework kill you?
Can too much studying be bad?
Studying too hard and too much can easily lead to burnout and leave your mind frazzled on the test date. You'll want to take breaks away from studying and focus on the rest of your life, fun, and school work. When you create your study calendar, make sure to account for breaks as well as entire days off.
Can I study for 15 hours a day?
Yes you can study 16-20 hours during your exam days, but not everyday and even if you will able to do so, you will stop studying in a month or two. Hence, take good amount of sleep and concentrate on the quality instead of quantity.
Is it healthy to study everyday?
Studying everyday, impacts your brains a lot, it is increase your memory power as well as quick leaning skills and also we help you to increase your IQ. student who studied everyday faces 75% less stress than student who don't. It increases your focus and concentration.
What happens to your brain when you study?
When You Learn, Your Brain Swells with New Cells — Then It Kills Them. Every time you learn a skill, new cells burst to life in your brain. Then, one after another, those cells die off as your brain figures out which ones it really needs. … Researchers have long known that brains change in response to learning.


The Role Of Sound On The Path With Kirtan Musician Krishna Das
Join Andrew on this interview with Krishna Das, the renowned Kirtan musician, on a heartfelt journey into the world of devotion, and the role of sound on the path. What is Kirtan, and how does one listen to it? Can you bring music onto the path, and what are the near enemies in doing so? The discussion turns to sound as the nature of reality, and the role of mantra to reveal reality. Even scientists talk about the Big Bang, and "string theory." Is the world made of sound and light? ("In the beginning was the word, and the word was made flesh.") How does one "listen to the mind," instead of the classic instruction of looking at the mind? KD talks about creativity, the role of improvisation, and what happens when he performs. The conversation turns to how devotion, guru yoga, bhakti yoga, and openness are central to the journey. This interview is uniquely personal, with Andrew and KD sharing intimate stories of their respective paths. At Andrew's request, KD offers two selected Kirtan chants, with commentary; and Andrew offers his performance of a Rachmaninoff prelude. Join us for this disarming and sound-soaked interview, with one of the most endearing artists on the planet.
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Quick Answer: Can We Test Private Methods Using JUnit?
Can we test private methods in unit testing?
Unit Tests Should Only Test Public Methods The short answer is that you shouldn't test private methods directly, but only their effects on the public methods that call them.
Unit tests are clients of the object under test, much like the other classes in the code that are dependent on the object..
What happens if a JUnit test method is declared as private?
Answer: If a Junit test method is declared as "private", the compilation will pass ok. But the execution will fail. This is because Junit requires that all test methods must be declared as "public". … This is because Junit requires that all test methods must be declared to return "void".
What type of testing is done using JUnit?
writing unit testsJUnit is the most famous framework for writing unit tests in Java. You write test methods that call the actual methods to be tested. The test case verifies the behavior of the code by asserting the return value against the expected value, given the parameters passed.
What runs after every test method?
_USER_ annotation is used on a method containing java code to run after each test case. These methods will run even if any exceptions are thrown in the test case or in the case of assertion failures.
Can we mock private methods?
Mockito does not allow us to mock private methods but there are other tools which we can use to achieve this. According to Mockito guys: Firstly, we are not dogmatic about mocking private methods. We just don't care about private methods because from the standpoint of testing private methods don't exist.


ICC's Business Charter for Sustainable Development
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) is a non-governmental organization serving world business. Its membership extends to more than 130 countries and includes thousands of business organizations and enterprises with international interests.
ICC has more than 80 years of experience as an international body representing the interests of businesses in all sectors, all over the world. It works to promote world trade and investment based on free and fair competition, and to harmonize trade practices and formulate guidelines and terminology for importers and exporters.
In response to the World Commission on Environment and Development report, ICC developed a 'Business Charter for Sustainable Development' which sets out 16 principles for environmental management.
The Charter covers environmentally relevant aspects of health, safety and product stewardship. Its objective is 'that the widest range of enterprises commit themselves to improving their environmental performance in accordance with the principles, to having in place management practices to effect such improvement, to measuring their progress, and to reporting this progress as appropriate, internally and externally'
The 16 principles set out in the charter are as follows:
1. Corporate priority
To recognise environmental management as among the highest corporate priorities and as a key determinant to sustainable development; to establish policies, programmes and practices for conducting operations in an environmentally sound manner.
2. Integrated management
To integrate these policies, programmes and practices fully into each business as an essential element of management in all its functions.
3. Process of improvement
To continue to improve corporate policies, programmes and environmental performance, taking into account technical developments, scientific understanding, consumer needs and community expectations, with legal regulations as a starting point, and to apply the same environmental criteria internationally.
4. Employee education
To educate, train and motivate employees to conduct their activities in an environmentally responsible manner.
5. Prior assessment
To assess environmental impacts before starting a new activity or project and before decommissioning a facility or leaving a site.
6. Products and services
To develop and provide products or services that have no undue environmental impact and are safe in their intended use, that are efficient in their consumption of energy and natural resources, and that can be recycled, reused, or disposed of safely.
7. Customer advice
To advise and, where relevant, educate customers, distributors and the public in the safe use, transportation, storage and disposal of products provided, and to apply similar considerations to the provision of services.
8. Facilities and operations
To develop, design and operate facilities and conduct activities taking into consideration the efficient use of energy and materials, the sustainable use of renewable resources, the minimization of adverse environmental impacts of waste generation, and the safe and responsible disposal of residual wastes.
9. Research
To conduct or support research on the environmental impacts of raw materials, products, processes, emissions and wastes associated with the enterprise and on the means of minimizing such adverse impacts.
10. Precautionary approach
To modify the manufacture, marketing or use of products or services or the conduct of activities, consistent with scientific and technical understanding, to prevent serious or irreversible environmental degradation.
11. Contractors and suppliers
To promote the adoption of these principles by contractors acting on behalf of the enterprise, encouraging and, where appropriate, requiring improvements in their practices to make them consistent with those of the enterprise; and to encourage the wider adoption of these principles by suppliers.
12. Emergency preparedness
To develop and maintain, where significant hazards exist, emergency preparedness plans in conjunction with emergency services, relevant authorities and the local community, recognizing potential transboundary impacts
13. Transfer of technology
To contribute to the transfer of environmentally sound technology and management methods throughout the industrial and public sectors.
14. Contributing to the common effort
To contribute to the development of public policy and to business, governmental and intergovernmental programmes and educational initiatives that will enhance environmental awareness and protection.
15. Openness to concerns
To foster openness and dialogue with employees and the public, anticipating and responding to their concerns about the potential hazards and impact of operations, products, wastes or services, including those of transboundary or global significance.
16. Compliance and reporting
To measure environmental performance; to conduct regular environmental audits and assessment of compliance with company requirements, legal requirements and these principles; and periodically to provide appropriate information to the board of directors, shareholders, employees, the authorities and the public.
To date, more than 2,300 companies have signed up to it, and the list includes corporations such as Norsk Hydro, Deloitte & Touche, Akzo Nobel, and Xerox. In addition, several industry associations use it as the basis for their sustainability programmes.
Endorsement of the ICC Charter is voluntary. By signing it, companies commit themselves to respecting its 16 principles for environmental management. The ICC is currently assessing how companies that have endorsed the Charter are applying the principles, and what their experiences were with implementation.
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|Oracle® OLAP DML Reference
10g Release 1 (10.1)
Part Number B10339-02
The IF...THEN...ELSE command executes one or more commands in a program when a specified condition is met. Optionally, it also executes an alternative command or group of commands when the condition is not met. You can use IF only within programs.
You can also use IF as a conditional operator in an expression. See "IF as a Conditional Operator".
Any valid Boolean expression that returns either
Oracle OLAP executes the statement1 argument when the Boolean expression is
TRUE. The statement1 must be on the same line as THEN.
Oracle OLAP executes the statement2 argument when the Boolean expression is
FALSE. The statement2 must be on the same line as ELSE. When you omit the ELSE phrase, execution continues with the statement after the whole IF...THEN... command in the program.
You can use the IF command for conditional execution of two or more statements by following the THEN or ELSE (or both) keywords with a DO... DOEND sequence. See Example 14-13, "Using IF...THEN...ELSE".
When you use IF as a conditional operator in an expression, it has the following format. ELSE is required when IF is used as an operator.
IF boolean-exp THEN exp1 ELSE exp2
In most cases, exp1 and exp2 must be of the same basic data type (numeric, text, or Boolean). The value of the whole expression is the value of either exp1 or exp2.
However, when the data type of either exp1 or exp2 is DATE, it is possible for the other expression to have a numeric or text data type. Because Oracle OLAP expects both data types to be DATE, it will convert the numeric or text value to a DATE.
When IF is used as an expression, the THEN and ELSE keywords must be on the same line as IF. When used as a command, THEN and ELSE must be on separate lines.
Example 14-13 Using IF...THEN...ELSE
The following lines from a program illustrate the use of IF...THEN...ELSE.... When the Boolean expression
ANY(DOLLARS LT 200000) is
TRUE, the statements following THEN (
statement group 1) are executed. When the expression is
FALSE, the statements following ELSE (
statement group 2) are executed instead.
IF ANY(DOLLARS LT 200000) THEN DO... " (statement group 1) DOEND ELSE DO... "(statement group 2) DOEND
Example 14-14 Using IF as a Conditional Operator
In a program that produces a report, you would like to report a previous year's actual expenses or the current year's budget, depending on the year passed to the program as an argument. A conditional expression in a JOINCHARS function produces a heading with the word Actual or Budget. Another conditional expression selects the variable to report. The program would include the following lines.
ARGUMENT cur.year year LIMIT month TO year cur.year REPORT - HEADING JOINCHARS( 'Expenses:'- IF cur.year LT 'Yr95' - THEN 'Actual FOR'- ELSE 'Budget FOR ', - cur.year ) - IF cur.year LT 'Yr95' THEN actual ELSE budget


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Trisecting an Angle
Date: 11/21/96 at 12:45:13 From: Tracy J Henson Subject: Trisecting an angel I've recently been pondering the possibility of trisecting an angle. I wasn't sure if it was possible and found a FAQ submitted to you that stated it was indeed impossible. Has it been proved to be impossible or is it that no one has proved it possible? The reason I ask is that I think (but am not sure) that I have found a way to trisect an angle. I am a seventh grade math teacher, so I am not completely ignorant of mathematical proofs. I would appreciate some information on who would be the best person to contact with my "proof". I hope you believe me because I think this actually works.
Date: 11/21/96 at 14:47:32 From: Doctor Tom Subject: Re: Trisecting an angel Hi Tracy, There is, in fact, a proof that a trisection is impossible. Many people think they have found trisections, but they either don't understand exactly what the problem is or their method is flawed. The problem requires the construction of the trisection using an (unmarked) straightedge and a compass. If, for example, you were allowed to make 2 marks on the straight-edge, there is a trisection. The straight-edge can only connect points already constructed, or use arbitrary points, and the compass can only be used similarly. An exact trisection in a finite number of steps is also required since it's easy to do a trisection that doesn't require too much accuracy. As a limiting case, it might be possible to perfectly trisect an angle in an infinite number of steps. The proof that it's impossible basically considers the arithmetic form of the points that can be obtained using a compass and straight-edge. In a sense, they are "quadratic" devices - the new points generated are solutions of quadratic equations of previously constructed points. So you can clearly get things like square roots, fourth roots, eighth roots, and so on (and it's a bit more complicated than that - what you can get are field extensions of degree 2 over whatever you begin with). But you CANNOT solve irreducible cubic equations this way - such solutions require extensions of degree 3, and no combination of multiples of 2 gives a multiple of 3 (to put it in an inexact, but hopefully clear, way). You can, beginning from nothing, construct a 60 degree angle. So if you can trisect anything, you can trisect the 60 degree angle which you produce. So if you have a trisection, you can construct, from scratch, a 20 degree angle. Hence you can construct the sine and cosine of 20 degrees. But it's easy to show that the sine and cosine of 20 degrees are roots of an irreducible cubic equation over the rational numbers. This is a contradiction, so a trisection is impossible. To get the details, read about fields and field extensions in an abstract algebra book. Also, to find out more about trisecting angles (or not being able to do so!), do a search under "trisecting an angle" at: _URL_ or take a look at this site: _URL_ So the bottom line is, there's probably something wrong with your trisection, not because I've seen it, but because I've studied field extensions and irreducibility. (And I'm not sure about trisecting "angels" as in your title - you'll need to talk to a Bible expert about that :^) -Doctor Tom, The Math Forum Check out our web site! _URL_
Date: 11/21/96 at 22:36:25 From: Tracy J Henson Subject: Re: Trisecting an angel Thanks for your swift response. I thought I found all the typos. I surely would never attempt to trisect or even bisect an angel.
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Insurance companies require an assignment of gender at the initial acquisition of an insurance plan for known coverage. If you or your child's gender identity does not match what is on file with insurance, they may reject coverage of services. For that reason alone, we must keep the gender assigned at birth, or gender assigned upon acquisition of insurance the same for submitting claims only. Your medical chart reflects you, and will honor your gender identity.
"WPATH standards of care are the guidelines that most large organizations follow. In fact, they are the only formal care guidelines that are widely accepted by the medical and insurance communities. WPATH updates its surgery and treatment guidelines every five to 10 years. In general, these standards of care have become less restrictive over time. This reflects the growing recognition of gender diversity in society." (_URL_


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Using Air Technical Simulations for Better Balanced dust and vapor extraction Systems. Data-driven air technical modeling, lab results and factory measurements contribute to building economical dust & vapor extraction systems that are reliable over the long term with a truly meaningful process guarantee.
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Industrial dust collection and ventilation systems are relatively easy to build but very hard to operate in a stable, reliable, and efficient manner. That is, if the system has not been modeled beforehand and pressure drop measurements and optimal extraction velocities/ piping diameters are not calculated or simulated properly.
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Under an agreement just signed between the European Union and the United States, airlines must provide personal information on passengers traveling to the U.S. from Europe, including details about their race, religion, political affiliations, sexual orientation and health. The argument is that the September 11 attacks could have been prevented if such a system had been in place.
What does this mean for people living with HIV? The 1993 U.S. HIV travel ban already requires passengers entering the country to disclose their HIV status, so advocates are more concerned about the requirements on disclosing sexual orientation and other details of their personal lives.
"They're maintaining that this is about counterterrorism, but they're certainly not explaining why these specific categories are necessary to move toward that stated goal," says Nancy Ordover, Assistant Director for Research and Federal Affairs at the New York-based Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC). "How is someone's sex life related to counterterrorism? Obviously there's something else going on here."


createCommand(func, canExecute)
Create a Command from a given function, for use with ViewModels. A Command is a function with an extra canExecute observable property to determine whether the command can be executed. When executed, a Command function will check the value of canExecute and throw if false. It also provides events for when a command has been or is about to be executed.
Name Type Default Description
func function The function to execute.
canExecute Boolean true optional A boolean indicating whether the function can currently be executed.