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From the November 2019 issue.
One of the latest innovative trailer creations to roll out of Tuff Trailers' Queensland factory is an 8x8/10x8 widening platform with Tuff hydraulic suspension and Tridec command-steered BPW axles built for Hogans Heavy Haulage.
There appear to be no bounds to the engineering and construction abilities of the talented team at Tuff Trailers, seemingly able to continually up the ante in producing custom built trailers to suit individual customers' specific needs.
Hogans Heavy Haulage is a long-term Tuff customer with a similar modus operandi – striving to be the best in its field. As such, the company is keen to utilise its valuable equipment in the most efficient ways in order to maximise return on investment.
This latest acquisition includes a modular designed steerable platform that can be operated as either an 8x8 unit with an overall combination length of 26 metres and a tare weight of 46 tonnes, or – with the addition of the 2x8 clip section fitted to the rear of the 8x8 – a 10x8 measuring just under 30 metres overall combination length and taring at 53.5 tonnes.
Importantly, the clip section is readily detachable thanks to a simple yet exceptionally strong pinned and bolted connection along with quick release hydraulics, air and electricals.
According to Hogans' Workshop Manager, Mick Wenham, the whole procedure including removing and reinstalling the rear bar and ramps assembly can be done in under 1.5 hours.
Adding to the versatility is the fact that the clip 2x8 section is also compatible with a Tuff 6x8 widening platform currently under construction for Hogans. Once this is commissioned the company will be able to simultaneously operate the 6x8 and 10x8 units or swap the clip from the 10x8 to the 6x8, turning both into 8x8s.
In the 8x8 format and with the platform in its fully narrowed (3.1m) position, Hogans can operate around the clock on Queensland roads. Alternatively, converted to a 10x8 and fully widened to 4.7m, it can be used for daylight-only transporting of wider, longer and heavier loads. When the trailer is widened it has a central loading clearance of 700mm at ride height and there are RUD load-rated lashing points strategically located along both decks.
There is a long list of additional special features incorporated into the 8x8 platforms, including a 'live' gooseneck
which compensates for uneven ground or road conditions, thus maintaining consistent weight on each of the drive wheels for enhanced traction and reduced wear and tear.
Digital weight scales for both the gooseneck and suspension enable the load to be positioned precisely for ideal weight distribution across all BPW axles and Alcoa wheels fitted with the new Michelin X Multi T2 tyres.
The Tuff/Tridec double-acting hydraulic suspension enables individual axles to be lifted and hydraulically locked in position without the need for retaining pins.
The hydraulic suspension provides a huge 600mm of vertical travel. With a ride height of 1080mm, the decks can be lowered to 940mm and raised to 1540mm. Importantly, the suspension cylinders have complete rod protection through the entire stroke to ensure maximum protection and reliability.
The Tridec steering provides a massive steering angle of up to 62 degrees, with each steering axle set up to enable trailer tracking in line with the prime mover and with minimal tyre scrub. The steering also includes manual override via radio remote control for low speed manoeuvring, a particularly useful feature when backing into tight confines or manoeuvring into position to install the rear clip section.
Also hydraulically operated is the landing leg, with the hydraulic power unit – featuring two displacement pumps and a hydraulic air compressor – mounted above the gooseneck. On each side of the gooseneck is a patented TUFF Ezy Lift Tyre Carrier capable of carrying four spare wheels per side. This comprises a robust folding hydraulic arm system, not dissimilar in operation to landing gear on aircraft, that lowers the wheels from their travelling position to the ground and vice versa, thus reducing workplace health and safety risks.
Ongoing maintenance is drastically reduced with the use of self-lubricating bearings/bushes and sealed for life bearings fitted to the suspension and steering system. In fact, the only greasable components are the auto slack adjustors fitted to the BPW axles and the fifth wheel assembly – which incidentally is also adjustable to facilitate ideal weight distribution across the dolly and drive axles.
And last but by no means least, each of the 80 BPW drum-braked wheels is prevented from locking under heavy braking by a Knorr-Bremse EBS/ABS braking system that has been designed with close collaboration between Tuff Trailers and Knorr-Bremse.
Hogans Heavy Haulage Director, Jason Hogan, is quick to sing the praises of the team at Tuff Trailers, describing them and himself as early adopters of new technology to incorporate into the trailer builds.
"I really enjoy working with Tuff Trailers in designing and spec'ing our trailers – for me it's more about the trailers than the trucks because the trailer is what carries the payload," Jason says. "These latest units are a testament to the engineering abilities of Tuff Trailers and the abilities of the whole Tuff team in making it happen."
Similarly, Tuff Trailers Managing Director, Denis Di Pasquale, has high praise for his team of employees and the highly regarded long-standing relationship the company has with Hogans Heavy Haulage.
"We are very proud of this project, a lot of time and effort has gone into it," Denis says.
"This project would not have been possible without the hard work and passion of our Tuff team and our key suppliers.
"It's also a pleasure to build trailers for a great company like Hogans, with people who share our passion for building quality products that push the bounds of innovation."
Versatility plus. The 10x8 widening steerable platform built by Tuff Trailers for Hogans Heavy Haulage has a modular rear clip section that is easily and quickly removed to turn it into an 8x8 unit.


The Star project rendered in 2m16s in HF3 vs. 2m20s in HF2, so something of a wash.
For some reason the link is dropping the 'dl=0'. You'll need to copy between the < > and paste it into your browser. Sorry.
I'm not able to see them.
When i'm rendering this project (atomic particles) in HF3, I get strange yellow/red artifacts. That's it.
It's from your lens dirt effect, when it's in Screen blend mode.
Your link is not working (at least for me).
Just an update - this is being worked on for the next update.
As mentioned, Atomic is doing more now than before and therefore moving more data around as a result. Furthermore we have fixed some bugs since HF2 which required us to make some of these changes which have impacted performance. Having said that our devs are working on optimisations to bring performance closer to HF2 even with the new features and fixes. They are, as always, doing an amazing job and we'll keep you posted with their progress. It won't be long.
Do you think that it will be possible that Nvida family cards will handle particles with similar performance as Radeons?
CPU load around 0% with some peak at 20%, GPU load 100%.
Tomorrow test with my eGPU set.
Meaning with eGPU there is a x15 speed gain, not bad for the very same laptop with an 200 Eu hw update.
AMD on the otherhand still performs well.
Anyway, we have a plan! More news soon.
We're trying to be a bit more vocal about what's going on behind-the-scenes with HitFilm 3. It benefits everybody to know what's going on, and that there's a plan.
Just ran a test on my work machine, which has an i5 and an NVIDIA 970. Bear in mind that NVIDIA cards are the most affected by this issue, due to not-entirely-brilliant changes to drivers made by NVIDIA over time.
I rendered the first second of Arek's sample project when conducting these tests. We'll be doing further, more extensive tests but the results of this were too good to not share.
Soooo....the devs have not only brought HitFilm 3 back to HitFilm 2's performance, they've actually smashed past it.
We're aiming to release this update a week on Monday (8th December), once it's gone through some more testing. There'll be lots of other improvements aside from this atomic performance boost, too.
Slightly annoyed that Simon beat me by 1 second!
@ SimonKJones Holy crap! The fact that the dev team was able to get a 15 minute render down to 30 seconds blows my mind! Great work guys!
I would have to see that dev speed in a project on my system to actually believe it. I am guessing it is a hardware specfic result with a $500+ card with lots of cores.
I wonder what that would be on my Nvidia GTX550 TI 2047MB card, doubt 32 seconds.
Gotta luv the devs though.. keep going with the optimizations!
Yeah, your mileage will vary depending on your card, but the improvements will be significant on Windows machines with Nvidia cards.
I finally found time to test the latest build on my home machine, which has a considerably older and less powerful NVIDIA 560ti. I haven't done Arek's benchmark, but in general usage it is immediately apparent that atomic is vastly faster. Can't wait for you guys to get your hands on it.
Will there be an update tomorrow (8th December)?
Just found the time to read through this post.
Kudos to the devs!!!!! My NVIDIA is a 555M- but I'll bet I'll see an improvement too...........I hope.
@Lars_H - we had planned for a Monday release but it's been delayed slightly due to illness in the team, which put a couple of people out of action last week. The intention now is to release mid-week - keep an eye on the blog.


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Distances. Diameter. Eccentricity
Discrete Math and Analyzing Social Graphs
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Very informative and practical. Especially enjoyed learning the theory and Python practical in chunks and then bringing them together for the final assignment.
Basic Graph Parameters
Graph parameters, also called graph properties and graph invariants, are values (usually numerical), which are calculated for a given graph and depend only on its abstract structure (not, say, on a particular way of drawing the graph on a plane). Graph parameters are useful in data science, since they reduce a big amount of data (the graph) to a small one (the parameter), while conveying important information about the graph. We discuss some of the basic graph parameters in this module.
Graph Invariants and Graph Isomorphism3:46
Handshaking Lemma4:00
Clustering Coefficients4:33
Distances. Diameter. Eccentricity6:57
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[MUSIC] Finally, there is a series of graph parameters or graph invariants, which are connected with paths and distances in the graph. So we recall the notion of path in a graph, which is a sequence of vertices, such that each vertex is connected to the next one. So here is an example, we have a path from V1 to V5, which goes along the edges of the graph. And the length of the path is calculated as the number of edges in it. So here is going to be n minus 1 in this example, it is 4. We have five vertices, so we have four edges. Now, the distance between two vertices in the graph is defined as the length of the shortest path which connects them. So this path is not the shortest one, because there is a shorter one here. And it gives the value of the distance which is 3, so we cannot connect s and t by a path of length 2. But there is a path of length 3 and this is the distance. So some definitions, some notions about that, if there is no path, then we say that the distance is infinite. This happens if there s and t are not connected in the graph, this happens sometimes. So the distance from a vertex to itself is considered 0. While one can say that there is a trivial path which consists only of this vertex and it has no edges. It has one vertex and no edges, so the length is 0. There is a triangle inequality, that if we have two vertices, s and t, then the distance between them is less or equal than the distance from s to q plus the distance from q to t, where q is an arbitrary third vertex. So this resembles the standard inequality of triangle in Euclidean geometry, in graphs, you'll also have this. And the proof goes as follows, so the shortest path between s and t is shorter or maybe, at least, not longer than any path from s to t. In particular, than any path which connects s to t via q. And the length of any path from s to t via q is exactly the sum of the lengths of its fragment from s to q and/or its fragment from q to t. So this is why it is convenient to use the number of edges, not the number of vertices, to count distance. Because if we use the number of vertices, then this central vertex, q, will be counted two times and this is somehow bad. So here, it is pure and we have triangle inequality which will be convenient for us sometimes. The next notion is the eccentricity, for a given vertex is the maximal distance of this vertex to another one. So the eccentricity measures, somehow, the distance from the given vertex to a sort of central part in a graph. So for example, here, the u vertex, which is somehow centrally positioned, has eccentricity 2. In two steps, we can reach any vertex of this graph from u. But the eccentricity of v is 4, because to reach the vertex on the right, we have to use four edges. So V is eccentric, it's on the periphery of the graph and u in the center and this is a notion of eccentricity. So how to calculate this, how to algorithmically find out the value of distance and the value of eccentricity. And this is an application of the Breadth-first search, the BFS algorithm, which we discussed earlier. The BFS algorithm, while starting from Given vertex s, yields the vertices layer by layer. So first it starts with s itself, then it yields the vertices of distance 1, which are directly connected to s, then 2 then 3. So here, we can see it on an example, so this vertex s is distance 0 to s, this one has distance 1. So we have two vertices of distance 2, two vertices of distance 3 and also one vertex of distance 4. So we add only new vertices in the BFS. If a vertex already had a distance, we don't make it bigger, because I have to seek for the shortest path. And once BFS reaches the other given vertex, which is t, we know the distance d(s, t). So if BFS finishes without reaching t, then t is not reachable, it means that the distance is infinite. And we can also find out what's the eccentricity of s and it's just the number of layers which are produced by BFS after it finishes and yields all the layers. We don't count the 0th ones, which is the s itself. If BFS produces some layers, but doesn't reach their vertices, this means that they're not connected to s. And the eccentricity of s is infinite, actually, if the eccentricity of one vertex is infinite, the same happens for all other vertices. Because this means that there are not connected vertices in the graph. There is also the notion of the diameter of the graph, which is connected to eccentricity. So the eccentricity measures how far a given vertex is for the central part of the graph as the diameter is the maximal distance possible in the graph. So actually the maximum possible eccentricity, diameter measures how the graph is big. So how is this long to traverse the graph for one innocence and to another. We cannot formalize the notion of end or eccentric vertex or something outside or inside the graph. Because the graph can be strange, it can have several, say, clusters or things like that. But this is a numerical parameter which tries to capture this. So the diameter is the maximal eccentricity, so what about the minimal one? This is called the radius of the graph and is the minimal eccentricity. So sometimes maximum and minimum can be quite different, but not in this case. So in this case, there is a lemma and which we'll for you as an an exercise, that radius and diameter are connected by the following inequations. So the first one is more or less trivial, the second one uses the triangle inequality, which we discussed today. And the diameter is greater or equal than the radius and is less or equal than 2 multiplied by the radius. So the second inequality just as in Euclidean geometry, there will be equality, here it's inequality. So this means the diameter and radius are virtually the same, they can differ only two times, from one side and from another. And usually, people use the diameter as the measure of, say, how the graph is long and how paths are long there. But the radius is also another measure, which is the mineral eccentricity, which is connected to the radius of the graph. [MUSIC]

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Overtime! Profile: #NECSAAC Co-Chair Vedika Anand (Wagner)
October 29, 2019 October 31, 2019 Adrienne M TerzuoliLeave a comment
Vedika Anand
Overtime! Blog reporter Adrienne Terzuoli spent an afternoon with Wagner College women's tennis player Vedika Anand. An international student-athlete from India, Anand has taken on a leadership role during her time in the United States. Below are Terzuoli's key takeaways from her interview with the NEC SAAC Co-Chair.
It was gloomy Tuesday at Wagner College, but Vedika Anand's presence made it noticeably brighter.
I sat down with the Wagner senior tennis player to discuss her many responsibilities as a driving force behind the Student Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC).
I was sitting in one of Wagner's administrative offices, looking over my questions, completely unaware of the time, when Vedika burst through the door with her giant smile.
Dressed in the new tennis uniform; a black tank top with the Nike and Seahawk logos parallel to each other and a green skirt, she unnecessarily offered her apologies for her tardiness. She was only two minutes behind schedule!
So, we settled ourselves and began the interview.
I had heard so much about Vedika and the crucial contributions she has made to Wagner SAAC as well as Northeast Conference SAAC. The NEC SAAC co-chair has been serving as one of the 32 conference reps for the national NCAA SAAC.
Her reputation and resume precedes her, and I was excited to dive in and learn more about her, her student-athlete experience at Wagner, and maybe pick up a tip or two on how she manages to fit it all into her already busy schedule.
She started by explaining her journey to Wagner as unconventional at best.
"College athletics is not really a big thing back home [in India]. I had no idea what the recruitment process was like, but my dad was a big help. I reached out to a tennis player at Wagner, who was also from India and asked her some questions. Fast forward to a few months later- they offered me a good scholarship and my mom and I made the trip to campus for move-in day. Of course, we went to Target first."
I immediately admired her for her leap of faith into the unknown, but she assured me that she was not concerned at all.
"My parents are big on travel, so I've been lucky to travel around quite a bit. This wasn't scary at all. In fact it felt homey. I came from a small high school and Wagner is a small college. It all felt like family, and being part of athletics was a big part of that feeling. Those are my people. I wanted to get to know everyone."
So what is SAAC and how did Vedika get involved?
"At the time, both the president and VP of SAAC were on the tennis team. There wasn't an option, we all attended the meeting. But once I got there and listened to what it was about, it was a no-brainer for me. They were talking about ways to make Wagner athletics better as a whole, and I knew I wanted to be a part of that. We were able to voice our concerns and suggestions to each other and the e-board would take it all to our AD and other administrators for discussion."
She went on to say that, as a whole, the SAAC is ultimately a voice for student-athletes.
"The NCAA wouldn't exist without student-athletes. They are the foundation by which college athletics is built. The people in SAAC are working to make the college athletic experience better. They work with you and for you- for all athletes."
It became clear to me, in just a short time, that Vedika is passionate about the work she does with SAAC. In fact, she is so passionate that she has moved from being a member of the Wagner SAAC to a co-chair of the Northeast Conference SAAC to a national SAAC rep. She is an active member of two committees at the national level: the Student-Athlete Experience Committee and the Sportsmanship and Ethical Conduct Committee.
She noted the importance of serving these committees not only because she genuinely enjoys it, but because she hopes to work in college athletics after graduation.
"Having a voice for the entire student body of athletes, both at the grass roots level and on a national platform is an incredible feeling. I'm very blessed that I get to represent my school and my conference."
It is apparent that Vedika takes great pride in her conference as she praised Commissioner Noreen Morris for the work she has done for the schools, for the athletes and for women.
During her research for a project she is working on, Vedika interviewed Morris and relished in the fact that more women are taking on leadership roles in college athletics.
"There is a large group of women with diverse backgrounds becoming commissioners. I don't know, maybe we have the ability to bring people together. Women tend to be more empathetic and have a great sense of knowing what ADs and programs need. Commissioner Morris is definitely someone I look up to. The NEC may be small, but she is very well respected and people listen when she talks. That is inspiring, not just for athletes, but for women as a whole."
Our conversation together strengthened my idea that Vedika Anand may very well be a Conference Commissioner one day.
On the national level, Anand's role is much more intense than at the institutional/conference level.
"I spend most of my time dedicated to my duties with the NCAA. I have my D1 ticker on my phone at all times so I can always be up to date with what's going on in our division. I'm an early bird. I get up early, do my work and read some articles. We are going into the legislative cycle soon, so I need to be prepared."
Conference SAAC reps are involved with the NCAA legislative cycle. Last year, over 50 proposals were submitted by the national SAAC group. Anand takes this responsibility seriously and relies on Wagner's Senior Women's Administrator (SWA), Tatum Colitz for guidance. Anand described Colitz as a mentor and a friend who is imperative in helping Vedika decipher some of the rules and verbiage she still may be unfamiliar with.
"Tatum [Colitz] is my resource. Whenever I have a question, we pull out the NCAA manual, aka 'The Bible' and Tatum knows it all by heart. Overall, we're lucky at Wagner and at the NEC to have a close knit relationship with women who we can turn to."
What was your biggest lesson as a member of SAAC?
"The most important thing is that we be respectful of everyone's opinions. It is important that no one matter what level, we maintain the equality and fairness to all student-athletes. At the national level, we are 32 people who are so invested in wanting to help each other that we sometimes forget what conference everyone is from. We know that we all have a voice; even if something doesn't affect us or our school specifically, we all get the chance to give our opinion. It's about the experience of being in different conferences that makes it all so special. At the Wagner level, people here want to help you. Our administrators here want to make the student-athlete experience the best they can. Wagner has been a great source of support. I am blessed to have had this experience."
Why are you proud to be a student athlete?
"Being a student athlete means you are part of something bigger than you. Sometimes the NCAA feels so far out of reach. Being a part of SAAC has allowed me to meet so many people, learn from a diverse group of individuals, and have an incredible student-athlete experience. College athletics has given me a structure and a discipline that I will take into my work and my life."
Currently, the NEC SAAC is in the midst of a year-long mental health awareness campaign. Initially started at Sacred Heart University, it has been adopted as a conference-wide initiative spearheaded by SAAC .
This year, Wagner, which will hold Mental Health awareness week from October 27 through November 2, will be hosting a Dancing with the Stars-like competition that pairs a member of the theater program with an athlete. The College will also host the 'green games' as well as wear green ribbons for support.
"We wanted to bridge the divide between performing arts and sports, and this seemed like a fun way to do it. It was important for us to take on this initiative to show that there shouldn't be a taboo about mental health. We want to get people talking about it."
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Women's Field Hockey Returns to the NEC
August 28, 2019 September 1, 2019 Adrienne M TerzuoliLeave a comment
It's a fresh start, but it's not exactly new to the Northeast Conference.
The NEC crowned a field hockey champion every year from 1998 through 2012.
Now, following a seven-year hiatus, field hockey has returned to the NEC as a championship sport.
With NEC core member Wagner establishing a new program, the idea of taking field hockey back under the NEC umbrella was a no-brainer for Commissioner Noreen Morris.
"We had been in talks with the schools for some time, but we would only consider it if we had more core members sponsoring the sport," said Morris. "With Wagner adding the program, now is the right time."
#NECPride Plentiful at #NECFB Social Media Day
July 26, 2019 July 31, 2019 Adrienne M TerzuoliLeave a comment
Media days usually signify one thing: football season is upon us. For one day, rivalries are set aside, hand shakes are extended, and players and coaches share a mutual love for the game.
On Wednesday, July 24th, the Northeast Conference (NEC) held their fifth annual Social Media Day at Metlife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ. For some players, who had never been to New Jersey, let alone an NFL stadium, this was a chance for them to take a moment and see first hand what they've been dreaming about probably since they were young boys in their pee-wee leagues. In true form, social media accounts for each school were alive and well for all the action.
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Quavo Says He Can Play In The NBA, 'I'm the Next Master P!'
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NBA teams in need of a 5'10" point guard need to look no further … 'cause Quavo says he's available and ready to make a jump to the Association, telling TMZ Sports he's the next Master P!!
Of course, the Migos rapper balled out with Justin Bieber, Sheck Wes, Drake and more in NYC last week – and Huncho was in full BEAST MODE scoring at least 15 points!!
So, when we caught up with Quavo, we had to ask who really has the best skills outta the celeb bunch on that court … and he gave us a far from humble answer.
"It gotta be me," Quavo says. "We beat OVO. I ain't even have my team with me."
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Beating Biebs and Drizzy is one thing … going against NBA stars like LeBron, Kawhi and KD is another. But, Quavo says he's up for the challenge to make it to the league!!
"I could be the next Master P! Ima go for it!"
FYI, Master P was signed to Charlotte Hornets in 1998 and Toronto Raptors in 1999 … but never made it to the court for a regular-season game.
So, could it REALLY happen?? As Quavo's buddy JB says — never say never!!


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Washington, D.C. May 29, 2017. Hundreds of Kashmiri Americans – men, women and children – from various states in the United States staged their huge rally in front of the White House. They were demanding United Nations – assured right of self-determination.
Raising slogans of: "Kashmiri Lives Matter Too" "Kashmir in Pain: India in Shame" "Indian Forces: Out of Kashmir" "Demilitarize Kashmir" "U.N. Implement Resolutions on Kashmir" "Stop Forced Disappearances and Torture in Kashmir," the marchers held candle light vigil on the sidewalk of the White House.
Syed Ali Geelani, 'the Keynote Speaker' called on the world leaders to persuade India and Pakistan to initiate a meaningful dialogue with the Kashmiri leadership to settle the Kashmir dispute once and for all. He suggested that it is better for Indian authorities to shun its stubborn approach and resolve this long pending issue. "The Indian army is unleashing a new wave of terror, killing dozens and maiming hundreds of unarmed protesters, utilizing bullets and lethal pellet-guns aimed to kill and maim" emphasized Mr. Geelani. He hoped that a new dawn of prosperity, peace and stability will be guaranteed when the Kashmir dispute is resolved to the satisfaction of the people of Kashmir.
Mohammad Yasin Malik, 'Guest of Honor' thanked the audience for expressing their solidarity with the people of Kashmir. He said that Kashmir is facing worst kind of oppression unleashed by Indian army. Innocent people are being killed, maimed, blinded, incarcerated, tortured and humiliated by the occupational forces. India is using its military might to crush the peaceful resistance movement of Kashmir. And this all is being done with impunity. Mr. Malik expressed his sadness that no civilized nation, not even the United States seems to be concerned with the human rights atrocities being committed in this unfortunate land. Not a single word has been uttered by them against human rights violations taking place in Kashmir.
Barrister Sultan Mehmood Choudhary, 'Special Guest' warned that the Kashmiri youth, who had laid down their arms to pursue their struggle by peaceful means, were again becoming restive and the prevailing tensions in occupied Kashmir might explode and lead to a conflict. He therefore urged the international community to resolve the Kashmir dispute for the sake of peace and stability in South Asia. Barrister highlighted that Indian army is conducting a campaign of slaughter in Kashmir. Each day they shoot and kill civilians; detain and brutally torture innocent Kashmiri men, women and children.
Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, 'Main Organizer' said that it is one thing to deny a people their right to freedom of speech and the freedom to vote. It is another thing to deny them the right to live. Fai added that there is no freedom in Kashmir. Only death, destruction and oppression. He reiterated that the United States paved the way for freedom around the world. The United States can help the people of Kashmir achieve peace, freedom and self-determination.
Dr. Imtiaz Khan, President, Kashmiri American council supported dialogue process between India and Pakistan to settle the Kashmir dispute, but emphasized that the leadership of the people of Kashmir must be made integral part of the process. He urged President Trump to listen to Mr. P. Chidambaram, former Home Minister of India who said on February 25, 2017 that India has lost Kashmir. Dr. Khan said that Yashwant Sinha, former foreign minister of India said on January 27, 2017 that India has failed Kashmiris and Kashmiris claim that they have lost faith in India.
Sardar Zulfikhar Khan moderated the event and Sardar Zarif Khan and Sardar Zubair Khan thanked the attendees for their participation.
Others who spoke included: Dr. M.A.Dhar, Javaid Rathore, Sardar Taj Khan, Sardar Imtiaz Khan Garalavi, Choudhry Shaban, Gulfaraz Inqilabi, Sardar Sajid Sawar.Raja Liaqat kayani, Malik Hamid, Zeeshan Haider, Choudhry Zahoor Akhtar, Sardar zahid khan, Asgher khan, Prof. Abdul Rashid, Raja Mukhtar, Wajid Ali shah, Sardar Afzal khan, Sabar khan, Sardar Tahir, Ghulam, Syed mukhtar shah, Ms. Amana Habib, Ms. Farah Sawar, Ms. Mumtaz kosar, Ms. Khalida Perveen.


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Pie de la Viga är en ort i Mexiko.   Den ligger i kommunen Mineral del Chico och delstaten Hidalgo, i den sydöstra delen av landet,  km norr om huvudstaden Mexico City. Pie de la Viga ligger  meter över havet och antalet invånare är .

Terrängen runt Pie de la Viga är varierad. Pie de la Viga ligger nere i en dal. Den högsta punkten i närheten är Cerro La Viga,  meter över havet,  km väster om Pie de la Viga. Runt Pie de la Viga är det ganska glesbefolkat, med  invånare per kvadratkilometer. Närmaste större samhälle är Pachuca de Soto,  km söder om Pie de la Viga. I omgivningarna runt Pie de la Viga växer huvudsakligen savannskog.

Klimatet i området är fuktigt och subtropiskt. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är april, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är december, med  °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är  millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är augusti, med i genomsnitt  mm nederbörd, och den torraste är januari, med  mm nederbörd.

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upcoming May referendum. Again, the political classes and others got excited, under-appreciating that the facility offered was a loan mechanism, and without the full terms being clearly set out.
constantly to improve the standards of our services and quality of life in Northern Ireland.
Also, the practice of industrial de-rating – abandoned by England in the 1960s – provides Northern Ireland firms cover from global market forces. Meanwhile, Finance Minister Peter Robinson decided to ignore advice here in a report he commissioned.
Quintin Oliver is Director of Stratagem (NI) and Allan Leonard is Director of the Northern Ireland Foundation.


Will be sold via one-hour private sessions, followed by 2 years of 24/7 support.
Enlarge / Buying an Apple Watch Edition will apparently get you the royal treatment.
You probably already know if you're going to shell out $10,000 or more for the Apple Watch Edition—aside from being made of gold, it isn't going to do anything that the $349 Apple Watch Sport or the $549 Apple Watch can't do. However, buying and getting support for the five-figure watches will apparently be substantially different, according to a report from 9to5Mac.
It begins with the buying experience itself. The cheaper Apple Watches will reportedly be sold using five- to ten-minute demo sessions at tables set up throughout Apple Stores, but the Apple Watch Edition will be demoed in private one-on-one sessions that can last up to an hour. Accessories and alternate bands will apparently be offered after customers have been allowed to try on the watches.
Once you've bought your five-figure smart watch, you can elect to have it set up in the store, or you can take it home and go through a "Virtual Personal Setup" video chat with an employee. The Personal Setup feature will reportedly be available to stainless steel Apple Watch wearers, too, but only Edition buyers will get "an exclusive, dedicated Apple Watch Edition phone line for two years of 24/7 technical support." An AppleCare+ purchase extends your watch hotline privileges to three years.
Finally, if you live near an Apple Store that doesn't usually stock Apple Watch Editions, Apple will send some over via courier so you can still get the in-store try-on experience. Alternatively, the Apple Store employees can direct you to a nearby store that stocks the Apple Watch Edition.
All three Apple Watches will be available for pre-order on April 10, at which point you'll be able to go to Apple Stores and try them on. Rumors suggest that appointments and preorders will be necessary to get any of the Apple Watch variants at launch, since stock will apparently be too low to allow for walk-in sales. In-store or online pre-orders can be shipped directly to you or picked up at an Apple Store near you. All watches actually go on sale April 24.


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Espectroscopia de ressonância magnética nuclear bidimensional (RMN 2D) é um conjunto de métodos de espectroscopia de ressonância magnética nuclear (RMN) que fornece dados plotados em um espaço definido por dois eixos de frequência, em vez de um.  Os tipos de RMN 2D incluem espectroscopia de correlação (COSY, sigla oriunda do termo em inglês correlation spectroscopy), espectroscopia J, espectroscopia de troca (EXSY, de exchange spectroscopy) e espectroscopia de efeito nuclear Overhauser (NOESY, de nuclear Overhauser effect spectroscopy). Os espectros de RMN bidimensional fornecem mais informações sobre uma molécula do que os espectros de RMN unidimensional e são especialmente úteis na determinação da estrutura de uma molécula, particularmente para moléculas que são muito complicadas para trabalhar com o uso de RMN unidimensional.

O primeiro experimento bidimensional, o COSY, foi proposto por Jean Jeener, professor da Université Libre de Bruxelles, em 1971. Esse experimento foi posteriormente implementado por Walter P. Aue, Enrico Bartholdi e Richard R. Ernst, que publicaram seu trabalho em 1976.

Conceitos fundamentais

Cada experimento consiste em uma sequência de pulsos de radiofrequência (RF) com períodos de atraso entre eles. O tempo, frequências e intensidades desses pulsos distinguem diferentes experimentos de RMN um do outro.  Quase todos os experimentos bidimensionais têm quatro estágios: o período de preparação, onde uma coerência de magnetização é criada através de um conjunto de pulsos de RF; o período de evolução, um período de tempo determinado durante o qual nenhum pulso é entregue e as rotações nucleares são permitidas a recuar livremente (girar); o período de mistura, em que a coerência é manipulada por outra série de pulsos para um estado que dará um sinal observável; e o período de detecção, no qual o sinal de decaimento de indução livre da amostra é observado em função do tempo, de maneira idêntica à RMN-FT unidimensional.

As duas dimensões de um experimento de RMN bidimensional são dois eixos de frequência que representam uma mudança química. Cada eixo de frequência está associado a uma das duas variáveis de tempo, que são a duração do período de evolução (o  tempo de evolução ) e o tempo decorrido durante o período de detecção (o  tempo de detecção ). Cada um deles é convertido de uma série temporal em uma série de frequências através de uma transformada de Fourier bidimensional. Um único experimento bidimensional é gerado como uma série de experimentos unidimensionais, com um tempo de evolução específico diferente em experimentos sucessivos, com toda a duração do período de detecção registrada em cada experimento.

O resultado final é um gráfico que mostra um valor de intensidade para cada par de variáveis de frequência. As intensidades dos picos no espectro podem ser representadas usando uma terceira dimensão. Mais comumente, a intensidade é indicada usando linhas de contorno ou cores diferentes.

Ressonância magnética nuclear
Espectroscopia


On 23 March this year I returned to Wellington Cathedral to play in their TGIF series. This year I played Bach's 3rd Solo Suite (BWV1009) in C major. It was great, also, to work with Michael Stewart, the Cathedral's Director of Music, who played continuo for two Sonatas by Geminiani (the D minor Sonata from Op. 5) and Alborea (Sonata in C major).
In my first solo performance in Wellington for well over 10 years, I had the opportunity to play in the TGIF series at Wellington Cathedral of St Paul. I played two Bach solo Suites, No. 2 in D minor and No. 1 in G major. The Cathedral provides interesting acoustic challenges (and opportunities). Last time I played in a lunchtime concert there (in 2004) we played between the choir stalls, which was slightly more intimate. Now, with that part of the Cathedral out of action – following the November 2016 earthquake that had a disastrous impact on the Cathedral's main organ – concerts take place in the nave. In this larger space, one feels very small, and it is harder to gauge how things are sounding. However, other experiences playing/recording in the Cathedral in early 2016 gave me some reassurance. All things considered, the recital went well, and it was especially good to have some other baroque specialists there – Katrin Eickhorst, Francis Yapp, and Imogen Granwal.
At Victoria University I studied violin as a performance major with Ursula Evans and Kim Jin. I also took cello lessons from David Chickering, and later baroque cello with Katrin Eickhorst-Squire. For several years I was a member of the NZSO National Youth Orchestra. At Oxford I studied baroque cello with Jonathan Manson and had additional coaching from members of Phantasm and the Allegri and Endellion String Quartets. I presented a talk and performance on the Jay Cello – a beautiful eighteenth-century English instrument – in the Bate Collection of Musical Instruments, part of which was broadcast on BBC Oxford.
I have played concerts and recitals in St Martin-in-the-Fields, Roehampton University, Christ Church Cathedral and the Jacqueline du Pre Music Building, including solo recitals in the college chapels of Pembroke, Brasnose, Harris Manchester, and New College. I've also performed as a cellist with Solomon's Knot Baroque Collective, the choirs of Balliol, Hertford, Lincoln, St Peter's, and the Queen's College, Belsize Baroque and Linden Baroque as well as with the Wyckham Singers and the Blenheim Singers.
Since 2012 it has been a great pleasure to perform as a guest musician with the award-winning show Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel, including shows at the Edinburgh Free Fringe in 2012, 2013 and 2014, in the Udderbelly on the Southbank, at Isle of Wight Arts, and for sections of their 2014, 2015, and 2016 UK tours.
As a violinist I have also recently been enjoying playing for choral societies and providing background entertainment at events. I have played regularly at the University Church in Oxford, often during the choir's summer vacation, or at Christmas services.
Since January 2016 I have been based in Wellington, New Zealand, where I have already had some exciting musical experiences. Currently I am collaborating with the wonderful soprano, Lisette Wesseling, and organist Richard Apperley on a CD for the Organism label. The music for this album includes pieces for voice and instruments by Buxtehude and Schuetz. On Good Friday I performed with the Tudor Consort, directed by Peter Walls, in a performance of Schuetz's Musikalisches Exequien at the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul. I am looking forward to working more with New Zealand colleagues old and new over the next year.


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Q: Lookup field as Controlling field I am creating a dependent picklist for one of my project requirement, where Controlling field is Lookup field and dependent field is picklist field. But while select Controlling field, I am not able to see my field(that field actually a Lookup field)
Can't we select Lookup field as Controlling field?

A: No, you can only use checkboxes and picklists as controlling fields. Some special standard fields are not available as controlling fields.

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