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I have a new post. It only took me six years, but I decided to use medium:

You're onto something when...

Trying to figure out: 1) how to scale the operation, 2) decide whether or not to use leverage and, most importantly, 3) does it make financial sense to use Amazon EC2 compute instances?

Combining Multiple Model Probabilities

Here's another area of work for modeling Prosper loans. How do I combine the probabilities of multiple models? I started with the brain-dead approach of using a convex combination of probabilities:

This can be interpretated as the coefficients directly proportional to the amount of information each model has. The optimal weights can be estimated from training data. However I am wondering if I can improve this approach and, of course, the Google is all powerful. Time for some more bed-time reading.

Risk Analysis, Vol. 19, No. 2, 1999. Combining Probability Distributions From Experts in Risk Analysis. R. T. Clemen and R. L. Winkler.

Technical Report no. 543, Department of Statistics, University of Washington, Oct 2008. Combining Probability Forecasts. R. Ranjan and T. Gneiting.

Prosper P2P Loan Model

My latest side project has been working on modeling Prosper P2P loans. Features of the data like credit grade, income, etc. are all readily available for import (it's like they actually want you to use this data!). All of the data is imported in MySQL using a script, and then sliced and diced using R.

I created a runtime model, which is an ensemble of various machine learning models (think Netflix prize grand prize solution). The runtime model runs on a Raspberry Pi and uses the Prosper API to place bids automatically.

Mental health is important

Since my 20s, I have been meditating on a semi-regular basis; having attended meditation classes, retreats and read multiple books on the subject.

Why meditate?

The brain is not idempotent: as the mind thinks, the brain changes too. For example, London taxi drivers with years of navigating the twisty and confusing streets of road developed a larger hippocampus since that part of the brain is used for visual-spatial memories [Maguire et al 2006]. There is increasing evidence that meditation improves cognition [Lazar et al 2006] [Luders et al 2011]

Even after just a few days of training and practice, participants with no prior meditation experienced reduced fatigue and anxiety, together with increased mindfulness [Zeidan et al 2010]. Moreover, brief mindfulness training significantly improved visuo-spatial processing, working memory, and executive functioning.

Meditation trains your mind to treat negative situations with equanimity, which results in a natural state of calm and happiness.

Buddha’s Brain: Neuroplasticity and Meditation (online article)

Can Meditation Make You Smarter? (online article)

Evidence Builds That Meditation Strengthens the Brain (online article)

The Unique Brain Anatomy of Meditation Practitioners: Alterations in Cortical Gyrification (online article)

What is meditation?

In this article, I use the word meditation to refer to Concentration (or Samatha) meditation and Insight (or Vipassana) meditation. There are multiple meditation methods, but the forms that I have practiced extensively with are breath meditation and body scanning.

Samatha is really simple, and is used in the Theravada tradition as the preliminary meditation technique to build a foundation to embark on Vipassana meditation. The practice I have learnt and practiced most extensively is the the breath meditation. Follow the sensations of the breath as it flows in through and nostrils, keeping your attention at the tip of the nostrils. Your mind may wander, but keep patiently returning to the breath.

It is not necessary to develop concentration to the point of excluding everything else except the breath. The purpose of this practice to to allow you to rein in the mind, and allow you to ntoice the workings of the mind. The entire process of gathering your attention, noticing your breath, noticing that your mind has wandered, and re-focusing you attention develops mindfulness, patience and concentration. Deep and sustained practice in Samatha allow you to reach various states of consciousness called Jhanas.

Vipassana are meditation techniques to develop mindfulness and is used to become aware of the impermanence of everything that exists. Vipassana provides you with the guidance on how to see clearly into the nature of the mind, which claims to lead to liberation. I am practicing the body sweeping meditation to develop mindfulness.

Mindfulness in Plain English (book)

Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace) (book)

Focused and Fearless: A Meditator's Guide to States of Deep Joy, Calm, and Clarity (book)

Wisdom Wide and Deep: A Practical Handbook for Mastering Jhana and Vipassana (book)

Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha: An Unusually Hardcore Dharma Book: An Unusually Hardcore Dharma Book (book)

How to practice?

My practice in my 20s has been spotty: I would diligently meditate an hour every day for a month, and then lapse into meditating once a week (maybe) for 10 minutes. Even the type of meditation would vary: one month it would be concentration meditation like breath meditation on the tip of the nostril, the next it would be Vipassana or Insight meditation by scanning the body, and yet another it would be loving kindness meditation. Heck, I even tried meditating for a period of time on a burning flame.

A few years back, I realized that this inconsistent practice meant that I was not incorporating the goal of meditation by integrating the practice into my daily life. I was riding the whims of my monkey mind and siloing the practice into a separate aspect of my life.

Unfortunately, meditation as an activity is so mind-numbingly boring (initially). Some motivation techniques suggested can be using the carrot or the stick. The carrot includes the benefits of meditation, both secular (mental wellness) and spiritual (enlightenment). The stick might be to practice “death” meditation to become aware of our morality.

One mental hack that I have learnt over the years is to institute a habit to perform a desirable activity. The label “habit” is very persuasive, especially since you are engaging in an initially undesirable activity. I currently meditate for at least 30 minutes before going to bed, and meditate on weekends for an hour. You only have a finite amount of willpower each day, so forming a habit makes it easier to carry out. How long will it take to form this habit? Research suggests that forming a meditative practice will take over two months of daily repetition before the behavior becomes a habit (and skipping single days is not detrimental in the long-term). [Lally et al 2009]

Willpower (book)

Habits: How They Form And How To Break Them (online article)

The Power of Habit (book)

San Francisco Sourdough Bread

Wild Yeast Levain

  • 1/4 cup sourdough starter
  • 1/2 cup lukewarm water

Dough (makes two loaves)

  • all of levain
  • 1 and 3/4 cup lukewarm water
  • 3 teaspoons of coarse salt
  • [optional] 4 tablespoons of potato flour
  • [optional] nuts and seeds, about 4 tablespoons

Bread with sourdough starter

Be Credible by being Bayesian

Recently at work we encountered a problem with the "standard" way of computing confidence intervals for a Binomial proportion using the Normal approximation. That is,
At small sample sizes and high sample proportions, this is too conservative. For example, with a sample size of 10, the confidence intervals for a sample proportion of 0.8 at 95% confidence level, the confidence interval based on the Normal approximation is [0.55, 1].

We can easily see that this confidence interval is too wide as it includes p = 1.0, but we already saw 2 negative examples, which flies in the face of the evidence that p = 1.0 should be on the table.

There are many alternative confidence interval computation methods available, but one particular approach which I prefer is Bayesian: Use a Beta prior disitribution and use that to obtain a posterior distribution (Beta-Binomial). For example, using the Uniform (Uninformed) prior distribution Beta(1,1), the confidence interval (or "credible interval") is the much more plausible [0.480.94].

One of the nice properties of this approach is the subjective knowledge that is inherently available as input to the model. The hyperparameters alpha and beta can be interpreted as alpha - 1 is the number of successes and beta - 1 is the number of failures. So if we strongly believe a priori that the sample proportion is around 0.9, then we could use the Beta(10, 2) as the prior distribution instead, which gives the credible interval of [0.64, 0.95].

The Ph.D. Grind

This is great. Highly recommended reading for current and potential Ph.D. candidates.

Philip Guo wrote a memoir documenting his Ph.D. experiences and released it online for free (

Four fingers back at me

So here's a change in tack since my ancecdote on "PhD jobs" (aka good technical jobs in Singapore) now turns up within the top ten results for [phd jobs singapore].

Quite simply, it is my sincere belief that there needs to be more companies where there is excellent engineer culture (*). This creates a cycle where the brightest and best will gravitate towards these areas of study. Merely having one or two successful company is not enough, you want a garden of them. Creative technology anyone?

As it turns out, Singapore is starting to have some traction as a start up hub in Southeast Asia. So entrepreneurs - make your millions and billions, and play your part in making software engineering (and technical jobs) a sexy career choice in Singapore!

p.s., I'm very contented in Google; but feel free to pitch to me if you want my opinion on getting stuff done.

(*) You want to foster a culture where innovating is the norm, and the Silicon Valley model has worked well so I am limited by this mindset, but it is certainly true that there are other ways to achieve this.

Do I believe in this list?

According to The Times Higher Education ranking for engineering and technology universities, the National University of Singapore is ranked 19th versus the University of Waterloo which is ranked 48th.

Pssssh. Please.


There are many sessions (already noted in this series) that cover various aspects of science communication, but the sessions listed today are specifically about the way journalism is changing and how to adapt to this new world:

Going from blogging to MSM: selling out or gateway drug? (discussion) - Hannah Waters and Lucas Brouwers

Harassing the Powerful for Fun and Profit: An Informal Investigative Reporters' Guide to Uncovering Secrets and Bypassing Flacks (discussion) - Charles Duhigg and Ivan Oransky

This workshop will explain how to use the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and non-FOIA methods to find information that people don't want you to know, and how to pick topics and targets most likely to yield important insights. It will examine how to identify the officials and other sources most likely to provide assistance, and then how to get them to talk. It will explore how to investigate scientists and research efforts, and how to make use of the data you've received from government agencies. It won't really explain how to make much of a profit. But, if your idea of a good time is ruining an arrogant bureaucrat's day, you're in the right place.

How do we teach science journalism in the era of social media? (discussion) - Paul Raeburn and Misha Angrist

For those of us trying to train next-gen science writers and bloggers, what do we teach them? Tools and tricks--and let them figure out how to use them? Intellectual examination of the history and nature of journalism, and let the students learn the tricks and tools on the job? Law schools teach deep academic content, and let employers teach the grads how to be lawyers. Journalism schools have traditionally taught writing and reporting skills. Medical schools are in the middle--study of science, and instruction in skills. Where should science journalism pedagogy be, with the media landscape changing as quickly as it is? To what breaches do we once more unto? If we insist on teaching John McPhee, are we fighting the last war? Or is now the moment to stand fast in defense of timeless storytelling?

Do press officers/public information officers need journalists any more? (duscussion) - David Harris

With the plethora of tools available to press officers/public information officers for direct-to-audience communication, how much is the intermediary of the mainstream press required? What kinds of formats and players are taking the place of mainstream press? How are press officers/PIOs using these tools effectively to both communicate messages and engage in substantive dialog with their stakeholders and audiences? The session is intended to not only assess where we are now but to futurecast the direction of this kind of work.

I can haz context? (discussion) - Ed Yong and Maggie Koerth-Baker

There's a lot of talk about the need for more context in science journalism, to depict science as a fluid process rather than fixating on the latest paper-of-the-day. Vigorous nodding ensues. But how do we actually achieve this, how does this work for different media (print, blogs etc), what types of context are actually useful, how do journalists balance time and depth, how can we use the tools of the internet to provide context, and how can context in science writing actually help science itself?

Charting Your Own Course: How to Make It As a Freelancer (discussion) - Brian Switek and Hillary Rosner

Freelancing can be tough. Generating ideas, pitching stories, balancing projects, planning ahead to make sure the money keeps coming… How do full-time freelancers do it? What does it take to start science-writing without a safety net, especially during a time when paid work is increasingly elusive? Whether you're a veteran freelancer or thinking about taking the plunge, bring your questions, tips, and tricks.

Writing about science for women's (and men's) magazines and not being ashamed of it, dammit (discussion) Maryn McKenna and Elizabeth Devita-Raeburn

The major women's magazines — SELF, Health, More and others — reach audiences of more than 1 million per month in their paper versions and several million more on the web. Yet there's science-writing community debate over whether we should write for them, to bring science to the masses (and also because they pay pretty well), or whether they are so compromised by simplification and error that writing for them is a scarlet letter of shame.

And on Saturday at 3:45-4:45pm, just before the end of the conference - the Plenary Panel: Check, check, 1, 2 . . . The sticky wicket of the scientist-journalist relationship, moderated by David Kroll, with panelists: Maggie Koerth-Baker, Seth Mnookin and Bora Zivkovic.

Despite the reach of science blogs, science reporting from wide-circulation online or print publications continues to have the greatest impact on the public perception of science. The most essential but misunderstood component of science reporting is the relationship between the writer and the scientist source. While journalists and scientists may appear to have shared goals and expectations in story reporting, their distinctive motivations can lead to discord. This closing session will discuss three overlapping themes: 1) the perils of journalists growing too close with their sources, 2) the threat to objectivity in consulting scientist sources for fact-checking, and 3) for scientists, the drawbacks of engaging with the press on your science or that of others in your field. Each theme also carries significant advantages. How are the journalist and scientist best served while preserving the integrity of the science?

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Encoded entities like + in SAML response

I am trying to use okta as IDP for my SAML SSO login.

However, when clicking “Login via okta SAML” on my SP, it generates error like “External authentication returned an invalid message”. When checking the SAML response message from okta, I can see that in the response, there are characters like “+”, which is encoded format of character “+”. I have to manually decode the characters, and then get the correct XML strings of the SAML response.

Any ideas why this is happening?

Just to clarify, character like “+”, “=” were encoded to strings like � in the SAML response.

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Can you please open a support ticket with us by sending an email to support@okta.com in order to have this issue further investigated?


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ROAD FC 054 fight week: match order and broadcast for this Saturday’s Middleweight Championship card

ROAD Fighting Championship opens Fight Week for ROAD FC 054 which will take place this Saturday, June 15, 2019 in Wonju, South Korea. The Middleweight Championship between La In-Jae and Yang Hae-Jun will be the main event.

Middleweight Championship

The main event at ROAD FC 054 will be the first title defense for Middleweight Champion La In-Jae. He will take on challenger Yang Hae-Jun, one of the most well-known Korean fighters of the last ten years. La’s rise to become the ROAD Champion has been meteoric, so he wants to prove to the world that he’s no longer a prospect. He will again be tested by the power of deep experience that challenger Yang possesses, champion.

Another match in the hot middleweight division sees stand out rookie Hwang In-Su back in action against all-rounder Choi Won-Jun. Kim Se-Young meets his second opponent from Russia’s MPF, the entertaining Evgeniy Ryazanov.

Wonju’s hometown hero Yoo Jae-Nam will face Kim Tae-Gyun as they both fight to climb back into the bantamweight rankings. Openweight fighters will again make a big noise in a match between Shim Gun-Oh and Ryu Ki-Hoon. To open up the main card, thrilling Muay Thai striker Jang Ik-Hwan takes on rising bantamweight prospect Jung Sang-Jin.

Young Guns 43

The main event for the Young Guns 43 preliminary card will be a women’s atomweight match between former title challenger Park Jeong-Eun and Shim Yu-Ri, the inevitable clash between two of Korea’s most exciting female fighters. .

Muay Thai champion Oh Du-Seok will take on “Fearless Guys” TV show contestant Park Chan-Soo in a definite stand up war. Park Jae-Seong and Kim Young-Han will present a contrast of styles in the bantamweight division.

Three opening matches will showcase new prospects. Jang Jung-Hyuk versus Choi Woo-Hyuk in the lightweight division, a women’s bout between Rowan Pilger and Park Ha-Jeong, and National Muay Thai champion Kim Jin-Kuk versus Park Sung-Jun at bantamweight.

Event: ROAD Fighting Championship 054

Date: June 15, 2019

Venue: Wonju Gymnasium

City: Wonju, South Korea

Young Guns start: 16:00KST

Main card start: 19:00KST

Korea broadcast: SpoTV

USA broadcast: DAZN

Canada broadcast: The Fight Network

Global stream: Afreeca.TV (live link announced on day of event)

Middleweight Championship

La In-Jae vs Yang Hae-Jun

Middleweight Match

Hwang In-Su vs Choi Won-Jun

Featherweight Match

Kim Se-Young vs Evgeniy Ryazanov

Bantamweight Match

Yoo Jae-Nam vs Kim Tae-Gyun

Openweight Match

Shim Gun-Oh vs Ryu Ki-Hoon

Bantamweight Match

Jang Ik-Hwan vs Jung Sang-Jin

Women’s Atomweight Match

Park Jeong-Eun vs Shim Yu-Ri

Featherweight Match

Oh Du-Seok vs Park Chan-Soo

Bantamweight Match

Park Jae-Seong vs Kim Young-Han

Women’s Bantamweight Match

Rowan Pilger vs Park Ha-Jeong

Lightweight Match

Jang Jung-Hyuk vs Choi Woo-Hyuk

Bantamweight Match

Kim Jin-Kuk vs Park Sung-Jun


Are Incentive Trusts Gaining Popularity?

Incentive trusts are typically defined as trusts with provisions to encourage or discourage certain types of behavior and promote family values. Despite their appeal, they remain underutilized. One of the key reasons for this is that they’re somewhat impractical when used with traditional types of trust administration. Rather than relying on one-stop shopping full service or delegated trustees, the best incentive trusts generally require several family members and trusted family advisors to act as distribution fiduciaries, advisors, and mentors.

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Washington—Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today released the following statement in reaction to the immigration bill unveiled at the White House today:

“The immigration bill unveiled today by the White House betrays our country’s values. My mother emigrated from Russia as a child—she couldn’t speak English and had no education. Her daughter graduated from college and became a U.S. Senator. Under this bill, my mother would have been turned away.

“The bill says that hard-working immigrants in ‘low-skilled’ jobs can never have the opportunity to earn a green card. In California, that would mean farmworkers who have worked in the country for years would be permanently ineligible to apply for a green card.

“Our country shouldn’t tell immigrants who perform the most thankless jobs in our society that they can work here but they can’t build lives here. That’s not what this country is all about.

“The bill would also keep elements of the scandal-ridden EB-5 program, which sells citizenship to wealthy foreigners, while at the same time permanently capping the number of refugees at 50,000 during the largest humanitarian crisis since World War II. What does it say about this administration’s values that wealthy individuals are allowed in while people fleeing horrific violence are turned away?

“I’m also troubled by the bill’s effects on children. Not only does it preclude parents from reuniting with their children abroad, the bill would also eliminate a special program for abused, abandoned and neglected children. The America I know has compassion for vulnerable children, regardless of where they were born.

“The only solution to our broken immigration system is comprehensive reform. This bill doesn’t achieve that and I will do all I can to oppose it.”


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Rural Chinese Village Rebuilt With Eco-Friendly Homes And Rooftop Gardens

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China’s Sichuan Province has been hit with multiple natural disasters in the past decade, leading to the destruction of homes in rural areas. Rebuilding efforts like these are what spawned the Rural Urban Framework (RUF), who transforms rural communities to more collaborative urban environments. They completed a new projected out of the devastation in Jintai Village that features “green-roofed” homes and other sustainable benefits.

In 2008, the Sichuan earthquake had an 8.0 magnitude with total casualties reaching 68,636 in the province. It injured hundreds of thousands more and it left over 4.8 million people homeless. Just three years after that, the same area had to deal with massive floods and landslides that destroyed some of the rebuilt homes from the deadly earthquake.


Water vapour responsible for a third of global warming

Scientists admit that water vapour affects global warming more than they realised

Water, water, everywhere – and it seems it’s causing more problems than scientists first realised, as new research indicates that water vapour is a major cause of global warming and cooling.

Water vapour is an important greenhouse gas, like methane and carbon dioxide, it absorbs heat from the sun that would otherwise be reflected back into space, keeping the planet warm.

The latest study reveals that a 10% drop in humidity 10 miles about the earth’s surface explains why global temperatures have been stable since the start of the century, despite the rise in carbon dioxide.

Observations show that ‘stratospheric water vapour’ increased in the 1980’s and 1980’s accelerating the rate of global warming by around 30% before dropping after 2000.

Scientists have faced a backlash where they have been asked to defend earlier inaccurate predictions, such as false claims that Himalayan glaciers could melt away by 2035.

There has also been serious concern after scientists from the University of East Anglia tried to prevent the release of data requested under the Freedom of Information Act.

Susan Solomon, leading the study said, ‘It shows that we shouldn’t over-interpret the results from a few years one way or another.’

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The challenge

Embedding Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) aspects in the design of industrial installations requires an integrated approach. To ensure compliance with national and international laws and regulations, design rules and company guidelines, HSE requirements must be incorporated during different phases of the life cycle of an asset. Comprehensive knowledge of HSE is essential for full implementation of HSE aspects in any installation, including appropriate measures to control process safety hazards, such as chemical or physical reactions, high pressure or high temperature, and fire and explosion safety.

Our solution

Process safety management systems are used to manage operational complexity. They provide a mechanism for understanding and controlling the risks associated with processes. Our services can help you with key challenges such as; identify and address risks, alignment of system with strategic goals, management of change, setting up performance requirements and standards and continual improvement.

Process safety in design

Royal HaskoningDHV uses a structured approach to process safety, with defined activities during each project phase. We use state of the art standards and modelling software for our process safety support activities including: dedicated hazard identification software, performing SIL assessments, preparing explosion safety documents in compliance with ATEX regulations and performing effect modelling calculations for releases of toxic and flammable gasses, fires and explosions.

Process safety culture

Safety should be seen as a means for improving performance and not a goal in itself. Our approach is based on the question why, what and how.

  • Why is safety improvement important for an organization?
  • What are the pre-conditions for improving safety culture in a structured way?
  • How can we improve your safety culture?

PSM Key performance indicators

We use our extensive experience and knowledge of HSE to assess to draw-up BowTie’s to select leading and lagging indicators. Key risk mitigation measures, such as Safety Critical Elements, and their management are described. We also define specific performance standards in terms of functionality, reliability and vulnerability in emergencies for safety critical systems, and use them to monitor performance throughout the life cycle.

How to prevent process safety incidents

Every incident requires follow-up, aftercare and communication and reassurance with regard to stakeholders, authorities and the media. Within this process, Royal HaskoningDHV deploys BSCAT, TRIPOD Beta, RCA or barrier failure analyses based on the linear BowTie risk model. The imperative must always be to ensure that incidents and near misses are a means to learning and improving.


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1 year overland journey in South America

follow your dreams

Today is 1 year I’m in South America.
I have crossed by land all the continent from up(Georgetown) to down(Punta Arenas). Thank you Guyana, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile for your warm receiving and unforgettable experience.
There is more dreams to fulfill and I’m continue.
Think free, feel life, follow your heart!


Dinosaurs and secrets of life reach Toluca Cultural Center

Mexico, Feb. 27 (Notimex).- In order to know the past of the Earth, the secrets of DNA and a conversation between the human body and the biology of dinosaurs, the Toluca Cultural Center will exhibit “Dinosaurios Ahora” (Dinosaurs now), “Dime tus genes y te dire quién eres” (Tell me about your genes and I will tell who you are) and “Génesis”, from March 8 to June 9.

“Dinosaurios Ahora” will arrive from the Museum of the Desert in Coahuila with an exhibition composed by scientifically endorsed robots, among which are the Tyrannosaurus Rex, Sabinosaur and Acantholipan Gonzalezi”.

“Dime tus genes y te diré quién eres” is an exhibition about genetics, which aims to let children and adults know the secret of DNA life and the relationship between genetics with the environment and the advances of medicine, where the audience can even hear the beating of a giant heart.

“Génesis” is a digital photographic exhibition created by Jorge López, which reflects a connection between the shape and movements of the human body compared to the biology of dinosaurs.

As part of the “Sorpréndete” exhibitions, the exhibitions will be available from Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00 at the Toluca Cultural Center, State of Mexico.

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Like many other mechanical products, u-joints also require maintenance and lubrications from time to time when they are in applications. For example, if the grease is left to dry out, the joint not only causes squeaking noises but the roller bearings inside may damage the joint. Thus, we should not ignore the significance of the maintenance of the products.

Universal joint is a mechanical connection between rotating shafts which are generally not in parallel.It allows positive transmission of rotating power at a much larger angle than is permissible with a flexible coupling. Besides, it can transmit torque and motion. This mechanical product is as important as many other kinds of mechanical parts. Of course, it has a wide range of applications. It can be widely used in all types of  power transmission systems.

What should you do if the u-joint is damaged? Obviously, you should replace it with a new one. Then you can remove and install them using a vise. The disassembly of the u-joint requires you to follow tips.

First of all, you should match mark the differential flange, yoke and drive shaft with a crayon as a guide for reassembling, if you are just servicing the joint. Then you may clamp the joke in a vise without bending the yoke. After you have done the protection measures, you should remove the snap rings from the u-joints or yoke caps by using a screwdriver, snap-ring pliers or needle nose pliers. The tool you make use of depends on the type of rings used.

besides, you should remove the u-joint from the yokes. Place a socket with a smaller outside diameter than one of the bearing caps at the end of the u-joint and another socket with a larger inside diameter than the bearing cap on the opposite side of the joint. In addition to them, there are still some steps to follow. After that, you should set the u-joint and sockets inside a vise. Then press the vise to force the bearing caps out of the joint. Before replacing the u-joint with a new one, you should make sure that all the related components are cleaned.

Those are the main instructions you should follow if you want to disassemble the u-joints. You can do the work well if you refer to them strictly.

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May's Place - Incredible Antiques in the City

I've always enjoyed walking around antique shops. It's like taking a step back into time and seeing how other people lived without iPhones or big screen TVs or DSLRs. Maybe that's a little dramatic, but there's something therapeutic about picking up an item from an antique shop. It's almost like you, with the help of the shop owner, have provided redemption for an item once forgotten. Just walking into May's Place gives you this feeling, but honestly, so much more. The chill vintage music being played from an actual record player - instead of a Pandora station - is refreshing and helps to set you back in time. And then you meet Andy and Katie and it's understandable why their shop is so cool.

May's Place has been open for a few months and I've been fortunate enough to make it by the shop a couple times, each visit more enjoyable than the last. But then I had an incredible opportunity to take some photographs around the shop. Seeing the shop through the lens of a camera makes everything even more amazing. It really makes me appreciate the store after paying close attention to the layout, how vignettes are placed,  and how the naturally well lit shop lends so well to its contents. This place is sure to charm the most professional of antique shoppers.

If you haven't had the chance to check out May's Place, I suggest you put it on your list for holiday shopping. Andy and Katie have a little bit of everything in the store and there are so many unique and local items. I have my eyes on a pair of vintage glasses... I just hope they last until I can make it by again.


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Chad Oda founded "The Bot Podcast" to help companies, start-ups, and enthusiasts navigate the world of conversational user interfaces by interviewing the world's leading chatbot and voice subject matter experts.

The goal of this chatbot podcast is to raise visibility around chatbot best practices, insights, strategies, success stories, and industry news.

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The race towards sustainable aviation regulation

Offering views from both sides of the Atlantic, Neste experts Virpi Kröger and Neville Fernandes discuss the regulatory incentives for advancing the deployment of renewable jet fuel.

The race towards sustainable aviation regulation

In the US, the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program is a national regulation that requires importers and refiners of gasoline and diesel to replace a certain volume of petroleum-based with renewable fuel. Although there is no mandate in place for jet fuel specifically, renewable jet fuel (RJF) can still generate renewable credits if it meets the regulatory requirements.

“If an obligated party utilizes renewable jet fuel, it reduces the amount, for example, of renewable diesel that they must put into the diesel pool. This monetization is thus an enabler for introducing RJF to the US,” comments Neville Fernandes, Head of Renewable Jet Fuel in North America, on the current regulatory situation.

As for the EU area, the Renewable Energy Directive requires the EU to fulfil at least 20% of its total energy needs with renewables by 2020. All EU countries must also ensure that at least 10% of their transport fuels come from renewable sources by 2020.

“Currently, this target does not include renewable jet fuel, although by legislature, any EU state would be able to implement their own objective. So far, the Netherlands and the UK are the only countries that have realized the inclusion of RJF,” says Virpi Kröger, Commercial Development Manager, Renewable Jet Fuel at Neste.

More significantly, Norway is now officially considering putting a mandate in place, which would require that 1% of the country’s jet fuel consumption is renewable from 2019. This would gradually increase to a share of 30% by the year 2030.

California leads the way

In the US, the Blender’s Tax Credit in the amount of one dollar per gallon, has been an effective incentive for the production and importation of renewable diesel.

“Renewable Jet Fuel would also be eligible by meeting similar blend specifications. However, the tax credit has currently expired. If it were reintroduced, as has happened several times before, this could provide a major federal incentive,” Fernandes points out.

On the state level, the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard is the most well-known policy incentivizing the use of lower-carbon fuels. Its target is to reduce the carbon intensity of gasoline and diesel by 10%, compared to the level in 2010. Currently, the jet fuel pool is not included, but the California Air Resources Board (CARB) has made a proposal to include Renewable Jet Fuel on an opt-in basis from January 2019.

“In this case opt-in means that there is no requirement to reduce the carbon intensity of jet fuel, but if renewable jet fuel were used in California, the importer or producer of the fuel would generate carbon credits that can be monetized. As a rough estimate at today’s value of LCFS carbon credits of US $100/tonne of carbon credits – the LCFS incentive for a gallon of RJF using Australian animal fat as feedstock would be around 80 cents per gallon,” Fernandes says.

He postulates that once California approves the inclusion of RJF in the LCFS, then other jurisdictions with similar LCFS programs will follow, including the state of Oregon and the province of British Columbia in Canada.

Geneva sets example

Both Fernandes and Kröger agree that the US currently leads Europe with regards to providing direct regulatory support for the use of Renewable Jet Fuel. Kröger notes, however, that it will be interesting to see how the development in Norway goes forward, and whether the other Nordic countries will follow.

“Also, there have been discussions in the EU Commission about setting up a mandate for Renewable Jet Fuel, but so far nothing official has emerged. The fact is that there will be an increasing demand also from the passenger side for concrete actions, so we just need operators to set an example and bravely take the first step,” Kröger says.

One of the forerunners is Genève Aéroport, where the target is that at least 1% of the annual jet fuel consumption is to be composed of RJF, starting late 2018. This is an excellent example of a state, an airport and a renewable solutions provider collaboration to decrease CO2 emissions of aviation.The Swiss authorities hope that other stakeholders including corporations, consumers, NGOs, and governments will follow and start raising awareness about renewable options in order to develop new business models.

Active consumers and stable policies required

Spreading the word about Renewable Jet Fuel among consumers is seen by both Fernandes and Kröger as a potentially powerful way of speeding up its implementation.

“Getting a passenger movement started and mobilizing the environmentally conscious consumers, combined, for example, by some support by the state and cooperation with national flag carrier airlines could make a difference,” Kröger says.

Fernandes points out that the major public visibility of recent catastrophic events related to harsh weather conditions, such as hurricanes, floods and wildfires are also very visible examples of the effect that climate change is having on our lives today.

“Corporations are realizing the high costs of climate change to their business, with many frequent and severe harsh weather related disasters causing massive damages. This should, hopefully, convince corporations and the general public that it is important to pay for climate change mitigation measures, including using low-carbon fuels, now rather than paying a very much larger price to repair damage in the future.”

Fernandes concludes that whatever regulatory incentives are implemented, they need to be long-term and stable, in order for Renewable Jet Fuel to promote research and development of new low-carbon technologies and feedstock as well as encourage investments in new production facilities.

“In addition, the policies need to be technology and feedstock neutral, and they should encourage fair trade on a worldwide scale.”

Kröger adds that the time to act is now, with decisions based on existing sustainable solutions, rather than only discussing future targets related to such technologies that do not even exist yet.

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Project management optimization through integration of Agile approach

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Innovational IT projects are an urgent topic for the last few years. The world is changing, constantly improving technologies have become a part of our lives.

Project management tools in the field of IT are significantly different to the ones used in traditional industries. Today's IT projects require project managers with the profound knowledge and practical skills enabling to manage constantly changing requirements of stakeholders. The aim ofthe article is to take a closer look at the advantages of Agile approach over traditional models when it comes to project management in IT field.


Emil Dahl loves to design, create and show modern juggling and in 2018 he started a company in order to do just that. In order to offer quality juggling for different media: photo, film and live shows, TIO was founded.

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The letter O looks like a ring from the front. I looks like a ring in profile. I" and O creates the number "10". TIO means TEN in Swedish and ten years is usually considered a fashion cycle, which TIO looks beyond. TIO aims to design pieces of art that will withstand time, to be as relevant today as in a decade.


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Review for YWCA USA, Washington, DC, USA

Rating: 1 stars

The YWCA is one of the most corrupt and ineffective nonprofits in the country. I honestly do not understand how they are able to maintain tax-exempt status based on their major failings in their financial disclosures as well as their track record (or lack thereof) of doing work to support their mission combined with an absence of transparency. Not only do they have one of the highest paid CEOs despite pathetically low ratings in other areas, they have also run a spending deficit of over one hundred percent each of the last three years (which is a far back as the IRS maintains records). Most shocking, the YWCA only devotes a little over 30% of funds to programs and services, which many would consider fraudulent considering their staff falsely paints a much different picture. How do they continue to operate?! Bottom line, if you are looking for a reputable nonprofit to donate, volunteer, or get involved in any way to make a difference...LOOK ELSEWHERE

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Ex-Big Boss Contestanant Aijaz Khan Bashing Fawad Khan and Mahira Khan in an Interview.

It is very disappointing to see the way Indian actors are responding towards the ban on Pakistani stars in Bollywood. Artists are expected to behave in an educated manner and work as messengers of peace rather than aggravating the matter. Lately an Indian actor Aijaz Khan insulted Fawad Khan and Mahira Khan.

Aijaz Khan started his career in modelling. He starred in movies such as Rakta Charitra and Allah Ke Banday and acted in several television daily soaps. He was a wild card entry in the reality television show Bigg Boss 7, where he finished in third position.

In the interview he said , he never knew these artists before who they are! Karan Johar is paying them huge amounts and they are taking that money to Pakistan. As these celebrities, Mahira and Fawad pay tax to the government and in that manner they are helping Pakistan in buying artillery for attacking India,This entire interview of Aijaz Khan seemed to me an over reaction and quite a self- created story.

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Archive for Cameron

TSCC Episode 2.18: Today Is The Day (1)

218tscc_20090205_6361The line that best encapsulates my thoughts about Today Is The Day (1) is Jesse’s line at the bar when the Navy aviators asks her what’s she’s drinking. She replies, “There’s booze in it, some sugar to cut the crap out of the burning taste, and some ice”. No truer words have been spoken. This episode defies my best attempt to find an overarching theme. That’s probably because it’s only the first part of a two-part tale. In any case, I don’t know what I’m drinking, but it’s strong, iced, and goes down smooth. As the saying goes, revenge is best served cold.

This episode brought home to me just how much the entire story revolves around Sarah even when she’s not in focus. The main storyline belongs to Jesse, but all I could think about how Jesse is just Sarah taken to a particular extreme. Jesse is a broken woman. Whatever transpired aboard the Jimmy Carter broke Jesse’s faith, her hope for the future, her sense of efficacy there. She is forever displaced, like the lamp she keeps adjusting in her hotel room. She has retreated to the past to hit the restart button, not for herself, but for John Connor. She is willing to sacrifice everything to do it, including the life of an innocent and her most precious possession: the love that she shares with Derek.

Jesse’s transformation is all the more disturbing because we begin to see who she was before the last voyage of the Jimmy Carter. As the executive officer aboard a submarine, she is respected, loved, and shares a deep bond with her fellow sailors. They are the Order of the Deep, a bunch of bubbleheads who traverse the waters between Perth and Los Angeles until one fateful day when they veered three hundred miles off course to pick up John Connor’s package. Jesse’s J-Day occurred in the year 2027, sixteen years later than Derek’s. Derek has no idea that he has already lost the woman he loves. She has forsaken her life for a mission that animates her otherwise soulless shell. He is sleeping with the corpse of the woman he loved. She didn’t made it back.

scc2x18_0226 And yet, whenever I see Jesse, I see Sarah, or at least one possible outcome for Sarah. Just as Kacy represents the happy-go-lucky waitress that Sarah can never again be, Jesse represents a wounded Sarah irrevocably devastated by the rise of the machines. We all bristle when Sarah treats Cameron like crap, but she knows what Cameron is, and like Jesse, she doesn’t want it anywhere near John Connor.  Not over her dead body.

TSCC Episode 2.17: Ourselves Alone

tscc_217-1270‘Ourselves Alone’ is the commonly accepted english translation of the gaelic expression ‘Sinn Féin’, which is the name of the irish political party whose rogue military arm, the Irish Republican Army (IRA), purportedly engages in acts of domestic terrorism against the British regime. For more than a century, Sinn Féin and the IRA have sought to free Ireland from British rule by any means necessary. Though linked to acts of terrorism for much of its history, Sinn Féin is today one of the largest political parties in Ireland, and, while still agitating for home rule of Northern Ireland, proudly wears the mantle of legitimacy accorded to those who achieve political power through the ballot box. No erstwhile resistance organization save perhaps the African National Congress more fully embodies the maxim that “one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter”.

Sinn Féin has a very complex history punctuated by competing factions with deep philosophical divisions despite shared goals, which is probably why the latest episode of Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles (TSCC) is so entitled. As the series hurdles towards its second season denouement, the character of Jesse is revealed to be a rogue element within the larger resistance movement. It is fascinating to look at the language Jesse uses to express her reality. Another point of interest is how Cameron’s language expresses the true nature of her “glitch”.

Jesse, who represents a faction of the Resistance opposed to the deployment of reprogrammed cyborgs at Resistance camps, intensifies her plan to sever John and Cameron’s relationship in its incipiency. The language of Muslim extremism is used to evoke the depth of her radical and seditious disposition. When Riley confronts Jesse about the ultimate objective of getting John to fall in love with her, Jesse evokes the pathos of extremists who promote self-sacrifice via suicide bombing as the ultimate expression of faith that will immediately earn one’s self the kingdom of heaven:

I rescued you from hell and I took you to paradise.

I gave you a purpose, a chance to be a hero.

You know how few people get a chance for their lives to mean something?

For their deaths to mean something?

I made you matter.

You could have been beautiful.

You’re just a coward.

As a western audience, we can anticipate the eventual marginalization of Jesse and her sympathizers within the Resistance because she is attributed the language of our enemies.

Examining Cameron’s use of language  reveals the nature of her glitch. The opening scene sets up a metaphor for Riley as a bird who has lost its way when Cameron voices aloud a deductive dialectic for dealing with a pigeon lost within the Connor household:

You shouldn’t nest in the chimney.

You’re migratory; you need to find a mate

That’s a window, bird

What am I going to do with you?

A bird in a chimney is a fire hazard

I’m not supposed to kill you.

You can’t stay here.

 Despite deducing that she should set the bird free, forming the intention to do so, and performing an illocutionary act of release, Cameron kills the pigeon. She initially attributes the failed action to physical damage in her hand. As she explains the incident to John, she disassociates the bird’s demise from her intentional state: “the bird experienced an involuntary movement of my fingers. It was fragile.” After John repairs the motor functions in her left hand, he admonishes Cameron to “try not to kill anymore birds”.

What becomes clear is that whatever Cameron is experiencing does not have a physical basis that originates in her motor functions. With the appearance of Molly Malloy from the Department of Child and Family Services, Cameron sequesters Riley in an outdoor shed, and begins a dialectic to determine what to do with this bird.

What am I going to do with you?

Children and Family Services respond to complaints. Are you a complainer?

You don’t belong here. John isn’t right for you and you are not right for him

He can’t see that.

You’re unreliable. I don’t know what to do with you.

You can’t be John’s girlfriend; you are a threat.

You can’t stay here anymore, but I can’t let you leave.

What am I going to do with you?

Cameron violates her programming parameters in a manner similar yet paradoxical to the way she does with the pigeon.  She does not arrive at an orderly and systematic conclusion to kill Riley despite formulating premises that would lead her to that end. When John asks her if she was going to kill Riley, Cameron replies, “I don’t know what I was going to do”. Both John and Cameron realize that her algorithms are not functioning along pre-established guidelines. Cameron is weighing arguments instead of acting on deduced conclusions. To decide is to weigh competing arguments, yet the elimination of all threats to John Connor was considered axiomatic in Cameron’s programming. Like the situation with the bird, Cameron weighs competing arguments, but in the case of the bird, she arrived at a conclusion she could not perform, while with Riley she does not arrive at a conclusion to perform.

What is interesting about Cameron’s supposed malfunction is that she understands from a metalogical standpoint that her algorithmic process is not performing per usual; yet, if her programming were impaired, how could she understand the nature of its impairment? By definition, a person who is insane cannot contemplate the nature their insanity. I therefore posit that Cameron isn’t experiencing a glitch insomuch as her programming is evolving.

This is why I love this show. You can go as deep as you want to go with it.  There is a lot of richness happening beneath the surface.

TSCC Episode 2.16: Some Must Watch, While Some Must Sleep

Why, let the stricken deer go weep,
The hart ungalled play;
For some must watch, while some must sleep:
So runs the world away.

TSCC Episode 2.15: Desert Cantos

desertcantos_23After the action of last week’s episode, Desert Cantos slows down the pace a bit. The Connors are all together on a mission, which has been a rarity since season one. Sarah, John, Cameron, and Derek travel back to the high desert community of Charm Acres to further their investigation of SkyNet’s role in the Desert Canyon Heat and Air warehouse explosion. Sarah sees SkyNet’s fingerprints on everything that has transpired, and is slowly converting her skeptical family to her viewpoint. By the end of the episode, the conversion is complete. There is little doubt of SkyNet’s presence in Charm Acres.

The structure of the episode follows the ritualized elements of a funeral: the vigil, the service, the processional, the burial, and the recessional. It seems more like the acts of a play however, as the mourners appear to be no more than extras in the foreground of a command performance. Everyone is complicit in the cover-up  at Desert Canyon Heat and Air. No one asks questions, but merely do as their roles require in order to receive a king’s ransom at the end of the night. The insurance payments are generous.

It is Sarah who searches for deeper meaning within events. Sarah seems to critique all of us when she accuses Zoe and her mother Stella of sleepwalking through their lives. She accuses us of being dead to what is unfolding around us. Stella’s retort is equally profound when she answers with why would she begin asking questions now, just before she’s about to receive the payoff for not asking questions? We all want to hit the jackpot that puts us out of harm’s way, and we do so at the expense of searching for deeper meaning.

To Diane Winston, who is just beginning to ask questions, Sarah’s response contradicts her prior exhortation to Stella. She repeats Diane’s own words to her: “sometimes it’s better not to ask too many questions”. This contradiction reflects the paradox of Sarah Connor: an enigma wrapped in a mystery wrapped in a puzzle. Is Sarah crazy? Aren’t we all.

desertcantos_11Other interesting aspects of Desert Cantos include how oddly Cameron was portrayed in this funereal setting. Summer Glau had very few lines of dialogue, but left a distinct visual mark upon the story. Cameron’s limbs were devoid of life, as though she were the walking dead. We have seen Cameron in multiple scenarios over the course of two seasons. She has even pondered death on several occasions. In the midst of so much death, her inorganic nature is highlighted. We see the unnatural robot inside the girl.

John Connor was much more engaged and assertive than ever before. He took charge when Henry petulantly demanded that Cameron and John exit the car during the processional. He also pulled his gun to threaten both Zoe and Stella in the underground cellar. Are we beginning to see the emergence of the heroic John Connor? I hope so.

The B storyline of Ellison, Weaver, and Savannah was also very intriguing. First off, it’s always great to see McKenzie Smith as Savannah. Second, it appears that Ellison is on to something. This was subtly conveyed in the elevator scene when Catherine Weaver inappropriately remarked that it was a beautiful day although it was the anniversary of her husband’s death. I don’t believe that Ellison is entirely obtuse. He may be in the beginning stages of formulating an opinion about what is transpiring around him.


Blood Orange Gin and Tonic

Flex ice cube tray or your favorite ice cube tray

8 blood oranges

4 rosemary sprigs

1 tablespoon sugar

1 large ice cube round or square

1 oz Solerno (blood orange liquor)

2 oz gin

3 oz tonic water

Ice Cubes: fresh squeeze 6 oranges, whisk in sugar and 1/2 cup water, pour unto ice cube trays or molds freeze.

Dehydrated Blood Oranges:

Heat oven to 200°F and line two baking sheets with parchment.

With a sharp knife, thinly slice oranges making slices as even as possible and remove any pits.

Arrange orange slices on parchment and place baking sheets on top and bottom rack of the oven for one hour.

After an hour, flip oranges slices over and return to the oven for another hour.

At 2 hours, check and see if any of the slices are fully dehydrated. If so, remove them from the rack. Flip all orange slices that require more time to dehydrate.

*NOTE: once the moisture is fully removed from each slice, they will be very quick to brown in the oven. If you’d prefer the oranges to maintain their vibrance, you need to keep a close eye on them (see example below). A browned blood orange slice may not be as pretty, however if dry enough—closer to 2.5/3 hours—you can eat these browned slices like chips. Yum!

Check in again at 2hrs,

Once all slices are dried with no visible moisture, let cool and store in a dry, airtight container.

Place ice cube in cup, pour the liquor over the ice cube, top off with the gin, garnish with dehydrated blood orange wheel and rosemary sprig.

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February 20, 2015

The Do CHANGE project developed a range of innovative mHealth tools. These tools are linked to the ‘Do Something Different’ behaviour change prompts to help cardiovascular patients change their unhealthy habits.

A smart spatula that helps you adopt healthy cooking habits.

A non-invasive device that helps you adopt healthy drinking habits.

FLUiT acquires data on drinking behaviour and visualises these insights through a smartphone application. FLUiT is made of flexible thermoplastic and can be wrapped around common sized cups and bottles. It is equipped with capacitive sensors that measure the liquid level in the vessel it wraps around. The app shows water intake over the past 24 hours and the amount that can still be consumed within the limit.

Horus is food identification service that helps users adopt healthy eating habits.

Horus is a food composition analysis service that helps people adopt healthy eating habits. The service is provided through Vire DoChange app. Pictures of meals or food items are taken through the app, after which they are uploaded to the Horus system. The system uses Computer Vision Sensing technology to identify food items.

Vire DoCHANGE helps you achieve a healthier and happier lifestyle by supporting you to make incremental changes in your daily routine. Life is constantly changing, and to thrive we need to be adaptable. But many of us are stuck in habits that prevent us from realising our full potential. Certain choices we make contribute to poor health, but we often don’t do much to change them.

Vire combines personal data analysis with science-based psychology to help you make the lifestyle changes you desire. Vire introduces you to Do Something Different. It provides you with Do’s – small powerful actions designed to encourage you to step out of your comfort zone and try new behaviours. These small actions will lead to sustainable change.

Vire provides simple, visual feedback on three important aspects of your life: activity, variety, and social opportunity. It starts with a baseline understanding of your current habits. Then, as you start making changes in your habits, Vire will visually change with them. Vire helps you make daily behaviour changes: small, achievable and fun things that can be done in the course of everyday life.


Where is Pitcairn?

Located in Oceania, Pitcairn is an island nation. It has a 51.00 km coastline.

The capital and only city in the Pitcairn Islands is Adamstown. It is located on Pitcairn Island which is the only one of the four which make up the region to be populated. Adamstown is home to the entire population of this territory with a total of fifty six citizens calling it home. Although most of these residents live in the town the majority must travel to other parts of the island in order to raise their crops. As the second smallest capital city on Earth Adamstown is not a popular mecca even for international tourists seeking to spend their vacations in a warm tropical locale. It is, however, an appropriate destination spot for anyone interested in the historical saga involving the infamous mutiny of the HMS Bounty. An artifact from the ship, a Bible, is currently preserved and on display in an Adamstown museum which opened its doors in 2006.

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Pitcairn is an Oceanian country covering 47.00 km2. and about three-tenths the size of Washington, DC. Its geographic coordinates are 25 04 S, 130 06 W and Adamstown is the capital city.

Its ISO code is PN.

Pitcairn has a mean elevation of 0 m above sea level.

It has a temperate climate with cold, cloudy winters and mild, rainy summers. Its terrain is rugged with volcanic formations and a rocky coastline with cliffs.

Pitcairn has a population of 54 making it the 237th largest in the world.

English is the official language, while Pitkern is also widely spoken. The major ethnic groups are descendents of the Bounty mutineers. The vast majority of the country are Seventh-Day Adventist Christians.

The two official languages of the Pitcairn Islands are English and Pitkern or Pitcairn-Norfolk. Pitkern is a creole language which is rooted in the 18th century when sailors from the British ship the Bounty encountered the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Islands. It began as a makeshift language utilized to bridge the gap between two diverse groups of people with no common language or way of effectively communicating. In 2002 only thirty six people spoke Pitkern. Common phrases in this Pacific Island language include, “Whata way ye?” meaning “How are you?” and “weckle” which translates to “food”. Although there are no minority languages recognized in the Pitcairn Islands the languages of the nearby islands of Tahiti and Norfolk are spoken by an array of local residents.

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The dialing code for the country is 870.

The government of the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands is classified as being a dependency operating under an elected mayoralty. Because of its status as a constitutional monarchy the four South Pacific islands are under the rule of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II. The legislative branch of the local government is called the Island Council which meets in nearby Auckland, New Zealand. This administrative body is made up of ten members including the Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Councilors, Administrator, Governor, and Deputy Governor. Elections take place according to the guidelines of a parliamentary democratic dependency.

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The currency of Pitcairn is the Dollar (NZD).

Its major imports include fuel oil, machinery, building materials, and flour.

The flag of the Pitcairn Islands reflects the history as well as the culture of the citizens who live here. The island nation is represented by a flag sporting a solid blue color background. Because of its continuing relationship with the United Kingdom the flag includes Britain’s Union Jack situated in its upper hoist side corner. Its coat of arms, approved in 1969, also makes up a major portion of the flag. This emblem symbolizes the islands’ historical past as a refuge for mutinous British sailors of the HMS Bounty in 1789. The flag was adopted on April 2, 1984 after being initially proposed by the Pitcairn Island Council in 1980. The design of the islands’ official coat of arms can trace its origins back to 1969. The only other flag associated with the Pitcairn Islands is the Governor’s Flag which prominently features the United Kingdom’s Union Jack in its design.

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Elucidating the Linezolid response of Staphylococcus aureus USA300 by a holistic study

ABSTRACT: The translation inhibitor Linezolid is an important antibiotic of last resort against multiresistant gram-positive pathogens including MRSA. Linezolid is reported to specifically inhibit extracellular virulence factors, but the molecular cause is unknown. To elucidate the physiological response of S. aureus to Linezolid in general and the possible inhibition of virulence factors specifically we performed a holistic study. We added Linezolid to logarithmically growing S. aureus cells and analyzed the Linezolid stress response with transcriptomics, quantitative proteomics and microscopy experiments. As previously observed in studies on other translation inhibitors S. aureus is adapting its protein biosynthesis machinery to the reduced translation efficiency, for example the synthesis of ribosomal proteins is induced. But we also observed unexpected results like a general decline in the amount of extracellular and membrane proteins. In addition cell shape and size changed after Linezolid stress and cell division was diminished. Finally, the chromosome condensed after LZD stress and lost contact to the membrane. sample versus pool design (pool = mixture of equal amounts of all RNA samples analyzed), all RNA samples were isolated as biological triplicates

ORGANISM(S): Staphylococcus aureus

SUBMITTER: Dörte Becher   Ulrike Mäder  Uwe Völker  Florian Bonn  Marc Schaffer

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-65209 | ArrayExpress | 2016-02-22

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The solar system and the milky way galaxy

The Earth is the planet where we live on and has the highest density in the inner planets .

The solar system

The galaxy that our solar system belongs to is known  as ” The way of chopped hay galaxy ” or “ The Milky Way galaxy ” It takes an oval shape with coiled spiral arms extend from it , the Sun lies on one of these spiral arms . The solar system consists of the Sun , the Planets , the Moons , the Asteroids , the Meteors , the Meteorites and the Comets .

The Sun which  is the star of our solar system . It is the biggest body in the solar system . It lies in the center of the the solar system and the other bodies of the solar system revolve around it .

Jupiter is the biggest planet in the solar system , while Mercury is The smallest one . Mercury is the nearest planet to the Sun , while Neptune is the farthest one from the Sun .

The Planets which  are eight spherical opaque bodies that revolve around the Sun in one direction ( counter clockwise ) ,  They are arranged according to the distances from the Sun as follows : Mercury , Venus , Earth , Mars , Jupiter , Saturn , Uranus , Neptune . They revolve around the Sun in semi – circular or elliptical ( oval ) orbits ,  The orbits of the planets lie in one plane perpendicular to the Sun’s axis of rotation around itself .

Mercury and Venus have no Moons revolve around them . Earth has one moon . Mars has two moons . Jupiter has 62 moons . Saturn has 60 moons . Uranus has 27 moon . Neptune has 12 moons .

The Moons which are the small planets ( the satellites ) that are affected by the gravity of the larger planets and rotate around them .

The Asteroids are the celestial bodies that rotate around the Sun in the region of “the belt of the wanderer asteroids” which lies between orbits of Mars and Jupiter , The belt of the wanderer asteroids separates the group of the inner planets from the group of the outer planets .

When the small rocky masses fall within the atmosphere of the Earth , These masses could burn up completely as a result of the heat produced from their friction with the air . leading to formation of luminous arrows in the sky . these objects are called ” Meteors” .

The Meteors which are luminous arrows that can be seen in the sky due to completely burning of small rocky masses in the Earth’s atmosphere . Meteors can be seen with the naked eye at the clear nights .

The Meteorites which are the remaining part of the rocky masses without burning that falls on the surface of the Earth . The biggest meteorites till now has a mass of 80 tons and exists at the southern west of Africa .

The comet consists of two parts which are :1- The head which contains icy spheres that are a mixture of solidified gases , rocky parts , dust and water molecules . 2 – The Tail which considered a gaseous cloud .

The comets which are masses of rocks , ice and solidified gases that revolve around the Sun in more elongated elliptical orbits intersecting with the orbits of the planets .

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Facts: D a company polluted a river killing thousands of fish and damages miles of
natural environment. P, the state, sued claiming that they owe a duty to the people of the
state to provide fish in public waters for public benefit and should therefore be awarded
damages. Trial court dismissed the complaint.
Issue: Does a state or locality have property rights over fish, while they are in the river
that the invasion of those property rights by D will support an action for damages?
Holding: Affirmed. As sovereign over the fish, the state has the right to set up
regulations over how the fish can be used by the public and can set up laws to punish
those that pollute the water and kill the fish, but this does not give the state property
rights over the fish to collect civil damages.
– Though the state has control over the fish and has the right to regulate the use of the
fish, their capacity over the fish is to regulate their taking and conservation for the fish to
run wild, this makes the state a sovereign over the fish, not an owner
– The Antipollution Act of 1967 bestowed upon the state the power to control, prevent
and abate the pollution of surface waters in the state, but it did not give the state the
power to maintain a cause of civil action for monetary damages for the unlawful killing
of fish in the wild state.


When I want to add page numbers, I only get a number on page One (or on whatever page I'm on) and nowhere else. I tried everything. When I go to Page Number Setting and change it to start at page 2 and want to add page numbers to all pages, nothing happens if I stand on page 1, or I get a number on whatever page I'm on. But only there. Am I supposed to do all pages one by one?
I have a document where in I have to make two kinds of page numbering, A catalog (individually made) which should always start at page 1, and the other is a compiled version where the pages should be a continuous page. They both have the same content but with different output so I tried using layers, but fail to set the page numbering to auto. because setting them would affect both layers.
By omitting the dbFailOnError parameter only for the DROP TABLE statement, we won’t get a runtime error about a table not existing but get runtime errors if we can’t create the table or insert data for some reasons. I’m also not a big fan of creating multiple saved queries that are meant to be logically grouped together – it gets quite cluttered when there are several saved queries in a navigation pane like that. Keeping it all in VBA makes it clearer that the intention is to execute those statements together.
2. Yes, The code should be entered using CodeBuilder. Where you enter it depends on how and when you want to trigger the generation of the next number. If you want to use a button, that works. And no, you don’t use 000 in the NZ() function. If you want to DISPLAY at least 3 digits with leading zeros, then you do that in the Format function. Note, though, you will need to change that when you hit 1000 POs.
Numbers has been well received in the press, notably for its text-based formulas, clean looks and ease-of-use.[17][18][19] Macworld has given it high marks, especially newer versions, awarding Numbers ’09 four mice out of five. They did point out a number of common issues, especially problems exporting to Excel and the inability to “lock” cells to prevent them moving when the table is scrolled.[14] Numbers for the iPhone and iPad have received similar favorable reviews.[20]

Hi, is there any limit on the number of E-Mails ? I created an archive of 270000 E-Mails (IMAP) and it caused trouble. Can I have that amount in a local folder ? Are there any recommended number ? It locked that 50000 starts being a problem on IMAP already. How else would you handle an archive that you need frequently ? Thanks for your help Stephan If it were me... exporting them(selectively) to user created properly named Windows Explorer blank folders on the hard drive and backing up to a different drive(internal/external/cd/dvd) outside of Windows Live Mail woul...
I need a way for the priority level to automatically adjust when I add or change an item with a new priority level. I might have 6 tasks, each will have a different priority. If I add one and set it to 1, the others need to increment + by one digit. Adding one to the above the highest would see no change in the others. Adding one in the middle would spread the rest apart (e.g. I have a 3, I put a new record and put it at 3, the old 3 becomes 4, and so on (everything below it would increment one digit).
You won’t use any of the standard List Number styles for SEQ field numbering. You need to create your own style if you want correct indentation and alignment with the tab position of the first word after the number. In this example, I’ll create a new style called Step Number, but you can call it whatever you want. In this example, I’ve also used the default settings for tab and hanging indent positions — you can change these later if you want.
This tip was very helpful. Now I have been able to automatically number dozens of examples in a linguistics paper, and as I revise the paper and insert new examples between the existing examples, the numbering is automatically adjusted. Now the next step is how to use bookmarks for the references to the examples in the text of the paper. The references need to point to specific examples, and need to be automatically adjusted when the numbering of examples is adjusted. Any ideas on how to do this?
A quick search at the top using the term “document numbering” shows 46 different threads, with very good advice, for the most part.  I would first recommend you perform the same search and see what advice may be gleaned from those far older and wiser than myself.  In order to directly answer your question, I would refer you to the following discussion thread.  Many talk about the physical numbering system to use, which is important, and many discuss the frustration that a new person to the position feels when they inherit a mess from someone else and wish to clean it up.
Is there a way to have page numbering span multiple worksheets in a file? I would like to be able to print all the worksheets in a file and have the page numbers in the second worksheet pick up where the page numbers in the first worksheet ended without having to manually adjust the start point in worksheet 2. Please response back to the group. Thanks. JWeinberg I assume the page numbers are set up in your header/footer. If this is correct then all you need to do is select all the sheets you want to print by clicking on each sheet tab while holding down the control key. This will the...
This difference is not simply a case of syntax. In order to provide a large workspace, conventional spreadsheets extend a table in X and Y to form a very large grid – ideally infinite, but normally limited to some smaller dimension.[N 2] Some of these cells, selected by the user, hold data. Data is manipulated using formulas, which are placed in other cells in the same sheet and output their results back into the formula cell’s display. The rest of the sheet is “sparse”, currently unused.[5] Sheets often grow very complex with input data, intermediate values from formulas and output areas, separated by blank areas. In order to manage this complexity, Excel allows one to hide data that is not of interest,[6] often intermediate values. Quattro Pro commonly introduced the idea of multiple sheets in a single book, allowing further subdivision of the data.

The best way to do this is to use a primary key. In cases where a query is complex and joins several tables, we may need to use the primary key of the table that’s on the bottom of the relationship hierarchy or possible a concatenation of multiple tables’ unique key so that the expression will be unique and thus we can identify which sequential number we have assigned.

Since Word 2000 applies outline numbering by default, as you press TAB or SHIFT+TAB in a numbered list, you are moved to the next or previous outline level. If you are in a numbered list that has outline numbering generated by the method described in the previous exercise, when you choose Bullets and Numbering from the Format menu (or alternate-click a portion of the numbered list), the Numbered tab appears on the Bullets and Numbering dialog box. However, if you first select the entire list and choose Bullets and Numbering from the Format menu, the Outline Numbered tab from the Bullets and Numbering dialog box is selected.

Each section within an InDesign document can be numbered differently. This allows you to use one type of numerals to consecutively number a document's preface or other introductory materials and another numeral system for the remainder of the document. You must first define your document's sections, and then you can add section markers or page markers to your master pages. Apply the master page to document pages to include the section and page numbers on the document pages.
With this expression we check only for records that are in the same year as the Inquiry date to increment the sequence. Again, the NZ function will automatically restart the sequence with each year. Cleary, though, we cannot generate this number until the InquiryDate has been entered. Is this value is a user entry, then you may want to check that it’s filled in before generating the number. Something like:
Hi, I really appreciated your article on endnotes! It’s such a wonderful feature to be able to import everything from Word, however I’m struggling with the endnote numbering in the current document I’m working on. The text is partly in text fields, and partly in break-out boxes, and I don’t seem to be able to make the endnote numbering continuous – InDesign has the text field numbering in sequence, but the breakout boxes on the same page have been allocated seemingly random numbers. Is there anything I can do, besides deleting the lot and inserting manually?
We use the auto page numbering trick here, the trick is to do it as spreads. You just make your pages the same size as the ticket with crops and bleeds. Then set up the shell on the master page and place your auto page number where you want your numbers. Each pages is the next number. You can also have two sets of numbers for perforated ticket. You then can use the page start options to add to the numbers and keep the same number of total numbers. For example you would do a new page start after number 99. 0001 to 0099 so it doesn't add two "0's" to the front of 100 and you get 00100 when you want 0100. Works great for small quantities, we have done up to 1000+ tickets and once you do it once or twice it is a snap to set up. To avoid having to do 1000 pages just send the tickets in groups. Usually between 25 to 100 at a time works good depending on artwork file size. Just save each time before sending to printer and name the file with what the tickets are. Like "MyTickets-0001-0100.Indd". Makes it easier to go back if you have a problem. You can even do two rolls of tickets if your using 12 x 18 sheets by flipping the sheet and doing one row along the top and one along the bottom on reverse side. That is if your ticket is single Sided. Two sided tickets are a bit trickier. :-)
Perhaps your explanation already addresses this, but I can’t see it. Is there any way this script can be used for printing multiple-up in numeric sequence? For example, if I’m running 1000 postcards 4-up (on 250 sheets). I need the 4 cards on page 1 to be numbered 1, 251, 501, 751; then the 4 cards on page 2 numbered 2, 252, 502, 752; etc., so that when the sheets come out of the printer and are cut into 4, I have a stack of 1-250, a stack of 251-500, a stack of 501-750 and a stack of 751-1000.

Typically the second option of saving as a CSV file is the one to choose for use with Data Merge. Click the create button to choose a file name and location, make sure that a header has been assigned and click OK. This creates the CSV file that contains the sequential numbers that can then be used in a Data Merge by opening the Data Merge palette, clicking the flyout and clicking Select Data Source…
I have a table named Artifact Catalog in which there is a field Collection Point ID and a field Artifact ID. On the form I have created the user will input the Collection Point ID, for example: 2-1050. I need to find a way to have this Collection Point ID automatically generate a corresponding Artifact ID, i.e when you click the save button the first record under Artifact ID becomes: 2-1050.1 and the second becomes 2-1050.2 and so on.

Warning  Making even minor changes to an outline numbering scheme won't necessarily change the initial position you've selected in the gallery, but rather may create a new gallery position, overwriting an existing one. Because of this problem, attaching numbering to styles is strongly recommended. This is covered in greater detail later in this chapter and in the chapter on Styles.
I have screen shots of what I have in my db, where can I send it to you (it is in word format) so that you can take a look at it to see what I am doing wrong. I took a screen shot of what is listed for the button and I took a screen shot of the text box Job No. I don’t know how to bound anything other than put the code behind the button and putting the Job_No in the code as you stated. I understand what you are saying, but I thought if I put the text box name Job No in the code behind the button then it would be bound to my table with the Job No field. Heeeelllllppppp!!!! I am sorry that I can’t seem to grasp this….but appreciate all of your help!

Numbering and Section options are available in the Pages Panel menu. These options allow you to define what page starts a section and how it should be numbered. A Current Page Number marker must be set on pages in order to use this feature. The Current Page Number is a special character inserted in a text frame on a page or master page (recommended) where the page number will appear, by selecting Type>Insert Special Character>Markers>Current Page Number.

Instead of working harder than you need to, insert a one-column table with as many rows as necessary to accommodate your list. Then, using Word's numbering feature, number that column. Finally, convert the table to text. The resulting list is a fixed numbered list, so you'll have to live with its limitations; when you can do so, this method definitely beats most alternative solutions.