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Steiner & Sons v. Baker.
Bill in Equity to Establish Rescission of Contract, and for Cancellation of Mortgage.
1. Vendor and purchaser; rescission of contract by vendor; effect on obligation of purchaser. — A contract for the conveyance of land provided that in case of default by the purchaser in the payment of the purchase money qotes, the contract should become void, and the amount theretofore paid by the purchaser should be retained by the vendor as rent. A portion of the purchase money was also secured by the purchaser’s mortgage on other property. Default having been made by the purchaser in the payment of the purchase money notes, the vendor demanded possession of the property, in compliance with ‘which demand the purchaser surrendered possession, and the vendor took charge of the property as absolute owner, renting it to the original purchaser. Held, that such action amounted to an avoidance of the entire contract, and a destruction of the indebtedness of the purchaser, and of the mortgage given to secure a portion of it, though if appeared, from the acts of the vendor at the time of the rescission, that his intention, resulting from an erroneous conception of his rights, was to reclaim, by reason of the purchaser’s default, and under the forfeiture clauses of the contract, the land sold, in his own. absolute right, and at the same time to enforce the mortgage given to secure a part of the purchase money.
Appeal from the City Court of Decatur.
Heard before Hon. W. W. Callaiian, Special Judge.
The bill in this case was filed on December 17, 1891, by the appellee, J. Kate Baker, against Joseph Steiner & Sons, the appellants ; and prayed that a rescission of the contract of sale entered into by the complainant with the defendants be established, and that the mortgage executed on certain property by the complainant be delivered up and cancelled. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
On the final submission of the cause, on the pleadings and proof, the chancellor declared that the defendants, Joseph Steiner & Sons by their acts and declarations elected to treat the contract of October 4, 1889, as rescinded, and this being true the notes and mortgage based thereon must also be treated as rescinded and void ; and rendered the following decree : “It is therefore considered, ordered, adjudged and decreed by the court that the contract for the purchase of the property known in the pleadings in this case as the ‘New Decatur Property,’ executed .by Joseph Steiner & Sons and the complainant on October 4, 1889, is rescinded by the defendants, and it is therefore ordered adjudged and decreed by the court to he void ; and the mortgage, of same date, on what is described in the pleading as the ‘Flint Property,’ is ordered, adjudged and decreed to have become void, and is ordered to be delivered up to the clerk and register of this court, and he is hereby ordered to enter on the margin of the records of mortgages and deeds in the office of the probate judge of Morgan county, Alabama, where the said mortgage is recorded, the follov,ring : ‘Cancelled by decree of the city court of Decatur, incase of J. Kate Baker v. Joseph Steiner and Sons.’ It is further ordered and adjudged and decreed by the court that the sale of said Flint property on December 16, 1891, under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, was void, and is declared of no effect. It is also further ordered, adjudged and decreed by the court that the notes executed by J. Kate Baker and her husband, H. J. Baker, on October 4, 1889, and payable to the order of Joseph Steiner & Sons, in compliance with said contract executed on same date, * * * be delivered up and cancelled; and the said notes are hereby ordered, adjudged and decreed null and void. It is further ordered, adjudged and decreed by the court that all tne costs in this case to be taxed by the clerk and register shall be paid by the defendants, Joseph Steiner and Sons.” The defendants prosecute the present appeal from this decree, and assign the rendition thereof as error.
O. Kyle, for the appellants, filed a written argument in which he discussed the pleadings and evidence at length. The main points urged in the discussion of the merits of the case, with the authorities cited in support of them, were the following :
Contracts can be rescinded by the mutual agreement of the parties; but in this case default having been made in the payment of the notes and mortgage, respondents had an election, either to waive the default, or to rescind the trade.— Moses Bros. v. Johnson, 88 Ala. 517 ; Wilkinson v. Roper, 74 Ala, 140; Acker v. Bender, 33 Ala. 230; Wilcoxsonv. Stitt, 52 Am. Rep. 310.
What constitutes a rescission? It is said in some of the books that as a contract can only be made by the consent of all the contracting parties, it can be l’escinded only by the consent of all. Gatlin v. Wilcox, 26 Ark. 309 ; 2 Parsons on Contracts (7th ed.), 678. As a general rule, contracts can only be rescinded by the mutual consent of the parties. — Waterman on Spec. Perf. §§ 489, 593, 594. An offer to rescind, unaccepted, does not amount to a rescission ; it requires the assent of both contracting parties. — Robinson v. Pogue, 86 Ala. 262. A rescission of an agreement requires proof of an actual agreement to rescind. — Rock-cliff e v. Pearce, IF. & F. 300 ; 21 Am. & Eng. Encyc. of Law, 69. Negotiations for the abandonment or rescission of a contract do not constitute a rescission, unless it-was the evident intention of the parties. — Itobinson v. Page, 3 Russ. 114; Murray v. PJarway, 56 N. Y. 337; 21 Am. & Eng. Ency. of Law. 69; Borumv. Garland, 9 Ala. 454; Gillespie v. Battle, 15 Ala. 276.
The burden is upon the complainant to establish a rescission. — 21 Am. & Eng. Ency. of Law, 96 ; Manning v. Pippen, 86 Ala. 357. Where, as in this case, it is sought to set up a rescission of a written contract by a subsequent oral agreement, or acts amounting to an agreement, the ‘‘evidence must be clear, positive, and above suspicion.” Falls v. Carpenter, 28 Am. Dec.- 592. The recission must be evidenced by acts which leave no doubt of the intent.— Wheedon v. Fiske, 50 N. H. 125 ; Green v. Wells, 2 Cal. 584 ; Lamer v. Lee, 42 Pa. St. 165; Mullin v. Bloomer, 11 Iowa, 360 ; Bryant v. Isburgh, 74 Am. Dec. 657 ; Sheffield Land, J. & C. Co. v. Neill, 87 Ala. 161; Waterman on Spec. Perf. § 490 ; Pomeroy on Contracts, 395.
An election can only be implied from plain and une- ■ quivocal acts, under a full knowledge of all the circumstances, and of the parties’ rights. — Reaves v. Garrett, 34 Ala. 562; English v. Executors of English, 3 N. J. Eq. • 509 ; Sanger v. Wood, 3 N. Y. Chan. Rep. (Lawy. Ed.), 668; Fowler v. Bowery Savings Bank, 10 Am. St. Rep. 491. Under these authorities, if a man elected to rescind a contract, “without, a full knowledge of the facts” — having been deceived, — thinking and believing that certain things would be done, — t inking certain facts existed, when they did not exist, — that then the court would hold that there had been no election to rescind.
E. W. Godbey, contra.
There was a rescission of the contract. All the transactions between the parties in interest go to show that there was a rescission. The notes taken expressed on their face that they were given for the rent of a particular house in Decatur; and all the other facts and circumstances tend to show an intention on the part of Steiner & Sons to rescind the contract.— Wilkinson v. Roper, 74 Ala. 141 j Porter v. Vaughn, 26 Vt. 628; Sheard v. Welburn, 34 N. W. Rep. 716 ; White v. Buell, 27 Pac. Rep. 19 ; Snodgrass v. Parks, 21 Pac. Rep. 429 ; Castleberry v. Pierce, 5 Stew. & Port. 156.
2. The following steps taken by defendants during the progress of this suit showed conclusively that they recognized that a rescission had taken ifiace, though their solicitors were insisting to the contrary. 1. They cancelled an unexpired insurance policy, recognizing complainant as the owner of the property, loss payable to them only “as their interest might appear;” they took a new policy, ignoring complainant, loss payable to themselves, unqualifiedly, and conditioned to be void if they were not the absolute owners of the property. 2. The title bond required complainant to pay taxes on the New Decatur property; this obligation she had not refused to perform; the answer admits that after the demand for possession,the rental contract, and the change in the insurance, defendants, for the first time, listed this property for taxation as their own. 3. Defendants did not list the Flint property for taxation, though they had pretended to purchase at foreclosure sale. 4. They collected rent for the New Decatur property, which they decline, by pleadings, evidence or otherwise, to treat as a proper subject for credit on what they claim are subsisting purchase money notes. 5. They offer to sell the New Decatur property as their own to any proposed purchaser. They recognize no distinction between their right to convey the property involved in this suit, and their right to dispose of property never entangled with a title bond. Before these admitted facts no denial in the plea lings can stand. — Scaburyv. Stewart, 22 Ala 207 ; Waters v. Spencer, 22 Ala. 460; Donaldson v. Waters, 30' Ala. 175; Donaldson v. Waters, 35 Ala. 107; Shively v. Semi-Tropic L. & W. Co., 33 Pac. Rep. 848; Christy v. Arnold, 36 Pac. Rep. 918.
HEAD, J.
On the 4th day of October, 1889, appellants, Joseph Steiner & Sons, contracted to sell to the appellee, J. Kate Baker, a house and lot in New Decatur, Ala., described in the bill, and therein designated as the New Decatur property, at the price of $3,000, one-half of which (except $30 which was paid in cash) was payable in monthly instalments of $30, with interest, for which the notes of the vendee and her husband, H. J. Baker, were duly executed. The residue of the purchase money was evidenced by two notes executed by them, each for $750 ; the one payable, with interest, on October 1st, 1890, and the other, October 1st, 1891. The vendors executed to the vendee their bond, reciting the contract of sale and execution of the notes, and binding themselves to make titles upon compliance by the vendee with the stipulations. Mrs. Baker then owned a piece of real estate in the town of Flint, in the same county, and it was stipulated in the bond that she should secure the payment of the two. notes for $750 each, by mortgage on that property; and, accordingly, she and her husband duly executed the mortgage for that purpose, with power of sale, on default in the payment of either of the two secured notes. It was also' stipulated that Mrs. Baker should keep the houses on both pieces of property insured against loss by fire, to the extent of three-fourths of their values, payable to appellants, as their interests might appear, the policies to be left with appellants ; which Avas done as to the New Decatur house. The bond stipulated as folloAvs : “But in case said Baker shall fail and refuse to pay every note when due, in full, then this obligation to be void, and the entire amount paid to said Joseph Steiner & Sons shall go as rent for said house and lot. If, upon full compliance with each stipulation contained in this bond by said Baker, the said Joseph Steiner & Sons shall, by deed, alien and convey to said J. Kate Baker the land above described in fee simple, with general warranty, then this obligation to be null and void; and in case said Baker should fail to pay any of said notes, or comply with any of said conditions contained herein, then this obligation to be null and void.” The contract in all its parts duly received the written assent of the vendee’s husband, according-to the statute. The vendee paid sixteen or seventeen of the $30 notes, — the last of which matured February or March, 1891. Some of these payments were made shortly after maturity. There was no' stipulation, express or implied, for a reservation of possession by the vendors, for their security or otherwise, except the clauses of forfeiture above referred to; and the vendee went 'into actual possession, and remained therein, until as hereinafter disclosed.
On December 17th, 1891, Mrs. Baker filed the bill in this cause, setting up, that, by acts therein detailed, the vendors had efficaciously elected to enforce the forfeiture or rescission of the contract; ■ and praying that the rescission be established, and the mortgage executed on tne Flint property delivered up and can-celled. The answer puts the alleged forfeiture or rescission in issue, and was made a cross-bill, praying the foreclosure of the Flint mortgage, and appellants’ lien on the property sold. •
Within the issues presented by the pleadings, we state the following facts : In September, 1891, there had been, for several months, default in the payment of purchase money notes. On the 24th day of that month, Steiner & Sons sent all the notes which had not been paid and taken up, and the Flint mortgage, to Kyle & Skeggs, practicing attorneys at Decatur, for their attention, accompaúied by a letter to the attorneys, wherein it was said: “We want our money, although the conditions of the bond have been forfeited by them ; unless the money is forthcoming, proceed to take possession of the house aud lot in New Decatur, Alabama, and foreclose on the Flint property, under terms of the mortgage, by powers therein. Please investigate the title to the Flint property first. You might notify Mr. and Mrs. Baker, and see what they have to say.” On the 26th of the same month, Kyle & Skeggs addressed a letter to R. J. Baker and Mrs. J. Kate Baker, advising them of the receipt of the papers, and saying : “We have been further instructed to request and demand of you immediate payment of the same, and, if payment is refused, to demand possession of a lot or parcel of land known as lot number six, block number 37, in addition 4 to New Decatur, Alabama, it being the property for which you hold the bond for title of said Joseph Steiner & Sons. You will please take notice that in and by this note we do respectfully demand possession of said above described property, in case payment of these notes is refused by you. We are also instructed to say to you that unless these notes are paid we will proceed to foreclose a a mortgage made by you to said Mess. Joseph Steiner & Sons, on lots 23, 25 and 26, in the town of Flint, in this county and State. Please do us the favor to call to see us immediately, at our office here, and see if there is auy arrangement by which we can settle these matters without being forced to take the above mentioned steps.” At the time of this correspondence the last of the two $750 notes, secured by the mortgage, and several of the $30 notes had not matured. In response to this letter, Mr. Baker called immediately, and much negotiations ensued looking to indulgence and prevention of demanded and threatened proceedings. ■ He then submitted a proposition which was embodied in a letter addressed by Kyle & Skeggs to Steiner & Sons of September 28, as follows: “Decatur, Ala., Sept. 28, 1891. Mess. Joseph Steiner & Sons, Greenville, Ala. Gentlemen : In reference to the claim recently sent us by you vs. J. Kate Baker, we have seen Mr. Baker, who requested us, before taking any action in the matter to submit you the following proposition: They will agree to pay $500 within ten days from notice of the acceptance of this proposition by you, and surrender the property in New Decatur, if you will cancel the notes and mortgage. Of course they will also surrender bond for title. Mr. B. says if this proposition is accepted, he would like to know what agreement, if any, could be made- about the-return premiums for insurance on the property? If' proposition is accepted, will give possession of property-in New Decatur October 1st, and, if can agree on rent, will rent it from you. ' But whether this proposition is accepted or not, he has agreed to deliver possession of this New Decatur property to us for you. If he should desire to rent it, in case we have to take it from him, what rent would you charge, beginning October 1st? We have advised Baker and wife of, and are fully prepared to carry out, your previous instructions in this-matter, if this should prove unsatisfactory. Please advise us at once. "Very truly, Kyle & Skeggs.
“We have made an investigation of the title to the property and believe the title good ; there is a defective acknowledgment of the wife of one of Baker’s vendors, but we have ascertained that at the time it was not the homestead. Do you wish an abstract, or chain of title to this prop- rby at Flint, Alabama? Truly, Kyle & Skeggs.”
To which Steiner & Sons replied, October 3, 1891, as follows: “Greenville, Ala., Oct. 3, 1891. Mess. Kyle & Skeggs, Decatur. Gentlemen : Your favor of 28th ult. noted. We don’t want to take the property back from the Bakers, and hence can’t accept their proposition, that is, provided the Flint property be worth over $500, and on this- point would like your opinion, after sending or going to Flint to investigate. It seems they can raise $500 so easily and quickly, we would agree to an extension of balance if they pay us the $500, without impairing any of our present securi y. Please see them again, and, after investigating value of Flint property, let us hear from you quickly as we desire to close this up speedily. Truly yours, Joseph Steiner & Sons.”
Mr. Baker was notified of this letter, and about the middle of October he proposed to pay $500 and as many of the small notes as possible, if the time was extended for twelve months. There was afterwards a requirement that he pay the attorney’s fees. After making efforts, he could not raise the money to make the payment, and that scheme miscarried; and about the first of November, 1891, he proposed that he and Mrs. Baker would give up the New Decatur and Flint properties in settlement of the debt, with privilege of redeeming the Flint property at the price of $750. Nothing was said about the time for redeeming. This proposition being submitted to Steiner & Sons, they declined it by their letter to Kyle & Skeggs of November 6th, as follows: “Green-ville, Ala., November 6th, 1891. Mess. Kyle & Skeggs, Gentlemen: Your favor of 4th and 5th to hand to-day. Wehave.no further propositions to submit, nor do we care to consider any more; so you will please proceed and use your quickest and surest methods. If Mr. Baker will give us $25 per month take his rent notes for the house ; otherwise have him vacate. ' Please say to Mess. Bibb, Hoff & Co.'that we would be glad to have them turn over all our papers to you that are now in hands of Mi‘- Bains. Respt. &c., Joseph Steiner & Sons.”
During these negotiations Mr. Baker had expressed his desire and purpose, in the event no arrangement for the extension of the indebtedness could be effected, to incur no costs by legal enforcement of the rights of Steiner & Sons,'and to give up the property, if demanded, without litigation ; and stated that if he had to give it up, he desired to rent the New Decatur property for November and December, in order that the business of keeping a boarding house, in which they were engaged, might not be interrupted during that time. This desire was made known to Steiner and Sons before their.letter of November 6th was written. Being notified of the demands of this letter, Mr. Baker called on Kyle & Skeggs on or about November,' 7th, and then agreed to rent the New Decatur property for November and December. Rent notes were then prepared, dated November 1st, and he took them away to be signed by Mrs. Baker and himself, which was done, and the notes delivered to Kyle & Skeggs a day or two afterwards. The first note wAs paid when due, and the second partially paid, and a receipt given for the amount paid, $15., by Kyle & Skeggs, as so much paid on rent note for December. There was no agreement that this rent money should be credited on the purchase money indebtedness. It was not so credited, and no allusion was ever made to that subject, until, in the answer and cross bill, in this cause respondents offered so to credit it. Up to that point, the money was held, to all appearances, as the absolute property of Steiner & Sons, as in any other case of rent received by a landlord from his tenant.
On November 9, 1891, which was about the time of the execution of the rent notes, Mrs. Baker under the advice of counsel, addressed to Steiner & Sons, at Green-ville, Ala., the following letter : “I desire to know upon what grounds you demand me to pay rent. Is it on the ground that you have elected to avoid the contract of purchase of the New Decatur property? An early reply may. facilitate matters.” This letter was sent to Kyle & Skeggs for reply, and on November 17th, they addressed the following letter to Mrs. Baker: “Decatur, Ala. Nov. 17, 1891. Mrs. I. Kate Baker, New .Decatur, Ala. Dear Madam : — Your letter of date Novem9, 1891, sent by you to Mess. Joseph Steiner & Sons, has been referred by them to us, with the request that we answer it. You ask in your said letter upon what grounds Mess. Steiner & Sons demand rent of you, and say : ‘Is it on the ground that you have elected to avoid the contract of purchase of the New Decatur property?’ In answer we say : Mess. Steiner & Sons have made no ‘demand’ that you pay rent. 2. For farther answer, that you have not complied with the terms of the purchase of the New Decatur property. 3. That you have voluntarily agreed to surrender the possession of said property to Mess. Jos. Steiner & Sons, and have agreed to pay rent for the same, signing a note for the payment of said rent. 4. That a part of the consideration of this agreement to surrender possession was to save costs of suit. 5. Mess. Steiner & Sons propose to abide by the terms of the contract of purchase. Very truly yours, Kyle & Skeggs. Attorney’s for Jos. Steiner & Sons. At the request of your husband, Mr. H. J. Baker, having done what he could to aid you in this matter, we hope it can be adjusted as suggested and agreed to by him for you. With much respect we are Very truly, Kyle & Skeggs, Attorney’s for Jos. Steiner & Sons.”
Copy of this mailed November 17th, 1891.
After the execution of the rent notes, Kyle & Skeggs, as attorneys, advertised the Flint property to be solcl under the mortgage, on December 16th, 1891. Thereafter, nothing was heard from Mr. or Mrs. Baker in reference to that proceedings, until the day of sale, December 16, when the attorney of Mrs. Baker, for her, publicly forbade the sale, and gave notice of the alleged invalidity of the mortgage, by reason of the alleged rescission. The sale proceeded, and Kyle & Skeggs bid off the property for their clients, at $500. The next day thereafter this bill was filed by Mrs. Baker. In January, 1892, Steiner & Sons procured the policy of insurance on the New Decatur property to be cancelled, and a new one issued to themselves by the same company, as absolute owners of the property ; the unearned premium of the cancelled policy being credited to Mrs. Baker, who was still indebted to the company for a portion of the earned premium. They also placed the property in the hands of real estate agents, in Decatur, for rent or sale, and directed them to assess it, as their property, for taxation for 1892. From the purchase in 1889 until then it had been assessed to Mrs. Baker. These agents rented the New Decatur property for Steiner & Sons for another term, and by efforts, participated in by Steiner & Sons, endeavored to sell it.
To this point, there is no dispute in the evidence. The sole controversy of fact, material or immaterial, is in reference to what was orally said by Mr. Baker, on the one part, and Kyle & Skeggs, on the other, at the time of, and previously, in reference to, or hearing upon, the renting of the property by Mr. and Mrs. Baker in November.
The bill relies upon the undisputed facts, above stated as constituting an election by respondents to avoid the contract. The case made by the answer is, that the rent notes “were executed under the agreement made by complainant’s husband and agent, H. J. Baker, to surrender the possession of both the New Decatur and Flint properties, that they might be sold by the respondents to satisfy the debt of the complainant without resort to the courts.” The witnesses who speak to the oral declarations are H. J. Baker, for complainant, and Messrs Kyle & Skeggs for respondents. We will not attempt to reproduce, in terms, the testimony of these witnesses. Viewed in connection with the written correspondence, we think the following, to repeat somewhat, are fair deductions from the whole: The letter of Steiner & Sons to Kyle & Skeggs of September 24th, inclosing the claims, stated that they wanted their money, although the conditions of the bond had been forfeited by the Bakers; and instructing that, unless the ' money was forthcoming, to proceed to take possession of the house and lot in New Decatur, and foreclose the mortgage on the Flint property, first investigating the title to the Flint property. This letter was shown to H. J. Baker on the 28th September by Kyle & Skeggs, and much conversation ensued. Baker was anxious to obtain indulgence or make some settlement of the matter. It was mentioned by Kyle & Skeggs that their remedy to enforce their clients’ rights was by bill in chancery, and that the law gave a right of redemption within two years. Baker declared his desire that no costs be incurred, and his intention to make no resistance necessitating costs ; and if indulgence could not be obtained and no settlement effected, they would surrender the property without litigation. Baker also stated that, in that event, they desired to rent the New Decatur property, ' . to continue the business of keeping boarding house. The result of this interview was the submission to Steiner & Sons, through Kyle & Skeggs, of Baker’s first proposition, hereinabove referred to, by the letter of K. & S. of that date. That letter stated : “If proposition is accepted, will give possession of property in New Decatur October 1st, and, if can agree on rent, will rent it from you. But whether this proposition is accepted or not, he has agreed to deliver possession of this New Decatur property to us for you. If he should desire to rent it, in case we have to take it from him, what rent would you charge, beginning October 1st? We have advised Baker and wife of, and are fully prepared to carry out, your previous instructions in this matter, if this should prove unsatisfactory.” This letter also reported the title to the Flint property to be good. To this point, it is evident that the intention of Steiner & Sons, known and not objected to by Baker, was not only to retake possession of the New Decatur property, but also to foreclose the Flint mortgage, thus recognizing a continuance, in some sort, of the purchase money liability, though coupled, as it was, with the inconsistent contemplation of a creation of the relation of landlord and tenant between the parties as to the New Decatur property. ' The latter also clearly manifested that Baker’s express promise to surrender possession, related to the New Decatur property only ; though, as we have said, the asserted right and purpose of Steiner & Sons to foreclose the Flint mortgage, as well as to retake the New Decatur property, were well understood and not objected to or questioned. The reply of Steiner & Sons to this letter, which was made known to Baker as soon as received, stated, that if the Flint property was worth over $500, they did not want to take the property back from the Bakers, and hence could not accept the proposition to surrender the property (New Decatur) and pay $500, in full settlement of the debt; and they asked the opinion of their attorneys as to the value of the Flint property. They also submitted, in the same letter, a counter proposition, to accept a payment of $500, and extend the balance (for a time not stated), without impairing any of their present securities. This was followed, as we have seen, by Baker’s second proposition to pay $500 and get an extension for twelve months; and, meanwhile, to pay as many of the small notes as he could. This was assented to, with the requirement that he pay, from the $500, the fees of Kyle & Skeggs, and agree to pay at least six of the small notes during the time._ Balcermade sundry efforts to raise the money to carry out the arrangement, but failed. Thereafter, about November 4th, Baker’s third proposition, which was to surrender both properties in full settlement of the debt, with the right to redeem the Flint property, within two years, at a valuation of $750, was submitted to Steiner & Sons, which evoked their reply of the 6th to Kyle & Skeggs, saying: “We have no further propositions to submit, nor do we care to consider any more ; so you will please proceed, and use your quickest and surest methods. If Mr. Baker will give us $25 per month, take his rent notes for the house ; otherwise have him vacate.” Then it was, that, on or about the 9th of November, the rent notes were executed by Mr. and Mrs. Baker for $25 per month for rent for November and December. H. J. Baker testified, on cross examination, that his recollection was that, at the time the rent notes were delivered, Mr. Skeggs remarked," ‘Now, I guess we had better sell the Flint property ; ’ and I think I said, ‘I guess so; that that was his job,’ or something to that effect;” that unless this could be construed as an agreement, he never did agree for the Flint property to be sold. Mrs. Baker never knew of this remark, nor that the Flint property was going to be sold, until she saw it advertised in the paper. Baker further testified that when he delivered the rent notes, Mr. Skeggs asked, “if I had that paper with me” (referring, presumably, though not individualized, to the bond for titles). “I told him I did not have it with me. I remarked to him that we were the ones that ought to have the papers, and we could not afford to pay rent and interest too; and he just remarked, ‘you are not paying interest.’ ” “Did you ask him for the notes?” was asked Baker. He replied, “I don’t know that. I did, only in that general way, that we are the ones that want the papers.” Skeggs testified that Baker said, “We ought to have the papers.” “I asked him what papers, and he said the notes and mortgage. My reply to him was that he would get the notes and mortgage when we got possession of the Flint property, and bond for titles.” He denies that he said, to Baker that they would not have to pay rent and interest both, and that no interest upon the debt was to be paid. He admits that Baker said, when he delivered the rent notes, that he ought to have the benefit of the return premium on the insurance policy ; that they had surrendered the property to Steiner & Sons, and oughtto have the benefit of the return premium; and that witness made no objection to it. The various interviews and negotiations developed nothing more of material importance. Baker says he never agreed to surrender the Flint property, while Kyle & Skeggs say he agreed to surrender both properties. These witnesses, all, really, testify truly; for whilst, we think, there was, at no particular time, a specific, formal agreement, defining the terms of the surrender, the substance of the matter was that Baker repeatedly declared that he wanted no costs incurred, and his purpose to make no resistance to respondents’ demands, and assured Kyle & Skeggs that he would give up the property. He evidently expected, if treaty for terms failed, to surrender possession of the New Decatur property, and that the Flint property would be sold under the mortgage. This view was shared by Steiner & Sons and their attorneys; and an express, formal agreement by Baker to surrender both properties would have added nothing to its effect.
The case thus presénted is a novel one. By the contract of purchase, on default in payment by the vendee, one of two courses of conduct was open to the vendors, at their election. They could treat the contract as annulled, reclaim the land, and hold all payments made thereon, as rent; or they could waive the cause of forfeiture, treat the relation of vendor and vendee as still subsisting and enforce the personal obligations of the vendee, and their securities on the lands,- until the purchase money was fully realized. There was no mi'ddle, or other course, authorized by the contract. The lawful pursuit of any other would have required a new contract, modifying the existing one, executed in a mode to legally bind the parties. It is not pretended that such a new contract was entered into by these parties. The vendee, Mrs. Baker, did not even speak in the matter, much less enter into a new contract, modifying the terms of the existing one. Wliat was said and done by her husband, and her execution of the rent notes, were admissible merely as parts of the res gestae of the acts of the vendors, to aid in determining whether or not they elected to avoid or preserve the contract of purchase. The acts of the vendors, then, must, necessarily, be ascribed to an exercise of one or the other of the options secured to them by th'e existing contract. If those acts appear to have manifested an actual' intention to pursue some other course — to assert some other right which could not' be legally demanded unless conferred by a new* binding contract — that intention must be disregarded, and- the rights of the parties determined according to the legal effect of the acts done, considered without reference to such intention. It is clear to our minds that the intention of the vendors, resulting from an erroneous conception of their rights, was to reclaim, by reason of the vendee’s default, and under the forfeiture clauses of the contract, the land sold, in their own absolute right, and with the view of appropriating it to their own' absolute use; and, at the same time, to enforce the Flint mortgage, given to secure a part of the purchase money. In other words, that the relation of vendor and vendee should cease, and the contract be avoided as to the land sold, but should continue as to the independent security held for the purchase money. The conduct of the vendors is susceptible of no other interpretation. There was, first, the absolute demand of possession, unaccompanied by any word or act indicating that possession was required for the purpose of security ; but with every act, which bore upon the question, indicating that it was demanded in absolute right, as the vendors’ absolute property. There was, next, in the very, surrender of the property itself, the express creation of the relation of landlord and tenant, with full rent reserved to the original vendors, as landlords, from the vendee,, as tenant of the lands surrendered. It was legally impossible for the two relations, retaining all their legal incidents, to subsist, in respect of the same property, at the same time. Alternative contracts may be made by which the one relation may arise upon a defeat or cessation of the other ; but the two can never be concurrent. The one existing, the creation of the other destroys it.— Wilkinson v. Roper, 74 Ala. 140; Tucker v. Adams, 52 Ala. 254, 258. There was, next, the collection of the rent and its appropriation, without credit upon the purchase money indebtedness, or the slightest manifestation of a purpose so to credit it. The offer to do so, in the amended answer, was evidently an after conception, and put forth in an effort to meet the extremity of the situation. The cancellation of the insurance policy and the taking out of a new one by the vendors, in their own names, as absolute owners; the assent of the apportionment of the premium; the renting of the property for another term ; special instructions to the agents to assess the property for taxation, as that of the vendors; the efforts of the vendors to make private sale of it; the statement that the notes and mortgages would be surrendered to the vendee when vendors should get possession of the Flint property and bonds for titles — all these facts show, unmistakably, that the demand and acceptance of possession of the property sold were not for the purpose of making it available as security for a continuing purchase money indebtedness, but in the assertion of absolute ownership. Such a condition grew out of no provision of the contract,.except the stipulation for forfeiture therein expressed. The contract could not be avoided in part and preserved in part, without a modification of its terms, entered into according to law. Its avoidance in part avoided it in whole. The indebtedness being destroyed, all securities, which are mere incidents to the debt and depended upon it, were likewise destroyed. The intent and effort to preserve the mortgage security were abortive. We think there can be no doubt that the decree of the special chancellor was correct, and it must be affirmed.
Affirmed. | CASELAW |
Congenital Scoliosis
Congenital Scoliosis is present at birth, although it may not immediately be identified. Find out more.
Congenital Scoliosis
Scoliosis
Congenital Scoliosis
What is Congenital Scoliosis?
Scoliosis is a musculoskeletal disorder that adversely affects the shape of the spine (backbone). A scoliotic spine (when viewed from behind) will not be straight and may instead look like the letter "C" or "S", due to a side-to-side (right-to-left) curvature. Congenital means the scoliosis is present at birth. A congenital condition is present at birth because of a problem during development. For congenital scoliosis, the abnormal curvature of the spine develops before birth. This is thought to occur early in fetal development (during first 4-6 weeks). Although congenital scoliosis is present at birth, it may not be discovered until a child grows.
Compared to idiopathic scoliosis, the abnormal curves in congenital scoliosis are generally more resistant to correction. It is estimated that between 10-25% of congenital scoliotic curves will never progress (get worse). Unfortunately, the majority of congenital scoliotic curves do progress (get worse) and require active treatment. Generally, scoliotic curves tend to progress (get worse) only when a child grows.
It is unclear as to how frequently congenital scoliosis occurs (i.e., its incidence rate). However, it is much less common than idiopathic scoliosis. Finally, unlike idiopathic scoliosis, congenital scoliosis does not run in families.
Causes of Congenital Scoliosis
The main causes of congenital scoliosis include:
Formation Failure
Formation failure means that one or more bones of the spine (vertebrae) are incompletely formed during fetal development. These incompletely formed bones are abnormally shaped compared to completely formed vertebrae. These bones have the appearance of a triangle or wedge and, therefore, may cause the spine to tilt in the direction of the wedge. This is how they can cause a scoliotic curvature of the spine.
The presence of malformed bones does not necessarily result in a scoliotic curve. For example, two wedges on opposite sides of the spine may balance each other out. However, if both wedges are on the same side then the abnormal curve will be accentuated.
Segmentation Failure
This is also referred to as separation failure. Segmentation/separation failure means that some of the bones of the spine (vertebrae) incompletely separate from one another during fetal development. This causes the bones of the spine to be abnormally connected (fused) to one another on one side of the spine. This connection (called a boney bar) causes the two sides of the spine to grow at different rates—slower than normal on the connected side—and results in an abnormal curvature of the spine.
Combination of Formation and Segmentation Failure
It is possible for both wedged shaped bones (formation failure) and connected bones (segmentation failure) to be the cause of congenital scoliosis. This is referred to as a mixed deformity.
The above developmental defects of the spine can range from mild to severe and they can affect one or multiple areas of the spine. The degree to which these occur will determine the severity of the scoliotic curve, the symptoms, as well as the requirement for treatment.
Congenital Scoliosis Symptoms
Children with congenital scoliosis usually do not experience any pain. Potential signs and symptoms of scoliosis can include:
• Uneven hips and/or shoulders (one is higher than the other)
• One shoulder blade sticks out more than the other
• Spine curves to one side
Often congenital scoliosis is detected during an examination at birth. However, if it is not detected at birth, it can remain undetected until there are obvious signs and symptoms, which may take years.
Children with congenital scoliosis often have other health issues. There is a fairly high rate of other spinal deformities (like lordosis and kyphosis) in children with congenital scoliosis. Other skeletal problems may coincide with or be related to congenital scoliosis. For example, rib abnormalities (missing and/or fused ribs). If the ribs are fused this can adversely affect the shape of the chest and ultimately the ability to breathe normally; this condition is known as thoracic insufficiency syndrome. Children with congenital scoliosis often have other non-skeletal health issues (e.g., bladder and kidney problems).
How is Congenital Scoliosis Diagnosed?
The following are used to evaluate children for congenital scoliosis:
Medical History
This includes an interview with a doctor and a review of any medical records. These are done in order to determine the presence any medical conditions that may be causing the spinal curvature.
Physical Examination
Items that will be looked for during the exam include:
• Shoulders are not level (one shoulder is higher than the other)
• If the head is centered
• One side of the rib cage is higher than the other
• Pelvis is tilted/uneven
• Significant asymmetry between opposite sides of the body
• Certain changes in the skin (e.g., café au lait spots)
A thorough examination will be performed to determine if there are other congenital abnormalities.
Imaging Studies
Children with abnormal spinal curves and/or signs of underlying medical conditions will need imaging studies. These may include X-rays, CT scans, or an MRI of the spine. Which of these imaging studies will depend on what conditions are suspected to be involved in causing the scoliosis. An abdominal ultrasound is frequently used to examine the internal organs of children with congenital scoliosis.
All information provided on this website is for information purposes only. Please see a healthcare professional for medical advice. If you are seeking this information in an emergency situation, please call 911 and seek emergency help.
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Joan Higgins
Dame Joan Margaret Higgins, DBE FAcSS is a British academic, educator, and public health service manager.
Career
Higgins graduated in social administration from the University of York in 1971 and has held academic posts at the University of Portsmouth, University of Southampton (where she was professor of social policy) and University of Manchester (where she was professor of health policy, from 1992, and director of the Manchester Centre for Healthcare Management 1998–2004). In 2002–03 she was president of the European Health Management Association. Her roles include:
* Chair of the NHS Litigation Authority, 2007–2013
* Member (since 2005) of the QC Appointments Panel
* Chair, Federal Working Group The Prince's Foundation for Integrated Health on complementary therapy
* Chair (since 2001), Patient Information Advisory Group (PIAG) in the Department of Health
* Chair, Ethics Advisory Group, NHS Care Record Development Board
* Chair, Christie NHS Trust, 2002–2007
* Chair, NHS regional office for the North West
* Chair, Manchester Health Authority
Awards
* Honorary fellow of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine
* Honorary fellow of the Institute of Health Record Information and Management
* Emerita professor of health policy at the University of Manchester
Damehood
In 2007, she was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE). | WIKI |
Why can the submersible pump be placed in the water and what is the protection mechanism
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摘要:The submersible electric pump unit is composed of four parts: water pump, submersible motor bai (inc...
Why can the submersible pump be placed in the water and what is the protection mechanism
The submersible electric pump unit is composed of four parts: water pump, submersible motor bai (including cable), water pipe and control switch. The submersible pump is a single-suction multi-stage vertical centrifugal pumpChina DC Water Pumps Suppliers; the submersible motor is a closed water-filled wet, vertical three-phase squirrel cage asynchronous motor, and the motor and the water pump are directly connected through a claw-type or single-key barrel coupling; equipped with different specifications Three-core cable; the starting equipment is air switches of different capacity grades and self-coupling pressure reducing pneumatic actuators, and the water pipe is made of steel pipes of different diameters, connected by flanges, and the high-lift electric pump is controlled by gate valves.
The upper part of the submersible motor shaft is equipped with a labyrinth type sand control device and two reversing assembled skeleton oil seals to prevent quicksand from entering the motor. The submersible motor uses water-lubricated bearings, and the lower part is equipped with a rubber pressure regulating film and a pressure regulating spring to form a pressure regulating chamber to adjust the pressure change due to temperature; the motor winding is insulated with polyethylene, nylon sheathed water-resistant electromagnetic wire, and the cable connection method is as follows In the cable joint process, the insulation of the joint is removed and the paint layer is scraped off, connected separately, welded firmly, and wrapped with raw rubber. Then wrap 2-3 layers of waterproof adhesive tape, and 2-3 layers of waterproof tape on the outer bread or a layer of rubber (inside bicycle tire) to prevent water seepage.
A rubber bearing is installed in the diversion shell of each stage of the submersible pump; the impeller is fixed on the pump shaft with a conical sleeve; the diversion shell is integrated by threads or bolts. The upper part of the high-lift submersible pump is equipped with a check valve to avoid damage to the unit caused by water hammer during shutdown. The electrical secrets are closed, using precision stop bolts, and the cable outlet is sealed with rubber gaskets. There is a water injection hole at the upper end of the motor, a vent hole, and a drain hole at the bottom. The lower part of the motor is equipped with upper and lower thrust bearings, the thrust bearing has grooves for cooling, and its counter-grinding stainless steel thrust plate, which bears the up and down axial force of the water pump. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume III/Anti-Marcion/The Prescription Against Heretics/Chapter IX
Chapter IX.—The Research After Definite Truth Enjoined on Us. When We Have Discovered This, We Should Be Content.
I now purposely relinquish this ground of argument. Let it be granted, that the words, “Seek, and ye shall find,” were addressed to all men (equally). Yet even here one’s aim is carefully to determine the sense of the words consistently with (that reason), which is the guiding principle in all interpretation. (Now) no divine saying is so unconnected and diffuse, that its words only are to be insisted on, and their connection left undetermined. But at the outset I lay down (this position) that there is some one, and therefore definite, thing taught by Christ, which the Gentiles are by all means bound to believe, and for that purpose to “seek,” in order that they may be able, when they have “found” it, to believe. However, there can be no indefinite seeking for that which has been taught as one only definite thing. You must “seek” until you “find,” and believe when you have found; nor have you anything further to do but to keep what you have believed provided you believe this besides, that nothing else is to be believed, and therefore nothing else is to be sought, after you have found and believed what has been taught by Him who charges you to seek no other thing than that which He has taught. When, indeed, any man doubts about this, proof will be forthcoming, that we have in our possession that which was taught by Christ.  Meanwhile, such is my confidence in our proof, that I anticipate it, in the shape of an admonition to certain persons, not “to seek” anything beyond what they have believed—that this is what they ought to have sought, how to avoid interpreting, “Seek, and ye shall find,” without regard to the rule of reason. | WIKI |
Herminia Borchard Dassel
Herminia Borchard Dassel (born Herminia Borchard; 1821 – December 7, 1857), also known as Hermine Dassel, was a German-American painter, notable for her portraits and genre paintings.
Early life and education
Dassel was born to a wealthy family in Königsberg, Prussia in 1821. Her father's job as a banker ensured her a privileged upbringing with an emphasis on education. Her father was bankrupted in 1839 and as a result her family lost their fortune, prompting Dassel to sell paintings to financially support her family. Later that year, she moved to Düsseldorf, Germany to study under Carl Sohn at the Düsseldorf School of Painting. Dassel left the Düsseldorf School of Painting in 1842 and continued to sell paintings, earning enough money so that she was able to study in Italy. There she painted a number of genre scenes, which gained her recognition throughout the United States and Europe. She was then forced to flee Italy because of the Revolution of 1848, settling in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1849.
Career and later life
Dassel found a great deal of success upon her arrival in the United States, with her work being displayed in the American Art-Union, Boston Athenaeum, and the National Academy of Design. In June 1850, the National Academy of Design selected her to be one of the first female honorary members.
Dassel married her husband in July 1849 and had three children. She and her family moved to New York in 1850, where she earned her living by painting portraits of members of the upper classes. During this time, she used her personal art studio to become a painting instructor to girls from wealthy families in New York. In her time as a teacher, she was described as being well-liked by all and having a fervent passion for art.
Dassel painted some of her most well-known portraits on a visit to Nantucket in 1851. She took a particular interest in the remaining Native American population on the island, painting the portraits of Abram Quary and Isabella Draper. At the time, Quary was thought to be the last fully Wampanoag person living in Nantucket, and Draper was a young girl of Wampanoag descent. Dassel was also commissioned to paint astronomer Maria Mitchell's portrait while she was in Nantucket.
Death
Dassel was reported to have been ill shortly before her death on December 7, 1857. She was buried in Greenwood, New York. After her death, Henry T. Tuckerman arranged an exhibition and sale of her work, with the profits going toward her children.
Work
An Italian Flower Girl, 1849
Mrs. John Taylor Johnston (Frances Colles) and Her Daughter, c. 1850s
Mrs. James N. Paulding (Emily Pearson), c. 1850s
Nantucket Indian Princess (originally titled An Indian Girl), 1851 in the Rhode Island Historical Society collection
Portrait of Abram Quary, 1851
Portrait of Maria Mitchell, 1851
Ann Saltonstall Seabury (Mrs. William Walton), 1856
Ellen, Kezia and Mary Seabury, 1856 | WIKI |
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Milan Ferenčík (footballer, born 1991)
Milan Ferenčík (born 13 February 1991) is a Slovak football forward who currently plays for Jednota Brestovec. He made his debut for FC Baník Ostrava against FC Hradec Králové on 10 April 2011. | WIKI |
Saturday, March 12, 2011
jQuery FlexGrid & Spring MVC 3
Recently I have been working on Spring MVC 3. There is inbuilt support for returning JSON data using @ResponseBody annotation. Just make sure that jackson-all-x.x.x.jar is on your classpath. I used jackson-all-1.7.4.jar.This works great.
I wanted to display the results in a tabular format with some basic sorting and paging functionality with AJAX. So I thought I will give a shot at jQuery. jQuery is such an amazing JavaScript library it makes this a lot easier when it comes to working with JavaScript or manipulating DOM.
I found this amazing jQuery plugin, FlexGrid. It was pretty much what I wanted. Though it does not support i18N or themed L&F, it did the job for me.
So I started integrating the pieces. jQuery FlexGrid expects the JSON data to be in a specific format:
total: (no of rec)
page : (page no)
rows : [{id: idVal, cell: [ (col1 value) , (col2 value) ,.. ]},
{id: idVal, cell: [ (col1 value) , (col2 value) ,.. ]}
]
But the data returned from the method with @ResponseBody annotation is in the following format:
{(col1 value) , (col2 value) ,..}
So I thought I might as well go ahead and modify my DAO's to return the data in the required format. But well, why should I modify my DAO's? Its after all a UI layer requirement. This is what I came up with.
Write a wrapper class that will hold the data required for FlexGrid and send this as a JSON response. Here's the wrapper class:
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.List;
/**
* Wrapper class for JSON data to send to the client.
*
* Currently we are using jQuery FlexGrid for displaying JSON data in table.
* * jQuery FlexGrid plug-in requires data to be in the below specified format. * * * total: (no of rec) * page : (page no) * rows : [{id: idVal, cell: [ (col1 value) , (col2 value) ,.. ]}, * {id: idVal, cell: [ (col1 value) , (col2 value) ,.. ]} * ] * * To keep the data service independent of this requirement as far as possible, * the id, cell format specifically ignored. we wrap the result from the data * service and further format the result using JavaScript as required. * * * @author Enterprise Integrals * * @version 1.0 * @see jQuery FlexGrid * * @param T generic data type for list of objects to be sent in the JSON response. */ public class JsonDataWrapper<T> implements Serializable { private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L; //current page private int page; //total number of records for the given entity. private long total; //list of records to be displayed. private List<T> rows; public JsonDataWrapper(int page, long total, List<T> rows) { this.page = page; this.total = total; this.rows = rows; } // getter setter }
Here is how it is used in Spring MVC 3
/**
* FlexGrid submits the following parameters
* page: current page
* rp: rows per page
* sortname: sorting done on which column:
* sortorder: sort order asc/desc
* query: search criteria if you are using search option
* qtype: search on which column in grid. this is again customizable.
*
* These parameters can be used as filters in the DAO to get the data.
*
* By default the FlexGrid uses POST. You can change to GET.
* @param T the entity list to displayed in grid
*/
@RequestMapping(value="/some Path", method= RequestMethod.POST)
public @ResponseBody JsonDataWrapper<T> getRows(WebRequest request) {
//get the current page posted from the grid.
int page = Integer.parseInt(request.getParameter("page"));
//get the list of objects to be displayed from the db calling the service
//the total number of pages are dynamically calculated on the basis of the total number of rows in the table. get that.
JsonDataWrapper<T> jdw = new JsonDataWrapper<T>(page, total rows, rows);
return jdw;
}
But there is a catch here. The FlexGrid plugin again refuses to render the data. The reason is the List<T> rows is again a list of objects returned from the DAO layer. It does not format the data as required by FlexGrid plugin. How do we do that? So I decided lets not put this logic in our MVC implementation. Here is how the data is set on to the FlexGrid using JavaScript.
$("#flex1").flexigrid({
// standard flexgrid configuration as per your need,
preProcess: formatData
});
Note the preProcess definition. It pre processes the data before the grid is populated with the JSON data return from the server. You can inline the function that actually formats the data but I kept it separate. Here it goes:
function formatData(data) {
var rows = Array();
$.each(data.rows,function(i,row){
//id can be mapped to any attribute of the return object in the list
rows.push({id:row.val1, cell:[row.val1,row.val2]});
});
return {
total:data.total,
page:data.page,
rows:rows
};
}
Now the grid populated correctly. There are other grid plugins for jQuery but FlexGrid & jQGrid are the best. FlexGrid has lot less functionality as compared to jQGrid but I like it because its light. For advanced features you can have a look at jQGrid.
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Page:The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884).pdf/218
Rh There was a little one-horse town about three mile down the bend, and after dinner the duke said he had ciphered out his idea about how to run in daylight without it being dangersome for Jim; so he allowed he would go down to the town and fix that thing. The king allowed he would go too, and see
if he couldn't strike something. We was out of coffee, so Jim said I better go along with them in the canoe and get some.
When we got there, there warn't nobody stirring; streets empty, and perfectly dead and still, like Sunday. We found a sick nigger sunning himself in a back yard, and be said | WIKI |
memcmp code fragment
Hi,
Look at the following code:
Look at the following C code seqence:
unsigned char mainGtU ( unsigned int i1,
unsigned int i2,
unsigned char* block)
{
unsigned char c1, c2;
c1 = block[i1]; c2 = block[i2];
if (c1 != c2) return (c1 > c2);
i1++; i2++;
c1 = block[i1]; c2 = block[i2];
if (c1 != c2) return (c1 > c2);
i1++; i2++;
<repeat 12 times>
In LLVM IR it will be following:
define i8 @mainGtU(i32 %i1, i32 %i2, i8* readonly %block, i16* nocapture readnone %quadrant, i32 %nblock, i32* nocapture readnone %budget) local_unnamed_addr #0 {
entry:
%idxprom = zext i32 %i1 to i64
%arrayidx = getelementptr inbounds i8, i8* %block, i64 %idxprom
%0 = load i8, i8* %arrayidx, align 1
%idxprom1 = zext i32 %i2 to i64
%arrayidx2 = getelementptr inbounds i8, i8* %block, i64 %idxprom1
%1 = load i8, i8* %arrayidx2, align 1
%cmp = icmp eq i8 %0, %1
br i1 %cmp, label %if.end, label %if.then
if.then: ; preds = %entry
%cmp7 = icmp ugt i8 %0, %1
br label %return
if.end: ; preds = %entry
%inc = add i32 %i1, 1
%inc10 = add i32 %i2, 1
%idxprom11 = zext i32 %inc to i64
%arrayidx12 = getelementptr inbounds i8, i8* %block, i64 %idxprom11
%2 = load i8, i8* %arrayidx12, align 1
%idxprom13 = zext i32 %inc10 to i64
%arrayidx14 = getelementptr inbounds i8, i8* %block, i64 %idxprom13
%3 = load i8, i8* %arrayidx14, align 1
%cmp17 = icmp eq i8 %2, %3
br i1 %cmp17, label %if.end25, label %if.then19
if.then19: ; preds = %if.end
%cmp22 = icmp ugt i8 %2, %3
br label %return
<repeats 12 times>
This code sequence can be collapsed into call to memcmp and we can get rid of basic blocks. I have written a small peephole optimization for squenece of instructions that identifies
branch termiantor, compare, load, gep etc and converts them to a call to memcmp. This small pass gave me improvement of 67% on SPEC2000 bzip2 on X86.
Is there a better idea, other than small peephole pass on IR to optimize this code?
Sirish
There is LoopIdiomRecognize which does transformations like this, but
only for loops, not unrolled code like your example.
It would be very cool if we could somehow make that pass also
recognize unrolled patterns, both for memcmp, and other operations.
I don't have any specific ideas for how to do that, but the
improvement you saw suggests it might be very worthwhile :slight_smile:
Thanks Hans.
I did look at LoopIdiomRecognize and also Loop rerolling - but like you said, they only work on loop. And having a control flow makes it a bit complicated. I have test cases that help in X86 and Aarch64. I will put up my patch for review and you guys can have a look.
Another thing, I noticed is that there is no __builtin_memcmp in llvm. Maybe that will be good to have as well.
Sirish
i think you’d have to write some idiom recognizer here. The ones we have won’t do it.
I guess my other question would be how commonly this happens. If it’s common and matters a lot, awesome.
I wouldn’t do it just to fix SPEC :stuck_out_tongue:
(people who care about bzip2 speed probably use any of the faster bzip2 impls :P)
Danny, do you know of forks of bzip2 that are more efficient than bzip.org?
I haven't seen one.
Sirish is going to send a patch to Julian Seward and try to get the change
in a new release of bzip2, and from there we may need to ask the AOSP
folks to update bzip2. AOSP has the last released bzip2 from Sept 2010.
For SPEC benchmarketing, doing the right thing wouldn't help.
Maybe we should put this idiom and others under a -fspec flag :wink:
Sebastian
> i think you'd have to write some idiom recognizer here. The ones we have
> won't do it.
>
> I guess my other question would be how commonly this happens. If it's
common
> and matters a lot, awesome.
> I wouldn't do it just to fix SPEC :stuck_out_tongue:
>
> (people who care about bzip2 speed probably use any of the faster bzip2
> impls :P)
>
Danny, do you know of forks of bzip2 that are more efficient than bzip.org
?
I haven't seen one.
They aren't forks so much as replacements.
An example: lbzip2
I know that there are a number of bzip2 impls that use faster versions of
the block sorting algorithm (or alternatives) etc.
The bzip2 (and how common this pattern is) discussion aside, I’m wondering why this transform is actually correct.
For example, in any of the blocks above, if c2 > c1 the function will return 0 - which is clearly different from what memcmp does. Or am I just missing something super obvious when reading the code.
I would do this, but might require heroic effort to recognize it. legality is already questionable allowing full array access (even if memcmp is lowered to conditional early exit just like original code). I don’t know if you can just turn original code into memcmp based on http://en.cppreference.com/w/c/string/byte/memcmp
auto a = memcmp(&block[i1], block[i2], 14);if (a == 0)
return ;
else
return a > 0;
Kevin | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
AU - Parsaie, Elnaz AU - Mohammadi Nafchi, Abdorreza AU - Nouri, Leila TI - The effects of caffeic acid and tannic acid on physicochemical, morphological and hydrogel properties of cold-water fish gelatin PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - mdrsjrns JN - mdrsjrns VO - 18 VI - 111 IP - 111 4099 - http://fsct.modares.ac.ir/article-7-46839-en.html 4100 - http://fsct.modares.ac.ir/article-7-46839-en.pdf SO - mdrsjrns 111 AB - Gelatin is mainly produced by collagen denaturation. Gelatin obtained from cold-water fish has low sol-gel transition temperatures. Chemical and physical treatments can be used to modify the gelatin network by establishing cross-links between the gelatin chains to improve the properties of the gel. In this study, cross-linking in cold-water fish gelatin-based hydrogels was established by tannic acid (TA) and caffeic acid (CA), each at concentrations of 1, 3 and 5%. The effect of CA and TA concentrations on the physicochemical properties of gelatin hydrogels was investigated. The strength of the gel and the degree of crosslinking increased with increasing the concentration of tannic acid from 1 to 3%, which increased the strength of the gel from 325.00 to 343.62 N/mm2 and the degree of crosslinking from 82.01 to 84.99%. At higher levels of tannic acid, a decrease in gel strength and degree of crosslinking was observed 301.90 N/mm2 and 75.48%, respectively. However, these properties of hydrogels increased steadily with increasing levels of caffeic acid (p <0.05). The swelling rate also decreased due to the combination of different levels of tannic acid and caffeic acid. The maximum swelling rate for the control was 1732.30% and the minimum swelling rate for 3% tannic acid was 594.79%. The crosslinked gelatins by tannic acid significantly improved the denaturation temperature and their thermal stability was higher than that of caffeic acid. This temperature was 89° C in untreated hydrogels and increased to 94 °C and 98 °C in caffeic acid and tannic acid treated hydrogels, respectively. Scanning electron microscopy images of the hydrogel samples showed that the structure of the hydrogels based on cold-water fish gelatin was spongy. The addition of crosslinking agents only slightly reduced the pore size of the gelatin and had no significant effect. CP - IRAN IN - LG - eng PB - mdrsjrns PG - 267 PT - YR - 2021 | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume VIII/Apocrypha of the New Testament/The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew/Chapter 32
Chapter 32.
After these things, Joseph and Mary departed thence with Jesus into the city of Nazareth; and He remained there with His parents.  And on the first of the week, when Jesus was playing with the children on the roof of a certain house, it happened that one of the children pushed another down from the roof to the ground, and he was killed.  And the parents of the dead boy, who had not seen this, cried out against Joseph and Mary, saying:  Your son has thrown our son down to the ground, and he is dead.  But Jesus was silent, and answered them nothing.  And Joseph and Mary came in haste to Jesus; and His mother asked Him, saying:  My lord, tell me if thou didst throw him down.  And immediately Jesus went down from the roof to the ground, and called the boy by his name, Zeno.  And he answered Him:  My lord.  And Jesus said to him:  Was it I that threw thee down from the roof to the ground?  And he said:  No, my lord.  And the parents of the boy who had been dead wondered, and honoured Jesus for the miracle that had been wrought.  And Joseph and Mary departed thence with Jesus to Jericho. | WIKI |
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Alex from Adelaide/Archive
Suspected sockpuppets
These are all confirmed and blocked sockpuppets, but something needs to be done about the situation, as it is constant, continuing and basic harassment, and the sockpuppets continue regardless of the blocks of previous socks. -- / Alex /21 10:28, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
Comments by other users
* - Noting the above, it would seem a CU for a sleeper check would be beneficial. I've done a quick pass of the user creation log and nothing leaps out, although a Quarry query is running as well. --Jack Frost (talk) 11:12, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
* ✅ to one another:
* . Bagging and tagging all socks. This SPI can be closed. ~Oshwah~ (talk) (contribs) 02:05, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
* . Bagging and tagging all socks. This SPI can be closed. ~Oshwah~ (talk) (contribs) 02:05, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
* . Bagging and tagging all socks. This SPI can be closed. ~Oshwah~ (talk) (contribs) 02:05, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
* . Bagging and tagging all socks. This SPI can be closed. ~Oshwah~ (talk) (contribs) 02:05, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
* . Bagging and tagging all socks. This SPI can be closed. ~Oshwah~ (talk) (contribs) 02:05, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
* . Bagging and tagging all socks. This SPI can be closed. ~Oshwah~ (talk) (contribs) 02:05, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
* . Bagging and tagging all socks. This SPI can be closed. ~Oshwah~ (talk) (contribs) 02:05, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
* . Bagging and tagging all socks. This SPI can be closed. ~Oshwah~ (talk) (contribs) 02:05, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
* . Bagging and tagging all socks. This SPI can be closed. ~Oshwah~ (talk) (contribs) 02:05, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
Suspected sockpuppets
Per WP:QUACK, from the user's name to their talk page to all their contributions, evidently attacking User:Alex 21. —El Millo (talk) 02:57, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
Comments by other users
, thanks for this; I was actually in the process of returning to this myself!
When the sockpuppet investigation at Sockpuppet investigations/Alex from Adelaide/Archive was closed in March, there were seven socks listed, plus the master account. Looking at Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Alex from Adelaide, there are now a total of 15 accounts (confirmed and suspected), with the 16th listed here (now blocked after reporting it to ARV), also still plus the master account. You can see here how many times I have had to visit Administrator intervention against vandalism to report these socks.
Looking at the names created, you can see an identical case to the harassment I received from the sockpuppets at Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Matt14451 (e.g. EconomicDonald vs EconomicAlex, or DonaldTheEconomicDoctor vs AlexTheEconomicDoctor). This has been going on since January of this year, and the latest has used my own picture and links to discussions I've been a part of. Tagging and bagging these accounts is not enough, it clearly didn't work in March; proper action needs to be taken by administration, as I'm getting sick of this constant harassment and stalking. -- / Alex /21 03:10, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
* So, what you're saying, is that the harassing editor is going to be able to continue creating new accounts and stalking me, as he's been doing for half a year? He creates accounts solely to stalk my contributions and add attacking comments to any talk page I contribute to. How's that? Spectacular. -- / Alex /21 13:36, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
* , as expected, the harassment continues. That's 17 accounts now (and that's not even counting the Matt14451 sockpuppets). This did nothing. -- / Alex /21 02:21, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
* and already blocked, but for a sleeper check – it's been a while. Blablubbs (talk) 09:33, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
* Well, when you mix vague SPI reports ("it's a duck") and wide IP ranges, it's unsurprising that I don't really find much useful. But and are him, too, both of which are already blocked. "He edits trains, commonly misspells 'fascism' as 'facism', and includes colors in his usernames, like 'BlueTrain' or 'YellowFreight'." That would help me pick out accounts from a list of 1,000 accounts who all use the same device on that IP range. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 13:26, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
* I'm truly sorry this is happening to you. It's vile, it must feel awful, and I know from experience elsewhere that what I am about to give you is an extremely dissatisfying answer, but unfortunately there's not all that much we can do except block, check, block some more and then ignore. We can also revision-delete some of the attacks. If you feel unsafe, please contact Trust and Safety by emailing, and if you see another course of action that we are currently missing, please do tell us. Blablubbs (talk) 09:21, 20 July 2021 (UTC) | WIKI |
Kennedy Kwasi Kankam
Kennedy Kwasi Kankam is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Nhyiaeso Constituency in the Ashanti Region on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. He is currently the municipal chief executive for Asokore Mampong Municipal Assembly.
Early life and education
Kankam was born on 22 January 1978 and hails from Adiebeba in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Being the oldest of four kids, he grew up in a middle-class household. Kennedy was a driven and ambitious student who was committed to succeeding in life. He had his basic education at Nhyiaeso International School in Kumasi from July 1982 to July 1994. He further attended Prempeh College from September 1995 to November 1997. He later went to Christian Service University College where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in administration from 2009 to 2013. He later went to KNUST for his master's degree in accounting from 2014 to 2016. He further went to Oxford University for his diploma in effective writing in September 2017.
Career
Kankam was the managing director for Kekka Company Limited since 2005. He was the deputy administrative manager for Metro Mass Transit Limited from 2002 to 2004. He was the marketing manager for Nick and Cilogar Investment Limited. He is the current captain of the Kumasi Royal Golf Club.
Politics
Kankam is a member of the New Patriotic Party and the former member of parliament for Nhyiaeso Constituency. In June 2020, he lost his parliamentary seat to Stephen Amoah during the NPP's parliamentary primaries. He was nominated by Nana Akufo-Addo and currently the Municipal Chief Executive of the Asokore Mampong Municipality in the Ashanti Region.
Committees
Kankam was a member of the Public Accounts Committee and also a member of the Environment, Science and Technology Committee.
Personal life
Kankam is a Christian. He is married. He enjoys playing golf and watching football.
Controversy
In June 2021, Kankam was directed by the Auditor-General to recover an amount of about 500,000 Ghana cedis which he gave to over 300 people in the Nhyiaeso Constituency. It was alleged the amount went out as a loan but no recoveries were made.
The audit report states that no attempts have been made to collect the money months after it was disbursed.
“A total of GH500,000.00 was transferred from the MPs Constituency Labour Project Fund and Social Investment Fund to [a privately-owned bank] by the [then] Member of Parliament for Nhyiaeso (Hon. Kennedy Kwasi Kankam), alongside the erstwhile Finance Officer (Mr Daniel Kofi Kankam) and Coordinating Director (Mr Samuel Donkor), for distribution to 430 people on loan, repayable by August 2020”.
Philanthropy
In August 2019, Kankam donated a 33-seater bus and also rented an office for the NPP branch in his constituency. | WIKI |
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Rh put together by stenographers) that they have only the very smallest value. There is no evidence in the case of any of these later quartos pointing to the original manuscript having been collated afresh in order to improve the text, or of access having been had for this purpose to any new one. The theory that all the quartos were stolen and surreptitious has had this one good effect, that it has prevented editors from formally maintaining that recourse was had to any such authoritative source, old or new, when the later quartos were printed. Unfortunately it has not prevented them from adopting some of the readings of these later quartos into their own texts. Of course if these readings had been clearly marked off as “early conjectures” the editors adopting them would have been well within their rights. A printer’s reader of Shakespeare’s day was at least as likely to make a good guess at a missing word as Rowe, Theobald or Hanmer. But these emendations from the early reprints have been treated as “variants,” invested with an authority of their own by the dates at which they appeared. A reprint, however, even if it appeared within a few months of the First Edition, derives its authority exclusively from that and cannot be set up against its source. Textually, therefore the later quartos in and by themselves are negligible and should be neglected, the extent to which they have influenced the text of Shakespeare being distinctly matter for regret. Indirectly on the other hand they are of importance as the source of a vast number of readings in the First Folio which could never have been rightly appraised if the intermediate quartos had disappeared. Each time the text of a play was reprinted new errors were introduced and the majority of these errors were carried over from one quarto to the next. At the threshold of the First Folio, which usually followed the latest quarto, many of them were stopped, but many others got through, and in some cases there is clear proof that the new reading of the Folio is a mere botching of an error which first appears in an intermediate Quarto. By the help of the quartos all these errors can be eliminated from the Folio text, and the modern editor has nothing to consider save the original readings of the First Quarto and the original readings, right or wrong, introduced by the Folio. This genealogical value of the intermediate quartos, though subsidiary in character, is very great.
As a basis for further discussion we may now present the results of this Census as it affects the quartos which appeared between the First Editions in this form and the First Folio in the following table. Rh | WIKI |
Germany returns to growth in Q1, helped by construction, consumption
The German economy returned to growth in the first quarter, helped by higher household spending and a booming construction industry, preliminary data showed on Wednesday. Gross domestic product (GDP) in Europe's largest economy expanded by 0.4% quarter-on-quarter, the Federal Statistics Office said. This was in line with analysts' expectations. Compared with the same quarter of the previous year, the economy grew 0.7%, calendar-adjusted data showed. This was also in line with the forecast. Economy Minister Peter Altmaier told Reuters that the growth figures were a "first ray of hope" following two quarters without expansion, but this was no reason to give the all-clear. "The international trade disputes are still unresolved. We must do everything possible to find acceptable solutions that enable free trade," Altmaier said. Altmaier, a confidant of conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel, repeated a call to support companies by cutting red tape and taxes. Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, a Social Democrat, has declined to cut corporate taxes. The Statistic Office said growth was mainly driven by construction and increased household spending. It confirmed that the German economy contracted by 0.2% in the third quarter of last year and stagnated in the fourth. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
USS Wabash (1855)
USS Wabash was a steam screw frigate of the United States Navy that served during the American Civil War. She was based on the same plans as USS Colorado (1856). Post-war she continued to serve her country in European operations and eventually served as a barracks ship in Boston, Massachusetts, and was sold in 1912.
Pre-Civil War service
Wabash—the first U.S. Navy ship to bear that name—was laid down on May 16, 1854 by the Philadelphia Navy Yard; launched on October 24, 1855, sponsored by Miss Pennsylvania Grice; and commissioned there on August 18, 1856, Captain Frederick K. Engle in command.
Wabash departed Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 7, 1856, stopping at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to embark President Franklin Pierce for passage to Annapolis, Maryland. She arrived at New York on October 23, 1856, sailing on November 28, 1856 to become flagship of Commodore Hiram Paulding's Home Squadron. The squadron was instrumental in foiling the expedition against Nicaragua underway by American filibuster, William Walker, who had dreamed of uniting the nations of Central America into a vast military empire led by himself. Through insurrection, he became president of Nicaragua in 1855 only to have Cornelius Vanderbilt—who controlled the country's shipping lifelines—shut off supplies and aid. A revolt toppled Walker from power, and he was trying for a military comeback before he was captured in 1857 by the Home Squadron. Stateside controversy over the questionable legality of seizing American nationals in foreign, neutral lands prompted President James Buchanan to relieve Commodore Paulding of his command. Wabash was decommissioned on March 1, 1858 at the New York Navy Yard.
First recommissioning, 1858–1859
Wabash was recommissioned on May 25, 1858, Captain Samuel Barron in command, and became the flagship of Commodore Elie A. F. La Vallette's Mediterranean Squadron. The future naval hero of the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War, George Dewey—then a midshipman—served aboard the Wabash when she touched at her first port of call, Gibraltar, on August 17, 1858. Dewey would later write in his autobiography that "The Wabash was quite the finest ship of the foreign fleet and also the largest." In April 1859, Wabash ran aground at Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. She was refloated with the assistance of a British steamship having had her cannon taken off. Wabash returned to the New York Navy Yard on December 16, 1859 and decommissioned there on December 20, 1859.
Early war
With the outbreak of the American Civil War, Wabash was recommissioned on May 16, 1861, Captain Samuel Mercer in command and Thomas G. Corbin (descended from a prominent Virginia family but also a career naval office loyal to the Union) as his executive officer. The Wabash departed New York on May 30, 1861 as flagship of the Atlantic Blockading Squadron under Rear Admiral Silas H. Stringham.
Wabash captured the brigantine Sarah Starr off Charleston, South Carolina, on August 3, 1861, and recaptured the American schooner Mary Alice, taken earlier by CSS Dixie. By this date, she had also captured the brigantines Hannah, Balch, and Solferino, along with 22 Confederate prisoners from the four vessels.
On August 26, 1861, Wabash departed Hampton Roads, bound for Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina, to take part in the first combined amphibious assault of the war. Wabash accompanied USS Monticello (1859), USS Pawnee (1859), revenue cutter USS Harriet Lane (1857), the tug Fanny, and two transports, carrying over 900 troops under Major General Benjamin Butler. Union forces secured Hatteras Inlet with the capture of Forts Hatteras and Clark on August 29, 1861. The attacking force suffered no casualties and took over 700 prisoners. Among these was Captain Samuel Barron of the Confederate Navy, who before his resignation from the United States Navy served on the Wabash under Rear Admiral La Vallette.
South Atlantic Blockading Squadron
Wabash was later designated the flagship of Flag Officer Samuel Francis du Pont, the new commander of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, and was sent to the New York Navy Yard for repairs on September 21, 1861.
After refit, Wabash departed Fort Monroe on 29 October 1861 to spearhead the Federal assault on Port Royal, South Carolina. The assembled invasion fleet was the largest yet organized by the Navy, containing 77 vessels and 16,000 Army troops under Brigadier General Thomas W. Sherman. The fleet ran into a hurricane on 1 November with devastating results.
The combined force secured Port Royal Sound on 7 November 1861 after a furious four-hour battle. Wabash led the battle line in this major strategic Union victory. Executive Officer Corbin remained with the Wabash following Captain Mercer's retirement, and was promoted to Commander in July 1862, only leaving when assigned as Commandant of Midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy in 1863 (and in 1864 assuming command of the steamer USS Augusta and becoming commander of the West India Squadron enforcing the blockade).
Meanwhile, Wabash now took up permanent station on the Charleston blockade, operating out of Port Royal. On March 11, 1862, a landing party led by ship's commanding officer, Commander C. R. P. Rodgers, occupied St. Augustine, Florida. A detachment of seamen and officers from Wabash landed and manned a battery which bombarded Fort Pulaski, Georgia, on April 10 and April 11, 1862 and was instrumental in forcing that Southern fort to surrender. A naval battery of three 12 pounder howitzers from Wabash supported Union troops at the Battle of Pocotaligo, on October 22, 1862.
Confederate vessels twice harassed Wabash while on duty in Port Royal Sound. On August 5, 1863, CSS Juno, a small steamer on picket duty below Fort Sumter, fired upon and ran down a launch from Wabash, capturing 10 sailors and drowning two. The CSS David submarine torpedo boat also attacked Wabash on April 18, 1864. Ensign Charles H. Craven, officer of the deck, spotted the cigar-shaped vessel in time for Wabash to get underway. The David disengaged from the attack in the face of musket fire and round shot discharged from Wabash.
North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
Wabash departed her station on 1 October, bound for the Norfolk Navy Yard and an overhaul. En route, she grounded briefly on Frying Pan Shoals, suffering minor damage to her rudder. Repairs and overhaul were completed by 16 December, in time for Wabash to join the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron and to participate in the first attack on Fort Fisher, North Carolina, on December 24 and December 25, 1864. The failure of this initial attempt to take the fort necessitated a second, successful combined operation between January 13 and January 15, 1865. It was during this second attack on Fort Fisher, that corporal Andrew J. Tomlin and ordinary seamen Louis C. Shepard earned the Medal of Honor.
Wabash returned to Hampton Roads on January 17, 1865, receiving orders on January 25, 1865 to proceed to the Boston Navy Yard. Wabash was decommissioned at Boston on February 14, 1865.
Officers during Fort Fisher siege
* Captain, Melancton Smith
* Lieutenant Commander, C. H. Cushman.
* Lieutenants, Ellicot C. V. Blake, H. C. Tallman
* Surgeon, H. F. McSherry.
* Passed Assistant Surgeon, James H. Tinkham.
* Acting Assistant Surgeon, N. L. Campbell.
* Paymaster, George Cochran.
* Chaplain, Charles A. Davis.
* Marine Second Lieutenant, L. E. Fagan.
* Acting Masters, W. U. Grozier, S. J. White.
* Acting Ensigns, George T. Davis, Whitman Chase, E. A. Small, Joseph F. Brown.
Notable crew
* Samuel Barron, Captain 1858, United States, and later Confederate naval officer, Confederacy representative to Europe.
* George Dewey, Midshipman 1858, future Admiral of the Navy and Presidential candidate 1900.
* Samuel Francis Du Pont, flag officer 1861–1862
* Frederick K. Engle, Captain 1856,
* Oscar Walter Farenholt, Ordinary Seaman 1861, first enlisted man in the Navy to reach flag rank
* Samuel Mercer, Captain 1861,
* Edward D. Robie, Naval engineer 1871, inventor, Union naval officer during the American Civil War and future Rear Admiral.
* Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers, Captain 1861, Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy, and Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Squadron.
* Melancton Smith, Captain 1865, Commander during the Siege of Fort Fisher.
* John Henry Upshur, Executive officer 1862 during the Battle of Port Royal, Port Royal, South Carolina.
Honored Crew
* Albert Burton, Seaman 1865, Medal of Honor recipient from New York City
* Edward Ringold, Coxswain 1862, Medal of Honor recipient from Baltimore, Maryland
* Louis C. Shepard, Ordinary Seaman 1865, Medal of Honor recipient from Ashtabula County, buried in Lakeview cemetery, Port Clinton, Ottawa County, Ohio.
* Andrew J. Tomlin, Corporal 1865, Medal of Honor recipient from Goshen, New Jersey, buried in Goshen Methodist cemetery, Goshen, New Jersey.
Post–Civil War service, 1866–1912
Wabash was placed in ordinary from 1866 to 1869; overhauled during 1870 to 1871; and recommissioned on October 24, 1871, Captain Robert W. Shufeldt commanding. Wabash departed the Boston Navy Yard on November 17, 1871 and served as the flagship of Rear Admiral James Alden, commanding the Mediterranean Squadron. She arrived at Cadiz, Spain, on December 14, 1871 and cruised throughout the Mediterranean until November 30, 1873 when she departed Gibraltar, bound for Key West, Florida. Wabash arrived in Key West on January 3, 1874. She was decommissioned on April 25, 1874 at the Boston Navy Yard. In 1875, she was placed in ordinary and served as a housed-over receiving ship from 1876 to 1912. Wabash was struck from the Navy list on November 15, 1912 and sold that same day to the Boston Iron and Metal Company, Boston, Massachusetts. The following year, she was burned to facilitate salvage of her metal parts.
Surviving guns
Five IX-inch Dahlgren smooth-bore cannon which served on the Wabash survived at the Boston Navy Yard. They were transferred in 2010 to the National Civil War Naval Museum in Columbus, Georgia, where they are on display. Four of the guns are Tredegar Iron Works pieces. One is registry #45, one is either #50 or 51, one is probably #34, and the number of the fourth is unknown. All were cast in 1855. The fifth Dahlgren gun was cast by Cyrus Alger & Co., Boston, Massachusetts, in 1864, registry # 852.
Additionally, a 6.4-inch (100-pounder) Parrott rifle which served on the Wabash survives in Danvers, Massachusetts. It is a West Point Foundry foundry piece, registry #116, cast in 1863. | WIKI |
2023 Women's EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers
The 2023 Women's EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers was a series of 4 qualification events for the 2023 EuroHockey Championships in Mönchengladbach. The tournaments were held in England, Ireland, Lithuania and France between 15 and 27 August 2022.
The top team from each tournament qualified for the EuroHockey Championships. The second and third ranked teams from each group advanced to the EuroHockey Championship II, with the remaining teams advancing to the EuroHockey Championship III.
Qualification
All eligible teams from the EuroHockey Championships II and III participated, as well as the four lowest ranked teams from the EuroHockey Championships.
Qualifier A
Qualifier A was held in Durham, England.
Qualifier B
Qualifier B was held in Dublin, Ireland.
Qualifier C
Qualifier C was held in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Qualifier D
Qualifier D was held in Dunkirk, France. | WIKI |
Borden, Indiana
Borden is a town in Wood Township, Clark County, Indiana, United States. The population was 786 at the 2020 census. The town's official name was New Providence until December 29, 1994.
History
The town was founded in 1816 by Rhode Islander John Borden and was originally named New Providence, after the Rhode Island capital of Providence. William W. Borden (1823–1906), son of John Borden, was a scholar, philanthropist and distinguished citizen of New Providence and earned his wealth in the Leadville, Colorado, silver mines, becoming one of Clark County's wealthiest citizens.
In 1884, the Borden Institute was founded by William W. Borden as a college for teacher preparation and laboratory-based scientific studies. He also established within the town a library and a museum with an extensive geological collection that later became an important and valuable collection in Chicago's Field Museum following his death. His final crown jewel within the community was his elaborate family mansion situated on a hill overlooking the town. The town honored William W. Borden by unofficially renaming the town and post office Borden because of his generosity and influence within the community his father founded. The Borden Institute closed in 1906 and around 1910 became used as William W. Borden High School, or simply Borden High School. The Institute served this purpose until 1955 when a new elementary and Jr-Sr High School were built adjacent to the Institute. The museum still stands and houses some of the original books from the Borden Library and is currently used as a community center. The Borden Mansion also still stands and has been occupied by the Emil Stark family since the early 1970s. Following its use as a high school, the Borden Institute fell into disrepair and was razed in 1983 even after a decade long effort by citizens to preserve it.
Borden is served by the CSX (formally Monon) rail system and was once one of the main loading points for carloads of strawberries shipped by The Borden-Pekin Berry Growers Association north along the Monon Rail. The large volume of strawberries supplied by the area farmers influenced the naming of the athletic teams at Borden High School. The teams were nicknamed the Borden Berries in 1934 and the name was used until 1966 when it was changed by the student body to the Borden Braves. Strawberries continue to be farmed in the Borden area, especially in nearby Starlight, Indiana where the Starlight Strawberry Festival is held each Memorial Day weekend.
A well known establishment in Borden is Brewer's General Store. This family owned store was opened by John Brewer in 1931 and was owned and managed by the extended Brewer family until its closing in 2012. Due to Borden's rural setting, Brewer's took pride in marketing itself as a provider of goods in the scenic "Hillbilly" Valley. Favorites of the store included a large wheel of Wisconsin Rat Trap Cheese, Amish hard candies and Hillbilly Popsickles (large dill pickles served on a wooden stick).
Another popular establishment was George McKinley & Son Hardware Feed Store on Highway 60. McKinley had traded roughly 100 acres on Martinsburg Knob for the store in the 1920s. The pot-belly stove in the center of the store served as a gathering place for community checker matches. A 5' X 10' display window highlighted seasonal goods and was kept up-to-date by granddaughters Joyce (Money) and Marilyn (Riley). The store also provided the community with fuel with its Shell service station. Now there is a Dollar General Store parking lot on that site.
In the 1960s, several dams were constructed along the tributaries leading to Muddy Fork, which runs through the town. This helped keep Borden from being flooded during heavy rains. On April 3, 1974, an F5 tornado struck the west side of Borden before moving into nearby Daisy Hill, killing one person. On May 27, 2004, an F2 tornado struck the northern edge of the town, doing damage to homes and the trees on the hillside but causing no deaths. On March 2, 2012, an EF4 tornado, hit nearby Pekin and the northern Borden community of Daisy Hill before moving along to Henryville and points further northeast. This tornado did extensive damage to these areas and was responsible for deaths in Pekin, Henryville, and other Indiana towns and counties.
In the early 2000s, William W. Borden High School underwent an expansion project and a new building was built in place of the school parking lot. A new parking lot was then built at the old Borden Park. With the help of donations from the community and the generosity of the Koetter Family of Starlight, the town then built a new Borden Community Park on the East end of Borden near the former Kimball International plant, along Muddy Fork. It includes basketball and tennis courts, a soccer field, a little league baseball complex, a walking path along the fork, and a war memorial for local residents who served in the military. The Borden Valley Day Festival is held in the park annually on the second Saturday in June.
In 2013, Borden High School won its first semi-state and state championships. The Braves beat University in the Semi-State round 47–44 in front of a standing room-only crowd in nearby Seymour, Indiana. On March 23, 2013, the Borden Braves as well as the entire town, came into Bankers Life Fieldhouse and won their first state championship 55–50. Cody Bachman held Triton stand out Clay Yeo to 26 points. After this state championship run, there was a video made about the Borden Braves titled How 'Bout Them Braves which was the rallying cry of the Borden faithful during the run.
One local native is Joe Huber, who is regionally known as the founder of the Joe Huber's Family Farm and Restaurant in Starlight. Norman M. Coats of Kirkwood, Missouri has written a book called Growing Up on Daisy Hill, which chronicles his early years being born and raised in the nearby hills and hollows of Borden during the Great Depression. Borden is also the former home of ten-time ARCA champion Frank Kimmel.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, Borden has a total area of 1.39 sqmi, all land.
2010 census
As of the 2010 census, there were 808 people, 321 households, and 222 families residing in the town. The population density was 581.3 PD/sqmi. There were 356 housing units at an average density of 256.1 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the town was 98.9% White, 0.5% from other races, and 0.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.1% of the population.
There were 321 households, of which 39.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.2% were married couples living together, 13.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 30.8% were non-families. 25.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.04.
The median age in the town was 35.3 years. 26.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 9.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 28.9% were from 25 to 44; 22.3% were from 45 to 64; and 12.6% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 48.5% male and 51.5% female.
2000 census
As of the 2000 census, there were 818 people, 331 households, and 231 families residing in the town. The population density was 736.4 PD/sqmi. There were 355 housing units at an average density of 319.6 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the town was 98.41% White, 0.61% Native American, 0.49% Asian, and 0.49% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.49% of the population.
There were 331 households, out of which 34.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.1% were married couples living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.2% were non-families. 25.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.97.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 26.3% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 34.2% from 25 to 44, 18.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.1 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $40,962, and the median income for a family was $44,868. Males had a median income of $31,250 versus $20,800 for females. The per capita income for the town was $17,417. About 10.3% of families and 11.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.3% of those under age 18 and 19.0% of those age 65 or over.
Education
Borden has a public library, a branch of the Charlestown-Clark County Public Library. | WIKI |
seismic lithosphere
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* 1) the region between the surface of the Earth and the asthenosphere characterized by the efficient propagation of seismic waves | WIKI |
Bitcoin falls back below $10,000, losing a fifth of its value in a week
Bitcoin continued its downward spiral as lawmakers questioned the safety and legitimacy of cryptocurrencies during a Senate hearing Tuesday. The world's first and largest digital asset fell 10% to a low of $9,496.69 Tuesday — a more than 25% drop from where it was trading a week earlier. Still, bitcoin has tripled in value since January. Bitcoin had rallied after Facebook's announcement in June to launch a global cryptocurrency. But that enthusiasm has faded in recent weeks as top U.S. lawmakers and White House officials, including the U.S. president, questioned the project's motives and soundness. Many brought up nefarious uses for bitcoin, like money laundering and terrorist financing, as reason to question Facebook's plans. The debate continued on Capitol Hill Tuesday as lawmakers grilled Facebook executive David Marcus, who is leading Facebook's charge to create a global digital asset with dozens of other companies like Uber, PayPal and Spotify. While the tech giant has said it is not the sole creator of the cryptocurrency Libra, it does have plans to profit from it through a digital wallet called Calibra. In a series of tweets last week, President Donald Trump said he was "not a fan" of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, "which are not money, and whose value is highly volatile and based on thin air." He also said Facebook might need a bank charter to go through with any plan. In the past two weeks alone, cryptocurrency has also been questioned publicly Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and a handful of Congress members. Sen. Sherrod Brown was among the more vocal Congress members Tuesday — kicking off Senate Banking Committee hearing on the Facebook's new cryptocurrency project by calling the company "dangerous." "We would be crazy to give them a chance to experiment with people's bank accounts, to use powerful tools they don't understand like monetary policy to jeopardize hardworking Americans' ability to provide for their family," the Ohio Democrat and ranking committee member said in his opening statement. Marcus, a former PayPal executive, responded to questions from the U.S. Senate Banking Committee and said that U.S. national security could fall behind without innovation in financial services. "If we don't lead in the space, others will," Marcus said. He is also scheduled to testify before the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday. Other Washington policymakers have also asked for more clarity around the project. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, asked Facebook to delay the project, which she said was a continuation of its "unchecked expansion and extending its reach into the lives of its users." Still, Fundstrat Global Advisors' Tom Lee called the public push-back "positive because cryptocurrencies and bitcoin really are on the main stage now." "It's now a matter of policy and where the administration wants to come out on this issue," Lee, J.P. Morgan's former chief equity strategist, told CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" Tuesday. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
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Jem. Harding, Armitage, and Church. Davies could give any one of these two hands a time, that is, half the game, and each of these, at their best, could give the best player now in London the same odds. Such are the gradations in all exertions of human skill and art. He once played four capital players together, and beat them. He was also a first-rate tennis-player, and an excellent fives-player. In the Fleet or King's Bench, he would have stood against Powell, who was reckoned the best open-ground player of his time. This last-mentioned player is at present the keeper of the Fives-court, and we might recommend to him for a motto over his door—‘Who enters here, forgets himself, his country, and his friends.’ And the best of it is, that by the calculation of the odds, none of the three are worth remembering!—Cavanagh died from the bursting of a blood-vessel, which prevented him from playing for the last two or three years. This, he was often heard to say, he thought hard upon him. He was fast recovering, however, when he was suddenly carried off, to the regret of all who knew him. As Mr. Peel made it a qualification of the present Speaker, Mr. Manners Sutton, that he was an excellent moral character, so Jack Cavanagh was a zealous Catholic, and could not be per- | WIKI |
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Create and complete process instances
We're going to create 2 process instances for this tutorial: one with an order value less than $100 and one with an order value greater than or equal to $100 so that we can see our XOR gateway in action.
Go back to the Terminal window where you deployed the process model and execute the following command.
Note: Windows users who want to execute this command using cmd or Powershell have to escape the variables differently.
• cmd: "{\"orderId\": 1234}"
• Powershell: '{"\"orderId"\": 1234}'
Linux
./bin/zbctl --insecure create instance order-process --variables '{"orderId": "1234", "orderValue":99}'
Mac
./bin/zbctl.darwin --insecure create instance order-process --variables '{"orderId": "1234", "orderValue":99}'
Windows (Powershell)
./bin/zbctl.exe --insecure create instance order-process --variables '{\"orderId\": \"1234\", \"orderValue\":99}'
You'll see a response like:
{ "processKey": 1, "bpmnProcessId": "order-process", "version": 1, "processInstanceKey": 8}
This first process instance we just created represents a single customer order with orderId 1234 and orderValue 99 (or, $99).
In the same Terminal window, run the command:
Linux
./bin/zbctl --insecure create instance order-process --variables '{"orderId": "2345", "orderValue":100}'
Mac
./bin/zbctl.darwin --insecure create instance order-process --variables '{"orderId": "2345", "orderValue":100}'
Windows (Powershell)
./bin/zbctl.exe --insecure create instance order-process --variables '{\"orderId\": \"2345\", \"orderValue\":100}'
This second process instance we just created represents a single customer order with orderId 2345 and orderValue 100 (or, $100).
If you go back to the Operate UI and refresh the page, you should now see two process instances (the green badge) waiting at the Initiate Payment task.
Process Instances in Operate
Note that the process instance can't move past this first task until we create a job worker to complete initiate-payment jobs. So that's exactly what we'll do next.
To make this point again: in a real-word use case, you probably won't manually create process instances using the Zeebe CLI. Rather, a process instance would be created programmatically in response to some business event, such as a message sent to Zeebe after a customer places an order. And instances might be created at very large scale if, for example, many customers were placing orders at the same time due to a sale. We're using the CLI here just for simplicity's sake.
We have two instances currently waiting at our Initiate Payment task, which means that Zeebe has created two jobs with type initiate-payment.
zbctl provides a command to spawn simple job workers using an external command or script. The job worker will receive the payload for every job as a JSON object on stdin and must also return its result as JSON object on stdout if it handled the job successfully.
In this example, we'll also use the unix command cat which just outputs what it receives on stdin.
Open a new Terminal tab or window, change into the Zeebe broker directory, and use the following command to create a job worker that will work on the initiate-payment job.
Note: For Windows users, this command does not work with cmd as the cat command does not exist. We recommend to use Powershell or a bash-like shell to execute this command.
Linux
./bin/zbctl --insecure create worker initiate-payment --handler cat
Mac
./bin/zbctl.darwin --insecure create worker initiate-payment --handler cat
Windows
./bin/zbctl.exe --insecure create worker initiate-payment --handler "findstr .*"
You should see a response along the lines of:
Activated job 12 with payload {"orderId":"2345","orderValue":100}Activated job 7 with payload {"orderId":"1234","orderValue":99}Handler completed job 12 with payload {"orderId":"2345","orderValue":100}Handler completed job 7 with payload {"orderId":"1234","orderValue":99}
We can see that the job worker activated then completed the two available initiate-payment jobs. You can shut down the job worker if you'd like--you won't need it in the rest of the tutorial.
Now go to the browser tab where you're running Operate. You should see that the process instances have advanced to the intermediate message catch event and are waiting there.
Waiting at Message Event
The process instances will wait at the intermediate message catch event until a message is received by Zeebe and correlated to the instances. Messages can be published using Zeebe clients, and it's also possible for Zeebe to connect to a message queue such as Apache Kafka and correlate messages published there to process instances.
zbctl also supports message publishing, so we'll continue to use it in our demo. Below is the command we'll use to publish and correlate a message. You'll see that we provide the message "Name" that we assigned to this message event in the Camunda Modeler as well as the orderId that we included in the payload of the instance when we created it.
Remember, orderId is the correlation key we set in the Modeler when configuring the message event. Zeebe requires both of these fields to be able to correlate a message to a process instance. Because we have two process instances with two distinct orderId, we'll need to publish two messages. Run these two commands one after the other:
Linux
./bin/zbctl --insecure publish message "payment-received" --correlationKey="1234"./bin/zbctl --insecure publish message "payment-received" --correlationKey="2345"
Mac
./bin/zbctl.darwin --insecure publish message "payment-received" --correlationKey="1234"./bin/zbctl.darwin --insecure publish message "payment-received" --correlationKey="2345"
Windows
./bin/zbctl.exe --insecure publish message "payment-received" --correlationKey="1234"./bin/zbctl.exe --insecure publish message "payment-received" --correlationKey="2345"
You won't see a response in your Terminal window, but if you refresh Operate, you should see that the messages were correlated successfully and that one process instance has advanced to the Ship With Insurance task and the other has advanced to the Ship Without Insurance task.
Waiting at Shipping Service Tasks
The good news is that this visualization confirms that our decision logic worked as expected: our process instance with an orderValue of $100 will ship with insurance, and our process instance with an orderValue of $99 will ship without insurance.
You probably know what you need to do next. Go ahead and open a Terminal window and create a job worker for the ship-without-insurance job type.
Linux
./bin/zbctl --insecure create worker ship-without-insurance --handler cat
Mac
./bin/zbctl.darwin --insecure create worker ship-without-insurance --handler cat
Windows
./bin/zbctl.exe --insecure create worker ship-without-insurance --handler "findstr .*"
You should see a response along the lines of:
Activated job 529 with payload {"orderId":"1234","orderValue":99}Handler completed job 529 with payload {"orderId":"1234","orderValue":99}
You can shut down this worker now.
Select the Finished Instances checkbox in the bottom left of Operate, refresh the page, and voila! You'll see your first completed Zeebe process instance.
First Process Instance Complete
Because the Ship With Insurance task has a different job type, we need to create a second worker that can take on this job.
Linux
./bin/zbctl --insecure create worker ship-with-insurance --handler cat
Mac
./bin/zbctl.darwin --insecure create worker ship-with-insurance --handler cat
Windows
./bin/zbctl.exe --insecure create worker ship-with-insurance --handler "findstr .*"
You should see a response along the lines of:
Activated job 535 with payload {"orderId":"2345","orderValue":100}Handler completed job 535 with payload {"orderId":"2345","orderValue":100}
You can shut down this worker, too.
Let's take one more look in Operate to confirm that both process instances have been completed.
Both Process Instances Complete
Hooray! You've completed the tutorial! Congratulations.
In the next and final section, we'll point you to resources we think you'll find helpful as you continue working with Zeebe. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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Model design elements
This section lists the model-design elements that you can use to construct a model in Simile. These are described in terms of their graphical representation: i.e. the symbols you place on the model diagram as you build up the model design. However, you should appreciate that the diagram is really just a way of visualising the internal state of the model specification, there being a one-to-one correspondence between a graphical symbol and a statement in the internal model specification. In principle, one could build a model purely in textual terms, by entering the set of statements defining a model directly, rather than going through the diagrammatic interface.
Model diagram elements
System Dynamics elements
Compartment
We can think of a compartment as representing the amount of some substance, hence the use of other terms in the System Dynamics community, such as stock or level. Mathematically, a compartment represents a state variable whose behaviour is defined by a differential equation. A compartment requires an initial value, which is usually a numeric constant, but can be calculated from other constants.
Flow arrow
A flow represents a process causing an increase or decrease in the amount of substance in a compartment. It is thus represented visually by an arrow pointing into or out of a compartment, possibly connecting two compartments. Mathematically, a flow is an additive term in a differential equation for the associated compartment (state variable). The value assigned to a flow can be a constant or a function of other quantities in the model.
Variable
A variable represents any quantity whose value is either a constant or calculated as a function of other quantities in the model. In modelling terms, a Simile variable can thus represent a parameter, an intermediate variable, an output variable, or an exogenous variable.
Influence arrow
An influence arrow represents the fact that one quantity is used to calculate another.
Object related elements
Submodel
In Simile, a submodel is a round-cornered box that encloses a number of model-design symbols, including possibly other submodels. In modelling terms, the single concept has a range of interpretations, ranging from a purely visual dividing up of a complex model into its component parts (e.g. “the soil water submodel”), through the defining of objects in the model (such as individual trees or animals), to defining an association between objects (such as an ownership association between farmers and fields). Because the submodel concept is so central to Simile, has so many uses, and sets it apart from more standard approaches, the next section considers submodels in more detail.
Condition
A condition element is placed inside a submodel to indicate that the existence of the submodel depends on some condition. For example, we might have a model with multiple patches of land, of which only some have a crop. In this case, we would have a crop submodel inside the (multiple-instance) patch submodel, with the crop submodel being conditional on the landuse for this patch being of type “crop”.
Role arrow
Role arrows are usually used in pairs, with each arrow going from a submodel to a submodel. The combination of submodels and role arrows is used to denote an association between the objects represented by the submodels at the start of each role arrow. The term “association” refers to a relationship such as the neighbour relationship between two patches of land, or an ownership relationship between farmers and fields.
Initial-number
The initial-number element is used to specify the initial number of members in a population of objects.
Migration
The migration element is used to specify the rate at which new members of a population are created.
Reproduction
The reproduction element is used to specify the rate at which each member of a population creates new members.
Extermination
The extermination element is used to specify the rule for killing off a member of a population of objects.
Discussion
The above set of model-design elements reflects the choices made by the Simile design team. In some cases (such as the System Dynamics elements of compartment and flow) there was in fact little choice, given the wide-spread acceptance of this diagrammatic notation in the research community. In other cases, we have invented elements that we saw as being required to meet a certain modelling need.
This set is almost certainly minimal: it is hard to see how the number of elements could be reduced further, without making it impossible to express certain modelling concepts. Conversely, it is very easy to propose new elements which are not strictly necessary (i.e. their function could be replicated by some combination of existing elements) but which might simplify the model diagram or enhance its readability. One example is the introduction of a “memory“ element, which stores a value until it gets a signal to change it. This can be done using a compartment-flow combination or a pair of variables linked by the last( ) function, but neither of these is a clean way of diagramming the basic concept. The problem is that, once you start going down this route, then there is the risk of a rapid explosion in the number of symbols available to the modeller, and one has to trade off the advantages of having more symbols against the increased learning required to read a diagram.
We do not claim that the set of model elements that we have come up with in Simile is optimal. However, in designing Simile, we have become very aware of the issues involved in designing the elements for a modelling language, and of the trade-offs involved between having a small number of more abstract elements versus a larger number of more concrete elements. These issues and trade-offs need to be given careful consideration in any attempt to design a generic modelling environment. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Ganei Tikva
Ganei Tikva (גַּנֵּי תִּקְוָה) is a city in Israel bordering Kiryat Ono to the west, Petah Tikva to the north, Gat Rimon to the east and Savyon to the south.
History
Ganei Tikva was formed in 1949, located on the land of the Palestinian village of Al-'Abbasiyya, which became depopulated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
Shikun Yovel, built in 1949, was the first neighborhood. Ganei Tikva achieved local council status in 1953. Yismach Moshe, a religious neighborhood, was built in 1962. (During the Shabat, Yismach Moshe is closed to traffic). Givat Savyon was built in 1972, and is considered a high-end apartment building neighborhood. In an attempt to duplicate Givat Savyon's success, Givat Savyon HaHadasha neighborhood was formed on the eastern side, bordering Gat Rimon. The latest addition to Ganei Tikva is the residential neighborhood Ganim.
Ganei Tikva is known for its high standard of living and quality education. It is located in close proximity to Tel Aviv and Gush Dan, and is characterized by a diverse ethnic Jewish mix. The urban pattern includes small detached houses, townhouses and apartment buildings, complemented by mature trees and low traffic levels. In it had a population of.
Transportation
Ganei Tikva has three access roads. On the west, the main entry to Ganei Tikva through Kiryat Ono. This is the preferred entry to Tel Aviv. On the east, through Gat Rimon which allows fast entry to Petah Tikva and Highway 6 through Route 471.
Education
There are five elementary schools (including special education), one junior high school ("Harishonim junior high"), and one high school ("Meitar high school") in Ganei Tikva. Ganei Tikva has won the National Education Award for 2007. | WIKI |
Not Another Diet Article - Cyclical Ketogenic Diet
Not Another Diet Article - Cyclical Ketogenic Diet
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Your body converts the carbs may eat into glucose/blood sugar for easy use in a range of metabolic capabilities. This conversion can happen rapidly or slowly depending with the type of carbohydrate food eaten. This rate may be known as the Index. A higher number means the your meals are rapidly turned into glucose - a lower number means the foods are more slowly converted into glucose. For example, ordinary sugar has an excellent glycemic index while beans have a decreased glycemic record.
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Another problem revolves around training. Involving the absence of carbs along with the fluids normally retained by these carbs, you won't be able to train intensely device of a few days. Most your training during the week will involve high rep, high volume, low rest, quick tempo training to aid flush the actual carbs whilst keeping you in ketosis. Only during the carbo phase can you train becoming a regular muscle builder. Thus, you'll miss from the various anabolic methods to train. And if you're an athlete, then you would not use a CKD, since carbs are important for peak performance enchanting peak recovery.
The plan is based upon 2,000 calories per day, but can be adjusted fulfill whatever dietary needs you may have. This diet comes necessary by the American Heart Association, mainly because it helps to do this optimal health in many areas beyond just additionally. The most important components to helping hypertension naturally is to incorporate foods which are rich potassium sources, foods that contain calcium, additionally magnesium. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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as the agent of the Gould silver-mine, the biggest thing in Sulaco, and even in the whole republic. It was indeed a fabulously rich mine. Its so-called agent, evidently a man of culture and ability, seemed, without official position, to possess an extraordinary influence in the highest government spheres. He was able to assure Sir John that the President-Dictator would make the journey. He regretted, however, in the course of the same conversation, that General Montero insisted upon going too.
General Montero, whom the beginning of the struggle had found an obscure army captain employed on the wild eastern frontier of the state, had thrown in his lot with the Ribiera party at a moment when special circumstances had given that small adhesion a fortuitous importance. The fortunes of war served him marvellously, and the victory of Rio Seco (after a day of desperate fighting) put a seal to his success. At the end he emerged General, Minister of War, and the military head of the Blanco party, although there was nothing aristocratic in his descent. Indeed, it was said that he and his brother, orphans, had been brought up by the munificence of a famous European traveller, in whose service their father had lost his life. Another story was that their father had been nothing but a charcoal-burner in the woods, and their mother a baptized Indian woman from the far interior.
However that might be, the Costaguana press was in the habit of styling Montero's forest march from his commandancia to join the Blanco forces at the beginning of the troubles the "most heroic military | WIKI |
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1. Restart your MacBook: Sometimes, simply restarting your MacBook can solve the problem. If you're experiencing an issue with your MacBook, try restarting it first and see if that resolves the issue.
2. In case of a frozen laptop or a laptop with no video output, a hard shutdown can be performed by pressing and holding the power button for 10 seconds.
3. Check for software updates: Updating your MacBook's software can fix bugs and improve performance. To check for software updates, click on the Apple menu and select "System Preferences" > "Software Update". If there are any updates available, install them and see if the issue is resolved.
4. Reset the SMC or PRAM: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) or Parameter Random Access Memory (PRAM) can solve various issues with your MacBook's hardware and settings.
There are different ways to reset the SMC (System Management Controller) or PRAM (Parameter Random Access Memory) on a MacBook, depending on the model you have. Here are the general steps to follow:
Reset SMC:
1. Shut down your MacBook.
2. Press and hold the Shift + Control + Option keys on the left side of the keyboard.
3. While holding those keys, press and hold the power button for 10 seconds.
4. Release all the keys and press the power button again to turn on your MacBook.
Note: If you have a MacBook with a T2 security chip, you'll need to do a slightly different procedure.
Reset PRAM:
1. Shut down your MacBook.
2. Press the power button to turn it on and immediately press and hold the Option + Command + P + R keys.
3. Keep holding those keys until you hear the startup sound twice.
4. Release the keys and let your MacBook finish starting up.
Note: On newer MacBook models with a T2 security chip, you'll need to release the keys after the Apple logo appears and disappears twice.
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Nazca booby
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Nazca booby
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Adult on Española Island, Galapagos Islands
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Suliformes
Family: Sulidae
Genus: Sula
Species: S. granti
Binomial name
Sula granti
Rothschild, 1902
The Nazca booby (Sula granti) is a booby found in the eastern Pacific Ocean, primarily on the Galápagos Islands and on Clipperton Island. The Revillagigedo Islands off Baja California may be the northwesternmost limit of its breeding range.[2]
Taxonomy[edit]
The Nazca booby was formerly regarded as a subspecies of the masked booby but is now recognized as a separate species. They differ in regard to ecological and morphological[3] as well as mtDNA cytochrome b sequence data.[4] The Nazca booby co-occurs with the masked booby on Clipperton Island, where they may rarely hybridize.[4]
Behavior[edit]
Nazca boobies are known for practicing obligate siblicide.[5] Mothers lay two eggs, several days apart. If both eggs hatch, the elder chick pushes its sibling out of the nest area, leaving it to die of thirst or cold. The parent booby cannot intervene and the younger chick inevitably dies. Two eggs are laid so that if one gets destroyed or eaten, or the first chick dies soon after hatching, the second egg will produce an offspring.
Adults that have failed to breed frequently seek out nestlings in their colony, and during those visits they often bite, preen and even try to copulate with chicks. The causes of this behavior are not fully understood.[6]
References[edit]
1. ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Sula granti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
2. ^ Brattstrom, Bayard H.; Howell, Thomas R. (1956). "The Birds of the Revilla Gigedo Islands, Mexico" (PDF). Condor 58 (2): 107–20. doi:10.2307/1364977. JSTOR 1364977.
3. ^ Pitman, R.L. & Jehl, J.R. (1998). "Geographic variation and reassessment of species limits in the "Masked" Boobies of the eastern Pacific Ocean" (PDF). Wilson Bull. 110 (2): 155–70.
4. ^ a b Friesen, V.L.; Anderson, D.J.; Steeves, T.E.; Jones, H. & Schreiber, E.A. (2002). "Molecular Support for Species Status of the Nazca Booby (Sula granti)" (PDF). Auk (in English and Spanish) 119 (3): 820–6. doi:10.1642/0004-8038(2002)119[0820:MSFSSO]2.0.CO;2. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 23, 2006.
5. ^ Anderson, J. David (1990). "Evolution of Obligate Siblicide in Boobies. 2: Food Limitation and Parent-Offspring Conflict". Evolution 44 (8): 2069–2082. doi:10.2307/2409616. JSTOR 2409616.
6. ^ Anderson DJ, Porter ET, Ferree ED (2004). "Non breeding Nazca boobies (Sula Granti) show social and sexual interest in chicks: behavioral and ecological aspects" (PDF). Behavior 141 (8): 959–77. doi:10.1163/1568539042360134. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
OpenShift security settings
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Learn how OpenShift uses security context constraints (SCCs) to control pod permissions and how you can use arbitrary user IDs (UIDs) to enhance security against permissions escalation in the OpenShift environment. For general information on private edition security, see the security overview.
Early Adopter Program
Genesys Multicloud CX private edition is being released to pre-approved customers as part of the Early Adopter Program. Please note that the documentation and the product are subject to change. For more details about the program, please contact your Genesys representative.
OpenShift uses security context constraints (SCCs) to control pod permissions. The goal is to provide an appropriate set of permissions that are limited—as much as possible, anyway—to a select group of users responsible for deploying and managing the private edition software. This is essentially a form of role-based access control (RBAC).
OpenShift comes with eight predefined SCCs with varying levels of access control. By default, all pods and containers in the private edition environment use the restricted SCC, which is the most restrictive of these predefined SCCs.
Arbitrary UIDs
OpenShift uses arbitrary, or randomly assigned, user IDs (UIDs) to increase access security. This means that the IDs of the users accessing the pods and containers and running the application processes are unspecified and unpredictable.
By default, the securityContext settings exposed in the values.yaml files of the respective services specify the user and group IDs for the genesys user (500:500:500). You must modify the Helm charts to enable use of arbitrary UIDs.
Modify Helm charts
Override the securityContext settings in values.yaml so that no specific IDs are defined for users and the group (the group defaults to root). You must do this for all of the levels at which the securityContext is specified in the Helm chart, for example:
podSecurityContext:
fsGroup: null
runAsUser: null
runAsGroup: 0
runAsNonRoot: true
securityContext:
fsGroup: null
runAsUser: null
runAsGroup: 0
runAsNonRoot: true
Check the ServiceAccount:
• If your service uses the default ServiceAccount, which uses the restricted SCC, no further action is required, as this SCC does not enforce a UID/GID range.
• If your service uses a custom ServiceAccount, you must verify that it has not been associated with an SCC that enforces a UID/GID range, such as the genesys-restricted SCC, which has been deprecated.
For example, to identify if any services are set to use the genesys-restricted SCC, execute the following command:
oc adm policy who-can use scc genesys-restricted -n <namespace>
If any services have been deployed with the genesys-restricted SCC, Genesys recommends that you redeploy the service so that you use arbitrary UIDs. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2017 January 5
= January 5 =
psychology/malignant hypertension
how can we prevent malignant hypertension — Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 13:12, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
* I'm not sure why you'd post this on a computing desk, but see hypertensive emergency for our article on the subject. Matt Deres (talk) 14:58, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
* Medical advice deleted. We are not allowed to give medical advice on the RDs. --<IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 00:09, 6 January 2017 (UTC) | WIKI |
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Rh him; and with that perfect tact which characterized his re- fined nature, he bowed and retired.
"Is there anything else, monsieur, of which you have to inform me?" said the king, when he found himself again alone with D'Artagnan.
"Yes, sire; and I kept that news for the last, for it is sad, and will clothe European royalty in mourning."
"What do you tell me?"
"Sire, in passing through Blois, a word, a sad word, echoed from the palace, struck my ear."
"In truth, you terrify me, Monsieur d'Artagnan."
"Sire, this word was pronounced to me by a piqueur who wore a crape on his arm.
"My uncle, Gaston of Orleans, perhaps?"
"Sire, he has rendered his last sigh."
"And I was not warned of it!" cried the king, whose royal susceptibility saw an insult in the absence of this intelligence.
"Oh, do not be angry, sire," said D'Artagnan; "neither the couriers of Paris nor the couriers of the whole world can travel with your servant; the courier from Blois will not be here these two hours, and he rides well, I assure you, seeing that I only passed him on the other side of Orleans."
"My uncle Gaston," murmured Louis, pressing his hand to his brow, and comprising in those three words all that his memory recalled of that name of opposite sentiments.
"Eh! yes, sire, it is thus," said D'Artagnan, philosophically replying to the royal thought — "it is thus the past flies away,"
"That is true, monsieur, that is true; but there remains for us, thank God, the future; and we will try to make it not too dark."
"I feel confidence in your majesty on that head," said D'Artagnan, bowing; "and now "
"You are right, monsieur; I had forgotten the hundred leagues you have just ridden. Go, monsieur; take care of one of the best of soldiers, and when you have reposed a little, come and place yourself at my orders," "Sire, absent or present, I always am so."
D'Artagnan bowed and retired. Then, as if he had only come from Fontainebleau, he quickly traversed the Louvre to rejoin Bragelouue. | WIKI |
HMS Mutine (1900)
HMS Mutine was a Condor-class sloop of the Royal Navy. Mutine was launched on 1 March 1900. While being delivered from Birkenhead to Portsmouth an accident in Mutine's boiler rooms caused some loss of life and gave her a name as an unlucky ship before her career even began. She served on the China Station, then the Australia Station between December 1903 and February 1905 and later became a survey ship, surviving until 1932 as a Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve drill ship, the last of her class to be sold.
Design
Mutine was constructed of steel to a design by William White, the Royal Navy Director of Naval Construction. She was powered by a three-cylinder vertical triple expansion steam engine developing 1400 hp and driving twin screws.
Sail plan
The class was originally designed and built with barque-rigged sails, although some pictures show ships of the class with a barquentine rig. Condor was lost in a gale during her first commission, and the contemporary gunnery pioneer Admiral Percy Scott ascribes her sinking to the encumbrance of sails, and furthermore believed that her loss finally convinced that Admiralty to abandon sails entirely. All other ships of the class had their sails removed during the first few years of the twentieth century.
Armament
The class was armed with six 4-inch/25-pounder (1 ton) quick-firing breech loaders and four 3-pounder quick-firing breech loaders.
Service
Mutine was launched at Birkenhead on 1 March 1900, and commissioned later the same year. She was re-commissioned at Sheerness 28 November 1901 by Commander Claude William Manners Plenderleath, with a complement of 105 officers and men, for service on the China Station. After successful steam trials in the North Sea, she left Sheerness for China in mid December, arriving at Singapore 4 February, and at Hong Kong 27 March 1902. She served in the Far East between December 1903 and February 1905 and was converted to a survey ship in May 1907. After a year operating off the west coast of Africa, Mutine returned to Devonport for a refit in July 1908.
She was a depot ship in Bermuda from December 1917 and an RNVR drill ship from 1925.
Fate
Mutine was sold to Thos. W. Ward of Briton Ferry on 16 August 1932 and scrapped. | WIKI |
In 2020, Joe Biden and the “moderates” are well to Obama’s left
Thursday’s debate, like the collisions that preceded it, pitted a “leftist” lane led by Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren against a “moderate” lane led by former Vice President Joe Biden and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg. The former believe in “big, structural change,” going to battle with billionaires, and eliminating private insurance; the latter believe in incremental progress, courting the wealthy, and building on Obamacare. The seemingly massive differences between these two factions represent a fierce ideological fight for the future of the Democratic Party. The rhetoric of this clash is obscuring a deeper truth: All the lead contenders are running on the most progressive agendas to ever dominate a Democratic primary. Indeed, by the standards of the Democratic Party in 2008, the moderates look like leftists. As a result, if Biden or Buttigieg actually win the nomination, they will be running on the most progressive platform of any Democratic nominee in history. We reviewed the details of the policy positions held by the four top 2020 Democratic contenders (Biden, Buttigieg, Sanders, Warren) across a handful of key issue areas. When you compare the ideas of the leftists and the moderates against Obama’s 2008 campaign positions, the overall shift toward the left is undeniable. The point here isn’t to offer a comprehensive rundown of where each candidate stands on every issue, but to illustrate the way the center of gravity in the party has moved. Health care: a consensus around insurance expansion built atop public coverage Warren/Sanders: Implement a single-payer health care system with universal coverage, zero copays or deductibles, and government-directed pricing. Biden/Buttigieg: Achieve at least 97 percent health care coverage via a public option open to everyone, including those with employer-sponsored insurance. Increase subsidies by tying them to Obamacare’s more comprehensive “gold” level plans and capping premiums at a maximum of 8.5 percent of income, no matter your income. Obama 2008: Expand Medicaid to 133 percent of the poverty line, offer subsidies for private insurance up to 400 percent of the poverty line, and offer a public plan to those ineligible for employer coverage, Medicaid, or Medicare. Notably, while the 2020 candidates focus rhetorically on expanding Medicare, Obama focused rhetorically on access to private insurance. Climate change: significant spending increases and a goal of net-zero emissions — or full decarbonization — by 2050 Sanders/Warren: Sanders plans to invest $16.3 trillion in federal funding over the next decade to reach 100 percent renewable energy for electricity and transportation by 2030, and complete decarbonization of the economy by 2050. Warren plans to invest $3 trillion to reach 100 percent clean energy electricity by 2035, and net-zero emissions by 2050. Biden/Buttigieg: Invest between $1.5 and $2 trillion in federal funding over the next decade to push the US toward a 100 percent clean energy economy and hit net-zero emissions by 2050. Obama 2008: Invest $150 billion (funded by passing the cap-and-trade bill) in clean energy research over the next decade to reduce emissions 80 percent by 2050. Notably, Obama’s plan called for increasing domestic production of oil and gas in the short-term. Immigration: a liberalization in both laws and rhetoric Sanders/Warren: Decriminalize crossing the border, expand the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, reshape ICE and CBP, increase the number of refugees the US admits to 175,000 annually (Warren), repeal 1996 immigration laws (Sanders), and support all Biden policies below. Biden: Reverse Trump administration’s toughest anti-immigrant policies, increase the number of refugees the US admits to 125,000 annually, reinstate DACA, and provide a path to citizenship for all undocumented immigrants currently living in the US. Obama 2008: Fund additional personnel, infrastructure, and technology to “secure our borders,” increase penalties on employers who hire undocumented immigrants, create a “responsible” path to citizenship for the undocumented immigrants who learn English and pay fines. Even this summary, though, doesn’t quite do justice to the difference in rhetoric: Obama’s plan is framed in terms of an enforcement-first approach, noting that the “undocumented population is exploding” and “immigration raids only netted 4,600 arrests in 2007.” Note: Buttigieg hasn’t yet released a full immigration plan, though his campaign plans to release one shortly. Criminal justice: against the death penalty, private prisons, marijuana criminalization, and cash bail Sanders/Warren: Both support all Buttigieg/Biden policies below (including marijuana legalization) as well as decriminalization of homelessness. Sanders also wants to give all incarcerated prisoners the right to vote as part of a “Prisoners Bill of Rights.” Biden/Buttigieg: Eliminate mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent crimes, end the federal death penalty, abolish federal private prisons, get rid of cash bail, and either decriminalize (Biden) or legalize (Buttigieg) marijuana. Obama 2008: While the Obama platform didn’t even have a specific “criminal justice” platform, it did offer to expand the use of drug courts, work to ban racial profiling, and reduce racial sentencing disparities. When asked about the issue during a 2008 debate, Obama raised his hand to declare that he opposed decriminalizing marijuana. He also supported the death penalty for “some crimes.” Higher education: some form of public higher ed should be free for almost everyone Sanders/Warren: Make public colleges, universities, and trade-schools tuition and debt-free for all students. Biden/Buttigieg: Make four-year public university tuition free for at least 80% of American families (Buttigieg) or make community colleges completely tuition free (Biden). Obama 2008: Create a new American Opportunity Tax Credit to ensure that the first $4,000 of a college education is completely free for most Americans (in exchange for 100 hours of public service per year). Student debt: recognizing student debt as a problem, and cancellation or repayment limits as an answer Sanders/Warren: Sanders would cancel all student loan debt. Warren would cancel $50,000 of student loan debt for those making less than $100,000, and phases the benefit out at $250,000. Biden/Buttigieg: Biden would reduce the student debt burden by implementing income-based payment programs that cap payments at 5 percent of discretionary income (Buttigieg’s plan looks similar, but is vaguer on numbers). Buttigieg would cancel debt from predatory for-profit institutions. Both would automatically forgive all remaining debt after 20 years. 2008 Obama: No plan available. While it is far from single-payer, universal student debt forgiveness, and a $16 trillion climate plan, the 2020 Democratic “moderate” agenda is anything but moderate by historical standards. The Democratic Party’s shift to the left is multicausal. Some of it reflects Obama’s accomplishments: his achievements are a foundation the 2020 candidates are building on. Some of it reflects the changed realities the candidates are responding to — climate change has accelerated since 2008, the student debt crisis has worsened, and Donald Trump’s presidency has transformed the domestic political context, particularly on immigration. And some of it reflects the influence Sanders and a resurgent left have had on the entire Democratic Party. Still, while the 2020 primary is being touted as an ideological battle for the future of the Democratic Party, in many ways, the future of the Democratic Party is already here. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Talk:Coleoxestia polita
Image?
I'm not particularly familiar with figuring out copyright for images on Wikipedia - that said here is a link to a specimen from this species that may be valuable for the article as there are multiple images that might be good to implement. WhatIsAPoggers (talk) 01:05, 30 May 2024 (UTC) | WIKI |
Luiz Felipe (footballer, born 1985)
Luiz Felipe Rodrigues Marques (born 16 February 1985), known as Luiz Felipe, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Clube de Regatas Brasil as a right defender.
Honours
* Brazilian Second Division: 2005
* Rio Grande do Sul State League: 2006 | WIKI |
An ultimate guide on cable crossover for the best-ever workout
cable-crossover-workout
The cable crossover is an efficient exercise designed to work out the pectoralis Major. This one is a potential building exercise that helps shape the upper body well. As this one is an isolation exercise, it is easy to perform for everyone.
There are a lot of people who have never practiced cable crossover before. They also do not know any helpful variations for this exercise. If you are one of them, here’s all you need to know about this incredible exercise today!
The holy grail of all upper-body exercises
Whether you are a beginner or a novice, cable crossover is a potential exercise for you anyway. This isolation exercise is practiced on a cable machine and is very helpful. A lot of people assume that it is difficult to work out on a cable crossover machine. But if you follow the steps correctly, you will only be an inch away from doing it well.
Here’s how to perform the low cable crossover
1. Attach two single grips to two low cable pulleys.
2. Grab both the handles and stand in the middle of the machine.
3. Place one foot forward and slightly bend your knees.
4. Now, raise both the cables upward with arms extended to the midline of the body. Contract your chest at the same time. Once you are in this position of the exercise, breathe out.
5. Gradually, lower your arms back down to the starting position and inhale. 6. Repeat the lowcable crossover a few times for the best benefits.
How to perform a reverse cable crossover?
The reverse cable crossover is another isolation exercise that you can perform for the utmost benefits. This one prevents bad posture, prevents the risk of injury and also promotes strong shoulders. You can practice this exercise to work out your shoulder muscle, posterior deltoid and upper back. All you have to do is follow the instructions carefully and workout accordingly. Once you do that for a couple of days, results will be evident. How to do it- Stand in front of a cable machine. Hold each handle with the opposing hands, leaving your hands crossed. The right cable with the left hand and the left cable with the right hand. Hold your arms straight in front of you at shoulder height. Put one leg behind the other for stability. Keep the core tight and your back straight. Using your rear delts, pull your arms to the sides and back as far as possible. Your arms should be in line with your back. Pause for a moment and then return to the start position. Do the reverse cable crossover exercise a few times for desired effects.
Best cable crossover alternative to try now
Although performing the cable crossover exercise is no big deal today, it can be a bit difficult for people to understand the workout. This is why many people at the gym are looking for cable crossover alternatives to beat the hassle. This way, they do not have to worry about performing the exercise but receive the benefits anyway. Yes, there are some incredible alternatives for you to try out in case the workout is not what you are looking for. Here is a list of the exercise alternatives to try right away!
Incline Dumbbell Fly
If you are looking to focus on your upper pecs, this exercise is all you need. Lay down on the incline bench, with dumbbells in hands, supported on your knees. Position your body in neutral alignment with your chest. Extend your arms to the side. Slightly bend your elbows and raise your arms. Your hands must be directly above your chest. Return your arms down and repeat the exercise. This is an impeccable cable crossover alternative for a reason.
Flat bench dumbbell fly
If you have a flat bench and a pair of dumbbells, this exercise is all you need. Grab a pair of dumbbells and lay on a flat bench. Make sure it is supporting the weight on your knees. Start with the dumbbells in your hands, arms extended over your chest. Slightly bend your elbows, bring your arms to a slow, and your elbows are at a back level. Return your arms to the start position once that is done. This is how you can perform this exercise without a cable crossover machine.
Conclusion
The cable crossover is a potential exercise that you can try out right away for a well-toned body. Don’t miss out on the workout mentioned above.
FAQ
1. Is it a risk to perform the exercise on a cable crossover machine?
No. If you follow the instructions, it won’t be daunting to perform the exercise on a cable crossover machine
2. Can you name some more cable crossover alternatives to try?
Resistance and bow, Guillotine Press and Dumbbell pullover are some of the best alternatives for this exercise.
3. I am a beginner at the gym. Can I perform the cable crossover exercise? Yes. The cable crossover exercise is perfect for all beginners to perform. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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At the summit of Mount Purgatory is the Earthly Paradise or Garden of Eden. Allegorically, it represents the state of innocence that existed before Adam and Eve fell from grace – the state which Dante's journey up Mount Purgatory has been recapturing. Here Dante meets Matilda, a woman whose literal and allegorical identity "is perhaps the most tantalizing problem in the Comedy." Critics up to the early twentieth century have connected her with the historical Matilda of Tuscany, but others suggested a connection with the dream of Leah in Canto XXVII. However, Matilda clearly prepares Dante for his meeting with Beatrice, the woman to whom (historically) Dante dedicated his previous poetry, the woman at whose request (in the story) Virgil was commissioned to bring Dante on his journey, and the woman who (allegorically) symbolizes the path to God (Canto XXVIII).
With Matilda, Dante witnesses a procession which forms an allegory within the allegory, somewhat like Shakespeare's play within a play. It has a very different style from the Purgatorio as a whole, having the form of a masque, where the characters are walking symbols rather than real people. The procession consists of (Canto XXIX):
Dante and Matilda (formerly called Dante and Beatrice) by John William Waterhouse, 1915.
* "Twenty-four elders" (a reference to Revelation 4:4), representing the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible, as classified by Jerome
* "Four animals" with "six wings as plumage" (a reference to Revelation 4:6–8), a traditional representation of the four Evangelists
* "A chariot triumphal on two wheels," bearing Beatrice, which is drawn by…
* A griffin, representing the conjoined divinity and humanity of Christ
* "Three circling women" coloured red, green, and white, representing the three theological virtues: Love, Hope, and Faith, respectively
* "Four other women" dressed in purple, representing the four cardinal virtues: Prudence, Justice, Temperance, and Fortitude
* "Two elders, different in their dress," representing the Acts of the Apostles and the Pauline epistles
* "Four of humble aspect," representing the general epistles
* "When all the rest had passed, a lone old man," representing the Book of Revelation
Canto XXX portrays the seamless transition between Virgil's departure and Beatrice's arrival. Virgil finally exiting Dante's pilgrimage signifies the departure from the pursuit of non-Christian philosophy and humanities, moving onto the "primal love," the love of God. "But Virgil had deprived us of himself,
Virgil, the gentlest father, Virgil, he
to whom I gave my self for my salvation;
and even all our ancient mother lost
was not enough to keep my cheeks, though washed
with dew, from darkening again with tears." Dante's farewell to Virgil, with the threefold repetition of Virgil's name, echoes a passage from Virgil's own Georgics: The bare voice and death-cold tongue, with fleeting breath,
called Eurydice - ah, hapless Eurydice! "Eurydice" the
banks re-echoed, all adown the stream. After Virgil's departure, Beatrice begins to admonish Dante, accusing him of straying from the path of virtue she had laid before him after her departure from life on earth. She demands a confession out of the pilgrim, making this his own first confession in the whole comedy: "'O you who are beyond the sacred river,'
turning toward me the point of her speech, whose
mere edge had seemed sharp to me,
she began again, continuing without delay: 'say,
say if this is true: so great an accusation your
confession must be joined.'" It is not until after more admonitions from Beatrice and a heartfelt confession from Dante, that Dante is washed in the River Lethe, which erases the memory of past sin (Canto XXXI), and sees an allegory of Biblical and Church history. This allegory includes a denunciation of the corrupt papacy of the time: a harlot (the papacy) is dragged away with the chariot (the Church) by a giant (the French monarchy, which under King Philip IV engineered the move of the Papal Seat to Avignon in 1309) (Canto XXXII): "Just like a fortress set on a steep slope,
securely seated there, ungirt, a whore,
whose eyes were quick to rove, appeared to me;
and I saw at her side, erect, a giant,
who seemed to serve as her custodian;
and they again, again embraced each other." It is noon as the events observed in the Earthly Paradise come to a close. Finally, Dante drinks from the River Eunoë, which restores good memories, and prepares him for his ascent to Heaven (described in the Paradiso, the final cantica). As with the other two parts of the Divine Comedy, the Purgatorio ends on the word "stars" (Canto XXXIII): "From that most holy wave I now returned
to Beatrice; remade, as new trees are
renewed when they bring forth new boughs, I was pure and prepared to climb unto the stars." | WIKI |
If you happen to be keeping a number of tabs open in Chrome or Firefox on your computer, you may have been through the situation where you were playing sound in one tab and then you opened another tab and it also started to play sound. The entire situation put you into hearing mixed sounds from various that are open in the web browser on your computer.
While you can always go to the previous tab and manually stop the music and then get to the current tab to listen what is open there, it is not actually the most convenient way to do that task as it does involve some hassle. However, as long as the browser that you use is Chrome or Firefox, you have an easy to make your browser play sound in one tab at a time. Here’s the procedure as to how you can accomplish the task:
Read also: Firefox Tips and Tricks
Making Chrome to Play Sound in One Tab at a Time
To do this task in Chrome, you’re going to use an extension called Smart Tab Mute which can be downloaded for free.
1. Open Chrome on your computer and head over to the Smart Tab Mute page on Chrome Web Store and select the Add to Chrome button there. What it will do is add the extension to your browser.
Play Sound in One Tab
2. You will be prompted if you would really like to add the extension to your browser. Click on the button that says Add extension as shown below to get the extension added to the browser.
Play Sound in One Tab
3. The extension should start working as soon as you install it in your browser. Now, to see if it actually works, head to YouTube in Chrome on your computer and play a video. Then, open another tab in the same browser and head to YouTube and play another video. You should notice that the extension has turned off the audio for the first tab so that you can listen to whatever you have in your another tab.
Play Sound in One Tab
4. As soon as the audio in your current tab stops playing, the extension should resume the audio in the old tab you had open in your browser.
So, that’s how you can hear your favorite sounds without getting distracted in Chrome.
The extension also allows you to specify the sites that it should not work for. For instance, you can make it exclude Facebook from its list and it won’t work for the Facebook website. If you happen to use Firefox and not Chrome, you also have an add-on that does the exact job as the extension we have shown above for Chrome.
Here’s how to do that in Firefox:
Making Firefox to Play Sound in One Tab at a Time
For this browser, you’re going to use an add-on called Smart Tab Mute which can be downloaded for free.
1. Launch Firefox on your computer and head over to the Smart Tab Mute add-on page on the Mozilla Firefox Add-ons repository website.
2. Once you’re there on the website, click on the button that says Add to Firefox to install the add-on in your browser.
Play Sound in One Tab
3. In my case, the button has been grayed out saying the add-on is incompatible with the version of Firefox I have on my computer. I will just ignore it and click on Install Anyway to install the add-on.
Play Sound in One Tab
4. Once the add-on is installed, open two tabs that play a sound and you’ll notice that one stops playing when you switch to another.
So, that’s how the add-on works in Firefox on your computer. Let us know how this worked for you in the comments below!
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Prescribing medicinal cannabis products
The term medicinal cannabis products encompasses several types of products that may be prescribed to treat various medical conditions.
Medicinal cannabis products, excluding cannabidiol (CBD) products, are Class B1 controlled drugs and Ministerial approval is required before most can be prescribed, supplied or administered, in accordance with regulation 22 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1977.
On this page:
Ministerial approval
Ministerial approval is required before most medicinal cannabis products can be prescribed, supplied or administered, in accordance with regulation 22 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1977. Ministerial approval is delegated to the Ministry of Health.
Ministerial approval is not needed to prescribe:
Categories of medicinal cannabis products
The Ministry defines four categories of medicinal cannabis products:
1. Pharmaceutical grade medicinal cannabis products that have consent for distribution in New Zealand
2. Pharmaceutical grade medicinal cannabis products that do not have consent for distribution in New Zealand
3. Non-pharmaceutical grade medicinal cannabis products
4. CBD Products
Guidelines to assess applications for Ministerial approval to prescribe, supply and administer
The guidelines to assess applications for Ministerial approval to prescribe, supply or administer these products are listed below. There are separate application forms for each category.
External consultation on the guidelines used to assess applications to prescribe cannabis-based products took place in May 2016. Download the document below:
If you require further information as to the appropriate form to use for an application for Ministerial approval to prescribe a cannabis-based product please email: medicinescontrol@moh.govt.nz.
1. Pharmaceutical grade medicinal cannabis products that have consent for distribution in New Zealand
More information on Sativex and the application process to prescribe Sativex for multiple sclerosis or other conditions can be found on the Medsafe website.
2. Pharmaceutical grade medicinal cannabis products that do not have consent for distribution in New Zealand
The following matters are taken into account when assessing applications for Ministerial approval to prescribe pharmaceutical grade medicinal cannabis products without consent for distribution in New Zealand, regulated by Regulation 22 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1977:
1. application from an appropriate specialist
2. a manufacturer has demonstrated a commitment to the development of the product as a pharmaceutical or
3. the product has been prepared pharmaceutically and the characteristics and formulation are clearly described and defined
4. the product has completed animal studies demonstrating proof of concept and potential clinical benefit
5. the product is undergoing an appropriately designed Phase II clinical study or
6. the product has completed clinical trials and is marketed overseas but is not approved for distribution in New Zealand
7. the product is available for use
8. the following are met where relevant:
1. evidence that there will be close follow up of patient by a prescriber
2. evidence that a wide range of conventional treatments have been trialled and symptoms are still poorly controlled
3. condition is an approved condition for use or
4. condition is one for which there is some evidence of efficacy, preferably in clinical trials
5. Ministry clinicians assess application is appropriate
6. no history of abuse or diversion of controlled drugs
7. the patient has no known contraindication to the use of the product
8. initial approvals usually for 12 months
9. baseline clinical indicators generally required and evidence of improvement before a new approval is given.
Please download, fill in and email application form to: medicinescontrol@moh.govt.nz
3. Non-pharmaceutical grade medicinal cannabis products
The following matters are taken into account when assessing applications for Ministerial approval to prescribe non-pharmaceutical grade medicinal cannabis products regulated by Regulation 22 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1977:
1. severe or life-threatening condition
2. evidence that reasonably applicable conventional treatments have been trialled and the symptoms are still poorly controlled
3. evidence that the risk/ benefit of the product has been adequately considered by qualified clinical specialists – that is, the risk of treatment with an unproven product is less than the risk of non-treatment and account has been taken of any evidence of potential benefit and weighed against known adverse effects
4. application from a specialist appropriate to the medical condition being treated or the Chief Medical Officer of a District Health Board
5. applicant or specialist prescriber has sought adequate peer review eg, Hospital Ethics Committee approval, Drug or Therapeutics Committee review, review by other specialists in the condition being treated and/or specialist colleagues involved in the treatment of the patient
6. provision of a Certificate of Analysis, preferably from an accredited laboratory, so that the concentration of the active ingredient(s) is known
7. patient or guardian has provided informed consent.
Products that are not pharmaceutical will not be approved for use in clinical trials.
The guidelines to assess applications to prescribe a non-pharmaceutical grade medicinal cannabis products are more rigorous than the guidelines to prescribe pharmaceutical grade products with or without consent for distribution in New Zealand. This reflects the lack of authoritative quality and safety data and the lack of robust efficacy data for these products.
The use of a non-pharmaceutical grade product will not contribute meaningful data to the pool of scientific research on the safety and efficacy of medicinal cannabis products in the condition being treated. This is due to the inability to replicate the results (due to variation in the strength and composition of the product) and the inability to generalise results from a single patient to a broad patient group.
Please download, fill in and email application form to medicinescontrol@moh.govt.nz.
4. CBD products
A CBD product means a product that—
1. contains cannabidiol; and
2. either;
1. does not contain a specified substance; or
2. contains specified substances in an amount that is no more than 2% of the sum of the amount of cannabidiol and the amount of specified substances in the product; and
3. does not contain any other controlled drug; and
4. does not contain a psychoactive substance (as defined in section 9 of the Psychoactive Substances Act 2013)
A specified substance means a substance that—
1. naturally occurs in cannabis; and
2. is—
1. a tetrahydrocannabinol; or
2. an isomer, ester, or ether of a tetrahydrocannabinol; or
3. an ester or ether of an isomer of a tetrahydrocannabinol; or
4. a salt of any substance described in subparagraphs (i) to (iii); or
5. a substance that has a structure substantially similar to that of any substance described in subparagraphs (i) to (iv); and
3. for substances listed in paragraph (b)(ii) to (v), is capable of inducing more than a minor psychoactive effect, by any means, in a person.
In other words, a specified substance is a substance found naturally in cannabis that is a tetrahydrocannabinol or a psychoactive related substance. The words “is capable of inducing more than a minor psychoactive effect, by any means” includes a chemical that can be altered by a simple conversion technique (such as heating) to produce a chemical that has a more than a minor psychoactive effect, such as tetrahydrocannabinolic acids, which can be converted to tetrahydrocannabinols themselves by a simple conversion technique (eg, THCA converts to THC by heating and therefore would be a specified substance).
To determine whether a product meets the definition of a CBD product, you will need to calculate the percentage of specified substances (x) as a percentage of the total CBD (y) and specified substances content (z) using the following equation:
x = z ÷ (y + z) x 100
If x equals 2 or less (without rounding), and does not contain any other controlled drugs or psychoactive substances (as defined in the Psychoactive Substances Act) the product meets the definition of a CBD product. The following diagrams explains:
CBD Products
Diagram showing the substances that make up CBD products as defined in the Psychoactive Substances Act
Other medicinal cannabis products
Diagram showing the substances that make up other medicinal cannabis products as defined in the Psychoactive Substances Act
Products that contain CBD but do not meet the definition of a CBD product because the levels of THCs or related psychoactive substances are too high, are still available on prescription but are also controlled drugs. Ministry of Health approval is required to prescribe, supply or administer these controlled drugs for a medical purpose. Any medical practitioner holding an appropriate licence to import controlled drugs may import these products for supply to a known patient or patients, once Ministry approval has been obtained. Persons or companies holding the appropriate licences to import and deal in controlled drugs are also allowed to import these products and supply them to medical practitioners or pharmacies for known patients. Patients may not import these products. For further information on bringing controlled drugs (eg medicinal cannabis products) into New Zealand refer to Bringing medicines into New Zealand.
Medicinal cannabis products that do not meet the definition of a CBD product are categorised as follows:
Pharmaceutical grade products that have consent for distribution in New Zealand. Consent for distribution means that the product has been determined by Medsafe to meet acceptable safety and efficacy requirements for distribution in New Zealand. The only product meeting this criterion currently is Sativex for the treatment of multiple sclerosis. It may also be prescribed for some other medical conditions at the prescriber’s discretion.
Pharmaceutical grade products that do not have consent for distribution in New Zealand, for example a product that has been manufactured by a pharmaceutical company overseas.
Non-pharmaceutical grade products, that is products that are not manufactured to internationally recognised pharmaceutical manufacturing standards. They may, or may not, have been intended to be used as medicines.
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Celery & Testosterone
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The benefits of celery extend beyond its satisfying crunch and extremely low impact on your daily caloric intake. By potentially playing a role in maintaining a healthy weight, celery might also help men maintain healthy testosterone levels. In addition, celery is an excellent source of vitamin K, which might actually boost a man's ability to produce testosterone.
Weight Maintenance
One cup of celery contains only 16 calories and provides 1.6 grams of dietary fiber. As a result, celery fits perfectly into a low-calorie, high-fiber diet, which can help you to maintain a healthy weight. Being at a healthy weight helps men maintain ideal testosterone levels. In contrast, having excess body fat can cause a drop in a man's testosterone levels. This is because body fat converts testoterone to estradiol, which potentially reduces your body's ability to produce testosterone.
Vitamin K
Celery is an excellent source of vitamin K, with 1 cup providing 25 percent of a man's recommended daily intake. Although vitamin K primarily helps your blood to clot, a study published in "Food and Function" in 2011 suggests that the amount of vitamin K in a man's body might affect testosterone production. As a result, eating more celery might help your body produce more testosterone. However, because this research was conducted on rats and no human studies support this effect, you should not rely on your vitamin K intake to boost testosterone levels.
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Indigenous Literacy Foundation
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) is an Australian not-for-profit founded in 2011 that works to address the educational disadvantages faced by Indigenous Australian children and young people by providing access to books and literacy programs.
ILF was set up in 2011, taking over from the Indigenous Literacy Project (ILP) which had been associated with The Fred Hollows Foundation. In 2010 the ILP had raised $607,000. Juliet Rogers, formerly CEO of Murdoch Books, was the inaugural chair.
Patrons of the ILF, as of 2021, are Quentin Bryce (appointed February 2015) and June Oscar (appointed September 2019).
Lifetime ambassadors of the ILF include Justine Clarke, Andy Griffiths, Kate Grenville, Anita Heiss, Alison Lester, David Malouf and Josh Pyke.
In September 2021 Karen Williams, who had been member of the ILP and executive director of the ILF, stepped down and was replaced by Ben Bowen as Chief Executive Officer, with Mike Milnes appointed Chief Operating Officer.
The ILF won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in 2024. It was one of several Australian nominees for this award in both 2021 and 2022.
Indigenous Literacy Day
Each year the ILF organises and promotes Indigenous Literacy Day, held in the first week of September. | WIKI |
Chrysler Beating Ford in Canada as No. 1 Light Truckmaker: Cars
Chrysler Group LLC, benefiting from
demand for its fuel-efficient crossover sport-utility vehicles,
overtook Ford Motor Co. (F) as the biggest seller of light trucks in
Canada this year. Sales of light trucks, a category that includes pickups,
minivans and SUVs, grew twice as fast as total auto deliveries
in Canada in the first half, helped by growth in construction
jobs. Chrysler led deliveries last month for the first time
since January, winning by a wide enough margin to snatch the
crown for year-to-date sales. Purchases of Chrysler’s Dodge Journey model, which guzzles
less gasoline than a traditional truck-based SUV, increased more
than Ford’s Escape or General Motors Co. (GM) ’s Chevrolet Equinox.
Those gains put Chrysler within less than 4,000 total deliveries
of becoming the overall No. 2 automaker in Canada , where a
growing economy is expected to lead to a 2.6 percent increase in
sales this year industrywide, according to Scotia Capital Inc. “People who are getting jobs are opting for practical
vehicles such as a crossover” to get better mileage than a
traditional SUV, said Carlos Gomes, an economist at Scotia
Capital. “You have the construction sector holding up very well,
and that is positive for the pickup segment.” In total vehicle sales, Chrysler gained 1.6 percentage
points of market share to 15 percent in the first half of 2011
from a year earlier, according to DesRosiers Automotive
Consultants Inc. GM lost 0.2 points to 15.5 percent, and Ford
led with 17.4 percent of the Canadian market. Ford eclipsed GM
as Canada’s top-seller last year for the first time in decades. Jobs, Housing Canada sales may climb 40,000 this year to 1.59 million,
about 60,000 fewer than the nation’s 2007 pre-recession peak,
said Gomes. The unemployment rate fell to 7.4 percent in May,
its lowest level since January 2009, and June saw the most
housing starts in 11 months. A 30 percent rise in oil prices in the past year may spur
demand in Canada’s oil-producing regions. The unemployment rate
is 5.6 percent in the western province of Alberta , according to
its website. “When the oil price is going up, everybody knows they have
a job,” said Dan Rewucki, owner of Tower Chrysler in Calgary. High fuel prices led many consumers to gravitate toward
compact cars and car-based SUVs, commonly called crossovers, for
their fuel efficiency, Gomes said. Gasoline sold in Canada at an
average price of C$1.22 a liter ($4.82 per gallon) on July 8. Light-truck sales in the first half grew more than twice as
fast as Canada’s industry average of 2.7 percent over the same
period last year. The category has made up about 85 percent of
Chrysler’s sales since the beginning of 2010. ‘Bleeding’ to Utilities As SUVs’ fuel efficiency improves, buyers are “bleeding
from the midsize car segments over to compact utilities or
minivans,” said Ryan Robinson, director of automotive practice
for J.D. Power and Associates Canada in Toronto. “If you’re
going to offer similar kinds of fuel economy with greater space,
that’s obviously going to attract people.” Chrysler’s Dodge Journey sales increased more than 50
percent to 16,069 in Canada. GM’s Chevrolet Equinox sales rose
31 percent to 12,175, and Ford boosted Escape sales 5 percent to
23,183. DesRosiers labeled those models “intermediate SUVs” in
a July 11 report and said the segment grew 21 percent. There were only a few Journeys on the lot of Steve Dennis’
Chrysler dealership in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on July 7. “I probably did undershoot the market,” he said in a
telephone interview. “I won’t make the mistake of running out
again.” Best June Dodge Grand Caravan minivans, Ram pickups and Jeep Wrangler
SUVs, as well as the Journey, reported best-ever June sales in
Canada. “This is the best retail June sales month since 2005,”
Dave Buckingham, Chrysler Canada’s chief operating officer, said
in a July 4 statement. Its 23.2 percent of the light-truck
market is better than any yearly total since 2002, Jordan
Wasylyk, a spokesman, said in an e-mail. Light-trucks surpassed passenger cars in 2010 sales for the
first time in more than a decade and composed 55 percent of the
market in the first half of this year. Passenger cars outsold light trucks in the U.S. in the
first half of 2011 with 51 percent of the world’s second-largest
automobile market this year, unchanged from a year earlier. Crossovers were the largest segment of the U.S. auto market
in the first half of 2011, accounting for more than one-sixth of
sales, according to Autodata Corp. Pickup sales grew slower than
GM expected, causing its inventory to swell to 122 days’ worth,
Bloomberg News reported July 5. A sour U.S. economy may stymie sales growth in Canada, said
Michael Hatch, chief economist for the Canadian Automobile
Dealers Association. “There are a lot of sectors and industries here that rely
on U.S. demand,” he said. Compact Market Dennis, the dealer in Winnipeg, said he is looking forward
to selling the Fiat 500 , Chrysler Group’s only subcompact car.
Dodge and Chrysler brand passenger cars accounted for 15 percent
of sales at his dealership so far this year. Ford reported the most June sales in 22 years with a 32
percent increase in passenger cars, and GM’s Chevrolet Cruze
outsold every category of vehicles in the automaker’s lineup
except for full-size pickups and small SUVs. Compact cars were the top-selling segment at 23 percent in
2010, compared to 15 percent in the U.S., according to
DesRosiers and Autodata. Increasing supply of the Honda Motor
Co.’s Civic and Toyota Motor Corp. (7203) ’s Corolla, after production
was hindered by Japan ’s March 11 earthquake, should further
boost sales of compact cars, J.D. Power’s Robinson said. “In the Canadian market, you need a strong lineup at the
smaller end,” he said. To contact the reporter on this story:
Joshua Armstrong in Southfield, Michigan , at
jarmstrong39@bloomberg.net . To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Jamie Butters at jbutters@bloomberg.net | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
TensorFlow Allocation of Exceeds 10% of System Memory Killed
TensorFlow Allocation of Exceeds 10% of System Memory Killed
TensorFlow Allocation of Exceeds 10% of System Memory Killed is an error that can occur when using the TensorFlow library. This blog post will show you how to fix the error.
For more information check out our video:
TensorFlow Allocation of Exceeds 10% of System Memory Killed: What this Means for Your Machine Learning Project
TensorFlow is a popular open-source platform for machine learning that allows for easy construction of custom algorithms. However, TensorFlow can be memory intensive, and if left unchecked, can lead to your computer’s system memory being filled up and your machine learning project grinding to a halt.
If you see the message “TensorFlow allocation of X% of system memory killed” in your terminal window, this means that TensorFlow is currently using more than 10% of your computer’s available memory. When this happens, TensorFlow will automatically kill any processes that are using the most memory in order to free up resources.
This can be a problem if you are in the middle of training a machine learning model, as it can cause your training process to be interrupted. In order to avoid this issue, you need to make sure that TensorFlow is not using more than 10% of your system memory at any given time.
There are a few ways to do this:
1. Limit the number of simultaneous processes that TensorFlow can run. You can do this by setting the OMP_NUM_THREADS environment variable:
export OMP_NUM_THREADS=4
2. Limit the amount of memory that TensorFlow can use. You can do this by setting the TF_CUDNN_USE_AUTOTUNE environment variable:
export TF_CUDNN_USE_AUTOTUNE=0
TensorFlow Allocation: Why You Might See This Error and What to Do About It
If you’re running TensorFlow on your own system, you might see this error message:
“Allocation of xxx exceeds 10% of system memory.”
xxx is the number of bytes that TensorFlow is trying to allocate. If you see this message, it means that TensorFlow is trying to allocate more memory than is available on your system.
There are a few things you can do to fix this:
1. Try using a different allocation strategy. For example, if you’re using the GPU allocator, try the CPU allocator instead.
2. Try reducing the number of cores that TensorFlow is using.
3. Try reducing the batch size.
4. Try reducing the number of layers in your model.
TensorFlow Allocation Exceeds 10% of System Memory: What Does This Mean?
If you’re seeing the message “Your TensorFlow allocation of XXXXXXXX bytes exceeds 10% of system memory”, it means that the TensorFlow process is using more than 10% of the total available memory on your system. This can happen for a number of reasons, but typically it’s due to one of two things:
1. The TensorFlow process is using too much memory for the given task. This can happen if you’re training a complex model, or if you’re training on a very large dataset. If this is the case, you may need to use a smaller model, or use a less memory-intensive training algorithm.
2) The TensorFlow process is using too much memory because there’s a leak somewhere in your code. This can happen if you’re not properly releasing resources after you’re done with them, or if you’re accidently holding onto resources that you don’t need anymore. If this is the case, you’ll need to find and fix the leak in your code.
The best way to determine which of these is causing your problem is to use a tool like top or htop to monitor the memory usage of the TensorFlow process over time. If you see that the process is consistently using more than 10% of system memory, then it’s likely that you have a problem with either (1) or (2). If you only see spikes in memory usage that go above 10% occasionally, then it’s likely that the problem is with (1) and you’ll need to use a smaller model or less memory-intensive training algorithm.
TensorFlow Allocation: What to Do If You See This Error
If you’re seeing the error “TensorFlow allocation exceeds 10% of system memory,” it means that TensorFlow is trying to allocate more memory than is available on your system. This can happen if you’re training a large model or if you have a lot of training data.
There are a few things you can do to fix this:
– Reduce the number of training examples.
– Reduce the size of your model.
– Train your model on a smaller subset of your data.
TensorFlow Allocation Exceeds 10% of System Memory: How to Fix It
If you’re seeing the error “TensorFlow allocation of XXXXXXX exceeds 10% of system memory,” it means that your TensorFlow program is allocating more memory than your system has available. This can happen if you’re training a large model, or if you have a lot of other programs running on your system at the same time.
There are a few ways to fix this problem:
1. Reduce the amount of memory your TensorFlow program is using. This can be done by using smaller models, or by using more efficient data structures.
2. Increase the amount of memory available to your system. This can be done by adding more RAM to your system, or by using a larger virtual machine if you’re using a cloud service.
3. Kill other programs that are using memory on your system. This will free up more memory for TensorFlow to use.
4. Restart your computer. This will clear out any programs that are using excessive amounts of memory, and will allow TensorFlow to start fresh with a clean slate.
TensorFlow Allocation: What You Need to Know
If you’re using TensorFlow, you may have encountered the following error message: “Your TensorFlow allocation exceeds 10% of system memory.” If this is the case, don’t panic! There are a few things you can do to fix the problem.
First, try reducing the amount of memory your TensorFlow program is using. You can do this by tweaking your code or by using a different machine with more RAM. If that doesn’t work, you can try increasing your system’s virtual memory. This will likely solve the problem, but it may decrease your system’s performance.
If you’re still having trouble, there are a few other things you can try, like using a different version of TensorFlow or installing another library that helps with memory management. Ultimately, though, if you’re regularly seeing this error message, it’s probably best to consult with a TensorFlow expert to figure out what’s going wrong.
TensorFlow Allocation Exceeds 10% of System Memory: What to Do About It
If you’re seeing the error message, “TensorFlow allocation of XXXXXX exceeds 10% of system memory,” it means that the TensorFlow process is taking up more than 10 percent of your computer’s available memory. This can cause your computer to slow down or even crash.
There are a few things you can do to fix the problem:
1. Restart your computer. This will kill the TensorFlow process and free up the memory it was using.
2. Reduce the amount of data you’re loading into TensorFlow. If you’re working with large datasets, try loading only a subset of the data into TensorFlow.
3. Use a lower resolution for your images. If you’re working with images, try using images that are lower resolution. This will reduce the amount of memory required to process the images.
4. Use a smaller batch size. If you’re training a neural network, try using a smaller batch size. This will require less memory and may help your training run faster as well.
TensorFlow Allocation: How to Avoid This Error
If you’re running TensorFlow on your computer and get the error message “tensorflow allocation exceeds 10% of system memory killed”, don’t panic! This is a common problem that can be easily fixed.
Here are the steps you need to take to avoid this error:
1. Check your TensorFlow version. If you’re using an older version, upgrade to the latest version.
2. Go to your TensorFlow settings and change the memory allocation percentage from 10% to 20%.
3. Reboot your computer.
4. run TensorFlow again.
With these simple steps, you should be able to avoid the “tensorflow allocation exceeds 10% of system memory killed” error and keep using TensorFlow without any issues.
TensorFlow Allocation: What to Do If You See This Error
TensorFlow is a powerful tool, but it can be challenging to configure. If you see the error message “tensorflow allocation exceeds 10% of system memory,” it means that TensorFlow is trying to allocate more memory than is available on your machine.
There are a few things you can do to fix this:
1. Try reducing the batch size. This will reduce the amount of memory TensorFlow needs to allocate.
2. If you’re using a GPU, try reducing the amount of memory used by TensorFlow. You can do this by setting the environment variable TF_GPU_MEM_FRACTION=0.5. This will reduce the amount of memory TensorFlow uses by half.
3. Try using a different backend for TensorFlow (e.g., Theano or CNTK). Different backends have different memory requirements, so this may help reduce the amount of memory needed by TensorFlow.
4. If you’re still having trouble, try contacting the TensorFlow team for help.
TensorFlow Allocation Exceeds 10% of System Memory: How to Fix It
If you’re using TensorFlow on a system with less than 10 GB of RAM, you may run into an error when allocating memory:
“tensorflow/core/common_runtime/local_device.cc:25] Allocation of xxx bytes exceeds 10% of system memory.”
This is because TensorFlow attempts to allocate a chunk of system memory when it starts up, and on systems with limited RAM this can cause problems.
There are two ways to fix this:
1. Limit the amount of memory that TensorFlow attempts to allocate by setting the environment variable TF_ALLOW_GROWTH=1. This will cause TensorFlow to allocate only as much memory as it needs, and will allow it to grow as required by the workload.
2. Increase the amount of available RAM by adding more memory to the system, or by using a system with more RAM.
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Rh paid part back. And if you take his part, why I'll have nothing to do with your paper."
So ended his wrath.
In 1845, the anti-slavery friends of Michigan employed me to take the field as an anti-slavery Lecturer, in that State, during the Spring, Summer, and Fall, pledging themselves to restore to me my wife and child, if they were living, and could be reached by human agency, which may be seen by the following circular from the Signal of Liberty:
TO LIBERTY FRIENDS:—In the Signal of the 28th inst. is a report from the undersigned respecting Henry Bibb. His narrative always excites deep sympathy for himself and favorable bias for the cause, which seeks to abolish the evils he so powerfully portrays. Friends and foes attest his efficiency.
Mr. Bibb has labored much in lecturing, yet has collected but a bare pittance. He has received from Ohio lucrative offers, but we have prevailed on him to remain in this State.
We think that a strong obligation 'rests on the friends in this State to sustain Mr. Bibb, and restore to him his wife and child. Under the expectation that Michigan will yield to these claims: will support their laborer, and re-unite the long severed ties of husband and wife, parent and child, Mr. Bibb will lecture through the whole State. Our object is to prepare friends for the visit of Mr. Bibb, and to suggest an effective mode of operations for the whole State. | WIKI |
Government shutdown worker missed paychecks could hurt recruitment
For years, government jobs have earned a reputation as stable. Employees could generally count on few surprises, good benefits and a solid retirement. For many workers, it comes with the reward of feeling like they helped the public. The record-long government shutdown, which ended late Friday with a deal to fund several federal departments through Feb. 15, has damaged that notion. Even after the impasse between Congress and the White House ended on its 35th day, after hundreds of thousands of people faced another missed paycheck and staffing shortages caused delays at airports, the closure threatened recruitment and retention of top talent in federal departments. On Friday, about 800,000 federal workers missed their second paychecks, since funding for nine departments lapsed on Dec. 22. Many faced furloughs, while others have had to toil without pay. President Donald Trump and lawmakers have pledged that the employees will get back pay. However, much of the damage has already been done. The missed paydays have left thousands of workers scrambling to cover meals and bills, selling personal items or seeking temporary or permanent work outside of their government posts. Some U.S. employees and outside groups advocating for them worry the political fight over Trump's proposed border wall — which could force another shutdown as early as next month, if the president and Congress can't reach an accord — will drive talented people away from government service. "I expect there will be some long-term repercussions of this in terms of really good people deciding this is not the career they signed up for," one American diplomat posted in Europe who declined to be named said last week about younger people entering the foreign service. The official, who also mentioned Trump's travel ban as a potential factor in driving young diplomats away, is reporting to work during the shutdown and not getting paid. The federal government employs about 2 million civilians, according to the Office of Personnel Management. While many conservatives such as Office of Management and Budget Director and acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney would like to see cuts, federal employment has stayed steady in recent years. The government does send much of its work to private contractors. (Contractors are in dire straits, too. There are about 10,000 companies that are contracted by government agencies affected by the shutdown, according to The Washington Post.) Federal funding has lapsed 21 times since 1976, according to the Congressional Research Service. While workers did not face furloughs in all of those cases, they have during recent shutdowns. With the current partial closure entering its record 35th day and leading to at least two missed paychecks, it has become particularly demoralizing for people considering government work. People entering government jobs often take the posts knowing they could make more money in the private sector. Many — whether in affected areas such as the State Department, Department of Housing and Urban Development or FBI — believe in the mission of their agency. Having a passion for the work only goes so far when employees get paychecks for $0. "Very few people in either the public or private sector can probably tolerate that and be in any kind of great shape," said a representative for the American Federation of Government Employees, the largest government worker union. The AFGE official declined to be named. Congress has created a great deal of uncertainty for government workers in recent years. Funding lapsed — though only briefly — twice last year. Lawmakers have hopped from one short-term continuing resolution to the next to keep the government running, which also creates uncertainty for workers. But employees have felt the pain of this shutdown more sharply. For some, it means finding stopgap sources of income when they cannot go to work, such as driving for Uber. For others, it means considering another line of work entirely — and potentially taking their skills away from public service. One unidentified FBI special agent in the Northeast region said younger bureau employees "have said they will find work elsewhere" if the shutdown is prolonged, according to a statement released by the FBI Agents Association, which advocates for active and retired agents. The official said, "I can't imagine attracting new qualified applicants" due to the shutdown, and speculated that talented people could seek other work. Another special agent in the Washington, D.C., region with a computer science degree questioned the notion of working without pay. "Putting up with lower pay than the private sector only makes sense when you actually get paid," the unidentified agent said in a statement issued by the FBIAA. The shutdown hit at a time when government worker morale was already suffering. Policies such as the travel ban hampered some officials' enthusiasm. But the Trump administration has also proposed stark cuts to various departments in its budget proposals. Employee engagement fell in 2018 in 59.1 percent of federal organizations ranked by the Partnership for Public Service, a nonpartisan nonprofit that advocates for efficient government. Engagement rose in only 39.6 percent of entities listed in its Best Places to Work in Federal Government report, while it stayed the same in 1.3 percent of organizations. Funding lapses only make matters worse, and could deter qualified people from government posts, according to Max Stier, president and CEO of the Partnership for Public Service. "There is no other job that you could be required to be in where you have to work with no paycheck," Stier said. "So it hurts the morale, it hurts the ability to encourage new people to come in." Employment with the federal government has offered particular stability to black Americans. The government is broadly considered a less discriminatory employer than many private sector companies — which Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, noted during an NAACP telephone town hall earlier this month. Black employees made up about 18 percent of executive branch workers in 2017, according to the Office of Personnel Management. During the NAACP event, Fudge said that when Trump suggested on Twitter that most of the people not getting paid are Democrats, he really meant most of those not getting paychecks are black, according to Cleveland.com. Meanwhile, White House officials have faced backlash for an apparent lack of empathy toward unpaid government workers. In a CNBC interview Thursday, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said he does not "really quite understand" why government workers are going to food banks when they could take out loans. Democrats, who have highlighted the plight of government employees as polls show most Americans blame Trump for the shutdown, pounced on his comments Thursday. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi described the remark as a "let them eat cake" attitude. Then, National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow said that the workers are "volunteering" because "they believe government service is honorable and they believe in President Trump and they're working as hard as ever." The White House did not immediately respond to CNBC's request to comment on the perceived lack of empathy or the potential for government workers to leave their jobs. Trump has repeatedly said many federal employees agree with him on border security and believe in his push to build the proposed wall. The AFGE representative estimated that only a "tiny, tiny percentage" of federal employees agree with the president's tactics. The White House and Congress had failed for weeks to break an impasse over Trump's demand for $5.7 billion to construct the barrier. On Thursday, two bills to reopen the government — one with funds for the wall and another without — failed in the Senate. A Democratic-backed measure to temporarily fund the government, which the president threatened to veto, earned more votes in the GOP-held Senate than a Trump-backed plan. While neither of the proposals ended the impasse, the votes appeared to kick-start the first serious negotiations in weeks. Republicans, likewise, have tried to put pressure on Democrats by proposing bills to pay government workers who are not receiving paychecks. Democrats have rejected those proposals, urging the GOP to reopen the government, which would ensure the employees get paychecks. It is unclear how the GOP proposals would ensure people get paid if Congress does not pass appropriations bills. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer talked about a way out of the closure Thursday as senators from both parties called for a short-term plan to fund the government for three weeks. Trump said he would support such a plan, but only if he got a "down payment" on the wall. Pelosi called any funding for the barrier a nonstarter. Until Friday's resolution, it wasn't certain how long the shutdown would have lasted, or what level of pain for government workers would force lawmakers to end it. The fact that a political fight, rather than the merits of their work, caused federal employees to go without pay could make them even more disillusioned, the Partnership for Public Service's Stier said. "They're in their jobs because they care about the missions of the organizations they're working for," he said. "The worst thing you can do is say, 'you can't do what you care about.' Particularly when it's saying that you can't do what you came to work for, not because of your work, but because of some political fight." | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
How You Can Profit From America's $3.6 Trillion Headache
The New York City area is home to more than 25 million people -- and nearly 1 in 10 Americans traverse its highways, byways and transit systems. As any resident of the areawill tell you, the region's transportation infrastructure is getting older by the day.
That's why many are relieved to hear that construction has begun on a replacement of New York's Tappan Zee Bridge. The project will cost an estimated $5 billion to $6 billion, but failure to replace the bridge could cost the localeconomy much more in the long run and could even pose a danger.
Leading civil engineers consider this to be a rare victory for our nation's infrastructure, and in a recent report , they suggested that the United States would need to invest $3.6 trillion by 2020 to bring the nation's infrastructure to an acceptable level. That's nearly double the current projected budget.
These engineers gave our infrastructure a grade of D+, which remarkably, is better than their last report, which I wrote about here .
In their current report, they slapped a C or D grade on most aspects of our infrastructure, and only our solid waste treatment plants received a grade higher than a C. Schools, roads, transit systems and drinking water systems all received a D grade, and these are among the most expensive areas to fix.
In recent years,funds for the repair and maintenance of aging schools have shrunk. The report suggests that at least $270 billion would be required to bring the nation's schools up to code.
Let's be frank: The dysfunction of our government implies that we lack the political will to invest in the infrastructure we need and deserve. At this point, we can only hope that spending rises enough to bring the national grade to at least a C. Still, we are talking about hundreds of billions in annual spending to reach that point.
I wrote a follow-up piece in late 2012 with suggestedinvestment angles. While the picks in that column still look like savvy plays on our nation's aging infrastructure, I've come across a few more ways toprofit .
1. Infrastructure-focusedmutual funds
These funds have similar portfolios, and their long-term performances are unlikely to diverge.
Morgan Stanley Global Infrastructure (Nasdaq: UTLAX )
Cohen & Steers Global Infrastructure (Nasdaq: CSUAX )
Forward Global Infrastructure (Nasdaq: KGIAX )
T. Rowe Price Global Infrastructure (Nasdaq: TRGFX )
2. Low-costexchange-traded fund ( ETF ) route
Most infrastructure ETFs focus on the global opportunity, including:
iShares S&PEmerging Markets InfrastructureIndex Fund (Nasdaq: EMIF )
iShares S&P Global InfrastructureIndex (NYSE: IGF )
SPDR FTSE/Macquarie Global Infra 100 (NYSE: GII )
3. Water-focusedstocks
Partly due to the poor grade our nation's drinking water systems received and partly due to increasingly frequent droughts throughout the U.S. Southwest, it's wise to add water-focused stocks to your portfolio.
American Water Works (NYSE: AWK ) generates roughly $3 billion in annualsales through its management of more than 1,000 facilities for water treatment, storage and wastewater management.
Waters Corp. (NYSE: WAT ) makes water-quality monitoring systems and generates more than $300 million in annualfree cash flow (on a sales base of less than $42 billion).
Watts Water (NYSE: WTS ) is a global provider of water flow control technology that helps aid conservation and boost water quality.
Lindsay Corp. (NYSE: LNN ) makes highly efficient irrigation equipment. The company's sales base doubled from fiscal 2007 to fiscal 2012 (to about $560 million), andanalysts expect sales to rise 20% this year.
Risks to Consider: Continued neglect of our infrastructure wouldmean another lean year for these companies.
Action to Take --> The longer the United States waits to address its infrastructure needs, the greater those needs will be over time. Policymakers appear to be making headway on contentiousissues such as immigration andMedicare spending as part of a possible "Grand Bargain." If they succeed, lawmakers can move on to key challenges such as infrastructure, which appears to have bipartisansupport . That makes this a good time to brush up on key infrastructure investment opportunities, as they may soon emerge as a key growth niche.
-- David Sterman
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Talk:Dave Rearick
This entry should be under rock climbing and not general sports.Oldtimermath (talk) 23:09, 28 May 2018 (UTC) | WIKI |
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of international relations institutes and organisations
The result was no consensus. Mark Arsten (talk) 00:34, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
List of international relations institutes and organisations
* – ( View AfD View log Stats )
Wikipedia is not a directory. The article is nothing else but a collector of links of institutions that doesn't pass WP:A7 (in most cases). Although it may have potential, the article itself was created as one, and it really needs third-party sources that explain why the institutes and organizations are listed under the "international relations institutes and organisations" category. © Tb hotch ™ (en-2.5). 05:23, 2 November 2013 (UTC)
* Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 07:00, 2 November 2013 (UTC)
* Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 07:01, 2 November 2013 (UTC)
* Delete - An unmanageably loose list. Akin to List of things that are brown. Carrite (talk) 06:47, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
* Keep I really do not see the point of the above analogy. It's not a "List of organizations that have q in their name", or "list of organization founded in even numbered years", or even "List of organizations calling themselves institutes", all of which are indeed non-distinctive classes. It's lists or institutes and other organizations devoted to a particular very well defined subject that are notable enough for articles in WP. It's as good as any other subject oriented list of organizations, DGG ( talk ) 02:56, 8 November 2013 (UTC).
* Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
* Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mr.Z-man 02:24, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
* Keep A useful article. The comment about List of things that are brown is silly. LordFixit (talk) 12:23, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
* Would you prefer List of American companies? List of small consumer products? Carrite (talk) 01:25, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
* Oh, you're shitting me........... That's blue? I'd vote delete on that uselessly incomplete and utterly incompletable topic as well. Carrite (talk) 01:27, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
* I'll get out of the way on this, per David G. and the OTHERSTUFF argument I have just managed to make. Carrite (talk) 01:29, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
* Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
* Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 00:42, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
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Frequently asked questions
Browse through the below FAQs below to find answers to commonly raised questions.
What is the programme?
The NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme provides tailored support to reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes. It includes education on healthy eating, including what to eat to help regulate blood glucose levels and the correct portion sizes for your food. It also supports you in incorporating activity into your lifestyle along with other holistic wellbeing strategies that have been proven to reduce the risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes.
Why have I been referred?
There are two referral routes onto the programme.
1. You have recently had a HbA1c or FPG blood test reading that has signified you are at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, with the risk range being between 42-47 mmols/mol.
2. You are pregnant and have developed gestational diabetes
What does the programme involve?
The Diabetes Prevention Programme is a free service, available to all those at risk of type 2 diabetes. The programme will help you make positive lifestyle changes, reduce your blood sugar levels and reduce your risk of developing type 2 diabetes. There are two ways to take part in the programme, depending on your personal preference; either group sessions or the digital one-to-one service.
Both options start with an initial review with a Health Coach to assess your health and wellbeing, understand your individual needs, motivations and programme goals. You will then either join a group programme or access one-to-one support from your health coach via phone calls, video calls, or secure in-app messaging.
Regardless of your choice of programme, the sessions provide education on nutrition, physical activity and holistic wellbeing strategies. The sessions will help you initiate change and empower you for long term success in reducing your risk of Type 2 Diabetes.
What is HbA1c and what does this number mean?
HbA1c is a measurement of the amount of glucose in your blood. If it measures between 42 and 47 mmol/mol, it signifies you’re at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.
Where do you hold group sessions?
Our group sessions are held in venues such as leisure centres, village halls and community centers. You will be given a choice of the nearest locations when we contact you to book.
When do you hold group sessions?
The sessions are mostly held Monday to Saturday with evening appointments available. We will always contact you before we book an appointment to ensure we are booking a day and time that is suitable for yourself.
What do I need for the sessions?
Please make sure you bring a pen and paper with you to each session, there may be activities where you want to make notes to support your learning. We will also be asking you to record your goals at each session
What if I can’t attend my appointment or group session?
You can use the link in your reminder email to book a catch up session, or you can call the team on 0333 577 3010 who can help you with this.
What about the holiday I have booked?
The programme is very flexible, so if you do have a holiday booked, we can put you on sessions that fit around your plans.
Why does the programme last so long?
The programme covers a lot of information and so is delivered over a 9-month period. We want to give you time to take it in and continue to support you whilst you put it into practice.
I have another condition which makes it very difficult /impossible to exercise, can I still attend the programme?
Yes, absolutely. There is a lot more included in the sessions than just physical activity.
Can you provide translators at group sessions?
We do not provide translators, but where there is enough demand, we can arrange groups in specific languages. We can also provide digital copies of the work books in 16 different languages. For 1:1 telephone appointments, where we cannot arrange for a bilingual coach, you are more than welcome to have someone who speaks English translate for you.
What is the digital stream of the Healthier You: NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme?
As part of the Healthier You: NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme, you have the opportunity to join a free digital programme. The digital programme includes 9 months of personalised one-to-one support to help reduce your risk of Type 2 diabetes. This programme is for anyone who would enjoy the benefits of one-to-one support from the comfort of their own home, at a time that works for them.
As part of the programme you will receive tailored support and guidance from your personal health coach remotely via a smartphone app, phone calls or video calls. You will have online access to a range of materials, recipes and other resources. Participants find the one-to-one health coach support very motivating and enjoy the convenience of speaking to their coach from the comfort of their own home.
I’ve been experiencing symptoms of COVID-19, should I still attend my face-to-face session?
If you are booked onto the face-to-face session and have been experiencing COVID-19 symptoms prior to your session or have tested positive, please do not attend your upcoming session. You can contact the team on 0333 577 3010 and we can look to rearrange your session for you.
I’m attending the NDPP and have recently found out that I’m pregnant, can I continue on the programme?
If you are referred to the NDPP whilst pregnant or become pregnant whilst attending the course, you can continue on the programme. You must follow your healthcare or medical team’s advice first and apply the information from NDPP on top of this. Should any contradictions exist, you must follow the healthcare or medical team’s advice.
I’m pregnant and have recently developed gestational diabetes (GDM) whilst attending the NDPP, what can I do?
As you have been diagnosed with GDM you should be seen under a medical (specialist) team. You can continue continue on the programme and are advised to follow your medical team’s guidance first and then NDPP information is layered on top. Where contradictions exist, you must follow the medicals team’s advice.
I have just been referred to the NDPP and have a history of GDM, how can I be supported on the NDPP?
From August 2022, we are able to offer the option of joining a Microsoft Teams group-based programme specifically for service users who have a history of GDM but are currently normoglycemic (blood glucose levels within the healthy range). However, it is worth noting that just as we plan groups in areas based on demand, we will need to ensure we have a sufficient number of waiters before we start the GDM group, which is likely to result in a wait to start the programme.
I have a hearing impairment, how can I be supported on the NDPP?
For service users with a hearing impairment and require a BSL translator, from August 2022, we will be able to offer you the option to join a Microsoft Teams group-based programme, that will be led by a health coach, and a BSL Interpreter will also be present. However, it is worth noting that just as we plan groups in areas based on demand, we will need to ensure we have a sufficient number of waiters before we start the BSL group, which is likely to result in a wait to start the programme.
I have a visual impairment, how can I be supported on the NDPP?
For service users with a visual impairment, from August 2022 we will be able to offer you the option to join a Microsoft Teams group-based programme specifically for service users with a visual impairment. However, it is worth noting that just as we plan groups in areas based on demand, we will need to ensure we have a sufficient number of waiters before we start the visual impairment group, which is likely to result in a wait to start the programme. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
User:Shadowtrooper/swcompanies
I've worked on quite a few of these. So, to save space on my main user page I've moved the companies over here.
Articles
* BlasTech Industries
* Corellia StarDrive
* Corellian Engineering Corporation
* FreiTek, Inc.
* Gallofree Yards, Inc.
* Haor Chall Engineering
* Merr-Sonn Munitions, Inc.
* Nubian Design Collective
* Santhe/Sienar Technologies
* Slayn & Korpil
* Theed Palace Space Vessel Engineering Corps | WIKI |
Magnesium for Insomnia.
Low levels of magnesium can cause troubled sleep and even insomnia. What are the benefits of magnesium for insomnia?
Magnesium is used by the body to combat stress, which is a major cause of depression and sleeplessness. Stress depletes magnesium that is stored in the bones, so increasing your intake of this mineral will have a positive impact on your stress levels and thus your sleep. Magnesium has also been shown to help alleviate anxiety and depression, both of which can negatively affect sleep.
How does Magnesium Promote Sleep?
Depletion of magnesium reserves can lead to the onset of insomnia. Studies have shown that optimal levels of magnesium are needed for normal sleep. Not only can magnesium help you get to sleep, but it plays a part in helping you achieve deep and restful sleep.
In order to fall asleep and stay asleep, your body and brain need to relax. On a chemical level, magnesium aids this process by triggering the parasympathetic nervous system; the system responsible for getting you calm and relaxed. First, magnesium regulates neurotransmitters, which transmit signals throughout the nervous system and brain. It also regulates the hormone melatonin, which guides sleep-wake cycles in your body. Furthermore, this mineral binds to gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA GABA) receptors. GABA is the neurotransmitter responsible for quieting down nervousness. It’s the same neurotransmitter used by sleep pharmaceuticals like Ambien.
By helping to quiet the nervous system in this way, magnesium may help prepare your body and mind for sleep.
Magnesium is good for the brain and central nervous system
Another of the reasons why magnesium can promote good sleep is that it plays a significant role in the central nervous system. It helps to regulate nerve pathways, enzymes, hormones and the neurotransmitters that are responsible for mood. When the synaptic functions of the central nervous system are impeded, depression and anxiety can set in, causing insomnia/sleep deprivation. Magnesium helps to improve the synapses and regulate mood.
Unfortunately, your body may not be getting the magnesium required to help you sleep from your diet alone, making magnesium supplements necessary. Magnesium supplementation is affordable and safe. However, it may interact with certain medications so always consult your doctor before trying magnesium supplements for insomnia. It is worth trying supplementation for a few weeks to see if you notice any changes in your sleep and wellbeing.
Try our Mag 2 powder- a delicious daily supplement that contains 250mg of elemental magnesium. Simply add it to food, smoothies or a glass of cold water and get your health back. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
I (Portuguese newspaper)
i (abbreviation for “informação”, meaning information in English) is a Portuguese language compact daily newspaper published in Lisbon, Portugal.
History and profile
i was first published on 7 May 2009. The founding company of the paper was Sojormedia group. The paper is part of Lena Group. It has its headquarters in Lisbon.
Martim Avillez Figueiredo was the editor-in-chief of the daily and Mónica Bello served as the editor-in-chief of the online version.
i is published in compact format. The paper covers in-depth news analyzes, reportages and news stories and is composed of four main sections: Opinion, Radar, Zoom and More.
In 2009 i won the European Newspaper Award in the category of nationwide newspapers. The paper was also awarded the World’s Best-Designed™ newspaper by the Society for News Design in 2011.
In May 2009 i had a circulation of 11,000 copies and it was 16,000 copies in August 2009. The circulation of the daily was 10,494 copies in 2010 and 8,939 copies in 2011. The paper sold 6,044 copies in 2012. | WIKI |
Young (Kenny Chesney song)
"Young" is a song written by Naoise Sheridan, Steve McEwan, and Craig Wiseman and recorded by American country music singer Kenny Chesney. It was released in December 2001 as the lead single from Chesney's 2002 album No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems. The song peaked at number 2 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and at number 35 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
Content
The narrator reflects on what he did when he was in his teen years.
Music video
The music video was Chesney's first of many videos that were directed by Shaun Silva, and produced by Steve Gainer. It premiered on CMT on January 4, 2002, when CMT named it a "Hot Shot". It was filmed in Sanford, Florida, at the old bridge over the St. Johns River, and on the banks of the river.
Chart positions
"Young" debuted at number 50 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the week of December 29, 2001. | WIKI |
Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 122.djvu/2800
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‘SEC. 1 378 . CRIMINAL PENALTY. ‘‘ W hoe v er, being subject to an order in effect under section 1377, without the prior written approval of the Director, knowingly participates, directly or indirectly, in any manner (including by engaging in an activity specifically prohibited in such an order) in the conduct of the affairs of any regulated entity shall, notwith- standing section 3571 of title 1 8, be fined not more than $ 1, 0 00,000, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.’’. (b) T E CH N I CAL AN D C O N F OR M IN G AMENDMEN TS .—The Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.) is amended— (1) in section 1379 (as so designated by this Act)— (A) by striking ‘‘an enterprise’’ and inserting ‘‘a regu- lated entity’’; and (B) by striking ‘‘the enterprise’’ and inserting ‘‘the regu- lated entity’’; (2) in section 1379A (as so designated by this Act), by striking ‘‘an enterprise’’ and inserting ‘‘a regulated entity’’; (3) in section 1379B(c) (as so designated by this Act), by striking ‘‘enterprise’’ and inserting ‘‘regulated entity’’; and (4) in section 1379D (as so designated by this Act), by striking ‘‘enterprise’’ and inserting ‘‘regulated entity’’. SEC. 1157. N O TICE A F TER SEPARATION FROM SER V ICE. Section 1379 of the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4637), as so designated by this Act, is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘2-year’’ and inserting ‘‘6-year’’; (2) by striking ‘‘a director or e x ecutive officer of an enter- prise’’ and inserting ‘‘an entity-affiliated party’’; (3) by striking ‘‘director or officer’’ each place that term appears and inserting ‘‘entity-affiliated party’’; and (4) by striking ‘‘enterprise.’’ and inserting ‘‘regulated entity.’’. 12USC46 41 . 12 USC 46 39 . 12 USC 463 8 . 12 USC 463 7 . 12 USC 4636 b .
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Rodolfo Aguilar I
Rodolfo Aguilar is the current traditional Tagbanwa Tribal Chieftain of Coron Island Ancestral Domain in the Philippines.
IPRA law
The management and control of Coron Island (also called Calis by the tribe) was only revived upon passage of the Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act of 1997 (IPRA law) that accords tribal minorities rights and privileges allowing them control over their ancestral lands. Aguilar was instrumental in the passing of the IPRA law. He stood in the halls of the Senate of the Philippines and explained the importance of territorial skies above ancestral lands for inclusion in the IPRA law. He also fought for the inclusion of the island's surrounding waters into the ancestral domain. | WIKI |
-- Edwards Falls on Forecast Miss as Rival’s Device Approved
Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (WBMD) , maker of
the Sapien aortic valve, fell the most in six months after it
forecast fourth-quarter earnings lower than analysts’ estimates
and a rival heart valve reached the European market. Earnings excluding certain items will be 81 cents to 85
cents, the Irvine , California-based company said today. The
outlook was less than the 86-cent average 22 analysts’ estimates
compiled by Bloomberg. Edwards declined 5 percent to $73.24 at
the close in New York, its biggest decline since April 24. Sales of the company’s Sapien valve, which is used to
repair a damaged aortic valve in the heart without cracking open
the chest, were slower than expected in the U.S. in the third
quarter. The valve will soon be facing increased competition.
Boston Scientific Corp. (BSX) said today it received approval for its
Lotus heart valve , a second-generation device, in Europe, and
Medtronic Inc. (MDT) plans to present data on its CoreValve at a
medical meeting tomorrow. “While the third quarter 2013 represents a usually
seasonally weak quarter given lower procedure volumes in the
summer months, the Street had been anticipating a U.S.
transcatheter heart valve beat, which did not transpire,” said
Danielle Antalffy, an analyst at Leerink Swann & Co. “Our sense
is that an expected beat was a major driver of the stock’s
recent run, with shares up almost 13 percent in the last four to
six weeks.” Third-quarter net income rose to $76.9 million, or 68 cents
a share, from $69.2 million, or 58 cents, a year earlier, the
company said in a statement. Revenue increased to $495.6 million
from $447.9 million a year earlier, with sales of Sapien outside
the U.S. beating analyst estimates. A German court ruled rival Medtronic’s CoreValve infringed
Edwards’ patent in July, though Sapien sales haven’t increased
yet because of it, said Jason McGorman, an analyst at Bloomberg
Industries in Princeton, New Jersey . To contact the reporter on this story:
Michelle Fay Cortez in Minneapolis at
mcortez@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Reg Gale at
rgale5@bloomberg.net | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
RSC Chairman: Harvey aid could be jeopardized if linked with debt ceiling | TheHill
The chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee on Monday expressed concerns that an agreement on aid to areas affected by Hurricane Harvey would be put at risk if it is paired with a debt-limit increase. “What happened in Texas is a tragedy and it needs an urgent Congressional response," Rep. Mark Walker (R-N.C.) said in a statement. "Congress is united behind this effort, but I worry about jeopardizing an agreement with such legislative games. "Our obligation is to assist those impacted by this great flood, but it's past time the swamp waters in DC begin receding as well," Walker added. "That starts with being both compassionate and fiscally responsible. These two principles are not at odds." Walker's comments come after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Sunday that Harvey aid and a debt-ceiling increase should be packaged together. The debt limit needs to be raised by Sept. 29. "The president and I believe that it should be tied to the Harvey funding, that our first priority is to make sure that the state gets money," Mnuchin said in an interview on "Fox News Sunday." "It is critical and to do that we need to make sure we raise the debt limit." But Walker said that a debt-limit increase needs to be linked to spending reforms — an idea long supported by conservatives. "The alarming trajectory of our debt imperils all supplemental appropriations for dealing with disasters like Harvey in the future," he said. "If we resort to just kicking the can down the road on the debt, it only shows that Republicans do not take the problem of our $20 trillion debt seriously." Walker's statement is in line with comments House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) made to the Washington Post last week. Meadows said that linking Harvey aid and the debt ceiling is "not appropriate." House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck SchumerCharles (Chuck) Ellis SchumerLewandowski on potential NH Senate run: If I run, 'I'm going to win' Appropriators warn White House against clawing back foreign aid Colorado candidates vying to take on Gardner warn Hickenlooper they won't back down MORE (D-N.Y.) said in a statement Sunday that Republicans and Democrats should work together to address Harvey aid and the debt ceiling. “Providing aid in the wake of Harvey and raising the debt ceiling are both important issues, and Democrats want to work to do both," they said. "Given the interplay between all the issues Congress must tackle in September, Democrats and Republicans must discuss all the issues together and come up with a bipartisan consensus.” View the discussion thread. The Hill 1625 K Street, NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20006 | 202-628-8500 tel | 202-628-8503 fax The contents of this site are ©2019 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Rouge-L score in Trainer huggingface
I want to fine-tune t5-efficient-tiny model on a question-answering dataset. I want to use Cross-Entropy loss and ROUGE-L score as an evalution metric. Here is my code for Trainer:
# Define the TrainingArguments
training_args = TrainingArguments(
output_dir="./qa-fine-tuned",
per_device_train_batch_size=8,
num_train_epochs=3,
save_steps=5,
save_total_limit=5,
evaluation_strategy="steps",
eval_steps=5,
learning_rate=1e-4, # Define the learning rate
optim='adamw_torch', # Define the optimizer. it is AdamW
lr_scheduler_type="linear",
load_best_model_at_end=True,
include_inputs_for_metrics=True
)
rouge_metric = datasets.load_metric("rouge")
# Initialize Trainer
# To check the optimizer settings you should check the trainer.args
trainer = Trainer(
model=model,
args=training_args,
data_collator=DataCollatorForSeq2Seq(
tokenizer=tokenizer,
model=model,
padding=True,
label_pad_token_id=tokenizer.pad_token_id,
),
train_dataset=tokenized_train,
eval_dataset=tokenized_validation,
callbacks=[EarlyStoppingCallback(early_stopping_patience=3)],
compute_metrics=rouge_metric
)
However, I am getting TypeError: 'list' object is not callable error in self.compute_metric. Do you have any idea what is the reason and how to solve it?
Hello !
You need to add a compute metrics func as you can find here : https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/blob/v4.33.2/examples/pytorch/summarization/run_summarization.py#L657 | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
A Course in Miracles/Workbook for Students/Review of Lessons 121 -122
LESSON 141
My mind holds only what I think with God.
(121) Forgiveness is the key to happiness.
(122) Forgiveness offers everything I want. | WIKI |
User:Dl2000/Australia MoS draft
The following guidelines apply to articles on Australia-related topics under the purview of the WikiProject Australia.
For general conventions, see Manual of Style.
People
See Naming conventions (people).
Usually, a biographical article should be named in the way the names of the person who is the article's subject usually appears in English-language publications in Australia.
Places
See Naming conventions (geographic names).
Currency
In accordance with Manual of Style (dates and numbers), the first time an Australian dollar amount appears in an article, indicate it like this: " AU$100 " (result: "AU$100"). Subsequently, the "AU" may be omitted (for example, "$100") unless this would be unclear (for instance, if two or more currencies are referred to in the article).
See also WP:$.
Dates
Dates are indicated with the day before the month (International format), that is, "9 August" and "9 August 1965". Therefore, in accordance with Manual of Style (dates and numbers), in articles:
* dates should be set out with the day before the month; and
* the parameter "df=yes" ("df" standing for "day first") should be used with the templates Birth date and age, Birth year and age, Death date and age, Death year and age, and related templates.
Infoboxes
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Measurements
Measurements should be set out using the metric system. Measurements in the Imperial system may be provided in parentheses after the metric measurement as can be done conveniently using the Convert template.
Pronunciation
??? consensus to be determined ???
Spelling
Spelling used on Australian-related articles should follow Australian English practice.
The Australian English template may be used on talk pages of Australian articles, especially in cases where editors require guidance on the applicable spelling conventions.
See also Manual of Style.
Templates
??? anything needed about templates (actually, infoboxes are a subset) ??? | WIKI |
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Why use observability in async Rust? #
In synchronous systems, it’s often easy to understand the flow of execution by looking at log messages. For example, if a thread walking through a single function ends up calling a whole host of other functions, and they all emit log messages, you can often piece together what happened by looking at the log messages in order.
However, in asynchronous systems, this is challenging. When using Tokio, for example, different threads might be executing the same task, as it goes from being parked, to being woken up, to being parked again. Both temporality (when a log event happened) and causality (what caused the event) get muddled. This is where observability comes in, provided by Tokio tracing crate and OpenTelemetry (OTel) crates.
The tracing crate expands upon logging-style diagnostics by allowing libraries and applications to record structured events with additional information about temporality and causality. Unlike a log message, a Span in tracing has a beginning and end time, may be entered and exited by the flow of execution, and may exist within a nested tree of similar spans.
For representing things that occur at a single moment in time, tracing provides the complementary concept of events. Both Spans and Events are structured, with the ability to record typed data as well as textual messages.
Tokio tracing usage #
Code:
Here’s an example of using the tracing crate. Some key symbols to note are::
• #[instrument] attribute is used to create a span.
• Span::current().record() is used to add fields to the span (when the function is running, and this information is not known statically beforehand).
• info!, error!, etc are used to emit log or tracing events. However, these are not used to create spans; they are used to emit events within a span.
• #[tokio::main] is used to run the async main function.
use tracing::{info, instrument, Span};
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
client_task::entry_point(1234).await;
}
mod client_task {
#[instrument(name = "caller", skip_all, fields(?client_id))]
pub async fn entry_point(client_id: usize) {
info!("entry point");
more_context("bar").await;
handle_message(client_id, "foo").await;
}
#[instrument(name = "callee", skip_all, fields(%message))]
pub async fn handle_message(client_id: usize, message: String) {
info!("handling message");
}
#[instrument(fields(extra))]
pub async fn more_context(extra: &str) {
CurrentSpan::current().record("extra", &extra);
info!("more context");
}
}
Here are some key points to remember when using tracing from the code above:
• You have to be careful about recording the same field multiple times, in an async call chain. In the example above, client_task::entry_point() is the entry point, and is the only function that should log the ?client_id; ? means debug. And not any other functions that it calls, like handle_message().
• When you call entry_point(), it will call handle_message(), and the span that is generated by handle_message() will have the client_id field added to it, because of the call chain. So the output of info!("handling message") will have the client_id included in it (for free). It will also have the %message field in it; % means display. You don’t have to explicitly add either of these fields to the info!() call 🎉.
• If you use the client_id field in multiple #[instrument..] attributes in functions (that are in the call chain), then this will show up multiple times in the log output (when using info!, debug!, etc) of the leaf function in the call chain. So when you see the same fields showing up multiple times in the output from info!, debug!, etc, then you know that you have to remove that field from the #[instrument..] attribute somewhere in the call chain (that the span covers).
• You have to be careful about how to use [#instrument] attribute with tracing::Span::record. You have to call tracing::Span::current().record("foo","bar") in the same function where the #[instrument(fields(foo))] attribute is used.
Here are some helpful links to learn more about this topic:
Video of this in action in the real world #
This blog post only has a short example to illustrate how to use Rust tracing and OTel with Jaeger. To see how these ideas can be used in production code, with real-world examples, please watch the following video on the developerlife.com YouTube channel.
Here’s the code for this real world example:
Short example to illustrate the use of tracing and OTel in Rust #
Let’s look a single example (that fits in one file) that illustrates the use of tracing in Rust. You can run cargo new --lib tracing-otel to create a new library crate, and then run the following:
cargo add miette --features fancy
cargo add tracing tracing-subscriber
cargo add tokio --features full
Then you can add the following code to the src/main.rs file.
use miette::IntoDiagnostic;
use tracing::Span;
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> miette::Result<()> {
let subscriber = tracing_subscriber::fmt()
.without_time()
.pretty()
.with_max_level(tracing::Level::DEBUG)
.finish();
tracing::subscriber::set_global_default(subscriber).into_diagnostic()?;
print_message("foo").await;
Ok(())
}
The first part of the code sets up the tracing subscriber. In this case we are using a formatting subscriber that prints logs to the console. This subscriber is configured to not print the time of the log message, to pretty print the logs, and to print logs at the DEBUG level or higher.
When you use #[attribute] along with info!, debug!, etc, Tokio will emit log events that are associated with a span. This is the “emitter” side of the process. The other side is the “subscriber” side, which is where the logs are actually printed to the console, or sent to a file, or sent to an OTel collector service like Jaeger (using OTLP protocol over gRPC).
Tokio tracing allows us to use this simple default subscriber, or create our own custom subscribers. It even allows a subscriber to be composed from layers. We can create our own custom layers, or use some default ones (like the level filter layer).
OTel is itself a tracing layer. In the video & tcp-api-server repo, you will see how to use OTel with Jaeger, and how to configure the OTel layer with a custom layer.
Next you can add the following code to the src/main.rs file.
#[tracing::instrument(fields(arg = ?arg, client_id), ret)]
async fn print_message(arg: &str) {
tracing::info!("log message one");
println!("{}", prepare_message().await);
Span::current().record("client_id", 1234);
tracing::warn!("log message two");
}
#[tracing::instrument(ret)]
async fn prepare_message() -> String {
tracing::debug!("preparing message");
let it = "Hello, world!".to_string();
tracing::debug!("message prepared");
it
}
The print_message function is annotated with the #[tracing::instrument] attribute. This attribute creates a span for the function, and adds the arg field to the span along with the client_id field. In all the log events are emitted within the span, the arg and client_id field will be included in the log output. This additional context is provided by a span. And you don’t have to write any code to the info!, warn!, etc calls to include these fields in the log output.
You can run the code using cargo run. The code will produce the following output.
INFO tracing_otel: log message one
at src/main.rs:38
in tracing_otel::print_message with arg: "foo"
DEBUG tracing_otel: preparing message
at src/main.rs:48
in tracing_otel::prepare_message
in tracing_otel::print_message with arg: "foo"
DEBUG tracing_otel: message prepared
at src/main.rs:50
in tracing_otel::prepare_message
in tracing_otel::print_message with arg: "foo"
INFO tracing_otel: return: "Hello, world!"
at src/main.rs:46
in tracing_otel::prepare_message
in tracing_otel::print_message with arg: "foo"
Hello, world!
WARN tracing_otel: log message two
at src/main.rs:43
in tracing_otel::print_message with arg: "foo", client_id: 1234
INFO tracing_otel: return: ()
at src/main.rs:36
in tracing_otel::print_message with arg: "foo", client_id: 1234
Beyond this simple example, to dive deeper, please check out the video and the tcp-api-server repo to get a sense of how this can all be used in a real world example that has lots of moving parts and pieces. Observability here can tell the story of what happened in the system, so it can be another way of getting an understanding of the system’s behavior.
Build with Naz video series on developerlife.com YouTube channel #
You can watch a video series on building this crate with Naz on the developerlife.com YouTube channel.
📦 Install our useful Rust command line apps using cargo install r3bl-cmdr (they are from the r3bl-open-core project):
• 🐱giti: run interactive git commands with confidence in your terminal
• 🦜edi: edit Markdown with style in your terminal
giti in action
edi in action
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Annealing effect on the chemical structure of diamondlike carbon
Susumu Takabayashi, Keishi Okamoto, Hiroyuki Sakaue, Takayuki Takahagi, Kenya Shimada, Tatsuyuki Nakatani
Research output: Contribution to journalArticle
45 Citations (Scopus)
Abstract
The effect of annealing in an ultrahigh vacuum on the chemical structure of diamondlike carbon (DLC) was investigated using photoelectron spectroscopy, thermal desorption spectroscopy, electrical resistivity, and micro-Raman spectroscopy measurements. The line shapes of the C 1s photoelectron spectra depended on annealing temperature. The relative intensities of four chemical components in the spectra were quantitatively evaluated: s p3 carbon with carbon-carbon bonds (C-C s p3 carbon), s p2 carbon with carbon-carbon bonds (C-C s p2 carbon), s p2 carbon with hydrogen-carbon bonds (H-C s p2 carbon), and s p3 carbon with hydrogen-carbon bonds (H-C s p3 carbon). The variation of the ratio of the components demonstrated that hydrogen in DLC is emitted to the outside in between 450 and 600 °C, and the remaining DLC is graphized above 600 °C. The increase in the asymmetry of the C 1s spectra and the decrease in the electrical resistivity of the DLC film with annealing temperature agree with the picture that the H-C bonds in DLC produces large free spaces in the structure, which inhibit conductive routes and lead to high electrical resistivity.
Original languageEnglish
Article number043512
JournalJournal of Applied Physics
Volume104
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008 Sep 8
ASJC Scopus subject areas
• Physics and Astronomy(all)
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Takabayashi, S., Okamoto, K., Sakaue, H., Takahagi, T., Shimada, K., & Nakatani, T. (2008). Annealing effect on the chemical structure of diamondlike carbon. Journal of Applied Physics, 104(4), [043512]. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2969792 | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
2019 IAAF World Relays – Mixed 2 × 2 × 400 metres relay
The Mixed 2 x 2 x 400 metres relay at the 2019 IAAF World Relays was held at the Yokohama International Stadium on 11 May. It was the first time that this event was held at the IAAF World Relays or indeed any senior level major international competition. Each team had to comprise one man and one woman, who would each run twice, but could be lined up in any order.
Summary
This event mimics high-intensity interval training. The athletes each have to run a high intensity 400 metres, followed by another high intensity 400 metres, only allowing enough rest time for their partner to run around the track once.
Given the option to put men or women first in the order, Kenya and Papaua New Guinea put their men up first, both charging out to an early lead, with Papaua New Guinea's Daniel Paul trying to mark Kenya's Collins Kipruto. Down the final straight, Kipruto opened up a 15-metre lead before the handoff. 30 metres further back, the USA's Ce'Aira Brown had a narrow lead over Belarusian Marina Arzamasova and Australia's Catriona Bisset. With the huge lead and no interference, Kenya's Eglay Nafuna Nalyanya tripped as she took the baton. By the time Donavan Brazier took the USA's baton, Nalyanya was already halfway around the first turn. Over the course of his lap, he led the group of men back to within 2 metres of the Kenyan lead by the handoff, all of them swallowing Papaua's Donna Koniel in the process. Kipruto was bouncing up and down waiting to run again, Brown more sedate in her preparation. Once they had the batons in hand again, Brown stayed with Kipruto through the first turn, separating from the other women by 10 metres through the first turn. Kipruto began to separate down the backstretch, coming off the final turn, Brown had a debt to pay for her early speed. Ayano Shiomi from the home team of Japan and Bisset came back to pass her, half a straightaway behind Kipruto. Australia's Josh Ralph took the baton with a 5-metre lead over Brazier. Brazier took care of that in the first turn and was off into no man's land chasing a tired Nalyanya still 30 metres ahead. By the final turn, it was obvious the lead was not enough; led by Brazier, three men were coming fast. Brazier passed Nalyanya before the straightaway, but Ralph was 2 metres behind him and Japan's Allon Tatsunami Clay was just another two metres back. This was still a race. Brazier persevered; Ralph couldn't gain ground and lost a little to Clay toward the end as the USA, Australia and Japan took the medals. After the race was over, Kenya was disqualified because when Nalyanya tripped she stepped momentarily outside the curb to catch her balance.
Schedule
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In the early 1990s, the world witnessed a unique scientific experiment called Biosphere-2. Eight people dressed in uniformed futuristic jumpsuits entered a hermetic airlock to spend two years inside a huge dome filled with a variety of ecosystems. However, their paradisiacal life quickly turned into a struggle for survival.
At first, everything was perfect. The colonists enthusiastically farmed, monitored the systems, and enjoyed the beauty of nature around them. They harvested crops, fished, and spent time on their little beach. In the evenings they would gather on the balcony, which they called the Visionary Café, and discuss philosophical questions or play music. Everything seemed perfect until the strange and unpleasant news came.
The chief technician of the Biosphere announced that the amount of oxygen in the atmosphere was gradually decreasing and the percentage of carbon dioxide was increasing. If this trend continued, life inside the dome would become impossible in a year. Thus began the struggle for the air they breathed.
Scientists took several measures to cope with the problem. First, they decided to build up the green biomass as intensively as possible. The colonists devoted all their free time to planting and caring for the plants. Second, they ran the backup carbon dioxide absorber at full capacity to reduce its concentration in the air. Third, they used the ocean as a helper. The ocean absorbed some CO2, converting it into acetic acid. However, this made the ocean more acidic, and they had to use additives to reduce it.
Despite their best efforts, the air under the dome became increasingly thin. The colonists were forced to take extreme measures to survive. They limited physical activity to reduce their oxygen intake. They also reduced the number of meals and increased the time between meals to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide released. They even used special breathing masks to get more oxygen.
However, despite their best efforts, the colonists could not completely solve the air problem. They were forced to leave Biosphere 2 much earlier than planned. The experiment was a failure, but it attracted the attention of many scientists and became the subject of discussions about the possibility of creating self-sustaining ecosystems. | FINEWEB-EDU |
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How about the name of Pedro T. Orata he is known to be the father of Barrio High School. Ramon Masaysay awardee in Education i think. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 21:36, 5 January 2022 (UTC) | WIKI |
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'''Whispers 2.0 Whispes 2.0 is a metalcore band hailing from Boston Massachusetts. The band was created in 2013 directly after the disbandment of former postgaycore outfit, Whispers. The band is currently under constuction and has a mere 26 band members and a full length album "Mymomdoesn'tapproveofmyjeans" underworks.
The Formation of Whispers 2.0 Members Barkev Chaglasian, and Hunter realized the true potential of continuing the controvesial legacy that had been paved by the engienus musicianship of the band once known as whispers. Therefore the pheonix had risen and Whispers 2.0 was born. "It's almost as if I took a shit, and then ate it and then shit my shit out again", says front man, and electric 40 string saxophone player Shawn Sousa when asked about the culmination of the band. It wasn't long before Whispers 2.0 played their first world tour back in 1992 (using their time machine) to later influence all of the fagcore bands to come during the 2010's, including whispers which makes for a confusing paradox. During this early stage Whispers 2.0 managed to lose 12 members over a gardening dispute, only to sift to the very knowledgable legends on the Massachusetts Musicians facebook page to regain all of its lost members. "I just remember being super stoked to join such a influential band", proclaimed Geo who plays a mean Skin Flute for the band. Although Whispers 2.0 is still in its developmental stage, it is considered the best band in the world now by The Westburrow Baptist Church, and the Foo Fighters. "I remember the first time I listened to them, my dick fell off, and then I got shot!"-50 Cent.
Stylelistic Origins Whispers 2.0 takes after late greats Whispers, very heavily. So much so that you can't tell the difference between the aweful screams and intentional nasal off key singings of both bands. They both are bad, but Whispers 2.0 defeats their father band with one pinky in terms of musicianship. This is due to the fact that Whispers 2.0 has more break downs and says the word "Fuck" more. Their jeans are also far tighter and ripped more. Their hair deffinately says more "fuck you Society" than that of their for runners. their ears are stretched more and they have a lot more metal in their face.
first breakup Midway through their first tour with Metalica on the 1932 Vans Warped tour, Shawn fucked everyone's girlfriend so they decided to call it quits, only to get back together with a make up CD "Shawnweforgiveyoubleghk". The band finished warped tour and sold five platinum albums. Litteraly they made the albums out of platinum and they only sold five because the album was poor.
Controvesy Much controvesy and many incidents have occurred due to the substantial mid smoking the band does as a whole. Whispers 2.0 is a straight edge band so they only smoke below dro level weed, partially why so many members leave the band. | WIKI |
Caffeine Consumption in the USA – Part 2
What can 42,000 people tell us about the caffeine habits of the US population? Plenty, if you look at the right details. Understanding this information is critical to any conversation about caffeine safety. Since we’ve already reviewed the basics of this caffeine intake study in a previous post, it’s time to take a closer look at the rest of the data.
1-Battle of the Sexes: Caffeine Consumption by Gender
Based on this data, women consume more caffeine than men, per kilogram of body weight (kg/bw), but men consume more caffeine total. For both men and women, coffee is undeniably the main source of caffeine. Women consume roughly the same amount of caffeine (mg per kg/bw) from energy drinks as men do, but it’s not reported what percentage of women or men in the study are energy drink consumers.
Do these products increase the % of female energy drink consumers?
Do these products increase the % of female energy drink consumers?
2-Coffee Inconsistencies: What You Don’t Know About Joe
Take ten seconds and think of as many different caffeinated beverages as you can.
How many did you get?
There were 554 different caffeinated beverages recorded in this study. Each one was filed under one of six categories:
Actual pile of papers I had to grade as grad student TA
Imagine going through all those beverage diaries…
1. Coffee (iced/brewed/instant/decaf etc)
2. Tea (green/white/black/iced etc)
3. Carbonated Soft Drinks (“CSDs”)
4. Chocolate drinks
5. Energy drinks (including caffeinated fruit juice, flavored water and sports drinks)
6. Energy shots
That’s a lot of paper work and data entry!
To analyze caffeine habits of the population, you need to know how much caffeine is in every one of those 554 caffeinated beverages reported. Caffeine values were obtained from beverage companies, multiple USDA Food and Nutrient databases, and the Caffeine Informer caffeine database. Ironically, the most inaccurate, unreliable data included was the amount of caffeine in brewed coffee. A default-standard value was used but, case-in-point, the caffeine content of a 16 oz specialty coffee from a single location ranged from 259 to 564 mg over 6 consecutive days in one survey.
3-Decepticon: Deceptive Contents of a Data Table
In this research article, Table 2 gives a breakdown by age group of total caffeine consumed, and from what source (coffee, tea, soft drinks or energy drinks). The good news is this table highlights how dramatically caffeine habits change with age. For instance, the amount of caffeine 13-17 year olds consume is double that of 6-12 year olds. That’s not surprising as coffee shops are now popular hangouts for high schoolers. Also not surprising is the dramatic increase in caffeine consumption between ages 13-17 and 18-24. Personally, I doubt I would’ve ever made it to Monday’s 8am Organic Chemistry lecture without caffeine.
This table created by Caffeine Informer presents the best parts of Table 2:
CaffContentByAge
Used with permission from Caffeine Informer. Source: Caffeine Safe Limits
Now for the worst parts of Table 2. Here’s an example of how a data table can create more confusion than clarity.
Look at the breakdown for 13-17 year olds in Table 2, below. The table indicates this group consumes on average 83 milligrams of caffeine: 24 mg from coffee, 28 from carbonated soft drinks, 23 mg from tea, and 6 mg from energy drinks.
Table2TroubleSee the problem? There is no energy drink that contains 6 mg of caffeine.
What they’re trying to show is which source of caffeine contributes the most. For 13-17 year olds, most of the caffeine they’re consuming comes from carbonated soft drinks. To understand why the numbers are the way they are, imagine all the 13-17 year olds who DO drink caffeine poured every ounce of their caffeine from every source into one big giant caffeine pool. In that pool, there’d only be 6mg caffeine that came from energy drinks for everyone. But not everyone drinks energy drinks, so some people get more than their fair share.
When you do the math, the numbers do work out.
math is your friendInstead of walking you through my math, let’s just skip right on over to the incredibly helpful Table 3.
4-Analysis Paralysis: What To Do When All the Info You’ve Ever Dreamed of is in One Handy Chart
Behold, the mother of all caffeine consumption charts. There is so much information here it’s easy to get lost in the numbers. This is what we call “Analysis Paralysis.” All of this information is useful though, especially to those who care about caffeine consumption patterns among kids and teens. The best way to find the information you’re looking for is to create a fill-in-the-blank.TerrificTableThree
[A]% of all [B] who consume caffeine consume [C], at [D] mg per day on average. (Note: B stays the same, but I’ve only marked the A, D and C columns for coffee)
Examples:
55% of all age groups who consume caffeine consume coffee, at 190 mg per day on average.
69% of all 6-12 year olds who consume caffeine consume carbonated soft drinks (CDS), at 21 mg per day on average.
10.3% of all 13-17 year olds who consume caffeine consume energy drinks, at 58.7 mg per day on average.
5-Key Takeaways: Truly Understanding Caffeine Habits for Tweens, Teens and College Kids
Any conversation around caffeine safety should consider all sources of caffeine, not just energy drinks. Though energy drinks often contain more caffeine per serving than tea and carbonated soft drinks, coffee beverages can also provide large amounts of caffeine per serving.
In this study, teenagers and young adults are the biggest proportion of energy drink consumers, but still, less than 10% of tweens, teens and young adults get their caffeine from this source (about 70% get their caffeine from carbonated soft drinks). Teens who use energy drinks consume on average 60 mg caffeine per day, which is under the 100mg limit for adolescents proposed by the American Academy of Pediatrics. For age groups 6-12 and 18-24 there weren’t enough energy drink consumers to calculate intake averages, but the total amount of caffeine (from all sources) consumed by those under 18 is still under this 100mg limit.
As I pointed out in the previous post, perhaps all the energy drink consumers were too busy to participate in the survey, but we’ll never know for certain. The demographics of the people who took this survey was controlled to mirror the demographics of the US population, so this data should be considered a reflection of US caffeine intake habits.
Click here to access the full scientific study, Beverage caffeine intakes in the US.
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No wind-down for China on stopping its Iran oil buys: Trump officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Trump administration officials said on Friday that neither a wind-down period nor a short-term waiver on China’s oil purchases from Iran are being contemplated after Washington surprised Iran’s customers on Monday by demanding they halt the purchases by May 1 or face sanctions. The administration has been clear to China, Iran’s top oil consumer, about no additional waivers to the sanctions after the ones granted last November, one of the senior officials said. “They’ve known about it, so to my knowledge that’s not being contemplated,” said the official, adding that ultimately questions about any wind-down period are for the State Department. The State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Under U.S. sanctions law, importers of Iranian oil including China, India and Turkey, could be allowed a wind-down period before getting to zero oil purchases, including a short-term waiver. Any wind-down measures would be different than the 180 day exceptions the Trump administration granted in November to China and seven other importers for significantly reducing oil purchases from Iran, measures set to end in May. China has alternative oil suppliers including the United States and Saudi Arabia said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity. “We understand they don’t like this,” the official said about China’s aversion to sanctions on Iran from the United States alone. “But at same time they tend to act pragmatically and they are going to take what the best most reliable deal is.” President Donald Trump left the Iran nuclear deal between Tehran and six world powers last May. Trump is now reapplying the oil sanctions, without exceptions, for reducing oil purchases, a step the Obama administration never took when it slapped sanctions on Iran. Trump’s sanctions on Iran are intended to curb its nuclear and ballistic missile program and reduce its influence in Syria, Yemen and other countries in the Middle East. Obama’s sanctions targeted only Iran’s nuclear program. After the Trump administration announced on Monday its intent to sink Iran’s oil exports to zero, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards repeated a threat to block the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping route linking Middle East oil producers to markets in Asia, Europe and North America. One of the Trump officials said such a move would hurt both Iran and its allies. “Any attempt to disrupt freedom of navigation would be debilitating to Iran first and foremost ... and then to the range of the international community ... working hard to advocate on their side,” the official said. If China does not cut Iran oil purchases to zero, the Trump administration may have to make a decision on blocking Chinese banks from the U.S. financial system. That could have unintended consequences for finance and business between the world’s two biggest economies, already in negotiations over trade disagreements. “It could,” one official conceded about the potential for unintended consequences, “but that’s why China’s decision is easy, it’s not a difficult decision for them mathematically. They do business with the U.S. which is critical, they do business with Iran which is not critical.” Reporting by Timothy Gardner and Humeyra Pamuk in Washington; Editing by James Dalgleish and David Gregorio | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Cryogenic Liquid Flow
For the most part, civil and mechanical engineers deal with fluid flow that conforms to the rules professed by Bernoulli regarding steady flow of a continuous stream of fluid. The fluid normally is either all vapor or all liquid. An engineer with cryogenic experience evaluates fluid flow in a cryogenic piping system very differently.
Liquid fluids such as oil or water passing through a pipe or channel normally remain liquid throughout their entire journey. With normal liquids the pressure and temperature do not vary enough to change the fluid state. The cryogenic engineer, on the other hand, must constantly deal with a fluid stream that is both vapor and liquid with constantly changing proportions of each. They must deal with a fluid that is saturated and is therefore constantly on the verge of boiling. A slight change in pressure or heat influx will cause the liquid to boil until it reaches its new saturated condition within the slightly different environment. For example, liquid nitrogen stored within a bulk tank at 45 psig will boil until its saturated pressure reaches 45 psig. It then becomes stable within the tank. As it enters a piping system where frictional losses reduce the pressure (pressure drop) as it travels along, it becomes unstable and boils again.
A typical problem for a cryogenic engineer is the sizing of a piping system for a needed flow rate of a cryogen. The cryogenic engineer must take into account the two-phase condition of the fluid in the piping system because two-phase flow dramatically affects mass flow rate. Any point of flow restriction such as a fitting, orifice, elevation change, or rough bore pipe will cause pressure drop. Any heat influx into the cryogen through the pipe will also cause two-phase flow since the higher temperature cryogen will boil at a constant pressure condition. Two-phase flow is unavoidable in a cryogenic piping system. It can an only be minimized.
Two-phase fluid substantially reduces cryogenic system flow. Flow reduction can be estimated mathematically once total system pressure drop and heat leakage is known. A two-phase flow condition has a lower density than a pure liquid, resulting in a lower delivered mass flow rate.
There are three kinds of two-phase flow:
1. A rather homogeneous mixture of vapor bubbles and liquid. This condition can exist without a dramatic reduction in mass flow, although some equipment may not respond favorably to a vapor/liquid mixture.
2. “Slug” flow, consisting of alternating sections of pure vapor and pure liquid. This condition results not only in a major mass flow rate reduction; it also can damage piping and equipment due to dynamic loading and vibration.
3. Annular flow where the liquid moves along an annular region adjacent the pipe wall and the vapor flows through the center of the pipe. The vapor moves at much higher velocity through the center of the pipe, while the liquid moves at a slower velocity along the walls. This condition results in very low mass flow rate, rendering a piping system virtually ineffective.
Cryogenic Liquid Flow
Two Phase Cryogenic Fluid Flow Through Pipe
Technifab’s experience has been that any cryogenic piping system with a pressure drop greater than 10 psig (.7 bar) from the bulk tank to the end use point will not achieve flow rates predicted by standard hydraulic flow rate calculations. These conditions require a more thorough analysis of the two-phase flow and must account for the pressure drop and heat leak to prevent surprises in reduced flow when the piping system becomes operational.
There are several ways that are used to reduce two-phase flow. They fall into two major categories, improving the system performance and venting or separating the vapor from the liquid. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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GPS Surveys And The Techniques
In this post, we will discuss GPS surveys and the techniques used.
GPS surveys by Vinci Surveys LimitedGPS stands for global positioning system. It is a profoundly precise route framework utilizing signals from satellites to decide an area on surface of the Earth, independent of climate conditions.
It is subject to GPS satellites very high over the Earth that transmits signals containing the area and the time of the satellite. Any ground beneficiary that gets signals from at least four GPS satellites usually utilize route conditions to ascertain its area on the surface of the Earth. Steady flagging can then refresh speed and bearing data for moving collectors.
GPS was initially designed for use in the military, however recently it has been opened for non-military personnel utilize and is presently utilized as a part of such basic applications as cell phones, auto route frameworks, and obviously mapping and surveying.
HOW GPS IS USED IN SURVEYING
Mapping and surveying was among the primary business adjustments of GPS, as it gives a scope and longitude position straightforwardly without the need to gauge edges and separations between focal points.
Nonetheless, it hasn’t altogether supplanted field instruments used in surveying, for example, the Electronic Distance Meter, theodolite, or the more present day Total Station, because of the cost of the innovation and the requirement for GPS to have the capacity to see satellites along these lines confining its utilization close to trees and tall structures.
GPS innovation is regularly consolidated into Total Station to deliver solid survey information. GPS collectors utilized for benchmark estimations are for the most part more mind boggling and costly than the ones used commonly, requiring a fantastic receiving wire.
TECHNIQUES FOR GPS ESTIMATION AND SURVEYING
1. Static GPS
A Static GPS is utilized for deciding exact directions for review focuses by at the same time recording GPS perceptions over a known and obscure study point for not less than twenty minutes. The information is then prepared in the workplace to furnish arranges with a precision of superior to anything 5mm contingent upon the term of the perceptions and satellite accessibility at the season of the estimations.
2. Kinematic Real Time GPS
This is the place one collector stays in one position over a known point which is a Base Station while another one moves amid positions which is a Rover Station. The Rover’s position can be processed and put away inside in a few moments, utilizing a radio connection to give a coordinate remedy. This strategy gives comparative exactness to benchmark estimations inside ten km to base station.
3. Consistently Operating Reference Stations (CORS)
It is where a review quality GPS collector is introduced permanently in an area as a beginning stage for any GPS estimations in the locality. Basic clients of CORS are real building activities, mining destinations and also local governments. GPS collectors used by surveyors can then gather field information and join it with the CORS information to compute positions.
Numerous nations have a CORS arrange that are utilized by numerous enterprises. The CORS system in the UK uses a web based preparing framework to convey information over the web inside 24 hours, and also give positions inside an exactness of a couple of centimeters. Nearby CORS systems are likewise used to give moment positions by utilizing a cell phone information connection to give a coordinate remedy to the surveyor and also their rover.
Conclusion
A large portion of the studying strategies depicted create more than the base number of perceptions expected to figure positions or statures. So it is workable for a position or stature to be figured by a few ways through the system of perceptions and get somewhat extraordinary outcomes on account of the vulnerabilities in the overview perceptions.
To determine this, all perceptions are typically joined into a numerical procedure which delivers the best position for each point alongside a gauge of the vulnerability. This procedure is known as a Least Squares modification.
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The Principles and Methods of Topographical Surveys
topographical surveyingTopographical surveying is defined as the determination and recording of heights and coordinates data for a given surveyed location. The data from such recordings can then be used to produce various topographic products such as spot height and contour maps, and other terrain models of the area surveyed. This helps in describing the shapes and detailed characteristics of various ground features.
The General Principles Of A Topographical Survey:
There are a number of principles that govern the entire topographical surveys that are not unique to Vincy Surveys Limited. They include:
• Boundaries: Whereas boundaries form the bulk of cadastral survey, they are of equal importance in the topographical surveys. Recording your survey boundary helps in ensuring that the data obtained can be spatially located thereby making it easy to manage the collected points. In a topographical survey exercise, these boundaries are generally defined by the field boundary of the surveyed area and must be recorded immediately after instrument orientation.
• Features: Another important thing to be considered are the features located on the intended survey area. Such features may include archeological sites, buildings and even historical remains that are not to be included in the final topographical reports. As a general principle, it is recommended that the coordinates and levels associated with such features to be reordered but kept separately and assigned unique identifications.
• Topo Points: The main aim of the topographical surveys is to record topo points that give the elevation data for the area surveyed. This is achieved by either recording points at high density over a given swath, or through even coverage and feature oriented point collection in cases where high density is not achievable. The main difference between even coverage and feature-oriented topographic surveys is that the latter involves equal point spacing while the former involves high-density point collection on a targeted feature.
• Breaklines: This is a specific point-sequence survey pattern that is employed in surveying features with clear boundaries. The main reason for this technique is that it allows for easy surface reconstruction of the intended feature in the offices.
• Reference Datum: Whenever viable and achievable, it is recommended for these topo points to be referenced to a given set up NSRS datum, as opposed to some subjective grid or vertical reference framework.
Positioning Methods and Accuracies In Topographical Surveying
Techniques utilizing single navigation frameworks are material for cases for which errors of ± 20m range are satisfactory. Specific cautionary measures, including experimental data calculation for adjustments based on known points (TBM or PBM) and restricting survey period to 2hours to dawn and sunset, are some of the most recommended practices of ensuring accuracy and good performance of a survey instrument.
There are several methods of topographical survey. However, triangulation and traverse methods are the most common and recommended. Triangulation involves angular measurements while traverse method, on the other hand, involves the measurement of both horizontal and angular measurements.
Topographical Survey Equipment
The topographical surveys equipment has evolved over time from the medieval Egyptian rope and plumb bob to the Total Station of the modern era. Even though this equipment is made up of several kinds, the most common ones are the Total Station, Dumpy Level, and Theodolite. Of course, these include the other innovative means of obtaining levels and distances on the earth surface through remote sensing and GPS.
What You Need To Know About Land Surveys
Setting out Pen Y FanLand surveying identifies the job of a surveyor who helps to locate a piece of property along with the assistance of technology and science. It’s about locating the three-dimensional positioning of the land and additional particulars associated with it. This eventually helps to point out the location regarding terrains or sort out the limits of the different properties.
Surveying your Land- A brief
Surveying the property implies delving into the details of studying the field of land and garnering details to inspect the precise place of the land. The entire process includes the intricate job of retrieving, measuring, marking as well as mapping to enable in the survey. A lot of instruments and inspection follow the actual surveying job. Nevertheless, the surveyor must go into the facts of the recorded documents, the judicial studies, land surveys which are registered to re-establish the position of the terrains or the property boundaries.
The land survey opens to other connected services, for example, the surveying of any construction layout, mapping, working out the data related to mapping, finding out the measurement associated with elevation, length, volume, area, angle and finally employing the detailed data associated with property survey and analysis of the same. Surveying the property is an intricate job that takes into account the study of the property, a good observation of the details, studying the legal instruments so as to provide the result to the perspective of designing, planning and finally establishing the construction of the boundaries of properties.
Why is surveying important?
Surveying takes on the key role in bringing the effective result to your vision of establishing buildings or improvements. Irrespective of great position and adequate condition, you have to survey the other details of the property for utilising the many other fields like building, communication, transportation, mapping, and construction. Hence, to develop the perfect atmosphere for the people, property survey or site surveying is essential.
What is Site surveying?
Site surveying follows the method of watching as well as studying the features of the sites and not only distinguishing it but also recording the details. Site survey refers to the studying of a particular site in particulars for planning and designing for potential use. Additionally, it means comprehending the cultural landscapes as well as the bio facts of the site. By site, some might refer to the archaeological sites and surveying such sites include going into the details of the artefacts and the human historical past, However, the wireless site surveying is now a more popular topic of discussion, and it also refers to the coverage of signals from each of the obtainable points inside a building. For this, you need the floor plans, signal coverage of the building as well as the access point location.
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Chapel Royal
A chapel royal is an establishment in the British and Canadian royal households serving the spiritual needs of the sovereign and the royal family.
Historically, the chapel royal was a body of priests and singers that travelled with the monarch. The term is now also applied to the chapels within royal palaces, or a title granted to churches by the monarch. In the Church of England, working royal chapels may also be referred to as royal peculiars, an ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the monarch. The dean of His Majesty's chapels royal is a royal household office in the United Kingdom that, in modern times, is usually held by the Bishop of London. In Canada, the three chapels royal are affiliated with some of the country's First Nations.
A British chapel royal's most public role is to perform choral liturgical service. The British chapels royal have played a significant role in the musical life of the nation, with composers such as Tallis, Byrd, Bull, Gibbons, and Purcell all having been members of the choir. The choir consists of gentlemen of the chapel royal singing the lower parts alongside the boy choristers known as the children of the chapel.
Outside the United Kingdom and Canada, there is also another royal chapel, St. Peter's Church - Their Majesties Chappell, located in St. George's Parish, Bermuda.
Middle Ages
In its early history, the English Chapel Royal travelled, like the rest of the court, with the monarch and performed its functions wherever he or she was residing at the time. The earliest written record of the Chapel dates from c. 1135, in the reign of Henry I. Specified in this document of household regulations are two gentlemen and four servants; although, there may have been other people within the Chapel at that time. An ordinance from the reign of Henry VI sets out the full membership of the Chapel as of 1455: one dean, 20 chaplains and clerks, seven children, one chaplain confessor for the household, and one yeoman. However, in the same year, the clerks petitioned the King asking that their number be increased to 24 singing men, due to "the grete labour that thei have daily in your chapell". The master of the children of the Chapel Royal had, until at least 1684, the power to impress promising boy trebles from provincial choirs for service in the Chapel.
From the reign of Edward IV in the late 1400s, further details survive: There were 26 chaplains and clerks, who were to be "cleare voysid" in their singing and "suffisaunt in Organes playing". The children were supervised by a master of song, chosen by the dean from among the gentlemen of the Chapel Royal. They were allocated supplies of meat and ale and their own servant. Additionally, there were two yeoman of the Chapel, who acted as epistlers, reading from the bible during services. These were appointed from children of the Chapel whose voices had recently broken.
Tudor period
The Chapel remained stable throughout the reign of Henry VIII and the dissolution of the monasteries. The number of singers did vary during this period, however, without apparent reason, from between 20 to 30 gentlemen and eight to 10 children. The Chapel travelled with the King to the Field of the Cloth of Gold and during the second invasion of France.
The Chapel increasingly took on another, unofficial function that grew in importance into the 17th century – performing in dramas. The affiliated theatre company, known as the Children of the Chapel, produced plays by playwrights including John Lyly, Ben Jonson, and George Chapman, and performed them at court and then commercially until the 1620s. Both the gentlemen and the children would act in pageants and plays for the royal family, held in court on feast days such as Christmas. For example, at Christmas 1514, the play The Triumph of Love and Beauty was written and presented by William Cornysh, then-Master of the Children, and was performed to the King by members of the Chapel, including the children.
In music, the Chapel achieved its greatest eminence during the reign of Elizabeth I, when William Byrd and Thomas Tallis were joint organists.
17th century
In the 17th century, the Chapel Royal had its own building in Whitehall, which burned in 1698; since 1702, it has been based at St James's Palace. The English Chapel Royal became increasingly associated with Westminster Abbey, so that, by 1625, over half of the gentlemen of the English Chapel Royal were also members of the Westminster Abbey choir. In the 18th century, the choristers sang the soprano parts in performances of Handel's oratorios and other works. Under Charles II, the choir was often augmented by violinists from the royal consort; at various times, the Chapel has also employed composers, lutenists, and viol players.
Functions and functionaries in the chapels royal of the United Kingdom
The Chapel Royal in the United Kingdom is a department of the Ecclesiastical Household, which was established in 1483, under Edward IV, as the Royal Free Chapel of the Household. The Chapel Royal, in this sense, is a grouping of clerics and musicians, rather than a physical building. Traditionally, the members of the Chapel Royal are divided into clerics, choristers, and gentlemen of the Chapel. The Chapel Royal is a royal peculiar – a church institute outside the usual diocesan structure of the Churches of England and Scotland. It is one of the three major royal peculiars, the others being Westminster Abbey and St George's Chapel, which includes the Royal Chapel of All Saints. The members of the ecclesiastical household in Scotland are supplied by the Church of Scotland, while the members of ecclesiastical household in England are supplied by the Church of England.
Since the 18th century, the dean of the Chapel Royal in England has been the sitting Bishop of London, with control of music vested in the sub-dean (currently Paul Wright). The Chapel Royal conducts the Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph in Whitehall and combines with the choir of the host abbey or cathedral at the Royal Maundy service. The choir was among those selected to sing at the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla in 2023.
United Kingdom
The location of the United Kingdom's Chapel Royal has varied over the years. For example, in the early Tudor period and in Elizabeth I's reign, the Chapel's activity was often centred on the Greenwich Palace and the Palace of Whitehall. During and since the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, the Chapel's primary location is at St James's Palace.
St James's Palace
The chapel at St James's has been regularly used by the canons and singers since 1702, after the loss of the Chapel Royal at Whitehall Palace to fire, and is the most commonly used facility today. Located in the main block of the palace, it was built around 1540 and has been altered since, most notably by Sir Robert Smirke in 1837. The large window to the right of the palace gatehouse is in the north wall of this chapel, which is laid out on a north-south, rather than the usual east-west, axis. Its ceiling is decorated with royal initials and coats of arms and is said to have been painted by Holbein.
The separate Queen's Chapel, once also physically connected to the main building of St James's Palace, was built between 1623 and 1625 as a Roman Catholic chapel for Queen Henrietta Maria, consort of Charles I, at a time when the construction of Catholic churches was otherwise prohibited in England. From the 1690s, it was used by continental Lutheran courtiers and became known as the German chapel. The "Minister for many years" of the "royal French chapel" at St James's Palace was Pierre Rival (d. 1730), one of whose sermons is published as Sermon prononcé le 7 de Juillet 1713 jour d'action de graces pour la paix dans la chapelle royale françoise du palais de Saint James. The adjacent palace apartments burnt down in 1809; but, they were not rebuilt and, between 1856 and 1857, Marlborough Road was laid out between the palace and the Queen's Chapel.
Windsor
At Windsor Castle is one of the largest royal peculiars, St George's Chapel. However, it is governed by its own college, separate from St. James's Chapel Royal. Near the royal apartments, there is also the smaller private chapel. In the grounds of Windsor's Royal Lodge is the Royal Chapel of All Saints.
Scotland
In the 15th century, it is believed that the Chapel Royal referred to a prebend in the Church of St Mary on the Rock, at St Andrews. In 1501, James IV founded a new Chapel Royal in Stirling Castle; but, from 1504 onwards, the deanery of the Chapel Royal was held by successive Bishops of Galloway with the title Bishop of the Chapel Royal and authority over all the royal palaces within Scotland. The deanery was annexed to the bishopric of Dunblane in 1621, and the Chapel Royal was moved to Holyrood. Following the Glorious Revolution in 1688, a mob in Edinburgh broke into the abbey, entered the Chapel Royal, and desecrated the royal tombs. From then on, the building fell into decay and became a roofless ruin. The restoration of the abbey has been proposed several times since the 18th century – in 1835, by the architect James Gillespie Graham as a meeting place for the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and in 1906, as a chapel for the Knights of the Thistle – but both proposals were rejected.
Other chapels royal
At the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court Palace, a permanent chorus was created in 1868. The chorus, which sings on Sundays and major feast days, consists of 14 boy members and six gentlemen members. An organ was built in 1712 and, most recently, restored in 2013.
Two patronised chapels royal almost never attended by the monarch are the Chapels of St John the Evangelist and St Peter ad Vincula in the Tower of London, having their own chaplains and choirs. In 2012, Roger Hall, the Chaplain of the Tower of London, was made canon of the Chapel Royal at the Tower of London, the first such appointment since the 16th century. In 2016, the King's Chapel of the Savoy in Westminster, London, which is the monarch's by right of the Duchy of Lancaster, was brought for ecclesiastical purposes within the jurisdiction of the chapels royal. Chapels with a royal original purpose, but currently without royal patronage, include the Royal Chapel of St Katherine-upon-the-Hoe in the Royal Citadel in Plymouth. However, in 1927, King George V re-granted the title royal chapel to the Garrison Church.
Several other locations have formerly hosted the Chapel Royal, including the former Chapel Royal in Brighton. This was used by visiting royalty and as the primary chapel of ease to St Peter's Church. The chapel was formally separated from St. Peter's parish in 2010 and became a parish in its own right. Another former chapel royal was situated in Dublin, prior to the independence of Ireland in the 1920s. The Chapel Royal in Dublin operated within Dublin Castle, which served as the official seat for the lord lieutenant of Ireland. Buckingham Palace had a royal chapel designed by John Nash for Queen Victoria but it was damaged by enemy bombing in World War II and what was left was eventually incorporated into the Queen's Gallery.
Canada
Chapels royal in Canada are religious establishments which have been granted a rare honorific distinction by the monarch in recognition of their unique role or place. Three sanctuaries in Canada, all located in the province of Ontario, have been designated as chapels royal. All have associations with First Nations communities and the connection between them and the Canadian Crown.
Mohawk Chapel in Brantford was designated as a chapel royal in 1904 by King Edward VII. This was done in recognition of the historic alliance between the Mohawk people and the Crown, referred to as the Covenant Chain. In 2004, Queen Elizabeth II designated Christ Church, near Deseronto, as a chapel royal. The chapel served as the church for the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory and was designated as a chapel royal in recognition of the community's military service.
The first two chapels royal are situated within Mohawk communities that were established in Canada after the American Revolutionary War. Several gifts from the Crown were bestowed on these chapels royal, including silver communion services and a Bible from Queen Anne, a triptych from King George III, a Bible from Queen Victoria, and a bicentennial chalice from Queen Elizabeth II. In 2010, Elizabeth II presented to the Mohawk Chapel a set of silver hand bells engraved with the words Silver Chain of Friendship, 1710–2010, to commemorate the tricentennial of the first meeting between Mohawk representatives and the Crown.
In April 2016, the Queen approved in principle that St Catherine's Chapel in Toronto be designated a chapel royal. The chapel itself is situated within Massey College, a college of the University of Toronto, conceived by Vincent Massey, a former governor general of Canada. It became Canada's third chapel royal on 21 June, National Indigenous Peoples Day, 2017. St Catherine's Chapel is the first interfaith and interdenominational chapel royal and the only one with its own title in an Indigenous language. It was designated as a chapel royal in recognition of the sesquicentennial of Canada, the relationship between Massey College and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, and as a gesture of reconciliation. The chapel acknowledge the history of the Royal Proclamation of 1763 and its ratification by the Treaty of Niagara in 1764
Bermuda
Their Majesties Chappell is located in St. George's Parish, Bermuda. It was first designated as such in a royal warrant dated 18 March 1697 during the joint reign of King William and Queen Mary, and reconfirmed by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on 18 March 2012. St. Peter's - Their Majesties Chappell stands as the oldest surviving Anglican church in continuous use outside the British Isles. | WIKI |
A Clear View of How Your Eyes Change with Age
Few parts of the body have been as romanticized in poetry and other forms of literature as the eyes. Whether you subscribed to the eyes as being the windows of the soul or the beholder of beauty, they still serve a very practical and necessary function- the eyes allow you to see.
Like every other part of the body, your eyes go through a remarkable transition as you age from infancy into adulthood. To help you gain a better appreciation of how your eyes work and what you can expect to change as you grow older, here’s how your vision changes over the years.
Infancy
At birth, the eyes of newborns are incredibly sensitive to light but cannot register colors very well or focus on objects. While during the first few weeks of life the world may appear as a blurry realm of grays and whites, after four weeks a child can start to focus on objects less than three feet away. By the time a child reaches four months of age, he can start to see across the room and a full spectrum of colors begin to manifest.
A child should undergo her first eye exam at some point between six months and a year, and many eye doctors recommend a child undergo a comprehensive eye exam by the time she turns three. By this age, the early signs of vision problems such as lazy eye or nearsightedness should become apparent. A early eye exam should include tests that determine overall eye health and visual sharpness.
Adolescence
Roughly one out of every four school-age children has some type of vision problem, usually nearsightedness. Unfortunately, despite the need for corrective lenses, only a third of all children undergo an eye exam prior to string school. Most experts recommend that a child receive an eye exam prior to starting the first grade, and then undergo subsequent exams every two years after.
Because a child’s eyes continue to develop as they grow older, children who are nearsighted will often have their vision worsen until they reach 20.
Of course nearsightedness isn’t the only eye problem that can afflict young children, as roughly three percent of all kids suffer from amblyopia, more commonly known as lazy eye. The condition occurs when nerve signals traveling between one eye and the brain fail to properly work. Fortunately, the majority of children who suffer from lazy eye can have the condition corrected by wearing an eye patch over the stronger eye.
Adulthood
One of the first signs that a person has reached middle age is the need for reading glasses. By the time most people reach their mid-40s, they’ll need some kind of assistance performing up-close tasks, such as reading. This change in vision is referred to as presbyopia, and is a completely normal part of aging. To correct this condition, you can try wearing special contacts, bifocals, or reading glasses. In some instances, undergoing laser surgery can provide some assistance.
Presbyopia occurs due to a loss of flexibility in the lenses of the eye. Prior to turning 40, the lens in each eye remains incredibly flexible, but that flexibility wanes the older a person becomes. Over time, this reduction in flexibility reduce a person’s ability to view objects clearly up-close. You might first notice the signs of presbyopia when you need to move a magazine or menu farther away in order to see it clearly.
The older a person becomes, the more underlying health conditions can begin to affect his or her vision. Chronic conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes can have a negative effect of the health of your eyes and vision. Diabetes, for example, ranks as the leading cause of blindness among adults, while high blood pressure can damage nerves and blood vessels in the eye, leading to permanent vision loss.
For seniors over 60, one of the most common and serious eye conditions they must contend with is glaucoma. A deterioration of the nerves in the eye, glaucoma often creates excessive pressure in the eye, and can be treated through surgery or the use of eye drops.
Keep in mind as you age, that eye health depends on the individual. By undergoing eye exams ever few years, and talking with your doctor about any loss of vision, you should be able to keep your eyes healthy and seeing clearly for years to come.
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Electric eel
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gymnotiformes
Family: Gymnotidae
Genus and Species: Electrophorus electricus
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The electric eel is a knifefish and is more closely related to catfish and carp than to other eel families. This electric fish can generate up to 800 volts of electricity!
Physical Description
The electric eel has a slender, snake-like body and flattened head. Its thick, scaleless skin is generally dark gray to brown, and its underside is a yellow-orange color.
Similar to other eel shaped fish, the electric eel lacks pelvic fins. It has a small, or reduced, caudal fin and also lacks dorsal fins. Instead, an elongated anal fin helps it maneuver through the water, where it can swim forward, backward or hover, as it searches for prey.
Three specialized electric organs—the main electrical organ, the Hunter’s organ and the Sachs’ organ—make up about 80 percent of this fish’s body. Its remaining vital organs are tightly packed within the anterior, or front, part of its body.
The electric organs create strong and weak electric charges, which are utilized for defense, hunting, communication and navigation. Stronger electric charges can be energetically exhausting for this fish. Its strongest electric pulses are produced by the main electrical organ, as well as two-thirds of the Hunter’s organ. The remainder of the Hunter’s organ and the Sachs’ organ produce the weaker electric discharges.
Size
Electric eels grow to lengths of 6 to 8 feet (2 to 2.5 meters).
Native Habitat
This species is widely distributed across northern South America. Its range spans across Brazil, the Guianas, Suriname, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Electric eels inhabit the quiet, slow-moving waters of ox-bow lakes, streams, pools and flooded forests of the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers, preferring side channels but also living further inland.
Both of the rivers these fish inhabit are subject to a natural fluctuation of water driven by precipitation patterns, which results in two distinct seasons: wet and dry. The two seasons bring about drastic changes in available habitat for electric eels.
During the rainy season, the rivers swell, re-connecting lakes and ponds as the forests flood. Juvenile electric eels disperse and expand into new territories. As water recedes in the dry season, large groups of fish become isolated in the pools and smaller streams that remain.
The water in these areas is poorly oxygenated, but electric eels are specially adapted to thrive in this environment. They are obligate air-breathers, which means they surface for air periodically. Their mouths are heavily vascularized with folds that increase the surface area, allowing them to breathe air, rather than trying to meet their respiration needs through gills in warm, anoxic waters.
Throughout the dry season, the electric eel is also at greater risk from predators, such as large mammals, that hunt from outside the shallow waters it inhabits. Because there is little space to retreat, the fish is often forced to defend itself.
Water efficiently conducts electricity, providing a wide surface area for the electric eel’s shock to be applied. This means that an electric pulse delivered through the water may not be as painful for a large predator as one delivered outside of the water. As such, an electric eel can instead jump out of the water, sliding its body up against a partially submerged predator to directly target its shock. The eel then delivers its electric pulses in increasing voltages.
Communication
Electric eels communicate using low electric organ discharges. This electricity is produced in pulses, and the duration of a pulse is much shorter than the time that lapses between each pulse. The frequency at which weaker electric pulses are produced varies between males and females, as well as across individuals.
Electric eels can detect these signals and interpret information about other individuals in the water. They can even convey information about their sex and sexual receptivity, which is important during the breeding season.
Electric eels are not the only fish to communicate using electric organ discharges. More than 220 species of South American knifefish in the electric eel's lineage use this highly advanced method of communication and detection.
Food/Eating Habits
Adult electric eels are generalist carnivores, eating fish, crustaceans, insects and small vertebrates, such as amphibians, reptiles and mammals. Juveniles feed primarily on invertebrates, and newly hatched electric eels will eat remaining, unhatched eggs.
In addition to defense, electric eels use their shocking power to hunt. In the dark and murky waters they inhabit, prey can be difficult to spot. To aid its hunt, the electric eel has motion-sensitive hairs along its body (the lateral line system) that detect any slight pressure change in the surrounding water. When the eel suspects a prey item is nearby, it emits two rapid electric pulses, called a doublet.
This doublet affects the muscles of the prey, causing it to twitch involuntarily and alerting the electric eel to its presence. With a series of high-voltage pulses (as many as 400 per second), it then paralyzes and consumes its prey. This entire process happens so quickly that it can be difficult for the human eye to observe in detail.
Reproduction and Development
Female electric eels lay between 1,200 and 1,700 eggs during the dry season. Males construct nests made of saliva and guard the larvae until the rainy season begins. This parental care may be the result of increased food competition and potential for predation during the dry season.
More research on the reproductive cycle and behavior of electric eels is needed to determine exactly how spawning takes place. Some researchers posit that spawning occurs in successive batches throughout the dry season, while other accounts document that all eggs are deposited at once.
Lifespan
The average lifespan of electric eels in the wild is still unknown. In human care, males typically live 10 to 15 years, and females generally live 12 to 22 years.
Electric eels are listed as a species of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List, as of 2009.
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244 to the World." His voice was a breathy falsetto. He crammed his linen into the case.
"I understand," Colburn said, putting up his hat from his forehead, "that you had a mine in Idaho."
"Me? I had n't." He clapped down the top of the case and snapped the catches on it. "Nor anywhere else."
"On the Snake River," Colburn added.
Sims was bending down to his work. He did not straighten up, but after a perceptible pause he turned to the reporter the tail of a startled eye. Colburn's face shone in the light with a plump and interested geniality.
"You 've got the wrong man," Sims said hoarsely.
Colburn replied, without irony, in a tone merely of seeking further assurance of his mistake: "Oh! Is that so? Did n't you stake out a claim there, with a partner, on an island in '98?"
Sims reached his hat and his overcoat, and caught up his suit-case. "I 've got to catch a train. I 've got no time to talk to you. I 've got no time, I tell you. Let me out of here."
"I 'm sorry," Colburn said as he opened the door. "I wanted to give you a chance to put us right on that story. That thing 's pretty heavy, ain't it? Let me have it." And with all the calmness of his strength he took the suit-case forcibly from the trembling Sims. "What train do you want to catch?"
Sims struggled into his overcoat, hurrying along the hall, pulling his battered soft felt hat down on his ears. | WIKI |
Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2007 February 6
= February 6 =
I'm having iTunes issues
Hi people. I'm having problems with iTunes and my music store. Some time ago, I came on to my computer and I saw that my entire music library was gone. I asked someone who had had this problem and they gave me some tips, but they aren't working. If anybody has anything to say, please share it. Thanks.-- C J King 01:49, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
All I can say is back up next time. If you put your library on a DVD if your computer crashes then you still have it. But, check your Hard Drive. Look around for the music. Maybe the folder was just moved or something. Good luck :-) Ilikefood 22:18, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
* If you bought a bunch of the songs off of iTunes, you can re-download them without having to pay for them again. I've forgotten exactly how but there is a way to do so. Dismas|(talk) 22:41, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
* is your music library on itunes gone, or do you still have the music files? -- [|.K.Z|] [|.Z.K|] 09:24, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
looking for a South Park ep.
hey guys, are there any episodes that has anything to do with communism? THANKS Lil devilz 07:46, 6 February 2007 (UTC) Lil_devilz
* I can't really think of any, but you can check at List of South Park episodes. -GhostPirate 16:49, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
link of 'we hate balayya'
Hi I want to see the communtiy - we hate balayya please tell me where can i find it in orkut.
regards sethu
Zardoz
Who played the male lead in this film (not Sean Connery)--DarkFuture 10:17, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
* What do you mean? Sean Connery's character clearly was the male lead. Otherwise, I think you should check out imdb.com . 惑乱 分からん 11:24, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
* See Zardoz. Perhaps you are thinking of John Alderton? (Man, that film was weird!)--Shantavira 13:20, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
* Are you referring to the title character? If you are, Niall Buggy played Arthur Frayn/Zardoz. - Zepheus <ゼィフィアス> 21:07, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
sub genres of thrash metal
What are the sub-genres of thrash metal?? (on the trash metal section on wikipedia say that black metal and death metal are sub genres of thrash metal, but black and death metal are not sub-genres, they are genres of metal.)
* "Death Thrash"? "Black Thrash"? Anyway, I think genre classification might get out of hand sometimes, and I'm not a metal expert... =S 惑乱 分からん 19:10, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
* Next they will want to know the sub1-sub2-sub3-...-subn-genre of thrash metal. − Twas Now ( talk • contribs • e-mail ) 07:33, 7 February 2007 (UTC) I hope some mathies appreciate my bad joke.
NO, i will give a exemple of what I want to know : there is metal, there is the genre of metal called doom metal and there the sub-genre of doom metal that are drone doom, funeral doom, traditional doom....... So i want to know the sub-genres of thrash metal (the sub-genres in the trash metal articles are wrong because they say that black metal and death metal are sub-genres of thrash metal, but they are genres of metal, like doom metal, thrash metal, folk metal and industrial (and others) are.
* Our article on thrash metal does mention three significant regional scenes, plus the thrash-related blackened thrash metal and crossover thrash subgenres. You're right; the sub-genres listed in the thrash infobox at the top of the page aren't very good; I'd say they're more genres that followed thrash than they are subgenres. I don't know enough about infoboxes to easily remove them myself. That being said, aside from (small) regional differences and the hybrid genres I referred to above, I'd say that there aren't really any subgenres of thrash metal, certainly any uniformly accepted set. Let's have some perspective; this was a genre of music whose heyday was about 6 years long, and was played by four major bands and perhaps a few dozen bands notable in any way. At some point, it gets silly trying to reduce the bands, albums and songs into sub-sub-sub-genres, and it's easier talking about the specific differences between Beneath the Remains and Reign in Blood rather than trying to invent some sort of Darker Brazilian Thrash Metal and Punk Influenced High Speed Social Thrash Metal subgenres or whatever to describe them. --ByeByeBaby 02:22, 8 February 2007 (UTC) | WIKI |
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§ 108.] THE LAW OF PRIVATE CORPORATIONS. [CHAP. VI. understanding will they render themselves personally liable to persons defrauded and injured thereby. 1 § 106. One thing further as to the relationship between the promoters, and persons agreeing to take shares and tioiTof* 1Ca " making deposits. Such persons enter into such an deposits. agreement and pay their preliminary deposits, ex- pecting that a corporation, with the nature and general pur- poses of which they have been made acquainted by the pro- spectus and representations of the promoters, will be organized ; and they have contracted and paid their money with this spe- cial scheme in view. Clearly, if the promoters apply the funds so deposited in any other way than that which the subscribers were justified in contemplating, the subscribers' moneys have been misapplied, and each of them has a plain claim to recover back such funds from any promoter responsible for their mis- application. Such a misapplication would be a conversion of the funds of the subscribers, for which wrong an appropriate action would lie. It would seem, moreover, that any depositor should have a remedy, not only to obtain damages from the promoters for any misapplication of deposits, but, in cases where justice could not otherwise be done, that a depositor might com- pel the promoters to apply such funds to the furtherance of the scheme for which they were subscribed, at least so far as it would be practicable for a court of equity to enforce such ap- plication. -__^-^ — . 107. V7e~come now to the relations between a person who , *2/* v Subscrip- has agreed to take shares in the stock of the future '<*0l' tions gen- -t~ eraiiy'en- corporation, and that corporation itself when organ- l*mt*r» foroeable ■ • by the cor- lZeu. w°henor- § 108. First, i n regard to enforcing the agreement ganized. to subscribe for shares. This was an agreement be- tween the parties thereto to do a certain thing, to wit, to sub- scribe for shares in the stock of a certain corporation when or- ganized ; that is, it was an agreement to invest a certain amount of capital in a certain manner, to be used for a certain purpose. If we regard the corporation when formed as a distinct person, a legal difficulty will at once arise. This "person" was not a contrary to public policy, if not ac- tually tainted with fraud. Morgan v. Struthers, I3l U. S. 246. 80 i See Hall's Case, L. R. 5 Ch. 707; Getty v. Devlin, 70 N. Y. 504. | WIKI |
Thomas W. Mossberg
Thomas W. Mossberg (born 1951) is an American physicist, formerly of Columbia, Harvard, and the University of Oregon. He was also the founding President and CEO at LightSmyth Technologies, a nanotechnology company in Eugene, Oregon.
Early life and education
The son of William and Rosemary (née Kotilinek) Mossberg, Thomas William Mossberg was born in 1951 in Hennepin, Minnesota. He completed his undergraduate work at the University of Chicago in 1973. He earned a Ph.D. at Columbia University 1978, with a dissertation titled, Excited-state, tri-level, and two-photon echoes in atomic sodium vapor, advised by Sven R. Hartmann.
Career
After faculty positions at Columbia University and Harvard University, Mossberg joined the physics faculty at the University of Oregon from 1986–1999. Colleague Michael Raymer wrote, "Thomas Mossberg (Ph.D. Columbia Univ., 1978) in 1987 established a group to study experimental quantum optics. His group was first to demonstrate narrowing below the natural line width of an atomic emission line by the modification of the density of optical states within an optical cavity. In 1999 Mossberg went on to found successful optical technology companies in the Eugene area."
In 1996, the American Physical Society reported on "recent advances in spectral holographic optical data storage" of Mossberg's research, leading to "high capacity, high speed, optical RAM, and content-controlled optical switching devices". Mossberg's research between 1995–1997 was supported by NSF grants valued at $492,530.
At the urging of the University Technology Transfer Office, Mossberg started Templex Technology, Inc.: ""
Mossberg's research produced hardware with record-breaking information density and speed: ""
Mossberg also founded LightSmyth Technologies, serving as its president and CEO from 2000 until his retirement in 2018. The firm had three NASA research awards between 2005–2007, at a total value of $769,744. LightSmyth Technologies produced high performance transmission gratings and other diffractive devices for the optical communications industry. In 2014, LightSmyth Technologies was acquired by Finisar Corporation which was in turn acquired by II-VI Corporation.
Selected patents
* Time domain data storage, (1984).
* Amplitude and phase control in distributed optical structures, (2004).
* Temperature-compensated planar waveguide optical apparatus, (2006).
* Multimode planar waveguide spectral filter, (2006).
* Optical waveform recognition and/or generation and optical switching, (2006).
* Multiple distributed optical structures in a single optical element, (2006).
* Multiple-wavelength optical source, (2006).
* Near to eye display system and appliance, (2010, application abandoned).
Awards and honors
* Mossberg was elected an Optical Society of America Fellow in 1993.
* In 1995, Mossberg was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society, cited For his work on optical resonance and cavity quantum electrodynamics, including the imaginative use of dressed-atom effects to control atomic dynamics and create new mechanisms for optical gain. | WIKI |
The best fat burners: the different types
It can be rather overwhelming when you realise just how lots of distinctive fat burner merchandise are accessible. All of which will no question state that they are the ‘ones that work’. But how do you know which fat burners to select, and additional importantly, how do you know which solution is heading to perform for you? This posting will tackle the concern of the distinctive kinds of fat burners, and how you use this information to attain your particular aim.
Fats Burners: Thermogenics
Thermogenic signifies to develop heat as a result of metabolic stimulation, and this is how thermogenic fat burners develop their impacts. They aim to boost the metabolic level of the specific taking them, subsequently increasing the caloric expenditure and burning additional fat, notably at relaxation. Thermogenics are most generally utilized for folks striving for fast fat decline, and they will usually contain a controversial substance recognised as ephedrine a substance that is incredibly related to amphetamine and methamphetamine and functions by increasing noradrenaline output and androgenic receptor action. Other common substances observed in thermogenic fat burners are caffeine, synephrine, HCL, yohimbe and eco-friendly tea.
There are some common aspect consequences involved with thermogenics enhanced alertness, enhanced energy degrees, enhanced concentration and a fast heart level most of which are as a result of the stimulants existing. If you know you happen to be delicate to stimulants, or have a heart situation, then it would be recommended to request stimulant free of charge thermogenic fat burners. It is also recommended that stimulant centered merchandise should be cycled, and you should give your entire body a ‘rest’ from them to minimize the stresses that they put on the central nervous program
So in small, thermogenic fat burners will be efficient at increasing your metabolic level and increasing energy degrees, nevertheless they will have to be taken with prior information of your capacity to handle stimulants.
Fats Burners: Thyroid Regulating
The thyroid gland is found in the entrance element of the neck (under the voice box) and is an critical hormonal gland that provides regulatory consequences on the body’s fat burning capacity. The thyroid provides two hormones, triiodothyronine (T3) and tetraiodothyronine aka thyroxine (T4). Hypothyroidism is a situation that impacts people by not generating enough thyroid hormones to continue to keep their fat burning capacity working at a expected level. The resulting signs or symptoms, amongst some others, are a slowed fat burning capacity, fat attain and feelings of tiredness.
Thyroid regulating fat burners provide the substances typically produced by the thyroid, and request to rectify the concern of a slowed fat burning capacity. They are expert fat burners that request to boost the metabolic level and sustain an efficient thyroid gland. On the other hand if an specific suffers from a seriously deficient thyroid gland then they should request healthcare advice before taking any dose of thyroid regulating fat burners.
Fats Burners: Carb Blockers
Carb Blockers perform on the basis that in get to lose fat you require to be in a damaging calorie harmony. They assist realize this by blocking the absorption of the carbohydrate that is common in lots of of our meals. Considering that you never soak up the carbohydrate, it is simply passed out of the entire body without having remaining consumed as further energy. Carb Blocker Fats Burners perform by inhibiting certain enzymes that focus on the digestion of carboydrates that are existing in the foods we consume. Considering that carbohydrate abundant meals usually pose the greatest dilemma to folks trying to lose fat, these fat burners grow to be rather efficient at fixing this dilemma. As said above, fat decline functions as a function of whole energy consumed, when you block a significant percentage of these energy from at any time remaining absorbed, you have an efficient method of increasing fat decline.
It will have to be recommended nevertheless that, although these fat burners are efficient at increasing fat decline, blocking the absorption of this kind of an critical macronutrient is not usually recommended. Right after all a great deal of remaining a healthier human remaining requires consuming a healthier balanced diet program. If you had been to block the absorption of some crucial nutrition (even though this is an efficient way of increasing fat decline) it can simply develop a incredibly damaging outcome on the entire body.
Fats Burners: Fats Blockers
As you may have labored out, Fats Blocker Fats burners perform in a incredibly related way to Carb Blockers. They request t reduce the digestion and absorption of the fat that is existing in the foods you consume. In undertaking so, they will be slicing out a major sum of energy that you take in in your diet program (as fat tends to contain additional energy for each gram). Present in Fats Blocker Fats Burners is Chitosan, a substance that binds to fat before it has been absorbed saved in the entire body.
Chitosan is a controversial substance that has been demonstrated to be efficient at lessening degrees of entire body fat. There is nevertheless a problem that Chitosan could impair the absorption of other vital substances in the entire body, for occasion, Carotenoids, which the entire body later on converts into Vitamin A.
Again then, these fat burners are possible to be efficient at burning fat at the expenditure of remaining potentially harmful to other processes transpiring in your entire body.
Fats Burners: Hunger Suppressors
A lot of folks associated in higher depth and higher frequency physical exercise regimes will really feel hungry almost all the time. As Arnold Schwarzenegger was quoted stating, ‘For me, daily life is continually remaining hungry’. You are not by yourself with this experience, lots of folks have to offer with this dilemma when trying to lose fat, and it truly is not usually a physiological concern. There are also psychological troubles at enjoy in this article, and it may even be that you have gotten utilized to feeding on a significant sum of foods it can take your entire body a although to adapt.
Hunger Suppressers perform by reducing your urge for food, so lessening the sum of energy you take in through the day and subsequently increasing weigh decline. It is a flawlessly logical method for burning fat, and if taken properly, a flawlessly efficient one. A person of the additional common components observed in Hunger Suppressant Fats Burners is Hoodia, a plant native to Africa. It is rumoured that Hoodia has been utilized on very long searching expeditions in Africa where foods was scarce, and produced massively favourable impacts when it cam to urge for food suppression.
If you put up with from possessing a significant urge for food and really feel this may perfectly be the cause you happen to be not shifting the fat then these fat burners may perfectly be for you. It is nevertheless critical to observe that slicing your daily calorie consumption to considerably less than twenty% under your routine maintenance amount is unwell recommended and can result in the opposite consequences to accurate fat decline.
Fats Burners: Cortisol Blockers
Cortisol, a steroidal glucocorticoid, is produced in the entire body when an specific is going through a annoying time period or celebration. Its output can be a dieter’s nightmare as it suggests that the entire body is in an overly stressed state (potentially above trained) and qualified prospects to an accumulation of fat fat burning capacity and storage in the entire body.
Corisol can have a significant affect on how your entire body bargains with fat storage and usage, and the odds are that it is taking part in a job in inhibiting fat decline if you in shape the bill of an overly stressed specific who may be above teaching.
A Cortisol Blocker will assist reduce the damaging consequences of cortisol on fat decline, so lessening the odds of you storing the fat relatively than burning it as gas. These usually contain lots of components that you will have listened to of. Among them are, chromium, eco-friendly tea, caffeine, yerba mate, guarana, l-carnitie, and CLA.
Fats Burners: Summary
So now you know a little but additional about the distinctive kinds of fat burners, you can come to a additional educated conclusion as to which should advantage you the most. Right after all, the additional precise your aim is, the additional prospect you have of achieving it so as an alternative of pondering ‘I require to burn fat’, as an alternative think, ‘ I require to suppress my urge for food making use of an Hunger Suppressant’, or ‘I require to boost my energy expenditure making use of a Thermogenic’.
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Citations:zeitgeister
Noun
* 1) * 1940: Project Muse, Journal of the History of Ideas, p292
* Ages, Zeitgeister, national, and racial minds seem to me to have outlived their usefulness, if they ever had any…
* 1) * 1959: George Boas, Some Assumptions of Aristotle, p11
* I am far from maintaining that there exist group-minds, Zeitgeister, collective unconsciousness, or self-evident truths.
* 1) * 1970: Helen A. Weinberg, The New Novel in America: the Kafkan mode in contemporary fiction, p64
* However, that Kierkegaard and Buber were presences in the Zeitgeister inhabited by Kafka and Bellow as well as in the particular lives of Kafka and Bellow is significant information to the student of twentieth-century literature…
* 1) * 1974: Dennis MacCort, Perspective on Music in German Fiction: The Music-fiction of Wilhelm Heinrich Riehl, p127
* In its largest dimension the dual theme of the novella is an historical antithesis: two ages, two Zeitgeister stand tensely opposed to each other in the painful period of transition.
* 1) * 1974: Martim de Albuquerque, Notes and Queries, p242
* Their endings, the ultimate damnation or salvation of the hero, provide a fairly reliable index of the alternating optimistic and pessimistic zeitgeister…
* 1) * 1977: Joseph Chamberlain Furnas, Stormy Weather: Crosslights on the Nineteen Thirties: An Informal Social History of the United States 1929–1941, p369
* The moral to this anomaly may be that Zeitgeister are unreliable because afflicted with tunnel vision.
* 1) * 1987: Manfred S. Frings, Philosophy of Prediction and Capitalism, p5
* This experience has been shared by the twenty or so great thinkers, at one time or another, independently of the different eras and zeitgeister they lived in.
* 1) * 1996: Leslie J. Francis & Susan H. Jones, Psychological Perspectives on Christian Ministry: A Reader, p58
* There is also a sense in which particular Zeitgeister may have an impact upon facets of the results that are gleaned from an empirical study.
* 1) * 1998: Royal Scottish Geographical Society, Scottish Geographical Magazine, p65
* Professor Howe’s chosen theme of a set of geomedical zeitgeister might have emerged more clearly if he had chosen to treat his earlier historical sections as sub-periods, with a major synthesis to contrast them with his eighteenth and nineteenth century and modern periods.
* Professor Howe’s chosen theme of a set of geomedical zeitgeister might have emerged more clearly if he had chosen to treat his earlier historical sections as sub-periods, with a major synthesis to contrast them with his eighteenth and nineteenth century and modern periods. | WIKI |
2019 Rajasthan State Men's League
The 2019 Rajasthan State Men's League was the 1st season of the top tier state level football league in the Indian state of Rajasthan conducted by Rajasthan Football Association starting from 20 September 2019 with 8 participating teams and concluded on 6 October 2019. JECRC FC become 1st champions. All matches were played on single venue Rajasthan University Sports Complex.
Teams
* Ajmer FC
* AU Rajasthan FC
* JECRC FC
* Mewar FC
* Neerja Modi FA
* Playspace FC
* Poornima Panthers
* Zinc Football Academy | WIKI |
Yolmeh Khandan
Yolmeh Khandan (, also Romanized as Yolmeh Khandān; also known as Yūlmeh Khandān and Yolmeh Khandān-e Pā’īn) is a village in Gorganbuy Rural District, in the Central District of Aqqala County, Golestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,007, in 193 families. | WIKI |
Paid Notice: Deaths KELSON, SELMA (NEE LURIE)
KELSON--Selma (nee Lurie), age 70, on December 28, 2003. Beloved wife of Leonard. Loving mother of Andrea (Chris Fleming) and Judith (Jonathan Schuster). Devoted sister of Marian Useloff. Cherished grandmother of Jack and Nora Fleming and Liliana Kelson. Adored aunt of Andrew and Jen Useloff. Great aunt of Ethan. Services Tuesday, 11:45 am at ''The Riverside'', 76th St and Amsterdam Avenue. In lieu of flowers, contributions in her name may be made to Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th St, NYC, 10011. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Czar Peter Romanov I, also known as Peter “The Great,” took many actions as being the absolute ruler of Russia. Known as one of the most controversial leaders in world history, Peter impacted Russia positively and negatively through westernization and opening Russia to the west. In general, the founder of modern Russia had a positive effect on the country because of his technological development that czar brought in during the forty-two years of his reign. Peter “The Great,” who came to power in 1683, had the main goal to modernize a crude nation that lagged significantly behind the countries of Western Europe in the fields of politics, education, economy, and technology. In other words, Peter’s main goal as Czar of Russia was to westernize his country.
He realized that Russia should be westernized in order to ensure its independence, which was a positive impact Peter had completed. Already fascinated by mechanical inventions, he studied government and politics of the West. He modernized the calendar, simplified numerals, and the Russian alphabet. To make sure Russia had contact with the West, Peter captured the east shores of the Baltic Sea from the Swedish land and built a new capital named after himself named St. Petersburg. Peter managed to modernize Russia without borrowing money from the country. As a result, he imposed heavy taxes on the citizens. Taking into account the fact that European men usually were clean shaven, he even taxed Russians wearing beards.
All of the taxes that Peter imposed were part of the negative actions he had taken. As for the positive side of Peter’s reign, his reactions towards the government were a good thing he did. In general, he had three reforms developed for the government. The local government that provided all the towns with the right to elect their own government officials. Provincial government that included the division of Russia into 8 gubernias. Each of the gubernias was led by a Gubernator, who had all of the power in his gubernia. And finally, there was the central government that Peter advised himself. Peter “The Great” thought that these reforms of government would become an important driver of sustainable development and modernization of Russia.
When it comes to the political achievements of Peter, he did his best in order to turn Russia into a prevailing power in Europe. Through diplomacy and wars, Czar Peter Romanov I managed to gain more than a million square kilometers of new territories. In order to ensure his land will be protected from the Turks, Peter allied himself with the nations of Western Europe. Since the territories that czar gained were more economically developed than his motherland, he used this fact as a chance to build the famous cities like Petrozavodsk and Saint Petersburg.
Another positive thing that this Russian leader might get credit for was that the famous church, the Peter and Paul Cathedral, was built under his able leadership and guidance. Not only was it a place for the people of St. Petersburg to pray, but it was also used as a fortress to protect the area from possible attacks of Swedes. It was the first church in the city made out of stone. The Peter and Paul Cathedral church stood 404 ft. tall, being the tallest building in St. Petersburg. All of the Russian emperors are buried in the church – from Peter “The Great” to Alexander III.
Among other achievements, it is important to mention that Peter “The Great” organized and established the first standing navy and army in the country. He left behind the tradition to raise an army from the upper class only in times of war. As an alternative, Peter established a new form of army. The latter was made up of the Russians from the lower class. The commanders were foreign officers, as well as some people from the upper class. Resulting from such acts, the Russian army was raised to 200 000 soldiers by 1925. What is more, 28 000 sailors, 800 galleys, and 48 battleships were at the disposal of the Russian army. These grandiose changes in the field of Russian army combined with the great defeat of the Swedish troops were the first steps that the country took to gain its power in European history that is still visible today.
One of the greatest achievements of this ruler of the Tsardom of Russia is the implementation of the western form of education. Before Peter Alexeyevich, education in Russia was below the level of that of Western Europe. While in Western Europe emphasis was made on the sciences, mathematics, and social science, the form of Russian education lagged behind significantly. Bearing all this in mind, Peter “The Great” made it his mission to provide Russian people with a decent form of education that would be compared favorably with the one existing in Western Europe. To guarantee cultural and industrial development, czar introduced such important subjects like humanities, math, engineering, science, and social science. What is more, Peter established the School of Engineering and Mathematics, School of Medicine, School of Navigation, and School of Social Science and Humanities. In order to ensure the school would prosper in their fields, the ruler brought in many educated and qualified experts from the countries of Western Europe. These academics taught the subjects in the schools established by Peter. In addition to that, Peter “The Great” exerted every effort to provide Russian students with an opportunity to travel to the West in order to learn the western lifestyle, technologies, and education. Along with establishing modern courses, he introduced education for the male kids of landowners that was mandatory. To add more, Peter provided his motherland with its first newspaper, museum, and hospital. Today’s scholars in Russia are mainly the result of Peter’s efforts and dedication. In other words, Russian czar did his best in order to provide people with an opportunity to gain an honest income, as well as create various investment options. Due to the fact that the country was behind the countries of Western Europe, all the social, political, and educational reforms implemented by Peter “The Great” helped to enhance the living conditions of the local people, as well as informed them about the western culture.
Drawing from the above discussion, I am pleased to note that Peter I had a positive effect on Russia. From westernization to his reforms of government – some of Peter’s ways are still used in modern Russia until this day. Regardless of all of his possible flaws, we cannot downplay Peter’s achievements due to the fact that this man helped turn Russia into a leading European power. Above that, Peter “The Great” introduced a brand-new level of education, reorganized national government, opened factories, introduced western culture to the locals, as well as brought the country out of a debt trap. The 42-year reign of Czar Peter “The Great” is known as a turning point in the history of Russia. What is more, even in the present day this man is considered as the founder of the main principles of leadership that are being applied in modern Russia in the twenty-first century as well. | FINEWEB-EDU |
Talk:Franklin B. Gowen
My dead-tree
My dead-tree encyclopedia's Molly Maguires entry says 24 were convicted, but only 10 executed...do you have a solid source for 'nearly twenty' executed? Might mention Ancient Order of Hibernians connection in the 'Investigating the unions' section. The intro mentions the trial leading to the disbanding of the Maguires, but the body text has no follow up...might mention it in the 'The trial and sentencing of the Molly Maguires' section, especially if you can find a date when it happened. Niteowlneils 04:02, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)
* Forgot to mention: "Charles Smith, Gowen's predecessor at the railroad, had his comeuppance as he survived Gowen for another eleven years." seems like a bit of a non-sequitur--I don't usually think of simply out-living someone as a 'comeuppance'. Seems like it should be rephrased or explained. Niteowlneils 04:08, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)
* The McClure's Magazine reference from 1894 asserts the execution toll as 19 at the end of the article. The same reference also says that the trial's result "was the complete extermination of the order of Molly Maguires," but doesn't give a date. I'll add it to the subsection. I've seen mention of the Hibernians connection, but I wanted to keep this article more toward Gowen himself as he is the subject of the article; I'll try to fit in a quick mention of the connection. On the outliving, it's a reference to the coup that Gowen led to move Smith out of the presidency permanently that is touched on in the Rise to the presidency section. slambo 14:34, Mar 11, 2005 (UTC)
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To answer the HTML comments that were inserted: slambo 15:26, Mar 11, 2005 (UTC)
* Fifth child or fifth son? I'm not entirely sure. Most of the references that I've seen say he was James Gowen's fifth son, with no mention of who his mother was. Indeed, there is no mention that I've seen of who James Gowen had married or how many times he married. The only reference that I've found so far to go into any further details is the Gowen Research Foundation reference; it lists the family of James Gowen and Mary Miller, showing Franklin as the fourth child. Since most references state fifth son and I don't know about any other marriages for James Gowen, I haven't nailed it down to less ambiguous terms yet. If I ever find out more, I'll be sure to update the text.
* Where did he study law? I don't know; it's early enough that he may even have been self-taught much like the popular stories of Abraham Lincoln. I haven't seen it in any of the references yet, and the John Beck's name is the only school name that I've seen so far.
Portrait at Penn
I added a link to a portrait of a Franklin B. Gowen at UPenn, but it says there that he was a prof during the 20th century, well after the F.B. Gowen in the article died. The Portrait at the University of Pennsylvania is likely that of a descendant. So I have removed it.--BillFlis 19:37, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
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extract_rows_from_file: Extract Rows from File
Description Usage Arguments See Also
View source: R/RcppExports.R View source: R/extract_rows_from_file.R
Description
This function reads through a delimited file on disk, determines if the entry at the specified column is in a character vector of items, and writes that line to file (or to R) if it is.
Usage
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extract_rows_from_file(file, out = NULL, column, sep = NULL, keep)
Arguments
file
The input file to extract rows from.
out
The location to output the file. If this is NULL, we redirect output back into the R session.
column
The column to check, indexed from 1.
sep
The delimiter used in file. Must be a single character. If no delimiter is specified, we guess the delimiter from the first row of file.
keep
A character vector containing all items that we want to check and keep within the columnth column of each row.
See Also
split_file
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-- U.K. May Issue More Flood Warnings After Rain, Agency Says
Areas of England and Wales should
be prepared for flooding as heavy rain may persist in the next
24 hours, the U.K. Environment Agency said. Yorkshire, Lancashire, the Midlands and north and east
Wales are at risk for river and surface flooding , the government
agency said today in a statement on its website. As much as 100
millimeters (3.9 inches) of rain may fall in the next 24 hours,
it said, citing the Met Office. The agency has issued 14 flood
warnings and 46 alerts in Devon and Somerset, and 4 flood
warnings and 14 alerts in the Midlands. “We are already seeing travel disruption due to the wet
weather and could well see flooding across the country this
week,” Alison Baptiste, flood risk manager at the Environment
Agency, said in the statement. “We strongly urge people to sign
up to flood warnings, keep a close eye on local weather
forecasts and be prepared for the possibility of flooding. We
also ask that people stay safe by staying away swollen rivers
and not attempting to drive through floodwater.” The southern half of the U.K. had 30 millimeters to 50
millimeters of rain yesterday, the Met Office said today in a
separate statement . Areas of eastern Scotland , northeast England
and southeast England may have “strong to gale force winds,”
with gusts reaching as high as 70 miles per hour (113 kilometers
per hour) near the coasts, it said. The low pressure system, which moved north from the Bay of
Biscay during the weekend, may remain over the U.K. until the
middle of the week, the Met Office said. June, July and August were the wettest in the U.K. since
1912, the Met Office said Sept. 4. Rains have swamped fields and
pastures across the country, delaying the harvest and eroding
crop quality, the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board
has said. To contact the reporter on this story:
Whitney McFerron in London at
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parem varblane peos kui tuvi katusel
Etymology
Literally “better a sparrow in the hand than a pigeon on the roof”. The saying is widely attested in Europe and the Middle East, but the exact wording suggest a.
Proverb
* 1) a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush | WIKI |
Colepiocephale
Colepiocephale (meaning "knucklehead") is a genus of pachycephalosaurid dinosaur from Late Cretaceous (middle Campanian stage) deposits of Alberta, Canada. It was collected from the Foremost Formation (middle Campanian, 80–77.5 ma). The type species, C. lambei, was originally described by Sternberg (in 1945 as Stegoceras lambei ), and later renamed by Sullivan in 2003. C. lambei is a domed pachycephalosaur characterized principally by the lack of a lateral and posteriosquamosal shelf, a steeply down-turned parietal, and the presence of two incipient nodes tucked under the posterior margin of the parietosquamosal border. | WIKI |
More on Getting the Number of Array Elements
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How Would You Get the Count of an Array in C++?
The question is simple: given a C++ array (e.g. x as in int x[10]), how would you get the number of elements in it? An obvious solution is the following macro (definition 1): #define countof( array ) ( sizeof( array )/sizeof( array[0] ) ) I cannot say this isn’t correct, because it…
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Starting the coming Monday (July 12, 2004), I will be working for the Windows devision instead of Visual Studio. My new team is focusing on improving the quality of the Longhorn code base. I might write more about it once I get an idea on what it is really like there. I would love to…
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I’m glad to see Aaron Stebner started blogging about setup (installer). Before Aaron switched team, he was a QA lead in the VS / .NET setup team, which I’m working for. He was a great resource then. Looks like his posts will be a new valuable source of information for my work. I expect them…
How Would You Get the Count of an Array in C++?
The question is simple: given a C++ array (e.g. x as in int x[10]), how would you get the number of elements in it? An obvious solution is the following macro (definition 1): #define countof( array ) ( sizeof( array )/sizeof( array[0] ) ) I cannot say this isn’t correct, because it…
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Lisch epithelial corneal dystrophy
Lisch epithelial corneal dystrophy (LECD), also known as band-shaped and whorled microcystic dystrophy of the corneal epithelium, is a rare form of corneal dystrophy first described in 1992 by Lisch et al. In one study it was linked to chromosomal region Xp22.3, with as yet unknown candidate genes.
The main features of this disease are bilateral or unilateral gray band-shaped and feathery opacities. They sometimes take on a form of a whirlpool, repeating the known pattern of corneal epithelium renewal. Abrasion of the epithelium in 3 patients brought only temporary relief, with abnormal epithelium regrowth in several months.
Epithelial cells in the zones of opacity were shown to have diffuse cytoplasmic vacuoles with as yet unestablished content. | WIKI |
Hamstring Exercises on Balance Boards
Tone and strengthen your hamstrings by adding a balance board to your routine.
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You are already a dedicated fitness nut always looking for ways to push your workout routine to the next level. Normal squats and lunges have gotten too routine for you. Add in a balance board to your routine to help take it to the next level. By using a balance board for traditional hamstring exercises, you can sculpt an envy-worthy set of stems.
Balance Board Basics
When you step onto a balance board, you have to tighten your abdominal muscles to prevent yourself from falling over. While this instability tightens your core, it also comes with another major fitness benefit. When you are fighting to keep your body balanced, you are improving your proprioceptive. This is your body’s ability to sense where it is in space. Although it sounds scientific, this skill is what allows you to text while you’re walking and walk up and down stairs without having to look. The balance board forces your body to focus on balance, coordination and agility simultaneously.
Progression
You wouldn’t sit down and try to bench press 300 pounds on your first day at the gym. The same goes for balance board exercises. You need to start slowly and progressively make the exercises harder to keep challenging your body. Before you start any hamstring exercises on the board, make sure you can stand on one leg for 30 seconds with your eyes open and your hands by your sides. Next, try the same move for 30 seconds but with your eyes closed.
Starting Out on the Board
When you add the balance board to your routine, there is still a learning curve. First, master simply standing on the board with both feet. Once you are comfortable with this, practice balancing on the board using just one foot. Now you are ready to tackle hamstring exercises. Once these moves get mundane, further increase the difficulty by adding an element of distraction, such as holding a conversation or moving a ball from your left to right hand. This further enhances your body’s proprioception.
Hamstring Exercises
A solid balance board exercise that strengthens your hamstrings and other muscles in your legs including your quadriceps, glutes and calves is a lunge. Start by standing in the center of the board and then step back with your right foot off the board. Land on your toes with your feet hip-width apart. Keep your weight centered and hips even. Now bend both knees and lower until your left thigh is parallel to the floor. Straighten back up for rep. Do eight to 12 reps in the lunge position and then switch legs. Additional hamstring exercises are single leg hip extensions, bridges and hamstring curls.
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Ary-Mas
Ary-Mas (Ары-Мас) is a forest in Russia, Krasnoyarsk Krai, southern part of Taymyr Peninsula, southern bank of Novaya River. Ary-Mas comes from the Dolgan language and means "forest island".
Considered to be the northernmost forest of the world although Lukunsky grove to the east from it extends 6 kilometres further north. Though, while Lukunsky grove is northernmost rim of larger forest massif, Ary-Mas is a forest island separated from the nearest forest by approximately 200 kilometres wide zone of tundra.
Climate
Vegetation period is approximately 100 days long. Winter here lasts from late September - early October to June; minimum temperatures often fall below -35 – -45 °C, and wind speed in winter often exceeds 50 m/s.
Polar day lasts from the early May to early August, median temperature in July is 12 °C, often up to 30 °C.
Permafrost in summer thaws 0.3 – 2 metres deep. Thickness of permafrost here is approximately 200 metres.
Biodiversity
The only tree-form species of Ary-Mas is Dahurian larch (Larix gmelinii (Rupr.) Rupr.)), but in total in Ary-Mas there have been found 306 species of plants, 90 species of birds, 20 species of mammals.
Dahurian larch grows sparsely, separate trees grow up to 5 – 7 metres tall.
Conservation and scientific investigations
Ary-Mas is a protected territory with area 15611 km2. It forms a part of Taymyr State Nature Biosphere Reserve and is protected since 1979.
Constant investigations of Dahurian larch started in 1969 and have continued since then. Current scientific studies are led by the Taymyr State Nature Biosphere Reserve and major part of results are compiled in yearly nature reports. | WIKI |
@techreport{Strauss2010Climate, abstract = {We have developed climate change data for Austria and the period from 2008 to 2040 with temporal and spatial resolution of one day and one km2 based on historical daily weather station data from 1975 to 2007. Daily data from 34 weather stations have been processed to 60 spatial climate clusters with homogeneous climates relating to mean annual precipitation sums and mean annual temperatures from the period 1961-1990. We have performed regression model analysis to compute a set of daily climate change data for each climate cluster. The integral parts of our regression models are i) the extrapolation of the observed linear temperature trend from 1975 to 2007 using an average national trend of \textasciitilde{}0.05 \textdegree{}C per year derived from a homogenized dataset, and ii) the repeated bootstrapping of temperature residuals and of observations for solar radiation, precipitation, relative humidity, and wind to ensure consistent spatial and temporal correlations. The repeated bootstrapping procedure has been performed for all weather parameters based on the observed climate variabilities from the period 1975-2007. To account for a wider range of precipitation patterns, we have also developed precipitation scenarios including higher or lower annual precipitation sums as well as unchanged annual precipitation sums with seasonal redistribution. These precipitation scenarios constitute together with the bootstrapped scenarios of temperature, solar radiation, relative humidity and wind our climate change spectrum for Austria until 2040. These climate change data are freely available and we invite users to apply and comment on our high resolution climate change data.}, address = {Wien}, author = {Franziska Strauss and Herbert Formayer and Veronika Asamer and Erwin Schmid}, copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen}, keywords = {Y1; Y9; Z0; 519; regional climate change data; statistical climate change model; uncertainty spectrum; temperature trend; Austria}, language = {eng}, number = {DP-48-2010}, publisher = {Universit\"{a}t f\"{u}r Bodenkultur Wien, Department f\"{u}r Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Institut f\"{u}r nachhaltige Wirtschaftsentwicklung}, title = {Climate change data for Austria and the period 2008-2040 with one day and km2 resolution}, type = {Diskussionspapier}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/235174}, year = {2010} } | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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PUBLIC LAW 102-240—DEC. 18, 1991 105 STAT. 1989 recommendations on the use of such asphalt to those States which indicate an interest in the use of such asphalt. (2) ENCOURAGEMENT OF USE. —The Secretary should encourage the use of recycled materials determined to be appropriate by the studies pursuant to subsection 0^) in federally assisted highway projects. Procuring agencies shall comply with all applicable guidelines or regulations issued by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. (d) USE OF ASPHALT PAVEMENT CONTAINING RECYCLED RUBBER.— (1) STATE CERTIFICATION.—Beginning on January 1, 1995, and annually thereafter, each State shall certify to the Secretary that such State has satisfied the minimum utilization requirement for asphalt pavement containing recycled rubber established by this section. The minimum utilization requirement for asphalt pavement containing recycled rubber as a percentage of the total tons of asphalt laid in such State and financed in whole or part by any assistance pursuant to title 23, United States Code, shall be— (A) 5 percent for the year 1994; (B) 10 percent for the year 1995; (C) 15 percent for the year 1996; and (D) 20 percent for the year 1997 and each year thereafter. (2) OTHER MATERIALS. —Any recycled material or materials determined to be appropriate by the studies under subsection (b) may be substituted for recycled rubber under the minimum utilization requirement of paragraph (1) up to 5 percent. (3) INCREASE.— The Secretary may increase the minimum utilization requirement of paragraph (1) for, asphalt pavement containing recycled rubber to be used in federally assisted highway projects to the extent it is technologically and economically feasible to do so and if an increase is appropriate to assure markets for the reuse and recycling of scrap tires. The minimum utilization requirement for asphalt pavement containing recycled rubber may not be met by any use or technique found to be unsuitable for use in highway projects by the studies under subsection (b). (4) PENALTY.—The Secretary shall withhold from any State that fails to make a certification under paragraph (1) for any fiscal year, a percentage of the apportionments under section 104 (other than subsection 03)(5)(A)) of title 23, United States Code, that would otherwise be apportioned to such State for such fiscal year under such section equal to the percentage utilization requirement established by paragraph (1) for such fiscal year. (5) SECRETARIAL WAIVER.—The Secretary may set aside the provisions of this subsection for any 3-year period on a determination, made in concurrence with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency with respect to subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this paragraph, that there is reliable evidence indicating— (A) that manufacture, application, or use of asphalt pavement containing recycled rubber substantially increases the threat to human health or the environment as compared to the threats associated with conventional pavement; (B) that asphalt pavement containing recycled rubber cannot be recycled to substantially the same degree as conventional pavement; or
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Marijana Kovačević
Marijana Kovačević (born 20 July 1978) is a Croatian former professional tennis player.
A right-handed player from Zagreb, Kovačević made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the Bol Ladies Open in 1995, as a singles wildcard. She lost her first-round match in three sets to Ludmila Richterová.
Kovačević competed mostly on the ITF Circuit, winning three titles in singles and seven titles in doubles. | WIKI |
OSL leaps on new Hong Kong rules with crypto exchange license bid
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong-based OSL, part of BC Group, said on Thursday it had become the first cryptocurrency firm to apply for a digital asset exchange license from the Securities & Futures Commission (SFC). Hong Kong hosts dozens of cryptocurrency exchanges, including some of the world’s largest, and the SFC on Wednesday published new rules, among the first of their kind, that allow exchanges to opt into regulation. Market participants said few others are expected to follow OSL’s lead, however. Market watchdogs worldwide have been debating whether and how they should regulate the cryptocurrency industry, with many choosing initially to focus on investor protection concerns. The new rules stipulate, among other requirements, that a licensed exchange must provide services to professional investors only, have an insurance policy to protect clients in case assets are lost or stolen, and carry out due diligence into the cryptocurrencies traded on their exchanges. “We congratulate the SFC on announcing its digital asset licensing regime and are proud to be the first applicant,” said Wayne Trench, chief executive of OSL, which provides digital asset brokerage, exchange and custody services for institutions and professional investors. Many other exchanges in Hong Kong said they welcomed the rules, but few are expected to apply. “We believe that a handful of exchanges will take the invitation to opt-in into SFC’s regulation plan, however, we do not expect to see a large number of exchanges rushing into the regulation net,” said OKEX, one of the world’s largest exchanges, said in a note. OKEX, which has a significant presence in Hong Kong, nontheless described the rules as “a positive move for the overall cryptocurrency industry”. Some hedge funds and family offices trade cryptocurrencies but retail investors make up the bulk of trading at most large exchanges. “This framework is in a space where big exchanges will find it difficult to comply without losing too much of their business - a major strategic decision to take - while many smaller exchanges will find it difficult to comply from a practical perspective,” said Hoi Tak Leung, counsel at law firm Ashurst. There are approximately 3,000 cryptocurrencies in the world with a total market cap of $200 billion-$300 billion according to estimates from industry data provider CoinMarketCap. These can be traded on over 200 cryptoexchanges. Ashley Alder, the SFC’s chief executive, said in a speech on Wednesday that the SFC could not regulate all cryptocurrencies and cryptocurrency exchanges without new legislation, as bitcoin for example, did not count as a security under current rules. Instead the SFC proposed that exchanges can opt into regulation by allowing trading of at least one security on their platform. Reporting by Alun John; Editing by Alexander Smith | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
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