Author: Benita Willis | February 7, 2018
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Last Sunday, the annual Twilight Running Festival saw thousands of eager runners take on the streets of St Lucia. With record numbers and many personal bests being set over the course of the evening, the event was once again a huge success and saw many people already marking their calendars for next year. One of the most enjoyable events of the night was the 1km Active Kids Run, which with over 400 kids competing made it the largest u12 kids event in Australia. With plenty of free kids entertainment such as face painting, obstacle courses and soccer there is no question as to why it is such a popular event for the kids. There was no time for the kids to feel any pre-race nerves or anxiety as they were too busy having fun and experiencing all that the event had to offer. The success of the kids race at the event reflects the philosophy of Intraining, the event organisers, who believe that kids should develop a love of running from a young age by seeing it as a fun and rewarding activity.
So, why is it so important for kids to be introduced to running at a young age? Learning to enjoy keeping active from a young age will set them up for a lifetime of health and happiness, and will ensure that they are always able to experience the benefits that running has to offer. Steve Manning, coach at Intraining, says that through running, "the vast majority of kids will be reaping the physical benefits of a lifetime habit of exercise leading to better health and mortality. The mental benefits of running include better grades due to better cognitive function, less depression and increased resilience. Setting a challenging goal and achieving it after putting in the required workload is a lesson that can be transferred to any area of their lives."
One argument that is often raised against introducing kids to a sport so young is that they may experience burnout and stop enjoying the sport. However, as long as training is kept fun and not too intense for the child then there is no reason why continuing to develop their love for running should lead to burnout. Children should also avoid specialising in one sport as they should be free to try a range of different sports and activities.
Ricky Swindale, Intraining athlete, says that Intraining's philosophy for kids training is "to have a very gradual progression in training intensity and quantity. We tend to do less intensity and focus more on pace judgement sessions. We do not want the kids racing every session as that is the main cause of burnout. Not everyone can be an elite athlete so we make sure that all levels of runners are included and appreciated. It must be the child's decision about how hard or how much they want to run. "
Intraining offers kids running sessions on Mondays and Thursdays, and the sessions are designed to develop the love of running for life and to give kids the foundations of running technique, pace judgement, race strategies and tactics. All sessions involve a warmup, stretching session, running drills and then the running session with a specific type of goal in mind. In order to keep the sessions fun and enjoyable, the session always finishes with a running game such as red rover or tiggy. This is often the kids' favourite part of the session and will keep them eager to come back each week!
As the children get older, Intraining helps them to set staged goals for different races in order to help keep them motivated. "Once the students are at high school, intraining encourages them to transition into the adult running Speed work groups on Tuesdays to give a harder session with a greater range of abilities," says Swindale. "Mixing in with the adults can also develops another level of emotional maturity that is useful for teens."
Interested in taking your kids along to an Intraining session? Follow this link for more information about session times and locations .


The monitoring and prudent management of liabilities is an important element of comprehensive national financing strategies and is critical to reducing vulnerabilities. We welcome the efforts of IMF, the World Bank and the United Nations system to further strengthen the analytical tools for assessing debt sustainability and prudent public debt management. In this regard, the IMF-World Bank debt sustainability analysis is a useful tool to inform the level of appropriate borrowing. We invite IMF and the World Bank to continue strengthening their analytical tools for sovereign debt management in an open and inclusive process with the United Nations and other stakeholders. We encourage international institutions to continue to provide assistance to debtor countries to enhance debt management capacity, manage risks and analyse trade-offs between different sources of financing, as well as to help to cushion against external shocks and ensure steady and stable access to public financing.


container uses up all allocated memory. If you could detect this while the container is still running but not yet killed, you are much more likely to be able to intervene in time.
In DC/OS there are three main endpoints for metrics:
 - DC/OS metrics
 - endpoint exposing combined metrics from tasks/container, nodes, and applications
 - Mesos metrics
 - endpoint exposing Mesos-specific metrics
 - Marathon metrics
 - endppoint exposing Marathon-specific metrics
One way to leverage metrics to help with debugging is to set up a dashboard. This dashboard would include the most important metrics related to the services you want to monitor. For example, you could use prometheus and grafana to make a metrics dashboard.
Ideally, with the dashboard configured and functioning, you can identify potential problems before they become actual bugs. Moreover, when issues do arise, this sort of dashboard can be extremely helpful in determining the cause of the bug(e.g. maybe a cluster has no free resources). Each link from the endpoint item listed above provides recommendations for the metrics you should monitor for that endpoint.
Sometimes the task logs provide insufficient help. In these cases, using your favorite Linux tools (e.g. curl, cat, ping, etc…) to get an interactive point of view could be a worthwhile next step.
For example, if you are using a [Universal Container Runtime (UCR)] (/mesosphere/dcos/latest/deploying-services/containerizers/ucr/), you can use dcos task exec as follows:
dcos task exec -it
and be presented with an interactive bash shell inside that container.
IMPORTANT: If you alter the state of the container when using dcos task exec in the manner above, you must update the stored app-definition and restart the container from that updated app-definition. If you fail to do so, then your changes will be lost the next time the container restarts.
Alternatively, when using a docker containerizer, you can SSH into the node in question and run docker exec to investigate the running container.
HTTP Endpoints
DC/OS has a large number of additional endpoints that could be useful for debugging:
 - /mesos/master/state-summary
The state-summary endpoint returns a json encoded summary of the agents, tasks, and frameworks inside the cluster. This is especially helpful when considering allocation of resources across the cluster, as it shows you whether there are resources already reserved for a particular role (there are more details on this in one of the debugging scenarios provided below.
NOTE: See the complete list of Mesos endpoints.
 - /marathon/v2/queue
Marathon's queue endpoint returns a list of all tasks in the queue to be scheduled by Marathon. This endpoint is valuable when troubleshooting scaling or deployment problems.
The DC/OS community is a great place to ask additional questions either via Slack or the mailing list. Also keep in mind that both Mesos and Marathon have their own communities in addition to the DC/OS community.
Other Tools
There are other debugging tools as well – internal to DC/OS as well as external tools like Sysdig or Instana. These tools can be especially helpful in determining non DC/OS specific issues (e.g., Linux Kernel or networking problems).


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The analyzer has detected a code fragment that is very likely to contain a typo. The fragment is a sequence of similar comparisons of class members, but one of the subexpressions is different from the others in that it compares a pair of members of different names, while the others compare pairs of members of the same name.
Consider the following example:
if (a.x == b.x && a.y == b.y && a.z == b.y)
In this code, the 'a.z == b.y' subexpression is different from the other subexpressions in the sequence and is very likely a result of a typo made by the programmer when editing the copied code fragment. This is the correct version, which would not trigger the warning:
if (a.x == b.x && a.y == b.y && a.z == b.z)
The analyzer outputs this warning for sequences of three and more comparisons.

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Dualquat QAC Surface Sanitiser
Dualquat is a dual chain quaternary sanitiser providing effective microbial control in a wide variety of food processing operations.
Dualquat provides a residual antimicrobial action that continues to work on surfaces well after application. Dualquat can be used on plant equipment, walls and floors, and in foot baths where staining is to be avoided. Active against bacteria and effective in the control of yeasts and moulds, Dualquat is a truly versatile sanitiser.
- Completely safe to use on all surfaces
- Non-toxic, non-corrosive and odourless
- Suitable for both hot and cold applications
- Helps to eliminate objectionable odours
- Helps to control and reduce micro bacterial growth
DIRECTIONS FOR USE:
Apply diluted product to cleaned, well drained surfaces. Do not rinse off well drained food contact surfaces where dilution is 200ppm or below. If used above 200ppm on a food contact surface, a potable rinse must occur after application.
For Food Contact surfaces:
- Do not exceed 200ppm on a well drained surface in a red meat export establishment.
- Seafood/Poultry – suitable for a no rinse application up to 400ppm
- Use between 200 – 400ppm
- Use between 1000 – 1500ppm


Why is "Data Source" grayed out when I try to import?
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Some IMW configurations require that multiple ascii files be specified for import. When a configuration of this type is loaded (at import time) the "Data Source" button is grayed out and indicates "n/a".
The Intersection Magic importer is capable of importing data from multiple files or "tables" and merging them together. When properly set up, the import dialog box will "know" that it needs multiple files (and therefore import definitions and cng files) and will disable the "Data Source" button. This is to make sure that you are required to specify multiple file names.
In order to import data when multiple files are used, simply select Ok in the import dialog box. Instead of the standard "Begin Importing?" question, it will prompt you for each of the files that it needs. After specifying these files, you will be prompted to begin importing.
The log files will reflect that this was a multi-file import.
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Examination of extensive data sets reveal patterns...
|Title||Examination of extensive data sets reveal patterns of sea lice abundance in Scotland|
|Author(s)||J. Treasurer, C. Revie, G. Gettinby|
|Abstract||A database of sea lice counts from 33 sea water farms in Scotland, UK from the Firth of Cyde to Loch We, Sky and the Western Isles, was compiled. Data were assimilated for a 5-year period (_PHONE_), involving counts on 70 824 fish (salmon). The pattern of abundance is reported for Lepeophtheirus salmonis. Lice numbers had strong seasonal and annual patterns. When stocking took place, after fallowing, sea lice numbers were very low and increased slowly to a level of around 7 lice per fish by the end of the first year of production. In the second year, a decline in counts was noted in the early spring but thereafter lice numbers increased throughout the year with fluctuations due to treatments with sea lice medicines. Mean lice abundance was not significantly influenced by coastal exposure or geographical region.|
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A: I had a user the other day who insisted his Deleted Items folder was empty, but his mailbox was still pushing against the company's mailbox size limit policy. I've seen users accidentally move content to unexpected places without realizing it. For example, in Outlook it's possible to drag and drop a mail folder into the Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, or even Notes folders. Or the content could still be in Deleted Items, even if it doesn't appear to be so to the user.
The person who assured me his Deleted Items folder was empty was actually selecting the Deleted Items folder in the Navigation pane, highlighting the content in the main pane, then deleting the highlighted content. This method works, although it's somewhat tedious, but it misses content that might have been deleted from within subfolders. When you delete a folder, its contents are moved to Deleted Items as a subfolder. The contents of the subfolder aren't visible in Deleted Items unless the subfolder is selected in the Navigation pane. Also, when you select Deleted Items, it doesn't show the folders in the main pane; you have to click the little plus symbol (+) or arrow beside Deleted Items in the Navigation pane for those folders to appear, as Figure 1 shows.
To delete these folders, you have to either do so one at a time, manually (not a good idea), or use the more logical Empty "Deleted Items" Folder or Empty Folder option from the right-click menu on the Deleted Items folder. You can also use the Empty Folder button on the Folder tab of the Ribbon in Outlook 2010 or go to Tools, Empty "Deleted Items" Folder in Outlook 2007 or Outlook 2003.
In addition, Outlook makes it easy to view the size of folders within the hierarchy so that you can identify where the greatest mailbox volume resides. You can right-click the account in the Navigation pane and select Data File Properties (or Properties) from the bottom of the context menu. On the General tab of the Properties dialogue box, click the button for Folder Size to open a window listing individual mailbox folder sizes in KB. Figure 2 shows an example with a small amount residing in Deleted Items. Unfortunately, this window isn't resizable, so if you have many folders, you'll have to scroll through them to see the full list.
Figure 2: Viewing actual folder sizes in Microsoft Outlook
Although the user I was working with claimed the Deleted Items folder was emptied, I was able to use this method to find a large amount of content still in that folder. Exchange administrators can also access this information without using the Outlook client, of course, by using Exchange Management Shell (EMS) and the Get-MailboxFolderStatistics cmdlet.


text: Communicating on a battle field is crucial. As the battlefield becomes more complex, more information needs to be shared and more people need to know about it. Secure, undetectable communication is a holy grail of battle field communication. If the enemy knows what you are telling others, then they can take appropriate action. The next best solution is to at least know someone is in the area and talking. That alone can help the enemy figure out what the other side knows and is talking about, or preparing to do. The shorter the transmission, the harder it is to locate the transmitter. Like homing in on a sound in a dark room.


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A user has multiple rows of data for a custom MDF in Manage Data. When a document is generated, data from the first row is getting captured. The requirement is to have data from all the rows to the generated document.
Image/data in this KBA is from SAP internal systems, sample data, or demo systems. Any resemblance to real data is purely coincidental.
SuccessFactors Employee Central: Document Generation
Reproducing the Issue
A custom MDF object "Tuituion Reimbursement" has a child object "Classes". In the example, the user has three entries for Classes:
The template is configured as following:
The generated document contains data from only the first row:
Note that data from the second and third row are not in the generated document.
Incorrect mapping configuration.
In the template the table has placeholders in multiple rows. Hence, they are considered static which will fetch only the first value available.
For the placeholders to fetch multiple values in a table, all the placeholders should be in the same row. You can keep the first row for header and the second row will contain its respective placeholders. This would fetch the multiple values if present.
The template should look like:
Now, the generated document is:
Dynamic, KBA, LOD-SF-EC-DOC, Document Generation, Problem


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is the practice of
- acquiring goods and services in a restrained manner, and
- resourcefully using already owned economic goods and services, to
- achieve a longer term goal.
Strategies for frugality
of frugality include the reduction of waste
, curbing costly habits
, suppressing instant gratification
by means of fiscal self-restraint, seeking efficiency
, avoiding traps, defying expensive social norms, embracing free (as in gratis) options, using barter
, and staying well-informed about local circumstances and both market and product/service realities.
Frugality in the context of certain belief systems, is a philosophy in which one does not trust, or is deeply wary of "expert" knowledge, often from commercial markets or corporate cultures, claiming to know what is in the best economic, material, or spiritual interests of the individual.
Different spiritual communities consider frugality to be a virtue or a spiritual discipline. The Religious Society of Friends and the Puritans are examples of such groups. The basic philosophy behind this is the idea that people ought to save money in order to allocate it to more charitable purposes, such as helping others in need.
There are also environmentalists who consider frugality to be a virtue through which humans can make use of their ancestral skills as hunter-gatherers, carrying little and needing little, and finding meaning in nature instead of man-made conventions or religion. Henry David Thoreau expressed a similar philosophy in Walden, with his zest for self-reliance and minimal possessions while simply living in the woods.


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A simple dinosaur craft for younger children to make and paint.
Green and yellow paint
Strip of green card
Glue (or stapler)
Paint the middle of your plate and the lower half of the rim green. Paint the top half of the rim in yellow or your preferred other colour. Leave to dry.
Using the photos as a guide, cut out the head, legs and the start of the tail out of the green-painted section of the plate. Do not cut into the flat part of the plate.
Now, using our photos as a guide, cut into the yellow rim to form the spikes. Again, do not cut into the centre of the plate. Save the scraps of yellow!
Cut a tail from the green card, and stick to your plate. Use the yellow scraps that you cut off the plate to add spikes to the tail.
Draw on a face.
This craft is reprinted courtesy of Activitiy Village.


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Knight of the Flying Hunt is a prestige class of Faerûn whose members act as the defenders of Nimbral. While protecting Nimbral, these noble soldiers answer to the mysterious Nimbral Lords. They dedicate themselves to the inhabitants of Nimbral while enforcing the lands local laws.
Most knights are humans who were previously fighters or rangers. A few clerics and paladins manage to the join the ranks of the Flying Hunt, but they are extremely uncommon because of the religious overtones.
- Flying Mount, Storm and Greater Storm Armor
- At various times throughout their career, knights of the Flying hunt recieve progressively more powerful suits of armor. This begins with Flying Hunt armor when joining their ranks, Storm armor and Greater Storm armor for the most experienced knights.
- Pegasus Mount
- All knights receive a trained pegasus to serve them in their duties. It remains with its rider until it has been slain or dismissed.
- Armored Ease
- Knights are trained in the skill of moving easily in their rather cumbersome armor.


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how fast do nails grow?
Enter the experts, please...
How long does it take nails to grow? And, how much faster do they grow on the fingers? The old "rules of thumb" were:
- Fingernails: 6-8 months to grow out fully Thumbnails 8-12 months to grow out fully
- Small toenails 12 months to grow out fully
- Great toenails 12-18 months to grow out fully
Mr. William B. Bean studied his own nail growth for 35 years and published the data in Arch Intern Med, 1974, Vol. 134, 497-502 (30 yrs) and ibid, 1980, Vol. 140, p. 73-76 (35 yrs). He found that nails grow more slowly with age; growth rate at age 32 was 0.123mm/day, but by age 67 had decreased to0.095mm/day. No variation with geographical location, physical activity, or season.
Thumb nails grow faster then the rest of the fingernails. Great toe nails grow faster then other toenails. Toe nails grow slower then fingernails. Umm.... Just like you thought!


0 design date, and the fact that it was a part of "California Gaming Culture," might hint that Supergame itself also influenced Champions. One sees the underpinnings of Superhero 2044 is in the purchase of a character's starting attributes.
Both systems feature something that many modern gamers might consider odd. All of a character's attributes start at zero and can be increased -- this itself isn't odd to the modern gamer. What is odd is that both games have attribute levels where the character is suffering from a disability. In Superhero 2044, if a character has an Endurance of less than 20 that character is "fatigued" or worse. In Supergame, a character with an "Agony Score" of less than 15 "may either move or attack, but only one per turn." There are similar penalties for "Vigor" in Superhero 2044 and "Physical Score" in Supergame. The names of the attributes and the level of effect are different, but one can see the similarities. Most modern systems would start a character with a base number of points sufficient to not be fatigued or incapacitated, but both Superhero 2044 and Supergame allow for the possibility.
But it isn't the point based character design where Supergame bears the most similarity to its predecessor. Supergame includes rules for building specific powers -- though not as robust the later published Champions -- that are themselves an innovation over the state of gaming at that time and a step beyond what were offered in Superhero 2044.
The area where Supergame most reflects Superhero 2044 is in its ranged combat system. In Superhero 2044, ranged combat is decided by rolling a six sided die and adding/subtracting to the die total applicable modifiers. This sets the target number that must be rolled, or higher, on a second roll of a six sided die. For example a character with a 20 Dexterity (-1) shooting an opponent at point blank range (-3) with a shoulder weapon (-1) rolls a 6 on a six sided die. This gives a modified result of 1 (6-1-3-1=1) and means that the character hits if the player rolls a 1 or better on the second roll. This system, with some differences in modifier values, is the system used in Supergame.
Influence on Golden Heroes
While I was intrigued by the way that Superhero 2044 influenced the design of American super hero role playing games, I was amazed at how it had influenced a British one. In White Dwarf magazine issue 9, game designer Eamon Bloomfield reviewed Superhero 44 -- Superhero 2044's first edition -- and wrote the following:
"Each character fills out a weekly planning sheet indicating whether he is patrolling, resting, training, or researching. This...show[s] how many crimes of what type he's stopped this week and at what damage to himself; without actually having to play the event...Overall good fun and realistic and a welcome addition to any role playing fan's collection. Certainly as a postal game it has a great future."
The weekly planning sheet is one of the most intriguing aspects of the Superhero 2044 game and the most playable aspect "out of the box." The game includes weekly planning sheets that provide a number of "activity blocks" to which players assign particular tasks, like fighting crime or resting. Golden Heroes, Games Workshop's super hero role playing game, featured a campaign system that bears no small similarities to that of Superhero 2044. Games Workshop was, and still is, the publisher of White Dwarf magazine and so it is easy to believe that this game review sparked some discussion of "planning sheet" style campaign play.
Golden Heroes features a campaign system that heavily relies on something very similar to Superhero 2044's weekly planning sheet. They have a system that uses something called a "Daily Utility Phase" or DUPs. The game describes them as follows:
The scenarios played in each week occupy a certain number of DUPs for the characters involved. Any remaining DUPs can be devoted to other pursuits such as training, improving powers, developing scientific gadgets, etc.
Thus at the end of each scenario, you must inform the players how many spare DUPs their characters have. Preferably then, or at worst at the start of the next game session, the players must tell you how their characters have spent those DUPs.
The player's allocation of DUPs is compared to various campaign ratings, something vary similar to what Superhero 2044 calls "handicaps," in order to determine what events happen to the character and how much the character is able to improve over time. Both systems are dynamic and change as characters interact with the game world. The Golden Heroes system is more developed and is a part of a more complete system of mechanics, but it is unarguably a descendant of the Superhero 2044 system.
Closing Remarks
I wish I had read Superhero 2044 much sooner than I did. It is a definite diamond in the rough. While it would be difficult to play RAW, it has a large number of innovative mechanics and ideas. The fact that it contains enough ideas to influence no fewer than THREE super hero role playing games in their design is a significant achievement in and of itself. One cannot truly understand the development of the hobby without reading this game.
I think I will try to play the game itself soon, though I don't know if I will try to design a comprehensive powers system or use an existing one to supplement the game, as the campaign play system still stands out as something that has some depth and would be useful in a number of games. Given the abstract nature of the campaign planning system, one could easily adapt it to another game for use.
The game also features a detailed setting for super hero play. The setting lacks the microscopic detail of modern settings, but for the time the game was written it is quite intricate. Like the game itself, its setting is one that inspires addition and extension rather than provides a complete painting.
Donald Saxman has created something pretty special here and I'd love to see someone take this system and make a modern edition out of it. It would take some work, but it would be worth it.
It would be a dream come true for me if both Wayne Shaw and Donald Saxman would agree to work with me to run a Kickstarter of Superhero 2044 Second Edition that incorporates some of Shaw's changes while keeping the basic system as is. Such an endeavor would be a truly OSR adventure and one that I think would be worth exploring. What would a more developed version of the game look like? I hope we get to find out.
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The N8006 Humidity Temperature Meter (Hygrometer and Thermometer) has an integral temperature and humidity sensor for quick and convenient checks and a capacitive humidity sensor provides fast response for quicker readings.
The instrument is suitable for applications as diverse as heating and ventilating, the storage of sensitive materials such as paper and fabric, or art galleries and museums where acceptable humidity levels need to be maintained.
- Data hold of current, maximum and minimum readings
- IP67 rated dust and waterproof
- Large data display for simultaneous reading of either relative humidity or calculated dew point temperature and ambient temperature
- Dewpoint calculation from measured temperature and humidity values, essential for controlled environments
- Selectable auto switch off to save battery life
- 0 to 100% humidity range
- Temperature Range: -20°C to +60°C / -4°F to +140°F
- Capacitive humidity sensor for fast response
- Thermistor temperature sensor for accurate readings
The N8006 Humidity Temperature Meter features a capacitive humidity sensor, which is used to monitor changes in the amount of water vapor in the air, which in turn alters the capacitance. This change in capacitance is proportional to a change in relative humidity.


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Clothes For Gym top en mousseline - patron - The gym is one of the places where people can not care about their appearance and concentrate only on working their body to show it later. However there are items that help us exercise much more efficiently.
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Esta crema de champiñones es muy fácil de preparar. A mi me gusta reservar unos champiñones al saltearlos y picarlos menuditos para incorporarlos al crema y que tenga 'tropezones'.


e-Bench® provides a comprehensive invoice verification and reconciliation system to ensure that all invoices are accurate and a client is not either over or under charged.
Many meters are still being read manually. As with any process or application where there is human input, so there is the opportunity for error.
e-Bench® is configured to check all invoice data to verify if the information on the invoice can be regarded as accurate. It does this in two ways:
 - Checks to ensure the correct tariffs have been applied, i.e. cents per kWh and other levies such as taxes.
 - Checks to ensure if the consumption levels are within the bounds of what might be expected for that particular month. e-Bench® achieves this by comparing the same month of the previous year and then seeing if the consumption levels are within a certain percentage of that earlier period. Please note this percentage can be varied by the user from 5% to 100% or by an absolute amount.
Utility Bill Auditing | Electricity Invoice Reconciliation
If problems are detected, e-Bench® sends exception reports to whoever is designated as the recipient of these alerts (in most cases CarbonEES), so they can be investigated. The advantage of this intelligent processing is that errors are picked up as they occur and can be managed accordingly.


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Configuration as code
decK can be, or rather should be, used in a CI pipeline to push out configuration
It is advisable to store configuration of Kong in a Git repository (or any other
Version Control System, or VCS) and then perform GitOps on Kong's configuration:
- Any time a change needs to be performed, ask the developer to open a
Pull or Merge Request, which can be reviewed by other humans.
You should use
deck validate and
deck diff commands in the CI to validate
and see if the target changes will be performed or not.
Although unlikely, it is possible that a
deck sync command might fail
even if the above two pass. If this happens, a human has to intervene and
resolve the conflict or error manually.
- Once the configuration change is merged in, the CI should execute
again (to have a log of what is changing), followed by
You should also have a
cronjob in your CI or any other system, which verifies
if the source of truth, meaning Kong's database is in the exact same state as
you want it to be (the state file in VCS repository).
Unless you do this step, you do not have a truly declarative configuration
as your are configure Kong but are never verifying. The system could be
out of sync and can go undetected until another change is performed.
Any time you use decK within an automated environment, including a
deck ping command in the beginning of your script can ease debugging
in the future, as it usually rules out connectivity issues between decK and Kong.


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Definition of moorland
n. - Land consisting of a moor or moors. 2
The word "moorland" uses 8 letters: A D L M N O O R.
No direct anagrams for moorland found in this word list.
Words formed by adding one letter before or after moorland (in bold), or to adlmnoor in any order:
s - moorlands
All words formed from moorland by changing one letter
Browse words starting with moorland by next letter


Tips for Using Maple Syrup
You Have Maple Syrup. Now what?
We frequently get asked for advice regarding how to store maple syrup, choosing the right syrup for your needs, and cooking with syrup. Here are some general guidelines that we hope will answer some of your questions.
 - How to store unopened maple syrup
 - Store maple syrup in unopened containers for up to a year at room temperature. Properly packaged syrup will last a year (or even indefinitely) without refrigeration.
 - All of Sterling Valley Maple's syrup is either packed into glass or a special oxygen-barrier plastic container, which will prevent any degradation of the syrup. Syrup stored in old-fashioned tin containers have an oxygen barrier but there is the potential that any bending or denting of the container could lead to rust, which is why we don't use these containers.
 - Maple syrup is naturally resistant to bacterial growth because of its low water content; even though syrup looks like a liquid, there actually is far more sugar than water in it and this limits the ability for most bacteria to grow. Proper packaging (hot packing above 180℉) will prevent mold growth inside the container when sealed.
 - Storing opened maple syrup
 - Once opened, keep the syrup cold to extend the shelf life up to 6 months. This prevents the formation of mold (which can enter the container when opened) and ensures the syrup does not lose quality or taste.
 - Storing syrup for long period of time
 - Syrup can be stored in the freezer indefinitely. This is great news if you like to buy in bulk! Syrup can be frozen easily. In fact, at the temperature of most freezers (around 0℉), syrup won't even become a solidit'll just become "slushy." If you're patient it's fairly easy to pour syrup even straight out of the freezer-- just be prepared for it to take a while. Syrup stored in the freezer won't develop mold, nor will it degrade quickly due to oxidation.
 - Choosing the correct syrup for your purpose
 - Remember that different classes of syrup can have different tastes and therefore are usually used for different purposes. Generally, people tend to prefer a darker syrup (such as our Dark/Robust Syrup) for baking because the stronger maple flavor will be more prominent in your recipes. If you really want to make sure that adding maple syrup adds the taste of maple, the darker the syrup the better. Likewise, many people prefer a lighter, more delicate tasting syrup, such as our Amber Color with Rich Taste, for table use on pancakes, waffles, or ice cream. This isn't to say that there's ever a "right" or "wrong" syrup for a certain usein our family, some people prefer dark on their pancakes, and others like the flavor of a more delicate syrup. We encourage you to not think of maple syrup as a single product, but instead as a range of flavor options that you can select from based on your specific desire.
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 - Maple syrup is a fantastic sweetener option to replace cane sugar (which is hyper-processed and not particularly sustainable) when you're baking. We recommend you use dark syrup, but you can get the sustainability advantages with any of the color/flavor classes. In addition to adding the sweetening agent, you're also picking up some beneficial minerals, nutrients, and antioxidants that you wouldn't get with another sweetener. Plus, you add maple flavor that complements many different recipes.
 - The main thing you have to remember is that maple syrup contains added liquid; a cup of maple syrup is about ⅔ cup sugar and ⅓ cup water. So, when adding maple syrup to your recipe, you need to find a way to reduce the amount of overall liquid. This is easy if your recipe calls for waterjust cut out ⅓ cup of water for every cup of maple syrup you add. Many people find maple syrup to be marginally sweeter than cane (white) sugar, so you can probably get away with a little less than a 1:1 swapsome websites recommend using a ¾ cup of maple syrup for every 1 cup of sugar the recipe calls for. If the recipe calls for honey, you can do a 1:1 substitution without making any other changes.
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But over the years this rock has sustained some damage from tourists covering it with chalk to photograph the glyphs to a large crack developing near its center.
Jackson County officials have decided to develop a conservation plan to help preserve this piece of Cherokee history. In early October county commissioners hired Stratum Unlimited in Georgia to develop a plan of action to prevent further damage.
Archeologists will discuss their plan later this month with commissioners, said Jackson County Manager Ken Westmoreland.
Preserving Judaculla Rock is not only important to the Eastern Band, but also to area residents. Anne Rogers, professor of anthropology at Western Carolina University, has used the rock as a teaching tool for her students.
"It's part of Cherokee's history, and we need to be aware that we live in the Cherokee's homeland," Rogers said. "It's just been exposed to all the elements for many years."
The petroglyphs carved onto Judaculla Rock are images that are tough to decipher. Squiggly lines and circles could represent a serpent or bird but only a few know the true meaning.
"For us they are tough to decipher but for many Cherokee they still have meaning," said Scott Ashcraft, U.S. Forest Service archeologist in Asheville and director of North Carolina Rock Art Survey. Ashecroft has been studying Judaculla Rock since the early 1990s and could be considered a local expert
Ashcraft has seen the negative environmental impacts first hand. Over the last 15 to 20 years sediment has been burying the rock, he said. About half of the rock is hidden from view now, beneath the soil that has settled around it.
The rock was probably once used as a ceremonial place for shamans, said Ashcraft. This idea emerged after Ashcraft photographed the rock at night by the light of a fire that made the glyphs come to life.
"It was a pretty powerful situation for anybody, even during prehistoric time," he recalled of his experience that night.
Judaculla was a giant the roamed around the mountains protecting the plants and animals. The markings on the rock were left by Judaculla before he left this world, said Tom Belt, a Cherokee language professor at Western Carolina University. Some believe that the symbols are ways for us to communicate with plants and animals, he explained.
Belt also says that the site was used by shamans.
"For Cherokees these were scared things (the rock) and were used for spiritual purposes," he said.
Ashcraft and Belt are excited about the county's conservation plans.
"We need to identify what is wrong and why it's occurring and hopefully phase two of the project will be remedying it," Ashcraft said.
"This site is held in high regard with our people," Belt said. "It's extremely important part of the tribe, the mountains and what the creator gave us. It was part of our concept of place. The marks are very complex and hold an incredible amount of information about the universe as we know it."


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It has always been my understanding that the word for England is イギリス. But the wikipedia page for English-American says イングランド系アメリカ人. Even rikaichan has イングランド as England. Is there a difference in usage between these two words? What about 英国?
And as a side question, where does the word イギリス come from?
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イギリス is used to refer to the United Kingdom which consists of four main countries, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It is also sometimes referred to as 英国 which used more for official names (such as the Embassy). It can be seen alongside similar names such as 米国. The character also gets used in newspapers/convenient abbreviations (eg 日英同盟 is the expression often used to refer to the Anglo Japanese Naval Treaty).
イングランド refers to England. it is used as when referring to the country/institutions designated at that level such as the national football team.
The origin of the use of 英 (and ultimately イギリス）dates back to the name given to British people by Chinese. It was pronounced YING and used phonetically to replicate the Portuguese name of Ingles. (This character's meaning of "great" or "superior" and the name "Great Britain" is coincidence. For the record, Great Britain is the term used to refer to the largest island of "the British Isles" which is a geographical name for the islands occupied by the UK and the Republic of Ireland. "Great" is used in the same sense that people refer to "Greater China", to include Hong Kong and Taiwan, or Greater London.) This must date back more than 300 years, before the union of Scotland with England and Wales so the confusing (and for some, annoying) tendancy to refer Britain/the UK and its people as England/English goes back such a long way it would even seem to have been ingrained into Asian languages several hundred years ago.
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My professor marked points off my essay when I used イングランド -_- – Ataraxia Oct 24 '12 at 13:12
I don't think there is anything wrong with イングランド if that is what you meant although most Japanese probably use イギリス to refer to both but say スコットランドif they want to highlight something such as, say, the birthplace of golf. or the location of Edinburgh. – Tim Oct 24 '12 at 13:54
While it may not be "wrong" to use 「イングランド」 to refer to "England", the truth is that among us native speakers, you would sound pretty snobbish to do so unless you are talking about international soccer. I cannot recommend that a Japanese-learner use the word everytime s/he wants to say "England". Believe it or not, many Japanese-speakers actually would not even be familiar with the word 「イングランド」. – l'électeur Jun 10 '14 at 1:10
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There are a couple of reasons, just off the top of my head, why someone would do this. Ox yokes are curved in this way and would be much stronger if the wood grew that way instead of having to be carved. Another use could have been sled or sleigh runners. Same advantage over bending or carving. Fascinating though.
The trees were probably bent like that for building boats. the wood is stronger if it has a natural bend, boat builders would go out and look for trees with a close enough bend to it to fit their project, and i bet a farmer was trying to achieve this.
yep,i agree with the previous poster. I considered this myself years ago as a way of making strong arches for several projects. Someone with forethought and time did this. Maybe wagon wheels or arched doorways/windows or furniture. It takes skill to wet,bend & secure arches in any scheme.
It's called soil creep. As colder temperatures pervade the area, the moisture in the soil freezes and expands, displacing the soil and anything not held fast in it (ie. saplings), then during the warmer part of the day, thaws and retracts. Over days, tiny saplings can be moved to angles ranging from just slightly off 90° to laying flat against the ground as if they had fallen.
The saplings prefer very much to remain vertical, as their ability to be able to catch sunlight to keep photosynthesizing is dependent on it, so it will actually bend itself towards the sunlight, much like a sunflower turning its 'head' to face the sun. The result, these curved trunks of trees until they are old enough to grow straight up, and not be affected by soil creep.
This phenomenon is most prevalent on hilly terrain, as the steepness of the slope causes for more drastic soil creep. Science.
Its actually an act of nature. I live in the northern Rockies and we have trees like this all over our mountains. We call them pistol butts. What happens is smaller younger trees get buried under heavy wet snow that bends the trees over, and when spring comes the tree keep growing even under snow load and end up growing all bent and twisted like this.
so how exactly did they make them grown like this? I'm thinking something along the lines of embedding them with some sort of metal, such as iron, since they are all bending northwards? anyone else have another explanation?
maybe it is a mystery why dont you f**king leave it at that. and stop analyzing such awesomness. maybe the farmer was a stoner and was like yeaahhhh! lets make these crooked trees cuz it would look frickin awesome!
the answer is so obvious.... These trees had a whore pine tree mother who slept around with sunflowers; when the trees were born their wood was not very hard so the baby pine trees were able to bend and follow the sun just like sunflowers do; until one day when the sun was pointing north all the baby trees suddenly matured at the same time and their wood was hardened at the same time in that position,,, kindly note that the use of the terms matured,wood, hardened and positions was not intentional...
This is not speculation. The trees were planted and form-curved to provide ready-made parts for furniture, specifically Thonet bentwood rockers.
As previously mentioned, there is significant cost associated with the steaming and clamping usually involved, growing the parts would be a logical labor reducer.
As also mentioned, 8-10 years after the planting of said trees, the region was overrun, and the manufacture of furniture was interrupted first by the re-tooling of plants for the war effort, and again by the invasion. Ultimately, production of the chairs began again, but after the war most of the parts for these chairs was produced in Czechoslovakia.
someone was just drunk and thought "hey i'll bend this tree...and that...and that...etc. this.is.POLAND!
^ so stupid.
About "dancing pnie tree" forrest: one in Pniewo isnt only one in PL; another one is in Zasieki (_URL_ Actualy if u like misterious places Zasieki is the one that u travel to. There was german weapons factory complex, and u can find over 400 bunkers and buildings (industrial mostly) in hiden deep forrest. (Piniewo was military object as well but smaller) And the Dancing Pine Tree: my friend was studing dendrology and the final exam was about dancing pine tress, we actualy cut 3 of them with help of local renger so we ask about the story; it was grown by germans (in 1930 it was german terrytory ; look at he map of poland form 1939 : _URL_ )at first was about to mess with grown cone (dont know proper name of it in english - science experyments anyways)and make tree to grown like spiral but later on they realize that it wont work that way. Local carpenters were very interessted in producing furniture of it. Not very mysterius doh. U see it take time to grow the tree and 9 years later II ww begin, than after war it become polish terrytory. Locals were moved to germany, new, polish setlers didnt go here coz it was mined (mines wewe taked of complitly in 2004 in Zasieki - dont know about Pniewo). Trught those 60 years knowloge was lost but fortunetly that ranger was same interestet in this temat as you all so he did reserches. Any questions? just ask. one more think Pniewo means n english tree-trunk; and links with pictures of Zasieki (not of dancing pine tree): _URL_ _URL_ And im very sorry for my english.
Several folks are attributing this to soil creep (or pistol-butting.) This site is too flat for that to be the case. Even if soil creep were occurring, the trees' response would be an even curve, not a straight stump followed by a curved bole.
A storm could do this, but the surrounding forest doesn't show this if the description is correct. With nearly every tree in a small area showing the same effect and none around it showing any effect makes a natural event an unlikely cause.
An explosion in the early 1940s in Poland doesn't seem out of the question, but trees should be bent in more than one direction - away from the explosion.
It makes much more sense that the trees were bent over (or broken) mechanically. Heavy equipment passing through could do this - deliberate or otherwise.
Boomerangs, definitely. My studies confirm this. I was walking through the park recently,watching two people throwing a boomerang. I was trying to deduce why a curved object appears larger as it becomes nearer to the observer,and then it hit me...........
we have trees similar to those where i live in california. the bend developed after a strong snowstorm blew in and left an unusual amount of snow for that time of year. the younger trees were damaged and grew sideways for the next couple years, but after that they began to correct themselves and continue to grow up towards the sky. these photos are great and slightly erie. keep up the good work!
What a bunch of dumb asses. Get a life. People suck. Who fucking cares. You could have people starving in a third world country and it would get less comments than something as stupid and useless as this.
this is obviously done by man and is part of some industrial forestry practice the only unknown is the purpose of bending the trees. it is obviously for some wood product that needs both strength abs a curve possibly oxen yolks or a boat keel
Its so you have something to hang your ass over while you take a shit outdoors. Perfect squatting height. No danger of falling over in your poo (or of getting pushed over into it by your jerk friends). Tree trunk to one side to hold onto for support. Perfect...and thoughtful.
This is caused when you prune the top of a pine tree off and all that is left is the lower branch to grow. They grow off the side of the stem hence the bent look. The branch starts off being completely horizontal but if you but the rest of the tree off it becomes the new leader and grows toward the light.
There are two theories being discussed the most here: man-made for industry or caused naturally. I will add 2 cents to each theory.
1. If they were man-made, the trees would have most likely been harvested at a young age as most bent wood applications use trees with 2 to 3 inch diameters. These trees would be planted in many adjacent fields of trees of different ages to ensure yearly harvest. This field was most likely abandoned as World War II was ignighting. Questions linger for me on this theory...


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In our blog, lion's whiskers, we refer to six different types of courage that we believe if you'd like to watch an inspirational example of physical courage, read. Some of the courage in the novel were displays of physical courage to kill a mockingbird, an essay on the book, 'how to kill a mockingbird', in this essay you. Scout and jem learn from atticus a very traditional sense of courage and masculinity one of the first examples of physical courage atticus sets is when he steps. It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare a large body of research has discussed the issue of moral courage, but there is a lack of mind in action: essay on the philosophy of mind.
Courage may be manifest as: valor and bravery - often called physical courage read this essay on courage recall a time when you knew. Living fearlessly is also about being courageous (a row boat), and being physically, emotionally and spiritually vulnerable with strangers. In several circumstances, macbeth's courage is limited to physical nature, not emotional or mental in the opening scenes, we see that macbeth. Pain of spite in proceeding means it cost, or, difficulties life's of face the in strength summoning is courage risk or sometimes, horrors, life's moral and physical.
Free essay: to kill a mockingbird, is a fictional novel, written by harper lee, that make connections to historical events including her life in the 1930's. As warfare can be both physical and spiritual, a focus on courage is /12/20/ yeonpyeong-island-and-fort-sumter-an-essay-on-provocation. Free courage papers, essays, and research papers in the same way, red describes both the soldiers' physical wounds and fleming's mental visions of battle. Physical courage boo radley in to kill a mockingbird had the courage to face his fears of society to go outside and save scout and jem from.
We probably all have an idea of what we mean by courage, or bravery as it is the physical effects of adrenaline include cold, clammy skin, as the blood is. Most often we associate the word with physical prowess or bravery it's called moral courage - the willingness to face not physical danger but emotional pain,. Many aspects of courage are shown in to kill a mockingbird there are examples of physical courage, such as atticus facing the rabid dog. Beginning with aristotle philosophers have analyzed physical courage and this essay introduces the concept of psychological courage and argues that it. Our acts of moral courage defend america as surely as any act of of what war is and what kind of courage it takes — physical courage, full.
Physical courage is the type of courage that often comes to mind when we think about this virtue stories of brave soldiers charging up a hill. It's important to mention that courage is quite often portrayed in various movies and books as physical bravery what is more, it is associated. Younger characters, like jem and scout, see the physical aspect of it, whereas atticus believes this to be an extremely weak form of courage he believes in the.
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Footprint – Heavenly Gates in Negev Desert Rock Art, Israel
Many engraved footprints were found in Negev Desert rock art. Some researchers interpret them as symbols of god presence. Indeed, their similarity to a footprint confuses the visual interpretation, and our proof of their symbolic meaning is far from what envisioned. Detailed examination of these rock art reveals a repeating pattern that proves that they are symbols of heavenly gates.
According to the ancient concept, the gates of Heaven are Sumerian imaginary structures floating in the sky that serve as a gateway between heaven and earth. In Negev Desert rock art the gate resembles a footprint an idea copied directly from Sumerian cylinder seals. The gates are located at the ecliptic plane intersection with the horizon, the place where the Sun, moon, and planets rise and set. Another type of gate, the heavenly gate, leads to the world center or Paradise and it is located in the North Star vicinity situated above the Ursa Major constellation.
1. The Gate Astronomical Origins
John C Didier (2009) hypothesize that the imaginary heavenly gate is constructed from the stars around the North Pole. This includes the prominent stars and constellations around the North Star, such as Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, and Draco, which appear in many Sumerian cylinder seals, as shown in Fig2. The two Ursa Minor stars define the top and the two Ursa Major stars define the gate bottom. The imaginary lines connecting the four stars create a rectangle that forms the gate. This rectangular area surrounds Thuban, a star in the Draco constellation tail, the previous North Pole star and earth pivot about 5000 years ago, considered the location of Paradise. This gate mounted on the heavenly bull back, as illustrated in Fig.1, made from the outline of the Ursa Major constellation.
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Fig 1 Heavenly Gate illustration Fig2 The Heavenly Bull and the Winged Gate. On right, the Goddess Inanna climbs out the gate
2. The Gates in Sumerian Cylinder Seals
Acadian cylinder seal Fig.2, dated 3000BC, depicts a gate, called the literature "The Bull and the Winged Gate". The winged gate supported by the heavenly bull, an Ursa Major constellation depiction, was imagined as a mechanism that allowed it to float in the air. Two gods on the gate sides are powering the gate by passing a rope between them, an action that implies movement, which depicts the winding Draco constellation. The gate wings look like sun rays of slightly different sizes also symbolizing the rise and set direction. On the right side in Fig.2, the larger wing symbolizes the rise direction and the smaller one, on left, symbolizes the set direction. The wings remind of birds' wings that award the gate the ability to float in the air. The similarity between the gates described by John C Didier, Fig.1, and the cylinder seal in Fig.2 is very clear.
The Epic of Gilgamesh 1500 BC contains the gate textual and pictorial testimony as described in Innana and the Celestial bull myth. On the right side of Fig.2, the cylinder seal describes a scene from this myth in which Innana steps out from the heavenly gate carried by the heavenly bull. She is heading straight from the gate, naked, and runs into the floating boat that sails the celestial ocean that separates heaven from earth. Note the adherence to the set/rise gate wings sizes in this cylinder seal.
3. The Footprint in Negev Desert Rock Art
Fig.4 presents Rock Art examples of footprints from the Negev Desert. They always appear as a pair comprised of rising and setting gates with wings. The gates resemble a footprint of slightly different sizes with the attached wings that look like ears. The gate schematic confirms the ideas in the Sumerian cylinder seals, which includes the adherence to the gates and wings sizes. The artist emphasized the differences in rising and setting direction by the gates sizes, the wings sizes, and the gate outlines thickness and fullness. The gates are in the shape of a footprint, which is the body part that walks through the gate.
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Fig.4 Heavenly Gates Negev Desert Rockart Fig 5 The Sun and Moon Gates
Fig.5 illustrates a Rock Art example of four gates. The upper pair is the sun sunrise and sunset gates; the sun appears between them seen as a full circle. The lower pair is the moon rising and setting gates that appear between them. The gate size ratio, of the sun rising and setting, is maintained, however, the moon gates are of equal size since their brightness doesn't change.
Fig.6 shows examples of engraved rock art gates from the Negev Desert with their heavenly association. From left to right: 1. Venus entering the heavenly gate (see Venus Calendar) 2. Venus Star hovering above its gates. 3. The moon exits its rise gate (the right footprint), 4. An ibex enters the gate, half of it inside and half outside.
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Fig.6 Examples of heavenly gates and their association with celestial objects
4. The Heavenly Gate celestial abstraction
Fig.7 shows two galloping horses carrying in tandem a rectangular structure. This unique arrangement represents the heavenly gate, which marked the entrance to heaven, and its ability to float in the sky. This beautiful and unusual scene actually depicts the constellations around the north star, see Fig.7, the most important sky region and the portal entry to heaven. The horses are a depiction of Ursa Major and Ursa Minor constellations. Don't look for the pictorial resemblance of the horses and constellations. It is all in the artist's mind that abstracted prominent constellation characteristics, around the north star, into familiar objects. The lower horse with its rectangle body and the kneeling posture reminds the shape of the Ursa Major constellation. The upper horse represents Ursa Minor constellation with its long tail depicting the Draco constellation that winds between these two constellations. The area where the Draco tail is crossing, the rectangular structure, marks the old North Star Thuban location, from 4th to 2nd-millennium BCE.
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Fig 7 The Heavenly Gate situated around the North Pole the world pivot. The gate is carried by two horses representing the constellations Ursa Major/Minor and Draco. Negev Desert Rock Art (photo Razy Yahel)
Fig.8 illustrates various gate engravings from the Negev Desert. The Sumerian cylinder seals and Negev Desert Rock Art similarity are compelling evidence for the Heavenly Gates abstraction. This includes details as gates sizes, wings sizes, and even a reminiscence of the Draco constellation seen as the wavy line within the gate.
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Fig.8 Heavenly gate examples from the Negev Desert rock art
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Mercurio che passa davanti al sole (Mercury Passing before the Sun)
Giacomo Balla, Italian, 1871 - 1958
This large Futurist drawing belongs to an important series of a dozen or more paintings and drawings made following Balla's observation, probably using a telescope with smoked lenses, of a partial eclipse of the sun by Mercury on 7 November 1914. Here the larger yellow mass of the sun is crossed by the smaller orb of Mercury, with slashing diagonal rays of white light, segments of bright blue sky, and the greens and blacks of unknown optical effects. The dominant peach tone, now faded, was once a stronger reddish purple color.


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A radio frequency (RF) device is a small elctronic device that is used to transmit and/or receive electronic signals such as a walkie talkie. it has a base station that relays electronic signals 9ie microwaves). It is mainly composed of two different components. One of them is a receiver end module and the other is a transmitter module. This paper consists of the work done with the receiver module and different tests that have been conducted from the instruction manual provided by RF Technology. This paper discusses the steps that involve creating a process of automated tests which are required to configure the receiver module of the RF device. Currently, these tests are carried out manually and are very time-consuming and prone to human errors. Therefore, to save time and avoid human errors, automation of these tests is highly essential. This in turn will give faster and more accurate results. The following section in this paper discusses the outcome of this project and highlights the problems and hurdles faced and the solutions devised.


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The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's National Ocean Sciences Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Facility (NOSAMS) was established in 1989 to process and analyze a large number of small volume seawater samples (>13,700) collected as part of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE). An ongoing commitment to automation and high-precision 14C AMS measurements has allowed NOSAMS to successfully meet the goals of the WOCE program while providing over 17,000 AMS radiocarbon results (carbon dating ) to non-WOCE investigators from a wide variety of carbon-bearing materials.
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European Commission Vice-President Antonio Tajani responsible for industry and enterprise policy will open the High Level Conference, "Translating mineral resource wealth into real development for Africa" in Brussels on 26 January 2012.
Commissioner Andris Piebalgs, responsible for development policy, will take part as well as the Ministers of Mines of Burundi, Ethiopia, Zambia and Gabon.
In the crucial field of mineral resources the EU and Africa have shared interests. Therefore the on-going co-operation should be intensified to promote sustainable development, and to tackle global challenges together.
Amongst the issues to be discussed at the conference are:
 1. Good governance, such as promoting natural resources governance including increasing revenue transparency and involving relevant stakeholders including the civil society.
 2. Investment and infrastructure, such as analytical tools for mapping mining development corridors for investment promotion and opportunities for value-added through local processing of African mineral resources.
 3. Geological knowledge and skills, such as facilitation of exploring mineral resources potential in Africa and rehabilitation of mining sites.
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text: We leave Trygghamna early in the morning and sail to the north side of Bellsund. Bellsund is a fjord system with two major branches (Van Mijenfjord, Van Keulenfjord) and one smaller side bay (Recherchefjord). The geology is fascinating and has created amazing landscapes, such as the long, narrow island of Akseløya that blocks Van Mijenfjord almost completely. In Fridtjovhamna, the calving glacier Fridtjovbreen is surrounded by picturesque mountains. The rich wildlife of the area has attracted hunters throughout several centuries - we will walk in their footsteps and see remains of their huts - for example, at Ahlstrandhalvøya. Recherchefjord is one of the places in Spitsbergen with the highest concentration of historical sites, dating back to 17th century whalers and the mining period of the early 20th century. The glacier Recherchebreen ends at a lagoon, likely to be frozen in October, with many smaller icebergs. Polar Bear are likely to be present anywhere in the Bellsund area, and we will keep a keen watch to find them. We have also seen Beluga (white whales) in this area.


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May 14, 2012 | Copenhagen Consensus Center
The Copenhagen Consensus Center ranks deworming fourth among the sixteen most cost-effective investments to overcome the world's biggest challenges in 2012. This list is compiled by an expert panel of Nobel Laureate economists charged with determining the smartest ways to advance global welfare, particularly in developing countries. The panel recommends that US$300 million be allocated annually for deworming, providing an endorsement that policymakers and philanthropists can look to when prioritizing allocation of limited resources.
Nobel laureate economist Robert Mundell is quoted by the Center, saying: "Deworming is an overlooked intervention deserving of greater attention and resources. This simple, cheap investment can mean a child is healthier and spends more time in school."
Deworming is mentioned in three of the ten challenge papers due to its impact on education, health, and nutrition status of school-age children. To learn more about the economists' rankings and read the outcomes and challenge papers, please visit the Copenhagen Consensus Center website, and see the related Slate articles by Center Director Bjørn Lomborg on strategies for fixing education, and the best solutions to combat infectious diseases.


A Couple of Things, and a Couple More
The word couple literally means "two," but it is often used to mean "an indefinite small number." So if you were to say, "I only have a couple of dollars," you would probably not be called out if you really had three or four.
However, your friend the grammar stickler might take exception if you said you had "a couple dollars." Although "a couple dollars" is common in everyday speech, traditionalists insist on "a couple of dollars." And since a couple of dollars doesn't sound stuffy or pretentious, why leave of out?
But things get tricky when couple is used with words and phrases of comparison, such as more, fewertoo many, too few. Many people would say a couple of more dollars, but in that construction the of is dropped: a couple more dollars and a couple too few dollars are correct. However, if we slightly revise those phrases, of must be put back: a couple of dollars more and a couple of dollars too few are correct.
When the noun couple refers to two people, you often see it used as a singular: The couple was having dinner. But the more one writes, the more one discovers that with couple the plural verb should be used unless there is an excellent reason not to.
While it is true that The couple was having dinner is unobjectionable, what if we expand the sentence a bit. If the subject of a sentence starts out singular, it should remain singular. So if we wanted to say where the dinner took place, we would be forced to write The couple was having dinner in its home. That is atrocious, but so is The couple was having dinner in their home. Therefore, make it The couple were having dinner in their home. And make couple plural whenever possible (which is most of the time). You'll be in good company.
We recently heard from a reader who objected to a sentence she found in one of our online quizzes: We'll hire the applicant whom we talked with. She urgently informed us that "you do not end a sentence with a preposition!!!!"
This "rule" is the Walking Dead of English-grammar superstitions—a festering pest that cannot be destroyed. We are scolded about it at least once a year, and without exception those who upbraid us offer no evidence to substantiate their claims. (That is because none exists.) So we hereby challenge anyone who still swears by this dubious principle to relocate the preposition in this sentence: Speak when you are spoken to.
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20 responses to "A Couple of Things, and a Couple More"
 1. Janice says:
 Is it a couples' banquet or a couple's banquet? I would hate to correct and be the one who needs correcting.
 2. Ramses IV says:
 Good devil! And I thought that the Portugese grammar was a nuts matter! Thanks for the savant clarifications. So it's not wrong to say: I had a couple of days off to sort things out?
 3. MK Harman says:
 Which is correct: a couple of more thoughts OR a couple more thoughts?
 4. David Teems says:
 The CMS (15th ed.) says, "Using COUPLE as an adjective is poor phrasing. Add OF (We watched a COUPLE OF movies). Hollywood particularly seems to have accepted the use of the word "couple," without the preposition "of." It is maddening to hear phrases like "a couple days" instead of "a couple of days," and so on. It is even more hideous to see it in print. Shudder. When we speak the word "couple" as in "a couple hours" the preposition seems to be there, though it is not. It is an illusion. To say "cup coffee" has the same effect. You almost hear the preposition though, again, it is absent. The deception is aural.
 5. Mark says:
 Speak when you are spoken to. At the risk of proven wrong with your challange, I submit the sentence below, removing the ending preposition. Is this acceptable?
 When spoken to, you may speak.
 - Your sentence does not solve the problem. Those who believe the discredited rule about prepositions at the end of a sentence would still object, because the preposition (they say) must always be followed by its object. Your preposition is followed by a comma. We used that sentence to show that English is not meant to follow Latin rules. English is a Germanic language, and such languages commonly place prepositions after their objects, and at the end of sentences.
 6. Chris says:
 The "couple was" problem is an example of why the British English system of notional agreement (synesis) is better than the American English system of unnecessarily formal agreement. Sense should trump form.
 7. Steven says:
 Speak only after someone has spoken to you.
 8. Sara says:
 "Speak when someone speaks to you."
 Ending a sentence with a preposition drives me crazy!
 - Nice try, but no soap. You had to rewrite the sentence.
 Our point was that in English, as with other Germanic languages, a preposition ending a sentence is the most natural thing in the world. What drives us crazy is the time wasted avoiding something that is perfectly acceptable. In this case, you have taken a clear, simple sentence that everyone has heard and seen many times, and unnecessarily replaced it with a clumsy paraphrase.
 - Dr. Jazz Normand says:
 "Speak when addressed." No, it doesn't have the alliteration. But it's correct grammar. (And yes, it's correct to begin a sentence with but or and.) However, you point out the complexities of English verbs that take prepositions, e.g. 'to point out.' Another is 'to be up to' as in "What are you up to?" English grammar is fun!
 - Your sentence is indeed "correct grammar," but so was our sentence. Our point was that the preposition in Speak when you are spoken to cannot be relocated, and it is pointless to rewrite clear, grammatical sentences in service to some daft, discredited superstition.
 9. Jared says:
 Thanks for this blog post. I was wondering about the extension of this concept to "group," "team," "family," etc. In these cases I'm much more likely to use "its," even if sounds a little awkward. "The team was practicing in its stadium," or "The family was piling into its minivan." Or would these be better as plurals as well?
 Also, I've noticed that Brits often take the approach of using a plural to refer to groups, even without a phrase of comparison. For instance, "The family are eating dinner," "The group are against that idea," or even with companies, "Morgan Stanley are keen to move forward." I was wondering if you had any thoughts on this? I always try to avoid plurals and go with singular in these cases, but I thought that was American English versus British.
 Thanks again!
 10. Chuck says:
 What about the phrase, we will couple the train cars together. Than it is used as a verb, and means a action. It does not mean two. Am I correct?
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Is it possible to find $n\times n$ matrices $M,N$ such that $(MN)^n=0$ but $(NM)^n\ne 0$?
I can see that $(MN)^n=0\implies (NM)^{n+1}= 0$ by associativity. But I don't see that it is necessarily true for $(NM)^n$.
I can also see that $MN=0\not\implies NM=0$ but I cannot find an example for $(MN)^n=0$ but $(NM)^n\ne 0$.
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No. As it turns out, $MN$ and $NM$ must have the same nonzero eigenvalues (although the multiplicities need not agree), so if $(MN)^n = 0$ then $MN$ has only zero eigenvalues, so the same must be true of $NM$, which must therefore have characteristic polynomial $t^n$.
One elegant proof uses the following lemma: in any ring, $1 - xy$ is invertible if and only if $1 - yx$ is invertible. Now use the fact that $\lambda$ is a nonzero eigenvalue of $MN$ if and only if $1 - \frac{MN}{\lambda}$ is not invertible.
Another proof proceeds as follows: let $M, N$ have entries $m_{ij}, n_{ij}$ which are formal variables in a polynomial ring $R = \mathbb{Z}[m_{ij}, n_{ij}]$. Observe that $$\det(Nt - NMN) = \det(N) \det(t - MN) = \det(t - NM) \det(N).$$
Since $R$ is an integral domain, we conclude that $$\det(t - MN) = \det(t - NM)$$
as polynomials in $R$. So in fact $MN$ and $NM$ must have the same characteristic polynomial. (Note, however, that the first proof is much more general; among other things, it remains valid in infinitely many dimensions.)
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+1, Nice answer! – wxu May 21 '12 at 14:18
On the other hand it is possible for smaller exponents than $n$ the size of the matrices, e.g. $MN$ might be zero while not $NM$. – hardmath May 21 '12 at 20:26
_USER_: yes, the OP mentions this so I assume he is already aware. – Qiaochu Yuan May 21 '12 at 20:28
See also here on the proof of $\ $ Sylvester's identity $\rm\ \ det(1+AB) = det(1+BA)\ $ that proceeds by taking $\rm\ det\ $ of $\rm\ (1+A\ B)\ A\ =\ A\ (1+B\ A)\ $ then universally (generically) cancelling $\rm\ det(A)\:,\ $ and see here for more examples of such universal proofs. – Bill Dubuque May 23 '12 at 22:13
See here for much more on $\rm\:1-xy\:$ invertible iff $\rm\:1-yx\:$ invertible, in particular Halmos' tantalizing problem to "explain" the very slick power series proof. – Bill Dubuque May 23 '12 at 22:19
You can combine your observation that $(MN)^n=0\implies (NM)^{n+1}=0$ with the result of this other question, showing that $(NM)^{n+1}=0\implies (NM)^n=0$.
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Here's another proof of the fact which works over any field $F$ of characteristic $0$, where the following lemma applies:
Lemma. Let $u$ be an endomorphism of a finite dimensional $F$-vector space $V$. Then $u$ is nilpotent iff for all $k=1,\dots,n=\dim V$, $\mathrm{Tr}(u^k)=0$.
Suppose $M,N$ are $n\times n$ matrices with coefficients in a field of characteristic $0$ such that their product is nilpotent, i.e. $(MN)^n=0$. For any $k\geq 1$ $$0=\mathrm{Tr}((MN)^k)=\mathrm{Tr}((MN)^{k-1}MN)=\mathrm{Tr}(N(MN)^{k-1}M)=\mathrm{Tr}((NM)^k)$$ The lemma then implies that $NM$ is nilpotent aswell.
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Panhandle aquifer mapped for uranium
LINCOLN—It fuels both bombs and power plants, but uranium probably doesn't come to mind to many people when they think about Nebraska.
Still, it's here and a University of Nebraska-Lincoln researcher is mapping the aquifers and rock formations that may contain it.
Most of the world's uranium is mined in Canada, Australia, Kazakhstan, Russia and elsewhere, yet Nebraska has one of the few working commercial mines in the U.S. where uranium to fuel power plants is mined.
The Crow Butte mine, near Crawford in the Panhandle, has produced about 16 million pounds of uranium extracted from local water bearing geologic formations since 1991.
The uranium it mines is present as a solid mineral, which then is dissolved with oxygen and pumped out.
South of that mine, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Conservation and Survey Division hydrogeologist Steven Sibray is mapping the shallow High Plains (or Ogallala) Aquifer. The data he and his research partners have collected "indicates we are also seeing the deeper water bearing formation at the base of White River Group in the southern Panhandle.
"Our research suggests that commercial uranium mining companies could use this technology to locate uranium-bearing sandstones within the deeper formation," Sibray said. He added that finding the uranium-bearing sandstones is just the first of several high-risk and costly steps needed to find mineable quantities of the mineral.
"Recent advances in the application of airborne electromagnetic surveys to our ongoing groundwater management programs can also be utilized to map water-bearing formations that host uranium deposits," said Sibray, of UNL's School of Natural Resources.
This AEM data, collected by the U.S. Geological Survey and UNL's Conservation and Survey Division, is part of a project to define the hydrogeologic framework of the High Plains Aquifer, Sibray explained.
"With additional interpretation of these data sets, the deeper confined aquifer of the White River Group can be identified that may contain mineable quantities of uranium," he said.
Evidence of the potential for uranium mineralization as far south as Cheyenne County, about 90 miles from the Crow Butte mine, is found in radioactive anomalies shown on borehole geophysical logs from oil and gas tests drilled in the area. This information has been a factor in recent decisions by several mining companies to lease land in the southern Panhandle to explore for uranium.
The airborne AEM technology, which relies on identifying water-bearing formations by their electrical resistance compared to surrounding materials, has helped confirm the presence of potential uranium-bearing formations in several areas that were previously mapped from more traditional oil and gas borehole tests.
"The airborne geophysics may be sexy, but you need the borehole data first," Sibray said. "That gives us the 'dots' for subsurface mapping while the airborne AEM allows us to connect those dots."
"We use the boreholes to measure the same rock properties as AEM—how rocks conduct electricity. It's relatively old technology that was developed for the oil and gas industries, but it works.
"During World War II, engineers developed an electromagnetic tool for locating landmines, which ultimately led to airborne electromagnetic tools after the war that were used by the mining industry to locate metallic mineral deposits," Sibray explained.
"It took a little longer, but the oil industry was able to use electromagnetic tools in boreholes in the late 1940s early 1950s. It measures the same rock properties as my tools but uses a different method.
"Recently, the airborne methods have been refined and we can now map aquifers using them," he said.
The newer AEM methods can also "see" and measure deeper into aquifers than was previously possible and are able to map with good results to as much as 500 meters below the earth's surface.
"Deeper mapping AEM systems would allow mapping of the larger channel deposits of sands and gravels within the White River Group that were formed by rivers approximately 35 to 37 million years ago," Sibray said, noting that the formation exists over most of the Nebraska Panhandle.
Sibray is conducting this research in cooperation with Bruce Smith, Jared Abraham and James Cannia, of the U.S. Geological Survey. He is a geoscientist and hydrogeologist at UNL's Panhandle Research and Extension Center in Scottsbluff, where for nearly 25 years he has specialized in developing and using reliable, efficient groundwater monitoring systems that help conservationists, land users and researchers.
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