Key words: Germination, seed, sodium nitroprusside, crops, weeds.
Gniazdowska A., Babańczyk T. & Krasuska U. 2012. Nitric oxide as germination controlling factor in seeds of various plant species. – Phyton (Horn, Austria) 52 (2): 219–226, with 1 figure.
Nitric oxide (NO) is an inorganic free radical, that plays an important role in regulation of a variety processes in plants. This small gaseous molecule is known as dormancy removing factor during seed germination of various plant species and probably plays role in activation of embryonic axes. The influence of sodium nitroprusside (SNP) a commonly used NO donor on seed germination of weed species: pigweed (Amaranthus retroflexus) and goosefoot (Chenopodium album) and crops: sugar beet (Beta vulgaris), barley (Hordeum vulgare) and Chinese cabbage (Brassica pekinensis) was investigated. SNP stimulated germination of sugar beet, barley and pigweed seeds in dose dependent manner. Additionally, in seedlings of sugar beet developed from seeds treated with SNP the improvement of root and shoot growth was detected. The obtained results suggest that SNP maybe a useful chemical in seed priming, leading to acceleration of seedling growth and development.


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Togetherville est un site web de réseautage social, à l'image de Facebook, destiné aux enfants de moins de 13 ans.

Historique

Le site et la société ont été fondés en 2008 par Mandeep Singh Dhillon. Le principe inspiré de Facebook est de fournir des relations sociales entre les enfants mais sous une surveillance parentale. Le public visé comprend les enfants en dessous de 13 ans mais en pratique la tranche 6-10 ans est la plus active. Le site possède un lien important avec Facebook car les adultes doivent utiliser leur compte Facebook pour par exemple soumettre des amis à leurs enfants. Le principe est donc d'éduquer les plus jeunes dans un environnement sécurisé avant de les confronter à Facebook.

Le site a ouvert une version béta publique le .

Le , Disney Interactive Media Group achète le site de Togetherville.

Le , Disney annonce la fermeture du site pour le .

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Walt Disney Internet Group
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Entreprise disparue en 2012
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Editor's note: As Creation magazine has been continuously published since 1978, we are publishing some of the articles from the archives for historical interest, such as this. For teaching and sharing purposes, readers are advised to supplement these historic articles with more up-to-date ones available by searching creation.com.
Mammoth among the pharaohs?
by Dennis Swift
A mammoth in an Egyptian painting? Surely not—haven't we been told in textbooks that mammoths definitely died out some 9,500 years ago?
The fact is, however, that at least a dwarf type of mammoth must have been around some 1500 years before Christ, even by conventional dating.
The photo here (available in Creation magazine) is of a painting in the tomb of Rakh-Mara in the Valley of the Nobles.1 A photo of the same figure also appeared in the prestigious science journal Nature in 1994.2
The tomb relief is about the ivory trade. The Nature item says that the creature is 'not an immature elephant because of its large tusks' but its features (including the domed skull) are 'more like a reconstruction of a living mammoth than an immature elephant.'
The author points out that Egyptian artists were skilled at life-like depictions of animals from which one could scientifically identify them. He thus identifies the bear in the picture as a sub-species of Ursus arctos. Although it is possible that the representation is of a pygmy version of the mammoth, since the man is carrying tusks on his shoulder, he says it is possible that the animal could be 'symbolic of the ivory's source rather than intended to be an accurate representation of its size'. This would indicate that the artist likely knew what living full-size mammoths looked like.
Keith Eltringham, a Cambridge University biologist, in his book Elephants, carefully studied the amount of trade in mammoth ivory and concluded 'remains are so plentiful that it is tempting to wonder if its demise was not more recent … Altogether, it is estimated that the tusks of at least 45,000 mammoths from Siberia have been sold in the past 300 years.'3
When I brought the photographic evidence to the Cairo museum in Egypt, the authorities had never thought of the implications of a mammoth painted on the walls of an Egyptian tomb. This sort of find adds weight to the many other items of evidence (such as rock drawings of dinosaurs4) which indicate that the dates attributed to the extinction of many well known creatures have been substantially skewed by evolutionary/long-age thinking. The real history of the world, according to the Word of God, would indicate that all such extinctions—even the Ice Age5 itself—occurred in the last few thousand years.
Dennis L. Swift, B.A., M.A., M.Div., Ph.D., has been actively engaged in ancient Indian archaeological research and biblical archaeology. His articles on dinosaurs and man have been published in Russia and he has lectured in Russia as well as appearing on Russian television. He is currently pastor of Beaverton Nazarene Church in Beaverton, Oregon, USA. Return to top.
The Rakh-Mara tomb is one of the largest of the 18th Dynasty. He served under both Tutmose III and Amon Ofis (Amenoptis) II. Bonechi, All of Egypt, Centro Stampa Editoriale Bonechi, Florence, Italy, p. 92, 1995.
B. Rosen, Mammoths in ancient Egypt? Nature 369:364, 2 June 1994.
S.K. Eltringham, Elephants, Blanford Press, Dorsett, pp. 237–238, 1982.
D. Swift, Messages on Stone, Creation 19(2):20–23, March–May 1997.
For a good perspective on the Ice Age, see Tackling the Big Freeze, Creation 19(1):42–43, December 1996–February 1997. The same issue has photos (pp. 10–13) of living elephants with classic mammoth features.

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LA Chargers: Five keys to a win over the struggling Las Vegas Raiders
By Alexander Insdorf
INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 08: Justin Herbert #10 of the Los Angeles Chargers throws a fourth quarter pass against the Las Vegas Raiders at SoFi Stadium on November 08, 2020 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
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2. EDGE improvement against the run vs. Raiders
The Chargers were a complete mess when it came to stopping the run against the Raiders. Joey Bosa was out with Jerry Tillery and his place and Melvin Ingram was still playing through the knee injury opposite him.
When it was all said and done, the Raiders put up 160 rushing yards on 26 carries with two touchdowns. It was a total bludgeoning with Devontae Booker and Josh Jacobs being allowed to have whatever they wanted whenever they wanted it. Outside runs in particular were devastating.
Luckily for this game, Bosa is back. With Melvin Ingram's season over due to the lingering knee injury, it will likely be a combination of Isaac Rochell and Uchenna Nwosu on the other side.
I wouldn't even say the Chargers have to shut down Jacobs or the Raiders' running game as a whole. What they have to do is be more sufficient on the edge though. Finishing tackles and preventing outside runs will be crucial.
A five yard run from Jacobs probably won't be able to be prevented every now and then. But a 20+ yard run from Booker just can't happen. Hopefully, Bosa, Nwosu, and Rochell hold the edge well compared to the previous Raiders matchup.


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The trainee Christopher Berkel made a testing machine for a laboratory in North America. It was his final work as part of his training in mechatronics at the Research Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II). In March earlier this year, a ship brought the unit to Canada.
Christoph Berkel The mechatronics Christoph Berkel and the testing machine, which was sold to a research laboratory in Canada.
The mechatronics Christoph Berkel and the testing machine, which was sold to a research laboratory in Canada.
Two years ago during a working visit to the Research Neutron Source in Garching, a Canadian researcher became aware of this machine. With it scientists examine by means of neutrons, how materials react to extreme stresses such as stretching, compressing or twisting. The foreign researcher was impressed and ordered a copy. Thus, Christopher Berkel was commissioned to build a machine for a Canadian research center at Chalk River.
Phillip Jüttner from the construction department of the Research Neutron Source designed the components that were manufactured in the central workshop of the Physics Department at the Technical University of Munich. During the subsequent assembly of the components, the installation of control technology as well as the commissioning, the trainee was supported by his colleague Günther Seidl, instrument technician at the diffractometer STRESS-SPEC. The required knowledge in electrical engineering Christoph Berkel learned from his training supervisor Josef Pöllner of the TUM-Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.
Because of his excellent performance Christopher Berkel could shorten his apprenticeship. His journeyman's piece showed again that he has successfully passed the relevant training sections mechanics, electrical and control engineering. Christoph Berkel remains at the Research Neutron Source in Garching: Since June 2012, he joins the team Sample Environment of Dr. Jürgen Peters.
The Research Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) continuously offers opportunities for young people. Vacancies can be found here.


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Over the past month or so myself and a few others from the British Youth Council have been fortunate enough to be UK delegates for the Commonwealth Youth Forum (CYF), which took place in April this year as apart of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London. Our ages ranged between 18 to 30 years, and the forum gave us an opportunity to interact with young people from other countries in the Commonwealth.
The UK delegates started off their journey on the 12th of March, which was Commonwealth Day, we were fortunate enough to be invited to Number 10 Downing Street for a private Q and A with Lord Ahmed who is the current Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the UN. He gave us an insight to what the Commonwealth is about, the work they do and how fundamental young people are to the Commonwealth due to the fact 60% of the Commonwealth's population is aged 18-30. We also attended a mixed faith service at Westminster Abbey which celebrated the cultural diversity of the Commonwealth with vibrant performances and readings.
On Sunday 15th April a majority of the delegates from across the Commonwealth then gathered in London for the starting of the Commonwealth Forum on the Monday. For the youth forum there was an outreach task that took place at London City Hall and was hosted by the UK's National Citizenship Service (NCS). The day was opened by the CEO of NCS, Michael Lynas, who spoke to us about the origins and purpose of the programme. Sunday was the first time that all delegates met each other from across the Commonwealth. To be mixed in with an array of cultures, given a set of tasks to achieve in a short amount of time; we bonded quickly while learning about the differences between the Commonwealth countries. We also received sessions from Bite the Ballot later in the day, which covered a range of topics from climate change to security.
The Forum itself started on Monday with speeches from Prince Harry, as a Youth Ambassador to the Commonwealth, Kishva Ambigapathy the Chair of the Commonwealth Youth Council, Anna Barker Chair of the British Youth Council, UN Youth Envoy Jayathma Wickramanayake and Secretary of State for Education Damian Hinds. The delegates then moved into sessions that were based around the core themes of CHOGM.
The four themes were; Fairness, Sustainability, Security and Prosperity. I attended the Sustainability session on the Monday which looked at designing actions plans to implement a policy of educating and recruiting citizens to be involved in Blue (oceans) and Green (agricultural) economies. In my group we devised the plan of creating a network of professionals to educate groups of people in countries across the Commonwealth and have them deliver sessions about blue and green economies in schools and other places of education across the Commonwealth. The professionals would then work with corporate and international companies to educate in how to develop their environmentally friendly and sustainable practices. On the Wednesday at the Youth Forum's General Assembly our action plan was accepted after discussion and a vote. The four workshops ran throughout Monday and Tuesday in a similar structure. Fairness looked at ways to enable every person to have equal opportunities and be treated equally by their governments. The security sessions looked at new online cyber-crime threats and how we were to resolve and reduce the problems they are causing. While the prosperity sessions looked at the in balance of big and small economies across the Commonwealth and the ways that it can be solved.
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On the Tuesday, there was another cross forum event which was a panel formed of Prime Minister Theresa May, Bill Gates, Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland and the Prime Minister of Jamaica, Andrew Holmes. Prime Minister Theresa May stressed the importance of young people and their views across the Commonwealth and announced that she will be supporting decriminalising homosexual relationships within the 36 Commonwealth countries that still criminalise LGBT persons. Bill Gates spoke to us about the work of him and his wife's foundation to help eradicate Polio and hopefully Malaria across Commonwealth and other countries, and the level of success they have achieved. The forums then split off and carried on with their conversations in sessions on the conferences core four themes.
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What is A Thermocouple & Types of Thermocouples?
A Thermocouple or Types of Thermocouples are Electrical Devices, which is also called as Thermal Junction, or Thermoelectric Thermometer, or Temperature Measuring Sensor where it is used to sense the temperature at a specific point in the form of Electro Magnetic Force or Electric Current. The main principle that involved in the working of thermocouple is Seebeck Effect or Thermoelectric Effect; which is the concept of electromotive force.
Thermocouples can sense the temperature due to its two dissimilar electrical conductors (mainly wires) that are connected at an Electrical Junction, also called as Thermal Junction. When the junction of these two metal wires or electrical conductors is heated or cooled, a voltage is produced, which can be correlated back to temperature, based on the phenomenon of the thermoelectric effect, which is a difference in temperature can be converted to electric voltage.
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Types of 3D Printing Machine – Their Working, Advantages, and More
Different types of thermocouples can be used in various industrial applications called as commercial thermocouples, homes, offices, and, daily equipment, as well as in manufacturing, machining, automobile components or engines, (two stroke or four stroke) and scientific applications. Thermocouples are manufactured in a variety of styles, such as thermocouple probes, thermocouple probes with connectors, transition joint thermocouple probes, infrared thermocouples, bare wire thermocouples or even just wire thermocouples because thermocouples are very simple, robust and cost-effective sensors. These thermocouples are standardized against a reference temperature of °C. Practical devices use electronic methods of cold-junction compensation to accommodate varying temperatures at the equipment terminals.
Construction of A Simple Thermocouple
1. Underground junction
2. Grounded-junction
3. Exposed-Junction
Different Types of Thermocouples
Type K Thermocouple
Type T Thermocouple
Type J Thermocouple
Type E Thermocouple
Type N Thermocouple
Type S Thermocouple
Type R Thermocouple
Type B Thermocouple
Working Principle of Thermocouples
1. Seebeck Effect
2. Peltier Effect:
3. Thomson Effect
Advantages of Types of Thermocouples
Disadvantages of Types of Thermocouples
Applications of Types of Thermocouples
1. What is the Life Span of thermocouple?
2. How can we measure thermocouple output?
3. What is the Resistance Test of Thermocouple and how to perform?
4. What is the Open Circuit Test of thermocouple?
5. What is the Close Circuit Test of thermocouple?
The construction of the Thermocouple is very simple as shown in figure below but involve few electrical principles. It consists of two separate metal wires that are joined together at the junction. Junction ends are classified into three types
Grounded and
Exposed Junctions.
In this underground-junction the conductors are completely separated by a protective cover. The applications of this junction mainly include high pressure application work. The main advantage of using this function is to reduce stray magnetic field effects.
In a grounded-junction, the metal wires and the protective cover are connected together. This function is used to measure temperature in acidic environments and it provides resistance to noise.
The exposed junction is applicable in areas where quick response is necessary. This kind of junction is used to measure the temperature of a gas. The metal used to make the temperature sensor basically depends on the measured range of temperature.
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Commonly, a thermocouple is designed with two separate metal wires, such as iron and constantan (an alloy consists copper and nickel), that connect at a junction called a hot junction to the locating element. This consists of two junctions, a junction connected to a voltmeter or transmitter where the cold junction and the other junction are connected in a process known as a hot junction.
Thermocouples are available in different types, according to the variety of combinations of alloys. The type of thermocouple is selected according to the application, cost, availability, stability, chemical properties, output and temperature range. The Types of Thermocouples are
Let us read about these types one by one
The K-type thermocouple is the most common type of thermocouple, and has the widest temperature measuring range.
The Positive Lead of a Type K thermocouple is composed of approximately 90% Nickel and 10% Chromium. The Negative Lead of the Type K Thermocouple is composed of approximately 95% Nickel, 2% Aluminum, 2% Manganese, and 1% Silicon
Positive Lead can be seen in yellow, which is a non-magnetic material; while the Negative Lead will be in red and is a magnetic material. Furthermore, the overall jacket will be in yellow.
The K thermocouple type has a temperature range of -200˚C to +1260˚C (-328 F to +2300 F).
It is inexpensive and is widely used in general purpose applications where temperature sensitivity around 41μV/C is required.
The accuracy of the K thermocouple type is ±2.2 C% (0.75%). The accuracy of thermocouples also depends on the deviations in the alloys.
The Type T Thermocouple is suitable for low temperature measurement. The positive lead is made up of Copper and the negative lead is of Constantan Material (an alloy consists copper and nickel).
The composition of both substances are around 45% Nickel and 55% of Copper.
The sensitivity of type T thermocouple is 43 µV/°C. This thermocouple is suitable to work in oxidizing environment.
The temperature ranges of this thermocouple ranges from -200 °C to 350 °C.
Positive lead of Type J Thermocouple is made up of iron and negative lead is made of constantan (an alloy consists copper and nickel) with a composition of 45% nickel and 55% copper
The positive lead is white in color and the negative terminal is red in colour with overall jacket of black.
The J thermocouple type has a temperature range of -210˚C to 750˚C (-346F to 1400F).
These types of thermocouple have a shorter temperature range and a shorter life span than a K Type thermocouple.
The J type of thermocouple has an accuracy of ±2.2˚C (0.75%).
The sensitivity is about 50μV/˚C. So these thermocouples are not recommended for low temperature applications.
This type of thermocouple has higher accuracy and strong signal compared to K and J type over medium temperature range. It is more stable thermocouple compared to type K and type E with higher Electro Magnetic Force per degree Celsius.
The positive lead is composed of nickel-chromium (90% nickel and 10% chromium) while the negative is composed of the terminal constantan (95% nickel, 2% aluminum, 2% manganese, and 1% silicon).
The Positive Lead is purple in color and negative lead is red in colour.
The temperature range for type E thermocouple is between –270˚C to 870˚C (454 to 1600F).
The standard accuracy is about ±1.7˚C%.
Type E Thermocouple cannot be used for vacuum or low oxygen applications and sulfuric environments. The cost of E type thermocouple is more than J and K type thermocouple.
The Type N thermocouple was designed and developed by the Defense Science and Technology Organization (DSTO) of Australia by Noel A. Burley.
The accuracy and temperature range of a Type N thermocouple are the same as that of a Type K thermocouple.
The temperature range of N type thermocouple is between -270 °C and 1300 °C.
The sensitivity is slightly lower than the K thermocouple type and is 39μV/˚C.
The Type N thermocouple is composed of Nicrosil Positive Wire and Nisil Negative Wire. The Nicrosil is a mixture of Nickel, Chromium and Silicon whereas; Nisil is a mixture of Nickel and Silicon.
Type N thermocouple are the best alternative of type K thermocouple for low oxygen condition. This type of thermocouple is use in vacuum, oxidizing environments, inert environments or dry environments.
Type S Thermocouples are generally used for high temperature applications due to the high accuracy and stability, sometimes it is also used for low temperatures.
The temperature range of S type thermocouple is between 630 °C to 1064 °C.
The Positive Lead of S Type is made up of 90% Platinum, 10% Rhodium and Negative Lead is made up of Platinum.
The Type R thermocouple is made of platinum and rhodium. The output range and stability of the Type R is slightly higher than that of Type S thermocouple.
The Positive Lead of Type R thermocouple is composed of 87% platinum and 13% rhodium and negative lead is made of platinum.
The temperature range for Type R thermocouple is between 0 °C to 1600 °C.
The Type B Thermocouples are made from a combination of platinum and rhodium.
The positive lead of the thermocouple is composed of 70% platinum and 30% rhodium and the negative lead is composed of 94% platinum and 6% rhodium.
Type B thermocouples are used to measure temperatures up to 1800 °C.
The output of this thermocouple is less than that of type R and S thermocouples. It can be used to measure temperatures up to 1850 °C.
To understand the working of thermocouple we need to understand three effects or three concepts that responsible for the working of Thermocouple. They are namely
Peltier Effect and
Thompson effect
As the working principle for thermocouple is based on these effects. In 1821, the German-Estonian Physicist Thomas Johann Seebeck was working on a project and observed that "when a conductor was subjected to a thermal gradient, it would generate a voltage", which is later named as the thermoelectric effect; also known as the Seebeck effect.
This type of effect occurs between two dissimilar metals. Whenever heat is offered to one of the metal wires, electrons flow from the hot metal wire to the cold metal wire and we get a direct current in the circuit.
Peltier effect is also a thermoelectric effect seen in electric circuits. It was discovered in 1834 by Jean Charles Athenais Peltier. Peltier found that "when current is made to flow through a circuit consisting of two different types of conductors, a heating/cooling effect is observed at the junctions between these two materials", this change in temperature at the junction is the Peltier effect, which is quite opposite of the Seebeck effect. In simple words, temperature difference can be created by applying potential difference between any two dissimilar conductors.
The Thomson effect describes the "evolution or absorption of heat when an electric current passes through a circuit made of a single material with a temperature difference along its length". Since two different metals are stable together, if they form two joints then the voltage induces the total conductor length due to the temperature gradient.
As we know thermocouple consists of two plates of different metals and both the plates are joined at one end to form a junction. The junction is placed on the surface where we want to measure the temperature and the other end of the plate is kept at a lower temperature. The first junction is also known as the hot junction and the second one is known as the cold junction or reference junction. If the circuit is closed, a very small amount of current will flow through the circuit. If we connect the voltmeter to this circuit, we can measure the voltage as a function of the temperature difference between two junctions and by measuring the voltage, we can calculate the temperature of the hot junction.
In the above diagram, we can see that the junctions are represented by P & Q, and the temperature is represented by T1 and T2. Electromagnetic force is generated in the circuit when the junction temperatures are different from each other.
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The advantages of Types of thermocouples are
The all types of thermocouples have High Accuracy.
They are rigid and can be used rough and tough like high vibration environments.
Thermal Reaction is faster.
Temperature Operating Range of Thermocouples are wide.
Cost is low and extremely consistent.
The J Type Thermocouple is a low cost and most commonly used thermocouple.
The J type of thermocouple is suitable for oxidation environment.
The Disadvantages of thermocouples are the following.
Thermocouples have Non-Linearity
Minimum Stability
Need References while working on real projects.
The types of thermocouples are less Sensitive.
Re-Calibration of the Thermocouples are hard
In Steel Industry
We can use Type B, S, R and K thermocouples in steel and iron industries to monitor temperature and chemistry during the steelmaking process.
Thermocouples are commonly used in the testing for prototype electrical and mechanical devices. As an example we can see, the switchgear test for its current carrying capacity have a thermocouple installed during a heat run test to confirm that the temperature raise at rated current does not exceed design Limit.
The Other Applications of Thermocouples.
They are used as temperature sensors in thermostats in offices, homes, offices and businesses.
They are used in industries to monitor the temperature of metals in iron, aluminum and metal.
We can use them for cryogenic and low temperature applications in the food industry. A thermocouple is used as a heat pump to perform thermoelectric cooling.
They can be used for temperature checking in chemical plants, petroleum plants.
These can be used in gas machines to detect pilot flames.
Type K thermocouples perform best in clean oxidizing environments. It is not recommended to be used under partially oxidizing conditions in a vacuum
The S type of thermocouple is used in applications such as the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, where high temperatures must be measured with high accuracy.
Thermocouples are widely used due to their small size and fast response, as well as their ability to tolerate shock and vibration, which making them perfect for temperature control and measurement. Different types of thermocouples can be enclosed in a sheath to protect it from the atmosphere and reduce the chance of corrosion. Even though they are temperature sensors, they also work only up to a level of temperature limit. Furthermore, they do require some precautions, which improve their life, accuracy, and response.
Ans. We cannot precisely define the life span of a thermocouple it depends on the application where it is used, if we maintain it properly, it will last for years. But, after a few years of continuous use, maybe there will be an aging effect and because of this, it will generate weak output signal. The cost of a thermocouple is not very high. Therefore, it is advisable to replace the thermocouple after 2 to 3 years.
Ans. The output of Electro Magnetic Force obtained from the thermocouple can be measured by using Multi-Meter, Potetiometer, and Amplifier with Output Device.
Multi-Meter – The multi-meter can be connected to the cold junctions of the thermocouple and the deflection of the multi-meter pointer is equal to the current flowing through the meter.
Potentiometer – With the help of DC potentiometer, the output of thermocouple can also be measured.
Amplifier with Output Device– The output received from the thermocouple is amplified through an amplifier and then fed to a recording or signal device.
Ans. To know whether the thermocouple is working perfectly or not, we check the resistance test of the thermocouple device. To perform the resistance test, the device must be placed in a gas appliance line and the equipment required is a digital multi-meter and alligator clip.
Procedure for Resistance Test
Connect the alligator clip to the section of the multi-meter. Clip on both ends of the thermocouple where one end will be folded into the gas valve.
Now, turn on the multi-meter and note down the reading options. If the multi-meter displays ohms in short order, the thermocouple is in perfect working condition. Or when the reading is 40 ohms or more then it is not in good condition.
Ans. Instruments used for open circuit test are alligator clip, lighter and digital multi-meter. Here instead of measuring the resistance, we calculate the voltage. Place a lighter with heat one end of the thermocouple, now use the multi-meter to check. If the multi-meter shows a voltage in the range of 25-30 mV, it is functioning properly. Or else, when the voltage is closer to 20mV, the device needs to be replaced.
Ans. The equipment used in the closed circuit test are alligator clips, thermocouple adapters and digital multi-meters. The adapter is placed inside the gas valve and then the thermocouple is placed on one side of the adapter. Now, turn on the multi-meter. The equipment is in proper condition when the reading is in the range of 12-15 mV, when the voltage reading drops below 12mV, it indicates a faulty appliance.


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Self-ruin and Shakespeare, a novel
Posted on 20th April 2017 by simonbeattie
This is a book I've only had once before, and I was pleased to find it again. It's the first edition of a novel which appeared the following year in English translation, in both London and Dublin, as The Englishman's Fortnight in Paris; or, the Art of ruining himself there in a few Days. The 'Londres' imprint here is fictitious: the book was actually published in Paris.
Another untruth about the title is that it is not a posthumous work by Laurence Sterne, but an original novel by the quarrelsome young Jacobite Sir James Rutlidge (also Jean-Jacques Rutledge, 1742–1794). Born in Dunkirk, of French–Irish descent, and brought up bilingual in English and French, 'Rutlidge's principal claim to fame was his promotion of English literature in France. In Observations à messieurs de l'Académie française (1776) he provided a spirited defence of Shakespeare's superiority over French dramatists, attacking Voltaire for his earlier criticisms of the English writer' (Oxford DNB). Such criticism also appears here, with a 12-page preface devoted to the defence of Shakespeare against the claims of Voltaire, and incidental reflections on the comparative merits of French and English literature scattered throughout.
The novel itself tells the story of the rapid demise of a young English aristocrat during a visit to Paris. Seduced by the glittering beau monde, he attends balls, the races, galleries and the theatre, and (naturally) falls in love but, in a series of unfortunate events, loses all his money and finds himself imprisoned for debt. The novel's critique of French society made it notorious in its day, especially since Rutlidge neglected to disguise several of its characters, notably the painter Jean-Baptiste Greuze whose atelier the hero visits, occasioning a discussion on the decadence of contemporary French art. Despite its obvious caricatures, it is a serious comparison of English and French character and must be worthy of a modern reprint.
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#1: Since 1805 Hopper Bins are the most common bin sold, we ask the question: are all 1805 Hopper Bins rated at 5,000 bu?
MYTH: Actually, none of them are. This is probably one of the most common fallacies that buyers are told because it is used to influence buyers who strictly compare deals based on the alleged price per bushel. Simply put, when using the same apples to apples calculation and knowing that all bins are 18 feet in diameter and are 5 tiers high utilizing the same wall sheet height of 44 inches, the only things that can affect bushel capacity are the roof and the hopper cone design. The roof design is by far the biggest influencer to overall bin capacity. Bins with sealed eaves, such as Goebel, are designed for filling into the roof and therefore can increase their bushel capacity to 4,900 bushels. All standard open eave roofs such as Westeel (and numerous others) actually have a 4,717 bushel rated capacity using the same calculation method. Also, hopper cone height (from discharge to top of the hopper), clearance under the discharge, cone slope and the top band height affect holding capacity. Therefore, when comparing bin prices based on price per bushel, ensure you are well informed and know the true bushel capacities.
#2: Stiffened Bins are stronger and provide much greater overall bin strength and better bang for your buck.
FACT: Yes, stiffened bins are significantly stronger than unstiffened bins. But be careful because not all stiffeners are of the same quality or strength, and therefore, directly affect the overall strength that they add to a bin. Heavier stiffeners add exponentially more strength and value over lighter stiffeners. Heavy stiffeners add approximately 1.67 times greater load bearing capacity as well as provide greater resistance to weather related damage such as wind. A heavy stiffener increases the steel utilization efficiency by approximately 2.55 times that of unstiffened bins. Therefore, when a good quality unstiffened bin gives you about a 29% steel utilization efficiency, a stiffened bin with heavy stiffeners will give you about a 74% steel utilization efficiency. A HUGE difference! This difference is even greater when unstiffened bins using lighter gauge wall sheets and of lower quality are compared. So, know exactly what you are buying! The biggest reason unstiffened bins are strongly promoted is not for your good, but for the benefit of themselves and bin builders because stiffened bins take a little more work and time to assemble. Therefore, since bin crews get paid by the bushel, they see this as a negative and cutting into their bushels of constructed bin production. Many unstiffened bin retailers use this as leverage to attract bin crews and further attempt to create negative information about stiffened bins as a means to increase their competitive advantage. Remember, stiffened bins are much stronger and provide much greater value to the buyer.
#3: Heavier more rigid roofs are necessary and are an important selling feature.
MYTH: What good does having a roof on a bin that is said to have the ability to support a 8,000 lb load when the rest of the bin structure is not able to support much more than the load of the grain in the bin? Bin roofs with greater slope never have to worry about roof load, so why spend the money on an over-built roof that only adds more weight and puts more pressure on the rest of the structure? This is a definite net "negative" feature.
#4: Galfan Steel offers the same or greater value to the lasting "shine" of a bin.
FACT: Galfan Steel is a protective layer added to the steel in order to help protect and resist oxidization. Standard galvanized steel does not have this layer of protection. The shine comes from light interacting with the zinc content that is in the steel and reflecting back to give the appearance of more brightness that is only noticeable in direct sunlight. Standard galvanized steel is subject to oxidization right from day 1. After a certain threshold, adding more zinc to the steel can only marginally increase brightness and longevity of the shine. The easiest way to see the difference is to view Galfan Steel and Galvanized Steel side by side on a cloudy day or out of direct sunlight. Galfan Steel is likely to appear even brighter under these conditions even when older Galfan Steel is compared to new Galvanized Steel. Also, Galvanized Steel with higher zinc content (such as G115) does not keep your bins cooler because it does not reflect infrared light (heat) any differently than Galfan Steel does.
#5: All Hopper Cones are basically equal in quality, value and safety.
MYTH: This, unfortunately, is a serious error and a major myth that is greatly overlooked and puts the people who work around hopper bins at increased risk for injury, or worse. There are so many issues to address when it comes to hopper cones. The bottom line is this: the majority of the difference in prices comes from the quality of the steel, the quality of the workmanship and the amount of steel used to construct a hopper cone. It doesn't end there either. Is the use of steel used in the right places to properly support the structure and the load? Is there a safety factor built into the structure (this is where many shortcuts are taken to reduce cost)? It is absolutely paramount that buyers look for value in quality, workmanship and safety rather than equate everything to just the cheapest price! Due to the competitive nature of the industry, you definitely get what you pay for! What is the cost of risk, maintenance, failure, loss of grain, injury, or even worse, worth to you? Always remember quality never costs, but rather, it pays, over and over and over, again and again.
#6: Bigger openings in the top to fill a bin doesn't affect the bin.
MYTH: Another issue that is greatly overlooked. While a larger opening makes it easier to setup an auger into the bin, unless you have it positioned in the center, or very close to it, you could be putting your bin at risk. Filling a bin unevenly causes the bin to load unevenly and creates additional stresses to the bin than are not overcome once the bin is completely filled. The stresses created by having the auger fill off-centre remain in the structure and can lead to bin/hopper damage, or even complete failure. This is especially much more concerning when lower quality hoppers and bins are used and/or the base and foundations under the bin are not built to proper load bearing specifications. If you have bins with large openings, it is highly recommended to ensure the bin is filled from the center, or as close to center as possible in order to avoid potential problems, damage or injury.
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Pirbright, Surrey, GU24
Guide Price £2,000,000
3 Beds | Detached House
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3 Bedroom Detached House for sale in Pirbright, Surrey, GU24
Vines Farm offers a unique and rare opportunity to invest in a secluded, rural setting on the edge of Pirbright surrounded by rural open paddocks and woodland.
A three-bedroom detached house sits towards the rear of the plot which totals 6.8 acres. The property previously had planning permission for a replacement new build which although has now lapsed offers fantastic potential subject to the usual planning permission with all of its permitted development rights still in place. This coupled with a detached studio, two huge mixed use barns and several other outbuildings totalling just over 18,000 sqft offers a fantastic multitude of other uses and clear further potential. The main h... Read more
A three-bedroom detached house sits towards the rear of the plot which totals 6.8 acres. The property previously had planning permission for a replacement new build which although has now lapsed offers fantastic potential subject to the usual planning permission with all of its permitted development rights still in place. This coupled with a detached studio, two huge mixed use barns and several other outbuildings totalling just over 18,000 sqft offers a fantastic multitude of other uses and clear further potential. The main house would benefit from modernisation and/or an extension. It currently offers two receptions, three bedrooms, a bathroom and kitchen breakfast room. The property previously had planning permission for a replacement new build which - although has now lapsed - offers fantastic potential subject to the usual planning permission, with all of its permitted development rights in place.
This house coupled with a detached studio, two extensive mixed use barns and several other outbuildings totally just over 18,000 sqft offers a fantastic multitude of other uses and clear further potential.
The detached studio is an unexpected gem in the form of what is essentially a detached bungalow with its own courtyard garden and parking. The space is totally flexible and beautifully appointed. It has been converted to the highest energy standards and benefits from solar PV and low carbon heating. Classed as ancillary residential to the main property it has currently been used as a beautiful photography studio and creative live-work space. This would make an amazing annex for extended family, an ideal space for someone wanting to work from home or suit a range of uses such as a home gym, games room or office/show room. The former-agricultural barns sit just across the track and benefit from mixed commercial usage with a certificate of lawfulness in place. Further outbuildings include a 75ft tractor shed/log store, a 42ft greenhouse and an extensive 21 bay former piggery with adjoining open bay shelter which again offers brilliant scope for alternative uses subject to planning permission.
Vines Farm is made up of three seperate titles and could either be combined by an incoming buyer or seperated out for different uses given the advantages of mixed commercial and residential permissions that it currently holds
Vines Farm is simultaneously peaceful, private and tucked away in the village, whilst within easy reach of Pirbright Village Green, Brookwood, Woking (5 miles) and Guildford (6 miles). It backs on to the Ash ranges which is a haven for dog walkers, horse-riders and off-road cyclists. The village itself offers two local pub-restaurants (The White Hart and The Cricketers), an award-winning family butchers (Fulks), a GP surgery and dispenser, St Michael and All Angels church, and two village schools (Pirbright Village Primary School and Knowl Hill School for children with dyslexia and associated learning needs).
Brookwood Station is less than 2 miles from the house and offers 81 direct trains per day from Brookwood to London Waterloo (from 05:13 until 00.13) with a journey time of 51 minutes. The fastest trains take 35 minutes of which there are three per hour. In addition, Worplesdon and Woking stations offer alternative lines and good connections (to Guildford, London Gatwick and London Heathrow etc).
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F.E.A.R.: Extraction Point
a game by TimeGate Studios, Inc.
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I Turn a corner, slap on the heightened senses and blast a surprised leather-clad drone in the kneecap. Thrown off his feet, he cartwheels through 360-degrees as the slow-motion prolongs his untimely demise - while, with either his last energies or unconscious twitch, he sgueezes the trigger on his machine gun while soulfully twirling through the air. Massive chunks of masonry are ripped out of the ceiling with every bullet, and he becomes some sort of unholy Catherine wheel tumbling through space.
There are a multitude of moments like this in F.E.A.R. Moments that go beyond the threshold of the 'very good' and swerve dangerously towards some of the most visceral and satisfying enjoyment that you can physically and emotionally have with the haunted box that is the modern PC. But, to answer your questions before the ritual waffling and prevaricating commences: a) yes the little girl shits you up good, b) yes this is an amazing game, and unfortunately c) no, the path to F.E.A.R. being awarded a Classic award lias not been as crystal clear and carefree as I would have liked. Why so? Well, we don't do that bit yet - tradition dictates that we tackle the good stuff first. And thankfully there's rather a lot of it.
B.R.U.T.A.L.
Satisfaction through combat is where F.E.A.R. excels - presenting you with many, many bloody and brutal skirmishes that are imbued with a sense of real weight, grit and reality. Although clearly don't mean real reality, since by and large you're fighting in slow-motion against an army of leather-clad drones, psychically commanded by a disturbed gentleman called Paxton Fettel who regularly dines on the flesh of the innocent. It's hardly something you'd watch on Panorama.
So why is the combat so special? Monolith has followed up a trick once played in 1997 and barely touched since. Y'see, F.E.A.R.'s enemy Al is a much belated next step from Half-Life's marines -and a very welcome one at that. Do you remember that bit in Surface Tension when you were scurrying about in pipes below an area packed with marines and gullies, with multiple ways up into the action? The way you'd listen to the sound of footsteps, and the way that you never knew who was where, or where the next grenade was coming from? That's what F.E.A.R. does too, although if it was a level out of F.E.A.R. then they'd probably come down into the pipes and get you as well.
Of course, it's smoke and mirrors designed to give an illusion of sentience; the Al goes hand-in-glove with level design to give opportunities for the drones to sneak behind you or topple conveniently placed furniture. But my oh my, they're some cracking smoke and mirrors. Take, for example, the time that I was hiding behind a pillar ("He's behind the pillar! they cried). I charged out into the lobby of an officeblock, nailed one bad man to a wall, slo-mo karate-kicked another in the head and severely wounded another who cried "Two down! Two down! as he raced for the exit With him gone I had a poke around for a while, inspecting the carnage and taking screenshots of limp bodies, before heading on after him. Unfortunately for me he hadn't gone that far, and had simply ducked down to the right having gone out of the exit There he was, crouching with his shotgun at groin level, waiting for me to saunter past. Clever boys.
Essentially, whenever enemies move they have a purpose, or at least you can read a purpose, be they flanking, retreating or diving through a window towards you. Sometimes they run away from you and keep their gun aimed in your direction despite having turned tail; sometimes they cower behind a desk, hold their gun above their heads and fire bullets in what they assume is your vicinity. It's in the 'sometimes' you see: every battle ebbs and flows slightly differently, and it's in this that the F.E.A.R. cup doth overfloweth. The bastard hardness of the game, meanwhile, coupled with neat touches like shouts of "There's a flashlight!" or squad commanders ordering their Al drones around the map, make the cup overflowed! even more.
Bloody Chunks
All this and we've barely touched on the satisfaction afforded by cutting a slo-mo soldier in half with a well-placed shotgun blast. Decapitations and amputations of that ilk, incidentally, are few and far between, making them all the more special when they do turn up. Best slow-motion ever? Throw a grenade towards a group of soldiers in slo-mo, watch it arc gracefully through the air, listening to your intended victims distortedly scream "Orgh... Shiiit!" before blasting the grenade with your shotgun and watching the world explode around you. Add to the mix F.E.A.R.'s trademark hyper-kinetic puffs of smoke, flying sparks and air of absolute chaos, and you've got something approaching combat nirvana.
As for the melee moves, well, they're quite well implemented into the controls, but hardly necessary when it all goes balls to the walls. They're fun and work nicely, but only really come into play when you're trying to pull something off with a touch of finesse and want to look cool - specifically in F.E A.R.'s neatly designed slo-mo multiplayer bouts. But it's a better player than I who will automatically slip into a well-timed sliding tackle when turning a comer and coming eye to glowing-greeneye with an enemy - frantically jabbing at the mouse is far more my style.
But is it scary? Does it take your very soul and slowly twist? Well, no. Not really. Does it make you jump out of your seat and involuntary shout obscenities? Yes, it certainly does. There are some pixel-perfect jump-points in F.E.A.R. and the little girl, she who shall not be named within this review, is an extremely neat device for its implementation - although a full cast of hurled bodies, plunging lifts and smashing windows are also called in at various points. It's all very professionally done and, although one of the best jumps comes in the demo (which isn't actually a level from the game, but instead a coagulation of several set-pieces from the full game), it works really well.
All the music in F.E.A.R. is absolutely top-notch too - but the spooky, jangly chords from the 'and now you're scared' sections is the most tension-baiting that I've ever known in a game. It's fair to say that there's a tangible gear change whenever action switches to scares, but they're by no means tacked on and genuinely put you on the edge of your seat -if not slightly off it.
The little girl, her story and (rarity of rarities) a satisfying denouement make for a good plot And it is a good plot. Then again, I have a feeling that people are still going to criticise it Why? Because of the characters, mainly. Half-Life 2, to give an obvious example, might not have had a lot of plot unravelling beyond its environments and situations, but it managed to bring in an unsurpassed human element through brilliant animation, wonderful scripting and characters that you could 'get' as soon as you saw them smile.
Character Chaos
FEAR, has none of that - your team are rarely with you, and do little when they are Ijeyond saying "Him? Send him on ahead on his own? Are you crazy?" There's barely a full character to share between them -they're just your boss, two blokes who are pretty much interchangeable and a woman only memorable for fancying you at the start Strung out over a ditch-water cast the nuts and bolts of the excellent tale of Paxton Fettel and his little friend in the red coat become somewhat dimmed, although mercifully not in the 'scary' sections.
However, we haven't even got to the prime offender yet The prosecution calls Norton Mapes to the stand. Mapes is a Jurassic Park Dennis Nedry character - the morbidly obese guy who makes everything go wrong. He's the comedy interlude. Which is a shame since a) we don't want or need a comedy interlude, and b) he's not very funny. Instead you get this annoying 'rump-ti-pump-di-bomp-di-bump'circus music whenever he appears, and an urge to shove his pack of Cheetos down his stupid fat neck. Obviously lie's supposed to be irritating, but lie's irritating in a remarkably irritating way, and may well end up becoming the Jar Jar Biliks or DJ Ruby Rliod of the FPS.
Despite the fundamental goodness of the game, there is another nagging issue. F.E.A.R. is a corridor shooter, that much is obvious and no real crime in itself, but here corridors never really change - environments, settings and textures are recycled like aluminium cans in the dustbins of particularly keen cub scouts. Some of the best set-pieces of the game take place in the skyscraper HQ of a malicious hi-tech corporation, but once your chopper touches down on its roof you're there for hours. Brilliant as the combat may be, and scared as you often are, you're left praying - begging - for a change. This is compounded by the game giving you no real indication of how long you're going to be there, and the fact that you're continually (well, at least twice) getting to the roof to be airlifted out before either accidentally falling all the way back in again or having your ride exploderised by hoodlums.
More than any other game, F.E.A.R. is compiled of vents, offices, corridors, more vents, elevator shafts and more vents - or slums and secret scientific places that certainly feel a lot like them. Now, if the action had been punctuated by a few visits to F.E.A.R. HQ, decent character interaction, or simply smaller independent levels, then none of this would matter. As it is, the gargantuan sprawl of its docks and skyscrapers can numb you to what is otherwise gaming brilliance. From what we've seen in promo videos we know that there was cool, different stuff in development - like cars being chased by motorbikes and spinning through the air upside down - but time constraints or other developmental pressure means that none of this goodness made the final cut. A real shame, seeing as this is the sort of thing that would have propelled FEAR, far further into the realms of classic-dom.
So where do we go from here? Which stereotypical review ending shall we select? The 'F.E.A.R. is good, but the sequel will be amazing!' approach? Well, that's certainly more than true - but doesn't do justice to a game that is often sexier than the sexiest of sex. How about the 'great, but has issues' ending that I seem to be irrevocably careering towards? Well, that's a bit of a cop-out when it's a game that all PC gamers should play. 'Try the demo and, if you meet its pretty spicy technical demands, imagine an entire game comprised of similar action scenes one after the other (only with more robots) and make up your own mind?' No, that won't do at all. So how about this for an answer to the 'Why does F.E.A.R. deserve a Classic' tie-breaker question?
Today I found myself rebooting a computer network inside a windowed server room in the IT department of an evil multinational conglomerate. Suddenly five men burst in: two went to cut in behind me through a nearby corridor, two chose to eap through the glass windows next to me and another stood at the door, levelling his nailgun at me and letting rip. Glass and sparks are raining down on me as I turn on the slow-motion. I blow one's head off with my shotgun, and the second gets a chestshot that leaves the walls covered in more red than can be found in a Dulux catalogue. I've been badly wounded, but I remember the pair I saw tearing off to get behind me two seconds ago, so I bounce a grenade round the corner that I'm guessing they'll appear from. I'm rewarded when a spiralling right leg slowly and artfully flies across my line of sight. As my slow-motion bar runs out, I stand up and the final soldier gets a clear shot and nails me to a nearby hard disc drive. In the same way that Jennifer Aniston once fell in love with a shampoo (which could perhaps explain why Brad's flounced off with Angelina by the way), I am in love with a game.
And despite the fact that I've been walking past the same level furniture for hours and hours, and despite Norton 'twat' Mapes - nothing will stop me recommending it to friends, family, passers-by in the street and, indeed, readers of PC. Grumpier gamers will find fodder to gnaw upon, but the fact remains that it's a prima donna of a game that more than succeeds in its attempts to scare and scintillate. Despite everything, I adore it - and strongly suspect you will too.
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Never Can There have been so much fear surrounding an expansion pack and I haven't even seen it running yet. Ushered into a darkened San Francisco hotel room with a PC set up in one corner, I'm ordered to turn over all recording instruments (I don't have my guitar with me so I have to hand over my dictaphone instead), lest I gather too much information during this early demonstration of F.E.A.R.'s first expansion pack, Extraction Point. Armed with just a pen, a pad, my eyeballs and my wits, I sit down by the PC breathless with anticipation, hoping to see more of the searing action that made the original such a phenomenal experience. This time, thankfully. I'm not to be denied.
Extraction Point is set in the immediate aftermath of F.E.A.R.'s shocking climax. Your chopper crashes to the ground. Your eyelids flick open. You're completely alone. So begins the next chapter of one of the most terrifying shooters ever made. This time, however, it's not those masters of the macabre Monolith who are heading up the project, but rather a little-known, yet highly proficient development team called TimeGate Studios - developers of Axis & Allies and the Kohan games. And from the looks of it, they've picked up right where Monolith left off.
Extraction Point's premise is simple. In F.E.A.R. you were the hunter. This time, the roles are reversed. And while no-one will confirm my suspicions, it doesn't take a genius to work out that getting to an extraction point before your brains are slurped out of your skull will play some kind of role in the proceedings. After all, it's a tried and tested formula and, if executed properly, practically guarantees hours of tense, adrenalin-sapping gameplay.
Rather than simply replicating the fear factor of the original, it seems that TimeGate have set themselves a far loftier goal in expanding this already rich franchise. As well as shifting the balance of power even further to the dark side, the team is also embarking on a mission to make your surroundings far more interactive. Tie key component here is physics, and during a brief demonstration of a firefight in a typically low-lit office, I'm more than a little impressed with what I see.
Armed with a mammoth chain-gun -an all-new weapon - I watch as my guide battles it out with a giant mechanical walker that spits out rockets. If you thought the level of destruction you could wreak in the original was impressive, then you're in for a treat here. Glass, concrete, wood, paint and office equipment are pulverised by missiles and barrages from the chain-gun, while hanging signs and lights are shot off the roof and come tumbling down on the mechanised walker, causing it to stagger under the weight of the makeshift projectiles.
Although it's far too early to make direct comparisons to Half-Life 2's physics-filled levels, there's just about enough on show here to make me believe that Extraction Point could be a contender if it maintains this level of detail throughout.
The Scent Of Blood
Next, my guide takes me into a room caked in blood and strewn with office equipment Suddenly, two red eyes pierce the gloom, signifying the arrival of a brand new enemy called a Shadow Creature, a foe that's practically invisible to the naked eye. However, in a cunning twist (and, I suspect the reason behind its moniker), this new foe can only be tracked by its shadow, which dances around the walls, betraying its true self's whereabouts. After a brutal firefight and with further proof of the game's enhanced physics system - said strewn office equipment quickly becomes pieces of strewn office equipment - the Shadow Creature is no more and the demonstration comes to a close.
Brief though it was and with the majority of my questions rebuffed, it's still difficult to not be impressed with Extraction Point. With most FPS expansion packs usually a weaker, watered-down version of the original, it's encouraging to see that TimeGate are really trying to do something new here, and so far, it's looking like it could be on course. And if the rest of it is as impressive as this, then it's little wonder there was so much concern about giving away too much, too soon (though admittedly, the opposite could also be true). Which reminds me, can I have my dictaphone back now please?
She's Back!
One thing that hasn't changed since the original is the way that the storyline is presented. Just like F.E.A.R., all is not as it seems, with the plot unfolding through a collection of sudden horrific visions and momentary sightings of hideous creatures. And yes, you've guessed it, Alma (everyone's favourite ghoul) reprises her childlike manifestation after having shocked us all with her true persona at the end of the original game. Again, it's hard to tell from such a brief demonstration whether Extraction Point will be as worrisome as F.E.A.R., but if these early indications are anything to go by. we could be in for another fright-fest with plenty of plot twists, along the way.
You Have To laugh when the expansion pack of the game we criticised for having repetitive environments finally lets you leave the subway level youve been running around in for an hour, only to have it explode and launch you onto the roof of a parking garage. Come on, a parking garage? Why not get blown off a bridge and land in a zoo? Or an arboretum? Extraction Point takes F.E.A.R. nowhere other than down the same corridors you've no doubt tired of.
In fact, for almost the entire first half of this expansion pack, I found myself playing monotonous filler levels. Odd new additions such as Max Payne-style gas canisters were annoying, unpredictable things. Fights were badly paced and tedious, and characters were characterless. In fact. Extraction Point does nothing to progress F.EA.R.'s story at all, besides arbitrarily reintroducing dead characters and killing off others (and yes, that fat Cheesy Poofs-loving bastard makes a short and bafflingly pointless appearance). Even the game's trademark terror comes on far too strong to begin with, rendering the player tickled rather than terrified. It's a mixture of us becoming desensitised to little girls walking in puddles of blood, and new developer TimeGate's inability to nail the timing required to make us piss ourselves.
Put The Fettel On
It's not all mediocrity and gloom though, as later levels are a true return to form for the F.E.A.R. name. It does nothing particularly original, but the new mini-gun serves up insane amounts of hilarious carnage, and the red laser beam gun (excuse my ignorance) offers some fun moments as it sears through wall and flesh alike. There's a solid few hours of gaming excellence in here, surrounded by hours of disappointing F.E.A.R.lite action.
Although this isn't really F.E.A.R. is it? This is the husk that was left on publishers VU Games' doorstep after the original developers Monolith left. While Extraction Point certainly does pick up towards the end, providing some absolutely sublime moments of action, ultimately it feels far too much like the worst bits of F.E.A.R. all over again, masquerading as something we love. Like lifting up your new wife's veil on your wedding night only to find out its actually Murdock from the A-Team.
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Surrey – Come out for a guided tour of Elgin Heritage Park, where land meets water. Look for eagles, ducks, muskrats, and songbirds as you explore the scenic wetland habitats they call home.
Ages 10+. Rain or shine. Pre-registration required; call 604-502-6065.
This walk is part of Surrey's Environmental Extravaganza, a series of over 100 FREE nature programs and events happening April 16 – June 8, 2016.


"Annihilation" is a visual feast and highly suspenseful, even downright scary at times. However, it's hard to get around the lackluster characters, overworked dialogue and vague conclusion.
Over the past 10 years, the MCU has not had a truly terrible movie, though some of them have been fairly lackluster.
The Big Sick champions the romantic comedy genre, delivering humor, heart and reality while simultaneously staying true to its roots.
Celebrities and media flocked to the Arlington Theatre as the 33rd Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival hit the red carpet.


24i Media to showcase SmartOTT and Video Indexer, delivering AI optimized discovery and recommendations.
At the 2019 NAB show, 24i Media, an industry-leading, global video app developer, will showcase how customers can quickly and easily extract insights from videos using Smart OTT and Microsoft Azure Media Services: Video Indexer. 24i will this new solution at the Microsoft booth (#SL6716) and at the 24i booth (#SU9610) at the 2019 NAB Show in Vegas.
Video Indexer builds upon media AI technologies to make it easier to extract insights from videos. Customers can use it to search for spoken words, faces, characters, emotions and enrich apps with embedded video insights to drive user engagement. When paired with 24i's technology, metadata is automatically created by the Indexer and imported as tags into 24i's SmartOTT. For broadcasters for example, this can help create more impactful promotion clips and drive viewers to their content.


Raquel and I discussed over lunch break today that although our site is about two individuals living in Oz (that's Australia to you new guys), we don't really have much in terms of content relating to our experiences in the land they call Down Under.
When we started this combined blog, in the back of my head I wanted this to be a place where Filipinos planning to move to Oz can get a good idea of what to expect when they come on over. And the way I want to accomplish that is to simply relate my own experiences when I got here and hopefully from that, the reader will get an idea of what it's like here.
To make it additionally easy for readers to find posts like this through our archives, I'll simply give the posts a title of Oz Chronicles with a number that pertains to the number of times a similar post has been posted before.
Okay enough of that and let me make this an actual Oz Chronicle post by relating to you something that happened even before I stepped on Australian soil.
I was able to come over to Australia because there was a posting in the local (Philippine) newspaper about an Oz company seeking programmers that matched my skill set back in late 2000. I was very fortunate to get the job because as it turned out later, I was the very last Filipino hired by them.
It was an IT consulting firm and the job was that of an IT consultant. So although they will pay for all expenses in getting me to Oz, they must be able to get me a client company to work with otherwise they'd be paying me a monthly wage for nothing.
One day, my account manager rang me and asked me some questions to determine if I was suitable for one of the client companies that needed a programmer.
OOHHH! VBA! It sure sounded like she said I rather than A.
And that was my first ever real encounter with the Australian accent which would become a sort of obstacle for me in my first few months in Oz.


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The Manics lend a hand to up-and-coming electro rock band favoured by Gareth Bale
Cardiff-based Fjords release a new single today after the Manic Street Preachers lent the five-piece their recording studio not long after Wales star Gareth Bale helped them scoop an award
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Cardiff electro rock outfit Fjords will release their new single today - thanks to a helping hand from the Manic Street Preachers.
The five-piece were gifted studio time by the Welsh icons and emerged with the double A-side single Strata Florida / Domino.
Recorded by in-house engineer Loz Williams at the Manics' Faster Studios, the link-up came about over a fried breakfast.
"My brother used to manage Trade Street Cafe by their studio, so got to know James (Dean Bradfield) as he used to come in there all the time," said Fjords drummer Hannah Mathias.
"I just cheekily asked my brother to ask James if we could use their studio for recording and he said yeah sure. I think they wanted to help out an unsigned band."
The Brit Award winners, who release their new album Rewind The Film next month, gave Fjords free reign to use their gear.
"The equipment they have is outstanding. I got to play on (Manics' sticksman) Sean Moore's drums," said Mathias.
"There was also a few Brits in their social space. I got a sneaky photo with one."
This isn't the first time the band have been given a leg up by famous names. Tottenham Hotspur and Wales star Gareth Bale recently took to his Twitter account @GarethBale11 to urge his almost half a million followers to vote for the group in the Best Band category at the British Unsigned Music Awards.
He posted: "Just voted for @wearefjords as Best Band at the 2013 Best of British Unsigned Music Awards. Good luck guys!!"
It was no surprise that his crucial tweet helped the Cardiff band scoop the award. in their own particular rock 'n' roll cup final.
Although the electro rockers were more than happy to receive Bale's blessing, they confessed they were still trying to work out how exactly he had heard of them.
"We're not complaining though," said Mathias.
"He can do no wrong as far as we are concerned, although we're still trying to get our heads around it."
Check out the video for Fjords new single Strata Florida:
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US Spurns Separate-Channel Talks With North Korea
The Obama administration said Thursday it is not interested in direct talks with North Korea outside the framework of Chinese-sponsored six-party talks on its nuclear program. North Korean diplomats who met Wednesday with New Mexico governor Bill Richardson are said to have told him Pyongyang is ready for direct dialogue with the United States after months of discord.
The State Department says the Obama administration is certainly in favor of improved relations with North Korea but is holding to its stand that dialogue with Pyongyang should come within the framework of the six-party talks.
The comments here follow an unusual meeting Wednesday between two senior North Korean diplomats and New Mexico state governor Bill Richardson, who has been a diplomatic troubleshooter with past administrations and has visited North Korea.
Richardson said the North Korean officials from that country's United Nations mission in New York told him Pyongyang believes it is owed bilateral talks with the United States after it released two American journalists it had jailed for illegally entering the country.
In an interview with CNN, Richardson said the diplomats told him North Korea has made an important gesture with the release and is saying, as the governor put it, that the ball is now in the U.S. court.
At a news briefing here, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs P.J. Crowley said the release of the two American women and other conciliatory gestures North Korea has made recently is certainly preferable to provocations by Pyongyang in recent months including missile firings.
He said the Obama administration is willing to have bilateral talks with North Korea but in the larger framework of the six-party process with other concerned regional powers including South Korea, Japan, Russia and host China.
"We believe that the six-party process remains the best mechanism to resolve the questions that we have, the tensions that we have, the issues that we have with North Korea," said P.J. Crowley. "As we've made clear to North Korea for a long time, within the six-party framework there's plenty of room for a bilateral dialogue but North Korea knows what it has to do: it has to come back to the six-party process, and be willing to take the kinds of steps that the international community has made clear that it needs to do. And the ball is still in North Korea's court. It has to tell us what it is prepared to do."
Crowley said the State Department is awaiting a report on the meeting from Governor Richardson, who the Obama administration made clear was not negotiating on its behalf.
The meeting in New Mexico came in the wake of former President Bill Clinton's visit to North Korea earlier this month that gained the release of the two journalists and included a rare meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.
Pyongyang also recently released a detained South Korean citizen and made other conciliatory gestures toward its neighbor.
Spokesman Crowley suggested the changed attitude by North Korea can be attributed to the pressure of stepped up U.S. enforcement efforts of sanctions against Pyongyang approved by the U.N. Security Council after its nuclear test in May.
US Envoy Praises Singapore for Enforcing Sanctions on North Korea
A U.S. envoy has praised Singapore's efforts to enforce United Nations sanctions imposed on North Korea for pursuing nuclear weapons in defiance of the global community.U.S. Ambassador Philip Goldberg was speaking in Singapore Thursday after discussing the city-state's implementation of sanctions with local officials. Singapore's status as a major financial center and port gives it a key role in enforcing a U.N. crackdown on suspected North Korean…
New Mexico Governor, N. Korean Diplomats Continue Talks
The governor of the southwestern U.S. state of New Mexico, Bill Richardson, will host more rare talks with North Korean diplomats Thursday, in what he calls a "hopeful sign" of improving relations between Washington and Pyongyang.Richardson and the two visiting diplomats will meet for their second and final day of talks in Sante Fe. Richardson told CNN Wednesday that he detected a lessening of tension during his talks. The veteran negotiator and former U.N…
US Not Ready to Declare Thaw in N. Korea Relations
The Obama administration says it welcomes a series of seemingly-conciliatory gestures from North Korea in recent days but says it is not ready to say relations with Pyongyang have begun to thaw. North Korean diplomats met Wednesday with New Mexico state Governor Bill Richardson. State Department officials say the Obama administration facilitated the meeting between Richardson and the two North Koreans, but they say the governor was not asked to convey any message to…


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Q: why debug statement show Id instead of name while test class execution?
I run the test class and try to capture the permission set name in debug. But i got Id than name. Any reason why I am getting this ? Please help me to understand.
See the image, what i query in return what i got !

A: When debugging only the query results the relationships simply show the id.
If you want the name you have to explicitly debug permissionset.name


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Q: Enumerating/Count occurrence of an item consecutively I have a table which looks like this:
subject_id | hadm_id |admittime          |dischtime | admission location

1          | 1000    |2153-09-03 07:15:00|2153-09-08 19:10:00 | EMERGENCY
2          | 1001    |2134-05-10 11:30:00|2134-05-20 13:16:00 | other 1
1          | 1002    |2122-05-14 19:37:00|2122-05-18 15:11:00 | other 2
4          | 1003    |2153-09-03 07:15:00|2153-09-08 19:10:00 | other 3
2          | 1004    |2153-09-03 07:15:00|2153-09-08 19:10:00 | other 4

My objective is to filter on those id's that have an admission location of "other 1" "2" "3" or "Emergency",etc in the first instance (i.e. the first time recorded for an id) and emergency in the next incidence. These are hospital data. Hence, I need to filter with respect on the admission and/or dischtime.
As an example, I want to have the data of a patient who went to the hospital on 21.08.2016. On 31.08.2016 he came to the hospital again, this time it was an emergency. (If it was not an emergency, I would not want to have this id in my final table).
Lastly, if another constraint could be implemented, it would be even better: the time between the first and second or second and third visit needs to be less than 30 days.
The below table is how I imagine the output. I.e. one column showing the enumeration of the hospital visit. In another column (significant?), whether there are 30 or less days between the visits. Also, note, that the second visit must be "Emergency".
subject_id | hadm_id |admittime          |dischtime | admission location| count of hospital visit | significant?

1          | 1000    |2140-05-03 07:15:00|2153-09-08 19:10:00 | other 2   |  1  | yes
1          | 1002    |2140-05-14 19:37:00|2122-05-18 15:11:00 | EMERGENCY |  2  | yes
2          | 1001    |2134-05-10 11:30:00|2134-05-20 13:16:00 | other 1   |  1  | no
2          | 1004    |2153-09-03 07:15:00|2153-09-08 19:10:00 | other 4   |  2  | yes
2          | 1003    |2153-09-10 20:15:00|2153-09-08 19:10:00 | EMERGENCY |  3  | yes


The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires each employer group health plan to provide a 4-page summary of its benefits to all individuals who are eligible for coverage. This requirement takes effect on March 23, 2012 (two years after the enactment of the ACA). The three agencies charged with implementing many of the ACA's requirements have just issued proposed regulations, along with templates of proposed formats, under which a plan may furnish this new "summary of benefits and coverage" (SBC).
Under the proposed rules, employers or plan administrators (for self-funded plans) and insurers (for insured plans) must provide participants and beneficiaries with SBCs detailing, in a "culturally and linguistically appropriate manner," simple and consistent information about health plan benefits and coverage. Conceding that this cannot be done in only four pages, the agencies propose to read the statutory reference to "four pages" as four double-sided pages (i.e., eight pages). Plans also must provide a separate glossary with uniform definitions of specific medical and coverage-related terms.
SBCs may be furnished in paper form or electronically. For ERISA plans, SBCs may be delivered electronically so long as the Department of Labor's electronic disclosure safe-harbor requirements are satisfied. Group health plan sponsors should note that the obligation to provide SBCs is in addition to any current duty to furnish ERISA summary plan descriptions, summaries of material modifications, or other disclosures.
The proposed rules also require plans to give covered individuals at least 60 days' advance notice of any mid-year material modifications that affect SBC content. For this purpose, a "modification" includes not only a benefit reduction, but also a benefit improvement. A plan (or its administrator) that willfully fails to provide an SBC may be fined up to $1,000 for each affected individual.


In 2017, Pottstown Works was established as a program of The Salvation Army of Pottstown to bring people out of poverty by helping them overcome barriers to work.
In the words of graduates, Pottstown Works gives people hope.
In Pottstown, no car often means no job. No child care means no job.The lack of stable housing and food means no job. Our mission is to help people overcome those barriers.
"I trust this program because they don't sit on the sidelines. Coaches work with you to look for a job and reach your goals."
-- Tony Stauffer, veteran, father, graduate of First Class, now working at Dana Corp.
Pottstown Works is not a paid placement agency or temporary jobs service. We are an organization that works to help people gain full-time employment and achieve personal stability.
We don't walk away after placement. Our ongoing support helps employees overcome tough work situations. We follow employees for one year after placement, talking to employers and working to overcome barriers. We are utilizing the Cincinnati Works curriculum and model which has a 70% retention rate of employment beyond one year.
Our recruitment fee is $0. We are funded from a variety of sources including individual donors, foundations, and The Salvation Army of Southeastern PA. There are no hidden costs.
Local companies are looking for reliable workers who show up prepared and ready to work. The goal of Pottstown Works is to provide for the local workforce and boost economic development.
Our partnerships with companies like American Keg Co., Budget Maintenance, Pottstown Hospital Tower Health, Spherion Staffing, Aerotek (recruiter for Dana Corp.), Pottstown Borough, and others provide a dialogue that gives support to our Job Readiness Workshop and helps us prepare workers that will satisfy local employer needs.
We teach professionalism and job retention skills to help our Members achieve a goal of one year, one job followed by advancement and self-sufficiency.
Paul Czachor, CEO of American Keg Co. in Pottstown, explains the basics employers need.
Pottstown Works is a program of The Salvation Army of Pottstown and a replication program of Cincinnati Works.
To learn more about the program philosophy, visit the Cincinnati Works website.


The food distribution program of Holy Redeemer Ministerium Social Services will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday at 603 Bridge St., Ellwood City (the former St. Agatha School).
The First United Methodist Church, 416 Crescent Ave., Ellwood City, is conducting a summer vacation Bible school from 9:30 a.m. to noon June 11 to 15. The school is for ages 3 to 12. The theme is "Passport to Jesus." Children will be traveling �around the world� for the week. To preregister, call (724) 758-6278.


How do you know if that marketing campaign has the right tone? The right theme? The right call to action? You know because you can test it against your personas, and if it fits, it's right.
A persona is a reliable and realistic representation of your key audience segment that's based on research. Many businesses will have multiple personas based on different customer segments. No matter how many you have, each should include a job title, demographics, that segment's goals, a summary of their environment, and other information that fleshes out the persona.
The research for your personas can come from a variety of sources. Your CRM platform provides a wealth of information, as does Facebook. Focus groups and customer interviews, third-party studies, and Google Analytics are additional resources. Once you have the data, condense the research, and then organize it so it accurately represents your target users. From there, it's time to give your personas more personality and depth so they're a useful, powerful tool for your marketing efforts. Check out the infographic below, created by Salesforce, for more on how to create your own personas.