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I find it hard to believe that Apple is planning a mini tower desktop with the iMac being such a raging success, but a new Apple patent (20100088450) at least hints at the possibility. The patent is for a component retention mechanism and could also reflect an upcoming revision of the Mac Pro, though the wording makes that seem unlikely.
Apple says the invention relates generally to "personal computing devices" (which would seem to differentiate the computer in question from the pro-oriented Mac Pro workstation) and more particularly to the facilitation of increased modularity with respect to various components of such personal computing devices. According to the patent, a component retention mechanism facilitates improved installation, retention and removal of hardware components (e.g., PCI cards) on a personal computer. The retention mechanism includes a locking component, support member, and release mechanism coupled to each other. The locking component can be a steel bar or other stiff item positioned proximate to multiple socket connectors on a circuit board. The locking component moves between unlocked and locked positions that mechanically and simultaneously unlock or lock in place multiple add-in cards inserted into the socket connectors.
The support member moves and thereby facilitates movement of the locking component between locked and unlocked positions. The release mechanism facilitates movement of the support member and is actuated when a force is exerted by a user thereto. An associated slider housing coupled to the release mechanism and support member includes a fan, support shelves and a door that provides additional support to oversized PCI cards. The inventors are Vinh H. Diep, Giles Matthew Lowe, Peter Russell-Clark, Philip Satterfield, Clark Everett Waterfall and Alex Chun Lap Yeung.
Here's Apple's background and summary of the invention: "Sophisticated personal computers are developing at a rapid rate, and there is an ever-present demand for improved appearance, speed, functionality, and reliability in the newest personal computers. One area that sometimes lags behind in the field is the ability of users to have increased flexibility in upgrading and building their own personal computing systems.
"While various hardware components, such as monitors, speakers, printers, disk drives, hard drives, memory units, peripheral component interconnect (PCI) cards, and the like tend to be easily interchangeable for a home user, other hardware components are not so modular. For example, many traditional home computers are manufactured with a central processing unit (CPU) or two that tend to be permanently affixed to a backplane, motherboard or other base printed circuit board (PCB) in the computer. Such an arrangement tends to represent the permanent "heart" of the personal computer, with any desire to upgrade the CPU(s) and/or base PCB usually requiring the acquisition of a new computer.
"Another area where modularity can be somewhat difficult in personal computers is with respect to PCI card arrays. Many PCI cards have a retention tab integrated along one edge of the card that is used in conjunction with a board-side retention arm to lock the card in place on its respective PCB when installed. Such a retention tab and arm arrangement helps to keep the PCI card installed and in place during vibrations, drops, or other sudden movements of the computing system.
"In many instances, however, these manually operable retention arms are difficult to access for a user that wants to replace a single PCI card in a tightly arranged array of installed PCI cards. As such, users often must resort to removing one or more adjacent PCI cards in order to access the retention arm mechanism to unlock the PCI card that they actually want to replace. Such a process can be cumbersome and unduly lengthy, and can subject desired components that are installed but must be temporarily removed to unneeded wear and risks.
"Another issue that arises as the modularity of a personal computer increases is the ability to measure accurately the temperatures of various internal computer components. For example, many hard drives and other basic items are permanently built into a respective motherboard/CPU arrangement. Under such circumstances, it is fairly easy to build in a permanent thermocouple or other temperature sensing arrangement to monitor the temperature of such permanently affixed hard drives and other items, such that appropriate application of fans and/or other cooling techniques can be applied as needed. A permanently installed temperature sensor can benefit from direct contact with the housing of an operating hard drive or other component, as will be readily appreciated. When such hard drives and other components are modular (i.e., removable and replaceable), however, then the ability to measure accurately the temperature of these devices is complicated.
"While many designs for aiding in the modularity of personal computers have generally worked well in the past, there is always a desire to provide new and improved designs or techniques that result in even more modularity options for such personal computers. In particular, various desired improvements can include increased modularity for base CPUs and related components, easier removal and secure installation of PCI cards located within closely spaced arrays, and the ability to accurately measure the temperatures of removable components in personal computers, among other features and enhancements.
"It is an advantage of the present invention to provide improved features for a personal computer. These improvements can include an increased modularity for primary CPUs and related components in a personal computer, easier removal and secure installation of add-in cards located within closely spaced arrays and/or the ability to accurately measure the temperatures of removable components in personal computers, among others. This can be accomplished at least in part through the use of modular personal computer tower having removable and replaceable CPU/DIMM modules, a more comprehensive hardware component retention system, and/or temperature sensors that are spring loaded to facilitate direct contact with removable computer components. In particular, the more comprehensive hardware component retention system can include a locking component that is adapted to lock or unlock simultaneously a plurality of computer add-in cards or components.
"In various embodiments of the present invention, a provided computer apparatus can include a plurality of socket connectors coupled to a circuit board, a locking component positioned proximate to the socket connectors, a support member coupled to the locking component, a slider housing coupled to the support member, and a release mechanism coupled to the slider housing. The plurality of socket connectors can be arranged in a pattern that is substantially parallel, wherein each of the plurality of socket connectors is adapted to mate with a computer add-in card, such as a PCI card. The locking component can be a bar or similar item, and can have a first locked position and a second unlocked position. The first locked position can simultaneously mechanically lock in place an add-in card that is inserted into any of the socket connectors by using a notch on the add-in card, and the second unlocked position can simultaneously mechanically unlock any and all add-in cards installed in any of the plurality of socket connectors.
"The support member coupled to the locking component can be adapted to move and thereby facilitate the movement of the locking component between the first locked position and the second unlocked position. The slider housing coupled to the support member can be adapted to slide and thereby facilitate the movement of the support member, with the slider housing being further adapted to provide additional support to one or more oversized PCI or other add-in cards inserted within one of the socket connectors when the locking component is in the first locked position.
"The release mechanism can be adapted to facilitate the locking of the slider housing into a locked position when the bar or other locking component is in its first locked position, and, when a positive force is exerted by a user on the release mechanism, to release the slider housing to be movable to an unlocked position that also results in the bar or other locking component being in its second unlocked position.
"Various details of these embodiments can include the computer add-in cards comprising PCI cards and/or accelerated graphics port (AGP) cards. In some embodiments, the circuit board can be a motherboard or back plane for an associated personal computer, and the device may include such a circuit board. The locking component can be a rigid bar that engages simultaneously a notch on each of the add-in cards. Such a rigid bar can be metallic, and can be made from stainless steel, for example.
In some embodiments, the plurality of socket connectors and the locking component can be located on one side of the circuit board, and while the support member is located on an obverse side of the circuit board from the socket connectors and locking component. In this manner, one or more moving components can be located in a region that has less of an impact on the various components on and attached to the circuit board, such as the obverse side of a motherboard.
"Various further details of these embodiments can relate to the slider housing, such as the presence of one or more cooling fans located within the slider housing. Such a cooling fan or fans can be adapted to cool one or more add-in cards when such card(s) are operational within the computer, such as when a card is installed in a socket connector on the circuit board. In addition, one or more support shelves can be located within the slider housing, with such a support shelf or shelves being adapted to provide further support to one or more oversized computer add-in cards that might be inserted into one of the socket connectors.
"Also, the slider housing can include a door or other front portion that provides additional support to oversized computer add-in cards inserted into one of the socket connectors when the locking component is in its first locked position, and wherein the door or front portion provides no support to the oversized computer add-in cards when the locking component is in its second unlocked position.
"In further embodiments, which may include some or all details of any or all of the foregoing embodiments, a personal desktop computer can include an outer housing, input and output ports about the outer housing for a plurality of peripheral devices, a motherboard located inside the outer housing and adapted to facilitate various processing functions and communications between peripheral devices, storage units and processors, a hard drive in communication with the motherboard and adapted to store data thereon, a CPU/memory module coupled to the motherboard and adapted to perform core processing functions for the


Our Moral Compass Podcast (Episode 102): Making Decisions With The Future In Mind
Making Decisions With The Future In Mind
-Ancient Iroquois Maxim
 We make decisions all the time. Some are simplistic ones while others are much more complex. And as we all know the decisions that we make often times do not only affect us but others as well at home and in our line of work. Today's quote reminds us that the impact of our decisions could impact many generations to come. This impact can have either positive or negative consequences.
The question is do our decisions come from long careful considerations or discussions or are they made up of mostly last second ones? Now there are times when we aren't able to take the time necessary and that is understandable. The only thing we can is try to do is anticipate what those type of decisions maybe. An example fo this could be when it comes to hospital or burial decisions for a loved one, a morbid topic but one that I believe is necessary. My parents never had a discussion about this because my Dad never wanted to talk about it and when he passed away unexpectedly, she had not idea what to do and was worried that her decision would be the wrong one since they had never had that conversation. I knew then and there I never wanted want my wife or myself to have to make this decision on our own so we already know what to do.
Other family examples are one's about deciding on how to handle things financially as a couple or how the children will be raised once you have them. Business examples include ones where decisions are needed on what to do in order to increase the revenue of the company or if it is the start of a new company what the vision/purpose is and what their goals will be in order to achieve that vision or purpose. In both family and business, if these deliberations never happen beforehand with some sort of plan or direction in mind and where both sides are on the same page, this can lead to a lot of unnecessary stress. This lack of planning can affect the future of a marriage or business which can also affect others if children are in involved or hundreds of employees and their families. So my advice, plan ahead.
This is not only a quote about collaboration with others but there are times when we have to make individual decisions ourselves that can affect future generations. This can be making decisions on a career, where to go to college or where to live once you become an adult. Or there are ones where if you were verbally or physically abused by someone in your family you have that individual choice to decide if that stops with you or you continue that trend within your own family. Decisions overall are not easy and that's why with each one we make, we need to try and have the foresight and withitness as to how they make affect future generations to come. We owe them that much.
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Guyana lies 1.2 m below sea level and has extensive but variable rainfall which makes the country prone to natural disasters such as floods and droughts. The country's susceptibility to natural disasters is further increased by the impact of changing weather patterns due to climate change and global warming, and is compounded by the fact that almost 90% of the population lives along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean where flooding is more likely to occur. In January 2005, floods devastated coastal areas killing 34 people and affecting more than 37% of the population. As a result, the total loss in terms of economic activity was equivalent to $465 million US dollars.
Over the last decade, UNDP Guyana has supported Guyana in its efforts to reduce the risk of natural disasters by working with national institutions, the private sector and civil society to develop human, financial, technical and legislative capacities. In 2009, UNDP launched a four-year project to strengthen national capacity and ensure that the country could reduce natural disasters and be better equipped to deal with them.
UNDP Guyana has also helped address the root causes of conflict through development programmes that promote participation, dispute resolution and gender equality.
Disaster Risk Reduction
UNDP's approach to reducing the risks to Guyana includes:
- Embedding the principles of prevention, response and recovery into a risk assessment and disaster awareness programme.
- Ensuring that all partners including local communities, national institutions, international organisations and the private sector play their part.
- Fully considering all prevailing natural hazards and technical or man-made risks.
- Making sure that disaster risk reduction is prominent on the overall development agenda.
UNDP Guyana's work on conflict prevention and peace-building focuses on enhancing community-level discussions by bringing together the relevant individuals and institutions including the government, political parties, the private sector and community-based groups in order to achieve lasting peace and security.
UNDP Guyana tackles conflict prevention in three ways by:
- Focusing on preventing conflicts across all development projects;
- Providing tools, advice and financial support to develop national institutions and processes for conflict management; and
- Building understanding and agreement through dialogue.
- A flood Management Plan for the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) was developed in 2005. An emergency radio communication system was established; EDWC and CDC staff received training in how to implement the plan and how to use the radio system.
- Drainage channels from the EDWC dam to the coast were restored. Equipment for the EDWC repair force was provided and damages to outlets in the sea defense were also repaired during 2005.
- Relief items were supplied in response to the 2005 floods, including eight boats to transport aid to affected inland communities. The main beneficiaries were children, the elderly and people remaining in their homes, including those living in temporary shelters.
- The National Emergency Operations Centre was refurbished and equipped with a boat, trailer, IT equipment and furniture to strengthen emergency response capacity.
- The Social Cohesion Programme contributed significantly to the peaceful elections of 2006 in Guyana.
Plans for the future
- Review and update the National Disaster Preparedness Plan as well as other respective plans in most vulnerable communities. Train communities to manage disaster response and implement risk mitigation micro-projects.
- Enhance the Disaster Response Preparedness system nationally and within communities.
- Strengthen legal and institutional frameworks to achieve effective Disaster Risks Reduction.
- Continue to implement initiatives with governmental and non-governmental partners in local communities and work towards achieving a safer and more secure citizenry

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From time to time, my customers have asked me to help them define a stable computing environment. They want make sure their systems are, for lack of a better term, stable. Of course this makes perfect sense, defining a stable computing environment is important for a number of reasons.
For one, it establishes a benchmark that you can use to measure performance, access, change management, and supportability. Suppose that a contractor is hired to make configuration changes or install a new product that may affect server performance. Having a benchmark that outlines the minimum acceptable levels for a stable environment can prove that the contractor met the criteria and kept the system stable. Without it, the contractor cannot be held accountable should a problem occur that causes system instability. This could cost the company both money and time. Having this benchmark also helps when support calls are logged for repair problems. When admins have objective measurements, it helps them determine the system's stability before they close a ticket.
The problem is that stability means different things to different people under different circumstances. For instance, a Windows environment with a network that consists of a handful of sites in a single city and connected by high-speed fiber links could be considered stable if there were no outages and no breaks in connectivity. Meanwhile, a global network that has many remote offices connected by slow and perhaps unreliable links might be considered stable if it was fully functional 75% of the time.
Unfortunately, there is no one template that can be used to generate a punch list to make sure failure will not occur. There is, however, a set of guidelines and best practices in the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) that can be used by any Windows IT manager to define policies, practices and procedures that proactively ensure stability, which ultimately improves change management processes.
And while there are many ITIL standards that should be employed in any IT environment, there are three key areas that you should focus on when defining stability in your organization. They are:
1. Service-level agreements (SLAs)
2. Change management procedures
3. Security policies
While it should be obvious that a stable environment is defined by the service-level agreements and change management regulations for various components in the Windows enterprise, I am continually amazed at the careless attitude many companies have when it comes to dealing with these elements. But the elements are critical for achieving and maintaining stability with the computing environment, so let's take a closer look at them.
1. Service-level agreements
I find that service-level agreements are often seen as documents that executives read to reassure themselves that they are complying with corporate edicts, but they are rarely used to run day-to-day operations. This needs to change, because SLAs actually play a crucial role in defining a stable computing environment.
Generally, an SLA determines the permissible outage for hardware or software levels that must be maintained in order to meet business goals. Not only will it have an impact on how fast a recovery is made after an outage, but it will also affect the costs associated with the recovery.
When establishing an SLA, it's crucial for IT managers to properly define the business needs and to temper the SLA with what is technologically possible and within the budget. In a Windows shop, create a separate SLA for each of the following components:
- Business critical application servers and software
- Domain controllers
- Exchange/email servers and software
- Related storage arrays
2. Change management procedures
Changes such as hardware configuration, patch installation and software version upgrades always have the potential to cause failures, which can result in costly outages. Creating a strict, well-defined change management process will ensure that the changes are planned and tested in an orderly manner and will reduce the risk of failure.
3. Security policies
Until there are security measures in place for administrative rights, security patches, antivirus updates and access policies for passwords and remote access, your Windows computing environment will not be stable. In general, the following points should be included in your policies:
- Establish and maintain user password policies. Also, ensure that passwords are hard to crack, but that they won't generate a lot of help desk tickets due to length, history and age.
- Incorporate remote access protection. Opening your corporate network to the outside world for the sake of convenience is always a risky proposition. But, if you must, use secure technologies such as dual-factor authentication, IPsec encryption and VPNs to prevent attacks from disrupting your business.
- Monitor and maintain security and antivirus updates.
- Identify and use existing technologies and products to ensure that security patches and antivirus updates are applied regularly. Consider using Network Access Protection (NAP) methods to prevent client workstations and servers from harming the environment because security updates are outdated.
There are of course other factors to consider in order to bring stability to your Windows environment, such as involving key stakeholders and defining enforcement policies. Just make sure these factors are technically feasible, affordable and truly meet your business needs. If you need help, review these ITIL recommendations; doing so will help improve change management procedures.
Gary Olsen is a systems software engineer for Hewlett-Packard in Global Solutions Engineering. He authored Windows 2000: Active Directory Design and Deployment and co-authored Windows Server 2003 on HP ProLiant Servers. Gary is a Microsoft MVP for Directory Services and formerly for Windows File Systems.

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Documentary "Dear Santa" showcases the magic of the season and the people who keep it alive for others.
From the director of Batkid Begins (2015) and Pick of the Litter (2018) comes a joyous and heartfelt exploration of Operation Santa, an initiative within the U.S. Postal Service that works to answer letters of children and adults sent to Santa throughout the U.S. When the need to process letters became too much for the team, they expanded to include volunteers, dubbed "elves," who would take responsibility for the letters, electively selecting recipients for whom they will track down the variety of wishes each sender desires. Director Dana Nachman juggles the insights of children, the feeling of the season, and the aspirations of people seeking to do good works in several locations across the country in the three weeks of activity ahead of Christmas. It's a lot to handle in under 90 minutes, but Nachman does it all without ever spoiling the holiday's biggest secret.
Dana Nachman's DEAR SANTA. Courtesy of IFC Films. An IFC Films Release.
Nachman's Dear Santa does more than the standard documentary. It doesn't just explore and explain Operation Santa, an initiative in operation for over 113 years, but learns about the people who make it happen. For many, the holidays are just about our intimate circles, but Operation Santa is about something larger. It makes tangible the notion of "good will toward men" that occupies that time of year. Nachman does this by drawing the audience in with partial talking head interviews with a variety of children, children with their own ideas of who Santa is, of how the magic works, of who appears in the malls, and of what they would do if they capture the Man in Red. These interviews are absolutely delightful, filling the doc with a certain innocence and enchantment.
Once the audience is pulled in, Nachman switches to introducing the various "elves" helping Santa fulfill his annual duties. These are people like the postmaster in Pearce, Arizona, a mailperson in Chico, California, non-profit organizers in the New York area, or even children at an unnamed public school. The layers, if you will, in Dear Santa, come in the stories of both the ones writing letters and the ones seeking to fulfill them. So often the focus of such stories is on the gift and what it means to the recipient, something which should not be discounted at all, but Nachman allows the stories of the "elves" to shine as well, making the act of giving all the more wonderful. It's the mailperson in Chico, Janine, who lost her home in the Paradise Fire of 2018 (the subject of the Ron Howard documentary Rebuilding Paradise) and is given the chance to delivery packages to families similarly displaced. It's Damion, a man who gathers as many toys as he can manage for as many letters as he can because he was once gifted a combination radio-alarm clock that helped remove the burden of waking him from his sole parent. The act of giving itself comes from a deep place of pain and protection equally familiar to those who submit their letters full of wishes. From those desiring something as simple as a pet rabbit due to their love of the animal to those desiring a limo ride so that their family can see New York to those desiring a couch for a family in need, or those desiring all the accoutrements an unexpectedly expectant young mother needs. The wrapping of Dear Santa is the aura of love and joy many connect with Christmas, the gift itself is the way the stories connect us all.
The magic of the holiday, Nachman seems to posit, is all about a series of random strangers taking it upon themselves to see that the magic lives for everyone a bit like the audience clapping for Tinkerbell in the stage play version of Peter Pan. Are the holidays magical? They are if you make them magical through small acts of kindness for others.
In select theaters and on VOD December 4th, 2020.
Head to the official Dear Santa website for more information on the film.
To sign-up as an Elf, head to the Operation Santa website.
Final Score: 4 out of 5.
An alternate iteration of this review was published by the Mountain Xpress on their site on December 1st, 2020.
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Question: What Is The Population Of China In 2020?
Which country has more females than males?
Conversely, there are more men than women in Asia, Arab countries and Northern Africa.
The same countries also lead world statistics in the life-expectancy gap between men and women..
What is 1% of the world population?
What is the population of India in 2020?
1,380,004,385 peopleIndia 2020 population is estimated at 1,380,004,385 people at mid year according to UN data. India population is equivalent to 17.7% of the total world population. India ranks number 2 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population. The population density in India is 464 per Km2 (1,202 people per mi2).
How many people are in the World 2020?
7.8 Billion7.8 Billion (2020) The current world population is 7.8 billion as of October 2020 according to the most recent United Nations estimates elaborated by Worldometer. The term "World Population" refers to the human population (the total number of humans currently living) of the world.
Is China overpopulated today?
Which country has lowest population in the world?
Why is China so big?
Short answer: China is big right now, largely due to the rise of the Qing Dynasty. … However, it is notable that the emperor that was responsible for the expansion of the Qing dynasty's border to include current day Mongolia, Tibet and Taiwan is KangXi Emperor of Qing.
What's the male to female ratio in America?
How many kids can you have in China?
How many females are in the World 2020?
Currently, the world population is increasing by more than 90 million per year. The Global sex ratio is 1.018. It means that we have slightly more men then women. The median age of the world's population is estimated to be 31 years in 2020 (30.3 and 31.8 for male and female accordingly).
What is China doing to stop overpopulation?
Why is India so overpopulated?
What is the total population of China in 2020?
Total population of China from 1980 to 2024 (in millions)Population in millions2020*1,_PHONE_,_PHONE_,_PHONE_,390.089 more rows•Mar 5, 2020
What is the population of USA in 2020?
What percent of China's population is male?
According to the 2010 census, 91.51% of the population was Han Chinese, and 8.49% were minorities. China's population growth rate is only 0.59%, ranking 159th in the world….Demographics of China15–64 years70.7% (2019 est.)65 and over10.92% (2018 est.)Sex ratioAt birth1.14 male to female (2016 est.)22 more rows


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Some commands accept an option of the form '-ddate' to specify a date, an absolute point in time (to second resolution), expressed in a date format. These also accept '-zzone' to specify the timezone. The special value 'LT' stands for the local time zone. RCS recognizes many date formats and time zones. For example, the following dates are equivalent if local time is January 11, 1990, 8pm Pacific Standard Time, eight hours west of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC):
8:00 pm lt 4:00 AM, Jan. 12, 1990 default is UTC 1990-01-12 04:00:00+00 ISO 8601 (UTC) 1990-01-11 20:00:00-08 ISO 8601 (local time) 1990/01/12 04:00:00 traditional RCS format Thu Jan 11 20:00:00 1990 LT output of ctime(3) + LT Thu Jan 11 20:00:00 PST 1990 output of date(1) Fri Jan 12 04:00:00 GMT 1990 Thu, 11 Jan 1990 20:00:00 -0800 Internet RFC 822 12-January-1990, 04:00 WET
Most fields in the date and time can be defaulted. The default time zone is normally UTC, but this can be overridden by the -z option. The other defaults are determined in the order year, month, day, hour, minute, and second (most to least significant). At least one of these fields must be provided. For omitted fields that are of higher significance than the highest provided field, the time zone's current values are assumed. For all other omitted fields, the lowest possible values are assumed. For example, without -z, the date '20, 10:30' defaults to '10:30:00 UTC' of the 20th of the UTC time zone's current month and year. Note that for the shell, the date/time must be quoted if it contains spaces.
RCS also accepts some other formats which specify only the date portion (omitting the time portion):
DDD is the day of year, 1-366.
WW is the ISO week number, 0-53 (actually, ISO week numbers are 1-53; week 0 is a GNU RCS extension); and D is the ISO day number, 1-7 (Monday through Sunday).


A snowpack stratum differentiated from others by weather, metamorphism, or other processes.
Snow storms vary, with differences in wind, temperature and other factors, creating a layered snowpack. With time, snow also settles and or changes, further differentiating the layers. As a result snowpack tends to be formed from a number of layers of varying hardness, strength, and cohesion. It is the relationship between each layer, that forms a basic element of avalanche forecasting.


Can small changes make big improvements in English fluency?
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This is Video #3 of the series "Intermediate to advanced English, with virtual immersion & tiny habits". In this video, we'll see how tiny "1%" changes in your English can create big improvements in your fluency, confidence, and credibility.
If you missed Videos #1 & #2, here they are again:
 1. Stuck on the intermediate plateau in English?
 2. Create your Virtual Immersion routine in English [SAMPLE PLAN]
Last time, we talked about the concept of virtual immersion. You saw a concrete example of a virtual immersion plan for one day.
And you saw that, it's possible to do English during your day, even if you're busy. (Of course, it's much easier if someone tells you exactly what you need to do! That's why I gave you the plan 😉
When you make tiny changes over time, you improve much faster than you imagined!
In today's video, I'll show you how tiny changes in your English lead to great improvements in your confidence, fluency, and level.
This is the concept of marginal gains
What are "marginal gains"?
4 concrete "1% improvements" you can make today
1% grammar improvement: Uncountable nouns that are common in business English
1% vocabulary improvement: Phrasal verb "look into" instead of "investigate" or "research"
1% pronunciation improvement: "Wednesday"
1% business English improvement: Writing & saying dates
4 tiny changes = 4 big improvements
1. What are "marginal gains"?
"Marginal gains" = making very small improvements over a period of time. Over time, a lot of small improvements creates a lot of improvement in your general performance.
It's a very step-by-step approach. British cycling coach Dave Brailsford made this approach popular.
The British cycling team hired Brailsford in 2003 to coach their team, because they had had very bad performance for the past 100 years.
Since 1908, British cyclists had only won 1 Olympic gold medal. Their performance was so bad that a big European bicycle manufacturer refused to sell their bikes to the British team. The company was afraid it would hurt their reputation, if other cyclists saw a bad team using their bikes!
To fix the situation, Brailsford implemented a new coaching system. He called this the system of "marginal gains."
He looked at every aspect of cycling performance. And he found a way to improve each aspect individually.
These were very small changes:
 - What's the best position for the bike seat?
 - What's the best clothes to wear when cycling?
 - What's the best breakfast to eat before a race?
 - And other small changes
Individually, each change was very small.
But when the team combined all of the small changes, over time, they made great improvements.
After the changes, the British Cycling team won 60% of cycling gold medals in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
They set 7 world records in the 2012 London Olympics, and won the Tour de France in 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, and 2017.
And remember, before using the concept of marginal gains, the team had won zero events since 1908!
So marginal gains are small changes that combine to great great improvements.
It's what happens in a Virtual Immersion program, like Business English Mastery.
2. 4 concrete "1% improvements" you can make today
As you learn each of these 1% improvements, imagine the difference they will make in your English.
Imagine how you'll sound more natural, more correct.
Imagine how you'll feel more confident.
Imagine if you could make small 1% changes like this EVERY day for the next 3 months!
Right now, these may seem like very small improvements. It may seem that they don't make a difference.
But when you make small improvements over a period of time, you will see A LOT of improvement in your English level, and your confidence.
3. 1% grammar improvement: Uncountable nouns that are common in business English
Let's look at 3 words that are very common in business:
 - Information
 - Data
 - Advice
These words NEVER have -s at the end of them!
She gave me the (informationS) information I needed.
She gave me the (dataS) data I needed.
She gave me the (advices) advice I needed.
→THE CHANGE: This grammar rule is clear now! You never need to ask yourself the question about "Should I put -s at the end?" But you need to practice so it becomes a reflex to use the correct form.
4. 1% vocabulary improvement:
In conversation, we often use the phrasal verb "to look into" instead of its synonyms "investigate" or "research"
"I'll investigate LOOK INTO the source of the problem and prepare a report."
"I'll research LOOK INTO some possible dates for the conference."
It's also correct to say "investigate" and "research", but it's more informal to use "look into."
→ THE CHANGE: Now, you can use the phrasal verb "look into" to sound more natural in your conversations, by using "look into" instead of "investigate" and "research"!
5. 1% pronunciation improvement: "Wednesday"
You know that the way you write a word in English, and the way you pronounce a word in English are sometimes very different.
When you need to schedule meetings & events, it's good to pronounce this day of the week correctly: Wednesday.
We pronounce it /wins-day/, not /wed-nes-day/. (Watch the video to hear the example, and practice with me!)
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Write the date like this:
Date (number) – month – year
For example: Today is 1 September 2020.
It works in all countries because it is impossible to confuse the day and the month.
In contrast, if you try to write dates like Americans and British typically write dates, it can create confusion.
For example: 9/1/2020
Is it 9 January 2020, or September 1, 2020?
It depends on the country where you live!
That can be confusing for international communication (and lead to BIG mistakes in planning!).
That's how you can write dates, but how can you say dates?
Say the date like this:
Month – ordinal number (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th – 11th, 12th, etc.) – year.
So today is "September first, two thousand twenty"
Tomorrow is September second two thousand twenty, etc.
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Space, Cyberspace, and Strategic Stability in the Asia-Pacific
NBR is conducting a two-year project that will examine emerging dynamics in space and cyberspace and their effects on strategic stability in the Asia-Pacific. By gathering key experts and officials from across the region to explore these issues, this project will deepen understanding of the complex factors influencing strategic stability.
The Asia-Pacific's increasing geopolitical importance and military significance is well recognized. Less understood, however, is how emerging, novel capabilities in space and cyberspace affect regional stability. These capabilities have the potential to dramatically influence regional nuclear and deterrence dynamics in unexpected ways. As regional actors grow increasingly capable in space and cyberspace, they will profoundly challenge U.S. defense policy and extended deterrence commitments and potentially threaten strategic stability in the Asia-Pacific.
As Project Director, Roy Kamphausen (NBR) led the direction and scope of the initiative with the guidance of two Senior Advisors, Elbridge Colby (Center for a New American Security) and Bruce MacDonald (Johns Hopkins SAIS). Participants in workshop dialogues included two groups of experts, one on space and one on cyber, who are influential in their respective communities from across the Asia-Pacific, including China, India, Japan, Russia, South Korea, and the United States. In year one, these experts participated in workshop dialogues and contributed their knowledge to the project outcomes.
Activities and Deliverables
NBR will organize two major dialogues each year with regional experts on space and cyber examining:
The importance of space and cyberspace for regional economies and national security strategies
How emerging space and cyberspace dynamics affect regional-deterrence calculations
How these dynamics could impact (intentionally or unintentionally) nuclear calculations and behavior in the region, and
The implications of these analyses for regional strategic stability
Following each dialogue, NBR experts will produce a report that conveys the dialogue's findings and details policy implications and recommendations for the United States.


The Youth Unemployment in the European Union with Focus on the Czech Republic
Průchová, Michaela ; Bič, Josef (advisor) ; Procházková Ilinitchi, Cristina (referee)
The thesis is focused on the issue of youth unemployment in the European Union, with the greatest emphasis on the Czech Republic. The main objective of my thesis is to evaluate and recommend suitable practices that would contribute to cut down the youth unemployment rate in the Czech Republic. The most important methods I used in my thesis are scientific description and induction. I have also used a lot of statistical data that is tied to both the Czech and the European labour market. The bachelor thesis is divided into three chapters, the first of which is devoted to the introduction of the issue and specifics of the groups of people endangered with unemployment. The second chapter deals with the unemployment of young people in the European Union, the causes and effects of unemployment and development in the Member States. The last chapter focuses primarily on the unemployment among young people in the Czech Republic, its development and practices against unemployment. In conclusion, I evaluate that the practices implemented by both the European Union and the Czech Republic have a positive impact on the situation of young people on the labour market in the Czech Republic. However, it is not possible to say with certainty which practices are the most beneficial, since it also depends on external influences and the overall state of the economy. Overall, however, I have evaluated as beneficial those practices that contribute to the development of young people personalities, skills and their potentials. This can be achieved mainly through training courses, counselling, and providing of internships and professional practices. As a recommendation to the future, I am suggesting to keep deepening the current efforts to support groups of people who are disadvantaged on the labour market, while focusing particularly on education, work experience and skills improvement.
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World War Two Fashion
The Impact of War on 1940′s Fashion in the USA.
by Tia CraigClick World War Two Influence on 1940s Fashion to read the full article from the beginning or to download the free ebook.
4.1940s Silhouette and Style Changes
The spring of 1942 was when the War Production Board and the Civilian Production Administration "issued a series of rules for the garment industry that were identified by a number preceded by the letter L, for Limitation Order. Women were able to adjust to it by utilizing fewer amounts of fabric and different colored dyes. The reduction in fabric amount changed the overall silhouette so that clothing would become more practical as women needed more versatility with their wardrobe.
There were very strict guidelines on the fashion such as "a woman's skirt could be no wider than 198cm around. Sleeves could measure no more than 36cm around. Belts had to be less than 5cm wide. Ruffles, pleats, and extra pockets were banned. For women, trim, knee-length skirts replaced long gowns." (Lindop). Further more, "A reduction in the number of fashion colors, especially for wool, was required to conserve chemicals needed for wartime use." (Walford).As a result, dyes were so scarce that blacks, browns, and white replaced the brightly colored attire. However, "The Textile Color Association of the United States released a palette for fall of 1942 that included a number of shades with patriotic names such as 'Victory Gold', 'Gallant Blue', and 'Patriot Green'." (Walford).
These restrictions caused new styles to emerge such as the military look which "included short jackets, narrow skirts, wide shoulders, pantsuits, low-heeled shoes, berets, and peaked caps." (Lindop). This style was primarily worn by women who served in the war as nurses and other military services. Another style that appeared was called utility clothing which was the more standard look for women. It included "squared shoulders, narrow hips, and skirts that ended just below the knee. Tailored suits were the dominant form of utility fashion." (The University of Vermont). For the women working in the factories, there was a dress code for them but that will be explained in further detail later on.
An additional note to add to the style change was that pants became more popular during this time. Many still wore skirts or dresses but pants had become an article of clothing that had a sense of practicality.
copyright Tia Craig
Next Chapter – 5.1940s clothing rationing and the black market


TY - JOUR T1 - Familial versus Sporadic Cavernous Malformations: Differences in Developmental Venous Anomaly Association and Lesion Phenotype JF - American Journal of Neuroradiology JO - Am. J. Neuroradiol. SP - 377 LP - 382 DO - 10.3174/ajnr.A1822 VL - 31 IS - 2 AU - Petersen, T.A. AU - Morrison, L.A. AU - Schrader, R.M. AU - Hart, B.L. Y1 - 2010/02/01 UR - _URL_ N2 - BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: CCMs are commonly associated with DVAs, but the incidence of association in familial CCM is unknown. The presence of a DVA significantly complicates surgical management of a CCM because of the risk of compromised venous drainage. In this investigation, we compared the incidence of a DVA in the presence of a CCM in sporadic and familial CCM cases comprising predominantly familial CCM with the Southwestern US common Hispanic mutation (or Q455X mutation) of CCM1. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Retrospective review was performed of 112 patients identified with CCM. MR imaging review included the presence or absence of a DVA and number, location, size, and signal-intensity characteristics of CCMs. Record review included patient and family history and documented genetic mutations. Statistical analysis was performed by using the Fisher exact and 2-sample t tests. RESULTS: Eighty-one cases were familial, 18 were sporadic, and 13 were indeterminate. There were a total of 2212 CCMs: 2176, 21, and 15 in the familial, sporadic, and indeterminate groups, respectively. There was a close association of CCM and DVA (an apparent combined vascular lesion) in 8 of 18 (44%) sporadic cases and only 1 possible such association in the familial cases. The difference was highly statistically significant (P <.0001). CONCLUSIONS: Familial CCMs are unlikely to be associated with DVAs, and sporadic CCMs have a high rate of association with DVA. This difference in imaging features of familial and sporadic CCMs suggests the possibility of a different developmental mechanism. CCMcerebral cavernous malformationDVAdevelopmental venous anomalyFLAIRfluid-attenuated inversion recoveryFSEfast spin-echoGRgradient recallSEspin-echoSWIsusceptibility-weighted imaging ER -


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Entering Professional Theatre
Chapter 3: Advanced Walking and Diet
By John Bent Jr. (MSW)
Advanced Sound Walking
It is a well documented fact, that almost all the sound effects used in theatre in the 1950s were chickens. Chickens clucking, chickens pecking, chickens flying (science would later discover that chickens can not in fact fly), and chickens cooking. In fact Sound Walking wasn't even called Sound Walking in the 1950's. It was known as "Dodging the Chicken".
Jack Apogee would have only have dealt with chicken sounds, and as a result, his repertoire of walking techniques was small. But today there are many sound effects, like thunder, automobiles, and flatulence.
This chapter shall deal with the advances in walking sound, and the many strides modern sound walking has taken.
Jack Apogee dodging the chickens
Designer – Walker Communication
Many aspects of technical theatre were borrowed from other sources, and one of these sources is the navy. Knot tying, rigging, wigs, and the underwear parade, are deep, rich naval traditions.
So when Sound Walkers found it difficult to take instructions from their designers, it was a naval technique that saved the day. Semaphore.
A Sound Designer on leave from HMS Sussex
Although the semaphore used in modern sound walking has it's roots in the navy, it was updated to suit the sound designer and sound walker's needs. Naval Semaphore is nothing but an alphabet, but because most Sound Walkers can't read, let alone spell, the Navy's semaphore just wouldn't do. Here are some examples of Semaphore for Sound Levels or "Flagging the Walker".
A Sound Walker Pretending to know how to read.
Examples of Flagging the Walker
Due to the rising cost of gaff tape, modern day theatres are reducing the set up time for shows. Where crews used to have weeks to set up a show, now they only have days. In the future, sound levels will be set during the closing performance of the previous show.
Crews have had to learn to multitask in order to utilise the time given. It's not enough to just be a sound walker any more. While walking sound, you may be asked to sew buttons on a costume, paint a piece of scenery, or choreograph the 2nd act. You must evolve to keep up with the times.
The Multitasking Sound Booth
Many new products on the market will help with this new "Time Crunch" that is infecting modern theatre. Here are some examples…
Why set levels on only 1 cue at a time when you can do 2?
This machine produces ideas on how to save overtime.
It costs 19 million dollars.
Sound Walking And Choreography
Try and ignore the distractions
Sound Walkers Diet
A lot of pressure has been put on sound walkers in recent years to slim down. High frequency sound waves are better represented on stage through thinner sound walkers.
Many of the sound walkers of the past were very large people who would trade their shiny beads in for greasy breakfasts in the theatre's cafeteria.
The 1956 "Sound walker Special" at the Lincoln Center
This new "Thinner Sound walker" movement has created a lot of controversy. "How thin is too thin" and "Respect the large walker" and "Give me back my fucking bacon" have been the cries heard from the N.A.S.W.A. in recent years.
Not only has the health of the sound walker come into question, but this new "Walk the thin line" call from producers has cost many sound walkers their sponsorships. "No more beads for you thin bastards" is the reply from long time sponsors McDonalds, Burger King, and Uncle Deans Deep Fried Pork Skins.
Eating to be thin has cost many a sound walker their sponsorships.
The next chapter will deal with instructions for certification through a correspondence course, including all forms necessary to complete your sound walker accreditation.
For more information on Sound Walking visit your local library or call the Apogee Sound Walking Institute at 1-800-Loudwalk.
Sound Walker Student During Examination at the
Apogee Sound Walking Institute in south-western Greenland
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Fume Formation from Oxidation of Liquid SiMn Alloy
Journal article, Peer reviewed
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Original versionOxidation of Metals. 2017, 1-21. 10.1007/s11085-_PHONE_-y
Thermally generated fumes from the production of manganese ferroalloys are mostly composed of metallic oxides generated due to reaction between high-temperature molten metal and ambient oxygen in the air. In the current study, the fume characteristics (particle morphology, compositions and particle size distribution) from the exposure of a SiMn alloy under an impinging air jet, in the temperature range 1400–1700 °C, were experimentally investigated. Combinations of manganeseand manganese/silicon oxide particles were found in the system, displaying both crystalline and amorphous structures. The governing generation mechanisms of fume from both a thermodynamic and a kinetic perspective are discussed.


Urodymanic, Uroflowmetry, Total Voiding Time, Peak Urine Flow
 - Mechanism
 1. Assess urine outflow obstruction
 - Normal Urodynamic Measurements
 1. Total Voiding Time
 1. Normal time to void 100 ml: less than 10 seconds
 2. Normal time to void 400 ml: less than 23 seconds
 2. Mean Flow Rate
 3. Time to Peak Flow
 1. Less than one third of Total Voiding Time
 4. Peak Flow Rate
 1. Below mean flow rate per Bladder volume (<2 S.D.)
 1. Prolonged Total Voiding Time
 2. Decreased Peak Urine Flow rate


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Burr gherkins, also known as West Indian burr gherkins (Cucumis anguria), are one of the old-time favorites among heirloom gardeners because of their productivity and multiple uses in the kitchen — plus their pest-free maintenance. Their flavor is mild and resembles cucumbers (when young), without the strong "green" bitterness of some common cucumbers. You can eat them raw or pickled, or even cooked like zucchini.
Burr gherkins do not have the same long, narrow shape as the better-known French gherkins, but instead are round and covered in edible dull "spikes," strongly resembling green... well... burrs.
Once pickled, the flavor and texture are much the same as the French gherkins. In fact, the unusual shape of the burr gherkin makes it an interesting addition to almost any pickle mixture, but what most early American cookbooks failed to mention is that burr gherkins can be cooked like squash and served in a variety of dishes.
The Path of Pickles from the Portuguese
There was a lot of controversy in the 19th century about the origin of burr gherkins. I waded through the mountains of botanical journals devoted to this issue in 1996 when I decided to include burr gherkins in my book Heirloom Vegetable Gardening. Many Victorian botanists thought the plant came from Jamaica, but as it turned out, burr gherkins originated in West Africa and they were brought to the New World during the 1500s by both the Spanish and Portuguese, a seed exchange encouraged in part by the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
A closer look at African-based dishes in the Caribbean and South America confirms this old connection with Africa. In the Bahia region of Brazil, where Afro-Brazilian culture is the strongest, burr gherkins are called maxixe (mah-SHEE-shay) and they form the most important ingredient in a traditional dish called maxixada (mah-shee-SHAH-dah). This delicious and distinctive preparation deserves to be better-known, and because it's a creative way to use the gherkins (especially if you like spicy foods), I have adapted a recipe (below) from Salvador, the capital of Bahia. Established in 1549, it is known today for its exquisite architecture, as well as its reputation as the center of a culinary renaissance. In Bahia, no respectable kitchen garden is without its maxixe.
Burr gherkins were introduced to the United States in the 1790s from Jamaica, with the idea that they would make excellent mini-cucumber pickles. In that period, "gherkin" was a term for cucumbers harvested when they are super small. Because the little cucumbers tended to be bitter, brining was usually required.
Burr gherkins had a milder flavor and didn't need the brine. They became popular in the 1800s and appeared in cookbooks into the 1920s for this and two other practical reasons: First, they are hugely productive, more than most cucumbers. Secondly, because they are not the same species as cucumbers, they do not attract any of the normal cucumber problems. Cucumber beetles, leaf borers and even powdery mildew leave them alone. This is great news for the organic gardener, especially if you are fond of small gherkin pickles or want something interesting to add to stir-fries and vegetable stews.
Gherkins in the Garden
Start the seed indoors as you would for any cucumber or melon, then establish the seedlings in pots so they develop good, strong root systems. Plant them in the garden after the threat of frost passes (about the same time you would plant tomatoes). You can let the vines ramble over the ground, or you can train them to climb on trellises or wire fencing. Because the vines are vigorous growers and are likely to spread from 6 to 8 feet, I prefer to grow the plants vertically on wire. This makes the gherkins easier to see and pick because they hang down on long stems (see image gallery), plus it prevents backache.
They do not seem to be particular about soil, although best results will come with heavy composting and regular watering during dry spells. Harvesting of small fruits should commence in about 60 days, so burr gherkins are as easy to grow in New England as they are in the Deep South. The trick is to harvest them young, before they start developing seeds. When the fruit is too old, it is seedy, tough and spiny. To decide when to harvest, test one with a sharp knife — if it cuts like butter it's ready. This is generally when the gherkins reach 1 1⁄2 inches in length.
Fruiting will continue vigorously until frost if you keep picking the gherkins as they develop. They can be frozen for later use in soups or stir-fries, but if you let the fruit run to seed, flower production will drop off. For this reason, most commercial growers plant them in two or three week successions so they can enjoy full production all summer.
For seed saving purposes, let the gherkins ripen on the vines until they become hard and yellow. After that the fruit will begin to soften. Scoop out the seeds and pulp and put them in an uncovered jar.
Let the seeds ferment for about three to four days, or until the scum has risen to the top and the good seed has dropped to the bottom. This step is important because it sterilizes the seeds and prevents any diseases from the mother plant from affecting the next generation. Pour off the scum, rinse the seed several times in clear running water (use a sieve), then spread the seed on a screen to dry. Once the seed is dry enough to snap when bent in half, it is ready to be stored in airtight jars away from direct sunlight. I would allow at least three weeks for the drying process, although much depends on humidity levels.
Properly ripened and processed seed should maintain good germination rates for about 10 years. If you leave the burr gherkins to rot in the garden or toss them into your compost, be aware that they reseed readily, so you may end up with a bumper crop of seedlings in unexpected places the following season.
Hot and Spicy Brazilian Maxixada
This dish is eaten over rice or a mixture of rice and beans. Traditionally, it's cooked with dende oil (red palm oil), but I have substituted olive oil.
1/4 cup olive oil or mild-flavored cooking oil
2 cups onion, chopped
1 pound young, tender burr gherkins
1 chayote, diced (Chayote is a mild-flavored cucurbit. Peeled zucchini can serve as a substitute.)
1 tbsp garlic, minced
2 cups tomato, chopped
8 ounces picked cooked crab meat
1 cup coconut milk
2 or 3 tbsp chopped cilantro, or to taste
Zest of half a lime
Salt and freshly chopped or ground hot pepper to taste (preferably Bahian pimento de cheiro or malagueta)
Optional garnish: 4 boiled crabs cut in half
Heat oil in a large sauté pan or skillet and add onion, burr gherkins and chayote or zucchini. Cover and cook 6 minutes over medium heat, then add garlic, tomato, picked crab and coconut milk. Stir and cook uncovered until the tomato is reduced and the sauce turns light orange (about 8 minutes). Add cilantro and lime zest, then season to taste with salt and hot pepper. Once the liquids are well combined and hot (about 5 minutes), serve over rice with hot boiled crabs as a garnish. Serves 4 to 6.
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Food historian and Mother Earth News Contributing Editor William Woys Weaver is author of several cooking and gardening books. His wonderful history of heirlooms, 100 Vegetables and Where They Came From, is available from Mother Earth Shopping.
The Mother Earth News editors also highly recommend:
Heirloom Vegetable Gardening: A Master Gardener's Guide to Planting, Seed Saving and Cultural History by William Woys Weaver. If you want to explore the fabulous flavors, fascinating history and amazing diversity of vegetables, this is the book to start with. Weaver profiles 280 heirloom varieties, with authoritative growing advice and incredible recipes. First published in 1997, Heirloom Vegetable Gardening has since been out of print, with used copies selling online for as much as $300. We are proud to present the original text, with color photos, as a digital book on CD-ROM. Order now.


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The Caribbean Islands
5th Grade Oral Language Resources
Students will:• Learn about the concept of the Caribbean islands.
- Access prior knowledge and build background about island environments.
- Explore and apply the concept of why the Caribbean islands are popular to visit.
Students will:• Demonstrate an understanding of the concept of the Caribbean islands.
- Orally use words that describe island environments and tropical weather.
- Extend oral vocabulary by speaking about popular vacation destinations.
- Use key concept words [island, vacations, scenery, hurricanes, dance, costumes, pristine, undisturbed, tropical, balmy, traditions].
Explain• Use the slideshow to review the key concept words.
- Explain that students are going to learn about the Caribbean islands:
- Characteristics of islands.
- Why the Caribbean is a popular vacation destination.
- Caribbean scenery, weather, and traditions.
- The dangers of tropical weather.
Model• After the host introduces the slideshow, point to the photo on screen. Ask students: What do you see in this picture? (a map of the Caribbean islands). Are these islands close to the United States? (Yes, they are located to the south east of Florida and the southern United States.)
- Ask students: How do you know these are islands? (They are surrounded by water.)
- Say: The Caribbean islands are a popular place for people to go on vacation. Why do you think this is so? (They are close to the United States, they are surrounded by the ocean, etc.)
Guided Practice• Guide students through the next two slides, showing them that the Caribbean islands are also a popular place to go on vacation because they offer beautiful scenery and tropical weather. Always have the students describe the physical characteristics of the islands, their scenery, and their weather.
Apply• Play the games that follow. Have them discuss with their partner the different topics that appear during the Talk About It feature.
- After the first game, ask students to talk about the features of the Caribbean islands. After the second game, have them discuss environmental problems that affect the Caribbean.
Close• Ask students: What environmental problems affect the Caribbean islands? Do you still think they would be a good place to visit? Explain why you would like to visit the Caribbean and how you should plan your vacation.
- Summarize for students that The Caribbean Islands are beautiful places where people go to spend time at the beach, and enjoy nice weather. The islands are rich with fun, sun, dance, and food. Encourage them to think about where in the Caribbean they would like to visit.


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We hope you enjoy your time in Pokémon Violet's fascinating universe. We're here to spill the beans on the mysterious Shiny Charcadet and explain how the Picnic Outbreak Method can improve your chances of stumbling onto one. The mechanics of Pokémon reproduction have been studied extensively, and we are pleased to present our findings. Come with me as we set out to discover the fascinating world of Shiny Pokémon.
Understanding Shiny Pokémon: A Glimpse into Rarity
Trainers of all ages have been enamoured with Pokémon that shine. Collectors and competitors alike covet them because of the attention to detail that went into designing their one-of-a-kind colour schemes. The Shiny Charcadet is no different; it, too, has iridescent undertones. But why do Shiny Pokémon seem to be so scarce? Probabilities are the deciding factor.
The chances of finding a Shiny Pokémon in the wild are extremely low, with most sources putting the number at somewhere between 1 in 4,096 and 10 million. Shiny Pokémon are highly sought after by their trainers due to their extreme rarity. However, we will share a method that may help you improve your chances of success.
The Picnic Outbreak Method: Unveiling the Technique
Trainers in the know use a technique called the "Picnic Outbreak Method." By tweaking certain game parameters, players can increase their chances of running into a Shiny Pokémon. The procedure is as follows:
Step 1: Choosing the Right Location
Choose a region in Pokémon Violet where your target Pokémon frequently appears. The Charcadet environment is ideal for our purposes.
Step 2: Repel Strategy
Keep low-level wild Pokémon at bay with the help of a Repel. This improves your chances of running into the Shiny Charcadet you've been looking for.
Step 3: Patience is Key
If you want to avoid encounters with weaker wild Pokémon, use a Repel. The chances of finding the Shiny Charcadet, our goal Pokémon, improve as a result.
Mastering the Art: Tips for Success
Success with the Picnic Outbreak Method takes hard work and a commitment to the following guidelines:
Tip 1: Time of Day Matters
When it's a certain time of day, there's a higher chance of seeing a certain Pokémon. Learn how active a Charcadet typically is, and plan your strategy accordingly.
Tip 2: Chain Encounters
If you can, make a series of consecutive encounters with the same Pokémon. Your chances of running into a Shiny Pokémon increase in proportion to the length of your chain.
Tip 3: Equip Shiny Charms
You should work Shiny Charms into your plan. The chances of running into a Shiny Pokémon are increased by using these in-game items.
The Thrill of the Hunt: Encountering a Shiny Charcadet
Envision the thrill of discovering a Shiny Charcadet with the Picnic Outbreak Technique. The sight of its shimmering scales and distinct character is remarkable. Getting a Shiny Pokémon is a testament to your perseverance and planning skills, not only to its rarity.
Conclusion: Your Path to Shiny Success
The search for Shiny Pokémon is an exciting journey in Pokémon Violet's vibrant universe. The Picnic Outbreak Strategy is a well-thought-out plan for meeting the beautiful Shiny Charcadet. Keep in mind that the Pokémon you want can only be found with persistence, an understanding of its behaviours, and some good fortune.
Get yourself some Repels, learn the ropes of chain encounters, and get out there and catch some Shinys! Those that are ready to take their Pokémon journey to the next level will be rewarded with a Shiny Charcadet.
What is a Shiny Charcadet?
Rarer than the common Charcadet, a Shiny Charcadet stands out thanks to its eye-catching metallic sheen. Any Pokémon trainer would be thrilled at the chance to meet one.
What is the Picnic Outbreak Method?
Some trainers utilise a tactic called the "Picnic Outbreak Method" to boost their chances of running into a Shiny Pokémon, such the Shiny Charcadet. In order to increase the possibility of identifying these evasive animals, the technique manipulates elements including location and encounter chains.
How does the Repel strategy work?
Using a Repel item is key to the Repel strategy, which entails avoiding encounters with weaker wild Pokémon. By narrowing your focus, you can increase the chances of running into a Shiny Charcadet while employing the Picnic Outbreak Technique.
Why is patience important in using this method?
The Picnic Outbreak Method requires a patient approach. The chances of running into a Shiny Pokémon are low, but can be improved upon by spending a significant amount of time in the area and having frequent encounters with Pokémon there.
Are there any additional tips for success?
Obtaining a Shiny Pokémon is possible, and there are a few ways to increase your odds. The chances of catching a Shiny Charcadet can be improved by taking advantage of things like the time of day, chaining encounters, and donning Shiny Charms. Keep in mind that you'll need knowledge, strategy, and perseverance to master the Picnic Outbreak Method and meet a Shiny Charcadet.


Graph, Graph Revolution
Learning physics takes on a whole new role when juniors Ananda Sundararaman and Erin Yandel put it into action. Mr. Krehbiel's AP Physics B class played a innovative game called "Graph, Graph Revolution," which integrates fun into the classroom atmosphere. Seniors Jim Balboni and Logan Canady, along with the rest of the class, are prompted with a time vs. position graph, and have to act like the particle depicted, speeding up and slowing down accordingly, doing so to the beat of the song playing.
Photo credit: Jaclyn Martin


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Details about Automotive Fuel and Emissions Control Systems:
For courses in Engine Performance and Drivability, Fuel Emissions Systems, and Automotive Principles. Designed specifically to correlate with the NATEF program and ASE certification tests, this comprehensive, up-to-date text covers all aspects of automotive fuel and emissions. It emphasizes diagnosis and troubleshooting, and features tech tips and diagnostic stories throughout. The complete learning package includes a multimedia CD ROM with illustrated power point slides and a workbook containing activities also correlated to the NATEF task list.


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The 15 Puzzle Book
Type: Brain Teaser
Dimensions: 10 1/4 in x 3/4 in x 8 1/4 in / 26 cm x 1.7 cm x 21 cm
Author: Jerry Slocum
Ever heard about the 15-Puzzle?
From now on it will be part of the rest of your life!
The New York Times: "No pestilence has ever visited this or any other country which has spread with the awful celerity of what is called the 'Fifteen Puzzle'. It has spread over the entire country. Nothing arrests it. It now threatens our free institutions, inasmuch as from every town and hamlet there is coming up a cry for a'strong man' who will stamp out this terrible puzzle at any cost of Constitution or freedom."
The Utica Herald: "The puzzle is filling the lunatic asylums of this country at the rate of about 5000 per day."
The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin: "The Puzzle is setting the people wild - the sanity of the population threatened."
This book contains the definitive, illustrated history of one of the most popular and important mechanical puzzles of all time. It can be argued that the Fifteen Puzzle in 1880 had the greatest impact on American and European society of any mechanical puzzle the world has ever known.
Books by famous mathematicians tell that a deaf mute invented the 15 puzzle, but encyclopedias, other books and web sites say it was invented by Sam Loyd who Martin Gardner called "America's greatest puzzle designer". Or has Sam Loyd, who said he invented the puzzle, continued to fool the world for more than 100 years?
The true story of the puzzle is told here for the first time.
- The real inventor and his patent application records were found.
- The story of how the puzzle came to be manufactured.
- Proof that the 15 puzzle is mathematically impossible to solve.
- How a young New Yorker solved it.
- The worldwide puzzle craze that it created.
About the Author
This is the eighth book by Jerry Slocum on the subject of puzzles. His first book, Puzzles Old and New, was published in 1986. It was followed by New Book of Puzzles, Ingenious & Diabolical Puzzles, Tricky Optical Illusions and two books published by Klutz Press, The Puzzle Arcade and Swipe This Pencil. His last previous book, The Tangram Book, was published by Sterling in 2003. Several reviews are shown with the book listing at Amazon.com.
Coauthor Dic Sonneveld works at Lieden University in the Netherlands and he also contributed to The Tangram Book.
Will Shortz, Editor, Crossword Puzzle, The New York Times and Puzzlemaster, National Radio wrote the Foreword.
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The White House Sets Sustainability Goals for Federal Agencies
Targeting a 26% Improvement in Water Efficiency by the Year 2020
The White House issued an Executive Order on October 5, 2009 that sets sustainability goals for Federal agencies and focuses on making improvements in their environmental, energy and water efficiency, and economic performance.
The Executive Order, signed by President Obama last week, requires Federal agencies to set a 2020 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target within 90 days, increase energy efficiency, conserve water by improving the efficiency for water usage, reduce waste, reduce fleet vehicle petroleum consumption and support sustainable communities.
Among the environmental measures mandated by the order is a 26% improvement in water efficiency by 2020.
Demonstrating a commitment to lead by example the President stated that the federal government can and should create innovative ways for each agency to develop and carry out priorities to assist in meeting their sustainability goals.


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Phase diagram of ESA complexes at 100 mM NaCl salt concentration as a function of pentanol and dodecane content relative to the surfactant weight [wt %].
The natural phenomenon of self-assembly — how molecules or other entities gather to become ordered objects or arrays — occurs in many areas of science, from nanomaterials to biology. Resulting from basic, well understood forces, such as electrostatics, self-assembly may allow scientists to manipulate materials at at tiny scales, ultimately yielding great advances in fields such as data storage, pharmaceuticals, and catalysis.
In efforts to better understand self-assembly, many researchers are studying self-assembling systems in solution that consist of an electrolyte (any molecule that dissociates into ions in solution) attached to, or "in complex with," a surfactant, a substance that lowers the surface tension between two liquids (or between a liquid and a solid). These liquid systems, called polyelectrolyte-surfactant complexes (PSCs), are good platforms for scientists to study how polymers and small molecules bind and also how they behave in solution.
Looking ahead, scientists are targeting PSCs as a route toward creating functional materials with specific jobs, such as nanostructures for drug delivery. But investigating PSC behavior can be difficult because the complexes self-assemble into phases of many different structures, including cubic assemblies of various-sizes, hexagonal assemblies of cylinders, and stacks. Scientists want to find a method that will allow them to "dial in" a preferred phase.
In a significant step toward this ability, researchers working at NSLS recently mapped out the full phase diagrams of a new, enhanced type of PSC, determining all the possible phases given different solution concentrations. The group, which consists of researchers from Stony Brook University, NSLS, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, call their system an electrostatically self-assembled amphiphilic complex, or ESA.
"My lab is interested in creating ordered nanoporous materials for applications in filters, catalysis and fuel-cell membranes," said the study's corresponding scientist, Helmut Strey from Stony Brook University. "This published work is the first step towards this goal by employing self-assembly to create porous materials with tunable pore size."
In PSC systems, the different phases are dictated mainly by spherical clusters of surfactant molecules, called micelles, which form when the surfactant is in solution. The phases are governed by the micelles' size and curvature, and how "bendy" they are, and thus these are the characteristics the researchers need to control.
At NSLS, the group discovered that adding a cosurfactant called pentanol to the mix allows the surfactant micelles to loosen up. By then incorporating large amounts of an oily liquid called dodecane, the researchers caused each phase's unit cell (the building block of the structure) to nearly double in size. This degree of manipulation is a big step forward in the drive to understand self-assembly and use it to create new materials and technologies.
Said Strey, "The advantage of self assembly is that to make a material you just have to throw all the ingredients together and the material forms by itself. In the future, we will develop techniques to solidify our structures to create usable nanoporous materials."
The scientists used x-rays to study the system in its various concentrations, employing an advanced technique that allows them to study many samples at once. This high throughput is achieved using a well plate scanner, a sample analysis system that combines a well plate — a tool that can hold many samples at once via with an array of small wells — with a motorized stage that can hold up to three well plates at a time and pass them through the x-ray beam. Using this method scientists can study up to 1,000 samples per day.
"This development is exciting because of the possibilities beyond this research," said co-author Elaine DiMasi, NSLS physicist and group leader for the Soft Matter Interface beamline at the future National Synchrotron Light Source II. "As beams become smaller and data acquisition becomes faster, potentially every dataset becomes an 'image,' whether we map out a sample in real space, in 'chemical composition' space, like this work, or in processing space, such as by changing temperature or applying mechanical stress.
"Once we can render such data in automatic ways, we have a way to 'light up' regions of interest even in very large parameter spaces, and quickly hone in on the properties of interest to our applications."
At NSLS-II, the third-generation light source that will succeed NSLS, the extremely bright x-ray beams produced will enable researchers to increase throughput, approaching a rate of one sample per second!
This research is described in the August 25, 2011, online edition of Macromolecules.
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Caregivers Corner: Geriatric care managers can guide and assist families
Dear Mary, I attended last weekend's Caregivers' Conference, and I heard one of the speakers mention geriatric care managers. What is a geriatric case manager and when or why would a family need to hire one?
Dear Reader, According to the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers website, a "geriatric care manager is a health and human services specialist who helps families who are caring for older relatives. The geriatric care manager is trained and experienced in any of several fields related to care management, including, but not limited to nursing, gerontology, social work or psychology, with a specialized focus on issues related to aging and elder care."
The geriatric care manager acts as a guide and advocate for families who are caring for older or disabled adults.
Geriatric care managers work with families providing guidance, resources and supportive services to ensure quality care for their loved one. They have extensive knowledge about the costs, quality and availability of resources in their communities.
After completing a comprehensive assessment, a geriatric care manager will provide a care plan tailored for each individual's circumstances. The plan may be modified, in consultation with client and family, as circumstances change.
Geriatric care managers can help families evaluate housing options; they can also help determine appropriate home care options and monitor those services for families. Care managers attend medical appointments and can ensure effective communication between doctor, client and family; they can also monitor the patient's adherence to his/her medical instructions.
For those families who do not live near their loved one or whose schedule does not allow them to provide daily care and monitoring, a geriatric care manager can provide up-to-date information to the family as well as to the professional care team. She or he can provide opportunities for the client to engage in social and recreational activities and can monitor the client's physical safety, as well as observing potential risks of abuse or exploitation.
Geriatric care managers (also known as aging life care professionals) are often members of the Aging Life Care Association and differ from patient advocates, senior advisers, senior navigators and elder advocates. ALCA members must meet stringent education, experience and certification requirements, and all members are required to adhere to a strict code of ethics and standards of practice.
Families hire geriatric care managers for a multitude of reasons to include:
-The family needs direction about available services.
-The person being cared for has multiple medical or psychological issues.
-The person being cared for is unable to live safely in his/her current environment.
-The family is either "burned out" or confused about care solutions.
-The family has a limited time and/or expertise in dealing with their loved ones' chronic care needs.
-The family is at odds regarding care decisions.
-The person being cared for is confused about his/her own financial and/or legal situation.
You can locate a geriatric care manager by calling the Department of Aging and Disabilities at _PHONE_ or visiting _URL_.
When interviewing a care manager, ask about their qualifications, their experience and for multiple references. Ask what services they will provide and how they charge for those services.
Dear Readers, The unpredictability of caring for a family member with dementia, added to life-long family dynamics, can often lead to family estrangements during this stressful period.
I encourage you to join us from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. May 21 at the Arnold Senior Center, 44 Church Road, when social worker Jennifer Fitzpatrick helps guide caregivers in identifying options for dealing with family estrangements.
You can register for the workshop at _URL_ or by calling _PHONE_, ext. 3043.
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What is Asset Based Community Development?
Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) is a method of development whereby a community asserts (owns) freedom to act to reach its highest level of ability (development) through what it already owns or has (assets).
Put simply, the community takes ownership of its own development through realizing the full potential of its various assets.
What is Asset Based Development?
Asset Based Development (also known as Strengths Based Development) focuses on what already exists (what is strong), and how to use that to create more assets of either the same or a different type.
- Asset Based
- Based on that which is already in existence, owned and having value, whether built (hospitals, roads, etc.), cultural (festivals, libraries, etc.), financial (banks, foundations, etc.), human (schools, training centers etc.), natural (farms, rivers, etc.), political (representatives, forums, etc.) or social (community events, civic groups, etc.)
- A tool enabling people to reach the highest level of their ability, through granting freedom of action, such as, freedom of economic, social and family actions, etc. – Amartya Sen's Capability Approach
It is possible to stimulate the discovery (or creation) of particularly human and social assets where none seemed to exist (or existed) before.
The opposite of Asset Based Development is Needs Based Development, which focuses on what is absent or needed to fulfill set criteria that the developer thinks would improve the life of a community, often based on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.
Types of Assets
In their book "Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community's Assets" (1993), Kretzman and McKnight identified three kinds of assets essential in community work: individuals, associations, and institutions. The Community Capitals Framework of Flora and Flora (2004) expanded these to seven asset types. These assets can be used to convert from one type to another (eg. the human asset of knowledge can be used to create the financial asset of money, which can be used to purchase the built asset of a home). The abundance of one asset can therefore be used by an individual or a community to decrease the scarcity of another asset.
Adapted from "Asset Building and Community Development" (2002) by Gary Paul Green and Anna Haines, these asset types are often simplified to only include Financial, Human, Natural, Physical (Built) and Social assets in ABCD, excluding Political and Cultural assets.
- Built Assets
- Represents the infrastructure of the community – the basic set of facilities, services and physical structures needed by a community.
- Cultural Assets
- The values, norms, beliefs and traditions that people inherit from the family, school and community. Also includes material goods produced at a specific time and place (such as paintings, books) that have historical or cultural significance.
- Financial Assets
- The variety of financial resources available to invest in local projects or economic development initiatives. Efforts to build wealth to support community development activities.
- Human Assets
- Attributes of individuals that provide them with the ability to earn a living, strengthen community, and otherwise contribute to community organizations, to their families, and to self improvement. It includes access to education and knowledge development, training and skill building activities and efforts to build and expand local leadership.
- The quality and quantity of natural and environmental resources existing in a community.
- The ability to influence and enforce rules, regulations, and standards. Access to individuals and groups with the power to influence decisions. Participating in civic discourse on difficult public issues.
- Connections existing among people and organizations that help make things happen in the community. Includes close ties that build community cohesion (bonding) as well as weaker ties with local and outside people and organizations that help promote broad-based action on key matters (bridging).
What is Community-Driven / Citizen-Led Development?
Communities form around places and interests (communities of place and communities of interest). A community is formed where two or more individuals come together around a mutual interest in either a physical location (eg. where they live) or interest (eg. gardening).
To differentiate ABCD from other strengths-based approaches that may not be centered on the community as owner and agent of development, it is often referred to as Asset Based Community-Driven Development. A central feature of ABCD is that communities must drive their own development agenda without outside interference. The ABCD community builder acts as a facilitator and enabler. Where outside assistance is required, such assistance is provided with the specific understanding that the community retains ownership of and control over the process.
A further development in ABCD thought has prompted some to refer to it Asset-Based Citizen-Led Development, in recognition that community ultimately starts with the individual citizen. It is necessary for the citizens of a community to internalize the ABCD principles to ensure its success. This may come more naturally for some than for others.
Asset Based Community Development Process
- Collect stories
- Bring together a core group
- Map the gifts, capacities and assets of individuals, associations and local institutions
- Find and engage connectors who can build relationships
- Ask the gathered community to lead the creation of a community vision and plan
- Engage the self-mobilization of the community's assets by action applied through association
- Lever knowledge of the community's assets and strengths to secure investments and resources needed from outside the community for community-driven development
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Origins of Asset Based Community Development
In their 1993 book "Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community's Assets," John (Jody) P. Kretzmann and John L. McKnight explored the characteristics of successful communities and formalized what they found into a guide for what they termed "Asset-Based Community Development" or ABCD.
In their guide, they acknowledged that ABCD existed before – it is not a new invention. Their work simply formalized and popularized it. They also stressed that relationship building was one of the key characteristics of the approach.
Support for their work ultimately lead to the establishment of the ABCD Institute, from where it spread around the world.
Community is built and sustained at the speed of trust – Cormac Russel
Examples of Asset Based Community Development
Further Asset Based Community Development Resources
Institutions Around The World Driving Asset Based Community Development
- ABCD Institute, America
- Bank of IDEAS, Australia
- Coady International Institute, Canada
- Grassroots Grantmakers, America
- Greater Rochester Health Foundation, America
- Jeder Institute, Australia
- Nurture Development, Europe
- Public Allies, America
- Tamarack Institute, Canada
Asset Based Community Development Downloads
- Compendium of Methods and Tools for ABCD Facilitation and its accompanying Training Materials


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