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We describe the setup of testing regions for the China Earthquake Forecast Testing Center and provide preliminary forecast results in the scope of the Collaboratory for the Study of Earthquake Predictability (CSEP) project. We investigate the spatiotemporal variations of the completeness magnitude Mc by using the frequency‐magnitude distribution of the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) catalog. We find three periods of significantly different Mc histories: (I) 1 January 1970–30 September 2001, (II) 1 October 2001–30 September 2008, and (III) 1 October 2008–31 August 2011. Mc mapping provides median values, 2.2, and 1.6 for the three periods of time, respectively, showing the improvement in catalog completeness over time. We recommend using data from periods II and III to define a baseline long enough for retrospective forecast testing. Small magnitude events from period I should be used with caution due to important fluctuations in completeness. For period III, coordinates of all national and regional seismic stations are available, and we therefore apply the Bayesian magnitude of completeness (BMC) technique, mapping Mc continuously by using prior information on the relationship between Mc and the density of seismic stations. We define four potential testing/collection areas for CSEP‐China: (A) All China, (B) North–South Seismic Belt (NSSB), (C) North and West Xinjiang Seismic Region, and (D) North China Seismic Region. In the current phase of CSEP‐China, only the NSSB (region B) is considered. To demonstrate the type of earthquake predictability experiment that will be performed in the Chinese Testing Center, we present a series of retrospective forecast experiments with TripleS, a smoothed seismicity model.
Online Material: The CENC earthquake catalog (1 January 1970–31 August 2011, restricted to magnitudes M≥3.0) as well as completeness magnitude Mc(x,y) spatial grids.


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🧪 Researchers have been testing ways to deliver oxytocin into the bloodstream to help relieve anxiety in people.
💞 Oxytocin is known as the love hormone because of its release when people are socially bonding, helping you "feel good" about a situation.
🔮 After observing intravenous, nasal spray, and nebulizer methods, they found the pathways through which the human body delivers each method. Then, each were analyzed for their efficacy.
Tailored delivery methods
🥰 By tailoring delivery methods to individuals, oxytocin treatments should become more effective. Good thing, too – with everyone in isolation, it will be harder to get so many hugs. 💜
🌺 What do you think? How do you activate YOUR oxytocin? How are you bonding with others during isolation?
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As mentioned in the admission control family, multiple features on multiple layers check to there is enough unused reserved memory available. This article is a part of a short series of articles on how memory is being claimed and provided as reserved memory; other articles will be posted throughout the week.
I've published two articles that describes memory reservation at the VM level and the resource pool level. These two sources are an excellent way to refresh your memory (no pun intended) on the reservation construct:
- Impact of memory reservation (VM-level)
- Resource pool memory reservations
"Unclaimed" reserved memory?
If a memory reservation is configured on a child object (virtual machine or resource pool) admission control checks if there is enough reserved memory available. Which memory can be claimed for reserved memory? And how about the host-level memory and cluster level memory? Let's dissect the cluster tree of resource providers and resource consumers and start with a bottom-up approach.
Host-level to DRS cluster
Both the host and DRS cluster are resource providers to the resource consumers i.e. resource pools and virtual machines. When a host is made a member of a DRS cluster, all its available memory resources are placed at the DRS disposal. The available memory of a host is the memory that is left after the VMkernel claimed host memory. The DRS cluster, also called the root resource pool, reserves this remaining memory.
As the DRS cluster reserves this memory per host, all the memory aggregated inside the root resource pool and is actually designated as reserved memory. However to prevent confusion, this reserved memory is labeled as unused reserved memory in the vSphere Client user interface and as such provided to the child resource pools and child virtual machines.At the Resource Allocation Tab of the cluster, the Total memory capacity of the cluster is listed as well as the reserved capacity. The Available capacity is the result of Total capacity – Reserved capacity. Note that if HA is configured the amount of resources reserved for failover is automatically added to the reserved capacity.
Child resource pools
Resource pools allow for hierarchical partitioning of the cluster, but they always span the entire cluster. Resource pools draw resources from the root resource pool and do not pick and select resources from a specific hosts. The root resource pool functions as an abstraction layer. When configuring a reservation on resource pool level the specified amount of memory is claimed by that specific resource pool and cannot be allocated by other resource pools.
Note that the claim of reserved resources by the resource pool is done immediately during the creation of the resource pool. It does not matter if there are running virtual machine inside the resource pools or not. The total configured memory is withdrawn from the root resource pool and thus unavailable for other resource pools. Please keep this in mind when sizing resources pools.
The next article will expand on virtual machines inside a resource pool.

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Interested in teaching Jewish Peoplehood basics?
An amazing resource for teaching Jewish Peoplehood.
Our friends at the The Center for Jewish Peoplehood Education worked with us to create this collection of anamated shorts for teaching Jewish peoplehood basics. The videos cover some of the core issues Jewish people wrestle with today including:
- Mutual Responsibility
- Collective Belonging
- Universalism vs. Particularism
- Israel through the Peoplehood lens
- Judaism as a Civilization
- The Challenge of Pluralism and Diversity to Jewish Peoplehood
Please watch these animated shorts and use them in the classroom to inspire thought, conversation and debate.
To download the free educational resources, curriculum, classroom plans and teaching tools that corespond to each of these animated videos, please visit _URL_


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Discuss at least one additional indicator that would be important for a nurse leader to monitor on a regular basis to drive outcomes as part of the performance data scorecard.. Introduction:
The purpose of this assessment is to help you develop the necessary skills and expertise to manage in the healthcare setting and understand the unique aspects of nursing leadership. Nursing leadership requires a unique set of skills relating to organizational performance and the healthcare industry. Leadership in the nursing profession, roles and responsibilities of the nurse leader, and human resource management are essential components of nursing management for leaders within the healthcare industry to understand. As the healthcare industry continues to change and reform, it is important for nurse leaders to be well prepared and well-rounded in the concepts of healthcare management and nursing leadership.
For this assessment, consider yourself a nurse leader (which could be your current role if you are in a nurse leadership role at your organization) responsible for multiple departments, units, or service areas. You are struggling with performance of outcome measures that are below benchmarks. You feel that if your teams and staff were more engaged, your outcomes would improve.
A. Create a performance data scorecard you could use to focus on outcome measures in your healthcare organization in which you do the following:
1. Identify the patient population being addressed.
2. Identify at least one outcome measure related to the population identified in part A1 for each of the following indicators:
- patient safety
- employee engagement
B. Discuss the necessary processes that drive each outcome measure.
1. Discuss at least one additional indicator that would be important for a nurse leader to monitor on a regular basis to drive outcomes as part of the performance data scorecard.
C. Discuss at least three advantages of the performance data scorecard created in part A.
D. Analyze at least two current trends in healthcare that are related specifically to employee engagement.
1. Explain the relationship between employee engagement and healthcare quality.
2. Discuss whether current tools in your organization adequately provide nurse leadership with data regarding employee engagement.
E. Create a plan to improve employee engagement based on the performance data scorecard.
Note: This plan may include but is not limited to goals, strategies, evaluation, timeline, etc.
1. Discuss leadership best practices that improve employee engagement.


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Since 2015 Yusuf has been involved in the delivery of training to foster carers, adopters, student social workers and professionals who are involved with those who are or have grown up in the care system.
He uses his lived experience to inform and talk about those area's that others often shy away from or gloss over with an honesty and candid openness that needs to be heard.
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He uses his own style of storytelling which enables him to engage and make connections with his audiences, offering personal narrative, anecdotes, whilst reflecting on those areas that have influenced and impacted him growing up, covering a broad spectrum of topics including social, political, historical and cultural issues.
Conversation and audience participation include the areas that have influenced his work today and how using these experiences to activate change in behaviour or attitudes.
Yusuf believes in his mantra that "I can be the difference, It feels personable and doable, making the difference always feels aspirational and to broad"..."being the difference for just one person means I've achieved what I set out to do"
Yusuf's Talk's illustrate how he has used his engagement with the visual arts (mainly Painting) to consistently overcome personal challenges.
Many hosts have commented on his Talk's usefulness in terms of motivation, particularly those facing challenges themselves.
His delivery style is open, honest, friendly and informal and audience interjection is welcomed at any given point.
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GP Cost 25
Learnt At 15 or 20 fighting.special.weapon or fighting.special.tactics
Skills Used Fighting.defence.parrying
Fighting.melee.* as appropriate.
Items Needed None
Guild Available to all
Riposte is a fighting command which can be used to rapidly counterstrike against an opponent following a successful parry, providing an almost free attack.
Riposte may be only be performed when armed, and when the player's tactics-response is set to either 'parry' or 'neutral'. Command help describes riposte as a thrust attack and it seems to only work with weapons that can either Stab or Pierce. You need sufficient Strength relative to the weight of the weapon (see Research:Riposte).
Riposting is a three-stage process:
 1. The player must pass a fighting.special.weapon skillcheck in order to prepare the command.
 2. They must then successfully parry an incoming attack against the opponent on whom they are executing the riposte.
 3. They then perform a normal skillcheck of their appropriate fighting.melee weapon skill for an extra attack.
Riposte gives the player a single extra attack that has a very low action point costresearch. Note that a riposte attack is essentially a normal attack - it doesn't do significantly more damage than normal, and it can be defended against just like any other attack.
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The PowerPoint Slide Show Converter program is used for creating self-playing slideshows out of PowerPoint presentations. This allows users to send presentations to other users easily, as the file is turned into a screensaver or an executable file. There are two modes for converting files – Special and Simple. The application's main window has all the settings and options users have to set before starting the conversion process. Users can select the PowerPoint presentation file, set the output filename, and choose the output type (.exe for executable and.scr for screensaver).
The PowerPoint Slide Show Converter application also allows the users to change the slideshow options, such as the number of seconds before the next slide is shown, or to wait for the user to click the mouse before moving on to the next slide. Transition effects can also be added to the output file. For a continuous presentation, there is an option called "Loop continuously".
Other features of the PowerPoint Slide Show Converter application are the following:
- Program works even without Microsoft PowerPoint installed on the computer
- Support for creating an autorun file to use for a CD or DVD disc
- Comes with a comprehensive help file for beginners
- Easy to use


Seeing, mirroring, desiring: The impact of the analyst's pregnant body on the patient's body image
Yakeley, Jessica (2013) Seeing, mirroring, desiring: The impact of the analyst's pregnant body on the patient's body image. The International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 94 (4). pp. 667-688. ISSN _PHONE_
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The paper explores the impact of the analyst's pregnant body on the course of two analyses, a young man, and a young woman, specifically focusing on how each patient's visual perception and affective experience of being with the analyst's pregnant body affected their own body image and subjective experience of their body. The pre-verbal or'subsymbolic' material evoked in the analyses contributed to a greater understanding of the patients' developmental experiences in infancy and adolescence, which had resulted in both carrying a profoundly distorted body image into adulthood. The analyst's pregnancy offered a therapeutic window in which a shift in the patient's body image could be initiated. Clinical material is presented in detail with reference to the psychoanalytic literature on the pregnant analyst, and that of the development of the body image, particularly focusing on the role of visual communication and the face. The author proposes a theory of psychic change, drawing on Bucci's multiple code theory, in which the patients' unconscious or'subsymbolic' awareness of her pregnancy, which were manifest in their bodily responses, feeling states and dreams, as well as in the analyst s countertransference, could gradually be verbalized and understood within the transference. Thus visual perception, or 'external seeing', could gradually become 'internal seeing', or insight into unconscious phantasies, leading to a shift in the patients internal object world towards a less persecutory state and more realistic appraisal of their body image.
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Uncontrolled Keywords: Analyst's Pregnancy, Body Image, Developmental Theory, Visual Communication
Subjects: Psychological Therapies, Psychiatry, Counselling > Patient/Therapist Interaction
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THE narrative was, perhaps, just a little too good to be true. When news broke last month of the so-called "Buddha from space" — a swastika-emblazoned statue, apparently 1,000 years old, that had been carved out of a meteorite and looted by a Nazi ethnologist — the world was enthralled.
There were only, it turns out, a few slight catches. According to two experts who have since given their verdict on the mysterious Iron Man, it may have been a European counterfeit; it was probably made at some point in the 20th century; and it may well not have been looted by the Nazis. The bit about the meteorite, though, still stands.
According to Buddhism specialist Achim Bayer, the statue bears 13 features which are easily identifiable by experts as "pseudo-Tibetan" — and which sit uneasily with speculation by researchers last month that it was probably made in the 11th-century pre-Buddhist Bon culture.
These include the 24cm-high statue's shoes, trousers and hand positioning, as well as the fact that the Buddha has a full beard rather than the "rather thin" facial hair usually given to a deity in Tibetan and Mongolian art. In his report, Bayer says he believes the statue to be a European counterfeit made some time between 1910 and 1970.
"Up to date, no acknowledged authority in the field of Tibetan or Mongolian art has publicly deemed the statue authentic…," writes the University of Seoul academic.
The statue's Asian provenance is not the only aspect of the story to have been questioned. In September, the man leading a team of German and Austrian researchers, University of Stuttgart geologist Elmar Buchner, said its previous owner had claimed it had been brought to Europe in the late 1930s by Ernst Schafer, a Nazi ethnologist who led an SS expedition to Tibet.
But German historian Isrun Engelhardt, who has studied Schafer's trip to Tibet in depth, has cast doubt on this suggestion, questioning the statue's absence on the long list of items brought back. "There is an extremely precise list of the purchased objects, including date, place and value," she told Spiegel.
Buchner says he had no reason to doubt the account of the previous owner, and stresses that his team was only looking into what the statue was made of — a rare form of iron with a high content of nickel — not where it had come from. While they felt able to say the material most likely came from the Chinga meteorite, which crashed to earth 15,000 years ago, the researchers admitted that "the ethnological and art historical details — as well as the time of sculpturing, currently remain speculative".
Moreover, Buchner's statements about the origins were qualified. He told the journal Meteoritics and Planetary Science: "If we are right that it was made in the Bon culture in the 11th century, it is absolutely priceless and absolutely unique worldwide."
— The Guardian, London


Advice for Living the Good Life
Ten Positive Energy Prescriptions
 1. Awaken intuition and rejuvenate yourself.
 2. Find a nurturing spiritual path.
 3. Design an energy-aware approach to diet, fitness and health.
 4. Generate positive emotional energy to counter negativity.
 5. Develop a heart-centered sexuality.
 6. Open yourself to the flow of inspiration and creativity.
 7. Celebrate the sacredness of laughter, pampering, and the replenishment of retreat.
 8. Attract positive people and situations.
 9. Protect yourself from energy vampires.
 10. Create abundance.
– Judith Orloff, M.D.Positive Energy: 10 Extraordinary Prescriptions for Transforming
Fatigue, Stress, and Fear into Vibrance, Strength and Love. New York, Harmony Books, 2004. Resources, index, 353 pages. ISBN: _PHONE_.


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Challenge: Axpo is the largest hydropower provider in Switzerland. In hydropower plants, work-related accidents tend to have more serious consequences than accidents that occur in the office. Accidents are not only extremely unfortunate because of the resulting damage to the employee's health, they also result in downtime and treatment costs, which are both expensive and bad for the company's reputation. For this reason, it is important to avoid human error and negligence wherever possible. Despite many years of raising awareness and employee training, the accident rate remained relatively high. Axpo needed to find a new way to change their employees' behavior.
Solution: Heads developed a new concept for internal communication that created a positive emotional connection to the topic of workplace safety. The hydropower plants launched a contest with the slogan "Safety first". A digital display in every hydropower plant showed which plant had gone the longest without an accident. At the end of the year, the plant that had the longest period with no accidents was rewarded with a challenge cup and the employees were given winners jackets. The displays also showed the earlier information (accident prevention tips, the latest findings, accident statistics).
Result: The team contest brought out the competitive side of the hydropower plants and motivated the employees to attach much greater importance to the topic of safety. The results are clear when you look at the accident statistics: the total number of accidents across all hydropower plants dropped by 30 percent in the first year and by another 30 percent in the following year.


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On Unix, signals can be sent to processes. mysqld responds to signals sent to it as follows:
SIGTERMcauses the server to shut down.
SIGHUPcauses the server to reload the grant tables and to flush tables, logs, the thread cache, and the host cache. These actions are like various forms of the
FLUSHstatement. The server also writes a status report to the error log that has this format:
Status information: Current dir: /var/mysql/data/ Running threads: 0 Stack size: 196608 Current locks: Key caches: default Buffer_size: _PHONE_ Block_size: 1024 Division_limit: 100 Age_limit: 300 blocks used: 0 not flushed: 0 w_requests: 0 writes: 0 r_requests: 0 reads: 0 handler status: read_key: 0 read_next: 0 read_rnd 0 read_first: 1 write: 0 delete 0 update: 0 Table status: Opened tables: 5 Open tables: 0 Open files: 7 Open streams: 0 Alarm status: Active alarms: 1 Max used alarms: 2 Next alarm time: 67


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Asked in HDTV
Will 120hz on a LCD TV affect a video signal from your TivoHD or does 120Hz just affect 24 frames per second sources?
A 120Hz television features a frame doubler. Normal television signals have 30 frames each second with each frame made of two fields so there are 60 fields each second. A 120Hz television is thought to eliminate some of the flicker from an image by generating intermediate fields between each of the broadcast fields. Whether or not it improves the image is a matter of opinion. Adding fields introduces small errors in the image and although more fields can be created, never can a frame doubler add information that wasn't in the original signal. The 120Hz feature refers directly to broadcast signals at 60Hz and not to 24 frame material. 24 frame material is derived from film and instead of being made up with two fields, the complete image is produced 24 times each second. A frame doubler will increase the rate to 48 frames per second if it takes the 24 frame material in it's native format. However, film is normally converted to a 60Hz signal using a technique known as 3:2 pulldown. This means that the first film frame will be sampled twice and will create two fields. The next film frame will be sampled 3 times and create three television fields. So, in 1/12 of a second, two film frames generate 5 television fields. If, at any time, the 24 Hz material is converted to 60Hz using 3:2 pulldown, the television will simply double the frame rate to 120 Hz. Indeed, the line doubler may use this technique anyway. The precise methods employed vary from one manufacturer to another so although it is safe to say that a 120Hz television will affect all incoming signals, the way they handle signals will vary. As a final note: European television runs at 50Hz, not 60Hz. Line doublers will convert to 100Hz. Also, 3:2 pulldown is not used in Europe. As the European frame rate is 25 FPS, film is run slightly faster than its normal 24FPS to comply with television standard frame rates. It means that films become 4% shorter on television than in a movie theater.


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How to get your students to stop talking with "Beat the Teacher!" - simple but motivating :-). Countdown to If one kid is still talking, teacher gets the point. If no one is talking, students get the point.
This could be a fun science fair project someday :) Ants stomachs are transparent. a woman noticed it when ants drank/ate spilled milk one day so she gave them some colorful candy and then photographed them!


Freight Brokers
It has often been asked here at this site, what exactly are freight brokers and what role they play in the industry as a whole.
Freight brokers are basically the go betweens acting for the persons requiring goods to be transported and the freight forwarders and transportation companies themselves. A freight brokerage could also be known as that which is legally termed a Property Broker. It is this term that has been established in the US by the FMCSA (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration). The FMCSA is a division of the Department of Transportation in the US.
A freight broker or property broker is therefore a term which is used to describe a licensed individual, or a corporation acting to assist in facilitating the successful transportation of goods undertaken by a freight shipper or authorized motor carrier and the customer.
Brokers are not, by law required to carry cargo or liability insurance. However, these entities are required to hold several legal documents which include:
 - A Broker's Authority
 - Surety Bond or Trust Fund
 - Processing Agent
A Broker's Authority is obtained for a $300 fee (currently) through the FMCSA upon filing out the form OP-1 and filing for authority.
A Surety Bond or Trust Fund is obtained from either a bank or a bonding company. The form that is required to be filed with this is known as the BMC-84 or BMC-85. Each brokerage company or individual entity is required to prove they are able to pay the various truck lines, airlines, railroads, or any other entity being used by the broker. Before a bond is issued, the individual's credit and/or financial capacity is thoroughly investigated. This is because for some reason if the brokerage fails to pay the freight forwarder or transport company, the bonding company must instead pay.For this reason the bonding company is extremely cautious about who they decide to insure.
The Processing Agent is obtained by filling out form BOC-3 and costs $50.
This type of entity does not require a lawyer or other professional entity in order to file for a motor carrier or property broker authority. As for certification, there is actually only one level of brokerage, which is the Property Broker, or more commonly called the Freight Broker. The FMCSA does not recognize any other title.
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text: 1. External damage. From the analysis of the operation in recent years, especially in the high-speed development of Shanghai Pudong, quite a number of cable failures are caused by mechanical damage. 2, Insulation damp. This is also common, usually in the case of a cable joint in a vertical or pipe. For example: cable joint production unqualified and in humid weather conditions do joint, will make the joint water or mixed with water vapor, long time R in the electric field to form a branch, gradually damage the insulation strength of the cable caused by failure. 3, chemical corrosion. Cable buried directly in the area of acid and alkali, often lead to the cable armor, PB skin or the outer layer of corrosion, the protective layer due to long-term chemical corrosion or electrolytic corrosion, resulting in failure of the protective layer, insulation reduction, will also lead to cable failure. Chemical: The corrosion of the unit cable is very serious 4, long-term overload operation. Overload operation, due to the heat effect of the current, the load current through the cable will inevitably lead to fever, at the same time, the charge of the skin effect and the steel armor of the eddy current loss, dielectric loss can also produce additional heat, so that the cable temperature rise. 5, cable connector failure. The cable joint is the weakest link in the cable line, the cable joint fault caused by the direct negligence of the personnel (bad construction) often occurs. Construction personnel in the production of cable joint process, if there is a joint pressure is not tight, insufficient heating and other reasons, will lead to the cable head insulation lower, resulting in an accident. 6. Environment and temperature. The external environment and heat source of the cable will also cause the high temperature of the cable, the insulation breakdown and even the explosion.


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A bicycle has wheels 67.3 cm in diameter and pedal cranks 17.5 cm long.
The cyclist pedals at a steady cadence of 76.0 rev/min. The chain
engages with a front sprocket 15.2 cm in diameter and a rear sprocket
7.00 cm in diameter. (a) Calculate the speed of a link of the chain
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bicycle wheels. (c) Calculate the speed of the bicycle relative to the
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Yes. The student creates the passphrase within the ODEM Platform.
Articles in this section
- What will protect digital certificates from unauthorized access?
- How can I prove that a certificate stored on the blockchain is authentic?
- Where can I input an IPFS hash to view a digital certificate?
- Will I need a passphrase to access a certificate?
- Where can I view educational certificate information?
- What certificate data does the Ethereum blockchain store?


Zoom Scavenger Hunt
Today's Contributors: Lauren De Amezaga & Deirdre Nic Ruairí from Zilker ES
We felt that our Zooms weren't exactly mirroring the fun that we had together in the classroom. While we appreciated shares and time to catch up, we were utilizing FlipGrids for students to share their voice every day. We wanted to spice things up a bit and have students be active around their houses while having fun. Together, we created a list of items students could go on a scavenger hunt for around the house. We came up with 5 items for students to find around their home around the topic of Earth Day. We utilized classroomscreen.com for our timer. We set the sound on the timer and played it for students to know that if they heard the sound, they should come back because time was up! We also shared our screen with students after each clue so they could see the amount of time they had left for each item. Teachers chose a few students to share the items they found after each round of a scavenger hunt.
Also, 'Scientific Sally' came in a bucket hat, glasses, and handkerchief to make it more engaging and fun for the kiddos!
One student remarked, "It was so fun! We got to do something new and fun all together."
This comment, coupled with students' smiles and laughs, are how we know it was a huge success and something we will definitely do again!
Here are the clues we used:
1. Something blue like the ocean
2. Something that has the letter E like earth
3. Something that has ink like a squid
4. Something that makes you think of nature
5. Something that smells good (like outside/ a flower)
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Page 4: How LIFFE works
A client (such as a Building Society) wishes to buy or sell futures or options and telephones his/her broker, a member of LIFFE. The broker contacts his/her booth on the LIFFE trading floor with his or her client's instructions. The order is received in the booth and time stamped and dated. The pit trader is given the information either by hand signals or by written order from the booth clerk. It is then offered verbally to other traders in the pit.
The first trader to respond by calling, for example, "Buy 10" or "Sell 10", becomes the counterparty to the deal. The broker then informs his or her client that the order is filled. Both parties then input the trade details into the matching system. Matched trades are passed to the clearing house which acts as a central counterparty.


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Definition of Pollen
Pollen: Small, light, dry protein particles from trees, grasses, flowers, and weeds that may be spread by the wind. Pollen particles are usually the male sex cells of a plant, and they are smaller than the tip of a pin. Pollen is a potent stimulator of allergic responses. It lodges in the mucous membranes that line the nose and in other parts of the respiratory tract, causing irritation and histamine reactions.
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Abstract: In the first part of the experiments, the mechanical properties of 1%, 2% and 3% carrageenan and 1%. 2% and 3% carrageenadlocust bean gum (LBG) gels stored in various concentrations of propionic and acetic acids and their mixtures were examined:The stability of these materials was measured by uniaxial compression between two parallel plates using the Instron Universal Testing Machine. A mathematical model explaining the dependence of the destroying force on the storage time was chosen for data analysis. Using…
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When we build super-tall skyscrapers, those buildings are subject to swaying due to wind and seismic activity. They're designed for it, and some amount of movement is both safe and inevitable...but it can be really unpleasant for people in the upper floors. So what can engineers do to reduce this movement, but preserve the flexibility of the building?
Enter tuned mass dampers (previous coverage). TMDs are used in all kinds of things, from cars to power lines to spacecraft (!). They offer a counterweight that offsets vibration, counteracting the most troubling movement within a given structure.
Okay, so how do TMDs work? In this video from Practical Engineering, we get a great demo, including a small-scale build in the video-maker's garage to show the effects of a simple TMD system. Tune in and learn a bit of awesome engineering:
(Note: Bonus points for the googly eyes on the demo skyscrapers! If only we had those on real skyscrapers....)


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How to Use advanced ACL Concepts
How to Use advanced ACL Concepts¶
The aim of this chapter is to give a more in-depth view of the ACL system, and also explain some of the design decisions behind it.
Symfony's object instance security capabilities are based on the concept of an Access Control List. Every domain object instance has its own ACL. The ACL instance holds a detailed list of Access Control Entries (ACEs) which are used to make access decisions. Symfony's ACL system focuses on two main objectives:
- providing a way to efficiently retrieve a large amount of ACLs/ACEs for your domain objects, and to modify them;
- providing a way to easily make decisions of whether a person is allowed to perform an action on a domain object or not.
As indicated by the first point, one of the main capabilities of Symfony's ACL system is a high-performance way of retrieving ACLs/ACEs. This is extremely important since each ACL might have several ACEs, and inherit from another ACL in a tree-like fashion. Therefore, no ORM is leveraged, instead the default implementation interacts with your connection directly using Doctrine's DBAL.
The ACL system is completely decoupled from your domain objects. They don't even have to be stored in the same database, or on the same server. In order to achieve this decoupling, in the ACL system your objects are represented through object identity objects. Every time you want to retrieve the ACL for a domain object, the ACL system will first create an object identity from your domain object, and then pass this object identity to the ACL provider for further processing.
This is analog to the object identity, but represents a user, or a role in your application. Each role, or user has its own security identity.
2.5For users, the security identity is based on the username. This means that,
if for any reason, a user's username was to change, you must ensure its
security identity is updated too. The
method is there to handle the update, it was introduced in Symfony 2.5.
Database Table Structure¶
The default implementation uses five database tables as listed below. The tables are ordered from least rows to most rows in a typical application:
- acl_security_identities: This table records all security identities (SID)
which hold ACEs. The default implementation ships with two security
- acl_classes: This table maps class names to a unique ID which can be referenced from other tables.
- acl_object_identities: Each row in this table represents a single domain object instance.
- acl_object_identity_ancestors: This table allows all the ancestors of an ACL to be determined in a very efficient way.
- acl_entries: This table contains all ACEs. This is typically the table with the most rows. It can contain tens of millions without significantly impacting performance.
Scope of Access Control Entries¶
Access control entries can have different scopes in which they apply. In Symfony, there are basically two different scopes:
- Class-Scope: These entries apply to all objects with the same class.
- Object-Scope: This was the scope solely used in the previous chapter, and it only applies to one specific object.
Sometimes, you will find the need to apply an ACE only to a specific field of the object. Suppose you want the ID only to be viewable by an administrator, but not by your customer service. To solve this common problem, two more sub-scopes have been added:
- Class-Field-Scope: These entries apply to all objects with the same class, but only to a specific field of the objects.
- Object-Field-Scope: These entries apply to a specific object, and only to a specific field of that object.
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Each extra hour per day spent watching TV, using the internet or playing computer games during Year 10 is associated with poorer grades at GCSE at age 16, according to research from the University of Cambridge. In a study published today in the open access International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, researchers also found that pupils doing an extra hour of daily homework and reading performed significantly better than their peers. However, the level of physical activity had no effect on academic performance.
The link between physical activity and health is well established, but its link with academic achievement is not yet well understood. Similarly, although greater levels of sedentary behaviour - for example, watching TV or reading - have been linked to poorer physical health, the connection to academic achievement is also unclear.
To look at the relationship between physical activity, sedentary behaviours and academic achievement, a team of researchers led by the Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge studied 845 pupils from secondary schools in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk, measuring levels of activity and sedentary behaviour at age 14.5 years and then comparing this to their performance in their GCSEs the following year. This data was from the ROOTS study, a large longitudinal study assessing health and wellbeing during adolescence led by Professor Ian Goodyer at the Developmental Psychiatry Section, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge.
The researchers measured objective levels of activity and time spent sitting, through a combination of heart rate and movement sensing. Additionally the researchers used self-reported measures to assess screen time (the time spent watching TV, using the internet and playing computer games) and time spent doing homework, and reading for pleasure.
The team found that screen time was associated with total GCSE points achieved. Each additional hour per day of time spent in front of the TV or online at age 14.5 years was associated with 9.3 fewer GCSE points at age 16 years - the equivalent to two grades in one subject (for example from a B to a D) or one grade in each of two subjects, for example. Two extra hours was associated with 18 fewer points at GCSE.
Screen time and time spent reading or doing homework were independently associated with academic performance, suggesting that even if participants do a lot of reading and homework, watching TV or online activity still damages their academic performance.
The researchers found no significant association between moderate to vigorous physical activity and academic performance, though this contradicts a recent study which found a beneficial effect in some academic subjects. However, both studies conclude that engaging in physical activity does not damage a pupil's academic performance. Given the wider health and social benefits of overall physical activity, the researchers argue that it remains a public health priority both in and out of school.
As well as looking at total screen time, the researchers analysed time spent in different screen activities. Although watching TV, playing computer games or being online were all associated with poorer grades, TV viewing was found to be the most detrimental.
As this was a prospective study (in other words, the researchers followed the pupils over time to determine how different behaviours affected their academic achievement) the researchers believe they can, with some caution, infer that increased screen time led to poorer academic performance.
"Spending more time in front of a screen appears to be linked to a poorer performance at GCSE," says first author Dr Kirsten Corder from the Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR) in the MRC Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge. "We only measured this behaviour in Year 10, but this is likely to be a reliable snapshot of participants' usual behaviour, so we can reasonably suggest that screen time may be damaging to a teenager' grades. Further research is needed to confirm this effect conclusively, but parents who are concerned about their child's GCSE grade might consider limiting his or her screen time."
Unsurprisingly, the researchers found that teenagers who spent their sedentary time doing homework or reading scored better at GCSE: pupils doing an extra hour of daily homework and reading achieved on average 23.1 more GCSE points than their peers. However, pupils doing over four hours of reading or homework a day performed less well than their peers - the number of pupils in this category was relatively low (only 52 participants) and may include participants who are struggling at school, and therefore do a lot of homework but unfortunately perform badly in exams.
Dr Esther van Sluijs, also from CEDAR, adds: "We believe that programmes aimed at reducing screen time could have important benefits for teenager' exam grades, as well as their health. It is also encouraging that our results show that greater physical activity does not negatively affect exam results. As physical activity has many other benefits, efforts to promote physical activity throughout the day should still be a public health priority."
The research was mainly supported by the MRC and the UK Clinical Research Collaboration.
Corder, K et al. Revising on the run or studying on the sofa: Prospective associations between physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and exam results in British adolescents. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity; 4 Sept 2015.


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Dr. Marsh at the South Pole
Even Delaware's coldest winter could hardly rival the frigid environments in which Dr. Adam Marsh works. The marine biochemist regularly travels to Antarctica to learn more about the sea life that dwells in its icy waters. The lowest temperature on the planet has been recorded in Antarctica -- at 128.6°F below zero.
Marsh recently joined the faculty at the University of Delaware Graduate College of Marine Studies. As an assistant professor in the college's Marine Biology-Biochemistry Program, he will teach graduate courses in marine biochemistry with special emphasis on the structure an d function of proteins essential to marine life. He also will conduct research on the early life stages of shellfish and finfish in waters ranging from the Antarctic ocean to Delaware Bay.
"In general, I'm working to find out how marine organisms develop in 'extreme,' or harsh, environments, including polar oceans with their freezing temperatures, deep-sea basins with their crushing pressure, and even estuaries such as the Delaware Bay," Marsh says. "You might be surprised that estuaries could be classified as an extreme environment," he notes. "But wide variations in temperature and salinity occur there, and the marine animals that live in them must be able to adapt quickly to the changing conditions in order to survive."
One of Marsh's projects, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), focuses on the Antarctic sea urchin (Sterechinus neumayeri). This animal resembles a pincushion, with long, red spines extending from its round shell. It lives on the seafloor and uses its spines or sucker-tipped tube feet to move about.
Specifically, Marsh is working to find out how the Antarctic sea urchin's embryos are able to develop so well in the extreme cold of the polar sea. The animal's metabolism may provide clues to how organisms grow in other harsh environments.
Marsh earned his Ph.D. in marine science from the University of Maryland. He also has a master's degree in invertebrate zoology and bachelor's degrees in zoology and English literature from the University of South Florida.
His honors include the Lerner-Gray Marine Science Award for Molecular Ecology and an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biotechnology. Additionally, for the past seven years, he has served as an instructor in the NSF course "Biological Adaptations of Antarctic Marine Organisms" at McMurdo Station, Antarctica.
Marsh's office is in Smith Laboratory at the Hugh R. Sharp Campus in Lewes. His phone number is _PHONE_, and his e-mail address is _EMAIL_. To learn more about his research, please visit his Web site at _URL_
He and his wife, Michelle, and children, Anson and Ella, make their home in Lewes, Delaware.


Medicare Parts A and B do not cover hearing aids or other related services, such as exams for fitting hearing aids. However, Medicare Part B may cover part of the cost of general hearing exams to aid in medical treatment when the ordering doctor deems it necessary.
Medicare Parts A and B do not cover hearing aids for older adults or people who have Medicare due to a disability.
Many people with hearing loss would benefit from using hearing aids. These devices are vital for the overall well-being of deaf people and individuals with partial hearing loss, for whom they can significantly improve the quality of life.
In this article, we look at which parts of Medicare may cover the costs of hearing loss treatment and diagnosis.
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With Medicare Part B, a person may get cover for part of the cost of general hearing exams.
As of 2020, Medicare Parts A and B do not cover hearing aids. This may change, however, due to a government bill that is currently under consideration.
According to the Hearing Loss Association of America, the HR 3 bill that Congress passed in 2019 enables the government to negotiate prescription drug costs. If the Senate passes the bill, the savings from the lower prices will cover hearing care, which might include hearing aids.
However, HR 3 has not yet passed the Senate, and it may not successfully become law.
Another bill called the Medicare Audiologist Access and Services Act of 2019 is also a step in the right direction for coverage of audiology services and, potentially, hearing aids. However, the act has yet to become law, and its fate is unknown.
Legislators and advocacy groups are moving in a positive direction regarding hearing aids. However, it is currently not clear whether Medicare will change its policies and cover these devices in the years to come.
Medicare Part B does not cover hearing aids or exams for a hearing aid fitting. Typically, Medicare Part B covers medically necessary services that treat an active medical condition.
Although Medicare Part B does not cover hearing aids, it does cover hearing exams that a doctor recommends for diagnosing a hearing problem. However, the individual on the policy is still responsible for paying 20% of the cost.
They will also need to pay part of any outstanding deductible on the policy. People who attend a hearing exam in the outpatient department of a hospital will need to cover a co-payment directly to the healthcare provider.
Medicare Part B also covers bone-anchoring hearing aids(BAHA). Medicare classifies the BAHA as a prosthetic device and not a hearingaid.
A BAHA is a surgically implanted device that helps people with certain types of hearing loss. It works differently than traditional hearing aids. A BAHA transmits sound waves through bone conduction, stimulating the cochlea and bypassing the middle and outer ear.
It is important to understand that a BAHA is not the same as a traditional hearing aid. It may be an option for some people with certain types of hearing loss, however.
Medicare Part C, also called Medicare Advantage, is an insurance plan that private insurance companies offer to replace Medicare Parts A and B. However, the cost and coverage vary by plan.
Some Medicare Advantage plans cover hearing aids and the associated costs, such as maintenance.
People who are considering Medicare Advantage should compare the benefits of individual plans before selecting the best option for their needs.
The cost of hearing aids varies. According to a 2015 report by the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, the average cost of one hearing aid is about $2,400.
Some people may need two hearing aids, which would put the cost at $4,800.
The high cost of hearing aids may make it difficult for some people to treat their hearing loss. However, these devices can considerably improve the quality of life for people with hearing conditions.
There are many early warning signs of hearing loss. A person might benefit from a hearing aid if they:
 - frequently ask people to repeat what they said
 - have an inability to understand dialogue when watching TV
 - strain to hear conversations
 - have trouble understanding what people say when their faces are not visible
 - think that others are mumbling
 - have trouble hearing over the phone
 - hear ringing, hissing, or rushing noises
 - regularly miss the doorbell when it rings
 - receive suggestions from other people that they have a hearing problem
 - avoid group conversations over concerns that they may be challenging to follow
 - often find that the source or location of a sound is difficult to identify
 - regularly hear from others that the TV, radio, or phone is too loud when they use it
 - find male voices easier to follow than female voices, which may be a sign of high register hearing loss
 - feel tired and stressed after trying to follow a conversation
 - have the sense that people are mumbling more than they did previously
Hearing aids are an adaptation for deaf people and those with partial hearing loss, and they can make life easier to manage. They are not a cure, though, as they do not address the underlying biological causes.
However, sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is treatable with hearing aids. According to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, SNHL is the most common form of permanent hearing loss and involves damage to the inner ear.
People who have hearing loss should talk with their doctor. Statistics indicate that it takes people 7 years, on average, to seek treatment for hearing loss, possibly due to high costs and concerns over social stigmas.
Anyone who is putting off learning about hearing aids due to worries that they are too visible should find some comfort in current technological advances. Hearing aids are now smaller and more discreet than ever before.
People who show symptoms of hearing loss should seek an appointment with a doctor for a hearing test. If the doctor finds a problem, they will usually make a referral to a specialist called an ear, nose, and throat doctor, or otolaryngologist.
The specialist will perform additional hearing checks to determine the type and extent of any hearing problems.
Learn more about recognizing and managing hearing loss and deafness here.
According to The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, about 30 million people in the United States live with hearing loss. The Academy also note that an estimated 67–86% of the people aged 50 years and older who could benefit from hearing aids do not use them.
However, hearing aids may improve the quality of life for people who have some forms of hearing loss.
Without treatment, hearing loss may have various adverse health effects, especially in older adults.
For example, according to this research from 2014, hearing loss may lead to an increased risk of falls, dementia, and poor cognitive functioning in older adults. However, treating hearing loss may delay cognitive decline and dementia.
As it stands in 2020, Medicare Parts A and B do not cover the cost of hearing aids or exams for hearing aid fittings. Legislation may change Medicare's coverage for hearing aids in the future, though.
Some Medicare Advantage plans do cover hearing aids and their associated costs.
Leaving hearing loss untreated may lead to unexpected health consequences, such as dementia and an increased risk of falling.
Individuals with hearing loss should ask their doctor about hearing tests to determine whether they might benefit from hearing aids.


Were the Ancient Jewish people always in Israel?
Asked by: Adam2
 - Yes SOME of the Jewish people have been in Israel the whole time.
 The rest were scattered out among the nations. Genetics tests were done not long ago that demonstrated that the scattered Jews were connected in a high degree to the original ancient people. Just in case someone is going to try to say that the Palestinians are the true Jews I'm going to pop that bubble. Palestinians are Arabs from Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria who showed up and claimed the land about 3 generations ago. Many of them had to rent from the Arab land owners who owned it. They were what you call squatters.
 - We All Come from Africa
 The Ancient Jews weren't always in Israel. Abraham was a nomad who went throughout the Middle East. Before Judaism flourished, civilizations in Mesopotamia, India and China rose up. For a time, the entire Jewish population was enslaved in Egypt. Jews claiming a territorial homeland in Israel is bogus--the human race originated in Africa anyway when some great apes evolved into homo sapiens. If you want to go that far back, Ancient Jews at one time lived in Africa as hairy humans before evolving into more civlized people.
 - The Ancient Jewish people were not always in Israel.
 First, Israel didn't exist before the 20th century. Israel was the name of the Jewish people themselves. Also, Jews were not always in the area that today is called Israel. They were exited in Babylon and Egypt for some of their history. Israel is their homeland, but they did not always stay there.
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Below are the 10 primary benefits of using the Magic Link handwriting programme in both primary and secondary schools:
 1. School curriculum
The Magic Link Handwriting Programme can be used in both primary and secondary schools. This programme can be integrated into the school curriculum so the whole school can learn neat, cursive, joined-up handwriting. The non joined-up (pre-cursive) programme is for 5-year-olds, in year 1 and the cursive (joined-up) programme is for 6-18 years.
2. Whole class or groups
The programme can be used with a whole class as it can be incorporated as part of a classroom activity. Alternatively, it can be used with small groups of children, or individually with pupils who are finding particular difficulty with the letter and word formation. It is perfect for pupils of all ages including those in primary schools as well as secondary schools.
2. Colour-coded worksheets
The bright, worksheets use clear colour -coding and each vowel has its own colour. This is a motivator, which also improves reading and spelling. No further teaching resource is required.
colour coded worksheets
3. Handwriting intervention
The programme can be used with small handwriting intervention groups within the classroom or as specific tutorial lessons.
4. No teacher training
No teacher training is required; teachers, special educational needs coordinator (SENcos) or teaching assistants are simply required to supervise the children to ensure that the pupils are following the steps correctly. This makes the programme very easy to use as there is little scope for error.
5. Simple font
The Magic Link font makes learning how to write correctly a simple and achievable task. There are no confusing lead-in (entry) strokes. This font has been designed to promote speed and result in smooth, flowing joined up handwriting.
The simple magic link font
6. Multi-sensory
The Magic Link Programme incorporates a multi-sensory approach. The lively music, auditory instructions and visual tips are clearly presented and makes learning fun and interesting.
 7. Incremental Progression of Handwriting Strokes
The act of forming letters requires many steps. The steps in the Magic Link programme follow motoric incremental movements of handwriting, which are required to complete an action resulting in higher levels of motor planning. At the end of every steps, the learnt words are incorporated into 'silly sentences' to reinforce the motor movement and make handwriting practise fun.
Letters with arrows
 8. Perfect for all pupils
The Magic Link Handwriting Programme is perfect for all pupils including children with SEN i.e dyslexia, dyspraxia, have Asperger's syndrome, hypermobile and left and right handers. All pupils follow the pre-recorded video lessons to learn the correct formation of letters, words and sentences.
 9. Highly structured
This highly structured programme starts at the basic level and progresses through vowels and vowel combinations. All pupils are fully aware from the start, that at the end of 30 steps they will achieve neat, cursive writing.
10. Certificate of Achievement
For primary school children, a "Certificate of Achievement" provides an extra motivator. This can be given at the end of the programme or awarded in assembly and reward their new skill to make them feel proud and confident.
Benefits of using the Magic Link Handwriting Programme in school


text: Gallium arsenide and indium arsenide layers have been grown by atomic layer epitaxy (ALE) using gallium and indium chlorides and arsine as source materials. The chlorides are formed by a chemical reaction between hydrogen chloride and the respective elemental metal. Argon acts as the carrier gas. The grown gallium arsenide layers are unintentionally doped to a level of ≥ 1017 cm-3. Mobilities up to 75% of the theoretical values for materials with such carrier concentrations are measured. For GaAs, the RBS/channeling technique gives minimum yield of 4% compared to the corresponding random backscattering spectrum, indicating good crystalline quality. This is further confirmed by observation of a photoluminescence peak with FWHM of 12 meV at 12 K originating from GaAs/InAs/GaAs single quantum well a few monolayers thick.


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A Quick Cure If You're Feeling Dangerously Impulsive: Look At Some Nature
Want to put a stop to hasty decisions? Contemplating nature—even just images on your computer—could provide the self-control boost you need.
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Next time you're about to send off a nasty email or buy something completely unnecessary on Amazon, stop and take a look at a photo of the forest. It might just make you reconsider.
A study from researchers at Utah State University has found that visual exposure to natural environments decreases impulsiveness—even if that exposure is just an image on a computer screen inside a lab. Past studies have found that the natural environment has positive effects on attention, happiness, and mood, but this is the first piece of research to look at how natural scenes affect impulsivity.
The study used a common test of impulsivity, called delay discounting to see how participants are affected by natural scenes. The researchers tried to see whether a participant would choose to immediately receive a small reward instead of getting a larger reward later.
Almost 200 undergraduate students came to a computer lab and viewed photos of either the natural world, the built environment, or, as a control group, photos of geometric shapes. After viewing numerous photos, a choice popped up on the computer screen, asking whether they would rather have a smaller amount of money now or a larger amount later. That choice popped up multiple times for each participant, with the amount of money and time varying based on their past answers.
In the end, researchers found statistically significant evidence that people exposed to images of natural environments are more self-controlled than people exposed to images of the built environment or the control environment. "It was a brief exposure—overall, less than 10 minutes on a computer screen, not an immersion in the environment," says Kerry Jordan, one of the researchers in the study, "We know that virtual views of nature can help us be healthier and restore attention, but other studies have shown immersion works even better."
It's probable, then, that people with constant access to nature can control their impulsivity better than nature-deprived city dwellers (lots of city dwellers have access to nature too, of course). Even making small changes to an indoor office, like adding plants, could decrease impulsivity.
The Utah State researchers don't know exactly why exposure to nature cuts down on impulsivity, but they have some theories. There could a be a mood difference between people looking at natural and built environment scenes. Perhaps perceptions of time have something to do with it (people often say that time seems to slow down when they're in nature, and slowed-down time perception could make longer gratification delays seem shorter). Jordan believes the most likely possibility is our increased capacity for attention when gazing at nature—the more we pay attention, the more we can think about the consequences of our decisions.
Jordan suspects that mood doesn't play a part in the equation. "People in better moods are usually more impulsive decision-makers. If that were the case, people should have been making more impulsive decisions," she says.
Next, the researchers plan to look at the effect that time perception has on impulsivity, and what happens when you expose people to photos of nature and the built environment in succession—more like the real world.
"It's an important area of research in part because it's such an easy intervention," says Jordan.


Can you open a revit file in autocad?
1) Start a new, empty drawing in AutoCAD 2) Load Cap 3) Attach the DWG created out of Revit as an external reference within AutoCAD a) Typing "XREF" at the AutoCAD command line and using the "External Reference" palette is the most common method, but it also possible via the "Insert" ribbon, in the "Reference" section.
Can you convert Revit files to AutoCAD?
Just in case you need to convert a 3D Revit model to 3D AutoCAD, here ya go. … With the Revit model open, Click the Application Menu ("Big R") > "Export" > "CAD Formats" > Select "DWG". In the "DWG Export" dialog box – Click on the ellipsis (button with 3 dots) to open the "Modify DWG/DXF Export Setup" dialog box.
What programs can open Revit files?
RVT Files are created with Revit, software used by architects to make blueprints. They can be opened with Autodesk Viewer on a browser or by downloading a free trial of AutoCAD Architecture.
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Can Autodesk Design Review Open Revit files?
Download the free Design Review 2013 and export the Revit model as a DWF. Use the Revit viewer mode. This is explained in the article: How to use Revit Viewer Mode. If you have Navisworks, you can open the Revit file in Navisworks, then save as an NWD file.
How do I open a Revit file?
To open a Revit file, use any of the following methods:
 1. Press CTRL+O.
 2. On the Home page, under Models or Families, click Open, or click a thumbnail image in the Recent Files list.
 3. Click File tab (Open).
 4. Click File tab (Open), and select a file type.
 5. Click File tab, and select a file from the Recent Documents list.
How do I export a 3d DWG file to Revit?
 1. Open the 3D view of the project to export.
 2. Click File tab Export CAD Formats (DWG files).
 3. In the DWG Export dialog, click (Modify Export Setup).
 4. On the Solids tab of the Modify DWG/DXF Export Setup dialog, select Export as AutoCAD Architecture and AutoCAD MEP Objects. …
 5. For Prefer: …
 6. Click Next.
How do I export a selection in Revit?
for Export, select . for Export, select , and then select the views and sheets to export. If you are ready to export, click Next. To save the current export settings and close the dialog without exporting, click Save Set & Close.
How do I use viewer in Revit?
At this time there is no separate Revit Viewer or installer, there is only Revit.
To access the Revit Viewer, go through the following steps:
 1. Download and install Revit selecting the trial option.
 2. When launching Revit from the Start Menu use the Revit Viewer option.
 3. Open the desired Revit model.
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How do I open a Navisworks file in Revit?
In Navisworks, open the Options Editor, expand File Readers, and choose Revit. For Coordinates, select Project Internal, deselect Convert Linked CAD Formats, and deselect Divide File Into Levels. Next, open the file in Navisworks, and then open Revit.
What 3d files can Revit import?
Revit supports the import of ACIS objects contained in DWG, DXF, DGN, and SAT files. You can incorporate a Trimble® SketchUp® design into a Revit project to provide a starting point for the building model. You can import 3D geometry from supported file formats and applications.7 мая 2020 г.
How do I convert DWF to DWG?
This workflow can potentially produce a usable DWG file from a DWF:
 1. Create a new drawing in AutoCAD.
 2. Use the DWFATTACH command and attach the DWF/DWFx file.
 3. Plot or export the drawing to PDF.
 4. Start a new drawing and use the PDFIMPORT command to import the PDF.
Can you convert Revit to SketchUp?
This tutorial will show you how to export a Revit file to SketchUp. There are two methods for transferring a model. The first is by using a plugin, and the second is by exporting to a DWG file, then importing into SketchUp. … Tip: You must be in a 3D view to export with either method.
How do I open a DWF file without AutoCAD?
Autodesk has several free ways you can view the file without the need for their AutoCAD software. This can be done through their Design Review program, the free online Autodesk Viewer, and their A360 mobile app (available for iOS and for Android).
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How do I open an old 2020 Revit file?
 1. Open the RVT model in the newer version of Revit.
 2. Export to an IFC or DWG. (This export process converts the geometry in the file into a format which can be imported into the earlier version.)
 3. Open/Import the IFC or DWG into the older version of Revit.
What is difference between Revit and AutoCAD?
The biggest difference is that AutoCAD is a CAD software and Revit is software for BIM. While AutoCAD is a general drawing tool with broad application, Revit is a design and documentation solution, supporting all phases and disciplines involved in a building project.
What is a Revit file format?
Revit supports a wide range of industry standards and file formats, including: Revit native formats: RVT, RFA, RTE, RFT. CAD formats: DGN, DWF, DWG, DXF, IFC, SAT, and SKP. Image formats: BMP, PNG, JPG, JPEG, and TIF. Other formats: ODBC, HTML, TXT, and gbXML.
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Very interesting, but the question Adao posed still stands. Why then does
the plant put the energy into flower and fruit production if it does not
reproduce that way?
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Banana trees are not really trees but are overgrown herbs. Inside
bananas there are little black specks (seeds) but these are not viable.
Banana plants reproduce from the bottom up when new little plants come
up from the corm. When a banana plant gets ready to make bananas it
sends out a flower stalk with odd looking flowers, these flowers get
pollenated, hence it makes bananas. Strange but true!
(p.s.) bananas hang diferently than you would think, the hands of
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. As on the game show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire", we start with a qualifying question (although they do qualifying questions by phone) to see if the contestant gets to the show. What is Justin?
2. Once the contestant gets to the show, he or she must answer a "Fastest Finger" question to get to the hotseat. You will put four Garlyle personnel in order by rank, starting with the highest. For this question, which of these is the highest ranking soldier?
3. Which is the second highest ranking person listed here in the Garlyle Forces?
4. Of these people listed, which is the third highest ranking person in the Garlyle Forces?
5. Of these people in the Garlyle Forces, which has the lowest rank?
6. Now in the hotseat, the first question for the contestant is worth $100: Which of these is a main character in "Grandia"?
7. $200: What compass direction is Justin called to travel in?
8. $300: Which character cannot use a sword as a weapon?
9. $500: Which is not a village in "Grandia"?
10. $1,000: Justin's mother Lilly was what before managing the Seagull Restaurant?
11. Time to dim the lights and take a deep breath. Ready? For $2,000: Finish the analogy: Boys are to weeds as girls are to what?
12. $4,000: What is the "Soul of an Adventurer"?
13. $8,000: Gadwin lives in the "Valley of the..." what?
14. $16,000: Which is not the name of one of the three Garlyle squads led by the three female sergeants?
15. $32,000: How many different battle themes are there featured in the game?
16. Take a drink of water and turn off the lights. It's just you and the questions now. Ready? $64,000: What is an adventurer's "greatest asset"?
17. $125,000: Which celestial body is part of the name of the correct path in Typhoon Tower?
18. $250,000: The End of the World consists of how many different screens (for example: there's "End of the World (1)", "End of the World (2)" and so on up to the final screen)?
19. $500,000: Which is not a child in Justin's village Parm?
20. $1,000,000: In the Sult Ruins, which number does not belong?
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Definition of Homozygote
Homozygote: A person who has two identical forms of a particular gene, one inherited from each parent.
For example, a girl who is a homozygote for cystic fibrosis (CF) received the cystic fibrosis gene from both of her parents and therefore has cystic fibrosis.
The opposite of a homozygote is a heterozygote, a person who has two different forms of a particular gene. For example, the father and mother of a cystic fibrosis child are heterozygotes for cystic fibrosis (CF). Each carries one normal gene and one cystic fibrosis gene but has no signs or symptoms of the disease.Source: MedTerms™ Medical Dictionary
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is available. It can also give time to test whether SpigotPro AV or VideoVision Studio is required for the kind of work the professor would want to develop.
PC solution :
Usually the original video captures are done on Mac and move the processing to PC. Although it is not very common to capture video on PC, it is indeed possible to have the entire process done on PC, which probably is the preferred choice for department of completely PC-based such as Physics.
The same level of hardware for video work that is possible on the Mac is not available for PC platform. PC usually are limited to frame size of no larger than 320x240 video using capture card such as Intel SmartVideo Recorder Pro ($700). Although PC platform has this limitation in capturing video, PCs can perform video editing at the same level as Macintosh. And with common format like Apple's QuickTime, video clips captured from Macintosh can be edited or composed on either platform. Video editing software such as Adobe Premiere is available for both PC and Mac and are identical on either one. The digitized movies can be played on either platform despite of which platform the movies are originally captured and edited.
4. Video capture hard drive
To capture video into digital form, special hard drives that does not require thermal recalibration are required. Regular hard drives pause occasionally to perform thermal calibration that would result in skipped frame during the video capture.
Digital videos take up huge amount of disk space. Raw video (after capture, before compression) at 160x120 frame size (1/16 full screen) takes about 0.3 - 0.5 M/sec of video. That means at 320x240 frame size (1/4 full screen), a video clip would take 2M/sec. of raw video. A clip for simple laboratory training is usually 30 seconds to 1 min. This translates to a 20+ MB file for 160x120, 60+ MB 320x240. The clips are then composed in video editing software and compress to a much smaller file size. The main capture drive is mean for storing current processing files only. Processed files are moved to secondary storage for "long term" storage.
Drive of this type are Micropolis 3243AV, and Seagate Barracuda series. A 4GB AV drive
costs about $1700.
This type of drive is suitable for most work. However, for high video quality, higher frame rate and for 320x240 frame size, a drive array is recommended, especially if the VideoVision Studio class of video capture card is used. Drive arrays will be discussed in the long term requirement section.
AV-tuned drives are also required for any CD-ROM writing applications, in which any interrupt would ruin the CD-ROM being "burned".
5. Video editing software
Adobe's Premiere 4.0 ($250 academic price, both Mac and Windows version available) is one of the most common and powerful video editing software for composing video clips. It lets you edit and assemble video clips captured from camera, tape, other digitized movie segments, animations, scanned images, and from digitized audio or MIDI files. It also let you add transition visual effcts and superimposed caption to the clips. The QuickTime generated clip can be played on either PC, Mac, or UNIX platform despite of which platform the clip is assembled. It is bundled with some video capture cards.
6. Laser disk player
Usage: Laser video disc has become less commonly used nowadays. However, there are still excellent courseware available that are in video disk format. This type of player is around $ 1,000.
7. Sound editing software
Usage : For editing narration recorded from microphone; usually for tutorial development.
Macromedia's SoundEdit 16, ~$150 academic price.
8. Secondary storage :
Usage : Since, as mentioned above, video clips take up a large amount of disk space ( ~0.3-0.5 MB/sec. uncompressed), the captured clips needed to be backuped up out of the capture hard drive on to other low-cost medium. The working hard drive should always be left with plenty of space for capture and processing video. Secondar storage is also for personal files backup or professors who want to keep their own multimedia work on the disk.
As mentioned in the video capturing section, digital video capturing are very speed critical. Usually the computer capturing video need to disable network during video capturing. Storing file to remote mounted network disk is not convenient although it can always re-enable network after video capture. Video editing stage is less resources demanding, although manipulating files over network is still not advisable.
Medium that can hold more than 1GB are recommended. For example, 1.3GB MagnetoOptical Drive ($1800 for drive, $100/1GB cartridge).
There are also other low cost alternatives which are less convenient as they cannot hold as much information. Although these drives are less expensive than the MO drive, cost per MB of the cartridge storage is higher than the MO cartridge.
- Bernoulli 230M, $ 500. Cartridge costs $ 100 each.
- 230M MO, $ 600. Cartridge costs $ 50 each.
- SyQuest 270M, $ 600. Cartridge costs $ 80 each.
- 100M ZIP drive, $ 200. Cartridge costs $ 20 each.
9. Backup :
Usage : The multimedia workstations hard disk size are in GB range, the only viable system backup solution is digital tape drive. In contrast to the secondary storage, tape drive backup can hold more than 2 GB of files and can be used for regular backup for the whole system. Tape drive backup is more time-consuming than the secondary storage solution suggested above. Tapes are useful for regular system backup but not practical for saving files that are being work on because individual files are not randomly accessible like on hard disk or secondary storage.
4GB Digital Audio Tape (DAT) drives run about $ 1,000-$ 2,000.
Usage : To keep systems like the ones mentioned above in "top shape", several types of utility programs are required.
- Disk defragmentation - Norton Utilities, $100 academic
- Anti-virus - Symantec AntiVirus, $ 100
- Backup - MacTools Pro/PC Tools for Windows, $ 80 academic
Usage : Laser printer is needed for printing graphics layout and draft printout of source code (programming may be required in some multimedia development). Color printing may still be required.
Suggested system :
As the price of 600 dpi laser printer has recently dropped to the level of 300 dpi ones, the price difference between a 300 dpi and a 600 dpi laser printer is about $300. For text printout, there is no significant, noticable difference. For graphics intensive work like multimedia, the number of gray levels a 600 dpi printer supports is very distinguishable. The cost of low end 4-6 page per minute (ppm) Postscript 600 dpi HP LaserJet 5 MP is about $1300, a 12-16 ppm model is around $2400.
- 600 dpi
- supports both Windows and Mac
IV. Courseware development
Usage : Authoring software let you put all the graphics, animation, audio, video, and text together, and to add interactivity. For creating quality multimedia programs, Macromedia's Director is the most popular and powerful tool of choice. Director can let you make your multimedia project as a standalone executable, so your multimedia projects developed can be distributed. It is available for both and Mac and PC. Both platform use the same file format.
~$300/per copy academic price if purchase in 10 packs (~$3000).
Director is sufficient for most multimedia courseware authoring works. One exception is for the Physics CUPLE project. All the tutorials from the CUPLE project are created with Asymmetric Multimedia Toolbook. In order to make modifications to them, a copy of Multimedia Toolbook is required. It costs around $300 academic. The CBT (computer based training) version costs $ 1,000.
The initial electron dissemination of information probably would be done using the WWW.
Hardware and software needed for creating Web documents are basically the same as the ones for multimedia presentation development.
Since Microsoft Office is going to be bundled with the faculties' machines, Microsoft Word 6.0c is included in the suite. A free Word add-on, Internet Assistant, is available from Microsoft for creating HTML documents within Word.
V. Commercial available software
from Physics Academic Software, North Carolina State University
Comprehensive Unified Physics Learning Environment (CUPLE)
CUPLE Student version, $ 500/10 license, 1 CD-ROM
CUPLE Developer's version
from Falcon Sofware
- SuperChemLab Mac CD-ROM Version 1.0 $ 300, (by Melanie Cooper, Clemson U.)
- Exploring Chemistry V CD-ROM (Mac and Windows) $ 500, (by Stanley G. Smith, U. of Illinois and others)
- Chemistry Review Series : General Chemistry $ 40, (by Stanley G. Smith)
- Chemistry Review Series : Organic Chemistry $ 40, (by Stanley G. Smith)
- Introductory Chemistry Lecture Package CD-ROM for Windows Version 1.0 $ 300, (by Iris Stovall and Roxy Wilson, U. of Illinois)
- Teaching Chemistry with Demonstrations Level 1 Videodisc $ 300, (by Roxy Wilson, U. of Illinois and others)
- The Electronic Laboratory Simulator (ELS) Version 2.0 for Windows, $250
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Parson Odoreater CC is a specially designed manhole insert, with the addition of a canister containing 20 lbs. of non-impregnated, catalytic activated carbon, that traps and stores unpleasant hydrogen sulfide and methyl mercaptan odors. Unlike typical activated carbons, catalytic carbon can be water washed to restore some of its H2S capacity and extend the useful life.
-Catalytic carbon can be water washed to extend its life and effectiveness
-Compact and corrosion resistant
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Johnny Leach obituary
English table tennis champion with a huge influence on his sport
Johnny Leach.
Johnny Leach held sway during the 1950s and 60s when table tennis was one of Britain's most popular sports. Photograph: S&G and Barratts/Empics
For many years Johnny Leach, who has died aged 91, was synonymous with English table tennis. Both in his prime as a player, in the immediate postwar years, and subsequently as an ambassador, promoter, administrator, businessman and talent-spotter, his impact on the sport was immense. Leach held sway in an age when table tennis could claim to be the most popular participation sport in the UK. It was played everywhere: youth clubs and youth hostels, working men's clubs, works canteens, church halls and of course homes. If you could not afford the folding table from Woolworths, you simply bought the net and stretched it across the kitchen table.
Throughout the 1950s and 60s, the sport had a heady time of it. Chester Barnes, the controversial genius of the sport, and one of the players discovered by Leach's talent programme, recalled playing at the Wembley Arena in front of crowds of 10,000. "When Johnny was at his peak, they even had an act at the London Palladium. You couldn't imagine that now, could you?" said Barnes.
Born in Bow, in the East End of London, and brought up in Dagenham, Essex, Johnny was the son of Emma and her husband Jim, a manager at British Ropes, south of the Thames in Woolwich. Johnny played on the table in the works canteen there and set about pursuing junior titles, with his father's encouragement, at the age of 17, making him something of a late starter for the sport.
By that time, the second world war was under way, and he served with the Royal Air Force in Northern Ireland. With the serendipity that can shape a career, Leach discovered two international players, Jack Carrington and Ron Crayden, who were also stationed there, and they practised together. Leach maintained that he did not know how good he was until competition proper resumed after hostilities ceased.
The war had inadvertently bolstered English table tennis, with the arrival of the players Victor Barna and Richard Bergmann, from Hungary and Austria respectively. Both had been world champions in the 30s, and while in 1946 Barna was approaching the veteran stage, Bergmann, a brilliant defensive player, was at his peak. By 1947, Leach was in the mix too, reaching the semi-final of the world championships in Paris. The next four years were the halcyon days of English table tennis.
Bergmann won the world title at Wembley in 1948; Leach won the title in Stockholm the following year (to become only the second homegrown British world champion after Fred Perry in 1929); and then it was back to Bergmann in 1950, and Leach for his second title in 1951. Gaumont British News filmed Leach's arrival home from those championships in Stockholm, stepping down from a KLM Dakota with fellow world champions Diane and Rosalind Rowe, the twins who won the women's doubles. The scene was shown in cinemas across the country.
Though it seemed unlikely at the time, for Leach was only 28, that would be his last individual world title and the last by an English player. Twelve months later in Bombay, the Japanese player Hiroji Satoh opened his bat case and changed the sport forever. His thick sponge-covered bat used with a penholder grip imparted so much spin on the ball, and was so quiet, that the hard-bat players, with their pimpled rubber on wood, were no match. Satoh, in his first world championship, became Japan's first world champion in any sport.
Leach tried the new bats, but could not get on with them. Nevertheless, he had an illustrious swansong, winning the Swaythling Cup, the world team championship, in 1953 with Bergmann also in the team, and he would continue to compete internationally until 1959 and nationally until 1965, winning his last crown in the men's doubles at the national championships in 1964 with David Creamer.
Leach was not only a player. Involved with almost every aspect of the sport, he became a vice-president of the English Table Tennis Association, now Table Tennis England (1964), and then president (_PHONE_); he had a job with the table tennis manufacturers SW Hancock, a company he would later buy; and in the 1960s he established an ambitious talent-spotting programme with Butlins holiday camps, which discovered more than 50 international players.
He was appointed MBE in 1966, and his reputation preceded him everywhere he went. "He had respect all over the world. As soon as people knew that Johnny was coming with you, you had the best treatment, the best hotels,the best everything," said Barnes.
Leach married his wife, Daisy, in 1946. She died in 2009, as did a son, John, last year. He is survived by another son, Jeff, two granddaughters and two grandsons.
John Alfred Leach, table tennis player and entrepreneur, born 20 November 1922; died 5 June 2014


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Ex Ante Evaluation
Before the programme there was…
Before programmes are designed, before money is provided to beneficiaries, before EU Rural Development begins to have impacts on the lives of EU citizens, what comes before all of this?
The ex ante evaluation!
The ex ante evaluation is the inventory check and reflection on past experiences before setting out on your new journey. While just winging it may work for a short road trip, careful preparation must be ensured for climbing a large mountain. EU rural development programmes, like climbing a mountain require a team of individuals and stakeholders working together. Careful preparation and planning so that all members involved can achieve their greatest impact and make it to the top of the mountain is essential.
The ex ante evaluation is the roadmap to the top of the mountain through reflecting on past experiences, checking inventories and trying to manage any potential future risks the programme might encounter along the way.
The role of the ex ante evaluation
Programming of the CAP Strategic Plans is a complex exercise, that requires one to consider and to link various aspects. To improve the quality of the design of the CAP Strategic Plan it is essential to carry out the ex ante evaluation. The ex ante evaluation should be carried out by functionally independent experts in close cooperation with the authority responsible for the drafting of the CAP Strategic Plan. The CAP Strategic Plan should serve to contribute to better targeted support through the CAP and to support a common learning process related to monitoring and evaluation. At the same time, the ex ante evaluation is a key element of the performance framework, as it establishes the base for effective monitoring and evaluation during the implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan in 2021-2027.
The ex ante evaluation is strongly linked to the programming of the CAP Strategic Plan and the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA). This interlinkage can be organised in various possible ways (e.g. by providing a joint ex ante and SEA feedback in an iterative exchange with the programming authority or by providing input to draft CAP Strategic Plan documents at defined stages). One of the lessons learned from previous experiences of carrying out the ex ante evaluation was to organise it in an ongoing process between evaluators and Managing Authorities. This type of iterative process helps evaluators to be well aware that several updates of the SWOT, intervention strategy and other CAP Strategic Plan elements may become available or are even triggered through the ex ante evaluation and can be considered as part of the ongoing ex ante appraisal. In each case, it is essential that the ex ante evaluation provide an independent and informed view into the preparation of the CAP Strategic Plan.
The ex ante evaluation as an interactive and participatory process
Experience has shown that a participatory ex ante evaluation process increases the ownership and the acceptance of the results by relevant stakeholders and helps to improve evaluation capacities. This can be realised through the integration of expertise and views of all relevant stakeholders, ensuring interaction and mutual learning at all stages of the ex ante evaluation and the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA).
Understanding who is doing what during the process of the ex ante and SEA
The roles and responsibilities of stakeholders in the ex ante evaluation and SEA process should be clearly defined and discussed. All parties should be aware of their roles and responsibilities from the beginning of the process.
Figure 1: Stakeholder checklist - roles and responsibilities
It is essential to plan the involvement of stakeholders, including the phase/stage at which their involvement is required, the nature of their involvement (engagement), how they get involved (engagement methods) and the frequency of their contribution(s).
A robust ex ante evaluation is the foundation of the successful design and implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan and key to reaching the top of the mountain!


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by Gerald Newton
November 5, 1999
The geometric addition of vectors gives a fast approximation of neutral current in a three phase system. A more precise calculation can be performed using algebra. This can be a long mathematical problem, but by restricting our calculation to A phase at 0 degrees, B phase at 120 degrees, and C phase at 240 degrees the calculation is simplified.
The figure below demonstrates how to break a vector down into its horizontal (X) and vertical (Y) components. The magnitude of the vector is its length in whatever units we chose to represent. In our case that would be amperes.
The following figures demonstrates the algebraic addition of two vectors.
The Pythagorean is used to find the algebraic value
of a vector once its X and Y components are known.
The following demonstrates the use of the Pythagorean
theorem to find the magnitude of the sum of two vectors.
For three vectors the magnitude calculation is similar
to that for two vectors. A third component is added for the third
vector. The process of multiplying the polynomials can be reduced
by using the known angles for the A phase, B phase, and C phase vectors.
The sines and cosines are known for the three angles, 0 degrees, 120 degrees,
and 240 degrees.
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text: DID stands for Direct Inward Dialing. This is a special service that most local phone companies can supply.They install a special telephone line that they call a DID "Trunk" (that's phone talk for a wire that carries phone signals). Then they assign a block of telephone numbers to that "Trunk". Now, when someone calls any one of those numbers, the DID trunk "rings" (well not really, but I want to keep this simple for a while). At the same time, the phone company passes the last four digits of the number that the caller dialed along the trunk. The VBX 400 DID card figures out what number was passed, answers the call and immediately moves the caller to the tree object in the answering application that matches the 4 digit number. OK, OK that's still not clear! Now let's try it again. For example, the phone company might assign the 100 phone numbers from _PHONE_ to _PHONE_ to the DID trunk. You build a voice mail application that contains 100 mailboxes, numbered 5200 to 5299 and schedule that application to run on the new line. Now, someone calls _PHONE_. When the DID trunk rings, the caller is immediately moved to mailbox 5240, without stopping at the System Greeting or Initial Prompt. Box 5240 might say something like "Thank you for calling Acme Brick Company. Please leave us a message." Thus, a mailbox appears to answer the phone. Now if the next call was dialed as _PHONE_, then mailbox 5210 would answer the call. Therefore, to reach each mailbox, the callers must dial a different phone number for each box in the application.How does that make you money? You can now give each of your voice mail customers a private phone number to reach their mailbox. Your customers can forward their own phone to their private DID number. When someone calls that customer's phone, your system answers as if were at the customers location and answers with the customers own greeting instead of a menu. You could even offer more than a simple mailbox. If the object were a Prompt, you could offer sub-mailboxes and if the object were a Control Point, you could chain to any application and offer any type of service that you could imagine. Actually, any of your inbound type applications can use the DID lines if you have designed them to have the correct object ID's. How do you get started? First, you need to do some research and some math. The VBX 400 DID card is only available as a 4 line card and costs about the same as a regular 4 line card. Now call your phone company and ask them if they can install DID trunks at your location. Tell them you need "Wink Start with 4 DTMF digits" (Don't you just love this phone talk!) They will tell you how much it costs. Expect to pay about $75 per month or so for each trunk line and then from 25 to 40 cents per month for each phone number assigned to the trunks. You will likely be asked to pay an installation charge of around $200. These are my best guesses, your phone company may charge more or less. Since a trunk can only carry one conversation at a time (just like an ordinary line), you may need to consider 2 or more trunks. If so, the trunks are usually configured as a "Hunt Group" so that you can run the same application an all trunk lines and have multiple calls handled at the same time. Then talk to your voice mail customers and prospects and find out if they would like this type of service (you can charge more too). Now get out your sharpest pencil and figure out if you can increase your business enough to cover the costs of all this new stuff and make a profit. If the numbers work, then call Customer Service and order the "DID Option". Is that all there is to it? Not quite. DID lines are special. The "premises equipment" (that's phone talk for your computer) must supply power to the DID trunks. You will also need an external power supply as part of the DID setup. Since the whole thing works by manipulating voltages from this power supply, you must plan on leaving the power supply and computer on for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You should also connect the computer and power supply to a UPS (battery backup). The phone company will disable your DID trunks if power is removed from the line for any extended period of time and they may charge you to reactivate the service, so this is important.In addition, the DID option does not support outbound calls, only inbound calls. Therefore, these lines will not support "Call Transfer". However, the manual will tell you how to set up message forwarding for voice mail boxes, using one of your regular lines.The DID option is not an instant solution to a problem It is a tool that has the POTENTIAL to increase your income if you market these new services wisely. It does, however, level the playing field for you and give you a competitive edge. You would probably be able to offer more features in your voice mail and audio text services than even your own phone company or other providers in your area and command a premium price for those services.


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As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
ein-sýnn Old Norse word can mean:
- adj. = eineygr, one-eyed, Fas. i. 41, Fms. ii. 138, x. 301.
- β. at einsýnu, clearly, evidently, Hom. 5.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᛁᚾ-ᛋᚢᚾᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Works & Authors cited:
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages descending from Old Norse.