location, company size, and so on.
The rules to define which data source you use are called fallback strategies. This defines the cascading order of data sources for a given attribute to ensure the most accurate, known data - as well as prevent blank Unknown fields being synced everywhere.
Designing your fallback strategies
You will likely use multiple types of sources of data. You need to understand how these will relate and overwrite each other. There are two types to understand:
 1. Time-based fallback strategies: When you source what data
 2. Source-based fallback strategies: What data sources have precedence
It may be that you can't source all the data you need upfront to identify a lead or customer as an ideal customer profile (as discussed in Part 1: How to create an ideal customer profile & data model).
In this case, you need to select which data to prioritize collecting. For instance, instead of long lead forms or live chat sequence to fill all the data types you need, focus on the top priority questions (besides contact information) that will help you focus in on ICPs (and eliminate most of the others).
To create this, transform your abstracted master customer data model into an ordered list by the priority you need to ask it, where you will source it from, and when. You may want to consider this with other sales qualifying criteria like budget, authority, need, and timing (i.e. whether they're ready for sales or not) that you need to capture through your forms too.
Pull all the data you need to source into an ordered list:
Type Data Type Data Source Captured When
Contact Name Form 1 - On demo request
Contact Email Form 1 - On demo request
Master data model (ICP) Number of employees Form 1 - On demo request
Sales qualifying criteria (BANT) Problem to be solved Form 1 - On demo request
Master data model (ICP) Job title Enrichment 2 - After demo request
Sales qualifying criteria (BANT) Marketing budget CRM 3 - First sales call
Sales qualifying criteria (BANT) Authority to purchase CRM 3 - First sales call
Sales qualifying criteria (BANT) Timing CRM 3 - First sales call
Second, you need to consider source-based fallback strategies. For something like job title, there are various different accurate sources of this:
 - Data through form submission
 - Data from 3rd party enrichment tool(s)
 - Reviewing their LinkedIn profile and email signature (e.g. sales rep updating CRM records)
Depending on the exact type of data in your industry, you may find different data sources more reliable (accurate, complete, up-to-date) than others. Should sales reps be able to overwrite anything submitted directly by a lead or customer? So for each data point in your master customer data model, you need to define how you prioritize the different sources.
For instance, for identifying job title you may prioritize your sources like so:
Source of Job Title Data Tool Store as Priority
CRM record Salesforce job_title 1
Form submission HubSpot job_title 2
Data enrichment Clearbit employement_title 3
Whether you manage your customer data (your CRM, marketing automation, or customer data platform), you should be able to setup a fallback strategy.
Here's an example of the logic you need to implement this.
// Fallback Stategy for Job Title
// Salesforce Contact (CRM record updated), HubSpot (form fill) & Clearbit (enrichment)
const userTraits = {};
if(_.get(user, "unified_data.job_title", null) === null) {
 const companyNameFallbacks = [
 { dataObject: user, attribute: "salesforce.job_title" },
 { dataObject: user, attribute: "hubspot.job_title" },
 { dataObject: user, attribute: "clearbit.employment_title" }
 executeFallbackStrategy(userTraits, "unified_data/job_title", jobTitleFallbacks);
function executeFallbackStrategy(dataObject, attributeName, strategy) {
 _.forEach(strategy, (s) => {
 if (!_.isNil(_.get(s.dataObject, s.attribute, null))) {
 _.set(dataObject, attributeName, _.get(s.dataObject, s.attribute));
 return false;
Your tool that maintains your single customer view must enable you to define fallback strategies to prioritise your data sources.
identity resolution fallback strategy
Lesson #6: Complete, Real-Time "Golden Customer Record"
With your data all unified into one profile, cleansed, and your fallback strategies defined, you have a complete, accurate, single view of the customer — this is your "golden customer record".
Your golden customer record is the single source of truth for all your other tools. Instead of mapping data between all your tools (where everything has to integrate with everything else), you pass all your data through the process of unifying, cleansing & running fallback strategies so your golden customer record is always up-to-date. From here, you sync complete & accurate customer data across all your tools.
However, for this to be effective, the data flow needs to happen at the speed at which your teams and tools need to react. This depends on the time you allow between:
 - A Demo requested event and your sales reps reaching out
 - A User signup event and the onboarding drip email series being triggered
 - A website visitor Chat started event and your chatbot responding
 - A subscriber hitting unsubscribe and your next email being sent
For all these points of engagement, they should be able to leverage the full context of your golden customer record to personalize the engagement — instead of sending the same message & experience to everyone. This means the data flow needs to happen in as close to real-time as possible.
Earlier, when discussing tools to host your single customer view, the one-way and slow nature of ETL tools and data warehousing was discussed. There are plenty of use cases where customer data needs to be captured and stored that don't require a real-time data flow.
However, for common B2B use cases like lead qualification, email personalization, triggering live chat, and so on, data warehousing doesn't supply the persistent always-up-to-date golden customer record that these tools need.
This isn't only about optimizing data flows based on the job-to-be-done, or empowering teams to be more efficient. Maintaining a shared, near-real-time context of every lead and customer across all your tools enables you to create a better customer experience, as discussed in Part 2: Customer Journey Mapping, Analytics & Attribution Modeling.
single source of truth best practices
Put it into practice
There's no ready-made template for providing your single source of truth. Every organization has this challenge, but like a snowflake, every combination of tools, teams & data is different.
Follow the principles in this guide to create a real-time data flow and single source of truth.
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Next up: Choosing your marketing technology stack in 2018
With your ideal customer profile and customer journey map defined, and all your data sourced, unified & condensed into your golden customer record - your single source of truth - you need to consider which tools to use.
The temptation for many sales and marketing teams is to buy tools for every pain point, fad, and fashion. This creates a bloated, expensive frankenstack that creates a disjointed customer experience.
In Part 4 of The Complete Guide to Customer Data, we'll share our pragmatic framework for "hiring tools to do a job".
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Know Your Barclays Bank Delaware Routing Number
Barclays Bank Delaware Routing Number RoutingNumberUSA
What's The Barclays Bank Delaware Routing Number?
As a customer of Barclays Bank Delaware, if you want to make a transaction through the bank, you need a Barclays Bank Delaware Routing Number. These routing numbers help to identify the financial institution behind a transaction. But the routing numbers were actually designed to help sort, bundle and ship paper checks. As the time progressed, new means of transactions came into being like Automated Clearing House and wire transfers. Hence, the routing number system incorporated these transaction modes into it. Here, you will also find answers to how to find your Barclays Bank Delaware routing number and what is the routing number for Barclays Bank Delaware?
Barclays Bank Delaware Routing Number RoutingNumberUSA
The table given below shows all the Barclays Bank Delaware Routing Numbers.
Barclays Bank Delaware ABA Routing Transit Numbers (RTN)
Here is the state wise list of Barclays Bank Delaware Routing Number for Checking Account and Savings Account.
S _URL_ AbbreviationRouting Number
What is an ABA Routing Number?
Financial Institutions need ABA Routing Number system to make monetary transactions. These routing numbers help people to identify the financial institution behind a transaction. A single registrar assigns routing numbers to every financial institution in the United States. Currently, this registrar is Accuity, which takes care of complete routing number system. The American Bankers Association designed the routing number system in 1910.
ABA Routing Transit Number (RTN) RoutingNumberUSA
The current registrar, Accuity, assigns each bank a maximum of 5 routing numbers. But as banks keep on merging with each other, they can have more than 5 routing numbers. There are 26,895 active routing numbers in use. All bank customers need to fill the correct routing number to make a transaction. They can also find their routing number at the bottom left corner of their check. When you look closely, ABA routing number is the one with 9-digits.
What's The Barclays Bank Delaware SWIFT Code?
Barclays Bank Delaware, like other banks, uses SWIFT Code to make all the international transactions for itself and its customers.
The SWIFT Code for Barclays Bank Delaware is – BARCUS33
What is a SWIFT Code?
SWIFT Code functions in the same way as a Routing Number. It helps to identify the financial institution behind a transaction globally. Banks use the swift codes to transfer money between them for international wire transfers or SEPA payments. They also use swift codes to exchange messages.
A SWIFT Code has 8 to 11 characters and they are explained as follows:
 - Bank CodeFirst four letters (alphabets) (Usually a shortened version of a bank's name)
 - Country CodeNext two letters (alphabets) (The country bank is located in)
 - Location Code- 2 digit location code (alphabets or digits) (Location of bank's head office)
 - Branch Codeoptional three digits (alphabets or digits) (It specifies banks branch instead of head office)
Things To Know About Barclays Bank Delaware
Barclays Bank Delaware actually started out as Juniper Bank, a direct bank in Wilmington, Delaware. Earlier, the bank focused on branded credit cards. However, Juniper opened its doors to the public in January 2000 and received financing from Benchmark Capital. Moreover, in November 2000, they began offering insurance products. The next year in September 2001, the company sold 51% of its stakes to Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. CIBC made an additional $50 million investment in Juniper and raised its state ownership to 89%. Juniper signed a deal with Airtran Airways to offer a branded credit card in November 2002. Barclays acquired Juniper Bank in 2004 renamed it as Barclays Bank Delaware.
Barclays Bank Delaware is among the top banks in the US, along with other banks like Huntington and BBVA Compass. You also need the Huntington Bank Routing Number and BBVA Compass Bank Routing Number respectively if you have an account in these banks.
Barclays Bank Delaware ABA Routing Number RoutingNumberUSA
The parent company, Barclays PLC, is a British multinational bank and financial services company based in London. Barclays is a universal bank with global reach, providing services and products in personal, corporate and investment banking, credit cards and wealth management. It operates its offices in more than 40 countries and employs close to 120,000 people. Barclays has four core business areas:
 - Personal & Corporate (Personal Banking, Corporate Banking, Wealth & Investment Management)
 - Barclaycard
 - Investment Banking
 - Africa
Barclays Bank Delaware is based in Wilmington, Delaware and its address is:
125 South West Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801


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Monday, July 31, 2006
Erosion v. Eruption: Lupine in Iceland
Is Lupinus nootkatensis a panacea or peril?
Nookta Lupines in Iceland
Photo: Jorgen Aabech
Grain by grain, Iceland is blowing away. Soil erosion is a huge problem on this treeless, windy island, and the harsh climate discourages most plants from taking hold.
In 1945, someone (we've yet to discover who) had the brilliant blue idea of introducing Lupinus nootkatensis, Nootka lupine. This Alaskan native (most definitely a majestic relative of our Texas bluebonnet) flourished. Lupine plants anchored the soil and enriched it too; the flowers are stunning!
But Iceland may have too much of a good thing. Tina Butler reports that Nootka lupine's success has meant the demise of many native plants. In some regions, she writes, lupine fields have degenerated after 15-20 years, leaving richer soil behind, but in many other locations, "the comparatively tall lupine creates a canopy over the previously dominant lichens, mosses, and low shrubs, causing these species to decline in the newly formed shade. Ultimately, species diversity among plants declines as the lupine spreads."
Borgthor Magnusson, of Reykjavik's Agricultural Research Institute, writes, "Once the lupine has become established, it is very difficult to control its spread. Efforts to do so, for example, in the Skaftafell National Park in southeast Iceland, have proven ineffective. Grazing sheep prevent the spread of the lupine by eating the seedlings, but the overall decline in sheep farming in Iceland has left many large lowland areas free of grazing."
If only we could go back 1100 years. That's when Iceland's trees were all cut down, creating the erosion problem in the first place. If only someone had introduced a different, less aggressive form of lupine...if only Iceland could recruit a few thousand more sheep-herders….
Tina Butler writes, "The cause to reforest Iceland may be a noble one for some, but others believe it is too late to try and restore the country's original ecosystem, believing it is better to let the sand, sea and wind lay their claim to the land." Butler's fine article shows how, as rivers find the sea, ecological questions flow into aesthetics and ethics.
For lots more about the complexities of plant ecology, check out Jennifer Forman Orth's Invasive Species Weblog.
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Here's Comes the Bouquet, er uh, Bride
Johannesburg's fashion crowd swoons for Franz Grabe.
Wedding dress by Julian & Franz Grabe
South Africa Fashion Week, July 2006
We always suspected that flowers figured so prominently at weddings to distract everyone from the bride's imperfections. In our own wedding pictures, a bad haircut, tired eyes, tension, and a thrift shop ensemble are nearly blotted out by the biggest handful of July zinnias Louisville gardens could produce.
Now South African floral designer Franz Grabe, noted for his all-organic-flower couture, proves the point. On Day One of South Africa Fashion Week Grabe, ever a crowd favorite, received ah-mens for his all blossom bridal gown. Working with designer Julian, Grabe's couture "stole the show," according to Lize de Kock. And that's just what the bride is entitled to, right?
Franz Grabe Flower Couture, 2003
Photo: South African Fashion Designers
We found not nearly enough about Grabe, who apparently has been designing floral clothing for a number of years now. This site shows a few outfits for Him, also, including a smoking jacket with shiny frond lapels.
A few years back, Grabe collaborated with Coenie Hattingh on a 17-piece collection. "The garments, which Hattingh refers to as 'disposable fashion,' cost as much as R10,000 ($1456 USD) and last up to two days depending on the flowers and plants used."
"Disposable," actually isn't right for either flowers or fashion. "Ephemeral," maybe, or how about "recyclable," since fashion is the only world we know where ever few years white (or green or pink…) will be new-new-new.
Saturday, July 29, 2006
Scan That Sunflower
Barcodes may be the breakthrough method for cataloguing the Earth's 10 million plants and animals.
Despite centuries of work by plant taxonomists, only a fifth of the world's species has been accurately catalogued. Meanwhile, pollution, deforestation, and zealous land development are killing off tree and flower species (animals, too) with each passing day. There's a sense of urgency about stepping up the process of identification, but how?
Molecular biologist Kenneth Cameron and others are hoping to perfect a barcoding system that, with the swipe of a scanner, could distinguish closely related species and give every plant on earth an instant ID. In yesterday's Wall St. Journal, Sharon Begley profiled Cameron and his work. "DNA bar coding depends on analyzing part of just one gene, the same gene in all cases, for every species. If and when a DNA bar code database of all terrestrial plant and animal species is established, a field biologist could take a tiny piece of tissue, like a scale or hair or leaf, from the unknown specimen, and feed it into a hand-held device for analysis." The process works on tissues up to 20 years old.
The New York Times ran a piece in December 2004 that focused on successful barcoding of animals, with "the first 648 DNA units of a gene called CO1 (for cytochrome c oxidase 1)." The method has been tougher to apply among plants since plant species have more similar DNA and hybridize so much more easily. Cameron and others have been closing in on several promising strands of plant DNA that might offer a unique "thumbprint" but thus far none can entirely single out every species. Some scientists even doubt whether such a strand of DNA exists in the plant world.
For you hard scientists, here's a scholarly paper on the subject. Have at it and let us know what you think.
Those of us who still look for price tags on the peanut butter jar may be asking, Why bother? At the current rate of traditional taxonomic research, Dr. Quentin Wheeler of Cornell University, says, "We will need 1,196 years to complete the job," of identifying all bugs, critters, trees, and flowers: too late for the many thousands of species already scudding toward extinction. Begley writes that successful barcoding also could "make life easier for customs inspectors trying to catch trade in endangered species, not to mention for mushroom hunters unsure whether a specimen is a luscious morel or a toxic amanita. Slip a pinch into your bar coder and live to forage another day."
Thanks and love to for alerting us to this story.
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Addled by the summer heat? So are we. Here are some "Plantimals" for your delectation, best observed after a hatless hour in the Texas sun.

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Re: EKAQEUDEN: Is Perseus wrong?
Carl W. Conrad (
Sat, 11 Jan 1997 17:31:08 -0600
This has been worked over by several people; rather than cite the entire
correspondence history, I'd like to work with Jonathan's original because I
think there was a fundamental misunderstanding of the Perseus (or rather of
the LSJ) enry on EKAQEUDEN.
At 1:06 PM -0600 1/11/97, Jonathan Robie wrote:
>Perseus morphological parser, and Perseus told me this:
> ekatheuden, imperf ind act 3rd sg, nu_movable root_preverb
>this was made up of two words:
> Preverb: KATA
> Dictionary entry: KAQEUDW
>balled his eyes out (snorting like a horse).
>Perseus? Does anybody know how it works?
The first problem was the confusion of "nu_movable root_preverb" as a
single notion; they are two distinctive features in this parsing. As David
Moore noted, the "nu_movable" is what appears at the end of the 3rd sg. E-
ending for euphony. What is meant by "root_preverb," however, is that the
compounding of KAQEUDO from KAT(A) + hEUDW is so early that KAQEUDW was
deemed a simple rather than a compounded verb, meaning that it is augmented
before KAQ rather than before hEUD. I don't think I have ever seen an
imperfect of this not-uncommon verb spelled KAQHUDON--rather it is always
EKAQEUDON. The compounding is very old indeed. There are some other verbs
like this, but the only one that comes readily to my mind is EPISTAMAI,
which is indeed a compound of EP(I) + hISTAMAI (or possibly, maybe even
more likely, simply of EPI + STA, since the Pi is not aspirated as it would
be by compounding of P + hI). This verb, an exremely important verb fraught
with implications for the hisory of philosophy (it gives us the word
EPISTHMH and Epistemology) means "know," "understand." It is not thought of
as a compound at all; it's imperfect is HPISTAMHN (never EP-ISTAMHN or
EF-ISTAMHN). So that is what is mean by "root_preverb" here.
As for hREGKW, I think it's one of those ablaut roots: hREGK/hROGK -- I
don't recall ever seeing a zero grade for it, but there is an o-grade noun,
hO hROGKOS for "snort," or "snore." It has to be an old Greek root, and it
appears to me to be the very epitome of an onomatopoetic root, one that
expresses in sound that very nasal snort which is its essential meaning.
snoring at night!).
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University
One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO, USA 63130
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There is much evidence suggesting that a special model for higher education has developed in the Nordic countries during the second half of the twentieth century. This model is characterized by largely publicly-owned systems, which are relatively closely regulated by the state, include high levels of public funding and no or low student fees, and have strong influences from egalitarian traditions. In such models, higher education has also been seen as an important pillar in the welfare system, not only through the emphasis on broad and equal access, but also by educating the professionals needed for the development of the welfare state.
During the last three decades higher education systems in the Nordic countries have undergone important changes. The Bologna process has been implemented, although time tables and the degrees of adjustments have varied. The number of students has increased drastically, partially by the establishment of new institutions. Internationalization has become a more integrated part of the national systems and an increased emphasis on efficiency, competition and market orientation has been apparent. In short, the systems appear to have been transformed from cohesive and standardized systems, administered largely within the state, into more diverse and complex national and international higher education landscapes.
Our project investigates what these changes mean for the traditional Nordic model of higher education by focusing on the recruitment of students. We believe that recruitment patterns offer a key to understanding the effects of restructuring in national systems of higher education, as changes in recruitment patterns over time provide us with indicators of changing valorizations of higher education programs, fields and types of study, and institutions. Analyzing recruitment patterns also makes it possible to evaluate the function of higher education in relation to the welfare state, evidencing the role it plays in democratic goals related to equity.
The project will compare recruitment patterns across four countries: Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden; as well as comparing between several disciplines and higher education institutions within each country. Under-utilized and unique statistical resources that exist in the Nordic countries will provide robust data for analyses of the whole population of students in each country, and investigations of structural changes over the last three decades.

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Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS)
Prospective life cycle assessment of high-temperature superconductor tapes for future grid applications
Project description
In order to achieve a robust and reliable future energy system in the course of the energy transition, not only regenerative energy production and energy storage are important, but also the distribution of energy.
Within the electric grid, power lines are used to transmit and distribute energy. High-temperature superconductor (HTS) cable systems can replace conventional power lines and first field tests already showed promising results. Advantages of HTS are the compact design, no electromagnetic field outside the cable, and a possible reduction of transmission losses. To increase these positive effects, different materials and configurations are investigated in the EU project FASTGRID. Different HTS applications, including cables and fault current limiters made from a new generation of HTS tapes, are in the focus of the planned investigation.
The main research questions are: 1) What are the environmental impacts of HTS tape and cable production and how can you analyze and evaluate them? 2) How does life cycle assessment (LCA) help to identify promising ecologically beneficial design options in an early stage of technology development?
It is planned to conduct a life cycle assessment for different HTS tapes including the shunt and their new manufacturing routes with a "cradle to gate" approach. The aim is to compare the environmental impacts of different tapes developed in the FASTGRID project. Additionally, within a prospective analysis the environmental impacts of a potential use of tapes in an HTS cable system will be elaborated.
Administrative data
Supervisor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Noe
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Grunwald
Related projects: FASTGRID
Doctoral students at ITAS: See Doctoral studies at ITAS
Alexander Buchholz
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS)
P.O. Box 3640
76021 Karlsruhe
Tel.: +49 721 608-22265


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This course aims at analyzing economic insecurity from a global perspective and introducing social security as a societal measure to combat economic insecurity. Specifically, this course will examine the sources of economic insecurity of the individual and the relationship between globalization and economic insecurity. It will also discuss the philosophy, development, characteristics and functions of different types of social security measures in different countries and analyze current debates on the future development of social security in national and cross-national perspective.


Common Nighthawk
Distribution and Migration
Common Nighthawk (Pam Hunt)
Despite what their name suggests, Common Nighthawks are most active during twilight rather than night, and are not close relatives of hawks. They are sometimes referred to as bullbats, due to their bat-like flying patterns and the loud whooshing sound they make with their wings. These birds are often observed in flight pursuing insects.
Common Nighthawks have a large breeding range that spans most of continental North America (including the Maritimes), stopping in the northern Canadian territories and extending into Central America. These birds overwinter in South America, most commonly in eastern Peru, Ecuador, and southern Brazil.
37% of Common Nighthawk breeding grounds are located in Canada, though only 10% of the population of the species actually breeds in Canada. Within Canada, most individuals breed in southern Labrador.
Breeding and Life History
Common Nighthawks arrive on their Nova Scotian breeding grounds in May. Their breeding season is short, usually lasting only two months. They begin the migration to their South American breeding grounds in July and often travel in large groups (numbers in the 1000s) during migration.
Males mark their territories by "booming" their wings – pushing wings downward while veering up from a dive. This creates air movement over the wings and a deep sound. This sound also attracts females and may discourage interference by other species. Territories range in size from very small at 4 h, to very large at 259 ha.
Though Common Nighthawks most commonly nest on bare, rocky grounds (rock barrens, open woodland, blueberry fields, and pastures), they also frequently nest in man-made environments such as flat gravel roofs. They do not build nests but rather lay their eggs directly on the ground or occasionally in woody debris. Eggs are hidden by their camouflage colouration. Unfortunately, the lack of protection from a nest leaves eggs vulnerable to predation by not only by other bird species such as American Crows and Peregrine Falcons, but also to dogs, raccoons, skunks, snakes, foxes, and other ground-dwelling creatures.
Common Nighthawk eggs (Pam Hunt)
Between 1968 and 2005 the Common Nighthawk population in Canada has suffered a decline of about 50%. Between 2002 and 2012 the annual rate of decline was 2.26% in Canada. In Nova Scotia, the decline has been higher at 3.52% per year.
The widespread use of insecticides in both agricultural and urban areas has affected the primary food source of Common Nighthawks – flying insects. It has been suggested that insecticide use may be a contributing factor in the overall decline in this species, though currently there is no direct evidence of this.
Much about the life history Common Nighthawk remains poorly understood, especially in the southernmost part of their range and wintering grounds. More information about this species is required in order to make informed decisions about their conservation.
Conservation status of this species nationally and in Atlantic Canada:
COSEWIC Threatened
SARA Threatened (Schedule 1)
Nova Scotia Theatened


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The College's goals for the Self-Study process were to:
- Delineate institutional achievements.
- Identify and address areas of challenge.
- Expand communication and involvement among all of the College's constituencies, both onand off-campus.
- Produce a document that will assist in planning activities to "advance the path ahead."
- Achieve continuing accreditation from the North Central Association's HLC.


Sunday, March 6, 2011
The TTLG 2011 Picture Book Celebration - Book Sixty-Five
Today's picture book tells the story of young witch whose curiosity gets the better of her. She gets into trouble, and then she has to find someone to help her get out of trouble.
Lieve Baeten
Picture Book
For ages 4 to 7
NorthSouth, 2010, 978-0-7358-2305-1
 It is a clear moonlit night, and Lizzy the witch and her cat are flying around on their broomstick. Lizzie sees that there are lights shining in the windows of one house. Being a curious young witch, Lizzie flies over to the house and she peeks through the open window on the top floor. Suddenly Lizzie's cat sees some mice and it jumps into the room. Lizzie comes flying through the window and her broomstick is broken as she falls to the floor.
 Now what is Lizzie going to do? She can't fly home on a broken broomstick. Then Lizzie hears the sound of music coming from downstairs, so she creeps down the ladder to see what is going on. On the floor below, Lizzie meets Music Witch, who makes beautiful magical music, but she cannot help Lizzie fix her broomstick.
 Smelling something delicious on the air, Lizzie follows her nose to the floor below, where she meets Kitchen Witch. Kitchen Witch makes Lizzie a deliciously magical meal, but she does not know anything about fixing broomsticks. Is there anyone around who is going to be able to help Lizzie?
 Packed with wonderfully detailed illustrations that are full of surprises, this picture book will charm readers who have a fondness for magic. Children will love the way Lizzie goes down through the house, visiting one witch after another as she tries to find someone to help her.
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Future Of Blockchain: Winners
Late last year, we sponsored the Future of Blockchain hackathon, looking for projects that are built on, or integrate with, the Arweave permaweb.
Future of Blockchain is a long-form competition for students at the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford, London and Berlin to build a blockchain project over 3 months; drawing from the skills of students, researchers, alumni, leading developers, and entrepreneurial talent. This year, the competition also received participants from outside their core universities, with submissions from the Universities of ETH Zurich, Rome, Stirling, Waterloo, Cape Town and Paris. In total, there were 560 participants across 143 applying teams.
Overall, we awarded £7,250 and 1,500 AR in prizes across 8 teams/submissions, and welcomed submissions that make great use of the permaweb, and show potential for further development. Check out the winning projects:
Hyperaware 🥇
Prize: £3,000 + 150 AR
Hyperaware is a decentralised application for governing connected devices and their data based on their physical location. The platform fuses trusted IoT, enclave computing, cryptography and smart contracts to create a decentralised spatial asset tracking and governance system.
Hyperaware utilises Arweave by storing DID documents (decentralised identifiers), and both jurisdiction and zone data as GeoJSON polygons. Since Arweave is an open database, any government or manufacturer can upload data to a shared, decentralised, database, rather than a centrally-controlled one.
With the Hyperaware technology, users are able to reliably confirm whether a connected vehicle (maritime, aerial or terrestrial) has entered a specific area on Earth without the vehicle sharing its exact location.
The software runs inside an Intel SGX enclave, meaning encrypted location data is never visible to any unauthorised actors, including those controlling the enclaves. With Hyperaware we can produce simple "Yes / No" proofs as to whether a vessel or vehicle has entered a geometry, and configure who is alerted with what information per user requirements.
In addition to privacy-preserving location detection technology, Hyperaware has developed smart contracts that enable automated payments and alerts when a vehicle or vessel is detected within a geometry. With Hyperaware, everyone can be sure that everyone else is playing by the rules, while keeping strategic information secret.
ARRtistry 🏆
Prize: £1,500 + 150 AR
ARRtistry provides a distributed registry of artworks with automated artist royalty distribution, that art market professionals can finally embrace as they don't have to trust one central entity with their data: the system automatically develops tamper-evident, tamper-resistant public provenance trails using a combination of smart contracts, Arweave Deploy and arweave.js.
Under ARRtistry, forgeries can be detected and traced; collectors are guaranteed to have the value of their piece preserved via the provenance trail; art market professionals have less paperwork and can signal reputability; regulators have a market they can finally collect data on; bureaucratic load is reduced; and artists are paid more money, more often.
Decentradocs 🏆
Prize: £1,500 + 150 AR
DecentraDocs is a decentralised open platform that enables people and organisations to store, share, market and manage all kinds of documents on the permaweb — it can be viewed as a world-wide library. DecentraDocs is built on top of the Arweave network, which provides the storage platform for documents, alongside Ethereum smart contracts which provide the document access control and subscription features. Main features include: version control, search engine, document certification, document access control, and subscription/monetisation services.
DeepVerse 🏆
Prize: £250 + 150 AR
DeepVerse is a platform that allows users to collaboratively train AI models on the blockchain, whilst maintaining their own data privacy, and outperforming standard models. User contribution to the performance will be rewarded accordingly via automated contracts. Instead of adopting the longest chain, DeepVerse adopts the best performing model stored on the chain for achieving consensus.
The smart contracts are built using Tezos, and the storage has been integrated with Arweave and IPFS, which allows it to run on almost any platform.
Puma Browser 🏆
Prize: £250 + 150 AR
Puma Browser is a privacy focused web browser that provides a new way to pay for content and services without ads and tracking. The browser integrates Arweave by adding native browser ability to store page contents on the permaweb. Taking inspiration from the likes of Brave, the long term goal of Puma Browser is to create an alternative to advertising as a main business model for the internet, and to help people transact and share freely, while also protecting their privacy online.
Sw4rtz.it 🏆
Prize: £250 + 150 AR
Sw4rtz.it is a platform that allows you to store scientific publications forever. With the interface, users can select an article they wish to save by entering its DOI, then proceed to 'permifying' the article, which saves it immutably to the Arweave permaweb. The current version relies on the peer review system provided by arXiv.org, but the project intends to integrate a fully decentralised content review system in the near future.
The permanent storage on Arweave combined with an open peer review of the contents now enables Sw4rtz.it to provide a brand new building block for Open Science, with the ultimate goal being to finally unleash the power of collective intelligence.
Lend271 🏆
Prize: £250 + 150 AR
LEND721 is a P2P ERC-721 token lending platform powered by smart contracts, which handle escrow between two parties. With the front-end UI hosted on the permaweb, any ERC-721 token holder can visit the platform to lend their tokens and earn interest from them, as borrowers pay collateral (in DAI) for lending the ERC-721 until the lending reaches the agreed deadline.
Datascian 🏆
Prize: £250 + 150 AR
Remembering a password can be a tedious task. There are a number of tools available that help users store important passwords, however many people are understandably cautious about confidentiality and security. Datascian is a permanent password storage manager tool which runs and stores passwords securely on the Arweave permaweb. By using Datascian, any user can store and retrieve passwords with ease.
A huge thanks to everybody who participated in the Future of Blockchain hackathon and congratulations to all the winners! We look forward to seeing future progress and development of the winning apps.


Mutually inclusive: Running Asia Pacific from a single infrastructure
Having an integrated regional operation is more advantageous than having great national siloes.
If you were to put together the greatest football team across Asia Pacific (APAC), you would not take the best player from each country and hope they bonded over breakfast. Football is a team sport, and teamwork is about a single vision. Standalone skill does not translate into optimal group performance.
Yet many financial services firms take a siloed approach to building operations across APAC. Banks set up the best local siloes they can, in each market, and expect them to collectively function as a single team. Instead, the lack of integration on the ground translates into greater management costs.
The flaws to this approach are obvious, for local banks building out into the wider region, and for global banks trying to step in and gain a foothold in APAC. Replicating cost and process across the many national markets offers little in the way of advantage over national operators, who can have a home market advantage, in depth knowledge, regulatory approval and established brand.
So why is the siloed model popular? It is borne of frustration, not optimisation. Its use stems from the considerable barriers that exist to developing a more mutualised infrastructure. The two biggest challenges that an organisation needs to overcome, if it is to succeed in creating a more common regional model, are the management of client data, and regulatory compliance / reporting.
The first issue, client data privacy, is an issue common to most regions, but APAC lacks the type of agreed standard approach that can be found in Europe and across the US. Regulators are often very unwilling to let people within the same organisation, let alone across different countries, see client data. As a result banks are driven towards client data segregation.
The second challenge, that of regulation, affects conduct of business and associated reporting for a regulator. The optimal situation, from an efficiency point of view, would be to enable a bank to capture all of the relevant data for reporting in a single instance, and then report that data across the different types of format necessary to different regulators.
There are other issues to consider. For example, handling multiple entities, currencies and instruments is often beyond the capabilities of a single instance of a back-office system. Equally, the segregation of onshore and offshore clients and how they are dealt with from a taxation point of view can impact regulatory reporting, with more regulatory reporting typically needed for onshore clients, than offshore clients.
A central repository of information, which then feeds out to multiple-regulators and enables multiple-reporting capabilities while supporting client data compliance would be ideal, and indeed is possible.
Point-by-point considerations
The first step to building a business into a team, is to consider which parts of an organisation's middle and back office processes can be mutualised across the region, and what must stay in-country. To get economies of scale from housing infrastructure, a hub should be developed that captures as much activity as is possible.
To develop this mutualised back office across APAC, a firm must bring together client data from a number of different countries. That is subject to limits. Some countries operate very rigid national boundaries, for example, Malaysia will quickly penalise a business if it believes client data has been shared. As a result, client static data will need to be held in local databases for some countries.
Where it can be allowed, to overcome data privacy concerns when data is moved outside of a given function or country, data should be masked, so that only the people who are permissioned can see it. This requires that data can be easily moved in a contained way, which would be most viable if a single system were used to handle cross asset and cross currency post-trade processing.
Although older technology might use hardwired data architecture to set out the handling of trades, payments and associated processes, modular systems are now able to provide flexible service offerings as standard, so users can tailor which asset classes and currencies are handled, and build them out over time, as the business grows.
Taking a modular approach also reduces the need for banks to build application programming interfaces (APIs) to connect a web of disparate systems, and the problems associated with upgrading multiple systems simultaneously and risking some lagging behind.
If the infrastructure is to be housed in a single jurisdiction, the firm must have the appropriate skills and expertise in-house within that country, as well as the technology, to manage processing and reporting for other localities. That team will be responsible for tracking regulatory changes and making appropriate adjustments across the processing being handled within the infrastructure, and then build this into the systems themselves. In this respect, having a single instance of the platform can reduce the operational impact of regulatory change.
Whether a bank is changing to expand its presence, or to better manage cost for existing operations, it needs to take stock of the very real opportunity that a mutualised infrastructure presents. By bringing multiple components of the back office together, it is easier to automate parts of the transaction lifecycle, and to apply tools such as artificial intelligence when engaging very large data sets for tasks such as exception management.
Mutualisation also allows firms to optimise the qualities of the countries found within APAC, whether for skills, technical abilities, scale or cost. From a team perspective, it is playing the passing game, so players can help each other to score goals and beat the competition with less effort and more speed.
March 5, 2019
Gordon Russell
Head of Asia, Torstone Technology


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Animals in Action
Life Science Activities for Grades
Written by Katharine Barrett
The classroom corral used in this unit serves to focus attention
on the animals gently placed inside, allowing students to observe
the behavior of a gerbil, the movements of a cricket, and other
compelling characteristics of animals in action.
Observing the contained animals closely, the class adds foods,
shelters, and other elements to the "corral environment,"
exploring the concepts of stimulus and response. As other questions
are introducedHow do animals move? What do they prefer
to eat? How do they respond to light and sound?students
generate hypotheses and test their validity through behavior
experiments with rats, crickets, guinea pigs, cardboard boxes,
and common classroom objects. The class concludes the unit with
a scientific convention to discuss findings.
This unit makes an excellent connection to the GEMS guide Aquatic
Habitats, another unit in the GEMS series that
explores animal behavior, habitat, and conservation.
Time: Five 45-minute sessions, plus follow-up sessions.
Comment on this GEMS unit.
Spanish Language Student Materials
What materials are needed to present this unit? See the full list.


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The role of a Transcript typist is to record the spoken word of people in different contexts be it in parliament, courts of law or television broadcasts using a stenotype shorthand machine, computer or sound equipment. There are usually no tertiary requirements to become a transcript typist; however it is useful to complete a course in machine shorthand, with training on the specific procedures giving to you on the job. Some settings like parliaments might require formal qualifications in English language with particular knowledge of gramma and linguistics. To be successful in this role you will need to have a very fast typing speed, good command of English, good attention to detail and be able to work under pressure in a fast paced environment.


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Since 1987, LT SAMBO has constructed underground continuous walls (Diaphragm wall) for various buildings, dams, subways, plants and special objects. Based on its technical expertise and various experiences, LT SAMBO started its overseas business in Singapore in 1996 and expended its business fields to the world including Vietnam, Hong kong, other southeast asia and middle-east area (UAE-Dubai & Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Qatar) Which has got a global competitiveness in the area of underground continuous wall (Diaphragm wall).
Introduction of construction method
The underground continuous wall (Diaphragm wall) method uses "BUCKET" and "TRENCH CUTTER" to excavate the ground and After supplying the stabilizing liquid to maintain the wall of drilled hole, it is excavated to a predetermined depth, and Inserting fabricated rebar cage and concrete pouring are repeated to form continuous reinforced concrete walls in the ground. The underground continuous wall (Diaphragm wall) is mainly constructed as the main wall of the underground structure, but sometimes it can also serve as a temporary earth shielding wall during earthworks.
Compared with other construction methods, it is suitable for downtown construction due to low noise and vibration.
It is suitable for large scale, high depth (100m or more) construction due to good waterproofing and high rigidity of the wall.
It is possible to prevent settlement affecting surrounding ground or structure, without any variation of wall
Wall composition of various thickness is possible, and it is possible to make full use of underground space by cross-sectional construction such as square and circle depending on the application
It is possible to construct in most grounds from the soft silt layer to the rock, and the excellent verticality of the wall makes quality control easy
Type of construction method
Barrette(Strip pile) method
BARRETTE foundation is a type of concrete pier foundation which is installed in the ground basically in rectangular shape and is a method of constructing foundation pile by excavating with underground continuous wall(Diaphragm wall) construction equipment.
The cross-sectional area of the foundation pile can be enlarged to resist vertical and horizontal loads and can be constructed to depths of 80m or more. Depending on the geological conditions, One BARRETTE can replace several cast-in-place piles and driving piles and It is more efficient than circular foundation and is widely adopted in large -scale architecture construction and TOP-DOWN work.
Not subject to soil conditions, groundwater, depth, etc.
Low noise and vibration due to the ground excavation type
BARRETTE's planar shape (+, ㅜ, etc.) can be varied
One BARRETTE can replace multiple cast-in-place piles and driving piles, which is advantageous for construction cost and period.
It means the construction method starting from the top to the bottom when constructing the structure. Generally, the order of constructing the structure is to excavate the soil up to the depth of the underground structure and form the upper structure in turn after the foundation is installed. However, The TOP -DOWN method is first, to construct the underground column and outer wall earth shielding of the structure, and second, to complete a underground foundation structure (bottom plate, beam, etc.), and third, to excavate the underground soil, and fourth, to complete the structure.
The lower structure is gradually completed, and at the same time, the structure of the upper part is also accompanied.
There is no need to support the wall of the earth shielding.
Minimization of civil complaints caused by dust, noise, and vibration, which might be generated during executing earthworks.
Construction period can be shortened by constructing aboveground and underground works simultaneously after installation of underground columns.
Internal work is possible even during rainy season.


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The current novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is causing a crisis beyond that which most of us have known in living memory, and the impacts are affecting populations on a global basis. Some people face a higher likelihood of severe harm from the virus, including those with underlying medical conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, or lung disease.
These conditions do not discriminate: a number of prisoners in federal prisons also suffer from medical issues and are facing undue risks of infection by COVID-19. Prisoners are facing serious hardship when they are contained in prisons affected by coronavirus outbreaks, as they have no way of easily isolating themselves or avoiding infection.
Instead, prisons are becoming breeding grounds for infection, and many minor offenders are looking to apply for release as a result of the pandemic, under the grounds of "compassionate release." As a result, many courts are already beginning to order the release of prisoners at high risk of infection.
What is Compassionate Release?
Compassionate release is covered in Title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). It sets out under §571.60 that if "particularly extraordinary or compelling circumstances" have arisen, the court:
"… may make an inmate with a minimum term sentence immediately eligible for parole by reducing the minimum term of the sentence to time served," or "may reduce the term of imprisonment of an inmate sentenced under the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984."
The primary condition is that there must be "extraordinary and compelling reasons [that] warrant such a reduction." In addition, the court must find that the reduction would be consistent with Sentencing Commission policy statements, and that applicable sentencing factors warrant a reduction 1.
The primary issue will be whether the pandemic is considered to be an "extraordinary and compelling reason" for release, as well as the particular factors of the inmate's sentence. This could include:
· How much time has already been served;
· How long the initial sentence was;
· What crimes were committed;
· Whether any violence was involved; and
· Rehabilitation that the inmate has undertaken during the course of their sentence2.
What are Extraordinary and Compelling Reasons?
The Sentencing Commission has defined extraordinary and compelling reasons as:
· If the defendant is suffering from a terminal illness;
· If the defendant is suffering from a permanent physical or medical condition that "substantially diminishes the ability of the defendant to provide self-care";
· If the "only family member capable of caring for the defendant's minor child or minor children" dies or becomes incapacitated; or
· there exists … "an extraordinary and compelling reason other than, or in combination with, the reasons described" above.
United States v Jeremy Rodriguez 3 found that this "catch all" provision can apply in the current circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is partially because "detention facilities have even greater risk of infectious spread because of conditions of crowding, the proportion of vulnerable people detained, and often scant medical care," which make them places in which it is difficult to "effectively prevent the spread of COVID-19."
When this risk of infection is combined with other considerations such as whether the inmate has an underlying health condition, if they have served most of their sentence, and if they have been an exemplary inmate, compassionate release is likely. In addition, the court will need to be satisfied that the inmate "is not a danger to the safety of any other person or to the community."4
In addition, United States of America v. Teresa Ann Gonzalez5 found that the court can make "determinations on a case-by-case basis and to reduce fundamentally unfair sentences where such reasons exist." This means that for many prisoners, compassionate release will be a potential option: one that should be pursued as soon as possible.
How Can an Inmate Apply?
Under §571.61 of Title 28 CFR, a request can initially be submitted to the warden, in writing, by the inmate. The written request must include:
1. The extraordinary or compelling circumstances; and
2. Information on where the inmate will live after release, how they will support themselves, and (if the request involves health reasons), where the inmate will receive medical treatment and how they will pay for it.
The Urgency for Compassionate Release
Applications for compassionate release should be made with great urgency, as the spread of the disease is only going to get worse. Prisons can quickly become hotbeds for COVID-19 infection, and many model prisoners are at risk of having their incarceration becoming a death sentence.
1-3, United States v Jeremy Rodriguez (Penn. U.S.D.C, 2020, No. 2:03-cr-00271-AB-1)
4, (Penn. U.S.D.C, 2020, No. 2:03-cr-00271-AB-1)
5, (U.S.D.C Washington No. 2:18-CR-00232-TOR-15)


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Notetracks is an iOS application designed for audio and music students and professionals to take descriptive notes of audio content while simultaneously listening to the audio track.
Kamlesh has always had two passions – technology and music. In university, he graduated with a major in computer science and a minor in music studies. It was during his music classes where he experienced a problem that would eventually form the basis for Notetracks. When learning about a particular aspect of theory or honing in on a specific bar of music, his professors would often play a piece of music to the class or, less often, would show a video of the wave form of the music to illustrate the lesson. As a student, Kamlesh realized that the notes he took during the course never fully captured the essence of what he heard or saw – he had to rely on memory.
He developed Notetracks to allow anyone to take notes with audio by combining audio, video, and text in one application. Users can focus in on different parts of music, pause, make notes, and then share the file with others who can then contribute their thoughts.
"Futurpreneur Canada believed in the innovative project I've developed and has now given me the tools necessary to turn it into a business," said Kamlesh. As the sole partner of the venture, he is often faced with the challenge of working and addressing problems alone. The Futurpreneur Canada program has provided him with a mentor, who Kamlesh said, "has shared his knowledge and experiences that have helped me to overcome obstacles and achieve my goals. He is there to follow-up on my progress and assist in times of need, which is a huge motivation and makes me feel part of the larger entrepreneurial community."
"Stick to the field you are passionate about. Your expertise and experience will give you an upper hand on your competition, allowing you to build a better product. Passion will also keep you motivated even when you experience or struggle through failures."


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Pub. date: 2011 | Online Pub. Date: October 04, 2011 | DOI: 10.4135/9781412994163 | Print ISBN: 9781412959636 | Online ISBN: 9781412994163| Publisher:SAGE Publications, Inc.About this encyclopedia
A distinction must be made between more or less coherent populist movements on the one hand and populism as a generic theoretical concept referring to a variety of demagogic messages and attitudes on the other. In the following, the various phases of populist movements and ideas are discussed in their historical contexts. The conclusion points to current concerns. Scholars conventionally identify the first historical manifestation of populism in the Russian intellectual populism of the late 1840s Narodnikis (i.e., populists in Russian; the word narodnitchestvo —populism—appeared in the 1870s). Influenced by the ideas of Aleksandr Herzen, Mikhail Bakunin, and Nicolai Tchernichevski but devoid of any elaborate ideology, these Narodnikis emerged as a revolutionary movement adhering to some kind of idolatry of the peasantry and the rural village ( obchtchina ). They were ultraleftist, prone to the use of violence and even political assassinations. This led, later on, to nihilism—terrorism as propagated...


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There is no doubt that animals and animal industries are integral to the socio-economic wellbeing of rural and urban Australia. Climate change brings with it a variety of environmental stressors which will have range of negative impacts on animal industries, threatening food safety and security, animal and human health, and local and national economies.
Adaptation of production animals to climate change is the key to minimising impacts. Adaptation relies on better awareness of the effects of climate change on animal productivity and health, and identification of the vulnerabilities and opportunities that climate change presents to animal industries. This knowledge can inspire proactive farm, industry and social changes that will in turn lead to more sustainable, healthy and productive animal industries.
The animal health, production and biosecurity theme aims to build awareness of the climate change threats to animal farming industries and communities. The theme aims to encourage multidisciplinary climate change research in animal sciences that will provide holistic solutions to key climate change issues including:
- land, feed and water availability and usage
- genetics and breeding
- infectious disease control
Ultimately participants in this theme, both academic and non-academic, will provide inspiration and instruction to foster sustainable animal farming in a changing climate.
The theme plans to produce informative climate change adaptation fact sheets for key industries, develop online discussion forums and cutting edge research updates, and visit farming communities over the next two years.
We encourage researchers, farmers, local and national government representatives, and rural and urban communities involved with the animal industries to get involved with this PIARN theme as active members. Member input is valued and encouraged as we work to adapt our animal industries to climate change.


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A database of blood group correlations to common diseases
Total number of records: 145 Matching records: 1
|Description:||Antidiphtheritic antibodies were studied in the blood serum of Kiev and Kiev region population capable of blood donation (984 persons). It has been found out that antidiphtheritic antibodies were present in men's and women's blood serum of different blood groups (by ABO system) during a year. Antidiphtheritic antibodies with high titers > 1.80 were most often found in autumn, winter and spring in people having A (II), B (III) and AB (IV) blood groups.|
|References:||1 Fedorovs'ka OO, Nazarchuk LV, Myronenko VI, Mel'nyk OA. The antidiphtheria immunity of the eligible donor population. Fiziol Zh. 1997;43(1-2):109-12.|
List All Diseases in Database
2013-5-24: Current Date 16:4:51 GMT: Current Time
PathType is a searchable database of blood group and disease associations, clinical correlates and citations.
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Recommended age group: 7–18
Time required: one to two 45–60 minute sessions
Equipment: History of the Olympic Games information sheets, film (optional).
Learn all about the fascinating history of the Olympic Games, including the differences between the ancient and modern Olympic Games; the symbols, mascots and ceremonies associated with the Games; the Torch Relay and the Olympic Truce. There are also lots of amazing historical facts to discover and explore about the Games.
Inspire your students to find out more through History projects, assemblies, presentations and the fact files below. They are all designed to provide you with basic background information, which you may wish to use when planning a project. You could also print the sheets and incorporate them into wall displays or presentations.
Try out some of these ideas, using the fact sheets in the classroom, to get you started.
- How many differences can the pupils find about the ancient Olympic Games compared with the modern Games?
- Watch the Olympic torch video – when did the tradition of the torch relay start? What meaning does the relay have through history and today?
- Create an assembly about the Olympic Truce which the students could present to their peers. You could watch the Olympic Truce video in the film bank.
- Make up a quiz about the history of the Olympic Games, and challenge another class to find the answers.
- London 2012 is now history. Write/draw/talk about the top 10 best things about it. Make your own 'London 2012 – amazing facts' sheet.
For younger students, select a fact file to focus on as a reading task. Focus students research on a specific area of the Olympic Games – for instance, what new sports have been added since the first Games, or since London 2012? Older or more able readers will be able to use the sheets independently as part of their project. You could also print the sheets out to incorporate in wall displays or presentations.


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Or, The Problem Of Depression And Violence In Finland
It happened just a few hours after I have posted my previous article about Finland: In Kauhajoki, Finland, a Finnish gunman ran amok killing several students in a classroom. This horror echoes last November 11, 2007 's student shooting -also at a classroom in Finlandwhich is known as the "Jokela High school Massacre" in the town of Tuusula. It sounds paradoxical as we have just been praising the Finnish educational system and economy. But one thing is clear that these student shootings are not part and parcel of the educational program of Finland. But the question is why does such drama happen in such an educated society? Education is just one aspect of the Finnish society, it is not everything, it's a great accomplishment yet is not a panacea, a cure-all medicine of the ills of the society. This incident brings us rather to the nature and culture (upbringing) of the Finnish men and women as they went through the tunnel of time and experience. We mentioned the high rate of suicide and alcoholism in Finland, and this was already a problem even before their economic boom. The World Health Organization's Survey of 2003 showed that "at 26.6 per 100 000 population in 1993, the Finnish suicide rate was by far the highest among the reference countries…" Suicide is a form of self-inflicted violence, and when this act involves other persons than oneself (take others with you, so to speak), then it is called extended suicide, a phenomenon observed in many industrialized countries. In trying to answer the root cause of this suicide phenomenon we must go back to the individual Finn and find a trait that could give us a clue which relates to this destructive behavior. The historian Anthony Upton, concurs that even in the 19th century "Finland was understood to be two to three times more violent than Western European countries". Statistics show that the Finnish suicide problem is higher among the finnish male. Common sense will therefore tell us that Finnish men are more violent than women since suicide is by definition a form of violence. A study conducted by the Finnish sociologist Johanna Kantola confirms Upton's statement when she found out that domestic violence in Finland has also the highest rate in Western Europe. Finnish men are indeed violent, with 40 % of women being victims of their violent men, as her study has shown. Violent behavior is a negative indicator of psychosocial-well being, which means that not all but many Finnish men are unhappy and do not find socially adequate means of expressing their emotions. This is mostly the result of the social perception of the role of men in Finland (as in other cultures as well)-that of being like a Viking, hardened and strong, shielded from the attacks of the outside, no display of emotions. This is the weakness of their firewall system for nothing can come out anymore thus resulting to emotional suffocation, leading the system to break from within due to this accumulated pressure. The result is violenceeither in form of direct suicide, indirect suicide (as excessive alcoholism and drug addiction) and/or domestic violence.The demand of a high-performance society is intense and this alone can cause depressions due to stress, mobbing, failures and broken relationships. You add to that the effect of the weather and climate, which in Finland is characterized by freezing temperatures and darkness for extended periods-not really a balsam for the soulthen you have the perfect ingredients of producing depression. The formula is simple: depression (seasonal, reactive or endogenous) combined with inward violence plus alcohol and modern drugs, mixed all together in a stressed body and frustrated soul, result to Finns mostly hurting their partners, killing themselves and others (extended suicide )- a story we know also from Japan or even Switzerland.
Free education, industrialisation and economic boom have also their price: people, especially young people, are put under high pressure. In Finland-as in the Philippineswomen outnumber men when it comes to attaining tertiary education. This fact makes the men understandably uneasy and in Finland with such a "macho" Viking past, men are placed under intense pressure. This adds more fuel to their violence inside. Entering a university is not at all easy even if it's free of tuition; a student must bring the necessary high scholastic qualifications and competition among students is high. For this reason, it is not surprising that many Finns go abroad to study. These successive school massacres in Finland is already an indicator of young men's frustration and violent attitude towards their educational institutions. However, these two recent Amok in Finland represent only the few extreme cases. Idealism (right-extremism) seemed also to have played a crucial role in both incidents. This time it's an example not worthy of imitation.


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So, the conversion ml to grams buttermilk is:
- 1 milliliter to grams buttermilk = 1.04 g
- 2 milliliters to grams buttermilk = 2.08 g
- 3 milliliters to grams buttermilk = 3.12 g
- 10 ml to gram buttermilk = 10.4 g
- 50 ml to gram buttermilk = 52 g
- 100 ml to grams buttermilk = 104 g
- 200 ml to grams buttermilk = 208 g
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This article reproduces an excerpt of Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Books) (usually referred to as DCRM(B)) concerning signature statements in catalog records, along with (eventually) notes and observations on Folger practice.
DCRM(B) on signatures
7B9.1. General rule. Make a note giving details of the signatures of a volume, if considered important. Give these signature details according to the formula in Philip Gaskell's A New Introduction to Bibliography (see p. 328-332), insofar as typographical facilities permit. Preface this note with the word "Signatures" and a colon.
- Signatures: [A]4 B-C4 D2 E-G4 H2
- Signatures: A-C4 D4(-D3) E-F4
- Signatures: A-2Z8, 2A-M8
- Signatures: [1-68]
- (Comment: Volume is completely unsigned)
It is generally desirable to give signatures for incunabula, especially if identical signatures are not given in a standard bibliographic source. It is also desirable to provide signatures when a volume has no pagination or foliation.
7B9.2. Unavailable characters. If the gatherings are signed with a mark of contraction (see 0G8.2, Appendix G3) that cannot be reproduced using available typographical facilities, substitute the spelled out form and enclose it in square brackets.
- Signatures: )(8 a-z8 &8 [con]8 [rum]8
If the gatherings are signed with other unavailable characters, substitute a descriptive term or an abbreviation for that term if a standard one exists.
7B9.3. Special uses of pi and chi. Indicate unsigned leaves that fall outside the signature sequence (see Gaskell, p. 330) by using the words pi and chi. Do not enclose the words in square brackets. Do not use the Greek characters π and χ, as these will give the impression that the leaves have actually been signed with Greek letters (see 7B9.9).
- Signatures: pi4 A-C4 chi2 D-Z4
Indicate partial duplications of an alphabet (see Gaskell, p. 331) by using superscript pi and superscript chi or, if superscript letters are not available, by substituting "[superscript pi]" and "[superscript chi]."
- Signatures: piA4 A-D4 chiD4 E-F4
- Signatures: [superscript pi]A4 A-D4 [superscript chi]D4 E-F4
7B9.4. Non-conventional Latin alphabet. If the gatherings are signed with roman letters according to a pattern other than the conventional 23-letter Latin alphabet (i.e., A-Z, less I or J, U or V, and W), make this explicit by recording the additional letters in the signature statement.
- Signatures: A-V4 W4 X-Z4
- (Comment: Printer used a 24-letter alphabet)
- Signatures: A-I8 J8 K-U8 V8 W8 X-2I8 2J8 2K-2M8
- (Comment: Printer used a 26-letter alphabet)
7B9.5. Signatures do not match gatherings. If it can be determined that the signing of the volume does not match its actual gatherings, indicate this in the note.
- Signatures: 8 2-38; volume actually gathered in twelves
7B9.6. Concurrent signatures. If the volume is signed using two concurrent sequences, provide both sets of signatures in the note. Give the signatures that correspond to the actual gatherings first, if this can be determined.
- Signatures: 1-1212; also signed A-S8
- Signatures: 1-1212 and A-S8; actual gatherings cannot be determined


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Sir Orfeo (booklet)
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The name Sir Orfeo refers to more than one character, item or concept. For a list of other meanings, see Sir Orfeo (disambiguation).
Sir Orfeo
Authoredited by J.R.R. Tolkien
PublisherOxford: The Academic Copying Office
Sir Orfeo is a 1944 booklet which reproduces the text of the Middle English poem as edited and amended by J.R.R. Tolkien, together with an editorial note also by Tolkien. Tolkien's translation of it was later published in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Sir Orfeo.
Although the booklet does not identify Tolkien's editorship, a copy held by the Bodleian Library in Oxford includes a note in Tolkien's hand which states that it was prepared for a naval cadets' course in English that ran from _PHONE_.
The number of copies printed is unknown, but was probably small. In his J.R.R. Tolkien: A Descriptive Bibliography, Wayne G. Hammond reported that "Five copies have been located." The lack of known copies of Sir Orfeo may be due in part to the fact that Tolkien is not recorded as editor, making it unlikely that many booksellers would identify the Tolkien connection.[1]
The poem is a Celtic retelling of the Ancient Greek myth of Orpheus, King of Thrace, who went to the Underworld (here the Otherworld) to save his wife Eurydice (Heurodis) from Hades (Fairy King).
 1. Bertenstam Åke: A Chronological Bibliography of the Writings of J.R.R. Tolkien, and An Illustrated Tolkien Bibliography at


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Bees are not merely mindless, mechanical insects with rigid behavior patterns. They may actually exhibit personalities and feelings. A new study from the University of Illinois reveals that some bees display a higher willingness to head off on adventures than others, which can be interpreted as a personality trait, reports Wired UK.
When the hive needs a new nest, around 5% of the bees will embark on a search. These same scouts are much more likely to go on hunts for food. Researchers studied the brains of these bees versus the ones who stayed home and found features of a brain-reward system that parallels the one inside a human brain. "In humans, differences in novelty-seeking are a component of personality," says an entomologist. "It looks like the same molecular pathways have been engaged repeatedly in evolution to give rise to individual differences in novelty-seeking."


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From Engineering on March 23, 2007 in Decks and Patios
Over 80% of the countrys decks are made from pressure treated wood, making it the most popular deck material in the US. Even if a deck is made of cedar or redwood, it will most likely have a pressure treated substructure, because it is economical and long-lasting. About 80% of pressure treated wood is southern yellow pine. Its initial greenish color eventually fades to gray and is available at nearly every lumber outlet. Pressure treated wood usually has a warranty against decay and gets its name from the process of forcing a chemical preservative into the wood under pressure. Preservatives can be toxic so dont burn the wood or breath-in the saw dustthough a new process was introduced in 2005, making the lumber safer to use. Though the preservatives in the wood help protect against insects and rot, it does not prevent against weathering. Pressure treated would can be stained or painted, but be sure the product you are using is compatible with the pressure treated material. Pressure treated lumber will shrink and some of the grain may rise or open up. These so-called splits and splinters are a natural occurrence with pressure treated lumber and may happen within a few days after being exposed to the sun. It is by far the least costly building material available in deck construction and comes in a variety of dimensions. Estimated Cost of Pressure Treated Wood: 35-50 cents/linear foot.


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A Classic Grounded Theory Study exploring the Perceptions of Stress for People who have experienced a Transient Ischaemic Attack
By Campbell Chalmers
Background: Stress is a known risk factor for stroke, but there is a lack of understanding of the role stress plays in transient ischaemic attack (TIA). TIA is a warning sign of stroke, but effective management of risk factors can reduce the threat for the individual. Research Aim and Questions: The aim was to explore the perceptions of stress for people who have experienced a TIA and address the following questions: 1. What is the patients' understanding of the relationship between perceived stress and TIA? 2. How has perceived stress affected the patients' physical and mental health and well-being? 3. What actions has the patient taken to influence perceived stress and have these actions made a difference? Methodology and Methods: The study was conducted following a classic grounded theory tradition. Thirteen semi-structured interviews were undertaken with people who had experienced a TIA. Participants were recruited from outpatient clinics located in three Scottish Health Boards. Findings: Perceived stress was commonly experienced by participants and it was a significant feature throughout their TIA journey. Although not universally acknowledged as a contributing cause of TIA, stress formed part of their lived experiences. The presence or absence of perceived stress was an influencing force in relation to their mental and physical health and well-being. Factors that influenced stress could stabilise or destabilise a sense of equilibrium. Equilibrium was the achievement of a balance between interdependent elements and formed the core category: the equilibrium of health and well-being for the individual. Conclusions: The study led to the discovery of the substantive theory: if perceived stress can be effectively self-managed after a TIA, a state of equilibrium can be achieved which supports health and well-being. This new knowledge raises the opportunity to improve health and well-being after TIA and potentially reduce the risk of stroke
Topics: Transient Ischaemic Attack, Perceptions of Stress, Classic Grounded Theory, TIA, Transient ischaemic attack, Cerebrovascular disease Patients., Stroke, Stress
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When you are involved in an automobile accident in the State of Florida, several laws come into play. Some of these laws are unique to Florida, which impact both the at-fault driver and their victims.
For instance, Florida is a "no-fault" state, it has a comparative negligence law, and, as a general rule, there is no cap on damages in a filed motor vehicle accident lawsuit. Here is a general overview of the legal issues involved with filing a car accident lawsuit.
Automobile Accident Insurance Is Required In Florida
In Florida, automobile accident insurance is required by law. The Florida Financial Responsibility Law, requires every driver to have full liability insurance coverage in the event of a crash. In fact, the Bureau of Motorist Compliance checks for active car insurance coverage whenever a motor vehicle is registered in the State of Florida.
The reason why car accident insurance is mandatory in Florida is because our lawmakers believe mandatory insurance coverage helps protect the public by ensuring that they can pay for any damages they may cause in a car accident.
This also means that after most car accidents in Florida, accident victims will have to deal with an insurance adjuster, insurance company investigator, and sometimes, a defense lawyer paid by the insurance company to represent the at-fault driver.
Florida is a "no-fault" state, it has a comparative negligence law, and, as a general rule, there is no cap on damages in a filed motor vehicle accident lawsuit.
What vehicles are not considered a "motor vehicle" in Florida?
In Florida, "motor vehicles" must be insured. So, what is a "motor vehicle" under Florida law?
Florida Statute 320.01(1)(a) gives the legal definition. In Florida, "Motor Vehicle" means:
The following vehicles are NOT considered to be "motor vehicles" in Florida:
 - traction engines
 - road rollers
 - special mobile equipment as defined in Florida Statute 316.003
 - vehicles that run only upon a track
 - bicycles
 - swamp buggies.
Notwithstanding this law, a victim can still sue for damages sustained in an accident involving a moped, or bicycle, or swamp buggy (as well as these other kinds of vehicles). Indeed, some of the injuries sustained in these kinds of accidents can be severe, life-altering, or deadly.
For those accident claims not involving a "motor vehicle," standard personal injury law will apply. One important issue here is whether or not there is vehicle-specific insurance coverage. Meaning, does the at-fault driver have insurance coverage for an accident caused by a moped, or bicycle, or swamp buggy or other kind of non "motor vehicle" vehicle.
4 Parts To A Florida Car Accident Lawsuit
There are 4 basic parts to an auto negligence action in Florida. These are:
 1. Preparation and filing of the lawsuit complaint and the filing of an answer by the defendant. In some instances, the defendant will move for a summary judgment. A Motion for Summary Judgment is essentially when the defendant denies that he or she is liable in any way for the subject car accident (meaning, there are no facts in dispute) and requests that the judge dismiss the case as a matter of law.
 2. Discovery – There are several ways to produce discovery in an auto negligence action. This can be done through Interrogatories, Request for Production, Request for Admissions, etc. Additionally, a party in the case (or their respective counsel) can request that a party appear to take testimony under oath. This is called taking a Deposition. The discovery process is the period of time in the lawsuit where the parties gather as much information and evidence as they can to prove their liability, or lack of liability, and damages.
 3. Mediation or Settlement Conference – This is where both parties meet (usually with a third party mediator) to discuss their sides of the case in hopes of entering into a settlement agreement. If a settlement is reached, the lawsuit will end here, and the agreed upon compensation will be distributed accordingly. If not, the case will then move to Trial.
 4. Trial – During trial, the jury will evaluate the admitted evidence in order to decide issues of liability and damages. Throughout the trial, and sometimes before the trial begins, the judge gives the Jury instructions on how to make these important decisions.
Jury Instructions In An Auto Negligence Lawsuit
The Florida Supreme Court approves standard jury instructions that are to be used in all civil actions. While the lawyers have some say in what instructions are to be given in their "charge conference," the judge decides what the jury hears.
These instructions from the judge illustrate things like:
 - what facts to consider in an auto negligence case where fault is in question,
 - how to evaluate evidence given by the parties,
 - how jurors are to act during recess,
 - certain statutes to reference, which may be applicable in the case being tried,
 - the order of events of the trial and what to expect,
 - how to fill out the verdict sheet at the end of the trial, which will include a juror's final opinion of fault.
Where Do You File a Florida Car Accident Lawsuit?
In Florida, the car accident lawsuit must be filed in the county where the accident occurred. In some situations, you can file in the county where the defendant resides. The jurisdiction and venue of each case must be decided based upon its unique circumstances.
Should You Be Concerned About Filing A Lawsuit?
Often, insurance adjusters have a bias against the accident claim simply because of the type of crash involved.
This is made clear when an insurance adjuster makes a low ball offer or denies a legitimate accident claim based upon their personal assessment of the accident.
For many, the thought of filing a lawsuit can be overwhelming. However, an experienced car accident lawyer should help alleviate this stress by spending time with the victim and explain how the law works, what their options are in terms of recovering compensation and the steps involved in a lawsuit. Most victims do not want to be re-victimized by an insurance adjuster or defense attorney. Your attorney should make sure that doesn't happen!
Who Can You Sue?
After a car crash, the accident victim may need to sue more than one party for damages. That's because more than one party may be legally responsible for the accident.
Defendants in a car accident case may include the driver of the motor vehicle who hit you, as well as his employer, or the owner of the vehicle (if different from the driver).
There may be occasions where the government is a defendant in the car accident lawsuit, too. In these situations, "sovereign immunity" exceptions must apply in order to hold the governmental agency or entity liable for damages.
See: Car Accidents With Company Cars or Commercial Vehicles: What is Respondeat Superior?
Deadlines to File a Car Accident Lawsuit in Florida
In Florida, there is a law that sets a deadline for filing a car accident lawsuit to recover damages from a car crash. If you do not file your lawsuit by the statutory deadline, then you will be barred from having your day in court. Which means even if the clerk accepts your lawsuit filing, the defendant can quickly move the court to have the lawsuit dismissed.
Florida Statute 95.11(3)(a), states that any action founded on negligence must be filed within 4 years from the date of the car accident. This law is commonly referred to as a "statute of limitations" but it is formally known as a "limitations of action" law.
Injury Claim v. Wrongful Death Lawsuit
A car accident victim has four years from the date of the crash to file a lawsuit to get compensation.
However, loved ones seeking wrongful death damages have a stricter deadline. They have two years to sue for wrongful death under the Florida Wrongful Death Statute.
For more, see: How do statute of limitations work?
Comparative Negligence Law in a Florida Car Crash Case
Unlike many other states, we have a comparative negligence law that applies to car accidents. A victim should be aware of this law because it impacts the amount of compensation a victim may receive for their car accident related injuries.
What is Comparative Negligence?
Comparative Negligence allows the defendant to argue that the accident victim shares in the responsibility for causing the crash. According to the law, because the victim is partly to blame, the defendant will not have to pay for that percentage of the accident that was the victim's own fault.
How Does Comparative Negligence Work?
With comparative negligence, fault of the accident boils down to percentages. Meaning, the percentage of fault allocated to the victim is deducted from the amount of damages awarded by a jury.
Here is how it works:
 1. you take the total amount of compensation that the jury awards the victim;
 2. then, you multiply that amount with the percentage of fault attributed to the victim;
 3. that result of that calculation is then deducted from the total amount of compensation the victim was awarded; and
 4. the result of that second calculation is the amount that the victim receives from the defendant's insurance company.
No-Fault Law in Florida Auto Accident Claims
As a matter of public policy, Florida applies a "no fault" theory to auto accident claims. However, this does not mean that at-fault drivers are not held accountable for causing a car accident.
What Florida no-fault laws provide is that the victim's medical costs and lost wages are covered by the victim's own insurance carrier, regardless of who caused the crash.


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Bonfire Night is an annual celebration held on the 23rd June (St. John's Eve). The celebrations take place in towns and villages across the country and centered around the summer solstice.
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The custom dates back to pagan times. Bonfire Night was always celebrated in Youghal with bonfires in different parts of the town but these customs and traditions are largely ignored nowadays. The embers of this long tradition have become a burning or more accurately a non-burning issue. The photograph shows everybody enjoying the annual spectacle of the bonfire in the plot Sarsfield Terrace back in 1983.
St John's Eve (or Oiche Fheile Eoin (Bonfire Night) is celebrated in many parts of rural Ireland with the lighting of bonfires. This ancient custom has its roots in pre-Christian Irish society when the Celts honored the Goddess Áine, the Celtic equivalent of Venus and Aphrodite. She was the Goddess Queen of Munster and Christianised rituals in her honour (as Naomh Áine) took place until the nineteenth century on Knockainy, (Cnoc Áine – the Hill of Áine) in County Limerick.
During the festival, people would say prayers, asking for God's blessing upon their crops. They would also take ashes from the fire, and spread them over their land as a blessing for protection for their crops. It was also common to have music, singing, dancing, and games during the festival. The fire was used for destroying small objects of piety (rosary beads, statues, etc.) without disrespecting God. It was also common for people to jump through the flames of the bonfire for good luck.
In Thomas Flanagan's The Year of the French, the ancient festival of St John's Eve takes place. The book is set during the Irish rebellion of 1798. Here is an excerpt from The Year of the French:
Soon it would be Saint John's Eve. Wood for the bonfire had already been piled high upon Steeple HIll, and when the night came there would be bonfires on every hill from there to Downpatrick Head. There would be dancing and games in the open air, and young men would try their bravery leaping through the flames. There would even be young girls leaping through, for it was helpful in the search of a husband to leap through a Saint John's Eve fire, the fires of midsummer. The sun was at its highest then, and the fires spoke to it, calling it down upon the crops. It was the turning point of the year, and the air was vibrant with spirits. –The Year of the French
Some regions of Ireland follow a custom seemingly inspired by the activity from which this saint takes his title, Baptist (more accurately, Baptizer). They head to the ocean and immerse themselves in its waters. In this, they imitate the original form of baptism practiced by St John, as well as by the early Christians.