How to Win Big with Sponsorship Naming Rights
Bank of America Stadium, Wells Fargo Center, Gillette Stadium. What do those three buildings have in common besides hosting sports games of huge proportions? That's right, it's that each arena is named after a company instead of a local landmark or a piece of historical relevancy. In this case, those companies are two banks and a shaving razor brand.
Naming rights in sports sponsorship can be very incentivizing. Still, it's an opportunity that sponsors may pass up if you don't frame it right. How do you successfully sell sponsorship naming rights?
Here's how to score a slam dunk with sponsorship naming rights:
 - Know your budget
 - Choose the building smartly
 - Recognize that a name is more than just that
 - Have the right contractual provisions
 - Understand how naming rights payments may work
Navigating naming rights can be a tricky topic, but not with the guidance I'm going to present in this article. I'll talk about naming rights in detail and delve into why sponsorship naming rights are so beneficial. I'll also circle back around to the above tips so you can score some major points in sponsorship naming rights!
What Are Naming Rights?
Naming rights are like a long-term advertisement. You sell a sponsor the right to their name being put on a building, often a sports arena. Then your sponsor's name could become the next Gillette Stadium or Wells Fargo Center.
For smaller, less instantly recognizable buildings, shorter-term naming rights deals are available, such as those that last three years. The bigger and more high-profile the building is, the longer-term the deals usually are. In those cases, a naming rights deal can last upwards of 20 years, sometimes longer.
In title-sponsored naming rights, whatever the original property's name was is completely erased in exchange for the new sponsored building title. With presenting-sponsored naming rights, you take a traditional arena name and add the brand to either the beginning or end of the name. For example, take the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.
Although it doesn't exist anymore (it's been torn down), the Metrodome in Minneapolis had many names over the years. Back in 2009, it was called the Mall of America Field at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome when Mall of America bought the building's naming rights. Whew, that name sure was a mouthful! After Mall of America's naming rights term ended, the building went back to just being called the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.
If you can't name a building, you can always claim naming rights for a sporting event. The Division 1 college football games used traditional names for a long time, but have since begun favoring sponsored naming rights such as The Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual or the Capital One Orange Bowl. Some college division games have embraced title-sponsored naming rights. As an example, the Camping World Bowl once was the Tangerine Bowl.
Naming rights deals, when done right, can be hugely, hugely valuable. I'm talking multi-million-dollar deals in some cases. So far, the most expensive naming rights deal in history was that between the Bank of Nova Scotia in Canada and the Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment company. In 2017, the two businesses penned a deal worth CAD $800 million that would last for 20 years. In American dollars, that's $635.84 million.
I do want to make it clear: not all naming right deals need to be so enormously expensive. Smaller deals for lesser-known stadiums can be just as mutually beneficial to the sponsor and your sports team or organization.
Non-Sports Naming Rights Examples
Although the focus of this article going forward will be on sports, I wanted to prove that other industries use naming rights as well.
Public transit stations are a big naming rights business, especially in major cities such as Philadelphia, New York, San Francisco, Las Vegas, or Boston. In these states, you might hop aboard public transport at the Penn Medicine Station or the NRG Station named after the energy company.
Tampa even allows you to name rolling stock and streetcar stations should you want to!
High-rise office towers, office complexes, major malls, hospital treatment centers or wards, college dining halls, libraries, performing arts centers, and museums are other areas where naming rights certainly come into play.
Oh, and a newly discovered monkey species was once in a bidding war for naming rights, with the winner paying $650,000 to name the simian. The name? The monkey. Yes, I'm serious!
How to Win Big with Sponsorship Naming Rights
You've discussed it amongst the members of your sports team or organization and you've decided that you want to proceed with sponsorship naming rights. You can win big, but like anything in sponsorship, that's not guaranteed. These tips will help you maximize your chances at success so your next sponsorship might be a grand slam!
Know Your Budget
Of all the assets you can offer a target sponsor, naming rights may be among the most appealing, but they're also one of the most expensive. Your sports team must have the budget for naming rights, and not just now, but in the future as well.
You'll be the one to present the terms of the sponsorship naming rights deal, so think about it for a while. If you can only afford three years of naming rights, that's okay, as it's better than nothing. Just be clear about that in your sponsorship package. It's also fine if you can't provide the target sponsor naming rights to an arena with a capacity of 65,000+ people like Gillette Stadium.
I can't stress enough how important it is to be realistic when budgeting for sponsorship naming rights. I say this on the blog a lot, but one of the worst things you can do in sponsorship is overpromise and underdeliver.
If you're honest about what you can offer a sponsor, sooner or later, someone will bite. Yet if you promise too much, get a big-name sponsor, and then fail to live up to the naming rights you said you'd provide, you lose out on that sponsor. You also could be in breach of contract with the sponsor. The financial repercussions, as well as the ding to your reputation, can spell the end of your sports team.
Choose the Building Smartly
In naming rights sponsorship, you have to look into the crystal ball often and predict what the future will hold. That especially comes into play when selecting which building will be the one that your sponsor will provide naming rights for. Sure, a prediction is just that and not a guarantee, but you must have at least a decent idea of what's coming down the pike.
If you promise your sponsor 10 years of naming rights and two years into the deal, you're approached by the building contractors and told that the arena is being torn down, you're now up the creek without a paddle. You promised the sponsor eight more years and they're not going to get it.
Unless you can come up with a similar building in a very short amount of time, then you again risk being in breach of contract.
When choosing a building for naming rights, you want to look at more than just the cost. How old is the building? Has it been recently renovated? Is it still a popular place? Are there plans to expand around the stadium, possibly adding a second arena? The answers to these questions will determine how viable a building you've selected.
Recognize That a Name Is More Than Just That
When you provide naming rights to a sponsor, you're selling them more than simply a title on a basketball stadium. The names of these buildings become interwoven into the fabric of the city or town in which the stadium resides. This provides ample opportunity for partnerships with local retailers and others within the community.
The sponsor won't mind this, as now they're opening up even more potential revenue streams, so make sure you anticipate these opportunities.
Have the Right Contractual Provisions
I have to talk about the legalities of sponsorship naming rights as well. In your contract, you should offer the sponsor exclusivity provisions to further sweeten the deal. These provisions prevent the local competition from sponsoring and/or advertising in a way that detracts from the sponsor's naming rights.
You'll need to provide prominence provisions as well, sometimes referred to as dominance provisions. As those names suggest, a prominence provision ensures that all advertising and signage for the sponsor is displayed more often than any other sponsors. Their digital displays will outsize all advertising and shine more brightly, quite literally in this instance. The placement of the signage will be recurring and highly visible as well per the prominence provisions.
Understand How Naming Rights Payments May Work
Naming rights sponsorship payments don't always occur upfront. Instead, if you score a high-dollar deal, the sponsor might make payment installments throughout the deal's term. So if the sponsor bought six-figure or even seven-figure naming rights, it can take upwards of 10, 20, sometimes even 30 years before all those zeros are in your sports team's bank account.
Talk to your sponsor about this, as many sponsors have found workarounds so more of the money is in the sports team's pocket faster. Maybe the sponsor pays through bonds if that's possible.
The Benefits of Sponsorship Naming Rights
Sponsorship naming rights, although not always the easiest to accrue, can really put stars in the eyes of your sponsor if you follow the above tips. Here are some of the perks of naming rights that the target sponsor reaps, as can your sports organization or team.
Free Advertising
The word "free" is so appealing, especially to sponsors.


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FAQ How do I use progress monitors?
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A progress monitor is a callback interface that allows a long-running task to report progress and respond to cancellation. Typically, a UI component will create a monitor instance and pass it to a low-level component that does not know or care about the UI. Thus, an IProgressMonitor is an abstraction that allows for decoupling of UI and non-UI components.
Each monitor instance has a strictly defined lifecycle. The first method that must be called is beginTask, which specifies a description of the operation and the number of units of work that it will take. This work value doesn't need to be very precise; your goal here is to give the user a rough estimate of how long it will take. If you have no way of estimating the amount of work, you can pass a work value of IProgressMonitor.UNKNOWN, which will result in a continuously animated progress monitor that does not give any useful information to the user.
After beginTask, you should call subTask and worked periodically as the task progresses. The sum of the values passed to the worked method must equal the total work passed to beginTask. The subTask messages can be sent as often as you like, as they provide more details about what part of the task is currently executing. Again, you don't need to be precise here. Simply give the user a rough idea of what is going on.
Finally, you must call done on the monitor. One consequence of calling done is that any unused portion of the progress bar will be filled up. If your code is part of a larger operation, failing to call done will mean that the portion of the progress bar allotted to your part of the operation will not be filled. To ensure done gets called, you should place it in a finally block at the very end of your operation.
Here is a complete example of a long-running operation reporting progress:
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 monitor.beginTask("Performing decathlon: ", 10);
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The monitor can also be used to respond to cancellation requests. When the user requests cancellation, the method isCanceled will return true. Your long-running operation should check this value occasionally and abort if a cancellation has occurred. A common method of quickly aborting a long-running operation is to throw OperationCanceledException.
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In Reflex, a student's fluency percentage is a measure of how well they know their math facts in their current assignment. When a teacher changes a student's assignment, it will effect that student's fluency percentage.
When a student's assignment is changed across assignment groups (Addition and Subtraction to Multiplication and Division or vice versa) the student's beginning fluency is set to 0%. Reflex must then reassess the student in order to determine which facts the student knows fluently in the new assignment.
If a student's assignment is changed within an assignment group (from Multiplication and Division 0-10 to Multiplication and Division 0-12, for example) a student's fluency will appear to drop. Although a student will retain all the facts they mastered in Multiplication and Division 0-10, their fluency percentage goes down because the Multiplication and Division 0-12 assignment contains more facts than the original assignment.


text: Julia Pastrana (1834 – 25 March 1860) was a woman born with hypertrichosis who took part in 19th-century exhibition tours in North America and Europe. Pastrana, an indigenous woman from Mexico, was born in 1834, somewhere in the Sierra of Sinaloa State. She was born with a genetic condition called hypertrichosis terminalis (or generalized hypertrichosis lanuginosa); that is, her face and body were covered with straight black hair. Her ears and nose were unusually large and her teeth were irregular. This latter condition was also caused by a rare disease undiagnosed in her lifetime, namely Gingival hyperplasia, which thickened her lips and gums. Charles Darwin described her as: "Julia Pastrana, a Spanish dancer, was a remarkably fine woman, but she had a thick masculine beard and a hairy forehead; she was photographed, and her stuffed skin was exhibited as a show; but what concerns us is, that she had in both the upper and lower jaw an irregular double set of teeth, one row being placed within the other, of which Dr. Purland took a cast. From the redundancy of the teeth her mouth projected, and her face had a gorilla-like appearance".


Aquatine lemurian calcite is a calcium carbonate mineral with a trigonal crystal system and a hardness of 3. It is typically a pale to a deep blue-green Calcite from a remote region of Argentina.
Aquatine Lemurian Calcite gets its name from its affinity to the element of water, and to the water-oriented civilization of Lemuria. Whether a physical or etheric place, Lemuria was a realm of the watery qualities—intuition, dreaming, feeling and visionary consciousness.
ALC deeply nourishes the emotional body. It is a strong antidote to stress, fear, worry and anxiety about the future. It soothes and replenishes the etheric body. It enhances dream life and facilitates lucid dreaming. It is ideal for opening up one's capacity for recalling past lives, ancient knowledge and tuning in to the morphic fields of the Earth's past. Those who wish to communicate with whales and dolphins can be aided by Aquatine Lemurian Calcite's capacity to enhance telepathic abilities.
It increases conscious sensitivity through one's energy field. It helps increase awareness of spirit guides and angelic guardians, and allows for easier communication.
ALC has a cooling, pacifying, calming effect on the emotional body. It has the frequency of a mother singing a lullaby or lovingly caressing her child.


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Economic Report of the President
The Economic Report of the President is an annual report written by the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. It overviews the nation's economic progress using text and extensive data appendices. The Economic Report of the President is transmitted to Congress no later than ten days after the submission of the Budget of the United States Government. Information provided includes current and foreseeable trends and numerical goals concerning topics such as employment, production, real income and Federal budget outlays, employment objectives for significant groups of the labor force, annual numeric goals, and a program for carrying out program objectives. The report has been published since 1947.
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Indexes of Quantity and Unit Value of United States Domestic Merchandise Exports, by Economic Class
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About the Australian Student Christian Movement
The Australian Student Christian Movement (ASCM) is an ecumenical movement of tertiary students, university faculty and senior friends with a history in Australia dating back over a hundred years. It is an affiliate movement of the World Student Christian Federation (WSCF), an international federation of over 100 national movements spanning six WSCF regions: Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America and Caribbean, Middle East and North America.
In 2004 the General Assembly of WSCF affirmed the following statement as the guiding vision of the federation:
The WSCF is a global community of Student Christian Movements committed to dialogue, ecumenism, social justice and peace. Its mission is to "empower students in critical thinking and constructive transformation of our world by being a space for prayer and celebration, theological reflection, study and analysis of social and cultural processes and solidarity and action across boundaries of culture, gender and ethnicity."


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Definitions for mendicantˈmɛn dɪ kənt
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
men•di•cantˈmɛn dɪ kənt(adj.)
begging; living on alms.
pertaining to or characteristic of a beggar.
of or pertaining to various religious orders, as the Dominicans or the Franciscans, that combine the monastic life with an active ministry in teaching or preaching and that originally owned neither personal nor community property, living chiefly on alms.
(n.)a person who lives by begging; beggar.
a mendicant friar.
Origin of mendicant:
1425–75; < L mendīcant-, s. of mendīcāns, prp. of mendīcāre to beg, der. of mendīcus beggarly; see -ant
men′di•can•cy-ˈdɪs ɪ ti(n.)
men•dic′i•ty-ˈdɪs ɪ ti(n.)
a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
a pauper who lives by begging
A pauper who lives by begging.
A religious friar forbidden to own personal property who begs for a living.
Depending on alms for a living.
Of or pertaining to a beggar.
Of or pertaining to a member of a religious order forbidden to own property, and who must beg for a living.
Origin: From mendicans, present participle of mendico. Compare French mendiant.
practicing beggary; begging; living on alms; as, mendicant friars
a beggar; esp., one who makes a business of begging; specifically, a begging friar


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One entry found for talkative.
Entry Word: talkative
Function: adjective
Text: fond of talking or conversation
Synonyms chatty, conversational, gabby, garrulous, loquacious, talky
Related Words communicative, expansive; demonstrative, effusive, gushing; outspoken, unreserved, vocal; articulate, fluent, glib, voluble; blabby, gossipy, talebearing; long-winded, prolix, verbose, windy, wordy; extroverted (also extraverted), gregarious, outgoing, sociable
Near Antonyms quiet, shy; mum, mute, silent, speechless, tongue-tied, wordless; evasive, nonvocal, secretive, self-contained, uncommunicative; aloof, introverted, unsociable, withdrawn
Antonyms closemouthed, laconic, reserved, reticent, taciturn, tight-lipped


Quick Answer: Do Quarterbacks Lift Weights?
Is 225 bench press good?
How long do football players workout a day?
What muscles make you throw a football farther?
Muscles Involved in Throwing These muscles include the pectoralis major and the rotator cuff muscles. Other muscles involved are those of the upper arm, the triceps and biceps; the muscles of the forearm and wrist; and the latissimus dorsi to a lesser extent.
Who has the weakest arm in the NFL?
Matt CasselMatt Cassel. The weakest arm among the starting NFL quarterbacks belongs to Kansas City Chiefs' passer Matt Cassel.
How do football players get big?
What muscles do quarterbacks use?
Football Quarterback – Core Strength: Not only does a football quarterback need a strong upper body for throwing and sustaining hard hits but he must also have a strong core. The back, abs, hips, and glutes are essential for a football quarterbacks durability as well as throwing velocity and speed.
Does Aaron Rodgers lift weights?
Poli says of Rodgers, "his strength is already off the chats." He estimates that Rodgers can bench press over 300 pounds.
Why do QBS lift their leg?
Some teams have a center look between his legs and then they go off the foot. So all the leg-raising is snap count in the shotgun when you're on the road." Quarterbacks also lift their legs to signal for a player to go in motion.
How often do football players lift weights?
On both the college and professional levels, most teams have at least two lifting regimens a week during the season. NFL players are weighed weekly to make sure they maintain their ideal playing weight, and pumping iron is a key component to ensure their hard-earned muscles aren't wasting away.
Should quarterbacks bench press?
When it comes to strength training, you might not think that one of the quarterback's most essential lifts would be the bench press exercise. However, it is absolutely essential for them to do some form of bench press because the improved development of the chest muscles will protect the collar bone and the sternum.


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Probabilistic Analysis of Random Test Generation Method for Irredundant Combinational Logic Networks
Issue No. 07 - July (1975 vol. 24)
P. Agrawal, Department of Electrical Engineering-Systems, University of Southern California
In this paper the random test generation method for large logic circuits is analyzed. Formulas for the detection probability and the number of random input patterns required to complete the test generation with a high probability are obtained for an irredundant fan-out-free combinational network tree consisting of identical n-input NAND gates. The quantitative estimates for the number of random input patterns required for test generation appear to depend upon the number of levels in the circuit and the fan-ins of the gates. Experimental results for actual computer logic circuits are given and show the validity of the approach.
Combinational networks, detection probability, fault detection, path sensitizing, probabilistic analysis of logic, random test generation.
P. Agrawal and V. Agrawal, "Probabilistic Analysis of Random Test Generation Method for Irredundant Combinational Logic Networks," in IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 24, no., pp. 691-695, 1975.


Build a real-time chat app with Node-RED in 5 minutes
08 August 2014
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Sign up for IBM Bluemix
This cloud platform is stocked with free services, runtimes, and infrastructure to help you quickly build and deploy your next mobile or web application.
Node-RED is a new open-source tool created by the IBM Emerging Technology team that lets you build applications by simply wiring pieces together. These pieces can be hardware devices, web APIs, or online services.
We'll show you how to build a real-time chat application on Node-RED using Bluemix in just a few minutes.
On IBM Bluemix it's easy to create a new Node-RED runtime. With just a few clicks you have a working environment, ready for you to create your new application. In this article, we'll show you how to build—in just a few minutes—a real-time chat application on Node-RED using Bluemix.
What you'll need
 - A Bluemix account
 - Basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. We provide all the necessary code, but a basic understanding of these technologies will help you understand the details.
Step 1. Create your Node-RED application
 1. Log in to your Bluemix account and create a new Node-RED boilerplate.
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 2. Give your application a name and click CREATE.Give your Node-RED app a name
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 3. On the Bluemix dashboard, navigate to the URL provided for your newly created application to launch Node-RED's main page.Node-RED URL on Bluemix
 4. Now click Go to your Node-RED flow editor to open the flow editor.Node-RED's main page
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 5. You should see a blank sheet where you can start building your app. When using Node-RED we build our apps using this graphical editor interface to wire together the blocks we need. We can simply drag and drop the blocks from the left menu into the workspace in the centre of the screen and connect them to create a new flow.New empty sheet on Node-RED
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Step 2. Import the code
Every Node-RED application can be imported and exported using the JSON format. So let's import our chat app into the new sheet.
 1. Access the project repository on IBM DevOps Services and open the nodechat.json file.
 2. Copy the entire file's content, then go back to Node-RED in your browser.
 3. Click on the menu button in the top right corner and select Import from… > Clipboard…
 Import menu on Node-RED
 4. Paste the file's content that you copied from the repository and click Ok.Area to paste code to be imported
 5. Click somewhere on the blank sheet to add the nodes that were imported.
 Importing an app in Node-RED
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We will explain what each piece does later on this article, but now it's time to deploy and run your application.
Step 3. Deploy and run application
 1. Click the red Deploy button next to the menu button to make your application live.
 Deploy button on Node-RED
 2. You should see a success message appear on the top, and the blue dots on the nodes will disappear. These dots indicate when a node has been changed but not yet deployed.
 Success message
 3. Now open a new tab on your browser and go to http://[app name], changing [app name] to the name you gave your application.
 Running our chat app
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 4. You now have your chat application running. Enter a username in the field on the left, write a message on the box on the right, and press Send.
 Sending a message using our chat
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 5. Open the chat in a second window or send the link to some friends and have fun. You should receive the messages instantaneously.
 Real-time conversation with multiple users
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Step 4. Explaining the code (optional)
In this section, we explain the code behind our application in more detail. You can skip this section, but we recommend you read through it to better understand how the app is built and to learn more about how Node-RED works.
 1. In the first section, we have three nodes:
 - WebSocket in
 - Function
 - WebSocket out
 First flow of the application
 These are the blocks responsible for creating the communication channel and processing the messages in real-time using the WebSocket protocol. The Function block is very simple. It only removes the value for _session from the msg object so that the message is broadcast to all clients connected to the WebSocket.
 Code to broadcast message
 2. The second flow is responsible for the client-side code. It has an HTTP in node, a Template to render an HTML page, and an HTTP out node for response. Second flow in thr application
 The HTTP in node ([get] /chat) creates an endpoint to receive GET requests and forwards those requests to the Template. The HTTP out node creates the proper response to be sent back to the user after the template has been rendered.
 3. The template can be broken into three parts: page structure, message handling, and visual.
 4. The page structure is a simple HTML page that contains a div that will receive all the chat messages, and a footer that holds the fields for sending messages. HTML structure of the app
 5. Message handling is done using JavaScript. First, we open a connection to the WebSocket endpoint we created using Node-RED.
 Openning a WebSocket connection
 Next, we register event handlers for the ws object to handle events such as opening and closing connections with the server and receiving new messages.
 Registering event handlers
 6. When the user sends a message we create an object with the username and the message, which is sent to the server using the send method in our ws object. Code to send a new message
 7. The visual part is done with some simple CSS rules that are not covered in this article.
Node-RED simplifies code development by providing us with a set of nodes ready to be wired together and used. As shown in this article, it takes very little work to have a server set up on Bluemix to use in your projects. You can enhance this simple chat application even more by adding new nodes and creating new flows to connect to the existing ones.
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Listed properties and EPC assessments
John Conlin / 21 February 2017
Chartered surveyor John Conlin explains why listed buildings don't have EPC assessments.
We are house hunting at the moment and ideally would like a period property but are concerned about running costs.
I have noticed that listed properties do not appear to have EPC assessments whilst unlisted properties of similar age do.
Why is this?
John Conlin: Buying a listed house - how liable am I?
There are two reasons.
Firstly, the assessment calculation uses fixed heat loss values for various standard forms of construction (eg cavity brickwork, solid brickwork, rendering etc) which would not be accurate for the mix of older construction and materials.
Secondly, the primary aim of an EPC is to suggest ways of improving energy conservation most of which involve changes that would not be acceptable (eg double glazing) for a listed building.


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Local councils charge rates on all properties in their areas to raise funds to pay for the services and infrastructure they provide.
Councils spend money on a wide range of services and infrastructure, including:
- roads and bridges
- housing planning and development
- waste and recycling
- water and sewer drainage
- sport and recreation
- health and safety.
About 60% of council revenue comes rates. This is the only tax councils are allowed to raise.
Property values and rates
In South Australia, council rates are a form of property taxation and property values play an important part in determining how much each individual rate payer contributes.
As it is a system of taxation, the rates paid may not directly relate to the services used by each rate payer. An 'ad valorem' principle applies. This means that the higher the value of the property, the higher the amount to be paid in the form of rates.
A full explanation of how rates are determined can be found on the website of the Local Government Association of South Australia.
Fact sheets on council rates - Local Government Association of SA


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barahumi official video by nazir M. Ahmad (Sarkin Waka)
The song about the Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi II. In the song Nazir describes how Danmajen Kano Sanusi Lamido became Muhammadu Sanusi II Emir of Kano. 'Barahube' in this context is best understood by its use in the song. Nazir uses it to describe the Emir as the first among equals, a prince and Emir, blessed, favoured, highly educated, commands respect, overcomer, chosen by Allah among other. 'Barahube' seems to be an adjective that describes many things at once not as synonyms but as distinct features of any noun. Nazir uses 'Barahube' to describe how the Emir overcame opposition to ascend the throne of his fathers.


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The momentum distribution of positronium (Ps) in BaF2 single crystal has been investigated in a temperature range from 10 to 297K. The existence of the delocalized and localized Ps has been confirmed. The momentum distribution of the delocalized Ps, a central peak at zero momentum and satellite peaks at the momenta corresponding to the reciprocal lattice vectors, has a large width even at 10K. The width is almost independent of temperature. The behavior is different from that of the delocalized Ps in other ionic crystals. This indicates that the delocalized Ps in BaF2 is strongly coupled to the phonon field.
- Angular correlation of positron annihilation radiation
- Delocalized state
- Momentum distribution
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- Physics and Astronomy(all)


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Emission Prediction with Detailed Chemistry 2019-01-2215
Numerical modeling of engine combustion products requires detailed chemistry and therefore large computational resources and time. This becomes a constraint when engine optimization at system level is desired. In this paper, a 1D modeling approach is proposed for fast computation to predict emission level at various engine running conditions. A new chemical solver within 1D framework is developed along with suitable reduced chemical mechanism. The reduced reaction scheme is validated against detailed chemistry on 0D and 1D reactors. It is confirmed that the new fast 1D solver achieves more than 100X speed improvement. Now larger mechanisms can be used for better accuracy with reasonable turnaround time. This methodology allows virtual engine emission map generation, with a refined emission map completed within 12 hours of computational time. When a transient response is considered, the critical first 600 seconds of FTP driving cycle is calculated within 1 hour, based on a reduced fast running 1D model.


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…how happy individuals were as college freshmen predicted how high their income was nineteen years later, regardless of their initial level of wealth.
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This longitudinal study examines the influence of dispositional affect, defined as self-rated cheerfulness at college entry, on 3 job outcomes (current income, job satisfaction, and unemployment history) assessed about 19 yrs later. Analysis using data from the 1976 "College and Beyond" survey of 13,676 freshmen shows that individuals with a higher cheerfulness rating at college entry have a higher current income and a higher job satisfaction rating and are less likely ever to have been unemployed than individuals with a lower cheerfulness rating. Although cheerfulness generally has a positive effect on current income, this effect is curvilinear, with current income increasing more rapidly at lower than at higher cheerfulness ratings; the effect is also moderated by parental income, with the increase in current income between any two cheerfulness ratings becoming greater as the level of parental income increases. The effect of cheerfulness on current income is not moderated by sex; the effect of cheerfulness on job satisfaction and on unemployment history is not moderated by either sex or parental income.
Source: "Dispositional affect and job outcomes" from Social Indicators Research
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In the scope of the ESA project "New Guidance Schemes for the Terminal Area Energy Management (TAEM) of Atmospheric Re-entry", the nonlinear guidance and control approach initially developed for Mars entry was adapted for an Earth re-entry. The scheme was applied to two types of Earth atmospheric entry missions (ISS and Lunar return missions), and a subscale Apollo-like vehicle was modeled.
The reference low-g (<3g) trajectories, which are especially challenging given the limited aerodynamic capabilities of the capsule, were optimised for both missions using the ASTOS software.
Despite these demanding requirements, the performance achieved by the nonlinear guidance scheme yielded further proof of both the validity and the performance of the proposed solution to the guided entry problem. In particular, lunar return trajectories all remained within a 2km circular radius, with >80% of cases within 250m.
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Object: Take the rope away from the cubes
Difficulty: Level 7 - Challenging
Brand: Logika Spiele
Warning! The instructions are in German.
These games are thinkingand cleverness-games out of recycled-plastic. A magic string game consists of a string and several stones. These stones have holes of different dimensions. There are 3 different string games: with one cube and 2 rectangular solids, with 2 cubes and 1 rectangular solid and with 6 cubes and one rectangular solid.
The origin of these games was found in the distant Africa. Modifications of these were also found in Guinea and China and they are also used for the conversation today. The object of the magic string games is to transport the stones from one string to another, or to take away the string completely from the stones.


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incised carving, as opposed to carving in relief.
ornamentation with a figure or design sunk below the surface.
a gem, seal, piece of jewelry, or the like, cut with an incised or sunken design.
an incised or countersunk die.
a figure or design so produced.
a process in which
a design, text, etc., is engraved into the surface of a plate so that when ink is applied and the excess is wiped off, ink remains in the grooves and is transferred to paper in printing, as in engraving or etching.
an impression or printing from such a design, engraving, etc.
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derivative of intagliare
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to cut < Late Latin tāliāre,
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CALL Scotland has written a guide to a well-hidden free Text to Speech facility in Microsoft Office 2010. It can speak selected text in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote.
Anyone who wants to listen to a lot is likely to prefer software with synchronised hi-liting, but this best kept secret would be particularly good for hearing occasional words.
The guide explains how to put a good-sized icon on the Ribbon.
To add a small icon for 'Speak' to the Quick Access Toolbar at the top of the Word screen:
- Click on the tiny icon 'Customise Quick Access Toolbar.
- Choose 'More Commands'.
- In 'Choose Commands from', choose 'All Commands'.
- In the big window called 'Separator', scroll down to find 'Speak' and click on it.
- Click on 'Add' in the middle of the screen to put it in your Quick Access Toolbar contents on the right.
- Click on OK.
Then, in your document, highlight text, click on the 'Speak Selected Text' icon and it will read it aloud.


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R = specular(Nx,Ny,Nz,S,V)
R = specular(Nx,Ny,Nz,S,V) returns the reflectance of a surface with normal vector components [Nx,Ny,Nz]. S and V specify the direction to the light source and to the viewer, respectively. You can specify these directions as three vectors[x,y,z] or two vectors [Theta Phi (in spherical coordinates).
The specular highlight is strongest when the normal vector is in the direction of (S+V)/2 where S is the source direction, and V is the view direction.
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Forest Creatures Foundation is producing INPUT 2018, to be held in Brooklyn, NY. This is the first time the conference will be held anyplace in New York State.
INPUT is the International Public Television Conference, also known as the International Public Television Screening Conference. Its primary event is an annual global conference for public broadcasting professionals centered on three screening rooms simultaneously presenting some of the best and most innovative public television programming from around the world. The programs cover a variety of genres and must have been broadcast on public television. In any given year there will be sixty to one hundred countries represented at INPUT.
INPUT was founded on the principle that every culture is valuable and deserves respect and recognition. It stimulates an increased awareness of cultural, societal, and national sensibilities as it relates to public television programming from around the world.
Sometimes there is debate and disagreement regarding the merits of the program. There can be controversy, especially with programs that examine religious beliefs, cultural norms, and accepted or unaccepted behaviors. For example, INPUT has screened a program about "honor killings" that had been banned from broadcast in its country of origin.
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Color-code production control items in the IFC model
To color-code items in the IFC model according to their properties, use the Colorize command in the Model Viewer Interface dialog box. For example, you can color-code items according to their production status or sequence. You can also set filters to only color-code particular items in the model. By using a filter, for example, you could first filter the items by their sequence, and then color-code the items in that sequence by their production status.
- In the Production Control dialog box, right-click anywhere in the display area.
- In the context menu, click Model Interface.
If necessary, in the Model Viewer Interface dialog box, filter the items that you want to color-code:
- Click Set Filters.
- In the Estimating Filters dialog box, select a filter type in the Type list, and click Select.
In the Filter dialog box, do one of the following depending on the filter
Click the arrow buttons to move the items that you want to display in the model to the Included list.
Type the maximum and minimum values for the items that you want to display in the model.
Repeat steps b to d for all filter types that you want to set.
- Click Apply Filter.
- Click the arrow on the right side of the Colorize By list and select a property in the list.
- Click Colorize.
The items in the IFC model are color-coded according to the selected property.
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The silver roughy or Mediterranean slimehead (Hoplostethus mediterraneus) is a small deep-sea fish species belonging to the slimehead family (Trachichthyidae). It is found widely at depths of 100 to 1,175 m (328–3,855 ft) in the Atlantic, ranging from Iceland and Georges Bank in the north to South Africa and Brazil in the south, including the Mediterranean and Gulf of Mexico. It is also found in the Western Indian Ocean, including the Red Sea.
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What does a black horse symbolize in the bible?
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It represents 'Famine' and Matthew 24:7 is Jesus' parallel of Revelation 6:
Revelation 6:5-6New King James Version (NKJV) Third Seal: Scarcity on Earth5 When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come and see." So I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand.6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, "A quart[a] of wheat for a denarius,[b] and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine."Footnotes:
 1. Revelation 6:6 Greek choinix; that is, approximately one quart
 2. Revelation 6:6 This was approximately one day's wage for a worker.
Matthew 24:7New King James Version (NKJV)
7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences,[a]and earthquakes in various places.Footnotes:
 1. Matthew 24:7 NU-Text omits pestilences.
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In the Bible a black horse symbolizes famine
What does the color black symbolize in the Bible?
Usually sin or evil.
What does a sea horse symbolize?
There are a number of things a sea horse could symbolize. A sea horse could symbolize peace or fragility for example.
What is the meaning of the black horse in the book of Revelations?
In the book of Revelations, the black horse is generally understood to represent famine. In later years, and in different contexts, a black horse has also been known to symbolize suffering and death.
What does The Bible symbolize?
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In some cultures black cats can symbolize good luck. However, in many cultures, a black cat can symbolize bad luck.
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good luck!
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Guidecraft Beehive Lacing, Manipulative Preschool Toy for Kids
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The beehive lacing set combines a classic lacing activity while inspiring dramatic play. Set includes a solid rubber wood beehive with holes for the three bees on multi-colored lacing strings to lace through it. These manipulatives are easy for little hands to grasp and are for developing essential and cognitive skills including dexterity, hand-eye coordination, as well as visualization and process. Suggested age: 3+.
- Beehive lacing set encourages children to lace the colorful bee strings through the beehive block
- Includes beehive, and three bees on multi-colored strings, with bead Stoppers
- Various holes run through the chunky wooden beehive block to lace each bee in and out in various directions
- Strengthens fine-motor skills and sequencing capabilities
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According to the documentation here, 'keyboard' input is supported for online experiments, but 'free text' is not. What exactly is the difference between the two? And why is only one supported? From my experience with psychopy in the past, having free text input in an experiment would require manually recording keyboard inputs one by one, so I wanted to know why this is the case.
Yes, you can get free text responses if you code them yourself, keypress by keypress.
What the docs are referring to is that we would eventually like to create a text component that would handle all of this for you, without any custom code required.


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Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak in December 2019, a substantial body of COVID-19 medical literature has been generated. As of May 2020, gaps in the existing literature remain unidentified and, hence, unaddressed. In this paper, we summarise the medical literature on COVID-19 between 1 January and 24 March 2020 using evidence maps and bibliometric analysis in order to systematically identify gaps and propose areas for valuable future research. The examined COVID-19 medical literature originated primarily from Asia and focussed mainly on clinical features and diagnosis of the disease. Many areas of potential research remain underexplored, such as mental health research, the use of novel technologies and artificial intelligence, research on the pathophysiology of COVID-19 within different body systems, and research on indirect effects of COVID-19 on the care of non-COVID-19 patients. Research collaboration at the international level was limited although improvements may aid global containment efforts.


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To Join or Not to Join: Examining Patent Pool Participation and Rent Sharing Rules
40 Pages Posted: 19 Nov 2006 Last revised: 4 Dec 2015
Date Written: November 15, 2006
Much of the economic analysis on patent pools is theoretical, and nearly all of the models assume that participation is automatic - any firm with a relevant patent and an option to join a patent pool is assumed to do so. But allowing firms to opt out of patent pools is a far more realistic assumption, since all modern patent pools are voluntary. In this paper, we present empirical evidence on participation rates and the factors that drive the decision to join a pool. We also summarize the various profit sharing rules found in modern patent pools, and explore the consequences of the rule chosen. Understanding how these institutions form and grow is especially important since more and more standard setting efforts are leading to patent pools for licensing the intellectual property embedded in standards. We find that vertically integrated firms are more likely to join a patent pool and among those firms that do join, those with relatively symmetric patent contributions to a standard appear more likely to accept numeric patent share rules for dividing royalty earnings.
Keywords: Patent Pools, Standards Setting Organizations, Intellectual Property, Royalty Sharing
JEL Classification: L1, O3, K21, L41
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- Snatching my hand away from his hastily, I quickly composed myself to stand up.
- In December he had sat stunned at a hastily organised and crowded press conference at Heathrow airport.
- The strength of local feeling was such that they were hastily withdrawn.
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Ugur Kuter, Dana Nau, Marco Pistore, and Paolo Traverso
Although several approaches have been developed for planning in nondeterministic domains, solving large planning problems is still quite difficult. In this work, we present a novel algorithm, called YoYo, for planning in nondeterministic domains under the assumption of full observability. This algorithm enables us to combine the power of search-control strategies as in Planning with Hierarchical Task Networks (HTNs) with techniques from the Planning via Symbolic Model-Checking (SMC). Our experimental evaluation confirms the potentialities of our approach, demonstrating that it combines the advantages of these paradigms.


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A number of schools in Scotland is looking to spread the word of cheap energy bills by becoming the first in the country to test out new energy meters.
The meters are designed to show exactly how much gas, water and electricity each school is using and as well as helping deliver cheap energy bills, teachers are hoping they can be used to demonstrate to pupils how to cut energy bills in general.
Kenmore, Longforgan, Stanley and the Royal School of Dunkeld primary schools in Perthshire have become the first in the country to pilot the devices, which have been created by eco energy technology company Ewgeco.
Anne Burrell, head of Kenmore primary school said the arrival of the new devices would not only help to cut the school's energy bills, but could also be used to promote energy efficiency among the children, as well as getting them interested in environmentally-friendly businesses.
"It has given the children an insight into the world of enterprise and innovation as they have followed the design process throughout the past year," she explained.
Earlier this month, it was reported that a school in Cornwall had installed a wind turbine in its grounds, in a move that could help it pursue cheap energy rates.
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What is the population of Arizona? The U.S. Census Bureau provides population statistics. The actual census only takes place every ten years, in dates ending in a zero. In between, they often provide updated estimates.
The 2008 estimate for the population of Arizona was 6,500,180.
Population of Arizona, 2010
AZ Population Growth since 2000 census: 24.6%
Arizona ranks 16th in state population in the United States. It was 14th at the 2008 estimate, and 20th at the 2000 census.


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You need to start by having a csv file with your calendar events. If you were migrated from Office-Logic Interchange and requested your Webscheduler to be moved, the Information Technology department would have sent you a csv file as an attachment. Save that file in a location known to you, then follow the steps below to import those calendar items into Google calendar.
To import events from iCalendar or CSV files, just follow these steps:
- Click the Add down-arrow button at the bottom of the calendar list on the left side of the page, and select Import Calendar.
- Click Browse and choose the file that contains your events, then click Open.
- Select the Google Calendar where you'd like to import events, then click Import.
Please note that recurring events may not be recognized when importing events from CSV files. In this case, individual items will be created for recurring events that fall between the dates you've selected.


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Fast, accurate cornering decreases cycle times by five percent, increasing productivity while ensuring maximum safety and unsurpassed traction for high speed hauling. Volvo's industry-exclusive steering system allows the body to always monitor the tractor unit so the operator doesn't have to correct for steering adjustments typically found in traditional articulated truck steering system.
Advantages of Volvo Steering
Volvo articulated trucks function with precision throughout the life of the articulated hauler, maximizing production and safe high speed operations. The centering steering value ensures a smooth, steady automotive "feel" to the system. Ultimately, the hydromechanics are easy to steer, even at low engine speeds and in tough off-road conditions.
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The purpose of the 'Linking Land Protection & Stewardship' project was to bring together conservation partners in key communities, identify common goals and seek opportunities for enhanced cooperation. The Ontario Farmland Trust along with the Ontario Stewardship and the Ontario Land Trust Alliance began the initiative in early 2012. A web-based survey was designed to gather information about current levels of collaboration among local land conservation groups was first distributed. Additionally, the survey was also intended to help identify challenges and opportunities relating to stewardship and securement of natural heritage and agricultural lands. The survey groups included stakeholders such as land stewardship organizations, land trusts, conservation authorities, municipalities, agricultural groups and farmers. Following the administration of the surveys, OFT co‐hosted six information and networking workshops in six different regions throughout Southern Ontario:
- Prince Edward County
- Perth-Huron Counties
- Niagara Region
- Wellington County
- York Region
- Halton Region
The workshops were intended to bring local conservation groups together to share information about each others' work and brainstorm opportunities for enhanced collaboration. The goal of this one‐year initiative were to:
- – Develop strong working relationships between OFT, stewardship organizations, local land trusts, conservation authorities, municipalities and other environmental and agricultural groups;
- – Enhance the ability of stakeholders to collaborate on common goals related to land securement, stewardship and conservation, and landowner outreach and education;
- – Strengthen awareness of land protection and stewardship options among farmland owneroperators and other rural landowners for agricultural and natural heritage lands.
This project provided a forum for meaningful dialogue between groups that previously lacked opportunities to discuss challenges, overlapping priorities and mutual interests. Workshops also provided a learning opportunity for those working in land protection and stewardship, particularly around the work of the Ontario Farmland Trust, the multitude of land securement tools available to them, and understanding how to build stronger relationships with the farming community.
Workshop participants shared over 100 unique recommendations for new or enhanced cooperation between conservation groups in their local communities. Despite variation in comments between geographic areas, common themes emerged that highlight substantial opportunities for expanded collaboration in the pursuit of common land conservation goals. The project was completed in February 2013.
This project was generously supported by the Ontario Trillium Foundation
(an agency of the Government of Ontario).


The United States is the most expensive country to give birth in
Prices aren't just high—they also vary wildly.
The United States is the most expensive country to give birth in
It's a time when parents should be thinking about baby names and nursery decor, but for many American parents an impending birth means an impending bill and stress over money.
Indeed, the United States is the most expensive country to give birth in, and the 'fee-for-service' payment system may be why.
According to the International Federation of Health Plans, the average cost of a vaginal delivery in the United States is about $10,808. More recent data from health care technology firm Castlight Health suggests that number may be a bit lower, at $8,775, and nonprofit organization FAIR Health says it's actually higher, with the average cost for a vaginal delivery coming in at $12,290.
The variations reflect different methodologies, but all the data sets reveal one thing: Americans pay way more to give birth than parents in other nations. In countries like Sweden (where the maximum daily cost for a hospital stay is about $11 USD) or Canada (where most costs are covered by provincial health plans), parents don't have to wonder how much they'll pay to bring a baby home from the hospital.
Prices aren't just high—they also vary wildly. As noted in a study published in the journal Health Affairs, the cost of a hospital stay related to a low-risk delivery can range from $1,189 to $11,986 (that's just for facility fees and does not including the cost of an OB or a midwife).
For most families, it's the post-delivery hospital stay that adds up. Data from Truven Health Analytics shows facility fees are a significant portion of the cost of giving birth, far outstripping fees for maternity care providers, pharmacy, radiology and imaging, laboratory, and anesthesiology services.
And once you add in everything, the total of a family's bill depends a lot on where they live. A vaginal delivery that costs $6,075 in Kansas City would be billed at $15,420 in Sacramento.
According to the authors of the study in Health Affairs, the variation birth-related hospital costs suggest there may be opportunities to reduce bills by "increasing the coordination of care, and emphasizing value of care through new payment and delivery systems reforms."
Some health sector experts agree, changes need to take place to standardize and reduce the cost of giving birth in America.
"The price variances seen in both routine and cesarean deliveries reflect the larger systemic problems in our nation's healthcare system," says Kristin Torres Mowat, senior vice president of Plan Development and Data Operations at Castlight Health.
American parents want to know how much a birth will cost them, but, as new father Johnny Harris wrote for Vox, finding out the cost of having a baby before you have one is very challenging. "It's significantly easier to find out how much it costs to park at a hospital than how much it will cost to get treatment," Harris wrote.
The out-of-pocket costs a family pays after a birth are not only dependent on the location of the hospital, but also on their insurance. Negotiated rates, deductibles and health plan coverage varies, but regardless of your plan and state, if you're in America you're paying more than you would anywhere else in the world.
Add to that the struggle for paid parental leave, the high cost for childcare, and lost income for parents who do stay home for a few years and it seems like the price tag on birth in America is just the beginning.
Parenthood may be pricey (we don't even want to think about how much college is going to cost), but it always feels worth it when we bring home that new baby.
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Footnotes: Rate represents the sum of data for three years. For example, the 2009-2011 rate is derived from the sum of all deaths of children age 1 to 14 over that three year time period divided by the sum of the population of all children of that same age group over the same three years, multiplied by 100,000.
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The COVID-19 Task Force had a meeting on Thursday, October 28th. Here are the meeting notes from the Augsburg Staff Union representative.
Minnesota Department of Health Updates:
- MDH suggested keeping the masking requirements indoors through the end of November.
- During the MDH meeting, there was a discussion of what not to use antibody testing for.
- MDH has an updated K-12 decision tree which can also be used in the higher education setting.
- MDH is preparing training for those sharing reassuring and accurate vaccine information with the community.
- We are continuing to see a low number of cases per week– both vaccinated and unvaccinated.
- Vaccination numbers (students and faculty/staff) continue incremental improvement.
- Regional transmission is still very active.
- Testing Access Update:
- A summary of testing opportunities will be discussed with Augsburg Day Student Government regarding how to use and share the information.
- Communication Update:
- COVID Policy hold communication has been sent to students, with information to faculty and staff who may get questions from students.
- Federal approval of booster vaccinations added to Outbreak Planning site.
We set up a Google Form so Augsburg Staff Union members could state their questions or concerns to be addressed at the meeting. The following question was requested in advance of the meeting:
- Q: When an Augsburg staff, student, or faculty member gets a booster to their COVID-19 vaccine, do they need to or are they encouraged to report that info to Augsburg? If so, how?
- A: Dawn Miller addressed this briefly during the meeting. HR is waiting for more detailed guidance from OSHA about federal requirements. Employees are welcome to upload their booster information on the Human Resources page, but this is not a requirement at this time. As more information is clarified, this question will be provided a fuller answer at a future meeting.
Please note: Urgent questions related to COVID-19 should not be submitted via the Google Form, those questions should continue to be sent to _EMAIL_, calling _PHONE_, and/or by using the Augsburg self-reporting form.
The interim staff union representative will continue to send weekly updates based on information gathered in the COVID Task Force meetings and questions asked in the google form.


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International Conference on Optimization Design (ICOD 2010)
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the advent of the information age demands products easy to identify, the accelerated pace of people's lives, but also require product easy to operate. Products to meet these requirements will need an accurate form of semantics, which is one of the optimal designs of products. Product semantics refers to the appearance of the product itself, through the Industrial Modeling Language, to represent the use of product-related content. In this paper, the product form of semantics from the user in the form of symbolic elements of cognitive psychology, analyzes the research on the product form the user requirements and preferences of...


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== Copy Alpine to a {{{1|Flash Medium}}} ==
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# Insert the removable {{{1|flash medium (CF or USB stick)}}} into the computer.
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#* After inserting the {{{1|flash medium}}}, run the command:
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#* At the end of this command you should see the name of your {{{1|flash medium}}}, likely starting with "sd". (For example: "sda").
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=== Format {{{1|Flash Medium}}} ===
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* '''p''' Print list of partitions
* '''d''' Delete all partitions (this may take a few steps)
* '''n''' Create a new partition
* '''p''' A primary partition
* '''1''' Partition number 1
** Use defaults for first and last cylinder (just press [Enter] twice).
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* '''c''' Type: Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
* '''a''' Make the partition bootable (set boot flag)
* '''1''' Partition number 1
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# Install syslinux and dosfstools. If you have booted from an Alpine CD-ROM, use these commands:
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#* {{Cmd|syslinux /dev/sda1}}
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#* {{Cmd|mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /media/sda1}}
# Mount the Alpine Linux CD-ROM, and copy the files to the {{{1|flash medium}}}
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When your USB device is formatted to other filesystem than fat32, you might have to specify the necessary filesystem modules in boot parameters.
To do so, mount the device, and alter the syslinux.cfg file line from
in case of using ext3 formatted partition. Similar procedure might apply to other filesystems (if they are supported by syslinux or other bootloader of your choice and alpine kernel).
Also, specifying waitusb=X option might help with certain usb devices that take a bit longer to register. X stands for the amount of seconds kernel will wait before looking for the installation media.
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I am new to web game development and I am trying to do a web canvas game for a competition.
I have finished most of the codes but I am having problems with the highscore system which is a requirement for the game.
I have access to the server where I can host my game but it does not support SQL.
I am thinking of using only XML and ajax to manage the highscore.
Is this possible? Is that any reference that I can look into?
So far I haven't find a way to modify XML files with ajax directly.
I am aware that php is able to modify XML files, but I am also not sure whether the server will be able to support that.
Do all php servers support handling of XML files the same way?
(I know there is a difference between php 4 and php 5)
Any detailed tutorial on how to modify XML files in JavaScript will be appreciated.
Also, the organizer has provided this document which is supposed to help with the highscore system:
1 Create a text or XML file to store top 10 scores
To be able to store your game high-scores online you will need an Web-server and an online database. Hence, create a empty text file that will act like a database.
Determine what will be the delimiter to identify/separate each score. (Delimiter can be a "," or line break, etc)
2 Recording of High Scores
To be able to establish this highscore list in your text file, you first have to collect the score of player once player had completed his game.
With the collected score, your system will need to access the text file's content.
If the score collected is higher than the 10 scores in the text file, write the collected score inside the text file. Otherwise, discard the collected score.
If collect score had been written inside the text file, the game will re-arrange the standings of all the top 10 scores. And the last score which is previously recorded in the text file will be removed.
Tips to note
To avoid hacking, input parameters should be handled properly
You may wish to add some verification into the send scores, so someone cannot easily manipulate the scores by manually sending one.
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are you sure it doesn't support SQL or SQLite? phpinfo() will provide you information about extensions installed. – Phoenix Jun 21 '12 at 13:27
Its well documented; you can use the PHP DOM functions: nl.php.net/manual/en/book.dom.php – Oritm Jun 21 '12 at 13:42
where is the score calculated? On the client side or the server side? If it's on the client side, people will cheat by submitting high numbers to the script recording the scores. Also, it is not very clear what you are looking for since you ask for PHP and JavaScript. – Gordon Jun 21 '12 at 13:43
_USER_ Well, I think it does not even support PHP...iras20thdev.blob.core.windows.net/games/ACJC/htdocs-Copy21063/… – paradite Jun 21 '12 at 13:44
_USER_,the whole game is on the server, so cheating shouldn't be a problem. Now I would prefer a pure JavaScript solution since the server does not seem to support PHP. – paradite Jun 21 '12 at 13:46
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Work preferences represent the extent to which an individual derives satisfaction from engaging in different tasks. For example, some people are more satisfied working outdoors, while others are happy to sit at a desk.
Research indicates that job satisfaction is directly influenced by the degree of match between individual vocational preferences and specific job requirements (i.e. job fit).
Hiring people whose work preferences match a job's requirements can significantly:
The Revelian Work Preferences Profile assesses individual work preferences across the following eight areas, encompassing tasks that occur across a broad scope of occupational roles:
People completing the Revelian Work Preferences Profile are asked to indicate their preference for one of two tasks in a series of questions. Analysis across all items is conducted to identify their job preferences.
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Re: 506 definition of structure
From: Sailesh Panchang
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 17:25:02 -0400
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 John writes:
 > So it's not that these things "are separable >from presentation": we're really saying that >the presentation must always include all the >parts of the resource, including functionality >and structure.
 Sailesh writes:
 My understanding is that presentational and styling elements or markup are not embedded or built-into markup that
 - convey structure of different parts of the resource, or
 - do things (functionality).
 An example from another context might help clarify my thought. When designing say, employee ID# for an org., one normally prefers not to build intelligence into the ID#. If the ID# were to convey employee's department and be the employee's unique identifier, he/she would have to be assigned a new ID# everytime the individual's department changed. Likewise "intelligence"or in our context, code that conveys presentational effects should be independent of code that conveys structure / functionality.
 Perhaps the last sentence is the wording for the guideline 1.3...?
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Coordination of Traffic Signals
The quality of flow along a street is a function of the following:
Spacing of intersections along the street
Prevailing speed of traffic on the street
Traffic signal cycle length
Operation of the traffic signal equipment
In order to coordinate arterial traffic signals, each traffic signal in the group needs to allow sufficient green time for all movements during a common fixed time period, called a common cycle length. The cycle length chosen is usually determined by the largest intersection in a group of signals with the most conflicting movements. This will most often be an intersection that has left-turn arrows for all directions and wide cross streets. For that reason, the common cycle length that is fixed for each traffic signal in a group may be rather long.
Furthermore, to allow the coordination of the arterial, the side street is required to wait until the main traffic movement on the arterial has gone through the intersection. It is possible that the arterial traffic cannot be seen immediately, but will soon be passing through the intersection. The major arterial streets coordinated in the City include:
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The best shape for containing a pressurised gas is a sphere, where by 'best' we mean the shape that uses the smallest amount of material to contain a given mass of gas at given pressure.
The simplest explanation for this is that, since pressure acts equally in all directions, the best container of pressure is a container that looks the same in all directions -- which is a sphere.
We can see this by examining a pressure vessel made of a liquid: the walls of such a pressure vessel will flow to take up the best shape. Pressure vessels made of liquid are known as 'bubbles', and it is well-known that bubbles tend to be spherical.
The bathyscape Trieste, built in Italy in the Fifties, carried its crew in a steel sphere down to a depth of 11 km below the surface of the ocean. This is a good illustration of the suitability of spheres for withstanding pressure.
So why are scuba tanks cylinders rather than spheres? The cylinder is a compromise between the best pressure-containing shape and the need to mount the tank comfortably and conveniently on the diver's back. Similarly, gas cylinders in laboratories are usually cylindrical, since this allows them to be moved and stored conveniently.
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They mostly contain various junk items such as clipboards, bottles, and shot glasses. They often contain around 4-9 caps, and can even rarely contain Nuka-Colas, cartons of cigarettes, and sometimes various ammunition types.
- They can be found basically anywhere throughout the Wasteland both on the surface and underground.
- The majority of them are in stores, buildings, and alleys.
- Getting the Scrounger and Fortune Finder perks can increase the amount of caps and ammunition found in garbage cans.
- Garbage cans may respawn random items every 72 hours, and for this reason they are not safe for player to use as storage.


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Director of cultural events profile
Position: Director of Cultural Events
The duties of the Cultural Events Director of the Committee
The Cultural Events Director in charge will have to fulfill the following tasks.
1. The tasks:
what are the main tasks?
Promote the disciplines and culture of the European Social Sport Coach program, through the network of regional managers of cultural events.
To this end, it draws up, implements and implements the Annual Calendar of cultural events (Summer Campus, Martial Arts Cruise, Themed Educational Conventions, Technical Seminars, etc.) and the marketing plans useful for this purpose. In particular, it uses UPKL projects to award municipalities with the European City Plaque for Human Rights Education and HR + So funded by Erasmus +.
He develops the network and coordinates and motivates the Team of Regional Managers entrusted to him to achieve the cultural objectives of the Committees.
Collaborate with the School and Municipal Relations Director to promote UPKL programs.
2. Hierarchy between tasks: how important are the individual tasks?
3. Define the objectives: what objectives must the manager of the offered position achieve?
The Director of Cultural Events together with the Secretary General and Vice President elaborates the annual quantitative and qualitative objectives. The achievement of the objectives is verified on a quarterly basis.
The ideally desired criteria
In order to optimally fill the role, the ideal candidate possesses the following requirements
- Formal requirements:
school / academic training, high school diploma, degree in pedagogical disciplines, humanities or physical education. Sports certificates attesting high professionalism, if coming from martial arts, technical graduation equal to or higher than 4 ° Dan 10 years of work experience in managerial positions, preferably in institutional or public employment contexts.
- Specialist requirements:
skills, specific knowledge: knowledge of English or French at B2 level.
Computer skills and good skills in using Office, Joomla, Moodle packages in addition to the use of videoconferencing platforms.
- Social and managerial skills:
The ideal candidate is capable of managing leadership, uses a method of risk analysis and assessment, listens and compares with collaborators, colleagues and superiors to make autonomous decisions required by the role. He manages stress with excellent resilience skills and knows how to create friendly environments with a high level of professionalism.
- Methodical skills:
The ideal candidate is capable of organizing and structuring his or her collaborators' work, thinks strategically by analyzing scenarios, is able to adapt tactics to implement plans by adapting to adverse events or changed operating conditions, has excellent communication skills.
Self-assessment of the candidate with reference to the requisites required
Before sending the CV, the Candidate should process the self-assessment of her profile by attributing the right weight to her skills and competences on a scale of 1 to 6 points; where the values correspond to:
1) "absent requirement"
2) "Requirement to be improved"
3) "Sufficient requirement"
4) "Good requirement"
5) "Excellent requirement"
6) "Absolute strength that distinguishes the CV application".
To answer the self-assessment questions, it can help you weigh the various criteria correctly. For example, ask yourself how necessary a certain requirement really is in order to perform the required tasks optimally. Or evaluate if
- Would the exclusion of a competence or capacity have repercussions on the proper functioning of the Committee, of the Office assigned to you or on the satisfaction of users and collaborators?
- Could colleagues / co-workers compensate for the absence of those skills or deficient skills?
- Which of the required skills could be acquired later with ease and which with difficulty (for example through work experience or with specific training)?
- Are you willing to take the time to optimally learn / develop the skills you lack?


Re: Best practices: representing homonym relationships in SKOS
From: Thomas Bandholtz
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:10:18 +0100
Message-ID: <_EMAIL_>
To: Bradley Allen
Hi Bradley,
thanks a lot for raising this question, as currently we have discussions
about different approaches of Label management in SKOS(XL), and the
homograph issue has been somehow neglected so far.
Karl has mentioned the difference between homographs and homophones already.
I would say: homographs - same spelling, different meaning ("graph" has
nothing to do with an RDF graph in this case).
homophones - same sound (phonetics), different meaning.
As SKOS(XL) is dealing with lexical aspects ("literal form") rather than
with phonetics (at least so far), we have to care for homographs at first.
One example:
(not a homophone).
This is a common practise, not a standard.
In SKOS you may say:
 a skos:Concept ;
 skos:prefLabel "bass [fish]".
 a skos:Concept ;
 skos:prefLabel "bass [music]".
You might also drop the qualifiers:
 a skos:Concept ;
 skos:prefLabel "bass".
 a skos:Concept ;
 skos:prefLabel "bass".
Then express the different meanings by some semantic relation to a more
specific thing for each of them:
 skos:related .
 skos:related .
There is absolutely no semantic relation between and , it is only
a lexical relation.
Such a lexical relation you can express in SKOSXL in detail (if you want
to do so at all).
In UMTHES we use the following pattern:
 a skos:Concept ;
 skosxl:prefLabel .
 a skos:Concept ;
 skosxl:prefLabel .
 a skosxl:Label ;
 skosxl:literalForm "bass [fish]" ;
 umt:homograph ;
 umt:qualifier .
 a skosxl:Label ;
 skosxl:literalForm "bass [music]" ;
 umt:homograph ;
 umt:qualifier .
 a skosxl:Label ;
 skosxl:literalForm "bass".
 a skosxl:Label ;
 skosxl:literalForm "fish".
 a skosxl:Label ;
 skosxl:literalForm "music".
where umt:homograph and umt:qualifier both are subProperties of
Note that we have only one label "bass" here, as we think that semantics
are in the Concepts, not in the Labels.
Labels are dumb character strings only.
Well, I would be curious to see more examples from different vocabularies.
Best regards,
Bradley Allen schrieb:
> Apologies if you've seen this on the LOD or SW lists, but it is
> probably better posed to this audience: is there any best practice or,
> failing that, good ideas for representing homonymy in SKOS? Best I can
> come up with is subclassing skos:semanticRelation with something like
> skos:homonym, and letting the client sort out which of the lexical
> labels might be involved. Not excited about the need to go to a class
> representation for labels; even less interested in anything involving
> RDF collections. - cheers, BPA
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Hi guys, i need help with this problem that i seriously have no idea with.
with t=0 representing the year 1990.
1. What is the population of elk in the year 2004
2. Determine the years between 1990 and 2020 in which the elk population is at its maximum
3 Explain the period of the function in context of the problem
4 Graph the function showing the elk population from 1990 to 2020. identify the points on the graph you determined in parts 1 and 2.


Using the Tip Calculator
The tip calculator provides a simple way to allocate tips and add them to your payroll report.
To open the tip calculator, from the schedule, on the intended day, press Enter Tips
Entering time and tip amounts
 1. Enter the time span for the tip entry. NOTE: If you are synchronizing with a POS, select your 'day-part', and the time range will auto-populate.
 2. Enter Credit and Cash Tip Amounts. NOTE: If you are synchronizing with a POS, your Credit tips will auto-populate.
 3. Press Calculate
Make adjustments, Save, and Print
 1. Use the "Allocated" line to remove a percentage of the tip total (i.e. if a certain percentage of the total will go towards an entry in another department). In the example below, 10% of the tip amount is pulled from the present pool.
 2. Make any adjustments to Hours, or use the "Multiplier" fields to use a "Point" allocation. If you would like to exclusively use "Points" and disregard hours, then enter "1" into the hours fields.
 3. Press Save and/or Print to complete
NOTE: You may make multiple tip entries per day, and edit or delete entries.
NOTE: Employees' own tip amounts will be visible from their dashboard.
Set tips to carry into your Payroll Report
1. From the Gearwheel Menu, go to Settings
2. Scroll to Payroll Settings, and check Include Tips in Payroll
Set default Point Values for Roles
1. From the gearwheel menu go to Roles / Headings
2. Press the settings gearwheel next to a Role, and enter a default tip multiplier unique to the Role


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6 Reasons to Get a Hot Tub for Your Home
Updated: Sep 10, 2020
Hot tubs are the epitome of luxury and relaxation but they are also known for their health benefits as well as their ability to promote mental and emotional well-being.
From clearing the body of toxins to improving cardiovascular health, there really seems to be no downside to having a hot tub in your home.
If you are looking for a new way to relax at home with your friends and family, a hot tub may be the answer. Here are the main reasons you should get a hot tub for your home.
Hot tub on deck that is over looking a lake at dusk.
1. Anxiety Relief
Although it seems obvious, hot tubs and their connection to stress reduction and relaxation are extremely valuable. On top of the physical benefits regularly soaking in a hot tub, there is a mental and emotional benefit to it as well.
Stress is a common and dangerous health issue in the US that affects close relationships, sleep, mental health, weight, and overall well-being. Whether work is your source of stress or if it's the demands of modern life everyone deserves a break, including you.
You can incorporate hot tub sessions into your mornings to start the day off right or the evenings to wind down. Adding a soak in a hot tub to your daily life would be a life-changer.
You can face a stressful day head-on knowing that it will end with you soaking in a hot tub.
Stress and anxiety can be managed with a proper diet, regular exercise, and proper sleep but another aspect to anxiety relief is time spent simply enjoying a moment of quiet.
2. Promotes Quality Sleep
Insomnia is a common struggle for Americans that links to depression, anxiety, weight gain, high blood sugar, the list goes on and on. When you're not getting enough sleep you can begin to stress over getting sleep which, in turn, makes you sleep even less.
Because sleep disorders can be difficult to treat on your own it can be discouraging and exhausting to try and find ways to finally get some rest. Supplements, medications, and sleep podcasts could help but have you considered soaking in a hot tub before bed?
Using a hot tub daily promotes stress relief as we know, but that ties into getting quality sleep as well. Studies on hot tubs and their connection to sleep showed that using a hot tub before bed leads to deep, restful sleep.
Having a nighttime sleep ritual to signal to your brain and body that its time for sleep and ending it with a nice soak in the hot tub sounds like the perfect thing to do to keep your nerves away.
3. Self-Care
When you're busy, it is easy to get stuck on auto-pilot. Life moves fast and time never stops, it can be easy to overlook your needs and it can be difficult to prioritize yourself.
Self-care and self-love are necessary for all people. By assuring that we take little moments of our hectic days to check in with ourselves will assure that we can handle any amount of stress that comes our way.
Taking care of our emotional and mental well-being results in resiliency and strength when things don't go our way. Having a hot tub in your home is a sure-fire way to ensure that you will set aside some quality time to be with yourself.
By taking care of yourself first and foremost, you will signal to others around you that your time is valuable and your needs are important. Self-care can also increase confidence and self-esteem.
4. Spa Treatment at Home
By having a hot tub in your home, you no longer have to fantasize about vacation destinations during your 9-5. The vacation destination is your home!
Make it a complete experience by buying yourself a proper robe and slippers, putting on some relaxing music, and getting some waterside snacks and drinks.
You can even invite guests over and make an event out of it. Installing a hot tub will make your home a sanctuary for you, your family, and your friends!
5. Hot Tubs Can Be Enjoyed in Every Season
Unlike pools, that can only be enjoyed in the summer and spring (depending on the climate), hot tubs can be enjoyed whatever the weather!
Hot tubs also give you the perfect reason to spend some time outside in Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter ❄. You can enjoy a sunrise, sunset, or a starry night from the comfort of your hot tub.
6. Recover From Muscle and Joint Injuries
When you're in a hot tub you are buoyant, meaning that you have less stress on your muscles and joints which leads to recovery. The temperature of the water helps relieve pain.
The hot water also increases circulation in the body which leads to a decrease in inflammation and an increase in joint mobility for up to hours after you get out of the tub. Regular soaks in the hot tub also decrease muscle spasms and it's a great way to recover after a hard work out.
If you have arthritis, hot tubs can also be helpful to provide a gentle place at home to do exercises for your joints. Water exercises are pain-free and they increase flexibility and strength without the pressure on your joints.
A bonus is that hot tubs can also aid in the relief of headaches by dilating the blood vessels. The pressure that builds up in the head during a migraine or a headache can be decreased because of the dilated vessels alongside the general comfort and warmth the hot tub provides.
Get a Hot Tub and Increase Your Quality of Life
The list above is only scratching the surface of what having a hot tub in your home can bring to your life.
Other than providing mental, physical, and emotional benefits, hot tubs also are less wasteful than taking hot baths at home. Hot tubs don't need to be refilled every day unlike warm baths, that's why proper maintenance is of utmost importance if you do decide to invest in one.
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Could anyone tell me what is the relationship between VDDE2 and VDDE2A supply pins of SPC5777C? Could they be tied to different voltages, for example, VDDE2 tied to 5V and VDDE2A tied to 3.3V?
Thanks in advance.
There is none. In the device predecessor (MPC5676R) it was one domain. On the MPC5777C it has been split onto 2 domains (in order to minimize I/O pins affected when using Ethernet).
Yes, they can be tied to different voltages, as you shown in the example.
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Pretty much what the title says. My base question is this. Assuming I take a piece of steel, and a piece of PVC plastic and I measure both their temperatures and find they are the same. I then take a look at the vibration speeds of the individual molecules would they be the same as well?
Here's a rough example:
I measure both the steel and PVC and find them both at 100F, and then I measure the vibrations of a molecule in the steel and find it to be moving at 10 miles an hour. Would the PVC molecules also be moving at 10 miles an hour?
I'm sure I'm not using the correct units of measure to measure the vibration, but I didn't know what the correct unit of measure is for something like that. Hopefully it gets the point across.
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No, because the atoms in steel and plastic have different masses.
Your example is a bit more complicated than it need be because steel (well iron) is an element while plastic is a compound. This complicates things because molecules can have internal motions that contribute to the energy. A better comparision might be between lead and lithium. These are both elements to you just need to consider the motions of the Pb and Li atoms. For a given kinetic energy a lead atom will be moving more slowly than a lithium atom because it's heavier.
You could think of it this way: if you touch the piece of lead to the piece of lithium the atoms will be in contact so they'll swap energy by bashing into each other. If a lead atom hits a lithium atom the Li atom will recoil a lot faster than a Pb atom.
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Its probably simpler to think of gases. From the Wikipedia article on the Kinetic Theory of Gases, the average kinetic energy of molecules in an ideal gas is 3/2 k_b T. But since molecules of nitrogen (28) are lighter than molecules of oxygen (32), it follows that at the same temperature, an "average" nitrogen molecule is moving about 7% faster than an "average" oxygen molecule. – Anonymous Jun 2 '12 at 17:05
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