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New Forest Remembers - Untold Stories of World War II
Few people realise the important role that the New Forest played in World War II. Its strategic location on the south coast meant that the New Forest was crucial in a range of operations and was home to a wide range of World War II installations. Whilst some of these are still visible today, many have been hidden by soil and vegetation or lost during land management activities.
It is estimated that the current archaeological records provide details of only a small proportion of the actual sites and artefacts that are present in the Forest. Similarly, at present there is a wealth of untapped information about the World War II activities in the memories of those who were living in the New Forest at the time, whether they be evacuees, local residents, or military personnel either from this country or from abroad. These people are now reaching their 80s and 90s and so it is critical to capture these memories during the next few years, to ensure that they can inform the understanding of future generations.
Current interpretation and general communication about World War II in the New Forest is also limited to a number of well-known sites, which further increases the bias in knowledge about our recent past. So despite a resurging interest in local history and information about World War II, the important role that the New Forest played during the period remains generally unknown by both visitors and residents alike.
The New Forest Remembers Project intends to address the lack of survey work, knowledge and understanding about the New Forest's role in World War II and aims to bring the war years alive for a wide range of people including residents, visitors, school children and community groups, offering a wide range of volunteering opportunities for those who might wish to be further involved.


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What to do one hour before bedtime to help your child wake up energetic ready for school
Posted on September 25, 2016
Get your child ready for school taking these simple steps to improve their quality of sleep. To do this, you may want to consider kiwi fruit.
Here's why:
Researchers in Taiwan took adults over age 20 and had them eat two kiwi fruit everyday one hour before bedtime. They did this each day for four weeks. At the end of four weeks, the adults were able to stay asleep for longer and their sleep quality improved.
Here are steps that you can take:
1) Talk to your doctor and ask if kiwi is okay.
2) If kiwi is not a problem, ask your doctor what amount is okay to eat each day.
3) Think about your child's normal daily pre-bedtime routine and ask yourself between which activities will you be able to fit in the kiwi.
4) Go to the grocer and buy kiwi fruit. There are several varieties. Your child may prefer golden kiwi because it's sweeter than other kiwi.
5) THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT: Check for any food allergies by only eating a very tiny amount in the first week. Kiwifruit contains naturally occurring actinidin, salicylate, and amines. Children are much more likely to have food allergy than adults and more likely to have more severe allergic reactions than adults. So go slow when introducing new foods.
6) If no food allergies, you can consider gradually increase the amount over time.
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The Castello Plan is an early city map of Lower Manhattan from 1660, created by Jacques Cortelyou, surveyor of then named-New Amsterdam (later renamed by British colonial settlement as New York City).
Around 1667, cartographer Joan Blaeu bound the plan, together with other hand-crafted New Amsterdam depictions, to an atlas, which he sold to Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. This transaction most likely happened in Amsterdam, Netherlands, as it has yet to be proven that Blaeu had ever set foot in New Netherland.
It is covered extensively in volume 2 of I. N. Phelps Stokes' six-volume survey The Iconography of Manhattan Island.
See also
- Iconography of Manhattan Island from Columbia University Libraries
- Overlay of the Castello Plan on current Manhattan
- List of property owners
- Map scanned from the book "The Legend of New Amsterdam"
- Interactive version of the Castello Plan
- Google Earth File of the Castello Plan
- Zoomable version of the Castello Plan
- New Amsterdam History Center

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Bubble Behavior Explained By New Mathematical Formula
A new study published in the journal Science has finally cracked the bubble code. The mathematical formula can now explain how bubbles form and pop.
Study participant and applied mathematician James Sethian explains that the results of this study could have far-reaching effects, way beyond what is expected.
"This work has application in the mixing of foams, in industrial processes for making metal and plastic foams, and in modeling growing cell clusters," Sethian said in a UC Berkeley press release, and it doesn't just stop there. Sethian suggests that these techniques, which rely on cracking a set of partial differential equations, can be used to better analyze and track the motion of a large number of interfaces connected together.
Sethian and his colleague Robert Saye however, had one major problem on hands. The fact that the evolution of a bubble cluster just a few inches apart from each other depends on the activity levels in the walls of each individual bubble.
To beat this problem, the duo came up with a smart strategy and developed a scale-separated approach which was capable of identifying and making out the physics in each of the distinct scales, after which, they were coupled together in a consistent manner.
 Finally, they were then able to come up with a way to treat different aspects of the foam with different sets of equations that worked for a cluster of many bubbles.
The set of four equations, one of which dealt with the gravitational draining of the liquid from the bubble walls causing them to become thin, and finally burst. The remaining three equations dealt with the flow of liquid inside junctions between the bubbles, the rearrangement of bubbles when one or more of them in a cluster pops, and finally, the physics of how the sunset is reflected in the bubbles.
Saye and Sethian plan to move forward and look out for manufacturing processes for small-scale new materials after their successful discovery.
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Purpose: Chiral separation is important but also challenging in bioanalytical matrix analysis. The investigation of antifungal drug luliconazole efficacy requires the measurement of its two geometric isomers (E/Z or trans/cis forms), as well as their chiral (R and S) forms. Typical reverse phase chromatographic conditions on non-chiral columns (like BDS Hypersil), baseline separation was only achieved between E and Z forms. With chiral columns under typical reverse phase conditions, RE, SE, RZ and SZ still cannot be baseline separated and achieve the required sensitivity in pg/mL.
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The organic mobile phase solvents are good dopants for APPI and lead to significantly enhanced sensitivity of LC-APPI-MS/MS.
Results: Under the optimized conditions, 4 chiral compounds were baseline separated and eluted at 5.4, 7.5, 8.3 and 11.4 min, respectively. The internal standard was also separated as two chiral forms, with RT at 9.0 and 11.1 min. It was demonstrated that better accuracy was obtained by applying a second IS for correcting the latest eluting chiral compound, while using the IS at 8.9 min for SZ, RZ, RE and 11.1 min for SE. LLOQ was 50 pg/mL for all four chiral compounds.
Conclusion: LC-APPI-MS/MS is a viable alternative to typical electrospray or chemical ionization techniques for bioanalysis of chiral analytes. The APPI source allowed for use of mobile phase which provided both the needed chromatographic separation, as well as enhanced sensitivity needed, in order to quantitate all 4 chiral analytes with a 15 minute run time.
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Employing in-depth listening tactics on social media can help businesses understand the issues that affect consumers.
Brands should work towards improving their consumer experiences (CX) to bolster their relationships with their prospects. Offering products and services aligned with the consumers' everyday life and reframing mission statements to reflect the same can enhance CX.
Developing a post-sales monitoring process further allows brands to proactively help recent consumers, track their reviews and improve CX. Monitoring the audiences' social media activity can help brands better understand their content demands and craft relatable content that drives sales.
Brands can also follow consumers on social media platforms to understand their behaviour, motivations, trends and more and create efficient CX strategies. With the pandemic influencing the way people shop, providing products and services at discounted prices can help brands build goodwill and stay relevant.
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Alaska Herpetological Society
USFS Public Use Cabin Logbooks
This component of my citizen science research is considered "passive" because it allows interested individuals to contribute at their liesure without actively seeking their participation in a program with a defined time and place. It contains two components, amphibian specific logbooks and general logbooks as described below. Both methods are being analyzed as METHODOLOGIES for the collection of observational data and for the CONTENT of the data produced. If successful as a unique methodology, it is my hope that they can be expanded to include other taxa and other regions of Alaska.
This initiative aims to engage public guest cabin users within the Wrangell Ranger District of the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) in the Tongass National Forest to contribute amphibian observations made during their stay. Participation has been sought through a series of amphibian specific logbooks which concurrently attempt to educate individuals on the amphibians of the region and responsible ways to interact with these species. The books explicitly state the goals of the project as well as the do and donts of participation. Each logbook (binder) contains:
A total of twenty-three books have been distributed, one to each of the twenty-three guest cabins in the district. The map below (borrowed from USFS) combines all cabins within the Petersburg and Wrangell Ranger districts though only those within the latter are involved. These include: Anan Bay, Anan Lake, Berg Bay, Binkley Slough, Eagle Lake, Frosty Bay, Garnet Ledge, Gut Island #1, Gut Island #2, Harding River, Koknuk, Little Dry Island, Mallard Slough, Marten Lake, Middle Ridge, Mount Flemer, Mount Rynda, Sergief Island, Shakes Slough #1, Shakes Slough #2, Steamer Bay, Twin Lakes, and Virginia Lake. The books were placed in the spring and summer of 2011 and will be collected in the summer and fall of 2013, allowing them to have been in place for at least two amphibian breeding seasons. Given the difficulty of accessing these remote cabins, placement and collection is opportunistic.
The observation pages of the logbooks will be analyzed for completeness and accuracy. Descriptive and inferential analyses of contributions as a function of guest cabin use and location will be undertaken. I will furthermore analyze species specific accounts, location specific encounters and demographic correlations. Additionally, a GIS project layer will be created to spatially represent contributed observations from this component and for the analysis of correlated data points.
The idea for the amphibian-specific logbooks emerged from an unrelated scan of a general guest logbook at the Virginia Lake cabin during the 2010 pilot field season. At this time, I noticed that over a several year period cabin users had noted numerous encounters with amphibians. These observations sometimes included the weather, date, exact location, animal lifestage, sounds, and an animal description. The users unknowingly documented important observational data that can be used, when compiled with other data sources, to better understand local amphibian populations including the timing of spring emergence / chorusing, breeding sites, species diversity, distribution, etc. It occurred to me that this historical information is invaluable, available, but largely inaccessible.
Visitor logbooks situated in public guest cabins are absent from scientific literature as sources of local knowledge and citizen science observations, though opportunistic scanning of these in the Stikine region suggests that in some cases these may contain decades of valuable environmental data, not just pertaining to frogs, but to many species, resources, habitats and climactic conditions. Essentially, cabin users have been unknowing participants of a long-term landscape-monitoring program for many years.They are currently located in the cabins that they were originally placed in and are at high-risk of being permanently lost at any time. In addition, these datasets are useless to researchers until an accessible and searchable database is established.
Currently, these logbooks and the data that they contain are at high risk of being permanently lost in the event of fire, flood, or other unanticipated disaster. They have never been backed up, replaced, or digitized. The wealth of knowledge contained within their observational data is likely valuable to a number of scientific disciplines concerned with global change topics and the research costs necessary to obtain equivalent datasets through active sampling would likely cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. In addition, it would be difficult if not impossible to collect these data from the past, lending to the insurmountable need to preserve these resources. The USFS, though it supports the preservation and use of logbook data in the region, has maintained that logistical and financial constraints as well as the need to leave the logbooks in their respective cabins prevents the agency from pursuing such a project on their own.
For these reasons, I am currently seeking funding to archive the data in each of these books into a searchable database that can be easily queried by subject. If successful, the use of visitor logs as databases could become commonplace as a result of this study and could lead to the acquisition of extensive data on many state and federal lands across the United States. For my own purposes, the resulting database will be queried specifically for amphibian observations and compiled with all other observational data.
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"Which Starbucks Drink Are You?" "What Role Would You Play in a Disney Movie?" "Which 'Friends' Character Are You Least Like?" These are the deep existential questions posed on websites like BuzzFeedand PlayBuzz. My Facebook and Twitter feeds are continuously flooded by friends posting their quiz results, and the market researcher in me can't help compare them to the segmentationwork that we do at CMB every day.
So let's take a closer look at a few of the basic concepts segmentations share with Buzzfeed quizzes and learn why I'm not too worried about losing my job to BuzzFeed writers just yet:
- You answer a predetermined set of questions. In the Starbucks drink quiz, you might be asked to identify your favorite color or your ideal vacation spot, even though these questions have nothing to do with Starbucks. At CMB, we focus on the product or service category at hand, we make sure we include questions that measure real customer needs. That way, we know our final solution will have implications in driving customer behavior. It's much easier to see the relevance of a solution when the questions we ask have face validity.
- You are assigned to a group based on your answers. While I don't know exactly what happens on the back end of a BuzzFeed quiz, there must be some basic algorithm that determines whether you are a Double Chocolaty Chip Frappuccino or Very Berry Hibiscus Refresher. However, as far as I know, the rules behind this algorithm are entirely made up by the author of the quiz, probably based on hours hanging out at their local Starbucks. When we conduct a market segmentation study, we typically use a nationally representative sample, which allows our clients to see how large the segments are and what true opportunities exist in the market. We also ensure that we end up with a set of clearly distinct segments that are both statistically solid and useful so that our clients can feel confident implementing the results.
- Each group is associated with certain traits. When your quiz results pop up, they usually come with a brief explanation of what the results mean. If you are an Iced Caramel Macchiato, for example, you're successful, honest, and confident. But, if you are a Passion Iced Tea, you are charismatic and hilarious. As a standard part of our segmentation studies, CMB delivers an in-depth look at key measures for each segment, such as demographics, brand preference, and usage, to demonstrate what makes them unique, and how they can be reached. We tailor these profiles to meet the needs of the client, so that they can be used to solve real business problems. For example, the sales team could use these segmentation results to personalize each pitch to a particular type of prospect, the creative team could target advertisements to key customer groups, or finance managers could ensure that budgets are being directed towards those with whom they will be most effective.
I'll be the first person to admit that personality quizzes are a great way to waste some free time and maybe even learn something new about yourself. But what's really fun is taking the same basic principles and using them to help real businesses make better decisions. After all, a segmentation is only useful when it is used, and that is why we make our segmentation solutions dynamic, living things to be reapplied and refreshed as often as needed to keep them actionable.
Amy Maret is a Project Manager at CMB with a slight addiction to personality quizzes. In case you were curious, she is an Espresso Macchiato, would play a Princess in a Disney movie, and is least like Ross from Friends.
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The system is subjected to real time, i.e. response should be guaranteed within a specified timing constraint or system should meet the specified deadline. For example flight control system, real-time monitors etc.
There are two types of tasks in real-time systems:
 1. Periodic tasks
 2. Dynamic tasks
 - Periodic Tasks: In periodic task, jobs are released at regular intervals. A periodic task is one which repeats itself after a fixed time interval. A periodic task is denoted by five tuples: Ti = < Φi, Pi, ei, Di >
 - Φi – is the phase of the task. Phase is release time of the first job in the task. If the phase is not mentioned then release time of first job is assumed to be zero.
 - Pi – is the period of the task i.e. the time interval between the release times of two consecutive jobs.
 - ei – is the execution time of the task.
 - Di – is the relative deadline of the task.
 For example: Consider the task Ti with period = 5 and execution time = 3
 Phase is not given so, assume the release time of the first job as zero. So the job of this task is first released at t = 0 then it executes for 3s and then next job is released at t = 5 which executes for 3s and then next job is released at t = 10. So jobs are released at t = 5k where k = 0, 1,..., n
 Interval real time
 Hyper period of a set of periodic tasks is the least common multiple of periods of all the tasks in that set. For example, two tasks T1 and T2 having period 4 and 5 respectively will have a hyper period, H = lcm(p1, p2) = lcm(4, 5) = 20. The hyper period is the time after which pattern of job release times starts to repeat.
 - Dynamic Tasks: It is a sequential program that is invoked by the occurrence of an event. An event may be generated by the processes external to the system or by processes internal to the system. Dynamically arriving tasks can be categorized on their criticality and knowledge about their occurrence times.
 1. Aperiodic Tasks: In this type of task, jobs are released at arbitrary time intervals i.e. randomly. Aperiodic tasks have soft deadlines or no deadlines.
 2. Sporadic Tasks: They are similar to aperiodic tasks i.e. they repeat at random instances. The only difference is that sporadic tasks have hard deadlines. A speriodic task is denoted by three tuples: Ti =(ei, gi, Di)
 ei – the execution time of the task.
 gi – the minimum separation between the occurrence of two consecutive instances of the task.
 Di – the relative deadline of the task.
Jitter: Sometimes actual release time of a job is not known. Only know that ri is in a range [ ri-, ri+ ]. This range is known as release time jitter. Here ri– is how early a job can be released and ri+ is how late a job can be released. Only range [ ei-, ei+ ] of the execution time of a job is known. Here ei– is the minimum amount of time required by a job to complete its execution and ei+ the maximum amount of time required by a job to complete its execution.
Precedence Constraint of Jobs: Jobs in a task are independent if they can be executed in any order. If there is a specific order in which jobs in a task have to be executed then jobs are said to have precedence constraints. For representing precedence constraints of jobs a partial order relation < is used. This is called precedence relation. A job Ji is a predecessor of job Jj if Ji < Jj i.e. Jj cannot begin its execution until Ji completes. Ji is an immediate predecessor of Jj if Ji < Jj and there is no other job Jk such that Ji < Jk < Jj. Ji and Jj are independent if neither Ji < Jj nor Jj < Ji is true.
An efficient way to represent precedence constraints is by using a directed graph G = (J, <) where J is the set of jobs. This graph is known as the precedence graph. Jobs are represented by vertices of graph and precedence constraints are represented using directed edges. If there is a directed edge from Ji to Jj then it means that Ji is immediate predecessor of Jj. For example: Consider a task T having 5 jobs J1, J2, J3, J4 and J5 such that J2 and J5 cannot begin their execution until J1 completes and there are no other constraints.
The precedence constraints for this example are:
J1 < J2 and J1 < J5
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Set representation of precedence graph:
 1. < (1) = { }
 2. < (2) = {1}
 3. < (3) = { }
 4. < (4) = { }
 5. < (5) = {1}
Consider another example where precedence graph is given and you have to find precedence constraints
precedence graph another example
From the above graph, we derive the following precedence constraints:
 1. J1 < J2
 2. J2 < J3
 3. J2 < J4
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This NPV calculator (Calculator) is being made available to the public by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) based on the agency's use of the tool during the resolution of IndyMac Federal Bank, a large mortgage lender. An NPV calculation may assist in evaluating the costs of loan modification compared to foreclosure.
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Electrostatic Precipitator Monitoring System Based on CAN Bus
The hardware and software design are introduced about electrostatic precipitator control system. And this monitoring and control system is based on CAN bus. In this system the basic data acquisition and control functions can be achieved. The work status of precipitator can be collected in real time and fed back to the computer control interface, in order to provide reliable data support for the fault diagnosis of the ESP, so information integration level can be improved and the monitoring system can be optimized. Simple structure, high reliability, communication speed are the characteristics, and it have a wide range of application prospects.
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The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) is a trade union federation in South Africa. It was founded in 1985 and is the largest of the country's three main trade union federations, with 21 affiliated trade unions, altogether organising 1.8 million workers.
COSATU was established in 1985 following unity talks between competing unions and federations. At its launch it represented less than half a million workers organised in 33 unions, but saw rapid growth in its early years. Elijah Barayi was the organisation's first president and served until 1991. Other key leaders included Jay Naidoo and Cyril Ramaphosa. COSATU played a leading role in the struggle against apartheid, organising a range of highly effective wage strikes and also general strikes and mobilising support in factories and towns across the country. The most authoritative account of its early years is a book called Striking Back, written by a former COSATU leader Jeremy Baskin and covering the period from 1985 until the release of Nelson Mandela in 1990.Its members have grown to nearly 2 million.
Affiliated Trade Unions
- Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers' Union (CEPPWAWU)
- South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union (SACCAWU)
- Communication Workers Union (CWU)
- Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers Union (SACTWU)
- Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU)
- South African Democratic Nurses' Union (SADNU)
- Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA)
- South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU)
- Musicians Union of South Africa (MUSA)
- South African Football Players Union (SAFPU)
- National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union (NEHAWU)
- South African Medical Association (SAMA)
- National Union of Mineworkers (NUM)
- South African Municipal Workers' Union (SAMWU)
- National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA)
- South African State and Allied Workers' Union (SASAWU)
- Performing Arts Workers' Equity (PAWE)
- SASBO - The Finance Union
- Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU)
- South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU)
- South African Agricultural Plantation and Allied Workers Union (SAAPAWU)
COSATU is part of an alliance with the ANC and the South African Communist Party, called the Tripartite Alliance. COSATU's role in the alliance has been the subject of debate, since the organisation has been critical of some of the ANC government's policies. While some affiliates have argued for greater independence from the ruling political party, others have argued that the arrangement gives COSATU a political influence beneficial to its members. COSATU's secretary general, Zwelinzima Vavi, has described Jacob Zuma's government as a "predator society."
South Africa has one of the largest incidence of HIV/AIDS in the world, with a 2005 estimate of 5.5 million people living with HIV — 12.4% of the population. The trade union movement has taken a role in combating this pandemic. COSATU is a key partner in the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), a registered charity and political force working to educate and promote understanding about HIV/AIDS, and to prevent new infections, as well as push for greater access to antiretrovirals. In 1998, COSATU passed a resolution to campaign for treatment. "It was clear to the labour movement at that time that its lowest paid members were dying because they couldn't afford medicines," says Theodora Steel, Campaigns Coordinator at COSATU. "We saw TAC as a natural ally in a campaign for treatment. We passed a formal resolution at our congress to assist and build TAC.
Notwithstanding the formal alliance of COSATU with the ruling ANC party, it has been at odds with the government, calling for the roll-out of comprehensive public access to antiretroviral drugs.
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In October 2004 and February 2005 COSATU sent delegations to Zimbabwe to judge conditions in that country before the 2005 Zimbabwe parliamentary elections. They were expelled from the country on both occasions.
COSATU has arranged protests and border blockades against the regime in Harare.
Current officeholders
- Eastern Cape Xola Phakathi
- Free State and Northern Cape Sam Mashinini
- Gauteng Siphiwe Mgcina
- KwaZulu-Natal Sahlulele Luzipho
- Limpopo Jan Tsiane
- Mpumalanga Norman Mokoena
- North West Solly Phetoe
- Western Cape Tony Ehrenreich
See also
- Zuma slammed as strike builds, The Star, 28 August 2010
- "2006 Report on the global AIDS epidemic". UNAIDS. Retrieved 2006-07-11.
- "Country profile - South Africa". ILOAIDS. Retrieved 2006-07-11.
- "Stepping back from the edge". UNAIDS. Retrieved 2006-07-11.
- "South African Union Boss Demands Government Supply Anti-AIDS Drugs". The Body.com. Retrieved 2006-07-11.
- Hospitals blocked as South African unions resume massive strikes, Sipho January, Observer, 19/08/2010
- Worker leaders _URL_
- Official homepage
- COSATU Daily News
- COSATU Press Releases
- South Africa Info: Trade Unions in South Africa


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Woodruff (Galium odoratum) is a herbaceous perennial plant in the family Rubiaceae, native to Europe, North Africa and western Asia. It grows to 30-50 cm (12-20 ins.) long, often lying flat on the ground or supported by other plants. The plant is also known in English as Sweet Woodruff or Wild Baby's Breath. "Master of the woods" is probably a translation of the German name Waldmeister. Names like "Sweetscented bedstraw", "Cudweed" and "Ladies' Bedstraw" should be avoided; the former two properly refer to Galium triflorum, the latter to Galium verum.
The leaves are simple, lanceolate, glabrous, 2-5 cm long, and borne in whorls of 6-9. The small (4-7 mm diameter) flowers are produced in cymes, each white with four petals joined together at the base. The seeds are 2-4 mm diameter, produced singly, and each seed is covered in tiny hooked bristles which help disperse the seed by sticking temporarily to clothing and animal fur.
This plant prefers partial to full shade in moist, rich soils. In dry summers it needs frequent irrigation. Propagation is by crown division, separation of the rooted stems, or digging up of the barely submerged perimeter stolons.
Woodruff, as the scientific name odoratum suggests, is a strongly scented plant, the sweet scent being derived from coumarin.This scent increases on wilting and then persists on drying, and woodruff is used in pot-pourri and as a moth deterrent. It is also used, mainly in Germany, to flavour May wine (called "Maiwein" or "Maibowle" in German), beer (Berliner Weisse), brandy, sausages, jelly, jam, a soft drink (Tarhun), ice cream, and a herbal tea with gentle sedative properties.
High doses can cause headaches, due to the toxity of coumarin. Very high doses of coumarin can cause vertigo, somnolence or even central paralysis and apnoea while in a coma. Since 1981, woodruff may no longer be used as an ingredient of industrially produced drinks and foodstuffs in Germany; it has been replaced by artificial aromas and colorings.
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To enable the use of fine-grained Attributed Based Access Control (ABAC) model within the Spring framework, Axiomatics introduced the XACML PEP SDK for Spring Security.
In this refresher webinar, we cover the basics of the integration and go into the details of what has changed, and been enhanced in the SDK, based on direct customer feedback derived from real-world usage scenarios.
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- Understanding an externalized and attribute-based approach to access control
- Extending Spring Security to use an ABAC model for access control
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What is Needed to Request a Copy of a Birth Certificate?
 - A completed Document Request Form (PDF).
 - Requester must show a copy of their state issued picture ID.
 - If requesting a Birth Certificate for someone other than yourself, copies of Birth Certificates can only be given to the following relatives.
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 - Brother
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Cost of Obtaining a Copy of a Birth Certificate
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Dog Injuries Due To Leash Straining
Dog Leash Straining
"Who is walking whom?"
This question pops into my mind whenever I see owners being dragged down the street by their dogs. Leash pulling usually becomes a complaint only after a large dog has finally succeeding in pulling its owners off their feet, with resultant injury or embarrassment.
Most cases of leash pulling involve dogs that have become accommodated to the discomfort of a choke chain, pinch collar or even a leather collar. Some of them cease pulling only long enough to cough, some even regurgitate or take a few deep breaths, then continue struggling forward.
Most dog owners have no idea that their frustrated leash-pulling dog might actually suffer physical injury during their daily tug-of-war. However, in a Swedish study by the noted behaviorist Anders Hallgren, of 400 dog owners who agreed to have their dog's spines X-rayed, 63% were found to have spinal injuries. Of the injured dogs with neck (cervical) injuries, 91% had experience harsh jerks on the leash or were serious leash strainers! Among aggressive or overactive dogs, 78% had spinal injuries.
Head harnesses are very effective in controlling even the most straining of dogs and should be seriously considered.


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Compared to Terran males, the average Homo-Reptilicus Sirius male is slightly taller and heavier. Conversely, the average Sirian female is shorter and smaller than her Terran counterpart.
|Average Height||Average Weight||Average lifespan|
|Sirian Male||5 Foot 10 inches||190 pounds||81 Earth Years|
|Sirian Female||5 Foot 3 inches||139 pounds||73 Earth Years|
Note for females: Gestation period is 2.5 months; all Sirian young are carried in an oviparous state and birthed in a soft-shell egg after which hatching occurs immediately.
The reptilian Sirians are similar in chemical makeup and physiological nature to Terrestrial reptiles. However, Sirians are the dominant lifeform on their planet, comprising over 80% of total lifeforms on Sirius IV.
Like Terran Homo sapiens, Sirians walk upright and erect. The Sirian skeletal structure is similar to that of a human, although slightly lower in calcium. The bones of the spinal vertebrae are smaller and terminate in a short tail, a vestigial remnant of the past. The skull is ossified and bony, as in Terrestrial reptiles, and is fixed except for a distendable jawbone to facilitate consumption of large prey. The bony plates that protrude above the eyes and across the head are vestigial; once used in defense they now help in the body's cooling.
Sirian internal organs are closely similar to those of a Terrestrial crocodile. The heart is divided into five chambers and beats 52 times per minute. The circulatory system is intricate, branching out into fibrous bunches toward the extremities. Due to the complexity of this circulatory system, Sirians are warm-blooded and need no outside temperature augmentation to remain comfortable. Sirian blood is copper-based, hence its green color, and rich in antibodies and sparse in corpuscles. Those Sirians in the Terran fleet have been extensively vaccinated against most Terran bacteria.
The digestive and ingestive system of Sirians is similar to that of Terrestrial snakes, including a highly developed stomach. Sirians prefer live prey or freshly-killed meat. Sometimes by choice but often due to lack of meat, Sirians consume raw, mineral-rich vegetables as a dietary supplement. Fried or prepared foods cause gastric upset. The excretory system makes provision for solid and liquid waste through a single large kidney organ.
Sirian lungs are both functional and operate best in low-altitude topography and damp climates. Sirian skin is covered by dermal plates, or scales, and is extremely osmotic. To keep their dermal from drying and cracking, Sirians bathe regularly in oil-rich water. For Sirians in the Terran fleet, a silicon-based lubricant coats the inner layer of their artificial "human skin." This skin is devoid of feeling, but is thin enough to allow full sensory transmittal and gas permeability.
The optical arrangement of Sirians is purely reptilian, with a single vertical slit instead of a round pupil. The Sirian eye possesses sufficient cones to allow pale color vision, and it is extremely sensitive to light due to the density of rod neurons. Olfactory senses are less highly developed than that of Terrans, but are more functional in filtering out airborne particles. The Sirian auditory system is composed of a vibrating tympanic membrane directed inward by a simple ear arrangement.
Sirians have a built-in defense mechanism in the form of an acidic neurotoxin similar to Terrestrial rattlesnake venom. The toxin is located in a maxillary gland (like the human parotid gland) and can be sprayed by a Sirian voluntarily. The atomized venom is airborne and irritating to humans, causing dizziness, heart fibrillation, shortness of breath, and in cases of extreme alergy, the eyes can go blind, if the venom hits there, and in some cases, even death is possible.


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BlueFolder has built-in support for tracking equipment owned by your customers. You can customize the fields that are part of equipment records.
Customizable Built-In Fields
The following fields can be customized:
- Equipment Type - A list field that is used to categorize equipment by type.
- External Id - A text field that can be used to assign an Id that references external data.
You can add unlimited custom fields to equipment records.
Custom Field Data Types
- Text - a general purpose data field that accepts any type of data (letters, numbers, special characters, etc).
- List - a value-list field that allows you to specify a list of values from which users must pick.
- Data - a date field that generates a date picker control for users to pick from.
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- Yes/No - a data field that generates a checkbox control on the screen. Used for true/false values.


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- A PS3
- USB Keyboard
- USB Mouse
- Ethernet Cable
- A Windows Xp Install CD
- Computer with Internet (semi-fast because you need to download a 700mb iSO file)
- CD or DVD Burner
- CD or DVD
Is a different distro already installed? If so then skip Step 2 of preparing your PS3 Part 1.
Prepare your PS3 Part 1:
1. Plug your PS3 into your tv, plug in the power cable, plug in your keyboard, mouse, and plug in your ethernet cable
2. Turn on your PS3 Scroll Left, Go to Settings > System Settings > Format Utility > Format HDD (This deletes all savedata on your PS3 backup your data before hand with the backup utility if you don't want to lose your saves).
Now select Either Option it doesn't matter I recommend only giving 10gb to Linux and keeping the rest for the PS3's side.
Obtain your Linux Disk:
1. Download your favorite version of Ubuntu I recommend Xubuntu 7.04 Feisty.
2 Burn the iSO to a disc: either a CD or DVD, using a program such as IMGBurn, Nero, Clone CD, etc.
Preparing your PS3 Part 2:
1. Put in your Newly burned Linux CD/DVD in the PS3
2. Scroll Left go to Settings > System Settings > Install Other OS, it will search and install otheros.bld off the disk
3. Scroll Left go to Settings > System Settings > Default System, Select Other OS, select otheros, and press x to reboot
Important Note: Your console now won't boot to that XMB you're aware of, it will load kboot instead, if you want to load the XMB again just hold down the power button when you turn it on and it will change the default system to the XMB.
1. Press enter at kboot
2. Wait for it to load the live distribution of Xubuntu (About 5 minutes)
3. Click the install shortcut on the Desktop
4. Follow all the prompts, when the window exceeds your tv screen, hold alt and left click to slide the window around.
5. Remember your username and password, it's real simple just follow all the prompts, it should take about 30-40 mins.
Here's the install prompts:
1. Select English, click forward.
2. Select the city with the time zone you want, click forward.
3. Select your Language (English), and Keyboard (US English).
4. I recommend to Select Guided Use Entire Disk, click forward.
5. It'll complain, hit continue (don't worry it'll work).
6. Hit forward, you shouldn't have any accounts to import.
7. Enter your Name, Login Name, Password, and what Network Name you want your PS3 to be.
Note: DO NOT FORGET YOUR LOGIN OR PASSWORD, or you will have to reinstall Linux, click forward.
8. Click forward to accept all your settings you provided, it will now start self installing.
9. Go find something to do for at least 30 minutes.. I think mine took 45 minutes to do this step.
10. When finished it will pop up a window, just click restart now.
When it reboots take out the cd, press enter at kboot, wait, then login at the login screen with your username and password. (If it didn't reboot right and it just displays a flashing underscore, just take the CD out, and flip the power switch in the back off then on, and it should load kboot).
Freeing Up Some RAM:
1. Click Application> System> Services, type your password in.
2. Uncheck everything but Cpu Frequency Manager, Graphical Login Manager, Hotkeys Management, and System Communications Bus.
3. Consider Installing Fluxbox (Only if you feel OK with the risk of having to reinstall linux).
Changing Screen Size:
This step is not needed if you have just a regular non hdtv as there won't be other screen options available.
1. Discover what type of TV you have, is it a lcd, a plasma, crt, old tube, and become aware of different screen sizes available. Mine is a 32" LCD Flat Screen, supporting at highest 720p.
2. Open Terminal (Applications > System > Accessories > Terminal).
3. Type sudo apt-get install ps3pf-utils which will install the ps3videomode command.
4. Now type ps3videomode -v which will provide all options for the command.
5. Now you want to discover which video modes work, just start guessing. Personally I use ps3videomode -v 3, if you try an option and it garbles your text press the up arrow delete the number and type 1 and press enter. This should bring it back to the way it was if not press enter, and type ps3videomode -v 1.
6. Keep trying your options, if an option garbles your text it probably works but you just need to change it in the kboot.conf file before linux boots. If it displays just a black screen it's probably a bad mode, try another.
7. Now to assign our video mode at startup do the following.
8. type sudo su, you should now be root be careful in this mode as you can screw some stuff up and have to reinstall.
9. type nano /etc/kboot.conf which opens the kboot in a text editor. Add ps3fb:mode:xx at the end of each quote, it should look like the following... Remember to change the xx to whatever video mode you decided upon:
11. Now Press Control-X, y, save as kboot.conf by pressing enter
12. Now type sudo reboot
1. Open Terminal (System> Accessories)
2. type sudo apt-get install qemu and press y
Installing Windows XP:
1. Create a folder on your desktop labeled Windows or whatever
2. Open the folder, right click in the blank space, and click open terminal here
Create HDD Image for Qemu:
1. In terminal type qemu-img create xp.img 2G which creates a 2gb hdd for use in qemu.
Create Windows Xp Install Disk with Nlite:
1. Google around for a good guide for making a decent Nlite iSO with minimal system requirements. My disk is down to about 95mb in size, but it can go much further lower in size, this is just with some of the minor crap removed.
Moving your finished Nlite iSO to your PS3:
1. When finished copy the iSO to your PS3 either by usb stick, ipod, burning the iso file to a disk (not the iSO), or whatever means you have.
2. When done put it in the Windows folder you made on the desktop, this should be the same folder as xp.img
3. Rename it to something simple such as xpinstallcd.iso
1. Open the Windows Folder, right click, click open terminal here
2. type qemu -cdrom xpinstallcd.iso -hda xp.img -m 64M -boot d
Note the 64 is the amount of ram you would like to reserve for Qemu, remember you're running Linux already and more isn't always better.
3. A new window should open running a virtual machine (emulation) of a X86 Processor which can Run XP.
4. After XP is installed all you need to do to run XP is to type qemu -hda xp.img -m 64M
Transfering Files to XP:
1. Make an iSO of the files with a tool such as PoweriSO, MagiciSO, etc
2. Copy the file to your ps3 put it in your Windows folder on your desktop, and mount it as a CD-ROM. Here's what the command may look like: qemu -cdrom files.iso -hda xp.img -m 64M


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The section after the action is called the postlude. The rule's postlude statement is evaluated after the action has been generated.
The postlude allows for effects. Effects are an important addition to the ECA pattern. Effects differ from actions in that they do not result in directive documents being sent to the endpoint. Instead, they cause side effects on the KRE system. Examples of effects include the following:
 - Persistent variables. An effect might cause a permanent change to a persistent variable. Persistent variables allow context to be automatically maintained for an entity or an application across separate invocations of a rule set. See the documentation on persistent variables for more information.
 - Control statements. Sometimes, you need affect the normal execution order. For example, the last statement causes the execution of the ruleset to terminate after the current rule.
 - Explicit events. Explicit events allow a rule set to raise an event in response to incoming events.
 - Scheduled events. Scheduled events are raised and evaluated at a specific time.
 - Exception Handling Rules can raise error events that other rules respond to for handling exceptions.
 - Explicit Logging An effect might direct the system to log something.
The rule postlude allows action to be taken based on whether or not the rule fired. The most common use is to manage persistent variables. You can also place explicit logging statements in the prelude.
Postludes are evaluated based on the status of the rule: fired, notfired, or always. The fired and notfired constructs take an optional else clause that is executed in the opposite state. Consequently, a postlude takes on of the following forms:
Since the else is optional, you will often see postludes without it:
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[ The PC Guide | Systems and Components Reference Guide | Motherboard and System Devices | The
Motherboard | Motherboard Integrated Components ]
Jumpers are pins on a motherboard or other device, that are used to provide
configuration information to the hardware. A single jumper consists of a pair of pins,
with a small rectangular shunt that can be placed over both pins to short them together.
The hardware is programmed to act one way when the jumper is shorted, and another way when
it is left open. The jumpers are normally numbered JP1, JP2 etc.. For some functions, a
group of jumpers is used.
Every motherboard differs in its jumper numbering, positioning, and most importantly,
what the settings for each jumper mean. This is why having the motherboard manual is so
crucial for anyone who wants to work on their PC. This
procedure provides specific instructions and caveats for configuring your motherboard.
One of the newest innovations on the market is the "jumperless" motherboard,
such as the IT5H made by Abit. With these boards you make many of the hardware settings,
such as CPU type and speed, and even CPU voltage, using BIOS
settings, while some others are retained as regular jumpers (typically, CMOS clear and
cache size). This arrangement lets you change the clock speed of the CPU as easily as you
would change any other BIOS setting, and makes upgrading the processor a snap. It also
makes it easier for motherboard manufacturers to add support for new processor types as
they are put onto the market.
Many people think that "jumperless" is the new wave of motherboard design,
and certainly the ability to change more settings without opening up the box is a great
advantage. Others like the control of being able to physically set a jumper (recalling
with frustration some of the problems with new technologies like Plug
and Play that remove this control to software with sometimes mixed results). Frankly,
considering that most people set their motherboard jumpers only once (or at most, once a
year or so when they upgrade) I consider the whole jumperless motherboard thing more of a
fad than a real evolution in design. For those that like to overclock, jumperless designs have obvious
Here is a list and brief explanation of the settings that you are most likely to find
in your manual:
- Processor/CPU Voltage: Almost all newer boards have one or more jumpers to set
the voltage for the processor. Obviously, this needs to be set correctly or you risk
destroying the chip. In addition, newer processors use two voltages: an
"external" I/O voltage and an "internal" core voltage. For your
motherboard to support these newer processors, it must have jumpers to set both of these
Sometimes there can be a mismatch between the voltage that the processor requires and the
voltage that the motherboard supplies. This often happens because the motherboard is
designed to support a new processor based on the spec, but the voltage is changed for
design reasons later on. You should contact the motherboard manufacturer in this case.
Usually you can still use the processor if the motherboard can supply a voltage close to
the number required--say, within 0.1V--because processors have a range of voltages they
can use, not just a single number. See here for more on
- Processor Speed / Bus Speed / Multiplier: Every 486 class or later motherboard
(excluding jumperless designs) has a way to specify the speed of the processor. There are
two main methods for selecting processor speed, and your manual will show you which your
motherboard uses. Some motherboards provide a list of the various speeds supported, and a
diagram of how to set the jumpers to match that speed. Others instead require you to set
two separate jumpers: one controls the memory bus speed, and the other sets the processor
"multiplier" (how many times the memory bus speed the processor runs).
- Processor Type: You may find this instead of, or in addition to, the two settings
listed above. In an effort to save the user the hassle of figuring out voltages and
speeds, some motherboards combine the jumpers into one jumper set or group. Then, they
provide a long list with each processor type and speed that the board supports, and tell
you how to set each of a group of jumpers so that it works appropriately. If you are
setting up a Pentium 133, you'll find it on the list and be told how to set jumpers 1, 3,
7, 12, and 18, for example.
The only problem with this arrangement is that unless they also tell you what each of the
individual jumpers is actually controlling, it can be difficult to set up a newer
processor that may be supported just fine by the board but not be listed in their
documentation. You have less information about how the board actually works. You can
sometimes find help in this case on the manufacturer's web site.
- Cache Size and Type: Some boards can have different amounts of cache, and some
can have cache either built in or on a COASt module.
There is often a jumper or two to set which is used and how much is on the board. Other
boards only come with one arrangement of cache or can auto-detect when you insert a COASt
module, so they will lack these jumpers.
- Memory Size/Type: Almost all newer PCs auto-detect the amount and type of RAM in
the system, but many older 486 (and earlier) models require jumpers to be changed when
changing the amount of memory (this is a pain in the butt, which is why it was done away
- Flash BIOS Enable: Many boards require you to set a jumper to a special position
in order to enable the flash BIOS update feature.
This jumper is usually set to the "normal" position except when doing a BIOS
- CMOS Clear: One of the most famous of annoying PC problems is the "lost BIOS setup password"
problem, that locks the user out of the BIOS setup program.
You'd be amazed how often this happens. Some newer PCs have built into the motherboard the
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essence this disconnects the CMOS memory from the battery so it discharges and resets).
This jumper is also usually set to the "normal" position.
- Battery Source: Some boards let you switch the battery from an internal to an
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Timber and Soil Analysis
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|Date: June 2005
- Establish potential contaminants arising from agricultural chemical residues.
How Aardvark Delivered:
- Aardvark were instructed to undertake a contamination assessment of agricultural waste deposited in a saddle stone barn at Crocodon Farm, St. Mary's, Cornwall
- Due to a substandard waste management policy of the previous remains, a number of agricultural pesticides had been stored in a barn which in turn had leaked and caused deteriorations of the building structure
- The building lies adjacent to agricultural land; there was the potential for a pathway from the contaminant to the cropped area
- Aardvark undertook a source pathway receptor analysis of the site and potential contaminants and advice was given on remediation strategies.


text: Contact angle hysteresis (CAH) has important implications in a variety of natural and industrial applications. The contact line motion of Cassie drops on microtextured surfaces is directly visualized using high-magnification imaging and fluorescence microscopy. The advancing contact line is observed to glide smoothly over the micro-posts, whereas the receding contact line exhibits significant stick-slip. Using simultaneous measurements of drop width and contact angle, the authors quantify stick-slip amplitude and define contact width hysteresis. A new scaling is proposed for drop roll-off angle α wherein sinα is linearly proportional to the practical work of adhesion (1 + cosθr). This study provides insight into the dynamic nature of CAH and the design of superhydrophobic surfaces with optimal drop shedding.


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RPL - Application process
The applicant is required to complete the RPL application form and submit it to the SAISC School of Draughting.
- RPL applications may be submitted throughout the year. However, keep in mind that the RPL process can take anything from several weeks to several months, depending on the nature of your application. On receipt of your application you will receive an acknowledgement specifying a preliminary date by which your application should be processed.
- When you apply for RPL, you must submit the following documents:
- A completed RPL application form. The RPL process is a complicated process, so incomplete applications will not be processed, even if full payment has been received. The onus is upon the applicant to provide all necessary information and documentation
- A letter of introduction, explaining your background and future goals.
- A certified copy of your highest school-leaving certificate and other qualifications where applicable (including course content).
- Two certified copies of your ID.
- Curriculum vitae (CV) on the standard format provided. To describe your experience, knowledge, skills and competencies. ( Computer knowledge matrix)
- A detailed current job description on a company letterhead stating your years of experience, signed off by a line manager. Self-employed persons the document stating the self-employed status
A nonrefundable admin fee of R1000 (Proof of payment to be submitted (banking details will be sent to you).
Entrance Requirements for the RPL programme
- Be at least 24 years of age on or before 31 December of the year of the application
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A biogas plant produces energy in the form of flammable gas by fermenting biomass (such as maze, manure or organic waste). This flammable gas is usually called biogas. Ever since Fukushima, renewable energies have come into focus. In 2013, renewable energies produced 152,5 billion kWh of electricity. This equals 7,6% of the German power consumption.
But how can biogas be transformed into utilizable energy? In order to derive heat or electricity, the biogas needs to be transported to a thermal power station. To ensure a safe and reliable transportation process, control valves such as ball valves or butterfly valves are required. Biogas contains acids, such as sulfuric acid, which can damage seals or control valves easily. Thus, high-quality materials are required. Ball valves and butterfly valves from NieRuf come with a high-quality PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) packing. As opposed to a FPM packing, a PTFE packing is completely resistant to acids, which makes it ideal for implementation within biogas plants.
To guarantee the highest quality and reliability, the DVGW (German Association for Gas and Water) developed specific biogas permissions for ball valves and butterfly valves. NieRuf offers only high quality and certified valves. Thus, we trust in ball valves and butterfly valves which are DVGW approved. This way, we contribute a little to making renewable energies safer and more efficient.


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given object. This is the most standard way to call a member function.
(->> object member): This construct can be used to get the procedure associated with the given member.
(procedure? (->> object member))will be true.
(member object arg1...): This construct can be used to call a member function of a given object, after the member function has been made 'generic', using
def-generic member); it transforms into
(-> object member arg1...).
(-> this member arg1...): This construct can be used to call a member function from within an object. Use it to call a member as if it was called from outside of the object.
(-> supers member arg1...): This construct can be used to call a member of the object its'super' objects.
(member arg1...): Use this construct to call a member function in the current object ('class closure'), e.g.:
(def-class (this (operation2 _a _b)) (supers) (private (define a _a) (define b _b)) (public (define (operation2 a b) 'nil) (define (calculate) (-> this operation2 a b)) (define (calcthis) (operation2 a b))) (constructor)) (def-class (this (add a b)) (supers (operation2 a b)) (private) (public (define (operation2 a b) (+ a b))) (constructor)) > (define a (add 3 4)) > (-> a calculate) 7 > (-> a calcthis) nil >
operation2in the current closure context.
Accessing member variables
Public member variables can only be accessed from the outside as if they were member functions. E.g.:
(def-class (this (sample _a)) (supers) (private) (public (define a _a) (define (x2) (set! a (* a a)) (- a 1))) (constructor)) >(define obj (sample 4)) >(-> obj a) 4 >(-> obj a 20) 20 >(-> obj a) 20 >(-> obj x2) 399 >(-> obj a) 400
From within the current closure, a member function can use the member variable
as if it were a standard variable. This is illustrated in the previous
sample, using the
x2 member function.
def-generic, a macro can be defined, that wraps
-> macro. For example:
(def-generic x2) (def-generic a mem-a) >(mem-a obj 3) 3 >(x2 obj) 8 >(mem-a obj) 9
def-generic with one argument
arg1, a macro is defined,
that calls a member function that is named after
def-generic with two arguments
macro is defined with name
arg2, that calls member function
The ROOS API
obj is an instantiated Roos object;
var is a Roos class definition;
(class=? obj class)
Given an object
obj and a class-name
class, which must be a symbol or
the defined function for the class, determines if
obj is of type
If any super of
obj is of type
obj is of type
this function returns
(object? obj) and
(or (symbol? class) (procedure? class)).
_TAG_, if the given object
obj has been explicitly cleaned up.
Returns the tree of classes of which a object is made of. E.g., for
> (class a) (add (operation2))
(->> obj function)
This construct is used to retreive a specific member function from an object. Using this construct can speed up things considerably (about a factor 2 for calling overhead).
(roos-id obj) : number
Returns the id of the given object.
cleanup member of
obj (without arguments), if it exists,
obj has been invalidated, it cannot
be used anymore. Example:
(def-class (this (class-a a)) (supers) (private (define counter a)) (public (define (cl) this) (define var (* a a)) (define (inc b) (set! counter (+ counter b))) (define (get) counter) (define (count) (begin (-> this inc 1) (inc 2)))) (constructor (set! counter (* counter counter))) (explicit-cleanup (display "class-a says HI! - ")(display counter)(newline))) >(define a (class-a 32)) >a _TAG_ >(-< a) class-a says HI! - 1024 >a _TAG_ >(-> a get) ROOS:c-roos-call-member object has been invalidated (argument 0) >(roos-invalid? a) _TAG_
Is equivalent to
(-> obj function...)
Is used to call member functions.
(roos-dispatch obj symbol-for-member. args)
This function is used to dynamic dispatching of members. The member is provided as a symbol.
(roos-add-proxy obj obj-to-proxy-for) : obj
This will add all public members of
obj-to-proxy-for to the proxy
obj. If a given member cannot be found in the object
itself, it will be searched in the proxy classes.
(named-argument name:symbol arguments:list [default-value])
Can be used to get a named value from an argument list. Example:
>(named-argument 'text (list 'text "3" 'number 42) "no") "3" >(named-argument 'test (list 'text "3" 'number 42) "no") "no" >(named-argument 'test (list 'text "3" 'number 42)) _TAG_ >(named-argument 'yes (list 'text "3" 'number 42 'yes) '%noyes) '%roos-exists >(named-argument 'yes (list 'text "3" 'number 42 'yes 'nopo 665) '%noyes) 'nopo (define (f. args) (if (eq? (named-argument'mandatory-argument args 'undef) 'undef) (error "He, you're missing a mandatory argument!") _TAG_))
Note: If you are only interested if a certain named argument is there, i.e., you're using it as a kind of flag, you best test for a value as follows:
>(named-argument 'text (list 'text "3" 'number 42) "no") "3" >(named-argument 'test (list 'text "3" 'number 42) "no") "no" >(let* ((args (list 'a (list 2 43 1) 'flag 'flag1 'flag3)) (flag1 (named-argument 'flag1 args '%flag-not-there)) (flag2 (named-argument 'flag2 args '%flag-not-there))) (set! flag1 (not (eq? flag1 '%flag-not-there))) (set! flag2 (not (eq? flag2 '%flag-not-there))) (display (format "flag1=~a ~%" flag1)) (display (format "flag2=~a ~%" flag2)) (list flag1 flag2)) flag1=_TAG_ flag2=_TAG_ (_TAG_ _TAG_) >
(=> name:symbol arguments:list [default-value])
named-argument. This alias to
is in a remote way analogue to the perl way to do named arguments.
(c) 2005 Hans Oesterholt-Dijkema. Distributed undef LGPL. Contact: send email to hans in domain elemental-programming.org. Homepage: _URL_.
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The fundamental insight of Aquinas with regard to usury is that it involves double charging or charging for what does not exist. Whatever defense of charging interest for a money loan one might give, this is the fundamental insight. This manifestly unjust whatever one believes about money. Even if you wish to claim that in some relevant sense money is capital, it is fundamental to the nature of the money that it is consumed in its use, whether it is used to easily purchase capital or not. To charge interest on the money loan itself is unjust in virtue of the fact that the money cannot be separated from its use. It is a double charging to charge interest on such a loan. Moreover, it is charging for what does not exist to charge for the potential (i.e. not actual) capital that might or might not be exchanged for the money. This then is the fundamental problem for the usurer and it is not waived away by suggesting that circumstance have changed.
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Tower Windows & Doors excels in window customization. Choose from an extensive range of screens, grilles and hardware to uniquely define your windows.
A casement window is a window that is attached to its frame by one or more of its hinges. A traditional casement window is hinged on its side, but there are various types of casement windows, including awnings (hinged at the top), hoppers (hinged at the bottom), bays and bows (often fixed).
- An operating casement window is opened with a crank operator, handle or lever.
- They are ideal for hard to open reaches, such as placement over a kitchen sink, where something like a double hung window might be difficult to access.
- A casement window's sash opens fully, which in turn provides maximum ventilation and ease of cleaning the interior and exterior panes.
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Apart from the rich nightlife that takes place in a wide selection of coffee bars, discos, small concert events, walks in nature, there are student parties as well, that are organized once or twice a week at different locations.
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On annual level, Shtip is well known for several established festivals, famous both in Macedonia and the region. In June, Stip lives in the spirit of the pop music festival Makfest, that exists for 32 years, then the festival dedicated to jazz music called Astibo Jazz Festival held during the spring months, and DNB festival RUN which is held in several editions during the autumn and is genuinely refreshing, especially for the students of Goce Delchev University.
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What I have read is that the contents of the unit cell affect the intensities, but how? I am also unclear on why you need to know the symmetry of the unit cell, what is that used for? I understand segments of this topic (x-ray crystallography) but I am having trouble piecing all the segments together to make a complete picture. I've been spending hours every day on this on this, any help would be really appreciated!
Two questions here:
1) What does the symmetry of the crystal mean?
The symmetry of the unit cell is the symmetry of the crystal. Its really useful thing to know about the crystal in practice. You can always pretend that any crystal is space group P1 - with no internal symmetry. This implies half of the diffraction data is needed to get a complete set. Why half? The Laue symmetry of typical X-ray diffraction shows that the diffraction should be centrosymmetric I(hkl) = I(-h,-k,-l).
If you do this and the crystal has more symmetry than that you are collecting too many data. Here I take the example of a 2-fold axis. Along that axis the space group shows that the symmetry of the crystal should be 4 fold along the x axis (x axis is chosen by convention):
I(hkl) = I(-h,-k,-l) (as above) and I(hkl) = I(h,-k,-l)
This fact means we actually can collect less data and know the crystal diffraction pattern easily. In practice we collect from more than just the unique data, but the more diffraction data we take it also means that we can assume equivalence and have taken more measurements, giving us better experimental accuracy for the same effort. It also means that when we build a molecular model for structure in the crystal we have a simpler model - one only creates a model for the unique assymmetric unit of the crystal unit cell. Fewer atoms in the structure, fewer degrees of freedom and less error in our resulting model.
There's more... screw axes 2(1), 3(1) and non primitive lattices create systematic absences which helps us collect more accurate data and do refinement more easily in the same vein... but maybe this gives you an idea...
2) how does the unit cell contents reflect the diffraction intensities
X-ray scattering from crystals is the result of the photon causing an elastic scatter from atomic, inner shell electrons - Bragg scattering. By considering the crystal as a series of slits in 3 dimensions, it can be shown that the average positions of atoms in the crystal reinforce each other to give the reciprocal lattice that is diffraction data in 3D.
In the picture above from Wikipedia you can see a beautiful protein crystal diffraction pattern. The rings of spots are a spherical section from a 3D orthorhombic lattice of spots.
Rather than digress into the reason the diffraction appears this way, back to your question: what causes the intensities to vary from spot to spot and crystal to crystal. The crystal lattice contains atoms which are in the same position in every unit cell which are creating the diffraction by Bragg scattering. As such, it is the positions, relative electrons in orbit that dictate the diffraction intensities measured.
The models built to model diffraction typically translate a set of atomic positions to the structure factors (square roots of the diffraction intensities), but this is an approximation that works pretty well - the full model is not atomic positions, but an electron density function in space.
There are other sorts of scattering methods, more that could be said about all these subjects, but I hope that gives you some help with your specific questions. If you want clarifications in this, I can edit the answer from comments...


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Caltech geophysicists find four active volcanoes in Andes with innovative satellite radar survey
Four volcanoes in the central Andes mountains of South America, all previously thought to be dormant, must now be considered active due to ground motions detected from space, geophysicists say.
In a paper appearing in the July 11 issue of the journal "Nature", California Institute of Technology geophysics graduate student Matt Pritchard and his faculty adviser, Mark Simons, unveil their analysis of eight years of radar interferometry data taken on 900 volcanoes in the Andes. The data were gathered from 1992 to 2000 by the European Space Agency's two remote-sensing satellites, ERS 1 and ERS 2.
Of the four centers of activity, Hualca Hualca volcano in southern Peru is especially worth close observation because of the population density in the area and because it is just a few miles from the active Sabancaya volcano. A second volcano now shown to be active, Uturuncu in Bolivia, is bulging vertically about 1-to-2 centimeters per year, according to the satellite data, while a third, Robledo caldera in Argentina, is actually deflating for unknown reasons. A fourth region of surface deformation, on the border between Chile and Argentina, was unknown prior to the study, so the authors christened it "Lazufre" because it lies between the two volcanoes Lastarria and Cordon del Azufre.
While the study provides important new information about volcanic hazards in its own right, Pritchard, the lead author, says it also proves the mettle of a new means of studying ground deformation that should turn out to be vastly superior to field studies. The fact that none of the four volcanoes were known to be active—and thus probably wouldn't have been of interest to geophysicists conducting studies using conventional methods—shows the promise of the technique, he says.
"Achieving this synoptic perspective would have been an impractical undertaking with ground-based methods, like the GPS system," Pritchard says.
The sensitive data is superior to ground-based results in that a huge amount of subtle information can be accumulated about a large number of geological features. The satellites bounce a radar signal off the ground, and then accurately measure the time it takes the signal to return. On a later pass, when the satellite is again in approximately the same spot, it sends another signal to the ground.
If the two signals are out of phase, then the distance from the satellite to the ground is either increasing or decreasing, and if the features are volcanic, then the motion can be assumed to have been caused by movement of magma in the subsurface or by hydrothermal activity.
"You can think of a magma chamber as a balloon beneath the surface inflating and deflating. So if the magma is building up underground, you expect a swelling upward, and this is what we can detect with the satellite data."
Given the appropriate satellite mission, all the world's subaerial volcanoes could be easily monitored for active deformation on a weekly basis. Such a capability would have a profound impact on minimizing volcanic hazards in regions lacking necessary infrastructure for regular geophysical monitoring.
Another unusual finding from the study that shows its promise in better understanding volcanism is the Lascar volcano's lack of motion. Lascar has had three major eruptions since 1993, as well as several minor ones, and many volcanologists assume there should have been some ground swelling over the years of the study, Pritchard says.
"But we find no deformation at the volcano," he explains. "Some people find it curious, others think it's not unexpected. But it's a new result, and regardless of what's going on, it could tell us interesting things about magma plumbing."
There are several possible explanations to account for the lack of vertical motion at the Lascar volcano, Pritchard says. The first and most obvious is that the satellite passes took place at times between inflations and subsequent deflations, so that no net ground motion was recorded. It could also be that magma is somehow able to get from within Earth to the atmosphere without deforming surfaces at all; or that a magma chamber might be deep enough to allow an eruption without surface deformations being visible, even though deformation is occurring at depth.
The study is also noteworthy in that Simons and Pritchard were able to do their work without leaving their offices on the Caltech campus. The data analysis was done with software developed at Caltech and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the authors say this software was critical to the study's success.
Simons, an assistant professor of geophysics at Caltech, and Pritchard are scheduled to attend a geophysics conference in Chile in October, and will try to see some or all of the four volcanoes at that time.
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PETKUS Gravity Table G40 - The next Generation29.08.2014
Founded in 1852 PETKUS was the first company worldwide to specialize in the design and production of seed sorting and cleaning machines. The focus on continuous improvement and development throughout the changing decades has led to its standing as a traditional and reputable force in Thuringia. After two years of research and in cooperation with scientists PETKUS has landed a coup with its new Gravity Table G40. The objective of the new design was to achieve the best possible separation effect and a cleaning efficiency of nearly 100%. To achieve this goal, research was conducted with state-of-the-art fluid mechanics simulation tools.
Sorting by weight
PETKUS gravity tables are applied where product of different weights need to be separated and are usually utilized as last process step in grain and seed processing plants. Their main task is to separate diseased grains, fractional parts or debris from the good / healthy grains. Due to the different specific weight of the individual grains, the sorting can be performed easily. The new PETKUS Gravity Table G40 is characterized by an almost 100% pure sorting result in grain and seed. This has a positive effect on two important aspects: the efficiency in the seed business and in terms of healthy grain in the food industry.
With the new Petkus Gravity G40, the mechanical selection already begins in the front section – shortly after filling. The adjustment of the flags or fins directs the material to be sorted already when fed into the inlet zone. The so-defined direction of the grain movement makes a mechanical separation and an increased flow rate possible from the start. The fins and the unique secondary zone ensure a high sorting efficiency and separation effect.
Also important for an optimal separation result is the height of the product layer on the sorting table. The vibrating table surface of the gravity table must be filled continuously and consistently, so that the surface is always completely covered. This is achieved by setting the flaps at the outlet.
Besides the mechanical separation the vibration of the working surface and the resulting micro throws perform an additional separation. The newly developed secondary zone ensures that the poor (light) grains do not reenter the main separation zone. This way the clearly defined separation zones can already be seen on the sorting table.
The length of the gravity table has been exactly calculated so that the heavy grains – the good ones – have enough time to separate themselves from the bad. The setting of the table has an enormous impact on the performance respective the quality of the goods to be separated. The longitudinal inclination determines the performance of the sorter, while the lateral inclination is responsible for the quality of sorting.
Optimizing the air distribution
PETKUS developers and designers have improved the air distribution so that an optimal ratio between levitation force and gravity arises. Equipped with a new aerodynamic system that not only increases the performance but also the precision of the separation. Due to the new design of the fan and the table surface a laminar and therefore a consistent air flow is produced, whose speed and pressure is consistent at every point of the table surface.
The PETKUS Gravity Table G40 is equipped with three high-performance fans, each of which is responsible for an individual zone: input, sorting and exit. At the input the air flow is precisely controlled by an innovative iris – similar to a camera – and is the key controller for each individual fan. A new type of sieve diffuser on the fans ensures a homogeneous air distribution. Modified perforated plates optimize the air speed profiles within the three separation zones.
Installation and Ease of Operation
A key optimizing factor was the reduction of the frame's vibration. For this purpose it was necessary to reduce the forces acting at the foundation to achieve a complete mass balance. This was done by decoupling the air distributor box from the machine frame. The new PETKUS Gravity Table G40 is characterized by a very smooth, almost vibration-free operation and as such it does not require a large foundation for the installation.
The completely electrically controlled inclination adjustment contributes to a significant operation. A large number of setting parameters can be stored on the touch panel to allow for faster adaption when changing products.
Accessibility and serviceability were also seen as key development factors. The cover can be easily opened by means of gas springs and because of the open structure there is limited adherence of dust and light materials. The reduced cleaning effort therefore allows for a longer run time.