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Two new research studies, published in the Journal of Nutrition and the International Journal of Circumpolar Health, (IJCH) have shown that more than half of Inuit pre-school aged children in Nunavut, Canada, are not receiving adequate amounts of their daily nutritional needs.
Data for the reports was collected as part of the Inuit Health Survey for International Polar Year, held in 2007-2008. That year marked the occasion's third occurrence since it was first created as international research collaboration in 1882.
The study published in the Journal of Nutrition is based on data collected from 1,901 households, while the IJCH study is based on information collected from 388 participants, focusing more on the dietary habits of preschoolers.
According to dietary health surveys conducted in 16 communities over 2007-2008, 56 per cent of Nunavut's Inuit households with a young child were determined to be "child food insecure." These rates were ten times higher than the national average, as reported in the Canadian Community Health Survey. In the national survey, approximately five per cent of households were experiencing child food insecurity.
Seven on out of 10 Inuit households with a young child between the ages of three and five in Nunavut were also deemed "food insecure."
Dr. Grace Egeland, is an associate professor at McGill University's School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition. She is also the lead author of both research studies.
There are "subtle changes in diet that over the long term can have negative consequences," said Dr. Egeland, adding that her teams' research should be used to help food insecure families improve their diets.
Food insecurity is linked with such conditions as low levels of education, household income and access to social assistance. In order to be considered food secure, families must be able to access both traditional foods and foods from markets.
In order to achieve this, says the ICJH study, there is a need for support systems and dietary changes to help families with young children.
In a related story on aboriginal health, the Ontario Office of the Chief Coroner released a 215-page report on factors contributing to 16 child and youth suicides on the Pikangikum First Nation reserve. The report states that there is an urgent need to ameliorate basic living condition in impoverished, remote areas in the northern part of the province. Basic infrastructure, including clean drinking water, a sewage system, schools and recreational facilities and health care, is lacking, the report found. Consequently, many vulnerable children and young adults feel a sense of hopelessness.
Over the period of 2006-2008, 16 children and young people aged 10 to 19 committed suicide, mostly by hanging themselves. Tragically, since July 15 alone, another five young people have done the same. The community's suicide rate is 36 times the national average.
What're more, 27 per cent of girls in grades three and four admitted to sniffing gasoline in order to get high. Truancy also tends to begin at age 10, particularly in households where the parents suffer from alcoholism and do not wake up in time to prepare their children for school. According to the report, the children's situation is made worse by not attending school, as "their best opportunity for adequate nutrition comes from the school, which provides two meals a day."
According to a 2007 report by the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights entitled, Children: The Silenced Citizens, First Nations children also suffer disproportionately from poverty, youth criminal activity and child protection needs, as well as health problems, including malnutrition, drug use and suicide.
The report notes that health and addiction services are needed to help alleviate the community's social problems. Among its recommendations is to have "early childhood education programs to ensure that children are receiving valuable nurturing; nutritionally, physically and emotionally, that they might not otherwise receive."


period. During this time period the borrower is, in effect, making partial payments toward his mortgage. The remainder of his payment, which he is not paying, is added onto the amount owed on the mortgage. Naturally, when this period ends, he must start to pay this additional amount off, along with his original principal.
A reverse mortgage happens when a homeowner, usually a retired person, sells some or all of his equity in his home and retains the right to live there. No payments are due until the homeowner sells the house, moves out of the house, or dies. However, all the interest charged on the loan is applied back to the principal, since no interest payments are made during the life of the loan.
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Pavements are a conglomeration of materials. These materials, their associated properties, and their interactions determine the properties of the resultant pavement. Thus, a good understanding of these materials, how they are characterized and how they perform, is fundamental to understanding pavement.
This section will emphasize what each material is, how it is characterized and the typical tests used in this characterization. This section is meant to provide an overview of these materials and as such, provides limited in-depth technical analysis. Where needed, the generic term "binder" is used to refer to either the asphalt binder in HMA or the portland cement paste in PCC.
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- Asphalt Institute. (1962). The Asphalt Handbook. Manual Series No. 4 (MS-4). Asphalt Institute. Lexington, KY.
- National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA). (2002). What is NSSGA? From the NSSGA Web site. _URL_ Accessed 19 July 2002.

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Extreme forest fires in Canada and elsewhere in the world
Dry weather and high temperatures cause extreme forest fires in various places around the world. In Canada, the army was standby on Saturday to help cities and villages evacuate and fight over 170 forest fires fueled by a record-breaking heat wave. The Canadian government warned that the country is facing a long and challenging summer.
At least 177 fires raged in the western province of British Columbia, 76 of which in the last two days, officials said. Most of it was caused by lightning strikes during intense thunderstorms, which were the result of the scorching heat of last week.
In Edmonton, the military is setting up an operating center, the Department of Defense reported, with up to 350 soldiers who will provide logistical support to the region. Military aircraft are also being deployed. About a thousand people have fled the forest fires in British Columbia, many others are still missing.
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Further south, the U.S. states of Washington and Oregon have also experienced record temperatures. Three forest fires in the drought-ravaged north of California scorched nearly 16,200 hectares of land. Evacuation orders are in place around Lake Shasta, a tourist attraction. About forty buildings were destroyed by the fires.
The direct reason for the heat is a persistent high-pressure area that retains warm air along the west coast of North America. However, according to the Austrian Central Institute of Meteorology and Geodynamics, climate change is the underlying cause of record temperatures. Worldwide, the decade to 2019 was the warmest ever recorded, climate.gov figured, and the five hottest years ever occurred after 2012.
Two weeks ago, giant forest fires were visible from space in Siberia, as satellite imagery showed. It was 15 degrees hotter than usual in June on average. In Norway, wildfires south of Lillehammer were uncontrollable by the fire brigade on Saturday.
Closer to home, in France, forest fires threatened the densely populated Massif de la Clape, near Narbonne. In the municipality of Sankt Egyden am Steinfeld in eastern Austria, hundreds of firefighters fought a huge forest fire. Also on the Greek island of Kefalonia, large forest and nature fires raged on Saturday. Several villages had to be evacuated. The fire broke out after a ten-day heat wave and prolonged drought.


RBSE Solutions For Class 10 Social Science Chapter 6: Central Government | Textbook Important Questions & Answers
The state is an abstract concept, which is an intangible and invisible institution. The organisation which gives it a concrete shape is called the government. The overall will of the state is determined, expressed and implemented by the government; we can say that the government is the only expression of that abstract concept of the state. So, to understand the concepts of Central Government, these RBSE Class 10 solutions of Social Science prove to be a perfect study material. These solutions are well constructed in a proper stepwise format using simple language.
RBSE Class 10 Social Science Chapter 6 Very Short Answer Type Questions
Q1. Which method is the election of the President based on?
Answer: The method of indirect election has been adopted for the Presidential election, and this election is held on the basis of Single Transferable Vote method.
Q2. Who appoints the Prime Minister?
Answer: The Prime Minister is appointed by the President.
Q3. Who is the ex officio Chairman of Rajya Sabha?
Answer: The ex officio Chairman of Rajya Sabha is Vice – President.
Q4. Who presides over the Union Cabinet?
Answer: The Prime Minister presides over the Union Cabinet.
Q5. Who can be appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court?
Answer: A person who has 10 years of experience as an advocate can be appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court.
RBSE Class 10 Social Science Chapter 6 Short Answer Type Questions: Textbook Important Questions and Solutions
Q6. Explain the process of election for Vice – President?
Answer: In article 63 of the Indian Constitution there is a provision for the post of Vice President. The Vice President is elected during the joint sitting of both the houses of Parliament, and this election is performed by the Single Transferable Vote system of proportional representation method with the secret ballot.
Following qualifications are required for the post of Vice President-
 - He must be a citizen of India.
 - He must be not less than 35 years.
 - He should meet all the qualifications, which have been fixed for the members of Rajya Sabha
Q7. What qualifications are required for the Presidential candidate?
Answer: In the Constitution of India following qualifications are determined to get elected for the post of the President:
 - He must be a citizen of India.
 - He has completed 35 years of age or above.
 - He holds the qualification to become a member of Lok Sabha.
Apart from that, if a person holds office of profit under Government of India or the Government of any state or under any local or other authority, cannot be a contestant for the post of the President. The President of India won't be a member of Parliament of India or any state Legislative Assembly.
Q8. By which process can the President be removed from his post?
Answer: The term of office for The President of India is 5 years, but according to the article 61 of the Indian Constitution, he can be deposed through the process of impeachment mentioned in the Constitution of India, in case of transgression of the Constitution by him. Each house of the Indian Parliament has the right to prosecute him, for the permission of prosecution the signatures of one fourth members of the house concerned is required. Then, 14 days after the receipt of the proposal, it will be considered in the house which has indicted him. The house will make consideration over it if the proposal is accepted by two third of total members of the house, then the proposal is forwarded to the second house.
The second house will either investigate itself or appoint a special committee for this task. If the charges against The President are proved and the Second House also accepts the proposal of impeachment by at least two third majority of its members, then The President is deemed to have deposed off from his post from the date of acceptance of the proposal. By implementing the above mentioned method the President can be removed from his post.
Q9. Why is the Supreme Court called the Court of Record?
Answer: The Supreme Court is called the Court of Record as per article 129. There are two meanings for Court of Record:
 - First, all the decisions of this court will be accepted as evidences everywhere and no question of validity would be raised regarding the passing of these decisions, when presented in any Court:
 - Second, any type of sentence can be awarded for the Contempt of court by this court.
Q10. Describe the Appellate Jurisdiction of Supreme Court?
Answer: The Supreme Court has also been granted the appellate jurisdiction by the Constitution along with the original jurisdiction and this is the last appellate Court of India. It has the authority to hear the appeals against the decisions of the High court of all the states. The appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court can be divided into the following categories; constitutional, civil, criminal and special.
Constitutional – According to article 132 of the Constitution, if the High court proves that there is no significant question included in the dispute regarding the interpretation of the Constitution, then the appeal of the decision of the High court can be filed in the Supreme Court too.
Civil – The original Constitution had the arrangement in this regard that the appeal for only those civil cases could be made in the Supreme Court from the High court where the disputed amount was more than Rs 20000. But by the 30th Constitutional amendment of 1973, the article 133 is amended by removing the limit of Rs 20000, with determining that all the civil disputes are appealable in the Supreme Court.
Criminal – Criminal appeal can be filed in the Supreme Court against the decision of High court when
(1) The accused has been awarded capital punishment by High court after overruling of the decision of lower court, while the Lower court had already acquitted the criminal or
(2) The High court has awarded capital punishment to the accused by hearing the case already filed in a lower court or
(3) If the High court proves that the case is appealable in the Supreme Court.
Special – There may be some cases which are not included in the above category but the intervention of the Supreme Court could be essential for them. So, according to article 135, the Supreme Court has been granted the authority to permit for appeal in Supreme Court against the decision of any other Indian court or Tribunal except the Military Court.
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A Nitrogen laser is a gas laser operating in the ultraviolet range (typically 337 nm), using molecular nitrogen as its gain medium, pumped by an electrical discharge.
The gain medium is nitrogen molecules in the gas phase. The nitrogen laser is a 3-level laser. In contrast to a ruby laser or to other more typical 4-level lasers, the upper laser level of nitrogen is directly pumped, imposing no speed limits on the pump. Pumping is normally provided by direct electron impact; the electrons must have sufficient energy, or they will fail to excite the upper laser level. Typically reported optimum values are in the range of 80 to 100 eV per Torr·cm pressure of nitrogen gas.
There is a 40 ns upper limit of laser lifetime at low pressures and the lifetime becomes shorter as the pressure increases. The lifetime is only 1 to 2 ns at 1 atmosphere. In general:
For various reasons the efficiency of the nitrogen laser is low, typically 0.1% or less, though nitrogen lasers with efficiency of up to 3% have been reported in the literature.
The strongest lines are at 337.1 nm *wavelength in the ultraviolet. Other lines have been reported at 357.6 nm, also ultraviolet. This information refers to the second positive system of molecular nitrogen, which is by far the most common. There are also lines in the far-red and infrared from the first positive system, and a visible blue laser line from the molecular nitrogen positive (1+) ion.
The metastable lower level lifetime is 40 μs, thus, the laser self-terminates, typically in less than 20 ns. This type of self-termination is sometimes referred to as "bottlenecking in the lower level". Thus, in contrast to the helium-neon laser, the nitrogen laser can only operate in pulsed mode. Many nitrogen lasers terminate even more rapidly, but this is usually because the drive circuitry cannot provide sufficiently energetic electrons for more than a few ns. It might be thought that the short pulsewidth of the nitrogen laser is caused by the short lifetime of the upper laser level, but that is demonstrably false. Several organic dyes with upper level lifetimes of less than 10 ns have been used in continuous mode. The upper level lifetime does limit the attainable pulsewidth in the case of the nitrogen laser, but this is caused by the bottlenecking issue and is not an inherent feature of short upper-state lifetime.
Repetition rates can range as high as a few kHz, provided adequate gas flow and cooling of the structure are provided. Cold nitrogen is a better medium than hot nitrogen, and this appears to be part of the reason that the pulse energy and power drop as the repetition rate increases to more than a few pulses per second. There are also, apparently, issues involving ions remaining in the laser channel.
The gas pressure in a nitrogen laser ranges from a few mbar to as much as several bar. Air, which is 78% nitrogen, can be used, but more than 0.5% oxygen poisons the laser. Furthermore, air provides significantly less output energy than pure nitrogen or a mixture of nitrogen and helium. The pulse energy ranges from µJ to mJ and a peak power in the range of kW to more than 3 MW can be achieved. The pulse temporal width is between a few hundred picoseconds (typically at 1 atmosphere partial pressure of nitrogen) and a maximum of approximately 30 nanoseconds at reduced pressure (typically some dozens of Torr), though fwhm pulsewidths of 6 to 8 ns are typical. Nitrogen lasers can operate superfluorescently (without a resonator cavity), though it is common to put a mirror at one end such that the output is emitted from the opposite end. The gain medium is usually pumped by a transverse electrical discharge. When the pressure is at (or above) 1013 mbar (atmospheric pressure), the configuration is called a TEA laser Transverse Electrical discharge in gas at Atmospheric pressure.
- Pumping of dye lasers
- measurement of air pollution (Lidar)
- Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization
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General resources and suggestions for education
- Make announcements about how to be good stewards of God's earth.
- Reuse supplies and purchase sustainable supplies for Christian education.
- Collect disposable items to use in children's craft projects (egg cartons, toilet paper rolls, bottle caps).
- Hold an educational event in addition to Earth Day Sunday worship to celebrate Earth Day, which occurs every year on April 22.
- Schedule earth care speakers or programs: Presbyterians for Earth Care Regional Representatives
- Provide books on earth care at your church's library: Earth Ministry Book list
Educate members on sustainable lifestyle choices
- Encourage members to give up bottled water.
- Start a book club on earth care issues.
- Encourage church members to perform home energy audits or carbon calculations.
- Encourage members to learn about environmental health choices.
- PHP's Just Living series, resources on lifestyle integrity
- Encourage church members to invest in socially and environmentally responsible stocks. Learn more from PC(USA) Mission Responsibility Through Investment (MRTI).
Earth care themed DVDs with faith-based guides
- Renewal: A documentary about people of faith working on environmental stewardship with tools
- Earth Ministry Study Guide and clips to accompany Ken Burns' The National Parks: America's Best Idea
- Deep Down: A documentary on mountaintop removal coal mining
- Let There Be... Stuff? Six-session curriculum connecting faith, consumerism and environmental stewardship from GreenFaith and the Story of Stuff Project
Find earth care curricula
- Eco-Justice Ministries Curriculum Review for all ages
- Just Eating? Practicing Our Faith at the Table, Presbyterian Hunger Program Curriculum with versions for middle school students (available in English and Spanish) and adults
- God's Creation, Our Health: Taking Action Together is a PCUSA four-session study for older elementary youth that connects faith, environmental stewardship, and young people in Peru to young people in our U.S. congregations:
Vacation Bible School curriculum with an earth care theme
- Solar Under the Sun curriculum for VBS
- Living Waters for the World Clean Water for All God's Children VBS curriculum
The preceding tips and resources were derived from PC(USA)'s
Earth Care Congregations
2018 Guide to Greening Presbyterian Churches.


JEB x86 Decompiler / x86-64 Decompiler
JEB Intel decompilers allow reverse engineers to analyze malicious Intel x86 32-bit and 64-bit programs.
Cut down on costly reverse engineering time: use our interactive decompilers for x86 and x86-64 binaries to analyze Windows malware.
The x86 decompiler and x86-64 decompiler, as well as the Intel x86 analysis modules, provide the following features:
 - Support most code object files: Windows PE (EXE binaries, DLL libraries, SYS drivers), Linux ELF, Mach-O, headless firmware, etc.
 - Augmented disassembly including resolution of dynamic callsites, candidate values determination for registers, dynamic cross-references, etc.
 - Advanced optimization passes to thwart protected or obfuscated code. Power users can craft their own IR optimizers (example)
 - Type libraries for efficient file analysis. JEB ships with typelibs for win32, winddk, linux glibc, android-linux, etc. Power-users can generate their own typelibs as well (details)
 - Traditional signature libraries of common SDK, including all versions of Microsoft Visual Studio runtimes, the Android NDK, etc.
 - Codeless signature libraries for common libraries used in malicious and clean applications alike, such as openssl, libssh2, libcurl, etc.
 - Interactive layer offered by the GUI client, allowing refactoring: type definition, stackframe building, renaming/commenting/cross-referencing, etc.
 - Full API and access to the Intermediate Representations to perform advanced and/or automated code analysis in Python or Java (details)
 - Safe emulation for in-place decryption of obfuscated code.
 - Partial Class Recovery and Decompilation to C++ for programs compiled with MS VCPP (demo video).
The Intel reverse-engineering modules ship with JEB Pro and JEB Community Edition


Why Buick Recommends Only New GM Air Bag Components and Why That's Important to You
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Auto manufacturers provide crucial information about collision repair in their position statements.
In the auto body repair industry, we are provided with manufacturers' Position Statements that describe each auto maker's recommendations for how those repairs should be done. General Motors has released a detailed statement explaining why they prohibit the use of any parts other than genuine GM warranted parts in the repairs of their vehicles.
If you own a Buick and need to have your air bag system replaced, it is crucial to follow the guidelines set forth by GM.
Safety is the biggest reason for using new OEM parts.
According to General Motors:
"Air bag system components are carefully developed and specifically tuned for the specific vehicle environment. Corresponding air bag system components from other models or other model years may appear similar from the outside, may even fit the vehicle, but different internal elements or calibrations may result in degraded restraint performance."
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GM is explaining that new OEM parts have been designed and manufactured specifically for the make, model, and year of your vehicle using the highest quality materials.
Using aftermarket parts, salvaged parts, or parts from previous model years could jeopardize your entire air bag system, potentially risking your safety.
The last thing you would want is for your air bag system to fail when you need it.
Safety and reliability go hand-in-hand when it comes to your vehicle. GM makes an important point about the reliability of salvaged parts:
"Reuse of used or salvaged components brings into question the conditions under which the components were obtained and stored prior to use. Components could have been damaged or stored under unfavorable conditions that could compromise performance and reliability."
They are saying that it's often difficult to determine the history of the car from which the salvaged parts came. Who knows if that car was previously in an accident or if the air bag components were compromised in some way?
A vehicle is a finely-tuned machine that functions well when all the parts work properly together. Using a salvaged or used part could throw the whole system off.
Failure to use new OEM parts on your Buick could void your warranty.
It's pretty standard for manufacturers to stipulate that new parts must be used in order for them to honor your vehicle's warranty.
This is no different for GM, which states, "The use of these new parts is consistent with the vehicle factory warranty and extended warranty programs."
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You can count on us for a repair that follows GM's guidelines about air bag components.
The reason why we explain the manufacturer's Position Statement to you is that we want you to understand why we take it so seriously ourselves.
Some shops don't really care what the manufacturer says and they use whatever parts they can get their hands on. We simply refuse to take such a chance, because we don't believe it's worth the risk to your safety, your warranty, or your vehicle's performance.
We deliver only the best repair for your Buick.
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TutsPlus.com has continued their series of posts covering some of the basics of the PHP language with their latest article. In this newest tutorial they cover reading from and writing to files using functionality already included with the language.
In this tutorial, you'll learn several important functions in PHP which are sufficient for all your basic file reading and writing needs. You'll learn how to read a file, write to a file, write to a text file, and check if a file exists.
Luckily, PHP provides a lot of functions to read and write data to files. In this tutorial, I'll show you the easiest ways to read data from a local or remote file and how to use flags to write to files exactly how we want.
The tutorial is broken down into several sections:
- checking if a file exists
- reading data from a file
- writing data to a file
- reading and writing data to files
Each section comes with a bit of description and code examples showing it in action. The post wraps up with some final thoughts and "gotchas" that you need to know when working with files in PHP (especially large ones).


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– Top Notes: Bergamot – Grown in Calabria, this citrus is a cross between Seville orange and lime. The zest is cold pressed to produce an essential oil with fresh, energising notes. – Heart Notes: Transparent Musk -Originally sourced from animals, musk is now used in synthetic form. Its powerful presence gives the fragrance an intoxicating yet soothing sensuality. – Base Notes: Mate – The scent gets its vitality from the leaves of this herbaceous plant, which mainly grows wild, in Brazil. There, its essential oil is extracted using volatile solvents, before the codistillation of its leaves.
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In this paper two studies are reported which compare (a) the perceptions of family functioning held by clinic and non-clinic adolescents, and (b) the perceptions of family functioning held by adolescents and their mothers in clinic and non-clinic families. In Study 1, matched group of clinic and non-clinic adolescents were compared on their responses to a 30-item scale (ICPS) designed to measure three factors of family functioning: Intimacy (high vs. low), Parenting Style (democratic vs. controlled) and Conflict (high vs. low). Clinic and non-clinic adolescents were also compared on their responses to a multi-dimensional measure of adolescent self-concept. Although there was little difference between the two groups of adolescents in terms of their perceptions of family functioning, there were strong relationships between the self-concept variables and the family functioning variables. In Study 2, comparisons were made between the perceptions of family functioning held by mothers and adolescents for both clinical and non-clinic families. There were no differences between the two groups of adolescents in terms of their perceptions of family functioning, although there were clear differences between the two groups of mothers. In addition, clinic adolescents and their mothers did not differ in their perceptions of the family, whereas adolescents in the non-clinic group saw their families significantly as less intimate and more conflicted than did their mothers.\ud \u
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KHAN, African Caracal
This male caracal's parents were rescued when they were kittens in South Africa. Caracals move their young every day to protect them from predators. Khan's mother was seen being dropped and abandoned when she was disturbed. While caracals are considered endangered in parts of their range, in South Africa, they are treated as vermin, so Khan's parents could not be released back into the wild. Instead, they were shipped to a breeder in the US to promote education about this rare and magnificent species.


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What EUCYS is about?
The European Union (EU) Contest for Young Scientists, an initiative of the European Commission, was set up to promote the ideals of co-operation and interchange between young scientists. The event is held in a different European city every year. At the end of September 2011 it will take place in Helsinki, Finland.
The young scientists also have the chance to meet others with similar abilities and interests and to be guided by some of the most prominent scientists in Europe. In this way, the Commission seeks to strengthen the efforts made in each participating country to attract young people to careers in science and technology.
The EU Contest gives students the opportunity to compete with the best of their contemporaries at European level. The Contest is the annual showcase of the best of European student scientific achievement and as such attracts widespread media interest.
Who can participate?
Only young scientists who have been designated by their respective national jury can participate in the EU Contest. In each country, the National Organizer is responsible for nominating the projects, and therefore the contestants, which are entered for the EU Contest.
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The contestants compete on the basis of their work and interviews with the Jury for nine Core Prizes.
- Three First Prizes worth €7000 each
- Three Second Prizes worth €5000 each
- Three Third Prizes worth €3500 each
In addition to this, a limited number of Honorary Awards and Special Donated Prizes are also awarded to the contestants where, in the judgement of the jury, they would benefit from the specific experiences that these prizes offer.
Further information about the prizes
History of EUCYS
EUCYS event was established in 1989. After that it has been in 19 countries and 21 cities. The idea is that the message about youth in science is wide spread and therefore the location is different in every year.
The National Organisers are responsible for selecting projects, submitting applications, and for all communication with the Commission.
Further information about EUCYS National Organiser on Commissions web site.
List of National Organisers on Commissions web site (list is updated yearly by EU Commission).


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English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: margin batas
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: margin pinggiran
English → English (WordNet) Definition: margin margin n 1: the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary [syn: border, perimeter] 2: a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits [syn: allowance, leeway, tolerance] 3: the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities [syn: security deposit ] 4: (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold [syn: gross profit, gross profit margin] 5: the blank space that surrounds the text on a page 6: a strip near the boundary of an object; "he jotted a note on the margin of the page" [syn: edge]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Margin Margin \Mar"gin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Margined; p. pr. & vb. n. Marginging.] 1. To furnish with a margin. [1913 Webster] 2. To enter in the margin of a page. [1913 Webster] Margin \Mar"gin\, n. [OE. margine, margent, L. margo, ginis. Cf. March a border, Marge.] 1. A border; edge; brink; verge; as, the margin of a river or lake. [1913 Webster] 2. Specifically: The part of a page at the edge left uncovered in writing or printing. [1913 Webster] 3. (Com.) The difference between the cost and the selling price of an article. [1913 Webster] 4. Something allowed, or reserved, for that which can not be foreseen or known with certainty. [1913 Webster] 5. (Brokerage) Collateral security deposited with a broker to secure him from loss on contracts entered into by him on behalf of his principial, as in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, wheat, etc. It is usually less than the full value of the security purchased, in which case it may be qualified by the portion of the full value required to be deposited; as, to buy stocks on 50% margin. --N. Biddle. [1913 Webster] Margin draft (Masonry), a smooth cut margin on the face of hammer-dressed ashlar, adjacent to the joints. Margin of a course (Arch.), that part of a course, as of slates or shingles, which is not covered by the course immediately above it. See 2d Gauge. [1913 Webster] Syn: Border; brink; verge; brim; rim. [1913 Webster]
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How Does Hydrogen Enter Our Body?
Hydrogen enters the human body through digested food materials.
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Sources of Hydrogen
Hydrogen is the third most common element in our bodies and is a vital part of our tissue function. It even forms a vital part of our DNA structure, making hydrogen indispensable to human life. This does not mean, however, that we must consume hydrogen to stay alive. Hydrogen in its pure form is very rare on earth, although it can be found as a part of many other substances that humans ingest. While hydrogen is a necessary part of nearly every organism's diet, nearly all consume it as part of some other food source. The exception are certain types of bacteria that use pure hydrogen atoms to create energy for themselves.
Water is the most common source of hydrogen for humans. The chemical composition of water is the well-known H2O formula, which shows that hydrogen is the main building block of water, which is in turn the most common and important substance in the human body. This is the main role of hydrogen in supporting organisms: helping to create water, which animals, plants and humans need to survive.
Uses for Water
The water that hydrogen helps to create is used not only as a medium to transfer electrolytes throughout the body but also as a key component of the chemical reactions that the body uses to produce energy. This process, known as hydrolysis, occurs when the body has harvested energy from food in the form of chemicals such as adenosine-5'-triphosphate, or ATP. Energy is directly drawn from ATP by combining it with water. The hydrogen and oxygen atoms separate, releasing energy for the body's cells to use and combining again to form other small particles such as inorganic phosphates.
Hydrogen in Foods
Of course, this is not the only way that hydrogen can enter the body. The element is part of many different substances on Earth, including others that humans consume. Carbohydrates like sugars and starch use hydrogen as a primary building block and are one of the most important energy sources for humans. The body takes these simple sugars and breaks them down to create the chemicals it uses to gain energy through hydrolysis. Proteins, the building blocks of cells, are also made partially of hydrogen, so when humans eat protein-rich foods such as meat or legumes, they are ingesting even more hydrogen. Fats, too, use hydrogen as a primary component of their atomic structure, along with nucleic acids and bones, although these are not eaten as often by humans.
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Pattern #22 Tested 7 timesFirst tested by Mike Smith Recently tested by Daniel Shapiro on Sep 24, 2020
For each pattern, we measure three key data points derived from related tests:
REPEATABILITY - this is a measure of how often a given pattern has generated a positive or negative effect. The higher this number, the more likely the pattern will continue to repeat.
SHALLOW MEDIAN - this is a median effect measured with low intent actions such as initiating the first step of a lengthier process
DEEP MEDIAN - this is derived from the highest intent metrics that we have for a given test such as fully completed signups or sales.


Ice and Salt Preschool STEAM Activity
It's easy for kids to have fun with winter STEAM in this simple ice and salt activity. Kids can compete in ice cube races, observe changes in ice cubes as they melt, and discover how salt affects ice.
Salt and ice cubes experiment for kids
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Ice cubes are fun to use in a science activity to promote critical thinking and observation.
In this activity, kids will have an opportunity to make changes throughout the experiment to see how various factors affect the movement of the ice cubes.
STEAM = science+technology+engineering+art+math
Kids are engaging STEAM principles as they set design and set up the experiment (engineering), choose ice cubes of the same size (math), and observe how ice freezes and melts (science)!
Ice and salt experiment
Moving ice with a fan in a kids STEAM activity
1. Set up the activity
Set up the activity with a fan, a smooth surface, and ice cubes. You might go through some trial and error, as we did, in order to get results kids can easily observe and identify.
Here are some examples of our tests:
In our first attempt, we placed the ice cubes directly on the counter top.
For our second attempt, we placed the ice cubes on a glass cutting board (turned upside down as the underside is smooth).
We also tried various fans - a small table fan, a slightly larger 12 in. (30 cm) table model, and a floor model. The 12 in. (30 cm) sized fan is shown in the picture. It proved the best for moving the ice cubes.
2. Conduct experiments
Ice Races
Ice races science activity for kids
Place two ice cubes in front of the fan. Turn on the fan.
Ice and fan experiment kids science activity
See if one ice cube races ahead of the other!
Ice and Salt Friction
Ice with salt and fan STEAM experiment for kids
Place a row of salt in the path of one ice cube.
Observe the movement of the ice cube with salt and fan
The salt halts the progress of the ice cube!
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3. Observe results
 - We noticed that ice cubes melted faster in the path of the fan than ice cubes off to the side.
 - Salt inhibited the movement of the ice cube.
 - Ice cubes would slow or stop and then proceed after melting a bit, as if they moved on a cushion of water.
 Science for kids with salt and ice cubes
4. Make conclusions
Factors affecting the movement of the ice include:
 - type of surface where the ice cubes are placed
 - size of fan and strength of air flow
 - salt sprinkled in the path of the ice cube
 - ice melting during the experiment
This is an open-ended activity that encourages input and response from kids. As they play and learn kids benefit from exploring the challenges presented in this activity, and from the fine motor and sensory experiences it provides.
Simple STEAM activities are not only fun for kids but promote observation and discovery.
Kids STEAM activities
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Executing server side scripts from browser
TACTIC provides a number of mechanism to Python code on the server. We can start with a widget in the Custom Layout Editor with the HTML definition:

In the behaviors:
 var script_path = "my_scripts/press_me";
 var kwargs = {};
 var server = TacticServerStub.get();
 server.execute_python_script(path, kwargs);
In the Script Editor, you can create a script with the folder "my_scripts" and title "press_me".
print "Button is pressed"
This simple example prints "Button is pressed" to the console. Of course, this script can contain any Python code. In this example, the script is blocking. This is not usually desirable because blocking scripts cause the Javascript engine to wait until the full execution of the script. Except for very fast and small scripts, this will negatively influence the user experience. In order to run the script asynchronously, you could run the following call instead:
server.execute_python_script(path, kwargs, {
 on_complete: function() {
 spt.alert("Script Complete");
} )
This works well for simple scripts that need to be executed on the server. It is often desirable to use full python classes to execute scripts on the server side. To execute a class on the server, you need to derive the class from the TACTIC Command class and override the execute function.
from pyasm.command import Command
class MyCmd(Command):
 def exectute(self):
 print "Running...."
 print "kwargs: ", self.kwargs = {
 test: 456
Instead of "server.execute_python_script" in the behavior, you would have:
var cmd = "foo.MyCmd"
var kwargs = {
 test: 123
var server = TacticServerStub.get()
var ret_val = server.execute_cmd(cmd, kwargs);
The kwargs for the command will be the dictionary with key "test" and value "123". The returned value is a dictionary that will contain any error information as well as an "info" dictionary that will contained any returned data from the command itself. In the example above, it would return the dictionary with the key "test" and value "456".
This method allows you to create interface elements and then run custom scripts on the server based on interaction with those interface elements. The HTML code is connected to the behaviors which run Javascript code. The javascript uses the TACTIC API to execute commands directly on the TACTIC Server and provides a clear mechanism to send information to the command as well as receive information from the command.
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Q1 - Why do utilities place thermal limits (ratings) on transmission lines?
The power conductors of overhead lines are self-supporting and energized at
high voltage. As the current flow through these conductors increases, their
temperature increases, and they elongate. This elongation increases the sag
of the conductors between support points decreasing the clearance to people,
ground, other conductors, buildings, and vehicles under the line. Beyond a
certain "maximum allowable" sag, the lines may flashover, resulting in either
a power supply outage or injury to the public. Also, if the conductor temperature
remains high for an extended period of time, the strength of the conductors
and tensioned connectors may decrease, resulting in mechanical failure during
the next occurrence of ice or high wind loading. To avoid such excessive sag or
loss of strength, limits are usually placed on the power flow (MVA or amperes).
If such limits are based on worst-case weather conditions they are called static
ratings and, if based on actual weather conditions, dynamic ratings.
Q2 - What are the experienced benefits from the practical applications of dynamic
ratings of overhead transmission lines?
Dynamically rating equipment is important, since usually more load can be transferred.
This is important considering open access of transmission lines, uncertain load growth,
economic energy transfers, permitting new lines, expense of new lines, and maintaining
Without measuring actual weather, equipment must be severely under-rated to account
for the occurrence of worst case weather. By dynamically rating, the operator knows
the true circuit rating and can therefore make smart decisions when contingencies
arise or when there are pending economic energy transfers
Q3 - How is the temperature limit of a line determined?
Transmission conductors are typically stranded from aluminum wires with a steel core
added where increased strength is required. The temperature limit on all aluminum or
ACSR conductors is specified on the basis of maximum sag or maximum loss of strength
in the aluminum.
Temperature limits in use today range from 50C to 150C. The temperature limit,
corresponding to maximum sag, is normally selected at the time the line is designed.
The higher this temperature, the higher the thermal capacity of the line, the maximum
conductor sag, and the higher the structures required to maintain ground clearance.
Temperature limits above 95C may result in significant annealing of aluminum and a
total time duration at high temperature over the life of the line is normally specified
to limit the resulting loss of strength.
Q4 - How are thermal limits (ratings) calculated?
Thermal ratings are normally specified in amperes or MVA and can be directly compared
to the circuit electrical load in like units. To find the thermal rating, a heat balance
is performed, balancing the heat into the conductor due to Ohmic losses and solar heating
against the heat lost from the conductor by convection and radiation. The rating is
that electrical current for which the conductor temperature is equal to the maximum
temperature limit. When "worst case" weather conditions are used, the thermal limit
is called "static". When actual weather conditions are used, the thermal limit is called
Q5 - What is the difference between knowing the thermal rating of a line and knowing the
temperature of it's energized conductors?
The temperature/sag/tension of an energized conductor can be measured. The line rating
cannot be measured. It is calculated based on assumed or measured weather and line parameter
Comparing the conductor temperature to the temperature limit tells the operator whether
the line is operate the line but gives no guidance concerning what maximum current is
allowed. The line's thermal rating tells the operator directly what the maximum allowable
current is. Certain sophisticated procedures can also yield predictions of thermal ratings
to warn the operator of future problems.
Q6 - If I know the conductor temperature can I calculate tension and sag?
Yes and no. A classic "sag-tension" calculation such as the Alcoa SAG10 program allows the
calculation of "initial" and "final" sag-tensions as a function of conductor temperature
for a "ruling" span. There are several sources of uncertainty, however:
The calculated difference in initial and final sag-tension for a certain temperature is
result of certain assumptions about the conductor's plastic elongation as a function of
time since installation and previous occurrences of heavy ice and wind loading. This error
can be eliminated if the line's sag or tension is measured to establish the tension-temperature
at several temperatures with the line out of service.
The "ruling span" approximation depends on tension equalization at support points. If cases
where the suspension span lengths vary widely, tension equalization may not occur and the
predicted variation in sag-tension with temperature may be in error. This error is negligible
for lines in reasonably level terrain with reasonably equal suspension span lengths.
The thermal elongation of ACSR conductors with high steel content may differ from that assumed
in the program. This error can only be eliminated by measurement of sag-tension under high
current loads. This is primarily a problem with ACSR conductors having a high steel content.
Q7 - How should I select "worst-case" weather conditions for a static thermal rating calculation?
Summer worst-case conditions with air temperature of 35 to 45C (depending on latitude), full solar
heating (approximately 1000 watts/m2) and a wind speed of 2 ft/sec perpendicular to the conductor,
are generally recognized as conservative. The use of less conservative weather conditions than these
based on field measurements should be approached with great caution. Adjustments to the assumed
ambient temperature by season are relatively easy to prove and are widely used to generate higher
ratings for winter.
Q8 - How should wind speeds be measured for line rating purposes?
For static or dynamic rating purposes, wind speeds need to be measured in the vicinity of the line
being rated and the anemometers need to be accurate at wind speeds below 2 m/sec. Bearing friction
needs to be considered in cup type and propeller type anemometers. Averaging periods of 5 to 15 minutes
are appropriate in most cases. The measurement height for wind should be approximately the same as the
low point of the line conductors. Placement of anemometers should be considered relative to sheltered
areas along the line, perhaps by reducing measured wind speeds to account for sheltering.
Q9 - How many monitors should be used in order to calculate the dynamic thermal rating
of an overhead line?
Weather conditions vary with time and distance. Air temperature and solar heating are
reasonably consistent spatially and according to time of day. Wind is highly variable
with both distance and time. For sag-based ratings, it is sufficient to monitor at one
location per ruling span. For several tandem ruling spans in the same terrain and having
the same direction, monitoring of one span may be sufficient.
Q10 - How much difference is there between the various heat balance methods for overhead
There are three well known methods - IEEE, CIGRE, and EPRI's DYNAMP. The difference in
radiation is little to none, but the difference in convection is up to 5%. Generally,
the three methods calculate conductor temperature and ratings that are quite close.
The maximum difference in calculated temperature rise above ambient is 10% and the maximum
difference in thermal rating is 5% given the same input parameters.
Q11 - Several methods for determining dynamic line ratings are available, which is the best?
Weather-based, Temperature-based and Tension-based methods are all based on performance
of a heat balance. Regression methods rely on extensive field measurements.
The most common dynamic rating method is using one of the heat balance methods with real-time
weather and line current data to calculate weather-based ratings. This method is best used
when the normal peak current density on the energized conductors does not exceed 1 amp/mm2,
when the line section being monitored is less than 2 km, and when the conductor has little
or no steel reinforcement.
Tension-based ratings are extremely accurate in establishing rating for current densities
in excess of 1 amp/mm2, with line ruling span sections longer than 2 km, and with conductors
having high steel content where thermal limit is determined by sag clearance.
Temperature-based ratings are accurate for current densities in excess of 1 amp/mm2, with line
ruling span sections less than 2 km, with conductors having little or no steel content, for lines
whose thermal limit is determined by loss-of-strength concerns.
Regression-based ratings are not in common use. A regression equation is found relating the
calculated rating (however it is calculated) to the measured parameters (weather, tension, sag,
Q12 - How are thermal line ratings dependent on line length, terrain, and orientation?
Traditionally, line length is not considered in specifying "static" thermal ratings. Field data
for dynamic rating studies indicates that the thermal rating decreases with increasing line length,
with the range of line directions, and with foliage or terrain shielding.
Q13 - Is there a critical span where one should place real-time monitors?
Generally, the answer is no if thermal limits are intended to limit sag and yes intended to limit
cumulative loss-of-strength. If sag in a certain section of line consistently determines the
thermal limit, then the sag clearance in that section should be increased by conventional mechanical
upgrade methods. If the conductor runs consistently hotter in a section of line, then monitors
should be placed in that section to avoid excessive loss of strength, there is little that can be
done to expose the critical section to higher winds.
Q14 - Why


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Defining Serial Murder, from Eric W. Hickey's "Serial Murderers and Their Victims"
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Serial Killers: Defining Serial Murder
From Eric W. Hickey's "Serial Murderers and Their Victims"
Differences Between Mass Murderers and Serial Killers
Gary Ronald York and James Douglas Latham, spree killers who travelled from Florida to Utah
In both mass and serial murder cases, victims die as the offender momentarily gains control of his or her life by controlling others. But the differences between these two types of offenders far outweigh the similarities. First, mass murderers are generally apprehended or killed by police, commit suicide, or turn themselves in to authorities. Serial killers, by contrast, usually make special efforts to elude detection. Indeed, they may continue to kill for weeks, months, and often years before they are found and stopped-if they are found at all. In the case of the California Zodiac killer, the homicides appeared to have stopped, but an offender was never apprehended for those crimes. Perhaps the offender was incarcerated for only one murder and never linked to the others, or perhaps he or she was imprisoned for other crimes. Or the Zodiac killer may have just decided to stop killing or to move to a new location and kill under a new modus operandi, or method of committing the crime. The killer may even have become immobilized because of an accident or an illness or have died without his or her story ever being told. Speculation currently exists that the Zodiac killer is stalking victims in the New York City area. The Zodiac case is only one example of unsolved serial murders, many of which will never be solved.
Second, although both types of killers evoke fear and anxiety in the community, the reaction to a mass murder will be much more focused and locally limited than that to serial killing. People generally perceive the mass killer as one suffering from mental illnesses. This immediately creates a "they"/"us" dichotomy in which "they" are different from "us" because of mental problems. We can somehow accept the fact that a few people go "crazy" sometimes and start shooting others. However, it is more disconcerting to learn that some of the "nicest" people one meets lead a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde life: a student by day, a killer of coeds by night; a caring, attentive nurse who secretly murders sick children, the handicapped, or the elderly; a building contractor and politician who enjoys sexually torturing and killing young men and burying them under his home. When we discover that people exist who are not considered to be insane or crazy but who enjoy killing others for "recreation," this indeed gives new meaning to the word "stranger." Although the mass murderer is viewed as a deranged soul, a product of a stressful environment who is just going to "explode" now and then (but of course somewhere else), the serial murder is seen as much more sinister and is more capable of producing fear.
Third, the mass murderer kills groups of people at once, whereas the serial killer individualizes his or her murders. The serial killer continues to hurt and murder victims, whereas the mass murderer makes his or her "final statement" in or about life through the medium of abrupt and final violence. We rarely if ever hear of a mass murderer who has the opportunity to enact a second mass murder or to become a serial killer. Similarly, we rarely if ever hear of a serial killer who also enacts a mass murder.
The mass murderer and the serial killer are quantitatively and qualitatively different, and disagreement continues about their characteristics just as it does about the types of mass and serial offenders that appear to have emerged in recent years. Perhaps the single most critical stumbling block that today stands in the way of understanding serial murder is the disagreement among researchers and law enforcement about how to define the phenomenon.
Defining Serial Murder
6' 9" Serial Killer Edmund Kemper III,
after his confession
In February, 1989, the Associated Press released a story about a serial killer who preyed on prostitutes in the same area of Los Angeles that harbored the Southside Slayer. He was believed to have killed at least 12 women, all with a small handgun. The news story referred to the victims as "strawberries"-young women who sold sex for drugs. Farther north, the Green River Task Force in Seattle, Washington, continues to investigate a series of murders of at least 45 young women over the past eight years. When the corpses of boys and young men began appearing along the banks of the Chattahoochee River in Atlanta, Georgia, during the early 1980s, police became convinced a serial killer was at work in the area. The preceding cases are typical of homicides one might envision when characterizing victims of serial killers. The media quickly and eagerly focus attention on serial killings because they appear to be so bizarre and extraordinary. They engender the kind of headline that sell newspapers: "The Atlanta Child Killer," "The Stocking Strangler," "The Hillside Strangler," "The Sunday Morning Slasher," "The Boston Strangler," ad infinitum. The media focus not only on how many victims were killed but on how they died. Thus they feed morbid curiosity and at the same time create a stereotype of the typical serial killer: Ted Bundy, Ed Kemper, Albert Desalvo, and a host of other young white males attacking unsuspecting women powerless to defend themselves from the savage sexual attacks and degradations by these monsters.
But what is the reality? For those in law enforcement, serial killing generally means the sexual attack and murder of young women, men, and children by a male who follows a pattern, physical or psychological. However, this definition fails to include many offenders and victims. For example, in 1988 in Sacramento, California, several bodies of older or handicapped adults were exhumed from the backyard of a house where they were supposed to have been living. Investigators discovered the victims had been killed for their Social Security checks. It was apparent the killer had premeditated the murders, had selected the victims, and had killed at least six over a period of several months. Most law enforcement agencies would naturally classify this case as a serial killing-except for the fact that the killer was female. Because of rather narrow definitions of serial killing females are generally not classified as serial killers even though they meet the requirements for such a label. One explanation may simply be that we rarely if ever hear of a female "Jack the Ripper." Women who kill serially generally use poisons to dispose of their victims and are not associated with the sexual attacks, tortures, and violence of their male counterparts.
Although many offenders actually fall into the serial killer classification, they are excluded because they fail to meet law enforcement definitions or media-generated stereotypes of brutal, blood-thirsty monsters. The "angels of death" who work in hospitals and kill patients, or nursing home staff who kill the elderly, or the "black widows" who kill their family and relatives also meet the general criteria for serial killing except for the stereotypic element of violence. These men and women do not slash and torture their victims nor do they sexually attack them; they are the quiet killers. They are also the kinds of people who could be married, hold steady jobs, or simply be the nice man or woman who lives next door. They are rare among serial killers, just as serial murders are rare compared with other types of homicide.
To include all types of serial killers, the definition of serial murder must clearly be as broad as possible. For instance, Hickey (1986), by simply including all offenders who through premeditation killed three or more victims over a period of days, weeks, months, or years, was able to identify several women as serial killers. However, there exists such confusion in defining serial killing that findings can also easily be distorted. In addition, current research presents some narrow operational definitions of serial murder without any documented assurances that the focus does not exclude pertinent data. To suggest, for example, that all victims of serial murder are strangers, that the killers operate primarily in pairs, or that they do not kill for financial gain is derived more from speculation than verifiable evidence, given the current state of serial murder research.
Typologies of Murder
Randy Kraft, a highly organized "score-card killer" kept detailed records of his murders
In essence serial murderers should include any offenders, male or female, who kill over time. Most researchers agree that serial killers have a minimum of 3-4 victims. Usually there is a pattern in their killing that may be associated with the types of victims selected or the method or motives for the killing. This includes murderers who, on a repeated basis, kill within the confines of their own home, such as a woman who poisons several husbands, children, or elderly people in order to collect insurance. In addition, serial murderers include those men and women who operate within the confines of a city or a state or even travel through several states as they seek out victims. Consequently, some victims have a personal relationship with their killers and others do not, and some victims are killed for pleasure and some merely for gain. Of greatest importance from a research perspective is the linkage of common factors among the victims-for example, as Egger (1985) observed, "victims' place or status within their immediate surroundings (such as vagrants, prostitutes, migrant workers, homosexuals, missing children, and single and often elderly women)" (p. 3). Commonality among those murdered may include several factors, any


Emergency clause
The emergency clause is a provision included as part of a bill in the Oklahoma Legislature that allows it to become effective immediately upon the signature of the Governor or at a specified date. Emergency clauses require approval by two-thirds of the members of both chambers and are voted on separately and subsequently to the vote approving a measure. A law cannot become effective fewer than 90 days after sine die adjournment without an emergency clause. The one exception is the General Appropriations bill, which can take effect on July 1st without an emergency clause and by a simple majority. As a result of State Question 640, a revenue bill, as defined under Article V, Section 33 of the Constitution, cannot contain an emergency clause.


Configuring Projects (F#)
This topic includes information about how to use the Project Designer when you work with F# projects. Working with F# projects is not significantly different from working with Visual Basic or C# projects. You can often use the general Visual Studio project documentation as your primary reference when you use F#. This topic provides links to relevant information in the Visual Studio documentation for settings that are shared with the other Visual Studio languages, and also describes the settings specific to F#.
The Project Designer and its general use are described fully in the topic Introduction to the Project Designer in the Visual Studio documentation. The Project Designer consists of several pages grouped by related functionality. The pages available for F# projects are mostly a subset of those available for other languages. The pages supported in F# are described in the following table. The pages that are not available relate to features that are not available in F#, or that are available only by changing a command-line option. The pages that are available in F# resemble the C# pages most closely, so a link is provided to the relevant C# Project Designer page.
Project Designer page
Related links
Application Page, Project Designer (C#)
Enables you to specify application-level settings and properties, such as whether you are creating a library or an executable file, what version of the.NET Framework the application is targeting, and information about where the resource files that the application uses are stored.
Build Page, Project Designer (C#)
Enables you to control how the code is compiled.
Build Events
Build Events Page, Project Designer (C#)
Enables you to specify commands to run before or after a compilation.
Debug Page, Project Designer
Enables you to control how the application runs during debugging. This includes what command-line to use and what your application's starting directory is, and any special debugging modes you want to enable, such as native code and SQL.
Reference Paths
Managing Project References
Enables you to specify where to search for assemblies that the code depends on.
The following table summarizes settings that are specific to F#.
Project Designer page
Generate tail calls
If selected, enables the use of the tail Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) instruction. This causes the stack frame to be reused for tail recursive functions. Equivalent to the --tailcalls compiler option.
Other flags
Allows you to specify additional compiler command-line options.
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There are no long-term effects on male fertility after receiving a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. A low motile count might be a minor short-term effect.
Unsubstantiated claims about COVID-19 vaccines have been afloat especially on social media ever since the vaccines were developed. A recent Facebook post shared a clipping of an opinion article from the far-right publication Epoch Times regarding effects on sperm count after receiving a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. The article's headline read, "Pfizer Vaccine Impairs Sperm CountConspiracy Theorists Were Right." The Facebook post description read, "Unvaxxed sperm will be worth more than gold soon boys. All you other Golden Bollocks out there. Hold the line…"
One Rav Arora penned the Epoch Times article cited in the post. Arora is a young writer and according to his Twitter bio he has written previously for the 'New York Post' and 'The Globe and Mail'. He cited a study by the American Society of Andrology in his article about semen concentration and motility after a person is vaccinated against COVID-19. It appears that Arora did not take into account the complete findings of the study for his opinion piece.
Published on June 17, 2022, the study observed 216 samples from men before and after they took the Pfizer vaccine. In each sample, the researchers investigated factors such as semen volume, sperm concentration, sperm motility, and total motile count. Two samples were taken before the vaccination, and three post-vaccination samples were taken in time frames - 15 to 45 days, 75–125 days, and 145 days after the vaccination date. Initially, the study observed a low motile count three months post-vaccination; however, it was seen as a minor and rare short-term effect. "While on first look, these results may seem concerning, from a clinical perspective, they confirm previous reports regarding vaccines' overall safety and reliability despite minor short-term side effects. Long-term prognosis remains good," the study said.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported on July 14, 2022, that there is no evidence to prove that COVID-19 vaccines cause infertility in men or women. The CDC cited a study by The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) from June 2021 which said that men who received the Pfizer vaccine "found no significant changes in these sperm characteristics after vaccination."
In December 2021, Forbes cited a study by a Belgium team that observed the sperm quality of a person after they received a COVID-19 vaccine. According to the study, the quality of the sperm might be sub-optimal after the vaccination, and the estimated recovery time was three months. Follow-up studies were being conducted to ascertain any permanent damage.
There is so far no medical evidence to support the claims that COVID-19 vaccines have adverse permanent effect on fertility, but many experts have raised alarm over reduced fertility if one gets the SARS-CoV-2 virus. In a report published on February 8, 2022, the National Institutes of Health said, "So far, studies have not found associations between COVID-19 vaccination and fertility. However, there is evidence that SARS-CoV-2 infection may temporarily reduce fertility."
The Epoch Time article is an opinion piece by a writer and cannot be considered credible medical information. Studies after studies have exposed misinformation about COVID-19 vaccine. Since the COVID-19 outbreak, Logically has debunked several claims regarding medical and vaccine misinformation.
The study cited in the shared newspaper column stated that there could be a minor low motile count after vaccination. However, the study further said that it is not a long-term effect and that it is safe to take the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Hence, we have marked this claim false.


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The Sierra School at Main Street is an in-district model working in partnership with St. Vrain Valley School District. The program services students in grades k–12 with autism spectrum exceptionalities and specific learning disabilities.
At Sierra, we take an individualized approach to educating students with specific eligibilities, which starts with building strong foundational skills in the areas of language, visual performance, and fine and gross motor skills. Our approach is informed by the belief that it is common to find defined splinter skills in children and adolescents with autism and SLD, as well as a large "gap" between receptive and expressive language skills—a gap that hinders social abilities and can lead to maladaptive behaviors. Consequently, the Sierra School consistently works to bridge this gap by expediting acquisition of skills and increasing our students' awareness of their surroundings. To accomplish this, we employ a rotational model of instruction whereby students move about their educational space, alternating among specific learning modalities and diversifying their settings, all of which supports faster generalization of skills.
Our rotational system consists of DTT (Discrete Trial Training) sessions, life skills training, social skills lab and motor lab work, NET (Natural Environment Teaching), instruction in designated academic blocks, activity schedules, and independent play and leisure time. Each rotation is designed to progressively build on the last level of skills and inform the next level. For example, what is taught in DTT serves as a building block for the social skills lab, which in turn is generalized into the NET room, which itself is generalized into routine components of the day (e.g., recess, lunch, transitional times) and eventually to real-world encounters. Ultimately, this progression of skills leads to two long-term goals: (1) the ability to participate, function, and demonstrate independence in the general public; and (2) the ability to transition students to a more general academic setting.


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Network Slicing: Drivers, Challenges, Opportunities, and Key Use Cases
Tomorrow's networks are not just faster pipes; they are business enablers that can create services tailored to specific verticals. Telcos hope to become much more than simple connectivity providers in the B2B space, but current technology does not allow them to do so. This reason caused the concept of network slicing to come to life. It is becoming more important due to B2B verticals having a variety of use cases that will be addressed with 5G technology, and legacy networks are unable to handle these use cases.
Network slicing can be explained as: partitioning the network in smaller instances/slices, where each slice with unique configuration will serve to differentiate use case/cases. Broadly speaking, early pilots and trial deployments are expected to start in 2018, followed by the launch of 5G. The concept is indeed in the early development phase, and although there are quite a few single-vendor trials and demos on the market, the concept still needs years of development before mass market deployment.
This report discusses key opportunities, challenges, operator-vendor ecosystem, and value chain aspects of the network slicing market. The analysis of pioneering verticals and geographical regions is also discussed to anticipate the deployment rate of network slicing.
Table of Contents
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
2.1. Network Slicing Evolution
2.2. Network Slicing Architecture Overview
2.3. Correlation with NFV and SDN
3. NEED FOR NETWORK SLICING
3.1. Why Do Telcos Need Network Slicing?
3.2. Why Do Technology Implementers Need Network Slicing?
3.3. Key Vendors for Network Slicing
4. IMPLEMENTATION PARAMETERS
4.1. How to Implement Network Slicing
4.2. Expectations vs Reality
5. TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP FOR NETWORK SLICING
5.1. Relevant Technologies
5.2. Impact of Network Slicing on Other Technology Markets
6. VERTICAL/APPLICATIONS AND GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS
6.1. Vertical-Wise Use Cases
6.2. Geographic Analysis
7. MAJOR INDUSTRY ANNOUNCEMENTS
7.1. Proof of Concepts (PoC)
7.3. Trials and Demonstrations
7.4. Product Launch
8. POTENTIAL USE CASES
8.1. Virtual Sensor Network Management for Smart City


Suppose one has two locally finite quasivarieties $\mathcal{V}$ and $\mathcal{W}$.
Further suppose that:
 1. $\mathcal{V}$ is a variety.
 2. The finite algebras $\mathcal{V}_f$ are dually equivalent to $\mathcal{W}_f$.
Does it follow that $\mathcal{W}$ is also a variety?
Background: This question fits into the area of 'Natural duality'. I am hoping someone can provide a counterexample, or perhaps provide additional conditions.
Here is a way to manufacture such examples. Let $\mathcal{V}$ be a locally finite variety such that (i) $\mathcal{V}$-epis are surjective, (ii) $\mathcal{V}_f$ has an injective cogenerator $A$. Define the algebra $B$ to have the same carrier as $A$, its finitary operations between all $\mathcal{V}$-morphisms $A^n \to A$. Further define $\mathcal{W} := \mathcal{Q}(B) = \mathbb{S}\mathbb{P}(B)$ to be the quasivariety generated by $B$. Then $\mathcal{V}_f$ is dually equivalent to $\mathcal{W}_f$ via the contravariant hom-functors for $A$ and $B$, endowed with additional algebraic structure.
e.g. Let $\mathcal{V} = \mathsf{Vect}(\mathbb{F})$ for a finite field $\mathbb{F}$ and take $A = \mathbb{F}$. Then $\mathcal{W}$ is essentially $\mathcal{V}$ again, where every linear combination of variables is viewed as an operation.
Here is a counterexample.
Let $A = \langle \{0,1\}; d, s\rangle$ be the algebra on $\{0,1\}$ whose defining operations are the discriminator operation $d$ on $\{0,1\}$ and the "switch" ($s(0)=1$, $s(1)=0$). According to the NU Duality Theorem of natural duality theory, $A$ is dualizable, and the topological quasivariety dual to $\mathcal V:=SP(A)$ is $\mathcal W:=S_cP(\langle \{0,1\}; s, {\mathcal T}\rangle)$, where $\mathcal T$ is the discrete topology.
I am allowing the empty algebra, else the duality doesn't work out perfectly (empty is dual to singleton in both directions).
It follows from Jonsson's Lemma that $\mathcal V:=SP(A)$ is a variety, but it is easy to see that $\mathcal W_f$ is not the finite part of a variety. $\mathcal W_f$ is the finite part of the quasivariety of $\mathbb Z_2$-sets having no fixed points, while the variety generated by $\mathcal W_f$ contains all $\mathbb Z_2$-sets.
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Our jointly written short stories
During the student exchange in Italy, students worked in international groups to write the six stories. Each partner brought a plan for a story:
After the exchange programme each country got one story to finalise. The six stories:
Students voted and decided that they would like to work on the story titled "Murder in Istanbul".


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In most cases, no treatment is necessary for women who miscarry early in their pregnancy, because the bleeding associated with miscarriage usually empties the uterus of pregnancy-associated tissue. In some cases, however, a woman may need to undergo a surgical procedure called a dilation and curettage (D&C) to remove any pregnancy-associated tissue remaining in the uterus. A D&C is performed if the woman is bleeding heavily or if an ultrasound test detects any remaining tissue in the uterus.
An alternative to a D&C is the use of a medication called misoprostol that helps the tissue pass out of the uterus. The use of misoprostol has proven to be effective in 84% of the cases studied. Other treatments after a woman miscarries may include control of mild to moderate bleeding, prevention of infection, pain relief, and emotional support. If heavy bleeding occurs, the woman should contact her health care provider immediately.1
- Snell, B. J. (2009). Assessment and management of bleeding in the first trimester of pregnancy. Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, 54(6), 483-491. doi:10.1016/j.jmwh.2009.08.007 [top]


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The Texas Public Health Coalition says: State policymakers continue to underscore the monumental obesity crisis in Texas. Obesity-related health conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, cancer, and stroke put great stress on the state's fiscal health. Two-thirds of Texas adults1 and 29 percent of Texas high school students2 are either overweight or obese. This is devastating. And it gets even worse. By 2040, an estimated 75 percent of all Texans will be overweight, which could cost Texas more than $39 billion for health care and productivity costs each year by 2040.3 Texas must address this looming public health crisis today.
Obesity in Texas: Things You Need to Know
- Per-capita health care spending for obese adults is about 40 percent higher than spending for normal-weight adults.4
- Lawmakers created a Medicaid pilot to study activities that could help prevent obesity and reduce costs. The pilot will conclude in 2012, and a final report will be submitted to the Texas Legislature.
- Physical activity and good nutrition improve a child's academic performance. Texas' School Health Advisory Councils can play a key role by making children's health a priority.
- Thirty-two percent of kids ages 10-17 years are overweight or obese.5 An obese adolescent has a 70-percent greater chance of being an obese adult than a normal-weight adolescent.6 To stem obesity, we must help adolescents create healthy behaviors.
- Schools and childcare centers can help. They play an important role in educating parents, children, and adolescents on health and how to make healthy choices.
Good health is influenced by social, economic, and physical factors in a community. Policies that support planning and an infrastructure with access to physical activity and healthy foods strengthen a community's health.
- Texas policymakers created interagency workgroups to study law to ensure healthy foods are available to all Texans. Groups such as the Farm-to-School Task Force and Healthy Food Advisory Committee have identified practical steps to improve Texans' access to nutritious foods.
2011 Public Health Coalition Healthy Eating and Activity Priorities
- Support evidence-based strategies to reduce obesity and its related costs from chronic disease, including interventions to decrease consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, salt, and saturated fat.
- Improve the health of schoolchildren by increasing physical activity, health education, and yearly reporting of coordinated school health efforts through School Health Advisory Councils.
- Improve nutrition and physical activity in early childhood programs, for example, by educating parents and the public about the benefits of breast feeding.
- Enhance community environments to promote physical activity.
- Improve access to healthy foods.
1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2009.
2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Youth Risk Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2009.
3. Texas Department of State Health Services. The Burden of Overweight and Obesity in Texas, 2000-2040. Austin, Texas, 2004.
4. Congressional Budget Office. How Does Obesity in Adults Affect Spending on Health Care? Sept. 8, 2010.
5. Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative. 2007. National Survey of Children's Health. Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health website. Retrieved Nov. 11, 2010, from nschdata.org.
6. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Surgeon General. January 2010. The Surgeon General's Vision for a Healthy and Fit Nation 2010. Rockville, Md.: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Surgeon General. January 2010.


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Medical research safeguarded in Europe
The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), the leading pan-European association representing medical oncology professionals, has welcomed the adoption of the Clinical Trials Regulation by the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament, which enters into force today June 16, 2014).
The new clinical trial framework acknowledges the importance of using data stored for a clinical trial beyond the end of the study itself, for research purposes. Practically speaking, the Regulation states that when a patient gives his/her consent for a clinical trial, he/she can easily give a one-time consent for data to be used beyond the trial, for the purpose of medical research, still with the possibility to withdraw it at any time[1].
"The adoption of the Clinical Trials Regulation by the EU represents an important milestone according to ESMO, in support of our efforts to safeguard medical research in Europe," said Paolo G. Casali, ESMO Public Policy Committee Chair. "ESMO is keen on protecting and furthering medical research in Europe, and the EU has given a clear signal that they support medical research, including oncology research and care, whilst fully respecting the right of the patient to privacy and confidentiality."
The Regulation, which will now become law in all 28 EU Member States, provides a harmonised framework for conducting clinical trials: it introduces strong transparency of clinical trial data through the publication of all studies into a single website. Furthermore, whilst maintaining the central role of ethical committees, it streamlines the application process, adding strict timelines for approval by Member States, and creating a single portal that reduces the bureaucratic burden on researchers, particularly for multi-country clinical trials.
"The lengthy procedure of starting a clinical trial until the inclusion of the first patient has been known to the scientific community for a long time," said Christoph Zielinski, ESMO Board member responsible for relations with cooperative research groups. The magnitude of the problem has increased when international cooperative groups have introduced large clinical trials across European countries where regulations are different, leading to non-uniform trial execution. "The new Regulation should facilitate the performance of clinical trials in Europe, synchronising national regulations into a supranational strategy."
"The novel Clinical Trials Regulation represents Europe's unique chance of overcoming the old directive to make Europe competitive, attractive and visionary in conducting the fundamental clinical trials necessary for our fight against cancer," said Christian Dittrich, Coordinator of the ESMO Faculty for Principles of Clinical Trials and Systemic Therapy. "It is equipped to ensure that medical research will be able to continue in a smooth manner, for the ultimate benefit of patients."
"The new Regulation includes many topics that patients have been advocating for," said Jan Geissler, Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia Advocates Network. "Patients need more progress in research to develop new, effective and safe therapies at a faster pace, and with the new Regulation European cancer research will become more patient-centric." "The concept of a one-time consent is an essential component of successful medical research," said Rolf A. Stahel, ESMO President. "Its inclusion in the new Clinical Trials Regulation is a welcomed recognition of its importance for the medical community at large, like other crucial aspects that ESMO is relentlessly acting on to secure a trouble-free research environment for medical oncology in Europe."
ESMO collaborates closely with many European organisations, in a constant effort to support medical oncology. For the new Clinical Trials Regulation, EORTC has been at the frontline of a collective effort with ESMO, allowing us to continue to represent our members on key issues in our role as the leading medical oncology society in Europe.
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What Is the hiberfil.sys File?
Depending on the version of Windows you're using, you have several options for conserving power when you're not using your PC. Obviously, you can just shut it down. But, you can also send it into a sleep or hibernate mode, where it uses dramatically less power but is still available quickly when you need it. Sleep uses just enough power to maintain the information in your PC's memory. Hibernate conserves even more power by writing the information in memory out to the hard drive and essentially shutting down—the benefit being that bringing your PC back up is much quicker than bringing it up from a fully off state. That's where the hiberfil.sys file comes in—Windows writes the information in memory to that file.
RELATED: What's the Difference Between Sleep and Hibernate in Windows?
While we recommend using sleep or hibernation instead of shutting down your PC in most cases, we understand that many people simply prefer shutting down. In that case, disabling hibernate mode on your PC will allow you to delete that file and reclaim valuable disk space. And the file can use up quite a bit of space. How much depends on the amount of memory installed in your PC. In our example, the hiberfil.sys file is using a whopping 13 GB of disk space.
The technique for disabling hibernate mode is pretty much the same in Windows 10, 8, 7, and Vista. You'll need to use the Command Prompt in administrative mode to get it done, but it's just one simple command. Disabling hibernate mode automatically deletes the hiberfil.sys file.
Open Command Prompt by first hitting Start and typing "command prompt." When you see the Command Prompt app pop up, right-click it, and then choose "Run as administrator."
At the prompt, type the following command and then press Enter:
powercfg -h off
This command immediately disables hibernate mode, so you'll notice it's no longer an option from your shut down menu. And, if you visit File Explorer again, you'll see that the hiberfil.sys file has been deleted and all that disk space is yours once again.
If you change your mind and would like to enable hibernate mode again, just revisit the Command Prompt and use this command:
powercfg -h on
The Hibernate command should be available to you once again and Windows will recreate the hiberfil.sys file.
Disable Hibernate Mode in Windows XP
Disabling hibernate mode in Windows XP is a little different than in later versions of Windows. First, head to Control Panel > Power Options. In the Power Options properties window, switch to the "Hibernate" tab and disable the "Enable hibernation" option.
After you disable hibernate mode, restart your PC, and then you'll need to manually delete the hiberfil.sys file.
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7 Things to know about CSC Access to Information Act requests
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Inmates seeking to get records from the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) can make requests under the Access to Information Act. Below are a few points relevant to federal inmates making requests under the act:
- Any information the government controls can be requested. Requests do not need to be limited to paper documents; information in any medium or form can be requested. This includes videotapes, audio recordings, emails, pictures, etc.
- An application must be submitted to CSC's Access to information and Privacy Division. A letter can be sent describing the requested records or an Access to Information Request Form can be filled out and submitted.
- There is a $5 application fee. This is an initial fee that covers 5 hours of searching and 125 pages of copying. Additional fees may be charged if the request requires more time ($10 per hour) or printing ($0.20 per page).
- Applications take time to process. CSC has 30 days to respond, but the act allows for extensions if the request cannot reasonably be completed within the 30 day time limit. CSC may grant itself several extensions and ultimately take several months to respond to the request.
- CSC has the authority to refuse to disclose records for a variety of reasons. For example, it may not release any records that contain personal information or that, if disclosed, "could reasonably be expected to be injurious to the security of penal institutions". The various exemptions are set out in sections 13-29.
- A complaint can be filed about CSC's response to an Access to Information request. If an individual is dissatisfied with the response, then a complaint can be filed with the Information Commissioner of Canada within 60 days of the response.
- Personal information can be requested through the Privacy Act. This act gives individuals the right to access their own personal information. Request under the Privacy Act are free to make, and individuals can also make requests to correct their personal information.


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Time's Tattarrattat is an voice activated installation, originally presented at Aboagora Festival, Turku, Finland as part of a performance. The work consists of a microphone and a projected image. As participants speak into the microphone, the image disperses and diffuses across the space. The installation is accompanied by an original drawing that forms the basis for the projected image.
Original drawing, pencil and watercolour on paper, 40cm x 40cm.
An artwork exploring the relations between time and language. Time's Tattarrattat is a voice activated moving image artwork, exhibited here as part of a performance. The work uses speech recognition and analyzes each spoken word for how close it is to a palindrome. Depending on the degree of 'palindromicity' of the words, each triangle in the image moves more or less randomly. Because speech is irreversible the pieces never return to their original positions once activated. Like smoke rising from a candle, our aging bodies or fumes from an exhaust, entropy and disorder continually increase.
The word tattarrattat was coined by James Joyce in Ulysses to mean 'knock on the door', here we are knocking on time's door. In collaboration with physicist Dr. John Goold from ICTP, Trieste, Italy, we probed time's arrow through a series of conversations that led to the development of Time's Tattarrattat. The performance where John spoke about time was presented at Aboagora festival in Turku, Finland in August 2015.
The image is from a photo of the clouds over Trieste, which Libby took while visiting John. The photo of clouds was pixelated into triangles using code Libby wrote. Libby copied this digital image using watercolour and pencil,, which was then scanned and digitally cut up into 450 small triangles. This image is then projected onto a ceiling and is altered by each word uttered into a microphone.