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Computed Tomography of the head is an excellent tool for the rapid preliminary evaluation of headache, trauma or neurological dysfunction.
Ease of access to CT scanning for problem solving must be weighed against the need to maintain radiation dose at the lowest necessary level (ALARA principle = "as low as reasonable achievable"). For a young adult (age 25 years) the estimated radiation organ dose to the brain from a head CT is 20 mGy. (1)
Familiarization with the appearance of normal structures can maximize the benefit of head CT and limit the need for repeat studies.
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The term "inspiration porn", coined by Disability Activist Stella Young, or "feel-good" Disability moments has been floating around the internet and disability community for a while. It continues to be a reoccurring problem that spreads a narrative of worthiness and objectification.
Inspiration porn occurs when the story is based solely on the person being disabled and existing.
The question is, what is it about inspiration porn that we love so much causing us to like, share, and comment on?
What is it about a person overcoming some perceived obstacle and considering them worthy of the title "an inspiration"?
Why do we consider some people inspirational and others not?
When we start asking ourselves these questions, we start to peel back the reason we like inspiration porn or feel-good stories, and it isn't about the person being perceived to be inspirational.
Inspiration porn is designed to give non-disabled people feelings of gratitude about their own lives as they watch, read, or listen to stories about how endearing or helpful others are being to a person with disabilities. They may feel relief that their life is better because they don't have a disability, or it may motivate them, because if a person with disabilities can do it, they can too.
The content we are often exposed to gives the illusion that people with disabilities are innocent and upbeat while overcoming their obstacles and that all disabilities are evident, despite many disabilities that are not. This is problematic, because people with disabilities are often compared to each other about what makes a "good" disabled person. Consequently, if the disabled person doesn't perform the way non-disabled people expect them to, they are considered to be ungrateful for the support or help they are given.
Inspiration porn is harmful in the sense that it instills the notion that people with disabilities can overcome their disability, it pities the disability experience, and guilts non-disabled people to do better. It centres on the idea that people with disabilities are suffering and have hardships that are all consuming. Meanwhile, in most cases, this is not true, and the reality is that society is often what creates these challenges. It projects harmful stereotypes and often goes viral through social media exposing the feel-good story about how people engaged with the person with an evident disability.
When inspiration porn occurs, it's often made without the person's knowledge. There is no evident conversation that takes place with the person with disabilities, there is no privacy, no consent, and no feelings are considered in this exchange. The person with the disability does not benefit, but the person who is helping, supporting, and sharing does. The non-disabled person is considered compassionate, empathetic, a hero, role-model, or leader. This reduces people with disabilities down to objects or props, rather than human beings.
Inspiration or feel-good stories about disability does not change the narrative for people with disabilities' right to be parents, have relationships, sex, marriage, education, work, and autonomy. It does not dismantle physical, medical, informational, and attitudinal barriers, and it does not provide the person with a disability with accessibility or inclusion.
There are some people who argue that inspiration porn or feel-good stories provide awareness or the much-needed representation of disabled people in media. The problem is not the stories themselves but the reactions, how the person with a disability is portrayed, and – as mentioned before – if privacy and consent were respected. Furthermore, the focus is usually not on the person with the disability, but on the parent, partner, the person supporting or helping's experience with the person with a disability.
Now with this knowledge in mind, it is important to be self-reflective and avoid spreading more misinformation and inspiration porn. Consider these questions when you come across feel-good stories or stories with people with disabilities in them:
- Is the person with a disability telling their own story or is someone speaking for them?
- Is this video or photo shared with the person with a disability's consent and was their privacy respected?
- If someone is overcoming a disability, were the barriers and circumstances mentioned?
- Question whether the video, photo, story, article, podcast, etc. portrays people with disabilities as a burden, needing to be cured, are inspirational just for being disabled, or guilts non-disabled people into doing more or better.
- Consider the source of information and if people with disabilities consider it a reputable source.
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New algorithm lets photographers change the depth of images virtually
Researchers have unveiled a new photography technique called computational zoom that allows photographers to manipulate the composition of their images after they've been taken, and to create what are described as "physically unattainable" photos. The researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara and tech company Nvidia have detailed the findings in a paper, as spotted by DPReview.
In order to achieve computational zoom, photographers have to take a stack of photos that retain the same focal length, but with the camera edging slightly closer and closer to the subject. An algorithm and the computational zoom system then spit out a 3D rendering of the scene with multiple views based on the photo stack. All of that information is then "used to synthesize multi-perspective images which have novel compositions through a user interface" — meaning photographers can then manipulate and change a photo's composition using the software in real time.
The researchers say the multi-perspective camera model can generate compositions that are not physically attainable, and can extend a photographer's control over factors such as the relative size of objects at different depths and the sense of depth of the picture. So the final image isn't technically one photo, but an amalgamation of many. The team hopes to make the technology available to photographers in the form of software plug-ins, reports DPReview.


i-fcb71851b4c1f9ba779a9e84947bf042-powerlinehawk.jpgPower lines kill raptors. Tens of thousands of raptors a year die on power lines. But there are ways to avoid this.
On 26 February, the Hungarian Ornithological and Nature Conservation Society (MME; BirdLife in Hungary) signed an agreement with the Ministry of Environment and Water (MEW), and all relevant electric companies in Hungary, to provide a long-term solution for bird-electrocutions. The signing parties promised to transform power lines in Hungary, and to make them more 'bird-friendly' by 2020.
Since the 1980s, electrocutions and collisions with electric power lines have caused the death of thousands of protected birds in Hungary and other European countries. The real extent of the problem, and the approximate number of affected birds, were not clear until MME started to systematically gather data on electrocuted birds in 2004.
To date, five national surveys of power lines have been completed by 150 volunteers and national park employees. They covered all important bird habitats in Hungary.
In total, 2,183 carcasses of electrocuted birds were found underneath 19,216 electric poles. Based on these findings, MME estimated that at least 30,000 birds (especially Raptors and Corvids) are killed annually.
"Electrocution is one of the most Significant causes of death for several globally threatened raptor species, such as Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca, Saker Falcon Falco cherrug and Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus" said Márton Horváth (MME).
Another serious problem concerning electric power lines is birds colliding with the wires. These incidents affect mainly large migratory species such as cranes and geese, as well as the Vulnerable Great Bustard Otis tarda.
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 1. #1 Jeb, FCD
 March 30, 2008
 How are they electrocuted? What grounds them?
 We have residential lines in our backyard servitude that birds land on without being fried, and the lines aren't jacketed.
 I am quite curious.
 2. #2 Tony P
 March 30, 2008
 If I recall, don't birds in general have some sort of magnetic sense? If so the high current AC going down those lines has to be throwing some serious magnetic energy. That would mess with a navigation system.
 Oh wait, that's UFO's.
 Seriously though I never understood why we don't bury power lines everywhere. It makes no sense to string aerial cable anymore.
 3. #3 Johnny Vector
 March 30, 2008
 Jeb, they are electrocuted when they complete a circuit between two conductors. You are correct that for normal distribution lines there is no risk from perching on a single line. The problem comes about when they touch two lines at once, e.g. with a wingtip while taking off or landing.
 Solutions involve guarding areas where that can happen. (I learned all this from Google and friends just now, but it matches what I assumed was the answer.)
 A back of the envelope calculation I once did suggests that a large bird might have enough capacitance that perching on a single high-voltage (500kV or more) cross-country line would give it a nasty shock, maybe even enough to kill it. I have since noticed that I never see birds perching on cross-country lines (except on the ground wires at the top), so I suspect I'm right.
 4. #4 bug_girl
 March 30, 2008
 This is interesting–I'll have to check at the bird sanctuary and see if this is a source of injured raptors.
 5. #5 charlie
 March 30, 2008
 Mr Vector is correct. Tony, underground cables are far more expensive to install and maintain. Also they are more vulnerable to lightning strikes and corrosion. I spent several years replacing underground power cables that were supposed to last 50 years but began to fail in 15.
 6. #6 Jim Thomerson
 March 30, 2008
 I worked on an Army Corps of Engineers project which involved high tension lines in an area with high seasonal populations of bald eagles. We found a paper with measurements of eagle dimensions. We took this to the engineers and they designed power poles such that an eagle could not touch two hot spots at the same time. There were also things which would be put on the power lines to make them more visible.
 A Venezuelan friend told me of a problem with monkeys getting electrocuted. I gave him a copy of the eagle-friendly design study, but never heard any more about it.
 7. #7 Jeb, FCD
 March 31, 2008
 Thanks, JV et al, I appreciate the info.


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The protruding part of an expansion board that is inserted into an expansion slot. It contains a series of printed lines that go to and come from the circuits on the board. The number of lines (pins) and the width and depth of the lines are different on the various interfaces (ISA, EISA, PCI, Micro Channel, etc.).
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Edge connectors are very popular because they are "printed" onto the outer layers of the board in the same process that creates the circuit lines.
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The first Text for the New Year is this complete lesson plan on the latin word root bell-. It means war. Here is the context clues worksheet on the noun conflict with which I begin this lesson. Finally, this vocabulary-building worksheet on this root is the mainstay of this lesson.
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Sterile Grass Carp
Let's talk about Sterile Grass Carp. This is an important educational post. For those of you in our pond family who have natural retention canals, ponds, and lakes, do you know about Sterile Grass Carp? They are an organic, natural weed control. If you have a 1/2 acre to 5 acres of water a group of 3-5 grass carp will eat away at the plants threatening to take over the surface of your water. Many of these bodies of water can get infected with weeds. Some of the invasive culprits include Dollar Weed, Water Lettuce, Water Hyacinth, Hydrilla, Fanwort, and Giant Salvina among others. These plants are not native to our local waters. They spread vigorously and can cover a water surface in less than a year. They compete for habitat and replace our native water plants, killing off habitats for turtles, butterflies, bees, and other reptiles and insects. They strip oxygen from the water and when they cover the surface of water completely, they suffocate the fish that lie in the water underneath. The OTA reports that the US spends $100 million a year fighting 4,500 invasive aquatic plant species. The average family will spend $500-$1000 a year (per water acre!) and several hours a day in the spring to spray harmful pesticides to kill the plants and then wading in to physically remove barrels of plants by hand every spring.
Normally, we would never advocate introducing a non-native fish species into any body of water. However, we have access to a Grass Carp that has been genetically altered to be unable to breed. That means that you can introduce 2-5 grass carp into your water, and they will happily munch away on only the plants for 6 or 7 years and then die naturally. They are sterile and can't reproduce, which means they can't multiply and compete with your other fish already in the lake for food. It's a safe, painless way to control for invasive water plants that is responsible. Each fish is $29 and is 8-10 inches, big enough that the other fish won't eat them. Release your carp in a plant-infested area and watch the change happen. It's cheaper, safer for the water and other fish, and lasts longer than herbicides. Your costs equal about $5 a year for each Grass Carp. It's a 3 hour trip for us to drive to the supplier for these grass carp and we only go once a year so we need anyone who is interested to sign up ahead of time.


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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
of, pertaining to, or obtained from milk.
Origin of lactic:
1780–90; < L lact-, s. of lac milk +-ic
of or relating to or obtained from milk (especially sour milk or whey)
"lactic acid"; "lactic fermentation"
Of, relating to, or derived from milk
Origin: From lactis, genitive form of lac.
of or pertaining to milk; procured from sour milk or whey; as, lactic acid; lactic fermentation, etc

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Blowin' in the wind: solution
In last issue's Outer space we developed a formula for the power output per unit time of a windmill:
where $U$ is the speed of the approaching wind. We deduced that an average wind speed of $10ms^{-1}$ gives a power output approximately equal to 0.38. The question was why this calculation significantly underestimates the true output.
The answer lies in understanding that the average speed is not a good guide. If, for example, the wind speed was $20ms^{-1}$ for half of the time unit and 0 for the other half, then we would get an output approximately equal to
 \[ \frac{1}{2}(0.38 \times 2^3) = 4 \times 0.38. \]
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Competition Introduction and Overview
Part I: When are Traffic Lights Feasible?
Part II: What Happens when a Light Turns Green?
Part III: Find the Best Light Timings
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Welcome to a competition that was held in 1996 by the
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MATHEMATICS NETWORK.
Although that competition is over, you are still invited to try your
hand at exploring mathematics in action in this real life
Keep The Traffic Moving!
Everybody knows how frustrating it is to sit at a red light. Worse than
that, a light which is red too long can cause cars to back up endlessly,
leading to gridlock and other chaos. It is the job of the traffic engineer
to time things so that the traffic has the least amount of waiting to do.
In this competition, you are the traffic engineer. You control the
timings of the lights at the six intersections shown in the picture
below. Each road has two lanes, one in each direction. The lanes are
each 4 metres wide (so each road is 8 metres wide), and the spacing
between the roads is as shown. For convenience we've numbered the
lanes from 1 to 10, indicated their directions, and labelled the
lights A through F.
You can control these lights yourself through a
computer simulation available on our web site.
What You (the Traffic Engineer) Already Know
You have measured the traffic densities d,..., d: the
number of cars per minute trying to use each lane.
You have also found that the traffic behaviour (the way a car speeds
up or slows down when faced with an obstacle in front, such as a red
light or another car) follows a certain mathematical model governed by
three numbers c, l, and L (the model is described in the section
Details on the Mathematical Model
What You Need to Figure Out
This competition has three parts; we encourage you to test your
mathematical skills on any or all of them! Parts I and II require you
to do some serious mathematical thinking, but in Part III all you have
to do is time the lights and see if you can beat the current "high
scores" on the computer. So, if you're not in a serious mathematical
mood right now, you can skip to part III.
To get the full details on each part you
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- How can you use the information you have (the
thirteen numbers d,..., d, c, l, and L)
to decide whether traffic lights
are even feasible, or whether a more drastic solution is required, such
as widening the roads or building overpasses?
In the detailed discussion of this part, we'll
give you hints on how basic algebra can be used to come up with a
simple set of inequalities that tells whether or not traffic lights
would be capable of handling the traffic flow. See if you can figure
out this formula. You can test your answer on the computer
- What happens when a long light of cars is waiting at
a red light, and the line turns green? If you've ever been near the
back of such a line, you've probably sat in frustration wishing the
cars in front would get a move on! But is it only their slowness in
In the detailed discussion of this part, we'll explain
how ideas of calculus and " differential equations" can be used
to answer the question, and challenge you
to find out how long it takes for the line to
get moving even if everybody's reaction time is instantaneous and
there's no limit on the cars' acceleration power. You may be surprised at
the answer, and less inclined to blame the cars in front of you next
time you're kept waiting! Note: the mathematics in this part
is quite challenging and requires a knowledge of calculus. But you can
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situations. In the detailed discussion of this
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numbers for d,..., d, c, l, and L). Your job: time
the traffic lights in a way that causes the least amount of delay.
This part of the competition is a free-for-all: you can use any combination
of mathematical reasoning or pure experimentation. The computer
lets you enter timing values, watch what happens, and get a
score for how well your timings did. It keeps track of the high score,
so see if you can beat it and get a new high score!
Use the links above or below
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Reconstitution of a minimal machinery capable of assembling periplasmic type IV pili [Microbiology]
Type IV pili (Tfp), which are key virulence factors in many bacterial pathogens, define a large group of multipurpose filamentous nanomachines widespread in Bacteria and Archaea. Tfp biogenesis is a complex multistep process, which relies on macromolecular assemblies composed of 15 conserved proteins in model gram-negative species. To improve our limited understanding of the molecular mechanisms of filament assembly, we have used a synthetic biology approach to reconstitute, in a nonnative heterologous host, a minimal machinery capable of building Tfp. Here we show that eight synthetic genes are sufficient to promote filament assembly and that the corresponding proteins form a macromolecular complex at the cytoplasmic membrane, which we have purified and characterized biochemically. Our results contribute to a better mechanistic understanding of the assembly of remarkable dynamic filaments nearly ubiquitous in prokaryotes.
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Certain topics are generally avoided on first dates.
These include politics, why you broke up with your ex, medical issues, the fact that you live with your parents, and generally, finances. It's not a hard-and-fast rule, but the idea of a first date has been that it's a little of getting to know the other person on a surface level -- more of a "she likes hockey and comic book movies just like I do" opportunity than a chance to dig deep.
That's apparently changing. Millennials (ages 23-38) are almost twice as likely than older generations to be willing to talk about money early on in a romantic relationship, according to a new Bankrate.com report.
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Have the money discussion as the relationship becomes serious. Image source: Getty Images.
Something to talk about
About one-third (35%) of millennials will talk about salary, credit score, and student loan or credit card debt on a first date, compared to 18% among older folks. Almost two-thirds (62%) of millennials surveyed said that knowing their date's credit score could impact whether they wanted another date. Only 51% of people in older age groups felt that way.
"Money can be a sore subject, but it tends to shed light on several important factors when considering a future partner," said Bankrate Analyst Amanda Dixon in a press release. "Poor credit and financial habits could be an indicator of deeper issues such as immaturity and irresponsibility. While it may seem taboo to talk about finances on the first date, don't be so quick to swipe left on the money talk."
Across all the age groups survey, most Americans (67%) still find money an uncomfortable topic for a first date. About half (55%) believed that excessive credit card debt might cause them to break off a relationship.
What should you do?
It's very important to talk about money with a prospective partner. It's generally rare, however, that a first date determines whether you will end up in a relationship with someone.
There's no perfect time to bring up your possible partner's credit score, but it does need to be discussed. Instead of making it an accusatory situation, talk about money once it's clear the relationship may get serious by working through your individual goals. If you really hope to own a house or travel the world, well, both of those things take money. This is an area for honesty, where confessing past mistakes is fine as long as there's a plan for the future.
Money needs to be discussed along with every other issue. If partners have different financial goals, they either need to work out compromises or decide that the relationship won't work.
It can be quite uncomfortable when one person makes more than the other or one has a lot more debt. Those situations, however, require even more talking. You don't need to make every decision covering the rest of your life, but it's important to understand the basics and have a framework of how your joint finances might work.
Money is a topic that needs to be discussed early in a relationship -- just maybe not on a first date. It's an uncomfortable area, but avoiding it might lead to major problems if the relationship becomes something serious.


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Using a 95% confidence interval, estimate the mean difference in IQ between the oldest and the youngest members (brothers and sisters) of a family based on the following random sample of IQs.Assume normality.
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How long do cut tulips last?
Cut tulips last around 5 days. They will continue to open fully throughout their vase life. There are some tips you can try to help them last longer in a vase:
1. Keep your vase topped up with clean, cold water.
2. Keep your room temperature cool.
3. Keep your tulips out of direct sunlight.
How do you prepare tulips for vases?
To prepare your tulips for their vase, follow the simple steps below:
1. Unwrap your flowers and re-cut the stems using a pair of FLOWERBX Floral Scissors, about 2 - 3cm from the bottom at a 45° angle. This encourages water absorption and maximises vase life.
2. Remove excess foliage, the outer leaves and anything else that would sit below the waterline, as this will otherwise create debris build-up in your vase.
3. Next, fill your vase with lukewarm clean water, making sure to refresh it daily, or whenever the water turns murky. Top up with FLOWERBX Flower Food.
How long can cut tulips stay out of water?
Cut tulips cannot stay out of water for very long. Some other floral varieties will last a little longer than others without water, but tulips will not last more than a few hours at the most without water. To prolong life when not in a vase, you can wrap the stems in a wet cloth or paper towel, or attach water sources to the end of the stems.
How do you keep cut tulips from drooping?
To keep tulips from drooping, try some of the following tips!
- Choose young tulips that have closed flower heads.
- Keep your stems in water at all times.
- Always remove leaves below water level.
- Cut your tulip stems at a 45-degree angle to help with water absorption.
- Top up with fresh, cold water and flower food.
- Choose a tall and supportive vase style.
- Avoid heat sources, drafts, and extreme temperatures.
- Add a penny to your vase - the copper helps keep their stems straight!
What kind of vase do you use for tulips?
The best kind of vase to use for tulips is one that'll support them from their tallest stem length.
As a rule, your vase should be at least half as tall as your tulip stems. However, you may wish to switch to a shorter vase over time, as you cut your stems down. We would recommend our Royal Windsor Vase, Tall Wickstead Vase, or Wickstead Pot to perfectly showcase your flowers.
What is the most popular tulip colour?
The most popular tulip colour is red or pink. Specifically, the most popular tulip in this shade is the Angelique variety. It's not hard to see why, as it has soft pink flowers in a double tulip style, with an appearance very similar to a peony. You can shop our pink double tulip here
What do different colours of tulips mean
Different tulip colours hold their own meaning, which is particularly important when choosing a gift. All tulips symbolise pure and deep love, with the rarest colour of tulip being black tulips:
Red tulips mean love and romance.
Pink tulips symbolise friendship, care and good wishes.
White tulips show forgiveness and respect, highlighting innocence and purity.
Yellow tulips sybolise happiness, cheer, and brighter days ahead - due to their association with spring and Easter.
Purple tulips symbolise regality, royalty, and rebirth.
Do tulips open up in vase?
Yes! Tulips continue to open in thier vase, and there are ways you can trick tulips into blooming should you need them to look their best for a certain date. A common trick to get your flowers to open quicker is to cut the stems at a 45-degree angle, so that they can absorb the water in the vase faster. You can also prolong your tulips vase life by buying them when they are green and closed, allowing you to watch them open from bud over a longer time.


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To use selected poems in my book as prompts for your own writing…
Singer Come from Afar, by Kim Stafford (Red Hen Press, 2021)
1. White Flag Patriots (p. 15)
Describe an unusual parade, your own group recruited for a cause dear to you.
2. For the Customs Agent (p. 16) & Dear Mr. President (p. 19)
Write a compassionate letter to someone who has opposed you.
3. Presidential Alert (p. 29) & A Note (p. 120)
Write a "theme and variations" sequence starting with fragments from an official proclamation.
4. All My Relations (p. 38)
Write your own psalm of gratitude to those who made possible your place in the world.
5. Mingling (p. 42)
Describe the sensations of some cherished ritual in life before lockdown.
6. For a Daughter in Quarantine (p. 45)
Write a note to someone out of reach.
7. Dr. Fauci's Smile (p. 52)
How will you know it's over?
8. I Am the Seed (pl. 57)
Go to _URL_ and make a list of rhyming words, then toss them capriciously into a poem.
9. Advice from a Raindrop (p. 58) & Lessons from a Tree (65)
Speak in the voice of a creature with some simple wisdom for humans.
10. Wild Birds Teach Us (p. 62)
Part 1 (cluster statistics or facts from the news). Part 2 (lament, remedy, blessing).
11. For a Toad (p. 68)
Write your blessing for a humble creature…perhaps in creature's own voice.
12. Wonder's Wisdom (p. 76)
List your earliest encounters with the natural world.
13. Our Singer Come from Afar (p. 81)
Write a note of gratitude to a friend—as if speaking to that person's wild spirit.
14. Connect the Dots (p. 85)
Make your own list of considerations mysteriously linked.
15. A Blessing for My Teachers (p. 91)
Write your own blessing for someone who has helped you become you.
16. Ostracon (p. 93)
Write eight unrelated lines…and see if they turn out to be related.
17. For the Woman Picking Litter (p. 100)
Write a poem for a stranger you admire.
18. What We Did before Radio (p. 106)
List the spirit-benefits of a simpler life.
19. How I Came to Be (p. 111)
List the unlikely chance events that resulted in your miraculous existence.
20. My Brother Visits (p. 116)
Tell the story of someone's last words to you, and end with those words.
21. Before the MRI (p. 122)
Make your own catachism from some official list.
22. Easy Pickings (p. 125)
Tell what it's like at a place where it's easy to be happy.


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BACKGROUND: Severe malaria is a major cause of childhood death and often the main reason for paediatric hospital admission in sub-Saharan Africa. Quinine is still the established treatment of choice, although evidence from Asia suggests that artesunate is associated with a lower mortality. We compared parenteral treatment with either artesunate or quinine in African children with severe malaria. METHODS: This open-label, randomised trial was undertaken in 11 centres in nine African countries. Children (<15 years) with severe falciparum malaria were randomly assigned to parenteral artesunate or parenteral quinine. Randomisation was in blocks of 20, with study numbers corresponding to treatment allocations kept inside opaque sealed paper envelopes. The trial was open label at each site, and none of the investigators or trialists, apart from for the trial statistician, had access to the summaries of treatment allocations. The primary outcome measure was in-hospital mortality, analysed by intention to treat. This trial is registered, number ISRCTN50258054. FINDINGS: 5425 children were enrolled; 2712 were assigned to artesunate and 2713 to quinine. All patients were analysed for the primary outcome. 230 (8·5%) patients assigned to artesunate treatment died compared with 297 (10·9%) assigned to quinine treatment (odds ratio [OR] stratified for study site 0·75, 95% CI 0·63-0·90; relative reduction 22·5%, 95% CI 8·1-36·9; p=0·0022). Incidence of neurological sequelae did not differ significantly between groups, but the development of coma (65/1832 [3·5%] with artesunate vs 91/1768 [5·1%] with quinine; OR 0·69 95% CI 0·49-0·95; p=0·0231), convulsions (224/2712 [8·3%] vs 273/2713 [10·1%]; OR 0·80, 0·66-0·97; p=0·0199), and deterioration of the coma score (166/2712 [6·1%] vs 208/2713 [7·7%]; OR 0·78, 0·64-0·97; p=0·0245) were all significantly less frequent in artesunate recipients than in quinine recipients. Post-treatment hypoglycaemia was also less frequent in patients assigned to artesunate than in those assigned to quinine (48/2712 [1·8%] vs 75/2713 [2·8%]; OR 0·63, 0·43-0·91; p=0·0134). Artesunate was well tolerated, with no serious drug-related adverse effects. INTERPRETATION: Artesunate substantially reduces mortality in African children with severe malaria. These data, together with a meta-analysis of all trials comparing artesunate and quinine, strongly suggest that parenteral artesunate should replace quinine as the treatment of choice for severe falciparum malaria worldwide. FUNDING: The Wellcome Trust.
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Africa South of the Sahara, Antimalarials, Artemisinins, Artesunate, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Infant, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, Malaria, Falciparum, Male, Quinine, Survival Rate


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How many types of Citrus are there?
There are over 100 different varieties of citrus fruits. Citrus fruits such as lemons and limes can be so sour, they make your mouth pucker.
What is the two varieties of Citrus?
However, originally there were only three main types of citrus fruits – mandarins, citron, and pomelo. All the other varieties like lemons, limes, grapefruits and more are derived from these main species.
Is pomegranate a citrus?
No, pomegranates are no citrus fruits. They belong to the Lythraceae family, while the citrus fruits belong to the Rutaceae. Despite this difference, you can still combine pomegranates and oranges in a smoothie or juice them together.
Is coconut A citrus?
For instance, pineapple is not a citrus fruit, yet it can also be used to flavor water or enhance dishes like pineapple fried rice or coconut and pineapple quinoa pudding. All of these non citrus fruits are packed with vitamins, potassium, fiber and antioxidants which can all be incorporated into a healthy diet.
How do I know what kind of citrus tree I have?
Look at the shape and size of the leaves. Lemon trees have elliptical leaves with fine-tooth edges, dark green on top and light green on the bottom, and the leaves grow close together. Lime trees have similar leaves but are very glossy and grow 2 to 4 inches long, and the leaves grow separately.
What fruits are high in citrus?
A: Some of the most common citrus fruits are oranges, grapefruits, lemons, limes, citrons and tangerines. There are several different types of oranges, including the bitter orange, blood orange, mandarin orange, Bergamont orange, hysganatsu, chinotto orange, satusuma and the regular sweet orange.
What are the different types of citrus fruits?
Orange. Also known as sweet orange,this species of citrus is a hybrid of a pomelo and a mandarin.
What is the best citrus fruit?
Orange is considered as the king of citrus fruits. Valencia, Satsuma and Navel orange are popular varieties of oranges. Eating an orange is the best natural method to cleanse and beautify skin.
What fruit is considered citrus?
Juices made with lemons, limes and oranges are considered citrus fruit drinks.


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2, proving that a dual zone material had been sucessfully prepared. An earlier preparation of this material, made using a less preferred Teflon coated magnetic bar for stirring (which is thought to degrade the silica particles to expose some of their interior), also proved to be a DZM. It possessed a milder concentration gradient as shown by an external surface concentration of 0.33 m/nM2 and an average surface concentration of 0.20 m/nM2 for the --SiMe2 CH2 CHMeCH2 NHMe group.
III. Preparation of --SiMe2 Vi/--SiMe3 dual zone material
A material was prepared similarly to Example I with the following exceptions:
(1) 25 microliters (1.65×10-4 eq. or 0.33 molecules/nM2) of ViMe2 SiN(Me)C(O)Me was used instead of TFSA, where Vi represents the vinyl group.
(2) cc octane was used as a solvent instead of 100 cc decane.
(3) A Teflon coated stir bar was used instead of the air motor driven paddle.
The ViMe2 Si/Me3 Si dual zone material was derivatized as follows prior to spatial distribution analysis.
0.5 g of the treated silica was added to a 1 oz. vial along with 10 cc CCl4 and sonicated 1 minute. 10 cc of a 2% (wt./vol.) ICl solution in glacial acetic acid was added to the vial which was shaken in the dark for 2 hours. The silica was then isolated by filtration and washed twice with CCl4 and twice with ethyl ether. Finally, it was vacuum oven dried for two hours at 80° C. prior to ESCA and bulk elemental analysis.
Bulk analysis gave values of 0.31, 1.17, and 3.33 wt. % for Cl, I, and C respectively, corresponding to average surface concentrations of 0.23 m/nM2 for --SiMe2 Vi and 1.71 m/nM2 for --SiMe3. External surface analysis by ESCA gave a value of 0.0258 Cl/Si and 0.0190 I/Si, corresponding to a concentration at the external surface of 0.49 m/nM2 for --SiMe2 Vi. Calculation of the external surface concentration was made using reference values of 0.1008 and 0.0848 for Cl/Si and I/Si and using the measured values of 2.30 Cl wt. % and 9.14 I wt. % corresponding to 2.05 m/nM2 for the bound group, all measured for a silica which had been thoroughly treated to saturation with excess --SiMe2 Vi prior to the ICl derivatization reaction, (hence insuring no concentration gradient).
The external concentration of the vinyl group was 0.49 m/nM2 i.e., two times greater than its average value and the average for the trimethyl group was 1.71 m/nM2, proving that a dual zone material had been made.
Having described the invention in detail and by reference to the preferred embodiment thereof, it will be apparent that modifications and variations are possible without departing from the scope of the invention defined in the appended claims.
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the areas of tympany and dullness.
- Tympany will predominate because of the presence of gas in the small and large bowel. Solid masses will percuss as dull, such as liver in the RUQ, spleen at the 6th or 9th rib just posterior to or at the mid axillary line on the left side.
- Percussion in the abdomen can also be used in assessing the liver span and size of the spleen.
Percussion of the liver
The palms of the left hand are placed over the region of liver dullness.
- The area is strucked lightly with a fisted right hand.
- Normally tenderness should not be elicited by this method.
- Tenderness elicited by this method is usually a result of hepatitis or cholecystitis.
- Can be done by either indirect or direct method.
- Percussion is done over the costovertebral junction.
- Tenderness elicited by such method suggests renal inflammation.
Palpation of the Abdomen
- It is a gentle exploration performed while the client is in supine position. With the examiner's hands parallel to the floor.
- The fingers depress the abdominal wall, at each quadrant, by approximately 1 cm without digging, but gently palpating with slow circular motion.
- This method is used for eliciting slight tenderness, large masses, and muscles, and muscle guarding.
Tensing of abdominal musculature may occur because of:
- The examiner's hands are too cold or are pressed to vigorously or deep into the abdomen.
- The client is ticklish or guards involuntarily.
- Presence of subjacent pathologic condition.
- No tenderness noted.
- With smooth and consistent tension.
- No muscles guarding.
- It is the indentation of the abdomen performed by pressing the distal half of the palmar surfaces of the fingers into the abdominal wall.
- The abdominal wall may slide back and forth while the fingers move back and forth over the organ being examined.
- Deeper structures, like the liver, and retro peritoneal organs, like the kidneys, or masses may be felt with this method.
- In the absence of disease, pressure produced by deep palpation may produce tenderness over the cecum, the sigmoid colon, and the aorta.
There are two types of bi manual palpation recommended for palpation of the liver. The first one is the superimposition of the right hand over the left hand.
- Ask the patient to take 3 normal breaths.
- Then ask the client to breath deeply and hold. This would push the liver down to facilitate palpation.
- Press hand deeply over the RUQ
The second methods:
- The examiner's left hand is placed beneath the client at the level of the right 11th and 12th ribs.
- Place the examiner's right hands parallel to the costal margin or the RUQ.
- An upward pressure is placed beneath the client to push the liver towards the examining right hand, while the right hand is pressing into the abdominal wall.
- Ask the client to breath deeply.
- As the client inspires, the liver maybe felt to slip beneath the examining fingers.
- The liver usually can not be palpated in a normal adult. However, in extremely thin but otherwise well individuals, it may be felt the costal margins.
- When the normal liver margin is palpated, it must be smooth, regular in contour, firm and non-tender.
- Observe for size, contour, bilateral symmetry, and involuntary movement.
- Look for gross deformities, edema, presence of trauma such as ecchymosis or other discoloration.
- Always compare both extremities.
- Feel for evenness of temperature. Normally it should be even for all the extremities.
- Tonicity of muscle. (Can be measured by asking client to squeeze examiner's fingers and noting for equality of contraction).
- Perform range of motion.
- Test for muscle strength. (performed against gravity and against resistance)
Table showing the Lovett scale for grading for muscle strength and functional level
||Percentage of normal
|No evidence of contractility
|Evidence of slight contractility
|Complete ROM without gravity
|Complete ROM with gravity
|Complete range of motion against gravity with some resistance
|Complete range of motion against gravity with full resistance
- Both extremities are equal in size.
- Have the same contour with prominences of joints.
- No involuntary movements.
- No edema
- Color is even.
- Temperature is warm and even.
- Has equal contraction and even.
- Can perform complete range of motion.
- No crepitus must be noted on joints.
- Can counter act gravity and resistance on ROM.


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Effects of Irradiance and Cutting Interval on Growth, Yield, Persistence and Nutritive Value of Asystasia Intrusa
Mokhtar, Suparjo Noordin (2008) Effects of Irradiance and Cutting Interval on Growth, Yield, Persistence and Nutritive Value of Asystasia Intrusa. PhD thesis, Universiti Putra Malaysia.
Asystasia intrusa, a species introduced 90 years ago, is now a naturalized weed in Malaysia that is prevalent under oil palm plantations. However, this species is known to be very palatable to cattle and goats. Despite being recognized as a shade plant, its response to shade has not been studied. Similarly, the appropriate cutting interval for optimum yield and quality has not been determined. A study was, therefore, conducted to determine the performance of animals consuming A. intrusa and the effects of shading and cutting interval on its yield, chemical composition, growth and persistence. Experiments were conducted encompassing the; i) intake and nutritive value of A. intrusa in herbivores when harvested from the field; ii) effects of cutting interval and shade levels on yield, growth, persistence of survival, chemical composition, in vitro dry matter digestibility (IVDMD), essential amino acid (EAA) and mineral concentrations of A. intrusa grown in a glasshouse; and iii) optimum light requirements for photosynthesis. Asystasia intrusa is very palatable and nutritious for ruminant and non-ruminant herbivores. Adult rams consumed A. intrusa dry matter (DM) at a rate of 33 g kg-1 body weight. Both acid detergent fiber (ADF) and neutral detergent fiber (NDF) were digested at a rate of 590 g kg-1 DM. The digestible energy (DE) and dry matter digestibility (DMD) were 2.1 mcal kg-1 DM and 620 g kg-1 DM, respectively. In rabbits, the DE and DMD value in this experiment was 2.2 mcal kg-1 DM and 509 g kg-1 DM, respectively. The mean IVDMD was 612 g kg-1 DM for leaf and 451 g kg-1 DM for stem which was within the normal digestibility of most forages. The digestibility of CP was quite low with 496 g kg-1 CP in rabbits and 500 g kg-1 CP for rams. As a result, A. intrusa had DCP of 68 g kg-1 DM in rams and 101 g kg-1 DM in rabbits. The CP concentration in leaf, stem and aerial part was 326, 167, and 253 g kg-1 DM, respectively. Both cutting interval and shade had an effect on the crude protein (CP) concentration. Crude protein in leaf decreased from 354 g kg-1 DM at 4 week cutting interval to 303 g kg-1 DM at 12 weeks. In stem, CP concentration of young A. intrusa was 213 g kg-1 DM which declined to 144 g kg-1 DM at longer cutting interval. They showed no difference between 8 and 12 week-cutting interval. On the other hand, with increased shading, the leaf CP concentration increased from 278 g kg-1 DM in the open to 361 g kg-1 DM at 93% shade. Shade has no effect on the CP concentration of stem.An essential amino acid profile of leaves showed that cystine concentration decreased with higher shade levels, while histidine increased with longer cutting interval. The most limiting EAA were histidine, lysine and methionine in leaf, and histidine and methionine in stem. Lysine concentration of stem was higher than leaf, especially when cut early. Essential amino acid constituted 35.2% of the leaf CP, and 37.7% of stem CP. Mineral concentrations increased with more shade and longer cutting interval in leaf and stem, except for Mg in leaf. Similarly, the P concentration in leaf increased with age. The ratio of Ca:P was 4.3 in leaf and 5.9 in stem, thus formulation of ration for calcium would be made easier. The concentration of fiber in A. intrusa was low relative to other tropical forages. The concentration of ADF in leaf, stem and aerial parts of A. intrusa were 158, 393 and 258 g kg-1 DM, respectively. Neutral detergent fiber in leaf, stem and aerial parts were 463, 536 and 494 g kg-1 DM, respectively. The ADF, as well as NDF, was highest with long cutting interval in both leaf and stem. They showed no difference in concentrations between 8 and 12 week cutting interval. Shading had contrasting effects on ADF and NDF and on leaf and stem. In the leaf, the ADF decreased while the NDF increased with increasing shade. In contrast, stem ADF increased as shade increased. The photosynthetic rate of A. intrusa increased when incident light was increased from 59 μmol photons m-1 s-1 to a peak at 600 μmol photons m-1 s-1 after which it declined. This shows that it is a shade plant with sun tolerant property. The light compensation point for A. intrusa occurred at 81.2 μΜοl photons m-2 s-1. The water use efficiency of A. intrusa was 1.46. The efficiency of A. intrusa to convert solar energy to chemical energy was 0.018. Shade and cutting intervals affected the morphology and growth of A. intrusa. Increasing shade reduced the number of branches and nodes. Plant was shorter (15.5 cm) in the open than in heavy shade (27.0 cm). They flower at all height, with shorter plants tending to have more flowers. In contrast to flower, seed production of A. intrusa was higher in taller plants. Canopy size and leafiness was influenced more by cutting interval than by shade. The cumulative annual yield of leaf was only affected by shade, while in stem, both cutting interval and shade affected the annual yield.
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Makaryev Fair (Russian: Макарьевская ярмарка) was a fair in Russia held annually every July near Makaryev Monastery on the left bank of the Volga River from the mid-16th century to 1816. Following a massive fire in 1816, it was moved to Nizhny Novgorod, but for some decades thereafter it still was commonly referred to as Makariev Fair. It attracted many foreign merchants from India, Iran, and Central Asia.
This fair was a commerce centre to sell up to half the total production of export goods in Russia. The fair ceased in 1929. A society named Nizhegorodskaya yarmarka (Russian: Нижегородская ярмарка, Nizhny Novgorod fair) was created in 1991 with its headquarters in the former main fair building. However, today it is not actually a fair, but an exhibition center.
- Munro-Butler-Johnstone, Henry Alexander, A trip up the Volga to the fair of Nijni-Novgorod, Oxford: J. Parker and co., 1876.
- Fitzpatrick, Anne Lincoln, The Great Russian Fair: Nizhnii Novgorod, 1840-90, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Macmillan, in association with St. Antony's College, Oxford, 1990. ISBN 0-333-42437-9
- Jules Verne, "Michael Strogoff: The Courier of the Czar" — This historical novel contains an interesting description of the fair at Nizhny Novgorod.
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A new study featured in the Applied Cognitive Psychology journal suggests there isn't much of a difference between violent videogames players and non-gamers when it comes to being desensitized to violent images.
According to the study, conducted by the University of Toronto, when studying the "emotional memory" of 122 undergraduate students some of which had played games within six months, and some who had not. Participants were shown 150 images of violence, and were then asked to identify the same images and hour later when included in a larger set of images.
When shown the extra violent images during the experiment, the researchers found no significant difference in recall between the two groups nor a difference in "arousal levels and feelings towards the images," between the gaming group and the non-gaming group.
The researchers were pleased with the results, but admitted that such a small study could not be considered definitive proof on the matter – just another "piece of the puzzle [suggesting] video games aren't having long-term effects on cognition and memory."


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More and more employers are realizing the positive effects of flexible work arrangements on business outcomes and positive work attitude. Of course there are still some doubts and uncertainties about flexible work remaining to be addressed. Although within a wide selection of different forms of flexibility every company should be able to find a way to make the most out of flexible work. Not every form of work suits every company, so it is important to review your options before implementing a flexible work policy.
Whether it be through flexitime schedules, compressed work weeks, job sharing, remote work or part-time work, not only the companies and economies can profit and grow. We can all do our share in creating a healthier environment and employing happier and healthier employees.
Whole countries are beginning to recognize this. Some of them have already made it legal to request a flexible work arrangement.
Where in the world do employees have a legal right to request a flexible work arrangement?
France The Netherlands Germany The United Kingdom Belgium New Zealand Finland Australia USA (San Francisco, Vermont, New Hampshire and federal government employees)
The laws in each country are a bit different. What they all have in common is the employee's ability to request a flexible work arrangement from their employer without negative consequences.
How does employee apply for flexible work?
There are usually a few conditions for an employee to make the statutory application for a flexible work arrangement:
- employee needs to file a written application, stating what kind of flexible arrangement they propose, starting when, how the arrangement might affect business and how this could be dealt with,
- they have to be employed at the current company for at least a certain period of time,
- they can only file one application in a certain time frame, usually within one year.
In what case can employer refuse a request?
It should still be noted that in all cases, employers have the right to refuse any request for flexibility on business grounds, such as:
- there will be extra costs that will damage the business
- flexible arrangement will affect quality and performance
- the work can't be effectively reorganized among other staff
- the business won't be able to meet customer demand
- there's a lack of work during the proposed working times
However, the employer is obliged to review every request carefully and respond to it in writing in a certain period, usually no longer than in a month. In case the request is declined, the employer needs to state the reasons for their decision.
When both parties agree on the arrangement, an employer should write a statement of the agreed changes and accordingly change the employee's work contract. They should also set a start date for the new arrangement and set the length of a trial period, if they agreed on it.
Please refer to the work attendance policy of each of the countries to get exact information on requirements for a certain country.
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While Egyptians were busy voting for a new president, a glitch in Google Translate's system accidentally revived the presidency of Hosni Mubarak.
When one typed "I will respect Egypt's future president" in English, the Arabic translation was, "I will respect President Hosni Mubarak."
Mubarak, who is reportedly clinging to life on a respirator, will not be Egypt's future president. But as his military allies assert their power and Egyptian revolutionaries cry "coup," Mubarak's online appearance sparked suspicion and disbelief on Twitter and Facebook.
So was it a conspiracy by Mubarak's old regime? Google says no. It was just a glitch in the algorithms it uses to learn and translate 64 languages, according to Google spokesman Jason Freidenfelds.
The program is totally automated and learns based on the pattern of how often words and phrases are translated into other languages on the Web.
That means when Google Translate scours the Internet for references to Egypt's president, the most common results in Arabic pair Hosni Mubarak with that phrase.
The quality of the translation doesn't depend so much on the prominence of the language. It depends on that language's prominence on the Internet.
"For English and Spanish, there are tons of translations out there, and there have been for years. So you'll get a high quality translation with the right phrases and words," said Freidenfelds, adding that the difference between the structure of the two languages also matters.
"In French or Spanish, you might flip the adjectives and nouns. That's not that hard for machine translation to pick up on. But if the change pushes a word all the way to the end of the sentence, that's a lot harder for the system to pick up," he said.
For a language like Arabic, it may take a while for Google Translate to reflect the changes taking place in the real world.
"Humans process language by understanding the meaning of the words. We know who the president is and that it's somebody's name. Google Translate doesn't have the semantics of the language," said Freidenfelds.
So can you teach it to better understand the nuances of a language? Right now, Google Translate is as smart as the system the company's team of engineers and researchers can come up with.
Once they identify a glitch, like the Mubarak translation, they won't change that one phrase. Instead, they'll try to improve the algorithms overall.
Update: Google Translate has changed the translation of this phrase since the glitch was first discovered.


Week 1: November 2 – 8. Introduction to C language. Part 1
prb1286 In the school cafeteria to the end of lessons there were some cakes: a vanilla, b chocolate and c fruit. Dima is going to buy cakes before closing the buffet. What is the maximum possible number of cakes can choose Dima?
Three non-negative integers are given - the appropriate amount of cakes, each does not exceed 20000.
Print the maximum possible number of cakes that Dima can choose.
Time limit 1 seconds
Memory limit 128 MiB
Input example #1
4 2 3
Output example #1


By Kelsey Leslie, PE, Paladin, Inc.
The old adage "you don't get what you EXPECT, you get what you INSPECT" is probably never more true than when it's applied to the construction process from the very start. While some teams or managers see testing as a final box to check (and sometimes resent it because it can cause a bottleneck if done for the first time right before delivery), it attains its highest value if done consistently through the course of a project, especially since things rarely go according to the ideal plan once work begins.
In the commissioning process, we often find that the word 'ready' can mean a lot of things to a lot of people, because there's a difference between cosmetic and systemic readiness. A cosmetically ready room can be deceiving because the paint is finished and the furnishings are going in, but systemic readiness requires functional testing to ensure the space is ready to perform as designed and desired. Unfortunately, some owners see a cosmetically ready room and are ready to welcome tenants. This can lead to real disappointment, so we continually advocate for detailed functional testing before a space is pretty enough to use.
Functional testing is a set of customized procedures tailored to walk a building through its paces in the available modes to see if it is set up to meet design specs. The tests can vary depending on scope of the commissioning services and the systems in the building's design, but we generally look at the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems and generate a 'script' of what responses are expected during the building's transition stages (ie. moving from occupied to unoccupied, heating to economizer to cooling modes, dimming/vacancy conditions, etc.)
Done properly, functional testing reveals one bottom line condition: Readiness, answering the most important question "is the building as ready as it appears?" We get there by asking more focused questions, including:
 - Are there overrides keeping the systems running to maintain comfort that will prevent mode transitions?
 - Is the building schedule(s) set up properly?
 - Is there access to the required graphical interfaces? Beyond building automation system (BAS) programming, are the features of the HVAC graphics set up – alarms, trending, etc?
 Are the thermostats set up to the desired temperature ranges? Do occupants have reasonable limits to the adjustments they can perform?
 - Is the programming set to the engineer's sequences or is everything running in default settings?
Whether the project has been bumpy or smooth-sailing, we consistently find that functional testing reveals something valuable to the team. When a team has agreed to our more proactive, ongoing approach to functional testing, we consistently experience ongoing readiness discussions with honest status updates set more realistic expectations, leading to effective planning and no end-of-project bottlenecks. The end result is a true merger of form and function and an owner who is proud and happy to cut the ribbon on opening day.


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manufacturers voluntarily rationed their product at home during
World War II, so that supplies of it could be shipped to our fighting
forces around the globe.
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Programme/Approved Electives for 2019/20
Law Combined Honours (Level 6)Law Minor (Level 6)Law Single Honours (Level 6)Liberal Arts Single Honours (Level 6)Liberal Arts Single Honours (Masters) (Level 6)
Available as a Free Standing Elective
This module introduces students to the normative and institutional frameworks of international human rights law, and some of the central concepts, themes, and debates salient to the discipline. The course will begin with a deceptively simple question: What are human rights? After examining the different theoretical and conceptual frameworks underpinning the ways in which human rights are justified, we will trace the evolution of the current system of human rights and the various categories of rights that emerged since the adoption of the United Nations Charter and the over the last the ¿International Bill of Rights.¿ The module will examine a range of thematic issues such as civil and political rights, economic, social and cultural rights, individual and group rights, human rights and terrorism, human rights and the right to die, self-determination and humanitarian intervention, human rights activism, human rights and disability, human rights and gender, and human rights and the right of refugees.
Talis Aspire Reading ListAny reading lists will be provided by the start of the course.http://lists.lib.keele.ac.uk/modules/law-30081/lists
To introduce students to the concept and evolution of international human rights.
Intended Learning Outcomes
recognise and identify the laws and institutions that structure international human rights will be achieved by assessments: 1identify and interpret the ways in which international attitudes towards, and conceptions of, human rights have evolved since the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; will be achieved by assessments: 1discern and critique examples of international inequality and global change as contexts within which to consider human rights guarantees; will be achieved by assessments: 1independently investigate and study human rights issues and audit legal responses thereto will be achieved by assessments: 1
9 x 2 hour tutorials = 18 hourstutorial preparation = 36 hoursgroup presentation = 10 hoursbackground reading and essay preparation = 86 hoursTotal = 150 hourstotal = 150 hours
1: Essay weighted 100%
Description of Module Assessment
4000 word research essayAn independently researched and written paper on one of the topics encountered in the module


What Can Optical Comparators Do For You?
Optical Comparators
Optical comparators are used to magnify an image of a part to gather a tremendous amount of information about that particular part in a short time. For those who are not very familiar with these kinds of machines, optical comparators are measurement tools that magnify images onto a glass screen using mirrors, lenses, and illumination sources for the purpose of making two dimension measurements.
Optical comparators have been used for more than five decades and they still remain a cost-effective and versatile technology for monitoring the quality and processes of a wide range of manufactured parts. Over the years, optical comparators have evolved into full-featured equipment that uses modern optical, electrical and mechanical technology to maximize cost savings and minimize inspection time. So, why should you invest in optical comparators?
Get Accurate Information
You can use optical comparators to gather simple length and width measurements. However, you can get more information about a manufactured part apart from dimensions. You can use the optical comparators to detect undesirable chamfers, indentations, scratches, or burrs by checking the magnified image of a part. In addition, the screen of a comparator can be viewed by multiple people and provide a medium for discussion.
Ability to Measure In 2-D Space
Unlike calipers and micrometers which are used to measure one dimension at a time, optical comparators are used to measure widths and lengths simultaneously. In order to do this, the operator lines up the screen centreline with the lower left-hand corner of the image to establish a zero point to get a simultaneously reading of both width and length. The optical comparator is able to obtain the straight-line distance with a single keystroke.
Noncontact Gages
This is a key advantage of why you need to invest in optical comparators. When measuring a part using comparators, only the light touches the part, meaning that no other direct forces are involved in the process that can change the shape of delicate parts. Unlike hand gages, noncontact gages eliminate the feel factor which can easily result in human error.
Save Time
Optical comparators are easy to use and their ergonomic designs reduce operator fatigue, retraining costs and the inspection, all while increasing throughput. The costs involved in parts setup times and handling are significantly reduced since comparators generally allow each part to be viewed in 2-D in one orientation. Custom hard gages, unlike optical comparators, need frequent recertification and are subject to wear which takes them out of service. Additionally, hard gages are inflexible and in case of minor product design changes, they would require costly modifications or rendered obsolete. On the other hand, optical comparators are easily adaptable to design changes, are general-purpose measurement devices and they are appropriate for either repetitious inspections or first-article.
Take Different Types of Measurements
There are different ways to measure dimensions using an optical comparator. Common types of measurements include:
 - Measurement by comparison
 - Measurement by screen rotation
 - Measurement by motion
Bottom Line
As mentioned earlier, optical comparators are used in different industry applications to measure manufactured parts around the world. They are available with numerous options and features to suit many applications. They can be used in machine shops, final inspection areas, assembly and production floors and R&D labs just to mention a few. Their return on investment, range of capabilities and versatility make comparators integral and indispensable to any quality plan.
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Taipei : Institute of electrical and electronics engineers (IEEE)
The sensor node in Wireless Sensor Network is with the characteristics of low power consumption, but the sensor node can't be rechargeable. Therefore, the consumed of power is limited. How to effectively control the power of the sensor node and extend the life time of the whole network become a very important issue. This paper sets forth "The Optimal Sleep Control For Wireless Sensor Networks ". When the sensor nodes are set randomly in the entire network and the sleeping probability is determined through the distance between the sensor node and the sink. This method will effectively reduce the frequency of the transmission of the sensor nodes more close to the sink and reach the loading balance of the whole network. However, the sleeping sensor nodes will process their sleeping schedule according to their own residual power and achieve the effectiveness of saving power.
Proceedings of the 2009 joint conferences on pervasive computing, pp.95-101


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The 70-gun war ship Resolution, sunk off Sussex in 1703, recently discovered by divers on the seabed in Pevensey Bay, off the Sussex coast.
The site comprises a cluster of at least 45 iron guns lying on top of ballast material, other artefacts and timber hull structure. Archaeological investigations to date have concentrated on confirming the identity of the site to be that of the Resolution primarily through the recording of the ordnance and ballast.
The Resolution was built in Harwich between 1665 and 1667 and was one of only three third-rate vessels built by noted maritime architect Sir Anthony Deane. In 1669, the Resolution was the flagship in an expedition against the Barbary Corsairs and took part in the unsuccessful attack on the Dutch Smyrna convoy, which resulted in the Third Dutch War.
The Resolution sank during the Great Storm on 26 November 1703, after being blown across the Solent, striking the Owers Banks six or seven times before the crew was able to raise a scrap of sail and round Beachy Head. By this time the ship was taking on water, the hold was full up to the level of the orlop beams, and so the decision was made to attempt to beach her in Pevensey Bay. The remains of the vessel had been burned by French Privateers by January 1704.
The 'Great Storm' is well documented in contemporary newspapers and by Daniel Defoe in his work The Storm: An Essay, written in 1704. Other protected warships lost in the same storm comprise the Stirling Castle, Restoration and Northumberland, located on the Goodwin Sands, off Kent.
Substantial sections of the hull of the wrecked warship exist beneath a mound of ballast. This is particularly exciting as in situ preservation of shipwreck material dating from the 17th and 18th centuries is uncommon. Therefore, following further investigations, this wreck may have the potential to be of even greater archaeological and historical importance than is considered at present.
The Nautical Museum's Trust is the legal owner of the Resolution.


Third-Person Camera System
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In third-person games, the camera affects the player experience deeply at many levels. As example,
 - Did Lara Croft just got shot by a bullet, the camera provides the feedback to the player.
 - Is Lara running on low stamina, the camera lures the player to develop empathy.
Especially when a camera does its job well, players do not notice it. It's as if the camera isn't even there! That's what motivates me to dive into the problem space of third-person cameras.
The goal of my thesis is to architect a camera system which enables smart and aesthetically pleasing camera movement. Here is a quick video highlighting all the features:
( All features showcase in 90 seconds )
Feature List
Camera Auto-Control
In a moderate to fast paced third-person game, the player is usually engaged with the gameplay so much that controlling the camera on top of it can easily feel like a burden and break the immersion. Saying that, should player want to take control over the camera, they always can!
The intention behind auto-control feature was to enable the camera to position itself automatically such that it complements the player movement. I call my solution Modified Cone Raycast. Let's dive into how it works.
As you can see in the left debug image, a handful of raycasts in the shape of a three-dimensional cone are fired to sample the surrounding environment. The right debug image shows these raycasts' target points, as if they are projected on the camera's front/near plane. A red dot indicates an impact with a geometry and the green dots indicates no impact. Based on which part of the circle has more "complaints" about impacting with surrounding geometry, the camera is then smoothly rotated towards the opposite direction. This is indicated by white-magenta arrow.
( Debug View: Modified Cone Raycast )
MCR Camera Auto-Control - Impact Points
( Debug circle showcasing raycast target points, projected on camera's front plane )
For simplicity, the camera uses polar coordinates (radius, rotation, altitude), and its anchor is the BB8. One thing to keep in mind is that the Auto-Control changes only the rotation of the camera's polar coordinates.
These videos are here to help you visualize how it works in real time:
( Debug Video: Camera Auto-Control )
( Without Debug: Camera Auto-Control feature showcase )
Collision Avoidance
Camera Auto-Control does a fine job in avoiding collisions by changing just the rotation of camera's polar coordinates. However, when the player is in control of the camera, a different take on the collision avoidance becomes essential.
To visualize the problem, take a look at the top-down sketch on the right. Let's say the player wants to rotate the camera counterclockwise from a start position, but there is a building in the way. In this scenario, reducing the radius of the camera's polar coordinates will be a good way to avoid the building.
I use the same Modified Cone Raycast to determine how much reduction in the radius (of camera's polar coordinate) should happen. Each ray has a weight assigned to it. Each ray votes for the amount of radius reduction that should happen to prevent the collision reported on their end. Later these votes are resolved in a form of a weighted average to calculate the final reduction in the radius.
( Top-down sketch showcasing the radius reduction )
( Weights assigned to each rays of the Modified Cone Raycast )
( Radius Reduction by the Modified Cone Raycast )
Because the total number of rays is very high compared to the rays that actually reports an impact, the weighted average ends up being too small; which is it not effective. To mitigate this problem, the assigned weights reacts based on the velocity of the camera, which you'll see in the following video. For reference while watching the video, keep an eye on the debug circle similar to the right image provided below. Each dot represents the target point of a raycast projected on the camera's front/near plane. The blue-green arrow represents camera's current velocity. White dot means that the weight assigned to the raycast is the low, and the red dot represents a higher weight.
( Debug View - Weighted Raycasts )
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( Debug circle showcasing raycast weights )
Since the chance of camera-collision is much higher in the direction where the camera is going (i.e. direction of the camera velocity), the respective part of the Modified Cone Raycast ends up with much higher weights. Thus, they contribute more towards the final reduction in the radius. This approach produced much more effective results.
You might ask, why even bother with too many raycasts if getting the weighted average is tricky? I tried raycasts in a simpler 2D cone formation, which works almost flawlessly except in one case: where the potential collision might happen because of the geometry situated directly above/below the raycasts. As a result, the reduction in radius happens very abruptly with 2D Cone Raycast. You can see the comparison in the following video.
( Debug view of two-dimensional cone raycast )
( Comparison video - 2D vs. 3D cone raycast )
Behavior Handover
Consider a scenario where the BB8 is standing next to a building, and the player tries to position the camera towards the building. To avoid the collision in such a scenario, the camera will position itself very close to the BB8, and the body of the BB8 ends up covering the majority of the screen. If the camera can switch its behavior from follow camera to shoulder view, then the shoulder view will let the player see what's ahead much more clearly. The following video shows the comparison.
( Comparison video of Behavior Handover - disabled vs. enabled )
Each Camera Behavior (like Follow, Shoulder View, or Freelook) has a different set of rules it needs to satisfy. These set of rules are called Camera Constraints - you'll know more about it in the System Architecture section. Now, when the active behavior gets changed to a different one, the active set of rules also needs to be changed. As you can see in the left debug video below, when the Follow behavior is active the Modified Cone Raycast camera constraint is enabled. After the behavior handover to the shoulder view, the cone raycast gets disabled in favor of enabling constraints of the shoulder view. My system also makes sure that the behavior handover doesn't happen in middle of a frame. Otherwise it can produce side effects.
( Debug video: Behavior Handover )
( Without debug, Behavior Handover feature showcase )
Reorient the Camera
This feature lets the player reorient the camera to the back side of BB8 by press of a button. Sounds easy, right? But there is some subtlety to it.
The problem arises because the movement input (left-stick) is relative to the camera. If the camera is facing north and you tilt the left-stick forward then the BB8 will move in the north direction, and when you tilt the stick towards right then the BB8 starts moving towards east (again, relative to the camera).
Keep that in mind while taking a look into the debug video below. You'll realize that because of the camera relative controls, even though the left-stick is held at the same place, the BB8 changes its movement direction when the camera reorientation happens. This could be frustrating to the player because they never intended to change the movement direction of the BB8, they only intended to change the camera's orientation.
( Debug video showcasing the problem with Camera Reorientation )
So, our intention here is to retain the movement direction of the BB8 until the player wants to change it. Let's break it down into two steps, using both we can to provide the desired player experience.
 1. Retain the movement direction
 2. Input Interpolation - To give back the movement-control to the player
Retain the movement direction: Check the following video to get a better understanding of this step.
( Debug video comparing the movement direction )
When the camera reorientation begins, the controller's left-stick input and the camera's forward direction are cached. These two directly affects the BB8's movement. Until the player decides to change the movement direction by moving the left-stick, these cached values are used to keep moving in the same direction.
But wait, what? You are saying that you take away the controls from the player?! No, not permanently. That's where the second step comes in the picture.
Input Interpolation: This step is designed to gently give back the movement-control to the player.
( Debug Circle - Left Stick Input )
( On Camera Reorientation just started )
( When Input Interpolation takes place )
The red dot represented in these visuals is the left-stick's current position. When the camera reorientation begins, it looks like the middle image. At this point, the stick's position alongside the camera's forward are cached, and are being used to keep the BB8 moving in the same direction. The gray dot represents the cached left-stick position. The purple area around the gray dot represents a dead-zone, inside which any left-stick input is ignored.
As soon as the player moves the stick outside the dead-zone, the Input Interpolation takes place. From now on the camera's forward is getting updated according to its current orientation. So on this frame, the gray dot, cached left-stick position, is remapped to a new position such that relative to the current/updated camera forward the BB8 would keep moving in the same direction. You can see the remapped region in the right image. After that frame, the remapped (cached left-stick) position slowly interpolates towards the red dot, i.e. where the player is currently holding the


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EBIT is an abbreviation of earning before interest and tax, as the abbreviation suggest it is nothing but the calculation of profit earned by the company before the payment of interest and tax. It is also called as operating profit.
EBIT= Operating income - Operating expense + Non operating income
An investor who maybe supporting funding of the expansion plan of the company will be mainly concentrating on the potential of the company to earn, EBIT will give a clear picture for the above case. EBIT shows the actual earning capacity of the company. The main advantage of using EBIT is that it excludes the complication involved in calculation of tax structures followed by various companies. The tax structure varies from company to company. The main advantage of EBIT is that it is easy to calculate. It is used to find the general health of the company.
EBIT helps the investor in understanding the following things,
EBIT thus provide a insight into the company performance to the investor. Efficiency performance between various companies can be found. The bankers and other fund supporters can find out whether funding the company is a good option based on EBIT finding. The investor can find out the reason for decline in profit after taxation and interest deduction with the help of EBIT. The efficiency of the management can also be determine by using EBIT cause the level to which the management uses its asset and man power depicts the management efficiency. In general a company with higher operating margin is considered to be a better performer, thus helpful in comparing the performance of two companies. EBIT helps the investor in making investment decisions.


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I am working on a MapInfo plugin to convert MapInfo files to GeoJSON files.
I am having trouble matching up the object types of the two formats. Each GeoJSON object type is described in the documentation. The MapInfo object types are a bit more ambiguous. The best I can find is in the MapBasic reference file which says, for example:
- OBJ_INFO_TYPE value: OBJ_TYPE_REGION
- ID: 7
- Object type: Region Object
This is obvious enough but what exactly is a region? Is it analogous to a Polygon? Or is it any closed object?
Can anyone point me towards a decent definition of each object type?
I sent a message to the MapInfo support people who pointed me towards a section in the MapInfo User Guide headed "Map Objects as Part of Layers" which spells things out perfectly. I still can't find this page in the guide that I have (version 10.5) so I'll paste the relevant section below for anyone else in my position.
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MapInfo Professional are made up of layers of map objects. There are five basic types of objects:
- Regions: closed objects that cover a given area. These include polygons, ellipses, and rectangles. For example, country boundaries, postal code boundaries, sales territories.
- Point objects: represent single locations of data. For example, customer locations, restaurants, parking meters. Points can also be combined into multipoint objects.
- Line objects: open objects that cover a given distance. These include lines, polylines, and arcs. Examples are streets, rivers, power lines.
- Text objects: text that describes a map or another object, such as labels and titles.
- Collection objects: combination of region, line, and multipoint objects.
You can have each type of object in a separate layer (most common), or you can combine objects in the same layer.


Thursday, May 28, 2020
The Spiritual Life - What is spiritual health?
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What is spiritual health?
Spiritual health is not usually named as a thing. Human beings are much more likely to talk about physical health, mental health, financial health, public health, community health, and the health of various systems.
One of the components of the UU A Way Of Life is to improve spiritual health. Before we can improve spiritual health we have to have a baseline, a reference point from which to compare. To ascertain a baseline we have to have a description of its components and indicators of the presence and strength of those components we can measure. What are the components of spiritual health? Here's a suggested list to start:
 1. Peace and joy
 2. Kindness
 3. Forgiveness
 4. Attunement to the nondualistic Oneness
 5. Unconditional love
 6. Mindfulness
 7. Felt connection to the interdependent web
 8. Freedom from and freedom to
 9. Self efficacy
The way these components can be measured simply is to answer the question, "To what extent has this factor been present in your life in the past several months or year on a scale of 0 -10 with 0 meaning 0% of the time, 10 meaning 100% of the time and 5 meaning 50% of the time?" This is meant to be a self report, and it may be helpful to get a best friend or trusted other who knows you very well like a spiritual director, a therapist, a life partner to rate their perception of the presence of these factors in your life as well.
Once a rating has been identified, this is your baseline. The next question is how can you kick it up a notch over coming months or year?
You can use this model right now to rate your level of spiritual health. Let's say over the last six months to what extent has each component been present in your life?
After you give yourself a rating on each component determine one component you'd like to work on for the next month or so and make a plan to practice. Start small, review frequently, learn as you go, and re-rate in a month's time.
In subsequent articles we will provide more detailed descriptions of each component and ideas for improvement.
 1. Truly helpful. It's a wonderful model you are developing. As I picked an indicator like peace and joy, over the last six months I gave myself a 3 especially with the Covid-19 stuff, impeachment, police murders of black citizens, political corruption, etc. How do I not let these things destroy my peace and joy?
 2. The United States is one of the most spiritually sick nations on earth. Its inequality, racism, materialism, unrestrained military might, and unjust criminal justice system make it evil.
 The fact that they would elect a psychopath like Donald Trump and tolerate and enable his moral turpetude tells you a lot about the spiritual health of the country.


Here in a study is made on the motion response of a ship moored in a rectangular harbour excited by long waves within the framework of linear potential theory. The ship is assumed slender and moored in the harbour with constant depth and straight coastline. The matched asymptotic expansion technique is applied. To employ it, the fluid domain is divided into the ocean and the harbour regions. The latter is further subdivided into a field near the ship and the rest. Numerical results show that the ship motion is significantly amplified, when the harbour is resonated by incident waves. At resonant frequencies, the heave added mass becomes negative and the wave damping changes abruptly. The mode and magnitude of ship motion depend strongly on the incident wave frequency and on the position of ships inside the harbour. Experiments. are performed for a moored ship model in a shallow basin for wave periods ranging from 2 to 3 seconds. Wave responses and ship motions are measured and compared with computations. It is found that the theory developed in this paper predicts them qualitatively well.
1. Introduction
As the sea transportation is being ever intensified in recent years, ships often have to wait in a harbour for a long time until they are allowed to load or offload at piers due to the limited cargo-handling capacity. It is well known that harbour oscillations can be excited by long waves such as swell and tsunami. The harbour response has long been investigated in the area of coastal engineering and there are ample sources of literature, for example, see Miles & Munk(1961) and Lee(1972). Ships moored in a harbour also are excited and they undergo motions of six-degrees of freedom.
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