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This Dog Discriminates, Now She Needs to Generalize
Dear Inquisitive Canine,
Our high-energy dog is about one year, and has learned quite well not to jump on us adults when we come home. She does however, continue to jump up on our 6 year old daughter.
It's difficult for our daughter to ignore this, as we did, especially when the dog scratches her to get her attention. Is there another trick a child can use to stop a dog from jumping and clawing? It's hard for our little girl not to squeal and run when she gets gouged with the claws.
Dear Lulu's mom,
Let's go through what you've written, and determine what is known and what you have:
- A young, high-energy canine.
- An excited, happy-to-see-her-family canine.
- An animal that is genetically programmed to greet others (of any species) by jumping up.
- A young human child who inadvertently rewards the canine by squealing and behaving similarly to "prey", or at least acts as excited and happy as the dog.
- An excited, exuberant, happy, young energetic dog that has learned to discriminate really well: She greets adult humans in a manner they like while approaching the little ones in a contrary fashion.
Now, allow me to identify what you would prefer:
- For your dog Lulu to greet young children politely, as she does adults.
I have to say, there are no "tricks" or anything else magical that would stop your dog from jumping and clawing, but there are some definite training steps you could take to achieve your goals.
- First and foremost: decide what you want from your dog. You say "stop jumping." Okay, I know what you don't want, but what is it you DO want? You'll need to choose the behavior you want from your dog – this way, you'll know what to reward her for. You need to give her the "right choice" to make.
I myself, as both a certified professional dog trainer and regular "dog mom," I prefer to have dogs greet humans with either a "Sit to Greet," or if the dog is really excited, "Four on the Floor" (all four paws need to be on the ground). Both are simple behaviors that are easy to teach dogs. You just need to decide on which one would work best. I would say teach both. This way, depending on Lulu's state of mind, you can set her up for success. Four paws on the floor is easier and more realistic during those times when she is super-excited!
Now that you're able to focus in on what you want from Lulu, what is the best plan? The following steps should help guide you:
- Have you, and any other adults do some "dress rehearsals" of sitting to greet (or four on the floor), when you come home. You enter the room, ask for the "right behavior," reward with food, petting praise. Repeat this exercise enough times to where Lulu appears bored – or starts offering the behavior before you ask.
- Once Lulu is "getting it" with you, attach her to her leash (to help manage your environment), and practice having her sit-stay with your daughter along side of you. Make sure there is enough distance so Lulu can't pummel her, but close enough to help mimic the end position of "coming home and greeting."
- You and your daughter can repeat the "sit-stay" exercise in a few locations indoors. (Fewer distractions make it easier for Lulu). Each time, follow it up with yummy food treats and attention. Lulu learns: "My tushy on the floor makes the little human say "Hi" scratch my chin, and give me treats."
Add in having your daughter enter the house/room while you continue to manage her on leash. Once your daughter enters, she can ask Lulu to sit for greeting and food rewards.
If Lulu decides she'd rather jump up to greet, you can give her a "Too bad," and a "Time out!" Meaning, take her out of the room for about 20 seconds or so. This way, Lulu learns: "If I jump up, I get nothing! Plus, I get ignored and no attention whatsoever! Well that downright stinks! I think I'll do more sitting. It's a better outcome."
Additional dog training tips would include:
- Continue to practice step number 4, while changing locations within your house – back door, front door – and at different times of the day.
- Recruit "volunteers": ask if any of your daughter's friends are willing (obtain parents permission first). They can help you by being the "greetee." The more practice Lulu gets, the more she'll be able to generalize amongst humans of all ages and sizes.
As a final note, it sounds like the adults have been consistent in teaching Lulu what is wanted, which is great – this proves that she is paying attention and can learn what is asked of her. Your daughter on the other hand, because of being young herself, hasn't been able to refine her "ignoring" skills, or train Lulu to greet nicely. Because of the inconsistency, she has inadvertently made this undesired behavior stronger. So, when you're not training or teaching, manage the situation by being around to help prevent Lulu from jumping up.
The more consistent and structured your training plan is now, the quicker Lulu will "get it", which will result in polite greetings all around, long before your daughter heads off to college.


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Students get a crash course on the importance of healthy eating.
Middle school students are learning about healthy eating – one bite at a time.
This week, students at Bloomfield Middle School learned how they can incorporate healthier eating habits into their lives. The school's food provider Chartwells sponsored its Chefs 2 Schools program where guest chefs adopt a local school district and make occasional visits throughout the year and talk about healthy eating choices.
On Tuesday, Chef Douglas Kulp hosted a sampling table event where students from Bloomfield Middle School tasted a variety of healthy menu choices, such as vegetarian chili, wheat berry salad and blood oranges.
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Lab 5: Golden Bread
 - Explain the role of redundancy in synthetic biology and engineering.
 - Conduct PCR and TLC and interpret the results each.
Background on Vitamin A production
chemical structure of two carotenoids
chemical structure of two carotenoids
The Science and Engineering of Golden Bread
Part 1: Discovering the reason for the strain's genetic instability
Part 1A: Characterizing the genetic variability
How to restreak cells
A video showing you how to restreak cells is here.
Part 1B: Measuring with TLC variations in vitamin production
Vitamin A stock
For experiments that need a stock of Vitamin A, you will have to snip the end of a capsule off, and squeeze the oily liquid into an eppendorf tube. There will likely be around 100 ul of solution that you can then pipet as needed. Be sure to label your eppendorf tube to note the contents of the tube and the date. A video of this procedure is [here.]
Making a yeast lysate
Since the vitamins are being made inside the yeast, we'll need a way to open the cells and use the solution that's on their insides (this is called a lysate). You can start with a solution of yeast that you've grown in liquid media (as described below) or you can scoop up some cells on a toothpick and put them into 500 ul of water (in which case you can start with step 3. You'll lyse the cells by vortexing them with small glass beads. A video of this procedure is [here.]
 1. Mix the starting liquid overnight culture so it's homogeneous. This can be done by swirling the culture if it's in a flask, by inverting if the cap is tight, by flicking a small tube, or by vortexing if there is a vortex available.
 2. Place a tip on your pipetman and move 500 ul of the culture to an eppendorf tube.
 3. Using an eppendorf tube with end ½ trimmed off at the 100 ul mark, measure 100 ul of small glass beads and add them to the 500 ul of yeast you measured out.
 4. Close the eppendorf tube.
 5. Vortex the mixture of yeast and glass beads, keeping the tube on the vortex at full speed for 15 seconds and then letting the solution "rest" for 15 seconds. This rest is needed to keep the temperature of the yeast/beads mixture from overheating.
 6. Repeat the vortexing and resting series a total of 4 times so the yeast will have been mixed with the beads for a full minute.
 7. Allow the beads to sink to the bottom of the solution and then remove the solution of yeast lysate from the top, using a pipetman and tip and a new eppendorf tube.
 8. Label the eppendorf tube that has your yeast lysate with its contents, your initials and today's date.
Running the TLC slide
This experiment has been performed using TLC slides made from silica [such as these] and a video of this procedure is [here.]
 1. Begin by putting on gloves to protect the TLC sheets from any oils or pigments on your hands
 2. Use a microscope slide to measure and a pencil to mark on the white side of the TLC sheet the size of the piece you'll need to cut.
 3. Cut the sheet to size.
 4. Mark the starting line for your materials by measuring 1.5 cm from one of the narrow ends and lightly drawing a line across the white surface of the TLC slide. Do not dig deeply into the material on the surface.
 5. Spot 3 ul of Vitamin A about 1/3 of the way across the line you drew at the bottom of the slide.
 6. Spot 3 ul of Yeast extract about 2/3 of the way across the line you drew at the bottom of the slide.
 7. Allow the spots to dry while you make up the solvent that you'll use to carry the vitamins up the TLC slide. Mix 9 ml of water with 500 ul EtOH and 500 ul Isopropanol. These can be mixed directly in a 50 ml conical tube. Label the tube with the contents, your initials and today's date.
 8. Lean the TLC slide in the 50 ml conical tube, keeping the upper edge of the solvent below the line where you've spotted the vitamins. The idea is that the solvent must pass through the vitamins to carry them along as the solvent gets wicked up the slide.
 9. Replace the lid on the 50 ml conical tube and allow the TLC to proceed undisturbed for 20 or 30 minutes.
 10. Using a gloved hand, remove the slide from the conical tube.
 11. Allow the solvent to evaporate and then visualize the extent and the intensity of the materials that have moved along the slide, using a UV lamp to visualize the vitamin.
Part 1C: Identifying the genetic variant with PCR
Part 2: PCR
 4. To the bead that's in the PCR tube add
 - 20 ul H2O and then vortex the sample
 - 1 ul of each primer
 5. PCR cycle:
 - 95° 2 minutes
 - 95° 20 seconds
 - 50° 20 seconds
 - 72° 2.5 minutes
 - repeat steps 2-4 a total of 35X
 - 72° 10 minutes
 - 4° hold
 6. Add 5 ul loading dye to each sample
Part 3: Yeast Transformation
Part 4: Measuring Vitamin A
Part 5: Baking Bread
Next day
Lab Report
I. Introduction
 - Provide a brief introduction describing the field of synthetic biology.
 - What is the role of the redundancy?
 - How does redundancy affect the expression of a genetic system?
 - How might synthetic biologists ___?
 - Why is it important to engineer a ___?
 - What are the advantages/concerns of engineering ___?
II. Methods
 - You do not have to rewrite the procedure.
 - Explain why you did each step of the protocol.
III. Results
 - Present the data tables in clear format.
 - Present drawings of each slide.
IV. Discussion
 - Discuss errors and other reasons for data variability.
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Alexandru Solomon To Investigate TARZAN'S TESTICLES
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Half the battle in making a compelling documentary is selecting a compelling topic and Romanian producer / director Alexandru Solomon has got himself a doozy in Tarzan's Testicles. Solomon will be exploring actual research done by the Abkhazian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Pathology and Therapy throughout the Soviet era which attempted to cross breed humans with monkeys. Says FNE about the project:
Once a part of the Soviet Union, Abkhazia is now a disputed territory, with a handful of nations - Russia among them - recognizing it as independent while most of the world considers its territory to be a part of the Republic of Georgia. Georgia officially considers it an autonomous republic with its government sitting in exile in the Georgian capital of Tblisi, while officially listing it as a Russian occupied territory. Let's just say the local politics are thorny.
Tarzan's Testicles is in planning now with a release planned for 2014.
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Top 10 cult groups in Nigerian Universities, their Motto and Symbols – #1 and #2 are are the deadliest
Top 10 cult groups in Nigerian Universities: Why are cults so popular among the youths nowadays? What are the main types of cultism in Nigeria and what symbols do they have? Let's look through the essence of each of them! It is possible that lot of people don't even know that there is a list of cults in Nigeria, which usually thrive at universities and even outside of campus. The main reasons of why some people become members of such movements are the lust for the power, riches, and prestigious status in the society.
What is cultism?
According to the Oxford Dictionary, cultism can be described as a religious or social group whose beliefs are secret, individualistic, and esoteric. Actually, cultism involves carrying out some ritualistic practices. Usually, cultists share some common objectives and ideas. So, they are unknown to the society and also, some cult leaders' true intentions are unknown even to the members of the particular cult. So, let's summarize the main characteristics of cultism:
1) it is a spiritual or religious practice;
2) it is a secret practice;
3) it is practiced by a group of individuals;
4) its policies are unknown to the general public;
5) it has an impact on the lives of the individuals;
6) it's people have a common value.
The first cultism movement in Nigeria was called "Pyrates". It was founded in 1952 by Nobel Prize winning author Wole Soyinka and his friends. Later they were called "Sea Dogs". After some time, another kind of community was created. These are what we known today as "secret cults".
Types of cultism in Nigeria and their symbols
So, let's look through the main types of cultism in Nigeria and their symbols. Some Nigerian confraternities do not hide their symbols, while others keep them in secret and only members of that cult know what they are.
1) Pyrate Confraternity "The National Associations of Sea Dogs"
As we have already mentioned, it is controversially the first "secret cult" in the Nigerian University System. Its two main symbols are a skull, two cross-bones and an anchor. The cult's purposes are: "against expiring convention, tribalism, for humanistic ideas and partnership and knighthood."But their hay days soon ended when the Buccaneers branched out from them.
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Delhi Window: Q & A with Nele Dechmann
Image credit: Rohan Patankar. Delhi storefront.
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Nele Dechmann lives and works in Zurich. She moves in a niche area between art and architecture, investigating what architecture means for society. A special focus lies on how global systems and local realities create architectural form. In this Q & A we talk with Nele about her home-not-alone research project which evolved from her work "the fake storefront" at Jaipur Panorama 2019.
1. Tell us about your project "Delhi Window."
The project looks at storefronts that are situated informally in the streets of Delhi. These storefronts are made in a very improvised way, with found materials. They occupy parts of the public streets and need to stay removable. But still they can be pretty elaborate. They all open while in function and they have closing mechanisms when they are not in use. Some of them become more and more "heavy" until they are concrete structures and become part of the fixed street-layout.
2. What is the inspiration behind this project?
The inspiration came from another project in India, "the fake storefront," which I made for the Jaipur Panorama. Back then, I took an interest in storefronts made in a colonial style. What was intriguing was the architectural style that travelled and became a direct face of the street. This architecture carries an ambivalent message; on the one hand being an architectural addition, an enrichment and, on the other hand, appearing in an imposed and perhaps even intrusive way.
But the research changed in the moment the researcher in Delhi, Rohan Patankar, took another interest in the topic of the storefront. And we had a closer look at more informal, maybe more locally grown typologies. As my intention is to learn from foreign places, I liked the shift to a vernacular phenomenon.
3. How do you intend to go about this exploration?
I want to bring part of the findings of our research back to Zurich. The idea is to use Indian printing technologies to create a product that will be out-of-the-box for Swiss printing products. I want find a way to bring the street life of Delhi into the streets of Zurich.
4. How is it to be on a home-not-alone residency? How does it compare to a 'normal' residency?
It is very different, Rohan and I only met over the computer. First of all, communication over Zoom requires more time, it is much more efficient to sit together at a table and find solutions face-to-face. But an aspect I really like is that it forces oneself to almost blindly trust a co-worker that you never met, maybe never will meet. That this very constructive collaboration through space and different cultures is possible throws a light on a very positive human aspect.
5. What do you hope will be the outcome of this residency?
There will be a printing object, of which I hope it will communicate a bit about the depth of Delhi street life in Zurich. It will be a small window into Delhi.


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"Resonance: The Journey of Talha Anjum"
"Resonance: The Journey of Talha Anjum" is an autobiographical account that takes readers through the life and career of Talha Anjum, a Pakistani pop star. It explores his upbringing, musical influences, and the challenges he faced in pursuing his passion for music. The story showcases Talha's evolution as an artist, his commitment to using music as a tool for social change, and his personal growth along the way. The autobiography highlights Talha's determination to defy expectations and push the boundaries of his artistry. It delves into his collaborations with diverse artists, his exploration of new musical styles, and his commitment to embracing evolution. Through his journey, Talha discovers the power of music not only as a form of self-expression but also as a vehicle for raising awareness about social issues and inspiring positive change. The story also delves into Talha's personal growth and the importance of self-care and mental well-being in the midst of a demanding industry. It explores his pursuit of inner peace, incorporating practices such as meditation, yoga, and mindfulness to maintain balance and happiness. As Talha's career progresses, he becomes increasingly aware of the legacy he wants to leave behind. He focuses on nurturing the next generation of musicians, supporting aspiring artists, and promoting music education in underserved communities. Talha's dedication to leaving a positive impact is showcased through his charitable endeavors and his belief in the transformative power of music to heal, unite, and inspire. Overall, "Resonance: The Journey of Talha Anjum" is a story of artistic growth, social consciousness, and personal transformation. It emphasizes the power of music to transcend boundaries, connect people, and make a difference in the world.
Chapter 1: A Musical Prelude
I was born into a world where melodies intertwined with the beats of my heart. From a young age, I discovered solace and inspiration within the realm of music. Growing up in Pakistan, a land rich in cultural diversity, I was exposed to a tapestry of sounds that would shape my destiny.
Chapter 2: Notes of Discovery
As I entered my teenage years, my passion for music intensified. I found solace in the hip-hop genre, which allowed me to express my thoughts, emotions, and observations about the world around me. With each passing day, my desire to create my own unique musical identity grew stronger.
Chapter 3: The Genesis of a Star
The dawn of my musical career arrived when I joined the rap group "Young Stunners." Together with my talented companions, we embarked on a journey to redefine Pakistani music and revolutionize the local rap scene. Our infectious energy and thought-provoking lyrics resonated with the youth, breathing new life into the industry.
Chapter 4: Chasing Dreams
The path to success was not without its challenges. We faced skepticism and criticism from those who believed that rap music had no place in Pakistan. However, we persisted, channeling our passion and determination into our craft. We honed our skills, wrote captivating lyrics, and perfected our performances, slowly but surely winning over skeptics.
Chapter 5: The Beat Goes On
With each passing year, our popularity soared. Our music became a voice for the voiceless, addressing social issues and shedding light on the struggles faced by the youth. Collaborations with renowned artists and successful album releases propelled our career to new heights, cementing our place as pioneers of Pakistani rap music.
Chapter 6: Beyond Borders
Our music transcended borders, resonating with listeners around the globe. I had the privilege of representing Pakistan on international stages, connecting with diverse audiences and sharing the rich tapestry of our culture. The experience broadened my horizons and instilled in me a deep sense of pride for my roots.
Chapter 7: The Legacy Continues
As time passed, I realized that my purpose extended beyond music. I wanted to inspire the next generation of artists, to create a platform for them to express themselves authentically. I established mentorship programs and music academies, nurturing budding talents and providing them with the tools they needed to succeed.
Chapter 8: A Life in Harmony
Reflecting on my journey, I am grateful for the opportunities, challenges, and triumphs that have shaped me into the artist and individual I am today. Music has been my refuge, my way of navigating the complexities of life. It has allowed me to touch hearts, ignite change, and create connections that transcend borders and languages.
Epilogue: Echoes of a Legacy
As I continue to evolve as an artist and a person, my commitment to music remains steadfast. I hope that my story serves as an inspiration to others, encouraging them to chase their dreams, defy expectations, and create their own unique melodies in the symphony of life.
"Resonance: The Journey of Talha Anjum" is an intimate autobiography that delves into the life of a Pakistani pop star, recounting his upbringing, struggles, and triumphs in the music industry. It is a testament to the power of passion, perseverance, and the ability of music to transcend boundaries and touch souls.


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A drilling rig is a machine that creates holes in the earth sub-surface. Drilling rigs can be massive structures housing equipment used to drill water wells, oil wells, or natural gas extraction wells, or they can be small enough to be moved manually by one person and are called augers. Drilling rigs can sample sub-surface mineral deposits, test rock, soil and groundwater physical properties, and also can be used to install sub-surface fabrications, such as underground utilities, instrumentation, tunnels or wells. Drilling rigs can be mobile equipment mounted on trucks, tracks or trailers, or more permanent land or marine-based structures (such as oil platforms, commonly called 'offshore oil rigs' even if they don't contain a drilling rig). The term "rig" therefore generally refers to the complex of equipment that is used to penetrate the surface of the Earth's crust.
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From the beginning of the novel "The Grove", what does the る mean in
検非違使に問われた る 木樵りの物語
問われた is the passive of 問う, but where does the る come from? Is it the short form of いる?
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possible duplicate of What exactly is a "taru adjective" – Flaw Oct 1 '12 at 15:12
_USER_ Not a duplicate. "taru adjective" is a contraction of "to ar-", while -tarin the verb is a contraction of "te ar-". However, the discussion on attributive is the same. – Dono Oct 1 '12 at 15:19
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It is the completive particle -tar in attributive form.
The past suffix -ta, which are familiar with, is from the suffix tar-. tarconjugates:
 - irrealis: -tara
 - adverbial: -tari
 - conclusive: -tari
 - attributive: -taru
 - realis (or hypothetical): -tare
 - imperative: -tare
Other than -naru, modern Japanese does not distinguish between conclusive and attributive anymore. But originally conclusive was used to end a sentence. A period followed it. The attributive was used when a phrase followed after it.
In this sentence, the noun phrase 木樵りの物語 follows 問われた, so the attributive form is necessary. In classical Japanese, this would be 問われたる. If it were 問われたり, the sentence would just end there. The following 木樵りの物語 would be the start of a new sentence.
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"El Negro of Banyoles"
The Return of El Negro:
A new book by Caitlin Davies, entitled The Return of El Negro, has just been published in Southern Africa by Penguin (South Africa) (ISBN 0-670-04793-7). It covers not only the history of El Negro and his return to Botswana but also wider issues about the treatment of human remains in museums and scientific research.
El Negro was the name given to a southern African man whose body was stolen from his grave in the early 19th century by two respected French naturalists.
The body was stuffed in the same way that trophy animals are stuffed and sent to Europe to further the cause of scientific racism and and to entertain the public. It eventually ended up in a glass case in a museum in a small Spanish town.
In the 1990s, after a decade of protest and protracted political and diplomatic exchanges, it was finally agreed that the body be repatriated to Botswana. In October 2000, El Negro was laid to rest in a sombre state burial in Gaborone, capital of Botswana. It was then that the triumph for Africa turned sour.
Although the true identity of the man has never been established, he has come to symbolise all those who were murdered, excavated and stolen from Africa by 19th century explorers and naturalists and taken to Europe in the name of science and for entertainment.
In this carefully researched and immensely readable book, Caitlin Davies throws wide-open the debate about what is appropriate in the name of "science" where human remains are concerned. In the process she retraces El Negro's fateful journey to Europe, including a search for the missing grave goods without which it is believed the stolen man cannot rest in peace.
Caitlin Davies was born in England in 1964. She moved to Botswana as a teacher in 1990, later becoming a citizen and a noted journalist and human rights campaigner. A former editor of the Okavango Observer, she was arrested for "causing fear and alarm" through a newspaper report, put on trial, but later acquitted. She has published a novel, Jamestown Blues, and has carried out ground-breaking research on violence against women in Northern Botswana. She now lives in England.
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Musings about traffic on the highway
Here's a neat looking infographic by Stephen J. Beard and Rich Exner from The Plain Dealer that I bookmarked a few months ago. It addresses the question, why do freeways come to a stop?
Seeing this graphic reminded me of how much I used to be fascinated by traffic when I was a child (even though I grew up in Rochester, NY, where traffic wasn't often a problem). Here are a few scenarios I used to think about when I was on road trips with my family or just going to the store.
Scenario 1. Suppose there was a multilane highway that is near maximum capacity, but everyone is traveling full speed. Then one driver puts his foot on the brake (maybe just taps it, maybe slams his foot on it). This causes the cars behind him put their brakes on. But, if one lane is slowing, the drivers in the neighboring lanes will probably also apply their brakes.
 1. Clearly the brake lights travel backward relative to the front car, which is moving forward. But how do the spreading brake lights travel with respect to the highway?
 2. How do the brake lights spread outward?
 3. If we had a theoretical highway with many many lanes and this braking driver was in the middle lane, what pattern would these brake lights make if viewed from above, and how would this pattern move in time?
Scenario 2. Suppose there was a large but traversable pothole in the middle of the highway or an accident on the shoulder. Then every person who reaches that spot would slow down. What would be the pattern of the brake lights? (This is the "rubber necker" traffic jam.)
Scenario 3. We've all experienced the situation on a highway in which a 2-lanes go down to one lane. You and hundreds of other drivers are crawling toward the merge point. When you get past the merge point, the cars start moving faster. Pretty soon, you are driving at full speed down this single lane with generous space between the cars. How could this happen?
Just for fun, let's do a quick-and-dirty, back-of-the-envelope calculation to see why this last scenario can happen.
 - Fact: the average length of a car is a little over 16 feet.
 - Assumption 1: after the merge there is one lane of traffic moving 55 mph=80 ft/sec, with cars spaced every 60 feet
 - Assumption 2: before the merge, there are two lanes of traffic, with cars spaced every 20 feet.
How fast are the pre-merge cars moving?
After the merge, 4 cars pass a given point every 3 seconds. Thus the same must be true before the merge. In particular, the pre-merge traffic would be moving approximately 13.3 ft/sec=9 mph.
I'm sure traffic has been thoroughly-studied and these scenarios are well-understood. I've never thought about them mathematically. Maybe some day I will. (Now I live in a small town AND walk to work every day, so I don't think about traffic much.)
Here are a few cool traffic-related tidbits I found while searching the web.
As a postscript, here's a non-mathematical traffic-related observation from later in my life. When I lived in Chicago (near Wrigley Field) I had to drive up to Evanston where I went to school. I could take Ashland Avenue (a 4-lane road) or Clark Street (a 2-lane road). Both routes were always full of traffic and very slow. Most drivers were irritated by Clark Street. There were always people trying turn left or parallel park. Drivers had to stop a lot—it was slow going. On Ashland there were many people turning left and parallel parking too, but with an extra lane the drivers could avoid them by changing lanes. The problem was, you never knew which lane would be faster. Often I'd change into the faster left lane, only to get stopped by someone turning or parallel parking. Even if I played things well and repeatedly chose the faster lanes, I'd probably only gain 100 yards on my original position for the entire trip. I didn't get there much sooner, and the price of the time savings was a lot of anxiety. Eventually, I realized that Clark street was more relaxing for me. I just drove when I could, stopped when I had to, and never had to worry about changing lanes. I also realized that this is why I liked shopping at smaller grocery stores rather than the mega-supermarkets. It can be exhausting to make choices. The payoff of slightly lower prices and more variety isn't worth the the effort required to make multiple decisions.
 1. I enjoyed your thoughts about traffic very much but I was not impressed by the graphic. It's "a neat looking infographic" but there is no substance to the graphic; only the text provides significant information. It's a pet peeve of mine seeing this explosion of gaudy 3-d illustrations that pose as useful graphics. A picture should be worth many words but increasingly graphics are simply eye-candy or worse actually mislead.
 Effective communication with graphics would be an interesting topic to address some time. Edward Tufte's books are brilliant.
 Back on traffic. Is there a formula for deciding when to change lanes? Obviously when one lane is faster, people start switching to that lane which then slows down. A contrarian approach might work if one knew when to move out of the fast lane. Hmmm, sounds similar to stock trading.
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The objective of the toolbox is to help users to identify the links between specific processes which lead to positive or negative impacts of livestock on the environment and technology or policy options which can enhance the positive and/or mitigate the negative effects.
Identification of the links can start either:
Content of Toolbox
A diagram showing the linkages between the different components of the toolbox is given in Fig. 1, clicking on a box will take you to the relevant page.
The pages separate into analytical tools which help the user define their question very tightly, information tools which provide the options in response and communication tools, which describe roles and options for training, extension and awareness creation and a zipped version of the toolbox which can be downloaded from the web site onto a CD.
For evaluating impacts of existing livestock management systems(IIa): the descriptions of systems (III) and agro-ecological zones (IV) are designed to help the user identify the key aspects of the environment and system which are particularly sensitive to interactions between livestock and the environment.
The matrices of risks and opportunities (V) help to identify possible causes of the interactions between livestock and the environment (VI) and the pages on environmental assessment (VII) are designed to help the user verify whether the cause described does apply in the system and environment specified at the start.
For assessing the impact of specified technologies and/or policies(IIb): the technologies are listed both by objective (XII) (increasing food supply, improving health status etc) and alphabetically (VIII), while the policy options are listed by livestock management system (XI) and alphabetically (IX).
Downloading: the toolbox (with all the internal links attached) can be downloaded from the web for use on a PC by clicking on the green button on the left hand side entitled 'download'. Clicking on the appropriate buttons leads to easy to follow instructions. A powerpoint presentation for use in workshops or talks to raise awareness of issues associated with livestock and the environment can be downloaded from the same page.
Training, extension and awareness creation: this tool includes cross-referencing to web sites which indicate how to access training in participatory analysis, which will help in the organisation of stakeholder consultations, which are considered an essential part in the implementation of national or regional environmental plans. The tool also links through to the powerpoint presentation referred to above.
Navigation through the toolbox
Information in the toolbox is stored in separate files. Key files, such as the structure, systems, options and communication tools can be accessed from anywhere in the toolbox by double clicking on green buttons down the left had side of the screen. If you use the search engine you 'lose' the green buttons, but clicking on the 'Livestock and Environment Home' text at the foot of the page will return you to the Home Page. Links between files (underlined in red or purple) are arranged to direct the reader to the most appropriate part of the file.
Logical progress through the toolbox as illustrated in the structure diagram is made by selecting the appropriate green matrix buttons embedded within the systems or options pages and then double clicking on the appropriate text for further information on an underlying factor or specific option, and then moving on to an information tool underlined at the foot of each page.
Access to background information or to expanded definitions of some concepts is provided within the text where underlining in red or purple appears. Some references are provided in full in the document, but provision of all was not recommended as this would have slowed up the speed of response of the toolbox.
To evaluate the impact of existing livestock management systems
Figure 1 Outline Structure of the Toolbox
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Jakarta's snake-fruit under threat but city pledges conservation effort
By Indonesia correspondent Samantha Hawley
Asmawi stands side-on to the camera with one hand on his machete in a cluster of Salacca zalacca trees.
Snake-fruit farm caretaker and Betawi man Asmawi.(ABC News: Ari Wu)
In the Indonesian capital — not known for its open space — there's a forest-like sanctuary.
You won't find the address on Google Maps, and getting there requires some old-fashioned stopping and asking, but once you arrive you'll find a haven full of history.
Hidden away in residential east Jakarta is the city's last remaining snake-fruit, or Salak farm.
Grown from palm-like trees known as the Salacca zalacca, the fruit is an Indonesian delight.
It comes in many flavours, depending on the seed.
Sweet or sour, and in some cases both.
"This farm was passed on from generation to generation, from our grandfathers and the grandfathers before them," said caretaker and Betawi man Asmawi.
For the Betawi people, who are known as the indigenous Jakartans, the remaining Salak farm holds great significance.
Just like the Betawi, the trees have been in the area for generations — and there aren't many left.
Close-up of two hands holding an open shake-fruit in front of a bunch of the fruit on a tree.
A bunch of snake-fruit on the Salacca zalacca tree.(ABC News: Ari Wu)
"I am sad about it," Asmawi said.
The Jakarta Government has bought the farm to ensure its conservation and just in time, according to Ucup, from Jakarta's Agricultural office, who is also a local Betawi man.
"This variant of snake-fruit was almost extinct, since 2007 we have undertaken conservation and protection efforts to save it from extinction," Ucup said.
"We are working on cultivating it."
Ucup stands front-on to the camera in a grove of salacca zalacca with his arms crossed.
Betawi man Ucup works for Jakarta's agriculture office.(ABC News: Ari Wu)
As he moves along a brick path, with a machete in hand to cut the ripe fruit from the branches, Asmawi reflects on the past.
"It was so much better in the olden days," he said.
"If I could turn back time I would like to go back to my childhood.
The coolness has long gone, but Asmawi is savouring what's left and enjoying the fruit of the farm.
A man with a machete walks along a path through salacca zalacca trees.
Only one snake-fruit farm remains in Jakarta.(ABC News: Ari Wu)
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What would be the best way to cause the spriteimg jump. I want to have the sprite glide up and then back down when K_UP is pressed. What would be the best approach to this?
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 spriteimg = plumberright
 screen.blit(spriteimg,(x1, y1))
 keys = pygame.key.get_pressed()
 for event in pygame.event.get():
 if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
 running = False
 if keys[pygame.K_UP]:
 y1 -= 2
 elif keys[pygame.K_RIGHT]:
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I suggest you model the movement of your character as a velocity vector. The keys accelerate in a certain direction. Gravity and friction (and collisions) bring the player to stop.
I found this here (it's not python but the ideas are the same), maybe it helps: _URL_
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You could also save the sequence of jump movements as a list and iterate through the movements in the list. Not as flexible, but another option. – Joel Cornett Apr 1 '12 at 18:29
My cohort covered this during our tutorial at PyCon this year:
You'll want to start at 31:00 if you don't want to listen me to talk about game design :)
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Portal:OpenGL Objects/Query Objects
A Query Object represents certain kinds of state, where accessing the state directly would cause severe synchronization problems or degraded performance. So a query object thus represents a result that is not necessarily available yet. Most of these queries are based on rendering operations that happen within a specific, defined boundary.
There are a number of types of queries. There are queries for how many samples in a particular rendering operation passed all of the various post-fragment processing tests and the Fragment Shader itself. That is, how much of a rendered object is visible (if any). There are queries for how long the GPU took to execute some set of commands. And there are queries for how many primitives were written by a Transform Feedback operation.
Like textures, the type of query object is assigned the first time the query object is used. Unlike textures and other OpenGL objects, query objects are never "bound". Because query operations are scoped, query objects use a special begin/end pair of functions. These functions define the type of the query object. Using an existing query object with the wrong type is an error.


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IQNA, a window to the world of spirituality
The International Quran News Agency (IQNA) is the first and only specialized Quran news agency in the Islamic world.
It was inaugurated on the 15th of Ramadan, 1424, (November 11, 2003) during a ceremony attended bythe then president of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The news agency started its activity by publishing 7 news items in Persian every day and now, 15 years on, with the blessings of God, is publishing 850 daily news items in 19 languages, and the total number of the news items so far produced has exceeded 1,300,000.
· Bringing Quranic and religious news and reports accurately and promptly to its Iranian and foreign audiences
· Making endeavors for realization of the Quranic culture in Islamic Iran and elsewhere in the world
· Promoting the Quranic style of life in society
· Making efforts to end the isolation of the Quran in different fields
· Discrediting baseless assertions that the Islamic Republic of Iran's Establishment does not pay enough attention to the Quran and Quranic activities
IQNA's Languages:
Currently, the International Quran News Agency on a daily basis publishes news and reports in 19 languages: Persian, Arabic, English, French, Urdu, Italian, Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Bengali, Hausa, Pashtu, Hindi, Turkish, Swahili, Azeri, Filipino, Indonesian, and German.
IQNA's Branches
In order for covering Quranic and religious events better and more effectively, IQNA has launched provincial and international branches in 30 provinces of the country and 6 regions of the world.
1. IQNA's provincial branches are in the provinces of West Azarbaijan, East Azarbaijan, Ardebil, Alborz, Isfahan, Bushehr, Sistan and Baluchestan, Charmahal and Bakhtiari, Khuzestan, Razavi Khorasan, Semnan, Qazvin, Lorestan, Zanjan, Qom, South Khorasan, Kerman, Kordestan, Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad, Golestan, North Khorasan, Kermanshah, Gilan, Fars, Mazandaran, Markazi, Hormozgan, Hamedan and Yazd.
2. Foreign Regions:
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Since IQNA's mission is to disseminate the Quranic culture in different social, political, cultural, arts, economic, literary, … fields, the news agency's news desks have been formed on the basis of the need of its audience.
IQNA currently has 8 news desks as follows: 1. Quranic Activities 2. Politics and Economy 3. Islamic Teachings 4. Society 5. Literature and Arts 6. International 7. Provincial Branches 8 Multimedia and Photos
Moreover, IQNA's Honorary Correspondents section was established in 2004 with the purpose of better covering Quranic and religious news. Currently, IQNA has more than 7000 registered honorary correspondents. On average, they send some 120 reports daily.
In addition to the above-mentioned activities, the International Quran News Agency (IQNA) organizes expert forums, publishes the Rayaheh Quranic magazine, and holds or cooperates in holding Quranic forums and conferences.


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Playing with Arduino: real HashtagBattle Twitter display
I just started a few days ago to play with Arduino.
First, I must say it's a great platform: setup is easy, samples are great. I've made some embeeded development by the past, and I would dreamed of such platform!
So here is my first small project: an "Hashtagbattle display"
Real World hashtagBattle
The idea is to show the result of an Hashtagbattle on Twitter using a something more physical, in that case an arrow indicating the tendance of the results.
So we are couting the number of tweets containing hashtag a (let's say "iphone") and compare it to the numbers of tweet containing hashtag b (let's say "_TAG_") and the direction of the arrow depend of the result. If we have the same amount of hashtag b and hashtag a, the arrow will indicate the center.
The small difficulty here was to use the streaming API of Twitter to do this real time
The board:
- the board is quite simple: there is a servo that will display the arrow direction, and two leds, a red and green, each one flashing when there is on tweet on HashTag A (red) or HashTag B are coming
The software:
As I currently have only an Arduino UNO, there is no direct connection with the internet. But I use the PC for this task, and communicate with the board through the serial line.
So the PC sends every 100 ms a line with 3 informations:
- the angle of the servo
- 0 or 1 to indicate if first leds need to be enabled
- 0 or 1 to indicate if second leds needs to be enabled
For instance:
32 1 0
Will tell that the servo need to be of 32° and red led needs to blink
So the program is the following:
require 'tweetstream'
require "serialport"
input=ARGV.shift || "_TAG_,_TAG_"
_TAG_ for serial port
port_str = "/dev/tty.usbmodem1411" _TAG_ be different for you
sp =, 9600, 8, 1, SerialPort::NONE)
TweetStream.configure do |config|
 config.consumer_key = ''
 config.consumer_secret = ''
 config.oauth_token = ''
 config.oauth_token_secret = ''
 config.auth_method = :oauth
words=input.split(','){|w| []}
sp.puts "512 0 0" # reset the servo
_USER_.track(words) do |tweet|
 words.each_with_index do |word,i|
 if search.include? word
 if (>0.11
 str=ratio.to_s+" "+flags.join(' ')
 puts str
 sp.puts str,0)
Note that you canstart with parameters:
ruby notifyTweets.rb "_TAG_,_TAG_"
or use words instead of hashtags:
ruby notifTweets.rb "apple,orange"
The program needs to be run on the PC where the arduino is connected!
The Arduino part is here
We just se the serial line, wait for a line, and extract the informations from it.
_TAG_
int ledPin=13; // select the input pin for the potentiometer
int nbLed=2;
Servo myservo; // create servo object to control a servo
void setup() {
 // Open serial communications and wait for port to open:
 while (!Serial) {
 for(int i=0;iindex? data.substring(strIndex[0], strIndex[1]) : "";
void loop() {
 if(Serial.available() >0) {
 String str=Serial.readStringUntil('\n');
 // look for the next valid integer in the incoming serial stream:
 if(!getValue(str,' ',i+1).equals("0")){
 digitalWrite(ledPin-i, HIGH);
 myservo.write(getValue(str,' ',0).toInt());
 digitalWrite(ledPin-i, LOW);
That's all for this first project, was really fast to develop, thanks to Arduino (and Ruby!)
SpaceSaving algorithm (heavyhitter): compute real time data in streams
I've just discovered recently the SpaceSaving algorithm ( ) which is very interesting.
The purpose of this algorithm is to approximate computation of data from an infinite stream using a data structure with a finite size. The typical problem we try to solve is to count the number of occurrences of items coming from an infinite stream.
The obvious approach, is to have a map of items,count somewhere (memory, database) and to increment the count (or create it if not present) in the map
Depending of the distribution, the map size can be as big as the number of items in the feed (so infinite!)
Thanks to the heavy hitter algorithm, you just maintain a small subset of items, and an error associate with them.
If an item is not yet present in the map, you remove the previous minus and replace it with this one, and set the error count to the new one to the total count of the previous one.
So basically, you can have an item appears in the map but with an high error count.
The result depends of the number chosen for the size of the map, and of the distribution of the data, but I wanted to try by myself and Ive done a small implementation in ruby and a sample using the Twitter real time stream to cunt URL's occurrence in the feed
class SpaceSaving
 attr_accessor :counts,:errors
 def initialize in_max_entries=1_000
 _TAG_ a value in the array
 def add_entry value,inc_count=1
 if count==nil _TAG_
 if _USER_.size>=_USER_
 old=counts.key min
 _USER_.delete old
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I just wanted to keep it as simple as possible for now, but in a real world example, it would be good to encapsulate the way to access to the _USER_ field.
By default, the size of the map is set to 1.000, but this can be modified….
And the sample.rb
require 'bundler/setup'
require 'tweetstream'
require './SpaceSaving.rb'
TweetStream.configure do |config|
 config.consumer_key =
 config.consumer_secret =
 config.oauth_token =
 config.oauth_token_secret =
 config.auth_method = :oauth
_USER_.track('http') do |status|
 # add each URL in the tweet, and count it once
 status.urls.each do |url|
 if total%1000==0 then
 puts "Treated:#{total}"
 urls.counts.each do|u,c|
 if c>limit
 puts "Counts #{c} #{u} errors:#{urls.errors[u]}"
The complete sourcecode is available on Github:
So I've made a few tests and comparaison with an exact approach, and the result for the top 20 was similar, even after 600.000 tweets parsed, with a "small" 1.000 size comparing to around 300.000 entries for the exact algo.


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FROGS flee the sound of fire. Juvenile reed frogs (
Ulmar Grafe and his team from the University of Würzburg in Germany rigged up speakers in Ivory Coast's Comoé National Park and played frogs various sounds, including white noise and fire. The crackling sounds of fire produced the strongest reaction: the frogs raised their heads, scanned their surroundings and hopped rapidly towards the most fire-resistant vegetation.
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Groundborers were large machines used for creating tunnels manufactured by Akin-Dower. They were used to provide a quick shelter on dangerous worlds. A group of wealthy Naddists purchased several for use in the Freedon Nadd Uprising, where Warb Null attacked the city of Iziz on Onderon using modified versions of the Akin-Dower groundborers. After this attack, they were known as Onderonian War Machines.
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Example Question #1 : Antonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
An antonym of "substantial" is __________.
The word "substantial" can mean that something is not ideal but instead is real and tangible. (Something "tangible" can be touched. This is related to the word "tactile.") In contrast to something substantial, the word "intangible"—not touchable—is an excellent antonym.
Example Question #2 : Antonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
An antonym of "opaque" is __________.
When something is "opaque," that thing prevents light from passing through it. For example, a house wall is opaque to the light in a given room, preventing it from passing into the next room. In contrast to this, the windows in the room are "translucent," meaning that they allow light through them. This word comes from the combination of the prefix "trans-," meaning across, and "lucent," which comes from light. Translucent surfaces literally allow light to shine through or across them.
Example Question #3 : Antonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that most nearly means the opposite of the word in capital letters.
"Placid" is an adjective that can mean calm; not easily excited when talking about a living organism. It can also mean calm when describing water. When taking a test, if there is more than one meaning for a word, it is best to look at all of the possible answers and eliminate the ones that don't fit any definition.
Using this strategy, we can eliminate "tranquil," because it means peaceful. This is a synonym of "placid," not an antonym.
"Perplexed" can also be eliminated because it means confused. This is not the opposite of "calm."
"Innocent" means harmless and free of guilt. Again, this is not the opposite of calm.
This leaves us with two possibilities: "excitable" and "aggravating." "Excitable" is an adjective meaning easily excited. "Aggravating" is an adjective meaning irritating. "Excitable" is the best antonym for the first definition of "placid."


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. Sweep conveyors are usually buried under the grain when the bin is full, and operate only after gravity discharge is completed. Sometimes they are suspended above the grain surface and lowered with winches to perform their function. Either way, it should be born in mind that the investment in permanently installed sweep conveyors can be high, and is seldom warranted if they are to be operated only once or twice per year.
Nevertheless, where low throughputs are required, such as when a store is to be filled and emptied only two or three times a year, the lower capital investment in a large diameter flat store outweighs the additional capital and operational costs associated with emptying it. An analysis of capital and operational costs is usually necessary to evaluate minimum cost solutions where a store may be emptied more than (say) five times per year.
(iii) Construction Materials
The choice of construction material is usually between steel and concrete, though in some countries timber or masonry are still used as alternatives.
The choice between steel and concrete is dependent on a number of considerations, all of which ultimately come down to capital and operational costs. The fact that in most countries steel and concrete are both so widely used indicates that these costs are generally not dissimilar.
Where price considerations do not dictate the type of construction, the following observations may be helpful:
Some suppliers give warranties that their bins can achieve and retain their air-tightness. Where this is proven to be the case, this type of bin can be quite satisfactory for longterm storage. The extra cost of sealing such bins is in the order of US$ 5.00 per tonne.
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Python and Docker relationship
Docker can be expanded or managed by a few additional Python-based tools. The company behind Docker provides a docker-compose Python script which can be used to manage multiple Docker containers at a time. Ansible provides a few Docker-related modules as well. Therefore a correctly configured Python environment is very useful on a Docker host.
The debops.docker_server Ansible role maintains a separate Python virtualenv environment just for Docker-related Python packages. This is done so that Python modules used by upstream Docker, don't affect the host Python environment. The Docker virtualenv environment is by default located in the /usr/local/lib/docker/virtualenv/ directory but it can be changed if needed.
The docker-compose script will be symlinked in the host environment, in /usr/local/bin/docker-compose, so that the command can be used from the host's shell.
The Python interpreter located in the Docker virtualenv environment will be exposed in the host environment as /usr/local/bin/docker-python. That way you can use it in the Python scripts executed in the host environment. To use the Docker Python interpreter in a script, define it's shebang line as:
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Ansible modules and Docker virtualenv
The default host does not have any Docker-related Python modules available, therefore Ansible modules that interact with Docker, like docker, docker_container, docker_image, etc. will not work out of the box in normal Ansible playbooks and roles. To solve that, you can use the ansible_python_interpreter variable defined at the playbook level. Playbook variables cannot be templated by Jinja, therefore a static value must be used, and relates to the docker-python command exposed earlier.
Here's an example playbook that uses a Python interpreter from the Docker virtualenv environment:
- name: Set up a Redis Docker container
 collections: [ 'debops.debops' ]
 hosts: 'docker-host'
 become: True
 environment: '{{ inventory__environment | d({})
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 # Use Python from Docker virtualenv
 ansible_python_interpreter: '/usr/bin/env docker-python'
 - name: Manage redis container
 name: 'local-redis'
 image:'redis'
 published_ports: [ '' ]
 restart_policy: 'always'
 state:'started'
Keep in mind that more extensive playbooks that use Ansible roles or modules other than the Docker-related ones might need to be executed in their own separate plays, to use the host Python interpreter instead of the one maintained in the Docker virtualenv environment. Alternatively, you need to ensure that the Docker virtualenv environment contains all needed Python modules.
How to access the Docker virtualenv
To enter the Docker virtualenv environment on a host, execute the commands on the root account:
cd /usr/local/lib/docker/virtualenv
source bin/activate
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jasonhyer wrote:One issue we are finding as people are starting to use LDS Tools is that some people cannot sync despite repeated attempts to do so. One possibility is that there is a problem with the LDS Account. You can do the following to determine if it is an LDS Account issue.
[color=black]On a regular computer, go to a web browser and do the following:[/color]
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3. Open file downloaded or read the text in your browser and copy the six digit number at the end of the text (your unit number)
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Is that json output going to remain available to end-users with LDS Account credentials, or will it be restricted to Community developers?


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Unicorn usually just means perfect.
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And rainbow baby means a baby after a previous loss, as far as I know..
What does the Unicorn emoji mean sexually?
What does a unicorn symbolize?
What does the 🦄 emoji mean?
What is a 🦄?
A 🦄 unicorn is something magical/ unique, you will rarely find one. However, the symbol is kind of taken over, where every milinial thinks he/she is unique, just like everyone else.
What do unicorns mean on Snapchat?
magicalGenerally the unicorn emoji means magical or mystical. As if someone were to say they're special in a positive type dynamic. It can also be used when someone is trying desperate to convince you that something that is fake is actually real. … Generally the unicorn emoji means magical or mystical.
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Tap the … next to the unicorns and make your Memoji, then you'll see those instead of the unicorns. the directions when you update tell you how to setup a "memoji" which is an emoji that looks like you. When YOU skipped these directions, it defaults to a unicorn.
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I have a question regarding the definition of the covariant derivative of tensor fields, as given by John Lee in the book Riemannian Manifolds: An Introduction to Curvature
On page 53 he states the following lemma:
Let $\triangledown$ be a linear connection on $M$. There is a unique connection in each tensor bundle $T^k_l(M)$, also denoted $\triangledown$, such that the following conditions are satisfied:
(a) On TM, $\triangledown$ agrees with the given connection
(b) on $T^0M$, $\triangledown$ is given by ordinary differentiation on functions: $$ \triangledown_X f = Xf $$
This connection satisfies the following additional property:
For any $F \in \mathcal{T}^k_l(M)$, vector fields $Y_i$ and 1-forms $\omega^j$,
$$ \begin{eqnarray} &(\triangledown_X F) (\omega^1, \dots \omega^l,Y_1, \dots Y_k) = X( F (\omega^1, \dots \omega^l,Y_1, \dots Y_k)) \\ &- \sum_{i = 1}^l F (\omega^1, \dots, \triangledown_X \omega^i, \dots \omega^l,Y_1, \dots Y_k) \\ &- \sum_{i = 1}^k F (\omega^1, \dots, \omega^l,Y_1, \dots, \triangledown_X Y_i, \dots Y_k) \end{eqnarray} $$
Now, if I apply this property, say, to the Euclidean metric and the Euclidean connection, I obtain the following.
Let $Y = Y^i \partial_i$ and $Z = Z^i \partial_i$ be vector fields in local coordinates. Let the Euclidean Connection $\overline{\triangledown}$ be given by $$ \overline{\triangledown}_X Y = (X Y^i) \partial_i $$ Let $g$ denote the Euclidean metric, so that $$ g(Y,Z) = \sum_i Y^iZ^i $$ Then, the above property gives $$ \overline{\triangledown}_X g(Y,Z) = X(\sum_i Y^iZ^i) - \sum_i (XY^i)Z^i - \sum_i Y^i(XZ^i) = 0 $$
.. this does look strange - what am I doing wrong?
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Your computation is correct. The fact that the euclidean connection and metric satisfy $\overline{\nabla}_Xg = 0$ for all $X$ can be phrased as saying that the euclidean connection is compatible with the euclidean metric.
See Page 67 of your book for further details (especially Lemma 5.2).
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Gong Healing In Nepal
Overview of Gong Healing in Nepal
Gong is a musical instrument, which is played for spiritual blessings, meditation, and ceremonies. It is made by hand with love and care. It is also used for healing purposes. Gong healing in Nepal is a process of rinsing the whole body and mind of a person with the help of healing sound from the gong.
Gong healing in Nepal is a debatable topic to discuss around. It is very popular because of its positive effect on human health. Gong healing is a very simple process. Just put the gong into the play and the healing sound produced by gong will help you to experience one of the best chances in the world.
Gong Healing and Training in Nepal
When the gong is played softly, the soothing sound from gong helps to heal the individual and brings the necessary positive change in the body. The reason why gong is played softly is to create a relaxing sound instead of noise.
Actually, Gong healing in Nepal is done by laying down in a comfortable position and resting the whole body, mind, and spirit." Gong healing feels like a psychedelics journey without taking any psychedelics." Says, practitioners.
We provide Gong healing in Nepal to heal your mind and focuses on spirituality and recovery. Curing any disease with the help of gong will be far more beneficial than medical treatment. This is because gong healing not only cures symptoms but also will reduce every way for the disease to get back.
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Benefits of Gong Healing
Gong healing in Nepal has been so popular nowadays and the craze of people towards this is increasing. This is because of the benefits of gong healing. The benefits of gong healing are:
 1. Gongs are useful in solving emotional, spiritual, physiological, and physical distance.
 2. Healing of gong stimulates glandular, nervous, and exocrine systems.
 3. It is very helpful because it transforms worse emotional and mental conditions into better ones.
 4. Healing using gong is very useful to clear the negative thoughts from our minds.
There are so many advantages to the human health of gong healing. This is the reason why Gong healing in Nepal is getting hype.
How does gong healing work?
Gong healing is one of man's most powerful and oldest inventions in history. When the metal of gong is excited than the electrons become highly charged electromagnetically and forms a field of Plasmon.
Thus produced plasmon field is created off the gong and the listener hears the soothing sound. When the gong is revved up again, the plasmon field expands. Therefore, in this way when we strike the gong with a mallet, the sound is produced.
The sound produced by gong differs in a way that the mallet is struck into the metal. In general, gong produces three types of sound and they are dark, metallic, and majestic. It makes a resonant echoing sound. The peculiarly sonorous sound from gong is the best thing to heal disorders.
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This healing offers not only the mediation process from gong but will also help an individual to grow up strong. The healing changes time and locality.
Gong healing is an ideal tool for stress reduction, stimulation of the glandular system, and to break up emotional blockages. When the gong is skilfully played, it resonates and stimulates all the human cells unblocking happiness hormones.
The gong healing generates powerful multi-dimensional ripples of sound that steams the whole body. The OM sound of gong healing creates total silence within.
Gong healing in Nepal has just got a platform but the graph is increasing rapidly. The craze of people towards this is growing steadily. Gong healing in Nepal should be promoted in the best way


text: HEADS-Headborne Energy Analysis and Diagnostic System Photo tab Video tab HEADS - Headborne Energy Analysis and Diagnostic System &file=" /> HEADS Brain Injury Fair on Capital Hill 2013 The Headborne Energy Analysis and Diagnostic System records the severity of impacts to the head during a blast or explosion. The Headborne Energy Analysis and Diagnostic System, or more commonly referred to as HEADS, is a small sensor mounted inside a combat helmet that records the severity of blasts and other impacts to the head during an explosion. The HEADS sensor provides Soldiers and medical professionals alike with an effective tool to help identify Soldiers who may have combat-related head and brain injuries. The HEADS sensor is small enough to fit inside the palm of a person's hand and is mounted beneath the helmet pads of most combat helmets. Once secured and armed, the sensor continuously measures and collects critical and potential life-saving data, including impact location, magnitude, duration, blast pressures, angular and linear accelerations as well as the exact times of single or multiple blast events. The HEADS sensors are designed to only record data exceeding a threshold predetermined by the customer - what might occur with an impulse from a head impact or from a roadside bomb blast, for example. Once that threshold is reached, a visual LED display on the sensor is triggered, alerting the Soldier of a potential head injury. The data within the sensor is easily downloaded via a USB device or summary data through a wireless connection. This is an extremely valuable solution for data download. Antennas can readily scan all available HEADS sensors in a Forward Operating Base and send the data to a computer, identifying any Soldier who may have been involved in a blast or explosion, triggering the sensor. Currently, over 50,000 HEADS sensors have been delivered to the U.S. Army.


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WorldWind is a collection of components that interactively display 3D geographic information within Java applications. Applications use WorldWind by placing one or more WorldWindow objects in their user interface. That WorldWindow provide the 3D geographic context for the application's information and behaviors.
WorldWind components are extensible. The API is defined primarily by interfaces, so components can be selectively replaced by alternative components. Concrete classes can also be replaced or extended. Extensibility is a fundamental objective of WorldWind.
In addition to WorldWindow, there are several major WorldWind interfaces, all shown in the following diagram.
- Globe represents a planet's shape and terrain. The globe has a Tessellator that generates the terrain.
- Layer applies application imagery, shapes or other information to the globe. These items all retain their position relative to the globe as the user navigates through the geography. Layers also provide in-screen shapes that lie in the plane of the screen and do not move with the globe.
- Model aggregates the globe and its layers, including in-screen layers.
- View determines the user's view of the model and is driven by input events from the user via the InputHandler.
- SceneController controls the rendering of a Model and the timing of the rendering. It associates a Model with a View.
In typical usage, applications create a globe and layers for their data and combine them into a model. They also create a WorldWindow and pass the model to it. The WorldWindow's scene controller subsequently manages the display of the globe and its layers, in conjunction with an interactive view that defines the user's view of the planet.
All the objects above can be those provided by WorldWind or those developed by application developers. Objects implementing a particular interface may be used wherever that interface is called for.
WorldWind works with enormous quantities of data and information, all of which exist primarily on remote data servers. Retrieval and local caching of that data is therefore a necessary and primary feature of WorldWind. As remote data is retrieved it is stored in a local disk cache and subsequently used from there. The cache has no fixed size. It can be pruned programmatically by the application. All data retrieval, even retrieval from disk, is performed on background threads.
WorldWind's use of the network can be disabled by setting the offline-mode of the WorldWindow. Prior to attempting retrieval of a network resource, WorldWind checks the offline-mode and does not attempt retrieval if it's enabled.
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WorldWind can determine the displayed objects at a given screen position, typically the cursor position, in a WorldWindow. It can also determine the geographic position beneath the cursor. Both of these operations are performed automatically. The results are delivered to the application via Select events, and can also be queried from the WorldWindow.


Kapilavastuvihara, Kapilavastuvihāra, Kapilavastu-vihara: 1 definition
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[«previous next»] — Kapilavastuvihara in India history glossary
Source: archive.org: Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 1963
Kapilavastuvihāra or Kapilavastu is the name of an ancient building that once existed near Polonnaruva (Polonnaruwa), Ceylon (Sri Lanka).—Parakkamabāhu I also built:—(i) Kapila or Kapilavastu-vihāra; (ii) Dakṣiṇārāma; (iii) Pacchimārāma; (iv) the Suluvādenige of gold; (v) Purvārāma; (vi) Atubadalena-vihāra; (vii) Isipatana-vihāra in the Rājavesibhujaṅga suburb; (viii) Kusinārā-vihāra in the Sīhapura suburb; (ix) Veluvana-vihāra in the Vijita suburb; and (x) between the Palace and the 3 suburbs, at each gāvuta (about 2miles), a vihāra with Sermon and Image Houses.
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I have a table called 'individuals'. It has 5 entities i.e. ID (int,) name (String), surname (String), Age (Int) and currencyBalance(double). These are stored in a mySql Database.
I would like to make a GUI that allows the user to enter a value (as currency). This value is then added to the currencyBalance in the database.
I was thinking of making 2 SQL queries. One that returns the balance as an integer and the other updates the Balance by adding the balance returned to the user input. However how do i enter the user data in the SQL query? The idea is to have a simple working application.
I think the SQL Query queries should read something like this am i right?
SELECT balance FROM individuals WHERE ID='1'
UPDATE individuals (SELECT balance FROM individuals WHERE ID='1') SET balance=USERDATAGOESHERE WHERE name='George'
Any better refinement on the logic? Is there a better and more effective way to do this?


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A study of the causes of teacher attrition in regular and special education in Wisconsin
The purpose of this study was twofold. First, the study was undertaken to determine an accurate picture of teacher attrition in Wisconsin based on information from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction's (DPI) data base. Secondly, the study sought to discover causes of teacher attrition in Wisconsin and to determine whether special education and regular education teachers left for similar reasons. The study determined attrition rates of regular and special education teachers over a three year period (_PHONE_) using the DPI data base. A survey was then sent to a random sample of 400 teachers (100 regular education teachers and 100 special education teachers who remained in teaching; 100 regular education teachers and 100 special education teachers who left teaching). Principal components analysis and Alpha factoring was used to reduce the 37 variables included in the survey to thirteen factors. On the basis of these factors, discriminant analysis was used to determine whether accurate predictions could be made as to whether a teacher left or remained in teaching. This research considered several hypotheses about teacher attrition. The first nine hypotheses differences in attrition rates of special and regular education teachers, teachers with emergency or full certification, teachers in rural and urban areas, teachers certified at the elementary, middle school, or secondary levels, teacher age, teachers certified in each subject area, teachers with graduate or undergraduate training, experienced and non-experienced regular education teachers, and special education teachers with and without regular education experience. These hypotheses were tested using data from the DPI data base and the survey. Other hypotheses dealt with conditions of the teaching profession such as salary; administrative, parental, and professional support; recognition of and feedback on job performance; vacation time; duties required outside of the classroom; opportunity to work on curriculum development; and autonomy. These hypotheses were tested using the results of the survey. Findings indicated significantly higher attrition rates for special education teachers, teachers on emergency certification, teachers under the age of 35, teachers at the secondary level, music and foreign language teachers, teachers with undergraduate training, and regular education teachers with less than six years experience. (Abstract shortened with permission of author.)
Linda Kuzan Metzke,
"A study of the causes of teacher attrition in regular and special education in Wisconsin"
(January 1, 1988).
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When asset owners sell assets to charities for less than their fair value, that is
called a bargain sale to charity, and everyone can win. The charity wins because
they receive the excess value, and the donor wins because they receive some
payment and a deduction. The payment they receive usually gets preferred tax
treatment as a capital gain, and the charitable gift from the excess of the fair
market value over the selling price is deductible as an itemized deduction.
Another variation of the bargain sale occurs when an individual transfers debtencumbered property to a charity. The debt that is assumed by the charity is treated
as a payment, so like a traditional bargain sale, this is a part-sale/part-gift,
generally resulting in capital gains and a charitable contribution deduction to the
Both of these methods can be an excellent way to get assets to a charity and
favorable tax treatment to the donor.
For example, suppose that a property owner purchased land for $10,000. It is now
worth $100,000. He agrees to sell the land to the charity for $40,000. The property
owner has a capital gain (which is taxed at lower rates) of $30,000 ($40,000 selling
price less $10,000 tax cost). The transferor also has a charitable contribution of
$60,000 (fair value of $100,000 less selling price of $40,000).


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dc.identifier.citationOcean Engineering, 31(17-18), 2319-2342en
dc.description.abstractTriangular configuration tension leg platforms (TLPs) are used for deep-water oil/gas exploration. The mechanics of TLP is highly nonlinear due to larger structural displacements and fluid motion–structure interaction. Triangular TLP has major consideration for deep-water application also due to its relative insensitivity with increasing water depth, excellent station keeping characteristics, etc. which makes this as a most cost effective and practical production system for deep waters. This study focuses on the influence of hydrodynamic drag coefficient (Cd) and hydrodynamic inertia coefficient (Cm) on the nonlinear response behavior of triangular TLP models under regular waves. Two typical triangular TLP models vis-à-vis TLP1 and TLP2 are taken for the study at 600 and 1200 m water depths, respectively. Hydrodynamic forces on these TLPs are evaluated using modified Morison equation under regular waves. Diffraction effects are neglected. Various nonlinearities arising due to relative velocity term in drag force, change in tether tension due to TLP movement, and set down effect are being considered in the analysis. The dynamic equation of motion has been solved in time-domain by employing Newmark's β numerical integration technique. Based on the numerical study conducted, it is seen that the response evaluated using varying hydrodynamic coefficients through the water depth is significantly lesser in comparison to the response with constant coefficients in all activated degrees-of-freedom. However, sway, roll, and yaw degrees-of-freedom are not present due to the unidirectional wave loading considered for the study. The influence of hydrodynamic coefficients in wave period of 15 s is more in comparison with that of 10 s, and is nonlinear. The hydrodynamic coefficients also influence the plan dimension of TLP and its site location (geometry). Therefore, it may become essential to estimate the range of Cd–Cm values to vary through the water depth, based on Reynolds number (Re) or Keulegan–Carpenter number (Kc) even before the preliminary design of the TLP geometry.en
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