Anthropology and the Racial Politics of Culture
Anthropology and the Racial Politics of Culture
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In the late nineteenth century, if ethnologists in the United States recognized African American culture, they often perceived it as something to be overcome and left behind. At the same time, they were committed to salvaging "disappearing" Native American culture by curating objects, narrating practices, and recording languages. In Anthropology and the Racial Politics of Culture, Lee D. Baker examines theories of race and culture developed by American anthropologists during the late nineteenth century and early twentieth. He investigates the role that ethnologists played in creating a racial politics of culture in which Indians had a culture worthy of preservation and exhibition while African Americans did not. Baker argues that the concept of culture developed by ethnologists to understand American Indian languages and customs in the nineteenth century formed the basis of the anthropological concept of race eventually used to confront "the Negro problem" in the twentieth century. As he explores the implications of anthropology's different approaches to African Americans and Native Americans, and the field's different but overlapping theories of race and culture, Baker delves into the careers of prominent anthropologists and ethnologists, including James Mooney Jr., Frederic W. Putnam, Daniel G. Brinton, and Franz Boas. His analysis takes into account not only scientific societies, journals, museums, and universities, but also the development of sociology in the United States, African American and Native American activists and intellectuals, philanthropy, the media, and government entities from the Bureau of Indian Affairs to the Supreme Court. In Anthropology and the Racial Politics of Culture, Baker tells how anthropology has both responded to and helped shape ideas about race and culture in the United States, and how its ideas have been appropriated (and misappropriated) to wildly different ends.
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Preface: Questions ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 1. Research, Reform, and Racial Uplift 33 2. Fabricating the Authentic and the Politics of the Real 66 3. Race, Relevance, and Daniel G. Brinton's Ill-fated Bid for Prominence 117 4. The Cult of Franz Boas and His "Conspiracy" to Destroy the White Race 156 Notes 221 Works Cited 235 Index 265
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What is Ipecac Syrup?
Ipecac syrup is a medicine that causes vomiting.
In the past it was used to partially empty a person's stomach after a poison.
It is now rarely recommended.
It is NOT necessary to keep ipecac syrup in your home.
In case of poisoning, call the poison center right away at.......
What Happened to Ipecac Syrup?
For years, parents were told to keep
ipecac syrup at home. This medicine could be used to make a child vomit
after swallowing poison. Now, your doctor doesn't tell you to keep it. The
poison center doesn't tell you to use it. You can't even buy ipecac in the
What happened? And NOW what should
The short story: Call the
poison center right away at _PHONE_ if you think someone has been
poisoned. If the poison was swallowed, breathed in, or splashed on someone's
skin or eyes, the poison center experts will tell you what to do right away.
Local experts will answer your phone call, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Most of the time, you can stay safely at home with the poison center's
advice. But, be prepared:
Click here to order phone stickers and magnets with the poison
center's emergency number.
Click here for first aid instructions for poisoning.
The longer story: It seemed
to make sense. If someone swallowed poison and then threw up, they shouldn't
get sick. This treatment approach was used for decades.
At first, people who swallowed
poison were given many ineffective remedies:
- raw egg white;
- the "universal antidote" of burnt toast, tannic
acid and milk of magnesia;
- salt water;
- tickling the back of the throat.
Sometimes, these remedies did cause
vomiting. But they often caused problems of their own. For example, too much
salt caused sodium poisoning, seizures and even death. Gagging someone often
caused throat bleeding and swelling. Also, these home remedies were never
reliable enough to be used to treat poisoning. And complicated charts about
what remedy went with what poisoning were confusing.
Small brown bottles of ipecac syrup
seemed to solve these problems. When given to children or adults, ipecac
made most of them throw up within 20-30 minutes. Since at least the 1960's,
standard parenting advice included keeping a bottle of ipecac syrup at home.
In fact, many pediatricians and health clinics gave ipecac to parents, "just
What we know now: It turns
out that a big piece of the picture was missing. Yes, ipecac made people
throw up, whether or not they swallowed poison. But did throwing up keep
them from actually getting sick from the poison?
Recently, researchers looked at all
of the evidence about ipecac syrup. They agreed that ipecac syrup reliably
caused vomiting. They also agreed that this didn't make any difference! In
other words, there was little research to show that people who swallowed
ipecac after poisoning did any better than others.
In addition, this review
highlighted some problems with ipecac:
- There are times when ipecac is unsafe. It
shouldn't be given to someone who swallowed chemicals that cause burns
on contact or medicines that can cause seizures very quickly. It
can be dangerous to people with some types of medical problems.
When such poisoning victims got ipecac anyway, they developed serious
complications or even died.
- More and more people with eating disorders were
using ipecac to make themselves throw up. Regular use of ipecac
syrup is dangerous; for example, chronic users have died from heart
- Sometimes people vomiting after ipecac could not
keep down other drugs they needed to treat their poisonings.
Based on these facts,
pediatricians, poison centers, and federal regulators have re-evaluated the
use of ipecac. Follow the links at the end for the fine print.
Should you keep ipecac at home?
- The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends
that ipecac syrup NOT be stocked at home.
- Likewise, the American Association of Poison
Control Centers no longer recommends that parents keep ipecac syrup at
- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is
considering a recommendation from one of its expert panels to make
ipecac syrup a prescription-only drug. To date, FDA has not acted
on the panel recommendation.
- In the Washington, DC metropolitan area, the
National Capital Poison Center does not recommend that parents stock
ipecac syrup at home. In fact, most pharmacies no longer stock ipecac
I hear about activated charcoal…Activated
charcoal is a medicine that is used to treat some serious poisonings. It is
often given in emergency departments and sometimes, but rarely, at home.
The National Capital Poison Center
does NOT recommend that parents keep activated charcoal at home. It goes
back to research. Most studies do not show a benefit to keeping and giving
activated charcoal at home.
The bottom line: Parents,
child care providers, and everyone who spends time with children should post
the poison center phone number on or near every phone. Call _PHONE_
right away for a possible poisoning. Trained experts will guide you: if
treatment is needed, they'll tell you what to do. They will call you back to
be sure that everything is all right.
For more information:
- In 2003, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FDA Nonprescription Drug Advisory Council held a hearing about the
over-the-counter status of ipecac syrup. The advisory panel then
recommended to FDA that ipecac syrup no longer be available as a
non-prescription drug. FDA has not made a decision (as of 12/05),
but documents from the hearing are available on the web site. Go
to _URL_ and enter the search
term "ipecac". You will find the regulatory history of ipecac and
presentations and submissions for and against the over-the-counter
availability of ipecac syrup.
- In 2003, the American Academy of Pediatrics
issued a policy statement "Poison
Treatment in the Home" which concluded that ipecac syrup should no
longer be routinely used in the home. Instead, they recommended
that the first action of a caregiver of a child who may have swallowed a
poison is to call the local poison control center at _PHONE_.
- In 2004, an expert panel of toxicologists issued
on the Use of Ipecac Syrup in the Out-of-Hospital Management of Ingested
Poisons." Panel members from the American Association of
Poison Control Centers, the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology and
the American College of Medical Toxicology concluded that ipecac is
rarely useful in treating childhood poisoning.

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Word! Ear Canal
Word! Ear Canal
Ear Canal
(En español: Canal auditivo)
Say: ear kuh-nal
You'll need a mirror to do it, but take a good look at your ear. Do you see that hole in it that goes into your head? That's your ear canal. The ear canal lets in sound so you can hear. Glands in the ear canal make cerumen, or earwax.


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Mekong dolphins on the brink of extinction
The Mekong River Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris) population inhabits a 190km stretch of the Mekong River between Cambodia and Lao PDR. Since 2003, the population has suffered 88 deaths of which over 60 percent were calves under two weeks old. The latest population is estimated between 64 and 76 members.
"Necropsy analysis identified a bacterial disease as the cause of the calf deaths. This disease would not be fatal unless the dolphin's immune systems were suppressed, as they were in these cases, by environmental contaminants," said Dr Verné Dove, report author and veterinarian with WWF Cambodia.
Researchers found toxic levels of pesticides such as DDT and environmental contaminants such as PCBs during analysis of the dead dolphin calves. These pollutants may also pose a health risk to human populations living along the Mekong that consume the same fish and water as the dolphins.


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The Slime Molds: Myxomycetes a problem associated with organic mulch
Curtis E. Swift, Ph.D.
Colorado State University Extension,
Tri River Area
Summer is a time of beauty with flower gardens exhibiting all shades of color and texture. Even the various bark mulches used to shade the soil and retain moisture add greatly to this beauty. Redwood bark, reddish brown when first scattered over the ground, turns a brownish gray. Aspen bark, while gray when applied, turns black as it ages.
Occasionally during the summer gardeners notice a growth on their bark mulch which closely resembles - should I say it - Dog Vomit. Yes, our office even has had gardeners call after taking their dogs to the vet because their dogs 'must have eaten something bad' causing them to get sick. Other gardeners blame this problem on a neighbor because 'they don't keep their dogs in at night'. I've always been curious to know how many veterinarians prescribe medication to correct this condition and how many neighborhood problems have escalated due to 'sick' dogs. Gardeners calling our office in an attempt to discover what type of plants could be causing their dog's stomach problem are often surprised when told this colorful, vomit-looking mass is a unique and fascinating organism.
Known as slime mold, they were once considered to be animals due to their creeping phase. DeBary, one of the founders of mycology, called them Mycetozoa, from the Greek words myketes (fungi), and zoon (animals). With DeBary's first use of Mycetozoa in 1887, the name continued to be used until the 1970's. Some previous researchers classified the slime molds in the phylum Protozoa of the animal kingdom.
Mycologists (those who study fungi) previously considered these strange organisms to belong to a class called Myxomycetes; myxa (slime) and myketes (fungi). Myxomycetes was the name first used by Macbride in his 1899 monograph of the slime molds. The use of the word was based on work done in 1833 by Link who considered these organisms as fungi. In Whitakers 'Five Kingdom' system Slime Molds are not in the Kingdom Fungi but are placed in the Protoctistans. See _URL_ for more information.
The slime molds live in cool, shady, moist places on decaying wood, leaves or other organic matter retaining abundant moisture. Bark mulch in a flower garden or shrub bed certainly fits that description. The same type of organism is often seen in the woods on decaying logs. Over 700 species are reported as existing.
Slime molds feed on decaying organic matter, bacteria, protozoa, and other minute organism which it engulfs and digests. In rare instances the slime molds have been known to creep over ornamentals, causing suffocation.
Life Cycle - A Simplified Version:
The vegetative body of the slime mold is a plasmodium, an amoeboid mass of protoplasm which has many nuclei and no definite cell wall. Under Western Colorado conditions, the creeping phase the common bark-inhabiting slime molds dries into hardened structures producing dark masses of spore-like bodies and clouds of dust-like particles when body breaks apart. Some slime molds are known to move into drier, more exposed locations in order to accomplish this life cycle change.
The spores, capable of surviving unfavorable weather, are spread by wind, water, mowers, or other equipment. Under cool, humid conditions, the spores absorb water, crack open and release a single motile spore. Each motile (swarm) spore feeds like the plasmodium undergoing several changes before uniting with another spore to produce an amoeboid zygote. The zygote enlarges, becomes multinucleate and forms a plasmodium.
Some species produce a stalk of hardened cells which other cells climb to create a fruiting structure from which spores are produced. This starts the cycle over again.
For a more detailed discussion of slime molds and their life cycles, see the book by Stephenson and Stempen listed as a reference.
Slime Molds of Turf:
The colonies of slime mold living on logs and bark mulch can be strikingly colorful in yellow, orange or red. Some slime molds produce cream-colored masses of cells along grass blades. While most often found in moist climates, several of these grass-inhabiting slime molds are found in Western Colorado. Slime molds often appear in the same area of the lawn year after year in four to six inch patches in various shades of purple, gray, white or cream.
Preventive chemical treatments tried over the years have been found ineffective. Slime molds are more a curiosity or nuisance than a threat to gardens or lawns. Once a colony starts to form, allowing mulch to dry out, or using a garden or leaf rake in the affected area helps break up the colony and provides some control. Washing the grass down with a forceful stream of water breaks up colonies. Mowing also is an effective way to remove slime mold from turf. Like nature's other organisms, slime molds should be looked at for their beauty and enjoyed as one enjoys a mass planting of dianthus or snapdragons.
Agrios, G.N. 1988. Plant Pathology. Academic Press, Inc.
Alexopoulos, C.J. & Mims, C.W. 1979. Introductory Mycology: Third Edition. John Wiley & Sons.
Stephenson, S.L. & Stempen, H. 1994. Myxomycetes: A Handbook of Slime Molds. Timber Press, Portland, Oregon
Placed on the Internet July 4, 1997
Updated May 25, 2009


radius of a black hole is proportional to its mass:
R = 2*G*M/C^2 (2)
M = R*C^2/(2*G) (3)
So the (1) becomes:
S = (1/4)*R^2/(G*hbar/C^3) = (1/4) * R^2/lp^2 = (1/(4*PI)) * (1/4) * A/lp^2 (4)
So it differ from Hawking formula by 1/(4*PI).
Now, let me try to use a totally different but much simpler gedanken experiment to derive an entropy formular similar to Hawkings. It's trivial. Any one can think out a hundred different gedanken experiments, all arrive at the same result, differing by only a numerical factor.
Let's start with a black hole of almost zero mass, and gradually increase its size by throwing in photons in appropriate wavelength.
We do not want to throw in photons whose wavelength is much smaller than the size of the blackhole, since they will lose a great portion of their energy by gravity red-shift, and we do not know how much the mass of blackhole is increase. We do not want to throw in photons of wavelenth much larger than the blackhole size either, since then the photo will diffract around the blackhole completely, without absorbtion.
Let's choose photo wavelength
Lambda = diameter of blackhole = 2*R (5)
Such photons will be absorbed with its energy largely unchanged, increasing the blackhole mass by the equivalent mass of the photon energy. The increase of mass is:
delta M = delta E * C^2 = 2*PI*hbar * C^3/lambda = 2*PI*hbar*C^3/(2*R) (6)
We know that each photon carries an entropy of exactly one, regardless of the photon's energy, so the increase of black hole entropy for each photon is one:
delta S = 1 (7)
dM = PI*hbar*C^3/R * dS (8)
dS = 1/(PI*hbar*C^3) * R * dM (9)
Now, since
R = 2*G*M/C^2, which is M = C^2/(2G) * R (10)
dM = C^2/(2G) * dR (11)
Put it into equ. (9):
dS = 1/(PI*hbar*C^3) * R * C^2/(2G) * dR (12)
Integrate equ. (12) from zero:
S = (1/(4*PI)) * R^2/ (hbar*C^3/G) (13)
S = (1/4*PI^2)^2 * (1/4)* A / lp^2 (14)
Again we ontained virtually the same Hawking entropy, except for a small numerical factor. I could easily get the factor correct if I am willing to try a little bit numerology like the LQG and super string camp did in their crackpot theories.
So you see it is really not a big deal at all to have derived the black hole entropy proportional to horizen area divided by Planck area.
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When to Test and When to Treat
Sometimes less is more when it comes to health care
Having an MRI
Modern medicine has given us many marvels. Robots that help perform minimally invasive surgeries, limb transplants, laser treatments — and the list goes on.
Advances in health care have also led to thousands of tests that can detect many diseases and conditions, as well as effective treatments to fight a wide range of illnesses. But while it seems like more testing and more treatment would be better for our health, that is not always the case.
"Sometimes less testing and less treatment can actually result in better health care," says Steven Rothschild, MD, a family medicine practitioner at Rush University Medical Center.
Rothschild answers some questions about common tests and treatments — and to explain how taking a more conservative approach to health care can, at times, be the best approach.
Q: What is the downside to having so many diagnostic tests available?
Rothschild: There is absolutely a place for testing. Early detection and prevention efforts are extremely important in treating and preventing a number of diseases and conditions.
But many tests have inherent risks to them. There is radiation in X-rays; patients could have a bad reaction to dye used in certain imaging tests like MRI; and medications can have negative side effects.
While risks are often rare, there is very little testing you can do with no risks. So the more of these tests that you have, the more risks you accumulate.
Q: So how can people decide whether or not to get certain tests?
Rothschild: For each situation, physicians need to help patients determine when to test and when not to test. Every person is different and there is not one correct answer. That's one reason why it is important to have a good relationship with your physician. Being open and honest about your health, family history and lifestyle can help your physician determine the best course of action.
Determining whether or not to test for or treat something depends a lot on your risk for the problem. False positives (when test results incorrectly show that you have a disease or condition that you do not have) can lead to further, more invasive testing and unnecessary mental anguish of wrongly believing you have a certain disease or condition.
One of my jobs as a physician is to figure out if people are in higher risk groups for certain conditions. If a person is in a higher risk group, the risk of false positives from testing is much lower. If a person is in a low-risk group, the risk of false positive is much higher. Without that information, physicians can't interpret tests or assess the likelihood that the test will be a benefit.
Q: Let's discuss some common health tests and treatments. When should people typically get their cholesterol checked?
Rothschild: The American Heart Association recommends that all adults age 20 and older should have a fasting lipoprotein profile, which measures total cholesterol, low-density lipoproteins (LDL), high-density lipoproteins (HDL) and triglycerides.
This test should be done once every five years for healthy adults who feel otherwise fine. If your cholesterol is high, your doctor will put together a treatment plan and will likely order follow-up testing to see if the treatment plan is working to lower your cholesterol.
In addition to getting your cholesterol checked, it's important to stay on top of your blood pressure. High cholesterol and high blood pressure are two of the biggest risk factors for heart disease, which is the No. 1 killer in this country. If you are trying to keep healthy, those two factors are pretty good markers of where you stand and what your risk is for developing heart disease.
Healthy adults should have their blood pressure checked every one to two years, and those with high blood pressure should discuss necessary follow-up testing with their doctor.
Q: When should people consider taking cholesterol-lowering medications?
Rothschild: Cholesterol-lowering medications (statins) are important. The introduction of these medications led to a dramatic plunge in the number of heart disease deaths. While an emphasis on blood pressure control and the risks of smoking certainly have helped lower heart disease deaths, statins have saved more lives than anything. There is a definite place for them.
That said, you have to look at the whole picture. Rather than immediately putting someone on medication, I would absolutely rather start treating someone with high cholesterol by taking an aggressive approach to lowering fats in their diet and increasing physical activity — that's assuming that their lifestyle is contributory to their high cholesterol.
Of course, not everyone's lifestyle contributes to their high cholesterol; there are often genetic factors and other things at play. In those cases, getting on medication is the best course of care. But for the vast majority of people with high cholesterol in this country poor diet and lack of exercise are the problems — and modifying those things is where treatment should begin.
Q: How do you determine when women need mammograms?
Rothschild: Mammograms are very important for women over 50. But between ages 35 and 50, it is more controversial. It's not that a woman who is 35 is less important than a woman who is 50, and it doesn't mean that there is no risk for developing breast cancer at 35 (though the risk is typically low). Rather, it is about the limitations of the test itself.
Mammograms are not as accurate in detecting tumors in dense breast tissue (that has less fat and more glandular tissue), which is much more prevalent in a 35-year-old woman compared a 50-year-old woman.
Therefore, the test itself is not as accurate and does not make as significant of an impact in detecting breast cancer in younger women as it does in women over 50. That can then lead to unnecessary breast biopsies, which can be stressful and uncomfortable.
However, women who are at a high risk for developing breast cancer — including those who have a family history of breast cancer or the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic mutations — should start getting mammograms at 40 or earlier depending on their doctors' recommendations.
Discussing your family and health history with your doctor helps him or her determine the most effective time for you to start getting mammograms
Q: When should women get a bone density test?
Rothschild: Healthy women at menopause and others at risk should get their bone density tested once around the start of menopause. If the test detects osteopenia (often a precursor to osteoporosis) certain medications can be very effective at preventing osteoporosis.
So I encourage bone density testing, but it is not one of those tests that women need to have annually. However, if the test detects osteopenia or osteoporosis, I recommend repeating the test in two to four years to monitor any changes.
Q: How has the standard of care for treating common conditions like sinus infections changed over the past five years?
Rothschild: Sinus infections can be difficult because if you're missing work and feeling really lousy, you want to do something to get better. According to the Infectious Diseases Society of America, sinus infections are the fifth leading reason for antibiotic prescriptions. Yet, 90 to 98 percent of sinus infection cases are caused by viruses, which are not affected by antibiotics.
As more and more studies show that antibiotics do not change the course of acute sinus congestion, doctors are moving away from prescribing antibiotics for sinus infections. The best ways to treat sinus infections caused by a virus include using pain relievers to relieve sinus pain, doing saline irrigation with a neti pot and drinking plenty of fluids.
People need to understand that testing for and treating conditions are selective processes. When there is strong evidence supporting the effectiveness of a test or the treatment, patients can feel OK about getting that test or taking that medication. But there is so much information available that it can be hard for people to figure out what they need and what they don't need.
That's why the relationship with your doctor is so important; he or she can help you make the best decisions for your health. Often people are intimidated or uncomfortable talking to their doctors and being honest about how much they exercise, their diet, whether or not they smoke or drink.
So it is important to find a primary care doctor whom you can talk to and trust implicitly. Your doctor needs to know as much about you as possible in order to provide you with the best care.


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Award Year 2017
- Black/African American: 5%
- White: 69%
- Hispanic: 5%
- Asian: 19%
- Two or more races: 2%
- ELL: 1%
- Economically Disadvantaged: 5%
At Dickerson Middle School, we are driven by our school-wide vision that everyone is Leading by Example. This motto propels all daily interactions whether academic, social, or emotional. It is important to the principal, the administration, and teacher leaders to walk the talk with professionalism. Dickerson's culture is known for being rigorous, professional, positive, and engaging. Dickerson students and teachers continually push toward higher levels of learning.
Through the support of our community, we are consistently able to go above and beyond. Our number one concern is the students. Therefore, we seek to provide a rigorous, engaging, and positive environment as evidenced in the unique initiatives that are offered. For example, we utilize our DMS Challenge class and the PBIS framework to show students that they are valued, and that their social and emotional needs are being cared for which results in limitless overall success. Because of our newly formed partnership with the Atlanta Braves, the excitement for learning is ignited through real-world project based learning through the Science of Sport and STEAM. From every corner of the building, all staff and students bring the science of baseball alive within the school.
The environment at DMS is one where teachers know they are valued and supported. The principal believes that teachers' protected planning time is vital to the design and implementation of effective instruction. By creating this supportive climate, teachers feel valued and respected, and the focus can remain on the instructional needs of our students. When administrators, teachers, and students treat each other with professionalism and Lead by Example, success is the outcome.


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I was recently arrested for the first time in my life. I was charged with simple assault. What is the maximum sentence I could get?
In Pennsylvania, we have sentencing guidelines. The maximum sentence allowed under law is rarely used. If this is your first arrest, most certainly, you are not going to get the maximum sentence for simple assault, a misdemeanor. The sentencing guidelines use two factors to determine the appropriate sentence: your prior conviction record and the seriousness of your current offense.
In your example, your prior conviction record is zero because you said the arrest was your first. The offense gravity score is low because simple assault is a misdemeanor. Without having more information, assuming you do not ask for a jury trial, and assuming you are actually convicted of simple assault, you should most likely get probation. Also, you may even be eligible for ARD (Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition), where you would have no conviction.
However, I understand that people think lawyers don't answer their questions directly. The statutory maximum for simple assault is 1-2 years.
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Manufacturing Tax Deduction for Software Developers
December 17, 2014
By Michael Hadjiloucas
In a Technical Advice Memorandum ("TAM") released on November 13, 2014, the IRS provided further guidance on determining whether receipts received by a software developer are qualified domestic production gross receipts ("DPGR") for purposes of the manufacturing tax deduction (domestic production activities deduction or "DPAD") under Internal Revenue Code Section 199, or if they are receipts from services which do not qualify for the deduction. After evaluating the facts, the IRS concluded the taxpayer's receipts were from the license of software and qualified for the manufacturing tax deduction.
Section 199 provides taxpayers with qualified production activities income ("QPAI"), a deduction equal to 9% of the lesser of its QPAI or taxable income before the DPAD. The deduction is further limited to 50% of annual wages attributed to domestic production. Qualified production activities income is the gross receipts from domestic production less the cost of goods sold and other expenses or losses allocable to DPGR. Gross receipts resulting from the sale, lease, license, rental, or any other disposition of qualified property that is manufactured or produced by the taxpayer in whole or in significant part within the U.S. are DPGR. Qualified property includes computer software. For example, assume the following corporation's activities generate DPGR from all sources of revenue and that all wages are attributed to the domestic production activity.
 DPGR: $20,000,000
 Costs of goods allocated to DPGR: 10,000,000
 QPAI $10,000,000
 Taxable Income before DPAD $5,000,000
 Tentative DPAD (9% of Taxable income) $ 450,000
Wages Allocable to DPGR: $1,500,000
Limit 50% of Wages Allocable to DPGR $ 750,000
Federal Tax Savings = $450,000 X 34% $ 153,000
The corporation's DPAD in the above example is limited to 9% of taxable income.
In general gross receipts derived from providing services to end users are non-DPGR. Examples in the regulations include Internet access services; online banking services; and access to online electronic books, newspapers, and journals. However, the regulations offer two exceptions under which gross receipts derived by a taxpayer providing computer software to its customers for direct use while connected to the Internet will be treated as DPGR. Software that is downloadable, shrink-wrap-equivalent or substantially identical will meet this exception.
Taxpayers must substantiate that a transaction is, in substance, a lease, rental, license, sale, exchange, or other disposition of software, rather than a service provided to end users.
TAM 201445010
In the above TAM, the IRS concluded that the taxpayer's gross receipts qualified as DPGR from the license of computer software. The IRS considered the taxpayer's relationship with the contracting parties and the terms of the agreements to support its conclusion. The IRS found that the taxpayer produced the computer software, which was then licensed to the contracting parties who ultimately used the software to provide services to end users. The taxpayer received royalty payments for licensing the computer software to the contracting parties, who, in turn, used the software to provide services to end users. This indicated the taxpayer did not receive payment for providing services; rather receipts were determined to have been derived from the licensing of the software used by the contracting parties.
The facts and terms of clients' agreements should be evaluated to determine whether revenues are DPGR. Items that should be considered include but are not limited to who the end user is, how payments are received, who owns the software after a transaction, and whether the software is used in conjunction with other medium.
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I'm learning about generators and conservation laws and have derived the equation (1)
$$[Q,A]=-i\hbar f(A)$$
which is satisfied by the observable generator $Q$ for a transformation group with elements of form
The lecture notes I'm reading say that this equation (1) defines $Q$ provided we know $f(A)$ for all observables $A$. Why is this true mathematically? And what does all observables mean?
The example in the notes applies it to transformations along the $k-$axis for a system of $r$ particles, obtaining
$$[Q,\hat{x}_i^r]=-i\hbar\delta_{ik}$$ $$[Q,\hat{p}_i^r]=0$$
It then states that $Q = \hat{P}_k=\sum_r \hat{p}_k^r$. This is obviously a solution, but do I know that it's the only one?
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The statement is not correct, as $Q'=Q+g(A)$ satisfies (for an arbitrary function $g$) the same commutation relation. Thus you need to pay attention to the additional conditions posited in the context of your source.
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What might be some typical additional conditions? How does it relate to the example perhaps? Many thanks! – Edward Hughes Aug 16 '12 at 8:46
I don't know; each context is different. Maybe the source doesn't make use of the uniqueness but just needs some solution. Then sloppiness in the writeup is a sufficient explanation. – Arnold Neumaier Aug 16 '12 at 8:50
Okay thanks. So we have an infinity of possible conserved quantities then? – Edward Hughes Aug 16 '12 at 9:03
There is always an infinity of conserved quantities since if $A$ and $Q$ are conserved then any function of $A$ and $Q$ is also conserved. One is therefore interested in independent conserved quantities, or in additively conserved quantities. – Arnold Neumaier Aug 16 '12 at 9:23
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If a group has an irreducible representation on some vector space, then Schur's lemma says the only operators on that vector space which commute with every element of the group are the scalar operators. From this, If A and B have the same commutation relations with every element of the group, then $A-B$ commutes with everything, and thus must be a scalar. Therefore, the commutation relations determine everything up to the addition of a scalar (ie. up to central extension).
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Very many thanks for this. Do you know of any references where I could read up on this irreducible representation stuff, because I haven't come across it before? Obviously I could look at Wikipedia, but a particular reference with QM in mind would be better! – Edward Hughes Aug 15 '12 at 21:30
No problem. For basic representation theory I like Fulton and Harris' "First Course in Representation Theory". For physical applications, the representation theory of finite groups is a bit of a detour though. For stuff focused on Lie gadgets I like Kirillov's book, which also has the advantage of being freely available online. As for stuff with a focus on quantum, I'm not really sure. I know Peter Woit has written some things about quantum mechanics and representation theory, but I think it is more about "geometric quantization" and would probably not be useful to you. – Ryan Thorngren Aug 15 '12 at 21:37
Actually, I think the greatest reference (or reading guide, perhaps) is John Baez's This Weeks Finds. He talks about representation theory, quantum mechanics, and much much more in a very informal (but informa*tive*) style. – Ryan Thorngren Aug 15 '12 at 21:40
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California is full of beautiful palm trees, weather, water, and of course beaches. But there is one beach that isn't as nice as the other ones, it is called Glass beach.
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Date: 07/11/2003 16:48:54
>>> If all one is trying to do is flesh out the set of f*() system
>>> calls which have file descriptor parameters to make it orthogonal
>>> to the set which have pathname parameters then
>> shouldn't do funlink() in this form in the first place, as
>> unlink() is not an operation on a file but an operation on a link to
>> a file.
> But that's the whole point of funlink() (and perhaps even some of the
> other f*() calls, such as fchdir()) -- turn an operation on a file
> into an operation on a filename (i.e. a link to a file).
Not quite. chdir() operates on a process and a directory; the pathname
is necessary only to identify the directory. It could equally well
identify the directory by a file descriptor open on it, and that's
exactly what fchdir() does. truncate() operates on a file; the
pathname is used merely to find the desired file. It too could equally
well identify the file by a file descriptor open on it, and that's
exactly what ftruncate() does.
However, unlink() does not operate on a file, except as a side effect;
it operates on a link to a file. The file is affected, sometimes very
mildly, sometimes severely, but the critical point is that the pathname
is not serving just to locate the file, but rather to locate a
particular link to the file. Since file descriptors are on files, not
on links to files, funlink() doesn't really make sense.
>> Now, an funlink() that takes an fd on a directory and a (slashless)
>> component name, that would be a sensible way to add an fd-based
>> variant of unlink().
> If the process has an FD open on the parent directory then it should
> be able to much more easily just fchdir() there first, obtaining and
> keeping an open FD for its PWD for those cases where it has to go
> right back to where it started.
Yes, it should be able to. But since you can't open "." if your
current directory is execute-only, it can't. (It'd also be nice to be
able to do one syscall (funlink of this flavor) instead of three
(fchdir, unlink, fchdir).)
> For other uses (such as unlinking stdin) such a form would be
> unusable, and after all the goal is to define a system call that
> accepts a file descriptor and acts upon the file that was opened in
> the same way as the s/^f// system call would act when passed a
> filename referring to the same file that was opened.
Which is why you can't do funlink(), because unlink doesn't operate on
files; it operates on links to files. The file is operated on only in
that it's garbage-collected once it's no longer referenceable. (Which
may be when its refcount goes to zero, or it may be an indeterminate
time later.)
> I've always though the only extremely serious omission in the f*()
> function call set has been faccess()
It doesn't really make sense, unless you also add fopen() (which name
has unfortunately already been preempted by stdio), to re-open a file
with potentially different access rights. Otherwise, faccess() doesn't
tell you anything of use.
> (and of course there should not have ever been an access() call since
> it is inherently insecure);
How so? Provided you realize what it does, and more importantly what
it doesn't do, there's nothing wrong with it. (In particular, access()
with F_OK is useful to non-setid programs.)
> It could also be very useful for secure programming if we had an
> O_MKDIR flag for open() that would [combine mkdir() and open()].
> O_MKDIR may even eliminate enough of the cases where you'd use your
> O_NOACCESS to make O_NOACCESS strictly unnecessary.
No, it wouldn't. You still couldn't save and restore your current
directory by opening "." and fchdir()ing back there if your current
directory is execute-only, even with O_MKDIR, without O_NOACCESS.
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"Don't go chasing waterfalls" is a well-known phrase that gained popularity through the iconic song "Waterfalls" by the American music group TLC. The lyrics contain a powerful message, urging listeners to exercise caution and make wise choices in life. In this article, we will delve into the meaning behind "Don't go chasing waterfalls," exploring its symbolism and the valuable life lessons it imparts.
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Psalms 62:7-8 - In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah. (Verses like Psalms 62:7)
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Psalms 84:1 - (To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.) How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! (Verses like Psalms 84:1)
Psalms 85:1 - (To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.) LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. (Verses like Psalms 85:1)
1 Chronicles 15:20 - And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth; (Verses like 1 Chronicles 15:20)
Psalms 48:1 - (A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah.) Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness. (Verses like Psalms 48:1)
Psalms 66:1 - (To the chief Musician, A Song or Psalm.) Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands: (Verses like Psalms 66:1)
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- Georgia Regents University is putting good use to a $60,000 grant. They're making a video game for kids just starting school -- helping them learn to read. They say a similar DVD has already been successful.
Now they're trying to continue the success by making a video game. Reading is fundamental and not reading is detrimental, especially to kids who have just started school.
"It's not, 'Here is the ball.' It's language involvement that expands their knowledge base," said GRU Professor Paulette.
Thanks to a federal grant, Georgia Regents University was able to make 20,000 DVDs aimed at improving kids' reading skills.
"The results were a 20-point gain on the average for the Peabody vocabulary test. It tests their receptive vocabulary," Harris said.
"This goes into the homes of kids who don't have many books in the home. It may be single-parent homes where the parent has very little time to read," said Professor Walter Evans.
Now they're using another grant to build a video game focused on improving reading skills.
"We intend to help as many kids as inexpensively as we can," Evans said.
The video game will be a lot like the DVD. The game will be more interactive to help kids understand concepts better.
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Logic Puzzles are always so frustrating and confusing, you try to solve them and you fail multiple times, but for some odd reason, you just can't stop trying until you solve it, or smash every single thing around you.
The Green-Eyed Logic Puzzle
A lot of logic puzzles might seem not logical at all, but the
"The Green-Eyed Logic Puzzle" is perfectly logical. It's basically an
island of perfectly logical people or in some cases Dragons, who have both blue
or green eyes, and these people have been detained on an island since birth.
This island has rules, only green-eyed people are allowed to
leave, and only when something dangerous occurs. The whole process is : green
eyed people have to go alone when the sun goes down to a guard booth, and then
the guards will proceed to examine them to check if they truly are green-eyed,
or throw them in a volcano in case they're not. But the twist is : no one
actually knows their own eye color, and discussing that subject is forbidden,
they are only allowed to leave at night, and the only hints they get is from
outsiders who visit the island.
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Judging of awards will be based on the following criteria. If the delegate:
- Represents the assigned country realistically, conveying a thorough understanding of the country's policy.
- Conducts oneself in a diplomatic manner during formal and informal debate.
- Shows a willingness to negotiate through topics for the benefit of the committee.
- Understands and follows the rules and procedures adopted at MUN which are listed in the guide.
- Conveys knowledge of United Nations's structure and functions.
- Displays the ability to verbally present policy, ideas and questions during conference meeting.
At BME Model United Nations, the following awards shall be given:
There are also awards for the best Photographer and the best Journalist.


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§ 21. THE COMPOSITION OF THE BODY.
Translated from the Visuddhi-Magga (chap. xi.).
The amount of the earthy element in the body of a man of medium size is about a bushel, and consists of an exceedingly fine and impalpable powder. This is prevented from being
dispersed and scattered abroad, because it is held together by about half a bushel of the watery element and is preserved by the fiery element and is propped up by the windy element. And thus prevented from being dispersed and scattered abroad, it masquerades in many different disguises, such as the various members and organs of women and men, and gives the body its thinness, thickness, length, shortness, firmness, solidity, etc.
The watery element is of a juicy nature and serves to hold the body together. It is prevented from trickling or flowing away, because it rests in the earthy element and is preserved by the fiery element and is propped up by the windy element. And thus prevented from trickling or flowing away, it gives the body its plumpness or leanness.
The fiery element has heat as its characteristic, and has a vaporous nature, and digests what is eaten and drunk. Resting in the earthy element and held together by the watery element and propped up by the windy element, it cooks the body and gives it its beauty of complexion. And the body thus cooked is kept free from decay.
The windy element is characterized by its activeness and its ability to prop up, and courses through every member of the body. Resting in the earthy element and held together by the watery element and preserved by the fiery element, it props up the body. And it is because the body is thus propped up that it does not fall over, but stands upright. And it is when the body is impelled by the windy element that it performs its four functions of walking, standing, sitting, or lying-down, or draws in and stretches out its arms, or moves its hands and its feet.
Thus does this machine made of the four elements move like a puppet, and deceives all foolish people with its femininity, masculinity, etc.
Next: § 22. On Getting Angry


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utilize multimaster replication. What this means is that no single domain controller is the master domain controller. All domain controllers are considered peers.
- Domain controllers also automatically replicate directory information for objects stored in the domain between one another.
- Updates that are considered important are replicated immediately to the remainder of the domain controllers within the domain.
- Implementing multiple domain controllers within the domain provides fault tolerance for the domain.
- In Active Directory, domain controllers can detect collisions. Collisions take place when an attribute modified on one particular domain is changed on a different domain controller prior to the change on the initial domain controller being fully propagated.
Certain master roles can be assigned to domain controllers within a domain and forest. Domain controllers that are assigned special master roles are called Operations Masters. These domain controllers host a master copy of specific data in Active Directory. They also copy data to the remainder of the domain controllers. There are five different types of master roles that can be defined for domain controllers. Two types of master roles, forest-wide master roles, are assigned to one domain controller in a forest. The other three master roles, domain-wide master roles, are applied to a domain controller in every domain.
The different types of master roles that can be configured on domain controllers are:
- The Schema Master is a forest-wide master role applied to a domain controller that manages all changes in the Active Directory schema.
- The Domain Naming Master is a forest-wide master role applied to a domain controller that manages changes to the forest, such as adding and removing a domain. The domain controller serving this role also manages changes to the domain namespace.
- The Relative ID (RID) Master is a domain-wide master role applied to a domain controller that creates unique ID numbers for domain controllers and manages the allocation of these numbers.
- The PDC Emulator is a domain-wide master role applied to a domain controller that operates like a Windows NT primary domain controller. This role is typically necessary when there are computers in an environment running pre-Windows 2000 and XP operating systems.
- The Infrastructure Master is a domain-wide master role applied to a domain controller that manages changes made to group memberships.
A Global Catalog (GC) server(s) can also be installed on a domain controller. The global catalog is a central information store on the Active Directory objects in a forest and domain and is used to improve performance when searching for objects in Active Directory. The first domain controller installed in a domain is designated as the global catalog server by default. The global catalog server stores a full replica of all objects in its host domain and a partial replica of objects for the remainder of the domains in the forest. The partial replica contains those objects that are frequently searched for. It is generally recommended to configure a global catalog server for each site in a domain.
The global catalog server's functions are summarized below:
- Global catalog servers are crucial for Active Directory's UPN function because they resolve user principal names (UPNs) when the domain controller handling the authentication request is unable to authenticate the user account because the user account actually exists in another domain. Here, the GC server assists in locating the user account so that the authenticating domain controller can proceed with the logon request for the user.
- The global catalog server deals with all search requests for users searching for information in Active Directory. It can find all Active Directory data irrespective of the domain in which the data is held. The GC server deals with requests for the entire forest.
- The global catalog server also makes it possible for users to provide Universal Group membership information to the domain controller for network logon requests.
Understanding the DNS Server Role
Domain Name Service (DNS) is a hierarchically distributed database that creates hierarchical names that can be resolved to IP addresses. The IP addresses are then resolved to MAC addresses. DNS provides the means for naming IP hosts and for locating IP hosts when they are queried for by name.
The DNS server role resolves IP addresses to domain names and domain name to IP addresses. In this way, DNS provides name resolution services to establish connections for those clients that need to resolve to IP addresses. A Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) is the DNS name that is used to identify a computer on the network.
A DNS server is a computer running the DNS service or BIND that provides domain name services. The DNS server manages the DNS database that is located on it. The information in the DNS server's DNS database pertains to a portion of the DNS domain tree structure or namespace. This information provides responses to client requests for name resolution. A DNS server is authoritative for the contiguous portion of the DNS namespace over which it resides.
When a DNS server is queried for name resolution services, it can do one of the following:
- Respond to the request directly by providing the requested information.
- Provide a pointer (referral) to another DNS server that can assist in resolving the query.
- Respond that the information is unavailable.
- Respond that the information does not exist.
Different server roles can be configured for DNS servers. The server role configured for a DNS server affects the server's following operations:
- The way in which the DNS server stores DNS data.
- The way in which the DNS server maintains data.
- Whether the DNS data in the database file can be directly edited.
The different DNS server roles that can be configured are:
- Standard Primary DNS server – This DNS server owns the zones defined in its DNS database and can make changes to its zones. A standard primary DNS server obtains zone data from the local DNS database. The primary DNS server is authoritative for the zone data that it contains. When a change needs to be made to the zone's resource records, it has to be done on the primary DNS server so that is can be included in the local zone database. A DNS primary server is created when a new primary zone is added.
- Standard Secondary DNS server – This DNS server obtains a read-only copy of zones through DNS zone transfers. A secondary DNS server cannot make any changes to the information contained in its read-only copy. A secondary DNS server can however resolve queries for name resolution. Secondary DNS servers are usually implemented to provide fault tolerance, provide fast access for clients in remote locations, and distribute the DNS server processing load evenly. If a secondary DNS server is implemented, that DNS server can continue to handle queries when the primary DNS becomes unavailable. Secondary DNS servers also assist in reducing the primary DNS server's processing load. It is recommended to install at least one primary DNS server and one secondary DNS server for each DNS zone.
- Caching-only DNS server – A caching-only DNS server only performs queries and then stores these queries' results. Therefore, all information stored on the caching-only DNS server is only the data that was cached while the server performed queries. Caching-only DNS servers only cache information when the queries have been resolved. The information that caching-only DNS servers store is the name resolution data that it has collected through name resolution queries. Caching-only DNS servers do not host zones and are not authoritative for any DNS domain.
- Master DNS servers – The DNS servers from which secondary DNS servers obtain zone information in the DNS hierarchy are called master DNS servers. When a secondary DNS server is configured, the user has to specify the master server from whom it will obtain zone information. Zone transfer enables a secondary DNS server to obtain zone information from its configured primary DNS server. A secondary DNS server can also transfer its zone data to other secondary DNS servers who are beneath it in the DNS hierarchy. Here, the secondary DNS server is regarded as the master server to the other subordinate secondary DNS servers. A secondary DNS server initiates the zone transfer process from its particular master server when it is brought online.
- Dynamic DNS Servers – Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 computers can dynamically update a DNS server's resource records when a client's IP addressing information is added or renewed through Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). Both DHCP and Dynamic DNS (DDNS) updates make this possible. When dynamic DNS updates are enabled, a client sends a message to the DNS server when changes are made to its IP addressing data. This indicates to the DNS server that the client's A type resource record needs to be updated.
Understanding the WINS Server Role
The Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) server roles provide name resolution services for clients that need to resolve IP addresses to NetBIOS names and vice versa. A WINS server is an enhanced NetBIOS name server (NBNS) that Microsoft designed to resolve NetBIOS computer names to IP addresses. WINS can resolve NetBIOS names for local hosts and remote hosts. WINS registers NetBIOS computer names and stores these client name registrations in the WINS database. The registrations are used when clients query for host name resolution and service information and to resolve a NetBIOS name to an IP address. Clients that are configured to utilize a WINS server as a NetBIOS name server (NBNS) are called WINS enabled clients. If the WINS server resolves the NetBIOS name to an IP address, no broadcast traffic is sent over the network. Broadcasts are only utilized if the WINS server is unable to resolve the NetBIOS name. A WINS enabled client can communicate with a WINS server that is located anywhere on the internetwork.
Since Windows 2000 was the first Windows operating system where NetBIOS naming was no longer required, users might still need to provide support for NetBIOS naming if they have traditional applications. Remember that all Windows operating systems prior to Windows 2000 require NetBIOS name support.
To implement WINS, only one WINS server is needed for an internetwork. However, implementing two WINS servers provides fault tolerance for name resolution. The secondary WINS server would be used for name resolution if the primary WINS server is unavailable to service WINS clients' requests.
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The adoption of 3D Model Based Definition (MBD), PLM, and digital manufacturing technologies requires an unprecedented level of 3D product data precision and accuracy. Therefore, an increasing focus for engineering and manufacturing leaders is minimizing the re-creation of 3D product data. Production pressures drive shop floor behavior, and if 3D MBD models aren't usable in downstream processes, knowledge workers and suppliers are likely to re-design or re-work the models.These scenarios often lead to unidentified and/or undocumented changes, increases in labor costs, and in some cases, product quality issues. Successful model based enterprise (MBE) initiatives reduce these changes by identifying the gaps earlier in the manufacturing process, using real-time methods for finding, documenting, and communicating changes to 3D production data. On Wednesday, November 16, I will host a webinar that coalesces years of ITI project experience and technical expertise into useful insights for addressing what has become a major gap in MBE implementations.
This 30-minute online workshop offers five insights for engineering and manufacturing groups implementing MBE:
- Examining processes and user actions that may prevent downstream reuse of 3D models
- Measuring and documenting manufacturing labor costs due to changes in MBD models
- Evaluating partner and supply chain workflows and processes for potential MBD data quality issues
- Implementing automated methods for identifying upstream and downstream MBD model changes
- Closing the feedback loop by using an instant, automated approach for documenting and communicating change
Space is limited. To register, please click the following link: _URL_


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Buckyball quantum computer: realization of a quantum gate
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We have studied a system composed by two endohedral fullerene molecules. We have found that this system can be used as good candidate for the realization of Quantum Gates. Each of these molecules encapsules an atom carrying a spin, therefore they interact through the spin dipole interaction. We show that a phase gate can be realized if we apply static and time dependent magnetic fields on each encased spin. We have evaluated the operational time of a pi-phase gate, which is of the order of ns. We made a comparison between the theoretical estimation of the gate time and the experimental decoherence time for each spin. The comparison shows that the spin relaxation time is much larger than the pi-gate operational time. Therefore, this indicates that, during the decoherence time, it is possible to perform some thousands of quantum computational operations. Moreover, through the study of concurrence, we get very good results for the entanglement degree of the two-qubit system. This finding opens a new avenue for the realization of Quantum Computers.


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The relations between vaccine hesitancy (VH) and individual socioeconomic status (SES) vary with context and remain poorly understood. We examined associations between parental SES and VH levels and their potential mediation by two attitudinal factors: commitment to making "good" health-related decisions and trust in mainstream medicine. Vaccine refusal and delay are frequent among French parents, especially the more educated. Our results suggest that levels of commitment and trust play a key role in shaping VH. Suitable educational interventions are needed to restore trust in authorities and vaccines. Helping healthcare professionals to communicate better with vaccine-hesitant parents is also essential.


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Disparities in the Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome (MS) and its Components Among University Employees by Age, Gender and Occupation 65-69
Dr. Le Guo-Wei,
Professor, State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University,
1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi-214122, Jiangsu Province, China.
Fax: +86 _PHONE_ 7789, Phone: +8613861691856, E-mail: _EMAIL_
Background: Metabolic Syndrome (MS), a known risk factor for Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) and type II diabetes is an emerging epidemic in China. Studies carried out on the general population indicate a varied clustering of cardiovascular risks in many parts of the country. However, there is limited data on its prevalence in the working population. Workplace can serve as an important place for prevention, control and management of CVD risks. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of MS and its components among University workers, and determine how the prevalence varied according to sex and occupation.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of 2,428 University employees (22-60 years) who received an annual clinical examination at the University hospital. Anthropometric measurements, blood pressure, Fasting Plasma Glucose (FPG), and lipid profiles were measured. MS was defined according to the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment panel III modified criteria.
Results: Overall prevalence of MS was 6.1%, higher in males (5.1%) than females (1.1%), and increased with age. The most prevalent MS components in all workers were hypertension (37.9%) and hypertryglyceridemia (20.8%), corresponding rates in males were 28.3% and 16.1% while females had a prevalence of 9.6% and 4.7%. After adjustment for age, administrative work was associated (p<0.05) with increased hypertension (odds ratio (OR) =1.474; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.146-1.896) and hyperglycemia (OR=1.469; 95% CI, 1.082-1.993) in male workers, and with hypertension (OR=1.492; 95% CI, 1.071-2.080) in females. However, prevalence of hypertryglyceridemia was lower (OR=0.390; 95% CI, 0.204-0.746) in female administrators compared to those in academics. Obesity, MS and reduced High Density Lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol prevalence was not different (p>0.05) between the two occupations in both sexes.
Conclusions: Prevalence of MS and its components was higher in male workers than in females, increased with age, and were more common in administrative workers. The findings support the need for gender and occupation specific health interventions to prevent CVDs and type II diabetes in the workplace.


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URBAN GARDENING GUIDES
Keep Growing Detroit's Urban Gardening Guides are a series of short and easy-to-follow instructional guides designed by our staff to share best practices honed over decades of experience in the field. In addition to how to's and helpful tips each guide features original artwork from Detroit's talented gardening and farming community. Enjoy!
- STARTING SEEDS INDOORS (NEW!)
- KGD SOIL TESTING GUIDE (UPDATED)
- RAINWATER CATCHMENT CHECKLIST
- BUILDING A RAISED BED
- TRELLISING & STAKING
- USING ROW COVER
- SPRING GARDEN BED PREPARATION
- CREATING GARDEN PATHWAYS
- BUILDING A RAIN BARREL
- GROWING DAFFODILS
- GROWING GARLIC
- FALL GARDENING ACTIVITIES
- BUILDING LASAGNA PLANTING BEDS
- COMPOSTING BASICS
- BUILDING A PALLET COMPOST BIN
- PROPERTY ASSESSMENT
VACANT LAND REUSE GUIDES
Keep Growing Detroit's Vacant Land Reuse Guides contain step-by-step instructions for transforming vacant land into a beautiful, productive greenspaces. Can't decide on just one idea? Feel free to mix and match them to create something unique to your site.
GARDEN CURRICULUM FOR K-6 EDUCATORS
Keep Growing Detroit's Garden Curriculum for K-6 educators are easy to implement lesson plans the combine gardening, cooking or physical activity, and nutrition education to make learning in the garden fun and educational.


Monday, July 2, 2012
A small DB2 SQL quiz - why the SQL error?
I have been playing with some new DB2 10.1 features and thought that a small SQL quiz at the beginning of the week is appropriate. Consider the following SQL statements and the related output:
db2 => insert into ih values(1,'a')
DB21034E The command was processed as an SQL statement because it was not a
valid Command Line Processor command. During SQL processing it returned:
SQL0407N Assignment of a NULL value to a NOT NULL column "TBSPACEID=2,
TABLEID=257, COLNO=2" is not allowed. SQLSTATE=23502
db2 => select * from ih
ID S
 0 record(s) selected.
db2 => describe select * from ih
 Column Information
 Number of columns: 2
 SQL type Type length Column name Name length
 496 INTEGER 4 ID 2
 449 VARCHAR 30 S 1
How was the table defined or why is it giving an error? Any guesses? Post your answer and explanation as comment. I will post the solution in a couple days. [Edit: done and linked]


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Participants from all over the world are preparing for a spectacular programme on Tuesday 22 March to celebrate World Water Day.
With the theme of Water and Urbanisation, this year's event is being coordinated by UN-HABITAT with UN Water and the African Ministers' Council on Water and the official celebration will be marked in Cape Town, South Africa.
Special guests include His Royal Highness Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, Chair of the United Nations Secretary General's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation, Dr Joan Clos, Executive Director of UN-HABITAT and the Honourable Edna Mowena, Minister for Water and Environment Affairs in South Africa and President of the African Ministers' Council on Water.
As well as the high-level meetings and academic talks and discussions, an exciting schedule of entertainment has been organized including an open fair and performances by several leading bands, starting on Sunday 20 March and ending with a live jazz festival on Tuesday evening.
World Water Day dates back to the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development and is marked annually as an important reminder about the plight of millions who do not have access to clean water or sufficient sanitation.
By addressing water in cities, this year's event aims to bring international attention to the impact of rapid urban growth, industrialisation and the uncertainties caused by climate change, conflicts and natural disasters on urban water systems.


Home » Blog » Add Flexibility & Sustainability into your Resolution to "Crush" 2019!
Posted on January 1, 2019 by The Athletic Room Team
Look Within! The New Year has arrived! Many people make well-intended New Year's resolutions with health and fitness goals. Many goals may include hardcore cardio and strength training and some incredibly disciplined diets. While these three elements are important, are they enough or are they too much? Are they flexible? Are they sustainable? Are they too intense that they eventually harm the body that requires repair and rehab?
Healthy habits you create in 2019 should be designed to carry you into 2020 and beyond. Incorporating flexibility and sustainability allows you to get in shape while also setting a better foundation for long term health.
Why Flexibility? Flexibility is an important aspect for all activities that we perform; we need to bend, twist, reach, and move for everything we do. Having good flexibility reduces the risk of injury and allows the body to continue to move as it was designed. As we age, we naturally lose the elasticity of our muscles which allows for dysfunctions to creep in and start causing problems that could have possibly been prevented. To avoid these issues, your fitness routine should also be building your body's flexibility and mobility.
Why sustainability? All the hard work goes down the drain if your workouts are not sustainable. Many times, when setting resolutions, we research and decide on a workout that focuses on quick and fast results. It is tempting because with the right commitment many of these programs do work, but few of them can get you these results without sacrificing the body in the long-term. If the workout you choose is so tough, or above your ability, you either quit or your body quits on you and your resolution has to be postponed for another year.
Personally, as I transitioned from a Pro Athlete to an everyday Athlete, my goal now is to work out hard enough but so I can work out again the next day. If it is too intense without proper recovery then a workout the next day is out of the picture. Sometimes I get carried away, and that is ok, but that is when I adjust and instead of a workout I choose to recover. A recovery to me is a day that I engage in different activities: breath work, walking with my wife, a flexibility session, or a light resistance training. What is important is body awareness and listening to my body so that I don't compromise my long-term goal of dead-lifting when I am 85 years old.


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What is a Personal Listening Device (previously referred to as FM)?A Personal Listening Device is a wireless system designed to improve one's ability to detect and understand speech in the presence of background noise (e.g. the classroom) and over distances of up to 15 meters. Personal listening devices ae available for people with and without hearing loss.
"FM" refers to frequency modulation – the way in which the signal used to be transmitted. Current technology uses the 2.4GHz bandwidth.
How does a Personal Listening Device work?
At Little Ears we recommend Roger technology by Phonak, which maximizes speech understanding in noise and over distance using both digital and dynamic processing. Dynamic technology refers to the devices ability to monitor the background noise level in the classroom and adjust the gain (volume) applied to the teacher's voice accordingly.This is important to ensure your child always hears his/her teacher clearly and comfortably, even in a noisy environment. The set-up involves your child's teacher wearing a small transmitter, with your child wearing a wireless receiver (available as an ear-level device or small device with headphones).
Why is a Personal Listening Device recommended forchildren diagnosed with APD?
Children diagnosed with an Auditory Processing Disorder face a number of listening challenges in the classroom, outdoors and in other social environments. A personal listening device helps overcome listening difficulties due to background noise, distance and poor room acoustics. Using a personal listening device children feel like the speaker (e.g. teacher / instructor) is talking directly to them (in their ear). This enables them to actively participate in conversations and classroom tasks and has also been shown to improve a child's confidence.
Can we trial a Personal Listening Device?
Yes. At Little Ears we have a number of personal listening devices available for short-term hire. An appointment will be made with your child's audiologist to demonstrate to you and your child how to best use the device.Clear written information is also provided for you and your child's teacher on how to use the system. Should you find the trial beneficial and wish to purchase a device a discounted purchase price will apply. Please contact us on 8120 2110 for further information.
How do I purchase a Personal Listening Device?
Please contact us to purchase a personal listening device. We are happy to provide written quotes for NDIS if required. Please contact your private health fund to determine whether any rebates apply.
Photos courtesy of Phonak.