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It's all a world where bugs and emperors Go singularly back to the same dust, Each, in his time; and the old, ordered stars That sang together, Ben, will sing the same Old stave to-morrow." When he talks like that, There's nothing for a human man to do But lead him to some grateful nook like this Where we be now, and there to make him drink. He'll drink, for love of me, and then be sick; A sad sign always in a man of parts, And always very ominous. The great Should be as large in liquor as in love,— And our great friend is not so large in either: One disaffects him, and the other fails him; Whatso he drinks that has an antic in it, He's wondering what's to pay in his insides; And while his eyes are on the Cyprian He's fribbling all the time with that damned House. We laugh here at his thrift, but after all It may be thrift that saves him from the devil; God gave it, anyhow, and we'll suppose He knew the compound of his handiwork. To-day the clouds are with him, but anon He'll out of 'em enough to shake the tree Of life itself and bring down fruit unheard-of,— And, throwing in the bruised and whole together, Prepare a wine to make us drunk with wonder; And if he live, there'll be a sunset spell Thrown over him as over a glassed lake That yesterday was all a black wild water. God send he live to give us, if no more, What now's a-rampage in him, and exhibit, | WIKI |
School closures of 8 weeks or more may better mitigate coronavirus spread, CDC says
(CNN)Closing schools for eight weeks or more may have a greater impact on mitigating the spread of the novel coronavirus than two- to four-week closures, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said. Shorter-term closures will likely make little difference in the spread of the disease, new CDC guidance states, even as K-12 school districts across the country began announcing school closures within the shorter time frame. Further, short-term closures may actually have detrimental effects, negatively impacting older caregivers at home, the CDC said. Closing schools also comes with its own setbacks, namely a potentially negative impact on academic outcomes, which the CDC also acknowledged in its updated guidelines. The Department of Education recently issued its own guidance to educators about its flexibility related to student absences and testing standards. In any school closure, students could still congregate outside of school and spread the disease, the CDC acknowledged. Other mitigation efforts, including handwashing and home isolation, "have more impact on (the) spread of disease," the new CDC guidance states. "In other countries, those places who closed school ... have not had more success in reducing spread than those that did not," the CDC said, offering as examples Hong Kong and Singapore, respectively. Some American colleges and universities have issued indefinite campus closures, with courses moving online and dorms shut down entirely. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
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WILLIAM BLAKE substitution of atmosphere for shape, the sacrifice of form to tint, the cloudland of the mere colourist. With that cyclopean impudence which was the most stunning sign of his sincerity, he treated the greatest names not only as if they were despicable, but as if they were actually despised. He reasons mildly with the artistic authorities, saying—
And then, with one of those sudden lunges of sense which made him a swordsman after all, he really gets home upon Rubens—
In another satire he retells the fable of the dog, the bone, and the river, and permits (with admirable humour) the dog to expatiate upon the vast pictorial superiority of the bone's reflection in the river over the bone itself; the shadow so delicate, suggestive, rich in tone, the real bone so hard and academic in outline. He was the sharpest satirist of the Impressionists 18 | WIKI |
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(45b) Nucleation and Growth of Titanium Dioxide Thin Film on Polydimethylsiloxane By Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) | AIChE
(45b) Nucleation and Growth of Titanium Dioxide Thin Film on Polydimethylsiloxane By Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD)
Authors
Takoudis, C. G., University of Illinois at Chicago
Jursich, G., University of Illinois at Chicago
Researchers, engineers and industry have enormous interest in polymers for their potential applications especially in biomaterials. Researchers have been trying to incorporate solid-state materials into polymers in order to attain additional desirable properties of the polymer material such as conductivity and antimicrobial activity. One promising technique for this is atomic layer deposition (ALD). By depositing of a very thin film of metal or metal oxide, one can take advantage of those material properties without losing the unique bulk properties of the polymer; however, deposition of such a material on polymers becomes complex due to the availability of both surface and subsurface film growth on such porous materials.
In this work, ALD of TiO2 on polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is investigated at the early stages of nucleation and growth of TiO2 on both O2 plasma treated and non-plasma treated PDMS. Contact angle measurements showed that hydrophilicity of the PDMS surface increased significantly with plasma treatment resulting in decreasing water contact angle from 99° to 44°. This is believed to be the result of the substitution of nonpolar methyl groups (-CH3) with hydrophilic silanol group (Si-OH). In this work pristine PDMS acted as a hydrophobic surface and oxygen plasma treated surface acted as a hydrophilic surface.
The ALD of TiO2 on polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) was done in a commercial ALD reactor, ALD-150LE™ from Kurt J. Lesker Comany®. Deposition pressure and temperature was 970 mtorr and 120 °C, respectively. The PDMS used in this study showed thermal stability up to 200 °C, well above the ALD temperature of 120 °C used. Each cycle of the ALD reaction consisted of 1.7/25 seconds of precursor pulse/purge, respectively, and 1.5/20 seconds of oxidizer pulse/purge, respectively.
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was done to find the chemical composition of the PDMS surface before and after 25 and 50 deposition cycles of TiO2. Based on these spectra, there appears to be no evidence of nitrogen (binding energy 402-397 eV) from potentially unreacted TDMAT precursor on either pristine or O2 plasma-treated PDMS and thus reaction between TDMAT precursor and oxidizer (O3) appears to have reached to completion. XPS spectra also showed that after 25 ALD cycles, TiO2 appears mostly on the O2 plasma treated PDMS and not on the pristine PDMS. Thus, the plasma-treated surface was chemically favorable for ALD, presumable due to the silanol groups formed from the plasma, whereas pristine PDMS lacking in silanol groups does not appear conducive to the ALD reaction.
To probe the formation of TiO2 thin film on both surface and subsurface of the PDMS substrate, x-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) was performed by scanning the Ti K-edge at 4966 eV and monitoring the relative intensity of x-ray fluorescence normalized to the incident x-ray beam flux. Contrary to our XPS results, at lower number of cycles (e.g. 25, 50) the edge-steps of the plasma treated samples were actually smaller than the non-treated PDMS indicating more Ti present in the non-plasma treated samples for the number of ALD cycles used. As the number of cycles increased, the edge step of both treated and non-treated PDMS increased. A plausible explanation of these results is that the exposure of the PDMS surface to O2 plasma would functionalize the surface and graft groups which can act as surface reactive groups for the upcoming ALD reaction. Therefore, after pulsing/purging of TDMAT (precursor) and pulsing/purging of O3 (oxidizer), nucleation took place on the functionalized surface and consequently the first atomic layer of TiO2 formed. With increasing consecutive cycles, this TiO2 thin film grew thicker on the PDMS surface. However, in the case of pristine PDMS substrates, the mechanism appears to be different and this difference most likely originates from the lack of reactive groups on the surface of PDMS.
Results indicate that an ALD-like surface growth of TiO2 takes place on plasma-treated PDMS and it leads to a hydrophilic surface on the PDMS. For non-plasma treated, pristine PDMS substrates apparently favor in diffusion of TiO2 into the subsurface of the polymer without noticeable surface deposition for at least the first 25 cycles of the ALD process. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Practice French Pronunciation: Reading le Chat Botté
Diving into the analysis of the spoken language is a practical way to help French learners to improve their pronunciation and enhance their spelling skills. This article is a practical pronunciation exercise that focuses on analyzing the French spoken language. It’s based on two approaches: the first is the study of the natural way of speaking French and the second is to better understand the rules around French pronunciation. The majority of French learners would need these two notions in order to boost their confidence when it comes to speaking French. Be sure to watch the video to listen to how the sounds in French are pronounced.
Before getting into the details, let me briefly introduce a few concepts that are essential to master French pronunciation:
- Does reading practice improve the pronunciation?
- How to fully benefit from French reading exercices?
- Practice with the video
- Le Chat Botté: the text of the story
Does reading practice improve the pronunciation?
A reading practice exercise is usually divided into multiple steps. There are two main steps that help improve pronunciation in French. These steps that you need to focus on:
- First step: slow pronunciation to hear all the sounds and how the words are read together.
- Second step: read at normal speed to hear how the sentence would be pronounced by a native speaker.
When reading slowly you will discover:
- how the letter combinations are pronounced: e.g. “eau” is pronounced /o/, “the” is pronounced /t/
- how the words are linked to each other: a liaison or enchainement
- where are located the silent letters in the words
- why some consonants change their pronunciation: for example the letter “c” of the word “seconde” is pronounced /g/ thanks to assimilation
- how to pronounce a sound by looking carefully at the way I place my lips, the opening of the mouth ….
During the quick reading, which is the second step, you will discover:
- the rhythm of the sentence
- where are the rhythmic groups
- how to pronounce sentences normally
I don’t teach you THE correct pronunciation but I teach you ONE correct pronunciation.
To fully benefit from this French reading exercise
In the video associated with this practice lesson, you’ll find a color code to follow:
- pink: silent letter at the end of the word. For example: fois.
- green arc: enchainement. For example: il_était.
- red arc: liaison: can be mandatory or optional. For example: était_une.
To fully benefit from this French practice reading exercise, the advice is to go through the video multiple times:
- Listen to the reading
- Watch how I pronounce the sounds
- Practice. This time you will try to pronounce the text with the color codes
- Read the text without color code. You can record your reading to hear your pronunciation.
Practice with the video
The Master Cat, or, Puss in Boots by Charles Perrault
There was a miller whose only inheritance to his three sons was his mill, his donkey, and his cat. The division was soon made. They hired neither a clerk nor an attorney, for they would have eaten up all the poor patrimony. The eldest took the mill, the second the donkey, and the youngest nothing but the cat.
The poor young fellow was quite comfortless for having received so little. “My brothers,” said he, “may make a handsome living by joining their shares together; but, for my part, after I have eaten up my cat, and made myself a muff from his skin, I must then die of hunger.”
The cat, who heard all this, but pretended otherwise, said to him with a grave and serious air, “Do not be so concerned, my good master. If you will but give me a bag, and have a pair of boots made for me, that I may scamper through the dirt and the brambles, then you shall see that you are not so poorly off with me as you imagine.”
The cat’s master did not build very much upon what he said. However, he had often seen him play a great many cunning tricks to catch rats and mice, such as hanging by his heels, or hiding himself in the meal, and pretending to be dead; so he did take some hope that he might give him some help in his miserable condition.
After receiving what he had asked for, the cat gallantly pulled on the boots and slung the bag about his neck. Holding its drawstrings in his forepaws, he went to a place where there was a great abundance of rabbits. He put some bran and greens into his bag, then stretched himself out as if he were dead. He thus waited for some young rabbits, not yet acquainted with the deceits of the world, to come and look into his bag.
He had scarcely lain down before he had what he wanted. A rash and foolish young rabbit jumped into his bag, and the master cat, immediately closed the strings, then took and killed him without pity.
Proud of his prey, he went with it to the palace, and asked to speak with his majesty. He was shown upstairs into the king’s apartment, and, making a low bow, said to him, “Sir, I have brought you a rabbit from my noble lord, the Master of Carabas” (for that was the title which the cat was pleased to give his master).
“Tell your master,” said the king, “that I thank him, and that I am very pleased with his gift.”
Another time he went and hid himself in a grain field. He again held his bag open, and when a brace of partridges ran into it, he drew the strings, and caught them both. He presented these to the king, as he had done before with the rabbit. The king, in like manner, received the partridges with great pleasure, and gave him a tip. The cat continued, from time to time for two or three months, to take game to his majesty from his master.
One day, when he knew for certain that the king would be taking a drive along the riverside with his daughter, the most beautiful princess in the world, he said to his master, “If you will follow my advice your fortune is made. All you must do is to go and bathe yourself in the river at the place I show you, then leave the rest to me.”
The Marquis of Carabas did what the cat advised him to, without knowing why. While he was bathing the king passed by, and the cat began to cry out, “Help! Help! My Lord Marquis of Carabas is going to be drowned.”
At this noise the king put his head out of the coach window, and, finding it was the cat who had so often brought him such good game, he commanded his guards to run immediately to the assistance of his lordship the Marquis of Carabas. While they were drawing the poor Marquis out of the river, the cat came up to the coach and told the king that, while his master was bathing, some rogues had come by and stolen his clothes, even though he had cried out, “Thieves! Thieves!” several times, as loud as he could. In truth, the cunning cat had hidden the clothes under a large stone.
The king immediately commanded the officers of his wardrobe to run and fetch one of his best suits for the Lord Marquis of Carabas.
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Get started
The Coq source of this tutorial is available here.
Install with OPAM
Make sure that you added the Coq repository:
opam repo add coq-released https://coq.inria.fr/opam/released
and run:
opam install coq-cybele
Hello world
Here is our first program:
Require Import Cybele.
Require Import String.
Import Monad.
Definition hello := print_string (sig := Sig.empty) "Hello world!".
It prints a message in the Cybele monad. If we check its type:
Check hello.
we get M Sig.empty unit. So we return a value of type unit in the monad. The Sig.empty tells we are using no memory. We run it:
Compute run hello 0.
The message is written in the output trace.
Program in the monad
We write the return operation ret. For the bind, we postfix common constructs by a !:
Compute run (sig := Sig.empty) (
let! x := ret 12 in
do! print_string "Twelve: " in
print x) 0.
The let! does the bind. The do! sequences two instructions. We see that print is actually polymorphic and can display any kind of value.
Reflexive proofs
It is nice to run programs in the Cybele monad. But we ultimately want to extract their results to proofs in order to write decision procedures. Here comes the cybele tactic:
Lemma easy: True.
cybele (ret (sig := Sig.empty) I).
Defined.
It extracts from an expression of type M sig A a value of type A (if the computation successes). For this example the proof of True is trivially I. In order to save space, the proof is implemented by reflexivity:
Print easy.
returns proof_by_reflection (ret I) ... eq_refl. The proofs holds the full monadic expression which is executed at type-checking time.
Fixpoints
We do not need to prove termination to write recursive functions:
Require Import Arith.Div2.
Definition log2: nat -> M Sig.empty nat :=
fix_ (fun log2 n =>
match n with
| 0 | 1 => ret 0
| _ =>
let! r := log2 (div2 n) in
ret (r + 1)
end).
The general fixpoint operator is fix_, or dependent_fix in a dependently typed form. We compute the logarithm in base two without giving the induction principle for recursive calls on div2. But if we evaluate directly:
Compute run (log2 256) 0.
it returns "Not terminated". We need to feed in the maximal number of steps allowed, let us say 100 for safety:
Compute run (log2 256) 100.
Now we get 8. We could even write non-terminating programs:
Definition infinite: unit -> M Sig.empty unit :=
fix_ (fun infinite _ => infinite tt).
Exceptions
We often need to write partial functions, especially in the case of decision procedures which work only on valid inputs. If we rewrite the logarithm function to handle the zero case:
Definition log2_error: nat -> M Sig.empty nat :=
fix_ (fun log2_error n =>
match n with
| 0 => error "Log of zero."
| 1 => ret 0
| _ =>
let! r := log2 (div2 n) in
ret (r + 1)
end).
we get an exception running it on zero. It is possible to catch them with the try! construct:
Compute run (try! log2_error 0 with _=> ret 0) 100.
Finally, we can lift option types to the monad using extract_some:
Compute run (sig := Sig.empty) (extract_some (Some 23)) 0.
answers 23.
References
The temporary memory is the main memory system, allowing to use references. Due to the type-system of Coq we need to type this dynamically allocated memory. The programmer gives a signature, the list of types which will be allocated in the memory. If we only need a natural number:
Require Import List.
Import ListNotations.
Definition sig := Sig.Make nil [nat: Type].
We manipulate references with a syntax similar to OCaml:
Definition twenty :=
let! r := tmp_ref sig 0 12 in
let! v := !r in
do! r :=! v + 8 in
!r.
computes the value 20. Allocation is done with tmp_ref sig 0 12, the index 0 being an index in the signature referring to the type nat. Dereferencings and assignments are done with ! and :=!.
Allocate many references
If we try to allocate another nat reference we get an error:
Definition two_refs :=
let! r1 := tmp_ref sig 0 12 in
let! r2 := tmp_ref sig 0 14 in
!r1.
returns "The reference is already allocated". This is because there can be only one allocation per element of the signature. They are two solutions for our program. We can extend the signature if we know we will allocate only two references:
Definition sig_couple := Sig.Make nil [nat: Type; nat: Type].
Definition two_refs_couple :=
let! r1 := tmp_ref sig_couple 0 12 in
let! r2 := tmp_ref sig_couple 1 14 in
!r1.
Or we can use an extensible container such as a list:
Definition sig_list := Sig.Make nil [list nat: Type].
Definition two_refs_list :=
let! l := tmp_ref sig_list 0 [12; 14] in
let! l_value := !l in
extract_some (nth_error l_value 0).
It may be viewed as a limitation to have fixed number of allocations, but in practice it was always possible for us to overcome that using references to containers.
Pre-computations
Complex results can be pre-computed efficiently by the OCaml back-end. The program is executed twice, first in OCaml (the code is generated using the extraction mechanism) and then in Coq, using results given by the first execution.
The communication between the two is done through the input memory. It has the same behavior as the temporary memory, except that its final value after the first execution is saved and given as an initial memory value to Coq. The idea is that OCaml will write in it while Coq will read it. To encode these two behaviors, there is the select f g operator. It executes f in Coq but g in OCaml.
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What is meant by Grignard reagent?
Definition of Grignard reagent : any of various compounds of magnesium with an organic radical and a halogen (as ethyl-magnesium iodide C2H5MgI) that react readily (as with water, alcohols, amines, acids) in the Grignard reaction.
What is Grignard reagent with example?
A Grignard reagent or Grignard compound is a chemical compound with the generic formula R−Mg−X, where X is a halogen and R is an organic group, normally an alkyl or aryl. Two typical examples are methylmagnesium chloride Cl−Mg−CH 3 and phenylmagnesium bromide (C 6H 5)−Mg−Br.
What do Gilman reagents do?
Gilman reagent, another name for organocopper compounds used for carbon-carbon bond formation in organic synthesis.
What is a Grignard reagent how it is prepared?
Grignard reagent: When alkyl halide is treated with magnesium in the dry ether as the solvent, it gives alkyl magnesium halide. This is known as the Grignard reagent. The Grignard reagent can be prepared as, Alkyl magnesium halide (Grignard reagent) Grignard reagents are highly reactive compounds.
How do Grignard reagents form?
Grignard reagents are made by adding the halogenoalkane to small bits of magnesium in a flask containing ethoxyethane (commonly called diethyl ether or just “ether”). The flask is fitted with a reflux condenser, and the mixture is warmed over a water bath for 20 – 30 minutes.
What is organometallic compound give an example?
Organometallic compounds: Those compounds in which the carbon atom of organic groups are directly bonded to metal atoms are called organometallic compound. The compound of element such as boron, phosphorous, silicon, germanium and antimony with organic group are also included in the organometallics.
What is called organometallic compound give an example?
Those compounds which have at least one metal-carbon bond, are called organometallic compounds. The most common example of an organometallic compound is Grignard reagent – RMgX. Few other examples of organometallic compounds are given below – Gilman reagent – R2CuLi. Dimethylmagnesium – Me2Mg.
How do you quench a Grignard reagent?
Quenching Grignards
1. Remove your RBF from the oil bath, and place it in an ice bath. This tends to make the quench less angry.
2. Add water, DROPWISE. Dropwise means dropwise!
3. Add 10% sulfuric acid, DROPWISE.
4. Extract into the solvent of your choice (often ether), dry, evaporate, do whatever else is necessary.
What is Grignard reagent How will you prepare it?
Grignard reagent: When alkyl halide is treated with magnesium in the dry ether as the solvent, it gives alkyl magnesium halide. This is known as the Grignard reagent. Grignard reagents are highly reactive compounds. They react with water or compounds containing hydrogen attached to the electronegative element.
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Dar Gai
Dar Gai (Дар Гай) is an India-based Ukrainian director, screenwriter and producer. She is best known for her work on the films Teen Aur Aadha and Namdev Bhau: In Search of Silence. Gai has also directed popular videos by Indian artists like Prateek kuhad (Cold mess) and Ritviz (Liggi). She was credited as intimacy director for the movie Gehraiyaan starring Bollywood actors Deepika Padukone, Ananya Pandey and Siddhant Chaturvedi.
Early life
Dar was born in Kyiv, Ukraine. She holds a BFA and MFA degrees in Philosophy with a minor in film and theatre from the NaUKMA. Later, she was invited to India to direct theatre plays at the Scindia School, in Gwalior. She also taught screenwriting and film appreciation in Whistling Woods International Institute, in Mumbai. | WIKI |
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The God king
Ramesses the second was one of the most powerful and influential pharaohs of Egypt. The mighty benevolent Ramesses were a leader, warrior, protector, and God to his people in ancient times. The son of Seti I and queen Tuya the idea that Ramesses was perceived as the highest of all the ancient Egyptian Gods in his time was a fascinating factor. However, how and why the people thought of him as a God was an amazing phenomenon. There would not be a pharaoh like him for years to come, the ancient Egyptian people where aware of this fact and that is why they were loyal as well as able to venerate the king to the highest of honors.
Ramesses's life before pharaoh Ramesses's life was full of activities with experience of the kingdom at an early age. His father molded him into becoming the next king of Egypt before he could fully grasp the concept of leadership. His father made him a prince regent at the age of fourteen. However, as effective as it was, Ramesses's father Seti never imagined how powerful his son would be, but he was full of confidence that his son was up to the rigorous task. Ramesses was young, healthy and exuberant in nature. He had the feeling that all youthful creatures have immortality. He felt he could accomplish vast tasks because he sensed he was invincible. Moreover, he was trained to the up most level by “accompanying his father on military campaigns in Libya and Palestine when he was just fourteen years of age. By the time he was twenty-two, Ramesses lead his own campaigns in Nubia with his own sons and was named co-regent with his father Seti I. Ramesses initiated restoration projects and built a new palace at Avaris.
Ramesses as Pharaoh
King Ramses the Second took the throne of Egypt in his early twenties around 1279 BC and he already seemed capable of role of pharaoh of Egypt. He became the third in line to rule the empire in the 19th Dynasty and ruled for an astonishing sixty-seven years, and became the longest ruling pharaoh behind Pepi II Neferkare. A blessing indeed but “after the death of Seti I in 1290 BCE, Ramesses bear the kingship of Egypt and immediately began military campaigns to restore the borders of Egypt and ensure trade avenue”. Ramesses became the most powerful and triumphant Pharaoh in Egypt because he achieved so many goals he set to achieve.
Ramesses’s war prowess
A gifted master tactician, Ramesses had the will of iron. He was effective on the war arena as his many campaigns are evidence of this ability. As the battle of kadesh started, Ramesses used his brilliant strategic mind with the battle as well as the piece treaty.
Who were the Hittites?
Ramesses began waging wars on the Syrians; he persisted in fighting this people in order to take charge of the sector in Africa as well as Asia that the Egyptian empire had held during the 18th Dynasty. His primary opposition was the Hittites, a robust population of Asian decent on whom he engaged in a long-term warfare. The major battle of this conflict was fought in 1274BC at Kadesh, in northern Syria, and depicted Ramesses as the winner, but neither power attained an irrefutable triumph. “The Hittites were a minor state in Anatolia, who started to penetrate peacefully east and west through gaining control over political power in the Near East. Along the second millennium BC, they became an exceptional power that ultimately succeeds the Babylonian state at around 1530 BC. They started exacting the Egyptian Empire during its diminishing strength under the reign of the hieratic king Akhen-Aton of the 18th dynasty. Far reaching communications from the Asian princes in Palestine and Syria also referred to as the Amarna Letters were sent to Akhen-Aton and his court appealing for aid and alerting him of the Hittites increase in authority. The pharaoh unfortunately ignored them and never made a reply. This emanated into Egypt losing control over significant areas in Syria when the assailants, helped by the Hittites, attacked. After the demise of Akhen-Aton, and the assassination or passing of his successor Tutankhamen, his spouse and Akhen-Aton’s child, “Ankh-Esenpa-Aton", thought to seek a political takeover with the Hittites. In order to assure her place, she sent a confidential letter to their overlord requesting for a prince with whom she could have married and make pharaoh. However, as the offer was bewildering, the king was suspicious and felt she was being unfaithful and dispatched a diplomat to evaluate the queen’s true motives. In reaction to the young queen’s assurance, the king requests his own son to journey to Egypt. However, he was apprehended and exterminated by the Egyptian commander of the army, Horemheb. Tension between Egypt and the Hittites was further exacerbated.
Battle of Kadesh
However, with the upsurge of the 19th dynasty in Egypt, Seti I started to build Egypt’s authority in the East. By the first two years of his regime, he was more than capable enough to restore the city of Kadesh as well as Palestine to the Egyptian empire. Eventually, a temporary suspension of hostility was put in place between Egypt and Asia. During the rule of Ramesses II’s, Seti I’s son, who pushed forward on Syria that reached Kadesh; the resulting conflict is one of the most prominent in ancient Egyptian history. It carried on for four days, and at the beginning Ramesses’s chance of succeeding was getting thinner by the moment, defeat drew closer. However, his army kept on going and were fighting to the last man with fury and heart up until reinforcements came, spiraling the near defeat into an everlasting triumph to the mighty Ramesses and his nation. The Hittites requested a truce, and Ramesses’s officials told him to accept the truce. After the death of the Hittite king, Hattusili III seized power from the rightful heir who escaped and flee to Egypt and was permitted diplomatic asylum by Ramesses II. While there was still some tension between the Egyptian and Hittite empires, both nations were under pressure. The Hittites were confronted by the reemerging Assyria in Mesopotamia, and Egypt had its own share of political problems as they were confronted by Libyans in the west. Political conferences were held for almost two years until a harmonious settlement was the definitive result in the 21st regal year of Ramesses regime with Hattusilis III in 1280 BC.
The first piece treaty in history
The Egyptian empire accepted the peace treaty that ended the conflict in Syria, which meant that there would be no possibility to reinstate Amuru and Kadesh. However, a gain from this loss, the contention between the two nations would meet its final, the division between the Egyptian and the Syrian territories would also end. Furthermore, Egypt promised the Syrians the right to use their Phenecian harbors, whereas the Hittites allowed Egyptians free and safe movement to the north as far as Ugarit without intervention. This was a benefit that was lost for more than a hundred years. Two recorded documents of the treaty were written, one in Akkaddian while the other in hieroglyph, and both still survived the effects of time. The copies are identical with an exception to the overture. The version the Egyptian’s made stated that it was the Hittite king who wanted peace, whereas in the Hittite version, it was Ramesses who sent them delegates. The Egyptian version was jotted down on a silver plaque, which was presented by Hattusili to Ramesses, then duplicated on stone at the Karnak and Ramesseum temples. The peace treaty composed of 18 articles. After a lengthy introduction recording the king’s titles and referring to establishment of good fellowship and harmony, one report was incorporated to eliminate any further assaults on the other nation’s territories.
Deification
Ramesses appointed himself as a complete deity, within his reign as pharaoh. Even though the Pharaoh is basically a godlike entity, the immortalization of a Pharaoh in his own right as an individual god was a unique situation, the consequence of a dynasty that was viewed as essentially momentous of successful. Ramesses’ s divinity is affirmed most sensationally at his Abu Simbel sanctuary, formally devoted to Ra but where the fully transcendent Pharaoh is most often and extensively characterized, not least in his four massive statues, whose image actually forms a rebus of Ramesses’s signature. He is illustrated with the ram horns the same as the deity Amun, and is portrayed offering sacrifices to himself. This is why Ramesses the great was referred to as the god king. However, Ramesses was not venerated as a god just for the sake of him proclaiming it. The ancient Egyptian people did not worship because he said so, they valued him because he earned it in a countless number of ways. Ramesses built more monuments than any other pharaoh in Egypt. However, there is one particular structure that starts out the unique features of the Abu Simbel temple show that Ramesses was no ordinary pharaoh he was also a god but apart from the fact that it was a temple dedicated to the pharaoh it was also a way to strategically send a message. Because of the incomparable size, the four massive statues look as if they are ever watchful of the empires border they are situated at. Ramesses’s reputation was monumental. It was powerful beyond measure. Furthermore, the image Ramesses’s upheld was so prodigious, he was thought as the ultimate god the highest of the Egyptian deities. Moreover, while the building of monuments was a huge factor in highlighting the incomparable power of Ramesses, his other legacies were the conquests he made, even though some past pharaohs were also conquerors. These kings include Khamose and Ahmose, these two pharaohs waged war against there aggressors the Hyksos as well as Thutmose, the third the conqueror of the Syria-Palestine as well as Amenhotep the third, who carried Egypt to its zenith at that time. Moreover the 18th dynasty fell and after that the advent of the 19th dynasty occurred and nothing was ever the same. A powerful figure in the ancient world indeed with colossal statues to his name, Ramesses never stopped constructing despite the temple Abu Simbel as the pinnacle of his immense power. Ramesses also constructed a very impressive temple dedicated to the love of his life, Nefertari. The mighty king gave birth to a lot of children during his time as well as his longevity as pharaoh, also facilitated in assuring his place as God. A master tactician Ramesses strategically created Pi-ramesse in order to keep an eye on ominous invaders. The empire was situated in a northeast corner of Africa that it could either be utilized as advantage or it could be very threatening to the power of the empire. Ramesses the second thought of himself as the compassionate ruler of Egypt, he understood that the overlord was manifest of heka, offerings, were daily actives and the building of sacred monuments, represented the health of the empire. To prevent enemies from invading the empire, which was the paramount of the overlord, who not only subdue ominous mutinies but also sought to expand his empire’s borders. He was masterful able to accomplish these acts by the divine power called sekhem. As it is the longevity of Ramesses the second’s reign, luxurious as well as riches, witnessed prodigious wealth throughout the Egyptian empire. With prosperity came developed social conditions as well as a cultural flowering. Doctors, architects, scribes, and artists all made their marks in the period of Ramesses the second, as it was everlasting. With all of these factors the people of ancient Egypt were very much aware of his solid charisma and character. As Ramesses may have seemed immortal to his people, some may have even consider him as the highest of gods. However, in reality Ramesses was human and all living things have an end as well as Ramesses’s reign of prospect and growth. It was the end for the god king and the people too. An emotional departure with strong sensation of power and immense wills that Ramesses was eternal. The god king’s era came to an end with it, the power of the last great pharaoh collapsed and anarchy ensued.
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ENG10130 – Essay 2 – Title 5 The themes of death and loss are explored throughout Seamus Heaney’s collection “Human Chain” and Kevin Barry’s “Dark Lies the Island” in different ways and to varying degrees. In Heaney’s collection, many of the poems are inspired by the pain of losing someone close, whereas the stories in Barry’s collection deal more with loss caused by rejection or the breakdown of relationships, ranging from familial to romantic. In Heaney’s work, the effects of death and loss are most prominent in poems dedicated to someone’s memory, a clear example being “The door was open and the house was dark”. Raw pain can be seen in poems like this, as Heaney battles with feelings of grief but also the desire to overcome this grief and
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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2006 September 12
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Dual core VS single core
I judge processor speed stricly by clock speed. that means, i dont consider an AMD 3500+ to be "equivalent" to a 3.5 GHz, but rather 2.something whatever its clock spead is. Similarly, i dont care if a processor is single core, dual core, or even quad core. id rather have a high-end Pentium 4 3.6 or 3.8 GHz than a Core 2 Duo 2.16 or 2.33 GHz. am i wrong?. 00:39, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
* It depends on what you're doing. Different architectures have different advantages in different situations. What sort of application are you looking for? High performance gaming? Scientific computing? - Rainwarrior 02:21, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
* Yes, you're wrong. See Instructions Per Cycle to get some insight into why. As rainwarrior says, it varies according to the task. In general, though, the performance differences between AMD and Intel chips at a given price point is not that large; if it was, word would get out and the sluggard would be forced to drop their prices. See also benchmark for more insight into the difficulties of comparing the performance of computer systems. --Robert Merkel 02:40, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
* Indeed. Look at benchmarks first. Many would say you are wrong. --Proficient 06:33, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
* I'm afraid processors are about more than just clock speed - for instance, the amount and type of cache makes quite a difference too. Different manufacturers build their processors differently, so an Intel clocked at 3GHz is not equivalent to an AMD clocked at 3GHz. Your best bet, as has been said before, is to check out benchmark test results for the applications or tasks you're likely to be using/doing (yes, this is important, as some architectures perform better in certain situations than others). You can get them in many PC magazines, or on sites like Tom's Hardware. — QuantumEleven 08:04, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
Yep, definetely. Although the clock speed may seem to be an easy indication on how fast a CPU performs, there are many, many other factors that need to be counted in. Without getting too complex, it is important to know that processors from Intel and AMD differ greatly in architecture, and you may have noticed that the new Core 2 Duos from Intel have had a dramatic drop in clock speed from its older generation Pentium 4s (using the 'Netburst' architecure')...yet perform so much better. This can be attributed to many different things, such as the L1 and L2 caches, FSB, number of cores, as well as the pipeline of the processor and how it arranges instructions to be processed. Additionally, it is important to realise that depending on the tasks you perform on the computer, you will get highly different results. As mentioned by QuantumEleven, it is a good idea to check out various sites and magazines to see how a selected processor performs compared to others. Ronaldh 11:50, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
Yes you're wrong!!! Check out this processor. Only 1.6 ghz. Sucky right? Look closer- 25MB of processor cache. Dual 333mhz FSB. 2 cores, 2 threads PER CORE that switch back and forth to continue processing during a cache miss. An array of 3 or 4 pentium fours would still be outperformed by a single Montecito die. A good rule of thumb is to never, ever compare clock speeds across architectures. --froth T C 23:03, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
Latex help
Hi. I am writing up a document using latex, right now, everytime I start a new section it starts off on a new page, I was wondering if there was some way to change that so the new section would continue on the same page as the last. I'm using the "article" document class. Thanks. - Akamad 02:37, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
* What command are you using to start the sections? shouldn't start a new page in that class, but I'd believe that (if it's even defined in ) and/or might. To actually change the commands would probably require an unpleasantly large host of calls. --Tardis 15:15, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
* I just figured out what the problem was. I had each of my sections in seperate files and was using the command to put them into my main one. So it was actually the that was putting them on new pages and not the . I changed it to and it works fine. Thanks anyway, Tardis. - 08:34, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
ANSWERED -> Free Unzip Program ?
I had a trial version of a Zip/Unzip program, but is there one that's just permanently free with full functionality ? StuRat 05:15, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
* FilZip is powerful and completely free.
* Is Stuffit only demo/trial for Windows? On Mac it is fully functional. Actually Mac OS X has its own zip/unziping integrated. :P — [ Mac Davis ] (talk) ( Desk | Help me improve )
* Windows 98 here. StuRat 07:11, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
* infoZIP, the granddaddy of all free ZIP implementations. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 07:48, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
* 7-Zip supports ZIP (as well as lots of other compression formats) and is free. — QuantumEleven 07:58, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
* See also List of file archivers and Comparison of file archivers. Weregerbil 08:04, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
* Let me back up 7-Zip. Its 7z format is extremely effecient, and it has compatibility with a bunch of other formats. If not that, Winrar is fairly good (see below), but it has annoying nag screens unless you pay up. -- Consumed Crustacean (talk) 21:47, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
* Use Winrar. It's permantely free with full functionality.--Taida 22:34, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
* Since when? Take a look at WinRAR's website, you can download a trial version but are asked to pay for it if you want to continue using it. — QuantumEleven 08:44, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
* The key word is 'asked' - it gives you a popup every time you start it, that's it. Still works fine. Tyrhinis 12:05, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the answers. :-) StuRat 10:09, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
Phishing
I know it's a bad idea to transmit one's credit card details by email, but what about sending one's bank details (account number and sort code) by email? Is this a bad idea? What is the nature and magnitude of the risk involved? --Richardrj talkemail 06:21, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
* That's probably even worse. They can likely drain your entire account and you may not be able to get it back. StuRat 07:09, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
I would be even more concerned about possible identity theft.
* I think that is messier though—meaner and often reported in the news, but messier and more difficult. The best way is to drain. — [ Mac Davis ] (talk) ( Desk | Help me improve )
Nobody who legitimatly needs that information would ask you to send it in an e-mail. They would want to use a secure method of communications. HighInBC 23:52, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
I know I may just be repeating what the others have said, but this is a well known scam. You get an email from what appears to be your bank (and they're REALLY good at the whole thing, they copy the logo, and sometimes even have a phony website that looks exactly like your bank's website) and they ask you to "confirm" "for security purposes" or something like that your account number and your PIN. It's actually one of the more sophisticated scams out there. By all means, DON'T REPLY AT ALL. And if you really want to make sure we're right, just call up you bank and ask them about it. They'll definitely tell you the same, and that they'd NEVER send such an email. Loomis 01:35, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
Credit card security
I occasionally see online vendors without secure websites suggesting that the buyer transmit their credit card details by email, but splitting the number into two emails. Is there any point to this? Surely, if a hacker can intercept one email, he can intercept two, and simply put them together. --Richardrj talkemail 06:25, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
* It might defeat some automatic filtering software that looks for credit card info in a single email, but doesn't know how to combine two emails to get the info. StuRat 07:08, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
* Shrug, transmitting insecure email is a crappy way to do it anyway. Even a basic public-key cryptography scheme would have defeated an interception. And with software that automates it, it's not exactly hard to do. I wouldn't trust an online vendor that asks you to transmit emails in the clear. ColourBurst 14:07, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
* What it comes down to is that you are interested in purchasing something from a vendor who doesn't want the electronic trail of credit card processing related to his/her website. Why? What is he/she hiding? If the business is shady enough that credit card processing has to be hidden, why trust that you will receive whatever it is you are interested in purchasing? --Kainaw (talk) 14:24, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
* OK, here is the page I was talking about . It's not a shady business at all, it's a perfectly respected and above-board operation. They say that they are working to launch secure credit card processing, so the suggestion of splitting the card number into two emails is just a temporary workaround. --Richardrj talkemail 14:36, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
* They accept PayPal. PayPal accepts credit cards securely online. What's the problem? Perhaps they should pay attention next time they are logged into PayPal. It has a rather cheap online "store" for small businesses. --Kainaw (talk) 14:39, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
* Sure, but maybe they are trying to cater for people who (for whatever reason, and I admit I can't think of one) might not want to use Paypal. --Richardrj talkemail 14:43, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
* I know one. I have a senile bastard of a father-in-law. He went to EBay and bid on two items and won. They required payment by PayPal. He went there and saw the login/create an account screen. He did not see that he could submit payment with just a credit card. He didn't want to create an account, so he got mad and refused to pay for the items he bought on EBay. Then, he rebid on another item, which required payment by PayPal. He won it, and refused to pay for it. Finally, he was suspended by EBay for non-payment. Now, he refuses to use EBay or PayPal because he says they are all crooks. --Kainaw (talk) 14:46, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
* There is a case against Paypal; read this. It's illiterately written but the point made is a good one, I think. --Richardrj talkemail 14:53, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
* How can you tell? I'm not even sure what the point is. (Kainaw's father-in-law seems to be a fairly average online shopper, in terms of sophistication.) --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 19:23, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
Net mlm
Is this recently-created article about a notable or a not notable neologism? --Dweller 12:32, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
* This is the sort of word that is only ever used by mlm companies themselves; just like many other members of the corporate-speak language, especially in the computing biz, no real human uses it. Sourced information could be added to the Multi-level marketing article, though, on how the internet has changed the mlm industry, with maybe a sidenote about the term net mlm (right now this gets only a paragraph though it's probably the best thing ever to happen to mlm). Also, mlm should have a redirect to the article above. Fastfinge
"before" object property and the "Take" and "Give" actions in Inform 6
I've been making an "interactive fiction" game using Inform 6, and I have an animate object that has a before property overriding the Take action, basically along the lines of:
before [; Take: move self to Player; print_ret "You got the object! Good for you."; ];
So that the user can pick up the animate object instead of getting the "I don't suppose [animate object] would like that" message. However, the problem I've encountered is that if the object is on the ground or in a container, and the user types something like "give object to Bill", the interpreter first calls the Take action on that object (so that it's in the player object), then performs the Give action. However, with the Take action for that object in its before property, if the user tries to give the object when they aren't carrying it, they get the object using the before Take routine, but then the Give action is never called as it would be with any normal object. The only way the Give action will proceed correctly if the player isn't holding the object before trying to Give it to something is if I use print "You got ... you."; instead of print_ret. However, then the message for an animate object, "I don't suppose ..." comes up when the player is simply taking the object normally (i.e. "take object"), which I don't want. I've checked all the Inform FAQs I can find, looked through the library files (oddly enough, it doesn't look like the Give action ever calls the take action or is even set up to deal with cases where the player doesn't have the object), and tried using the after property, but I've been unable to figure this out. If anyone has an ideas or has been able to fix this problem in a game they did, I'd greatly appreciate the assistance. Thanks!
* hi,
* This isn't a particularly good place for extremely spacific language questions; inform is a somewhat rare language, as is interactive fiction a somewhat rare art-form. I think your best bet is to take your question to the usenet group rec.arts.int-fiction. Last I checked google groups carries this group, so you shouldn't need a usenet server. Sorry I can't be of more help, but I'm a tads user, myself. Fastfinge
* It's been a while since I worked with Inform, but a quick review of the library reference suggests that you might be able to handle the entire action before it's broken down into Take and Give. The hook on the recipient seems like a good place, or perhaps trapping Give on the animate carryable. But it might be necessary to override the library's implementation of Give (I'm sure you can find it somewhere!) if none of these traps would run before the Take trap you already have. It's too bad that the routine isn't trivalent: "process this normally" (currently ), "this action has already failed" (currently ), or "this action has succeeded" (currently not available). Does this help at all? --<IP_ADDRESS> 18:32, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
* Sort of. I've already looked into the library extensively, and the verb definition for Give seems to have nothing to handle the case of the user trying to give an object they don't have to another (animate) object- there's only cases along the lines of held 'to' creature, creature held, etc (I actually went as far as to take the routine for Take out of the verb code library the normal verb library calls, but it doesn't seem to have anything to handle itself being called by Give). Your suggestion of getting into the life routines of the recipient objects might work, but I'd really rather have it handled by the one object with the actual before property for Take itself. Still, I appreciate the suggestions, and I might just check out the rec.arts groups FastFinge suggested. I'm rather surprised that Inform doesn't seem to have something to handle this type of situation, as it seems like something that could potentially crop up quite a bit.
* Quick update: I checked the rec.arts.int-fiction group and found a workable solution (there's a variable action_to_be that identifies the next action, if there is one). Thanks for the help, everyone!
* You could upgrade to Inform 7, it makes that sort of thing a bit easier. Luigi30 (Taλk) 13:04, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
how do i simulate the vc++ program that i had created for dc motor control?
i had created a program in vc++.this program is used to control the speed as well as direction of dc motor(12v) .Now i want to simulate the program for realization.... how to simulate it?..is there any software to simulate it? refer complete details of program ...etc in "http://www.multyremotes.com/DC-motor-control-in-VC++.htm"
* I'm afraid I don't understand the question -- define "simulate the program for realization". If you want to run the program, but have precise control over how fast it runs and what it runs, and be able to see its internal state, you're talking about running the program under a debugger; VC++ has one integrated that probably does everything you want in that regard. If you're talking about simulating the operation of the motor, you probably want to write a separate program that reads and interprets the output of the existing program to check its validity. Does that help? --Tardis 15:27, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
my reply:
sorry i had asked the question wrongly!
tardis said that "simulating the operation of motor"....how it will be?.. can anyone help me?
i had clicked the link "Tardis" for help...but it is not reachable!...help me!
* I imagine such a simulation program would need to know the parameters of the motor, such as it's size, and it could then take the inputs from the control program and use those to simulate the motor. If you don't already have such a simulation program, however, then I would think it would be easier to test on an actual motor. StuRat 16:17, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
* Also, I've looked at your web site. It's full of spelling and grammar errors. You really need to have somebody proofread it for you. Do you know any native English speakers who could help you with that ? StuRat 16:24, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
Elementary Wikitable query
I'm sorry to ask you really clever guys such a basic question, but I know next to nothing about HTML. I have just made (what I consider to be) a nice wikitable here: I nicked it from various other tables of opinion polls for other elections. The problem is that Scotland has two votes (local constituency, plus regional), and thus two parameters are measured in (most of the) polls. How do I break the column for each party into "1st vote" and "2nd vote"?
* Scottish_Parliament_election%2C_2007
(If I am asking this at completely the wrong page, please say!) Thanks. --Mais oui! 18:37, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
* Hmm, try putting "colspan=2" as a parameter in front of the column headers, and replacing semicolons with double pipes where appropriate. The first row would then look like the below table. Hyenaste (tell) 18:52, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
* Thanks. But I'm afraid that that doesn't seem to work: if I apply that then the table seems to progressively "squash up" towards the right hand side. Also, I was kind of hoping that we might be able to do a little sub-split in the header which said "1st vote" and "2nd vote". Any ideas?
* Sorry: I was wrong - it does work! Many thanks! But I wonder if you can tell me how to put a wee split in the header to put in the "1st", "2nd" clarification? --Mais oui! 19:15, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
* I've made that change, but you may adjust it if you wish. Hyenaste (tell) 19:19, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
* Thanks. --Mais oui! 19:24, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
new itunes
with iTunes 7.0 out now i have heard that if you have an acount one one computer then install iTunes on a different one but then sign in to the account off the first computer; and then you plug your iPod into your new computer that it wont reset your iPod. is this true?
* I don't think it use to reset your iPod. I believe that is true (your question). — [ Mac Davis ] (talk) ( Desk | Help me improve )
* it never usto reset the ipod... even with the old itunes.... it always prompted you asking if you wanted to copy the music from the new computer to your ipod.... you just simply clicked nopulo 13:22, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
* The only problem with all forms of iTunes before a certain version is that JHymn won't work with it. (JHymn extracts iTunes files, strips their DRM, and creates a MP3 file for you to use on, say, WinAmp.) --Guroadrunner 06:03, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
ALi PCI to USB Open Host Controller issue
I recently bought and plugged in a PCI USB2 hub with a total of about seven ports. However, Windows XP says it had a problem during installation, USB devices I plug into it receive power but not data, and Device Manager lists "Ali PCI to USB Open Host Controller" three times, with a Code 10 (This device cannot start) error on each. I've tried uninstalling it and re-running Add Hardware, in which case the same error occurs; I've tried unplugging it and plugging it back in; and I've tried, in desperation, the Help Troubleshooter. As a second question, has anyone ever been helped by one of those troubleshooters?
Any Ideas? Any help would be very greatly appreciated. <IP_ADDRESS> 21:02, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
* My guess is the card is defective. If your card is still under warantee, I would reccommend returning it and getting a new one. I purchased a generic ALi PCI USB2 card and it failed(giving the problems you mentioned) about 1/2 year after installing it. After wasting time trying to fix(doing much what you have done) it, I went out and purchased a Belkin PCI USB2 card.
* As for Windows Help Troubleshooters, I would say they are useful for people unknowledged about computers. They are the text equivalent of what I believe is usually called, "level one tech support", in customer tech support. In other words, they are common solutions to common user problems. Mitaphane talk 21:53, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
html: want the code, not the link
I'm looking for the HTML equivalent of Wikipedia's "nowiki" tags. In other words, I want to type the ", and & into their equivalent html entities (lest they be interpreted as html). So really there's no equivalent. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 23:40, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
* Use &lt; in place of <, and &gt; in place of >. --Serie 23:41, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
* Here's an example of HTML source:
* and here's the way it appears on a page:
* Try your cut and paste; satisfaction guaranteed (or your money back). --KSmrqT 10:56, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
* Try your cut and paste; satisfaction guaranteed (or your money back). --KSmrqT 10:56, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
* Try your cut and paste; satisfaction guaranteed (or your money back). --KSmrqT 10:56, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
Thanks to all! Joyous! | Talk 11:08, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
* would what you asked, but is deprecated. The suggestions above are better. Jon513 16:38, 13 September 2006 (UTC) | WIKI |
Behind Fake Degrees From Pakistan, a Maze of Deceit and a Case in Peril
In the year since Pakistani investigators raided Axact, a Karachi-based software company accused of raking in hundreds of millions of dollars with a vast Internet degree scam, Pakistani and American investigators have been busy dismantling its operations. Fourteen Axact employees, including the chief executive, await trial on charges of fraud, extortion and money laundering. Bank accounts in Pakistan and the United States have been frozen. Investigators have uncovered a tangled web of corporate entities — dozens of shell companies and associates, from Caribbean tax havens to others in Delaware, Dubai and Singapore — used to funnel illicit earnings back to Pakistan. New details suggest that Axact’s fraud empire, already considered one of the biggest Internet scams on record, is bigger than initially imagined. Over the past decade, Axact took money from at least 215,000 people in 197 countries — one-third of them from the United States. Sales agents wielded threats and false promises and impersonated government officials, earning the company at least $89 million in its final year of operation. Those findings stem from financial and customer records, company registrations, sworn testimony, communications between Pakistani and American officials, and hundreds of hours of taped phone conversations filed in court. The records have been made available to The New York Times in the months since a Times article detailing the company’s scheme prompted police raids and the collapse not just of Axact, but also of the company’s new national news channel, Bol. The case against Axact, which at first seemed a rare instance in which tycoons with powerful connections were being held to criminal account, has increasingly appeared in recent months to be in jeopardy. The leading prosecutor quit with little explanation, hinting that he had come under political pressure to soft-pedal the case. A trial date for the company’s executives has not been set, and several judges have dropped out of the case. Some media analysts, noting that Axact’s jailed chief executive, Shoaib Ahmed Shaikh, has publicly boasted of his work for the Pakistani military, speculate that his powerful connections may yet work in his favor. “There’s been a huge amount of speculation and analysis and deep-throated conspiracy theories,” said Hasan Zaidi, a filmmaker and media analyst based in Karachi. “Initially, there was a lot of surprise that Axact’s operations were being tackled so quickly, particularly given the view that it was being backed by the boys,” he added, using a common euphemism for the military’s Inter-Services Intelligence spy agency. “But now the interest has died down, and I don’t think it will ever be solved — even through a court case.” Axact had been in business for nearly 10 years at the time of the arrests in May, and the company and its founder appeared ever more eager to step into the public spotlight, seemingly unconcerned about the risk. Most prominently, Axact was preparing to introduce Bol, a television network with 2,200 employees that had started test transmissions in the days before the police raids. Comparing himself to Microsoft’s Bill Gates, Mr. Shaikh had touted Axact as Pakistan’s leading software exporter. He laid out an ambitious plan to provide education for millions of Pakistani children, and he wreathed himself in patriotism: In the corner of his office, near a passage leading to a bedroom and a private swimming pool, the eagle-crested Axact company flag stood alongside a furled Pakistani standard. Once the police investigation began, Mr. Shaikh instructed subordinates to burn company documents at a vacant lot and to destroy computer drives, some of which were later cast into the sea, another executive testified to the police. But Mr. Shaikh could not prevent the seizure of a vast trove of data, some recovered from computer disks as they were being deleted, that led investigators to conclude that Axact’s main business was providing fake degrees. The police found more than one million blank educational certificates and evidence of 300 fictitious educational websites, many with American-sounding names like Columbiana and Brooklyn Park, that sold fake degrees to hundreds of thousands of people around the world. Some knowingly bought effortless degrees to pad résumés or to help in immigration, and a handful have been publicly embarrassed. Last month, Myanmar’s new finance and planning minister, U Kyaw Win, admitted that his doctorate came from Axact’s Brooklyn Park University. “Now I am ashamed to call myself a Ph.D.,” he said. Many other customers, investigators quickly realized, had fallen victim to an elaborate and aggressive fraud, going to Axact-run websites for a legitimate online education only to be intimidated into making ever larger payments. Hundreds of hours of taped phone conversations, extracted from Axact servers and cited by prosecutors, showed sales agents impersonating American lawyers or State Department officials in an effort to collect more money from customers, mostly in the Middle East. In one recording from 2014, Riaz Ahmed Shaikh, a Pakistani living in Abu Dhabi, pleaded for respite from “Jacob” — a man who he believed was calling from the legal office of a university in California but was in fact an Axact sales agent in Karachi, according to police records. “Please, please, Mr. Jacob,” said Mr. Shaikh, who said he had already paid $150,000 to Axact. “I have sold all of my assets to pay this last amount. I am not eating well. I am not sleeping well.” “Look, you’re not paying that much,” the sales agent cajoled, before holding out a threat of possible police action. “Just another $10,000.” Axact executives took extraordinary measures to disguise their links to fraud. In a lawsuit in the United States, in which former customers of the online Belford High School were seeking damages, Axact officials persuaded an attendant in the company’s cafeteria to pose as the founder of the school, a police report said. The worker, Salem Kureshi, conducted a webcam video deposition in 2011 for the American court. In it, he merely moved his lips while, off camera, an Axact official voiced a set of evasive answers for the American lawyers, Mr. Kureshi told the police. After the police raided Axact last year, Mr. Kureshi added, executives paid him $250 to go into hiding in his hometown, 700 miles from Karachi. In Pakistan, the plight of Axact’s victims has been largely overshadowed by the media furor surrounding the Bol network, which had hired some of the country’s most prominent journalists before it closed. With their salaries suddenly cut off, many employees took to the streets to protest, saying Axact was the victim of a conspiracy by rival news organizations. Shoaib Ahmed Shaikh insists that he earned his wealth through legitimate software exports. He has hired Shaukat Hayat, a lawyer whose client list includes Pervez Musharraf, the former Pakistan president, to defend him. In a telephone interview, Mr. Hayat said the case against Mr. Shaikh and his fellow executives had been cooked up by the news media. “They have not committed any illegal action,” he said. Mr. Shaikh also faces scrutiny from American investigators. In a letter to the Pakistani authorities in February, United States officials said the F.B.I. had identified Axact as a “diploma mill” that operated a “worldwide web of shell companies and associates.” Three of the main shell companies, registered in Delaware, were found to have been owned by Mr. Shaikh or his associates, the letter said. Other company documents point to shell holdings in the British Virgin Islands, Cyprus, Dubai and Panama. In several instances, Mr. Shaikh appears to have used a pseudonym, Ryan Jones, to sign company documents. He became a citizen of St. Kitts and Nevis, a small Caribbean island that sells passports to rich investors. In the Belford case, lawyers have obtained a court order freezing three American bank accounts containing $675,000. In a sworn statement, Mr. Shaikh admitted ownership of some of those accounts. His sister, Uzma Shaheen, who lives in Chicago, has been called to testify. Documents filed in court show that Ms. Shaheen transferred more than $37 million from American bank accounts to Axact in Pakistan in recent years. Still, much of Axact’s global network remains undisrupted. It controls 32 other bank accounts — in the United States, Ireland, Dubai, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, and Singapore — that are thought to contain millions of dollars, according to prosecution documents. And in Pakistan, the case has run into quicksand. Two judges have recused themselves without explanation; so has Zahid Jamil, an ambitious prosecutor who built much of the case against Axact but quit abruptly in February, citing unspecified circumstances “that make it impossible for me to proceed further.” Contacted by phone, Mr. Jamil declined to comment. Nighat Dad of the Digital Rights Foundation, an Internet advocacy group in Pakistan, said the Axact case showed that good laws also needed political will if they were to succeed. “If the evidence is so clear, and there is so much of it, then why is the case against Axact taking so long?” she asked. “Something must be happening behind closed doors.” | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
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Hello. My name is Bob. I have a suggestion on how to improve the readability of Wikipedia articles. For each paragraph, make sure it is preceded by the less than sign followed by "P align="justify"", followed by a greater than sign (do not use quotes) followed by the paragraph, followed by a close paragraph notation <"/P"> (again, do not use quotes). | WIKI |
Exoporia
The Exoporia are a group of primitive Lepidoptera comprising the superfamilies Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea. They are a natural group or clade. Exoporia is the sister group of the lepidopteran infraorder Heteroneura. They are characterised by their unique female reproductive system which has an external groove between the ostium bursae and the ovipore by which the sperm is transferred to the egg rather than having the mating and egg-laying parts of the abdomen with a common opening (cloaca) as in other nonditrysian moths, or with separate openings linked internally by a "ductus seminalis" as in the Ditrysia. See Kristensen (1999: 57) for other exoporian characteristics. | WIKI |
Abou El Kacem Hadji
Abou El Kacem Hadji (born August 22, 1990, in Oujda, Morocco) is an Algerian football player who plays for Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2 club A Bou Saâda.
Club career
On January 4, 2012, Hadji was loaned out by WA Tlemcen to MC Alger until the end of the season. | WIKI |
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Video: How Brake Master Cylinders Work
Do you want to know how a master cylinder works or how to know if your master cylinder is going bad? Or the difference between a single reservoir versus a dual reservoir master cylinder? In this episode of Summit Racing Quick Flicks, Summit Racing’s tech team explains the function and symptoms of a bad master cylinder.
…on this installment of Summit Racing quick flicks, we are going to help you get stopped safely by answering your questions about master cylinders.
One of the most common questions we hear about master cylinders is simply: how does the master cylinder work? Well, the master cylinder is tasked with supplying hydraulic pressure to the braking system. So when you initially step on the brake pedal the linkage activates a piston within the system and this piston then displaces hydraulic fluid. Once a certain pressure is reached a secondary piston is then activated if you have a dual circuit system. This displaces even more hydraulic fluid, and ideally in these systems, there should be the same amount of hydraulic pressure between the two pistons for the braking system to operate properly.
Another common question we hear about master cylinders is, how I can tell if my master cylinder is starting to go bad? Well, there are a few symptoms you can look for. If your brake pedal feels soft or spongy, or if you press your brake pedal and it sinks slowly to the floor, that’s often a telltale sign that there is a leak inside your master cylinder. On dual circuit systems, you can lose contact between the primary circuit and the secondary circuits within the master cylinder. That is also often due to a leak within the system. In this case, you will just have brake function to two of your four wheels.
People also ask us about single reservoir master cylinders versus dual reservoir master cylinders and basically they just want to know if there is an advantage to using dual reservoir master cylinder versus the single reservoir master cylinder. Quite frankly, the answer is yes and the reason is simple. It’s really all about safety. Up through the mid-1960’s, most muscle cars came with a single reservoir master cylinder. This single reservoir had serve both the front and rear brakes, so if it failed, all of your brakes failed and you weren’t going to stop. So right around 1967, the U.S. started to mandate that cars come supplied with dual reservoir master cylinders– one reservoir might supply brake pressure to the front brakes and the other supply pressure to the rear brakes. So if one failed, you still had brakes and you still had enough braking to at least get the vehicle safely slowed down.
If you have more questions about master cylinders, brake systems in general, or any high performance related topic, go ahead and leave a question in the comment section below and we will be happy to try to answer those for you.
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• Hi Mr. Rebman,
The answer is: Yes. The master cylinder’s front reservoir works the front brakes and the rear reservoir works the back brakes.
Thank you very much for reading!
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3. What would cause my left front caliper to lock up? I have new front calipers, pads, rear pistons, shoes, new fluid. And my left front caliper is locking up on me. I pulled the wheel opened the bleeder valve, relieved the pressure closed the valve and hit the pedal and it locked up again. Any idea?
4. Michael Maylor says:
possible flexible brake pipe internal collapse.
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Scala 3 opaque types: How to create meaningful type names
This is an excerpt from the Scala Cookbook, 2nd Edition. This is Recipe 23.7, Creating Meaningful Type Names with Opaque Types.
Problem
In keeping with practices like Domain-Driven Design (DDD), you want to give values that have simple types like String and Int more meaningful type names to make your code safer.
Solution
In Scala 3, use opaque types to create meaningful type names. For an example of the problem, when a customer orders something on an e-commerce website you may add it to a cart using the customerId and the productId:
def addToCart(customerId: Int, productId: Int) = ...
Because both types are Int, it’s possible to confuse them. For instance, developers will call this method with integers like this:
addToCart(1001, 1002)
Because both fields are integers, it’s possible to confuse them again later in the code:
// are you sure you have the right id here?
if (id == 1000) ...
The solution to this problem is to create custom types as opaque types. A complete solution looks like this:
object DomainObjects:
opaque type CustomerId = Int
object CustomerId:
def apply(i: Int): CustomerId = i
given Eql[CustomerId, CustomerId] = Eql.derived
opaque type ProductId = Int
object ProductId:
def apply(i: Int): ProductId = i
given Eql[ProductId, ProductId] = Eql.derived
This lets you write code like this:
@main def OpaqueTypes =
// import the types
import DomainObjects._
// use the `apply` methods
val customerId = CustomerId(101)
val productId = ProductId(101)
// use the types
def addToCart(customerId: CustomerId, productId: ProductId) = ...
// pass the types to the function
addToCart(customerId, productId)
The “given Eql” portion of the solution also creates a compiler error if you attempt incorrect type comparisons at some future time:
// error: values of types DomainObjects.CustomerId and Int
// cannot be compared with == or !=
if customerId == 1000
// also an error: this code will not compile
if customerId == productId ...
Discussion
When you work in a Domain-driven design (DDD) style, one of the goals is that the names you use for your types should match the names used in the business domain. For example, when it comes to variable types you can say:
• A domain expert thinks about things like CustomerId, ProductId, Username, Password, SocialSecurityNumber, CreditCardNumber, etc.
• Conversely, they don’t think about things like Int, String, and Double.
Beyond DDD, an even more important consideration is functional programming (FP). One of the benefits of writing code in a functional style is that other programmers should be able to look at our function signatures and quickly see what our function does. For example, take this function signature:
def f(s: String): Int
Assuming the function is pure, we see that it takes a String and returns an Int. Given only those facts we can quickly deduce that the function probably does one of these things:
• Determines the string length
• Does something like calculating the checksum of the string
We also know that the function doesn’t attempt to convert the string to an int, because that process can fail, so a pure function that converts a string to an int will return the possible result in an error-handling type, like this:
def f(s: String): Option[Int]
def f(s: String): Try[Int]
def f(s: String): Either[Throwable, Int]
Given that pure function signatures are so important, we also don’t want to write types like this:
def validate(
username: String,
email: String,
password: String
)
Instead, our code will be easier to read and much more type-safe if we create our types like this:
def validate(
username: Username,
email: EmailAddress,
password: Password
)
This second approach — using opaque types — improves our code in several ways:
• In the first example, all three parameters are strings, so it can be easy to call validate with the parameters in the wrong order. Conversely, It will be much more difficult to pass the parameters into the second validate method in the wrong order.
• The validate type signature will be much more meaningful to other programmers in their IDEs and in the Scaladoc.
• We can add validators to our custom types, so we can validate the username, email address, and password fields when they are created.
• By deriving Eql when creating opaque types, you can make it impossible for two different types to be compared using == and !=. (See the Eql recipe for more details on using Eql.)
• Your code more accurately reflects the verbiage of the domain.
As shown in the Solution, opaque types are a terrific way to create types like Username, EmailAddress, and Password.
Benefits of the three-step solution
The code in the solution looks like this:
opaque type CustomerId = Int
object CustomerId:
def apply(i: Int): CustomerId = i
given Eql[CustomerId, CustomerId] = Eql.derived
While it’s possible to create an opaque type with this one line of code:
opaque type CustomerId = Int
each step in the three-step solution serves a purpose:
• The opaque type declaration creates a new type named CustomerId. (Behind the scenes, a CustomerId is an Int.)
• The object with the apply method creates a factory method (constructor) for new CustomerId instances.
• The given Eql declaration states that a CustomerId can only be compared to another CustomerId. Attempting to compare a CustomerId to a ProductId or Int will create a compiler error; it’s impossible to compare them.
History
There were several attempts to try to achieve a similar solution in Scala 2:
• Type aliases
• Value classes
• Case classes
Unfortunately all of these approaches had weaknesses, as described in the Opaque Types SIP. The goal of opaque types, as described in that SIP, is that “operations on these wrapper types must not create any extra overhead at runtime while still providing a type safe use at compile time.” Opaque types in Scala 3 have achieved that goal.
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Rules
There are a few rules to know about opaque types:
• They must be defined within the scope of an object, trait, or class.
• The type alias definition is visible only within that scope. (Within that scope, your code can see that a CustomerId is really an Int.)
• Outside the scope only the defined alias is visible. (Outside that scope, other code can’t tell that CustomerId is really an Int.)
As an important note for high-performance situations, the SIP also states, “Opaque type aliases are compiled away and have no runtime overhead.” | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Convert PPSM to XLAM via C#
.NET API for PPSM to XLAM conversion without using Microsoft® Excel or PowerPoint
By using Aspose.Total for .NET you can convert PPSM file to XLAM within any .NET, C#, ASP.NET and VB.NET application in two simple steps. Firstly, by using Aspose.Slides for .NET , you can export PPSM to HTML. After that, by using Aspose.Cells for .NET Spreadsheet Programming API, you can convert HTML to XLAM.
How to Convert PPSM to XLAM via C#
1. Open PPSM file using Presentation class
2. Export PPSM as HTML by using Save method
3. Load HTML document by using Workbook class
4. Save the document to XLAM using Save method
PPSM File Conversion in C#
For PPSM file to XLAM Conversion in C#, please install the API from the command line as nuget install Aspose.Total or via Package Manager Console of Visual Studio.
Alternatively, get the offline MSI installer or DLLs in a ZIP file from downloads .
Convert Protected PPSM to XLAM via C#
While converting PPSM file to XLAM, if your input PPSM document is password protected you cannot convert it to XLAM without decrypting the document. When your document is password protected, it means it enforces certain restrictions on the presentation. To remove the restrictions, the password has to be entered. A password-protected presentation is considered a locked presentation. The API allows you to open the encrypted document by passing the correct password in a LoadOptions object.
Convert PPSM to XLAM with Watermark via C#
While converting PPSM file to XLAM, you can also add watermark to your output XLAM file format. In order to add a watermark, you can create a new Workbook object and open the converted HTML document, select Worksheet via its index, create a Shape and use its AddTextEffect function. After that you can save your HTML document as XLAM with Watermark.
Other Conversion Options
PPSM TO XLTX (Excel Template)
PPSM TO XLSM (Macro-enabled Spreadsheet)
PPSM TO SXC (StarOffice Calc Spreadsheet)
PPSM TO TSV (Tab Seperated Values)
PPSM TO XLTM (Excel Macro-Enabled Template)
PPSM TO DIF (Data Interchange Format)
PPSM TO XLSX (Open XML Workbook)
PPSM TO XLSB (Excel Binary Workbook)
PPSM TO CSV (Comma Seperated Values)
PPSM TO FODS (OpenDocument Flat XML Spreadsheet)
PPSM TO ODS (OpenDocument Spreadsheet)
PPSM TO XLS (Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet (Legacy))
PPSM TO XLT (Excel 97 - 2003 Template)
PPSM TO MHTML (Web Page Archive Format)
PPSM TO DOC (Microsoft Word Binary Format)
PPSM TO DOCX (Office 2007+ Word Document)
PPSM TO DOCM (Microsoft Word 2007 Marco File)
PPSM TO DOT (Microsoft Word Template Files)
PPSM TO DOTM (Microsoft Word 2007+ Template File)
PPSM TO DOTX (Microsoft Word Template File )
PPSM TO ODT (OpenDocument Text File Format)
PPSM TO OTT (OpenDocument Standard Format)
PPSM TO RTF (Rich Text Format)
PPSM TO WORDML (Microsoft Word 2003 WordprocessingML) | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Character gone after power outage
I was playing with one of my characters and the power went out. After a while it came back, I rebooted the PC and started playing again with the same character. This happened overall around 4 times in 5 hours. Now the power has been on for a while so I thought I’d play some more. My character is gone. The others are there. 1 in online and 7 in offline. The 8th one is gone. Just gone. Please help.
Edit: I looked in my saves folder and there are files for 8 characters, numbered from 0 to 7. Does that help? Does the game fail to read the file for one of those characters maybe?
Edit #2: I tried deleting all the files named 1CHARACTERSLOT_BETA_0 - 1CHARACTERSLOT_BETA_7 (along with their .bak counterparts), except the first one, to see if it is my first character (which is the one that has disappeared). I deleted numbers 1 through 7 and started the game only to find all 7 characters still there. Went back to the save files and saw them all there. Did Steam just replace all the files that had been deleted? Can I stop it from doing that to proceed with my test?
Edit #3: Ok so I’ve disabled Steam Cloud synching and found out that 1CHARACTERSLOT_BETA_1 is the save file of the missing character. The game just doesn’t seem to be able to read it. There’s a 1CHARACTERSLOT_BETA_1_temp file, which the game does read and it indeed is my character, but it’s quite old. Is the .bak file something like a backup that I can use to see is if it is readable?
Update: Ok so I just deleted “.bak” from the file’s name and confirmed. The character is loaded perfectly well and everything is normal. I’d like to leave this here to potentially help someone in the future. Lost characters might be recoverable if the .bak file is intact.
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descriptionAlpine is a program to manage e-mail
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* Copyright 2013-2018 Eduardo Chappa
* Copyright 2006-2009 University of Washington
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* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
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For the latest info about Alpine, see http://repo.or.cz/alpine.git
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This Alpine distribution includes:
alpine - The Alpine source directory
configure - Script to set system-specific configuration, defaults
contrib - Contributed ports and additions
doc - Documentation directory. The main documentation is
tech-notes.txt
imap - Source tree containing C-Client IMAP implementation
m4 - macros used in the configure process
packages - Scripts for building packages for various Linux
distributions
pico - The Pico and Pilot source directory
pith - Core functions common to Alpine/Web Alpine
po - localization data
web - Source and scripts for web-based version of Alpine
Most of the documentation is in doc/tech-notes.txt. It is not user
level documentation, but there are things in it some users might find
useful. The directory doc/tech-notes contains source for
doc/tech-notes.txt in HTML format which can be viewed via a Web
pbrowser by opening doc/tech-notes/index.html.
User level documentation for Alpine is contained in the programs
themselves in the form of context-sensitive help.
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If you are reading this, you have presumably succeeded in extracting
the distribution from the compressed tar archive file, via the
following command, or equivalent:
tar -Jxf alpine.tar.xz
Some of the instructions that follow assume that your current working
directory is the alpine-X.XX directory created by the un-tar process
above.
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The Alpine build process is based on GNU autotools. On most Unix
systems, generating a suitable Alpine binary from the source
distribution should be as simple as typing the commands:
./configure
make
For a list of configuration options and default Alpine settings type:
./configure --help
Note, the included UW IMAP Toolkit used for mailbox access does not
make use of GNU autotools. However, in most cases Alpine's configure
script should set the appropriate make target and options. The
targetted OS can be set from Alpine's configure command line, but in
rare cases more significant manual intervention may be required. If
problems are encountered, see imap/README for more details.
The PC-Alpine build is based on the Microsoft C compiler and
libraries. The Alpine Team bases builds on Visual Studio 8 from the
command line using the static build.bat batch and makefiles to
generate suitable binaries.
The Web Alpine application requires a few extra, manual steps to get
all the components built and installed. See web/README for an
explanation of the various components and web/INSTALL for a basic
installation recipe.
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RESULTING EXECUTABLES
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The executables produced are:
alpine The Alpine mailer. Once compiled this should work just fine on
your system with no other files than this binary, and no
modifications to your system. Optionally you may create two
configuration files, /usr/local/lib/pine.conf and
/usr/local/lib/pine.info. See the documentation for details.
pico The standalone editor similar to the Alpine message composer.
This is a very simple straight forward text editor.
pilot The standalone file system navigator.
alpined
The Web Alpine serveret that is the primary component of
Web Alpine
imapd The IMAP daemon. If you want to run alpine in client/server
mode, this is the daemon to run on the server. Installing this
requires system privileges and modifications to /etc/services.
See doc/tech-notes for more details.
mtest The test IMAP client, an absolutely minimal mail client, useful
for debugging.
rpload Utility for uploading a local pinerc or address book to an IMAP
server.
rpdump Utility for downloading a pinerc or address book to the
local machine.
mailutil
Utility for performing various operations on mailboxes,
be they local or remote.
In general "make install" should place alpine, pico and pilot, and
their corresponding man pages, in the proper directory for your
system. As the remaining binaries are intended for specific uses or
are a component of a larger package, their installation is typically
done by hand.
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alpine.tar.xz README
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# -*- coding: utf-8; mode: tcl; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- vim:fenc=utf-8:ft=tcl:et:sw=4:ts=4:sts=4 PortSystem 1.0 PortGroup compiler_blacklist_versions 1.0 PortGroup perl5 1.0 name rxvt-unicode version 9.31 revision 1 categories x11 license GPL-3+ maintainers {gmail.com:emanuele.giaquinta @exg} openmaintainer description Unicode-aware rxvt clone. long_description \ rxvt-unicode is a clone of the well-known terminal \ emulator rxvt. Some of its main features over rxvt are \ use of UCS-2 or UCS-4 to store text internally, \ locale-correct in- and output, stability, \ completely flicker-free \ display, support for Xft and core fonts in any \ combination, etc. homepage http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode.html master_sites http://dist.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/ \ http://dist.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/Attic/ use_bzip2 yes checksums rmd160 0cce3f8818e75a6557ddaabf86ed706e766e7acf \ sha256 aaa13fcbc149fe0f3f391f933279580f74a96fd312d6ed06b8ff03c2d46672e8 \ size 880148 perl5.major 5.34 depends_build \ port:pkgconfig # urxvt also depends on xorg-libX11, xrender and fontconfig but all these ports are in the dependency tree of Xft2 depends_lib \ port:libptytty \ port:Xft2 \ port:startup-notification \ port:xorg-libXext \ port:xorg-libXmu \ port:ncurses \ port:perl${perl5.major} # clang++ 3.0 produces unstable urxvt binary which sometimes causes errors like: # "terminate called throwing an exceptionAbort trap: 6" compiler.blacklist {clang < 318} configure.perl ${perl5.bin} patchfiles patch-Makefile.in.diff \ patch-fix-osc-response.diff \ patch-perl-embed-args.diff compiler.cxx_standard 2011 configure.cxxflags-append -std=c++11 configure.args --enable-everything \ --enable-256-color \ --with-term=rxvt-unicode-256color \ --disable-pixbuf \ --mandir=${prefix}/share/man use_parallel_build yes variant pixbuf description {gdk-pixbuf support} { configure.args-append --enable-pixbuf depends_lib-append path:lib/pkgconfig/gdk-pixbuf-2.0.pc:gdk-pixbuf2 } variant lite description {lightweight build options} { depends_lib-delete port:Xft2 \ port:startup-notification \ port:perl${perl5.major} depends_lib-append port:xorg-libX11 configure.args-delete --enable-everything configure.args-append --disable-everything \ --enable-combining \ --enable-resources \ --enable-frills \ --enable-font-styles \ --enable-selectionscrolling \ --enable-mousewheel \ --enable-pointer-blank } destroot.env TERMINFO=${destroot}${prefix}/share/terminfo pre-destroot { xinstall -m 755 -d ${destroot}${prefix}/share/terminfo } post-destroot { xinstall -m 755 -d ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name}/etc xinstall -m 644 -W ${worksrcpath} COPYING Changes INSTALL README.FAQ README.configure ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name} xinstall -m 644 -W ${worksrcpath}/doc/etc rxvt-unicode.termcap rxvt-unicode.terminfo ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name}/etc } livecheck.type regex livecheck.url [lindex ${master_sites} 0] livecheck.regex ${name}-(\[0-9.\]+)${extract.suffix} | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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Dissertação de Ângelo Cardoso Lapolli
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Aluno: Ângelo Cardoso Lapolli
Orientador: Prof. Dr. Luciano Paschoal Gaspary
Título: Offloading Real-time DDoS Attack Detection to Programmable Data Planes
Linha de Pesquisa: Segurança Cibernética
Data: 14/11/2019
Hora: 13h30min.
Local: Prédio 43412 – Sala 215 – Instituto de Informática UFRGS
Banca Examinadora:
Prof. Dr. Alberto Egon Schaeffer Filho (UFRGS)
Prof. Dr. Raul Ceretta Nunes (UFSM – por videoconferência)
Prof. Dr. Weverton Luis da Costa Cordeiro (UFRGS)
Presidente da Banca: Prof. Dr. Luciano Paschoal Gaspary
Abstract: In recent years, Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks have escalated both in frequency and traffic volume, with outbreaks reaching rates up to the order of terabits per second and compromising the availability of supposedly highly resilient infrastructure (e.g., DNS and cloud-based web hosting). The reality is that existing detection solutions resort to a combination of mechanisms, such as packet sampling and transmission of gathered data to external software, which makes it very difficult (if at all possible) to reach a good compromise for accuracy (higher is better), resource usage footprint, and latency (lower is better). Data plane programmability has emerged as a promising approach to help meeting these requirements as forwarding devices can be configured to execute algorithms and examine traffic at line rate. In this thesis, we explore P4 primitives to design a fine-grained, low-footprint, and low-latency traffic inspection mechanism for real-time DDoS attack detection. Our proposal – the first to be fully in-network – contributes to shed light on the challenges to implement sophisticated security logic on forwarding devices given that, to operate at high throughput, the inspection (and overall processing) of packets is subject to a small time budget (dozens of nanoseconds) and limited memory space (in the order of megabytes). We evaluate the proposed mechanism using packet traces from CAIDA. The results show that it can detect DDoS attacks entirely within the data plane with high accuracy (98.2%) and low latency ( 250 ms) while keeping device resource usage low (dozens of kilobytes in SRAM per 1 Gbps link and a few hundred TCAM entries).
Keywords: Network Security. Programmable Data Planes. DDoS Attacks. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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Carbon-carbon double bonds play an important role in nature as well as commodity chemicals. For this reason, one of the major tasks in organic chemistry is development and application of new strategies for the synthesis of C=C bonds. The hypothesis suggested herein is based on the unexplored idea that the ordinary Peterson reaction could be combined with known sila-Peterson reactions to create novel reductive carbonyl-carbonyl coupling. | WIKI |
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My interest as an editor is to correct the complete online anonymity of a 2nd generation Abstract Expressionist painter, working in New York from the 1950's through 1970's. There are some paintings that may reside in collections (Herbert and Dorothy Vogel, the Whitney Museum, Dartmouth College, i.e.) and yet anyone wishing to research the artist would not find information. I am the artist's daughter. David Sawin has been dead for 27 years, and there is no material gain for me or my family, as we do not own paintings that could be sold. | WIKI |
hello i need you to a brief respond to this discussion
Question 3: How and why did the United States become involved in the “War of 1812” against Great Britain? How can we account for American victory in the conflict and what were some of the major outcomes for the fledgling nation?
The war in 1812 arose as a result of the restrictions imposed by the British on the United States trade and the wish of the United States to widen their territories. . It was after the American Revolution that the United States and Great Britain were not in good terms. This then resulted to the United States fighting against Great Britain. Since France was also a rival of Great Britain they offered to help the United States. Americans were caught in the midst of the war between France and Britain and despite proclaiming being neutral in the war; Britain did not accept that the Americans were neutral. Britain made restrictions at sea and forced the American soldiers to join the British Army (Khan Academy, 2019)
The war involved the American sailors and their ships being seized. The Americans were backed by the ‘war hawks’ from South Carolina who claimed that the treatment by the British towards the United States was not acceptable. The Unites states Army was quite small, not well equipped and was not organized as was expected. Although their army was small and all the other disparities, they United States still managed to achieve two very important successes defeating the British. The Battle of Thames led to the ending of American Indian resistance. There were peaceful negotiations resulting to the Treaty of Ghent that formally ended the war (Khan Academy, 2019).
According to Foreman (2014), the war of 1812 was termed as the successful “second war marking independence.” To others the war was termed as a new beginning for American freedom because things got better for the United States. It dawned on people and they viewed the United States differently as a nation that was independent. The challenge of the United States expansion of territories on the western side was also resolved after this war.
Foreman, S. (2014). The British View the War of 1812 Quite Differently than Americans Do. Retrieved from https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/british-vie…
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A medical record is composed of a number of sections. The first section contains a description of the patient's complaints and symptoms, the medical history of the patient, the findings of a physical examination of the patient, and the impressions of the examining physician regarding the diagnosis of the patient's illness.
You should be cautioned that each medical record will be slightly different. The order in which information is recorded will be slightly different and sometimes certain items of information will not be found in the medical record as more patients are diagnosed and/or treated in the physician's office or in a clinic. It must also be noted that medical practitioners are not noted for their penmanship. Indeed, perhaps one of the most difficult aspects of medical record abstracting is deciphering the physician's handwriting. This will be less of a problem as more hospitals computerize the medical record. The United States military is considering a computerized system called Composite Health Care System (CHCS). Army hospitals in Kentucky and Hawaii began developing the system in 1988 as well as Navy and Air Force facilities. Now the system is being tested in Walter Reed Medical Center, the Army's largest teaching hospital. It will eventually be installed throughout military medical centers — a total of 125 hospitals in the United States.
The first entry in the record is usually a description of the chief complaints (CC) of the patient, i.e., the reason the patient sought medical attention. The description of the present illness (PI) which follows includes a description of the onset of the illness and the symptoms associated with it. In the following pretest you will find many words which are used to describe common symptoms. See how many of them you can match. If you have trouble, use your medical dictionary.
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The result was keep (non-admin closure) per lack of delete preferences. Skomorokh 00:32, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Kings (TV series)
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TV show of doubtable notability. Sources given are merely a directory listing and an IMDB entry (which doesn't confer notability). PROD was contested. B. Wolterding (talk) 19:42, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
* Comment I may be wrong, but aren't most nationally airing TV shows considered inherently notable? Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 19:44, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
* That is the consensus, yes. It probably ought to be written down someplace, or if it is, in a more readily findable place. Like right next to that named geographic features are inherently notable. —Quasirandom (talk) 21:26, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
* Keep. Nationally aired television series are notable. If this lacks sources, that's a content issue, not an AFD issue (unless this article is a verified hoax, in which case someone PM me and I'll change my vote). 23skidoo (talk) 21:56, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
* Keep - although probably not a particularly significant series, it was aired on a large network and featured several vaguely notable actors - it's definitely not a hoax, as it's listed on two reputable sites. Needs improving, but that's sort of the point of a stub notice. I'm afraid I haven't seen it, though, so can't really do anything more to help beyond the additions the other day. Bob talk 23:21, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
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Mohammad sheikh asif belongs from Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir an Entrepreneur. He started website design development when he was just 15 Years old and in 2011 he started a new company in London naming Thames Infotech and now a days Thames Infotech is growing Company in UK and India. | WIKI |
Loris Karius
Loris Sven Karius (born 22 June 1993) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper and is currently a free agent. Karius represented Germany at youth level.
Karius began his career with VfB Stuttgart before moving to Manchester City in 2009. After two years in Manchester City's youth system, he returned to Germany with Mainz 05. He established himself as the first-choice goalkeeper for the Bundesliga side before transferring to Liverpool in 2016 for a fee of £4.75 million. Karius would go on to play in the 2018 UEFA Champions League final with the club, suffering a 3–1 defeat to Real Madrid. After loan spells at Beşiktaş and Union Berlin, he left Liverpool in 2022 and joined Newcastle United. In 2024, he left Newcastle.
Early life
Karius was born in Biberach, Baden-Württemberg to Christine and Harald Karius. Harald intended for his son to become a motocross rider, but Loris' grandfather, Karl, encouraged him to focus on football.
Karius attended Pestalozzi-Gymnasium Biberach until his move to England in 2009 where he was then privately tutored.
Early career
Karius played for local team SG Mettenberg and SSV Ulm 1846 before joining VfB Stuttgart, where he rose through the youth ranks and appeared for the German under-16 national team against Macedonia in September 2008. Manchester City invited Karius and his family to England after watching him in Germany's under-16 game against Azerbaijan, and completed his signing on 1 July 2009. Karius played for the under-18 and the under-21 Manchester City teams, but did not make a senior appearance during his time in Manchester.
Mainz 05
He was loaned to Mainz 05 in August 2011, where he played for Mainz 05's reserve team, Mainz 05 II, in the Regionalliga. On 11 January 2012, the move was made permanent with Karius committing himself to a two-year deal with an option for a third year that would extend his contract to June 2015. He made his Mainz 05 debut on 1 December 2012 in a Bundesliga match against Hannover 96 when he was substituted for Shawn Parker after goalkeeper Christian Wetklo had been sent off, which, aged 19 years and 5 months, made Karius the youngest goalkeeper ever to play in the Bundesliga for Mainz. He made no further appearances in the 2012–13 season, but established himself as first-choice goalkeeper in the 2013–14 season and on 12 January 2015 signed a three-year contract extension. Karius was ever-present in the 2015–16 season, keeping nine clean sheets, saving two penalties and being voted the second-best goalkeeper in the league in a poll of 235 fellow Bundesliga players, ranking behind only Manuel Neuer.
2016–17 season
On 24 May 2016, Karius signed with Liverpool for a fee of £4.75 million on a five-year deal. He was given the number 1 shirt.
Karius made his Liverpool debut in a 3–0 League Cup win over Derby County on 20 September 2016. He played his first Premier League match against Hull City, which ended in a 5–1 victory for the Reds, on 24 September. Karius recorded his first Premier League clean sheet on 17 October, in a 0–0 draw with rivals Manchester United. On 24 October 2016, Jürgen Klopp confirmed that Karius was Liverpool's first-choice goalkeeper, ahead of Simon Mignolet. After two sub-par performances in early December, which included spilling Lewis Cook's tame shot into the path of Nathan Aké to tap home into an empty net to give Bournemouth a 4–3 win, Karius was dropped from the starting eleven. Regarding this decision, Klopp stated he wanted to take Karius "out the firing line," and that "Karius is a young goalkeeper. He will bounce back."
2017–18 season
In the 2018 Champions League quarter-final second leg away to Manchester City, with the aggregate scoreline at 3–1 to Liverpool, Karius was involved in a controversial incident when he failed to clear a cross into the penalty area, punching the ball down which ricocheted off teammate James Milner and into the path of City winger Leroy Sané who scored, only for the linesman to give offside. In Liverpool's Champions League semi-final home leg against Roma, with the scoreline at 0–0, Karius let Aleksandar Kolarov's shot go through his hands with the ball then hitting the crossbar, before Liverpool went on to win 5–2. In the away game in Rome, Karius was involved in a contested incident when he came rushing out of his goal and brought down Edin Džeko inside the penalty area, but instead of a penalty and red card the linesman gave offside in what The Telegraph called "an extremely tight call". Minutes later, Karius parried a Roma shot into the path of Džeko which levelled the score for Roma at 2–2, before the game finished 4–2 to Roma but 7–6 to Liverpool on aggregate.
Karius started for Liverpool against Real Madrid in the 2018 UEFA Champions League final, which his side lost 3–1. He was deemed at fault for two of the goals that Liverpool conceded, the first and third: the first when his throw was blocked by Karim Benzema and deflected into the net; the second when he mishandled Gareth Bale's 40-yard strike.
After the match, Karius wept and tearfully apologised to Liverpool fans who remained in the stands. He also stated that his mistakes "lost the team the final". After the match, Karius received online death threats, mainly on Twitter, which prompted Merseyside Police to launch an investigation. Five days later, Karius underwent an examination at Massachusetts General Hospital. Medics concluded he had suffered a concussion from an elbow to his head, reportedly from Sergio Ramos just minutes before his first mistake. Doctors, however, did not pinpoint the exact moment he was concussed. According to doctor Ross Zafonte, it was possible the concussion affected his performance. Later, on 6 July, at the start of pre season, Klopp stated that Karius was "100% influenced by his concussion", leading to his errors, with Klopp saying "We don't use it as an excuse, we use it as an explanation. For me, it's 100% the explanation [for his performance]. He was influenced by that knock – that is 100%".
Loans
In July 2018, Liverpool broke the world transfer fee record for a goalkeeper when they signed Alisson for an initial fee of €62.5 million (£56 million), potentially rising to €72 million (£66.8 million) with performance-based bonuses. The signing effectively relegated Karius to a backup role. On 25 August 2018, Karius joined Turkish club Beşiktaş on a two-year loan move. On 8 December 2018, he made several saves against Alanyaspor in a scoreless draw. In March 2019, he sought legal action against Beşiktaş for back payment of four months' wages which he alleged the club had failed to pay him. On 4 May 2020, Karius terminated his contract with the Turkish outfit due to continuing issues regarding unpaid wages and after completing the majority of the two years agreed.
On 28 September, Karius was loaned to German side Union Berlin for the 2020–21 season. On 22 December 2020, Karius made his debut in a 3–2 defeat against SC Paderborn in the German DFB Pokal. On 13 February 2021, he made his first start in the Bundesliga for Union Berlin in a goalless draw against Schalke 04. In July 2021, Karius returned to Liverpool. However, manager Jürgen Klopp stated in January 2022 that Karius would not be included in the squad; he made no further official appearances for the club until the end of his contract. It was confirmed in June that Karius would leave the club when his contract expired at the end of the month.
Newcastle United
On 12 September 2022, Karius signed for Newcastle United on an initial contract until January 2023, which was later extended until the end of the season. On 26 February 2023, despite having not made a prior appearance for Newcastle, Karius made his debut for the club in the 2023 EFL Cup final in a 2–0 loss against Manchester United. This appearance came about due to first-choice Nick Pope receiving a red card against Liverpool on 18 February, and backup Martin Dúbravka being cup-tied having appeared for Newcastle's cup final opponent earlier in the season whilst on loan. The match was Karius's first in two years and his first for an English club since the 2018 UEFA Champions League final. Despite the result, Karius was praised for his performance, making eight saves during the contest. On 9 July 2023, the club announced he had signed a one-year extension.
On 24 February 2024, Karius made his first Premier League appearance in six seasons, in a 4–1 loss to Arsenal. Karius was not expected to start the match, but both goalkeepers ahead of him were unavailable, since Pope had been injured since November 2023 and Dúbravka had been ruled out with illness the day of. At the end of the season, Newcastle decided not to offer a new contract to Karius, and he departed from the club on 1 July 2024.
International career
Karius represented Germany at all youth levels from under-16 onward, but his appearances were limited due to competition from other goalkeepers.
Personal life
Karius has been in a relationship with Italian television presenter and model Diletta Leotta since 2022. In March 2023, they announced that she was pregnant and expecting their first child. The couple got engaged later in the year, and Leotta gave birth to their first daughter, named Aria, on 16 August 2023. They got married on June 22, 2024, at a private ceremony on the island of Vulcano, Sicily on Leotta's country of birth Italy.
Honours
Liverpool Newcastle United
* UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2017–18
* EFL Cup runner-up: 2022–23 | WIKI |
How to Fix Error ‘STATUS_BREAKPOINT’ on Chrome and Edge?
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Fix Error ‘STATUS_BREAKPOINT’ on Chrome and Edge?
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What is ‘STATUS_BREAKPOINT’ on Chrome and Edge?
Errors and web browsers go hand in hand as there are can be an unusual attack of errors. The errors are very common and are faced by all the web browsers, not even one browser is that proper that doesn’t make the error occur. They might occur due to the faulty issues found in the browser or the network you might have adopted. Several errors hit the browser and there are several reasons, for the error to hit.
So, today we will see what the STATUS_BREAKPOINT error is? How does it cause? And how to fix it?
Let’s start with understanding the meaning of what is STATUS_BREAKPOINT error?
It is an unusual error that hits the browser while you keep scrolling through a web page that is outdated or is faulty. There are websites which are not updated from a long time this triggers the server and block the website.
How does the STATUS_BREAKPOINT error cause?
The error caused due to the faulty issues found in the browser or the internet connection you have might be causing some error. this situation is very common for a browser to face as they are to be updated every day for tackling each error to be caused.
How to fix the STATUS_BREAKPOINT error?
Some fixes helped me to deflect the error and will be mentioning them for your reference and resolution. For a fact, there is no specific solution for solving the error.
Unless the developer finds the solution and patches it up till then you have to try fixing the error from your end.
Update google chrome and Microsoft Edge browser
Keeping on using the outdated version of any browser gets you closer to being hit by the STATUS_BREAKPOINT error. So, keeping your browser up-to-date gives you a plus point from tackling the error from hitting the browser.
Steps for updating google chrome or Microsoft Edge browser –
• Open google chrome or Microsoft Edge browser on your computer
• Hit the three vertical dots on the top right corner of the page and select setting from the options
• Navigate towards about chrome or about Microsoft edge section on the settings page
• The browser will automatically start looking for the latest updates
• It might be updated and will just ask for a relaunch.
Once you have gone through all the steps you need to check your browser and verify that the error is fixed or not. I believe updating the browser would have fixed the error.
Update windows
Being on the outdated version of windows can also be the reason for the cause of the error. having an old version of windows but the latest google chrome and Microsoft edge will have no use, you will still end up facing the error.
Steps for updating windows PC –
• Open windows settings menu
• Select updates and security
• On the Windows update tab, click on check for updates
• If there are any updates available just download and install the updates
To update macOS here are the steps –
• Click on the apple icon in the menu and press on the system preference
• Click on the software update preference from the list
• Windows will open and start checking for software updates
• Choose the update from the checkbox
• Hit on the upgrade now command button
There might be some security fixes in the operating system upgrade and that helps in resolving the problem. It is recommended to keep your operating system up-to-date to prevent such errors.
Remove broken extensions
Some extensions might be broken or have some faults in their work. they can also be the reason behind the cause of the error. By removing the extension, you can make a note of which extension is causing the error.
Steps for removing the extensions –
• Launch Google Chrome and click on the three verticals dots on the top right corner of the page.
• Select more tool and from sub option select extensions from the list
• From the extension, the page stops all the extension and start one extension at a time and see which extension is triggering the error.
• After you find the faulty extension then remove it permanently.
For Microsoft edge –
• Open Microsoft Edge browser on your computer
• Click on the dot on the top right corner of the page
• Choose the extension menu from the list
• Select the extension and hit the remove command link
Use a different web browser
This is not an actual solution for the error but you can give it a shot for a temporary purpose. Firstly, install a different browser or if you already have one then open it and see whether you see the same error on the alternative browser. If you do no face the error on the alternative browser then it might just be big with the latest version, so just wait and let the developer solve the bug. Until then you can use Firefox or chromium.
Above mentioned solution hopefully works for solving the STATUS_BREAKPOINT error you are facing. These errors mostly occur on the canary version of google chrome. If you are using one of them switch quickly this is the reason you would be experiencing the error.
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My research to date indicates that it is impossible to build an application for execution on Windows NT 4.0 using Visual Studio (C++, in this case) 2005. Is this really true? Is there any workaround available?
+4 A:
No, there are many applications built with VS2005 that have to support Windows XP, 2000, NT, the whole stack. The issue is that (by default) VS2005 wants to use libraries/exports not present on NT.
See this thread for some background.
Then start limiting your dependencies via preprocessor macros, and avoiding APIs which aren't supported on NT.
James D
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CodingTheWheel,
Thanks for your response and for that link. The only solution suggested and not shot down in that thread is:
Change the CRT linkage in "Configuration Properties", "C\C++", "Code Generation", "Runtime Library" to "Multi-Threaded (\MT)" from "multi-threaded DLL (\MD)". Your binary will be bigger ofcourse, but the static library does not use GetLongPathNameW so your problem should go away.
Unfortunately, when I tried that, the compiler complained:
Please use the /MD switch for _AFXDLL builds
The application that I'm trying to migrate uses afxext.h, which causes _AFXDLL to get set, which causes this error if I set \MT.
Any other ideas?
MOE37x3
+1 A:
To get rid of the _AFXDLL error, have you tried changing to the settings to use MFC as a static lib instead of a DLL? This is similar to what you're already doing in changing the runtime libs to static instead of DLL.
Adam Mitz
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Although I'm not familiar with afxext.h, I am wondering what about it makes it incompatible with Windows NT4....
However, to answer the original question: "My research to date indicates that it is impossible to build an application for execution on Windows NT 4.0 using Visual Studio (C++, in this case) 2005."
The answer should be yes especially if the application was originally written or running on NT4! With the afxext.h thing aside, this should be an easy YES.
The other thing I am finding trouble with is the loose nature in which people are throwing out the NT term. Granted most people think of 'NT' as Windows NT4 but it's still ambiguous because 'most people' is not equal to 'all people.'
In reality the term 'NT' is equal to the NT series. The NT series is NT3, NT4, NT5 (2000, XP, 2003) and NT6 (Vista).
Win32 is a subsystem which you target your C/C++ code too. So I see no reason why one should not be able target this NT4 platform & subsystem or, if this is a platform porting excercise, remove the MFC dependencies that VC is possibly imposing.
Adding the afxext.h to the mix, it sounds to me like a subsystem compatibility issue. It's part of MFC from my Google research. The afxext.h appears to be the MFC (Microsoft Foundation Class) extensions.
Can you remove your dependency on MFC? What type of application is this? (CLR, service, GUI interface?) Can you convert project to an unmanaged C++ project in VC 8.0?
Hopefully some of this will help you along.
Eric M
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The workaround is to fix the multi-threaded DLL. Simple instructions
Once you've got those working, coming up with a more generic solution should be trivial.
MSalters
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The idea is that the exe is needed to link to the static library.
Please try this "Configuration Properties", "General", "Use of MFC" to "Use MFC in a Static Library" "Configuration Properties", "General", "Use of ATL" to "Static Link to ATL"
"Configuration Properties", "C\C++", "Code Generation", "Runtime Library" to "Multi-Threaded (\MT)"
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The latest issue of JAMA is an interesting one. The entire original investigation section is devoted to steroids for the treatment against COVID-19 in severely ill patients. The researchers are not talking about the steroids Mark McGwire used to hit home-runs. They are investigating corticosteroids. These are medicines used to impair the immune system, mitigate inflammation and support poor adrenal function. The first 3 papers were kind of duds. The final study is a meta-analysis, and it is a beautiful example of the benefit these studies bring to medical research.
The first 3 articles really highlight the difficulty in treating patients severely ill with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). Historically, mortality is high at around 60%. Ventilator days are many. Organ complications are many. ICU stays are long. Patients are lucky to punch their ticket out.
The sample sizes were quite small. One trial was stopped early due to difficulty with enrollment. Another trial only showed a reduction in ventilator free days but no significance in other outcomes. The third trial only showed an increase in organ dysfunction free days (you may have to read that outcome twice), without any change in ICU days, ventilator days, or mortality.
All of these studies had trends in the right direction for outcomes like mortality, icu days, ventilator free days, but lacked the size to be able to show a statistical significance. They did not have statistical power. However, when you grouped the results together much of these trends, which weren’t statistically significant, became significant. This helped reveal the potential benefit of steroids in the treatment of severe/ life-threatening COVID, which has been elusive.
Let’s take a look at the study and what they found.
There were 16 total trials identified in their search. These were all randomized trials. Directors of each trial were contacted. Some of the trials were excluded due to ongoing enrollment, or refusal to collaborate with the authors of the meta-analysis. They were left with 7 studies combined in the analysis. All of the trials investigated patients with severe COVID or life-threatening disease. There were 678 patients randomized to steroids and 1025 to usual care. Alternative therapies like hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin varied significantly between the trials. Only 13 patients were lost to follow-up, which is low.
The underlying risk of bias in 6 of the 7 trials was rated as low.
There were 222 deaths in the 678 patients treated with steroids and 425 deaths in the 1025 patients treated with usual care. The odds ratio (OR) had a confidence interval of (0.53-0.82). For the most part Odd's ratios and risk reduction are interchangeable in medical research. Particularly when used in prospective randomized controlled trials and when event rates are rare. The Odd's ratio describes the change in the base rate based on exposure to a variable. For example, in the base death rate is 41%, the best case odds ratio of of 0.53 would represent a change in event rate to 21%, a worst case odds ratio of .82 would be a change in event rate to 33% after exposure to the variable, in this case steroids.
With these numbers the absolute risk reduction from the treatment is 9%. Based on this the number needed to treat (NNT) can be calculated. The NNT tells us the number of patients that need to receive the treatment to prevent the outcome once. The NNT is 11.1. So, for every 11 patients that receive steroids 1 life is saved. In medicine this would be considered a robust result. Usually we are dealing with NNT’s in the 50’s to 100’s.
The heterogeneity assessment was 15.6%. In a meta-analysis you want all the studies to look the same. They should be homogenous. The closer to zero this number is the better.
They found similar results in subgroups for patients > 60 and those requiring mechanical ventilation.
Serious adverse events were not measured consistently in the trial, so they could not comment much on the potential downside. But I’m sure there were. There are very few free lunches in this world. Steroids are known to significantly impair the immune system, increase blood sugar, increase blood pressure, cause psychosis, reduce muscle strength, and thin the stomach lining just to name a few. The longer a patient is on them, the more complicated their care becomes.
This meta-analysis showed that steroids are a helpful therapy for severe and life-threatening COVID. Trials investigating other therapies like Remdesivir, Hydroxychloroquine, and Convalescent plasma have showed to be ineffective in treating this population. The low number needed to treat suggest that the treatment response is robust and can really impact the death rate associated with severe COVID.
This study also showed the beauty of meta-analyses. None of the included studies showed statistical significance. Mainly due to being underpowered. The original studies did not have the resources, patients, and time to get to truly test to hypothesis. Much like the example set by the cartoon “Captain Planet,” When their collective data combined, they formed a super study that solved the hypothesis problem.
Steroids work by mitigated the immune response to the virus. In Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) the real threat is the attack the immune system initiates to eliminate the infecting agent. Steroids impair white blood cells in almost all of their actions. Their movement is impaired, the release of inflammatory proteins is impaired, and their communication between each other is impaired. Often times in ARDS the infecting agent has already been suppressed, but the immune cascade is so amped up that it takes too long to turn off. Unfortunately, in many cases the patient’s lungs are destroyed before the immune cascade is winded down. So, the science behind this makes sense.
However, this runs counter to much of the previous research investigating steroids for the treatment of ARDS. Recently, steroids have been shown to benefit patients with severe ARDS from pneumonia, but in other causes they are less likely to benefit. They may be associated with worse outcomes in patients with influenza. Current guidelines recommend their use in only refractory ARDS. So why do they work so well with COVID?
There are two possible explanations that I can think of for this. First, the result the researchers found could have been random chance, or the underlying studies could be biased favoring steroids. In that case there is no true effect. However, their event rate was high enough to tell a difference. They had statistical power. The studies they included were similar and of low risk of bias, so I think this is less likely. It’s possible some of the studies that were excluded due to lack of investigator participation were left out because no benefit was seen during interim analysis. This could have significantly impacted the results. Second, studies involving steroids in the treatment for other causes of ARDS are difficult to execute. So many variables effect the treatment of ARDS. Timing is critical. Oxygenation is critical. Underlying causes are many. Complications rates are high. Death rates are high. It is very difficult to find an effective treatment in these scenarios. This creates a lot of variability with this disease. If any of these variables are off, the study could be doomed.
Although there is no magic therapy for COVID, in this high-quality study steroids show promise as the first effective treatment in severe and life-threatening COVID.
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CH is a proprietary cross-platform C and C++ interpreter and scripting language environment. It was originally designed by Harry Cheng as a scripting language for beginners to learn mathematics, computing, numerical analysis (numeric methods), and programming in C/C++. Ch is now developed and marketed by SoftIntegration, Inc., with multiple versions available, including a freely available student edition, and a CH Professional Edition for Raspberry Pi which is free for non-commercial use.
CH can be embedded in C and C++ application programs. It has numerical computing and graphical plotting features. CH is combined of both shell and IDE. CH shell combines the features of common shell and C language. ChIDE provides quick code navigation and symbolic debugging. It is based on embedded CH, Scite, and Scintilla.
CH is written in C and runs on Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, AIX, Solaris, QNX, and HP-UX. It supports C90 and major C99 features, but it does not support the full set of C++ features. C99 complex number, IEEE-754 floating-point arithmetic, and variable-length array features were supported in CH before they became part of the C99 standard. An article published by Computer Reseller News (CRN) named CH as notable among C-based virtual machines for its functionality and the availability of third-party libraries.
CH has many tool kits that extend its functions. For example, the CH Mechanism Toolkit is used for design and analysis of commonly used mechanisms such as four-bar linkage, five-bar linkage, six-bar linkage, crank-slider mechanism, and cam-follower system. CH Control System Toolkit is used for the design, analysis, and modeling of continuous-time or discrete-time linear time-invariant (LTI) control systems. Both tool kits include the source code.
CH is now used and integrated into the curriculum by many high schools and universities to teach computing and programming in C/C++. CH has been integrated into free C-STEM Studio, a platform for learning computing, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (C-STEM) with robotics. C-STEM Studio is developed by the UC Davis Center for Integrated Computing and STEM Education, offering a curriculum for K-12 students. CH supports LEGO Mindstorms NXT and EV3, Arduino, Linkbot, Finch Robot, RoboTalk and Raspberry Pi, Pi Zero, and ARM for robot programming and learning. It can also be embedded into the LabVIEW system design platform and development environment.
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CH supports the 1999 ISO C Standard (C99) and C++ classes. It is a superset of C with C++ classes. Several major features of C99 are supported, such as complex numbers, variable length arrays (VLAs), IEEE-754 floating-point arithmetic, and generic mathematical functions. The specification for wide characters in Addendum 1 for C90 is also supported.
C++ features available in CH include:
* Member functions
* Mixed code and declaration
* The this -> pointer
* Reference type and pass-by-reference
* Function-style type conversion
* Classes
* Private/public data and functions in classes. Ch is compatible with C++ in that by default, members of a class definition are assumed to be private until a 'public' declaration is given
* Static member of class/struct/union
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* The new and delete operators
* Constructors and destructors
* Polymorphic functions
* The scope resolution operator
* The I/O functions cout, cerr, and cin with endl
* Arguments for variadic functions are optional
CH supports classes in C++ with added abilities, including:
* Classes inside member functions
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* Passing member function to argument of pointer-to-function type of functions
CH can interact with existing C/C++ libraries and call C/C++ functions from CH script. As a C/C++ interpreter, CH can be used as a scripting engine and extension language for applications. Pointers to arrays or variables can be passed and shared in both C-compiled and CH scripting contexts. One example of an embedded CH scripting application is Mobile-C, which has been used for collaborative visualization of distributed mesh model.
CH has a built-in string type (string_t) for automatic memory allocation and de-allocation. It supports shell aliases, history, and piping.
CH has built-in 2D/3D graphical plotting features and computational arrays for numerical computing. A 2D linear equation of the form b = A*x can be written verbatim in Ch. | WIKI |
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Physics Questions On this page I put together a collection of physics questions to help you understand physics better. These questions are designed to challenge and inspire you to think about physics at a deeper level. In addition to being challenging, these questions are fun and interesting. This page is a good resource for students who want good quality problems to practice with when studying for tests and exams.
See solution Problem 2 Why do objects float in liquids denser than themselves? From these equations derive the equation for centripetal acceleration. See solution Problem 4 How come in free fall you feel weightless even though gravity is pulling down on you? See solution Problem 5 What is the difference between centripetal acceleration and centrifugal force? See solution Problem 6 What is the difference between energy and power?
See solution Problem 7 Two identical cars collide head on. See solution Problem 9 An archer pulls back 0. The arrow weighs 50 g. What is the velocity of the arrow immediately after release? See solution Problem 10 When a moving car encounters a patch of ice the brakes are applied. Why is it desirable to keep the wheels rolling on the ice without locking up? If an object is heavier the force of gravity is greater, but since it has greater mass the acceleration is the same, so it moves at the same speed if we neglect air resistance.
If there was no air resistance, a feather would fall at the same speed as an apple. Solution For Problem 2 If an object were completely immersed in a liquid denser than it, the resulting buoyant force would exceed the weight of the object. This is because the weight of the liquid displaced by the object is greater than the weight of the object since the liquid is denser.
As a result, the object cannot remain completely submerged and it floats. The scientific name for this phenomenon is Archimedes Principle. Solution For Problem 3 Without loss of generality, we only need to look at the equation for the x -position, since we know that centripetal acceleration points towards the center of the circle.
Solution For Problem 4 The reason you feel weightless is because there is no force pushing against you, since you are not in contact with anything. Gravity is pulling equally on all the particles in your body. This creates a sensation where no forces are acting on you and you feel weightless.
It would be the same sensation as if you were floating in space. Solution For Problem 5 Centripetal acceleration is the acceleration an object experiences as it travels a certain velocity along an arc. The centripetal acceleration points towards the center of the arc. Centrifugal force is the imaginary force an unrestrained object experiences as it moves around an arc.
This force acts opposite to the direction of centripetal acceleration. For example, if a car makes a sharp right turn the passengers would tend to slide in their seats away from the center of the turn, towards the left if they are not wearing their seat belts, that is. The passengers would feel as if they are experiencing a force. This is defined as centrifugal force.
Solution For Problem 6 Power is the rate of energy being generated or consumed. Solution For Problem 7 The answer is a. Since the collision is head on and each car is identical and traveling at the same speed, the force of impact experienced by each car is equal and opposite. Solution For Problem 8 When you swing a hammer you increase its kinetic energy, so that by the time it strikes the nail it imparts a large force which drives the nail into the wood.
The hammer is basically an energy reservoir to which you are adding energy during the course of the swing, and which is released all at once upon impact. This results in the impact force greatly exceeding the maximum force you can exert by just pushing on the nail. Solution For Problem 9 This can be solved using an energy method. We can solve this by equating the potential energy of the bow to the kinetic energy of the arrow.
The bow can be treated as a type of spring. The arrow can be treated as a particle since it is not rotating upon release. Static friction exists if the wheels keep rolling on the ice without locking up, resulting in maximum braking force. However, if the wheels lock up then kinetic friction takes over since there is relative slipping between wheel and ice. This reduces the braking force and the car takes longer to stop.
Anti-lock braking systems ABS on a vehicle prevent the wheels from locking up when the brakes are applied, thus minimizing the amount of time it takes for the vehicle to reach a complete stop. Also, by preventing the wheels from locking up you have greater control of the vehicle. You will likely have to take some time to work through them. These questions go beyond the typical problems you can expect to find in a physics textbook. Some of these physics questions make use of different concepts, so for the most part there is no single formula or set of equations that you can use to solve them.
These questions make use of concepts taught at the high school and college level mostly first year. It is recommended that you persist through these physics questions, even if you get stuck. It's not a race, so you can work through them at your own pace. The result is that you will be rewarded with a greater understanding of physics. Problem 1 A crank drive mechanism is illustrated below. A uniform linkage BC of length L connects a flywheel of radius r rotating about fixed point A to a piston at C that slides back and forth in a hollow shaft.
A variable torque T is applied to the flywheel such that it rotates at a constant angular velocity. Show that for one full rotation of the flywheel, energy is conserved for the entire system; consisting of flywheel, linkage, and piston assuming no friction. Note that gravity g is acting downwards, as shown. Even though energy is conserved for the system, why is it a good idea to make the components of the drive mechanism as light as possible with the exception of the flywheel?
Problem 2 An engine uses compression springs to open and close valves, using cams. During the engine cycle the spring is compressed between 0. Assume the camshaft rotates at the same speed as the engine. Floating the valves occurs when the engine speed is high enough so that the spring begins to lose contact with the cam when the valve closes. You may ignore gravity in the calculations.
Problem 3 An object is traveling in a straight line. Its acceleration is given by where C is a constant, n is a real number, and t is time. Find the general equations for the position and velocity of the object as a function of time. Problem 4 In archery, when an arrow is released it can oscillate during flight. If we know the location of the center of mass of the arrow G and the shape of the arrow at an instant as it oscillates shown below , we can determine the location of the nodes.
Using a geometric argument no equations , determine the location of the nodes. Assume that the arrow oscillates in the horizontal plane, so that no external forces act on the arrow in the plane of oscillation. Problem 5 A gyroscope wheel is spinning at a constant angular velocity w s while precessing about a vertical axis at a constant angular velocity w p. The distance from the pivot to the center of the front face of the spinning gyroscope wheel is L , and the radius of the wheel is r.
Determine the acceleration components normal to the wheel, at points A, B, C, D labeled as shown. Problem 6 When a vehicle makes a turn, the two front wheels trace out two arcs as shown in the figure below. The wheel facing towards the inside of the turn has a steering angle that is greater than that of the outer wheel.
This is necessary to ensure that both front wheels smoothly trace out two arcs, which have the same center, otherwise the front wheels will skid on the ground during the turn. During a turn, do the rear wheels necessarily trace out the same arcs as the front wheels?
Based on your answer, what are the implications for making a turn close to the curb? Problem 7 A horizontal turntable at an industrial plant is continuously fed parts into a slot shown on the left. It then drops these parts into a basket shown on the right.
Problem 8 A flywheel for a single piston engine rotates at an average speed of RPM. During half a rotation the flywheel has to absorb J of energy. Assume there is no friction. Problem 9 An aluminum extrusion process is simulated numerically with a computer.
In this process, a punch pushes an aluminum billet of diameter D through a die of smaller diameter d. The force due to deformation of the aluminum during extrusion is given by Hint: The extrusion of the aluminum through the die is analogous to fluid flowing through a pipe which transitions from a larger diameter to a smaller diameter e. The net dynamic force acting on the fluid is the net force required to accelerate the fluid, which occurs when the velocity of the fluid increases as it flows from the larger diameter section to the smaller diameter section due to conservation of mass.
Problem 10 A child on a horizontal merry-go-round gives an initial velocity V rel to a ball. Assume there is no friction between merry-go-round and ball. Problem 11 A heavy pump casing with a mass m is to be lifted off the ground using a crane. For simplicity, the motion is assumed to be two-dimensional, and the pump casing is represented by a rectangle having side dimensions ab see figure. A cable of length L 1 is attached to the crane at point P and the pump casing at point O.
The crane pulls up vertically on the cable with a constant velocity V p. The center of mass G of the pump casing is assumed to lie in the center of the rectangle. It is located at a distance L 2 from point O. The right side of the pump casing is located at a horizontal distance c from the vertical line passing though point P.
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What are the classification of files?
The classification levels are the degrees of specificity, with a file classification scheme usually having three major components:broad, encompassing categories, called FUNCTIONS.narrower subsets of each function, called ACTIVITIES.yet narrower and more specific subsets of activities, called TRANSACTIONS..
How are files classified?
Files are classified according to their cross-sectional shapes, the form of the cutting edges, and the coarseness of the cut (i.e., the number of teeth per inch or centimetre). … Rasp files, or rasps, are usually very coarse and are used primarily on wood and soft materials.
What is void data type in C language?
The void type, in several programming languages derived from C and Algol68, is the type for the result of a function that returns normally, but does not provide a result value to its caller. Usually such functions are called for their side effects, such as performing some task or writing to their output parameters.
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A computer file is a computer resource for recording data discretely in a computer storage device. … A file may be designed to store a picture, a written message, a video, a computer program, or a wide variety of other kinds of data. Some types of files can store several types of information at once.
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Description of all Keywords in Cauto. The auto keyword declares automatic variables. … break and continue. The break statement terminates the innermost loop immediately when it’s encountered. … switch, case and default. … char. … const. … do…while. … double and float. … if and else.More items…
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C – Pointer Pointers in C language is a variable that stores/points the address of another variable. A Pointer in C is used to allocate memory dynamically i.e. at run time. The pointer variable might be belonging to any of the data type such as int, float, char, double, short etc.
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Not all cultures think of time in the same way, and many times language is tied into this perception. It has often been a question amongst scholars whether or not language actually influences the way a person thinks, or if all people think the same way and just talk about it differently. Several studies have been done that conclude that native language does have an impact on how a person thinks and perceives the world.
One example is that of the perception of time. Native English speakers tend to think of time in a linear fashion, and as extending before them (the future) and behind them (the past). Interestingly, speakers of Mandarin Chinese think of time as above them and below them. Speakers of Greek tend to think of lengths of time as “big” or “small” whereas English speakers think of time in measurements of distance (short, long, etc).
In a study by Lara Boroditsky English speakers were taught new ways of talking about time – such as using size or vertical metaphors to describe length of time. After this their cognitive performance started to mimic that of native Greek and Mandarin speakers.
In a study done in the 1970’s, it was shown that English speakers think of time as left to right. Arab speakers think of time as right to left. Arab children learning English thought of time in both directions.
How might we perceive time if we did not have the language to describe it? In an interesting experiment done, children who were born congenitally deaf and were “home-signers” (aka, did not learn structured American sign language and invented their own language and did not spontaneously invent signs for new locations) were shown a special marked card in a box with three cards in three spaces. The children then had to locate the position of the card in a second, identical box where the card was placed in the same location. It turns out that children who did not have proper language vocabulary (top, left, right, etc) and who only had their own language fared much more poorly in the experiment than hearing children who were exposed to the relevant spatial vocabulary.
Counting is another area where “home-signers” have difficulty, and this has shown that language is integral in counting larger numbers and doing math. (NY Times)
So if we had no language to count, and no language to describe time, how might we perceive it? Perhaps quite differently than we do now.
This is extremely interesting to me, and in a way underlines the importance of cross-cultural cooperation in terms of science and the arts. Perhaps a different perspective on time would help scientists solve certain theorems. What if the puzzle of time travel were solved by someone who speaks a language that enunciates time in a different way? Perhaps this is too simplistic of an idea, but I find the difference in perspective quite fascinating.
When thinking about it, it would seem to make sense that language has a strong pull on our perceptions. After all, language is the only tool we seem to describe things to ourselves, and words become intertwined with the objects they describe. Think about it: when you think of an object, you tend to think of it in terms of descriptive words, not feelings. | FINEWEB-EDU |
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Located on the east bank of the Saint John River, Douglas developed as a farming community but has witnessed two residential subdivisions developed in recent decades, largely for residents commuting to Fredericton.
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Canadian writer and Confederation Poet Sir Charles G.D. Roberts, who has been called the "father of Canadian literature," was born in Douglas on January 10, 1860. | WIKI |
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Sometimes you need to augment an EPrints workflow in a specific way. One of the ways you can do this is using javascript but it is not immediately clear how to do that. There are several options available which may suit what you need to do.
Pure Javascript
This should be the prefered method although it is not always straight forward to use depending what your trying to do. EPrints stores javascript files in eprints_root/archives/archive_id/cfg/static/javascript/auto/ and it EPrints ships with PrototypeJS. If your workflow problem is specific enough you can simply use
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my $script = $repository->xml->create_element("script", type=>"text/javascript");
my $perl = "print STDERR 'This will be printed to the error log.';
$script->appendChild($repository->xml->create_text_node('
// your javascript here '." which can have $perl interlaced "
));
}
},
Example custom input renderer
Below is an example of a custom renderer. This is for a multiple select form element, where some of the options have become deprecated. The code will add a message to a warning box if either when the page loads or whilst the user is selecting options they choose an option that is deprecated. However, it will not prevent them from choosing this option.
{
'name' => 'divisions',
'type' => 'subject',
'multiple' => 1,
'top' => 'divisions',
'browse_link' => 'divisions',
'render_input' => sub {
my ( $field, $repository, $current_value, $dataset, $staff, $hidden_fields, $object, $basename ) = @_;
my $messagebox = $repository->xml->create_element("div", id=>$basename."_messagebox", class=>"ep_msg_warning_content_no_table", style=>"display: none;");
my $messagelist = $repository->xml->create_element("div", id=>$basename."_messagelist");
$messagebox->appendChild($messagelist);
my $dom = $field->render_input_field_actual( $repository, $current_value, $dataset, $staff, $hidden_fields, $object, $basename );
my $script = $repository->make_javascript('var selectmenu = document.getElementById("'.$basename.'");
window.addEventListener("load", function(){ setDivisionsMessage(selectmenu) });
selectmenu.addEventListener("click", function(){ setDivisionsMessage(selectmenu); });
function setDivisionsMessage(selectmenu){
var messagebox = document.getElementById("'.$basename.'_messagebox");
var messagelist = document.getElementById("'.$basename.'_messagelist");
messagelist.innerHTML = "";
var historical_divisions = [ "cen_sis", "cen_mpm", "fac_acc", "fac_fin", "fac_ms", "fac_mar", "fac_om", "fac_ob", "fac_sts", "fac_sei" ];
for (var i=0, j=selectmenu.options.length; i<j; i++) {
if (selectmenu.options[i].selected && historical_divisions.indexOf(selectmenu.options[i].value) != -1){
var message = document.createElement("li");
message.appendChild(document.createTextNode(selectmenu.options[i].innerHTML + " is a historical centre. Please consider choosing a different centre."));
messagelist.appendChild(message);
}
}
messagebox.style.display = (messagelist.children.length > 0 ? "block" : "none");
}
');
my $superdom = $repository->xml->create_element("div");
$superdom->appendChild($messagebox);
$superdom->appendChild($dom);
$superdom->appendChild($script);
return $superdom;
}
},
XHTML Component
You if you are in hurry or prototyping then you can use a HTML Component
<component type='XHTML'>
<script type='text/javascript'>
//your javascript goes here
</script>
</component>
The downside of this approach is it leaves a tiny bit of workflow component floating in your workflow so you probably wouldn't use it in production. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Label Distribution Amendment with Emotional Semantic Correlations for Facial Expression Recognition
Shasha Mao, Guanghui Shi, Licheng Jiao, Shuiping Gou, Yangyang Li, Lin Xiong, Boxin Shi
By utilizing label distribution learning, a probability distribution is assigned for a facial image to express a compound emotion, which effectively improves the problem of label uncertainties and noises occurred in one-hot labels. In practice, it is observed that correlations among emotions are inherently different, such as surprised and happy emotions are more possibly synchronized than surprised and neutral. It indicates the correlation may be crucial for obtaining a reliable label distribution. Based on this, we propose a new method that amends the label distribution of each facial image by leveraging correlations among expressions in the semantic space. Inspired by inherently diverse correlations among word2vecs, the topological information among facial expressions is firstly explored in the semantic space, and each image is embedded into the semantic space. Specially, a class-relation graph is constructed to transfer the semantic correlation among expressions into the task space. By comparing semantic and task class-relation graphs of each image, the confidence of its label distribution is evaluated. Based on the confidence, the label distribution is amended by enhancing samples with higher confidence and weakening samples with lower confidence. Experimental results demonstrate the proposed method is more effective than compared state-of-the-art methods.
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Arun Shenoy
Arun Shenoy (born 30 April 1978) is an Indian-Singaporean musician and songwriter. He is best known for his Grammy Award nomination at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards for his debut full-length studio album Rumbadoodle released in 2012. "Bliss", the first song from his Indian Fusion project released as a single in 2013 was featured on a worldwide Exclusive First Look on Grammy.com. His second album A Stagey Bank Affair, released in 2016 was chosen as the Critics's Pick for Best Album of the Year by Jazziz Magazine. He was conferred the Outstanding Computing Alumni Award by the School of Computing at NUS in 2018 and is also a Distinguished Alumni of MIT, Manipal. He is the founder of record label, Narked Records. Looking back at Shenoy's music over the years, music critic Jonathan Widran has noted that Shenoy's discography may sound a bit scattered, but it's reflective of a brilliant, multi-faceted creative mind, pushed relentlessly by a restless spirit. He has stated that (band) name shifts aside, it's some of the most compelling, heartfelt and life affirming music he has heard. Shenoy has been featured by Zen Magazine in the best dressed couples list at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards red carpet arrivals in 2014; and again by Le Guide Noir at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards red carpet arrivals in 2015.
Early life
Shenoy was born in 1978 at Manipal in coastal Karnataka. He did his schooling at The Frank Anthony Public School, Bangalore from 1982 to 1993 followed by his pre-university education at St Joseph's Arts and Science College, Bangalore, from 1993 to 1995. Shenoy returned to Manipal for his engineering degree at the Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT, Manipal) and graduated in 1999. Shenoy moved to Singapore in 2003 pursue his master's degree by research in Computation Audio from the National University of Singapore (NUS). He became a Singapore citizen in 2008.
Music career
Shenoy has been involved in the local music scene through his university days. His professional music debut as a record producer came when he worked on the production for an EP by the American hard rock artist Tanadra released on 29 April 2010. Later in the same year, Shenoy also released a solo EP on 31 October 2010, which was titled Sol. While attempting to start a career in music, Shenoy said that he worked up to 80 hours a week for 2 years, while producing his debut EP Sol and working with the American artist Tanadra on her solo debut.
Shenoy's full-length debut studio album Rumbadoodle was recorded across the world over two years and was released on 30 August 2012. The album has a flamenco feel with fusion influences drawn from contemporary pop, rock and jazz. Though he hails from a rock music background, Shenoy has said he always loved the Spanish Flamenco for its energy and passion characterized by its flourishes, rhythms and staccato style. Shenoy has cited Yanni as a major inspiration for the album. The album consists of 11 songs, which are individually named by a wide range of styles that are integrated into every song. Shenoy contributes all the proceeds from the album to an education fund for underprivileged people in India. The Art Directors of the album included Roshni Mohapatra, who was also Shenoy's wife. On 5 December 2012, Shenoy was announced as a nominee for a Grammy Award at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards in the category of Best Pop Instrumental Album for the album. He has been noted as a first time nominee alongside other first time nominees in the Pop Field Fun., Carly Rae Jepsen, Gotye and Kimbra, and also among the more than 80 nominees who hail from outside U.S. borders.
"Bliss", Shenoyʼs follow-up single from his Indian World Fusion project was launched by the Recording Academy via a Worldwide Exclusive First Look at Grammy.com in 2013. The project explores the rich lexicon of Indian classical instrumentation conceptually steeped in ancient Hindu scriptures and mythology in what Shenoy describes as a "long journey back to his own cultural roots." The song also features Grammy nominated arranger Don Hart and Indian flautist Ravichandra Kulur. The animated video for the music was scripted by art directors Roshni Mohapatra and Robert Capria and created by Actuality Films in New York. Shenoy has also collaborated with American producer Matthew Shell on a jazz instrumental single titled "Genesis" in 2013.
In 2014, Shenoy announced a collaboration with Berlin-based producer Sridhar. Branded as Sridhar & Arun Shenoy, the first single by the duo titled "Make Up Your Mind Or Leave It Behind" was released on 7 May 2014 and featured Lonnie Park on guest lead vocals. The follow-up single titled "Illusion" was released on 5 August 2014.
Later in the year, Shenoy announced the formation of a new band Soul’d, a trio of Shenoy on guitar, Ravichandra Kulur on flute and Duke Purisima on bass The band released their first single as a self-titled debut on 5 September 2014. The style of music has been referred to as ‘Bansuri Funk’. It has been noted that Kulur's performance on the flute is fast and melodic with influences of jazz, yet rooted in the Indian traditional style.
On 1 July 2016, Shenoy released A Stagey Bank Affair, his second album and his first as a collaboration with The Groove Project, a group that consists of 13 other artists. The album is a concept album in the musical style of 'Bansuri Funk' that in addition to featuring 14 primary musicians in the group, also features a four person horn section and nine person string section. The most prominent performer on the album is Indian flutist Ravichandra Kulur who provides the emotional core of the songs. There is also a guest appearance by keyboard player, Uziel on the opening track. The performances by Kulur on the flute and Purisima on the bass were two key elements that have served as an inspiration for the music on the album. Most of the songs on the album starting off as jams between Kulur and Shenoy. The title of the album makes a reference to Stagey Bank Fair, an agricultural based affair held in the early 20th century at Stagshaw Bank in Northern England. As Shenoy explains, legend has it that, over the years, the farming aspect dwindled and the fair became notoriously associated with gambling and drinking. After it was discontinued in the 1920s, the phrase 'Stagey Bank Fair' became a common euphemism for 'mess'. The title is a metaphor for a place that was once a joyous fair, but is now a disheveled, chaotic experience, kind of like adulthood can be.
The mix of contemporary jazz, funky soul and manic world music is complemented by the CD's old-school carnival themed artwork, which serves to reinforce the record's loss of innocence theme. The music and visuals combine to represent the childlike wonder that remains in some adults, despite life's inherent sadness and chaotic nature.
The visual aesthetic used for the fairground concept, presented in the format of vintage poster illustrations, was conceived by art directors Roshni Mohapatra and Robert Capria The album physical package includes a 20-page booklet with 10 retro-styled carnival art panels, a second 24-page booklet with additional artwork and anecdotes, as well as 6 more images on the album package and 2 animated music videos.
Another facet of the album theme is that of the sad clown, where Shenoy counters the lighthearted tunes with the darker track of the same name "Sad Clown" that taps deepest into the loss of innocence theme. Images of the sad clown passed around drunk amid the revelry around him appear several times in the artwork. Shenoy has said that laughter and misery becomes the balance-beam on which our existence is constantly weighed. The album is a journey of the sad clown, who goes through the randomness of being in a colorful fairground, which is life.
2 singles from the album have been released to date. "Sugar Free (feat. Uziel)" on 3 June 2016 and "Mary Go Around" on 1 March 2017 The album was chosen as the Critics's Pick for Best Album of the Year by Jazziz Magazine.
Shenoy collaborated with singer-songwriter, Elizabeth Butler on an American roots song titled "If I Knew" that was released on 1 July 2017. On 30 August 2018, Shenoy released a 5 track singer-songwriter acoustic EP titled The Unplugged Songwriter Sessions, as a musical collaboration with the core team from The Groove Project, most notably, the rhythm section of bassist Duke Purisima and drummer Jerry Chua, and the addition of a few former and a few new musical collaborators. In the group named Arun Shenoy & The Maverick Express, Shenoy takes on the duties of vocalist along with Lonnie Park. Shenoy has explained in the liner notes the music was written during an extended phase dealing with difficult personal issues. It has been noted that these tunes showcase a more fragile, vulnerable, softer side of the singer's personality, in great contrast to the muscular intensity of his earlier work; and that the album features the guitarist's lushly melodic melodies, simple yet thoughtful lyrics and surprisingly graceful vocals. With an intimate approach to the music, Shenoy has been credited with being a deft storyteller, incorporating a great amount of detail into the singular whole and that by far the true heart and soul of the collection comes from Arun Shenoy's emotive vocals that nicely ties everything together. Stylistically the group goes for a soothing chamber pop approach, with classical, jazz, and worldly influences woven into a colorful tapestry of sound.
In 2019, Shenoy changed the lineup of The Groove Project into a high energy, groove intensive eight-man lineup recording music produced, co-written and co-arranged by Shenoy with Matthew Shell, and prominently featuring pianist Lonnie Park and saxophonist Marcus Mitchell. The group members are from all around the world – Matthew Shell from Washington DC, USA, Shenoy from Singapore. Saxophonist Marcus Mitchell from Maryland, USA, pianist, vocalist & mixer Lonnie Park from New York City, keyboard player David Joubert from New Jersey, USA, guitarist Samituru from Finland, bass player Hector Ruano from Venezuela and drummer Glenn Welman from South Africa. The group began workion a funk driven smooth jazz-oriented project dedicated to mankind's fascination with flying. In an interview, Shenoy has stated that idea of this concept album is, in part, a posthumous tribute to Roshni Mohapatra (7 Jan 1980 – 13 December 2018), his ex-wife of 16 years who passed away in 2018. She had envisioned Shenoy's previous project as a multi-sensory experience of music, art, animation and physical packaging. She had cited David Bowie and Pink Floyd as some of her early influences for art direction of musical projects.
The inspiration for the debut single "Pilot" released on 31 July 2019 came from a popular quote by author and speaker Michael Althusser: “The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” The second single, "First Flight" released on 30 August 2019 was inspired by the quote from Leonardo da Vinci: "Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return." The third single "To Be a Bird" released on 10 October 2019, draws inspiration from the quote by Neil Armstrong: "Gliders, sailplanes, they are wonderful flying machines. It’s the closest you can come to being a bird.”
The fourth single, the island vibe jazz track titled "Ocean of Air" released on 10 November 2019 was inspired from the quote by L. Welch Pogue – "Unlike the boundaries of the sea by the shorelines, the ocean of air laps at the border of every state, city, town and home throughout the world." The cover art is of the Cliffs of Dover, Shenoy's tribute to Eric Johnson for his song by the same name, that won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in 1992, and a big part of Shenoy's musical journey. Like the earlier songs, "Ocean Of Air" is built on a solid foundation of funk. However, this track also picks up the tempo. As a result, the new track finds the band stepping out of the Smooth Jazz arena and a little further into the world of Jazz Fusion. The tune has been compared to a theater play than a music track, with elements of tension, a plot, a rise, and an almost mysterious calming part. The musicians have been referred to as a musical mastermind conglomerate and the tune as the soundtrack of life.
The sixth single, titled "Shadows" released on 1 January 2020 was inspired from the quote by Amelia Earhart – "You haven’t seen a tree until you’ve seen its shadow from the sky." The track adds a classic Soul/ R&B vibe to The Groove Project's guitar and saxophone led, Smooth Jazz groove, reminiscent of George Benson.
“Home in the Sky" is the seventh single in the project released on 20 January 2020. The song was inspired by the Jerry Crawford quote, "To most people, the sky is the limit. To those who love aviation, the sky is home." The new piece leans a little more into the Pop music realm than previous singles. The composition and arrangement follow a funky downbeat groove than takes the band slightly left of center from their previous Smooth Jazz releases. However, the group's signature saxophone and guitar leads ultimately land this track firmly in The Groove Project's Jazzy home. Some of the guitar work has been compared to that of Mike Oldfield
“Leap of Faith" is the eighth single from the project released on 15 February 2020. The song was inspired by the Lauren Oliver quote, "He who leaps for the sky may fall, it’s true. But he may also fly." The song has been reviewed as an upbeat and funky number. The first two minutes of the piece follow in the footsteps of the group's previous releases, with Mitchell's saxophone playing sitting front and center. At the halfway point, Park performs a rhythmic and percussive piano solo. The final act features Samituru's Jazz licks.
“Gravity" is the ninth single released by The Groove Project on 29 February 2020, which features Armenian pianist, Vahagn Stepanyan. The music is inspired by a quote by Michael Cunningham –"The secret of flight is this – you have to do it immediately, before your body realizes it is defying the laws." The song has a New Age feel, with the group's signature duo of saxophone and guitar trade bluesy, Smooth Jazz licks. Stephanyan takes center stage for an extended solo at the 4:30 mark.
Looking back at Shenoy's music over the years, music critic Jonathan Widran has noted that Shenoy's discography may sound a bit scattered, but it's reflective of a brilliant, multi-faceted creative mind, pushed relentlessly by a restless spirit. He has stated that (band) name shifts aside, it's some of the most compelling, heartfelt and life affirming music he has heard.
Accolades
His album Rumbadoodle was nominated for the Best Pop Instrumental Album at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards held on 10 February 2013 in Los Angeles. He was nominated along with Larry Carlton, Dave Koz, Gerald Albright and Norman Brown, and the eventual winner Chris Botti. He was the first ever Singapore citizen to be nominated for a Grammy. His follow-up album, A Stagey Bank Affair, was chosen as the Critics's Pick for Best Album of the Year by Jazziz Magazine. He was conferred the Outstanding Computing Alumni Award by the School of Computing at NUS in 2018 and is also a Distinguished Alumni of MIT, Manipal. | WIKI |
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Multi-stage hydraulic cylinders for variable extension requirements
Introduction
Hydraulic cylinders play a crucial role in various industries, providing the necessary force to perform heavy-duty tasks. However, traditional hydraulic cylinders are limited in their extension capabilities, which can hinder certain applications. This is where multi-stage hydraulic cylinders come into play. In this article, we will explore the features, benefits, and applications of these innovative hydraulic systems.
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How to measure tank level with the analogue input of an industrial PLC
Learn how to program your industrial controller to detect and control tank levels.
June 26, 2023 by
How to measure tank level with the analogue input of an industrial PLC
Boot & Work Corp. S.L., Ricard Franch Argullol
Introduction
In this blog post, we tell you how to use the analogue input of a PLC to determine the level of a tank.
By using this method, you will be able to reduce the number of digital inputs required, thus optimising the use of the PLC's resources.
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Connection circuit
To connect the 4 buoys to an analogue input and still be able to determine the tank level, it is necessary to create a simple circuit. By connecting a suitable resistor between each buoy and the analogue input (AI), you can create a circuit such that the voltage at the input is different depending on the tank level and the active buoys. In this schematic, the buoys (B1, B2, B3 and B4) are characterised as a switch between Vdc and GND.
Connection circuit
Let's analyse this circuit considering that B1 is the lowest buoy in the tank, and B4 is the highest. This means that there are 5 possible combinations, because if one buoy is active, all the buoys lower than it must be active as well. This table shows the 5 possible combinations and the resulting input voltage as a function of Vdc and the resistors:
Active buoys (VCC)
Unactive buoys (GND)
Voltage at the input
None
B1, B2, B3, B4
GND
B1
B2, B3, B4
v1
B1, B2
B3, B4
v2
B1, B2, B3
B4
v3
B1, B2, B3, B4
GND
Vcc
Assuming there is only these 5 outputs simplifies analyzing the circuit. In reality, however, there are 16 possible outputs for this circuit, depending on all the combinations of buoys. The equations to calculate the output at the voltage are like the ones in the previous table, but changing the resistor values as it corresponds. Choosing adequate resistor values will allow us to identify all the combinations.
Furthermore, although the analog input can take up to 24V, the ADC can only read between 0-10V, which means voltages higher than 10V will be read as 10V only. The resistors need to be chosen so that the different voltage values fall within this range, with the exception of Vcc, which can be interpreted as 10V.
For example, taking these Vcc and resistor values, easily obtainable from standard resistors:
• Vcc = 12v
• R1 = 4.7kΩ
• R2 = 3.7kΩ
• R3 = 3.3kΩ
• R4 = 2.2kΩ
The voltages obtained at the output for all the possible combinations are:
B4
B3
B2
B1
Voltage (V)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2.06
0
0
1
0
2.61
0
0
1
1
4.67
0
1
0
0
2.93
0
1
0
1
4.99
0
1
1
0
5.55
0
1
1
1
7.6
1
0
0
0
4.4
1
0
0
1
6.45
1
0
1
0
7.01
1
0
1
1
9.07
1
1
0
0
7.33
1
1
0
1
9.39
1
1
1
0
9.94
1
1
1
1
12
This way you can determine which buoys are active, and therefore, the tank level. Although 12V is higher than the ADC range, you can read it as 10V, as the value immediately above is lower.
Programming example
Let's see how you can program the PLC to recognise the tank level using the value of the analog input. This program example works for an M-DUINO PLC, but can easily be adapted to other platforms.
First you need to define the voltage levels provided by the buoys, which depend on the circuit configuration you saw earlier. In this example a macro is used to convert the expected voltage levels in the analog input to a 10-bit number, which is the resolution of the ADC in the case of the M-DUINO. Doing it this way with macros means the necessary calculations are computed on compile time, which saves resources.
Once the input has been read, you only need to perform some comparisons to determine the tank level. In this case the result is printed through the Serial.
#define CONVERSION(v) (1024*v/10)
#define V1 0
#define V2 2.06
#define V3 2.61
#define V4 4.67
#define V5 2.93
#define V6 4.99
#define V7 5.55
#define V8 7.6
#define V9 4.4
#define V10 6.45
#define V11 7.01
#define V12 9.07
#define V13 7.33
#define V14 9.39
#define V15 9.94
#define V16 12
void setup() {
Serial.begin(115200);
}
void loop() {
uint16_t read = analogRead(I0_12);
Serial.println(read, DEC);
if (read >= CONVERSION(10)) { // B1, B2, B3, B4
Serial.println("Level 4");
}
else if (read >= CONVERSION(V15)) { // B2, B3, B4
Serial.println("Error");
}
else if (read >= CONVERSION(V14)) { // B3, B4
Serial.println("Error");
}
else if (read >= CONVERSION(V12)) { // B1, B2, B4
Serial.println("Error");
}
else if (read >= CONVERSION(V8)) { // B1, B2, B3
Serial.println("Level 3");
}
else if (read >= CONVERSION(V13)) { // B3, B4
Serial.println("Error");
}
else if (read >= CONVERSION(V11)) { // B2, B4
Serial.println("Error");
}
else if (read >= CONVERSION(V10)) { // B1, B4
Serial.println("Error");
}
else if (read >= CONVERSION(V7)) { // B2, B3
Serial.println("Error");
}
else if (read >= CONVERSION(V6)) { // B1, B3
Serial.println("Error");
}
else if (read >= CONVERSION(V4)) { // B1, B2
Serial.println("Level 2");
}
else if (read >= CONVERSION(V9)) { // B4
Serial.println("Error");
}
else if (read >= CONVERSION(V5)) { // B3
Serial.println("Error");
}
else if (read >= CONVERSION(V3)) { // B2
Serial.println("Error");
}
else if (read >= CONVERSION(V2)) { // B1
Serial.println("Level 1");
}
else {
Serial.println("Empty");
}
}
Conclusion
To sum up, measuring a tank's level with a PLC's analogue input has many advantages.
You can use a simple circuit with the right resistors to make the input voltage change depending on the tank level and the buoys that are on. This way, you will save digital inputs and use the PLC's resources better.
This technique will help you to watch and control tank levels in a simple and precise way.
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(2) By a scheme approved and established by order of the Board of Charity Commissioners for England and Wales on 27th January 1928 under the Charitable Trusts Acts 1853 to 1925 the administration and management of and the legal estate in the scheduled land with the said meeting-house thereon was vested in the body corporate called the Essex Incorporated Congregational Union (hereinafter referred to as "the Trustees") and remains so vested:
(3) A part or parts of the scheduled land was or were formerly used as a burial ground for the interment of human remains but there have been no burials therein since the year 1876:
(4) It is apprehended that section 8(3) of the United Reformed Church Act 1972 (which enacts provisions with respect to lands held in trust for uniting churches and uniting congregations) applies to the scheduled land and the said meeting-house is now called the United Reformed Church Lion Walk Colchester:
(5) It is expedient that the scheduled land should be freed from all restrictions which may affect the same by reason of any part or parts thereof being a disused burial ground or by virtue of any deed of trust or trust instrument and that the Trustees and their successors in title be empowered to use, deal with or dispose of the scheduled land or any part thereof for building or for any purpose whatsoever freed from all restrictions as aforesaid:
(6) It is expedient that the other provisions contained in this Act should be enacted:
(7) The purposes of this Act cannot be effected without the authority of Parliament.
May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted and be it enacted, by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
Short Title
1. This Act may be cited as the United Reformed Church Lion Walk Colchester Act 1980.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In this Act unless the context otherwise requires—
* "signed plan" means the plan signed in duplicate by Mr. David Knox the chairman of the Committee of the House of Commons to whom the Bill for this Act was referred, one copy of which has been deposited at each of the following offices:—
* (a) the office of the Clerk of the Parliaments, House of Lords; and
* (b) the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons;
* "scheduled land" means the land described in the Schedule to this Act edged red on the signed plan.
(2) If there be any discrepancy between the Schedule to this Act and the signed plan the signed plan shall prevail.
Discharge of trusts and restrictions affecting scheduled land.
3. As from the passing of this Act the scheduled land shall be freed and discharged from all trusts, uses, obligations, disabilities and restrictions whatsoever which immediately before the passing thereof attached thereto by virtue of any deed of trust or trust instrument or by reason of the scheduled land or any part thereof being a disused burial ground and the provisions of the Disused Burial Grounds Act 1884 shall cease to apply to the scheduled land:
Provided that nothing in this Act shall operate to affect prejudicially any private right or easement (not being a right in respect of a grave) over the scheduled land or any part thereof which attached thereto immediately before the passing of this Act.
Power to use scheduled land for other purposes.
4. Notwithstanding anything contained in any enactment, but subject to the provisions of this Act, it shall be lawful at any time after the passing of this Act to use, deal with or dispose of the scheduled land or any part thereof for building or any other purpose in like manner as if no part thereof had ever been used or set apart for the burial of human remains, and the indenture dated 18th March 1789 (enrolled in Chancery on 2nd April 1789) and made between John Collins Tabor of the one part and John Wallis and eight others of the other part hereinbefore recited shall have effect as if the provisions contained in Part 1 to Schedule 2 to the United Reformed Church Act 1972 (Trusts for places used for religious worship) were substituted for the operative provisions previously contained in the said indenture.
Tombstones, monuments, records, etc.
5.—(1) Subject as hereinafter provided any tombstone or monument relating to the remains of any deceased person interred within the scheduled land may be removed to and be re-erected at such other place as may be agreed between the personal representative or relative of any such deceased person or in default of agreement at such place as the county court may direct on the application of either of the said parties.
(2) Before any tombstone or monument is removed from any part of the scheduled land the Trustees shall give notice in accordance with subsection (3) below of the intended removal if | WIKI |
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de Gonnor, who came as ambassador from France to confirm the treaty of Troyes. It was of a martial character and entailed the preparation of a castle and an arbour and three masks, and a total cost of £87 9s. 6d. A month later, on 5 July, Elizabeth was entertained at the house of Sir Richard Sackville by maskers in her colours of black and white, who presented a sonnet in her honour. The host was the father of Thomas Sackville, afterwards Earl of Dorset, one of the authors of Gorboduc and of The Mirror for Magistrates. During the winter of 1564-5 there were several masks, apparently given in close relation to the plays of the same season. One was at Christmas and another, of Hunters and Muses, on 18 February, while at Shrovetide no less than four were made ready, although only two, of Tilters and of Satyrs, were actually seen. On 16 July 1565 Elizabeth attended the marriage at Durham Place of Henry, son of Sir Francis Knollys, to Margaret, daughter of Sir Ambrose | WIKI |
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How can you use “angiotensin” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
• Similar short-time activation of HUVEC with phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) (1 μg/mL), human thrombin receptor activating peptide (TRAP) 1-50 μmol/L, human thrombin (THR) 0.1-10 NIH Unit/mL, human tissue plasminogen activator (TPA) 3.5 kU/mL or human angiotensin II (AGTII) 1 μmol/L did not cause any significant increase in MP-release (Fig.
• The p38 pathway has demonstrated a different time course of activation via G- protein coupled receptors than the ERK pathway [ 24 ] . Using the time point (30 min) at which angiotensin II demonstrates maximal stimulation of the JNK pathway we performed a concentration response curve (10 -9- 10 -5M) to 5-HT in vascular smooth muscle cells.
• AGTII, angiotensin II; BSA, bovine serum albumin; CHX, cycloheximide; CPT, camptothecin; DMSO, dimethyl sulfoxide; FITC, fluorescein isothiocyanate; HBSS, Hanks' balanced salt solution; HUVEC, human umbilical vein endothelial cells; IC-IgG, IgG isotype control; Mab, monoclonal antibody; MP, microparticles; PE, phycoerythrin; PI, propidium iodide; PMA, phorbol-myristate-acetate; PS, phosphatidylserine; TRAP, thrombin receptor activating peptide (SFLLRNP); TNF, tumor necrosis factor; TPA, tissue plasminogen activator; TUNEL, terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase dUTP nick end labeling; ZVAD, Z-Val-Ala-Asp-fluoromethyl ketone.
• The initial increase in circulating norepinephrineis thought to maintain cardiac function through inotropic mechanisms.However, a direct cardiac myocyte toxicity from norepinephrine iswell recognized [ 6 7 ] . Furthermore, pressure-overloadand stretch associated release of angiotensin II has been shownto induce myocyte apoptosis [ 8 9 10 ] .In an elegant paper by Telger et al.
• [ 23] found no association between the Factor V Leiden mutation and deep venous thrombosis, they did find that the deletion-deletion genotype of the angiotensin converting enzyme was strongly associated with postoperative venous thrombosis in 85 patients who had undergone total hip arthroplasty (30 of whom had a thromboembolic event as detected by routine compression duplex ultrasound).
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The Complete Encyclopedia of Self-Help Techniques/Neuro-Linguistic Programming
Nero-Linguistic Programming or NLP is a form of mental therapy with a large number of scientific detractors. Many have also proposed its use as a sales or persuasion technique. | WIKI |
Jonathan Dewein Jonathan Dewein - 5 months ago 40
C++ Question
Writing bucket sort in c++
A book I have says this:
a) Place each value of the one-dimensional array into a row of the bucket array based on the value's ones digit. For example, 97 is placed in row 7, 3 is placed in row 3, and 100 is placed in row 0. This is called a "distribution pass."
b) Loop through the bucket array row by row, and copy the values back to the original array. This is called a "gathering pass." The new order of the preceding values in the one-dimensional array is 100, 3, and 97.
c) Repeat this process for each subsequent digit position.
I am having a lot of trouble trying to understand and implement this. So far I have:
void b_sort(int sarray[], int array_size) {
const int max = array_size;
for(int i = 0; i < max; ++i)
int array[i] = sarray[i];
int bucket[10][max - 1];
}
I'm thinking that in order to sort them by ones, tens, hundreds, etc, I can use this:
for(int i = 0; i < max; ++i)
insert = (array[i] / x) % 10;
bucket[insert];
where x = 1, 10, 100, 1000, etc. I am totally lost on how to write this now.
Answer
Here's a bucket sort based on the info in the OP question.
void b_sort(int sarray[], int array_size) {
const int max = array_size;
// use bucket[x][max] to hold the current count
int bucket[10][max+1];
// init bucket counters
for(var x=0;x<10;x++) bucket[x][max] = 0;
// main loop for each digit position
for(int digit = 1; digit <= 1000000000; digit *= 10) {
// array to bucket
for(int i = 0; i < max; i++) {
// get the digit 0-9
int dig = (sarray[i] / digit) % 10;
// add to bucket and increment count
bucket[dig][bucket[dig][max]++] = sarray[i];
}
// bucket to array
int idx = 0;
for(var x = 0; x < 10; x++) {
for(var y = 0; y < bucket[x][max]; y++) {
sarray[idx++] = bucket[x][y];
}
// reset the internal bucket counters
bucket[x][max] = 0;
}
}
}
Notes Using a 2d array for the bucket wastes a lot of space... an array of queues/lists usually makes more sense.
I don't normally program in C++ and the above code was written inside the web browser, so syntax errors may exist. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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which he right happily transferred from the vice of avarice to that of ebriety:—
He that has just eneugh may soundly sleep, The owercome only fashes folk to keep.
In the course of the evening the Black Dwarf had not been forgotten, and the old shepherd, Bauldie, told so many stories of him, that they excited a good deal of interest. It also appeared, though not till the third punch-bowl was emptied, that much of the farmer's scepticism on the subject was affected, as evincing a liberality of thinking, and a freedom from ancient prejudices, becoming a man who paid three hundred pounds a-year of rent, while, in fact, he had a lurking belief in the traditions of his forefathers. After my usual manner, I made farther enquiries of other persons connected with the wild and pastoral district in which the scene of the following narrative is placed, and I was fortunate enough to recover many links of the story, not generally known, and which ac- | WIKI |
Sousse Airfield
Sousse Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Tunisia, which was located in the vicinity of Sousse. It was a temporary airfield used by the United States Army Air Forces Twelfth Air Force 31st Fighter Group which flew two squadrons of Supermarine Spitfires from the field between 9–19 June 1943
When the Americans pulled out ,the airfield was abandoned. There is no evidence left of its existence in aerial photography of the area. | WIKI |
What is a Body Lift?
A body lift is a combination of multiple surgical procedures done to address several areas of interest after significant weight loss either through bariatric surgical procedure or weight loss program. If you have lost a considerable amount of weight, and have loose, sagging skin or want to improve the contours of your body, you might benefit from this procedure. When considering a multiple procedure approach to address skin laxity, it is important to know whether the desired results are anterior or circumferential.
Often patients are seeking better improvement in the appearance of several areas of loose or lax skin.
The combination of procedures may include:
These are the most commonly performed. However, other areas can be addressed and the addition of liposuction would assist in refinement of the desired body contour.
What to expect from surgery?
After any surgical procedure, it is recommended that patients wear their compression garments 24/7 for 3 weeks (except when showering or washing the garment) and then for an additional 3 weeks (only during the day or when active).
Bruising is can be extensive after large surgical procedures. At about the third day after surgery, expect the area to be a deep purple, which will travel with gravity outside of the surgical area and be noticeable for 3-6 weeks.
Possible complications from surgery
Complications with brachioplasty include but not limited to seroma, paresthesias (numbness) of the arm and wound formation. Although these complications are rare in comparison to other body contouring procedures, they remain a source of morbidity if they occur. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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"Anyhow, I'm not thinking about my head in that way—not this morning, I'm not."
Mrs. Adams dropped the subject casually. "Are you going down-town?" she inquired.
"Yes."
"What for?"
"Just something I want to see about. I'll tell you when I come back. Anything you want me to do?"
"No; I guess not to-day. I thought you might look for a rug, but I'd rather go with you to select it. We'll have to get a new rug for your father's room, I expect."
"I'm glad you think so, mama. I don't suppose he's ever even noticed it, but that old rug of his—well, really!"
"I didn't mean for him," her mother explained, thoughtfully. "No; he don't mind it, and he'd likely make a fuss if we changed it on his account. No; what I meant—we'll have to put your father in Walter's room. He won't mind, I don't expect—not much."
"No, I suppose not," Alice agreed, rather sadly. "I heard the bell awhile ago. Was it somebody about that?"
"Yes; just before I came upstairs. Mrs. Lohr gave | WIKI |
North Spirit Lake Airport
North Spirit Lake Airport is located 5 NM southeast of the First Nations community of North Spirit Lake, Ontario, Canada. | WIKI |
Page:Near nature's heart; a volume of verse (IA nearnaturesheart00jack).pdf/22
The White-throated Sparrow, a provident bird, Revealed deepest wisdom in simplest word;
"Sow wheat and sow plenty—oh yes, sow a plenty, Though Peverly's small he has hunger of twenty."
"When the granary's full, and reapers go feastin', I'll cheer you ag'in, with my fiddle-in', fiddle-in', The long hours through, a-fiddle-in', fiddle-in'."
A versatile singer, an artist o'er shy, Now uplifted his voice to his Maker on high.
No pause in the rhythm of the Song Sparrow's lay; And I pondered and wondered as on flew the day: "Is this high Art's way?"
While still rolled his "swee-e-t, swee-e-t, bitter"— The philosophy of life, from a plain, little flitter.
Pond'ring I lingered and forgot me to eat, A captive held fast in fair Nature's retreat.
BLUEBIRD AND FAMILY. Photo by the Author. | WIKI |
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Douglas MESADIEU, individually and d/b/a LBS Tax Services, Milestone Tax Services, Tax Advance, Inc., Platinum Capital Group, Inc., Princeton Capital Group, Inc., Galleon Capital Group, Inc., Santa Maria Group, Inc., and Tax Aid, LLC, Defendant.
Case No: 6:14-cv-1538-Orl-22TBS
United States District Court, M.D. Florida, Orlando Division.
Signed April 12, 2016
Filed April 13, 2016
Alison Austen Yewdell, Daniel A. Apple-gate, Sean Green, Jared S. Wiesner, Joshua Y. Levine, Steven G. Woodliff, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff.
Mark L. Horwitz, Cassandra A. Snapp, Law Offices of Mark L. Horwitz, PA, Orlando, FL, for Defendant.
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ANNE C. CONWAY, United States District Judge
Plaintiff the United States (the “Government”) filed this action seeking injunctive relief and disgorgement against Defendant Douglas Mesadieu (“Mesadieu”) for alleged violations of the, Internal Revenue Code. (Doc. No. 1). On March 8 & 9, 2016, the Court held a two-day bench trial. (See Doc. Nos. 61 & 62). Prior to trial, the Court issued a Stipulated Order of Permanent Injunction against' Mesadieu. (Doc. No. 60). For the reasons that follow, the Court determines that disgorgement is an available- remedy but holds that the Government has not met its burden of proving the, proper amount subject to disgorgement.
I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
This is one of several civil actions filed by the Government against a group of retail tax return preparers for allegedly violating certain sections of the Internal Revenue Code. The Complaint is voluminous, but the key allegation is that Defendant Mesadieu, through his wholly-owned companies and his tax return preparer employees, prepared thousands of tax returns that were fraudulent in various ways. (See Doc. No. 1, ¶ 54). Though Mesadieu owned and operated his tax preparation stores through eight entities, he is the sole defendant in this lawsuit. In Count I, the Government seeks injunctive relief pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 7407; in Count II, the Government seeks injunctive relief pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 7408; and in Count III, the Government seeks injunctive relief and disgorgement of profits pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 7402(a) as is necessary to enforce the Internal Revenue Laws. (Doc. No. 1 at pp. 78-88). On January 5, 2016, the Court issued a stipulated Order of Preliminary Injunction. (Doc. No. 47). Prior to trial, Mesadieu consented to the conversion of the Preliminary Injunction Order into that of a permanent injunction. (Doc. No. 57). Thus, there are no longer issues of fact or law to be decided with regard to Counts I & II. The Court held a bench trial March 8th through 9th, 2016 to address the only disputed issues remaining for determination: whether disgorgement is an available remedy under § 7402(a); and if so, the proper amount subject to disgorgement.
II. FINDINGS OF FACT
In 2009, Mesadieu began his tax preparation business as a District Sales Manager (“DSM”) for LBS Tax Services. (Doc. No. 51 at p. 30, ¶8). In 2011, after two years in the managerial position, Mesadieu became an owner of an LBS franchise. (Id.) By 2013, Mesadieu owned forty-six LBS franchises. (Id.) Originally, Mesadieu created one company, Tax Advance Inc., to own his LBS franchises; however, as he began to franchise additional stores, he created additional companies or LLCs for each state in which he owned stores: Texas, Florida, and Georgia. (Id. ¶ 10). Each of Mesadieu’s individual tax preparation stores is managed by a DSM. (Id. at p. 30, ¶ 11). In order to become a DSM, that individual must pay a fee to LBS. (Marlene Guzman Deposition (Ex. 437) at p. 22). The fee is based on different levels of “percentages”—25%, 50%, and 75%. (Mat p. 23). The percentage that an individual pays to become a DSM represents the percentage of payment the DSM will receive at the end of the year based on the store’s annual gross income. (Id.) A DSM receives no hourly pay, it is based entirely on commission. (Id.)
Each of Mesadieu’s stores operates with an Electronic Filer Identification Number (“EFIN”) that is required by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and serves to identify in which location a tax return was prepared. (Doc No. 51 at p. 30, ¶¶ 16-17). The EFINs are not in Mesadieu’s name individually but rather are in the name of each of his companies that own the particular store. (Trial Transcript, Arrington, at 11:2-14). Additionally, each individual tax return preparer that works for one of Me-sadieu’s stores is required to have a Preparer Tax Identification Number (“PTIN”) to identify themselves with the IRS as a paid tax return preparer. (Trial Transcript, Arrington, at 13:19-14:8).
The Government’s lawsuit is based on allegations that Mesadieu and his companies ran a fraudulent tax preparation business serving primarily low-income taxpayers. (Doc. No. 1). The Government contends that Mesadieu and his companies manipulated the Earned Income Tax Credit (“EITC”) in order to receive the highest tax refund for its customers. (Doc. No. 44 at p. 4). An EITC is a refundable tax credit available to certain low-income individuals and is based on the taxpayer’s income, filing status, and claimed number of dependents. (Doc. No. 50 at p. 31, ¶ 21). At trial, the Government submitted evidence showing that Mesadieu’s companies were able to increase the EITC, and ultimately its customers’ tax refunds, by using a number of tactics. Mesadieu’s companies benefit from inflated tax refunds because the companies are paid by subtracting their fees from the customers’ tax refunds before the customer receives it. (Trial Transcript, Allen, at 2:12-3:15). Tax refunds are issued to taxpayers via a third-party processor’s bank account. (Doc. No. 51 at p. 32 ¶26). The third-party processor in this case, EPS Financial, is responsible for deducting and transmitting the tax return preparation fees. (Id. at p. 32 ¶ 27). The Government provided EPS Financial’s “Fee Detail Report” comprised of all fees received by Mesadieu’s companies. (Ex. 432).
At trial, the Government submitted both live and deposition testimony of over fifteen customers of Mesadieu’s stores. The majority of the taxpayers were customers of Mesadieu’s Florida stores, with the exception of six from Texas stores and one from a Georgia store. The Government’s evidence shows that one of the ways Mesa-dieu’s companies’ manipulate the EITC is to create fake businesses to list on the taxpayer’s Schedule C, such as a transport services business, hair salon, or barber shop. (See Ex. 29; Ex. 57; Ex. 102). Other times, the taxpayer’s Schedule C claims losses for a business but did not list a business name. (Ex. 58). These taxpayer customers testified that no such businesses existed. Another tactic is to claim false unreimbursed employee expenses on a Schedule A. For example, expenses for non-deductible commuter miles or other business-related expenses for unreim-bursed meals or uniforms would be claimed. (SeeEx. 54 at p. 15; Ex. 95; Ex. 99 at p. 8; Ex. 142 at p. 17; Ex. 150). Another often-used strategy is to claim false charitable donations or education credits that the taxpayer testified he or she did not actually pay and did not tell the tax return preparer that the amounts were paid. (Ex. 54 at p. 15; Ex. 99 at p. 8; Ex. 103 at p. 13; Ex. 122; Ex. 142 at p. 17). Three tax returns submitted into evidence were personally prepared by Mesadieu and contained similar false information, such as a fake business and false education credit. (Exs. 53, 57, 58).
To establish the amount of disgorgement, the Government relied on a random sampling of tax returns prepared by Mesa-dieu’s companies. (Trial Transcript, Ar-rington, at p. 19). In total, for all years of tax preparation, Mesadieu’s companies prepared around 13,000 tax returns. (Id. at 5:16-25). However, the random sample that the Government presented at trial consisted of only 230 tax returns prepared in Houston, Texas for the tax year 2012. (Id. at 18:19-19:1). The overall pool of tax returns from which the 230 were selected was approximately 3,600. (Trial Transcript, Buckel, 2:12-19). Despite that 230 tax returns were selected for the random sample, only 115 taxpayers were interviewed regarding their tax returns to determine whether the information on the tax return was fraudulent. (Trial Transcript, Arring-ton, at 20:18-21). Those customers interviewed were not put under oath. (Id. at 20:16-17). From this, the Government’s expert testified that the percentage of “non-compliant” tax returns—meaning, a taxpayer underreports his taxes due—was 82.6%. (Trial Transcript, Buckel, at 2:12— 25). Additionally, it is possible that as many as 25% of the tax returns were “compliant,” or correctly reported. (Id. at 5:2-11).
III. CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
A, Availability of Disgorgement Remedy
Mesadieu again argues that disgorgement is not an available remedy pursuant to § 7402(a), despite that the Court has already rejected this argument. (Doc. No. 43). In that Order, the Court emphasized that the “[t]he language of § 7402(a) encompasses a broad range of powers necessary to compel compliance with the tax laws.” United States v. Ernst & Whinney, 735 F.2d 1296, 1300 (11th Cir.1984). In that Order, the Court stated:
To the extent [the defendant] suggests that disgorgement is not an available remedy under 26 U.S.C. § 7402, he is wrong. See F.T.C. v. Ross, 743 F.3d 886, 890-91 (4th Cir.2014) (“Congress’ invocation of the federal district court’s equitable jurisdiction brings with it the full ‘power to decide all relevant matters in dispute and to award complete relief....’” (quoting Porter v. Warner Holding Co., 328 U.S. 395, 399, 66 S.Ct. 1086, 1090, 90 L.Ed. 1332 (1946))); SEC v. Monterosso, 756 F.3d 1326, 1337 (11th Cir.2014) (per curiam) (“Disgorgement is ah equitable remedy intended to prevent unjust énrichment.”); United States v. Kahn, No. 5:03CV436Oc10GRJ, 2004 WL 2251798 (M.D.Fla. Aug. 12, 2004) (Hodges, J.) (ordering defendants to disgorge fees and payments received from “abusive tax schemes” pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 7402(a) and the court’s “inherent equitable powers”).
United States v. Scott, 88 F.Supp.3d 1278 (M.D.Fla.2015).
“Unless otherwise provided by statute, all the inherent equitable powers of the District- Court are available for the proper and complete exercise of that jurisdiction.” Porter, 328 U.S. at 399, 66 S.Ct. 1086. Additionally, in cases where the public interest is involved, a district court may exercise equitable powers of “an even broader and more flexible character.” Id. The Eleventh Circuit has adopted this reasoning in the context of section 13(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. § 53(b)—a statute similar to the one at issue because it confers equitable powers upon the district court but does not expressly provide for a disgorgement remedy. See F.T.C. v. Gem Merch. Corp., 87 F.3d 466, 468 (11th Cir.1996). Additionally, at least two other district courts have authorized the remedy pursuant to § 7402(a). See Kahn, 2004 WL 2251798; see also, United States v. Antoine, No. 14-81199-cv-MIDDLEBROOKS/BRANNON, 2016 WL 617125, at *3 (S.D.Fla. Jan. 22, 2016). Therefore, the Court finds that disgorgement in the amount of a defendant’s “ill-gotten gains” constitutes a “fair and equitable” remedy as it reminds the defendant of its legal obligations, serves to deter future violations of the Internal Revenue Code, and promotes successful administration of the tax laws.
Without citing any legal authority, Mesadieu argues for the first time in his post-trial brief that his due process rights are violated by a disgorgement remedy not expressly in the statute. (Doc. No. 65 at pp. 2-3). Mesadieu does not clarify whether his argument is based on procedural due process or substantive due process. Procedural' due process is not implicated because Mesadieu has already raised the issue of disgorgement and was provided a full and fair opportunity to be heard on the issue. (See Doc. Nos. 41 & 43). Notably, § 7402(a) expressly provides the Court with power to “render such judgments and decrees as may be necessary or appropriate for the enforcement of the internal revenue laws.” 26 U.S.C. § 7402(a). Thus, Mesadieu was certainly on notice that a district court has the power to enter a judgment against him and that tax fraud was not without monetary consequence. The Internal Revenue laws .provide for both criminal and civil penalties for fraudulent conduct. Chris-Marine USA, Inc. v. United States, 892 F.Supp. 1437, 1452 (M.D.Fla,1995). To the extent ■ Mesadieu claims a violation of his .substantive due process rights, he has not even identified a fundamental right that has been violated. “The substantive component of the Due Process Clause protects those rights that are ‘fundamental’ that is, rights that are ‘implicit in the concept of ordered liberty.’ ” Flagship Lake Cty. Dev. No. 5, LLC v. City of Mascotte, Fla., 559 Fed.Appx. 811, 815 (11th Cir.2014). At issue is the monetary amount that Mesadieu has been unjustly enriched with by fraudulently preparing taxes. Mesadieu has no constitutional right in fraudulently obtained funds.
B. Whether Mesadieu is a Tax Return Preparer Liable for Disgorgement
In his post-trial brief, Mesadieu argues that the IRS Treasury Regulation 1.6694-l(b) provides that only one individual associated with a firm, and no other individuals, may be held liable for the same tax return. (Doe. No. 65 at p. 3). Mesadieu’s argument is ■ misplaced. First, the Court determines that Mesadieu is a tax return preparer. “[T]he statutory definition of tax return preparer is broadly written to include those who ‘employ’ others to prepare tax returns.” United States v. Elsass, 978 F.Supp.2d 901, 911 (S.D.Ohio 2013), aff'd, 769 F.3d 390 (6th Cir.2014) (“[A]ccordingly [the defendants] can be considered tax return preparers by virtue of the fact that they currently hire entities to complete amended tax returns for [their] customers for a fee.”). Mesadieu operates tax return preparation stores that generate revenue ‘by filing tax returns. (Doc. No. 51 at p. 32, ¶27). Mesadieu’s employees are employed to and have completed and filed tax returns for Mesadieu’s customers. (Doc. No. 51 at p. 30, ¶ 11). In some instances, Mesadieu himself completed and filed the tax returns. (Trial Transcript, Arrington, at 25:14-27:8). For these reasons, Mesadieu is a tax return preparer within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code.
Moreover, the Court has “a broad range of powers necessary to compel compliance with the tax laws.” Ernst & Whinney, 735 F.2d at 1300. Mesadieu should not be permitted to insulate himself from liability because he delegates responsibility for filling out the tax returns. See United States v. ITS Fin., LLC, 592 Fed.Appx. 387, 397 (6th Cir.2014). The extent of Mesadieu’s violations of the tax laws are even more serious because the nature of his business operation causes more violations than an individual tax return preparer is capable of. Id. Therefore, the tax laws permit the Court to hold Mesadieu accountable as a tax return preparer. In any event, Mesa-dieu is the only individual the Government is seeking to hold liable for these returns.
C. Amount of Disgorgement Standard,
To be entitled to disgorgement, the plaintiff need only produce a reasonable approximation of the defendant’s ill-gotten gains. See S.E.C. v. Calvo, 378 F.3d 1211, 1217 (11th Cir.2004). “Exactitude is not a requirement; so. long as the measure of disgorgement is reasonable, any risk of uncertainty should fall on the wrongdoer whose illegal conduct created that uncertainty.” Id. Once a plaintiff presents its estimate, the burden shifts to the defendant to show that the plaintiffs estimate was not a reasonable approximation. S.E.C. v. Lauer, 478 Fed.Appx. at 557. If ‘“a defendant’s record-keeping or lack thereof has so obscured matters that calculating the exact amount of illicit gains cannot be accomplished without incurring inordinate expense,’ a court may set disgorgement at the ‘more readily measurable proceeds received from the unlawful transactions.’ ” Id. There must be a “relationship between the amount of disgorgement and the amount of ill-gotten gain,” and a district court may not order disgorgement of an amount obtained without wrongdoing or obtained during a period where there is no record evidence of fraud. C.F.T.C. v.. Sidoti, 178 F.3d 1132, 1138 (11th Cir.1999).
D. Whether the Government Has Met Its Burden of Proving Amount of Disgorgement
The Court finds that the Government has proven that Mesadieu and his companies have been unjustly enriched by fraudulently inflating the EITC on the tax returns-they prepared for customers in order to increase a taxpayer’s tax refund. The remaining issue is whether the Government has provided a reasonable approximation of the amount of this unjust enrichment. The Government asks for a disgorgement award in the amount of $11,176,763. (Doc. No. 64 at p. 11). Relying on cases that ordered disgorgement of a defendant’s gross receipts, the Government asks for the total of all fees received by Mesadieu’s companies, in all three states, for the tax years 2012-2015. (Id.) The Court concludes that the Government has not provided a reasonable approximation of Mesadieu’s unjust enrichment.
As an initial matter, the Court has not found a case similar to the one at bar where the parties’ dispute the amount to be disgorged pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 7402(a). Thus, the Court proceeds in the absence of precedent. The Government relies on cases involving violations of the federal securities laws or the Federal Trade Commission Act. (Doc. No. 64 at pp. 2-5). Mesadieu disputes their applicability. (Doc. No. 65 at pp. 14-15). These cases are distinguishable because they involve an entire fraud. In those cases, either all of the defendant’s conduct was fraudulent or the defendant’s illegitimate activity is indecipherable from his legitimate activity. See, S.E.C. v. Lauer, 478 Fed.Appx. 550, 557 (11th Cir.2012); see also, Calvo, 378 F.3d at 1217. In contrast, in the present case, Me-sadieu’s tax preparation stores did not always prepare taxes fraudulently. In other words, some of the tax returns are correct and perfectly legal. (See Trial Transcript, Buckel, at 5:2-11).
A court’s power to order disgorgement is not unlimited. It extends only to the amount the defendant profited from his wrongdoing. S.E.C. v. ETS Payphones, Inc., 408 F.3d 727, 735 (11th Cir.2005). Any additional sum is impermissible as it would constitute a penalty. Id. Some cases awarding a plaintiff the sum of a defendant’s total profits or gross revenue reason that this amount is a reasonable approximation because uncertainty or impracticality prohibits a more precise calculation. Lauer, 478 Fed.Appx. at 557; Calvo, 378 F.3d at 1217 (“Any further apportionment would have been impractical in light of the inadequate documentation and the complex and heavily-disguised transactions employed in this scheme.”). In the context of false advertising or illegal telemarketing, courts have increasingly awarded net revenue; however, those cases involve profits from a fraudulent scheme where it is similarly impractical to distinguish the defendant’s illegitimate gain from a legitimate one. See, e.g., F.T.C. v. Leshin, 618 F.3d 1221, 1237 (11th Cir.2010) (requiring the contempt defendants to disgorge all fees collected on contracts procured in violation of an injunction); F.T.C. v. Direct Mktg. Concepts, Inc., 624 F.3d 1, 4 (1st Cir.2010) (ordering disgorgement of all proceeds received from customers due to false advertising scheme utilizing infomercials); F.T.C, v. HES Merck Servs. Co., No. 6:12-cv-1618-Orl-22KRS, 2015 WL 916349, at *1 (M.D.Fla. Feb. 11, 2015) (the Court ordered disgorgement of net revenue from telemarketing scam that was entirely fraudulent).
The Government submitted some of the tax returns filed by Mesadieu’s companies from IRS internal records. Therefore, presumably, there are records of the tax returns available, and the Government has shown it is capable of determining which of the tax returns are non-compliant or fraudulent. Additionally, the Government has records of all fees that Me-sadieu’s companies received. (See Trial Transcript, Arrington, at 4:10—15; Ex. 432). Though it certainly takes time to review all 13,000 tax returns, it is not an “inordinate expense” or impractical. The proper amount of .disgorgement is not incapable of being determined. The Government is capable of providing the Court with a reasonable approximation of those fees paid to Mesadieu’s companies for fraudulent tax returns—or at least non-compliant tax returns—prepared . in all states and in all years in which it seeks disgorgement. In light of this, the Court finds that the Government’s approximation of $11 million as the amount of unjust enrichment is unreasonable.
As the Court has determined that a disgorgement award of gross receipts is not a reasonable approximation, the Court must next consider the Government’s argument. that the estimated percentage of non-compliant tax returns from the Texas sample is a sound methodology for separating illegal proceeds from legal ones. (Doc. No. 64 at p. 15). Under this method, the Government asks the Court to utilize the confidence interval of the non-compliant tax returns (73⅞>-91.7%) to calculate Mesadieu’s companies’ illegal proceeds. To clarify, the Government urges the Court to use this percentage derived solely from the Texas sample of 2012 tax returns and apply it to the total gross profits of Mesa-dieu’s companies from its operations in all three states and for tax years 2013, 2014, and 2015. (14.)
For a number of reasons, Mesadieu contends that this is not a reasonable approximation of illegally-obtained revenue. First, Mesadieu argues that the sample is flawed because the pool of tax returns the Government used was only the Texas returns for the 2012 tax year, which was a mere 3,600 of the total 13,000 tax returns. (Doc. No. 65 at p. 5). Thus, the Government’s sample incorrectly presumes that all stores in Texas, Florida, and Georgia followed the same procedures in all four years. (Id.) Additionally, Mesadieu emphasizes that the tax returns in that sample labeled “non-compliant” could receive this designation for reasons other than tax fraud: for example, a mistake by the tax return preparer or the taxpayer, or the taxpayer providing incorrect information. (Id.) Me-sadieu also argues that the total of the fees received for tax return preparation was shared by the DSM’s that were paid based solely on commission from those fees. (Id. at p. 8). Therefore, Mesadieu, individually, was not unjustly enriched by the entire amount. (Id.)
The Court finds it is unreasonable to approximate the total disgorgement, award in this case based on a sample limited to one tax year and one geographical area. Utilizing a random sample from a pool of only 3,600 tax returns to make a conclusion about 13,000 tax returns is not reasonable. There are approximately 9,400 tax returns that were inevitably not capable of selection. The Government’s sample provides no information as to the percentage of non-compliant tax returns in other years or in other states. The Government’s expert testified only as to the soundness of the sample methodology for the pool of 3,600 tax returns from which the sample was selected. (See generally, Trial Transcript, Buck-el, at pp. 1-5). Importantly, the Government’s expert testified that the sample data provides no information on whether the compliance rate from that sample is the same in other years. (Id. at 5:12-15). Accordingly, the Court finds that this sample is not generalizable to the universe of 13,000 tax returns.
At trial, the Government presented witnesses that were customers of Mesadieu’s Florida stores. These witnesses provided testimony that evidences a similar pattern of fraud as that described above. However, the Government selected these customers as witnesses because of their fraudulently prepared tax returns. Their testimony does not provide the Court with a reasonable approximation of the total number of tax returns in Florida that were fraudulently prepared or the total amount Mesa-dieu’s companies received from their illegal conduct.
Lastly, the Government argues that Mesadieu and his companies are jointly and severally liable for the fraud because Mesadieu is the sole owner of the companies and uses his companies as a vehicle for fraud. (Doc. No. 64 at p. 4). Yet, the Government did not join a single one of Mesadieu’s companies as a Defendant. Rather, the Government sued “Douglas Mesadieu, individually and d/b/a LBS Tax Services, Milestone Tax Services, Tax Advance, Inc,, Platinum Capital Group, Inc., Princeton Capital Group, Inc., Galleon Capital Group, Inc., Santa Maria Group, Inc., and Tax Aid, LLC.” (Doc. No. 1). Mesadieu is the only Defendant that was served with process. (Doc. No. 3). A designation of “d/b/a” or “doing business as” is a designation to be used when the name following the d/b/a designation represents a fictitious name in which an individual or entity conducts business. See Mastro v. Seminole Tribe of Fla., 578 Fed.Appx. 801, 803 (11th Cir.2014) (reasoning that “doing business as” is used as “merely a fictitious name with no independent existence.”). Notably, a “d/b/a” designation standing alone is not sufficient to join an independent entity as a defendant in a lawsuit. See Schraubstadter v. United States, 199 F. 568, 571 (1912) (“The very statement [“doing business”] shows an intendment to indict the defendants personally, and not the firm as a firm.”); see also, Macias v. King, No. 3:10-cv-142-ECR-RAM, 2010 WL 5136152, at *3 (D.Nev. Dec. 6, 2010) (“In this case, Plaintiff does not name...the partnership itself. Instead, she sues King doing business as CNT. Thus, the alleged partnership is not a defendant — ”); Mytee Prods, Inc, v. H.D. Prods., Inc., No. 05cv2286 R(CAB), 2007 WL 1813765, at *3 (S.D.Cal. June 22, 2007) (“doing business under another name does not create an entity distinct from the person operating the business.”). Had the Court determined that the Government established a reasonable approximation of the amount subject to disgorgement, the Court questions whether it would have had jurisdiction to order disgorgement of revenue obtained by Mesadieu’s companies—entities that are not before the Court.
I. CONCLUSION
To summarize, the Government has simply not met its burden of providing enough information for the Court to reasonably approximate the amount of unjust enrichment. Though the burden is light, a reasonable approximation is still required. The Court finds it unreasonable to ask for $11 million in gross profits from an individual defendant, without joining in the lawsuit the companies that owned the tax preparation stores, and without providing a spreadsheet or some other approximate calculation of the unjust enrichment for all tax years. The Court is not permitted to order disgorgement of an amount obtained without proof of wrongdoing. Sidoti, 178 F.3d at 1138.
Therefore, based on the foregoing, it is ORDERED as follows:
1. The Court finds in favor of the Plaintiff, United States of America. Accordingly, the Clerk is DIRECTED to enter judgment for the Plaintiff.
2. The Order of Permanent Injunction (Doc. No. 60), issued on March 7, 2016, remains in full effect. The Court retains jurisdiction to enforce the Permanent Injunction.
3. The clerk is DIRECTED to close this case.
DONE and ORDERED in Chambers, in Orlando, Florida on April 12, 2016.
. Mesadieu's entities are: LBS Tax Services; Milestone Tax Services; Tax Advance, Inc.; Platinum Capital Group, Inc.; Princeton Capital Group, Inc.; Galleon Capital Group, Inc.; Santa Maria Group, Inc.; and Tax Aid, LLC. (Doc. No. 51 at p. 29, ¶ 5). The Court is unaware whether these companies all remain in existence.
. In an Order denying Mesadieu’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment, the Court held that disgorgement is an available remedy under 26 U.S.C. § 7402(a). (Doc. No. 43). Despite this, Mesadieu continues to raise this issue.
. LBS Tax Services was a tax return preparation business that Walner G. Gachette franchised through Loan Buy Sell, Inc., a Florida corporation. Mr. Gachette is the defendant in a separate action before this Court, United States v. Gachette, No. 6:14-cv-1539. The parties recently stipulated to entry of a preliminary injunction in that case.
. For example, if the DSM paid the 25% level and the store’s gross income was $100,000, then that DSM would make $25,000 from the store’s gross income. It is unclear what the initial DSM payment is based on.
. The Court cites to an excerpted Trial Transcript. This excerpted Trial Transcript can be found on the Court docket. The page numbers will differ from the full Trial Transcript.
. For Florida, see Exs. 53-54. 57-58, 94, 97-103, 122, 127, 150, 176. For Texas, see Exs. 1, 19, 22, 23, 29, 32. For Georgia, see Ex. 39.
. Shauna Deleon Deposition (Ex. 441) at (pp. 14, 20); Trial Transcript, Dominguez, at 18-25:21; Trial Transcript, Brown, at 32:12-33:19.
.Trial testimony corresponding with the taxpayer customer tax returns; Trial Transcript, Huddleston, at 2:13-3:7; Trial Transcript, Dominguez, at 18-25:21; Trial Transcript, Brown, at 36:17 - 37:17; Trial Transcript, Baxter, at 10:5-11:20.
. Trial testimony corresponding with the taxpayer customer tax returns: Trial Transcript, Baxter, at 6:3-4; Trial Transcript, Dominguez, at 19:22-20:4; Trial Transcript, Torres, at 30:23-31:4.
. A non-compliant tax return is the underre-porting of taxes due on the income tax return. This is also referred to as "tax harm.” (Trial Transcript, Buckel, at 4:11-13).
.The Government’s expert is a Senior Research Analyst for the IRS. The Government's expert provided the upper and lower bounds of a 95% confidence interval as to the non-compliant tax returns: thus, she said with 95% confidence that the percentage of non-compliant tax returns from the pool of 3,600 ’, tax returns falls between 75.7% and 89.6%. (Trial Transcript, Buckel, at 2:12-25). The Court will refer to this as the "confidence interval.”
. In the Eleventh Circuit, "[u]npublished opinions are not considered binding precedent, but they may be cited as persuasive authority.” 11th Cir. R. 36-2.
. Treasury Regulation 1.6694-1 only addresses penalties applicable to tax return preparers.
. See, e.g„ Exs. 1, 12, 22, 23, 29, 32, 39, 53-54. 57-58, 94, 97-103, 122, 127, 150, 176.
. Specifically, the Government asks the Court to use the middle of the confidence interval, 82.4%, and order disgorgement of $9,209,652.71. (Doc, No. 64 atp, 15).
. See, e.g„ Exs. 53-54. 57-58, 94, 97-103, 122, 127, 150, 176.
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Imagine I have an interface IHeapObject:
interface IHeapObject
{
string Id {get;}
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and it's implementation HeapObject:
class HeapObject : IHeapObject
{
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Imagine I have a class that has a public IEnumerable<IHeapObject> Readonly-Property property. This property points to a private readonly IList<HeapObject> field. Like this:
class MyClass
{
public IEnumerable<IHeapObject> Foo => _bar;
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Suppose the way I handle this collection inside of this class is 100% thread-safe. Furthermore, any and all state changes in the list and HeapObject itself happen only within this class. Is the fact that I'm exposing the collection a thread-safety concern?
My assumptions is that I can't guarantee that the IHeapObject instance will be "up-to-date" when read from outside MyClass. Meaning, as long as I don't rely on the properties' values for critical processes outside of it, I should be fine. Is this assumption correct?
Secondly, is there a risk of throwing an exception while iterating over the IEnumerable collection from outside of the class?
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Why do you have public string Id {get; private set;} twice? Jan 27, 2021 at 13:35
• Thread safety and iteration-safe collection modification are related but different concepts. Problems (exceptions) involving the latter occur even with single threaded programming. Search "modify a collection while iterating".
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The basic thread safety rules state that there can be multiple readers or a single writer, but not both at the same time.
You allow anyone to be a reader. You cannot control who is. Therefore, it is actually never safe to write to the structures.
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Santa Marta
Santa Marta, officially the Distrito Turístico, Cultural e Histórico de Santa Marta (Historic, Cultural & Tourist District of Santa Marta), is a port city on the coast of the Caribbean Sea in northern Colombia. It is the capital of Magdalena Department and the fourth-largest urban city of the Caribbean Region of Colombia, after Barranquilla, Cartagena, and Soledad. Founded on July 29, 1525, by the Spanish conqueror Rodrigo de Bastidas, it was one of the first Spanish settlements in Colombia, its oldest surviving city, and second oldest in South America. This city is situated on a bay by the same name and as such, it is a prime tourist destination in the Caribbean region.
Pre-Columbian times
Before the arrival of Europeans, the South American continent was inhabited by a number of indigenous groups. Due to a combination of tropical weather, significant rainfall, and the destruction and misrepresentation of many records by Spanish conquistadors, our understanding of the peoples of this region is limited.
The Tairona formed mid- to large-size population centers, consisting of stone pathways, terraces, protected waterways, and spaces dedicated to agricultural produce. Their economy was primarily agricultural, cultivating corn, pineapple, yucca, and other local foodstuffs. The Tayrona are considered quite advanced for their time period. Surviving archaeological sites consisted of formed terraces and small scale underground stone channels. They were known to actively collect and process salt, which was a significant trading commodity.
They traded with other indigenous groups along the coast and interior. Archaeological excavations have recovered significant works in pottery, stonework and gold.
Flag
Santa Marta's flag consists of two colors: white and blue. White symbolises peace, in that all are united without restriction. Blue symbolises the sky, the sea, the magic found in the horizon, and the snow-capped Sierra Nevada mountains.
Geography
Santa Marta is located on Santa Marta Bay of the Caribbean Sea in the province of Magdalena. It is 992 km from Bogotá and 93 km from Barranquilla. It is bordered to the north and west by the Caribbean and to the south by the municipalities of Aracataca and Ciénaga.
Climate
Santa Marta experiences a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw), bordering on a hot semi-arid climate, with largely uniform temperatures year round. The dry season lasts from December to April, while the wet season lasts from May to November.
Economy
Santa Marta's economy is based on tourism, trade, port activities, fishing and agriculture, in that order. The main agricultural products are: bananas, coffee, cocoa and cassava.
Infrastructure
Santa Marta is a major port. Simón Bolívar International Airport is 16 km from the city centre. Historic figure Simón Bolívar died here, a significant event for South America as a whole. His villa known as La Quinta de San Pedro Alejandrino is located just outside the city centre. As the main city centre is located close to the coast, the city itself has had difficulty controlling expansion. Although, technically a separate locality, Rodadero is part of Santa Marta itself.
Notable people
* Sergio Díaz-Granados Guida, IDB Executive Director for Colombia and Peru
* Radamel Falcao, professional footballer
* Jesús Ferreira, professional footballer
* Maria Claudia Lacouture, executive director of the Colombo American Chamber of Commerce
* Alejandro Palacio, singer of vallenato music
* Arturo Reyes, football coach
* Aldo Leão Ramírez, professional footballer
* Li Saumet, vocalist of Bomba Estéreo band
* Andrés Solano, professional footballer
* Luis Javier Suárez, professional footballer
* Carlos Valderrama, professional footballer
* Antony de Ávila, professional footballer
* Taliana Vargas, actress and model
* Carlos Vives, singer of vallenato music
* Johan Vonlanthen, professional footballer
* Lalo Ebratt, Reggaeton singer
Media appearances
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directing the assessment and collection of duties in the amount of such bounty or grant as is from time to time ascertained and determined, or estimated, under subsection (a). "(c)
APPLICATION or AFFIRMATIVE DETERMINATION.—An affirma-
tive final determination by the Secretary under subsection (a) with respect to any imported article or merchandise shall apply with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of the publication in the Federal Register of such determination. I n the case of any imported article or merchandise which is free of duty, so long as a finding of injury is required by the international obligations of the United States, the preceding sentence shall apply only if the Commission makes an affirmative determination of injury under subsection (b)(1). "(d)
TEMPORARY PROVISION W H I L E NEGOTIATIONS ARE IN PROC-
ESS.—(1) It is the sense of the Congress that the President, to the extent practicable and consistent with United States interests, seek through negotiations the establishment of internationaly agreed rules and procedures governing the use of subsidies (and other export incentives) and the application of countervailing duties. "(2) If, after seeking information and advice from such agencies as he may deem appropriate, the Secretary of the Treasury determines, at any time during the four-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Trade Act of 1974, that— ^"^^' p- i^ys. " (A) adequate steps have been taken to reduce substantially or eliminate during such period the adverse elffect of a bounty or grant which he has determined is being paid or bestowed with respect to any article or merchandise; " (B) there is a reasonable prospect that, under section 102 of the Trade Act of 1974, successful trade agreements will be entered ^"^''> P- 1^82 „ into with foreign countries or instrumentalities providing for the reduction or elimination of barriers to or other distortions of international trade; and " (C) the imposition of the additional duty under this section with respect to such article or merchandise would be likely to seriously jeopardize the satisfactory completion of such negotiations; the imposition of the additional duty under this section with respect to such article or merchandise shall not be required during the remainder of such four-year period. This paragraph shall not apply Non-rubber footwith respect to any case involving non-rubber footwear pending on '^^^'^" the date of the enactment of the Trade Act of 1974 until and unless agreements which temporize imports of non-rubber footwear become effective. "(3) The determination of the Secretary under paragraph (2) may be revoked by him, in his discretion, at any time, and any determination made under such paragraph shall be revoked whenever the basis supporting such determination no longer exists. The additional duty provided under this section shall apply with respect to any affected articles or merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of any revocation under this subsection in the Federal Register. "(e) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— (1) Whenever the Secretary makes a determination under subsection (d)(2) with respect to any article or merchandise, he shall promptly transmit to the House of Representatives and the Senate a document setting forth the determination, together with his reasons therefor. " (2) If, at any time after the document referred to in paragraph (1) is delivered to the House of Representatives and the Senate, either
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Breakpoint
Breakpoint is a tool that allows a debugger to pause while reading the source code to check which value is in the variable.
To set or remove the breakpoints, click the blank space on the left side of the code line you want to stop. Alternatively, go to [Debug] > [Toggle Breakpoint] or press the default shortcut Ctrl + B (MAC: ⌘B). Or, it can be set through the right-click menu in the editor. When the code is executed in debugging mode, the debugger stops on that line.
You can find a list of locations set as breakpoints at the [Debug] > [Breakpoints] on the left side of the layout.
Debugging mode
In top menu [DEBUG] > [Debug], select the project you want to debug. Or press the default shortcut Alt + F5 (MAC: ⌥F5) to start debugging the recently debugged project.
Alternatively, click the [Debug] tab on the left layout and press the
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• Step In: Moves to the next code line within the code currently in progress. Similar to step-over, but the step-in stops when the function is called every time.
• Step Out: Proceeds until the selected stack returns. After step-out, the return value is printed.
• Terminate: Terminates the debugging mode.
The above functions can be found in Debug tab on the left layout. Or [Debug] > [Continue], [Step Over], [Step In], [Step Out], and [Terminate]. Alternatively, press the default shortcuts Ctrl + Shift + Y (MAC: ⌘⇧Y), F6, F7, F8, F4.
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Thunderpuss (album)
Thunderpuss is a compilation album mixed by DJs and producers Barry Harris and Chris Cox, better known under the moniker Thunderpuss. Released in 2002, it comprises their remixes of other artists' work as well as their own music.
Track listing
* 1) Madonna - Don't Tell Me (Thunderpuss Anthem)
* 2) We Are Family All Stars - We Are Family (Thunderpuss Club Mix)
* 3) LeAnn Rimes - Can't Fight the Moonlight (Thunderpuss Club Mix)
* 4) Suzanne Palmer - Hide U (Thunderpuss Tribe-A-Pella)
* 5) Enrique Iglesias - Hero (Thunderpuss Club Mix)
* 6) Thunderpuss feat. Thea Austin - First Class Freak (Thunderpuss Club Mix)
* 7) Peter Rauhofer and Pet Shop Boys=The Collaboration - Break 4 Love (Friburn & Urik Tribal mix)
* 8) Kim English - Everyday (Hex Hector and Mac Quayle Mix)
* 9) Barry Harris feat. Pepper Mashay - I Got My Pride (Original Mix)
* 10) Pusaka presents Thea Austin - I'm Addicted (You're The Worst Thing For Me) (Club Anthem)
* 11) Rosabel with Jennifer Holliday - And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going (Attitude Mix)
* 12) Thunderpuss feat. Latanza Waters - Stand Up (Thunderpuss Club Mix)
* 13) Kristine W - Clubland (ThunderDUB)
* 14) Barry Harris feat. Pepper Mashay - Dive In The Pool (Wayne G's Circuit Anthem Mix)
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What is Flow Control?
Flow control, in technical terms, is a methodology that allows two stations operating at different rates to interact with one another. For example, when a high-speed station provides data, flow control gets involved to ensure that the high speed does not affect the slow receiver, resulting in efficient data transmission.
When a sender delivers data to a receiver, the receiver gets the data in a network. The operation may appear straightforward to us, but the systems may encounter a significant hurdle if the pace at which the incoming data arrives is incompatible with the receiver’s speed. This anomaly will result in substantial data loss.
In this scenario, flow control saves the day by controlling the speed and ensuring that the data is supplied at a rate that the receiver can understand and receive without difficulty.
Flow control in the data link layer limits the number of frames a sender can send before waiting for a response from the receiver.
What Does Flow Control do?
As previously stated, flow control is a mechanism that ensures that the receiver does not experience data loss due to speed disparities between them and the sender.
It is a mechanism that allows two stations that are operating and processing at different speeds to communicate with one another simply.
Flow control at the Data Link Layer essentially limits and coordinates the number of frames or quantity of data that a transmitter can send before waiting for an acknowledgement from the receiver. It is a series of procedures instructing the transmitter on how much data or frames it can move or broadcast before data overloads the receiver.
However, managing the speed is not only the responsibility of flow control. The receiver’s equipment must have enough storage space to hold the incoming data when receiving data.
However, the sender is unlikely to be aware of the receiver’s storage space. Their responsibility is to ensure that the requested data is sent. As a result, when data of greater size arrives at the receiver, the receiver suffers a significant loss.
It ensures that this scenario does not occur and that data loss is avoided.
The receiving device likewise has limited speed and memory for storing data. This is why the receiving device should be able to alert or inform the sender about temporarily pausing data transmission or transfer before it approaches a limit. It also requires a buffer, which is a massive block of memory used to store data or frames until they are processed simply.
Approaches of Flow Control
There are generally two types of approaches when it comes to flow control. They are as follows:
Feedback–Based Flow Control
In feedback-based flow control, the sender station delivers data or frame information to the receiving station. This informs the receiving station of the size and speed with which the data will be transmitted.
The receiver transmits data back to the sender after receiving it. The data transmitted by the receiver to the sender includes information about how the receiver processes data and whether it is ready to accept a specific amount of data.
Rate-Based Flow Control
The rate-based flow control uses an inbuilt mechanism to alert the sender.
When the sender delivers data to the receiver, and the receiver is unable to receive it at that high rate, the built-in mechanism kicks in and limits or restricts the overall rate at which the data is arriving. Unlike the feedback-based technique, this one does not necessitate any specific acknowledgement from the sender.
What is Network Flow Control?
The flow control in the network layer is the same as the flow control in the data link layer, except that the flow control in the network layer is used to monitor data transit among multiple networks.
The objective of this process is to control the rate of data transfer between the two nodes. If the speed cannot be managed, the data transmission process becomes extremely slow, and the recipient experiences speed constraints when receiving the data.
We employ flow control strategies for data transfer to prevent overflow at the receiver’s end.
Techniques of Flow Control
To control the flow of data, two techniques are worth knowing to understand flow control more naturally:
Stop-and-Wait Flow Control
The stop-and-wait flow control transmits a request and then waits for an acknowledgement from the receiver.
Basically, the message or information is broken down into multiple frames in this approach, and the receiver indicates their status to receive each frame of data. The sender will only send the data to the receiver after getting the acknowledgement.
This cycle is repeated until the sender sends an EOT (End of Transmission) frame. Only one frame can be transmitted at a time using this method. If the propagation delay is substantially longer than the transmission delay, it results in inefficiency or lower production.
Transmission Time(Td)
Transmission delay (Td) is the length of time it takes for the sender to deliver all of the bits in a frame onto the cable. This is obtained by multiplying the data size by the bandwidth of the data transmission channel.
Td = D / B
Where,
D is the data size
B is the bandwidth of the channel
Propagation Delay(Tp)
Propagation delay is the time it takes for the last bit in a frame to go from one side to the other. It’s computed by multiplying the wave propagation speed by the sender’s and receiver’s distances.
Tp = d / s ;
Where,
d is the distance between sender and receiver
s is the wave propagation speed.
The propagation delay for sending the data frame and the acknowledgement frame is the same as the distance, and the speed for both frames will remain constant. Hence, the total time needed to transmit a frame is:
Total time= Td (Transmission Delay) + Tp (Propagation Delay for data frame) + Tp (Propagation Delay for acknowledgment frame)
Efficiency = Useful Time/ Total Time
η=Td / (Td+2Tp)
Pros:
• This procedure is effortless, and each of the frames is thoroughly checked and acknowledged.
• It can also filter out noise in busy channels.
• This procedure is also quite precise.
Cons:
• This procedure is somewhat slow.
• Only one packet or frame can be sent at a time in this case.
• It is inefficient and slows down the transmission process.
Sliding Window Flow Control
Sliding Window Flow Control is a point-to-point protocol that ensures no other entity attempts to intervene until the present data or frame transmission is complete. Before receiving any acknowledgement, the sender transmits or sends various frames or packets using this method.
In this approach, the sender and receiver first agree on the total amount of data frames to be transferred, and an acknowledgement is delivered to allow the sending process to begin.
The Data Link Layer requires and uses this approach, which allows the sender to have more than one unacknowledged packet “in-flight” simultaneously. This enhances and increases network throughput.
Pros:
• It outperforms stop-and-wait flow control significantly.
• This strategy boosts efficiency.
• Multiple frames can be sent in succession.
Cons:
• The fundamental difficulty is the complexity at the sender and receiver due to the transfer of many frames.
• Out of the sequence, the receiver may get data frames or packets.
Conclusion
Developers must understand the flow control mechanism to understand how data is transferred across networks. We hope you have a better knowledge of how it works and its significance in data transfer and transmission.
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Wayne Woodson is a stage and film actor who appeared in a number of films in the 1980s which include the Paul Wendkos made for television drama, The Five of Me and Norbert Meisel's 1985 crime action film, Walking the Edge He was also in the 1988 romantic comedy The Perfect Match.
Film work
In 1981, he had a role as the jail guard in a Paul Wendkos directed TV drama The Five of Me which starred David Birney, Dee Wallace, Mitch Ryan and James Whitmore. The following year, he had a part in the 1982 film I Ought to Be in Pictures which was written by Neil Simon and directed by Herbert Ross. This film starred Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret and Dinah Manoff.
He played the part of McKee, a criminal gang member in the Norbert Meisel directed 1983 revenge film Walking the Edge, which starred Robert Forster and Nancy Kwan. His slick character, was a member of a ruthless criminal gang which included Jesus (played by Luis Contreras) and Jimmy (played by James McIntire). The gang which had killed a woman's husband and son were led by Bruster played by Joe Spinnell.
In 1988, he appeared in A Perfect Match, a romantic comedy about a man and woman pretending to be people they are not. It starred Mark McClure, Jennifer Edwards and Rob Paulsen and was directed by Mark Deimel. | WIKI |
Why youtube for ipad not showing all the videos that my desktop does?
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I can not understand it. And i am searching for an answer for that. My desktop shows videos that youtube on ipad doesn't. It is as those videos don't exist for ipad. That sounds crazy. Any one has a acceptable answer for that?
Thanks and sorry for my poor english. I am getting it better.
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Give us some links to check and help
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Video that is on desktop but not shown on ipad when i search for "katy perry hot n cold". You won't see this video available after the search, neither ipad youtube app nor on youtube mobile page in ipad safari, as if it does not exist. And if you force it by openning the link directly in ipad safari, it does not work at all.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X75mry1LcFg[/ame]
Video that is shown on desktop and also on ipad and runs perfectly on both machines when i search*for "katy perry hot n cold".
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHROHJlU_Ng[/ame]
So my question is Why some videos are not available only for ipad/ipod/tvs( I have a sony tv with internet and youtube does not show some videos the same way) once they are available on youtube servers?*
And these two videos are just an example. It occurs with many videos that I have watched on desktop and when I decided to watch them again on apple tablet, I realize that they are not available for me to choose and watch. The ipad/ipod/tvs simply ignore them.
Thanks for any idea,
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They are Adobe Flash based videos(.flv), many on utube are. The iPad can't play Adobe Flash at this time, and probably never will. On your PC if you right click on the video it will tell you if it's an Adobe Flash video at the bottom of the pop-up.
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Yup, Flash videos = no good for iPad
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The content shown in the ipad youtube app comes from the mobile version of the youtube website. If you go there with a PC browser, even with flash, you will not find those videos. The real question is, then, why is the premium content not on the mobile Youtube website?
Most of that missing content can be found in the Vevo app, which may yield a clue to the answer for the question in the preceding paragraph.
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Actually it's copyright bs. Same resin I can't watch hulu on my google tv. Some videos are just not available mobile...they want you to watch it on the site so you can watch all their advertising.
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That is lame.
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Uh, no, that is not true. These are flash videos, that is why they dont play on the ipad. The reason you can't watch hulu on your google TV IS because of copyright nonsense that the networks pull.
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No, he's absolutely correct. There is a flag when a video is posted that prevents videos from being watched on mobile devices. This is used by media posters to force users to load the page where they can have directed advertising.
There are actually FLV files that show up on my youtube search on my iphone, and when you select the video it says "cannot play back this video".
Not playing is drastically different from not showing up in search results, which is what this whole thread was about in the first place.
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If that was true I wouldn't be able to view those videos from my phone, yet, I can view them just fine.
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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-06-18/Board elections
This week, the Signpost examines election rules and regulations.
This year's board elections will be run similarly to the elections of 2006. All Wikimedia contributors will be allowed one ballot, provided that they have at least 400 edits on a single project by June 1, 2007, and their first edit was made before March 1, 2007.
The election will be handled using approval voting, giving each voter a simple yes-or-no vote on each candidacy. It has not yet been announced who will tally the vote, except that a third-party organization is being contacted. Results will not be released to voters or to the Board of Trustees until after the election; in last year's election, some results were leaked to board members. (see archived story).
One new facet of the elections is the requirement that every candidate be endorsed by 12 voting-eligible users. Endorsements are currently being solicited, through 23:59 UTC, 23 June. Each voter can endorse up to 3 candidates. Many candidates have already reached the twelve-endorsement minimum. Any users willing to stand in the board election can present themselves through 23:59 UTC, 23 June, although an earlier entry would probably be required to ensure that candidates have enough time to receive 12 endorsements. Candidates must have made at least 400 edits by June 1, 2007, and their first edit must have been made before June 1, 2006. Also, Florida law requires that all board members (and, by extension, all candidates) must be at least 18 years old, and must make their real name public. Candidates must submit proof of age and identity to the Foundation.
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I saw sister Hetty coming toward us: she looked like one carrying a heavy load that she couldn’t keep from staggering under. She saw us wind¬ ing round a turn of the road, and her limbs seemed to wilt under her, for she sunk down to the grass and covered her face with both hands, as if the sight of us had struck her blind. Sarah ran forward, sending back a cry that almost made us tremble.
“She came up to Hetty and sunk down by her side, winding both arms around her neck, and Bobbed dreadfully: we could hear her rods off, it really seemed as if her heart was breaking. Hetty did not look up, or move; but when she heard our tramp on the road she sort of stretched out her limbs with a quivering motion, and fell sideways on the grass, bringing Sarah, who clung around her, to the ground, and turning her sobs into screams.
“We stopped a minute, sat the bier down, and tried to comfort the gals; but they clung together, and I thought Sarah tried to bury Hetty’s face in her lap till we took up the bier again. I felt very sorry for poor Sarah, for after that sleigh- ride, the letter and all the rest, it was easy guessing why her sobs were so quick and deep. As for Hetty, she always was a timersome, soft¬ hearted creature, and the sight of a dead man was enough to make her faint away any time.
“We went home and the gals followed, creep¬ ing heavily along after us with the stillness of two ghosts. We laid young Bentley out in the spare room yonder; and, after helping the wounded young man up stairs, I got him to bed, while your grandfather went after a doctor.
“The poor young fellow was in dreadful pain, but he choked bock his groans and bore up like a hero. I was obliged to call Sarah to help to take care of him; but Hetty staid below with the corpse, half Beared to death I could see, for when I went down stairs, once or twice in the night, she was sitting by the bed, as white as the wind¬ ing-sheet, and as still as the form it covered. Her eyes fairly frightened me when she looked toward the door, they darkened like a thunder¬ cloud before it bursts. I tried to make her go up stairs, but she only shook her head, and so I left her all night alone with the dead man, and a terrible night it was to us all
“We buried young Bentley in the grave-yard down yonder. It was a sorrowful business to us all, for we were uncertain who the heir might be, and, for anything we knew, he might not prove exactly the person we should want to have power over the farm. So, with the sick man up stairs, and a funeral winding from the house, everything seemed gloomy enough, especially as the gals went about like ghosts, sc&roely speak- ing a word, and looking at each other woefully whenever they met.
“After awhile we found out that Mr. Bentley, your father, was heir to his cousin, and in some sort owner of the farm. He was a splendid young fellow, too: with that face and voice of his he might have made any girl fall in love with him except our Hetty. I really don’t think she ever cared for anybody in the world, she always was a quiet, old maidish thing.
“After the funeral she grew more shy and still than ever.
“But Sarah spent half her time in the sick man’s room, and though she seemed troubled, yet I could see with half an eye that she was getting over the shock of her lover’s death. I said lover, for after what I had seen nothing would have convinced me that our Sarah had not been heart and soul engaged to the young man who was gone; but if she could forget him and fancy the other, what business had any of us to interfere? For my part, I was glad to see her color coming back, and her eyes growing bright again.
“I don’t know what passed between the young people during the six weeks that he lay sick at our house. But though she seemed wildly cheerful at times, the trouble never entirely left her eyes; and more than once I caught her crying away by herself, which was natural enough under the circumstances, you know.
“As Mr. Bentley grew better, and was able to carry his arm in a sling, Sarah’s troublo seemed to increase, and she staid with Hetty in their own room a great deal more than I ever remembered to have seen her before. It seemed as if she wanted to keep out of our visitors way somehow.
“He did not seem to like this, and one morning, when I rode over to the homestead, and found him sitting lonesomely in the front stoop, he asked me m a quiet way if I could tell him what particular business hi9 cousin had come to the country about, and why he himself had been so urgently invited to share the journey.
“I told him truly enough that I did not know: when he said with a strange smile,
“‘I almost supposed it might be a wedding that brought him here, from some words that be used in pressing the invitation; but as no one of your family has said anything about it, the object of his coming puzzles me exceedingly.
Tell me, was our visit expected?
“I was troubled how to answer this question, and felt the blood grow warm in my face. I remembered how anxious and restless my sister | WIKI |
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A PLSQL Label uses this syntax <<LABEL_NAME>> How can I highlight everything inside and including the opening and closing angle braces?
I've tried the following:
syn match PLS_label "/[<<].*[>>]/"
syn match PLS_label "/[<][<].*[>][>]/"
syn match PLS_label /[<<].*[>>]/
syn match PLS_label /[<][<].*[>][>]/
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You don't need to use a character class around <, and you should probably not use a greedy .* match (would break on <<Label1>> <<Label1>>).
This worked for me:
syntax match PLS_label "<<[^>]\+>>"
(though you only get colors if you use a highlight command on PLS_label).
OP points out a region using << and >> as start and end is also possible.
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see also :help syn-region. Thus, syntax region PLS_label start="<<" end =">>" – zundarz May 13 at 20:02
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Talk:Magenta Devine
Year of birth
1952, 1957 or 1960? The article has said 1960 for some time, until someone changed it to 1957 this evening. IMDB says 1960, so which is right? I have reverted the changes for now, but think we should get this referenced and thus sorted out. Comments welcome. TheRetroGuy (talk) 20:33, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
* I knew her when she was Kim Taylor and worked with me in her dads toy shop in Aylesbury and she was two years older than me so was born 1957. Have corrected the article to show this —Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 10:32, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
* Her age seems to have been quite elastic in news reports. An October 1993 piece in The Independent gave her age as 34, so a birth year of 1958-59. A self-penned piece for the Daily Mail said 44 in March 2007, so a birth year of 1962-63. So 1957 seems entirely plausible. Jheald (talk) 14:02, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
* Her IMDB page now lists her as born in 1952. Adagio67 (talk) 09:54, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
* IMDb is categorically NOT a reliable source; it is merely 'fan' user generated content! <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 23:53, 14 May 2019 (UTC)
* For what it's worth FindMyPast shows no birth record for the required years. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C7:9380:1200:5C6E:F97A:4B26:3C5A (talk) 23:40, 23 July 2020 (UTC)
* Puts her birth year as recent as '67 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C7:9380:1200:5C6E:F97A:4B26:3C5A (talk) 23:58, 23 July 2020 (UTC)
Heroin
Dunno if it's "notable" or whatever, but she was a heroin addict. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 13:02, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
* The Daily Fail Daily Mail is also not a reliable source, though it is OK to use the DM content when collaborated by more trust-worthy sources. As far as notability goes, if her heroin addiction had proven to be noticeably detrimental and disruptive to her professional or public life, then it will be notable. However, if her addiction was 'controlled' and managed in such a way that it did not affect her professional and / or public life, it would not belong in Wikipedia. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 23:53, 14 May 2019 (UTC)
Cultural impact?
Don't know if it significant enough to include that as a result of dating a teenage John Otway, she is referenced in his song "Racing Cars". <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 18:40, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
* Is there a citation available from a reliable source to verify {a} her dating Otway, and {b} she is linked in the stated song? <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 23:53, 14 May 2019 (UTC)
stuff to say about her
What's Magenta De Vine doing now? I can't find absolutely anything about her, online (about her current life). I can't even find, as well as where exactly she was born, if she's married or has children (nor can I even find what she looks like now; I can only ever find old images of her, as well as stuff about her past). I've always thought her to be such a nice, friendly, chirpy sort of person - exactly who TV needs more people like. Why does she even always wear those sunglasses? There's no way she can have ugly eyes, that she has to always keep them hidden from the public! Ofcdeadbeat (talk) 19:13, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
* The shades were very much part of her public persona. I followed her BBC Rough Guide career in great detail, and really can not recall any time that she was sans-shades. They were also a part of her desire to retain some control over her identity and privacy. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 23:53, 14 May 2019 (UTC)
Name
I've put her name as Magenta De Vine, as that was her credited name during her TV Career - see How We Met: Magenta De Vine and David Okuefuna and BBC Genome search for Magenta De Vine. It also appears as 'Magenta de Vine' and actually on the Rough Guide (BBC) end credits it actually has her signature in that form too. (Rough Guide to Havana (BBC2, Series3)) So that may be as definitive as you can get. --Dafyddt (talk) 21:39, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
* WOAH!!! I have to strongly disagree. Apart from a small period when the shown went through a phase of using stylistically hand scrawled typeface for the end credits (where yes, for a brief period Magenta split her equity 'surname', and many were illegible), she was overwhelmingly credited as Magenta Devine in an overwhelming majority of episodes of BBC Rough Guide, and her subsequent Channel 4 works. And whilst The Independent is generally accepted as a good reliable source, even the best are allowed to make the odd mistake now and again. Unfortunately, there are no comments to the Indy article which would have no-doubt corrected the journo who penned the Indy article (maybe she was an intern!). It is reasonable to assume that the Indy article (from 1993) was never 'fact-checked' by a senior journo or editor.
* As to the BBC Genome project (which never made it beyond the 'Beta' status before the project was effectively cancelled), that is also categorically NOT a reliable source. It was a user editable project (similar to a wiki or the IMDB), and crucially, never had any quality control over edits - both factually, structurally and stylistically. It is blatantly clear that someone has edited every Genome article with factually incorrect information. Accordingly, the BBC Genome project has become effectively vandalised to the point of being blinded by a purposely fictitious 'fog'. It has less than zero credibility (from an encyclopaedic fact finding source), and has no place here on any WMF wiki!
* Further evidence to support 'Magenta Devine' is her self-penned article from 2007 in the Daily Mail as referenced in the first section of this talk page. If anyone can claim authority on the reliable and actual correct spelling of her name, it is surely the subject herself! Finally, a drill-down of official, respectable television videos hosted on the 'Tube overwhelmingly lists her as Magenta Devine.
* A final nail in the coffin of those who try rely on sabotaged sources, during the BBC broadcasted 2019 BAFTA awards (aired Sunday evening 12 May 2019), the programme had its customary section of remembering those whom have passed away (since the previous years' BAFTA awards programme), her name was categorically listed as 'Magenta Devine'. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 23:53, 14 May 2019 (UTC)
Addiction and bankruptcy
User:GiantSnowman, The career section already includes the couple of lines about addiction and bankruptcy in a better way. you have now added it twice. IMHO the bankruptcy part is deserved in the career section. The addiction might have also led to it so overall I feel the part should continue to remain there and your edits should basically be reverted back. your thoughts ? FYI it is nominated for WP:ITN/C -- D Big X ray ᗙ 13:22, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
* How does it impact on career? That kind of information is better in a 'personal life' section or similar. GiantSnowman 13:37, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
Young, Gifted and Broke
Just noticed that this article refers to it as as ITV documentary series, yet in Young, Gifted and Broke it's described as a sitcom - but not using any sources. Autarch (talk) 21:19, 27 October 2022 (UTC) | WIKI |
Body force
In physics, a body force is a force that acts throughout the volume of a body. Forces due to gravity, electric fields and magnetic fields are examples of body forces. Body forces contrast with contact forces or surface forces which are exerted to the surface of an object. Fictitious forces such as the centrifugal force, Euler force, and the Coriolis effect are other examples of body forces.
Qualitative
A body force is simply a type of force, and so it has the same dimensions as force, [M][L][T]−2. However, it is often convenient to talk about a body force in terms of either the force per unit volume or the force per unit mass. If the force per unit volume is of interest, it is referred to as the force density throughout the system.
A body force is distinct from a contact force in that the force does not require contact for transmission. Thus, common forces associated with pressure gradients and conductive and convective heat transmission are not body forces as they require contact between systems to exist. Radiation heat transfer, on the other hand, is a perfect example of a body force.
More examples of common body forces include;
* Gravity,
* Electric forces acting on an object charged throughout its volume,
* Magnetic forces acting on currents within an object, such as the braking force that results from eddy currents,
Fictitious forces (or inertial forces) can be viewed as body forces. Common inertial forces are,
* Centrifugal force,
* Coriolis force,
* Euler force (or transverse force), which occurs in a rotating reference frame when the rate of rotation of the frame is changing
However, fictitious forces are not actually forces. Rather they are corrections to Newton's second law when it is formulated in an accelerating reference frame. (Gravity can also be considered a fictitious force in the context of General Relativity.)
Quantitative
The body force density is defined so that the volume integral (throughout a volume of interest) of it gives the total force acting throughout the body;
* $$\mathbf{F}_{\mathrm{body}} = \int\limits_{V}\mathbf{f}(\mathbf{r}) \mathrm{d} V \,,$$
where dV is an infinitesimal volume element, and f is the external body force density field acting on the system.
Acceleration
Like any other force, a body force will cause an object to accelerate. For a non-rigid object, Newton's second law applied to a small volume element is
* $$\mathbf{f} (\mathbf{r})=\rho (\mathbf{r})\mathbf{a} (\mathbf{r})$$,
where ρ(r) is the mass density of the substance, ƒ the force density, and a(r) is acceleration, all at point r.
The case of gravity
In the case of a body in the gravitational field on a planet surface, a(r) is nearly constant (g) and uniform. Near the Earth
* $$g = 9.81 \frac{\mathrm m}{\mathrm s^2}$$.
In this case simply
* $$\mathbf{F}_{\mathrm{body}} = \int\limits_{V}\rho (\mathbf{r})\mathbf{g}\mathrm{d} V = \int\limits_{V}\rho (\mathbf{r})\mathrm{d} V \cdot \mathbf{g} = m \mathbf{g}$$
where m is the mass of the body. | WIKI |
Cromwell, Kentucky
Cromwell is an unincorporated community in Ohio County, Kentucky, United States.
Education
The north side of the community is home to Southern Elementary School, a part of the Ohio County School System. Secondary students in Cromwell attend Ohio County Middle and High Schools, located in the Hartford/Beaver Dam area.
Geography and transportation
The community is located in the southern portion of Ohio County on U.S. Route 231 near its junction with Kentucky Route 505. It is located about 6.5 mi southeast of Beaver Dam. Interstate 165 (formerly the William H. Natcher Parkway) provides direct access to Cromwell via the Exit 33 interchange with U.S. 231 just south of the Ohio-Butler County line. The community is also directly served by the Western Kentucky Parkway at its Exit 75 interchange on the southern edge of Beaver Dam.
Industry
Cromwell is home to a Perdue Farms poultry and pork processing plant.
Post office
Cromwell has a post office with ZIP code 42333, which opened on May 28, 1846. | WIKI |
PENINSULA of ZAPATA NATIONAL PARK
CUBA
Playa Larga, Matazanes (S)
Lat: 21°17′19′′N 81°12′18′′W, 600,000 ha, 7 m ()
Protected/registered status
Best Time for visit; anytime (December 2016)
Birding Site Guide
Cuba is a wonderful, cheap country with lovely people and great culture and food and the wildlife is excellent and accessible. Probably the easiest place to stay with good accessibility to all areas is Playa Larga, situated on the Bay of Pigs (Bahia de Cochinos) infamous for the spectacular failed US invasion attempt in 1961.
Every other building is a guesthouse or being developed as one, with limited profit-making now sanctioned all are cashing in. However, despite the hundreds of small places to stay, in the high season it could still be heavily advanced booked (it is the Russians Caribbean destination and now with thawing of relations also a US one too) and quality varies immensely.
Ciénaga de Zapata is the largest and most biodiverse national park in Cuba and the Caribbean, where all the widespread and many localised endemics can be found. Over 175 bird species including 65 migratory ones and 18 of the 22 Cuban endemics are here, with three of them being local.
There are many areas to visit for various bird species, many of which are very local; there are many local guides, ask at the place you stay. You will also need transport for this huge area. To get to stakeout sites for quail-doves, parrots, owls, nightjars, hummingbirds or blackbirds can be well over an hour’s drive for each.
Sought after species here that will probably require a guide include most of the endemics as many are quite local. Of course you can bird anywhere on your own and have some chance of finding at least a few species.
Zapata Rail Cyanolimnas cervarai, though around in viable numbers can only be seen if you have a month to spare a good guide, infinite patience and a patch of swamp vegetation with a gap in it and tape recorder.
Species seen
Our guides took us to several areas, which are probably well known to all the guides. In addition we did two stakeout areas for Stygian Owl, in Playa Larga. The first was a tree near a beach bar, which on two nights produced nothing, the second was the Playa Larga Hotel, where six of us stayed till late before three gave up, the other three diligently stuck it out and the security guard confirmed it had flown into the tree as we return after seeing the others off. A stunning large owl! We didn't taunt the slackers at every opportunity next day, but it was mentioned.....several times!
Quail-Dove area
This is a signed track in the park where a viewing screen is located for watching the quail-doves. Best to arrive at dawn. Other good birds, including both parrots can be seen nearby from the road.
Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens, Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis, Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicus, Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla, Blue-headed Quail-Dove Starnoenas cyanocephala Endemic Endangered, Gray-fronted Quail-Dove Geotrygon caniceps Endemic Vulnerable, Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita, Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani, Bare-legged Owl Margarobyas lawrencii Endemic, Cuban Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium siju Endemic, Fernandina's Flicker Colaptes fernandinae Endemic Vulnerable, Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway, American Kestrel Falco sparverius, Cuban Parrot Amazona leucocephala Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened, Cuban Parakeet Psittacara euops Endemic Vulnerable, Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor, Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla, Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas, Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus, Red-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius assimilis Endemic, Tawny-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius humeralis Endemic (country/region), Greater Antillean Grackle Quiscalus niger Endemic (country/region).
Sopillar
This is a power line track, running through pasture and marsh, with a good selection of species of those habitats. Nightjars are also found here, including Cuban which we had brief views of by torch light.
Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa, Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata, White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala Near-threatened, Cuban Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium siju Endemic, Cuban Emerald Chlorostilbon ricordii Endemic (country/region), Cuban Trogon Priotelus temnurus Endemic, Cuban Tody Todus multicolor Endemic, Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus, Cuban Parrot Amazona leucocephala Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened, La Sagra's Flycatcher Myiarchus sagrae Endemic (country/region), Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons, Cuban Crow Corvus nasicus Endemic (country/region), Red-legged Thrush Turdus plumbeus, Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia, Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolour.
Cuban Crocodile Crocodylus rhombifer Farm
Well worth a visit to see this rare reptile only still present at Zapata and nearby la Isla de la Juventud, it is closely related to the still rare American Crocodile Crocodylus acutus which is more widely found in the Meso-America and the Caribbean.
Osprey Pandion haliaetus Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicus Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica.
Saltpans
Find some good mud and saltpans and tick off the waders.
American Wigeon Anas americana, American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber, Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus, Anhinga Anhinga anhinga, American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Rare/Accidental, Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis, Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens Near-threatened, White Ibis Eudocimus albus, Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja, Osprey Pandion haliaetus, Cuban Black Hawk Buteogallus gundlachii Endemic Near-threatened, Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans, Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres, Red Knot Calidris canutus Rare/Accidental Near-threatened, Dunlin Calidris alpina Rare/Accidental, Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus, Willet Tringa semipalmata, Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes, Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia, Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus, Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon, Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis, Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia.
Bee Hummingbird site
This site was deep in the woods and I didn’t know its name. However, following a tip-off we went to the small village of Palpit, not far away, where the owner of one house which backs onto forest has turned his garden into a sanctuary, particularly for the Bee Hummingbird, with feeders present (not common here). Stunningly close views were immediately obtained, amazing! There is a small box for tips. Also in this small garden was Cuban Emerald, Cuban Pygmy Owl, Red-legged Thrush, Ovenbird ad Black-throated Blue Warbler. We stayed only an hour as there was a constant stream of visitors to see the hummingbirds, including locals. Very encouraging.
Wood Stork Mycteria americana, Bare-legged Owl Margarobyas lawrencii Endemic, Bee Hummingbird Mellisuga helenae Endemic Near-threatened, Cuban Emerald Chlorostilbon ricordii Endemic (country/region), Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii Rare/Accidental, Cuban Oriole Icterus melanopsis Endemic.
Santo Tomas
This place is a two hour drive from Playa Larga, and to see Cuban Nightjar you need to be there just before dawn. After hopefully ticking this hard species, as we did, you can entrust yourself to an ancient small punt boat for a trip along the canal to try for Zapata Wren. This was the only endemic species we failed to see, but we heard it so it clawed its way onto the trip list! There are other great birds here though, especially the lovely Zapata Sparrows.
I wasn't smirking because I'd just farted, but at the thought of the boat capsizing as the photo was taken
Green Heron Butorides virescens, Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax, Limpkin Aramus guarauna, White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala, Near-threatened Cuban Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium siju, Endemic Greater Antillean Nightjar Antrostomus cubanensis, Endemic (country/region) Cuban Emerald Chlorostilbon ricordii, Endemic (country/region), Cuban Tody Todus multicolor Endemic, Cuban Vireo Vireo gundlachii Endemic, Zapata Wren Ferminia cerverai Endemic Endangered (unfortunately only heard by us), Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis, Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis, Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas, Yellow-headed Warbler Teretistris fernandinae Endemic, Cuban Bullfinch Melopyrrha nigra Endemic (country/region), Zapata Sparrow Torreornis inexpectata Endemic Endangered (we saw two races).
Other species
There are three Cuban genera of hutias at Zapata representing seven species: Desmarest's or Cuban Hutia Capromys pilorides (the most likely to be seen), Cabrera's Hutia Mesocapromys angelcabrerai, Dwarf Hutia Mesocapromys nanus (critically endangered) and Black-tailed Hutia Mysateles melanurus, Garrido's Hutia Mysateles garridoi (possibly extinct), Gundlach's Hutia Mysateles gundlachi and Prehensile-tailed Hutia Mysateles prehensilis. Marine mammals include Manatee Trichechus manatus. A list of the mammals of Cuban is found here:
Mammals of Cuba
To date 31 species of reptiles including the Cuban Crocodile which is only found here, but are being reintroduced to the nearby Lanier Swamp on the Isle of Youth (Spanish: Isla de la Juventud) through the captive breeding program (well worth a visit). American Crocodile though also rare is more widely found. Well over a thousand species of invertebrates are present.
Lizards include Anolis lueteogularis calceus and snakes include Cuban boa Epicrates angulipher. A list of the reptiles and amphibians of Cuban is found here, though Antillean Terrapin Pseudemys rugosa has been missed off:
Amphibians and Reptiles of Cuba
Plants
Mangroves of four species Black Mangrove Avicenia germinans, Red Mangrove Rhizophora mangle, Buttonwood Conocarpus erecta and White Buttonwood Laguncularia racemosa are abundant as are the many groves of semideciduous swamp forest, important for Fernandez Flicker, Cuban Screech Owl and Cuban Pygmy Owl. There are over 900 specialist plant species of which 115 are endemics (five are very local). It includes many different insectivorous plant species of the genus Utricularia (bladderworts) and Oxipalis. There is also the Freshwater Swamp Spring plant complex; the so-called ‘petenes’ complex. Bouteloua species grama-grass savannah are extensive as are conventional grasslands.
Trips can be booked through the people I went with, my friends Nick and Lance who run Birding Abroad: Birding Abroad.
Author: BSG
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Genetikailag meghatározott, agyi vasfelhalmozódással és neurodegenerációval járó kórképek
Translated title of the contribution: Genetically determined diseases associated with pathological brain iron accumulation and neurodegeneration
Péter Ács, Mária Judit Molnár, Péter Klivényi, Bernadetté Kálmán
Research output: Contribution to journalReview article
1 Citation (Scopus)
Abstract
The rare, genetically determined group of diseases characterized by pathological accumulation of iron in the central nervous system and progressive, typically movement disorder's symptoms are called NBIA (neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation). By the rapid development of molecular genetics, it has become apparent that different mutations in numerous genes can lead to pathological cerebral iron accumulation. Simultaneously, it has also been recognized that the age of onset, the symptoms and the prognosis of NBIA disorders are much more diverse than it was previously perceived. To our knowledge, a review article on the most recent clinical data of NBIA has not been published in Hungarian. In the first part of this publication, we survey the general clinical characteristics and the diagnostic algorithm of NBIA diseases and address some considerations for differential diagnostics. In the second part of this review, the particular NBIA disorders are presented in details. The purpose of this article is to provide a clinical overview that may be useful for neurologists, pediatricians and any other medical practitioners interested in this field.
Translated title of the contributionGenetically determined diseases associated with pathological brain iron accumulation and neurodegeneration
Original languageHungarian
Pages (from-to)157-166
Number of pages10
JournalIdeggyogyaszati szemle
Volume69
Issue number5-6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 30 2016
ASJC Scopus subject areas
• Neurology
• Clinical Neurology
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Martin Corry (politician)
Martin John Corry (12 December 1889 – 14 February 1979) was an Irish farmer and long-serving backbench Teachta Dála (TD) for Fianna Fáil. He represented various County Cork constituencies covering his farm near Glounthaune, east of Cork city. He was described by Michael Leahy, his IRA commandant as the Cork No 1 Brigade's 'Chief Executioner' and is believed to have been responsible for at least 27 killings, mostly in the neighbouring parish of Knockraha. He was a founder member of Fianna Fáil in 1926, and among its first TDs after the June 1927 general election. He was returned at every election until he stood down at the 1969 general election.
Corry was active in farming issues, serving as Chairman of the Beet Growers' Association in the 1950s. In 1966, upon the resignation of Seán Lemass as Fianna Fáil leader and Taoiseach, Corry was among the Munster-based TDs who approached Jack Lynch to be a compromise candidate for the party leadership.
Early life
Corry was born on 12 December 1889 on 4 Victoria Road, Cork, to Martin Corry, a Royal Irish Constabulary sergeant originally from County Clare, and Julia Mary Walsh, of Cork. In 1901, the family was living on Blackrock Road. By 1911, after his father had retired from the RIC and taken up farming, the family were living in the townland of Monaparson, near Mourne Abbey, County Cork.
IRA activity
He was a member of the Mourneabbey Company of the Irish Volunteers. Corry was Company Captain of E Company, 4 battalion, 1 Cork Brigade Brigade of the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence (1919–1921). He took the anti-Treaty side in the Civil War (1922–1923) and was arrested and interned in Newbridge internment camp between December 1922 and late November 1923. In 2007, it was reported that Corry's farm had been the suspected site of the execution and burial place of several people considered to be pro-British agents, spies, or informers. Among these was Michael Williams, an ex-Royal Irish Constabulary officer abducted by the IRA "Irregulars" on 15 June 1922 for his alleged role in the shooting dead in 1920 of Tomás Mac Curtain, the Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork. Corry stated he executed 27 people during the War of Independence. Corry applied to the Irish government for a service pension under the Military Service Pensions Act, 1934 and was awarded 8 and 5/16 years service in 1936 at Grade C for his service with the Irish Volunteers and the IRA between 1 April 1917 and 30 September 1923.
Dáil career
In a Dáil career of over forty years, Corry generally restricted himself to speaking on local issues affecting his constituents. In 1953, Corry lobbied unsuccessfully for the Faber-Castell factory planned for Fermoy to be relocated further south in his territory, to the chagrin of party colleagues in Fermoy.
Corry was a staunch advocate of Irish republicanism, strongly opposed to Partition, antipathetic to the United Kingdom, and sometimes bluntly outspoken within the Dáil chamber. In 1928, he criticised the Cumann na nGaedheal government's expenditure on the diplomatic corps, stating: "These salaries of £1,500 have to be paid so that they might squat like the nigger when he put on the black silk hat and the swallow-tail coat and went out and said he was an English gentleman." In 1930, he claimed the government had a shortage of priorities on the matter of Ireland's's finances, telling Denis Gorey: "When we see Ministers coming here and providing £300,000 for the dole for the unemployed, one wonders whether the Government is fit to govern even a tribe of African niggers. I do not believe they are"; to which Gorey responded: "Do not be abusing your relations". Corry's opposition to the Blueshirts in the early 1930s provoked an attempt to burn down his house.
In the 1938 debate on the Anglo-Irish Trade Agreement which ceded the Treaty Ports to the Irish state, Corry expressed regret that Northern Ireland remained excluded, suggesting: "I personally am in favour of storing up sufficient poison gas, so that when you get the wind in the right direction you can start at the Border and let it travel, and follow it." In a 1942 debate on exporting food to Great Britain during World War II, Corry remarked about food shortages there that "They have no more rabbits to get, and now they are on the crows", and "I would not like to see too many crows going out to feed them. I think the crows are too good for them". Patrick Giles called Corry a "bounder", and Alfie Byrne persisted in demanding an apology for the "unchristian" comments to the point of himself being suspended from the chamber.
According to Dan Keating, Corry led a group of TDs who persuaded Taoiseach Éamon de Valera to exercise clemency when Tomás Óg Mac Curtain was sentenced to death in 1940 for shooting dead a Garda. Tomás Óg Mac Curtain was an IRA member and the son of the 1920 Lord Mayor.
In 1948 and again in 1950, Corry proposed a Private member's bill to allow less restricted Sunday opening of public houses in rural areas, arguing the existing licensing law was widely flouted. The bill was withdrawn after ministerial assurance of an imminent Government-sponsored licensing bill (which did not materialise) and in the face of public condemnation from members of the Catholic hierarchy.
At the 1957 general election he achieved the rare feat of being elected on the first count without a surplus.
County councillor
Corry was a member of Cork County Council, representing the Cobh electoral area, from 1924 till after 1970. He often clashed with Philip Monahan, the first county manager. Corry regarded the ability of the manager, an appointed bureaucrat, to overrule the elected Council as an affront to democracy, "the tail wagging the dog", reducing councillors to being "a cloak for his dictatorship". Corry was Chairman of the council (a position later retitled Mayor) for four years in the 1960s: 1962–1963, 1964–1965, 1967–1969. In this role in 1968 he inaugurated Cork County Hall, the tallest building in the Republic of Ireland at the time.
Later life
Corry did not stand in the June 1969 general election. In May 1969, Tom Fitzpatrick had read a letter under Dáil privilege; allegedly written by Corry in 1955, it demanded £200 in cash from an engineering firm for securing a favourable County Council vote. It was later alleged that Corry was compelled to stand down to avoid the allegation embarrassing the party.
In November 1969, Corry was appointed a director of Comhlucht Siúicre Éireann Teoranta, the national sugar company, which was then a state-sponsored body.
On 26 June 1920 Corry married Margaret Fenton, a member of Cumann na mBan. They had two sons and one daughter. He died on 14 February 1979 at the regional hospital, Wilton, Cork.
According to the Dictionary of Irish Biography: "Although widely regarded as a buffoon, Corry was more able and more sinister than he appears from his outbursts in the dáil record; he represented a psychotic streak in the independence struggle and post-independence politics, widely perceived though seldom described in print." | WIKI |
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Citations:braces
* 1818 — Mary Shelley. Frankenstein.
* I am already far north of London, and as I walk in the streets of Petersburgh, I feel a cold northern breeze play upon my cheeks, which braces my nerves and fills me with delight. | WIKI |
Fitch Publishes VIVAT's IDR at 'BBB-'; Outlook Positive
(The following statement was released by the rating agency) LONDON, May 25 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings has published VIVAT NV's (VIVAT) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'BBB-'. The agency has simultaneously affirmed VIVAT's insurance entities, SRLEV N.V.'s and REAAL Schadeverzekeringen N.V.'s (together, VIVAT Insurance), Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) ratings at 'BBB'. The Outlooks are Positive. KEY RATING DRIVERS VIVAT's IDR is one notch below the IFS ratings of VIVAT Insurance, consistent with Fitch's standard notching practices. The regulatory environment of the Netherlands is assessed by Fitch as 'Effective', and is classified as following a Group Solvency approach. As a result, no notching was applied between the implied IDRs of VIVAT Insurance and the IDR of VIVAT. The affirmation of VIVAT Insurance's ratings reflects VIVAT's strong solvency position, lower financial leverage and low, but improved, profitability in 2015. The ratings also benefit from a renewed strategic focus under the ownership of China-based Anbang Group Holdings Co. Ltd (Anbang), and a strong franchise in the Dutch insurance market. The Positive Outlook reflects Fitch's expectations that VIVAT will improve its earnings and debt servicing capabilities through operational efficiencies, portfolio adjustments, a re-branding and streamlining its distribution channels. Fitch believes that the regulatory framework in which VIVAT operates ring-fences its capitalisation and protects policyholders due to restrictions on the minimum capital position and dividend payments. RATING SENSITIVITIES VIVAT Insurance's ratings could be upgraded if the companies return to profitability in line with the 'BBB' rating category, for example, if Fitch expects a return on equity of above 3% on a sustained basis (5.4% in 2015), while maintaining overall capital strength. VIVAT Insurance's ratings may be downgraded on material losses in 2016, or if the group regulatory solvency ratio on a Solvency II basis falls below 150% (approximately 160% at end-2015). Contact: Primary Analyst Federico Faccio Senior Director +44 20 3530 1394 Fitch Ratings Limited 30 North Colonnade London E14 5GN Secondary Analyst Willem Loots Director +44 20 3530 1808 Committee Chairperson David Prowse Senior Director +44 20 3530 1250 Media Relations: Athos Larkou, London, Tel: +44 203 530 1549, Email: athos.larkou@fitchratings.com. Additional information is available on www.fitchratings.com Applicable Criteria Insurance Rating Methodology (pub. 17 May 2016) here Additional Disclosures Dodd-Frank Rating Information Disclosure Form here _id=1005073 Solicitation Status here Endorsement Policy here ail=31 ALL FITCH CREDIT RATINGS ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMERS. PLEASE READ THESE LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMERS BY FOLLOWING THIS LINK: here. IN ADDITION, RATING DEFINITIONS AND THE TERMS OF USE OF SUCH RATINGS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE AGENCY'S PUBLIC WEBSITE 'WWW.FITCHRATINGS.COM'. PUBLISHED RATINGS, CRITERIA AND METHODOLOGIES ARE AVAILABLE FROM THIS SITE AT ALL TIMES. FITCH'S CODE OF CONDUCT, CONFIDENTIALITY, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, AFFILIATE FIREWALL, COMPLIANCE AND OTHER RELEVANT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FROM THE 'CODE OF CONDUCT' SECTION OF THIS SITE. FITCH MAY HAVE PROVIDED ANOTHER PERMISSIBLE SERVICE TO THE RATED ENTITY OR ITS RELATED THIRD PARTIES. DETAILS OF THIS SERVICE FOR RATINGS FOR WHICH THE LEAD ANALYST IS BASED IN AN EU-REGISTERED ENTITY CAN BE FOUND ON THE ENTITY SUMMARY PAGE FOR THIS ISSUER ON THE FITCH WEBSITE. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Schwab Reports Flat DARTs - Analyst Blog
In its monthly market activity report for October 2012, The Charles Schwab Corporation ( SCHW ) reported almost flat Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs) compared with the prior month and declining 14% from the prior-year month to 439,700. This implies that the company witnessed insufficient trading activity. Further, the month was also impacted by weather-related market closures for two days.
Schwab's net new assets bought by the new and existing clients totaled $24.7 billion, surging significantly both from October 2011 and September 2012. Also, this included a $15.7 billion inflow related to a mutual fund clearing services client. Further, total client assets stood at $1.90 trillion, improving 13% compared with October 2011 and at par compared with September 2012.
Schwab opened 74,000 brokerage accounts in the reported month, climbing 16% compared with both October 2011 and September 2012. The company's active brokerage accounts totaled 8.73 million, up 2% year over year and almost at par compared with the prior-month.
Moreover, clients' banking accounts augmented 10% year over year and 1% over the prior-month to 851,000. Similarly, the number of corporate retirement plan participants was 1,557 million, improving 6% from October 2011 and 1% from September 2012.
Peer Performances
Almost similar to Schwab, TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation ( AMTD ) recorded DARTs of 330,000, down 19% year over year and 7% from the prior month. The dip largely resulted from the uncertain economic recovery and investors' reluctance to invest in the equity markets. Moreover, the month under review excluded two trading days due to closed markets following Hurricane Sandy.
Likewise, E*TRADE Financial Corporation ( ETFC ) also reported a fall in DARTs both from the prior-year month and prior month. DARTs for October were 124,246, declining 21% from October 2011 and 10% from September 2012.
Conclusion
Lower trading activities and fluctuating interest rates are expected to continuously impact the company's financials in the near term. Further, we remain concerned about the company's low capital intensity relative to its peers. However, its focus on low-cost capital structure will help it sustain better results in the upcoming quarters.
Schwab currently retains a Zacks # 3 Rank, which translates into a short-term Hold rating. Considering the fundamentals, we maintain a long-term 'Neutral' recommendation on the stock.
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-- Hierarchy's Last Stand: Your Paycheck
It's a puzzle that some people still seek high status for its own sake. Leadership, wealth, and well-being have increasingly little to do with hierarchy, and the perks of power aren't what they used to be. Hierarchy hasn't disappeared, but its days are numbered. The benefits of higher status are rapidly disappearing, and those who like lording it over others or feeling immune from the rules can no longer get away with it. Status no longer confers a "Get Out of Jail Free" card, as too many indicted and convicted executives have learned. Arrogance doesn't pay. Better to be humble than humiliated. Higher status used to be equated with wisdom. A person at the top, or anyone older and more experienced, could claim to know more than those below. He could have the final word, issue decisions in a puff of smoke, and tell underlings what to do. Not any longer, with rapid technological development rendering some knowledge obsolete and a global knowledge explosion democratizing access to the rest. Titles are losing their signaling value. Autocrats of the breakfast table ( a book title 150 years ago ) get pushback from their children. Internet-savvy students can know more than their teachers do. The Internet and social media make position in a hierarchy less important that the ability to attract followers. Facebook pages or Twitter feeds are followed for their content, and anyone can claim a domain name in her own name. As they say in the education business, "the sage on the stage" must become "the guide on the side." Leaders of the future must admit what they don't know and seek reverse mentors — more "junior" people who have fresher or just different knowledge. Protection from criticism is another disappearing perk of power. High officials of the traditional kind could make sure that they were never in the direct presence of anyone who disagrees with them. Aides, flatterers, bodyguards, or censors could buffer them against the unpleasant or absorb attacks by proxy. But in the digital age, criticism and challenge go right to the top. In fact, the best leaders make a point of meeting with critics. One CEO of the new, humbler variety published a dialogue with a customer who questioned high prices in the company newsletter, replete with pointed attacks, some of which he admitted he couldn't answer well. Status doesn't confer privacy or exclusivity either. Invitations to elite events such as Davos are still coveted, but those events are also broadly covered, including by the new anyone's-a-journalist who carries a smartphone camera. Actions and conversations increasingly leave a digital trace, which has led to the downfall of careless corporate (and consulting) titans. And openness and transparency are not just digital; Michael Bloomberg is an example of a leader who converted the hushed, mausoleum-like executive floor we know at most companies to the open beehive of Bloomberg LLC and New York City Hall, putting his Mayoral office in the middle of the buzz. Of course, high positions still provide opportunities; a President of the United States has a bully pulpit and can use it to command attention. But attention will be ephemeral if his actions don't respect. Hierarchy's last stand is compensation systems that tie pay tightly to rank, not to performance. In the classic hierarchical career bargain, people would join a company or government service with ambition and energy, and they would over-perform and be under-compensated for it. But as they gradually rose through the ranks, they could reach a level at which it became possible to under-perform and be over-compensated. A caricature, but sadly still true: Consider the enormous pay packages for CEOs in companies that lose money. Shareholder protests (such as those in the U.K.), voting against compensation committee recommendations, and young over-performers who demand better rewards without having to wait might herald an end to this situation. The bad news for status-seekers: People hungry for power might have to eat crow. Or at least develop a taste for humility. The good news: Leaders who are willing to be one of the team, learn new things from new people, face their critics directly, accept accountability for performance, stop worrying about who is higher or lower, and value the mission more than their own status, are likely to be effective, well-regarded, and happy. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Talk:KENI
About my speedy deletion request
I know radio stations face a degree of notability with the FCC license backing them up but this article is nothing but a blatant advertisement for at least two people that work at the radio station. It contains very little encyclopedic material and is written more like something you would find on the station's website. I for one say the article needs to start over, and become less of a promotion for two people and more like a real article that fits Wikipedia's standards. Unless it is extremely notable, I could care less about the talk shows themselves and more about the history of the station itself. Sounds like egos created this article to me. That's my 2 cents. If this article isn't an advertisement for the station and its personalities, I don't know what is. -- ḾỊḼʘɴίcả • Talk • I DX for fun! 05:56, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
* It reads exactly like it was copied and pasted from the KENI website. I already checked and the website is currently in some sort of rotating blog format which makes finding a particular piece of content difficult if not impossible. Here's what history I can remember:
Historical outline of KENI
* KENI goes on the air in 1948 as the second radio station in Anchorage (after KFQD) and the second radio station launched by Austin E. Lathrop (after KFAR). Lathrop had been involved in Anchorage since the very early days (most notably his role in producing The Chechahcos) but was delayed by World War II in roughly duplicating his Fairbanks operations in Anchorage after he became very successful in Fairbanks from the late 1920s. He built the KENI Radio Building near the mouth of Chester Creek, then far from any significant habitation (Romig Hill, the access point to there from town, was mostly home to cabins and farms at the time). The station was mostly put together and run by the two individuals who had done likewise for KFAR, Augie Hiebert and Alvin O. Bramstedt. As was normally the case with radio stations of that era, it ran a general format.
* Ronald Lewis Moore, an Anchorage native, served his hitch in the U.S. Army after high school and returned to Anchorage, becoming known as hot young disc jockey "The Royal Coachman". Moore hosted The Coke Show from 1959 to 1969, securing the sponsorship of Coca-Cola by himself after being told by station management that rock and roll didn't sell advertising. People of a certain age group who grew up in Anchorage tend to speak fairly often of Moore and his days hosting the show from The Bun Drive-In when mentioning stories of the old days. Here's a link. There's no attribution, but I believe the text is from an Anchorage Daily News article published in 1986.
* The station aired a Top 40 format during the 1970s and 1980s. Art Bell frequently spoke on-air over the years of working at KENI ca. 1975. A former co-worker of mine kept telling me of hearing Bell say this, then explained that he worked there at the time and didn't remember Bell. This could be explained in that the station was "on the radar" enough by ca. 1967 that a lot of radio professionals passed through in the course of padding their resumes. KENI has aired Coast to Coast AM pretty much since it was in national syndication, replacing a short-lived fiasco hosted by Alan Colmes as the bridge between the Larry King and Art Bell eras in late night.
* Another person associated with the station back then was Larry Wayne, who spent in the vicinity of a quarter century in Anchorage radio, even remaining in secular radio after becoming a very committed born-again Christian. Wayne helped start Air 1. He and another former Anchorage disc jockey, JD Chandler (best known in Anchorage for his early 1980s stint at KRKN), are currently on the air at K-LOVE.
* The station started airing talk shows in the late 1980s, but wouldn't become a full-time talk station until several years later. Dick Lobdell wound up in the morning drive-time slot around this time, airing a traditional morning news format rather than the heavily partisan talk favored by his successor Rydell. Afternoon drive hosts of note during this time were J. J. McCartney (sp?) and Fritz Pettyjohn.
* The station was owned during the 1990s by Tom Tierney. This is just from memory, but I believe he was a businessman heavily involved in politics, and was a staffer for Anchorage mayor Tom Fink immediately prior to purchasing the station. I believe Tierney is also the current owner of KBYR. This makes sense, since that station's recent controversial figures, Jack Frost and Eddie Burke, were often on-air at KENI as fill-ins when Tierney owned it.
* It was during Tierney's ownership that KENI took advantage of the consolidation of radio formats and switched frequencies to take advantage of the current frequency's clear-channel signal. KYAK was a country station until country stations on AM went out of vogue. This 50,000 watt station inexplicably aired Radio AAHS from ca. 1995-1997 before the switch. The station moved to the Dimond Center around this time as well.
* As for the present, I dunno, as I haven't been to Anchorage in a while. The statement that Rydell's show is simulcast in Fairbanks is outdated. Fairbanksans had no interest in an Anchorage-based show, even though the current morning show aired on KFBX is dreadfully dull in comparison. KENI does produce Alaska news updates which air throughout the day on KFBX. Missing from all these mentions of Rydell is that he reinvented himself as an ultra-conservative hero to get back on the air. In the 1990s, he contined to pursue a morning show format in FM which became tired and eventually obsolete once J. J. Michaels came to Anchorage from Honolulu and started going from station to station putting Howard Stern clones on the air. Rydell spent nearly a decade working construction before returning to radio. If I recall, before he appeared on KENI, he made his first appearances on his old station, KBFX, being kidded by Bob Lester and Mark Colavecchio about being run out of the business the whole time.RadioKAOS (talk) 09:43, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
* Can you point me to where this is on their website. I must not be looking in the right place to find this information. I believe you, because I work in radio and some of this stuff is floating around somewhere in cyberspace or in book form. I will look into adding some of it, at the risk of being attacked myself. -- ḾỊḼʘɴίcả • Talk • I DX for fun! 19:42, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
KENI Radio Building
I'd appreciate a discussion of the rationale for the proposed merge into this article, since the building is no longer associated with the station and has independent notability on two fronts. Is there a particular reason (apart from the former association) for a merge? I'd be inclined to agree if it still housed KENI, but it doesn't. Acroterion (talk) 19:11, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
* Too many NRHP stubs. Too many of them contain no content apart from attempting to establish that their placement on the NRHP is the sole reason for their notability, which is a stretch for anyone otherwise famililar with the histories of the buildings and any related aspects (such as in this instance, this station). That was mainly the reason. If the building is currently not associated with the station, does that cancel out the fact that the building was associated with the station for approximately half a century?RadioKAOS (talk) 22:26, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
* Not even a "See also" on either article, like they completely exist as islands unto themselves. I'm sure as far as some folks on here are concerned, they do.RadioKAOS (talk) 22:29, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
* "Too many NRHP stubs" isn't a valid argument in this case, although I've made such an argument myself in other cases where there was substantial overlap in coverage between two articles. The building presently has no connection to the station: it should be mentioned in the KENI article, but moving the content associated with a building that formerly housed the station into the station's article would be undue weight, particularly given the even more stubbish nature of KENI. The building's sufficiently significant for its architecture to have been covered by HABS, in addition to the NRHP, so I don't buy the argument that it has no independent notability now that it's not a radio station. Furthermore, it's covered in The Buildings of Alaska (as referenced) for its architectural merits: inclusion in the Buildings of the United States series (Society of Architectural Historians/Oxford University Press) is clear indication of independent notability - the books are fairly selective. By the way, KENI is linked from the building's article, so there's no need for a "see also." Acroterion (talk) 22:45, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
Corrections
CORRECTIONS! -- KENI 650AM, operates the former KYAK. KYAK went on the air in 1967 with 5000 watts daytime and increased to 50,000 watts on 650AM full-time two or three years later. KYAK was a successful country music station for many years until ownership changes and the shift of music programming to FM led to its decline. KYAK tried children's programming without success. Meanwhile, KENI 550AM, which had been a popular Top 40 station for many years, switched to KYAK's 650AM with 50,000 watts and began a News-Talk format which has been highly successful, and continues today. Bill Brink, Program Director at KYAK for 8 years in the 1970s. — Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 00:10, 10 February 2014 (UTC+9)
*Note: The above comment was originally added directly to the article with, but such discussions are more appropriate for the article's talk page per WP:NOR and WP:NOTFORUM. - Marchjuly (talk) 04:46, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
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B901 & GARMIN BMW NAVIGATOR VI
The B901 system is compatible via Bluetooth with the Garmin BMW Navigator VI. After pairing up and connecting the navigator to the N-Com system, you will be able to hear the signals coming from the Garmin in your helmet.
GARMIN BMW NAVIGATOR VI: software version 5.70
N-Com: B901 system, firmware version 1.4.1
GENERAL INFORMATION
PAIRING UP
For the pairing up procedure between N-Com and navigator, please refer to the user manual of the N-Com system, chapter “Managing two mobile phones (or Bluetooth devices)”.
N.B.: For proper management of the various devices, the navigator must always be paired up with the N-Com system as a SECONDARY DEVICE (please refer to the user manual of the N-Com system, chapter “Managing two mobile phones (or Bluetooth devices”).
The Garmin BMW Navigator VI features two different pairing up options: Mobile, Navigation (HFP profile) and Supports (A2DP profile).
Mobile, Navigation + Supports: by activating both options, you can receive in your helmet phone calls, GPS indications, audio tracks coming from different sources (GPS internal memory, mobile phone, Mp3).
Mobile, Navigation: by activating only the Headset (HFP profile) option, you can receive in your helmet phone calls and GPS indications. You will NOT be able to listen to multimedia audio.
Supports: by activating only the Audio supports (A2DP profile) option, you can receive in your helmet multimedia audio. You will NOT be able to hear phone calls or GPS.
CONNECTION
Once the GPS has been paired up, connection takes place automatically upon switching on the B901 system.
N.B.: It is recommended to switch off the AUDIO PUSHBUTTONS on the navigator. With AUDIO PUSHBUTTONS active, with each command given on the Garmin, the navigator sends an acoustic feedback signal to the connected N-Com system, temporarily interrupting the playback of musical tracks and/or intercom communication between the two helmets.
INDIVIDUAL USE
The navigator must be paired up and connected to the rider helmet only, following the instructions provided in the “General” section.
GPS INDICATIONS
After pairing up and connecting the navigator to the N-Com system, you will be able to hear the audio signals coming from the Garmin BMW Navigator VI in your helmet.
MOBILE PHONE
For proper management of the various devices, the mobile phone must be paired up to the N-Com system as MAIN DEVICE.
For proper operation of all devices involved, it is recommended to NOT pair up and connect the mobile phone and navigator one to the other.
Incoming calls temporarily interrupt the connection with the navigator.
MUSIC
FROM THE NAVIGATOR: Garmin BMW Navigator VI allows you to listen to musical tracks previously saved in the internal memory of your device. During a GPS indication, the audio track is temporarily paused.
N.B.: The first activation of music coming from the navigator is to be done through the Garmin. Subsequently, playback of the tracks can also be managed from the keypad of the N-Com system.
FROM THE MOBILE PHONE: You will be able to listen to music coming from the phone. During a GPS indication, the audio track is temporarily paused.
USE IN PAIR
The navigator must be paired up and connected to the rider helmet only, following the instructions provided in the “General” section.
GPS INDICATIONS
The intercom connection is automatically interrupted with each indication coming from the navigator and restored at the end of said indication.
MOBILE PHONE
For proper management of the various devices, the mobile phone must be paired up to the N-Com system as MAIN DEVICE.
For proper operation of all devices involved, it is recommended to NOT pair up and connect the mobile phone and navigator one to the other.
Incoming phone calls automatically interrupt the connection with the navigator and the intercom connection.
MUSIC
FROM THE NAVIGATOR: During intercom connection, you will not be able to listen to audio tracks coming from the navigator.
FROM THE MOBILE PHONE: During connection to the navigator, you will be able to listen to music coming from the mobile phone and share it with your passenger through the “Music Sharing” function (if available). During a GPS indication, the audio track is temporarily paused, and the intercom connection is temporarily suspended.
UNIVERSAL INTERCOM
During the UNIVERSAL INTERCOM connection, the B901 system keeps the connection active only to the MAIN DEVICE (and not to the SECONDARY DEVICE). Hence it will not be possible to use the navigator. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
User:Sticky Parkin
How are you my dears? I'm also Sticky Parkin on en.wiki and the other projects. User::Durova is encouraging people to edit here and I'm really enjoying it:) | WIKI |
177503 2017-09-26 13:57:09 -0700 WebKit fails to apply default "align-items:stretch" to radio, checkbox, and button input-types, as flex item 2020-04-07 05:03:15 -0700 1 1 1 Unclassified WebKit Layout and Rendering Safari 10 Unspecified Unspecified NEW https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210091 https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210093 FromImplementor, InRadar P2 Normal --- 1 dholbert webkit-unassigned bfulgham emilio simon.fraser thorton webkit-bug-importer zalan oldest_to_newest 1352822 0 dholbert 2017-09-26 13:57:09 -0700 STR: 1. Visit https://jsfiddle.net/671Lebj2/ EXPECTED RESULTS: All the orange outline-boxes should be approximately the same height. ACTUAL RESULTS: The first three boxes are too short (shrinkwrapping their contents). Firefox 55 and Edge 15 give EXPECTED RESULTS. Safari 10.1 gives ACTUAL RESULTS. Chrome 63 does something in between -- it's only got the first boxes being too short, but it correctly stretches the third box (the input type=button). I filed https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=768999 on this issue in Chrome. NOTES: This is a flex container, which has "align-items:stretch" by default. This means its auto-height flex items should all stretch to the height of the container (as long as they don't have their own custom "align-self" value): https://drafts.csswg.org/css-flexbox-1/#valdef-align-items-stretch But that's not happening for these widgets, in Safari/WebKit, for some reason. 1352825 1 webkit-bug-importer 2017-09-26 14:00:58 -0700 <rdar://problem/34666225> 1352828 2 dholbert 2017-09-26 14:06:20 -0700 Here's an approximate reference case, where I've simply added "height:96px" to all of the flex items: https://jsfiddle.net/671Lebj2/1/ (note the "/1" on the end -- that's the reference version) Interestingly, Safari 10.1 still refuses to grow the <input type="button">, in this example, despite the explicit 'height'. That seems like another bug. But in any case, for the radio button and checkbox, this reference case demonstrates that these widgets *will accept* a larger height, if it's explicitly specified. So, I don't see any reason why they shouldn't get their height stretched via align-items:stretch in the original testcase here. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
What are the possible complications of factor XIII (FXIII) deficiency?
Updated: Aug 01, 2019
• Author: Robert A Schwartz, MD, MPH; Chief Editor: Perumal Thiagarajan, MD more...
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Recurrent CNS bleeding is a major problem requiring prophylactic transfusions. Infections, particularly HIV, AIDS, and chronic hepatitis, can lead to death. Interferon alfa has been used to treat chronic viral hepatitis. Multidrug cocktails are used to treat HIV/AIDS, but protease inhibitors can increase risk of bleeding. Some over-the-counter herbal remedies increase the risk of bleeding.
Viral safety in products derived from plasma is ensured through several techniques, ie, heating, pasteurization, SD treatment, and monoclonal antibody purification. These procedures currently free products from HIV and HCV (lipid-enveloped viruses) but do not solve the problem of transmission of non–lipid-enveloped viruses such as HAV, parvovirus B19, and other transfusion-transmitted viruses (TTV).
Even with recombinant products, a possibility exists of contamination with pathogens previously unknown, including new murine viruses. One report shows the presence of TTV in first-generation recombinant products, due to the use of human serum albumin that is contaminated with TTV. [122] Thus, virus-induced illnesses of concern include hepatitis viruses A-E, GB virus C (or hepatitis G virus), the SEN family of viruses, [121] and human herpesvirus 8, [120] all of which constitute emerging pathogens related to transfusion-transmitted illnesses.
Potential transmission of prions causing Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) or its variant form (vCJD) in recipients of blood products was a serious concern early in this century. However, no individual with hemophilia nor any other blood product recipient in the United States is known to have developed CJD. A United Kingdom study found that as of May 2015, no new cases of transfusion-associated vCJD had occurred since 2007 and there was no evidence of transfusion transmission of sporadic CJD. [128] A sensitive and specific blood test for vCJD has been developed and has entered clinical use; it could be used to screen blood supplies. [129]
The presence of inhibitors adds another layer of complexity when alloantibodies develop as a consequence of transfusion of blood products. Spontaneous disappearance is a typical feature of autoantibodies, presumably as a response to removal of the antigenic stimulus. Bleeding associated with inhibitors can be life threatening and requires complex care.
Severe economic and emotional problems occur as a result of the recurrent nature of the bleeding.
Complex psychiatric issues arise in the treatment of patients with HIV/AIDS. [126]
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FTSE 100 rebounds on trade optimism
(For a live blog on European stocks, type LIVE/ in an Eikon news window) * FTSE 100, FTSE 250 up 0.4% * Banks, miners best blue-chip gainers in early deals * Primark-owner ABF top gainer on main index * Bluechips on course for worst week in 2 months Dec 6 (Reuters) - UK blue-chips gained on Friday, bouncing back from a near two-month low in the previous session, on optimism over signs of progress in U.S.-China trade talks. The FTSE 100 rose 0.4% by 0808 GMT, with trade-sensitive financials and miners leading the recovery. The FTSE 250 midcap index was also trading up 0.4%. U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments that the trade talks were “moving right along” and China’s decision to waive imports tariffs for some soybeans and pork from the United States helped lift sentiment as a torrid week drew to a close. Among stock moves, Primark-owner Associated British Foods topped the main board with a 2% rise after it maintained its earnings target with anticipated progress in its sugar and grocery businesses. (Reporting by Muvija M and Safia Infant in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila) | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Jernade Meade
Jernade Ronnel Meade (born 25 October 1992) is a professional footballer who last played at Tonbridge Angels. Born in England, he represents the Montserrat national team.
Meade is a left back, but can also be utilised as a left winger.
Arsenal
Meade was born in Luton, England, and started his career with Sunday league side Bramingham FC. He joined Arsenal in August 2004 at the age of eleven. He started off initially as a left winger before moving into a more defensive role as a left back. During the 2011–12 season he made nineteen appearances for the reserve side, with only Oğuzhan Özyakup and Martin Angha appearing more. In the same season he also appeared on the bench as an unused substitute for Arsenal's first team against Bolton Wanderers in a League Cup fixture.
Meade featured in pre-season friendly matches in advance of the 2012–13 season, including a game against Premier League opposition Southampton. After eight years with the club, he made his first team debut in a dramatic 7–5 extra time victory against Reading in the League Cup fourth round. Meade entered the match as a substitute, replacing the injured Ignasi Miquel in the 105th minute. In the process, he became the 811th player to have played for Arsenal. On 4 December 2012, Meade made his first start for Arsenal in a Champions League game against Olympiacos, where he was deployed at left back. The match ended in a 2–1 defeat for Arsenal with Meade being replaced late on by Martin Angha. His contract with Arsenal expired at the end of 2012–13 season and, on 20 May 2013, it was announced that Meade would not be offered a new contract and would be released to find another club.
Swansea
On 16 July 2013, he agreed a deal to join Premier League side Swansea City on a one-year contract. He played regularly for Swansea's Under-21 side in the Professional Development League during the first half of the 2013–14 season.
On 28 January 2014, Meade joined his hometown club Luton Town on loan for the remainder of the 2013–14 season. He did not feature for Luton's first-team during his time at the club, appearing only in development squad games, with manager John Still stating that he "would have liked to have seen [Meade] do a bit better".
Meade was released by Swansea in May 2014.
He then moved to St Albans City, being signed from Spartan South Midlands Football League side Hadley in November 2015.
Scandinavia
On 9 February 2016, Meade joined Swedish Superettan side AFC Eskilstuna.
He signed for Aalesund of Norwegian 1. divisjon on 26 March 2018, after being out of contract since the turn of the year.
Dartford (first spell)
On 15 December 2020, Meade joined Dartford. On 22 June 2022, it was confirmed that Meade had left Dartford and was seeking a club at a higher level.
Hemel Hempstead Town
On 15 July 2022, Meade joined Hemel Hempstead Town.
Dartford (second spell)
On 20 January 2023, Meade re-joined Dartford.
Tonbridge Angels
On 16 July 2023, Meade joined Tonbridge Angels.
International career
Meade was called up to the Montserrat squad for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification in March 2021. He made his debut against Grenada on 8 June 2021.
Personal life
Meade, who is a former Barnfield West Academy pupil, grew up on a council estate in Lewsey Farm with his brothers Kyle and Kahmal in a single parent family. | WIKI |
The Settlement behavior of granular soils under vertical load using the histogram equalization method
Abstract
Settlement characteristics of soils are an important phenomenon in terms of bearing capacity and failure behavior. Within this context, the relative density value is a significant factor but its correlations are insufficient to provide precise results under exceptional conditions. The main aim of this study is to determine, for each soil type, the parameters that affect the settlement behavior of granular soils. Soil samples belonging to different granular soil classes were placed in transparent boxes and monitored. Then, behaviors were determined using the Histogram Equalization Method (HEM) performed on the images and loading tests. As a result, it was observed that relative density was the most effective factor for settlement behavior in sandy soils, and well-grading criteria was the most important factor for gravelly soils in their settlement behavior. In the well-graded soil samples in a dense condition, the pixel numbers in the image was found to be approximately 2 times higher than in the loose soils. On the other hand, the maximum pixel number for loose conditions in poor-graded soil samples was determined between 1.02 and 1.17 times greater compared to the dense soils. Consequently, the outputs obtained from the HEM were in agreement with the experiments.
Author Biography
Can Erenson, Aksaray University
Geotechnical Division, Civil Engineering Department, Aksaray University, Turkey
Dr. Can Erenson
Published
2022-02-03 | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
charm_err#
Error handling module:
• defines, initializes, frees and resets the charm_err structure,
• tests whether an charm_err structure is empty, and
• handles errors.
Note
When CHarm detects an error (e.g., an internal memory allocation failure), it properly frees all the internally allocated memory before returning back to the caller. No memory leaks should therefore occur, not even after a premature exit.
Defines
CHARM_ERR_MAX_FILE 4096#
Maximum number of characters that can be stored in charm_err.file[i], i = 0, 1, ..., CHARM_ERR_MAX_LEVEL - 1, including the terminating null character.
CHARM_ERR_MAX_FUNC 256#
Maximum number of characters that can be stored in charm_err.func[i], i = 0, 1, ..., CHARM_ERR_MAX_LEVEL - 1, including the terminating null character.
CHARM_ERR_MAX_MSG 4096#
Maximum number of characters in charm_err.msg, including the terminating null character.
CHARM_ERR_MAX_LEVEL 10#
Maximum number of error propagations from the function, in which the error occurred to the caller.
CHARM_ERR_MALLOC_FAILURE "Memory allocation failure."#
Message to be printed when malloc or calloc fails.
Enums
enum [anonymous]#
Errors enumeration.
Values:
enumerator CHARM_FAILURE = -1#
Exit status returned when CHarm is explicitly asked to terminate the program in case it encounters an error.
enumerator CHARM_SUCCESS#
Successful execution of a CHarm function.
enumerator CHARM_EMEM#
Memory allocation failure (malloc, calloc).
enumerator CHARM_EFUNCARG#
Error in function input/output argument(s).
enumerator CHARM_EFILEIO#
Error in file reading/writing.
enumerator CHARM_EFFTWINIT#
Error in threads initialization by FFTW.
Functions
charm_err *charm_err_init(void)#
Allocates and initializes the charm_err structure using default empty values.
Returns:
On success, returned is a pointer to the charm_err structure. On error, NULL is returned.
void charm_err_free(charm_err *err)#
Frees the memory associated with err. No operation is performed if err is NULL.
void charm_err_reset(charm_err *err)#
Resets err to the default empty values.
void charm_err_handler(charm_err *err, _Bool terminate)#
Error handler.
• If err is not empty, prints detailed information on the error. If terminate is set to Boolean 1, the program subsequently terminates.
• If err is empty, neither an error is printed nor the program is terminated (regardless of the terminate value).
Before leaving the function, err is reset to the default empty values.
Note
It is highly recommended to call the error handling function after every call of CHarm routines that take the charm_err structure as an input.
_Bool charm_err_isempty(const charm_err *err)#
Returns boolean 1 if err is empty or 0 otherwise.
struct charm_err#
Error structure.
In most cases, it is created by functions from this module that return a pointer to charm_err. Experienced users may create the structure on their own, provided that they assign correct values to its members, so that CHarm can properly understood the data in it (see the rules summarized below).
Public Members
unsigned int level#
Total number of error propagations from the function in which the error was encountered back to the caller.
char **file#
charm_err.file[0] is a pointer to a string with the name of the file in which the error was encountered; charm_err.file[i], i = 1, 2, ..., CHARM_ERR_MAX_LEVEL - 1, are file names through which the error was propagated to the caller.
unsigned int *line#
Pointer to an array with line numbers of charm_err.file[i], i = 0, 1, ..., CHARM_ERR_MAX_LEVEL - 1, at which the charm_err structure was modified.
char **func#
Same as charm_err.file, but with function names.
int code#
Error code (see the errors enumerations CHARM_FAILURE, CHARM_SUCCESS, etc.).
char *msg#
Pointer to an error message.
_Bool issaturated#
Signalizes whether or not the levels of the error structure are saturated due to the error propagations. If true, the structure can no longer store most recent error propagations. This should never happen, though, since CHARM_ERR_MAX_LEVEL is chosen large enough. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
-- U.S. Said to Start Probe of $2 Billion JPMorgan Loss
The U.S. Justice Department and the
Federal Bureau of Investigation in New York have begun a
criminal probe of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) ’s $2 billion trading
loss, a person familiar with the matter said. The U.S. is looking into whether criminal wrongdoing
occurred in relation to the losses the bank reported last week,
said the person, who declined to be identified because the
matter isn’t public. The inquiry is in its most preliminary
stage, the person said. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which regulates
derivatives trading, also are examining New York-based
JPMorgan’s trading activities, according to people familiar with
those probes. JPMorgan Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon said on May 10
that the bank made “egregious” mistakes and that the losses of
about $2 billion tied to synthetic credit securities were
“self-inflicted.” Chief Investment Office The trading occurred in a portfolio of credit investments
at a unit of the bank called the Chief Investment Office, which
makes trades to balance the bank’s assets and liabilities. The
unit made trades in credit default swaps. The losses, which could increase by $1 billion or more,
originated out of a London unit of JPMorgan’s Chief Investment
Office, which is generally responsible for managing the bank’s
interest rate, foreign currency and other economic risks. The company was trying to reposition a portfolio of
corporate credit derivatives and used a trading strategy that
was “flawed, complex, poorly conceived, poorly vetted and
poorly executed,” Dimon told shareholders today at the bank’s
annual meeting in Tampa, Florida. At the end of an investigation, the U.S. may consider
filing mail, wire and securities fraud charges, which give
prosecutors “enormous” discretion, said Ellen Podgor, a
professor at Stetson University College of Law in St.
Petersburg , Florida. ‘Don’t Need Much’ “You don’t need much if the government decides it would
like to proceed,” Podgor said in a telephone interview. Larry Hamermesh, a former lawyer with the SEC who is now a
professor at Widener University School of Law, said an
investigation into whether criminal wrongdoing occurred may take
some time. “Just because things fail doesn’t mean that there’s a
crime,” Hamermesh said in a telephone interview. He said the U.S. may want to scrutinize the trader who took
the position and supervisors who “bear the responsibility for
what was said to investors.” “These cases are not easy to win and criminal liability
under securities law depends on a show of intention to
mislead,” Hamermesh said. “If it’s simply a screw-up that’s
not going to get the government to home base with a jury.” Joseph Evangelisti , a spokesman for the bank, declined to
comment on the criminal probe. Ellen Davis , a spokeswoman for
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara , declined to comment.
Robert Nardoza , a spokesman for U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch in
Brooklyn, New York , where JPMorgan has some of its operations,
also declined to comment. The probe was reported earlier by the Wall Street Journal. To contact the reporters on this story:
Patricia Hurtado in New York at
pathurtado@bloomberg.net ;
Seth Stern in Washington at
sstern14@bloomberg.net To contact the editors responsible for this story:
Michael Hytha at
mhytha@bloomberg.net ;
Steven Komarow at
skomarow1@bloomberg.net | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
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ll. 237–291.] reed, calling with uninvited urgence the tired creatures to their familiar food. It will be well to mingle withal juice of pounded galls, and dry rose leaves, or wine boiled thick over a strong fire, or raisin-clusters from the Psithian vine, and Attic thyme and strong-smelling centaury. Likewise there is a meadow-flower named amellus by husbandmen, a plant easily found by the seeker, for it lifts from a single stalk a dense growth of shoots; golden the flower, but the petals that cluster thickly round it are dark violet shot with crimson; often the gods' altars are decked with its woven wreaths; it tastes bitter in the mouth; shepherds gather it in the cropped valley grass and beside the winding streams of Mella. Boil the roots of this in fragrant wine and set it in basketfuls for food by the doorway.
But for one whom the whole breed shall fail of a sudden, and he have nothing left to renew the race in a fresh family, it is time to unfold further the famed invention of the Arcadian keeper, and in what wise often ere now bees have been born from the putrefying blood of a slain bullock. More fully will I discover all the tale and trace it from its earliest source. For where the favoured race of Macedonian Canopus dwell by the still broad overflow of Nile and ride round their own farms in painted boats, and where the quivered Persian land presses nigh and the rushing river that pours straight down from the swarthy Indians parts into seven separate mouths [and enriches green Egypt with its dark sand], all the | WIKI |
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The oceanic igneous crust is a vast reservoir for microbial life, dominated by diverse and active bacteria, archaea, and fungi. Archaeal and bacterial viruses were previously detected in oceanic crustal fluids at the Juan de Fuca Ridge (JdFR). Here we report the discovery of two eukaryotic Nucleocytoviricota genomes from the same crustal fluids by sorting and sequencing single virions. Both genomes have a tRNATyr gene with an intron (20 bps) at the canonical position between nucleotide 37 and 38, a common feature in eukaryotic and archaeal tRNA genes with short introns (<100 bps), and fungal genes acquired through horizontal gene transfer (HGT) events. The dominance of Ascomycota fungi as the main eukaryotes in crustal fluids and the evidence for HGT point to these fungi as the putative hosts, making these the first putative fungi-Nucleocytoviricota specific association. Our study suggests active host-viral dynamics for the only eukaryotic group found in the subsurface oceanic crust and raises important questions about the impact of viral infection on the productivity and biogeochemical cycling in this ecosystem.
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Most cave formation requires mass separation from a host rock in a process that operates outward from permeable pathways to create the cave void. Given the poor solubility of Fe(III) phases, such processes are insufficient to account for the significant iron formation caves (IFCs) seen in Brazilian banded iron formations (BIF) and associated rock. In this study we demonstrate that microbially-mediated reductive Fe(III) dissolution is solubilizing the poorly soluble Fe(III) phases to soluble Fe(II) in the anoxic zone behind cave walls. The resultant Fe(III)-depleted material (termedsub muros) is unable to maintain the structural integrity of the walls and repeated rounds of wall collapse lead to formation of the cave void in an active, measurable process. This mechanism may move significant quantities of Fe(II) into ground water and may help to explain the mechanism of BIF dissolution and REE enrichment in the generation of canga. The role of Fe(III) reducing microorganism and mass separation behind the walls (outward-in, rather than inward-out) is not only a novel mechanism of speleogenesis, but it also may identify a previously overlooked source of continental Fe that may have contributed to Archaean BIF formation.
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Candidate bacterial phylum Omnitrophota has not been isolated and is poorly understood. We analysed 72 newly sequenced and 349 existing Omnitrophota genomes representing 6 classes and 276 species, along with Earth Microbiome Project data to evaluate habitat, metabolic traits and lifestyles. We applied fluorescence-activated cell sorting and differential size filtration, and showed that most Omnitrophota are ultra-small (~0.2 μm) cells that are found in water, sediments and soils. Omnitrophota genomes in 6 classes are reduced, but maintain major biosynthetic and energy conservation pathways, including acetogenesis (with or without the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway) and diverse respirations. At least 64% of Omnitrophota genomes encode gene clusters typical of bacterial symbionts, suggesting host-associated lifestyles. We repurposed quantitative stable-isotope probing data from soils dominated by andesite, basalt or granite weathering and identified 3 families with high isotope uptake consistent with obligate bacterial predators. We propose that most Omnitrophota inhabit various ecosystems as predators or parasites.
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4. Abstract With advances in DNA sequencing and miniaturized molecular biology workflows, rapid and affordable sequencing of single-cell genomes has become a reality. Compared to 16S rRNA gene surveys and shotgun metagenomics, large-scale application of single-cell genomics to whole microbial communities provides an integrated snapshot of community composition and function, directly links mobile elements to their hosts, and enables analysis of population heterogeneity of the dominant community members. To that end, we sequenced nearly 500 single-cell genomes from a low diversity hot spring sediment sample from Dewar Creek, British Columbia, and compared this approach to 16S rRNA gene amplicon and shotgun metagenomics applied to the same sample. We found that the broad taxonomic profiles were similar across the three sequencing approaches, though several lineages were missing from the 16S rRNA gene amplicon dataset, likely the result of primer mismatches. At the functional level, we detected a large array of mobile genetic elements present in the single-cell genomes but absent from the corresponding same species metagenome-assembled genomes. Moreover, we performed a single-cell population genomic analysis of the three most abundant community members, revealing differences in population structure based on mutation and recombination profiles. While the average pairwise nucleotide identities were similar across the dominant species-level lineages, we observed differences in the extent of recombination between these dominant populations. Most intriguingly, the creek’s Hydrogenobacter sp . population appeared to be so recombinogenic that it more closely resembled a sexual species than a clonally evolving microbe. Together, this work demonstrates that a randomized single-cell approach can be useful for the exploration of previously uncultivated microbes from community composition to population structure.
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Our current knowledge of host–virus interactions in biofilms is limited to computational predictions based on laboratory experiments with a small number of cultured bacteria. However, natural biofilms are diverse and chiefly composed of uncultured bacteria and archaea with no viral infection patterns and lifestyle predictions described to date. Herein, we predict the first DNA sequence-based host–virus interactions in a natural biofilm. Using single-cell genomics and metagenomics applied to a hot spring mat of the Cone Pool in Mono County, California, we provide insights into virus–host range, lifestyle and distribution across different mat layers. Thirty-four out of 130 single cells contained at least one viral contig (26%), which, together with the metagenome-assembled genomes, resulted in detection of 59 viruses linked to 34 host species. Analysis of single-cell amplification kinetics revealed a lack of active viral replication on the single-cell level. These findings were further supported by mapping metagenomic reads from different mat layers to the obtained host–virus pairs, which indicated a low copy number of viral genomes compared to their hosts. Lastly, the metagenomic data revealed high layer specificity of viruses, suggesting limited diffusion to other mat layers. Taken together, these observations indicate that in low mobility environments with high microbial abundance, lysogeny is the predominant viral lifestyle, in line with the previously proposed “Piggyback-the-Winner” theory.
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7. Abstract Bacteriophages from the Inoviridae family (inoviruses) are characterized by their unique morphology, genome content and infection cycle. One of the most striking features of inoviruses is their ability to establish a chronic infection whereby the viral genome resides within the cell in either an exclusively episomal state or integrated into the host chromosome and virions are continuously released without killing the host. To date, a relatively small number of inovirus isolates have been extensively studied, either for biotechnological applications, such as phage display, or because of their effect on the toxicity of known bacterial pathogens including Vibrio cholerae and Neisseria meningitidis . Here, we show that the current 56 members of the Inoviridae family represent a minute fraction of a highly diverse group of inoviruses. Using a machine learning approach leveraging a combination of marker gene and genome features, we identified 10,295 inovirus-like sequences from microbial genomes and metagenomes. Collectively, our results call for reclassification of the current Inoviridae family into a viral order including six distinct proposed families associated with nearly all bacterial phyla across virtually every ecosystem. Putative inoviruses were also detected in several archaeal genomes, suggesting that, collectively, members of this supergroup infect hosts across the domains Bacteria and Archaea. Finally, we identified an expansive diversity of inovirus-encoded toxin–antitoxin and gene expression modulation systems, alongside evidence of both synergistic (CRISPR evasion) and antagonistic (superinfection exclusion) interactions with co-infecting viruses, which we experimentally validated in a Pseudomonas model. Capturing this previously obscured component of the global virosphere may spark new avenues for microbial manipulation approaches and innovative biotechnological applications.
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Abstract The reconstruction of bacterial and archaeal genomes from shotgun metagenomes has enabled insights into the ecology and evolution of environmental and host-associated microbiomes. Here we applied this approach to >10,000 metagenomes collected from diverse habitats covering all of Earth’s continents and oceans, including metagenomes from human and animal hosts, engineered environments, and natural and agricultural soils, to capture extant microbial, metabolic and functional potential. This comprehensive catalog includes 52,515 metagenome-assembled genomes representing 12,556 novel candidate species-level operational taxonomic units spanning 135 phyla. The catalog expands the known phylogenetic diversity of bacteria and archaea by 44% and is broadly available for streamlined comparative analyses, interactive exploration, metabolic modeling and bulk download. We demonstrate the utility of this collection for understanding secondary-metabolite biosynthetic potential and for resolving thousands of new host linkages to uncultivated viruses. This resource underscores the value of genome-centric approaches for revealing genomic properties of uncultivated microorganisms that affect ecosystem processes.
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Two released in London airport drone disruption | TheHill
Two people were reportedly released on Sunday after being arrested in connection with drones that disrupted flights at London's Gatwick Airport. Sussex police said that the 47-year-old-man and a 54-year-old woman who were arrested on Friday had been released because they cooperated with authorities and weren't considered suspects, according to The Associated Press. The man and the woman were arrested on suspicion of disrupting civil aviation in a way likely to endanger people or operations. Flights were operating normally Sunday following days of cancellations and delays after drones were seen in the airspace on Wednesday. The airport also closed Wednesday night and most of Thursday because of the disruptions. Sussex Chief Detective Jason Tingley on Sunday requested that the public report "anything suspicious" related to the incident, the AP reported. “We ask for the public’s continued support by reporting anything suspicious, contacting us with any information in relation to the drone incidents at Gatwick,” he said. Police also said they don't believe the motive of the culprits in the incident is "terror-related," though they added that they don't yet know the basis for it, according to the AP. 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 |
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Rh both for our dinner of chops, and for this paper. The poets will give you lively descriptions in their way: I shall only acquaint you with that which is directly my province. I have just set the last hand to a couplet, for so I may call two nymphs in one piece. They are Pope's favorites; and though few, you will guess must have cost me more pains than any nymphs can be worth. He is so unreasonable as to expect that I should have made them as beautiful upon canvass as he has done upon paper. If this same Mr. P should omit to write for the dear frogs, and the Pervigilium, I must entreat you not to let me languish for them, as I have done ever since they crossed the seas. Remember by what neglects, &c. we missed them when we lost you, and therefore I have not yet forgiven any of those triflers that let them escape and run those hazards. I am going on at the old rate, and want you and the Dean prodigiously, and am in hopes of making you a visit this summer, and of hearing from you both now you are together. Fortescue, I am sure, will be concerned that he is not in Cornhill, to set his hand to these presents, not only as a witness, but as a
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is so great an honour to a poor Scotchman to be remembered at this time of day, especially by | WIKI |
Norops intermedius
Norops lemurinus
Norops oxylophus
Norops pentaprion
Norops is the largest genus of anolid lizards. Within the genus there are species of all sizes and habitat preferences.
N. humilus is an small, abundant, terrestrial, forest species which preys on a variety of arthropods.
N. intermedius is a small, diurnal, arboreal species of the mountain slopes.
N. lemurinus is a moderate-sized, diurnal, arboreal species which prefers the forest shade areas, is solitary in nature, and feeds on a variety of arthropods.
N. limnifrons is a small, abundant, diurnal, terrestrial, open area species preying on arthropods except ants.
N. oxylophus is a moderately large semi-aquatic species feeding on spiders, beetles, homopterans, and dipterans.
N. pentaprion is a small arboreal species which mainly eats flying insects such as beetles and flies.
Source: Savage, Jay M. 2002. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago. 935pp.
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