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How Much is One Liter?
One liter, two liter, red liter, yellow liter! Which of these things holds more than one liter? Color them red! Which of these things hold less than one liter? Color those yellow! You'll practice measuring concepts and work on those comparison skills along the way.

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Expert One-on-One: Oracle: Pt. 4
October 11, 2001
How Do I Make it Run Faster?
The question in the heading is one I get asked all the time. Everyone is looking for the fast = true switch, assuming 'database tuning' means that you tune the database. In fact, it is my experience that more than 80 percent (frequently much more, 100 percent) of all performance gains are to be realized at the application level — not the database level. You cannot tune a database until you have tuned the applications that run on the data.
As time goes on there are some switches we can 'throw' at the database level to help lessen the impact of egregious programming blunders. For example, Oracle 8.1.6 adds a new parameter, CURSOR_SHARING=FORCE. This feature implements an 'auto binder' if you will. It will silently take a query written as SELECT * FROM EMP WHERE EMPNO = 1234 and rewrite it for us as SELECT * FROM EMP WHERE EMPNO = :x. This can dramatically decrease the number of hard parses, and decrease the library latch waits we discussed in the Architecture sections — but (there is always a but) it can have some side effects. You may hit an issue (a.k.a. 'bug') with regards to this feature, for example in the first release:
The way they rewrote the query (because of the lack of whitespace between 'X' and the word AND) didn't work in 8.1.6. The query ended up being:
The key word AND became part of the bind variable :SYS_B_0. In 8.1.7, however, this query is rewritten as:
This works syntactically but might negatively affect your program's performance. For example, in the above, notice how 1=0 (also False) is rewritten to be :SYS_B_1 = :SYS_B_2. The optimizer no longer has all of the information at parse time, it can no longer see that this query returns zero rows (before it even executes it). While I don't expect you to have lots of queries with 1=0 in them, I would expect you to have some queries that do use literals in them on purpose. You may have a column with very skewed values in it, for example 90 percent of the values of the column are greater than 100, 10 percent are less then 100. Further, 1 percent is less then 50. You would want the query:
to use an index, and the query:
to not use an index. If you use CURSOR_SHARING = FORCE, the optimizer will not have the 50 or 100 values to consider when optimizing — hence it will come up with a generic plan that probably does not use the index (even if 99.9 percent of your queries are of the type WHERE x < 50).
Additionally, I have found that while CURSOR_SHARING = FORCE runs much faster than parsing and optimizing lots of unique queries, I have also found it to be slower than using queries where the developer did the binding. This arises not from any inefficiency in the cursor sharing code, but rather in inefficiencies in the program itself. In Chapter 10, Tuning Strategies and Tools, we'll discover how parsing of SQL queries can affect our performance. In many cases, an application that does not use bind variables is not efficiently parsing and reusing cursors either. Since the application believes each query is unique (it built them as unique statements) it will never use a cursor more than once. The fact is that if the programmer had used bind variables in the first place, they could have parsed a query once and reused it many times. It is this overhead of parsing that decreases the overall potential performance you could see.
Basically, it is important to keep in mind that simply turning on CURSOR_SHARING = FORCE will not necessarily fix your problems. It may very well introduce new ones. CURSOR_SHARING is, in some cases, a very useful tool, but it is not a silver bullet. A welldeveloped application would never need it. In the long term, using bind variables where appropriate, and constants when needed, is the correct approach.
Even if there are some switches that can be thrown at the database level, and they are truly few and far between, problems relating to concurrency issues and poorly executing queries (due to poorly written queries or poorly structured data) cannot be fixed with a switch. These situations require rewrites (and frequently a re-architecture). Moving datafiles around, changing the multi-block read count, and other 'database' level switches frequently have a minor impact on the overall performance of an application. Definitely not anywhere near the 2, 3,... N times increase in performance you need to achieve to make the application acceptable. How many times has your application been 10 percent too slow? 10 percent too slow, no one complains about. Five times too slow, people get upset. I repeat: you will not get a 5-times increase in performance by moving datafiles around. You will only achieve this by fixing the application — perhaps by making it do significantly less I/O.
Performance is something you have to design for, to build to, and to test for continuously throughout the development phase. It should never be something to be considered after the fact. I am amazed at how many times people wait until the application has been shipped to their customer, put in place and is actually running before they even start to tune it. I've seen implementations where applications are shipped with nothing more than primary keys — no other indexes whatsoever. The queries have never been tuned or stress tested. The application has never been tried out with more than a handful of users. Tuning is considered to be part of the installation of the product. To me, that is an unacceptable approach. Your end users should be presented with a responsive, fully tuned system from day one. There will be enough 'product issues' to deal with without having poor performance be the first thing they experience. Users are expecting a few 'bugs' from a new application, but at least don't make them wait a painfully long time for them to appear on screen.

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The.gdb extension indicates an ESRI file structure known as the file geodatabase. Within a.gdb, ArcGIS organizes a system of files that can store data up to 1 TB of raster, vector, tabular, and other data (such as networks and feature datasets). Esri now recommends this over personal geodatabases.
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Childhood Head Injuries Linked To Increased Risk Of Adult Mental Illness And Poorer Life Chances
Childhood head injuries linked to increased risk of adult mental illness and poorer life chances
Head injury
Childhood brain injuries, including concussions, are associated with an increased risk of subsequent mental illness, poor school attainment and premature death, according to a study published today in PLOS Medicine.
An Oxford University-led research team, in the UK, US and Sweden, funded by Wellcome, analysed data from more than a million Swedes born between 1973 and 1985 to examine the long-term impact of having a traumatic brain injury before the age of 25.
Professor Seena Fazel from Oxford University, lead author of the study, explained: 'Swedish data recording makes it possible to link anonymised health, welfare and education records. We looked at low educational attainment, instances of psychiatric care, receiving welfare and disability benefit and early death.
Our study indicates far-reaching and long-term consequences of head injury. It reinforces what we knew already – that prevention is key.
Prof. Seena Fazel, Department of Psychiatry
'We found that a childhood brain injury increased the chances of all these things. More serious brain injuries and repeated brain injuries made them even more likely.'
Head injuries included those presenting to hospital and outpatient services, with 77% of the sample with mild head injury (or concussions) and the remainder with more severe presentations. The team compared people who had experienced brain injury to unaffected people in their same age group, and also to their brothers and sisters who had not been injured.
Prof Fazel said: 'Comparing results within families allows for other factors in a person's upbringing that could have a bearing on their later life. The differences could still be seen between injured and uninjured siblings, indicating that the effect of head injury is independent of other factors, like upbringing.'
People who had experienced a single mild, moderate or severe brain injury during childhood were at twice the risk of being admitted to hospital as a mental health inpatient (an increase in absolute risk from 5% to 10%), and were 50% more likely to use a mental health service (increase from 14% to 20%) than unaffected people in the same age group.
They were 80% more likely to receive disability benefits (increase from 4% to 6%) and 70% more likely to die before the age of 41 (increase from 0.8% to 1.6%). There were also 60% more likely to have done poorly at school (increase from 9% to 14%) or be in receipt of welfare benefits (increase from 12% to 19%).
People who had experienced repeated mild, moderate or severe brain injury were over two-and-a-half times more likely to receive disability benefits than contemporaries who had experienced a single-episode injury (increase from 6% to 12%),
While many of the results reinforce the growing body of research about the long term effects of head injuries in young people, this study is the largest undertaken so far. Professor Fazel continued:
'Our study indicates far-reaching and long-term consequences of head injury. It reinforces what we knew already – that prevention is key. As the data only included hospital admissions for head injury, and therefore didn't take into account less severe accidents many children have that go unrecorded, these are likely conservative estimates of the scale of the problem.
'Existing work to prevent head injuries to young people in sports, for example, needs to be enhanced. However, we cannot prevent every injury. Long term follow up could identify negative effects so that early intervention can prevent a drift into low attainment, unemployment and mental illness.'
Dr Mary DeSilva, Head of Population, Environment and Health at Wellcome, which funded the study, said: 'This study is a great example of how we can build a detailed picture of the long term health and social implications of events like being concussed as a child, by using large sets of data collected over many years.
'With such comprehensive data researchers could also show that the risk of outcomes, including the likelihood of developing a psychiatric illness, became higher if the injury was more severe, or if there were multiple injuries.'
More about the study
 - Absolute risk (the resulting chance) of outcomes following childhood head injury in comparison to unaffected people in the same age group:
Outcome Absolute risk in unaffected contemporaries Absolute risk in those with a single mild, moderate or severe brain injury Absolute risk in those with repeated mild, moderate or severe brain injuries
Being admitted to hospital as a mental health inpatient 5.7% 10.4%
Using a mental health service 14.2% 20.0%
Receipt of disability benefits 3.9% 6.3% 12.4%
Receipt of means-tested benefits 11.5% 19.1%
Poor school attainment 8.9% 13.9%
Early death (before 41) 0.8% 1.6% 2.6%
 - The term 'disability benefits' refers both to financial support for those who are unable to work, as well as support to supplement the income of those able to carry out part-time work.
 - The term 'welfare benefits' refers to means-tested financial support to supplement low income. The system's aim is to provide all Swedish citizens with a "reasonable living standard". There is not an equivalent system to this in the UK.
The paper, Long-Term Outcomes Associated with Traumatic Brain Injury in Childhood and Adolescence: A Nationwide Swedish Cohort Study of a Wide Range of Medical and Social Outcomes, is published open access in PLOS Medicine (doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed._PHONE_).


Facing Death – How creativity can reduce the glare
American psychotherapist Irvin Yalom draws on existential philosophy as the basis for his therapy, working around the principle that humans face four key concerns: death, freedom, isolation and meaninglessness. All four themes interrelate, but I want to touch on just one for now. Death. Death and the idea that we all have death anxiety; whether that be a fear of non-existence, the dying process itself or our beliefs around what happens when we are dead.
In his book Staring at the Sun, Yalom suggests that anxiety likes to attach itself to something but that ultimately all of our anxieties trace back to a fundamental anxiety around our impending non-existence. If we consider anxiety as the fear that something bad is going to happen (which, of course has a vast range of applications for different people), and our (threat) response to that, it does indeed seem plausible that the paradox generated by our instinct to survive and conscious awareness that we are mortal, will cause some anxiety. The attachment of our anxiety to issues other than our mortality can be contextualised through different modalities Perhaps you take a psychodynamic approach and see the anxiety cause by the conflict between the id (instinct to survive) and the superego (medical approach to health, religious beliefs or cultural taboos around death and dying) as being displaced onto objects through phobias? Or perhaps you view it through a lens of choice and control; if death is outside our control, what might we have more chance of controlling (social situations, how others perceive us, not getting ill, OCD behaviours) and how does it feel not to have control? How could this idea fit with your model of therapy?
As with many anxieties, understanding the thing we are scared of and where it comes from can ease the anxiety and give a wider perspective for navigating barriers that can seem insurmountable. A great place to begin talking about death and dying outside of therapy, is a Death Café*. Originally developed by Jon Underwood, the Death Café model is an informal, relaxed space for people to get together to talk about death and dying. It is not a bereavement support group, nor is it counselling. It is a non-directed space for people who are going to die (that's me and that's you and everyone we know) to get together to talk about an often taboo subject. When we talk about death and dying it can us lead more fulfilling lives.
Mary Oliver, The Summer Day
In the therapy room, there are many ways we can use creativity to explore death and dying. If we take Irvin Yalom's analogy of "staring at the sun" it can feel too painful, or even be impossible to directly look at or fully comprehend our own mortality. Viewing and exploring thoughts, feelings and meaning associated with death through a creative medium can be a way of reducing the glare and perhaps even providing opportunity for greater insight. We can do this by using the liminal space between therapist and client to project onto, or by using metaphor and symbolism through a number of mediums.
I originally wrote this article for the Creative Counsellors Club magazine – Take a Moment. Many of the other creative exercises and resources shared within the Creative Counsellors Club can be adapted to explore issues around life and death.
Write your own obituary
I'd like to invite you to consider your own non-existence and life by writing your own obituary. There are several exercises available online. Here is one from The Liberationist that you can download. Why not use the exercise and try writing two obituaries; make one funny and far-fetched to ease you into it, and a second more serious or congruent.
*Death Cafes are held all over the world. Visit _URL_ to find one near you. I co-host the Faversham Death Café in Kent and have been to several others, finding the experience liberating and comforting.
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Date of Award
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Degree Name
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)
Educational Administration and Leadership
First Advisor
Delores E. McNair
First Committee Member
Laura Hallberg
Second Committee Member
Maureen Harrington
Women continue to be in the minority in school administration in public schools in the United States, although the majority of teachers are female. The role of assistant principal is the gateway to school administration. The purpose of this study was to describe the essence of the transition from teaching to school administration, the role of a female assistant principal, and the career aspirations of female assistant principals. This study used a phenomenological approach to understand the essence of the transition for the participants. Six women were interviewed using a semi-structured interview protocol to collect data on their experiences transitioning to the role of assistant principal. Using the process of horizonalization, the data were transcribed and analyzed using statements and quotes from the interviews to develop themes common to all participants. Findings revealed that these women continually seek to better themselves, others, and their organizations. They experienced a significant sense of loss as they transitioned to their new role. Lastly, the supports needed by women as they continue in their career as school administrators were uncovered.


In Silico
In Silico
Sloan Foundation Film
Release Date
 - Noah Hutton
Will the Blue Brain Project—a highly publicized billion-euro effort to create a complete digital simulation of the human brain—revolutionize neuroscience or fall victim to hype, criticism, and its own ambitions?
A young filmmaker sets out to document a brilliant neuroscientist who has become frustrated with his field's status quo. With time elapsing and millions of dollars on the line, In Silico explores an audacious 10-year quest to simulate the entire human brain on supercomputers. Along the way, it reveals the profound beauty of tiny mistakes and bold predictions—a controversial space where scientific process meets ego, and where the lines between objectivity and ambition blur.
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Possible Topics
 - Simulated consciousness
 - The power and limitations of computer modeling
 - Understanding the human brain


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Make a custom posy wedding ring your own with your choice of initials or name on the ring. This ring is exclusive to Crystal Realm, and we first made it for a couple who wanted a ring with Polish lettering. After careful deliberation over the choices Mandira provided, they chose lettering in a Gaelic font on a ring decorated with a Russian motif between every two instances of letters.
You may have:
1. Three initials inscribed twice around the outside
2. Two intials inscribed three times around the outside
3. Your three initials and your beloved's three initials on the outside of the ring
4. A five letter name followed by a heart (or other symbol) around the outside of the ring (you may add a comment in the comment field when you check out)
5. A six letter name around the outside of the ring
This ring is 6mm wide, and it is available in quarter, half, and whole sizes from 4 to 12.5. It is approximately 2mm thick, meaning it is a very substantial ring. Choose from 14K white gold, shown, 14K yellow gold or 14K rose gold. 18K or platinum is available upon request.
Priced singly. Order two for a pair (choosing one size at a time and placing it in your basket).
Made exclusively by Crystal Realm in the U.S. by the time-honored lost-wax casting method.
Your gold poesy ring(s) will be hand-made to your order and will ship in four to five weeks.
Whether spelled posie, poesy, posey, or posy, the word is pronounced 'posy' and refers to a ring that was popular during medieval and Renaissance times as a gift from lover to beloved. Quotations from courtship stories were inscribed, usually on the inside, but sometimes on the outside of the ring. Shakespeare popularized the rings by mentioning them in several of his plays. In Hamlet, 'Is this a prologue or the posy of a ring?'
From the British Museum: By 1430 love rings engraved with inscriptions were known as 'posies' (from 'poesy' or poetry). In the 13th and 14th centuries the language of the posy was usually French, but from the 15th century English became increasingly common. Rings were given on many occasions. They often seem to have been declarations of love, rather than formal betrothal or marriage rings.
Another quote from the British Museum: This ring is known as a posy ring, deriving from the French 'poesie ' (poetry). Posy rings were plain hoops inscribed with mottoes or saying, that might express sentiments of faith, commemoration, friendship and love. It was an especially popular type of ring in the fifteenth century. The romantic inscriptions on posy rings suggest that they were also used for weddings.


Start method:
public Vector3 rotationSpeed;
This variable will change how fast and on what axis the rotation happens.
The public access modifier in the context of Unity means that this variable will be exposed to the editor and other classes.
A Vector3 is a struct that stores an X, Y and Z value, a Vector3 can be used to pass on the position, rotation or scale of a GameObject.
Now replace this line:
transform.Rotate(0, 50 * Time.deltaTime, 0);
With the following:
transform.Rotate(rotationSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
The rotation speed now gets fed into the Rotate method using a variable, making it easy to change. Vectors can be multiplied with single value variable types like deltaTime to change all included values of the vector at once. For example, a Vector3 with a value of (X:1, Y:2, Z:3) multiplied with a float with a value of 3 will result in a Vector3 with a value of (X:3, Y:6, Z:9).
Always opt for a variable instead of a "magic number" like the 50 you added in before. Doing so will allow you to change and reuse values without having to open the script.
Now, save the script and return to the editor. Open the Windmill prefab from the Hierarchy as you did before, and select the Wheel grandchild GameObject again.
Take a look at the Inspector, the Rotate component now has a field that you can adjust:
Change the Y value of the Rotation Speed field to 120 and exit the prefab mode by clicking the arrow at the top left of the Hierarchy, saving your changes when prompted.
Now, play the scene. The wheels are rotating like before, albeit a tad faster.
A huge advantage of having variables exposed in the editor is that you can change them while in play mode! Select the wheel of one of the windmills in the Hierarchy and try changing the Rotation Speed. You can slide the Y value from left to right or change the number directly.
Doing so will result in the wheel changing its speed in real time:
Once you stop play mode, any values you've set on GameObjects in the Hierarchy will be reset. This is a great way to play around with values and see what works best. You could tweak the height a character jumps, how much health the enemy orcs have or even the layout of UI elements.
Of course — once you have found the values you want — you might want to store these so they get applied each time the game starts. The most robust way to do this is by copying and pasting the values on components and using prefabs.
While still in play mode, change the rotation of one of the wheels to anything you think looks good, 150 on the Y-axis for example. Now right-click the Rotate component around its name in the Inspector, or left-click the options cog in the top right of the component, and select Copy Component. This will copy the component and its values to your clipboard.
Next, stop the play mode. You'll notice the speed reverts to its former value in Inspector. Right-click the Rotate component's name and select Paste Component Values, any values you've copied are now pasted into the Rotate component.
While this changed the rotation speed for one of the windmills, you want this applied to all of them. To do so, select the grandparent Windmill of the Wheel you've altered and select Overrides ► Apply All at the top right of Inspector to apply all changes to the Windmill prefab.
Next up is polling for player input to make the machine move and shoot!
Player Input and Instantiating Prefabs
A game wouldn't be a game without requiring some level of player input. Scripts can get the state of the keyboard, mouse and any connected gamepads. The first goal is to get that little machine moving on the rails from left to right.
Create a new C# script in RW/Scripts, name it HayMachine and open it in a code editor.
Add the following variables right above Start:
public float movementSpeed;
This variable will allow you to specify the speed at which the machine can move.
Now, add this method below Update:
private void UpdateMovement()
 float horizontalInput = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal"); // 1
 if (horizontalInput < 0) // 2
 transform.Translate(transform.right * -movementSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
 else if (horizontalInput > 0) // 3
 transform.Translate(transform.right * movementSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
This piece of code moves the hay machine around using the player's horizontal input:
 1. Get the raw input of the Horizontal axis using the Input class and store it in horizontalInput. The Input class contains all the methods to poll input devices. GetAxisRaw returns the current value of input as defined in the input manager for the Horizontal axis:
In this case, you can use the left and right arrow keys, the A & D keys or a left analog stick as input.
 1. If horizontalInput is less than 0, that means a left movement on the X-axis was detected. In that case, translate (which means move) the machine to the left at a rate of its movementSpeed per second.
 2. If the horizontalInput is higher than 0 instead, move the machine to the right.
When Unity doesn't detect any input, horizontalInput will stay at 0 and the machine won't move.
Now, to call the method you've added each frame, add a call to it in Update:
Next, save this script and return to the editor. Select Hay Machine in the Hierarchy and add a Hay Machine component to it.
Set its Movement Speed to 14 and play the scene. Use the arrow keys or A & D to move the machine from left to right. It works!
Oops, you can move the machine outside of the rails and even off-screen, that's no good. You'll need to set up some boundaries to stop the machine from moving too far.
Open the HayMachine script again and add this variable below the others:
public float horizontalBoundary = 22;
This variable will be used to limit the movement on the X-axis. It gets assigned 22 as a default value, that will be the initial value that gets filled into the editor as well.
Now, edit UpdateMovement's if-else statement so it makes use of the boundary in its checks:
if (horizontalInput < 0 && transform.position.x > -horizontalBoundary) // 1
 transform.Translate(transform.right * -movementSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
else if (horizontalInput > 0 && transform.position.x < horizontalBoundary) // 2
 transform.Translate(transform.right * movementSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
Here's what changed:
 1. Not only does the horizontal input needs to be negative before allowing movement to the left, the machine's X position also needs to be higher than the negative value of horizontalBoundary.
 2. To move to the right, the horizontal input needs to be positive and the machine's X position should be lower than horizontalBoundary.
The image below illustrates what goes on more visually:
The white lines on the left and right represent the boundaries, the line going through the machine is its center. Moving the machine in either direction "locks" it once a boundary is reached:
Save the script and return to the editor. Try playing the scene and moving the machine left and right once more. The machine gets stopped once it's moved to one of the edges.
Next, you'll be implementing the shooting of bales of hay!
Creating and Shooting Projectiles
Before you can start launching anything, you'll need to create a GameObject for the hay. Start off by creating a new empty GameObject in the Hierarchy by right-clicking an empty space and selecting Create Empty. This will generate an empty GameObject named "GameObject" at the root of the Hierarchy.
With the empty GameObject still selected, change its name to Hay Bale in the Inspector and reset its Transform component by right-clicking the Transform component and selecting Reset.
Now, add a 3D model to Hay Bale by dragging in the Hay Bale model from RW/Models onto Hay Bale in the Hierarchy. With the Hay Bale model still selected, name it Hay Bale Model and reset its Tranform. You'll now notice the hay firmly planted into the ground in both the Scene and the Game view.
Next, select Hay Bale and add the following components by using the Add Component button:
 - Box Collider
 - Rigidbody
 - Rotate
Now that the hay has the necessary components to use physics and can rotate around as a way of animating, it's time to configure it.
The bale will be shot from the hay machine, flying straight forward without being affected by gravity. Later in this tutorial, once you've added the sheep, they will be used to stop the sheep from hurting themselves.
To start off, check the Is Trigger checkbox on the Box Collider so the bale won't be able to push any rigid bodies around. Next, check the Is Kinematic checkbox on its Rigidbody so the hay won't drop through the ground. Finally, set the Rotation Speed on Rotation to (X:300, Y:50, Z:0).
Save the scene and press the play button. You'll notice the hay is spinning around in place.
To make the hay move forward, you'll need to write another utility script. Create a new C# script in RW/Scripts, name it Move and open it in your code editor.
Add the following variables declarations to the top of the class, right above the Start method:
public Vector3 movementSpeed; //1
public Space space; //2
Here's what they're used for:


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NEC technology uses geomagnetism to locate individuals
Tokyo, October 28, 2016 - NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) has developed a technology that utilizes geomagnetism to determine the exact location of subjects inside of buildings, where the frame and other steel materials may interfere with GPS signals.
Utilizing deep learning, a kind of Artificial Intelligence (AI), this technology estimates the geomagnetic characteristics for each floor of a building based on indoor location information and geomagnetic information obtained by a prior examination. According to these characteristics, it can determine the location of a subject to within 2 meters of accuracy (*) based on the geomagnetic information obtained through a sensor carried by the subject.
Going forward, NEC intends to combine this technology with a personal identification technology which uses the resonation of sound determined by the shape of human ear cavities (**), a motion sensor, and other components and to provide a platform for "hearable devices"(earphone type devices) that can help grasp where a person is, who the person is, and their activity status.
There are growing needs to determine the exact location of individuals while they are inside such locations as office facilities and retail stores, for purposes that include dynamic management and customer guidance. Conventionally, methods for locating individuals who are indoors include the use of a beacon (***) or wireless LAN, which may be problematic in terms of costly installment.
NEC's technology makes it possible to precisely locate a subject indoors by use of devices equipped with a geomagnetic sensor and a motion sensor. This requires no additional capital spending for location measurement services, thereby enabling them to be implemented at a lower cost.
Primary features of this system include the following:
- Determines the exact location of a subject indoors
Utilizing deep learning, this technology estimates the geomagnetic characteristics of each floor of a facility based on the indoor location information and geomagnetic information obtained by prior examination. According to these characteristics, it can determine the location to within 2 meters of accuracy based on geomagnetic information obtained through a sensor carried by the subject inside.
- No additional capital spending is required
Once the examination of a facility's geomagnetic condition is complete, there is no need to install specific devices indoors, such as a beacon (***) or wireless LAN. Therefore, location measurement services can be introduced at a reduced cost.
NEC is aiming for the commercialization of platforms for hearable devices by the end of the 2017 fiscal year by combing this new technology with a personal identification technology which uses the resonation of sound determined by the shape of human ear cavities, motion sensors and other components.
Hearable devices enable hands-free verification of wearable device users connected to the Internet, which can help to resolve social issues, such as accidents caused by focusing on a smartphone while walking. Moreover, service providers, public and private organizations can integrate their assets with hearable devices using web APIs.
In the future, NEC aims to create new links between this technology and other advanced services, including 5G, a next-generation communications standard and IoT (Internet of Things).
- (*) As of October 28, 2016. Measured by NEC
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- (***) A signal transmitter using near field communication standards, such as Bluetooth
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Euan Macleod Essay
Published Wednesday, 2 January 2002The history of Australian painting places a significance on the artist's
depiction of the figures place in the landscape. Since the colonial period
artists have battlembol for historical and contemporary contexts.
Image: Ladder, 180 x 137cm; oil on canvas; 1998.
to the Colonial period it highlighted the pastoral and the romantic, which
evolved with the Heidelberg school where the figure and the landscape captured
the unique, impressionist painting techniques and captured dual populist
sentiments of the heroic figure in the bush (Tom Roberts) as well as the threat
one faced of living or settling in the bush (Frederick McCubbin).
The perception of identity is amplified in the depiction of the figure in the
landscape; and it offers a real and idealised account of Australia. This
treatment of such an archetypal representation of Australia has been explored
by a number of artists in an attempt to temper a particular perspective that
captures the Australian spirit. The artists associated with the Angry Penguins
movement (including Nolan, Tucker, Perceval and Boyd) attempted to forge a
modern identity that was uniquely Australian. Once more the relationship
between the landscape and figure and the images it produced became an integral
component of this art movement. Similarly contemporary Australian artists are
examining Australian identity in physical, cultural, spiritual, conceptual and
Euan Macleod confirms the historic temperament towards identity and a
reflection of living in Australia. Macleod examines the metaphor of the figure
in the landscape.
Macleod discusses how his work can be read on many levels and that he hesitates
to give a specific explanation to any work. He identifies the symbolic
properties of his work referring to the landscape as a psychological state of
existence; the figure articulates this personal investigation citing the figure
as both personal and symbolic. His work offers a development of the depiction
of the figure in the landscape; and his reference to Jungian psychology offers
a separate critical alternative to the orthodoxy within this genre.
Macleod explains that through the plasticity of the paint he can come to a
point to where there is a particular unity of feeling and aesthetic
" when it translates to, well either flesh or water or a surface, so that
when you're looking at it you're not looking at beautiful paint, you're looking
at matter - physicality."
The handling of the paint is as important to the artist as the subject matter,
and it is the competency and intuitive handling of the paint that give his work
its very strength. Getting convincing tonal variations in a composition,
according to Macleod is the most engaging quality in the process of painting,
highlighting the process of pushing the paint to reveal form and manifest
colour. His process is evolutionary in terms of how images evolve from the
canvas with the artist being assisted by producing preliminary studies to guide
his technique. His work is a constant dialogue between the technical
proficiency of his paint handling and the ideas that dwell within the theme of
the figure in the landscape.
Macleod received public recognition for his work by winning the Archibald Prize
for portraiture in 1998 with his portrait titled Head like a Hole. This
work typifies his approach to both the landscape and the figure; where both
take on a symbiotic relationship and where visually both features interact. The
dense tonal compositions leave unresolved ambiguous features leaving the viewer
to determine whether his work is an allegory of the psychological self, a
rhetorical image that harnesses the momentum of Australian landscape painting
or fictional glimpses.
Macleod understands the importance of developing a competency in the use of the
medium but also understands the conceptual potency that is generated in
depicting the figure in the landscape. He is an artist who locates himself in a
traditional genre which is fascinated with history and identity, yet offers a
critical interpretation by means of creating autonomous landscapes that are
general and never specific to a place or time.
Questions on the artist
Euan Macleod demonstrates how the relationship of the figure in the landscape
can mean much more than how it appears. Discuss his work in terms of using the
Subjective and Postmodern frame.
Critically analyse his work in terms of the use of symbols, signs and
metaphors. Explain the importance of the figure in the landscape.
How does Macleod handle his paint and what process of application does he use?
Trace the historical significance of the figure in the landscape found in
Select one of Macleod's paintings and analyse the work in terms of its
psychological significance and use of personal symbols.
Find out when Macleod won the Archibald Portrait Prize and give a critical
account of the work that won it.


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Could Humanoid Aliens Exist?
Rachael is from Earth, a planet known for its pizza, yoga pants, trashy television, and nearly constant wars.
Review whether or not it's likely that humanoid alien species exist.
Review whether or not it's likely that humanoid alien species exist.
One thing you'll notice if you watch a lot of sci-fi is that aliens often look similar to humans and communicate with the same vocal range we do, which seems kind of unlikely in real life.
This alien-human resemblance is mostly for the sake of filming and for the sake of storytelling—people tend to relate better to other creatures that look and think sort of like humans. At the very least, it helps us relate to otherworldly beings if we can recognize some human traits in them. But what are the chances that we might meet a human-like being from another planet someday? Or maybe that they exist, but we'll never be able to meet them?
We know there are probably other planets similar to Earth out there. But do they have the conditions necessary to cause a species to evolve the same way, or close to the same way, as we did? Well, what are characteristics of humans, and how did we get these traits?
Traits of Humans and Conditions That Caused Them
* Humans and other "hairless" mammals are not totally hairless; they just are not covered in thick fur like most mammals on Earth are.
Opposable thumbs
Need to grasp small objects, used for climbing and tool use.
Walking upright
Helped hominids see longer distances when walking across plains, not needed in forest-dwelling, tree-climbing primates.
Nomadic predators or scavengers, traveling large distances and needing a good memory, social animals develop social intelligence and language use.
Tool making and use
Materials, intelligence, need for tools (hunting, agriculture)
Use of fire
Eating meat, which carries infection risks, having stuff to burn on planet (wood, coal, etc.)
Mammalian Characteristics
Warm-bloodedness is suited to a colder climate, living on land is suited to planet with a lot of dry land, mammalian reproduction slower, but it is more protected from predators. Mammalian reproduction and maternal care of infants causes social bonding, relationships, family structures, gendered division of labor, attachment of parents to their children.
Humans evolved hairlessness to thwart body lice.
Urbanization and Agriculture
Necessary political and economic basis for society, large-scale agriculture requires a lot of social cooperation, which requires a legal code and written record-keeping.
Advanced agricultural methods, peace, high population, innovative freedom, trade across long distances
Humans invented clothing for warmth and to show social position, form of communication
Large social structure, social cooperation for survival (not solitary), does not communicate primarily by scents or gestures, vocal chords, sharp hearing to distinguish voices
What are the chances of hominid life forms evolving on other planets?
Hominid Species Co-Existing
So, if we think about it, we are just one species, out of billions of species on this planet, with ALL of the above traits; but very few of those traits are unique to humans (clothes, industrialization, written laws as the basis of social order, fire).
But one could argue that it certainly may have been possible for several hominid species to coexist on this Earth simultaneously, since that's what happened thousands of years ago. They couldn't survive the Ice Age, or were killed or out-bred by Homo sapiens, but it's interesting to imagine a world where human-like others of a different species shared the planet with us. But what are the chances of hominid life forms evolving on other planets?
An artist's depiction of an Earth-like planet.
An artist's depiction of an Earth-like planet.
Space and the Question of Earth-Like Planets
There are two schools of thought on this question of whether life could evolve on other planets similar to us.
The Rare Earth Hypothesis
The "Debby Downer" position is called the Rare Earth hypothesis, which is the belief that the circumstances of life on Earth are so crazy that there's probably nothing like this place anywhere else.
The View of Earth as a Typical Planet
Other scientists, including Carl Sagan, however, propose a contrary view to that, believing that Earth is a typical planet orbiting a typical star in a typical galaxy. Since our size, star, position, galaxy, etc. are all not anomalous, they reason that there are probably many Earth-like planets floating around out there.
This is the view I prefer, not just because it lets us imagine that really cool sci-fi things could really be happening out in space, but it just makes sense to me because there are many planets and many stars out there, and if our planet exists, it seems reasonable to think others similar enough to it to support life must be too.
What About Hominid Life?
But hominid life, specifically, gets a little more tricky. It's true that there was a very specific set of conditions that led to human life happening when it did and to humans looking and behaving the way they do now. I think there are probably a vast number of planets with rudimentary life forms similar to our simplest of plants, fungi, and unicellular organisms.
But it did take a long time for Earth to go from that to having human civilization, and many planets may be seemingly stuck somewhere in Earth's past, biologically speaking. Still others, though, might have had human life on them for hundreds of thousands, or millions of years. It's fun to speculate about, but we may never really know.
(Source/Further Reading: Rare Earth Hypothesis, Wikipedia.)
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| The following are some of the elements that contribute to the abused student syndrome:
But, if two or more such elements simultaneously occur, the student may develop feelings of helplessness and eventually become paranoid. It is important to try to recognize students who may be experiencing the Abused Student Syndrome and assist them in obtaining referral to other offices where help might be obtained.
- The student may study and know the materials, but the test is not fair and consequently he/she fails the exam.
- Problems may arise in human relations where the student does not always get what he/she wants.
- Some professors utilize scare tactics that create manufactured fears of the professor, course, or both.
- Some T.A.'s can't help students or are lazy; thus the students have nowhere to turn for much needed help with homework, class content, etc.
- Occasionally a student may experience discrimination. In addition to the more widely acknowledged forms of discrimination (e.g., sex, race), the student may be discriminated against because he/she is fat, ugly, physically handicapped, etc.


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What is the significance of the veil in the Harry Potter series? What does it mean? Why is it never explained?
When asked, JK Rowling responded saying: It's been there as long as the Ministry itself.
As stated on the Veil page on the Harry Potter Wikia:
The veil is located deep within the Department of Mysteries, which contains many of mysteries of the wizarding world. I believe the significance of it is greater than the mystery it represents. As J.K. Rowling has said, "It's been there as long as the Ministry itself."
This artifact presents something historically significant, although it is impossible to say how. In the fifth movie and book, it is significant because Bellatrix shot a spell at Sirius and sent him through the veil, never to be seen again. In the movie, he was dead before he entered the veil, having taken an Avada Kedavra curse. In the book, the spell Bellatrix used may not have been the Killing Curse and so the veil may have been Sirius' cause of death, rather than a method of body disposal.


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Effect of helium on irradiation-induced hardening of iron: A simulation point of view
Irradiation-induced hardening and loss of ductility of ferritic/martensitic materials envisaged for future fusion reactor is still difficult to understand. In particular, helium (He), produced by transmutation by the fusion neutrons of 14 MeV, is known to impact mechanical properties, but its effect at the microstructural level is still unclear. Molecular dynamics simulations of the mobility of an edge dislocation in iron (Fe) are performed to study the effect of He, either as a gas in solid solution or in cavities. Obstacle to the dislocation, the cavity, in the form of a void or a He bubble, is compared to a ao dislocation loop, all being 2 nm in size. Results show that He in solid solution up to 1.0 at.% has a little effect on the dislocation mobility. Conversely, the cavities and the ao [10 0] dislocation loop are strong obstacles to the passage of the edge dislocation. Interestingly He bubbles present a lower obstacle strength than voids for low He contents, while for high He content the bubble promotes loop punching, which induces a strong resistance to the passage of the dislocation. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.


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Why Investors Care
A price index measures the change in price between time periods for a given set of goods and services. It summarizes a set of prices for a variety of goods and services collected from a number of outlets. The consumer price index is the most widely followed indicator of inflation. An investor who understands how inflation influences the markets will benefit over those investors that do not understand the impact. Inflation is an increase in the overall prices of goods and services. The relationship between inflation and interest rates is the key to understanding how indicators such as the CPI influence the marketsand your investments. Inflation (along with various risks) basically explains how interest rates are set on everything from your mortgage and auto loans to Treasury bills, notes and bonds. As the rate of inflation changes and as expectations on inflation change, the markets adjust interest rates. The effect ripples across stocks, bonds, commodities, and your portfolio, often in a dramatic fashion. By tracking inflation, whether high or low, rising or falling, investors can anticipate how different types of investments will perform. Over the long run, the bond market will rally (fall) when increases in the CPI are small (large). The equity market rallies with the bond market because low inflation promises low interest rates and is good for profits.
The CPI is used to help set monetary policy and for monitoring economic performance. It is used by the government to adjust New Zealand Superannuation and unemployment benefit payments once a year, to help ensure that these payments maintain their purchasing power. Employers and employees use the CPI in wage negotiations.


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Separating a solid from a liquid:
- separating a dense, insoluble solid from a liquid (pour away)
- separates insoluble solid + liquid (eg. sand + water)
- residue and filtrate will be collected
3. Evaporation to dryness (for substances which will not decompose upon heating)
- dissolved solid from a solution
- when we evaporate salt solution to dryness, we get the solid salt.
4. Crystalization (substances that will decompose upon heating)"
- separates a solution (soluble solid + liquid)
- water is removed by heating the solution
- heating is stopped at the stage when a hot saturated solution is formed.
- when cooled to room temp, the dissolved solid will be formed as pure crystals
- only if one of the solid is soluble and the other one is not.
- obtain the solid that sublimates
Separating a liquid from a solution:
- getting pure water from seawater
- water in at the bottom,
- water out at the top
- this is to ensure cooling is efficient
- the thermometer should not be dipped into the solution,
this is to ensure that it measures the bp of the substance that is being distilled.
2. Fractional distillation
- separates mixture of 2 miscible liquids(liquid with 2 diff. bp) (ethanol + water)
- obtain the liquid with the lower boiling point.
- there's a fractionating column where the glass beads in it provide a large surface area for the vapour to condense on,
- and also allow vapours of liquid with higher bp to condense and re-enter the round bottomed flask.
3. Separating funnel
- separates 2 immiscible liquid (oil + water)
- obtains oil and water separately
volatile = liquid that evaporates easily, low boiling point
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2. What is the cycle that produces oxygen for us to breathe?
oxothesis kenisthesis photosynthesis
3. What are the patterns of air movements called?
doldrums westerlies zephers
4. What is the main cause of air tides?
lunar winds gravitational attraction
5. How many layers does the ionosphere consists of?
4 6 8
6. When is the best time to send a short-wave radio
during peak sunspot
activity when there are no
sunspots it doesn't
7. Phototropism is the result of a plant hormone called:
menitoxin auxin chlorophyll
8. When chlorophyll traps light and releases electrons, energy is
stored in the form of:
ATP ADP ASP
9. The first known scientific writing about rainbows was in 1310
Galileo Theodoric Copernicus
10. Which time is best to see rainbows during?
summer winter it doesn't
11. The Sun doesn't travel due east to due west it travels:
in an arc pattern in a circle pattern slightly angled
12. Which has more of an effect on the Earth's tides:
wind Sun Moon
13. Which of these civilizations "solar calendar" predicted
Egyptians Mayans Greeks
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Beckett, Holly Bernitt, and Vishwa Chandra.


text: Our impact Past successes Journey to Hospital Land A therapeutic program for children in hospital In conjunction with Hadassah Hospital's Director of Paediatric Education and Therapy Services (Edna Pinchower) and the Chairman of Department of Paediatrics (Prof Eitan Kerem), the Journey to Hospital Land program has been developed by Melbourne based award-winning author and child and adult psychologist, Esther Takac. It is designed for the Israeli hospital system, which provides a unique cross cultural environment where religious Jews, secular Jews, Muslim and Christian Israeli Arabs and Palestinians spend time together. This provides a real window of opportunity for getting to know 'the other' and reducing fear, mistrust and stereotypes. The program has three components… 1. 'Yoni's journey to Hospital Land' A therapeutic storybook which helps children manage the hospital experience (including pain management, relaxation breathing and cognitive behaviour therapy strategies tailored for children). 2. 'Parents' Guide to Hospital Land' Providing ideas for parents to support their child through the hospitalisation experience. 3. A Hospital Land website A place for children to share experiences and gather ideas. 'Yoni's journey to Hospital Land' - EXCERPT FROM 'TRAVEL GUIDE' Going to hospital can be strange and a bit scary. Everything is so different! The doctors with their stethoscopes, the machines that beep, the other kids in bandages, the noises and lights when you're trying to sleep, the food, the people you meet, even the strange medical language the doctors and nurses speak! It's all so different it's rather like being in a different land – you could call it Hospital Land! When people travel to a foreign land they often take a travel guide to help them find their way. It tells you what to expect and how to behave. So this book is a travel guide to Hospital Land – helping you find your way in hospital and know what to expect. It tells you what happens when you first come into hospital, what the nurses and doctors do and what it's like sharing a room with somebody you don't know. And just like travel guides have traveller's tips and a little dictionary so you can manage with the different customs and language, so this book also has tips. They can help you manage in hospital, such as how to go to sleep when it's noisy and what to do if you're nervous about blood tests. There's also a little dictionary so you can understand some of that foreign medical language. All travellers set out on their journey not knowing exactly where it will lead them. Sometimes its only when we journey away from the things we know that we learn new things about the world, and ourselves. I wonder what you will learn in your journey to hospital land! 'Parents' Guide to Hospital Land' - EXCERPT FROM 'MEETING THE OTHER' In hospital you and your child will meet people from different cultural backgrounds. They may be people you would never meet or talk to in your normal life. In fact, you may find yourselves in very close contact with these "other" people. If they are fellow patients, you may be sharing a room, using the same bathroom or kitchen. This culturally different person may also be looking after you in the hospital – a doctor, nurse or teacher. It can feel awkward and uncomfortable at first. However, you are likely to see that here in hospital the usual separations between people are less relevant. Here the divisions are between the sick and the healthy. And the healthy, no matter what background they come from, are all working together to help the sick. In this world of sickness and health, where we are all made of the same flesh and blood, different relationships develop. The program is now almost ready. It will be distributed to children and their parents in paediatric departments at Hadassah and a range of other children's hospitals across Israel. Esther's work on research, development and writing the story and parents' guide, and the illustrator's work have been contributed on an honorary basis. Financial contributions have been made by Hadassah hospital and donors in Israel. However additional donations are required for creating the website, and printing Yoni's Journey to Hospital Land Storybook and Parents' Guide.


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This lesson will feature how to decorate a masquerade mask with mixed media.
I demonstrated how to sculpt a mask out of clay in How to Make a Masquerade Mask Part I.
Here are the supplies you will need:
- A clay mask, plaster cloth mask, or paper mache mask
- Golden's Regular Gel (Matte)
- An assortment of scrapbook paper
- Acrylic paints
- Embellishments as desired, such as feathers


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Mathematics Curriculum Specialist
Mathematics Curriculum Specialist, Durham, NC Office
We are an education company seeking a full-time Mathematics Curriculum Specialist. CASE Assessments provides benchmark assessments and a test item bank for school districts in Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. We are seeking a math specialist to develop Common Core and state standards assessment products for delivery in print and online.
This mathematics curriculum specialist position is a full-time position in our Durham, NC office. At this time, we will not be considering applicants unable to work in the Durham office.
- Bachelor's degree in mathematics and/or education with a focus on mathematics
- Mastery of mathematical content knowledge relevant to teaching experience
- Minimum 2-3 years' experience as a certified classroom teacher
- Strong command of Common Core Standards
- Demonstrated aptitude for writing and reviewing summative assessment items for Common Core content
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, primarily Word and Excel
- In addition to professional knowledge, the candidate should have:
- The ability to work well in a group
- The ability to be a critical thinker who is able to give and receive constructive feedback on assessment products
- The ability to work under deadlines by prioritizing and organizing work effectively
- The ability to work in a flexible, dynamic environment
- Preference may be given to a candidate with more teaching experience and/or with additional experience writing mathematics items for use in print and online educational platforms.
- Preference may be given to a candidate with strong content knowledge of Elementary through Algebra I/Math I math curriculum.
- Preference may be given to a candidate with additional experience using graphics software (e.g., Microsoft Paint and/or Adobe Illustrator).
- Preference may be given to a candidate with a Master's Degree in mathematics or education or with National Board Certification.


Is Infrared Light Visible?
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Human's can't see infrared light, but many animals can. Goldfish, some butterflies and certain species of snake can see infrared radiation, which humans can only feel as a heat medium. Bees, birds, lizards and some insects can also see ultraviolet (UV) light, which is at the other end of the light spectrum.
More facts about infrared and ultraviolet light:
 - Humans can see infrared with the use of night vision equipment, or with thermographic devices. Infrared radiation is used in things such as remote controls, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and certain types of telescopes. Art historians can use infrared radiation to see layers of paintings that have been painted over, such as a portrait of a woman by Vincent van Gogh beneath his painting Grasgond.
 - Some butterflies use ultraviolet light to communicate. White cabbage butterflies, for instance, use a UV light reflection system in their mating rituals.
 - Penguins' eyesight is mostly tuned to greens, blues and purples, but they also can see light in the ultraviolet range, which is thought to help them hunt in the water.


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The primary methods to improve a Transaction check using Uptime.com are to:
- Improve the data received on an outage
- Validate specific elements are functioning as intended
This FAQ offers an advanced use case that will teach best practices of Wait for Element and various Validators that Uptime.com can use in a Transaction check. The goal of this tutorial is to teach you how to use the Transaction check to identify specific elements and validate a page and its associated infrastructure are rendering properly.
Uptime.com Demo Check | Improve Homepage Form Testing
This demo check will show how commands and validators can provide more specific data to your team:
This check is off to a good start. It verifies our status code and makes sure the Uptime.com tagline renders properly, but the one-second wait time won't tell us how our site performs.
Tip 1: Wait for Elements, Not seconds
When the next URL or step in a form takes too long to load, it's tempting during testing to add Wait for 1 Second steps. These steps add unnecessary time to your check, and are not the most accurate way to gauge latency issues. What if the render takes longer than the time you've designated?
Instead, use Wait for Element to Exist. Wait for Element to Exist has an individual step timeout of 25 seconds, and it's a much more accurate gauge of performance. The check will move on to its next step once the element is detected. If your check times out, you can investigate this step and its associated moving parts for performance issues.
We'll use this technique to verify our form is rendering.
We copy the CSS selector for this form:
Then we replace the "Wait for 1 Second" command we used in step three with a "Wait For Element to Exist" command to check for this form:
Next, we'll enter a URL and test the form.
Tip 2: Click vs Submit for Forms
The Submit form command calls the submit method on a form, and has some specific use cases. It's almost always best to utilize Click Element instead if you're filling out a field and clicking a button to move to the next step. Examples include:
- Testing a call to action (as in this example)
- Testing a login form
- Testing a multi-step form
Copy the CSS Selector for the button Start a Free Trial.
Add two new steps that fill the Uptime.com URL into our field and click the button.
Tip 3: Verifying a Redirect
To verify a redirect, you need a command and validator to look for information on the page and check the URL. We started this process in the screenshot above.
Step 7 will wait for the next page to render by looking for the element that contains the information we passed along with our form:
Step 8 will check that this element contains "Uptime.com" (the data we passed in our form), and we'll combine this with our new step 9 to check that our URL is redirecting to its proper place. URL should contain looks for a string of text in your URL, and can check the entire URL if it's static, or just a partial string as we've used in this example:
URL should not contain does the opposite, and is equally useful when you want to be sure that a user is never seeing a particular URL.
A Quick Note on Status Codes
Uptime.com can check for a specific status code, even if that status code would normally indicate failure. There are some use cases where a feature is not publicly available, but administration should expect users who try to access this page to see a specific status code or output. If this example fits your use case, HTTP Status Code Should Be is a handy way to verify the page is rendering as expected.
Improving Your Transaction Check
These extra validators will give us more context for an outage. Here are some examples of outages this check will catch:
- Our homepage is giving us a status code other than 200
- Our tagline has been changed (we can confirm IT is aware)
- Our form is properly passing data
- Our redirect is working properly
We can also confirm none of the other elements in our other steps have been changed and are rendering as intended, especially useful after we've made a big change or deployment. The goal of your Transaction check should be to investigate errors with specific technical details Uptime.com generates as part of its error reporting, including screenshots and performance metrics.


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After three 4,160V dry type transformers failed at a 30-yr-old hospital over a three-year period, the hospital's facility manager contacted the transfomer's manufacturer, who informed him the transformers were reaching the end of their life expectancy and would continue to fail. Lacking the cash flow and other significant financial resources to replace every transformer, the hospital implemented a partial discharge testing (PDT) program, allowing them to prioritize replacement. Two transformers had critical partial discharge levels, so the hospital replaced those immediately. Three other transformers had only moderate partial discharge levels, and the hospital is trending those for insulation deterioration. PDT showed the remaining 12 transformers were in good condition.
Shortly after implementing a PDT program on its aging 16.5kV cable system, a municipality discovered several problems, including 13 cable terminations, two splices, and one cable circuit with critical levels of partial discharge. The utility repaired the problems, avoiding emergency outages in the process. The tests uncovered moderate levels of partial discharge activity in several other components, so the utility is monitoring them for deterioration trends.
During its first PDT, a chemical plant found extremely high partial discharge activity on a 12.47kV load interrupter switch. The testing firm advised the facility directors to immediately remove the circuit from service. However, production schedules made that unfeasible. Although an insulator on the switch failed within a week and the facility's maintenance team was unable to stop it, early warning allowed the owners to bring repair materials to the site before the failure occurred, saving several critical hours of downtime.
In each of these cases the owners saved significant time and money by using this technology. If budgetary constraints and other limitations at your facility are straining your maintenance capabilities, partial discharge testing can provide welcome relief.
Understanding partial discharge testing
To understand what PDT is about, you first need to understand what "partial discharge" means. A partial discharge is an electrical spark that bridges a portion of the insulation between energized conductors in a dielectric. It doesn't necessarily occur at either of the conducting bodies. It can occur anywhere the electric field strength exceeds the breakdown strength of that portion of the dielectric material. This is due to imperfections, voids, contaminants, cracks, and other irregularities in the dielectric.
Partial discharges typically occur at 2,000V or greater and are measured in units of charge called picoCoulombs (pC). Most electrical equipment, including transformers, switchgear and cables, is free of partial discharge when it leaves the factory floor. Cables may have some negligible discharge. Partial discharges create small impulses in the nanosecond range. A partial discharge test instrument can detect the impulse in the field by using capacitive and inductive sensors. It then processes the analog signals through a network of noise filters, amplifiers, and analog-to-digital converters. As equipment ages, though, dielectrics begin to break down and ultimately fail. So PDT is a reliable indicator of equipment condition.
For many years, laboratories have performed PDT on mediumand high-voltage components for quality assurance purposes. The technology has more recently been useful as a diagnostic tool for field measurements to detect impending insulation failure. PDT is now a recognized method of increasing electrical reliability for electrical installations — whether new or existing. The Sidebar below gives examples of the kinds of equipment you can test with this technology. PDT is:
- Predictive — It indicates specific symptoms in advance of failure.
- Nonintrusive — It requires no interruption of service or change from normal operating voltage
- Nondestructive — It doesn't test to failure or adversely affect the equipment under test.
- Minimal stress — It doesn't need to use overvoltages, which expose the tested equipment to higher voltage stresses than those encountered under normal operating conditions.
- Trending-oriented — You can store results to compare with future tests.
- Localization-enabled — It often allows locating the site of the partial discharge occurrence within the test object, facilitating repairs.
- Inexpensive — It allows for performing annual surveys economically at most facilities.
Often field insulation tests of existing equipment produce very little or no partial discharges, which shows the insulation system is in good condition and will not require another test for one year. If you have equipment with moderate amounts of partial discharge, you can trend it to determine insulation deterioration rates. This allows you to schedule corrective actions before failure occurs. If you discover critical levels of partial discharge, you must take immediate corrective actions. The top priority of performing PDT at a facility for the first time is to identify these dangerous conditions.
Don't substitute PDT for traditional preventive maintenance activities. Use this tool to complement existing PM activities. For example, if you perform your annual preventive maintenance outages during winter, you'll want to perform annual PDT during the summer. However, you may not need to schedule such testing for the summer or at all. Why? Continuous partial discharge motors are now on the market. This new technology is especially well suited for critical equipment, unmanned substations or for extending the operating lifetime of older equipment. With this monitor, you can "watch" your equipment remotely. This means you can apply real-time trending and condition-based maintenance activities to medium-voltage assets.
Partial discharge analysis works well for all types of mediumor high-voltage equipment (Table above), but it's an extremely important condition assessment tool for cables. Preventive maintenance programs often ignore cables. This is partly due to the inability of any convenient field test to produce meaningful results and partly due to the common fear of damaging the cables. Since PDT does not require an outage and reliably assesses cable insulation condition, this test is especially suited for predicting cable failure.
PDT helps predict failures if you trend the results, and it helps prevent failures if you take preventive measures based on what you see. A well-implemented PDT program can significantly enhance electrical reliability.
Sidebar: Examples of Equipment You Can Test
- Cables, terminations, and splices
- Instrument transformers: potential, current, ccpds
- Power transformers and bushings
- Motors and generators
- Surge arrestors


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The Clark Photograph and Clippings Archive contains nearly a million images that were used to teach and study art in the early twentieth century. Sadly, some of these images represent the only remaining documentation of important works of art. The Lost Art Project draws on the Clark's photograph and clipping collection to highlight these important lost works.
Today's lost art work is St. Agnes by Alonso Cano (1601–1667):
St. Agnesis one of approximately 417 works of art from the Kaiser Friedrich Museum that was deposited in the Friedrichshain flak tower, or Flakturm, for safekeeping during the Second World War. The painting is presumed to have been destroyed when the tower was burned in May of 1945.


Monday, May 2, 2016
STEM Studies: The Future of Engineering
Lauren Wilson, Director of Admissions at Florida Polytechnic University offered the following as a guest post. I hope you enjoy it. Thanks Lauren!
New developments in the field of engineering owe a large debt to engineers with degrees from the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). These developments are making huge strides for organizations across the board, but the environmental, medical and manufacturing industries in particular. Here are four examples.
3D Printing
Prototypes are a key part of turning a concept into a final product, but creating one was labor-intensive before the advent of 3D printing. 3D printing allows mechanical engineers to put their imaginations to the test and build 3D visual representations much faster than physical prototypes. In addition to speed, 3D printing is also more cost-efficient and easier to use than physical prototyping.
Nanotechnology is changing the way mechanical engineers work by opening up the possibility of manufacturing devices on the molecular and atomic level for custom applications. These devices, which are designed to reduce weight, volume and power demands, carry the added benefit of greater sustainability.
For example, a nanotechnology engineer may work in the environmental industry testing different pollutants in the world's food supply on the cellular level. Successful research would reduce these pollutants on a nanoscale and lay the groundwork for a more sustainable future.
STEM-focused curriculums provide an advantage in nanotechnology, because students work with cutting-edge technology to find solutions for real-world challenges. STEM universities also quickly adapt to industry changes to ensure best practices are taught for creating these materials.
Grid Decentralization
Electrical engineers focus primarily on up-and-coming fields in the engineering industry, including grid decentralization. Grid decentralization is gaining popularity from Colorado to Denmark as a way to reduce the environmental impact created by its communities. Unlike conventional power stations, grid decentralization technology uses renewable energy sources like solar and wind to create power. STEM studies have helped cities and countries transform the way they collect power by thoroughly covering topics ranging from micro-grids to "smart" grids. More importantly, these studies put creative power directly into the hands of students with hands-on projects, internships and real-world challenges.
Lean Manufacturing
Lean manufacturing has dramatically reshaped the roles of industrial engineers over the past decade. Driven by STEM studies, lean manufacturing is focuses on eliminating waste from production processes to create a more agile system. With a primary focus on making systems more sustainable, faster and cost-effective, industrial engineers developed this principle based on studies in STEM subjects including: multifunctional materials, nanotechnology, supply chain logistics, Six Sigma and system analysis.
Universities offering industrial engineering degree programs take a pragmatic approach to learning in the classroom. Students can expect to concentrate on applying the principles of design, analysis and manufacturing to real-world challenges to improve mechanical systems.
Artificial Organs
Biomedical engineering fuses engineering principles with biology to build life-saving medical technologies such as artificial organs. Although biomedical engineering has had a long history, the most recent groundbreaking technologies are a result of advanced education in STEM subjects. Artificial hearts and iPills, for example, are two biomedical engineering breakthroughs that have restored hope for critically ill patients. Biomedical engineering students in STEM learn how to develop and maintain improved medical systems, and perform research on artificial organs, implanted devices, prosthetics and radiation therapy.
STEM focuses solely on the four subjects used most frequently by engineers, and it essentially guarantees that more breakthroughs and improvements are to come. With the help of a STEM education, engineers can apply best practices for reducing energy consumption, minimizing environmental impact and increasing efficiency. From 3D printing to nanotechnology, there's no denying the future of engineering is bright and full of potential.
Lauren Willison
As the Director of Admissions at Florida Polytechnic University, Lauren Willison is responsible for supporting the Vice Provost of Enrollment in managing recruitment efforts. She develops and coordinates onand off-campus events, as well as manages the campus visit experience.


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Coconut water is a clear liquid in the fruit's center that is tapped from young, green coconuts. It's a low-fat health drink.
Pure coconut water is a natural beverage with no artificial additives or sweeteners. It's cholesterol free, 99 per cent fat free, low in carbohydrates and naturally occurring sugars.
It also boasts zinc, selenium, iodine, sulfur, manganese, boron, molybdenum, ascorbic acid and B-group vitamins.
Here are 5 Benefits of Coconut Water that explain why it has become so popular:
1. Immune SupportCoconut water boosts the immune system and helps heal your body. It's not only antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral but also antioxidant, hypoglycemic and hepatoprotective.
2. Lower Bad Cholesterol
Drinking coconut water every day lowers bad cholesterol and raise levels of HDL cholesterol. It can also help diminish fat stored in the liver, heart, kidney and aorta.
3. Compatible with Human Blood
Since it is isotonic to human plasma, coconut water can be used in extreme emergencies to quickly rehydrate the human body if administered intravenously. It is not uncommon for the drink to be used in poorer, third-world countries to save human lives.
4. Skin Tonic
To moisturize: Soak cotton in coconut water and dab it on your face. Leave until it's completely absorbed. This explains why products such as facial creams, shampoos, conditioners and lotions that contain traces of coconut extract are more effective.
5. Reduces Blood Pressure
A disproportionate level of electrolytes can result in high blood pressure. Because coconut water contains an adequate supply of each, it can be used as a balancing mechanism. In some instances, it is recommended that coconut water be consumed at the start of each day to foster the balance of these electrolytes.
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I'm trying to extract a section of a raster file that overlaps with a polygon shapefile in QGIS 2.18.3. When I run extract, I'm left with a large null value area as part of the extent of the output raster.
I have the polygon (.shp):
vector mask
And the raster (.tif) which had this large null value area since the first time I clipped one of two DEMs that were merged together to create this layer:
I used Raster -> Extraction -> Clipper tool with the.tif input and.shp mask layer shown above, and it produced this output:
Using clipping option "Crop the extent of the target dataset to the extent of the cutline" didn't do much better:
clipped to extent ws dem
Here are the settings I'm using in QGIS' clipping tool:
clipping config
How do I get the DEM clipped exactly to the boundaries of the shapefile of interest in QGIS? Open to recommendations of other open source GIS tools as well but would prefer using this since I'm already up and running and learning my way around it.
The raster is clipped exactly to the shapefile boundaries.
But remember, a raster is a kind of matrix. It's composed by n rows and m columns, so the extent of it is rectangular.
The black area are pixels without values, so you only have valid pixels in the extent of the shapefile.
If you want to hide null pixels, check this answer How to display NoData of a raster in QGIS.
What have you done is clip out some values. The result is the desired but the meaning is different:
What have you done:
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In this case, NULL pixels are defined by a value equals to 255. You can clip out those pixels setting a max of 254 and clipping out the remains values:
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Sure work, even you can set two boundaries to remove some values of the render (min and max). But QGIS has a dedicated section to remove NULL or No Data values. Gives you more control about how to handle these values:
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 - Aha! That linked question is the opposite of what I wanted to do but led me to the answer: on the raster layer in question, go to properties, style, load min/max values, then check "clip extent to canvas". I applied that and got a raster with the extent only displaying as the vector's boundary. – cr0 Jul 31 '17 at 1:29
 - I think your answer is pretty complete if you add that last part. You could take my text and add it, then I'll check yours off. Thanks – cr0 Jul 31 '17 at 1:29
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What if Esquimaux Had No Words For Blue? An Illustrated Lecture by Professor Zed Adams
What if Esquimaux Had No Words For Blue?
The Historical and Philosophical Significance of 19th Century Color Vocabulary Studies
An Illustrated Lecture by Professor Zed Adams
In the mid-19th century, William Gladstone, a prominent British statesman and dedicated reformer of prostitutes, argued that an analysis of Homer's color vocabulary in the Iliad revealed that the ancient Greeks were color-blind. This claim set off a virtual landslide of color vocabulary studies, in which a wide variety of both amateur and professional scholars struggled to refute or reinforce Gladstone's provocative claim. Children, animals, missionaries, colonial administrators, ophthalmologists and even Charles Darwin himself were consulted. Professor Adams surveys the previously untold history of these color vocabulary studies, revealing the pioneering work that they inspired in philology, psychology, anthropology, and linguistics. He also draws a philosophical moral from this history, arguing that it reveals a significant shift in thinking about the nature of colors from the 19th century to today. This extensively illustrated lecture will be followed by a technicolorreception in the garden area of The Velaslavasay Panorama.
Zed Adams is currently Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York, where he works on ethics, aesthetics, and the philosophy of mind. He is currently working on a history of ethical skepticism, focusing on the emergence of a distinctively modern strand of skepticism in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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The melt usually flows from the nozzle into the nozzle, but with some molds, the nozzle is part of the mold because it extends to the bottom of the mold. There are two main types of nozzles: open shot nozzles and closed nozzles. In injection molding, open nozzles should be used more because they are cheaper and less likely to stay. If the injection molding machine is equipped with a depressurizing device, this nozzle can be used even with a lower viscosity melt.
Sometimes it is necessary to use a closed nozzle, which acts as a stop valve and blocks the plastic shade in the shot cylinder. Make sure the nozzle is properly inserted into the nozzle sleeve. The top hole is slightly smaller than the nozzle sleeve, which makes the nozzle easier to remove from the mold. The hole of the mouthpiece sleeve is 1mm larger than the mouth of the nozzle, that is, the radius of the nozzle is 0.5mm thinner than the radius of the nozzle sleeve.
2. Filter and combined nozzle
The impurities of the plastic can be removed by a filter of the extensible nozzle, that is, the melt and the plastic flow through a channel which is divided into narrow spaces by the insert. These narrow and gaps remove impurities and improve the mixing of the plastic.
Therefore, it is possible to use a fixed mixer to achieve a better mixing effect. These devices can be installed between the shooting tank and the nozzle to separate and remix the melt, mostly to allow the melt to flow through the stainless steel channel.


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PDO-eS2CNNs: Partial Differential Operator Based Equivariant Spherical CNNs
Keywords:(Deep) Neural Network Algorithms, Learning with Manifolds, Representation Learning, Classification and Regression
AbstractSpherical signals exist in many applications, e.g., planetary data, LiDAR scans and digitalization of 3D objects, calling for models that can process spherical data effectively. It does not perform well when simply projecting spherical data into the 2D plane and then using planar convolution neural networks (CNNs), because of the distortion from projection and ineffective translation equivariance. Actually, good principles of designing spherical CNNs are avoiding distortions and converting the shift equivariance property in planar CNNs to rotation equivariance in the spherical domain. In this work, we use partial differential operators (PDOs) to design a spherical equivariant CNN, PDO-eS2CNN, which is exactly rotation equivariant in the continuous domain. We then discretize PDO-eS2CNNs, and analyze the equivariance error resulted from discretization. This is the first time that the equivariance error is theoretically analyzed in the spherical domain. In experiments, PDO-eS2CNNs show greater parameter efficiency and outperform other spherical CNNs significantly on several tasks.
How to Cite
Shen, Z., Shen, T., Lin, Z., & Ma, J. (2021). PDO-eS2CNNs: Partial Differential Operator Based Equivariant Spherical CNNs. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 35(11), 9585-9593. Retrieved from _URL_
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Ways You Can Protect Yourself Against Long-Term Disabilities
Long-term disabilities can happen to people at any age, even those in otherwise good health. They can keep you from working and providing for yourself or your family while resulting in mountains of medical expenses. To prevent this type of situation, there are steps you can take now to protect your health and to ensure you have the proper benefits in place.
Decreasing the Odds of Long-Term Disabilities
People tend to think that long-term disabilities will not happen to them, particularly if they are young and otherwise healthy. However, statistics from the Social Security Administration (SSA) indicate that as many as one in four current 20-year-olds will become disabled prior to reaching retirement age.
Fortunately, there are some steps you can take now to decrease your odds of eventually suffering long-term disabilities. These include:
- Maintain your health: This includes getting enough exercise, eating a healthy diet, and avoiding unhealthy activities, such as smoking.
- Protecting yourself against illness: Viruses such as COVID-19 or even the common flu can have long-term impacts on your health. Follow proper precautions for protecting yourself against them.
- Avoiding risky activities: Dangerous driving behavior and not taking safety precautions when bicycling or engaging in other recreational activities increase your risks.
- Visit your doctor regularly: Regular medical exams and preventative screenings can help catch potentially disabling conditions in the early stages, which is when they are most likely to respond to treatment.
Protecting Your Rights To Long-Term Disability Benefits
In addition to reducing your risks of suffering long-term disabilities, there are also steps you can take to protect your rights to benefits. These include:
- Review Social Security Disability eligibility: You may be eligible for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) if you have earned enough work credits and have a qualifying condition. The SSA offers tools that can help you calculate the amount.
- Review long-term disability (LTD) insurance available through your job: Your employer may offer LTD insurance as part of your overall compensation package. Under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), you have a right to be provided a copy of all policy-related documents, free of charge. Review these documents to determine your eligibility status, the amount of benefits you would receive, and any exclusions that may apply.
In addition to the above benefits, you may also want to look into purchasing a private long-term disability insurance policy.
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Disabilities can happen due to accidental injuries, sudden illnesses, or chronic health conditions. When they do, you may find yourself struggling to provide for yourself and your loved ones. Long-term disability benefits available either through the Social Security Administration or through employer-provided policies can help to ensure you are protected.
At Farrell Disability Law, we are dedicated to protecting your rights to these benefits. For answers to your questions or for help in disputing a denied claim, call or contact our Jacksonville long-term disability attorney online and request a consultation in our office today.


you click a point in the drilled part of your trail and then select What If..., the What If... editor appears. This editor lets you use a slider and changes the data point you selected. Click Submit to apply the change. To reset the dial to its original state, click Reset in the What If... editor.
Other Dial Buttons and Buttons
The other buttons and buttons you may see on dials are listed below. The thresholds for trending and zones are set in the Visual Designer.
Button Action/Information
Time Scroll: Appears at the bottom of the dial when you point to it. Click the left or right buttons to shift through time on a single dial.
Home Context: Appears at the bottom of the dial when you point to it. Click to return a dial to its default time period after shifting it through time.
Warning: Indicates that the account data of the dial falls outside the configured zones for the dial.
Trending Slowly: Indicates that the data in the dial is trending slowly up or down. The colors indicate whether the direction is good or not, where green = good and orange = bad.
Trending Quickly: Indicates that the data in the dial is trending quickly up or down. The colors indicate whether the direction is good or not, where blue = great, green = good, and red = bad.
old:Indicates that the data in the dial has not moved significantly enough to be considered trending up or down.
Bad Zone: Indicates that the data in the dial is in the bad zone (for example, that an account is over budget, or a department is not meeting its sales goals).
Warning Zone: Indicates that the data in the dial is approaching the bad zone (for example, that an account is nearly over budget, or a department is in danger of not meeting its sales goals).
Good Zone: Indicates that the data in the dial is in the good zone (for example, that an account is under budget, or a department is meeting its sales goals).
Excellent Zone: Indicates that the data in the dial is in the excellent zone (for example, that an account is well under budget, or a department has exceeded its sales goals).
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