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Game Development With Unity
Unity is a resourceful gaming engine that lets you create games for mobile, console, PS, and PC.
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Unity is a cross-platform game development environment that lets you create interactive 2D and 3D games. This platform was created by Unity Technologies in 2005 and is used in many industries such as architecture, simulation design, gaming, automotive engineering, etc. It is also used for cinematography and film design. For example, graphics for the movies "Ready Player One" and "Big Hero 6" were rendered using the Unity engine.
Unity has different subscription plans for personal and professional use. Unity Personal is free, whereas Unity Pro and Unity Plus are paid plans. Games developed in Unity use programming languages such as C# and JavaScript. The platform runs on the .NET Core framework.
How Easy Is It To Develop Games in Unity?
This platform is easy to learn and use. Even beginners can easily develop games through Unity using its prefab system, which allows you to configure and store reusable game objects. These objects can be later reused for different scenes and renders, allowing you to build objects such as NPCs and projectiles from a single asset template.
Unity offers high-definition 3D and 2D graphics rendering and allows you to style your project your way. In addition, it divides the whole game into individual scenes you can build independently.
Scenes are like levels of a video game. As per Unity architecture, the player would have to finish the requirements of the first scene to move to another. You can also work on multiple scenes at the same time.
For custom builds, you can use Unity Scripting API to interact with the Unity engine and use it to bring custom features to your project. The Unity engine also includes a versatile asset store you can use to procure templates and particle effects for your game.
How Do I Start Game Development in Unity? What Are the Steps?
To build games through Unity, you must first download and install its game engine on your system. Once you open a new project and import all the packages, you can begin scripting your game.
The scene file contains the metadata and resource information for the current scene. You can change and filter scenes as per your requirement. Developers can add elements to scenes by selecting objects from the asset folder and dropping them onto the open scene. You can edit objects by double-clicking their code file to open them in Unity's cross-platform editor, MonoDevelop. However, changes can only be done on the Unity interface, not the file system.
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Unity is one of the world's leading game development engines. The number of people using Unity grew by 93% in 2021.
The reason for its popularity is twofold. First, Unity lets developers quickly develop and test their builds using its IDE. You can use it to create animation effects and render 3D/2D visualizations for your game. You can also use it to port experience to lower-level hardware, allowing you to easily generate builds for devices such as mobile phones and tablets.
Second, Unity has a practical UI toolkit (asset store) that lets you quickly bring elements to your scenes without coding. Developers can easily bring components such as 3D models, audio effects, plugins, animation files, and custom artwork to their builds. You can also upload your creations to the asset store and share them with the community.
Unity allows developers to create multiplatform games capable of running on PlayStation, Windows, Xbox, Android, and iOS. Its bleeding-edge editor extensions system also empowers them to build and render AR/VR scenes. You can also test your scenes in real time and arrange components (such as maps, effects, and game objects) on the go.
Unity also has a very helpful online community that you can use to solve your issues. In addition, plenty of user documents are available on the Unity website for beginners.
Are There Any Big Games Developed Using Unity?
The Unity engine is behind the success of many popular games, such as:
Monument Valley 2
In addition, AAA games such as Hearthstone and Wasteland 2 have used the Unity engine for their builds.
What Are the Problems Beginner Developers Face While Creating Games Through Unity?
Unity is a resourceful gaming engine that you can use to create mobile, console, and AR/VR games. You can also create 3D games using the Unity engine. However, there are a few things to keep in mind before you start scripting.
Before starting a game, you must thoroughly research the game requirements. You need to confirm whether the selected game engine can help you fulfill your requirements or not. If you don't, there's a chance you'll get stuck and will need to start from scratch.
You need to check on optimized model development before creating the final build. This includes setting scale factors, batching processes, and understanding code dependencies. You'll also need to reduce update loops and draw calls in your build, as they can cause overhead issues in the final render. Garbage collectors can be used to reclaim unnecessary memory allocations and improve speed.
Since you need to calculate all game object alterations in the scenes individually, it is important not to mess up the scene's physics. For example, if you're working with a collider scene in which multiple collisions are happening in the background, use the FixedUpdate function for changes instead of Update. This will ensure that your changes simultaneously affect all components of your scene.
Unity is an amazing development engine that enables engineers to create high-quality, interactive games. Many small and midrange companies use the Unity engine for prototyping and full-scale game development. Many popular games such as Pokémon Go and Monument Valley 2 were created through this engine.
Even though Unity has some limitations, it offers many development advantages that completely eclipse its drawbacks. It's easy to use, offers multiplatform support, and allows you to create high-end multiplayer games. It also has an inspector tool that lets you quickly edit scenes in real time.
Unity is the perfect engine for novice programmers looking to step into game development. It streamlines the development process and allows you to create versatile games with little coding. In addition, many major studios use Unity for their builds, which means that the skills you develop will be highly useful for your future, whether you go indie or AAA.
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Q: Firefox starts the absolute positioning of a div from the top left side of the page rather than div's parent I have a div that has a table in it.the table has a row and tow columns.I want a div inside the second column and I want it to be positioned absolute from the table column(not the start of the page).so here is what I did:
this is the html file:

and this is the CSS:
#one {
width: 100%;
height: 100px;
background-color: #f00;
}

#three {
width: 100px;
height: 80px;
background-color: #b6ff00;
/*margin-left: 100px;*/
/*float: left;*/
position: relative;
}

#four {
width: 50px;
height: 40px;
background-color: #0ff;
position: absolute;
left: 20px;
top: 20px;
}

this code works nicely on Chrome and IE.But it doesn't work on Firefox.In Firefox,the
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.What can I do about it?(And I should mention that I should use a table for my design.I can't use anything else here)

A: I had this EXACT same problem, found none of the above answers fixed it, and then found a solution in a different thread that fixed it for my project.
Put display: block; on the td that is parent to the div. That's it.
You may be interested to know that I tested this with your example code and got it to work as well, without negative effects in other browsers that I've tested so far. Your mileage may vary depending on needs of the project.
One downside is that it does kill the td identity - for some table layouts you will need additional CSS trickery to reformat, for others this may not be feasible.
Linkage to answer I found:
Using Position Relative/Absolute within a TD?

A: Give the parent position:relative and you are done.

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\section{Introduction}\label{sec:name1}

The simulation of oscillators suffers often from a loss of energy due to numerical damping. On the other hand
numerical damping is often required to cancel out oscillations which occur due to numerical noise.
In the recent years, the expansion of the signal waveforms by wavelets or splines was investigated
\cite{SN03,SGN07,DCB05,Dau05,Bra2009,BiDau10b, BiDau10a}. This has been motivated by the fact
that trigonometric basis  (originally used in many RF-simulations) are not suited for the representation
of pulse-shaped signals due to a slow convergence
and the Gibbs' phenomenon.

\begin{figure}[h]
	\center
	\includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{pol25}
	\fcaption{Spline solutions for a 3MHz Colpitz-Quartz oscillator.}\label{f:fig1}
\end{figure}

Here, we want to investigate the effects of numerical damping on a oscillator simulation by a spline collocation method
on uniform grids. Numerical experiments suggest that the effect described and investigated here do also occur
on nonuniform grids, which may appear in an adaptive method. However, we restrict to uniform grids, since this
restriction permits the theoretical understanding of the observed effects.

In Fig.~\ref{f:fig1} we see numerical solutions for the periodic steady state of a  3MHz Colpitz-Quartz oscillator
(see Fig.~\ref{f:fig1a})
computed by a spline collocation method on various grids. Although one expects an increase of the approximation error
on coarser grids, we can observe here an additional effect, which is a smaller amplitude for the coarser grid.
This artificial loss of energy is due to an effect called numerical damping, which is caused not by the physical system
or its mathematical model, but  by properties of the numerical method.

\begin{figure}[h]
	\center
	\includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{Col3mega}
	\fcaption{Schematic of the 3MHz Colpitz-Quartz oscillator.}\label{f:fig1a}
\end{figure}

In Sect.~\ref{sec:damping} we will investigate, the numerical damping in a spline collocation method.
We will overcome the negative effects of this numerical damping by the application of trigonometric splines
in Sect.~\ref{sec:trig}.

\pagebreak

\section{Numerical Damping for Splines}\label{sec:damping}

We consider the cardinal B-spline $N_m$ of order $m$ defined by the recursion
\begin{eqnarray*}
N_1(t) &:=& \chi_{(0,1]}(t) :=
\left\{\begin{array}{ll}1,&\mbox{for } t\in(0,1],\\
0&\mbox{otherwise,}\end{array}\right.\\[1ex]
N_m(t) &:=& \frac{t\,N_{m-1}(t)+(m-t)\,N_{m-1}(t-1)}{m-1}.
\end{eqnarray*}
For a detailed introduction to splines we refer to \cite{Sch81}.
It is well known that the family $\{N_m(\frac{t}{h}-k):~k\in\ZZ\}$
constitutes a stable basis for the spline space
$$
S_{m,h}=\Big\{f\in C^{m-2}(\RR):~f\big|_{\big(h k,h(k+1)\big)}\in\Pi_{m-1}\}
$$
of piecewise polynomials of degree less than $m$, which are $m-2$ times differentiable.
Here, $\Pi_n$ denotes the space of polynomials of degree up to $n$

We consider now how the differential operator is approximated by a spline collocation method.
For the simplicity of the presentation and without loss of generality we restrict ourselves to 1-periodic functions (i.e.~with unity period).
The statements can be generalized to other period lengths by scaling.
First the function $x(t)$ is interpolated at the collocation points  $t_k=\frac{k+\frac{m}{2}+\sigma}{n}$
by a spline $s\in S_{m,\frac{1}{n}}$,
i.e., we have to determine coefficients  $c_\ell$ such that
\begin{equation}\label{interpol}
y_k:=x(t_k)=s(t_k)=\sum_\ell c_\ell\, N_m(k-\ell+\tfrac{m}{2}+\sigma).
\end{equation}
Here, the parameter $\sigma$ describes the deviation of the collocation points from
the center of the B-splines in relation to the mesh size.
The choice of $\sigma$ influences the stability of the spline interpolation, but also
properties of a collocation scheme for differential equations, as we will see in the sequel.

Applying the discrete Fourier transform
$$
\hat{x}_k = \sum_{\ell=0}^{n-1} x_\ell e^{\frac{2\pi i k\ell}{n}}
$$
to (\ref{interpol}) we obtain
$$
\hat{c}_k= \frac{\hat{y}_k}{\phi_m(\sigma,\frac{k}{n})},
$$
where
$$
\phi_m(x,\xi)=\sum_{k\in\ZZ}N_m(x+\tfrac{m}{2}+k)\,e^{2\pi i k \xi}
$$
is Schoenberg's exponential Euler spline \cite{JRS91}.
Analogously, we obtain the values of the derivatives as
$$
y'_k:=s'(t_k)=\sum_\ell c_\ell N^\prime_m(k-\ell+\tfrac{m}{2}+\sigma),
$$
which yields
\begin{equation}\label{spline_diff}
\widehat{y^\prime_k}=\psi_m(\sigma,\tfrac{k}{n})\;\hat{y}_k,
\end{equation}
with
$$
\psi_m(x,\xi)=\frac{\tfrac{\partial}{\partial x}\phi_m(x,\xi)}{\phi_m(x,\xi)}.
$$
Obviously $\psi_m(x,\xi)$ is 1-periodic in both arguments.

\begin{figure}[ht]
	\center
	\includegraphics[width=.9\columnwidth]{num_damp}
	\fcaption{Plot of $\re \psi_3(x,\xi)$.}\label{f:fig2}
\end{figure}

Fig.~\ref{f:fig2} shows a plot of the real part of $\psi_3(x,\xi)$.
Due to a zero of $\phi_m$ at $(\frac{1}{2},\frac{1}{2})$ we have a singularity
of $\psi_m(x,\xi)$ at this point. This means that the numerical derivative becomes instable for
$|\sigma|\approx\frac{1}{2}$ and we restrict ourselves to $|\sigma|<\frac{1}{2}$ sufficiently small.
Furthermore, $\phi_m(x,0) = 1$, which implies  $\psi_m(x,0) = 0$.
Since $N_m(x+\frac{m}{2})$ is even we conclude that $\phi_m(0,\xi)$ is real, while $\tfrac{\partial}{\partial x}\phi_m(0,\xi)$
is purely imaginary, i.e., $\re \psi_m(0,\xi)= 0$.

Apparently $\re \psi_m(\sigma,\xi) > 0$ for $\sigma\in(-\frac{1}{2},0)$, which causes a numerical damping.
For the
fundamental frequency the damping depends on the size of $\re \psi_m(\sigma,\frac{1}{n}) > 0$, where $n$ is the grid size.
In Fig.~\ref{f:fig3} we see the corresponding values for the simulations in  Fig.~\ref{f:fig1}, where $\sigma=-\frac{1}{4}$
was used. Obviously the grid size $n$ has to be chosen sufficiently large, in order to avoid a loss of energy by numerical damping.

\begin{figure}[h]
	\center
	\includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{num_damp2}
	\fcaption{Plot of $\re \psi_3(-\frac{1}{4},\xi)$.}\label{f:fig3}
\end{figure}

The numerical damping is reduced for $\sigma\to 0$, $\sigma>0$.\linebreak This can be seen in  Fig.~\ref{f:fig4}, where almost no damping
of the fundamental frequency can be observed. However, there occurs also no damping of the high frequencies, which is
necessary in a simulation to eliminate numerical noise. Thus, one can observe ringing artifacts in the solution.

\begin{figure}[ht]
	\center
	\includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{pol0}
	\fcaption{Spline solutions for the 3MHz  Colpitz-Quartz oscillator, with $\sigma=-.01$.}\label{f:fig4}
\end{figure}

For $\sigma\in[0,\frac{1}{2})$ we have  $\re \psi_m(\sigma,\xi) \le 0$, i.e., we have no numerical damping. That is numerical noise
is not damped (for positive $\sigma$ there is even an amplification).
This effect usually causes convergence problems of the applied numerical methods, as e.g.\
Newton's method for nonlinear problems. In practice stable behavior was observed for the range $\sigma\in[-0.3,-0.1]$.
However, for oscillators we have the problem of numerical damping in this range.

\section{Trigonometric splines for elimination of numerical damping \label{sec:trig}}

For the simulation of autonomous systems we need a method, with numerical damping at high frequencies, while low frequencies (in particular
the fundamental) frequency are not damped at all. This can be achieved if the numerical differentiation works exactly
for the low frequencies (cf.~\cite{Gau61,Lampe2001,Bra2001}).
This can be achieved if splines are replaced by function spaces, which contain the low frequencies.
In order to preserve the useful properties of spline functions, trigonometric splines seem to be an interesting choice.

For an exhaustive description of trigonometric splines, even on non-uniform grids, we refer to \cite[Sect.~10.8]{Sch81}.
The space of trigonometric splines of order $m$ and mesh size $h$ is given as
$$
\widetilde{S}_{m,h}=\Big\{f\in C^{m-2}(\RR):~f\big|_{\big(h k,h(k+1)\big)}\in T_m\Big\},
$$
with the space of trigonometric polynomials
$$
T_m = \bigg\{\sum_{k=0}^m c_k\, e^{2\pi i (k-\frac{m-1}{2})t}:~c_k\in\CC\bigg\}.
$$
Obviously, for even order $T_{2\mu}$ is a space of anti-periodic functions, i.e.\  $f(t)=-f(t+1)$, and is not suited for our purpose.
In particular, constants and the fundamental frequency are not contained in $T_{2\mu}$ and $\widetilde{S}_{2\mu,h}$.
For odd order the space $T_{2\mu+1}$ contains the real valued trigonometric polynomials
$$
\sum_{k=0}^\mu a_k \cos(2\pi k t) + \sum_{k=1}^\mu a_k \sin(2\pi k t),
$$
which are therefore also contained in $\widetilde{S}_{2\mu+1,h}$.
A stable basis for $\widetilde{S}_{m,h}$ (if $h\, m<1$) is given by the translates $Q_{m,h}(t-hk)$ of the trigonometric B-spline $Q_{m,h}(t)$
defined by the recursion
\begin{align*}
&Q_{1,h}(t) := \chi_{(0,h]}(t),\\[1ex]
&Q_{m,h}(t):=\\
&\quad\frac{\sin(\pi t)\,Q_{m-1,h}(t)+\sin\big(\pi (h\, m-t)\big)\,Q_{m-1,h}(t-h)}{\sin\big(\pi h (m-1)\big)}.
\end{align*}
One can see easily that $Q_{m,h}(t)$ is supported on $[0,m\,h]$ and from
$\sin(t)=t+\mathcal{O}(t^3)$ we conclude
$Q_{m,h}(t)=N_m(ht)+\mathcal{O}(h^3)$, i.e.,
on fine grids the trigonometric splines behave similar to the
classical polynomial splines.
The above formulation allows us also to take advantage of several spline algorithms
with only moderate extra computational effort for the computation of the sine function.

Analogously to  \ref{spline_diff} the numerical differentiation in a collocation method can be described by
$$
\widehat{y^\prime_k}=\widetilde\psi_{m,\frac{1}{n}}(\sigma,\tfrac{k}{n})\;\hat{y}_k,
$$
where
$$
\widetilde\psi_{m,h}(x,\xi):=\frac{\tfrac{\partial}{\partial x}\widetilde\phi_{m,h}(x,\xi)}{\widetilde\phi_{m,h}(x,\xi)}
$$
and $\widetilde\phi_{m,h}(x,\xi)=\sum_k Q_{m,h}\big(h(x+\tfrac{m}{2}+k)\big)\,e^{2\pi i k \xi}$.

However, for $m=2\mu+1$ the interpolation of $e^{2\pi i k t}$, $k\in\ZZ$, $|k|<\mu$ is exact,
i.e., there are uniquely determined coefficients $c_{k,\ell}\in\CC$ such that
$$
e^{2\pi i k t}=s_k(t):=\sum_\ell c_{k,\ell}\, Q_{m,\frac{1}{n}}\big(\tfrac{t-\ell}{n}\big),\qquad|k|<\mu.
$$
This implies in turn that the derivatives satisfy $s^\prime_k(t) = 2\pi i k\, s_k(t)$ or
$\widetilde\psi_{m,\frac{1}{n}}(\sigma,\tfrac{k}{n})=2\pi i k$, $|k|<\mu$.
That is, there is no damping of low frequencies (for $m=3,5,\ldots$).

\begin{figure}[h]
	\center
	\includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{trig}
	\fcaption{Trigonometric spline solutions for the 3MHz  Colpitz-Quartz oscillator, with $\sigma=-\frac{1}{4}$.}\label{f:fig5}
\end{figure}

Figure~\ref{f:fig5} shows the results of a simulation using trigonometric splines of order $m=3$,
with the same parameters as for  Fig.~\ref{f:fig1}. The numerical damping of the fundamental frequency
is eliminated, and the results behave in the range of the usual approximation error for the chosen grid.

\section{Conclusion}

We have shown that using trigonometric splines instead of the classical
polynomial splines can eliminate the
negative effects of numerical damping for oscillator simulation, while we can still take advantage of many
useful properties of B-splines.

The methods can easily modified to nonuniform grids used for adaptive methods
described in \cite{BiBra12,BiDau10b,BiDau10a}. Here we may have grids
with a locally high resolution in one
area and low resolution in other areas.
Thus several
negative effects studied in this article may occur simultaneously.
In particular,
for adaptive grid refinement the differences in numerical damping between
different grids can have serious
effects on the performance of the method, which do not occur if trigonometric
splines are used.
Thus, the introduction of trigonometric splines is an important contribution to
oscillator simulation.

\Acknowledgements
This work was founded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF): P22549-N18.

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World Food Day virtual panel discussion focuses on food insecurity
Radford University students and faculty members joined virtually with community members on October 15 to observe World Food Day 2020 with a panel discussion centered on local food production and provision during a global health pandemic.
Each year, the University's Department of Economics hosts a panel discussion to coincide with the numerous World Food Day events held throughout the United States and various countries. The international event is organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to create awareness and increase support for individuals who suffer from food insecurity and hunger. "Grow, Nourish, Sustain. Together." was this year's theme.
The University's observance typically is held in Kyle Hall, but this year's panel discussion was conducted online due to health and safety concerns involving the COVID-19 global pandemic.
World Food Day at Radford featured presentations focused on food insecurity and its impact on various populations, was moderated over Zoom by Jennifer Elias, assistant professor of economics.
Elias and students in her Economics 105 and 230 courses, as well as a University 100 class she teaches, developed the list of panelists who could discuss "how our community is finding ways to deal with the challenges associated with the current pandemic," Elias said.
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Davis College of Business and Economics Dean Joy Bhadury, Ph.D., opened the panel discussion, saying the topic was "dear to my heart because it is a local, regional, state, national and global problem," Bhadury said statistics reveal that 12.5% of Southwest Virginians and about 9.9% of Virginians live with food insecurity.
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Additional speakers included community members, such as J.D. Jones, store manager of the Radford Food Lion; Brian Lawson, a local restaurant owner and entrepreneur; Guille Yearwood, owner of Ellett Valley Beef Company; and Dora Butler, program manager at Radford-Fairlawn Daily Bread.
World Food Day was established in 1979 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and was first observed in 1981. Events are held each year on October 16. However, Radford University's observance was a day earlier this year to accommodate participants' schedules.
Prahlad Kasturi, Ph.D., who retired as a professor of economics and Department of Economics chair at the end of the Spring 2020 semester, began organizing the annual campus event in 1991. Kasturi joined the virtual panel discussion from California and said, "this is a great day to look at food insecurity and what we can do every day to help."
Observance of World Food Day aligns with Radford University's mission to foster relationships and a culture of service within and beyond the University community.
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Abstract: The Autonomous Community of Aragon has no major jurisdictional authority in terms of water and associated public works, but it has a clear interest in water issues. One legal example of that is the 2001 Aragon Water Law together with all its subsequent amendments. The Law has led to the creation of a public entity, the Aragon Water Institute, and to a planning instrument, the Principles of Water Policy in Aragon, through which the community tries to participate actively in water policy.
Abstract: Water policies involve very wide-ranging problems. The paper considers the possibility, or the capability, of arriving at agreements that can sustain water management policies at various decision-making levels and with regard to a range of issues relating to water. Different types of problems and obstacles that the model attempts to overcome, as well as the main conditioning factors that are likely to be encountered, are analysed. The proposed model of consultative participation is based on the experience of the Aragon Water Commission.
Abstract: This study aims to achieve a juridical approximation to the main instruments of public participation in policies of water management in Aragon. The social context in which water policy has developed until very recently was one of almost constant conflicts among water and land users (lowlands and the mountains). The traditional system of participation allowed users to participate in the governing organs of the hydrographic confederations that were set up by the 1985 Spanish Water Law. Changes were introduced by the European Union's 2000 Water Framework Directive, while the creation of the Aragon Water Commission the following year led to an advanced system of participation.
Abstract: The Aragon Water Commission consists of 65 members and 17 groups of stakeholders: social, economic, sectoral and local organizations, neighbourhood movements, experts in water policy, and the university, among others. Yet, despite its wide-ranging membership, it has registered achievements that would have been unthinkable only a few years ago. It has passed judgement on the Aragon Water Infrastructure Plan; drawn up, and approved the Principles of Water Policy on the basis of consensus; and reached agreements that have broken the logjam on such controversial projects as the expansion of the Yesa reservoir. These successes have generated a scenario without winners or losers in which it will be possible to meet the expected future demand for water, and use it rationally, while respecting environmental values and permitting new developments free of the uncertainty that conflicts generate.
Abstract: In order to meet the targets set by European Directive 91/27/EEC on treatment of urban wastewater, the Government of Aragon launched the Special Plan for Sanitation and Water Treatment (PESD by its Spanish initials). The plan aims to treat wastewater in all agglomerations with a population-equivalent of more than 1000 inhabitants. The challenge is a major one, given that Aragon's relatively small population is very widely dispersed over frequently mountainous terrain. For the purposes of the plan, Aragon has been divided into 13 zones and 132 treatment plants are being built for 172 centres of population. Each zone is managed by a 20-year administrative concession, while projects are financed by a 'Sanitation Toll' in accordance with the principle of cost recovery. The population centres participating in the programme will receive environmental and social benefits as they see their rivers brought back to life.
Abstract: In the middle Ebro River there is a 346 km reach, between Logroño and La Zaida, consisting of a free meandering channel on a wide floodplain. This reach contains a discontinuous riparian corridor, including valuable riparian forests and oxbow lakes. During the last 80 years this channel has witnessed substantial changes in channel morphology, area of bars, riparian vegetation and floodplain uses. The sinuosity growth, migrations and meander cut-offs have been frequent. There has been a progressive and significant decrease of both the area covered by water and the gravel bars without plant colonization. As a result of this, the riparian corridor width has been dramatically reduced for the benefit of human uses. The deceleration and nearly elimination of the Ebro channel free meander dynamics represents an important natural heritage loss. Dams, changes in land-use throughout the basin and river flood defences that restrict the channel have altered the system behaviour, which urgently needs a management plan combining both improvements and risk reduction.
Abstract: Irrigated agriculture notably increases crop productivity but may negatively impact river water quality because of the salt and agrochemical loadings in irrigation return flows. We evaluated the salinity and ion concentrations in 31 river stations of the Ebro basin, characterized the quality of waters for irrigation, and analysed the influence of irrigation on river water quality. River water quality is generally good in regard to salinity (EC), N03 and P04 concentrations, and water quality for irrigation of the most important schemes within the Ebro basin is excellent for crops although it may promote the degradation of sensitive soils. A preliminary analysis of the impact of irrigated agriculture on river water quantity and quality indicates that it is significant in rivers collecting high salt and N03 irrigation return flows. Nevertheless, due to the low salinity of most irrigation waters, maximum irrigation efficiencies are attainable in the Ebro basin without compromising crop yields due to root zone soil salinization.
Abstract: This work analyses the trend of annual precipitation in Aragon during the second half of the twentieth century, the spatial differences that this trend might entail in the Autonomous Community, both on an annual and a seasonal scale and the impact on water resources and their management. The regional series (1950–2000) presents drier and more humid phases and a slight negative trend which is not significant from the sixties onwards. The Zaragoza, Huesca and Teruel observatories follow a similar evolution. As regards to space, no significant trends can be observed in the annual totals of any Aragonese county; but instead on a seasonal scale there are some differences: winter shows a precipitation decreasing gradient from south-east to north-west, opposite to the one produced in summer. Autumn has a clear north-south decreasing gradient, whereas spring does not offer clearly defined patterns. To be able to face the possible adverse effects coming from the rainfall decrease, efficient water policy actions are in need of a high degree of planning and rational water management.
Abstract: The close link between water policy and spatial planning is well illustrated within the Autonomous Community of Aragon. The construction of dams and irrigation channels has spurred social and economic development in large tracts of Aragon, but other of its areas have suffered the consequences. The rapid urbanisation of Aragon, as in the rest of Spain, has added an important new element to the equation.
Abstract: The use of water for irrigation is of concern to all those involved in water management in the Autonomous Community of Aragon. This article tackles issues that relate to the modernization of existing irrigation systems, by means of consolidation and improvement programmes, as the new priority of contemporary irrigation policy. At the same time, the article considers the roles played by the various agents charged with carrying out the programmes-basically –state-owned companies– and of the fanners in their irrigation communities. The positive impact of these measures in achieving better and more efficient management of water resources, as well as the negative environmental impact that derives from the new demands for energy, are also presented and discussed.
Abstract: The traditional policy of developing new irrigated areas in Aragon has been changed to irrigation modernization through investments in distribution networks and on-farm irrigation equipment. This new policy creates opportunities to introduce more profitable crops, conserve irrigation water and abate agricultural nonpoint pollution. Several alternatives open to irrigated agriculture are bioethanol and biodiesel technologies (which could provide a support price for grains), the expansion of profitable fruits and vegetables under drip irrigation, and the diversification of water using activities (animal farming, industries, residential areas and sport utilities). Alternative measures to abate agricultural nonpoint pollution are examined in this paper. Modernizing irrigation structures leads to a large reduction of pollution, and introduces reasonable costs to farmers (in terms of their rent). Results also show that water pricing-advocated by the European Water Framework Directive-is a wrong policy in irrigation, because irrigation demand does not respond to prices and also because water pricing is not cost efficient to abate pollution.
Abstract: This article describes the groundwater situation in the Aragon zone of the hydrographic basin of the Ebro River. It provides a historical overview, the main geological characteristics of Aragon, the volume limits of groundwater currently available and the total amount of water resources. With respect to water quality, it includes a description of its natural content and the problems caused by nitrates and industrial pollutants. Finally it indicates the main groundwater concerns that are currently being looked at and the principal challenges.
Abstract: Aragon's long and intense water history has left multiple marks on the landscape. Many are mere ruins of projects whose purpose is difficult to discern; other remains are hidden below later repairs or reconstructions. In some cases, however, complete waterworks have been preserved in virtually their original state. This is especially true of the major projects of each historical period, in which the aim –almost invariably achieved– was to reach the highest possible standards with the technology available at the time.


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Q: How to disable postback of radiobutton based on some conditions in asp.net on client side? I have a radiobutton list defined in my form. When the user selects any option, we do a postback and then business logic is executed.
Now the problem is, I want to add a confirmation from user whenever he checks a radio button option; when the user selects OK then only I want to go ahead.
Sample Flow:
    1. Assume FirstItem in radiobutton is checked.
    2. The user will go and select the second item - Then I want to add a confirmation like "Are you sure " -
    3. If the user selects NO
            Then I should revert the check changed without the postback
        Else
          Perform the postback and then business logic
The code is as follows:
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager1" runat="server">
</asp:ScriptManager>
<div>
    <asp:UpdatePanel ID="UpdatePanelCheckBoxes" runat="server" UpdateMode="Always">
        <ContentTemplate>
            <asp:RadioButtonList ID="rdo" runat="server" RepeatDirection="Horizontal" AutoPostBack="true"
                OnSelectedIndexChanged="LabourScheduleType_CheckedChanged">
                <asp:ListItem Text="1" Value="1" onClick="confirmcheck();"></asp:ListItem>
                <asp:ListItem Text="2" Value="2" onClick="confirmcheck();"></asp:ListItem>
            </asp:RadioButtonList>
        </ContentTemplate>
    </asp:UpdatePanel>
</div>
</form>

The code-behind code is like this
I wrote a javascript function also to control the postback
<script type="text/javascript">

    function confirmcheck() {
        var retVal = confirm("test");
        return retVal;
    }

</script>

I tried everything like adding an attribute like onclick and then returning false in the method and so on. Somehow the postback always happens and I do not know how to revert the check changed also ! I am going crazy over this from past 4 hours.
EDIT1:
I was searching over internet and found solution to half of my problem !
  <asp:UpdatePanel ID="UpdatePanelCheckBoxes" runat="server" UpdateMode="Always">
        <ContentTemplate>
            <asp:RadioButton ID="RadioButton1" OnCheckedChanged="aaa_cc"  GroupName="aa" runat="server" AutoPostBack="true" Text="test1" />
            <asp:RadioButton ID="RadioButton2" OnCheckedChanged="aaa_cc"  GroupName="aa" runat="server" AutoPostBack="true" Text="test2" />
        </ContentTemplate>
    </asp:UpdatePanel>

The code behind file :
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (!Page.IsPostBack)
        {
            RadioButton1.Attributes.Add("onClick", "this.blur(); return RadioClick(this);");
            RadioButton2.Attributes.Add("onClick", "this.blur(); return RadioClick(this);");
        }
    }

Javacript goes like this:
<script type="text/javascript">

    function RadioClick(radioButton)
    {
        if (confirm('Are you sure?'))
        {
            __doPostBack(radioButton.id,'');
        }
        else
        {
            return false;
        }
    }

</script>

The only problem is when i return false, the value in radio button is lost i.e. none of the radio buttons are selected :(

A: Try OnClientClick='return confirmcheck();'. That value will be rendered as the value of the onclick attribute when the page is rendered. Also, returning the result will signal if the default processing will continue.
OnClick specifies the server-side event handler.

A: Try this:
<asp:ListItem Text="1" Value="1" onClick="if(!confirmcheck()) return false;"></asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Text="2" Value="2" onClick="if(!confirmcheck()) return false;"></asp:ListItem>

return true or false in onClick will also prevent the postback to happen, so we only return when confirmcheck() is false.
I tested and it works

A: Include "EnableViewState=true" in your HTML declaration of the radio buttons. Your EDIT1 solution should work after including this attribute, so if you return false, the state won't loose.


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Geografía
Se encuentra a una altitud de 388 msnm a 330 km de la capital estatal, Bhopal, en la zona horaria UTC +5:30.

Demografía
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Referencias

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Q: Lite version of a Java software Our software currently has many features. I've been asked to make a free trial version which consist of a lightweight version of the full software. Only a few specific features would be available in the trial. And since a jar file isn't encrypted, I was relunctant to release a full version with hardcoded restrictions. I want to be able to have 2 jars : 1 containing the basic features and 1 with the advanced features.
The features are in different menus. It would be nice it the code would try to load the jar with the extra features at start up and display a message (like : this feature is unvailable in the trial) when the non-paying user selects an advanced menu. On the other hand, a paying user with access to the advanced features jar wouldn't know the difference (I'm talking about the difference between now, 1 jar, and the new method, 2 separate jars).

*

*Any tip on how to proceed ?

*Any warning on common mistakes to avoid ?

*Any better strategy than the separate jars ?

Edit : The best suggestion so far describes how to do my crippleware, but also warns me not to do a crippleware. So what do should I do ?

A: As you mentioned, you would probably have 2 jars:
1 with the basic features and stubs for the advanced features.
1 with the actual advanced features.
You could use a factory class with a config setting to determine whether to create the stub classes or the real classes - e.g. "FancyFeatureClass" or "FancyFeatureClassStub".  "FancyFeatureClassStub" would be included in the "lite" distribution, but "FancyFeatureClass" would only be in the advanced features jar.
If they tried to change the config setting to create the real class without having the jar with the real classes, they would just end up getting class not found errors.
When upgrading, add advanced features jar to the classpath and change the config setting to tell the factory class to create the real classes instead of the stubs.  Assuming your app could be split up that way, it should work fine.
As for common mistakes - I think you've already made one - probably not your fault though :)
"Crippleware" is a bad way to evaluate a product.  Better to release a full featured version with an expiration or a nag screen than to release a crippled product.  Not having those advanced features would probably make it difficult for someone to really evaluate the product.

A: Many technologies allow pluggable features (called plugins or addons usually).
The idea is that your core code (or framework) declares some interfaces (a well-thought API is ideal). Plugins can provide new implementations of an interface, and register it to the framework.
In its boot sequence, your framework will look (through some convention, in a file for example) if there are plugins, and give them a chance to execute their own boot sequence, consisting of the registration.
After the boot phase, a runtime example (for menus) : The framework looks it the registry where he stores the menus. The registry contains the menus the framework himself declared, plus any additionals provided by plugins... It displays all of them.
If you want specifically the behavior you asked for, I would implement this as follow :

*

*menus available in all cases are declared and implemented in the framework

*menus available only in the expanded edition are implemented twice :

*

*in the framework, the implementation would simply display a message
(like : this feature is unvailable in the trial

*in the plugin (= paid edition), it would override the previous implementation with the real one, that does the real job.

That way, you paying users have all normal functionality, with the trial version shows the warnings.
Many technologies exist to implement this, the best choice depends on what you already know/use/feel confortable with :

*

*interface implementation is plain java, a string in the manifest of your plugin jar can mention the class to start.

*Eclipse RCP has full implementation of menus that way (so you would have nothing to code, only configuration)

*Spring is also pretty good when you use interfaces ...

A: Using a separate Jar which implements the paid for features (and a separate lite front end that displays a suitable message like 'not available' if it gets a ClassNotFoundException) would be the simplest way to do it.
There are many frameworks, up to and including Eclipse RCP for distributing UI applications in a modular form - but this will be overkill for your needs.
In fact, you don't even need two Jars, as long as your build process has the option to compile/package a sub-set of the Java classes in the Jar that you build as part of the distribution process. Just don't include the paid for features.


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package org.apache.beam.runners.dataflow.worker;

import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;

import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;
import javax.annotation.Nullable;
import org.apache.beam.runners.dataflow.options.DataflowPipelineDebugOptions;
import org.apache.beam.runners.dataflow.worker.counters.Counter;
import org.apache.beam.runners.dataflow.worker.counters.CounterFactory.CounterDistribution;
import org.apache.beam.runners.dataflow.worker.counters.CounterName;
import org.apache.beam.runners.dataflow.worker.counters.CounterSet;
import org.apache.beam.runners.dataflow.worker.counters.NameContext;
import org.apache.beam.runners.dataflow.worker.util.common.worker.ElementExecutionTracker;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.options.PipelineOptionsFactory;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Rule;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;

/** Tests for {@link DataflowElementExecutionTracker}. */
@RunWith(JUnit4.class)
public class DataflowElementExecutionTrackerTest {
  @Rule public final ExpectedException thrown = ExpectedException.none();

  private CounterSet counters;
  private DataflowPipelineDebugOptions options;
  private ElementExecutionTracker tracker;

  @Before
  public void setUp() {
    counters = new CounterSet();
    options = PipelineOptionsFactory.as(DataflowPipelineDebugOptions.class);
    options.setExperiments(
        Lists.newArrayList(DataflowElementExecutionTracker.TIME_PER_ELEMENT_EXPERIMENT));
    tracker = DataflowElementExecutionTracker.create(counters, options);
  }

  /** Typical usage scenario. */
  @Test
  public void testTypicalUsage() throws IOException {
    NameContext stepA = createStep("A");
    NameContext stepB = createStep("B");
    NameContext stepC = createStep("C");
    NameContext stepD = createStep("D");

    // Comments track journal of executions for next sample, and partial timings not yet reported
    tracker.enter(stepA); // IDLE A1 | {}
    tracker.enter(stepB); // IDLE A1 B1 | {}
    tracker.exit(); // IDLE A1 B1 A1 | {}

    tracker.takeSample(40); // A1 | {A1:2}
    assertThat(getCounterValue(stepB), equalTo(distribution(10)));

    tracker.enter(stepB); // A1 B2 | {A1:2}
    tracker.exit(); // A1 B2 A1 | {A1:2}
    tracker.enter(stepC); // A1 B2 A1 C1 | {A1:2}
    tracker.enter(stepD); // A1 B2 A1 C1 D1 | {A1:2}

    tracker.takeSample(50); // D1 | {A1:4 C1:1 D1:1}
    assertThat(getCounterValue(stepB), equalTo(distribution(10, 10)));

    tracker.exit(); // D1 C1 | {A1:4 C1:1 D1:1}
    tracker.exit(); // D1 C1 A1 | {A1:4 C1:1 D1:1}
    tracker.enter(stepC); // D1 C1 A1 C2 | {A1:4 C1:1 D1:1}

    tracker.takeSample(40); // C2 | {A1:5 C2:1}
    assertThat(getCounterValue(stepC), equalTo(distribution(20)));
    assertThat(getCounterValue(stepD), equalTo(distribution(20)));

    tracker.exit(); // C2 A1 | {A1:5 C2:1}
    tracker.exit(); // C2 A1 IDLE | {A1:5 C2:1}

    tracker.takeSample(30); // done
    assertThat(getCounterValue(stepA), equalTo(distribution(60)));
    assertThat(getCounterValue(stepB), equalTo(distribution(10, 10)));
    assertThat(getCounterValue(stepC), equalTo(distribution(20, 20)));
    assertThat(getCounterValue(stepD), equalTo(distribution(20)));
  }

  /** Test that counter values are reported when a processing operation finishes. */
  @Test
  public void testCounterReportedOnClose() throws IOException {
    NameContext step = createStep("A");
    tracker.enter(step);
    tracker.takeSample(10); // half of time attributed to initial IDLE execution
    assertThat(getCounter(step), nullValue());

    tracker.exit();
    tracker.takeSample(10); // half of time attributed to final IDLE execution
    assertThat(getCounterValue(step), equalTo(distribution(10)));
  }

  /** Ensure functionality is correctly disabled when the experiment is not set. */
  @Test
  public void testDisabledByExperiment() throws IOException {
    List<String> experiments = options.getExperiments();
    experiments.remove(DataflowElementExecutionTracker.TIME_PER_ELEMENT_EXPERIMENT);
    options.setExperiments(experiments);
    tracker = DataflowElementExecutionTracker.create(counters, options);

    NameContext step = createStep("A");
    tracker.enter(step);
    tracker.exit();
    tracker.takeSample(10);
    assertThat(getCounter(step), nullValue());
  }

  /**
   * Test that the sampling time is distributed evenly between all execution fragments since last
   * sampling.
   */
  @Test
  public void testSampledTimeDistributedBetweenExecutionFragments() throws IOException {
    NameContext stepA = createStep("A");
    NameContext stepB = createStep("B");

    tracker.enter(stepA);
    tracker.exit();
    tracker.enter(stepB);
    tracker.exit();
    // Expected journal: IDLE A1 IDLE B1 IDLE

    tracker.takeSample(50);
    assertThat(getCounterValue(stepA), equalTo(distribution(10)));
    assertThat(getCounterValue(stepB), equalTo(distribution(10)));
  }

  /** Verify that each entry into a step tracks a separate element execution. */
  @Test
  public void testElementsTrackedIndividuallyForAStep() throws IOException {
    NameContext stepA = createStep("A");
    NameContext stepB = createStep("B");

    tracker.enter(stepA);
    tracker.enter(stepB);
    tracker.exit();
    tracker.enter(stepB);
    tracker.exit();
    tracker.exit();
    // Expected journal: IDLE A1 B1 A1 B2 A1 IDLE

    tracker.takeSample(70);
    assertThat(getCounterValue(stepA), equalTo(distribution(30)));
    assertThat(getCounterValue(stepB), equalTo(distribution(10, 10)));
  }

  /**
   * Test that the currently processing element at time of sampling is also counted in the next
   * sampling period.
   */
  @Test
  public void testCurrentOperationCountedInNextSample() throws IOException {
    NameContext step = createStep("A");
    tracker.enter(step);
    tracker.takeSample(20); // Journal: IDLE A1
    tracker.takeSample(10); // Journal: A1
    tracker.exit();
    tracker.takeSample(20); // Journal: A1 IDLE

    assertThat(getCounterValue(step), equalTo(distribution(30)));
  }

  /**
   * Ensure that sampling is properly handled when there are no new executions since the last
   * sampling period.
   */
  @Test
  public void testNoExecutionsSinceLastSample() throws IOException {
    tracker.takeSample(10); // Journal: IDLE

    NameContext step = createStep("A");
    tracker.enter(step);
    tracker.takeSample(10); // Journal: IDLE A1
    tracker.takeSample(10); // Journal: A1

    tracker.exit();
    tracker.takeSample(10); // Journal: A1 IDLE
    assertThat(getCounterValue(step), equalTo(distribution(20)));

    tracker.takeSample(10); // Journal: IDLE
    assertThat(getCounterValue(step), equalTo(distribution(20)));
  }

  @Test
  public void testThrowsOnExitBeforeEnter() {
    thrown.expect(IllegalStateException.class);
    tracker.exit();
  }

  private NameContext createStep(String stepName) {
    return NameContext.create("anyStage", stepName, "anySystem", "AnyUserName");
  }

  /** Retrieve the per-element-processing-time counter aggregate for the given step. */
  private CounterDistribution getCounterValue(NameContext step) {
    Counter<Long, CounterDistribution> counter = getCounter(step);
    assertThat(
        "per-element-processing-time counter should not be null for step: " + step,
        counter,
        notNullValue());
    return counter.getAggregate();
  }

  /**
   * Retrieve the per-element-processing-time counter for the given step, or null if the counter has
   * not been written.
   */
  @Nullable
  private Counter<Long, CounterDistribution> getCounter(NameContext step) {
    CounterName counterName =
        CounterName.named("per-element-processing-time").withOriginalName(step);
    return (Counter<Long, CounterDistribution>) counters.getExistingCounter(counterName);
  }

  /** Build a distribution from the specified values. */
  private CounterDistribution distribution(long... values) {
    CounterDistribution dist = CounterDistribution.empty();
    for (long value : values) {
      dist = dist.addValue(value);
    }

    return dist;
  }
}

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LibreOffice drops Type 1 font support
Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog
Mar 01, 2017 GMT
Bruce Byfield
Should decisions about free software be determined by the needs of developers or users? This recurring question has become relevant again in LibreOffice 5.3, which is dropping support for Type 1 fonts.
Type 1 fonts, also known as postscript fonts, were one of the first font formats for digital typography. They have been superseded by TrueType (TTF) and OTF formats, but, unlike many earlier formats, have remained adequate for design work. As a result, many designers have continued to use them, since over the years they have a significant investment in Type 1 fonts, particularly from Adobe. At an average cost of US$35 per font family, replacing a collection made over a decade or more could cost thousands of dollars for a designer.
Now, however, adoption of the Harfbuzz font shaping engine is causing LibreOffice to drop support for Type 1 fonts. Harfbuzz does not support Type 1 fonts, and nobody has shown an interest in adding support for them. Suddenly, without any announcement that they are likely to have seen, users are opening the latest version of LibreOffice to find many of their fonts are no longer available, and their legacy documents no longer display properly. While the decision was made by LibreOfffice over four months ago, few average users are likely to follow the project closely enough to have received advanced warning. Nor did LibreOffice emphasize the change, or offer suggestions about how to react to it.
The complaints have been received without much sympathy. A bug about the change was quickly resolved by giving it a status of WONTFIX. The move is defended by noting that Microsoft Office 2013, among other pieces of software, have already dropped Type 1 support. The facts that backward compatibility has often been an advantage of free software, and that many other free software design tools such as GIMP, Krita, and Inkscape continue to support Type 1 fonts is conveniently ignored.
Instead, the blame is placed squarely on those complaining. Commenting on the bug, V. Stuart Foote suggests that any serious designer would have moved away from Type 1 fonts "some time ago if only for convenience of being compatible with workflows using TTF/OTF." Never mind that there are no compatibility problems these days between different font formats, and all three can be used in the same document.
However, it is clear that LibreOffice has no intention of accommodating the needs of users. Those complaining are described as Converting Type 1 fonts, users are told, is "trivial" with tools like FontForge -- an adjective that ignores the fact that, for those with hundreds of fonts, the time required to compensate for LibreOffice's unilateral decision is anything but trivial.
True, users can convert to other formats only as needed. However, that still means an interruption of work for the extra step. Moreover, conversion is technically illegal, if that matters to anyone.
Alternatively, users may be able to map free fonts to their proprietary Type 1 equivalents in LibreOffice's replacement tables. In some cases, the free fonts are even metrically identical to their proprietary counterparts, and can be used without any reformatting. Moreover, using only free fonts in the future may protect users from any future fiat of this sort. I have been using this tactic for several years now, and most of the time it is effective.
Yet another solution, which nobody mentions, would be to switch to OpenOffice. Switching to OpenOffice would mean sacrificing all the improvements that LibreOffice has made over the years, but the basic functionality would remain. In this case, OpenOffice's lack of developers would prove a disguised blessing, because it is unlikely to start to rip out large pieces of functionality and replace them.
However, the question remains: how dare developers put users to such inconvenience, especially without any consultation or any time to prepare? Yes, Type 1 fonts are an old format, but I suspect they remain far more common than is being cavalierly assumed.
As much as anything, what annoys me is the high-handedness of the decision and the efforts to defend it, even though I am generally unaffected myself. Users do not always understand the demands of development, but, in this case, how the decision is being carried out is as objectionable as the decision itself.
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I still haven't released alpha build 4, but a number of pretty useful enhancements have been made and I've upgraded this blog with the new version.
I'm also gearing up to setup the blog for a few alpha testers. More on that soon.
The Devblog has been upgraded to Bloo alpha build 4. I'll put this into public release after I kick the tires a bit.
Some nifty enhancements in this one, plus a shift in the base layout that might mess up anyone who has created their own theme - but the upgrade program and release notes will hopefully provide the answers for that.
In other news, I have several alpha testers lined up, and will be setting up some test blogs in the next few days! There have been a dozen or so downloads of the alpha 3 build since I put it out last Thursday. Cool . . .
If you've lost your mind you can also download the latest nightly build (which happens to be this one) off of CVS - just go to the sourceforge project page for Bloo (shown in the right navbar).
Night all . . .
Interested in alpha testing this thing? I've posted a bleg for alpha testers on both The Thinklings and Out of the Bloo. Let me know if you're interested - you can contact me at supportAToutoftheblooDOTcom.
Alpha build 3 is coming out tonight!
I'm stoked about this one. It begins to open up the flexibility of the Bloo architecture when it comes to the look and feel of a blog.
Tonight's the night - more info on the new features will be forthcoming.
To this point 11 people have downloaded alpha build 2.
Build 3 is very close. Working on the upgrade program now - here at Bloo enterprises :-) we're committed to automated processes - don't ever want anyone to have to install anything manually.
Some cool ideas are cooking regarding virtual themes and the ability for theme-builders to ship their completed themes straight to a Bloo site that will make them available to the public. That will rock (it will be coming in a later release).
Watch me for the changes.
There have been 9 downloads of Bloo alpha build 2. Which isn't much but, to be honest, it's pretty thrilling for me. The goal of this thing is to provide a good blogging tool for people I don't know, after all, so if people are downloading it that's moving us closer to the goal.
That being said, I'm not sure anyone has actually installed it yet, or created any posts. So if you have downloaded it and would like to let me know please leave a comment or email me at supportAToutoftheblooDOTcom. There is an "anomoly" (translation: d'oh!) in the css for the 2nd build which makes it look awful in IE, but the fix is easy.
I'm also really anxious to get the third alpha build out there. It's almost ready! It makes the jump to the real power of Bloo, which is complete control over the interface separate from any PHP coding, and non-destructive to the original themes. I need to document this once the third build is out there because I'm not sure how intuitive modifying the overlays will be for people - it seems easy to do for me, but, of course, I wrote the thing so . . .
In any event, if you're an early adopter of Bloo please let me know.
The third build will hit in a few days. Watch me for the changes . . .
I'm getting very close. Lots of changes today, mainly on Themes. I've created a new theme called Lintefiniel, in honor of the look and feel on Jen's Blog. It will be released with release 3. Provided Jen gives her permission (I've emailed her). I also have a new Devblog look coming out.
And dynamic overlays, which rock.
I will be trolling (respectfully, and only on websites I webmaster) for alpha testers very soon.
Oh, and if you're interested (and you've lost your mind) you can download a nightly build of Bloo from the CVS repository. Any changed code is generally updated there every night.
Lots of progress is happening on alpha release 3. The main aspect of this release is the introduction of dynamic, table-based overlays. This is fairly exciting stuff, because this will allow users the ability to create, in a non-descructive way, their own tweaks (and outright re-writes) of the overlays that comprise the look and feel of their blog. It's non destructive because the user can always get back to the official released xml-based overlays by just de-activating their changes.
This is going to be pretty cool. I hope to finish this release in the next few days (I have to fight the tempation to keep adding features!) One other issue to deal with is that I have to create an upgrade program.
One concern I continue to bump up against is the memory usage of bloo. I'm actually not sure what its memory usage is, but it is object oriented and - currently - it basically loads all the core snapons upon initialization - even administrative ones never used by a non-logged in user. So there's a potential that the memory footprint of Bloo may be larger than desired. Again, I've got no stats on this as of yet.
I will be watching this situation in case it turns out that I have to re-arrange and optimize the code. I don't want Bloo to be a hog!
Progress is being made on the overlay inventory and "overlay of overlays" technology in Bloo. It can now load temporary (i.e., non-release/non-filesystem-based) overlays out of a database, tied to the bloo version and (if specified) the current theme.
I hope to have this piece done soon. Alpha release 3 is coming.
One of the hallmarks of the third alpha build of Bloo (due soon) is the replacement of the proprietary format ovl (overlay) files with xml. Even though xml is a bit more of a pain and harder to read because beginning and ending html tags in overlay syntax have to be coded like < and >, xml is just a much more flexible (not to mention standard) way of storing overlays.
Going to this also implies that most overlay manipulation will happen via storing to an overlay table in the database, not editing the base xml files. Which is the direction I wanted to go anyway, though doing it right will require some careful design. It has to be a) easy to do and b) very recoverable (in case you screw up an overlay beyond recognition).
As I work on the next release of Bloo I'm constantly thinking through the overlay strategy I've adopted. While I'm sold, completely, on the more or less model-view-controller architecture of Bloo, and I see great promise in the eventual ability of end-user administrators to easily and safely change the look and feel of their blogs via overlaying the overlays, I'm concerned about the organization of the overlays.
Frankly, there are too many of them, and it's hard sometimes even for me (who should know them best) to figure out where the particular one I need to modify lives. The answer to this conundrum will involve better inventorying tools for SnapOns and Overlays. But another tactic I'm going to experiment with over the next few days is standardizing the file-based overlay specs into XML, rather than the proprietary OVL files I've been using. This will provide max-flexibility on overlay meta-data.
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Ok, the CSS is fixed. Since I didn't specify a width for the right sidebar, it just spread across the page (in IE. In every real browser I have (like FireFox and Camino) it worked fine).
As the developer of B2 said of IE - rawk on that code.
IE . . . gak!
I admit, I've never looked at this blog in IE. I'm a firefox man, meself.
The CSS is completely messed up in IE - the blog looks terrible. I'm going to try and fix, but - holy cow - I didn't even notice this.
Just another little milestone - I created the SourceForge CVS repository for Bloo tonight.
A cool (albeit virtual and entirely symbolic) pocket-protector to the first person who figures out what it is.
I'm going to bed. Looks like release 002 of Bloo alpha will be hitting the streets sooner than I thought.


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Huntington, MA — Alice F. Richardson (Roberts), 77, of 121 County Rd. Huntington, MA, passed away suddenly on Tuesday, January 18th, 2022 at Baystate Medical Center. Alice was born in Hartford, CT on D-Day, June 6, 1944 to Calvin Roberts and Leone Wood. Her parents were Vermonters who settled in Huntington so Alice lived in Huntington and spent a portion of her time in Putney, VT.
Alice graduated from Huntington High School in 1962, then from Western Massachusetts Hospital School of Nursing in 1963. She stayed on at Western MA Hospital working as a staff nurse. She married in 1964 and went on to spend the remainder of her career doing in-home elder care for terminally ill patients. For 20 years she also fostered medically compromised newborn babies through Northampton Family Services.
Alice was the first female to qualify for rifle range and enjoyed hunting deer with her family in Vermont. She was an avid snowmobiler who enjoyed traveling to Vermont and West Yellowstone Montana to challenge the trails. Alice was extremely active in bowling. She belonged to the Greater Springfield Women's Bowling Association for 37 years. She served 9 of those years as a director and 8 years as the president. She was a delegate to the national bowling convention in Reno, NV for 5 years. She was also a certified lane inspector. Alice was a very talented bowler with a high game of 279, and in 1989, she won the Green Mountain Open Tournament with a high score of 707. She belonged to the Women's WIBC 600 and 700 clubs. In 2005 Alice was inducted into the Bowling Hall of Fame.
In her younger years, Alice drove trucks for Donovan Sand and Gravel. She also worked with the Massachusetts Turnpike crew doing cliff construction. Alice was the grounds keeper for the Norwich Bridge Cemetery in Huntington. She not only mowed and trimmed the grounds, she also cleaned and restored monuments. All of the restoration of this 18th century cemetery was realized through Alice's hard work and dedicated efforts, included was her donation of the iron fence that surrounds the cemetery.
To honor her memory, she leaves her husband, Gordon and her three children, Linda Lee Richardson, Bonita Amy Kubacki (Roman), and Calvin Paul Richardson (Kathy). She was pre-deceased by her daughter Dawn Richardson (Terry Palmer). She leaves her siblings Bonita Pease (Robert), Linda Emmonds (Roger pre-deceased) and Thomas Roberts (Susan). She also leaves eight grandchildren. Timothy Dali (Dan), Lindsey Kubacki, (Nick), Stephanie Richardson, Kayla Bresnahan (Bentley), Dr. Calvin Carrington, Abigayle Jerusik (John), Christy McCray (Catherine), And Alice Jane Kubacki (James). She leaves eight great grandchildren. She also leaves her lifelong friend, Dr. Jane Martone. She will be missed by her fur baby Sabrina and her foster fur baby, Sam.
Alice was a member of the Pioneer Valley Assembly of God church in Huntington. Her fellow parishioners and pastors held Alice in high regard and great affection. Her services will be held at the church. Visitation will be held from 9:00-11:00 am on Saturday, January 29th. The service will follow. Former pastor, Re. Toby Quirk will officiate. A reception will immediately follow in the lower church. For those wishing, donations may be made to the church. A graveside service will be held in the spring at the convenience of the family. Graham Hilltown Community Funeral Home will be in charge. For online condolences please visit grahamhilltowncommunityfuneralhome.com or rwgrahamfuneralhome.com
Published by Daily Hampshire Gazette on Jan. 24, 2022.
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Chapter 64: Parasitic Infections
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Rajagopalan S. Rajagopalan S Rajagopalan, Shobita.Parasitic Infections. In: Kelly A, Taylor SC, Lim HW, Serrano A. Kelly A, & Taylor S.C., & Lim H.W., & Serrano A(Eds.),Eds. A. Paul Kelly, et al.eds. Taylor and Kelly's Dermatology for Skin of Color, 2e. McGraw-Hill; Accessed January 17, 2021. https://dermatology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=2585&sectionid=211768133
Rajagopalan S. Rajagopalan S Rajagopalan, Shobita. (2016). Parasitic infections. Kelly A, Taylor SC, Lim HW, Serrano A. Kelly A, & Taylor S.C., & Lim H.W., & Serrano A(Eds.),Eds. A. Paul Kelly, et al. Taylor and Kelly's Dermatology for Skin of Color, 2e. McGraw-Hill. https://dermatology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=2585&sectionid=211768133
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CUTANEOUS LARVA MIGRANS
Etiology and Pathogenesis
Parasitic infestations and infections are encountered commonly in developing countries, where the environment is ideal for them to thrive. International travel to tropical destinations plays an important part in the acquisition of parasitic diseases.
Factors such as geography, environment, and low socioeconomic status causing overcrowding and pollution, poor hygiene, food and water contamination, malnutrition, delayed access to medical care, and the presence of appropriate vectors play an important role in transmission of parasitic diseases.
Skin diseases associated with parasitic infection or infestations, including scabies and cutaneous larva migrans, are encountered in skin of color patients.
Parasites are ubiquitous in nature and associated with a variety of diseases in many different hosts. They are more common in regions of the world where various environmental factors, including climate, population dynamics, food and water sources, and the presence of appropriate vectors, enable them to thrive. In addition, host factors such as nutritional status and immune function play a key role in the transmission and acquisition of parasitic diseases and determine disease severity. Genetic susceptibility to specific parasites may also play a role. Susceptible individuals who travel to destinations where parasites are endemic are at increased risk for acquiring parasitic illnesses.
Racial differences in skin properties, such as including epidermal melanin content, melanosome dispersion, hair structure, and fibroblast and mast cell size and structure may explain differences in disease prevalence and presentation among different groups.1,2,3,4
Various skin disorders, including those caused by or associated with parasitic infection or infestation, are commonly encountered in people with skin of color, that is, African Americans, Asians, Hispanics/Latinos, and Native Americans. Complex interactions between the host factors, such as genetic makeup, nutritional status, and immune function, and environmental factors, such as geography and climate, play a key role in disease acquisition. Socioeconomic indicators such as poverty, overcrowding, and decreased access to medical care may also contribute to parasitic disease acquisition.3,4
This chapter will review some common and important parasitic illnesses that are known to cause significant skin disease in humans and focus on possible race-related variations in disease presentation. Skin manifestations of specific parasitic diseases that will be covered include the ectoparasitic infestation scabies and the cutaneous migratory endoparasitic phenomenon known as cutaneous larva migrans.
Scabies is a common and highly contagious ectoparasitic infestation of global and public health significance caused by the arthropod Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis. Scabies affects all individuals regardless of age, gender, race/ethnicity, or socioeconomic status. Worldwide, an estimated 300 million cases occur annually.5 Prevalence rates in developing countries are higher than those in developed nations. Overcrowding, poor hygiene, delayed diagnosis and treatment, and lack of public education are some of the factors that contribute to the prevalence of scabies in both industrial and nonindustrial nations. In ...


Olivia Colman will play Queen Elizabeth in the third and fourth seasons of Netflix's The Crown. The British Royal biographical drama was first released last year centering on the Queen's sudden ascension to power after her father died while she was away with Prince Phillip on a Safari trip to Kenya. The events that followed chronicled the first several years of her reign as she tries to live a balanced life carrying her duty as the ruler of the people of England as well as a married woman. Now as the show moves along, some key casting changes are expected on the horizon starting with Colman taking over the role after the second season.
Claire Foy plays the younger iteration of Her Royal Highness and has been critically lauded for her impeccable performance. However, though she plays the role one more time in the sophomore season of the series, the actress will eventually relinquish royal on-screen duties to Colman by the time season 3 rolls out due to the actress being more suitable age-wise to play an older Queen Elizabeth.
The casting news has come courtesy of Variety, who can confirm that the 43-year-old English actress is slated to take over the role from Foy after season 2. The third and fourth outings of The Crown have not been officially ordered, but early production is said to be already underway. Series creator Peter Morgan has always been forthcoming about replacing the show's principal cast by actors who are the same age as the characters during the specific time and era that the show is set in so the passing of the mantle does not really come as a surprise.
In the last several months, Colman was heavily rumored to be the next star of Doctor Who until Jodie Whittaker was officially announced as the Thirteenth Doctor, replacing Peter Capaldi. Colman is more recently seen on Broadchurch and AMC's The Night Manager and before she suits up as the Queen, she will appear next in Kenneth Branagh's ensemble film, Murder on the Orient Express. The veteran thespian is not necessarily new to playing royalty on-screen, she played the Queen in 2012 British biographical historical comedy-drama Hyde Park in Hudson, opposite Bill Murray as Franklin D. Roosevelt and Samuel West as King George VI. Meanwhile, she will take on the role of Queen Anne in the upcoming movie, The Favourite.
Since no official order is in place for The Crown season 3 and 4, it remains to be seen what historical events they will tackle, but Morgan previously shared that he plans to move the spotlight from Queen Elizabeth's woes to her son, Prince Charles, and his whirlwind and tumultuous relationship with ex-wife, Princess Diana. All of that, however, will come way down the line. In the meantime, fans can first look forward to the second season of the show. The preview for the upcoming installment promises more drama inside the Buckingham Palace as despite being in power for quite some time now, the job doesn't seem to get any easier for the Queen.
The Crown season 2 will be available on Netflix this December 8.


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Linh Niller Huynh created her self-named blog as an outlet for her love of writing and clothes. She wanted to document her time and growth through photographs and snippets of her aesthetic evolution. She believes that everything is about living within an experience where it be through story-telling, imagery or clothing.
Understated elegance meets New York minimalism.
Audrey Hepburn! Breakfast at Tiffany's is a lesson in that elegance and simplicity can coexist.
What is a wardrobe staple every woman should have in their closet?
Every woman needs a great pair of jeans and a classic white shirt.
Where do you look to for fashion inspiration?
Honestly, I get inspired just walking through SoHo and occasionally on the subway. I always see women who are dressed for comfort yet are effortlessly chic.
While attending Parsons, many people wore head to toe designer items and that was a very new experience for me coming from a small town. I wanted to share through my blog that style is defined by how you express your individuality through clothing and for me, it was all about re-using key pieces and discovering my true aesthetic.
Without a doubt, the greatest reward is the opportunity to work with brands that I admire and being able to share that work with people from all over the world.


We take real ingredients that grow on trees and fields and bake them gently. If anyone tried to sneak sugar, concentrates or any other nonsense into our foods, we'd bite their heads off. Grrr.
It really makes BEAR growl that almost all fruit snacks for children are made from concentrated fruit juices and gumming agents boiled to high temperatures. Grrr.
Pick fruit and vegetables fresh in season. We use the whole fruit, not just the juice, and never concentrates.
Bake slowly in traditional baking ovens at a low temperature, to lock in all the natural goodness.
Hand cut the dried fruit into shapes.
Make highly concentrated fruit juices/pastes, stripping out fibre and destroying essential vitamins and minerals by boiling at +100ºC in a tank.
Add gumming agents as fillers to bulk recipes and create lower sugar claims, but add no nutritional value.
Push the liquid syrup through an extrusion nozzle to be 'shaped' then cooled. The whole process lasts just minutes.


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Q: Spring XD to read multiple website data I need to create a website that reads contents of different websites and help to compare them.
One of the examples having a similar website
http://www.mysmartprice.com/mobile/samsung-galaxy-grand-2-msp3633
This helps us to compare prices of samsung mobile between different online websites.
Now I need to know :
1. How to read data from different websites.
Using java, I can read and fetch html data. But question arises, what is the best way to parse the html content to get desired information?
I want to use Spring XD. Please suggest best strategy?
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Jubin

A: I think you need to develop a java application for each data source, and then develop a custom module "source", and use Spring xd to ingest the data.
Another solution is to develop the application, make your applications load required data to csv files and trasfer them into a path like /tmp/xd/input automatically when the program runs, and then use Spring XD to ingest the data from csv files into whatever destination you need.


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Hirokazu Shirado
Bot interventions in human cooperation and coordination
Hirokazu's current research aims to understand the role that individuals play in facilitating cooperation and coordination in networks. To study this phenomena, he has introduced anonymous artificial intelligence "bots" into social network experiments, allowing human subjects to interact with them. These bots have various methodological benefits.
For one, bots can facilitate causal inference: bots with specific, known, programmed responses can be used to test human responses to targeted behavioral "treatments." In another respect, the bot-injection study helps to demonstrate the positive potential for "heterogeneous systems" involving humans and machines. In such systems, artificial intelligence can work as catalyst of social reaction among humans (rather than as a human replacement). Through this study, Hirokazu is developing a new design concept for machines to help group of humans help themselves.
Using this approach, Hirokazu examined the functional role of erratic behaviors in human coordination. He performed experiments involving a classic networked color coordination game in which groups of humans interacted with bots. The bots were programmed with varying levels of behavioral randomness and different geodesic locations. Theses experiments showed that bots, placed at central locations within the network and acting with small levels of random noise, significantly improved the collective performance of human groups. This behavioral randomness in the bots affected the gameplay of the humans, suggesting that this spillover effect can benefit global coordination.
Color coordination game with bots: This game's goal is for every player in a network to select a color different than all of their neighbors as quickly as possible. Left group is composed entirely of human players. Right group includes three "noisy" nots (depicted in squares). Red connections indicate when the colors conflict. Quicker solutions to the color conflict reflects greater coordination capability of the group.
Online experiment with social networks
In pursuit of his research, Hirokazu has worked to develop online experimental framework in social science that make a theoretical contribution, while also offering practical insights. The advantages to us Internet are many, including the ability to recruit large samples quickly, and the ease of replicating experimental treatments. By employing novel software and recruiting subjects online from around the world via online labor markets, Hirokazu is able to conduct a series of experiments that spanned the whole range of possible parameters.
Using the experimental tool "breadboard", for instance, Hirokazu revealed the relationships between network dynamics and cooperative behaviors. When the rate of change in social ties is too low, subjects opt to retain many ties, at the risk of attaching to defectors. When the turnover rate is too high, cooperators cannot detach from defectors as quickly as defectors can re-attach, prompting a switch in individual behavior to defection. These results suggest that optimal levels of cooperation are achieved at intermediate levels of change in social ties.
Cooperation game with network rewiring: Each human subject is initially assigned a location in a network and then give a choice: either cooperate (blue) or defect (red). Subjects who cooperate pay 50 units for each network neighbors and each of their neighbors receive 100 units. Subjects who defect pay 0 units and their neighbors receive 0 units. After subjects choose whether to cooperate, a fixed percentage of subject pairs ("rewiring rate") are chosen at random in which one individual in the pair is allowed to decide whether to form a new tie if one do not exist or to cut a tie if one do exist. These interactions are repeated for 15 rounds.
In another experiment, Hirokazu planned and executed a series of experiments to better understand the dynamics of emergency evacuation. In these experiments, he introduced a novel decision-making game with interpersonal communication, simulating an unpredictable situation caused by a disaster. This game has reproduced numerous network phenomena observable under real circumstances, including: the spreading of false rumors, network disintegration, and appearance of panic. In the human subjects gameplay, the diffusion of false information was generated almost spontaneously, which, when applied to real-world disaster scenarios, could translate to life-threatening danger.
Hirokazu Shirado hopes to use these findings to manipulate various qualities inherent to social networks, working to minimize the negative effects of inequality, while stimulating cooperation and innovation. His ultimate objective is to integrate these strategies and solutions in to the filed of system and computational engineering to advance the human condition.
Evacuation game: during the game, subjects need to make a decision on whether to evacuate from a "disaster" which may or may not strike them. To find out the truth, subjects who have not yet evacuated can communicate with neighbors by sending "Safe" signal (turning their node blue) and "Danger" signal (turning their node red). Since a randomly-selected subject (the "informant" shown as "i" in the video) is informed in advance whether a disaster will indeed strike or not, subjects can choose a correct action by disseminating the accurate information originating from the informant. In the experimental session shown in the video, a disaster will strike in 95 seconds. Subjects who have evacuated are shown with bold nodes.