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Best Ways to Import and Export Musical Instruments
Musical instruments are some of the most intricately designed items that manufacturers must ship all across the world. Since musical instrument manufacturers typically produce instruments like keyboards, guitars, drums and more in Eastern countries, they must often ship them globally to get to their intended destination.
To import and export musical instruments safely and efficiently, manufacturing brands will need a freight forwarder to bring their products in for resale in the United States. Several factors come into play when manufacturers must decide how to export their musical instruments, as well as the company they choose to handle importing them into America. In this article, we'll discuss the best ways to import and export musical instruments, so they arrive at their destination in perfect condition.
What Instruments Are Commonly Imported or Exported?
Although some musical instruments are U.S.-made, many others get manufactured in Eastern countries and require shipping to the U.S. and other Western nations. This process works the other way, as well, with Western countries having to ship the musical instruments they manufacture to Eastern nations.
Whether manufacturers are importing goods to or from the United States, the following five instrument categories are the most common in global shipping.
1. Electric Musical Instruments
Electric musical instruments are the 686th most-traded product in the world, with their top exporter, China, shipping out about $764 million worth of products that fall under this category in 2017 alone. The top importer of electric musical instruments is the U.S., which brings in about $446 million in electric musical instruments each year.
Musical instruments that fall under this category include:
- Electric guitars
- Bass guitars
2. Stringed Musical Instruments
Stringed musical instruments, also typically referred to as acoustic instruments, are not quite as popular imports and exports as electric instruments, but countries still commonly trade them. This category breaks down even further to regular stringed instruments and stringed instruments played with a bow. China is the top exporter for both categories, shipping out $306 million of regular stringed instruments and $82.3 million stringed instruments played with a bow.
Regular stringed instruments that are common imports and exports include:
- Grand pianos
- Acoustic guitars
Examples of stringed instruments played with a bow are:
- Upright basses
3. Musical Instrument Parts and Accessories
As the 794th most-traded product, the musical parts and accessories industry is even more substantial than that of some of the instruments themselves. China exported $217 million worth of musical instrument parts and accessories in 2017.
A few examples of the top-exported musical instrument accessories and parts include:
- Radio receivers
4. Drum Sets and Other Percussion Equipment
Drum sets and other percussion equipment comes next in the list of top-exported musical goods, with China's 2017 total for exported percussion equipment being $145 million. The percussion category is much broader and more inclusive than some of the others, which a wide range of instruments falling under it. Some examples include:
- Drums — bass, snare, timpani, etc.
BTW, a business that helps companies find drum sets and does an awesome job at referral marketing is Drum Set Lab.
5. Wind Instruments
Despite being last on this list, the category of wind instruments — not including those made of brass — is still a significant one in terms of foreign trade. China exported a total of $110 million worth of wind instruments in 2017 alone.
Some non-brass wind instruments that are common imports and exports include:
Methods to Import and Export Musical Instruments
There are two methods of importing and exporting musical instruments from China and other Eastern countries to the United States: ocean and air. Each option has its pros and cons and is best suited for specific instruments and conditions. To decide which method you should use, consider the number of items you're sending, the size of the items, the weight of the items, how far they will be traveling and how quickly you need them to reach their destination.
1. Ocean Freight Shipping
If you are shipping a significant amount of musical instruments — and especially if they are large instruments, like a piano or upright bass — it's best to opt for ocean freight shipping. Ocean freight shipping takes a bit longer than opting to ship by air, but it is more economical if you are exporting or importing large, heavy instruments in bulk.
Heavy musical instruments would be difficult to ship via air because they would weigh down a plane and eat up a lot more of its fuel than a cargo boat designed to carry tons of equipment. No matter where you're shipping pianos or other heavy musical instruments to or from, ocean freight shipping is the best way to make sure they reach their destination safely and cost-effectively.
2. Air Freight Shipping
The second method of shipping musical instruments is via air, which is an excellent complement to the ocean freight shipping option. Air freight shipping is ideal for smaller musical instruments because they are easier for cargo planes to carry while using less fuel. Air freight shipping is also a faster method than ocean freight shipping, making it the right choice for time-sensitive shipments.
However, keep in mind that even if your shipment of heavy musical instruments like grand pianos or organs is time-sensitive, it may be worthwhile to save some money and resources by opting for ocean freight shipping. Your cost will increase significantly if you have to import or export these large items via air, as an airplane will use significantly more fuel than a cargo boat that is intended to carry loads of several tons.
Top Countries for the Music Industry
Music is one of the only industries that is alive and well in almost every country — whether that's financially speaking or culturally speaking. However, there are a few key players involved in exporting and importing musical instruments.
We've broken down the following two lists to analyze which countries have the most booming musical instrument industries based on the top five exporters of musical instruments, as well as the top five importers of musical instruments.
Top Five Exporters of Musical Instruments
The five top exporters of musical instruments are below in order.
1. China ($1.6 Billion)
As you may have noticed based on the numbers in the previous list of the top-exported musical instruments, China dominates the musical instrument export industry. China's music market is one of the fastest-growing industries in the world, so it's not surprising they're also the No. 1 exporter of musical instruments by a long shot.
If you add up the 2017 numbers mentioned earlier in this article for the top five most-exported instruments, China exported somewhere around $1.6 billion in all categories of musical instruments that year.
2. Indonesia ($582 Million)
Coming in second on the list of the world's top musical instrument exporters is Indonesia. The country is responsible for manufacturing a large portion of the world's electric, stringed and wind instruments.
- Electric instruments: $422 million
- Stringed instruments: $80.7 million
- Wind instruments: $79.3 million
These numbers add up to a total of $582 million exported musical goods from Indonesia.
3. United States ($531 Million)
While most people will think of the United States as a significant importer of musical instruments, the U.S. is also home to several instrument manufacturers. The U.S. exports many types of musical instruments to other countries.
- Electric instruments: $181 million
- Stringed instruments: $119 million
- Accessories and parts: $185 million
- Percussion instruments: $46.1 million
These figures result in a total of $531 million of musical instrument products exported from the United States each year, based on the 2017 data.
4. Germany ($473 Million)
Germany is another power player in the manufacturing and export of musical instruments of all types. In 2017, the country exported the following amounts of each product type.
- Electric instruments: $124 million
- Stringed instruments: $35 million
- Accessories and parts: $199 million
- Percussion instruments: $47.6 million
- Wind instruments: $67.4 million
When you add these numbers, you'll find Germany exported a total of $473 million of the top five most exported musical instruments.
5. Japan ($170 Million)
The nation of Japan comes in fifth place for the most music-related exports in 2017. Even though they only exported two of the five most popular instruments, their numbers for those two categories are high enough to make them a top exporter.
Japan has earned a reputation for exporting musical instruments such as the following.
- Accessories and parts: $92.4 million
- Wind instruments: $77.6 million
In total, Japan exported $170 million music-related products across the globe in 2017.
Top Five Importers of Musical Instruments
On the other hand, the following five countries are the top importers of musical instruments.
1. United States ($1.1 Billion)
You might have guessed this one already based on the numbers discussed earlier in the article, but the United States takes first place for the largest importer of musical instruments in the world. That is even despite the 2.7% to 3.5% duty tax American companies must pay to import musical instruments into the country. It is also despite the United States' most recent tariff update on importing Chinese products, including musical instruments. The president's new ruling states that beginning Sept. 1, 2019, tariffs on $300 billion in Chinese imports will start at 10% and could eventually increase to 25% or more.
Of course, the following numbers are from 2017 before these new tariffs came about, so it will be interesting to see how they will affect the number of musical instruments the country imports in the future.
The United States imported the following dollar amounts for top categories of musical instruments in 2017.
- Electric instruments: $446 million
- Stringed instruments: $


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Preveza to Parga distance, location, road map and direction
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- Direction and bearing : North West side, 320 degree.
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Zürich weather in February (Canton of Zurich, Switzerland)
Looking to travel to Zürich in February? Wondering if it's an optimal time for a visit? This page provides detailed information on the weather conditions for that month.
In February, Zürich generally has low temperatures and moderate snow/rainfall. February falls within the winter season. Throughout the day, temperatures typically settle at around 7°C (show in °F). But by evening, they drop to around -1°C.
Zürich in February usually receives moderate snow/rainfall, averaging around 90 mm (show in inches) for the month. It is the driest month of the year. For those who prefer outdoor activities, it's a great time to explore without the huge concern of sudden downpours. Delving into the climate records from the past 30 years, one can predict that nearly 14 days of the month will see snow/rainfall.
The city usually sees around 88 hours of sunlight, indicating fewer sunny days.
If you're looking for dry conditions and comfortable temperatures, February may not be the ideal month to visit Zürich. May, June, July, August and September typically offer the best circumstances. While January, February, November and December tend to showcase less optimal conditions.
For an in-depth look at the yearly conditions, visit our specialized Zürich climate page with graphs.
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Accounting Information Gathering System for Grid Environment
Grid computing represents the fundamental computing shift from a localized resource computing model to a fully-distributed virtual organization with shared resources. Accounting is one of the main obstacles to widespread adoption of the grid. Accounting has until recently, been a sparsely-addressed problem, particularly in practice. In this paper, we design and implement the accounting information gathering system. Implemented system is based on OGSA, following GSAX framework of RUS-WG in GGF. And the schema of gathered and serviced accounting information is following Usage Record Fields of UR-WG in GGF. Also, the accounting information integrating and monitoring tool for system management in the grid environment are implemented.


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The definition of politic is someone who is shrewd, tactful or unethical.(adjective)
An example of politic is a decision made because it it likely to be accepted by the voters and will make the politician more popular; a politic decision.
Politic is defined as to participate in campaigning.(verb)
An example of politic is to run for office.
See politic in Webster's New World College Dictionary
Origin: ME polytyk < MFr politique < L politicus < Gr politikos, of a citizen < politēs: see police
See politic in American Heritage Dictionary 4
Origin: Middle English politik
Origin:, from Old French politique
Origin:, from Latin polīticus, political
Origin:, from Greek polītikos
Origin:, from polītēs, citizen
Origin:, from polis, city; see pelə-3 in Indo-European roots.
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In this paper, we propose a novel framework for multilevel full-chip routing considering both routability and performance called MR. The two-stage multilevel framework consists of coarsening, followed by uncoarsening. Unlike the previous multilevel routing, MR integrates global routing, detailed routing, and resource estimation, together at each level of the framework, leading to more accurate routing resource estimation during coarsening and thus facilitating the solution refinement during uncoarsening. Further, the exact routing information obtained at each level makes MR more flexible in dealing with various routing objectives (such as crosstalk, power, etc.). Experimental results show that MR obtains significantly better routing solutions than previous works. For example, for a set of 11 commonly used benchmark circuits, MR achieves 100% routing completion for all circuits, while the previous multilevel routing, the three-level routing, and the hierarchical routing can complete routing for only 2, 0, 2 circuits, respectively. In particular, the number of routing layers used by MR is even smaller. We also have performed experiments on timing-driven routing. The results are also very promising.


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Adding an Assistant or Game Manager for Extra Help
By Dr. David Hoch, CMAA on October 03, 2017 hst Print
With all of the responsibilities and the extensive time it takes to accomplish everything, an athletic administrator has an extremely hectic and perhaps, at times, overwhelming position. Without some extra help, some individuals may face extreme frustration and possible burnout.
While game management is only one of the hundreds of these responsibilities, it does consume many evenings, particularly in the fall and winter seasons and makes for extremely long days. Help covering these contests represent a good starting point to provide some relief. And there are basically two possibilities – adding an assistant athletic director or game managers for individual contests.
What is the difference between the two options? An assistant, for example, should have some knowledge, experience and ability involving a full-range of tasks and duties and not just providing coverage of contests. This individual would be assigned to help with specific aspects of athletic management, some of which would be handling occasional game management responsibilities in place of the athletic administrator.
A game manager, as the title implies, has a very specific responsibility and that is to be the supervisor at an assigned contest. An out-of-season coach, a teacher or an assistant principal could easily fill this part-time position with a little training. With written step-by-step guidelines and one evening "shadowing" the athletic director while he is managing a game, an individual with a basic understanding of athletics should be able to handle the responsibilities.
However, the difference goes beyond the actual scope or duties of each position. It will probably cost more to fund an assistant athletic director's position than paying for game managers for individual contests. The undetermined variable, however, is the number of games that would be covered by someone other than the athletic director.
While adding an administrative assistant could also provide help, the following suggestions should be considered specifically with regard to assisting with coverage of games.
 - Prepare a proposal detailing the hours and responsibilities involved in game management requirements for a season. Hard data can go a long way in an effort to substantiate the reasons for additional personnel.
 - Invite your principal or superintendent to join you in the step-by-step procedures to set up, manage and close up after a typical contest. Show this individual the detail and effort involved. And then explain that this process is repeated several times a week, week-after-week during a season.
 - Create a job description for both assistant and game manager positions. These documents should include the basic responsibilities and should be shared with your supervisor – the principal or superintendent – so that this individual can get a clearer picture of what is involved. Also, a job description for both alternatives is necessary in order to draw a fair comparison between these two alternatives.
 - Take a look at a typical seasonal schedule and try to determine how many evenings should be covered in an ideal situation and what amount would be the bare minimum in order for you to meet personal and family needs. With this information, you can develop a cost analysis of adding an assistant or utilizing game managers.
 - Come up with a creative way to fund game management personnel if inclusion in the budget is not possible. One option is to use gate revenue to pay the individuals filling this position. First, you would need approval from your supervisor and follow the proper payment procedures that are used in your district. This would probably involve depositing funds in your school account and writing checks for each person filling this occasional position.
 - Schedule a meeting with your principal or superintendent to present your data, share possible solutions and ask what help they think is ultimately possible. With insight and feedback from this conversation, prepare your formal proposal.
If your proposal is approved, you will still want to monitor your game management responsibilities. As schedules expand or additional sports are added, you may need to tweak your coverage plan. Of course, if your suggestion for providing help isn't approved, you will want to continue to document your time and efforts. It also means that you should network and keep looking for creative solutions.
There should be little doubt that adding an additional individual, or several, to provide help is a key ingredient in order to survive both during a season and for a long, successful career.


A Study on the Adaptability of College Students' Ideological and Political Education under the Environment of New Media
New media has rapidly become the important way of college students' school life and interpersonal communication for its fast spread, strong interaction, and universality. When the new media provides hope and opportunities for the ideological and political work in colleges and universities, it also brings impacts and challenges to the traditional way of education. Colleges and universities ought to actively seek for strategies of the adaptability of ideological and political education under the era of new media by strengthening the building of staff, improving political consciousness, building college new media platform, reinforcing college students media literacy education and introducing the new field of college ideological and political education.
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- Initial OPT Year - 90 Day Limit
- STEM Authorization – additional 60 days (150 Day Limit, aggregate for both OPT authorizations)
Authorization for OPT means you must seek and begin employment related to your degree within 90 days of the start date on your EAD card. Employment must be reported. It is a serious violation of visa status to be unemployed past the time limitation. Your F-1 status would be in peril and your OPT authorization will end early. You must be in status to keep an employment authorization or apply for a new authorization.
Days of unemployment are limited!
The regulations establish a 90-day limit for unemployment during the first OPT authorization. Once authorized for a STEM Extension of OPT an additional 60 days are allowed for a total of 150 days. In the STEM period, and unemployment days from the first OPT count toward the 150-day total.
- Anyone authorized for Post-Completion OPT or STEM OPT must count the days they are unemployed click here.
- The 90-day limit is also in effect for ABD students on Post-Completion OPT
- Every day is counted including Saturday and Sunday
- Cap-Gap period is included in the 90-day limit
- The count is an aggregate number, all periods of unemployment are added together
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Serious consequences for exceeding the period of unemployment
If you exceed the limit for unemployment you have violated your status unless you take one of the following actions:
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Bidens have orchid named after them in Singapore
SINGAPORE - US Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill received a customary Singapore honour Friday - an orchid named after them - as they paid an official visit to the tropical city state.
Singapore has long used orchid naming to recognise international leaders, with high-profile political figures including Nelson Mandela and Margaret Thatcher having blossoms at Singapore's National Orchid Garden.
The Bidens were feted at a ceremony at the 63-hectare (155 acre) garden, where a new hybrid orchid, Dendrobium Joe and Jill Biden, was named in their honour.
The vice president signed a symbolic "birth certificate" officially naming the orchid, one of many new varieties constantly being developed in Singapore.
"Mr. Prime Minister, never did I think in my wildest dreams that I would have an orchid named after me and my wife," a smiling Biden told Singapore's Lee Hsien Loong.
"That was beyond any expectations I ever had as a child or an an adult."
VIP orchid-naming first took root in 1957 during British colonial rule when a variety was named after Anne Black, the wife of London's high commissioner to Singapore.
Singapore is a leading exporter of orchids and its national flower is an indigenous violet-hued variety called the Vanda "Miss Joaquim".


What Do Prairie Dogs Eat?
Prairie dogs eat mainly green leafy plants, insects and prairie plants. Prairie dogs are not dog species but are instead a type of rodents. They usually come out from their burrows to get food in the wild.
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Prairie dogs eat insects, grasses, leafy vegetables, leaves and other plants. They are opportunistic feeders in that for the most part they will eat what is available to them. You can find more information here: _URL_


Adjective "Accommodate" Definition and Examples
 2. to provide suitably; supply (usually followed by with): The officials were accommodated with seats toward the front of the room.
 3. to lend money to: Can you accommodate him, or are you short of cash?
 4. to provide with a room and sometimes with food.
 5. to furnish with accommodations, as food and lodgings.
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 "people can be accommodate."
 "organisations can be accommodate."
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- How long does Thompson's Water Seal last on brick?
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How long does Thompson's Water Seal last on brick?
10 yearsWater Seal can only be used on bare and uncoated brick, stone or concrete.
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If applied correctly, Water Seal will last up to 10 years..
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How much does it cost to seal brick? The total cost to seal brick will range from $0.19-$12.00 per square foot depending on the type of brick sealer used, and the amount of brick being sealed, and whether or not you are applying the brick sealer, or hiring a contractor to apply the brick sealer for you.
Is it good to seal brick?
Brick is extremely porous, so it can absorb water like a sponge, and over time, water absorption can cause crumbling and cracking in the brick. Apply a sealer to your exterior brick for protection against water damage and minimize moss growth.
Is it a good idea to seal brick?
The Brick Development Association states, 'We believe the use of sealants and water repellent treatments on brickwork is totally unnecessary and take the view that properly specified and built work performs perfectly satisfactorily in resisting water penetration by wind driven rain, without their need.
How often should you seal brick?
Before: Split face block is extremely porous and needs to be sealed every 5 to 7 years. After: Clearcoat sealants do not leave any residue on the block. Before: Split face block is very porous and susceptible to water penetration.
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LastiSeal is a water-based, polyester-polymer and polyurethane sealer for brick, concrete, pavers, stones, mortar and other porous masonry. LastiSeal penetrates up to 4 in. and fills the pores, bonds the substrate and cures as a hard plastic below the surface.
How do you clean brick before sealing?
Warm water alone is typically sufficient in cleaning exposed brick but if the wall is particularly dirty, then the dish detergent and table salt mixture can cut through grease and stains. Apply it to the brick and let it sit for about 10 minutes before using the brush to scrub away the dirt.
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AREAS OF APPLICATION Suitable for use on brick, mortar, stone & concrete. Give the surface a scrub with a stiff bristle brush. Fill any cracks and do pointing repairs, if needed. APPLICATION Give the tin a good shake.
Can brick be waterproofed?
Brick is not waterproof. … It can enter directly through the brick, the mortar, and/or the contact zone between the brick and mortar. The primary path of water into brick walls is the contact zone between brick and mortar and mortar joints. The vertical joints between individual brick are rarely solid.
What can I use to waterproof brick?
Sweep or dust brick thoroughly before sealing. … Scrub the brick with warm, soapy water and a rag. … Pour a brick sealer into a paint tray. … Paint the sealer onto the brick surface using a paint roller. … Apply a second coat of sealer and allow it to dry for 24 hours before walking on or touching the brick surface.
Is Thompson Water Seal good?
5.0 out of 5 stars Love Thompson's Water Seal with the harvest gold color! Basically, it takes your weather worn fence and restores it back to almost new looking boards, plus protecting it from the elements. I used my spray gun to apply, and a little goes a long way. Obviously, you can use a brush to apply it as well.
What is the best water sealer for brick?
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Definitions of vestry
n. - A room appendant to a church, in which sacerdotal vestments and sacred utensils are sometimes kept, and where meetings for worship or parish business are held; a sacristy; -- formerly called revestiary. 2
n. - A parochial assembly; an assembly of persons who manage parochial affairs; -- so called because usually held in a vestry. 2
n. - A body, composed of wardens and vestrymen, chosen annually by a parish to manage its temporal concerns. 2
The word "vestry" uses 6 letters: E R S T V Y.
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I'm facing problem in adding a drawable object to a Parcel object, in order to send an object from one activity to another activity.
There are methods like writeString(String) to add strings to a Parcel object. But do not know how to add a Drawable to the Parcel object.
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You cannot add a Drawable to a Parcel, as Drawable does not implement the Parcelable interface. Certain types of Drawable might implement Parcelable, but I am not aware of any.
You can put in the Parcel some identifier (e.g., drawable resource ID) and have the recipient obtain the Drawable on its own.
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I think you can try wrapping the Drawable inside an object that implements Parcelable.
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You can do that using Bitmap and BitmapDrawable.
Let's say you have a Drawable called drawable and a Parcel (in which the object should be written) called parcel.
To write a Drawable into a Parceable:
if ( drawable!= null ) {
 Bitmap bitmap = (Bitmap) ((BitmapDrawable) drawable).getBitmap();
 parcel.writeParcelable(bitmap, flags);
else {
 parcel.writeParcelable(null, flags);
To read the Drawable from the Parceable:
Bitmap bitmap = (Bitmap) in.readParcelable(getClass().getClassLoader());
if ( bitmap!= null ) {
 drawable = new BitmapDrawable(bitmap);
else {
 drawable = null;
In particular, since the constructor BitmapDrawable (Bitmap bitmap) has been deprecated, you might want to use BitmapDrawable (Resources res, Bitmap bitmap) instead.
drawable = new BitmapDrawable(context.getResources(), bitmap);
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Light vehicle: Example, how to calculate your vehicle licence fee
In the following example, a 12 month renewal is applied to a standard motor car (Tare weight: 1,650 kg - the weight of the unladen vehicle):
|Calculate your light vehicle licence fee||Fee calculation|
|Vehicle fee per 100 kg x Total weight (rounded up to the nearest 100 kg) / 100||$23.64 x (1,700 kg / 100) = $401.88|
|Plus prescribed flat fee $13.20 (12-month renewal: (discounted rate) = $6.60)||$6.60|
|Total vehicle licence fee (rounded to the nearest five cents)||$408.50|
- Prescribed flat fee for a vehicle for a period of one year is $13.20 discounted 50%.
- Any vehicle renewal term less than 12 months; calculation will be $13.20 divided by 12 then multiplying by the number of months in respect of which the renewal is paid.
- 6-month renewal: ($13.20/12)*6 = $6.60.
- 3-month renewal: ($13.20/12)*3 = $3.30.
- GVM = Gross vehicle Mass. kg = kilogram. cc = cubic centimetre, engine displacement.
- kW/t = kilowatt per tonne, 1 m² / S³.
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A NativeScript Font Icon Converter
Getting set up to use Icon Fonts in a NativeScript app is fairly straight-forward. NativeScript documentation covers it, and Nathanael Anderson has a tutorial covering things in more depth. However, there's one annoyance I have with using them in NativeScript and this post will cover that and one way to resolve it.
The Annoyance
Once you're set up to use icon fonts, you'll typically have a CSS rule defined to set the font-family when a certain class is used:
.fa {
 font-family: FontAwesome;
But, as you can see in the above referenced getting started docs/tutorial, CSS is not what sets the content as it would be if we were using HTML and Icon Fonts. We have to find the unicode and set the text property of our element to use that:
So you must either memorize the unicode for your font icons or be resigned to looking them up every time.
One solution
NativeScript has a feature baked into it called Converters - essentially functions you can pipe an input to and have it converted to a different output without changing the source (i.e. a property on a model). You can also have application-wide converters by adding them to your application's resources, which is what we'll be using to make it easier to use our icon fonts!.
Create our Converter Function
The first thing we'll want to do is to create the function that will be our converter. Let's create a new directory: app/utils/ and create a new TypeScript file within named fontIconConverter.ts. This converter is actually really simple - it just has a hash map of all the icons we want to use and their unicode value, then provides a function for converting strings, or parts of strings, to the appropriate unicode value. Notice below that we're also handling cases where an icon may be passed in within a string of text.
// app/utils/fontIconConverter.ts
const fontToUnicode = {
 //I recommend using the full css class name of the icon (i.e. 'fa-bluetooth')
 // instead of shortening (i.e. just 'bluetooth') in case you need to use the
 // text along side an icon
 'fa-bluetooth': '\uf293',
 'fa-hashtag': '\uf292',
 'fa-usb': '\uf287'
function valueToFontUnicode(value: string): string {
 //if the value isn't a key in our hash map, just return the value as it is
 return fontToUnicode[value] || value;
export default function fontIconConverter(value: string): string {
 //check for spaces so we can handle things like "fa-bluetooth some text here"
 if (/\s/.test(value)) {
 return value.split(/\s/).map(t => valueToFontUnicode(t)).join(' ');
 } else {
 return valueToFontUnicode(value);
Make the converter accessible application-wide
Now that we've defined a converter function, we just need to add it to our application resources to make it available application-wide. Simply navigate to your app/app.ts file, and make the following additions:
import fontIconConverter from './utils/fontIconConverter';
application.resources['fontIconConverter'] = fontIconConverter;
Use the converter in your view
Now that we've added the converter to our application resources, we can use it in any view like this:
Is it still clunky/ugly? Yep. But, I find it easier to remember the actual names of the icons over their unicode values. So, in an app where a lot of different icons are being used, this may just be helpful. If you're only using one or two icons then maybe it wouldn't be worth it - you'd have to decide :)
Quick Caveat
Any time that you are using the binding syntax {{... }} your view must have a binding context or it won't interpolate. Even if all you're doing is taking a static string, such as is the case with the font icon converter, and running it through a converter. If needed, you can just set the binding context to an empty object and that works, but kinda feels hacky to me.
It's certainly not a perfect/elegant solution, but as far as I can find it's either typing in the unicode directly to the label or some converter like this when it comes to using font icons. If you know of a better approach, feel free to share in the comments!
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A banding wheel is a work tool made for use in the workroom of a factory or a ceramics workshop during the process of decorating ceramic objects.
It is a necessary implement to divide up the decoration of the piece over its entire surface using fine and thick lines, between which the artist would create decoration that was either similar to or differentiated from the other decorative elements framed within them. Applying these lines also enclosed the decoration as a whole, both to complete the ornamentation along the edge of the mouth of the piece and to enclose it at the base.


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How to replace food stamps
COLUMBUS - The Sept. 14 wind storm that left more than 2 million Ohioans facing longterm power outages is more than an inconvenience to food stamp recipients.
According to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS), food purchased with food stamps can be replaced in certain circumstances, including if it spoils because of a power outage lasting longer than four hours.
To replace spoiled food purchased with food stamps, individuals must visit their county department of job and family services (CDJFS) and complete and submit a "Statement Requesting Replacement of Food Stamp Benefits" form. This form must be submitted within 10 days of the event that caused the food to spoil (in this case, Sept. 14) or, if the person was away from home, 10 days from when the food spoilage was discovered. Individuals can request an amount equal to the amount of food lost, but not exceeding the food stamp allotment for the month in which the disaster occurred.


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Of Saints and Sharifian Kings in Morocco: Three Examples of the Politics of Reimagining History Through Reinventing King/Saint Relationship
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The relationship between sainthood and the sharifian monarchy in Morocco has attracted much attention from researchers within the area of Moroccan studies. The analysis of this relationship can offer invaluable insights into the dynamics of Moroccan history because the king and the saint are widely regarded as the two most salient actors in this history. Yet, the study of the relationship between these two figures has suffered a tendency towards downplaying its historically dynamic nature, and essentializing the cultural constructs upon which it is predicated. In this thesis, I offer a revisionary reading of king/saint relationship through analyzing three examples from the 'Alawite dynasty. I argue that this relationship has been highly dynamic, and has capitalized on baraka and sharifism as versatile cultural constructs. More significantly, the dynamics of king/saint relationship in Moroccan culture allows the strategic reinvention of history in order to meet the demands of changing historical contexts.


How to manually remove duplicate Citrix servers from the CMC using DSCHECK.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Sometimes continually moving XenApp servers from folder to folder or in and out of a farm, you can end up with the server name becoming duplicated in the CMC. Here is a method from David Paoleschi using DSCheck to manually clean up your server farm.
Procedure or Steps
Using DSCHECK Version 5.15 or greater with the /DropMember parameter, you can manually remove the server from the folder that it does not belong to.
/DropMember <ParentGroupDN> <MemberUID> – Drops a member with the given UID (not equivalent to DN) from a parent group with the given DN
How to use:
Be sure to test on a backup datastore first as the procedure cannot be reversed. Customers will need to have a current backup of the datastore before proceeding.
1. You will first need to find the folders that the particular server belongs to.
 1. output the folder groups that the particular server belongs to, issue the following command: dscheck /full groups
 2. You may want to output the results to a text file so that it may be searched**
 3. Search for the server in question and validate the folder groups in the output are the same folder groups that the server appears under in the CMC. Then note the UID of the server and folder groups. In the example below the server in question is named CITRIX1 and appears in two separate folder groups.
 4. /ZONE1/NE and /ZONE1/SE
 5. Group (UID=78d4-0002-00107bfe) (DN=78d4-0002-00107bfe) (Type=Group) (Name=Servers/ZONE1/NE)...Done.
 6. Member (UID=1cea-000b-00000369) (DN=1cea-000b-00000369) (Type=Server) (Name= CITRIX1)...Done.
 7. Group (UID=78d4-0002-0010801b) (DN=78d4-0002-0010801b) (Type=Group) (Name=Servers/ZONE1/SE)...Done.
 8. (UID=1cea-000b-00000369) (DN=1cea-000b-00000369) (Type=Server) (Name= CITRIX1)...Done.
 9. To remove a server from a particular group, run the following command: dscheck /full groups /dropmember First_Prameter Second_Parameter
The First_Parameter is the UID of the "Group"
The Second_Parameter is the UID of the "Server"
The Server (CITRIX1) was found in the following CMC group folders
In /ZONE1/NE folder (UID=78d4-0002-00107bfe)
In /ZONE1/SE folder (UID=78d4-0002-0010801b)
Server Name=CITRIX1 (UID=1cea-000b-00000369)
To remove from the /ZONE1/NE folder
dscheck /full groups /dropmember 78d4-0002-00107bfe 1cea-000b-00000369
To remove from the /ZONE1/SE folder
dscheck /full groups /dropmember 78d4-0002-0010801b 1cea-000b-00000369
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Dictionary Results for hollow|
1. hollow - noun
· a cavity or space in something; "hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks"
Hypernym(s): cavity, enclosed_space
2. hollow - noun
· a small valley between mountains; "he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians"
Hypernym(s): valley, vale
3. hollow - noun
· a depression hollowed out of solid matter
Hypernym(s): natural_depression, depression
4. hollow - verb
· remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside"
Synonym(s): excavate, dig
Hypernym(s): remove, take, take_away, withdraw
5. hollow - verb
· remove the interior of; "hollow out a tree trunk"
Synonym(s): hollow_out, core_out
6. hollow - adjective
· not solid; having a space or gap or cavity; "a hollow wall"; "a hollow tree"; "hollow cheeks"; "his face became gaunter and more hollow with each year"
7. hollow - adjective
· as if echoing in a hollow space; "the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom"
8. hollow - adjective
· devoid of significance or force; "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments"
Synonym(s): empty, vacuous
9. hollow - adjective
· lacking in substance or character; "a hollow person"
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Mahad Name Meaning
|"One who is great" or "One who is praised"
Mahad is a name that carries significant cultural and historical weight. It is not merely a collection of syllables; rather, it holds profound meaning across various contexts. From its roots in different religious traditions to its usage in contemporary society, Mahad embodies a rich tapestry of symbolism and significance.
The name Mahad originates from Arabic and Urdu, derived from the root word "Mahid," which means "one who is great" or "one who is praised." In its essence, Mahad encapsulates the idea of greatness, importance, and reverence.
In Islamic tradition, Mahad holds particular importance as it signifies the greatness and praise of Allah. It is often used as a name for boys, reflecting the parents' aspiration for their child to embody noble qualities and virtues.
One of the notable figures bearing the name Mahad is Mahad Abdiaziz Abdirahman, a Somali politician who served as the Minister of Education, Culture, and Higher Education of Somalia. His dedication to education and public service exemplifies the values associated with the name Mahad.
Throughout history, individuals named Mahad have left their mark in various fields, from literature and academia to politics and religion. Their contributions have shaped societies and inspired generations, further cementing the name's significance.
While specific data on the population of individuals named Mahad is not readily available, it is evident that the name maintains a presence in communities worldwide, particularly in regions with significant Muslim populations.
For those who believe in astrology, individuals named Mahad may fall under different zodiac signs depending on their date of birth. Each sign carries its own characteristics and traits that may complement or contrast with the inherent qualities of the name Mahad.
|March 21 – April 19
|April 20 – May 20
|May 21 – June 20
|June 21 – July 22
|July 23 – August 22
|August 23 – September 22
|September 23 – October 22
|October 23 – November 21
|November 22 – December 21
|December 22 – January 19
|January 20 – February 18
|February 19 – March 20
The lucky stone associated with the name Mahad is the Sapphire. This precious gemstone is believed to bring wisdom, prosperity, and spiritual enlightenment to those who possess it.
The lucky metal for Mahad is Silver. Symbolizing purity and strength, silver is associated with qualities that resonate with the essence of the name Mahad.
Friday is considered the lucky day for individuals named Mahad. It is a day associated with blessings, abundance, and opportunities, aligning with the auspicious nature of the name.
The lucky number for Mahad is 7. This number symbolizes spiritual growth, intuition, and divine guidance, reflecting the journey towards greatness and enlightenment.
Green is the lucky color for Mahad. Representing harmony, renewal, and prosperity, green embodies the positive energies associated with the name and augments its auspicious nature.
In conclusion, the name Mahad transcends mere linguistic significance to become a symbol of greatness, reverence, and divine blessings. Whether rooted in religious beliefs, cultural heritage, or personal aspirations, Mahad resonates with individuals across diverse backgrounds, guiding them on a path towards fulfillment and success. Its timeless appeal and profound meaning continue to inspire and uplift generations, cementing its place as a name of enduring significance.


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What is European Food Like?
People want to know the ins and outs of something before they try it and so, it's no surprise people ask what is European food like. While we're all familiar with things like fish and chips or various kinds of pasta, there is a whole world of European foods. Remember that European food goes from Britain to Russia, that's a lot of dishes that could be on a menu.
If you're unsure as to what is European food is like, let's go over some of the differences and why there is not a totally clear cut answer. Remember though, reading about food is always different than experiencing it.
The Differences
Every region has its thing and European food is no different. The dishes tend to be heavier on meats, flour, and starches. Bread, beef, lamb, noodles, butter, potatoes, all things common in European foods that aren't as prevalent in others. Salad is also a major part of the cuisine, as is a particular order to the meal. While many cultures have an order to their meal, European cuisine was very much about appetizers being served one way and needing to have a particular sense of flavor to dessert being the same. It is now common practice for appetizers before meals, as you well know.
Things like rice and corn have become part of European foods but, they aren't traditionally nor are they staple. It comes from cultures moving around the globe and trading cooking tips. Overall though, that is the core of European food.
Every Place is their Own
What is European Food LikeJust because European cuisine tends to have ingredients in common doesn't mean it is all the same everywhere. Asian foods have similar spices and ingredients but, Korean and Chinese foods are wildly different. The same goes for European cuisine.
Italian food is different than Greek and French food is dissimilar from the British. Every country and culture has its own history, developing their own cuisine over the centuries. So, asking what European food is like can be rather difficult. You'd have to ask what each country's food is like, though there may be similarities as noted above.
The best way to find out what European food is like is to try authentic European food. You can travel the world from your plate, tasting the history of each culture and what they've brought to the table. Quite literally.
More than a Continent
Counties like Germany and Poland have their own dishes as does Spain and Italy. Europe is more than a continent, it's a land filled with dozens upon dozens of histories. Each has its own flavors and while some areas have more in common than others, each has its specialties as well. The French, for example, are known for their rich desserts. The Germans for their sausages, and the Italians for their pasta.
It's all European cuisine.
There are Central European cuisines, Eastern European cuisines, Northern European cuisines, and Southern European cuisines. That would give you a closer taste evaluation but, Serbian foods would still be different than Albanian. That's like saying food in New England is just the same as food in Kentucky. Different regions have their own spin, though they may come from similar roots.
If you're really curious as to what is European food like, treat yourself to a few dishes and see it does taste like. That is what we're most proud of at the Old European, offering people the chance to taste the other side of the world. Authentic and across Europe is what we offer.
So, come on in and find out for yourself what is European food like. We'll be happy to talk you through the menu, offer suggestions as to what you may like. Some things may be wildly different than what you're used to and that can be the best surprise. Tasting something entirely new.
Reading about food is one thing but, it's always different when it hits your tongue. Let's solve that curiosity for you. Come on in and taste Europe.
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Shelley, Idaho, is a town of about 4,000 located in east-central Idaho. First settled late in the 1800s, it was established as a town in 1904. This collection contains an assortment of pictures, descriptions, and articles that document the history of Shelley.


How to send two different DocRead tasks from the same base document
It is really easy to use DocRead to assign an item that has been stored in a SharePoint document library or list to groups of users who then must acknowledge the completion of the item leaving an audit trail to prove exactly who has completed what task and when. DocRead allows you to select several SharePoint Groups / Active Directory groups and individuals who will all receive the same instructions and will all be asked to complete the same task.
However if you need two groups of employees to read / complete the same information, but with slightly different requirements then this is also easy to arrange without having to duplicate the initial document or save details in multiple locations by using a link to the document.
For example:
1) If you need Group A to read a document and take an associated quiz but also need Group B to read exactly the same document but who do not need to answer the quiz.
2) If Group C are required to read an item, but it only needs to be recommended to Group D and you wish email messages to contain appropriate messages to be sent to both groups.
How to create two DocRead tasks from the same item
1) Save the item in the required SharePoint library or list.
2) Create a link to the document, this is shown in more detail in the post here.
3) Use DocRead message templates to ensure the email notifications and messages the user receives in the DocRead task window are appropriate for the task.
4) Attach surveys created with DocSurvey as necessary.
5) Repeat steps 2, 3 +4 to create as many iterations as you need.
6) Assign each link to the document (with the correct messages) to the correct group(s) of users.
7) Ensure the item is checked in, approved as necessary and a major version has been created, then wait for the DocRead timer job to run (or process reading tasks manually on the site) for the tasks to be created. Remember after the tasks have been created you may need to wait a little while longer for the associated emails to be sent (this will depend on the settings you have used for the email notification schedule timer jobs).
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How To Prepare A Pressure Cooker To Bake Cake
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Have you ever tasted a pressure cooker cake? It tastes as amazing as an oven baked cake; the only difference is that you have to prepare a pressure cooker to bake cake instead of an oven.
The pressure cooker creates pressure and heat from the steam is built in it. By cooking in pressure cooker one not only gets tasty food to eat but also saves on cooking time.
However, there are two ways to bake a cake in pressure cooker; sand way and the water way.
It is up to you, the method you want your cake to be baked as cake made by both these methods are soft and delicious.
The most important part in baking cake in a pressure cooker is to first prepare a pressure cooker to bake cake. So, here is what you need to do:
 - Take a pressure cooker, big enough to contain the baking pan.
 - Wash it firmly with soap solution. The cooker should be free of odor before a cake is baked or else it may spoil the cake's taste.
 - Wipe it with a clean towel.
 - Now, remove the whistle of the pressure cooker. We do not make use of the whistle while baking cake. The vent is let open so that the steam can disperse.
 - If you want to bake cake with sand method, put some sand on the cooker's base not more than an inch. This method is recommended if you do not have a baking stand to keep the baking pan. This helps the baking pan by not letting it touch the surface of pressure cooker.
 - If you have a baking stand for baking pan, follow the water method for baking. Pour water in the pressure cooker, at least one and half inch up from the bottom. Now keep the baking stand in the cooker.
 - Place the baking pan filled with the cake batter on the sand or the baking stand, depending on your method.
 - Put the lid of pressure cooker, without the whistle and let the pressure cooker hear for 45 minutes on low flame.
The cake will be ready; you can check it by putting a toothpick or a knife.
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of those scenarios below and how to reproduce them in Node-Red.
Delay an Action
Most timers are used to delay a specific action until a relative later point in time (i.e. turning off a light after a specific time interval). Node-Red has a Delay node for performing this same time of set time delay.
Block Other Actions During a Defined Time Period
Many times in Openhab when you don't want an action occurring within a certain time frame of a previous action, you do so by setting a timer in the first action and then checking if a timer is still active when a second action tries to occur. In Node-Red there are a couple of different ways to accomplish this depending on some of the nuances involved. One is to use a "Rate Limit" within a delay and telling the delay to drop any messages that come in during the delay.
You can also use the Trigger node in Node-Red. These nodes are very flexible, allowing you to send actions at the start of a time period or at the end or during both. You can also extend the triggers if certain events happen. So for example if you have a motion sensor trigger a light on and then want it to turn off after the last trigger from your motion sensor you could use a trigger as follows:
As you'll see, there are many different ways with Delays and Triggers that you can approach solving the same problem.
Logging
Logging is one of the big strengths of Node-Red. You can create immediate Debug outputs that you can see from the edit window or to File nodes to write entries to an external log file.
Notifications
While Node-RED has some addon Nodes to help support different types of notifications, I wanted to still be able to leverage some of the built in functionality of OpenHAB as well. This required setting up necessary OpenHAB items and rules to interfact into OpenHAB's functionality.
Broadcast Notifications
Through the OpenHAB Cloud Connector _URL_ you are able to use the mobile apps to both access your system and receive broadcast notifications _URL_ To integrate this into Node-RED requires an item to carry the notification information and a rule to trigger the notification.
Item Definition:
String vNotification "Notification [%s]"'
Notifications.rules:
rule "Send Notification"
when
 Item vNotification received update
then
 sendBroadcastNotification(vNotification.state.toString)
end
And finally a Node-RED flow to send the notification. Here I used a change node to create my text message:
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You can also use the template node to include other payloads or topics into your notification message:
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If you want to add a time stamp to your message I was able to put together the following to create a plain language time stamp (i.e. 3:32 pm)
For cut-and-paste purposes:
msg.payload = msg.payload + new Date().toLocaleTimeString('en-US',{timeZoneName: 'short'});
return msg;
Audio & Voice
OpenHAB has the ability to play audio files and convert text-to-speech: _URL_ To take advantage of this integration we follow a similar approach as we did for the Broadcast Notifications above using a combination of a custom item and a rule combined with a Node-RED flow.
First to trigger a text-to-voice (assuming you have already setup everything in OpenHAB as per above).
Item Definition:
String vSpeech
Speech.rules:
rule "Send Speech"
when
Item vSpeech received update
then
say(vSpeech.state.toString)
end
And finally a NodeRed flow to tie it together.
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I went a step further with mine to control the volume levels during and after sending speech (turning it up while the speech is broadcast and turning it back down). So I created a sub-flow (_URL_
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Similarly for sending an Audio file saved to your conf/sounds directory:
Item Definition:
String vSound
Sound.rules:
rule "Send Sound"
when
 Item vSound received update
then
 playSound(vSound.state.toString)
end
And Node-RED flow:
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Email
For email you can choose to use the SendMail binding _URL_ or alternatively you can do it directly from Node-RED using the email node _URL_ The one trick I did apply here is I didn't want to configure each node instance with my smtp server information and I wanted the ability to turn on and off the ability to send email (so I didn't spam my wife when I was testing) so instead created an email subflow and a control flow.
Email Subflow:
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Change Log
06.27.2017
 - Updated Item <item> changed [from <state>] [to <state>]
 - Fixed missing <>
 - Revised Item <item%gt; received command [<command>] / Item <item> received update [<state>] to differentiate between a change in status vs. just an update (where the status might not change)
 07.04.2017
 - Updated * If…then Statements to include the openhab-get node for checking item state
 08.03.2017
 - Added reference to node-red nodes - norelite
 08.18.2017
 - Added Notifications Section
 - Added notes on integrating with MQTT
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Node-RED as a rule/script engine for openHAB
(steve1) #2
Looks very interesting. Does Node-RED support turning flows into nodes that can be displayed in the side bar? A related question is whether a flow can be parameterized and reused by instantiating a flow with specific parameters. For example, if I have a complex flow for a type of device and I have 20 of those devices, can I create a flow component that can be reused for each device by just specifying the device-specific parameters for each device?
(Rgerrans) #3
I haven't played with them yet but Node-RED has the concept of sub-flows which are reusable flows that are treated like a node in your main flows - _URL_
(Eurico Borges) #4
You should put this info in the Wiki. not just in the forum.
(Rgerrans) #5
Which Wiki?
(Eurico Borges) #6
I was thinking on _URL_
( ) #7
Hey @rgerrans, great to see this thread after just a few days!! :wink:
@eurico_borges I'd prefer the tutorials to stay in the "Tutorials & Examples" section. This way people can discuss solutions and related problems as well as post related solutions or alternatives. The article can also be modified and updated more easily here.
However, I'd be happy to include the tutorial in the list of recommended tutorials in the second half of: _URL_
(steve1) #8
Maybe I missed something, but BigTimer doesn't seem to completely replace cron triggers since the time specifications are at the minute resolution. For higher resolution triggers (e.g., every 15 seconds) there is a cron node in Node-RED.
(Joe Lawrence) #9
Can the two rule engines co-exist??? IE Can I use both?
(Rgerrans) #10
Good catch. BigTimer looks to me to be more of an on/off timer (with minute heart beat which I find useful for resetting my schedule status following a restart). It doesn't look like it's designed to do repeat triggers. That's one nice thing about Node-RED is all the different contributed nodes.
In addition to the cron nodes, you could also just put a loop with a timed delay in your flow to cause a repeat during your on window. Like this:
Edit: Just realized this approach won't turn off. There should be a way with a trigger instead of a delay to inject an off into the flow, Will have to play with it later,
(Rgerrans) #11
Yes. I'm running mine in parallel while I transition my rules over.
In addition, I created an OH rule/virtual text item last night to be able to do a sendBroadcastNottification going forward so that I can still send notifications to the OH Mobile App once i migrate all my rules to node-RED so I anticipate still using the OH rules for at least that (I'll add it to the tutorial when I get a gap of free time).
(Joe Lawrence) #12
Thanks, you're doing exactly what I was looking to do. Always good to have extra tools!!
(Rgerrans) #13
Ok, got a chance to play some more and went with a trigger so that I could use the off from BigTimer to stop the trigger. Needed to add a slight delay otherwise it would get ahead of itself


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Definition of discus in English:
noun (plural discuses)
1A heavy thick-centred disc thrown by an athlete, in ancient Greek games or in modern field events.
- As far as performance goes, athletes are throwing the discus more than two times farther than the Greeks did, but records aren't falling as steadily as they used to.
- Now allegedly just as the discus left the athlete's hand, a sort of gale arose and blew it many more metres than was expected.
- Their goal was to empower them to run faster, jump higher, throw the discus and javelin farther, lift heavier weights, and excel in all power events.
2A small colourful South American freshwater fish with a rounded laterally compressed body, native to South America and popular in aquariums.
- Genus Symphysodon, family Cichlidae: several species
- Freshwater angelfish have extended dorsal and anal fins and discus fishes, have compressed, disc-like bodies.
- Don't place your discus aquarium near a door as all the movement will cause them stress.
- It has been said that the male discus fish will tend to have a less intense color and more pattern while the female tends to be more colorful but with lesser pattern.
Via Latin from Greek diskos.
Words that rhyme with discushibiscus, meniscus, viscous
Definition of discus in:
- US English dictionary
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Assume that the world economy consists of two countries
Question Background: Assume that the world economy consists of two countries: Russia and Byelorussia. Each country can produce tomatoes and potatoes. Russia can produce 1000 tons of tomatoes or 3000 tons of potatoes or any linear combination of tomatoes and potatoes that satisfies potatoes+3×tomatoes=3000. Byelorussia can produce 1000 tons of tomatoes or 1000 tons of or any linear combination of tomatoes and potatoes that satisfies potatoes+tomatoes=1000. Countries can freely trade with each other.
There are three specific questions that I'm unclear on and would like a more detailed solution to. These detailed solutions would preferably be a written explanation (possibly accompanied by a graph):
c) (2 points) If the equilibrium price of tomatoes is $600/ton, what is the minimum and maximum
possible prices of potatoes?
Answer: min = $200 max = $600
d) (3 points) Assume people in both countries eat the same dish that requires the equal amount of
tomatoes and potatoes to prepare. What will be the Russia's GDP if the equilibrium price of tomatoes is
Answer: World production: T=P=1500, price of potatos=$200; Russia produces 1500tons of potatoes and 500
tons of tomatoes. Thus, GDP=1500*200+$500*600=$600,000
e) (3 points) Given the same information as in question (d) above, how many tons of potatoes will be
consumed in Russia?


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The fastest speed that a bobsleigh can reach is roughly 135 kilometers, or 84 miles per hour. This speed depends on how many people are in a team, but in most situations four-man bobsledding teams can travel faster than two-man teams.
Apart from the number of people on a bobsledding team, the greatest factor that determines speed is the momentum gained at the start. A fast start can result in seconds saved over the length of the course. Four-man bobsledding teams have the ability to go faster because they have two additional sledders to provide extra weight and thrust. Apart from this, steering also plays a major role in the speed of a bobsleigh because any drifting can slow down the bobsleigh considerably.


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Solnechnoye Water Temperature
7°C / 45°F
The measurements for the water temperature in Solnechnoye, St.-Petersburg are provided by the daily satellite readings provided by the NOAA. The temperatures given are the sea surface temperature (SST) which is most relevant to recreational users.
Monthly average water temp
Monthly average max / min water temperatures
The graph below shows the range of monthly Solnechnoye water temperature derived from many years of historical sea surface temperature data.
The warmest water temperature is in July with an average around 64.8°F / 18.2°C. The coldest month is February with an average water temperature of 31.1°F / -0.5°C.
7 day tide forecast for Solnechnoye
*These tide times are estimates based on the nearest accurate location (Port Kem, Russia) and may differ by up to half an hour depending on distance. Please note, the tide times given are not suitable for navigational purposes.


What Does Bridge the Gap Mean?
Bridge the Gap Meaning
Definition: To connect things in a logical way; to have qualities of two different things; to fill in a space between two things.
Essentially, at its minimal meaning, bridge the gap means to diminish the differences between two things. This can be by adding something intermediary, as in, "Scholarships were provided to bridge the gap between students with money and students without money." or it can mean to find an existing similarity between the two, as in, "Their love of brownies bridged the gap between the two people who otherwise hated each other."
Origin of Bridge the Gap
meaning of bridge the gapBridge comes from the Old English brycgian, which means to make a causeway. Gap is an early 14th-century word meaning an opening in a wall, a break, a breach.
The broader meaning of unfilled space or interval, any hiatus or interruption didn't come about until around 1600, and it is likely that the metaphorical meaning of bridge the gap did not come about until after this—not until after the version to stop a gap was popular. Stop a gap, later stopgap, was something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency.
The earliest newspaper examples of the idiom as seen today were not until the late-1800s, with a May 1888 issue of The Pacific commercial advertiser reading,
 - Two hundred and seven circulating planetary bodies bridge the gap between Jupiter and Mars, the complete investigation of the movements of any of which would overtask the energies of a life-time.
Examples of Bridge the Gap
bridge the gap meaningIn the modern day, this idiom is used in casual conversations as well as in business conversations.
In its most literal meaning, people may say,
 - They are planning to bridge the gap with a 40 foot-long structure this spring.
If there is a noticeable and problematic difference between two things, one could say,
 - They will bridge the gap between German speakers and non-German speakers by providing a translator.
 - The knowledge gap between those at the top and those at the bottom can only be solved through a change in education.
More Examples
 - Bridging the gap between old and young will not be easy, and is clearly not something the Government can do: no one wants the state telling families how they should live. –The Telegraph
 - We wanted to bridge the gap [between healthy and filling food] and create a palate-satisfying hearty meal that wasn't heavy. The result? An 85% plant-based menu sprinkled with enough animal protein to feed the soul. –Ocean Drive
To bridge the gap is to connect two otherwise unrelated things by adding something or by finding common ground.


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Definition of Cupelled
1. cupel [v] - See also: cupel
Click the following link to bring up a new window with an automated collection of images related to the term: Cupelled Images
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cupelled
Literary usage of Cupelled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Practical Assaying: Intended for the Use of Metallurgists by John Mitchell (1854)
"This proportion varies with the nature of the substances cupelled, and to other circumstances. The quantity required in ordinary cases will be mentioned ..."
2. The Chemist: A Monthly Journal of Chemical and Physical Science (1854)
"cupelled 2000 grs., treated the remaining button with nitric acid, and obtained a ... 2000 grs. cupelled, and the residual button treated with nitric acid, ..."
3. Bulletin by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1905)
"RETENTION OP LEAD BY cupelled BEADS. Inasmuch as in hardly a single case did our corrected assays on proof metal show more than was weighed at the start, ..."


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What are the differences between cutting fluid and cutting oil?
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Cutting fluid and cutting oil are collectively referred to as metal working fluid. Although they have 4 basic elements, but they are different in some aspects, today Xiaobian for you to sort out and edit the difference between the two to share with you:
1, the difference of components
Cutting fluid and cutting oil are all cooling lubricants for metal working, although they have the same role and function. But there are essential differences in the production and use of material. Cutting oil is mainly composed of base oil and insoluble water additives, such as oil rust inhibitor and lubricant. The main component of cutting fluid is water, and add water-soluble rust inhibitor, lubricant, coupling agent, fungicide, cleaning agent, etc., from the composition of the cutting oil component is simple, the cutting fluid component is complex.
2, the use of performance is different
The main performance is that the cutting oil has good lubrication and rust prevention performance, so the cutting oil is usually used for finishing. Cutting fluid cleaning and cooling performance is good, cutting fluid is mainly used for high speed processing and rough processing need good cooling performance.
3. Maintenance is different during use
Cutting oil according to the specific situation of consumption of new oil can be added. Cutting fluid in the process of use is easy to deteriorate, causing odor. Therefore, in the process of use, pay attention to the concentration value and ph value change at any time and anywhere, and add stock solution and water.
4. The difference between cutting fluid and cutting oil in use cost
Cutting fluid in the process of use need to dilute 10-20 times with water. Cutting oil is used directly, so the cost of using cutting fluid is lower than cutting oil.
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Definition of jury box in English:
A segregated area in which the jury sits in a court of law.
- Yes, that's correct there, on the judge's right hand and on the judge's left is the jury box, and the witness box.
- Using large video screens placed at either end of the jury box, the prosecutors repeatedly showed an animated simulation of a knife slicing into a human chest.
- Beyond the cold numbers generated by historic fact, McKanna puts people in the jury box, on the witness stand, and on the bench in western courtrooms.
Definition of jury box in:
- US English dictionary
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Uncompensated phase errors lead to quality degradation of SAR images what is especially critical for high-resolution systems. In the paper, a novel approach to the stripmap autofocus is proposed. The idea of the method is to estimate the local quadratic phase errors by processing small data blocks. The conventional map-drift autofocus (MDA) algorithm is used for such estimation. Then, by a double integration of the estimated quadratic errors, an arbitrary residual phase error for large data blocks is evaluated. The performance of the proposed method is demonstrated with data obtained with an X-band airborne SAR system.
Estimation of Phase Errors in SAR Data by Local-Quadratic Map-Drift Autofocus


Letter from Africa: Why age is just a number in Ghana
By Lorlornyofm May 14, 2017 14:02
Letter from Africa: Why age is just a number in Ghana
In our series of letters from African journalists, veteran Ghanaian journalist Elizabeth Ohene reflects on why in Ghana a person's age is not etched in stone.
Ghanaians do not particularly love numbers. We tend to be quite lax, especially with figures that have to do with age.
Someone's date of birth or age is not considered important and very rarely features in any story about that person.
I know that in many parts of the world, once you are born and you acquire a date of birth, it stays with you. It is unchangeable and you die with it.
In Ghana, it is common to see notices in newspapers announcing a change in someone's date of birth. This often happens when a working person's date of retirement is approaching.
People then swear an affidavit to change their profiles from the 59-year-olds they are known to be, to the 55-year-olds that they want to be so they can carry on receiving a salary for a few extra years.
According to the constitution, the retirement age for most public officers is 60.
Seven years younger
Some people have been known to swear affidavits to change their date of birth that would put them in Primary Class One before they were born.
The most dramatic Notice of Change of Date of Birth I have seen was one that reduced an official's age by seven years.
An official of the Electoral Commission (EC) helps a voter to do biometric verification before casting his vote for the presidential election at Bole district in northern Ghana, on December 7, 2016.
Image copyright AFP: Image caption Incorrect birth records could undermine elections
I am writing about this subject because of a recent news item that I thought went way beyond the extraordinary, even for Ghana.
The news report said that about 800 teachers had applied to the Ghana Education Service to have their ages changed.
Some wanted their dates of birth changed to make them younger and a few wanted their dates changed to make them older than what was on their documentation.
The news story was greeted with a lot of outrage and I said to myself: This must mean Ghana is finally joining the rest of the world in paying respect to dates of birth.
"How can people want their dates of birth to be changed?" was the incredulous reaction to the story I heard from many young people.
But then the head of one of the teaching unions came out to make a spirited defence of his members.
The teachers wanted their dates of birth changed only because, according to him, mistakes had been made at the time of their employment by the payroll departments in entering the dates.
Why make a fuss about three years?
This phenomenon has been possible because very few births are recorded.
Once upon a time it was illiterate parents that did not bother to get the births of their children recorded and with time the date got lost in the mists of memory.
A birth certificate is supposed to be provided before a child can be enrolled in school but somehow or other, many people are able to get their children into school without birth certificates.
Elizabeth Ohene:
Elizabeth Ohene
Elizabeth Ohene
This total disregard for the sanctity of dates of birth manifests in other ways that sometimes undermines all official records in Ghana.
When in later life you require a birth certificate, you would go before a commissioner of oaths and offer a date that would be said to be based on the best "guessestimate" given you by your parents or family member.
In much later life, when you are approaching the compulsory retirement age of 60 and you desperately want to continue to work a few more years because you can't survive on your pension, you go back to the commissioner of oaths and swear that you have now discovered compelling evidence that the original date of your certificate was wrong.
For example, you were told that you were born in the year the chief of the village was enstooled (inaugurated) and you have discovered he was enstooled in 1968 and not 1965.
There probably does not exist any official record of the date of the enstoolment of this chief anyway, so why make a fuss about a difference of three years?
Ghana school class
Some school children might have voter cards
I have seen school children who cannot be more than 14 years old who have voters registration cards. The law says you have to be 18 to register to vote.
The consequences might follow you through life unless you are prepared to go on paying visits to the commissioner of oaths to acquire new dates of birth.
Police recruitment advertisements have a cut-off date of 25 years.
You are really 21 but have a voters' registration card that says you are 26 because you passed yourself off as 18 when you were 14.
Sometimes it has been football players who try to shave off a number of years from their ages so they can participate in age-restricted competitions.
Nana Akufo-Addo, the new president of Ghana,
Photo: President Nana Akufo-Addo, 73, wants citizens to have ID cards with unchangeable biometric data
These days technology is being deployed to ensure the integrity of such competitions, making it difficult for 20-somethings to participate in under-17 competitions.
A lot of attempts have been made to enforce the registration of births and deaths, and so far all these attempts have failed spectacularly.
There is already in existence a regulation issued by the head of the civil service some years ago which says public officials are not allowed to change their dates of birth during their time in government employment.
In other words, you are stuck with whatever date of birth you enter the service with, and you cannot get younger or older by swearing an affidavit.
It was always going to be difficult to enforce this directive because there are many people here who believe their ages are "confidential" and should not be advertised.
You could ask someone how old they were and get a reply: Is it my official or real age that you want?
One of the firm promises made by the new government is that within its first year in office, a national identification system will be in place.
In other words, all Ghanaians will have identification cards with their unchangeable biometric data and none of us will be able to swear an affidavit to acquire a new date of birth.
Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland plays a forehand in his semifinal match against Roger Federer of Switzerland on day 11 of the 2017 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 26, 2017 in Melbourne, Australia.
Switzerland's tennis star Stan Wawrinka has been described as "a mere 31"
We are all holding our breath.
And whilst I await this dramatic change, I have been wondering if there are any advantages in the current situation where a person's age is a changeable and confidential figure?
My mind went to a sentence I read in an online article in a British newspaper earlier this year.
Those who follow tennis would recognise that this was part of a report during the Australian Open:
"A few hours after Serena Williams, 35, joined her 36-year-old sister, Venus, in the women's final by trouncing the 34-year-old Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, Federer, 35, somehow conjured some more retro magic to beat Stan Wawrinka, a mere 31, for the 19th time in 22 matches," the article in The Guardian said.
I fear that faced with the possibility of such prose in our newspapers, many people in Ghana are going to opt to keep dates of birth a changeable and private event.
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Conditions in Oxygen: how show/hide content based on UTM tags?
Starting from version 2.4, Oxygen has a powerful and useful "Conditions" functionality. More details can be found in the official documentation. Using the conditionals feature, we can now hide or show certain site content depending on the fulfilment of conditions. This can be useful, for example, to create hidden content only for subscribers of the site, or to create paid closed sections. In addition to the 26 built-in conditions, we can now create unique conditions using the API.
Cases of using conditions may be different and are limited only by your need and imagination. In this tutorial, I want to share with you my experiment on hiding content based on UTM tags. See an example of how this works.
I'm still testing it, but it seems to be working well. And so, I tell you how to do it step by step.
Step 1
Install the Code Snippets plugin, if you haven't installed it yet. We will need to add a small amount of PHP code to register our conditions.
Step 2
Create a new snippet Snippets > Add new (for example, I called it "Testing UTM-tags", but you can give it any name you need). In the snippet field, paste the following code and save the changes:
if( function_exists('oxygen_vsb_register_condition') ) {
 oxygen_vsb_register_condition('UTM source', array('options' => array(), 'custom' => true), array('=='), 'utm_source_callback', 'UTM');
 function utm_source_callback($value, $operator) {
 if (isset($_GET['utm_source'])){
 $utm_source = $_GET['utm_source'];
 setcookie("utm_source", $utm_source, $expire);
 return oxy_condition_eval_int($utm_source, $value, $operator);
 oxygen_vsb_register_condition('UTM medium', array('options' => array(), 'custom' => true), array('=='), 'utm_medium_callback', 'UTM');
 function utm_medium_callback($value, $operator) {
 if (isset($_GET['utm_medium'])){
 $utm_medium = $_GET['utm_medium'];
 setcookie("utm_medium", $utm_medium, $expire);
 return oxy_condition_eval_string ($utm_medium, $value, $operator);
 oxygen_vsb_register_condition('UTM campaign', array('options' => array(), 'custom' => true), array('=='), 'utm_campaign_callback', 'UTM');
 function utm_campaign_callback($value, $operator) {
 if (isset($_GET['utm_campaign'])){
 $utm_campaign = $_GET['utm_campaign'];
 setcookie("utm_campaign", $utm_campaign, $expire);
 return oxy_condition_eval_string ($utm_campaign, $value, $operator);
 oxygen_vsb_register_condition('UTM content', array('options' => array(), 'custom' => true), array('=='), 'utm_content_callback', 'UTM');
 function utm_content_callback($value, $operator) {
 if (isset($_GET['utm_content'])){
 $utm_content = $_GET['utm_content'];
 setcookie("utm_content", $utm_content, $expire);
 return oxy_condition_eval_string ($utm_content, $value, $operator);
 oxygen_vsb_register_condition('UTM term', array('options' => array(), 'custom' => true), array('=='), 'utm_term_callback', 'UTM');
 function utm_term_callback($value, $operator) {
 if (isset($_GET['utm_term'])){
 $utm_term = $_GET['utm_term'];
 setcookie("utm_term", $utm_term, $expire);
 return oxy_condition_eval_string ($utm_term, $value, $operator);
In this example, I set the cookie lifetime to 5 days. This means that if a user comes to the site via a link with a UTM tag, then each time he visits the page, conditions will work until 5 days have passed, or until he clears the cookie in his browser.
If you need to set cookies for a longer or shorter period, then on each line $expire=time()+60*60*24*5; replace 5 on the value that you need (in days). To save cookies for a specific condition or not, we will configure further in the next step.
Step 3
After registering conditions at the second step, in the list of conditions in the Oxygen editor, we should have new conditions: UTM source, UTM medium, UTM campaign, UTM content and UTM term. Next, we need to adjust the conditions for hiding / showing a block with content depending on our conditions.
Suppose that we need to track the source (utm_source tag) from Google ads. Our link with the UTM can look like this:{network}&utm_content={creative}&utm_term={keyword}
Now we need to create a condition, if the source is Google, then show on the page a special block that is initially hidden.
Variant 1: without tracking cookies
In this case, the block will be shown every time, but only if the link has an UTM tags. If the user enters this same page without any tags, the block will not be shown.
Create a condition for our block by selecting from the list - UTM source and writing a word equal to the value of the tag - google.
Oxygen Conditions: how show/hide content based on UTM tags?
Save the result and check.
Thus, we can track the value of any of the UTM tags (not just utm_source).
Variant 2: with cookie tracking
In this case, the block will be shown when you first visit the link with UТM. If you refresh the page, or visit the page without the UTM tags, the block will still be shown to the user over the entire lifetime of the cookie (in our example, this is 5 days, or until the user clears the cookie itself).
To do this, we will definitely need to change the condition type to OR and add an additional standard Cookie List condition in which we need to specify the value corresponding to the value of our UTM tag:
Set type Oxygen Conditions
set cookie conditions in Oxygen
Now the block will be displayed only if the url contains the word google OR cookies contains the word google.
That's all. I hope this article has been helpful to you.
Hey. This block is shown because you clicked a link with a UTM tag. Follow the link without UTM tags and you will not see this block. For convenience of testing in this example, cookies are not recorded.
Follow the link with the UTM tag and another block will be shown in this place:
go to the link
In this article, I showed only the simplest example of how much my fantasy was enough. If you have another task, have questions or requests, write your comment below.