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Newsletter for the Section on Statistical Education
Volume 12, Number 2 (Fall 2007)
The UCLA Department of Statistics' Center for Teaching Statistics is pleased to announce the launch of a new e-journal on October 15. Technology Innovations in Statistics Education (TISE) is devoted to scholarly papers that explore the ways that technology enhances, changes, and affects statistics education. TISE serves what we feel is a critical need to better help the statistics community learn not just how to improve learning and teaching through technology, but how to better teach technology itself.
Changes in technology create changes in our curricula and therefore change the very content we teach. This raises questions about what topics to teach and when, as well as what topics should be dropped from the standard curriculum. When do we introduce the bootstrap? Monte-Carlo Markov Chains?
How do we teach technology itself? When are students ready to learn a "real" package such as R or SAS? How should they be taught to use these packages? Does the time spent teaching students to use sophisticated software detract from their learning of statistical concepts? How do we incorporate technological innovations from outside statistics (Google Maps, real-time sensors) into our teaching?
More traditionally, how do we best incorporate technology into our classrooms? What have we learned, since computers became cheap and prevalent, that will help us in designing curricula and in creating new learning and teaching technology?
The first issue of TISE will be available on October 15 at _URL_. George Cobb ("The Introductory Statistics Course: A Ptolemaic Curriculum?") asks whether innovations in technology have allowed us to make fundamental changes to the introductory curriculum. Daniel Kaplan ("Computing and Introductory Statistics") describes the need to teach beginning students computation, and describes practices for teaching R in an introductory course. Bill Finzer, Tim Erickson, Kirk Swenson and Matthew Litwin ("Data Into the Classroom") write about innovations in Fathom that allow students (and their teachers) to incorporate increasingly sophisticated data sets into class. Beth Chance, Dani Ben-Zvi, Joan Garfield and Elsa Medina ("The Role of Technology in Improving Student Learning of Statistics") provide an overview of the findings of research on using technology to improve learning. Andee Rubin ("Much has Changed; Little has Changed: Revisiting the Role of Technology in Statistics Education _PHONE_") reflects on how technology has changed in statistical education research over the last 25 years. Dani Ben-Zvi reports on an experience designing a statistics course around the use of a Wiki and surveys the research literature to discuss how this could best be done.
TISE is now seeking submissions of scholarly papers that address any of these themes:
Submitted papers might be research papers (reports of empirical studies or conceptual or theoretical articles), position papers (discussions of timely issues that propose novel solutions or perspectives), or technology innovations (either discussions and descriptions of new technology created by the authors or case studies of innovative uses of existing technology). Submissions are double-blind peer-reviewed by two referees. Authors retain copyrights to their manuscripts. Please visit _URL_ for more information.
TISE has been financially supported by the UCLA Department of Statistics, The UCLA Division of Physical Sciences, Key Curriculum Press, the UCLA Office of Instructional Development, STATA, Amgen, SAS, WH Freeman, The UCLA Office of Informational Technology, and the UCLA Office of the Vice-Chancellor of Research.
TISE would not have been possible without the efforts of many anonymous reviewers, and in particular without the support and work provided by its editorial board: Arthur Bakker, Dani Ben-Zvi, Mahtash Esfandiari, Christine Franklin, Joan Garfield, Tiffany Head (assistant editor), Brian Jersky, Joy Jordan, Cliff Konold, Katie Makar, Deborah Nolan, Dennis Pearl, Roxy Peck, Duncan Temple Lang, Roger Woodard, and Nathan Yau (assistant editor).


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Van Till's Grand Canyon
Date: Sun Sep 21 2003 - 17:02:01 EDT
 - Next message: "RE: Report on the YEC seminar in Durango, 9-2003"
 Howard Van Till's RFEP (Robust Formational Economy Principle) posits that
 creation is so wonderfully gifted by God as to be able to actualize any and
 all forms we see with out any form inmposing intervention by God after t =
 0. Here is a good link to one of Howard's outlines of this principle:
 In this outline, Howard presents the following examples of the formational
 capabilities of matter:
 * quarks-> nucleons-> nuclei -> different nuclei
 * nuclei + electrons -> atoms
 * atoms -> molecules -> different molecules
 * atoms & molecules -> galaxies, stars & planets
 * molecular ensembles -> cells
 * cells -> more complex organisms
 * organisms -> different organisms
 * organisms -> ecosystems, etc.
 At first glance, everything looks quite continuous. But a closer inspection
 reveals a huge gap, namely:
 * molecular ensembles -> cells
 Cells are excedingly complex structures that read and write DNA, and use it
 to replicate. They are information based and would not be predicted from
 mere energetical considerations that characterizes everything previous in
 the list. It seems like the step from mere "molecular ensembles" to "cells"
 is rather like going from a bouncing ball to the space shuttle. The
 discontinuity is simply too large to ignore. If we can't narrow this gap, I
 don't see how we could suggest that anyone hold to the principle that denies
 such gaps exist.
 I am convinced that the RFEP holds up to the level of "molecular ensembles"
 in the list above, and I believe it is an important principle up to that
 level. But suggesting that we jump over the gap to include the origin and
 evolution of life seems like a huge leap of faith unwarranted by the
 scientific evidence at hand.
 Any insights from list memebers would be greatly appreciated.
 Richard Amiel McGough
 Discover the sevenfold symmetric perfection of the Holy Bible at
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text: Silicon–oxygen and aluminum–oxygen compounds exhibit significant XPS Auger and photoelectron chemical shifts that are accurately measurable. Chemical state plots of KLL Auger kinetic energy versus 2p photoelectron energy permit identification of chemical species from the locations of their points on the plots. The KLL Auger electrons of Al and Si were generated by the bremsstrahlung component of the radiation, with conventional instrumentation. The location of points on the plots can be understood on the basis of polarizability of the environment (on the Auger parameter grid of lines, slope +1) and on the basis of the factors contributing to the energy of the final state ion in the Auger transition (a grid of line, slope −1). Tetrahedral aluminum has a significantly smaller Auger parameter than octahedral aluminum, and this difference is repeated, but with reduced magnitude on the similar plots for silicon and oxygen lines for the same compounds. Otherwise, the Auger parameters for this class of compounds are remarkably uniform. The Auger parameter values for oxygen and sodium in these compounds, using the 1s and KLL lines, are relatively small compared to those of other compounds of oxygen and sodium. For compounds of similar Auger parameter, differences in Auger final state ion energy are interpretable on the basis of electron density on aluminum and silicon atoms in the initial state, due to extent of bonding to oxygen, or to amount of negative formal charge on the silicate structure. Inclusion of tetrahedral aluminum enhances the negative charge and decreases the final state ion energy in high alumina zeolites. The difference between the energies of the O1s and Si2p lines in the inorganic silicon compounds is almost invariant, 429.0 to 429.6 eV. The three silicon polymers examined have a significantly larger line difference, 429.8 to 430.1 eV, making possible a differentiation between silicones and silicates. The oxygen KVV lines, with Auger transition final vacancies in valence levels, have shapes characteristic of chemical structure. The uncharged Si–O–Si structure exhibits a well‐defined shoulder; in Al–O–Si the shoulder is so close in energy it merely gives rise to asymmetry in the peak; Al–O–Al and charged Si–O–Si give oxygen KVV lines as single sharp peaks.

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Java Quickstart
Complete the steps described in the rest of this page to create a simple Java command-line application that makes requests to the Classroom API.
To run this quickstart, you need the following prerequisites:
 - Java 1.8 or greater
 - Gradle 2.3 or greater.
 - A G Suite for Education account with Google Classroom enabled
Step 1: Turn on the Classroom API
Click this button to create a new Cloud Platform project and automatically enable the Classroom API:
Enable the Classroom API
Step 2: Prepare the project
 1. In your working directory, run the following commands to create a new project structure:
 gradle init --type basic
 mkdir -p src/main/java src/main/resources
 2. Copy the credentials.json file you downloaded in Step 1 into the src/main/resources/ directory you just created.
 3. Open the default build.gradle file and replace its contents with the following code:
apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'application'
mainClassName = 'ClassroomQuickstart'
sourceCompatibility = 1.8
targetCompatibility = 1.8
version = '1.0'
repositories {
dependencies {
 compile ''
 compile ''
 compile ''
Step 3: Set up the sample
Create a file in the src/main/java/ folder with the following filename and code:
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;
public class ClassroomQuickstart {
 private static final String APPLICATION_NAME = "Google Classroom API Java Quickstart";
 private static final JsonFactory JSON_FACTORY = JacksonFactory.getDefaultInstance();
 private static final String TOKENS_DIRECTORY_PATH = "tokens";
 * Global instance of the scopes required by this quickstart.
 * If modifying these scopes, delete your previously saved tokens/ folder.
 private static final List SCOPES = Collections.singletonList(ClassroomScopes.CLASSROOM_COURSES_READONLY);
 private static final String CREDENTIALS_FILE_PATH = "/credentials.json";
 * Creates an authorized Credential object.
 * _USER_ HTTP_TRANSPORT The network HTTP Transport.
 * _USER_ An authorized Credential object.
 * _USER_ IOException If the credentials.json file cannot be found.
 private static Credential getCredentials(final NetHttpTransport HTTP_TRANSPORT) throws IOException {
 // Load client secrets.
 InputStream in = ClassroomQuickstart.class.getResourceAsStream(CREDENTIALS_FILE_PATH);
 if (in == null) {
 throw new FileNotFoundException("Resource not found: " + CREDENTIALS_FILE_PATH);
 GoogleClientSecrets clientSecrets = GoogleClientSecrets.load(JSON_FACTORY, new InputStreamReader(in));
 // Build flow and trigger user authorization request.
 GoogleAuthorizationCodeFlow flow = new GoogleAuthorizationCodeFlow.Builder(
 HTTP_TRANSPORT, JSON_FACTORY, clientSecrets, SCOPES)
 .setDataStoreFactory(new FileDataStoreFactory(new
 LocalServerReceiver receiver = new LocalServerReceiver.Builder().setPort(8888).build();
 return new AuthorizationCodeInstalledApp(flow, receiver).authorize("user");
 public static void main(String... args) throws IOException, GeneralSecurityException {
 // Build a new authorized API client service.
 final NetHttpTransport HTTP_TRANSPORT = GoogleNetHttpTransport.newTrustedTransport();
 Classroom service = new Classroom.Builder(HTTP_TRANSPORT, JSON_FACTORY, getCredentials(HTTP_TRANSPORT))
 // List the first 10 courses that the user has access to.
 ListCoursesResponse response =
 List courses = response.getCourses();
 if (courses == null || courses.size() == 0) {
 System.out.println("No courses found.");
 } else {
 for (Course course : courses) {
 System.out.printf("%s\n", course.getName());
Step 4: Run the sample
Build and run the quickstart with the command:
gradle run
 2. Click the Accept button.
This app isn't verified.
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Previous work showed that crop yields are higher in the diverse rotations, but when it comes to increasing soil organic matter and carbon storage, this study showed no consistent crop rotation effect. Functionally important mineral-associated (MAOM) and particulate organic (POM) matter pools were not affected by long-term continuous monocropping vs. diverse crop rotations in the wheat and canola systems studied.
This project focused on assessing the impact of long-term continuous monoculture of cereals (wheat, corn) and canola on the quantity of functionally important soil carbon pools.
The objective of this project is to obtain new knowledge of the impact of crop rotation diversity on soil organic matter stability and functional pools, how long-term crop rotation diversity affects microbial abundance and activity, and the relationships between microbial community dynamics and functionally important pools of soil organic matter.
The study will quantify carbon storage in different soil functional pools.
Using long-term field experiments for wheat (Swift Current, SK) and canola (Swift Current and Scott, SK and Lacombe, AB), Helgason's research team measured functionally important mineral-associated organic matter (MAOM) and particulate organic matter (POM) pools in monocropped and diverse crop rotations, along with microbial abundance and community structure and extracellular enzyme activities.
Results and conclusions
As expected, carbon stored in the POM and MAOM fractions differed among sites in the replicated canola systems and the both the mass fraction and amount of carbon stored as MAOM was greater than POM. The mass fraction of POM and MAOM only differed due to rotation in the canola system at Swift Current; where there were differences in the carbon stored as POM and MAOM it resulted from a change in carbon concentration within the fraction.
Microbial abundance in the canola systems was highest at Lacombe where no treatment differences were apparent, followed by Scott and Swift Current. The research team collected samples at peak canola flowering which likely subdued the long-term differences in crop rotation on the microbial community due to the presence of an actively growing common host in all treatments as differences in community structure were only apparent at Scott. Similarly, differences in microbial abundance in the wheat system at Swift Current were only detected at the post-harvest sampling time demonstrating the strong short-term influence of the wheat crop on the microbial community.
Since all soils were fertilized according to soil testing recommendations, some of the long-term effects of the differences in crop residue inputs may be mediated by balanced fertility.
Future studies focusing on sampling outside the growing season (pre-seeding or post-harvest) are recommended to better capture the long-term differences in crop rotations on soil organic matter quantity and quality, and accompanying responses of the microbial community.


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The History of MegaFoodMegaFood and Nutrient History
MegaFood has always been at the forefront of innovative nutrient supplementation. In 1973 we recognized the importance of Food in nutrient utilization. We have maintained our original edge by creating products based on the importance of Food. MegaFood products take the nutritional marketplace to the next level.
MegaFood created FoodBased Nutrition in our Essentials™ line in 1973. FoodBased Nutrition is the delivery of supplements with nutrient-rich whole foods. At MegaFood the nutrient-rich Whole Foods must represent at least 70% of the total weight of the formula. Not just any Foods - the Right Foods that make a Food Based supplement work at the highest level.
Full Color Spectrum
Why be concerned about color in your Supplement?
Worldwide research, including studies done by the National Cancer Institute, indicates the importance of including a full spectrum of colorful whole foods (red, blue, green, yellow, orange) in the daily diet. The color pigments in Whole Foods, such as anthocyanins, carotenes, chlorophyll and flavonoids, are recognized as being essential protective components of our diet. Essentials™ helps meet the challenge by including a daily dose of full color spectrum pigments in our formulas.
Quality Marked™ Whole Foods
Measuring Supplement Quality has always been an issue. In 2003 MegaFood set a new standard for the Foods used in supplements. MegaFood established quality standards by setting minimum levels of specific marker compounds for each Food used in our formulas. These markers indicate phytonutrient activity and therefore measure Quality.
Categories of Food Factors
MegaFood formulas, starting in 1973, have utilized all known categories of Food Factors. Science has proven that a maximum of Food Factors in a supplement yields optimal results. With well over 100,000 known Food Factors in seven defined categories it is important to include as broad a range as possible. MegaFood includes all seven known categories in our formulas.
Therapeutix Formulas Driven by Food™
Nutritional Therapeutix™ is formulated to maximize the body's physiological Specific Response to nutritive material. The overwhelming knowledge that Food is the ultimate healer led to an examination of how the currently available therapeutic products were delivered. There was a void in regard to Food's essential role in Specific Response. This is the reason for MegaFood's entry into Therapeutic Formulas. Nutritional Therapeutix™ Formulas set a new standard for cellular delivery of therapeutic nutrients based on the importance of Food in healing.


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Over the last century, human activities have been affecting the global environment, most noticeably with the general increase in greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide (CO2). This rise in greenhouse gases has mainly been due to the upsurge in fossil fuel consumption over the last fifty years. This consumption has had a knock-on effect with global temperatures, with a general increase of 1°C over the last century and this is projected to rise by 2°C over the next century.1 This increase in temperature has also affected climate change by giving more extreme weather conditions. But how has this affected the construction industry? Have we been developing alternatives that could point us in a more bio-based direction?
Concrete products are a complex mixture of chemicals, fines, and heavy particles. It's always challenging to control the stability, flow and strength of it. Many admixtures have been created to overcome these challenges, often containing synthetically derived performance additives. I will here try to give you some input of one of the new technologies and how it affects various parameters in the concrete.
Shotcrete is concrete or mortar pneumatically projected at high velocity through a nozzle. Its components are aggregates, cement and water, and it can be complemented by fine materials, chemical additives and reinforcing fibers. Shotcrete can be applied with mechanized equipment or manually, using wet-mix or dry-mix spraying. The choice of the spraying method depends on the dimensions of the project, the quantity of concrete to be applied, as well as the logistical and environmental circumstances. Some important properties of shotcrete are the appropriate consistency and early strength development in its fresh state as well as compressive strength and durability in its hardened state. Let's discuss some basic properties and functionalities.


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Practice Makes Perfect
The School offers this workshop to help students learn the fundamentals of composition. Through discussion and exercises, the school's Writing Specialist, Professor Elisabeth Fajans, reviews basic principles of sentence structure, grammar, diction, punctuation, and mechanics. The ability to construct a good sentence is essential for good communication, and the ability to communicate with maximum effectiveness is of very great practical value to a lawyer. For more information about this workshop contact Professor Fajans.
Case Reading, Briefing, and Study Skills Workshop
The Case Briefing Workshop (PDF), taught by the Director of the Academic Success Program, is offered several times during orientation and the first week of the fall semester to all entering students. Students read two short cases and are guided through the process of writing a case brief, including identifying issues, relevant facts, holdings, rules and reasoning, and case synthesis. Students are also introduced to strategies for effective listening, note-taking and time management. Taught by Professor Feldman.
Study Skills and Outlining Workshop
The Study Skills and Outlining Workshop (PDF) provides an introduction to the basics of organizing course material and class notes, outlining and time management, and other important skills for exam preparation. It is open to all first semester students and is offered several times during the first two weeks of October. Taught by Professor Feldman.
Exam Skills Workshop
To help students prepare for course exams, the Director of the Academic Success Program conducts several Exam Skills Workshops (PDF) during the latter part of the fall semester. Students review analytical techniques generally required for successful exam writing. Discussions are aimed at identifying, understanding, and applying these techniques, so that the student can most effectively convey what he or she has learned in a course. Topics covered include issue-spotting in a hypothetical fact pattern, application of the rules of law to pertinent facts, statutory analysis, policy arguments, and reasoning by analogy. The workshops help alleviate test-taking anxiety by giving students a concrete preview of law school exams. Taught by Professor Feldman.
Scholarly Journal Workshop
Under the guidance of the Director of the Academic Success Program, students explore the unique organization and writing requirements of a case comment to prepare for the writing competition based on which students are selected for the staff of Brooklyn Law School's scholarly publications: Brooklyn Law Review, Brooklyn Journal of International Law, the Journal of Law and Policy and the Journal of Corporate, Financial and Commercial Law. Taught by Professor Feldman.


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Thursday, May 24, 2012
Striking a chord: Music education symposium, June 18-21, focuses on how students learn through music
MANHATTAN -- What sparks students to learn through music is the focus of this year's Kansas State University Music Symposium, June 18-21, in Manhattan.
Music educators of all levels -- from general music and instrumental teachers to vocal/choral teachers -- can enhance their teaching based on current research in how the brain reacts to music.
Jana Fallin, a professor of music education and distinguished teaching scholar at Kansas State University, says researchers are finding that music sparks the brain in many different areas, sometimes affecting the brain in more areas than any other curricular subject.
"We are beginning to know so much about how the brain works due to advanced technology with brain scanning," Fallin said. "We know that the brain has to turn on in order to learn. Music does this turning on for our thinking and learning."
Now in its 24th year, the Music Symposium has featured national experts in music education, performance, history, pedagogy, ethnomusicology and curriculum development. This year's speaker, Richard Edwards, coordinator of music education at Ohio Wesleyan University, is known nationally for neuromusical research.
"He's created an extensive database of research studies and is able to explain how the brain functions and what music does to the brain in very understandable ways," Fallin said.
Additional speaker sessions cover teaching strategies, use of technology in the classroom and the latest music available for use in the music classroom. The symposium also will include performances from public school groups and regional artists, dance and creative movement sessions and the chance to network with music education professionals from all across Kansas.
Last fall, the symposium received a regional award from the University Professional and Continuing Education Association for being an innovative noncredit program serving educators in rural areas.
"To be successful today, students must be able to think of many answers, many solutions to problems. Music education does this," Fallin said. "It teaches creativity and critical thinking skills. It teaches the whole person."


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By Naveen Sarabu, Director, Product Management and Strategy, Liaison Healthcare Informatics
Recently eHealth Initiative and Premier published results of their joint survey identifying how accountable care organizations (ACOs) in commercial and federal markets are leveraging health information and technology. According to the survey responses, here are the key findings1:
- Most ACOs report diverse health IT capabilities
- Robust analytics are essential, but data access is a barrier
- 18 months is the magic number for maturity
It is no surprise that access to data from external organizations is still a key challenge even with adoption of EHRs that are certified for meaningful use. Some of the barriers to the data access we are seeing are:
- Multiple provider information systems required for access with a wide range of capabilities (or lack thereof)
- There is no "standard" – when you've seen one, you've seen one
- Cost of hardware, software and staff to manage interfaces (EHR vendor interface fees are very expensive)
- Providers documenting necessary information in EHRs
If you have been working with ACOs, what has been your experience?
1 – eHealth Initiative Survey Webinar. "Keys To HIT Success for ACOs: Results from 2014 Survey." 12th August 2014.


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Updated: Mar 20
There are so many ways to be brave.
Sometimes being brave means saying yes, even though you're scared. Sometimes being brave means saying no, even though you're scared. But being brave will always mean being at least a little bit scared, and doing the scary thing anyway.
Here's to all the brave balloons floating through the sky, terrified, and flying anyway.
1. Support the child to blow up the balloon, taking big, deep, belly breaths. (If they are unable to do so, do it for them, while they breathe along with you!)
2. Take turns kicking/heading/hitting the balloon into the air, aiming to keep it from hitting the floor
3. Any time the balloon hits the floor, share a time you were brave.
P.S If you want to learn more about using therapeutic stories just like this one, check out my Therapeutic Storytelling Workshop by clicking HERE!


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Relay For Life is the celebration of cancer survivorship and the support of caregivers throughout the cancer journey. Relay For Life honours and celebrates the hope that cancer survivors and caregivers give others fighting cancer.
O – OFFER OPPORTUNITIES TO BE INVOLVED WITH CANSA
The energy and spirit of Relay For Life encourages meaningful year-round volunteer involvement and is a powerful way for individuals to remain involved with the CANSA mission. Involving more people in our life-saving work is crucial. Relay For Life is a great way to get survivors and caregivers to stay involved with CANSA year-round. Make them excited them about their role in the fight against cancer and help them explore how they can do this.
P – PROVIDE HOPE THROUGH INFORMATION, EDUCATION AND SERVICE
Relay For Life is about empowering participants to learn more, share more and do more in the fight against cancer. Through Relay, we provide quality information about community programmes and services that connect cancer survivors and caregivers to the CANSA service.
E – ENGAGE SURVIVORS & CAREGIVERS AS ACTIVE CANSA VOLUNTEERS
Relay For Life is not only about walking around a track, but to survivors and caregivers the steps taken at this life changing event are just the first of many opportunities to provide hope to others fighting cancer. It is important to invite, excite and explore these opportunities to help connect survivors and caregivers with the many ways that they can deepen their involvement with CANSA.
Share your story of hope and encouragement on Champions of Hope – CANSA Survivors Facebook group. (For all cancer survivors or caregivers)
Relay For Life Caregiver Initiative
Caregivers Providing Support – Touching People's Lives
Attention ALL Caregivers:
A caregiver is anyone who has provided daily care for someone with cancer, as a family member, friend or essential healthcare professional might. Caregivers are also those who have provided assistance or support for someone with cancer such as emotional support, transportation, helping with chores or meals, spiritual guidance, etc. No matter the type or extent of support provided, caregivers are "get it done" people who truly understand the magnitude of a cancer diagnosis, the importance of being there and of community. This understanding and the value of the care they provide is never diminished regardless of whether they are currently providing that care, their survivor or loved one is cancer free or their loved one is no longer with them. Each is a caregiver who deserves the opportunity to be thanked and recognized. All caregivers are important! If you think that sounds like a broad definition, you're right! If you think that sounds like nearly everyone you know, you're right! We know that many people already attending our events are caregivers. So how do we set out to create that atmosphere of appreciation, recognition, and support for those special people?
Creating an Atmosphere of Appreciation, Recognition & Support:
Relay offers numerous opportunities to create an atmosphere welcoming to all caregivers. Included here are a few suggested ways to help you get started.
- Treat caregivers to their own Welcome Center offering a thank you card, punch or deserts and a special caregiver activity (i.e. craft handmade flowers for Gratitude Garden, create personalized caregiver/love one buttons, caregiver handprint banner, etc…)
- Create a Gratitude Garden that contains handmade flowers with the survivor or caregivers' name in the center and the names and actions of caregivers on the petals.
- Create a Caregiver handprint wall/banner for messages to be written.
- Thank caregivers for all they do and telling their caregiver story.
- Specifically recruit caregivers to light luminaria or spell out HOPE or CURE Have a caregiver speaker at the survivor reception.
- Create stars with caregiver names and messages and hang in the survivor tent and around the track.
- Have a special caregiver lap inviting all caregivers to participate and ensuring caregivers whose survivors are no longer with are included. Special lap could be as part of opening ceremony or luminaria ceremony.
- Use caregiver banners for ceremonies, special laps and on display.
- Invite a caregiver to speak at your luminaria ceremony and include caregiver defining messaging.
- Create a "caregiver coupon book" that is given out to caregivers when they register. It contains coupons for different on–site activities or fundraisers throughout the day.
- Create a Foster a Caregiver program (for those not on team and those whose survivor is no longer with them).
Messaging: Display track signs defining what a caregiver is.
Messaging: Include caregiver defining messaging in opening ceremonies
Before & After Relay
- Recruit and identify a volunteer to your committee to plan and implement special caregiver activities and messaging.
- Include caregiver messaging in scripts and announcements and invite caregivers to speak at Relay meetings, launch events, etc.
- Offer caregiver coffees (similar to survivor coffees or receptions) throughout the year – honour them, educate them on CANSA offerings and engage them further in Relay.
- Put caregiver stickers on all name tags at meetings and pre–event activities.
- Include in all advertising and marketing caregiver messaging.
- Identify all opportunities to use caregiver defining messaging and promote inclusion of all caregivers.
- We've done a good job of promoting Survivor involvement by explaining just how important Survivors are to Relay For Life events.
- Begin a similar campaign with Caregivers, maybe a catchy slogan and include caregiver messaging.
Messaging: Include caregiver defining messaging in all event communications (email blasts, event website, newsletters, press releases, etc.) in an effort to reach all possible caregivers.
Messaging: If the event has a newsletter, include a small article each month about a caregiver that recognizes them. Include feature articles about caregivers currently providing care, those who have provided care and those whose loved one is no longer with them.


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During this time of year, we reflect on the mirabile mysterium, the word made flesh; that explosive presence of the divine as expressed through the birth of Jesus.
In the story of Mary, we are also reminded of the sacred nature of words; that the power of speech itself might well be considered as a sacred offering. It would then follow that when we abuse said power to deceive, manipulate or incite violence against each other or against other sentient beings, we are performing acts of profound desecration.
In the spirit of such reflections, a recent interview caught our ear, with Karen Armstrong discussing key themes explored in her magnificent and essential book, The Lost Art of Scripture. Excerpts below, followed by a link to a spirited performance of the Jacobus Gallus setting for Mirabile Mysterium, as performed by La Main Harmonique.


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Garden with Insight v1.0 Help: Soil patch next day functions: allocate nutrients to plants
Allocation of nitrogen and phosphorus to plants in a soil patch works in much the same way as allocation
of water: each plant declares a N and P demand, then the soil patch
divides up the available nutrients according to demand among all plants in the patch.
Nitrogen demand by each plant works by the potential-actual method.
The optimal nitrogen uptake for the day is calculated from an S curve of optimal nitrogen concentration over the life of the plant (as
determined by heat unit index). The shape of the S curve is determined
by plant parameters. Next the N demand is reduced to account for the
amount of nitrate in the layer and the amount of water taken up from
the layer. Because the plant takes up most of its nitrogen passively in the water solution, N uptake is
limited by water uptake. (Actually, plant roots also actively take up nitrogen by pumping ions out of the
root that replace the nitrate ions in solution, but we do not simulate that smaller portion of N uptake here.)
For leguminous plants (like peas and beans), an adjustment is made to N demand for nitrogen fixation.
Nitrogen fixation is simulated simply as a fraction of the daily nitrogen demand. The fraction of N demand met by fixation increases
with the presence of soil conditions that promote the growth of the symbiotic bacteria: soil water (more is
better, up to a point), heat unit index (midrange is best -- seedlings
haven't established the symbiosis yet, and old plants are senescing), and
available nitrate (as more is available in the soil, less is fixed). Any nitrogen fixation reduces the plant's N
demand, though it cannot exceed it. This means that nitrogen-fixing plants cannot add nitrogen to
To start the calculation of phosphorus demand, the optimal P uptake is calculated in the same way as the
optimal N uptake. Because phosphorus is more closely associated with the mineral phase than is nitrogen, the
supply of P available to the plant in each soil layer depends not on
water uptake but on the root biomass in each layer and on the amount of labile P available. The plant's P uptake in response to the amount of labile
P available is determined by an S curve. Finally the plant attempts to
compensate for inadequate P availability in some layers by increasing the demand in other layers.
Once the N and P demands have been calculated for each plant, the soil patch partitions its available
nitrate and labile P to the plants on the basis of their demands. Plants add the N and P taken up to the
total N and P in their live biomass. The soil patch subtracts the N and P taken up from its nitrate and
labile P pools. After this is finished the plants check to see if their "optimal N uptake" and
"optimal P uptake" options are turned on. If so, each plant sets its N and/or P uptake to the
optimal amount calculated as the first estimate of demand. Plants that reset their uptake for an optimal
setting do not tell the soil patch about this, because that would deplete the soil patch and cause other
changes in the soil.
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curves are greatly affected by the choice of Zc, ZL, and Zs. For the 4:1 Guanella transformer there is a condition (Zc =2ZL) for which the response is completely frequency independent whereas the frequency response of the 4:1 Ruthroff transformer always starts to roll off at certain frequency point.
- It has been assumed that transmission lines are lossless, aslthough in reality they exhibit loss. As shown in Figs. 4, 6, and 7, for both types of TLT when Zc is chosen properly the response curve increases with frequency up to a certain point (around βl=1.5). This feature can be utilized in practice to compensate the loss in the transmission line and can it also provide system gain with an upward slope.
- The frequency response of the Ruthroff transformer monotonically decreases at high frequencies, while the Guanella's response is periodic with frequency.
- For the load and source impedances considered in this article, the Ruthroff transformer with the two-TLT configuration requires the lowest Zc to have an upward response curve. The approach also supports differential operation, but usually requires two parallel toroidal transformers.
The authors would like to thank Dr. Derald O. Cummings for introducing some basic concepts and techniques on the subject at the early stage of this project.
- W. Alan Davis and Krishna K. Agarwal, Radio Frequency Circuit Design, Wiley, New York, 2001.
- Jerry Sevick, Transmission Line Transformers, 4th Ed., Noble Publishing, Norcross, GA, 2001.
- Stephen B. Alexander, Optical Communication Receiver Design, Bellingham, SPIE Optical Engineering Press, San Jose, CA, 1997.


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Further, the matrix can be calculated recursively as
4. Simulation Results
In this paper, we compare the NMSE performance of five channel prediction methods.(1)Frequency domain (FD) method shows prediction at each OFDM subcarrier in the frequency domain; that is,,.(2)Time domain (TD) method shows prediction on each channel tap in the time domain; that is,,.(3)The first taps of time domain show prediction on each of the first channel taps; that is,,.(4)The significant taps of time domain show prediction on each of the significant channel taps, which are selected by the tap selection algorithm.(5)Exact time domain (exact-TD) method shows that the channel taps are known exactly, and the prediction is operated on each of the channel taps. This method provides a reference in the comparison.
The five methods all employ RLS predictors for prediction. All RLS predictors have the same parameters: the order and the forgetting factor.
In this paper, we use the standardized 3GPP channel models, which model the realistic scattering environments and generate realistic fading datasets, to test our prediction algorithm. The urban microscenario with taps is simulated for performance evaluation. The carrier frequency is 2 GHz and the velocity of MS is 10 m/s, which leads to a maximum Doppler shift about Hz. The data sampling rate is set as 8 MHz, while the sampling rate used for channel estimation is set as, which is much lower than the data rate and higher than double of the maximum Doppler shift. In this simulation, 200 channel samples are generated. The first 100 samples are used for observation and the prediction training, while the second 100 samples are for performance evaluation. The FFT size of OFDM system is 128, the CP length is 32, and the number of significant taps is set as according to.
The performance of different predictors is compared in terms of the NMSE defined as where are real and predicted frequency domain channel coefficient vectors.
The NMSE performance versus the estimation SNR for different predictors is shown in Figure 3. According to Figure 3, we have the following results.(1)The NMSE performance of TD method is better than that of FD method. It is because the single channel tap is more predictable than the subcarrier of OFDM whose variation is a combined variation of all taps.(2)The performance of - is better than TD method. It is because the noise taps whose delays are larger than are separated.(3)The performance of - is better than -. It is because - can separate more negligible taps by exploiting sparse channel features.(4)The exact-TD method provides a reference in the comparison. It represents the best NMSE performance achievable by exploiting the features of sparse channel.(5)The numbers of RLS predictors employed by FD, TD, -TD, and -TD are,,, and, respectively. As is small, -TD has a lower computational complexity than the other three methods.
A new time domain approach for OFDM channel prediction is proposed, based on the features of sparse channel that many channel taps have no energy at all except for estimation noise, as well as the fact that the channel tap in time domain is more predictable than the subchannel in frequency domain. The proposed method separates the negligible channel taps and only performs prediction on the significant ones. Also, the RLS algorithm with superior tracking ability is employed to predict each significant tap. Although the coefficients update of RLS is complex, the overall computational complexity of the prediction method is not high, due to the limited quantity of significant channel taps. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is validated by the simulations on the physical channel model. As a result, the novel channel prediction method can exploit the features of sparse channel and improve the prediction performance.
Future works will focus on the application of the proposed approach to adaptive transmission schemes in multiple antenna systems, including transmit selection diversity and adaptive beamforming.
- L. J. Cimini Jr., "Analysis and simulation of a digital mobile channel using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing," IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 33, no. 7, pp. 665–675, 1985.
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- X. Jiang, W.-J. Zeng, and E. Cheng, "A fast algorithm for sparse channel estimation via orthogonal matching pursuit," in Proceedings of the 73rd Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring), pp. 1–5, May 2011.
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One of the lessons our level 2 students were learning this term was how to describe body part. Here is the text from their book.
They have learnt how to say "to have/has" and body parts in previous lesson. To help them to remember the words and phrases, they played bingo game to start with and then they continued with _URL_ games.
In this new lesson, they were going to learn how to describe body part, such as "She has long hair." "He has big eyes." etc…
To make the learning fun, I designed the game I called it "huàliǎn 画脸" (drawing a face). Basically, students worked in two groups –team 1 & team 2. It was a competitive game which made it fun as I would give a high five to the winning team at end of the game.
The first student from team 1 would instruct the first student from team 2 a sentence such as "tā yǒu dàda de yǎnjing 他有大大的眼睛" （He has big eyes.)
Then they swapped roles until everyone had a go for both instructing(speaking) and drawing(listening)， and the face being completed. The completed faces all came out hideously funny, of course. But it was so fun and they all wanted to do the instructing (speaking) and drawing (listening).
This was so great for students to practice their speaking and listening.


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Responsible punishment does not initially seem to have any advantage for the person being punished and therefore does not fulfil the requirement for the evolution of such behaviour. To resolve this problem, Hilbe and Traulsen developed a two-stage mathematical model. In the first stage, the players can be either cooperative or uncooperative. Based on this, they must decide in the second stage whether or not they will punish others for previous behaviour. This shows that cooperative behaviour and justified sanctions are only carried through if the interactions can be observed by others.
"The decision by someone to punish others then affects not only the short-term relative advantages of the players, but also their reputation", says Arne Traulsen.
A subject's own reputation seems then to have a very high value, as individuals punish unfair behaviour, even when they must reckon with resistance. "We are prepared to pay a high price to maintain our reputation. The suspicion that someone is watching us is enough to increase our willingness to cooperate", explains Christian Hilbe.
Punishment is therefore primarily worthwhile if it is used responsibly. Sanctions not only have the purpose of punishing uncooperative behaviour, but also work as a signal to outsiders. Only through responsible sanctions can the willingness to cooperate in the population increase. The tendency shown prior to this, to punish unfair behaviour, would thus be an advantage in the long term and balance out the costs incurred. The ability of humans to collect information through others, pass it on and so build up a reputation consequently seems one of the fundamental reasons for the particularly pronounced willingness to cooperate among people.


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"Bringing Us All Together" (Hebrews 10:23-25)
Celebrating Jesus by demonstrating Christian actions, speaking uplifting words, and encouraging men to be valued disciples.
Serve, and grow men to minister to each other, the church family, and the community.
Embrace, and support the men of Camelback SDA Church, to have a personal relationship with Jesus and each other.
MEN'S MINISTRIES' MANDATE
- Maintain confidentiality of personal information.
- Address the spiritual, emotional, physical, social, and socioeconomic needs.
- Increase participation in all church activities and ministries.
- Supporting men through ALL aspects of their life.
- Provide education on issues and relatable topics for men.
- Mentor teen and young men
- Provide opportunities for men to deepen their faith, experience spiritual growth and renewal.
- Build positive networks with other men within and out of the church setting.
- Challenge SDA men to utilize their talents and spiritual gifts for the glory of God in the church, home, and community.
The importance of wellness cannot be understated. Wellness involves the health of the whole: mind, body, and spirit. Wellness decreases stress, reduces likelihood of illness, and improves relationships.
SOME BASIC PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH
- Eat nutritiously (many choose a plantbased diet).
- Exercise regularly and often to improve your body, mind, and spirit.
- Drink water to stay hydrated.
- Spend moderate time in sunlight.
- Practice temperance: Use good things moderately; avoid bad things.
- Exercise your lungs by inhaling deeply, breathing in pure air, and exhale slowly.
- Rest well, remembering that the best rest follows labor.
- Trust in the Divine Power as you make choices and seek inner peace.
- Minimize your stress level.
- Pray, laugh, always be kind.
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African American Schools in Carroll County, KY
Start Year : 1879
End Year : 1961
When R. W. Bevarly was completing his master's thesis in 1936, articles about the colored schools of Carroll County in 1879 were located in the Carrollton Democrat newspaper; the colored school at Liberty Station was attended by children in the day and by adults at night; in Carrollton, Maggie Woods was the teacher [source: History of Education in Carroll County by R. W. Bevarly, p.66]. There were three schools in 1880. In 1881 there were 226 students in the four colored schools [source: Bevarly, p.50]. In 1882 there were 268 students in the schools located in Carrollton, Ghent, Above Ghent, and Liberty Station [source: Bevarly, p.51]. There were five colored school districts in 1885: No.1 Carrollton, No.2. Ghent, No.3 Lynan Craigs, No.4 Sanders, and No.5 Worthville [source: Bevarly, p.30]. All of the schools were under the county school board with the largest colored school in Carrollton and James K. Polk was the teacher. Polk was a graduate of Gaines High School in Cincinnati, OH [source: Bevarly, p.66]. He taught at the colored school for one year and was replaced by J. E. Jackson, and in 1889 Jackson was replaced by Fred W. Burch, also a graduate of Gaines High School. There continued to be five colored schools in Carroll County until 1900 when there was six, and by 1933, there were two [source: Bevarly, p.94]. Dunbar Colored School, in Carrollton, was a brick building and was under the city school board, Bessie Whitacker was the teacher and had a monthly salary of $69, while her husband Dudley Whitacker had a salary of $75 for teaching at the Ghent Colored School that was held in a rented building that was in poor condition [source: Bevarly, p.94]. After WWII, a new colored school building was constructed in Ghent and it served as the county school for all African American children. There was never a colored high school in Carroll County, and the city and the county provided transportation for high school students attending Lincoln Institute [source: A History of Carroll County, Kentucky: containing facts before and after 1754 by M. A. Gentry, p.53]. The school systems of Carroll County began to integrate in the 1960s, starting with the first grade students [source: "Schools due to integrate at Carrollton," Louisville Courier-Journal, 04/22/1961].
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- Above Gent School
- Lynan Craigs School
- Sanders School
- Worthville School
- Liberty Station School
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Geographic Region: Carroll County, Kentucky


Mosquito-drowning drones: the latest weapon against malaria
A new weapon in the battle against malaria has taken to the skies.
On Tanzania's Zanzibar archipelago, researchers are flying drones armed with Aquatain AMF, a non-toxic colorless solution.
It's being sprayed on rice fields - typical breeding grounds for the anopheles mosquito that spreads malaria.
The liquid creates a thin film on top of the water, preventing mosquito pupae and larvae from breathing at the surface.
Put simply, it drowns them.
It's a method that tackles the transmission of malaria at the source, says Dr Bart Knols.
"This is where the problem starts. These are the breeding grounds of mosquitos, so once we control them here we will see far fewer mosquitos making it to the houses where people live, biting these people and therefore transmitting malarial disease."
The World Health Organization says malaria killed 435,000 of the 219 million people who were infected in 2017; Sub Saharan Africa accounted for more than 90 percent of global deaths.
Scientists hope to expand this technology across the continent, saying the drones are efficient and cost-effective.
That's especially when dealing with large irrigated areas, saying Professor Wolfgang Richard Mukabana.
"As you can see the way the paddies look like, it is very difficult to just walk through the paddies and apply the chemicals so you want to have something that can just spray it on the water surface, it spreads, does the job and that's it."
The Aquatain solution is made by Australian company Aquatain Products, which says it is highly permeable to gases - meaning that while it stops the mosquitos from breathing, it still allows the water to be oxygenated.


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An Introduction to Event Handling in jQuery [con't]
Triggering Events in jQuery Programmatically
You can also trigger events programmatically. The following code snippet illustrates how you can trigger the click event on a button control programmatically:
However, in this case, after the event has been executed, the default browser action would also execute. The
triggerHandler method shown next would execute the event attached to the DOM element but would not execute any default browser action.
Assigning code to an event is also simple. Here's an example:
The following code snippet shows how you can work with the properties of the event object in jQuery:
Note that the event object in jQuery has a target property that corresponds to the DOM element that has been clicked. The following code snippet shows how you can use this property to retrieve the event target:
You can also create a new event object that is W3C DOM compliant. Here is how you can do that:
These are the most important and commonly used members of the jQuery Event Object and their purposes:
type: This is used to retrieve the event name.
target: This is used to retrieve a reference to the DOM element on which the event occurred.
pageX: This is used to retrieve the X mouse coordinate relative to the document.
pageY: This is used to retrieve the Y mouse coordinate relative to the document.
preventDefault: This is used to cancel the default browser action after an event is triggered.
stopPropagation: This is used to stop event bubbling but doesn't stop the default browser action from executing.
Commonly Used Event Methods in jQuery
These are the most commonly used event methods in jQuery and their purposes:
bind: This method is used to bind a function to one or more events for each element contained in the wrapped set.
live: This method is used to bind a particular event handler to all current and future elements of the wrapped set.
one: This method is similar to bind except that any event handler is automatically removed after it has been executed once.
trigger: This method is used to execute a particular event for each element in the wrapped set.
triggerHandler: This method is used to execute a particular event on one element in the wrapped set.
unbind: This method is used to remove previously bound events from each element in the wrapped set.
This article was just an introduction to working with events in jQuery. I will explore more on the Event Handling API in future articles. Happy coding!
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Likerts Management System
Rensis Likert and his associates studied the patterns and styles of managers for three decades at the University of Michigan, USA, and identified a four-fold model of management systems. The model was developed on the basis of a questionnaire administered to managers in over 200 organizations and research into the performance characteristics of different types of organizations. The four systems of management system or the four leadership styles identified by Likert are:
- System 1 - Exploitative Authoritative: Responsibility lies in the hands of the people at the upper echelons of the hierarchy. The superior has no trust and confidence in subordinates. The decisions are imposed on subordinates and they do not feel free at all to discuss things about the job with their superior. The teamwork or communication is very little and the motivation is based on threats.
- System 2 - Benevolent Authoritative: The responsibility lies at the managerial levels but not at the lower levels of the organizational hierarchy. The superior has condescending confidence and trust in subordinates (master-servant relationship). Here again, the subordinates do not feel free to discuss things about the job with their superior. The teamwork or communication is very little and motivation is based on a system of rewards.
- System 3 - Consultative: Responsibility is spread widely through the organizational hierarchy. The superior has substantial but not complete confidence in subordinates. Some amount of discussion about job related things takes place between the superior and subordinates. There is a fair amount of teamwork, and communication takes place vertically and horizontally. The motivation is based on rewards and involvement in the job.
- System 4 - Participative: Responsibility for achieving the organizational goals is widespread throughout the organizational hierarchy. There is a high level of confidence that the superior has in his subordinates. There is a high level of teamwork, communication, and participation.
The nature of these four management systems has been described by Likert through a profile of organizational characteristics. In this profile, the four management systems have been compared with one another on the basis of certain organizational variables which are:
- Leadership processes
- Motivational forces
- Communication process
- Interaction-influence process
- Decision-making process
- Goal-setting or ordering
- Control processes
On the basis of this profile, Likert administered a questionnaire to several employees belonging to different organizations and from different managerial positions (both line and staff). His studies confirmed that the departments or units employing management practices within Systems 1 and 2 were the lease productive, and the departments or units employing management practices within Systems 3 and 4 were the most productive.
With the help of the profile developed by Likert, it became possible to quantify the results of the work done in the field of group dynamics. Likert theory also facilitated the measurement of the soft areas of management, such as trust and communication.
According to Rensis Likert, the nearer the behavioral characteristics of an organization approach System 4 (Participative), the more likely this will lead to long-term improvementin staff turnover and high productivity, low scrap, low costs, and high earnings.if an organization wants to achieve optimum effectiveness, then the ideal system
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Terms Used at Ancient Dragon Zen Gate
Dokusan: A formal interview with an Abbot or Dharma Teacher.
Gassho (Literally "palms together"): A mudra expressing nonduality. The palms are joined so that the fingertips are at the height of the nose. The hands are approximately one fist width away from the face.
Inkin: A portable bell. It usually sits atop a lacquered wooden handle and has a drape of material that covers the user's hand. It is used in our occasional formal ceremonies with a procession, where a portable bell is needed.
Jisha: The attendant who carries incense for the Doshi.
Jukai: Also known as "lay ordination", or "bestowing the Precepts", this ceremony is an initiation into the practice of the sixteen Bodhisattva Precepts for lay practitioners. During the ceremony, initiates receive the Precepts and a rakusu from a lineage-holding Teacher, along with kechimyaku, Zen lineage papers.
Jundo: Broadly speaking, "jundo" can mean any ritual circuit or circumambulation. At ADZG now done at the beginning of the day by the Dharma teacher during All-day sittings. After offering incense and bowing at the altar, the Doshi walks around the zendo behind the meditators, in what is called the "kentan", or "inspection of the sitting platform". As the Doshi passes, each practitioner raises his/her hands in gassho without bowing; this joins Doshi and sitters in mutual acknowledgement.
Mokugyo (Literally "wooden fish"): A traditional Japanese temple instrument played during services to set the pace of certain chants.
Mudra: A ritual hand position or gesture.
Okesa (From the Sanskrit "Kashaya"): A rectangular, patched robe made and worn as monks have done since the Buddha's time. It encircles the body and is draped over the left shoulder, leaving the right shoulder uncovered. It is given to a new priest during the priest ordination ceremony.
Ryo: A Japanese word meaning "chamber" or "section", for example, the doan ryo ("instrument player section") or the tenzo ryo ("kitchen section").
Sesshin (Literally "gather or touch the mind"): An intensive meditation retreat usually lasting 1 or 3 days, or more.
Zafu: A round cushion used for zazen.
Zazen: A Japanese word meaning "seated meditation".
Zendo: The meditation hall.


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 Previously, the Persistent Aquatic Living Sensors (PALS) aimed to find existing marine organisms capable of reacting to unknown, man-made objects so that the US military could use them without tapping into their DNA. It seems that the Pentagon has abandoned this plan for a gene-modified one.
 The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), working for the US military, has changed the direction of its PALS project to breeding marine life-forms that would produce measurable reactions, when they encounter enemy submarines, Defence One reported.
 Sarah Glaven, an NRL researcher cited by the online website, said that by altering the genome of bacteria living in the oceans and seas, they can possibly make them produce an electrical signal, when they come in contact with fuel or steel molecules in water. Such bacteria can become a living self-sustaining submarine sensor.
 "After experiments where we look at switching gene potential, gene expression, regulatory networks, we are finding these sensors", she said.
 Glaven claims that the laboratory possesses hard evidence, proving such biotechnology can be achieved and adapted for the use by the military in just a year.
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 Currently, the US Navy relies on hardware-based sensors, which are expensive to deploy around the world, forcing it to limit their usage to protecting aircraft carriers and US coasts. Earlier, NRL announced it would look for existing marine organisms that can properly react to the presence of submarines near them, without tampering with their genome.
 "The PALS programme aims to leverage the biological maritime ecosystem across a wide array of marine environments […] to find M/UUV [Manned/Unmanned Underwater Vessels] targets", the programme description read in March 2018.
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Every frontend framework tries to answer the same question - what is the best way to manage the application state. There are many approaches - MVC, MVVM, Flux, Redux... - and Keechma also has it's own.
Each of this approaches is giving the answers to the following questions:
- How to communicate with the rest of the world (calling an API)?
- How to respond to user interactions (mouse clicks, key presses...)?
- How to mutate the application state?
Keechma apps implement this kind of code in controllers. Controllers are a place for all the dirty, impure parts of your app code, and they act as a bridge between your (pure) domain code and code that has side effects (storing a user on the server).
How are controllers different?
While philosophically close to Redux actions and reducers, Keechma controllers differ significantly in the implementation.
- Keechma controllers have enforced lifecycle
- Keechma controllers are route driven
- Keechma controllers can implement a long-running process that can react to commands
Drivers of change
Changes in the application state happen for a few different reasons:
- Page reload
- Route change
- User action
Keechma treats page reload and route change as tectonic changes - a lot (or all) of the data in the application state will probably change when one of these happen. User actions are more of an incremental change, they will probably affect a small amount of data (for instance, the user might favorite a post - this is a small, incremental change to the application state).
Keechma controllers have their lifecycles controlled and enforced by the URL. Each controller implements a
param function which tells the controller manager if that controller should be running or not. Controller Manager (internal part of Keechma) has a set of rules which determine what should happen when the route changes. Whenever the URL changes, Controller Manager will do the following:
- It will call the params function of all registered controllers
- It will compare the returned value to the previous value (returned on the previous URL change)
- Based on the returned value it will do the
- If the previous value was nil and the current value is nil it won't do a thing
- If the previous value was nil and the current value is not nil it will start the controller
- If the previous value was not nil and the current value is nil it will stop the controller
- If the previous value was not nil and the current value is not nil but those values are same, it won't do a thing
- If the previous value was not nil and the current value is not nil but those values are different it will restart the controller
- If the previous value was nil and the current value is nil it won't do a thing
Controller manager ensures that the same controllers will always run for the same URL - it doesn't matter if it's a route change or a full page reload. This makes reasoning about the application state easier, you can treat every route change as if it was a full page reload. This was inspired by the React's way of reasoning where you don't care how the DOM is changed, you can mentally treat it as a full re-render.
Minimal layer of abstraction
Redux and similar frameworks model state changes as a combination of actions and reducers.
The only way to change the state tree is to emit an action, an object describing what happened. To specify how the actions transform the state tree, you write pure reducers.
While I like the simplicity of this approach, I feel that it's pushing the state management complexity to the application layer. If you model every state change as a (synchronous) action, every interaction that talks to the outer world will require multiple actions. This makes the flow hard to follow.
Instead of abstracting that kind of code, Keechma gives you complete control of how and when you change the application state. Controllers get full (read / write) access to the application state, and you can use any approach that fits your application.
Here's an example of a non-standard controller:
(defrecord Controller controller/IController (params [_ route] ;; This controller is active only on the order-history page (when (= (get-in route [:data :page]) "order-history") true)) (start [this params app-db] ;; When the controller is started, load the order history (controller/execute this :load-order-history) app-db) (handler [this app-db-atom in-chan out-chan] ;; When the controller is started connect to the websocket. ;; This way we can receive the messages when something changes ;; and update the application state accordingly. ;; ;; connect-socketio function returns the function that can be ;; used to disconnect from the websocket. (let [disconnect (connect-socketio in-chan)] (go (loop (let [[command args] ( app-db (assoc :articles-status :loaded) (assoc :articles value))) (rescue! [error] (pp/commit! (assoc app-db :articles-status :error))))
This approach was inspired by the Railway Oriented Programming talk, and the nice thing about it is that it was possible to implement a system like this because controllers give you a full access to application state. Pipelines are not a core Keechma feature, they are implemented in a separate library.
Controllers give you a full control over your application. They don't presume that you can fit your problem into any pattern or way of thinking. Their abstraction level is intentionally low, and you have a complete access to the application state. This makes it possible to solve non standard, specific problems with them. When you need an easy way to handle standard problems (like data loading, or user interaction) - use pipelines.
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The difference between mechanical seal and oil seal
Describe difference between mechanical seal and oil seal – Whether it is a mechanical seal or oil seal, it prevents the fluid seeping the liquid to other parts of the machine, or it keeps the rotating parts lubricated.
Both sealing types are popularly used in different mechanical engineering applications. How are they different? The article explains the fundamental working mechanism of both categories of seals.
The mechanical seal is used in a pump, mixer and other mechanical engineering scenarios to contain the fluid within a vessel where a shaft rotates through a stationary (or rotating) housing.
Why is mechanical seal important in this situation? It is because the rotating shaft has to move in a wet environment, but there should not be the leakage of pressurized fluid. Hence, the role of a seal is quite critical.
Does it mean the seal stops the leakage completely? Well, on the practical grounds yes because there is no 'visible leakage'.
There is a little leakage as the fluid vapors get released into the atmosphere from the faces of the seal, though. Since the quantity is hardly quantifiable, the seals are considered leak proof.
Qualities of mechanical seal
- The seals do not damage pump sleeve or shaft.
- Due to inboard springs that get adjusted as the seal faces wear, it is not required to do daily maintenance.
- Mechanical seals cause less power consumption than gland packing because of the lightly loaded faces.
- In mechanical seals, the lubricant doesn't get washed out. Therefore, bearing contamination gets avoided in normal operational conditions.
- Plant equipment remains corrosion free.
- Relatively less maintenance and cleaning are required. It makes mechanical seals cost-effective.
- Oil seals prevent accumulation of dirt in the machine.
Oil seals close off the space between stationary and moving components in the mechanical equipment. It saves the lubricant from escaping through the equipment and ensures smooth operation of the machine.
Oil seals are called rotary shaft seal or radial lip also.
Benefits of oil seals
- Oil seals prevent seeping of potentially hazardous contaminants like dirt or fluid in the running machine
- These seals safeguard mixing of two things like oil and water
- In the high-intensity work environment, oil seals play a vital role
- Oil seals are long-lasting and sturdy
- Oil seals can work relentlessly if the preventive and corrective maintenance is in place
- Low wear and tear
Since oil seals are versatile and multipurpose, they are suitable for all types of mechanical engineering situations, e.g., manufacturing units, automobiles, pumps, etc.
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Definition of infimum in English:
The largest quantity that is less than or equal to each of a given set or subset of quantities. The opposite of supremum.
- Paman's explanation looks like our present definition of infimum and supremum, but whereas our infimum and supremum given a set (of real numbers) gives a real number, the Maximinus and Minimajus of a quantity is a quantity of the same kind.
- To ensure nondecreasing lower bounds, the hyper-rectangle to be bisected is chosen by selecting the region which contains the infimum of the minima of lower bounds.
- The infimum may or may not be a member of the subset.
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What are some examples of hysteria in The Crucible?
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Hysteria was a major factor in the many accusations of witchcraft that occurred throughout The Crucible. It helps to understand what hysteria is--an overwhelming fear and excitement that overrides all logic, and is often enhanced and intensified by the presence of others who are acting out on that fear.
Every time the girls in the play accuse someone of being a witch in court, hysteria played a role. One girl would pretend to get cold, or see a spirit, or to be attacked by a spirit, and would cry out in fear and pain; the other girls, seeing her do that, caught the emotion like a contagious disease (which is how hysteria works), and would imagine they felt or saw the same things, or at least would react to the fear in the room. Mary Warren herself, in speaking to the judges, explained how it all happened:
"I--I heard the other girls screaming, and you, Your Honor, you seemed to believe them, and I--It were only sport in the beginning sir, but then the whole world cried spirits, spirits, and I--I promise you, Mr. Danforth, I only thought I saw them but I did not."
So, for a specific example of hysteria, you can look to the end of Act One. Here, Tituba starts naming people who might be witches, and is praised for it. So, Abby figures this is her way out of getting in trouble, and starts naming names. By the end of the act, all of the girls have caught on and are hysterically crying out names.
Even better, the girls turn on Mary Warren in Act Three, pretending she is a little bird come to tear their eyes out. Abigail leads the charge, and all of the other girls follow. Pretty soon the emotion is so intense that Miller writes in the stage directions,
"She and all the girls run to one wall, shielding their eyes. And now, as though cornered, they let out a gigantic scream, and Mary, as though infected, opens her mouth and screams with them."
Note how Miller describes Mary's hysteria as an infection received from the other girls--that, right there, is hysteria. So, Mary joins them, and eventually accuses Proctor of bewitching her, and the courts, once again, are ruled by hysterics instead of logic.
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A Quantitative Hepatitis A IgG titer is done to see how much if any immunity (protection) you have from Hepatitis A. This antibody titer is a blood test that detects the presence and measures the amount of antibodies within a person's blood. The amount and diversity of antibodies correlates to the strength of the body's immune response. A positive titer means you have immunity. This test is what is needed if you are at high risk due to an occupation or school clinical exposure. This test does not show whether you have Hepatitis A disease.


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When recovering from a spin, the first step is generally to cut the throttle:
... Otherwise, to recover from an upright spin, the following generic procedure may be used: Power is first reduced to idle and the ailerons are neutralized. Then, full opposite rudder (that is, against the yaw) is added and held to counteract the spin rotation, and the elevator control is moved briskly forward to reduce the angle of attack below the critical angle. Depending on the airplane and type of spin, the elevator action could be a minimal input before rotation ceases, or in other cases the pilot may have to move the elevator control to its full forward position to effect recovery from the upright spin. Once the rotation has stopped, the rudder must be neutralized and the airplane returned to level flight. This procedure is sometimes called PARE, for Power idle, Ailerons neutral, Rudder opposite the spin and held, and Elevator through neutral.... [Wikipedia]
This is extremely counterintuitive; given that another vital step in spin recovery is to apply full down elevator1 to get the nose down, one would expect that the blowback from the engine (especially for tractor-propeller aircraft) would aid in recovery by striking the underside2 of the deflected elevator, and, thereby, pushing the tail up (and the nose down), making it seem, at first glance, that it would be best to firewall the throttle in order to get the tail up and the nose down as quickly as possible.
In addition, even without the contribution from the elevator, applying full throttle would:
- drag the aircraft forwards through the air, increasing the forward component of its motion and decreasing the angle of attack seen by all the various parts of the aircraft;
- for tractor-propeller aircraft, blow air at high speed backwards over the wings, dramatically lowering the local angle of attack felt by the wings.
Both of these effects would tend to destall the aircraft and transform the spin into a boring old trivial-to-recover-from spiral dive.
So why do spin-recovery procedures for most aircraft generally call for cutting the throttle, rather than firewalling it?
1: Or, if spinning while inverted, full up elevator.
2: Replace "underside" with "upper side" if spinning inverted.


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Four Acts is a documentary about the 2007 public servants strike in South Africa, which was the first time that Black South Africans had rebelled against its Black government. My colleague and I took a group of students with us to teach in the rural schools of the Eastern Cape, and ended up learning about the real world experiences of teachers in South Africa and about ourselves.
Why is it called Four Acts?
The film is called Four Acts because it looks at the core 4 acts that created the systems of oppression in society and the educational system that still influence education today. The message is that the past is connected to the future and when problems aren't dealt with in a meaningful way (Bantu system of education), then the effects are far-reaching (public servants strike).
Why is this important?
The public servants strike in South Africa was a turning point for the Black South Africans (Xhosa) who are the majority. Previously, the enemy/oppressor had been White South Africans. This was the first time in the country's history that Black South Africans rebelled against a Black government. This strike highlighted how power and access function in society, such that Blacks are now the oppressors of Blacks in the country. This is a turning point for South Africa as we move further into the 21st century in terms of defining who they are, where they want to go and how to get there. Education is always thought to be the preferred route to power, but Black South Africans are learning that the system is so broken that the majority will still be locked out of power. The turning point of the power struggle was when the public servants (teachers, nurses, police officers) were denied a 12% raise, while government officials including then President Mbeki received exorbitant raises, which is why they decided to strike.
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Who Made this Film?
This film was written, directed and produced by Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D., who shot most of the film. Dr. Lajerne Terry Cornish serves as producer, Dr. Eric Singer as historical consultant and Daniel St. Ours is producer and editor of the film. Running time: 42 minutes.


How Does a Dog choose who to sleep with?
How Does a Dog choose who to sleep with
While dogs love every member of the family, they can also play favorites. If you are a big family, you might have already noticed this. Your dog seems to have a favorite person whom he loves hanging out with him. He will also pick another one to cuddle with and another to sleep with. One family member can do all for him. It can be a really depressing thing if your canine puppy chooses to spend most of his time with another more than you. Of course, if you are on the receiving end of things, count yourself lucky.
In today's post, we'll look at how dogs arrive at their preferred persons, especially how they choose sleeping buddies. The information can help put things at rest if you are not picked. It will also help you know what to do if you want your pooch to sleep with you.
How Dogs Like To Sleep
Before we find out how dogs choose their sleeping partners, let's take a look at the basics of sleep in the canine world. Essentially, dogs are pack animals. Granted, each dog can sleep on his own but they prefer snuggling in groups.
In the wild, the entire pack comes together when it's bedtime. This way, they derive warmth from each other. It also helps keep the dogs safe in a non-vulnerable sleep state. Finally, it strengthens the bond between the pack members. So, the next time your fur baby comes to your bed, just know that it is out of nature and instinct.
How Dogs Choose Who to Sleep With
There are a number of factors that affect the decision of who to sleep with in a dog. These include the following:
1. Alpha Over Beta
This doesn't apply to every case but if you are the boss of the family, you may be the best sleep buddy for your canine companion. See, dogs live in hierarchies. At the top of the pack is the tough Alpha dog who is the overall leader of the pack. The rest of the dogs submit to him. In return, he provides security, grooming services, and entertainment to the other dogs.
Dogs can perceive who the boss of the family is. And no, it doesn't have to be daddy. It can be your 12-year old daughter who grooms the pet, keeps him entertained, walks him, and feeds him. Or your wife, who is assertive and knows how to train the dog. Whichever the case, a dog can easily choose to sleep with someone that looks like the Alpha to them.
2. To Offer Safety And Protection
Does your dog prefer snuggling with your toddler rather than you? It could very well be because he feels the need to protect her from harm. While some dogs prefer choosing an Alpha to sleep with for their own security, there are those that go the other way. They know that the toddler needs more protection from harm than the adult and will sleep next to them to step into the role.
In the wild, fierce animals and other dog packs would attack when the dogs were asleep. Albeit domesticated and away from danger, dogs will always know that sleep can bring danger. It may not be your toddler but whoever your four-legged friend chooses to go to bed with is likely the most vulnerable according to him.
3. Personality
The number three probable reason your pup likes to sleep with one family member over another is purely because of personality differences. Dogs, in general, are attracted to people that match their own personalities. The old adage 'like poles attract' comes to play here in more ways than one. Therefore, if you are a bubbly and energetic individual, your high-energy dog is likely to want to climb up to your bed.
On the other hand, if you are laid back and quiet, you may attract a dog that has the same character. Your dog knows that he won't get surprises when he hangs with you. If he likes his quiet sleep, he won't expect loud calls and other destructive noises from you.
4. Early Socialization
The most crucial stage of a puppy's life is when he is 0-6 months old. His brain is very receptive and active. For this reason, any experiences, people, and places influence the dog for the rest of his life. If one person is constant during this phase of his life, the dog will want to spend more of his energy, including sleeping with the individual, more than others.
If you have a young puppy at home, you have a chance of creating a solid relationship with them. Be sure to let him interact with different people, places, and things to enhance his interactions. For instance, a dog that is exposed to men only in his early years of life may have a liking for that gender alone. In such a case, he will be repulsive towards women.
If your fur baby came home after six months of age, don't lose hope. Continued socialization like daily walks, doggy daycare, and play dates will go a long way in mending the relationship.
5. Attention, Affection, And All
Dogs know and interpret affection and attention directed at them. They are like babies. If you treat your baby right, he will naturally fall in love with you. The same story goes for dogs. Your fur baby will want to hang with you and sleep in your bed if you fill his bowl every morning, go for a walk around the block every evening, and play fetch with him whenever you can.
Physical affection basically solidifies the bond between humans and dogs. If you are unapproachable, distant, and detached from your dog, he will repay the favor by being the same way. Else, if you offer him lots of hugs, pets, massages, cuddles, and grooming sessions, he will love to be with you always.
While you are at it, make sure the affection and attention is genuine and quality. Don't be in the habit of yelling at the dog during walks, reprimanding him when he makes a mistake, or losing your temper when he chews your shoes. They can pick those cues and will interpret them as well.
6. Comfort
Everyone, including your canine buddy, appreciates sleeping in a comfortable bed. Where and who he sleeps with has a direct relationship with his comfort. Perhaps he prefers your bed over his little crib because his bed is too soft, too hard, too warm, too cold, you name it. Even in the same bed, the dog may enjoy snuggling next to your husband over you because perhaps his area is more comfortable. You've seen a dog dig up the sofa or an area in the backyard before resting his head. It's all in the quest for the best position for maximum comfort.
7. Positive Association
Last but not least, dogs pick their sleep buddies based on positive associations. If you are a constant source of entertainment for your Fido, he may choose you as his sleep mate. We do that too as human beings. If your mummy is always gifting you, you will always have plenty of love for him. If she never cares how you eat, go to school, or who your best friend is, you will have no motivation to want to spend more time with her.
Your Fido behaves the exact same way. His favorite sleep mate would be the person that deliberately goes out of his way to make the dog happy, comfortable, and entertained.
Final Thoughts
Different dogs choose different people to sleep with based on a number of reasons. We've listed the seven major ones. The good news is that there's always something you can do to get picked. From enhancing positive associations to keeping socializations going to giving your dog plenty of attention and affection, you can never run out of ideas.
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Abstract—In wireless ad hoc networks, constructing and maintaining a topology with lower node degrees is usually intended to mitigate excessive traffic load on wireless nodes. However, keeping lower node degrees often prevents nodes from choosing better routes that consume less energy. Therefore, the trade-off is between the node degree and the energy efficiency. In this paper, an adjustable structure, named the r{\hbox{-}}{\rm neighborhood} graph, is proposed to control the topology. This structure has the flexibility to be adjusted between the two objectives through a parameter r, 0 \le r \le 1. More explicitly, for any set of n nodes, the maximum node degree and power stretch factor can be bounded from above by some decreasing and increasing functions of r, respectively. Specifically, the bounds can be constants in some ranges of r. Even more, the r{\hbox{-}}{\rm neighborhood} graph is a general structure of both RNG and GG, two well-known structures in topology control. Compared with YG_{k}, another famous adjustable structure, our method always results in a connected planar with symmetric edges. To construct this structure, we investigate a localized algorithm, named PLA, which consumes less transmitting power during construction and executes efficiently in O(n\log n) time.
Wireless ad hoc networks, topology control, energy-efficient, localized algorithm.
Andy An-Kai Jeng, Rong-Hong Jan, "The r-Neighborhood Graph: An Adjustable Structure for Topology Control in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks", IEEE Transactions on Parallel & Distributed Systems, vol.18, no. 4, pp. 536-549, April 2007, doi:10.1109/TPDS.2007.1004
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