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This is a vitally important question. We have all heard the horror stories of schools joining Trusts and then finding out they have lost the power to make their own decisions.
The key is the Scheme of Delegation. This outlines which powers are delegated to school Local Governing Bodies and which sit with the Trustees.
We believe in 'earned autonomy'. If your school is already doing well, why would be change it?
Schools rated 'good' or 'outstanding' are given a generous scheme of delegation by Chorus Education Trust that ensures they have most of the powers they had as a standalone school. 'Requires improvement' and'special measures' schools are given more limited schemes of delegation. However, as the school improves we would hand back more of the powers they once had.
There are certain powers that can't be delegated because the Trustees are ultimately responsible for the schools. For example, the Trust has to report as one financial entity, so Trustees are ultimately responsible for its finances. However, Governing Bodies that have the full set of powers available within the Scheme of Delegation will get their own budget, which they decide how to allocate within their school.
As much as is possible, we want our schools to be able to run their own affairs. We believe that we can add value to a school by bringing in consistent policies and procedures across our schools, providing them with increased purchasing power and a set of well-run, central services - and, most importantly, by allowing all of us to share best practice and skills.


natural number n < m such that gcd(n, m) = 1. A self-invertible element is an element whose inverse is itself.
In the proof of Wilson's Theorem for a prime p, the numbers 1 to p - 1 all have inverses. This is not true for a general m. In fact it is certain that (m - 1)! ≡ 0 (mod m), for this reason we instead consider the product of all invertible elements in mod m.
For the case where m = p is prime we also appealed to the fact 1 and p - 1 are the only elements when squared gives 1. In fact for m = pk, 1 and m - 1 (≡ -1)are the only self-invertible elements (see exercise). But for a general m, this is not true. Let's take for example m = 21. In arithmetic modulo 21 each of the following numbers has itself as an inverse
1, 20, 8, 13
so how can we say the product of all invertible elements equal to 1?
We use the CRT described above. Let us consider the case where m = 2pk. By the CRT, each element in mod m can be represented as a two tuple (a,b) where a can take the value 0 or 1 while b can take the value 0, 1,..., or pk - 1. Each two tuple corresponds uniquely to a pair of congruence equations and multiplication can be performed component-wise.
Using the above information, we can easily list all the self-invertible elements, because (a,b)2 ≡ 1 means (a2,b2) = (1,1), so a is an invertible element in mod 2 and b is an invertible element in mod pk, so a ≡ 1 or -1, b ≡ 1 or -1. But in mod 2 1 ≡ -1, so a = 1. Therefore, there are two elements that are self invertible in mod m = 2pk, they are (1,1) = 1, and (1, -1) = m - 1. So in this case, the result is the same as when m has only a single prime factor.
For the case where m has more than one prime factors and m≠ 2pk. Let say m has n prime factors then m can be represented as a n-tuple. Let say m has 3 distinct prime factors, then all the self-invertible elements of m are
 1. (1,1,1)
 2. (1,1,-1)
 3. (1,-1,1)
 4. (1,-1,-1)
 5. (-1,1,1)
 6. (-1,1,-1)
 7. (-1,-1,1)
 8. (-1,-1,-1)
their product is (1,1,1) which corresponds to 1 in mod m.
1. Let p be a prime. Show that in arithmetic modulo pk, 1 and pk - 1 are the only self-invertible elements.
...more to come
Fermat's Little Theorem[edit]
As mentioned in the previous section, not every element is invertible (i.e. has an inverse) mod m. A generalised version of Fermat's Last Theorem uses Euler's Totient function, it states
a^{\phi(m)} \equiv 1 \pmod m \!
for all a ≠ 0 satisfying gcd(a,m) = 1. This is easy to see from the generalised version of Wilson's Theorem. We use a similar technique from the prove of Fermat's Little Theorem. We have
(ab_1)(ab_2)\cdots (ab_{\phi(m)}) \equiv b_1b_2\cdots b_{\phi(m)} \pmod m
where the bi's are all the invertible elements mod m. By Wilson's theorem the product of all the invertible elements equals to, say, d (= 1 or -1). So we get
a^{\phi(m)}d \equiv d \pmod m \!
which is essentially the statement of Fermat's Little Theorem.
Although the FLT is very neat, it is imprecise in some sense. For example take m = 15 = 3 × 5, we know that if a has an inverse mod 15 then aφ(15) = a8 ≡ 1 (mod 15). But 8 is too large, all we need is 4, by that we mean, a4 ≡ 1 (mod 15) for all a with an inverse (the reader can check).
The Carmichael function λ(m) is the smallest number such that aλ(m) ≡ 1 (mod m) for invertible a. A question in the Problem Set deals with this function.
...more to come
Two-torsion Factorisation[edit]
It it quite clear that factorising a large number can be extremely difficult. For example, given that 76372591715434667 is the product of two primes, can the reader factorise it? Without the help of a good computer algebra software, the task is close to being impossible. As of today, there is no known efficient all purpose algorithm for factorising a number into prime factors.
However, under certain special circumstances, factorising can be easy. We shall consider the two-torsion factorisation method. A two-torsion element in modular m arithmetic is a number a such that a2 ≡ 1 (mod m).
Let's consider an example in arithmetic modulo 21. Note that using the CRT we can represent any number in mod 21 as a two-tuple. We note that the two-torsion elements are 1 = (1,1), 13 = (1,-1), 8 = (-1,1) and 20 = (-1,-1). Of interest are the numbers 13 and 8, because 1 and 20 (≡ - 1) are obviously two-torsion, we call these numbers trivially two-torsion.
Now, 13 + 1 = (1,-1) + (1,1) = (2,0). Therefore 13 + 1 = 14 is an element sharing a common factor with 21, as the second component in the two-tuple representation of 14 is zero. Therefore GCD(14,21) = 7 is a factor of 21.
The above example is very silly because anyone can factorise 21. But what about 24131? Factorising it is not so easy. But, if we are given that 12271 is a non-trivial (i.e. ≠ 1 or -1) two-torsion element, then we can conclude that both gcd(12271 + 1,24131) and gcd(12271 - 1,24131) are factors of 24131. Indeed gcd(12272,24131) = 59 and gcd(12270,24131) = 409 are both factors of 24131.
More generally, let m be a composite, and t be a non-trivial two-torsion element mod m i.e. t ≠ 1, -1. Then
gcd(t + 1,m) divides m, and
gdc(t - 1,m) divides m
this can be explained using the CRT.
We shall explain the case where m = pq and p and q are primes. Given t is a non-trivial two-torsion element, then t has representaion (1,-1) or (-1,1). Suppose t = (-1,1) then t + 1 = (-1,1) + (1,1) = (0,2), therefore t + 1 must be a multiple of p therefore gcd(t,m) = p. In the other case where t - 1 = (-1,1) - (1,1) = (-2,0) and so gcd(t - 1,m) = q.
So if we are given a non-trivial two-torsion element then we have effectively found one (and possibly more) prime factors, which goes a long way in factorising the number. In most modern public key cryptography applications, to break the system we need only to factorise a number with two prime factors. In that regard two-torsion factorisation method is frightening effectively.
Of course, finding a non-trivial two-torsion element is not an easy task either. So internet banking is still safe for the moment. By the way 76372591715434667 = 224364191 × 340395637.
1. Given that 18815 is a two-torsion element mod 26176. Factorise 26176.
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Next Section[edit]
Next Section: Multiplicative Group
Problem Set Problem Set


Study finds starfish shed arms to protect against overheating
May 31, 2013 by Bob Yirka report
A Starfish in Mauritius. Credit: Alain Feulvarch/Wikipedia
( —A team of marine biologists has found that some starfish lose a leg when faced with too-warm environmental conditions. In their paper published in The Journal of Experimental Biology, the researchers describe what they witnessed as they subjected 70 starfish to various heated environments and filmed the results with infrared cameras.
Starfish are considered to be a cold-blooded animal—they can't adjust their internal temperature as environmental temperatures change. Because of this, they are at the mercy of weather conditions. This can be a problem for them when tidewater recedes leaving them stranded on a beach exposed to the hot sun. Until now, most biologists have believed that starfish, like most other, have a uniform reflective of the temperature around them.
To find out how the starfish survived changes in heat, the research team captured 70 ochre starfish found living off the California shore and subjected them to heat related tests. Groups of the starfish were put into different tanks with different temperatures and were then filmed using an to see what was going on with heat distribution inside of their bodies. To their surprise, they found that the temperature in the legs of the starfish was different than that of their core—the disk at the center of their legs that holds their. They also found that starfish have a definite limit on core temperature—if it reaches 35 C they die. Most remarkably of all they discovered that if the starfish were subjected to for very long, they would engage in abscission (intentional shedding of a body part) of their legs.
More specifically, the team found that all of the starfish were able to keep their central disk 3 C to 5 C cooler than their arms, suggesting that the animals were using their legs as heat sinks. In extreme cases, the diversion of heat to arms would cause the arms to shrivel up and fall off—though that shouldn't be a problem for them as starfish are able to regenerate lost legs.
The findings by the team are the first time that arm loss in an animal has been seen to be attributable to thermal regulation. They also show that not all starfish leg loss is due to predators.
Explore further: Thousands of starfish found dead on beach
More information: Survival and arm abscission are linked to regional heterothermy in an intertidal sea star, J Exp Biol 216, 2183-2191 doi: 10.1242/jeb.083881, June 15, 2013.
Body temperature is a more pertinent variable to physiological stress than ambient air temperature. Modeling and empirical studies on the impacts of climate change on ectotherms usually assume that body temperature within organisms is uniform. However, many ectotherms show significant within-body temperature heterogeneity. The relationship between regional heterothermy and the response of ectotherms to sublethal and lethal conditions remains underexplored. We quantified within-body thermal heterogeneity in an intertidal sea star (Pisaster ochraceus) during aerial exposure at low tide to examine the lethal and sublethal effects of temperatures of different body regions. In manipulative experiments, we measured the temperature of the arms and central disc, as well as survival and arm abscission under extreme aerial conditions. Survival was related strongly to central disc temperature. Arms were generally warmer than the central disc in individuals that survived aerial heating, but we found the reverse in those that died. When the central disc reached sublethal temperatures of 31–35°C, arms reached temperatures of 33–39°C, inducing arm abscission. The absolute temperature of individual arms was a poor predictor of arm abscission, but the arms lost were consistently the hottest at the within-individual scale. Therefore, the vital region of this sea star may remain below the lethal threshold under extreme conditions, possibly through water movement from the arms to the central disc and/or evaporative cooling, but at the cost of increased risk of arm abscission. Initiation of arm abscission seems to reflect a whole-organism response while death occurs as a result of stress acting directly on central disc tissues.
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Welcome to the Federal Programs page for Bessemer City Schools. In the Federal Programs office, we strive diligently to follow all components and intentions of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001. In accordance with NCLB, we provide funding to 7 Title I public schools and 2 private schools in the Bessemer City District. The private schools that we serve are St. Aloysius Catholic School and New Life Learning Center. The No Child Left Behind Act is based on stronger accountability for results, more freedom for states and communities, proven educational methods, and more choices for parents.
The Federal Programs manages the following programs:
The Bessemer City School System receives funding from the Federal government to administer programs under its mandate. The primary goal of Federal Programs is to improve student achievement through increased parental involvement, teacher training, and student services while providing technical assistance to schools.
The mission of Federal Programs is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access.

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Brevard County, FL
Parents in Brevard County are advocating for a more comprehensive approach to sexuality education in their school district. They also want to ban the current abstinence-only-until-marriage program provider, First Defense, from teaching in the schools.
First Defense is a Melbourne-based nonprofit which claims its "lessons [are] rooted in keeping students healthy emotionally, physically, and socially." The federal government has awarded First Defense a three-year grant that allows it to provide free abstinence-only-until-marriage programs in area schools.1
Despite the fact that the program is free, many parents in Brevard County don't want it. One father stated, "Our health education classes are not teaching (students) how to avoid sexually transmitted diseases and how to avoid pregnancy. As a father of two daughters, believe me, I'm all in favor of abstinence." He continued by expressing the need for a new program that "acknowledges the reality that 50 percent of high school students are sexually active."2
Parents critical of the program say it uses medically inaccurate information (claiming, for example, that condoms have a failure rate of 15% while the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that there is a 2% failure rate) and "old-fashioned scare tactics." Parents also say that the program is riddled with gender stereotypes, such as the claim that boys commonly lie about love to get girls to have sex with them, which are "insulting" and unfounded.3
"There's more to it than just boys are animals and girls have to learn to say no," said one mother of a 14-year old daughter. Some school board members seem to agree that young people need more, "We want to teach kids not to have sex, that that's the right thing to do, but also give them enough information to protect themselves should they choose another decision." Students also agree, "I think abstinence is good," one student in the district said, "But if we don't have the full information, how can we make the choice?"4
Not everyone in the district, however, believes that sexuality education should include information on safer sex practices. "We don't facilitate poor choices by teaching safer drug abuse methods, or safer ways to drink and drive, or we don't suggest how to simply minimize the risks of cheating," he stated. "Neither should we facilitate sexual activity by instructing teens in safer sex practices."5
The founder and director of First Defense is also opposed to a safer sex message, "Kids don't need another resource about how to be sexually active. They can get that message anywhere."6
School districts in Florida are mandated to teach HIV/AIDS education but have discretion when deciding how much information to include about contraception. Administrators in Brevard have explicitly said that while the main focus of the district's programs will continue to be abstinence, they would like to see what other groups are able to provide. In response to parents' complaints, administrators have put together a 15-member advisory committee that includes teachers, principals, other school administrators, and parents, and scheduled a forum for discussion.
SIECUS will continue to monitor this situation.
- Kate Brennan, "Ban abstinence-only group, parents say," FloridaToday.com, 15 June 2007, accessed 18 June 2007, .

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Kurdish Female Migrants Meet Isolation In Istanbul
Life isn't easy for the female migrants continually flowing into Istanbul from Turkey's Kurdish region. Those who are illiterate or unable to speak Turkish can face particularly intense isolation from basic services.
Sosin and her family moved from rural Turkey to Istanbul, the country's largest city, and for four years she did not leave the house, not even to buy food for her children.
"I was afraid to be lost. I never saw any place outside the house. We would be starving with the children until evening when my husband would come home," she told researchers with the Istanbul-based Basak Culture and Art Foundation. Its findings were published last year in the book, "What Has Changed? Kurdish Women's Experiences with Forced Migration."
"Women are generally more active in their villages, where they work in fields, walk around and have a social life," Nese Erdilek, administrative director of the Center for Migration Research at Istanbul's Bilgi University, told Women's eNews. "In the city, the whole family is under pressure and fearful of the outside world. Social pressure [on women] is a kind of defense for the family."
Erdilek said women are often not part of the decision to move and have less experience in surroundings other than their rural or small-town homes.
Agricultural upheavals, lack of economic opportunity and, more recently, violence and political pressure in Turkey's largely Kurdish eastern and southeastern regions -- where Sosin comes from -- have driven repeated waves of internal migration since the late 1940s. Many families find their way to Istanbul, home to a fifth of the country's population and accounting for nearly half of its wealth. In the process, Turkey has been completely transformed, from 25 percent urban in 1950 to 75 percent urban today.
For women caught up in this migration, the uprooting can be particularly harsh.
A Greater Dependency
Some women from the Kurdish ethnic minority group, such as Sosin, don't speak Turkish when they arrive. This leaves them more dependent on male family members, since state policies prohibit the official use of the Kurdish language.
"Since they do not know the language, they are imprisoned in a way in their houses," Erdilek said. "Their only contact with the outside world is through their husbands and children."
Rural women are often particularly ill-equipped for city life due to conservative cultural norms that can limit their access to education and employment. Illiteracy rates throughout the country's eastern regions are double the national average of 11 percent, hitting 29 percent in southeast Turkey, according to a 2010 report by the Center for Economic and Social Research (BETAM) at Bahcesehir University in Istanbul. Women account for the vast majority, around 80 percent, of illiterate people in nearly all regions of Turkey, BETAM noted.
"Many women say they wanted to work outside the home but their families wouldn't allow them to go to school, so they have no occupational skills," Zozan Ozgokce of the Van Women's Association, a nongovernmental organization working in eastern Turkey, told Women's eNews at the 12th International Forum on Women's Rights and Development, held here in late April.
"Women are seen as supposed to be good wives and mothers, not lawyers or engineers," Ozgokce added. "And many men won't marry a woman who has worked outside the home -- she is seen as having lost her honor."
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Some women do find greater opportunities and freedom in the urban setting, despite Turkey's overall low level of female employment. But often those women who are able to join the work force are limited by their lack of marketable skills -- and, sometimes, by anti-Kurdish prejudice -- and commonly work in dangerous and easily exploitable occupations in domestic work, seasonal labor, textile and food-processing factories in addition to the informal economy.
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Language barriers and an alien environment often leave women, in particular, unable to seek recourse when they suffer abuses, or even receive basic health care and other social services. As a result, many migrant women say "they had better conditions when living on their farms with their livestock," Ayten Tekes, from the Research Center for Women's Affairs in the southeastern city of DiyarbakÄ±r, said at the Istanbul forum.
"Women had agricultural know-how in their villages that is lost," Tekes said, when they move to cities. "Gender discrimination against them increases due to their loss of skills, confidence and community ties."
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A study of the velocity structure in a marine boundary layer : instrumentation and observations
Tochko, John Steven
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KeywordRemote sensing; Oceanographic instruments; Boundary layer; Turbulence; Turbulent boundary layer; Ocean bottom
The design and operation of a unique flow measuring instrument for bottom boundary layer studies in the marine environment is documented. The effectiveness of the instrument in acquiring data with which models of near bottom flows in the ocean can be tested is demonstrated by the results of a field experiment in Vineyard Sound. The instrument uses four sensors which measure the mean and fluctuating parts of the three components of the velocity vector at four heights above the sea bed. The sensors employ the acoustic travel time difference technique, and are designed to minimize sensor-induced flow disturbances. BASS, an acronym for Benthic Acoustic Stress Sensor, has a resolution of.033 cm/sec per least bit, a range of ±62 cm/sec, noise of.07 cm/sec in 10 sec, and an estimated accuracy of ±.5 cm/sec, referred to an in situ zero point. A complete set of velocity measurements is made every.750 seconds, each measurement being the vector component averaged over 15 cm. The data is internally recorded on digital cassette tape. Eight hours of continuous data can be recorded. BASS was deployed in a tidal flow in Vineyard Sound at a depth of 10 m where a time series of u, v, and w velocities at 26 cm, 46 cm, 96 cm, and 210 cm above the bottom was recorded. The mean velocity was determined by fitting each 6 hour series with a sixth order polynomial and the deviations from the polynomial, the fluctuating velocity components, were correlated to produce Reynolds stress profiles. The stress series shows very few negative stress events while the dominant positive events have an average duration of 5 seconds and exceed 30 dynes/cm2. Zero offset was removed from the mean by assuming a log profile at maximum ebb. Deviations from a log profile developed when the current dropped below 40% of maximum, i.e., when the flow could no longer be considered steady. A break in the Reynolds stress profile at 1 m suggested a larger length scale than the 1 cm bottom roughness was present in the flow. A value of u* was determined by using the quadratic drag law (u* = 1.56 cm/sec), the log profile method (u* = 1.60 cm/sec), and the eddy correlation method (u* = 1.91 cm/sec). Integral length scales of 5 m cross-stream, and 2.5 m vertically were identified by correlation calculations. Two length scales were present in the downstream direction, 5 m within 1 meter of the wall and 8 m further from the wall.
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution February 1978
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How Often Can You Make Partial Roth IRA Conversions?
Time Frame
Any IRA-to-Roth conversion will be charged against your taxes in the year you make the conversion. Although you have until April 15 of the following year -- the tax-filing deadline -- to make IRA contributions, any conversion must be completed by December 31.
Multiple Conversions
You are allowed any number of conversion transactions during the year. The taxable amount for each conversion will be the value of the assets on the date of transfer. Even if you make a conversion early in the year, you still can tailor a conversion late in the year to match your tax situation.
Recharacterization Considerations
If you decide to undo -- or recharacterize -- all or part of your conversion, multiple transactions can greatly complicate the process, because you must calculate investment performance of the entire account in figuring the recharacterization amount. This gets increasingly tricky if you are blending new and existing Roth assets. Generally, the calculation starts with the value of the account on the date of the conversion and ends with the value of the account on the date of the recharacterization. Multiple conversions will require you to factor in additional start dates in your investment performance calculations. If you think you might recharacterize all or part of your conversion, putting each transaction into a separate Roth IRA account will simplify your recharacterization tax liability calculations. You can easily combine the accounts after your recharacterization deadline -- which is the date you file your taxes -- has passed.
Reconversion Issue
A recharacterization makes sense if the value of your Roth IRA decreased markedly after your partial conversion. At least you won't pay tax on value that's no longer in your Roth. But the IRS makes it difficult to send money back and reconvert it immediately with a lower tax bill. Any money recharacterized can't be reconverted in the same year as the original conversion or within 30 days of the recharacterization. Two examples: If you convert in January and recharacterize in June, you must wait until the following January 1 to redo your conversion. If you wait until your tax-filing deadline to recharacterize, you must wait 30 days to process another conversion.
Reconversion Solution
The IRS provides a way around the reconversion obstacles. You're allowed to segregate assets in separate IRA accounts for conversion purposes. Because you made a partial IRA conversion, you left behind assets in one or more IRA accounts. To avoid blending your IRA assets, send the recharacterized Roth money to a new IRA account, and you can immediately convert IRA assets not involved in the original conversion.


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Emei Techniques – Meta-Qi-Zhen
Meta-Qi-Zhen, or Meta-Qi-Needle, might be difficult to understand without first having an understanding of the theory behind various Qigong healing methods and empowered objects. This healing method combines Qigong and acupuncture theory. It maximizes the advantages of both methods so that each complements the other. Use it on yourself, others and pets. It is also suitable for remote healing.
Essentially, this healing method is greatly dependent on psychological suggestion. For one thing, under the guidance of the Meta-Qi-Zhen Healing Method, the person who is seeking healing will momentarily reach the high level of a tranquil state. This invokes the same self-healing and self-restoring effect as Qigong practice. Also, when the person is in the tranquil state, his or her mind is steady and the energy and blood are in a balanced state. The open system of the whole body has a high sensitivity, hence the ability to communicate naturally with universal energy is greatly enhanced. When the person is in this state, universal energy can do the most good. This makes Meta-Qi-Needle healing a grand method that combines universal energy and psychological suggestion.


Melting snow creates flooding crisis across Scotland
UK Today News: As temperatures rose rapidly in Scotland on Friday, the melting snow caused some chaos in the region and created floods throughout the country. Many schools and offices which were shut down over the past week due to excessive snowfall, reopened yesterday, and so did roads and railway routes.
The sudden rise in the temperature to 20 degrees has resulted in damaged pipes, flooded roads had disrupted normal traffic on the roads. The access to the Edinburg airport was reportedly closed due to flooding and created chaos for those who were due to catch their flights.
Many streets in Scotland had been closed, after fears that falling snow would hurt someone passing on the street. On Thursday morning, water from a burst water pipe filled Glasgow's Saltmarket. The water had destroyed several computer systems and phones.
The temperature compared to last week was 20C warmer in some parts of Scotland.
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Category: Land Cover Change & Disturbances
Project Team: Chaco Canyon Cross-Cutting
Team Location: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center at National Space Science Technology Center ÛÒ Huntsville, Alabama
Dr. Jeffrey Luvall (NASA at National Space Science Technology Center)
Dr. Robert Griffin (University of Alabama in Huntsville)
Dr. Tom Server (University of Alabama in Huntsville)
The Chacoan people flourished in northwest New Mexico between A.D. 850 and 1150. Today, remnants of their monumental architecture draw more than 40,000 visitors a year to Chaco Canyon National Park to experience the natural grandeur of the area and to learn about Native American history throughout the San Juan Basin. However, many Chacoan roads and communities are located outside the boundaries of the National Park. These unprotected sites are threatened by encroaching infrastructure associated with resource extraction, such as drill pads with requisite access roads and pipelines. Currently, the National Park Service (NPS), Binghamton University, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and the University of Colorado Boulder rely on expensive and time-consuming ground surveys, imagery from Google Earth, and the Landsat series to identify the extent of Chacoan roads and houses. This project used Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) surface reflectance, Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Version 2 (SRTM-v2) digital elevation models (DEMs), Terra Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflectance Radiometer (ASTER) emissivity data, Thermal Infrared Multispectral Scanner (TIMS) data, Hyperspectral Thermal Emission Spectrometer (HyTES) data, Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data, and Sentinel-2 MultiSpectral Instrument (MSI) data to identify highly probable locations of unknown Chacoan sites. The goal was to determine sites at risk from infrastructure development and identify the spectral signatures of these ancient communities. Documenting Chacoan community signature profiles and determining which areas are at risk of being affected by encroaching development will help project partners to better understand the Chacoan landscape and better protect and preserve these ancient sites.


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Graphic Design Exercises
InDesign: Lists & Dropcaps
To learn InDesign layout and production techniques by recreating
Drop caps and lists can be made easily in InDesign with just a click. But customizing these functions will require the use of character styles. In this exercise, we'll learn some tricks on how to make production of repetitive tasks more efficient.
A note on colored type: text type should only print in black or a solid ink color. If there are any tints (less than 100% of an ink color), the halftone dots will affect readability should there be any registration problems. In this exercise, we are making an exception by using two solid inks for the text type.
prepping for the exercise
- download starter files
- open "list.indd" in InDesign
- practice Adobe navigation keyboard shortcuts: space+cmd=zoom in; space+cmd+opt=zoom out; cmd+zero=fit in window
- practice InDesign preview shortcuts: opt+space=hand; cmd+opt+I (show/hide hidden characters); W (normal/preview mode)
making paragraph styles
- window > paragraph styles: edit basic paragraph: 12/16 ITC Century Book, hyphenation=no, justification=adobe single line composer, character color=green (note formula)
- style head: 36/32, fill=purple, make new paragraph style "h1"
- style intro: 14/18 italic, make new paragraph style "intro"
- style subheads: bold, fill=red, make new paragraph style "h2"
- apply style to other subheads
making character styles
- select initial cap character ("T"): remove italic, make new character style "book"
- insert sample ballot box character: window > glyphs: font= ITC Zapf Dingbats, choose solid square
- select bullet character: fill=none, stroke=.5 (green); make new character style "ballot box"
making a drop cop
- window > paragraph styles: edit "intro": drop cap: lines=2, character=1, character style=book
- adjust kerning
- select a range of list items
- window > paragraph: bullets & numbering (flyout menu), preview=on
- list type: bullet, add square Zapf dingbat, character style=ballot box, left indent=1p3, first line indent=–1p3
- make new paragraph style "ballot list"
- apply style to other list items
- clean up text (add forced line breaks)
- submit PDF in Angel for grading
- print and file graded proof in your 3-ring binder for individual review


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Most children associate sand with fun with on the beach or happy times in the sandpit. But for Basanta, age 12, and his younger brother Karma, sand is part of a gruelling day's work.
Despite his young age, Basanta is a sand miner - which means he spends his days shovelling and filtering sand so it can be used for building materials. It's dusty, sweaty, back-breaking work – and can be extremely dangerous too. Recently, a mother and child were killed when a makeshift mine collapsed.
Basanta and his brother are just two of the estimated 215 million children around the world who have to work to make ends meet. Without the extra cash he brings in, his family simply could not afford to eat. Unfortunately, they still don't have enough money to pay for Basanta to go to school.
But thanks to the help of the Child Welfare Scheme, which is funded by Comic Relief, things are starting to change for Basanta. The project has provided him and his brother with a dedicated social worker who makes sure they know how to keep safe at work. She's also supporting their mother to cut down on the children's working hours, so they can get a vital education as well as having time out just to play. Basanta is now working less and studying more, giving him the chance to turn his life around so he can look forward to a much brighter and more secure future.
"Before, I used to work all day; now I have time to rest and learn."


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|Rebuilding the Altar of the Temple|
The stones of the original Altar were stored within the Hall of the Fire, a large structure built into the northern wall of the Courtyard. The main purpose of the Hall was to serve as sleeping quarters for the watch of Kohanim currently on duty and it also provided them a place to warm themselves during the day, a necessary amenity since they had to walk around barefoot on cold marble floors as they performed the sacrificial service. The large warming fire located here gave it its name.
|Chamber of Receipts. Three of the original|
Altar stones are displayed above the fireplace.
In each of the four corners of Hall of the Fire were smaller chambers. The northeast contained the Chamber of Receipts where the Kohanim would issue receipts to individuals purchasing wine, oil, and flour from the Temple treasury. It was in this chamber that the stones of the Altar were stored. Now, it was impossible to fit a volume of stones the size of the Altar into this very small chamber. It is therefore likely that this chamber had a massive basement within the tunnels beneath the floor of the Courtyard where the large majority of the stones were stored, while some of the stones were left on display in the chamber upstairs to serve as a reminder of the miraculous events of the Chanukah story.


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A community safety audit is a way to create safer cities and communities. A safety audit can be used as a tool to bring attention to harassment and violence in public spaces. In a safety audit, individuals come together to walk through a physical environment, evaluate how safe it feels to them, identify ways to make the space safer, and organize to bring about those changes. Here's how to lead a successful safety audit:
- Form a safety audit group. A community safety audit is performed best by a group of community members and legislators who can help put effective policies into place. The makeup of the audit group should reflect the community. Diverse ethnicities, physical abilities, sexual identities, ages, income levels, and languages should all be represented in the group.
- Choose the date, place, and time. The audit can be done on any date, but it is sometimes easier to form a group following a specific incident that affected people's safety in the community, such as a sexual assault, drug use in the park, or hate graffiti on the walls. Plan the route ahead of time so that people can get around easily. The safety audit can be done during the daytime or at night, but it's best to do after dark if you want to identify lighting problems.
- Conduct outreach. Contact community-based organizations in the area and ask them to work with you on the audit. You can write a letter about how your Hollaback! site is interested in making public spaces safer for women and LGBTQ+ people. Ask them to commit to bringing a certain number of people. Make a Facebook group for the event, write a press release, contact the media, and make sure that all organizations you are partnering with are publicizing the event.
- Make an agenda for the safety audit. It usually takes about four hours to conduct a complete safety audit, but it might take more or less time depending on the size of the group and the size of the area. Four hours allow for an introductory meeting (45 minutes), the safety audit survey (1 hour), and discussions and recommendations after the audit (1 hour), plus extra time for everyone to travel from the meeting space to the audit location.
- Before the audit, create a checklist of six factors or characteristics that make the designated space feel unsafe. These factors might include poor lighting, lack of signs, objects blocking the view ahead, closed-off areas where individuals could be taken or trapped, areas that need maintenance, and areas that lack telephones.
- During the safety audit, make sure that the group stays together and encourage conversation among group members. Write down the comments you hear during the walk. Select a member of the group to take pictures of the physical locations of safety concerns.
- After the audit, identify the top three safety issues that arose during the walk. Use the post-audit meeting time to allow the group to make suggestions for how to solve these problems. Write down the group's ideas and recommendations. Collect all materials from the group and thank everyone for participating. Let everyone know you will be writing a report and tell them when to expect it!
- Write a recommendation report about the findings from your safety audit. Include the names of the organizations you worked with, your basic methodology for conducting the audit, and the safety issues that legislators and community members considered to be the most pressing in the area. This is a very important conclusion to the safety audit, as this report can be used later when you, community members, and local government work together to implement the changes needed to create safer spaces.
Hollaback! NYC held a safety audit in Queens with New York City Council Member Julissa Ferreras. Read about the safety audit here.
Click here for a PDF version of this Holla How-To.


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- Sculpts abs for that summer body.
- Challenges hip flexors for added leg tone.
- Improves posture by strengthening internal ab and spinal muscles.
How to do Flutter Kicks:
Starting Position: Begin by lying down on your back. Keep your arms at your sides sides and the palms of your hands facing down. Keeping your legs straight, lift your heels one inch off the ground.
Movement: Drive your palms into the ground as you lift one leg toward the sky, keeping it as straight as possible. Keep your toes pointed toward your shins the whole time.
Return: Lower the leg back to one inch off the ground, then switch legs.
Modification and Progression:
- To simplify Flutter Kicks, start with legs straight up in the air, directly over your hips. Lower one leg to about six inches (or less) off the ground. Only lower your legs to the point that you can keep your low back in contact with the ground. If you'd like, you can place your hands under your glutes to support your low back.
- To advance Flutter Kicks, raise your arms overhead, elbows near the biceps, with your palms facing toward each other.
- Throughout the motion, think about extending your leg away from your body, straight out.
- Maintain a constant breathing pattern throughout the exercise. For example, inhale for two kicks and exhale for two kicks.
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Simple explanations for plumbing problems
Low pressure on a Worcester boiler
The majority of central heating systems have a drop in water pressure over time. Normally they are set to between 1 and 1.5 when the radiators are cold. Worcester boilers have a unique way of filling that uses a plastic T shaped key in the bottom of the boiler. For people who don't use it much it can be pretty hard to figure out. This is a basic guide to filling up the boiler.
1. Check the pressure when the radiators are cold, the pointer will be between 1 and 0.
2. Take off the bottom cover. On modern Worcester boilers it slides forward. On older ones it clips off downwards. The cover in the photo is a modern boiler.
3. Get the filling key out of the cover its supplied separately on older boilers and may be a bigger size. The hole it goes into can be on the left or right depending on the age of the boiler.
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4. Line the arrow moulded into the body of the key upto the unlocked padlock moulded into the socket in the boiler.
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5. Then push it in as far as it will go, its sometimes quite a tight fit so a bit of vaseline or soap on the black rubber o rings can help get it in far enough. When its in as far as it will go turn it to the right so the arrow on the key is lined up with the locked padlock on the socket in the boiler.
6. Now slowly turn the little square white knob to the left of the key. To open it turn it to the right until you can hear water flowing. Do this very slowly whilst keeping an eye on the pressure gauge. When it gets between 1 and 1.5 turn it back to the left so the flow of water stops.
7. That's the pressure back to where it should be. Now turn the key back to unlocked and pull it downwards and out. You always get a little splash of water with the key as it comes out which is nothing to worry about. If it splashes then continues running/dripping the little white square knob might not be turned all the way off. Put the key back in the cover and put the cover back on. It generally hooks onto two runners either side then catches at the front.
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One of the mysteries of the English language finally explained.
A hippie who wore flowers as symbols of peace and love.'former flower children who try to relive their '60s drug-induced fantasies'
- 'Many of these young adults are the sons and daughters of the hippies, children of the flower children.'
- 'The field was filled with every race of persons found on the planet, flower children, hippies, and people there just there for the music.'
- 'Think back to the late 1960s to early 1970s era of flower children or hippies.'
- 'Hippies and flower children were reluctantly approaching middle age, and the whole hippie culture was fading into history.'
- 'It gave flower children and hippies the courage to live differently.'
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Ever wonder why there are so many airplanes flying over Maine? Especially in the late morning to early afternoon hours? Are they trying to catch me in my knickers in the garden? Spying on me as I remove that tag from my mattress that warns "Do Not Remove"? Well, the answer is simple (and doesn't involve any spying eyes or the mattress-police). Our state is just in the right place, at the right time. Or, as the real estate cliché claims, "location, location, location!"
Maine is perfectly located in the path of airplanes entering and exiting North Atlantic Organized Track System (NAT-OTS). (Spend any length of time in aviation and you will see that there's an acronym for everything. Yes, everything!) Otherwise known as the "tracks" by pilots flying in them. The tracks are an organized way to control the flow of aircraft over the Atlantic Ocean – from one shore to the next. If you've been to Europe from the United States, chances are you've flown in the tracks.
Each day the tracks operate like a highway to convey flights from one side to the other. But, this highway is never in same place due to the position of the jet stream, wind conditions, and weather systems. And, this highway in the sky changes direction twice a day! During the evening in the United States the flow of the tracks is eastward (towards Europe). Then, in the morning the tracks become westward from Europe to the United States. It is here where Maine sees the most "track" traffic flying overhead. Although when we see them in Maine they aren't technically in the tracks anymore. The tracks end roughly at 55 W longitude (near Gander in Canada) when radar services are available again. Then, continuing their journey, these flights enter US airspace and continue to their destinations. That's why when you look up on those brilliant, blue sky days you see multiple contrails lining the sky, all going in the same direction.
This video from NATS is a great time lapse of the tracks, showing east and west traffic as it travels across the Atlantic Ocean in 24 hours.
Ok, so there's a highway across the Atlantic. How did it get there? The North Atlantic Track Agreement was signed in 1898 (five years before Wilbur Wright, upon winning a coin toss, made the first powered flight in an airplane). This agreement created an organized system for transportation across the Atlantic. No, that's not a typo – 1898. The first use of such a system was established for commercial shipping. Initially there were seven recommended routes and they were kept at a separation of 60 miles between ships to avoid collision. In fact, the Titanic's doomed journey in 1912 was traveling on a recommended North Atlantic Track route when it struck an iceberg and tragically sunk. In 1913, the tracks were actually shifted one degree south to mitigate the possibility of iceberg hazards.
Commercial aircraft did not start to use a track system until 1961. By that time, the amount of traffic was growing too steadily and beginning to create difficulties for air traffic control (ATC). In 1965, the publication of the tracks became the standard for navigation across the Atlantic Ocean. Shortly after this the Oceanic Control Area (OCA) was established and split into five areas – Gander, Shanwick, Reykjavik, New York, and Santa Maria. 80% of all Oceanic track traffic passes through the Gander and Shanwick OCAs which hold a boundary at the 30 West longitude line, a rough halfway point between North America and Europe. I've also heard this referred to as the "Molson/Guinness" line in terms of beer! Ha!
Aircraft in the tracks are not controlled by radar. This is due to radar being limited to line of sight because of the curvature of the Earth. Pilots in Oceanic airspace use High Frequency (HF) radio and Satellite communications to relay their position and maintain separation with other aircraft in the tracks. Reporting is based on position by latitude and longitude. For every ten degrees of longitude, a pilot makes a reporting that includes position, altitude, and the next two reporting positions on the track route. Over 85% of aircraft flying in the tracks are equipped with Satellite-based CPDLC (Controller Pilot Data Link Communications) which utilizes text based messages to be sent between pilots and controllers.
I've been saying "tracks," plural. Yes, there are multiple tracks that aircraft utilize. They are given letters for reference on flight plans and clearances. Westbound tracks are labeled starting with A, while eastbound tracks are labeled starting with Z. Track messages are transmitted to all operators twice daily so the operators can plan the day's flights. There are also strict separation requirements while flying in the tracks. Separation on a specific track, say Track E, requires aircraft stay a distance of 60 nautical miles behind and in trail (laterally). This is at approximately 10 minutes apart. There is also a vertical separation in the tracks of either 2,000 feet or 1,000 feet depending upon whether the aircraft has been approved for reduced vertical separation minima (RVSM). To fly in the tracks, aircraft systems are also required to meet specific required navigation performance (RNP) which include redundancy in systems in case of failure or malfunction. So, there are a lot of safeguards established to make flying in the tracks uber-safe!
Usually each track is set at 60 nautical miles apart laterally (equal to one degree of latitude). However, as air traffic continues to increase (both for private and commercial flights) there is a need for more availability to the tracks. To increase traffic capacity and alleviate congestion in the sky "highway", a system of "half tracks" has recently been established. Instead of 60 nautical miles apart, half tracks are 30 nautical miles apart or half a degree of latitude. Of course, there are even more safeguards and equipment required to fly a half track, including the requirement for CPDLC for communications.
The tracks operate at altitudes between 29,000 and 41,000 feet. When the Concorde flew across the Atlantic Ocean, it operated at much higher altitudes. To accommodate, there were fixed tracks set up; Track Sierra Mike (SM) and Track Sierra Oscar (SO) for westbound flights and Track Sierra November (SN for eastbound flights. An additional track, Track Sierra Papa (SP) was created just for flights to Bermuda! Because the Concorde flew between 45,000 and 60,000 feet there was little weather variation, hence, the need for adjustment for the jet stream wasn't necessary.
So, when you're looking up to the bright blue sky and see all those contrails headed in the same direction, you'll know why – and what direction they're going! Maine is, for more than one reason, in the right place, at the right time! And, they're not the mattress-police! Oh and, if you're wondering – no, I do not conduct nefarious activities in my garden. But, I did remove the tag from my mattress!
Blue Skies and Happy Easter!


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This booklet is divided into three main sections. The first section presents general information on the need for and importance of promoting occupant restraint use for children, youth, and young adults. Most of the data and discussion in the document refer to these groups according to the following ages:
The next section provides occupant protection facts specific to children and youth, followed by facts for young adults.
The last section includes survey findings from NHTSA's Motor Vehicle Occupant Safety Surveys on self-reported behavior, attitudes, and opinions about safety belt use and laws. These surveys measure consumers' attitudes and opinions about occupant protection.


How to Lead Data Science Teams to Collaborate Effectively
To motivate others to achieve the team's mission and vision, you should possess the potential to motivate the inner prodigy inside you. Yes, you should be willing to learn and guide others to be a learner for life. That is the spirit of the most looked upon manager or team lead across any team.
You should be an efficient individual contributor with a flair for constant updating and being mindful towards overall excellence. Remember, the best data scientists would be intolerant to bad managers. A bad manager or a team lead can hold on to negative traits like micromanagement, gaslighting and involving in office politics. These are the characteristics dreaded by any data scientist, be it a junior level data scientist or a much senior employee.
All they look for is a resilient and experienced manager to direct them on the right path, or as the businessman Lee Iacocca once said: "Management is nothing more than motivating other people".
As the manager of a data science team, you might agree with Lee Lacocca and ask yourself the following questions:
 - What is the secret sauce to better team integrity that the new-age managers must know about?
 - How to get your team members to collaborate efficiently?
 - What can let them upscale as a manager, and let others under their team thrive?
In this blog post, we have identified four factors that answer these questions and which you can take into consideration to promote a high team performance.
1. Foster collaboration through trust and integrity
Data scientists spend around 80% of their time on capturing the meaning out of the data: decoding the datasets, conducting ETL as well as handling initial feature selection. The rest of the time is spent on making the data and their work available to the team.
That's why there should be a strong sense of trust among your teammates. They should not feel that heat when they approach each other. As a team manager or a lead, you would be responsible to demystify all the confusions related to the field. Be it handling unreasonable requests or explaining every team's role in the organisation, encourage people to reach out to the right authority without any hesitation.
Be it recruiting, onboarding, or handling performance reviews, you should be leading the team by building a sense of candour. Being "candid" need not translate directly to being "nice". You should know when to be straightforward and point out any blunders before any major mishaps leap up in the team. Encourage this attitude within your team, instead of allowing them to sugar coat stuff.
2. Connect with your team smartly to work wonders
To become the best team working on data science projects, allow your team to clearly understand the business goals. You should be able to lead your team's efforts to greater heights with regards to your organizational strategy. This is the most vital task imbibed upon any manager in the data science domain.
Data science projects are usually an amalgamation of questions from people outside the team. The questions put forth by the team would demand deeper fine-tuning and discussing with stakeholders. You should understand all the information you need to form a clear objective to proceed.
In her podcast interview with Datacamp, Angela Bassa talks about the importance of providing space and time for the company's data science function to measure. This would allow you to organize the processes to deliver better output. Your team excels much better when transparency and openness are prevalent. Every team member should be open for a candid conversation whenever a team member approaches them. There should not be any professional inhibitions between, let us say, a product manager and a data scientist within the team.
It's very probable that your stakeholders aren't able to answer all the questions by themselves and that they don't have a proper idea of how your final data science product exactly looks like. To ensure a general awareness of the project goals, invite your data science team to all your product and strategy meetings. In this remote working age, you can arrange a team chat to allow creative processes to flow in the team.
3. Create proactive teams
Being the hot cake in the market, data science is no wonder the most wanted career choice for every graduate. Your HR manager can get plenty of applications from candidates. You must cherry-pick the right candidates to make sure they survive in the long run. It is always good to create and streamline the right hiring process to sustain in the long term.
Be that forward-looking manager who values diversity among candidates. From their technical skillset to domain expertise, ensure that they are ready to fit in the professional experience and academic caricature expected to become the most prominent data scientist. They should also possess working experience on tools like SAS, Apache Spark, MATLAB and Tableau.
Do not forget to look for candidates who have wide practical knowledge in physics, computer science and statistics. The candidates should be people who can play around with stories related to data. They should be visualization wizards with a knack to collaborate and excel.
Also, concepts like Team Data Science Process (TDSP), the agile development modification of CRISP-DM, involving a modern data science lifecycle process to suit the cloud-oriented processing can come handy to foster proactive collaboration.
TDSP, introduced by Microsoft, is an iterative, agile data science methodology through which we can deliver predictive analytics solutions along with intelligent applications with efficient models.
The silver bullet of TDSP is that it helps you one-up your team collaboration spirit. You can learn through suggestions on how to build a proactive team.
4. Update yourself and your team
Trends keep changing and shifting every day. It could be Business Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Have a tip-top idea on predictive modelling and every related field. Staying updated is the only way to guide your team for escalated growth.
Professor Roger M. Stein from MIT points out that managing data scientists is quite different compared to managing any other team as it requires particular philosophies and skills. He also states a situation where organizations would ignore all the costs that low-cost (and low-quality) analytics projects take up. While data science within any business requires financial discipline, only most experienced data scientists are aware of the importance of updating themselves.
When you lower on quality aspects, it can have a long-term implication on the aesthetic and abstract values of the project. Decision making becomes sloppier in that case. Not every project would require high-cost and robust efforts. A few projects can also get over when you leverage a few ready-made solutions.
To segregate the type of projects concerning these differences, your team should have a clear knowledge of the nuances of a data science project. Add to this an effective communication strategy, accepting constructive criticism and validated learning. Your team now has the recipe to nail any data science project like a pro.
Keep updating yourself regularly. Read more blogs, be active in communities like Kaggle and Stack Overflow. Ensure that your knowledge and skillset are up to date in the current market. Encourage other team members to keep updating themselves this way.
Let knowledge sharing be a normal occurrence in your team.
To sum it up
Managing data science teams successfully is challenging and interesting at the same time. It's an everyday task, which continuously contributes to your learning curve. Fostering collaboration within your team, communicating project goals transparently, creating proactive teams as well as keeping oneself up to date are essential factors that contribute to outstanding team collaboration and a strong team spirit.
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Terminal Block Accessories
Terminal block accessories are components used to install, repair or enhance the function of terminal blocks. These are a type of electrical connector where the wires are clamped to the metal by a screw.
What are terminal block accessories used for?
Terminal block accessories come in an array of options with varying functions. Terminal end brackets, for example, provide a secure mechanical stop on the DIN rail. End covers are typically placed at the end of an assembly to enclose the open side of the terminal block. Both end brackets and end covers are custom designed to work with specific terminal blocks.
Wire ferrules encase the strands of flexible conductors, making them easier to introduce into terminals. They're typically made of a copper tube with a moulded isolating collar at the end. You can use a crimp tool die to crimp the copper tube for better contact between the wire strands and the contact point.
Types of terminal block accessories
There are numerous terminal block accessories including:
 - End brackets
 - End stops
 - Flange covers
 - Insertion bridges
 - Marker labels
 - Zack strips
 - Terminal block markers
 - Terminal screwdrivers
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2 types of Avoidant Coping to Catch Yourself Doing
Avoidant coping is about trying to avoid experiencing painful thoughts, feelings, memories, or sensations.
Here are two types you should try to learn to recognize in yourself.
Type 1. Avoiding situations.
Type 2. Avoiding behaviours.
Doing either of these types is likely to be limiting your happiness and success so it will help you to learn how to spot 'em.
For example, someone who is anxious about committing in relationships might
1. avoid getting into emotional relationships (thereby avoiding situations likely to trigger his/her commitment anxiety).
2. Once in relationships, avoid enacting behaviours that increase his/her commitment anxiety (e.g. avoid saying I love you, avoid making joint purchases)


digital-to-analog converter (DAC).
 - Sometimes they are just enabled with a GPIO, sometimes (especially TFA* amplifiers from NXP/Goodix) they are controlled via I²S and may even include their own audio DSP.
 - A typical property of these is that it's difficult to control the audio volume in hardware. Instead, the digital audio data needs to be adjusted in software (typically handled by PulseAudio.)
 - You need to add the amplifier to the device tree and then set up a DAI link for Quaternary MI²S.
 - Example with enable GPIO: arm64: dts: qcom: apq8016-samsung-matissevewifi: add sound
 - Example with I²C: arm64: dts: msm8916-samsung-a2015: Add sound card (Note: You typically need a driver specific to your amplifier in this case...)
 - Analog speaker amplifier: This one sits behind the analog codec in PM8916 and just further amplifies the (analog) output signal. The speaker output is not suitable for this so most devices have the speaker amplifier connected additionally to one of the headphones output, i.e. HPH_L (left channel) or HPH_R (right channel). Typically they are activated using a GPIO. Sometimes there is an extra switch for the headphones as well, to make sure they don't activate when we just want to activate the speaker.
 - You need to add the amplifier to the device tree (and eventually fixed regulators required for it). Then add it as aux-devs to the sound card and set up audio-routing.
 - Example with amplifier connected to HPH_R and extra headphones switch: arm64: dts: qcom: msm8916-wingtech-wt88047: Add sound
 - Example with special amplifier connected to HPH_R without headphones switch: arm64: dts: qcom: msm8916-bq-paella: Add sound
Please try to test as many of the features below as possible. If you don't have headphones or a headset you can obviously not test that.
 - Speaker/Earpiece/Headphones audio playback
 - Mic1/Mic2/Headset audio recording
 - Note: Some devices only have one integrated microphone.
 - Enable microphone via ALSA UCM / PulseAudio, then use (for example): arecord -f dat -Dplughw:0,1 test.wav, then aplay test.wav and check if you hear something.
 - Audio jack detection
 - Plug in/out headphones and check for SW_HEADPHONE_INSERT in evtest. It should be 1 when inserted, 0 otherwise. (Make sure it's not inverted!)
 - Plug in/out headset and check for SW_MICROPHONE_INSERT additionally.
 - If the headset has buttons, try pressing them and see if they show up in evtest.
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Although PM8916 provides a linear charger for batteries only few devices actually make use of it. This might be because it is comparatively inefficient compared to a switching mode battery charger. Therefore most devices actually have custom chips that manage the battery and charging. Usually it is separated in:
 - Fuel gauge: Measures the remaining charge of the battery.
 - Charger: Handles charging the battery.
Similar to the sensors, battery/charger are usually connected to an I²C bus. Look through the supported drivers in mainline (drivers/power/supply) to see if a driver exists already, or can be modified eventually to support another version of a similar chip. Compare with the downstream driver just to be sure.
Warning: Incorrect usage of battery/charger drivers might cause the battery to malfunction. In worst case, incorrect charging of batteries might even cause the battery to explode. Be careful.
To enable the vibrator simply add
&pm8916_vib {
 status = "okay";
To find out which input device the vibrator is, run cat /proc/bus/input/devices and look for something like pm8xxx_vib. Run fftest /dev/input/eventX (linuxconsoletools) with the event number from the command before (i.e. "Handlers=event3" so /dev/input/event3).
Useful page when messing with haptics:
The PMIC used together with MSM8916 (and MSM8939).
Bus Access Manager, some kind of DMA (Direct Memory Access) engine. Basically it can copy data from memory to devices (e.g. UART, USB,...) more quickly.
BAM Data Mux, a network protocol built using BAM that is used as a network interface to the modem.
"BAM-enabled low-speed peripheral". Controllers for UART, I²C and SPI.
Low-power audio subsystem
Mobile Display Subsystem - the hardware that manages the display.
Mobile Display Processor - Part of MDSS that manages display panels.
MIPI Display Serial Interface (DSI) - used for communication with display panel.
Camera Subsystem
System Power Management Interface - used for communication between MSM8916 and PM8916.
Remote Processors
Wireless Connectivity Subsystem (WCNSS). Provides WiFi and Bluetooth.
Provides hardware-accelerated video encoding/decoding.
Provides mobile connectivity and Audio DSP (ADSP). Note: On MSM8916, modem and ADSP are one remote processor, but the ADSP is usually separate on Qualcomm SoCs.
Microarchitecture for DSPs, used for ADSP/Modem/Sensor Hub/...
 - arm64: dts: apq8016-sbc: Increase load on l11 for SDCARD
 - [PATCH v2 0/9] Qualcomm WCNSS remoteproc (patch on Linux mainline mailing list)
 - drivers/net/wireless/wcnss/wcnss_vreg.c, line 366 (downstream kernel code)


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What is FFFFFFFF?
Most of all, FFFFFFFF is a number in hexadecimal notation
FFFFFFFF is the biggest 32-bit number in hexadecimal (or hex) notation. The hexadecimal notation is a way of representing base 16 numbers. The digits 0 to 9 are written as in the decimal numbers, while the digits 10 to 15 are written as A to F. The number is the sum of all the digits multiplied by 16 powered to the subtraction of the position of the digit from right to left and 1.
where S is the resulting number, N is the number of digits of the number, i is the position from right to left of the digit Di in the number, B is the base, which is 16 in our case.
If we calculate the number in decimal, FFFFFFFF in decimal is _PHONE_. In octal FFFFFFFF is 37777777777 or 037777777777. In binary FFFFFFFF is 11111111111111111111111111111111 or 0b11111111111111111111111111111111. In quaternary base FFFFFFFF is 3333333333333333. The above was true if we interpret FFFFFFFF as unsigned integer. If we interpret FFFFFFFF as a signed integer and the maximum bits of the number are 32, then FFFFFFFF is -1.
If we increase FFFFFFFF by 1, we get 100000000, it it was possible or overflow 32 bits, and we get 00000000 if it was not possible to overflow 32 bits. If we decrease FFFFFFFF by 1, we get FFFFFFFE.
We can use the hexadecimal representation to conduct operations on binary numbers. If we use 32-bit registers to calculate the operations, x AND FFFFFFFF = x, x OR FFFFFFFF = FFFFFFFF, and, if we interpret the numbers as signed integers, x XOR FFFFFFFF = -x.
FFFFFFFF has some related terms in the computer science
There are a lot of terms in the computer science, which are associated tightly or loosely with FFFFFFFF. There can be an exit code FFFFFFFF, access violation trying to access address FFFFFFFF, or general protection fault FFFFFFFF, illegal operation FFFFFFFF, if operations are enumerable, unhandled exception FFFFFFFF, stack overflow at position FFFFFFFF, I would say what a big stack, crc32 which is FFFFFFFF, net mask FFFFFFFF, subnet mask FFFFFFFF, network broadcast address FFFFFFFF, wrong host address FFFFFFFF, error FFFFFFFF, little endian FFFFFFFF, big endian FFFFFFFF... enough.
FFFFFFFF is an euphemism of the F-word
Some people associate FFFFFFFF with the 4-letter F-word? Others associcate FFFFFFFF with Friday. I wonder why. Did they study math, computer science or telecommunications?
FFFFFFFF in decimal
FFFFFFFF in decimal is 4 294 967 295.Keywords: FFFFFFFF, hex, dec, hexadecimal, mask, net, subnet, error code FFFFFFFF, math, decimal, f-word, notation, base, stack overflow, general protection fault, exit code, access violation, unhandled exception, 32-bit, crc32, stack, position, computer science, mathematics


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Regression Test System
The InES Regression Test System provides a platform to design and execute tests. It provides a wide range of interfaces to interact with the system under test. This includes interfaces to analyse and manipulate Ethernet traffic as well as interfaces to generate and analyse video and audio signals. The test system is based on a Linux operation system and can therefore be run on multiple platforms. The individual test cases are described in a Python script and can be run manually or automatically on the test system. The test system provides an interface for Jenkins (_URL_), an application for building and testing software continuously.
The InES Regression Test System provides following advantages:
- Quality improvements due to regression testing
- Automation of the testing process
- Simplified test implementation
- Individually adaptable to provide the needed test capabilities


Were the Queen and Prince Philip related and how did they meet?
So fascinating!
 - How did the Her Majesty the Queen and husband Prince Philip meet - and is it true that they were related?
 Married for 74 years until the Duke of Edinburgh's death, the Queen and Prince Philip were pictured celebrating their wedding anniversary together at Windsor Castle last year when a sweet snap was uploaded to the Royal Family Instagram.
 But rewind 86 years, long before the internet, dating sites, and mobile phones, this is is when the couple first met as children in 1934 when they both attended the wedding of Prince Philip's cousin, Princess Marina, who was tying the knot with Prince George, Duke of Kent.
 At the time, Corfu-born Philip, aged 13, was the Prince of Greece and Denmark and Princess Elizabeth was just eight years old.
 Were the Queen and Prince Philip related?
 Then known as Philip Mountbatten, he and Elizabeth were indeed related as they were third cousins and both great-great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria.
 How are the Queen and Prince Philip related to Queen Victoria?
 As distant relatives, the Queen and Prince Philip both have connections to Queen Victoria. Elizabeth's father King George VI makes her the great-great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Meanwhile, through his mother's lineage – Prince Philip's mother was Princess Alice of Battenberg, and her mother was Princess Victoria who was the daughter of Princess Alice, who was Queen Victoria's second daughter, making Prince Philip also a great-great-grandchild of Queen Victoria.
 The Queen and Prince Philip are third cousins, and back then it was common for members of European royal families to marry each other.
 October 1937: George, Duke of Kent (1902 - 1942) with Marina, Duchess of Kent (1906 - 1968) travelling in a carriage with Princess Margaret Rose (1930 - 2002) (centre), Princess Elizabeth (left) and Queen Elizabeth, Queen Consort to King George VI (left).
 How else are the Queen and Prince Philip related?
 Queen Victoria and Prince Albert had nine children, all of whom married into different European royal houses. As a result, the Queen and Prince Philip are also related through King Christian IX of Denmark. The Queen's father George VI was the son of King George V, who was the son of Alexandra of Denmark. Alexandra of Denmark was the daughter of Christian IX, and she was married to Queen Victoria's son Edward VII.
 Christian IX was also Prince Philip's paternal great-grandfather. Philip's father was Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, who was the son of Prince George I of Greece. Prince George I of Greece was the son of Christian IX. The Queen's father George VI was a second cousin of Philip's mother Princess Alice. This would therefore make Elizabeth and Philip second cousins, once removed, through this connection.
 Was it love at first sight for the Queen and Prince Philip?
 It's understood that the young Queen was drawn to Philip's "viking" good looks. Her governess Marion Crawford wrote in her memoir, The Little Princess, that simply seeing Philip made a teenage Elizabeth turn 'pink-faced'.
 But before they could strike up a friendship, it was a whole five years later that the couple met once more at Dartmouth Royal Naval College in 1939.
 And Marion wasn't the only one to notice the instant attraction, Philip's uncle, Lord Louis Mountbatten, described their first meeting "a great success" in his diary.
 Their friendship and in turn relationship developed through a series of letters as Elizabeth and Philip began communicating via letter while he served in the Mediterranean and Pacific Fleets during the Second World War.
 Prince Philip and Elizabeth II
 When did the Queen and Prince Philip get engaged?
 But when Philip returned from his duty, he wasted no time in asking Elizabeth's father, King George VI, for his permission to propose to her.
 Elizabeth accepted his proposal, in which Philip presented her with a ring made by jewellers Philip Antrobus who used diamonds from a tiara belonging to Philip's mother Princess Alice of Battenberg, and the couple announced their engagement on 9th July 1947.
 Before the wedding, Prince Philip was appointed the Duke of Edinburgh as well as receiving the titles of Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich of Greenwich in the County of London.
 The wedding ceremony took place just four months later at Westminster Abbey on 20th November, in front of 2,000 guests.
 Despite being related, their marriage wasn't arranged by their families.
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 1. African swine fever (ASF) is found in warthogs, bush pigs and other wild pigs in the ASF-controlled areas of Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, the northern parts of KwaZulu-Natal and in other Southern African countries. Domestic and wild pigs and their products may not be removed from ASF affected areas or countries because these are dangerous to pigs in the rest of South Africa.
 2. ASF is a disease that makes pigs sick and kills almost all of them. There is no medicine which can cure ASF; however it does not make humans sick.
 3. Your pigs can get ASF if they are in contact with other sick pigs or if they move around in areas were those sick pigs have been. Pigs can also get ASF from wild pigs and from the ticks dropped by wild pigs in the ASF Controlled Areas.
 4. Your pigs can get ASF if they eat kitchen waste (including from weddings and funerals), garbage and swill that contains meat from sick pigs or that has been in contact with meat from sick pigs. According to the law, kitchen waste must be boiled for one hour before it is fed to pigs; this is to keep them safe from diseases.
 5. Pigs with ASF may have the following signs:
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 - Not wanting to eat;
 - Struggling to breathe;
 - Pregnant pigs may abort;
 - The ears, nose, tummy and legs may become red;
 - The pigs die very quickly within 2 to10 days.
 6. ASF spreads very quickly between sick and healthy pigs and almost all pigs in a group/ herd may die within two to ten days.
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The Life Path information is derived from Michael McClain, Astrology-Numerology.com. Used with permission.


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You will need a pair of headphones or ear buds.
- The pair that came with your phone will work fine.
Your computer needs to have a webcam
- If your computer has video chat capabilities, you should be set.
If you see a box in STEP 2 asking you for access to your camera and microphone, please click "Allow," then "Close." Here's an example:
STEP 2 - Recording
In the box below, click "record from webcam." RECORDING WILL BEGIN IMMEDIATELY.
Then scroll down and press the play button.


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In relation to sex, when is it considered permissible to gives oneself to another? If what one is waiting for is love, then why does a piece of paper stating marriage have to stop a person from connecting himself/herself with his/her love physically and spiritually? A piece of paper will not stop a breakup. If this is all true, then why does the dilemma of if to have sex or not plague one's mind?
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A growing proportion of Australian wines now have a higher alcohol concentration than was the case a decade or more ago. While such wines, which are typically full-bodied, rich, with ripe-fruit flavour, have undoubtedly contributed to the success of the Australian wine sector, their relatively high alcohol content can compromise their desirability, particularly in overseas markets. The big wine style described above is essentially the product of relatively dry climatic conditions, which facilitate lengthy maturation of grapes. These conditions, however, lead to grapes with high sugar levels, and this, in turn, leads to wines with high levels of alcohol. High alcohol content can be problematic because it potentially compromises wine flavour, increases export costs in countries where taxes are levied according to ethanol content, and raises health concerns associated with excessive alcohol consumption. Therefore, the wine sector is pursuing strategies to lower the ethanol content of wine without compromising quality or increasing input costs.
The use of wine yeasts that produce wine with less alcohol than those currently available to winemakers is one of the strategies we are exploring. Therefore, we are trying to generate novel strains of wine yeast which metabolise sugar in such a way that substantially less ethanol is produced while maintaining high wine quality. We are applying both, non-genetically modified (non-GM) and genetically modified (GM) approaches; the latter approach is being used for research purposes to inform us better about what might be possible.
Although the Australian wine industry does not use genetically modified organisms (GMOs), we use this technology since it will (i) enable the identification of targets for non-GM approaches to wine yeast strain development, (ii) show how far we can push the low-ethanol phenotype in wine yeast without compromising quality, and (iii) deliver the best 'low-ethanol' strains in readiness for adoption by winemakers if/when the industry and consumers are accepting of GMOs.
We are also researching other strategies to lower alcohol concentration in wine described in an AWRI Fact Sheet we have developed. Indeed, we have established a multi-disciplinary approach to assess the impact of harvesting time and grape maturity on tannin development, alcohol content, wine flavour, sensory profile and consumer preference.
We have generated a genetically modified (GM) wine yeast, AWRI2532, which was able to decrease ethanol concentration by 3.5%(v/v), i.e. from 15.7% v/v to 12.2% v/v, when fermenting Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon musts.
We developed an AWRI Fact Sheet with recommendations and opportunities for grapegrowers and winemakers on a range of approaches that may be used to adjust alcohol concentration.
What this means for grapegrowers and winemakers
The GM prototype leads the way for us to develop non-GM wine yeasts with similar performance. Winemakers will know the effects on wine flavour and aroma from lowering alcohol in wine by using low-alcohol yeast.
Growers and winemakers can evaluate the recommendations described in the AWRI Fact Sheet in order to produce wines with lower concentrations of alcohol.
Project leader: Dr Paul Chambers
Project team members:
Varela, C., Kutyna, D., Stanley, G.A., Henschke, P., Chambers, P. 2010. Yeast provides a lower alcohol pathway. Aust. N.Z. Grapegrower Winemaker 561: 80-83 (click here to order).
Varela, C., Chambers, P.J., Coulter, A., Dry, P.R., Francis, I.L., Gawel, R., Muhlack, R., Henschke, P.A., Stockley, C.S., Herderich M.J. & Pretorius, I.S. 2010. Controlling the highs and the lows of alcohol in wine. Aust. N.Z. Wine Ind. J. (2010) 25(4): 14-19 (click here to order).
Coulter, A., Stockley, C., Varela, C., Francis, I.L., Chambers, P.J., Henschke, P.A., Dry, P., Gawel, R., Muhlack, R. Reducing alcohol levels in wine. 2010. AWRI Technical Review 186: 11-15.
Chambers, P., Borneman, A., Schmidt, S., Hack, J., Varela, C., Mercurio, M., Curtin, C., Cozzolino, D., Ugliano, M., Herderich M. & Pretorius, I.S. 2009. The dawn of a new paradigm for wine yeast strain development. Aust. N.Z. Wine Ind. J. 24(3): 16-18 (click here to order).
Varela, C., Kutyna, D., Henschke, P., Chambers, P., Herderich, M., Pretorius, I.S. 2008. Taking control of alcohol. Aust. N.Z. Wine Ind. J. 23(6): 41-43 (click here to order).
Chambers, P., Bellon, J., Schmidt, S., Varela, C., Pretorius, I.S. 2007. Non-GM approaches to isolating and generating novel yeasts for industrial applications. In Diversity and Potential Biotechnological Applications of Yeasts. Eds: G. Kunze and T. Satyanarayana. (click here to order).
Bartowsky, E., Bellon, J., Borneman, A., Chambers, P., Cordente, A., Costello, P., Curtin, C., Forgan, A., Henschke, P., Kutyna, D., MaCarthy, J., Macintyre, O., Schmidt, S., Tran, T., Swiegers, H., Ugliano, M., Varela, C., Willmott, R., Pretorius, I.S. 2007. Not All Wine Yeasts Are Equal. Microbiology Australia 28: 55-58 (click here to order).
Chambers, P., Varela, C., Henschke, P. 2006. Persuading wine yeast to make less alcohol. AWRI Technical Review 161: 8-10.
864 Eglinton, J.M., Heinrich, A.J., Pollnitz, A.P., Langridge, P., Henschke, P.A., de Barros Lopes, M.A. 2002. Decreasing acetic acid accumulation by a glycerol overproducing strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae by deleting the ALD6 aldehyde dehydrogenase gene. Yeast 19(4): 295-301 (click here to order).
de Barros Lopes, M., Rehman, A.-U., Gockowiak, H., Heinrich, A.J., Langridge, P., Henschke, P.A. 2000. Fermentation properties of a wine yeast overexpressing the Saccharomyces cerevisiae glycerol 3-phosphate dehydrogenase gene (GPD2). Aust. J. Grape Wine Res. 6: 208215 (click here to order).