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- Very Basic Database Application in Delphi
- Most Basic Editing Database in Delphi
- Manipulating Database Record with Codes
- Master Detail Datasets
Beside plain simple data, such as strings and numbers, in most (if not all) modern database we usually can also store digital values of nearly unlimited size. We can use this for example to store images, text files, executables, and binary libraries. This kind of values usually called BLOB, short for binary large object. Fields to store these values also refered as blob fields.
See this wikipedia page for more information about BLOB.
The following database is known to support blob fields (note: the list covers only a very small fraction of database supporting blob fields).
- MS SQL Server
- MS Access
Handling BLOB value in Delphi datasets
There is no primitive data type in Delphi directly available to handle BLOB value. Therefore we have to settle with handling BLOB as stream. TBlobStream is a descendant of TStream that was defined to handle BLOB values as stream. See here for official information on TBlobStream.
Excerpt from Delphi documentation about TBlobStream:
DBTables.TBlobStream is a stream object that provides services which allow applications to read from or write to field objects that represent Binary large object (BLOB) fields.
Use DBTables.TBlobStream to access or modify the value of a BLOB field in a BDE-enabled dataset. TBlob stream works with persistent TBlobField objects (including descendants of TBlobField such as TGraphicField and TMemoField). BLOB fields use BLOB streams to read data from and write data to the dataset.
DBTables.TBlobStream allows objects that have no specialized knowledge of how data is stored in a BLOB field to read or write such data by employing the uniform stream mechanism.
To use a BLOB stream, create an instance of DBTables.TBlobStream, use the methods of the stream to read or write the data, and then free the BLOB stream. Do not use the same instance of DBTables.TBlobStream to access data from more than one record. Instead, create a new DBTables.TBlobStream object every time you need to read or write BLOB data on a new record.
The most important thing you should note is that you can not reuse an instance of TBlobStream. You must free it as soon as you are done with it, and create new one for another record.
Another important thing you should remember is that it is prefered to call a dataset's CreateBlobStream method instead of directly call TBlobStream's constructor. Because this approach will give the dataset a chance to prepare itself.
Writing BLOB field
Basic steps in writing to a BLOB field:
- If the dataset is no in editing mode, put the dataset into the mode by either calling Edit or Insert.
- Create a TBlobStream by calling respected dataset's CreateBlobStream method and specifying the field and bmWrite as access mode.
- Fill the returned TBlobStream with your binary value.
- Free the TBlobStream.
- Store the changes by posting the modification, either by calling Post or CheckBrowseMode.
Reading BLOB field
Basic steps in writing to a BLOB field:
- Create a TBlobStream by calling respected dataset's CreateBlobStream method and specifying the field and bmRead as access mode.
- Read the content of the returned TBlobStream
- Free the TBlobStream.
- Use the read content according to task in hand
In next sections I show you the implementations of the above steps in order to store and read images to and from some database.
Handling Images in MS Access
For our demo project with MS Access, create a new Delphi application project. Drop these components to the main forms and rename them respectively:
- TADOConnection, cnnMain
- TADOTable, tblMovies
- TDataSource, dsMovies
- TOpenPictureDialog, OpenPictureDialog1
- TADOCommand, qCmd
- TDBGrid, DBGrid1
- TImage, Image1
- TBitBtn, btnOpenUrl
- TBitBtn, btnAddPict
- TBitBtn, btnAddPictSQL
Arrange the controls/components into a layout something like this:
Wire tblMovies's and qCmd's Connection properties to cnnMain. Set dsMovies' Dataset to tblMovies. Wire DBGrid1's DataSource to dsMovies. Build the connection string of cnnMain by double clicking it. Make sure the connection string pointing to the sample ms access datase attached here (download and save it somewhere in your computer).
Set Movies to tblMovies' TableName property. Build the persistent fields for tblMovies by double clicking it and then Add all fields in the dialog that pops up.
Give the following SQL command to qCmd's CommandText.
UPDATE Movies SET Picture=:Picture WHERE [ID]=:IDCheck that qCmd has two parameters, Picture and ID, by opening its Parameters property in object inspector.
Writing Image With Table-kind of Dataset
What I mean with Table-kind datasets are datasets that containing records, e.g. TTable, TADOTable, TQuery with SELECT query, and TADODataset with SELECT query. For these kind of datasets, we can store BLOBs directly to the corresponding fields. This is where TBlobStream plays important role.
In our demo project we will use a TADOTable which we named tblMovies.
Put the following codes for btnAddPict's event handler:
procedure TForm1.btnAddPictClick(Sender: TObject); var vBlobStream: TStream; vFileStream: TStream; vEditing: Boolean; begin // do we have record to store the picture to? Don't continue if not if tblMovies.IsEmpty then Exit; // do the user select a picture file? Dont continue if not if not OpenPictureDialog1.Execute then Exit; // are we in editing mode? Enter into one if not vEditing := tblMovies.State in [dsEdit, dsInsert]; if not vEditing then tblMovies.Edit; // enter editing mode if not in one try // create writable TBlobStream for field 'Picture' of tblMovies [b]vBlobStream := tblMovies.CreateBlobStream(tblMoviesPicture, bmWrite);[/b] try // create stream of the selected picture file vFileStream := TFileStream.Create(OpenPictureDialog1.FileName, fmOpenRead or fmShareDenyNone); try // copy the content of picture stream to the TBlobStream [b]vBlobStream.CopyFrom(vFileStream, 0);[/b] finally vFileStream.Free; end; finally // freeing writable TBlobStream also writes its content to the underlying field vBlobStream.Free; end; finally // post the changes if we are the one putting into editing mode if not vEditing then tblMovies.CheckBrowseMode; end; end;
I think the code and the comments pretty much explained everything about the process.
Writing Image with SQL command
In this case we want to store images using SQL command INSERT or UPDATE. It will be different with the method we used with table-kind of datasets, since obviously here we don't have a TField to help us out. No TBlobStream for us here. However we have TParameter objects to work with.
Basically TParameter is a way to communicate with our sql command. We pass values using TParameter, and we also read values using TParameter. Declaration of TParameter is done directly inside the sql command itself. Just add a colon (:) in front of the parameter's name, and later Delphi will create instance(s) of corresponding TParameter(s) for you.
For our example here, we have given this sql: UPDATE Movies SET Picture=:Picture WHERE [ID]=:ID. The bold parts are the ones
that define our two TParameter-s, i.e. Picture and ID. Of course initially these TParameter-s have no value. So before we execute the sql, we need to give values to them. TParameter is capable to hold BLOB value, like I show you in the OnClick event handler of btnAddPictSQL below:
procedure TForm1.btnAddPictSQLClick(Sender: TObject); var vFileStream: TStream; begin // do we have record to store the picture to? Don't continue if not if tblMovies.IsEmpty then Exit; // do the user select a picture file? Dont continue if not if not OpenPictureDialog1.Execute then Exit; // load the picture file into a stream vFileStream := TFileStream.Create(OpenPictureDialog1.FileName, fmOpenRead or fmShareDenyNone); try // give ID of the current movie record to the :ID parameter of qCmd qCmd.Parameters.ParamByName('ID').Value := tblMoviesID.Value; // Assign the content of FS stream to the :Picture parameter [b]qCmd.Parameters.ParamByName('Picture').LoadFromStream(vFileStream, ftBlob);[/b] // execute the sql qCmd.Execute; // refresh the table so it shows the new picture RefreshTable; finally vFileStream.Free; end; end;
Reading Image from Dataset
Here is the code in our demo project to read image from the dataset (in this case tblMovies).
procedure TForm1.LoadPicture; var BS: TStream; vGraphic: TGraphic; begin // clear the currently displayed picture Image1.Picture.Graphic := nil; // do we have something to display? if tblMovies.IsEmpty then Exit; // Get a TBlobStream instance from the content of field Picture of tblMovies, with read-only access BS := tblMovies.CreateBlobStream(tblMovies.FieldByName('Picture'), bmRead); try // create the object to parse the image information into jpg picture vGraphic := TJPEGImage.Create; try // give the content of our TB


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When people conduct unauthorized activities on private property, it is called trespassing. When people conduct unauthorized activities on public land or in legally platted drainage easements, it is called encroachment. Sometimes people do not know they have a drainage easement on their property or understand why it needs to be kept free of obstructions. Sometimes people knowingly disturb the intended function of public land and easements by such unacceptable practices as: building structures, storing vehicles, dumping yard waste, planting trees and gardens, or removing vegetation. In rare instances, activities that do not change the intended function of the land can be allowed, however, people that wish to change or utilize public property or drainage easements must first apply for a revocable permit.
For more information on the revocable permit process, contact Mark Baker at _PHONE_.

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Crawl Quick-Start Guide ======================= Copyright 1999 Linley Henzell So, you want to start playing Crawl straight away without bothering with the manual? Read this, the guide to starting Crawl with a minimum of preparation. I suggest printing it out and following its instructions while playing your first few games (you can also press '?' twice while playing for a list of commands). You should also try the tutorial mode; it only takes a few minutes. When you get some more time, you can read 'crawl_manual.txt' in the docs/ directory for more detailed information. INTRODUCTION TO CRAWL --------------------- Crawl is a large and very random game of subterranean exploration in a fantasy world of magic and frequent violence. Your quest is to travel into the depths of the Dungeon (which is different each time you play) and retrieve the Orb of Zot. Crawl is an RPG of the 'rogue-like' type, one of the descendants of Rogue. Its graphics are simple but highly informative, designed to be understood at a glance, and control is exercised largely through one-keystroke commands. STARTING OUT ------------ After starting the program you will be greeted with a message asking for your name. Don't spend too much time over this, as your first character will **not** last very long (sorry, but it's true). Next you are given menus of species and backgrounds from which to choose. A hill orc, minotaur or troll Fighter is a good bet. Elves are quite fragile, humans are pretty average at everything, and the weirder species are mostly too tricky for beginning players. Finally, you may be given a choice of weapons. I suggest an axe (axes are fun). Now you are in the game. The game screen has three parts: - the Map takes up the upper left part of the screen. In its very centre is the '@' sign which represents You. The coloured parts of the Map are the parts you can see, while places which you have visited before but cannot currently see are shown in grey. - the Message box is the large part of the screen below the map. It describes events as they happen and asks you questions from time to time. - the Stats area (to the right of the Map) contains various indicators of your health and abilities. EXPLORING --------- Try walking around, using either the numeric keypad (try numlock off and on) or the Rogue ('hjklyubn') keys. Pressing 'o' will activate auto-explore, which will move until an enemy is seen, or some other notable event (e.g. finding a set of stairs) occurs. If you want to know what a certain character on the screen represents, you can use the 'x' (examine) command to get a short description, and then 'v' to get more information. You use the 'O', 'C' commands to open or close doors, and the '<' (up) and '>' (down) commands to climb staircases. The Dungeon gets more dangerous (but more interesting!) as you go down. If you get lost you can access a map of the whole level you are on with the 'X' command, which uses the whole screen. ITEMS ----- After walking around for a while, you will no doubt come across some items lying around (you may come across some monsters as well; for help in dealing with them skip to the Monsters section). You can pick up items with the 'g' (get) or ',' commands and drop them again with 'd' (drop), and the 'i' (inventory) command shows you what you're carrying. While examining your inventory, press any item's key to see more information about it, and to list available commands. There are several different types of items: - **Weapons**, represented by the ')' sign. Wield them with the 'w' (wield) command. Some weapons are cursed and cannot be un-wielded without the use of magic. - **Armour** ('['). Wear it, or take it off, with the 'W' (Wear) command. Heavier armours give more protection, but may hamper your ability to fight, dodge, and cast spells. These can also be cursed. - **Ammunition** (which has the '(' sign). Throw it with 'f' and 'F' (fire). Stones, tomahawks and javelins are meant to be thrown by hand; other missiles need an appropriate launcher to be wielded (e.g. arrows are only effective when shot with a bow). - **Wands** ('/'), **Scrolls** ('?') and **Potions** ('!') can be very valuable, but have limited uses (scrolls and potions can only be used once each, wands contain only a certain number of charges). Wands are e'V'oked, scrolls are 'r'ead and potions are 'q'uaffed. Unfortunately, you won't at first know what a scroll or potion does; it will only be described by its physical appearance. But once you have used, for example, a potion of curing, you will in the future recognise all potions of curing. - **Rings** ('=') and **Amulets** ('"') provide various mostly-helpful effects. They are put on with 'P' (put on) and can be removed with 'R'. They can, like weapons, be cursed. - **Money** ('$') can be used to buy stuff in shops. There are a few other types of items, but you will discover these as you play. MONSTERS -------- You will also run into monsters (most of which are represented by letters of the alphabet). You can attack a monster by trying to move into the square it is occupying. Pressing Tab will automatically move toward & attack nearby monsters. When you are wounded you lose hit points (displayed near the top of the stats list); these return gradually over time through the natural process of healing. If you lose all of your hp you die. To survive, you will need to develop a few basic tactics: - Never fight more than one monster if you can help it. Always back into a corridor so that they must fight you one-on-one. - If you are badly wounded, you can run away from monsters to buy some time. Try losing them in corridors, or as a very last resort find a place where you can run around in circles to heal while the monster chases you. - Remember to use projectiles before engaging monsters in close combat. - Rest between encounters. The 's', '.', delete or keypad-5 commands make you rest for one turn, while pressing '5' or Shift-and-keypad-5 make you rest for a longer time (you will stop resting when fully healed). - Learn when to run away from things you can't handle - this is important! It is often wise to skip a dangerous level. But don't overdo this. DEATH ----- Before long, you'll probably end up dead. Death in Crawl is permanent; you cannot just reload a saved game and start again where you left off. The 'S' (save) command exists only to let you leave a game part-way through and come back to it later. Quitting ('Ctrl-Q') lets you commit suicide if you can't even be bothered to help your character escape alive. Well, that's it for the quick-start guide. This should help you through your first few games, but Crawl is extremely (some would say excessively) complex and cannot be adequately described in so short a document. So when you feel ready to start playing with magic, skills, and religions, browse the manual. Happy Crawling!


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Polarization and bipolar strain hysteresis (P-E and S-E) measurements were performed simultaneously during fatigue tests performed under ac fields with a triangular wave form. Rhombohedral (1-x)Pb(Zn1/3Nb 2/3)O3-xPbTiO3 (PZN-PT) piezo/ferroelectric single crystals demonstrate a wide variety of anisotropic behavior under bipolar electrical switching. Specifically, PZN-4.5 PT crystals demonstrate exceptional polarization switching fatigue resistance along C (-c; pseudocubic), as opposed to normal fatigue in C directions. This system provides an excellent opportunity to study fatigue induced effects in C orientation in comparison with C. Studies in bulk ferroelectric ceramics have reported fatigue-associated strain hysteresis asymmetry. In this study, the evolution of bipolar strain loops was studied in both "fatiguing" C and "fatigue-free" C orientations. It was found that C oriented PZN-4.5 PT crystals show the onset of a strain-field asymmetry displayed by shortage of one wing of the butterfly, which becomes more evident as cycling continues. In contrast, C crystals show symmetrical strain-field curves throughout cycling. S-E hysteresis data obtained from different points in a fatigued crystal by gently moving it between the consecutive measurements show that the shorter wing switches side indicating the local character of fatigue. In comparison to the findings in polycrystalline ceramics this observation in a single crystal ferroelectric will be helpful for a better understanding of fatigue and related effects. Rejuvenation studies in fatigued crystals are also reported in this paper.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Ceramics and Composites
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Materials Chemistry


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Create a Recursive Hierarchy Group (Report Builder and SSRS)
Applies To: SQL Server 2016
In Reporting Services paginated reports, a recursive hierarchy group organizes data from a single report dataset that includes multiple hierarchical levels, such as the report-to structure for manager-employee relationships in an organizational hierarchy.
Before you can organize data in a table as a recursive hierarchy group, you must have a single dataset that contains all the hierarchical data, You must have separate fields for the item to group and for the item to group by. For example, a dataset where you want to group employees recursively under their manager might contain a name, an employee name, an employee ID, and a manager ID.
In Design view, add a table, and drag the dataset fields to display. Typically, the field that you want to show as a hierarchy is in the first column.
Right-click anywhere in the table to select it. The Grouping pane displays the details group for the selected table. In the Row Groups pane, right-click Details, and then click Edit Group. The Group Properties dialog box opens.
In Group expressions, click Add. A new row appears in the grid.
In the Group on list, type or select the field to group.
In the Recursive Parent list, enter or select the field to group on.
Run the report. The report displays the recursive hierarchy group, although there is no indent to show the hierarchy
Click the text box that contains the field to which you want to add indent levels to display a hierarchy format. The properties for the text box appear in the Properties pane.
If you do not see the Properties pane, click Properties on the View tab.
In the Properties pane, expand the Padding node, click Left, and from the drop-down list, select .
In the Expression pane, type the following expression:
=CStr(2 + (Level()*10)) + "pt"
The Padding properties all require a string in the format nnyy, where nn is a number and yy is the unit of measure. The example expression builds a string that uses the Level function to increase the size of the padding based on recursion level. For example, a row that has a level of 1 would result in a padding of (2 + (1*10))=12pt, and a row that has a level of 3 would result in a padding of (2 + (3*10))=32pt. For information about the Level function, see Level.
Run the report. The report displays a hierarchical view of the grouped data.
Creating Recursive Hierarchy Groups (Report Builder and SSRS)
Filter, Group, and Sort Data (Report Builder and SSRS)
Aggregate Functions Reference (Report Builder and SSRS)
Tables (Report Builder and SSRS)
Matrices (Report Builder and SSRS)
Lists (Report Builder and SSRS)
Tables, Matrices, and Lists (Report Builder and SSRS)


the werewolf and its environment
Once the transformation of the werewolf is complete, the bone structure has changed, the body mass has adjusted, and many other vital changes have taken place, the werewolf is now different. One of the details often forgotten about is how the animal has a harder time adjusting the the condition of the environment he is now being exposed to. The werewolf is often severely and suddenly exposed to an environment he is not accustomed to and will have a minimal amount of time to do so. The type of changes although we may think are minimal, are to the werewolf extreme. The complete body mass and hair will present a very challenging transition period of several different symptoms. The symptoms may include, hot sweats, fever, extreme pain, and vomiting among other less appealing changes. The transition period for most human to werewolf subjects is often brief, but there will be times that it may seem longer than the complete transformation itself.
Please be aware that many of the symptoms the werewolf experiences can and will also be linked to the metamorphosis itself.
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11 Responses
 1. wolfycutie says:
 can you send me tips to know if your a werewolf
 2. wolfycutie says:
 i ment post some
 3. Shadowsmoke says:
 How would you do this?
 You still haven't explained from my last post on this matter.
 I think shall post it again, and see if anyone can explain.
 4. Shadowsmoke says:
 strange… I can't find it…
 oh well I'll write it again.
 1. you would need a massive amount of energy to pull this off. Where would it all come from? you can't just eat a lot before and during the shift, it takes a while to absorb food. Not to mention you would pass out from the pain.
 2. how would it work physically? your bones can't change shape so dramatically in such a short amount of time.
 3. I had a third point, but werewolf967 already solved it.
 Really I would like to know these things, if I can understand the science it would be very helpful to me. I am currently working on a book about a Were made by science, (fictional of course) And would like to be able to explain things to the readers.
 5. Swiftpaw Fatfox says:
 You make good points. Yes the amount of energy needed would be extreme, which is probably why in myths a werewolf is ravenous after the transformation; and you are right about the pain. the issue of time is that it isn't going to be short, it's going to take a while. Even for my raptor friend, who's only form are an anthro and a non-anthro forms, it takes him about 30 min. The amount of time to go from a human form to an animal would take much longer.
 Now keep in mind that these issues apply to physical transformations and not magical or illusionary transformations
 6. that guy says:
 shadowsmoke this is what usaully happens to me i will pass out from the pain and after im back to human form im usaully sick and i will stay home a few days and you cant remember anything so its hard to explain the only way i can is like you have just had the biggest adrenaline rush ever
 7. jo says:
 whoah! i think incredible thinking power is needed to solve this one.
 8. konno12moto says:
 so a person that has low energy would fail, and most likely hurt them selves right if they try?
 9. cosmos_wolfen says:
 i had my leg taken off by a werewolf
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Pioneering Light Artist Paolo Scirpa's Infinite Neon Loops Continue To Enchant
The 79 year old Italian artist describes his life long fascination with the illuminated.
Well. Expansion and translation,1979. Detail. Wood, steel, intermittent neon light, mirrors, 40x50x50 cm. Fabbriche Chiaramontane, Agrigento.
Paolo Scirpa is concerned with light. The ideal light. Light that may in fact only exist in theory. And much like the concept of infinity, light in its purist form is quite literally impossible to imagine. However heavy this realization may be, it hasn't stopped the 79 year old Italian artist from creating suggested representations of such for more decades than most of us have been alive.
From adolescence through his formal academic years and beyond, Scirpa has always been interested in the intersection of light and color, creating work that spanned Expressionist, Nouveau Réalisme, and Pop Art movements. However as the 1980's approached ideas evolved and times changed, pushing Scirpa's artistic area of interest to make the leap from two to three dimensions—a transition that lead to his Ludoscopes, an area in which he still works today.
Ludoscope-cross. Madonna Divin Pianto Church. Altar. Cernusco S.N. (Milan), 2007.
Expansion, 1978. Wood+intermittent neon light+mirrors, 50x50x12 cm + base. Private collection, Milan.
Multispatial cube. Expansion+translation, 1983. Detail. Wood, steel, neon light, mirrors, 40x40x40 cm. Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch.
Employing the geometry of three fundamental shapes (the equilateral triangle, square, and circle) as a platform to jump from, Scirpa uses neon and mirrors to approach objective space and the theoretical realm of infinity. While modest in material, even the most basic of said sculptures creates a complex simulated space that holds a power to inspire imagination and invoke a sense of curiosity that's as relevant today as ever before.
We recently caught up with the pioneering artist to learn more about his approach to art, Ludoscopes and opinions on fellow contemporary artists.
Connected approaches, 1987. Wood, neon light,mirror, each unit 40x120x120 cm.
The Creators Project: What is your fascination with light?
Paolo Scirpa: Infinity in simulated space is an idea that has fueled my thoughts and my interior dimension for a long time. The multiplication of light sources by mirrorswhich unfortunately can only reflect the original shapes a limited number of times before the physical light is lost in an inevitably dark background—is simply the limited depiction (limited because it is human) of an infinity that you can only simulate and suggest. I am particularly interested in the concept of light as an ideal. I have attempted to convey the idea of infinity using the technology of heated gas and mirrors.
Connected approaches, 1987. Wood, neon light, mirror, each unit 40x120x120 cm. Installation, 2011. Was there a single point of inspiration that led to the transition from two to three-dimensional work?
I was inspired by the Technical Manifesto of Futurist Sculpture by Boccioni, who had theorized the use of electric light in works of art; and by Fontana and his Spatialism.
I also found affinities with experimental Optical Art, focusing on fundamental sculptural values and on questions of perception. My work moves towards a dimension in which color is no longer painted, and volumes are no longer sculpted: a dimension in which the primary values of light and space play the leading role, at once immaterial and spectacular.
Ludoscope. Well-expansion, 1979. Detail. Wood,neon light, mirror, 67x84x84cm. Museo del Novecento collection, Milan, 2012. Your Ludoscopes physically represent the idea of infinity. Why was attempting to depict "infinity" so alluring? Was it the philosophical realization that it is in fact impossible to imagine?
Yes, my deep virtual spaces have their own fascination and attraction. In an age in which mass media occupy all space with pastimes that are often banal, I felt the need to create something that could evoke curiosity, inducing the observer to reflect on what they are seeing. My intention is to present the transcendental problem of "light," of which real light is nothing but a reflection.
Ludoscopes. Curved connected expansion, 1985. Wood, neon light, mirror, 70x70x25 cm and 42x70x70 cm. San Fedele Gallery, Milan, 1996.
The neon light demands attention, holding a certain pull that's very difficult to pull yourself away from. Do you aim to achieve this visual and mental magnetism with all your work?
Without doubt, in my Ludoscopes, the light and the mirrors pull you in, generating a moment of fixation, almost hypnosis, in pursuit of an image. Observation can be brief, but the sense of infinity creates a profound impression on the mind. My works communicate a sense of happiness: observers like coming up close to them or walking on top of them. I have always been struck by children, who, with their spontaneity, are particularly attracted and spend a long time watching the pieces with playful curiosity.
Why neon?
I chose neon as the medium and the message, initially using it in the fundamental colors, also attributing a color to every form, according to Kandinsky's mystic-perceptional ideas.
Well. Expansion and cylindrical translation, 1981. Wood, steel, intermittent neon light, mirrors, 40x70.5x70.5 cm.
Having worked with a wide range of materials across many mediums, do you come up with the idea first and then decide on the appropriate materials to execute the idea, or does the medium inspire the idea?
Usually I choose a medium that expresses the idea, but sometimes the medium that I am using leads to the discovery of new possibilities, and so a new medium provokes new ideas.
Well-curved expansion and translation, _PHONE_. Wood, neon light, mirrors, 44x107x107 cm.
Do you consider your work interactive?
Without doubt, my work induces observers to play an active role when faced with unusual situations, and to reflect on what they are seeing, from artistic, social, ethical and aesthetic points of view. With my geometrical neon structures, I think that I have opened a path leading to the perception of visions, virtual perspectives to infinity, that break through architectural barriers, walls and floor, creating scenes that on one hand my be unsettling, but that on the other suggest a sense of happiness and joy.
Connected approaches, _PHONE_. Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch 2013.
Do you pay attention to the work of your contemporaries? If so, is there anyone in particular you feel is doing great things at the moment?
Of course. I am interested in all forms of research, right up to the most unexpected forms of experimentation, even when they are extraneous to my own views. I filter every idea using critical awareness, and with the greatest respect for all that fascinates me. Recently I have found Anish Kapoor particularly innovative for the monumental, sculptural dimension of his work, and the mirror effects that interact with the observer, overturning the image.
Convergence-divergence, 1982. Detail. Wood, steel, neon light, mirrors, 50x70x70 cm. Valmore Studio d'Arte, Vicenza.
What do you think of the work of fellow master manipulator of light and architecture James Turrell?
James Turrell is without doubt one of the most important artists whose objective is to use new and advanced technological systems to create an active, imaginative and spectacular relationship with architectural and urban settings, in a remarkable environmental vision, reflecting the close connection between art and science.
Will you ever stop creating?
Even though I do not work physically on my pieces every day, from an intellectual point of view I am always in search of the emotional states that induce creativity and new cultural reflections.
Expansion, 1974. Wood, neon light, mirrors, 43x43x43 cm base.
Expansion, 1977. Wood+neon light+mirrors, 30x30x30 cm base.
Multispatial cube, _PHONE_. Wood, neon light, mirrors, 40x40x40 cm base.
Multispatial cube, _PHONE_. Wood, neon light, mirrors, 40x40x40 cm base.
Multispatial cube. Expansion and translation, 1989. Detail. Wood, steel, neon light, mirrors, 40x40x40 cm+base. VAF Stiftung MART, Trento and Rovereto.
Paolo Scirpa


Processing Settler Toxicities: Part II
Toxicity is violence.
The etymology of the word "toxic" comes from the greek word for bow and arrow, to the word for arrow poison. I don't often turn to etymology for meaning, but I think it is worth keeping in mind the direction and agency and intentionality of the poisoned arrow in discussions of toxicity. So often, we speak about the toxic as something already-there, a latent substance in the environment or in our food or in our bodies. I want to trace the poison back to the flight path of the arrow, to the archer. I want to remember that he aimed to kill us when he raised his bow.
Toxicity refers to the capacity of a substance to harm or debilitate or kill an organism. Another word for toxicity is "poison," but this is not how industry likes to talk about toxicity, perhaps because "poison" is a verb.
My work is with and for Indigenous land defense. Currently, the most vicious attacks on our territories, the biggest threats to our lives and futures and lands, come from resource extraction. Our opposition to oil and gas and mining is twofold:
 1. to prevent the (further) toxic contamination of our land, water, and air in light of the toxic effects of mine tailings spills, pipeline breaks, and air-borne poisons
 2. to re-occupy our territories to assert Indigenous sovereignty and to protect these territories for Indigenous use, including hunting, fishing, trapping, medicine gathering, and ceremony.
The more toxic our territories become, the harder it is to live on them. When we can't hunt or fish or gather medicines, how will we fulfill our responsibilities as Indigenous peoples? Toxicity harms us as individual bodies, and also as social and cultural bodies. It threatens our existence as peoples.
Toxicity is violence. More specifically, it is settler colonial violence. Toxicity and the invasive infrastructures it spills from separate us from the land by damaging our relations to it. If our lands are toxic, the more we engage in our cultural practices, the more we risk harming our bodies. Toxicity turns our relations against us. It kills us through connection. It eliminates us as Indigenous peoples by making Indigenous practices dangerous. Don't eat the fish, don't drink the water, don't gather the berries. It does the work of settler colonialism by destroying to replace. Our ways of sustaining ourselves, our local economies, our food provision, our medicine, are cleared for the expansion of an economy based primarily on oil and gas. Here, the pipeline spills and toxic emissions, while perhaps "accidents," are not without direction or intent. Trace the poison arrow back through its flight path, to the archer. Who is holding the bow?
Chemical toxicity harms us through contact. Our intimacy with the land and water and air and other-than-human relations means we ingest the poison. It is absorbed through our porous skin. We breathe it in.
Settler toxicity and toxic masculinity also operate through intimacy. Regimes of property ownership that naturalize the theft of Indigenous land take form in settler men. The cowboy. The pipeline man camps. The john. It is no wonder that the rates of sexual violence against Indigenous women and girls increase at the frontiers of oil and gas expansion. Settler toxicity harms us through contact. Our intimacies turn dangerous.
While chemical toxicities from resource extraction and industrial and military development cause slow death for Indigenous peoples, either through the illnesses produced by environmental destruction or the generational elimination of Indigenous ways of life, toxic settler masculinities have already fully infected settler state governance and law. As Indigenous feminist scholars (Joanne Barker, Jennifer Denetdale, Mishuana Goeman, J. Kehaulani Kauanui, Audra Simpson, Leanne Simpson, to name only a few) have pointed out, the sexualisation and sexual exploitation of Indigenous women served/ serves to destabilize Indigenous political orders by removing women and two-spirit people from the realm of decision makers and leaders. Reduced to property through heterosexual marriage, removed from leadership by the imposition of patriarchal settler governance structures, pacified through the threat of violence, Indigenous women and two-spirit people are transformed into white possessions, much like the land itself. Toxic settler masculinities harm our bodies, and (as L. Simpson points out), target the reproductive potential of autonomous Indigenous nations. They target the existence of alternatives to heteropatriarchal white possession. Our intimacies are regulated. Our relations are a technology of control.
Meanwhile, the murderous violence of white men is excused and legitimized by the state, affirming settler control over indigenous land (as property) and Indigenous women (as property). As I prepared this piece, two landmark cases went to trial. In each, a white man was acquitted after killing an Indigenous person. I'm going to briefly describe the two cases, here. I focus on the toxic settler masculinity that permeates these decisions, and not on the spectacle of Indigenous suffering they caused. I focus on the violent men. I'm going to hold the names of the Indigenous victims until the end of this article, because I believe they deserve to be held apart from anecdote and the analysis of their killers.
Toxic settler masculinity 1: white men and defense of property
On August 9, 2016, Gerald Stanley shot and killed a young Cree man. The young man was sitting in a car that his friends had driven onto Gerald Stanley's farm in rural Saskatchewan. The driver and other passengers had exited the car. Stanley claims they were attempting to steal his property. He approached the car with a handgun, fired several shots in the air, and then shot the young man in the head at point-blank range. He claimed the gun misfired—forensics experts found no evidence of this. When the young man's girlfriend, distraught, ran up to Gerald Stanley's wife asking why he had killed her boyfriend, she replied "that's what you get for trespassing." The public debate following the murder exposed a widespread sentiment among white settlers in Saskatchewan that Stanley was justified in the murder of an Indigenous man in order to protect his property/ because the man was "trespassing." It is worth noting that this "trespassing" happened on Treaty 6 Cree territory, territory that can only be considered "private" after the signing of Treaty 6 under conditions of forced starvation, the confining of Indigenous peoples to reservations, and the sale of Indian land to pioneers. Stanley continues the pioneer mentality by protecting his "property" against the perceived threat of Indigenous attack. On February 9, an all-white jury acquitted Gerald Stanley of all charges. There will be no appeal. He murdered an Indigenous man to protect property stolen from Indigenous people, and the courts found him not guilty. He walked.
Toxic settler masculinity 2: white men and sexual violence
On August 17, 2014, police pulled the body of a 15 year-old Indigenous girl from Winnipeg's Red River. She had been wrapped in a duvet and weighed down with rocks. Raymond Cormier was charged with second-degree murder. In secretly recorded conversations, he admitted to wanting sexual relations with the teen. He admitted that she was killed because he "drew the line," because he "found out she was 15 years old." There was no forensic evidence or eyewitness testimony linking him to her death. On February 22, a jury found him not-guilty. He walked.
It is hard to convey the fury and grief that these two cases have caused north of the colonial border. The toxic settler masculinity has so fully permeated the Canadian legal system that it was legal for Gerald Stanley to shoot and kill an Indigenous man for trespassing, and the sexual abuse and murder of an Indigenous girl in Winnipeg is apparently nobody's fault. Here, the violence of Indigenous death is recast as toxicity. It is removed from agency or intention.
Toxicity refers to the capacity of a substance to harm or debilitate or kill an organism. Another word for toxicity is "genocide" but this is not how the state likes to talk about toxicity, perhaps because "genocide" has perpetrators.
We can trace this violence back through the flight path of the arrow, to the archer. The poison on the arrow is a toxic settler masculinity that sees Indigenous land and Indigenous bodies as property. That sees white men as the natural owners, that deems them not-guilty for regrettable Indigenous death. That continues to push the frontier into Indigenous land and Indigenous bodies through extractive industry and the chemical toxicities that follow. Processing and removing these toxicities is work that often falls to Indigenous women. Our physical, mental, and emotional health strain with the labour of removing these toxins from our Indigenous communities. They manifest in violence against us. Indigenous women are the heart of our movements; they are also the liver. (more on the gendered work of *processing* to come in a later post)
I want to end by honouring the lives of Colten Boushie and Tina Fontaine, young Indigenous peoples loved by friends and family. I want to hold up their families, who have not and will not find justice in this toxic settler colonial system, who deserve better than what this system can offer to Indigenous peoples. We will continue to fight against this violence, and to build alternatives. We owe it to you, and to all the young Indigenous people who deserve a future on their sovereign territories, a future free from chemical toxicity and sexual violence and colonial disease. A future free.
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Association of groupA streptococcal emm types with virulence traits and macrolide resistance
Abstract number: P1696
Blandino G., Puglisi S., Minutolo M., Musumeci R., Speciale A.
Objectives: Aim of this study was to determine M (emm) subtypes of Streptococcus pyogenes strains isolated from asymptomatic carriers and children with pharyngitis, and to investigate the correlation between emm types, the presence of fibronectin binding protein genes, and phenotypes of antibiotic resistance.
Methods: We detected and characterized emm subtypes in 59 strains of S. pyogenes isolated in Sicily (Italy) from asymptomatic carriers (29) and children with pharyngitis (30) previously characterized for the presence of prtF1 and pfbpI genes and erythromycin resistance phenotypes (Musumeci et al., Clin. Infect. Dis. 2003; 37:173179). emm gene specific PCR and emm sequence typing were performed as described by Beall et al. (J. Med. Microbiol. 1998; 47:893898). In addition, to confirm the relationship between emm pattern type and SOF (serum opacity factor), sof gene was detected and sequenced basing upon PCR and sequence analysis of a variable length 450650-base PCR fragment.
Results: The most frequent emm subtypes detected in isolates from pharyngitis were: emm1.0 (30.0%), emm89.0 (23.3%), emm2.0 (13.3%) and emm28.0 (10.0%). One new emm12 subtype (emm12.40) was detected. In isolates from asymptomatic carriers (enrolled from different classes of many primary schools) the most frequent emm subtypes were: emm12.0 (51.7%) and emm94.0 (10.3%); while there were no emm1.0 strains. The most significant differences between the two groups concerned the presence of the two more common emm subtypes, 1.0 (P = 0.001) and 12.0 (P < 0.001). The prtF1 and prtF2 genes were simultaneously present in 14 of 16 (87.5%) emm12.0 and 8 of 9 (88.9%) emm89.0 isolates. Correlation with phenotypes of resistance showed that 9 of 11 (81.0%) M phenotype strains belonged to emm12.0 subtype and all 3 iMLS-A phenotype strains to emm89.0.
Conclusion: This study suggests that S. pyogenes emm12 and emm89 isolates, mainly positive for prtF1 and prtF2 genes, are more virulent than the others, and that emm12 isolates may have a role in the asymptomatic carrier status.
|Session name:||Abstracts 20th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases|
|Location:||Vienna, Austria, 10 - 13 April 2010|
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How many gasoline pumps will the project actually contain?
The new Costco gasoline project will have 16 gasoline fuel pumps. Each pump will allow for two (2) vehicles to obtain fuel at the same time for a total of 32 vehicles.
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1. What is the current status of the project for the new Costco gasoline station in Tustin Ranch?
2. Why did City Council members decline to have private meetings with individuals before the appeal hearing?
3. How many emails did the City Council receive in advance of the Appeal Hearing on October 15, 2019, and what position on the project did they want?
4. How many gasoline pumps will the project actually contain?
5. What will be the hours of operation for the new gasoline station?
6. Why did the new gasoline station not need an environmental impact report (EIR)? Was the exemption a loophole?
7. What studies have been completed to support the City Council action on the project?
8. How are greenhouse gases emissions estimated and air quality evaluated to know if the new station will have any adverse impacts on public health? Is vehicle idling included in these assessments?
9. How will the traffic be handled on the site and on the streets surrounding the new gasoline station?
10. What if a major traffic jam is created with cars waiting to get gas at the new Costco location – what happens then?
11. What will happen to my property value if I live near a gasoline station?
12. The new Costco gasoline station will drive out other smaller, independent gas station owners in the City compelling everyone to buy gas at Costco. Does the City not care about small businesses?
13. What are the differences between the new gasoline station and the existing Costco gasoline station at The District?
14. What are the lessons learned from the other Costco located at The District?
15. Can the City Council's decision on the Costco application be appealed?


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Forest Service officials want to remind visitors that winter travel conditions on forest roads may be hazardous and people should travel with their personal safety in mind.
During the winter the Forest Service does not plow forest roads and visitors need to be cautious before traveling down a road that is unplowed. If a road has been plowed, visitors should expect large trucks or equipment operating on those roads and be cautious.
For the safety of all, visitors also are asked not to park in front of gates or block roadways while they recreate.
In general, the Forest Service urges people recreating in the winter to prepare for unexpected conditions by dressing warm, having extra food and water, and bringing equipment and supplies such as tire chains, sand and shovels in their car.
People should always let someone else know where they are going and when they plan to return.
And, finally, visitors should remember that being able to communicate to rescuers in an emergency is critical; however, cell phones may not always have service in the backcountry.

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- A first improvement can be to simplify the assembler program to have a more performant program. The program already works but it could work faster if we delete some parts (this will make the program more difficult to understand for a third party but the display will be more fluent).
- It's possible to make a program without using the interrupts (it will be easier and faster).
- You could also build around the tower a wooden structure for example and fix it more harder (if you want to use it in a disco, for example) because the tower is rather fragile. You can also incorporated the microcontroller in this wooden structure to make it transportable.
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sync command. This would be faster than performing a cdr repair
because the cdr repair must scan the data pages in primary key order while the sync does not. The cdr sync/repair features were introduced in 10.x which basically provided the ability to recognize the differences between tables, between multiple nodes within the replication domain, while ER running and take necessary action as instructed.Vijay Lolabattu
In IDS Cheetah release, you can encrypt communication between an HDR pair, to secure the transmission of data over unsecured networks, including the internet. After you enable encryption, the HDR primary encrypts the data before sending it to the HDR Secondary server. The HDR secondary server decrypts the data. Use new ONCONFIG parameter ENCRYPT_HDR to enable encryption between the HDR pair. You can also customized encryption using following parameters.
|Configuration Parameter ||Default value ||Comments/Description |
|ENCRYPT_HDR ||0 ||0 - disable, 1 - enable HDR encryption |
|ENCRYPT_CIPHERS ||allbut: || Defines ciphers and modes that can be used by the current database session. |
The following ciphers are currently supported:
- des (64-bit key), des3 (Triple DES), desx (Extended DES, 128-bit key)
- aes/aes128 (128-bit key), aes192 (192-bit key), aes256 (256-bit key)
- bf-1 Blowfish (64-bit key), bf-2 (128-bit key), bf-3 (192-bit key)
|ENCRYPT_MAC ||medium ||Controls the level of message authentication code (MAC) generation. |
- off - does not use MAC generation.
- low - uses XOR folding on all messages.
- medium - uses SHA1 MAC generation for all messages greater than 20 bytes long
and XOR folding on smaller messages.
- high - uses SHA1 MAC generation on all messages.
|ENCRYPT_MACFILE ||builtin ||A list of the full path names of MAC key files. |
|ENCRYPT_SWITCH ||60,60 ||Defines the frequency (in minutes) at which ciphers, secret keys are renegotiated. |
- To use your own MAC key file
- Execute the following command to generate MAC Key file.
$INFORMIXDIR/bin/GenMacKey -o /usr/informix/etc/MacKey1.dat
- Copy MacKey1.dat over to the paired server
- Update ENCRYPT_MACFILE configuration parameter on both the servers as shown below
- NOTE - HDR and Enterprise Replication (ER) share the same encryption configuration parameters: ENCRYPT_CIPHERS, ENCRYPT_MAC, ENCRYPT_MACFILE and ENCRYPT_SWITCH.
The latest Beta drop of IDS Cheetah
is now available, with some important new features integrated into the code line..
New features available in Beta drop 5 include:
- AIX 64-bit platform build available for download
- Web Feature Service for Spatial Data - Delivers spatial information as a web service for your Service Oriented Architecture
- Label Based Access Control (LBAC) - Control data access at a row and column level using security labels
- Continuous Availability with multiple HDR remote secondary servers
The following Infocenter page has a complete list of new features for each Beta drop: _URL_
From IDS 10.0x onwards, Enterprise Replication
(ER) supports alteroperations on a replicated table while replication is active however, RENAME
support was not one of them but that changes in Cheetah. IDS 11.x willstart supporting RENAME on ER columns, tables and databases. This featuresimplifies DBA tasks and increases data availability. Without this feature, theDBA would have to plan on a time in which ER could be removed from the objectso that the rename could be performed. This would require advanceplanning and scheduling during non-peek hoursfor performing the rename.
When a RENAME operation is performedaffected replicate definitions will be updated to reflect the impact of theRENAME and a control message will be sent to the other servers informing themof the rename. RENAME operation is allowed onlyon a mastered replicate
. It does not propagate the RENAME command itself, there are plans to implement that too inthe future. The user simply will issue a rename DDL statement on each of theservers that are affected by RENAME. If therename is a column or a table, then the replicate will be cycled (cdr stop/start replicate) in much thesame way that occurs with a table ALTER
. If a database rename occurs,however, ER will be cycled (cdr stop/start). This cycling will only occur if the renameaffects something on the local node. In all cases, the rename will causea control message to be sent to the other servers within the replication domainso that the syscdr database
is correctlyupdated.Vijay Lolabattu
Welcome to the IDS Experts Blog, an international team blog authored by IBM software engineers. These experts from the Informix Technical Support and R&D labs will be posting about a variety of topics related to Informix and IDS. A popular topic over the next few months is likely to be the 11.10 release of Informix Dynamic Server currently in Open Beta
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In Jogjakarta, Indonesia, students made a video about why young people should show respect to their peers, adults, and elders as part of Asia Society's Creative Voices of Islam project. They were assisted by two youth media organizations: Appalshop (US) and Kampung Halaman (Indonesia).
This video was made by students at Public High Schools 1, 3, and 8 in Jogjakarta, Indonesia to share with students in Asia Society's International Studies Schools Network in Charlotte, North Carolina and Mathis, Texas. After you watch the video, read what the students thought and post your own comments!
Responses to "Respect"
Creative Voices of Islam is a three-year initiative implemented by Asia Society with support from the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art. The goal of this initiative is to foster an increased understanding of the diversity of experience and voices within the multicultural societies of contemporary United States and Asia. The initiative includes a series of exhibitions, cultural events, and public programs at Asia Society's headquarters in New York City, as well as a youth media exchange between high schools in the U.S. and Muslim countries in Asia.


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Drag the locators to move the lines. Each locator snaps to the nearest point with integer coordinates. The equations of the lines are displayed on the right as a two-by-two system of linear equations with integer coefficients. Provided that a unique solution exists, it will be displayed as well (the solution is the point of intersection of the two lines).
It is not hard to position the lines in such a way that the solution will also be a point with integer coordinates. This Demonstration can be used to generate thousands of such examples. Mathematics instructors can use it as a simple tool for creating problems for beginning students.
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Swimming with Hammerhead Sharks, written by Kenneth Mallory, is part of the Scientists in the Field Series. As part of the New England Aquarium and NOVA's IMAX movie project, the author describes his experiences with the documentary and interviews a marine biologist, Pete Klimley, about his investigations around hammerhead behavior and connections to their migration around seamounts.
Divided into nine informative sections, the book is full of large colored photographs, and inserts on the types of hammerhead sharks, on SCUBA gear, maps, El Nino, and the Cocos Islands. Closely follow along as Peter Klimley and the author describe their adventures diving with sharks.
"When Pete realized these schooling scalloped hammerheads had little interest in him as a potential meal, he began to wonder why they were swimming in a school and why they had gathered at this particular undersea mountain."
"Pete told me once he squeezed his six-foot-one-inch body into a scuba diving suit painted black and white with a fin on the back to resemble a killer whale."
This book is a great example of how one scientist through his observations of shark behavior and knowledge of the local area was able to answer his own questions with predictions and research. Also, it demonstrates how he investigated, recorded data on the sharks and their environment which led to his conclusions about their behavior. Themes in this book correlate with Virginia SOLs 4.1, 4.5, 5.1, and 5.6.
- Explore NOVA's Online Adventure: Island of Sharks to find out more about the film, the sharks and the the Cocos Islands.
- Measuring Fish activity with Sketchpad is the fourth activity on the page. Students can use techniques similar to Pete Klimley's to measure fish.
- Watch Discovery Channel Videos: Ultimate Guide, The Sharks: Hammerhead Shark for a short clip on how hammerheads use their senses to follow magnetic currents in the ocean.
Book: Swimming with Hammerhead Sharks
Author: Kenneth Mallory
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Publication Date: 2001
Pages: 48 pages
Grade Range: 4-8


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Anger Management in Sport provides strategies and interventions for overcoming excessive anger and aggression in athletes. The text challenges long-held assumptions and points the way to further research and discussion on this important topic.
Anger management is becoming an increasingly significant area of study in sport. This issue affects all people involved in the sporting environment, yet few sport professionals, coaches, or administrators fully understand anger in sport and how to work with athletes to overcome the problem. Anger Management in Sport: Understanding and Controlling Violence in Athletes addresses this important topic and provides strategies and interventions for overcoming excessive anger and aggression in athletes. The provocative book challenges long-held assumptions and points the way to further research and discussion.
With its accessible format and proactive approach, Anger Management in Sport is an ideal resource for practitioners at all levels of sport who work with athletes and anger, both on and off the field. The author draws on his unique background and clinical experiences creating and implementing anger management skills for a variety of populations—from high school athletes to prison inmates. His unique insight will stimulate discussion on a range of issues associated with anger in sport, including mental illness, drugs, and differences and similarities in amateur and professional athletes. Readers will understand not only how to approach an anger problem but also how to help an athlete work to manage emotions.
Rather than eliminate old explanations, the book paves the way to a new understanding of issues vital to the health of sport. Chapters 1 and 2 help readers better understand anger and violence and how to assess anger in sport. Anger, aggression, violence, and hostility are defined so that readers will understand the conceptual differences between each. Chapter 3 discusses the athletic culture and how anger is uniquely considered in sports. Readers will recognize some instances of anger in sport through the discussion of such high-profile events as the Baylor University basketball scandal, the O.J. Simpson trial, and the infamous 2004 Pacers-Pistons NBA melee in Detroit involving crowd aggression. Chapters 5 and 6 examine mental illness and drugs in sport. Chapters 7 through 9 tackle anger management programs, systematic interventions for athletes, and prevention of sexual violence.
Real-world situations presented in the text will engage readers and help them picture how to use anger management skills in their own lives and careers. By considering the various stakeholders involved and the preventive measures that can be taken, researchers and professionals will step closer to discovering best practices and strategies for anger management in today's sport society.
Although helping athletes deal with anger is an important part of sport, there is little research to address the key issues regarding this difficult subject. Anger Management in Sport will help readers understand the causes for anger in sport and how to help athletes who demonstrate aggressive behavior. It will shed light on an uncharted issue and provide direction for future research in the area.
Chapter 1. A New Understanding of Anger and Violence in Sport Chapter 2. The Scope of Violence and Aggression in Sport Chapter 3. Assessing Anger in Sport Chapter 4. Understanding the Athlete Culture Chapter 5. Mental Illness and Violence in Sport Chapter 6. Drugs, Violence, and Sport Chapter 7. Developing and Utilizing Anger Management Programs for Athletes Chapter 8. Systemic Interventions for Athletes Chapter 9. Prevention of Sexual Violence
A reference for practitioners dealing with athletes and anger; sport psychology consultants working with individual athletes; sport officials and administrators working to decrease violence among athletes in their sport organizations and leagues; and researchers interested in further study of the subject.
Mitch Abrams, PsyD, is a clinician administrator for University Correctional HealthCare/UMDNJ, where he is responsible for the delivery of mental health services for 6 of the state's 13 state prisons. Dr. Abrams co-coordinates the forensic track of UMDNJ's predoctoral psychology internship and has been involved with several aspects of advancing the quality of mental health services in prison systems. He is a clinical assistant professor in the department of psychiatry at UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and has held adjunct faculty positions at Brooklyn College, C.W. Post, and Fairleigh Dickinson University. Since 2000, he has been in private practice providing sport, clinical, and forensic psychology services.
Dr. Abrams began consulting with athletes in 1997 while developing the only comprehensive anger management program for athletes. He has created a niche in using anger management training to assist athletes in reaching peak performance on the field and in life. He has consulted with thousands of athletes and has developed programs for athletic organizations at the youth sport, high school, and college levels. He is the founder and president of Learned Excellence for Athletes, a sport psychology consulting company located in Fords, New Jersey.
Raised in Brooklyn, New York, Dr. Abrams received a bachelor of science degree from Brooklyn College and earned a master of science degree in applied psychology and a doctorate of psychology (PsyD) in clinical psychology from C.W. Post/Long Island University. He also received specialized training in family violence and anger management. He is a full member of the American Psychological Association as well as its Division 47 (Exercise and Sport Psychology) and Division 41 (American Psychology-Law Society). Further, he holds membership in the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP), where he is also the chair of the Anger and Violence in Sport Special Interest Group (SIG), and the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT).


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Rim was a human colony world of the 2170's, overrun by a Xenomorph outbreak.
Ten years before the Earth Infestation, a family exploring the crash site of a downed alien spacecraft, returned to the Rim colony with a medical emergency. The father, who had discovered a clutch of Alien Eggs, had been infected by a Facehugger. The creature gestating inside him soon hatched, quickly spreading the Xenomorph infestation throughout the colony.
Several weeks passed before a squad of Colonial Marines arrived at Rim to investigate, losing half their number to the Xenomorph threat in their first encounter. Marine Corporal Wilks and a ten year old girl named Billie were the only survivors. Evidence of the Xenomorph infestation was covered up and the deaths attributed to the explosion of the colony's reactor.
 - Billie's experiences on Rim mirror that of Newt on LV-426. Newt's further adventures after Aliens were thrown out of continuity after her death in Alien3. The planet Rim and the characters of Billie and Wilks are retcons of LV-426, Newt, and Hicks, respectively.
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People usually begin new jobs with great expectations. But the enthusiasm can fade long before managers are aware problems exist. One way to minimize the disillusionment, says Andy Plata, CEO of Computer Output Printing Inc. (COPI), a 23-employee laser printing specialist in Houston, is to develop ways of staying in touch with your workers.
His approach: have new employees write him letters.
Before new people come to work at COPI, Plata and his managers ask them to write a letter to management about why they've chosen to work there. After the first week they're asked to write another letter describing "what they hope to accomplish at COPI and what contributions they feel they can make."
Seven weeks later they write a third letter detailing their progress. "We want to know if they're still turned on," says Plata. The letters become the focal point of managers' discussions about employee goals and how work relations can be improved.
He thinks new employees have adjusted to working at COPI more easily since he came up with the idea two years ago. "It helps us determine early how a person likes to work and what he or she needs from us."


iPhone Appidemic: Equalizer
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What is it?
Equalizer is a graphic equalizer through which you can play your music on your iPod, iPhone or iPad. The interesting part with this version is that you have control over the shape of the equalization curve and the ability to select the exact frequency you want to modify.
How does it work?
EqualizerFor the casual user, there are seventeen presets that represent the usual offerings: treble booster, bass booster, jazz, rock, etc. So, if you just want to make your music sound generally better, you're only a couple of screen taps away.
There are also the usual media player controls for adding playlists, editing playlists, and going into shuffle mode. If you really like to customize your sound, there are some handy features that are easy to use but will give you tons of tone control.
Now that I have the attention of my fellow audiophiles, let's get to the functionality. The app is not like a rack mount EQ that works in the background, it actually functions as the media player front end. This means you will need to open Equalizer to listen to your music through the graphic EQ. Don't worry, it's very easy to use. The program gives you control of seven frequencies—from 25 Hz to 19,145 Hz. Each of the seven dots on the EQ screen is a point you can touch and drag to either accentuate or attenuate the frequency to which it is assigned. The clever parts are the ability to expand the range of influence and to shift the control frequency.
The explanation may be a bit on the audio geek end, but if you're still reading I'll assume it's because you are interested in an EQ, so this should make sense. Each control frequency has an influence factor (labeled Q). The larger the Q value gets (0.1 is the smallest value and 6.0 is the largest value), the more narrow the influence around the control frequency becomes; your equalization curve will look spiky. As the Q factor gets smaller the frequency influence gets broader; your curve gets smoother.
All seven of the frequency control lines will stack to provide an overall equalization effect which is represented by the green line at the top. The next really clever bit is this; you can change the frequency each dot controls. If you don't happen to like the fourth dot from the left being centered on 1,000 Hz, you can touch and drag it to 900 Hz or 1,300 Hz or anywhere else you want it.
If the touch and drag method isn't fine enough control for you, simply tap the frequency indicator at the top left of the screen and you can type in the exact frequency you want to assign to the selected dot. You can also tap and type in a value for the dB gain and the Q value to customize your sound.
EqualizerOnce you assign just the right frequencies, you can tap on the toggle to change the dots to up and down control only. Another fun feature is that you can toggle a setting in the tools screen to set the equalizer for both sides or independent left and right side equalization. Once the left side has been set, simply swipe the field to get to the right side controls. When you have dialed in the perfect sound, you can save the preset and e-mail it to your other mobile devices so you don't have to do all the tinkering again and can get on with listening to your music.
Is it contagious?
Oh, yes. If you consider yourself even a marginal audiophile, then you know the usefulness of a graphic equalizer. With the parameters over which you have control, and the level to which you can control each parameter, audio geeks will be busy for hours customizing their sound and basking in the glory of their inner sound engineer.
As one of the aforementioned audio geeks, here's a hearty "thanks" to Tibor Horvath and the folks at Audioforge Labs.
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Natterer's Bat, Myotis nattereri
Natterer's bat (Myotis nattereri) is a small bat that is native to Europe. Typically, this bat bears brown fur on the back, wing, and leg membranes, with the wings appearing to be lighter in color. The underbelly is white in color. Its name is derived from Johann Natterer, an Austrian naturalist.
As is typical with bats, Natterer's bat uses echolocation to navigate and find food. The frequencies of its calls range between 23 and 115 kHz and can last up to 3.8 milliseconds. During the hot months of summer, it will roost in coniferous or deciduous trees and even buildings, but these roosts must be close to a food source.
Although Natterer's bat has a large range, it is rare to actually see the bat. Despite this, it is listed on the IUCN Red List as of "Least Concern". It is also protected by the European Habitats Directive, and because of its scarcity in its UK woodland habitats, it has been considered for Site of Special Scientific Interest or Special Areas of Conservation.
Image Caption: Natterer's bat (Myotis nattereri) in Bensheim (Germany). Credit: Armin Kübelbeck/Wikipedia(CC BY-SA 3.0)


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Here's your Venn diagram:
All of the colored regions (red and blue), taken together, represent the event $A \cup B.$
The event $A \cap B$ is represented by the red region alone.
This shows that $A \cap B \subseteq A \cup B$; everything in the intersection of the sets is also in their union.
You can't be in $A\cap B$ without also being in $A \cup B.$
It follows that $P(A\cap B) \leq P(A \cup B).$ This is always true.
Now what can we conclude if it is also true that
$P(A\cup B) \leq P(A \cap B)$?
If both inequalities are true, we can put them together like this:
$$P(A\cap B) \leq P(A \cup B)\leq P(A \cap B).$$
Notice how we have $P(A \cap B)$ on both ends. That is, we have a chain of inequalities like this: $x \leq y \leq x.$
The only way for this to be true is if $x = y.$
Conclusion: $P(A\cap B) = P(A \cup B).$
The probability of anything occurring in the blue regions is zero.
The only way for any of the events $A$, $B$, or $A\cup B$ to occur is when $A\cap B$ occurs; and if $A\cap B$ occurs then the other three events have also occurred.
Since all four events either occur together or none of them occurs,
we have $P(A\cap B) = P(A \cup B) = P(A) = P(B).$


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The persistence phenomenon is studied in a financial context by using a novel mapping of the time evolution of the values of shares in a portfolio onto Ising spins. The method is applied to historical data from the London Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 index (FTSE 100) over an arbitrarily chosen period. By following the time dependence of the spins, we find evidence for a power law decay of the proportion of shares that remain either above or below their 'starting' values. As a result, we estimate a persistence exponent for the underlying financial market to be. Preliminary results from computer simulations on persistence in the economic dynamics of a toy model appear to reproduce the behaviour observed in real markets.
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Our rural road network has high maintenance costs in sparsely populated areas. Because our rural roads have a traffic fatality rate that is more than three times higher than all other roads, our challenge is to make them affordable and safe.
Rural infrastructure costs farmers time, fuel and safety
It's just human nature. We take all kinds of things for granted, but nothing so much as the roads and bridges that get us to town, to our fields and to the grain elevator.
The condition of the country's roads and bridges affects our activities, bank accounts and personal safety on a daily basis. Long-delayed maintenance schedules are leading to load limit reductions and temporary closures.
Mylo, N.D., farmer Jason Martodam has to truck grain 60 miles to the elevator due to the closure of bad roads.
"It's costing us thousands of dollars per year, if I figure in fuel costs," he says. Furthermore, one alternative route for him is down to 6 tons per axle. As for the money lost, he says, "I can't make it up."
For a farmer with 300 acres of corn and 200 acres of soybeans who faces diesel prices near $4 per gallon, the impact of a bridge closure could mean a loss of 5¢ per bushel, according to independent research completed this year by Informa Economics for the Illinois Corn Marketing Board and the Illinois Soybean Association. If the detour extends to 30 miles or, in a worst-case scenario, 50 miles, the impact could be 11¢ per bushel, translating to more than $6,000 in additional costs annually for 500 acres. For 2,000 acres, costs could be an additional $24,000.
The numbers track with a 2009 Informa study for the Indiana Soybean Alliance (ISA) and the Indiana Corn Marketing Council (ICMC). A 5¢ per bushel loss "is a fair assessment for a 25-mile detour with diesel at $4 per gallon," says Emily Otto-Tice, director of supply and infrastructure for ISA and ICMC.
So how bad is the condition of rural roads and bridges nationally? A September 2011 study by TRIP, a national transportation research group, found the following:
- Rural roads have a traffic fatality rate that is more than three times higher than that for all other roads.
- In 2009, non-Interstate rural roads had a traffic fatality rate of 2.31 deaths for every 100 million vehicle miles of travel, compared with a fatality rate on all other roads of 0.76 deaths for an equal number of miles. Crashes on the nation's rural, non-Interstate routes resulted in 17,075 fatalities in 2009, accounting for 51% of the nation's 33,808 traffic deaths in 2009.
- In 2008, 12% of the nation's major rural roads were rated in poor condition and another 43% were rated in fair condition. Vermont has the highest percentage of roads rated poor, at 43%, followed by Oklahoma at 30%; Kansas, 28%; Missouri, 20%; California, 18%; South Dakota, 17%; and Illinois, 16%.
- In 2010, 13% of the nation's rural bridges were rated as structurally deficient and 10% were rated as functionally obsolete. A bridge is structurally deficient if there is significant deterioration of the bridge deck, supports or other major components. Structurally deficient bridges are often posted for lower weight or closed to traffic, restricting or redirecting large vehicles, including commercial trucks, school buses and emergency vehicles.
|In a perfect world, this aging bridge would be taller to accommodate a passing tugboat pulling a barge fleet, as well as wider to accommodate larger trucks. In the agricultural export game, time is money to get products to consumers faster.
PHOTO: Pam Smith
A looming problem. Not all producers are being impacted by bad roads and bridges, but they can see the writing on the wall. Ron Kindred, who farms in Atlanta, Ill., and sits on the Illinois Soybean Association board, is not having to take any detours because of closed roads and bridges, but he's convinced it's coming if the problem of maintenance is not solved.
The Illinois board worked with Informa to define the issues with the state's roads and bridges. Developing a solution is the next step, he says.
Kindred, along with a number of other individuals and studies, says the solution is both simple and complex: The U.S. needs to spend more money on its rural roads and bridges. What makes that so challenging is that it almost certainly means higher taxes or user fees.
One idea that was proposed during a recent Iowa Governor's Task Force meeting intrigued Roy Arends, an Alexander, Iowa, farmer. The proposal was to initiate a 1¢ per bushel checkoff on grain sold that, in turn, would be used by counties for road and bridge maintenance. Arends, a board member of the Soy Transportation Coalition, supports the concept and says the farmers he talks to are split 50/50 on the idea. Overall, he supports higher road use taxes and says they are among the fairest taxes.
"But the word 'tax' is poison for these politicians. It's been demonized as evil to raise taxes, but I don't feel that way," Arends adds.
In his area, the blacktop needs to be surfaced, and bridges are being worked on, "but it's painfully slow." With a low load limit, Arends can't take a full load of corn, so he has to search for an alternate route.
"It seems like the county is falling behind on road and bridge maintenance," Arends says. "As yields have increased, we rely more and more on the local infrastructure, and it's not keeping up very well."
Not one to wait for the county to catch up on its maintenance schedule, he ordered gravel and graded a bad stretch of a road himself. He says he'll do it again if he needs to.
Bad to worse. The erosion of the nation's road and bridge infrastructure is worsening over time. "I can see that roads have gotten rougher in the past 10 years," Arends says.
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In Indiana, for instance, on a rating system of 1 to 10, the quality of the state's roads was reduced from 5.5 in 2001 to 4.3 in 2009. "We've gone from the high end of fair to borderline poor," says John Habermann, program manager for the Indiana Local Technical Assistance Program.
There is more wear and tear on rural roads because the trucks and other equipment that travel over them are bigger, Habermann says. Larger trucks travel slower on county roads than on larger state roads, so they have contact with the roads longer, which causes more road stress and contributes to their breakdown.
So serious are road problems in some states that paved rural roads are being graveled.
"South Dakota county roads are only fair, and at the township level, almost none are in excellent shape," says Ken Skorseth, program manager for the South Dakota Local Transportation Assistance Program.
Roads and bridges have been eroding during the past two years in particular, he says, due to harsh winters and wet springs. A flat budget for a decade hasn't helped. In parts of the state, Skorseth says, farmers have had difficulty moving product.
"By turning some roads back to gravel, we can maintain them cheaper, although dust, reduced speeds and chipped windshields occur," he says.
Show me the money. "Money is the big elephant in the room," says Otto-Tice, of ISA and ICMC. She notes that not only are the costs of maintaining bridges and roads three to four times what they were 10 years ago, the amount of money available is also smaller, so roads and bridges are being repaired every seven to 10 years instead of every three to five.
One of the key reasons that the nation's transportation system is falling into such disarray is that the gas tax, which is the primary way in which roads and bridges are funded, was last raised in 1993. It is not indexed for inflation. Ironically, surveys show that most Americans believe the tax, which is currently 18.4¢, is indexed for inflation.
"Steel, labor, concrete—all costs of building roads and bridges—continue to go up," says Mike Steenhoek, executive director of the Soy Transportation Coalition.
Another problem: The Highway Trust Fund, which is funded by the gas tax, is used not only for bridges and highways, but for mass transit projects and bike paths. These might be worthy projects, but they cut into the money available for highways and bridges in rural areas, Steenhoek says.
Something else that is desperately needed, he says, is a new highway bill. The previous one expired on Sept. 30, 2009, and since then has been operating through a series of extensions.
"The bone of contention is how to pay for it," Steenhoek says. "It is facing some strong headwinds with either a tax or going into more debt. Neither is very attractive."
Several solutions for tackling our infrastructure problems are being discussed. One concept that seems to be gaining traction at the federal level is what's called an infrastructure bank, or
I-Bank, though the details have yet to be worked out, according to Sharada Vadali, an economist with the Texas Transportation Institute. Most of the nation's infrastructure is currently funded through federal dollars, or bonds. The I-Bank is viewed as a way to provide a central


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Instruction selection is the part in a compiler that transforms IR code into machine code. Instruction selectors build on a library of hundreds if not thousands of rules. Creating and maintaining these rules is a tedious and error-prone manual process.
In this paper, we present a fully automatic approach to create provably correct rule libraries from formal specifications of the instruction set architecture and the compiler IR using template-based counter-example guided synthesis (CEGIS). Thereby, we overcome several shortcomings of an existing SMT-based CEGIS approach, which was not applicable to our setting in the first place.We propose a novel way of handling memory operations and show how the search space can be iteratively explored to synthesize rules that are relevant for instruction selection.
Our approach synthesized a large part of the integer arithmetic rules for the x86 architecture within a few days where existing techniques could not deliver a substantial rule library within weeks. With respect to the runtime of the compiled programs, we show that the synthesized rules are close to a manually-tuned instruction selecto... mehrr.


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scientists developed this idea further, exploring how social networks change the way we represent ourselves and what we desire. boyd famously explained that young people use social networks to "try on" different identities, learning about what they want by taking on different selves, eventually finding the self that fits best. Lacan would probably have been fascinated by Turkle and boyd's idea that we become a series of imaginary others in order to be ourselves. Are online social networks themselves structured like desire?
The upshot: To know what you desire, you have to pretend to desire a lot of other things first.