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How do you get a hospice certification?
In order to take the Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse exam, the applicant must be currently licensed as a Registered Nurse. It is recommended that the RN complete at least 2 years of employment caring for patients with end of life issues. There are no specific continuing education credit hour requirements.
What is hospice certification?
How do you start a hospice program?
Start a hospice business by following these 9 steps:
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Is there a certification for hospice nursing?
Nurse: Hospice and Palliative Nursing Association currently offers five hospice and palliative certification exams for advanced practice nurses, registered nurses, pediatric palliative nurses, nursing assistants, and those dealing with perinatal loss.
How much do hospice nurses make an hour?
Hospice Nurse Salary & Employment
According to, Certified Hospice and Palliative Nursing Assistants (CHPNAs) and Certified Hospice and Palliative Licensed Nurses (CHPLNs) will on average make an hourly wage between $11.35 to $17.53 per hour or $58,000 annually.
Do you have to be certified to work in hospice?
What is a CTI in hospice?
ANSWER: Certification of terminal illness for hospice benefits is based on the clinical judgment of the hospice physician and the individual's attending physician (if the patient has one) or the medical director of the hospice regarding the normal course of the individual's illness.
How often is hospice recertification?
In addition to the initial certification for hospice, the patient must be recertified for each subsequent hospice benefit period. A brief narrative, written by the certifying physician, explaining the clinical findings that support the patient's life expectancy of six months or less.
How long is Chpn certification good for?
Each CHPN certification is good for a four-year cycle, at which time recertification must take place either by retaking the CHPN exam, or alternative method (continuing education).
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Is hospice nursing stressful?
Abstract. Palliative care nurses are at risk of work stress because their role involves exposure to frequent deaths and family grieving. Common causes of stress were the work environment, role conflict, and issues with patients and their families.
What is the passing score for the Chpn exam?
You must receive a minimum scaled score of 75 out of 99 possible to be considered passing. If you pass, you will be rewarded with the CHPN credential.
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Summary: Chapter 3
to Separation Logic
c 2009 John C. Reynolds
February 17, 2009
From assertions, we move on to specifications, which describe the behavior
of commands. In this chapter, we will define the syntax and meaning of specifications, give and illustrate inference rules for proving valid specifications,
and define a compact form of proof called an "annotated specification".
Since separation logic has been built upon it, we will review the basics of
Hoare logic. Further descriptions of this logic, including many examples of
proofs, have been given by the author [92, Chapters 1 and 2], [96, Chapters
3 and 4]. A more theoretical view appears in [97, Chapter 8].
The original papers by Hoare [15, 16], as well as earlier work by Naur
and Floyd, are still well worth reading.
3.1 Hoare Triples
For much of these notes, the only kind of specification will be the Hoare triple,
which consists of two assertions surrounding a command. More precisely,
there are two forms of Hoare triple.

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Allen charge
An instruction given by a court to a deadlocked jury to encourage it to continue deliberating until it reaches a verdict. Some states prohibit Allen charges, because they deem them coercive, but the U.S. Supreme Court upheld their use in Allen v. U.S., 164 U.S. 492 (1896). Also called dynamite charge, nitroglycerine charge, shotgun charge, and third-degree instruction.
Illustrative caselaw
See, e.g. Lowenfield v. Phelps, 484 U.S. 231 (1988) and Allen v. U.S., 164 U.S. 492 (1896).
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The physics of motion of a sliding object can be used to plan sensorless robot manipulation strategies. Prediction of a sliding object's motion is difficult because the object's distribution of support on the surface, and the resulting frictional forces, are in general unknown. This paper describes a new approach to the analysis of sliding motion, which finds the set of object motions for all distributions of support. The analysis results in the definition of discrete regions of guaranteed sticking and slipping behavior which lend themselves to use in planning. Unlike previous work our approach produces quantitative bounds on the rate at which predicted motions can occur. To illustrate a manipulation plan which requires quantitative information for its construction, we consider a strategy based on "herding" a sliding disk toward a central goal by moving a robot finger in a decreasing spiral about the goal. The optimal spiral is constructed, and its performance discussed.


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For example, I have 10 eth on my smart contract. How I send eth on another address?
You can use one of the following functions :
however you should be aware of the tradeoffs between send(), transfer(), and call.value()().
x.transfer(y) is equivalent to if (!x.send(y)) throw; Send is the low level counterpart of transfer, and it's advisable to use transfer when possible. someAddress.send() and someAddress.transfer() are considered safe against reentrancy. While these methods still trigger code execution, the called contract is only given a stipend of 2,300 gas which is currently only enough to log an event.
someAddress.call.value()() will send the provided ether and trigger code execution. The executed code is given all available gas for execution making this type of value transfer unsafe against reentrancy. Using send() or transfer() will prevent reentrancy but it does so at the cost of being incompatible with any contract whose fallback function requires more than 2,300 gas.
One pattern that attempts to balance this trade-off is to implement both a push and pull mechanism, using send() or transfer() for the push component and call.value()() for the pull component.
It is worth pointing out that exclusive use of send() or transfer() for value transfers does not itself make a contract safe against reentrancy, but only makes those specific value transfers safe against reentrancy.
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August 2, 2015
By Steven Leyden Cochrane
The Arts
Getting to know hue
Ethereal blue installation offers a unique experience of colour
At first, your only impression of Blue, the light-based sculptural installation by David Spriggs currently at Raw Gallery, is of the colour itself. In the otherwise pitch-black exhibition space, an otherworldly blue light hangs silently in the air, formless at first but oddly contained, an indeterminate presence lacking context. Struggling to focus and find your bearings, you're left with your own freewheeling associations -- dusk light in summer, cobalt glass, Mary's cloak, a TV left on at night -- and not much else.
Colour seems like an intrinsic, stable quality of the world around us, when in fact it's in a state of constant flux, vulnerable to minute variations in the spectrum of available light. What's more, it exists entirely in our heads.
David Spriggs' light-based sculptural installation.
David Spriggs' light-based sculptural installation.
Seeing involves as much interpretation as perception. What we call "colour" is ultimately one attempt by the brain to find order in the otherwise-meaningless visual data that our eyes collect. It's a loose interpretation, however, and a highly individual one: because each retina and neural pathway is unique, no two people can experience colour in exactly the same way.
Despite its unpredictability, colour is critically important in many areas of daily life, affecting our alertness, mood, and appetite; it's tied deeply to individual memory; it informs our esthetic judgments, and it's a cornerstone of visual communication. It's no wonder, then, that so many visual artists have sought to capture, control, investigate or simply revel in it.
For the time being, Spriggs only has eyes for blue, and after a moment his vague apparition begins to take definite shape. What had been little more than a diffuse glow coalesces into an dense blue fog -- nebulous, with perceptible depth, form and boundaries, but impossibly still. Gradually, the illusion's simple mechanisms become apparent.
To create the sculpture, Spriggs hung sheets of transparent plastic film, which he's painted with billowing, translucent blue forms, between two triangular metal frames. Illuminated by blue-tinted spotlights, the overlapping layers of film create the impression of a sharply-contained, wedge-shaped cloud that slices across the darkened gallery.
Other artists have sought to make colour and specifically the colour blue a "material" in their work -- even an "artwork" in its own right. Yves Klein began his career as a teenager in postwar France by symbolically "signing" the sky, later patenting his signature "International Klein Blue," a luminous ultramarine. James Turrell cuts skylights in buildings and tunnels in desert craters to single out passages of endless blue space. But where both are concerned with "infinity," hinting at transcendent, even mystical experiences, Spriggs' Blue is in some ways more down-to-earth.
The modesty of his hardware-store materials and the transparency of his stagecraft work to neutralize whatever awe or wonder we might feel upon encountering the luminous, ethereal cloud. The illusion is slow to establish itself, and it crumbles in an instant when the workings are revealed, but that "failure" creates avenues for understanding.
The colour "blue" might be an abstract concept or a fleeting sensation, but Blue is knowable. It unfolds over time and across space: we're aware of our eyes adjusting; we see ourselves seeing; we navigate the work, relate it physically, allowing for an experience of colour we might not be able to have any other way.
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What Is Non-Reciprocal Agreement
Since it was developed independently by [14] and [15] more than five decades ago, the gravity model has become the main econometric framework for estimating ex post the „partial" (or direct) effects of different types of economic integration agreements on bilateral trade flows. Our estimation strategy follows that of [6] and [16]. In particular, we control multilateral resistance conditions by integrating fixed effects on export time and import time. [17] pointed out that the gravity model theory implies that not only bilateral trade costs (bilateral trade resistance), but also trade costs relative to the rest of the world (multilateral opposition to trade) are relevant to predicting bilateral trade flows. In addition, we control endogeneity through bilateral fixed effects. This issue has received a great deal of attention in the empirical literature of the gravitational equation, as [6] has found that trade agreements are not exogenous. They showed that the ex post estimate of the partial effects of free trade agreements (EEAs) was warped, mainly due to the self-selection of pairs of countries in the agreements (due to the level of trade that exists), and found that this self-selection bias can be significantly reduced if some specific effects are used or when differentiated data are used. The gravitational equation has become the most important econometric approach for the ex-post study of the „partial" (or direct) impact of economic integration agreements on bilateral trade flows as a whole. After taking into account multilateral resistance conditions, with fixed effects that alter time and control of endogenous distortion using panel data techniques [6], [6] find that free trade agreements significantly increase countries' bilateral trade flows using five-year data from 1960 to 2000 for 96 countries. After this empirical strategy and the same set of data, [7] goes even further by comparing the effects of North-South and South-South trade agreements on bilateral trade and showing that free trade agreements lead to an increase in bilateral trade, whether the signatory countries are developing or industrialized countries.
In particular, they note that the percentage increase in bilateral trade is higher in the South-South agreements than in the North-South agreements. Baier SL, Bergstrand JH (2004) Economic determinants of free trade agreements. J Int Econ 64:29-63 The dissemination of non-reciprocal agreements undermines efforts to promote free trade, while reciprocal agreements are trade because they do not operate in the current international trading system (Bhagwati 2008; Mr. Ozden and Reinhardt, 2005). The Doha Development Agenda recognises the central role that international trade can play in promoting economic development. Indeed, the increase in exports from developing countries to the markets of industrialized countries has been seen as a key element for developing countries in identifying the potential benefits of globalization. In recent decades, developed countries have granted developing countries preferential access to their markets through non-reciprocal trade agreements.


Accelerated adoption of emerging technologies amid COVID-19 pandemic
Emerging technologies, including AI, RPA, cloud and 3D printing, are seeing a high rate of adoption across industries amid the pandemic. They are helping companies recover by addressing key challenges such as workforce shortages resulting in inefficient operations, the need to reduce operating costs to survive and the need to maintain social distancing to ensure safety & compliance with pandemic-related guidelines.
Adopting these technologies appears to be mandatory for sustaining a business amid the changing market dynamics in this environment. Organisations are, therefore, adjusting their strategic priorities to capitalise on emerging technologies to remain competitive.
Key Takeaways
- AI emerged as the most popular technology, readily adopted for achieving operational
 efficiency, enhancing process speed and accuracy, and identifying and resolving
 operational bottlenecks
- Adopting cloud technology is essential if an organisation is to change its operating
 model to remote working
- 3D printing has gained popularity in the medical sector to meet high demand for
 medical and healthcare supplies such as PPE, NP swabs, masks and related accessories
- RPA is helping automate redundant tasks to improve productivity. It is also being
 implemented increasingly in the healthcare services sector to optimise the screening
 process for coronavirus infection, and distribution and management of COVID-19 vaccines
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Say $X \to Y$ is a surjective map of algebraic varieties, and $Z \subset Y$ is nonreduced. Then is the preimage $Z \times_Y X$ also nonreduced?
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In Allen's notation, take:
$R = k[t]$, $X = \operatorname{Spec} R$
$S = k[x,y]/(y^2 - x^2(x-1) )$, $Y= \operatorname{Spec} S$.
with the map defined by:
$y = t(t^2+1)$
$I=(x)$, $Z = \operatorname {Spec} S/I$.
$S/I$ contains a nilpotent, $y$ so $Z$ is non-reduced. $X \to Y$ is a surjective map of varieties. $X \times_Y Z = \operatorname {Spec} R/RI = \operatorname{Spec} k[t]/(t^2+1)$, which is reduced.
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This is local, of course. So $R \leftarrow S : \phi$ is an injection of domains, and $I \leq S$ is a nonradical ideal; is $R \phi(I)$ a nonradical ideal of $R$?
Say $s$ descends to a nonzero nilpotent of $S/I$. Then $\phi(s)$ will likewise be nilpotent in $R / R\phi(I)$, and the injectivity says it will be nonzero.
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What about $C[x] \leftarrow C[x^2, x^3]: \phi$, the ideal $I = (x^2)C[x^2, x^3]$, and $s = x^3$? – Vivek Shende Jul 22 '13 at 1:07
In fact, this is not true for every injection of domains! Let $R= k[x,y]$, $S = k[x,xy]$, $I= (x, x^2y^2)$. One needs at least to use the fact that the map is a surjection, not just an epimorphism. – Will Sawin Jul 22 '13 at 2:21
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8 Applications of Eye Tracking Technology
Eye tracking is a field that never seizes to fascinate me. It is truly amazing that one technology can have such a wide range of capabilities and applications. Here are 8 applications of eye tracking that are being used today:
#1 Website Usability TestingComputers have become a primary source of information; therefore, it is critical that users be able to easily locate and comprehend information on a user interface. Eye tracking is often used by Web designers and Usability Specialists to identify which elements of websites function as intended and which need to be revised.
#2 Advertising and Marketing ResearchAnother growing application for eye tracking is in the marketing industry. Advertisers are evaluating the effectiveness of their campaigns, using eye tracking to determine if customers are noticing the key elements in a product placement, commercial, or print ad.
#3 Assistive Technologyboth wearable and monitor mounted eye trackers are being used by disabled individuals for communication and computer control. With most of these products, eye tracking permits eye movement to replace the traditional keyboard and handheld mouse.
#4 Digital and Operational Training ScenariosEye tracking is used in different types of simulators, including driving, flight, and even operating room, to track the eye movements of trainees as they perform tasks. Military and law enforcement agencies have also used eye tracking in the field.
#5 Human BehaviorOne of the most common applications of eye tracking in research is studying patterns of eye movements and their correlation with different behaviors. There is much to be discovered about how visual behavior relates to cognition and decision-making.
#6 Developmental PsychologyInfants communicate and take in information about their world through their eyes before they can speak. Eye tracking can get an up close look at how babies perceive their surroundings and how visual behavior impacts their development.
#7 Human Factors ResearchEye tracking is often used to monitor and research how people interact with their environment, particularly with respect to equipment and machinery. Human factors research seeks to improve efficiency, operational performance, and safety, as humans engage with their technical and environmental surroundings.
#8 Neuroscience and DiagnosticsIt has been discovered that certain oculometrics, only traceable with eye tracking, could be potential indicators of neurological conditions. Research is being conducted to determine if eye tracking may be an accurate tool for identifying signs of Traumatic Brain Injury, autism, and ADD.
There are far more than just the 8 listed here. Feel free to add the ones I've missed in the comments below!
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Facts about NVQs: what's involved in studying them, how they are assessed and how long they take to complete.
NVQ stands for national vocational qualification. Each one includes practical work-related tasks. They're available in more than 1,000 subjects ranging from plumbing to hairdressing.
How are they studied?
NVQs can be based in a college, school, or workplace.
 - They're a good choice if you know what job you'd like to do.
 - There are five NVQ levels, so you can start at a level that suits you and work your way up.
 - There are no age limits and no special entry requirements, although you might need to complete a Level 2 NVQ before starting a Level 3 programme.
How are they assessed?
NVQs test your abilities in the workplace. You'll complete training and the following assessment to prove you can do certain work-related tasks:
 - Portfolio assessment – where you build up evidence of what you've done at work.
 - Observation – where an assessor watches you work and checks that you can do the required tasks.
The levels you'll be expected to reach are based on national standards for the particular job you want to do. Assessors sign off units when you've met these standards.
How long do they take?
 - NVQs don't have to be completed in a specific amount of time, but most people find it takes about a year to complete an NVQ Level 1, 2, or 3.
 - They can be taken by full-time employees or by school and college students who have a work placement or part-time job that enables them to develop the appropriate skills.


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Handbook of Research on Ergonomics and Product Design
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Product design is an important field where ergonomics and human factors should be applied. To achieve this goal, effective strategies for process improvement must be researched and implemented. Theories, Methods, and Applications in Ergonomics and Product Design is a critical scholarly resource that provides new theories, methodologies, and applications of ergonomics and product design and redesign. Featuring a broad range of topics such as additive manufacturing, product analysis, and sustainable packing development, this book is geared towards academicians, practitioners, and researchers seeking current research on new theories, methods, and applications related to ergonomics and product design.
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myotome and dermatome
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muscles and nerve distribution
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Myotomes & Dermatomes :
Myotomes & Dermatomes DR. Mina Nasser Wagih Under gradated 3 rd.year Faculty of physical therapy Cairo uni.
The definition of each term :
2 The definition of each term Myotomes : Relationship between the spinal nerve & muscleDermatomes : Relationship between the spinal nerve & skin
Myotomes :
3 Myotomes Each muscle in the body is supplied by a particular level or segment of the spinal cord and by its corresponding spinal nerve. The muscle, and its nerve make up a myotome. This is approximately the same for every person and are as follows: C3,4 and 5 supply the diaphragm (the large muscle between the chest and the belly that we use to breath). C5 also supplies the shoulder muscles and the muscle that we use to bend our elbow. C6 is for bending the wrist back. C7 is for straightening the elbow. C8 bends the fingers. T1 spreads the fingers. T1 –T12 supplies the chest wall & abdominal muscles. L2 bends the hip. L3 straightens the knee. L4 pulls the foot up. L5 wiggles the toes. S1 pulls the foot down. S3,4 and 5 supply the bladder. bowel and sex organs and the anal and other pelvic muscles
Dermatomes :
4 Dermatomes Dermatome is a Greek word which literally means "skin cutting". A dermatome is an area of the skin supplied by nerve fibers originating from a single dorsal nerve root. The dermatomes are named according to the spinal nerve which supplies them. The dermatomes form into bands around the trunk but in the limbs their organisation is more complex as a result of the dermatomes being "pulled out" as the limb buds form and develop into the limbs during embryological development. In diagrams or maps, the boundaries of dermatomes are usually sharply defined. However, in life there is considerable overlap of innervation between adjacent dermatomes. Thus, if there is a loss of afferent nerve function by one spinal nerve sensation from the region of skin which it supplies is not usually completely lost as overlap from adjacent spinal nerves occurs: however, there will be a reduction in sensitivity.
Levels of principal dermatomes :
5 Levels of principal dermatomes C5 Clavicles C5, 6, 7 Lateral parts of upper limbs C8, T1 Medial sides of upper limbs C6 Thumb C6, 7, 8 Hand C8 Ring and little fingers T4 Level of nipples T10 Level of umbilicus T12 Inguinal or groin regions L1, 2, 3, 4 Anterior and inner surfaces of lower limbs L4, 5, S1 Foot L4 Medial side of great toe S1, 2, L5 Posterior and outer surfaces of lower limbs S1 Lateral margin of foot and little toe S2, 3, 4 Perineum
The Spinal cord :
6 The Spinal cord
Dermatome map :
7 Dermatome map
Dermatome map :
8 Dermatome map
Spinal cord injury :
9 Spinal cord injury
Key muscle :
10 Key muscle
11 THANK YOU with my best wishes,, Dr. Mina nasser
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Why are photosynthetic reaction centres dimeric?
All photosynthetic organisms convert solar energy into chemical energy through charge separation in dimeric reaction centres. It is unknown why early reaction centres dimerised and completely displaced their monomeric ancestors. Here, we discuss several proposed explanations for reaction-centre dimerism and conclude—with only weak assumptions about the primordial dimerisation event—that the most probable explanation for the dimerism is that it arose because it enhanced light-harvesting efficiency by deepening the excitonic trap, i.e., by enhancing the rate of exciton transfer from an antenna complex and decreasing the rate of back transfer. This effect would have outweighed the negative effect dimerisation would have had on charge transfer within the reaction centre. Our argument implies that dimerisation likely occurred after the evolution of the first antennas, and it explains why the lower-energy state of the special pair is bright.
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If the next time you eat an ice cream you notice that it's yummier, you have a computer to thank. A supercomputer, actually.
The processing power available inside modern supercomputers isn't just able to help us better understand the universe we live in, develop better medicines, and model complex systems. Apparently it is also helping to make better ice cream.
Research has been carried out at the University of Edinburgh to simulate the soft matter that makes up ice cream. More specifically, scientists are trying to understand the complex interactions occurring between the many different ingredients that make up your favorite flavor of the delicious cold stuff.


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Lesson #2035. Greater Than - Less Than
Posted by Alice Chrostowski, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA (US)
Mathematics, level: Elementary; Materials Required: counter chips
Activity Time: 30-45 minutes; Concepts Taught: Greater Than and Less Than
Students should be able to tell if a number is greater than or less than another number. This concept is used in every day life and would serve as a great skill to them.
Following a class on greater than and less than, the students will be able to demonstrate their understanding of the greater number by writing the symbol associated with the number with 90% accuracy.
- Motivate the students, by choosing a group to come to the front of the room. They will be separated into two uneven groups. "How many are in each group?" They will then count the groups. "Which group has more students in it?" Discuss that one group is greater than the other group.
- Next give all the students a bag of counter chips. Have them pair up with the person beside them. Each person will set out any amount of chips they would like, without looking at the other person. They will then compare their counter chips. "Which pile has more?" If the piles are even, have one student add or subtract from their pile.
- Draw the Greater Than and Less Than symbols on the board. Have the students imagine that each is a mouth, pointing in a different direction. "If you were hungry, would you choose a plate with a lot of food on it or with little food on it? The symbol feels the same way. It wants to eat the bigger amount. So if you have 10 chips in one pile and 8 chips in the other pile, the mouth would open to the pile of 10 chips." While explaining this, you will draw it out on the board. You will then draw more chips on the board and have volunteers come up and draw the symbols for the rest of the class.
- The students will then take out a piece of paper. On partner will draw the Greater Than symbol while the other draws the Less Than symbol. They will set out two piles of chips and put the symbols between the piles to show which is greater and which is less. Make sure they are getting the concept by walking around and checking their work.
- Symbolic numbers will follow. Write two single-digit numbers on the board. Have one of the students come up and draw the correct symbol. Have him or her explain why they used that symbol. Do a few more like this, and then increase difficulty by using double-digit numbers.
- To evaluate on an individual basis, give the students a short quiz. This can be used for a grade or just an activity.
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February 07, 1994|CECILIA RASMUSSEN
First came the flood, then came the fire.
The warning was sounded at 11:15 a.m.--by a man named Revere, the caretaker of the massive Baldwin Hills Dam.
It was Dec. 14, 1963, and people were still talking about President John F. Kennedy's assassination three weeks before. Residents were preparing for the holidays, and Revere G. Wells was on his rounds when he heard water gurgling through a leak somewhere in the Baldwin Hills Reservoir, which supplied water for 100,000 to 500,000 residents from mid-Los Angeles to the airport.
He searched, discovering a crack in the 12-year-old dam about the width of a pencil.
Within three hours, as residents were frantically evacuated from the water's likely path, the crack had become a 75-foot-wide hole, unleashing 292 million gallons of water that gushed from the base of the dam at Cloverdale Avenue, and slammed into homes in its path. Most residents were alerted to the evacuation by the police or through news broadcasts.
The water roared onward, moving down steep hills in a fan-shaped path of destruction, to Rodeo Road between La Cienega Boulevard and La Brea Avenue.
When the flood stopped 77 minutes later, five people had drowned, 8,000 people had been driven from their homes, 65 houses had been destroyed, more than 210 other apartments and houses had been seriously damaged and $12 million in damage had been racked up.
The hillside community had first become a household word in 1932, when it was the site of the Olympic Games' first-ever Olympic Village. But the dam tragedy, and another disaster in 1985, left the public with a different memory of the place.
On July 2, 1985, only blocks from the dam disaster, tragedy struck Baldwin Hills again. Flames roared up the hillside from road flares an arsonist had laid on a weed-filled hillside near La Brea Avenue just north of Stocker Street.
The blaze ripped through seven streets of the Baldwin Hills community, consuming 48 homes, damaging 18 others, causing $16 million in damage and leaving three people dead, including the mother of a firefighter who lived there.
The name of both the area and the dam that served it date to the 19th Century, to a man named Elias Jackson (Lucky) Baldwin, a colorful entrepreneur who lived with an opulent disregard for Victorian conventions, and was said to have survived two murder attempts by jilted lovers.
Before Baldwin bought the property, it had been part of the 4,000-acre Rancho La Cienega, owned by Vicente Sanchez, the \o7 alcalde, \f7 or mayor, of Los Angeles in 1830.
When Sanchez died, the property was taken over by an heir, Tomas A. Sanchez, the sheriff of Los Angeles County for nearly 10 years. Sanchez sold the ranch and it eventually was purchased by Baldwin--who died in 1909, thinking that the ranch was a white elephant.
He couldn't have been more wrong.
In 1932, Olympic planners found the empty land an ideal site on which to build the Olympic Village, home base for 2,000 visiting athletes. Not only was it less than four miles from the Coliseum, but its hillside location made it 10 degrees cooler than the city below.
Five miles of streets were wrapped around the hills, and alongside them 500 trim, pink-and-white prefabricated cottages were erected. The Olympic village innovation grew partly out of Depression-era concerns that some nations would be forced to pass up the Olympics because they could not afford to house their athletes during the games.
After the games, the cottages were knocked down. The Baldwin estate was eventually subdivided and developed with costly houses that by the late 1940s were making Baldwin Hills a well-to-do enclave.
Today, the area bears little evidence of the torrents that once swept it, or of the fire that ravaged it years after.
No cause was ever found for the reservoir rupture. But like the fire, it created a lasting legal legacy:
The city claimed that oil drilling had weakened the dam's substructure over several years. Oil company engineers blamed the deluge on a shift of the Newport-Inglewood Fault.
The city and oil companies finally settled with the property owners out of court for $13 million in 1970. Most of the houses were rebuilt and roads repaired. But the reservoir was left empty.
In the 1985 fire, investigators found the remains of several road flares that an arsonist used to ignite the 10-acre firestorm on a weed-filled hill then owned by Pepperdine University. A $35,000 reward was offered by the city and state for information leading to a conviction, but the crime remains unsolved.
In court, homeowners and Pepperdine blamed each other for negligence in not keeping the land cleared of brush. Some of the 90 lawsuits were finally combined and resolved, and others were dismissed.
Today, what was once the 19-acre reservoir has been partially filled in with earth, grass and trees to extend the 300-acre park named after the area's retired county supervisor, Kenneth Hahn.
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Menma on some ramen.
"Hosaki-Menma", an ear of Menma bamboo.
Menma (メンマ or 麺麻 or 麺碼?) is a Japanese condiment made from lactate-fermented bamboo shoots. The bamboo shoots are dried in the sun or through other means before the process of fermentation. Menma is a common topping for noodle soups, notably ramen. Menma is primarily produced in China, with brands imported from southern China and Taiwan being popular.[1] Menma is also known as shinachiku (支那竹?), "Chinese bamboo".[1][2]
 1. ^ a b "メンマ" [Menma]. Nihon Kokugo Daijiten (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. OCLC 56431036. Retrieved 2012-05-31.
 2. ^ "メンマ" [Menma]. Nihon Daihyakka Zensho (Nipponika) (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. OCLC 153301537. Retrieved 2012-06-08.
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Emancipation is a legal way for children to become adults before they are 18. Once a child is emancipated, his or her parents do not have custody or control of him or her anymore. Emancipation is usually forever. But the court can cancel the emancipation if the minor asking for the emancipation lies to the court or is no longer able to support himself or herself.
If you are emancipated, you can do some things without your parent's permission, like:
If you are emancipated, you will give up the right to be supported by your parents.
Even if you are emancipated:
Note: If you have a legal guardian, all of the information in this section about parents applies to your legal guardian and your case, too.
There are 3 ways to get emancipated:
If you do not want to live with your parents, you do not necessarily have to get emancipated. You can:
You can learn a lot more about emancipation by reading Legal Services for Children's Emancipation Manual. This manual has a lot of answers about emancipation for teenagers.
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Following the death of monster hunter Ulysses Bloodstone, vampire; Charles Barnabus became the executor of Ulysses' estate in Boston, Massachusetts. For years, he searched for a living heir to inherit Bloodstone's wealth, and eventually discovered eighteen-year-old Elsa Bloodstone. Elsa and her mother, Elise, moved into the Bloodstone mansion, but Charles was careful to keep the true knowledge of Ulysses' lifestyle away from his daughter. Elsa eventually learned the truth on her own after encountering the mansion's caretaker, Adam. As Elsa found herself drawn into the world of the supernatural, Charles was forced to reveal himself as a vampire.
A powerful breed of vampire known as the Nosferati captured several vampires including Dracula and Charles Barnabus. The Nosferati can only feed off of the blood of other vampires, and intended on keeping Dracula and Charles as a permanent immortal food source. Elsa and her friends raided the Nosferati headquarters freeing the two vampires. Following the defeat of the Nosferati, Charles returned with Elsa to Bloodstone Manor.
Since then, Elise Bloodstone has converted the mansion into a curio museum. Charles Barnabus has developed a close bond with the woman and remains as part of the museum's staff.
Many, if not all of Charles Barnabus' powers and abilities are common to all vampires, even if demonstration of such abilities has not been explicitly shown in a canonical resource.
- Superhuman Strength: Like all vampires, Charles possesses superhuman strength, the exact limits of which have yet to be measured.
- Fangs: Like all vampires, Charles has fangs and claws. He can quickly drain a victim of blood.
- Hypnotism: Charles is able to hypnotize others by gazing into their eyes for a short period of time.
- Shapeshifting: Charles is able to shape shift into bats, rats, a wolf, and mist. He can also turn into human-sized or larger wolfen and bat-like forms.
- Weather Manipulation: He has considerable control over the elements and weather.
- Mind Control: A person bitten by Charles is able to be influenced by him through a sort of empathic link.
- Accelerated Healing: Charles is capable of regenerating damaged or destroyed tissue to an extent much greater than an ordinary human. He can fully heal from multiple gunshots and severe burns within a matter of minutes, however he cannot regenerate missing limbs or organs.
- Enhanced Agility: Charles' agility, balance, and body coordination are enhanced to levels that are beyond the natural limits of the human body.
- Enhanced Reflexes: Charles' natural reaction time is enhanced to levels that are beyond the natural limits of the human body.
- Enhanced Stamina: Charles' body is more resistant to the fatigue toxins generated by his muscles during physical activity. He can exert himself at peak capacity for several hours before fatigue begins to affect him.
- Special Limitations: Charles, like all vampires, has a number of special vulnerabilities. He is highly allergic to silver and can be severely injured, or killed, with silver weaponry. If Charles is injured by silver, his recovery time is considerably slower than normal. Charles is also unable to withstand exposure to direct sunlight. His tissue begins to instantly dry up and will crumble to powder within a matter of moments. Charles can be killed by having a wooden stake plunged into his heart, somehow interrupting the mystical energies that keeps him alive. Charles can also be killed by being decapitated and being exposed to fire. He can also be affected by religious icons, such as the Cross of David or a crucifix for example. Charles is affected by the strength of the wielder's faith in the icon and religion it represents, not the size of the icon itself. Charles must rest within his coffin during daylight hours. He must line his coffin with soil from his homeland in order to both sustain his power and travel more than 100 miles in distance from his birthplace.
Superhuman: Charles Barnabus is able to lift volumes of mass in excess of two tons; the exact limits of his strength level is unknown.
- Charles is not the first fictional vampire to carry the name "Barnabus". In 1966, the ABC daytime soap opera Dark Shadows featured a 175-year-old vampire named Barnabus Collins.
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The pipes of the Dolcan are inverted conical metal, or occasionally inverted pyramidal wood. Only a few flue stops are always made of inverted conical pipes (wider at the top than at the bottom), and the Dolcan is the most common of these. Found at 16', 8' or 4' pitch, its tone resembles that of the Dulciana, but is brighter and more open. According to Williams, the tone of the Dolcan seems to have not changed much over the centuries. Sumner calls it the precursor to the modern Dulciana. Grove dates it from around 1580 in the Netherlands and northern Germany. Audsley, who provides the illustration reproduced here, specifies a 1/5 to 2/9 mouth with a 1/5 to 1/4 cut-up, and gives the following representative scale:
While Audsley's scale has a ratio of about 1:1.3 between the mouth and top diameters, Maclean specifies the much larger ratio of 1:2.5, and states that its tone is of insufficient distinction to justify the cost of its construction.
There has been much confusion over the centuries between names such as Dolcan, Dolce, Dulciana, Dulzian, and their synonyms. Bonavia-Hunt claims that the Dolcan, Dolce and Flauto Dolce are one and the same, a soft metal flute introduced to England by Snetzler in 1741 and later popularized by Schulze, whose tone "is precisely that of a fluty dulciana... a fair imitation of an echo waldflote". Wedgwood also equates Dolcan with Flauto Dolce, calling it a flute with a "suspicion of stringiness", and says that it was introduced to England by Schulze.
Osiris contains fourteen examples of Dolcan at 8' pitch, five at 4' pitch, and one at 16'; three examples of Dolkan at 8' and four at 2' (all from the late 20th century); and four examples of Trichterflöte at 4' pitch, and one each at 8' and 2' (all from the 20th century). No examples of Dulcan, Dulzaen, Dulzain, Scharfpfeife, Tolkaan or Trichterpfeife are known.
Dolcan 8', Echo; Church of St. Bartholomew, Armley, England; Schulze 1866. This is the oldest known example.
Tolkaan 8', Positief; Dutch Reformed Church, Johannesburg Wes, Gauteng, South Africa; Ganser 1959.
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Are garage door sensors supposed to be green?
Garage door sensors work using an infrared beam of light. Each sensor will usually have a light. One will have a green light, used to show that the units are powered up, and the other will have a red light to show that there's no obstruction between the sensors and that they're 'seeing' each other.
How much should a garage door repair cost?
Should I repair or replace my garage door?
Your door may have chipped or fading paint, or a large crack may have appeared. If the damage to your door us purely cosmetic, you'll usually get more value out of repairing the door rather than replacing it. If your garage door has structural damage, you'll likely want to look into having the door replaced.
How do you fix a misaligned garage door?
Fixing a Misaligned Garage Door To fix a binding door, begin by loosening the screws that secure the track to the garage door frame. Then, use a rubber mallet to reposition the track to its proper placement. Use a level to ensure the track is straight, then refasten the screws.
Why is my garage door sensor blinking green?
Blinking green sensors generally mean that the door has detected a fault or a safety issue, so it's a way of letting a homeowner know there's a problem. Otherwise, the light is generally on steady green, instead. Often when there's a blinking green light, the door also won't operate with the remote.
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Light indicators: An easy way to tell if your garage door sensors are out of alignment is by checking if the exterior LED light blinks when you attempt to close the door. Green lights mean the sensors are working, while red lights indicate the sensors are not aligned.
Does homeowners insurance cover garage door repairs?
Why does my garage door go back up after it closes?
Your Travel Down Setting Needs to be Adjusted Your garage door is programmed to travel a certain distance before it closes. If it closes before that distance has been traveled, it thinks something is wrong — and it reopens to help prevent any damage or safety risk.
What is included in a garage door tune up?
The Sears Garage Door Tune Up includes: A diagnostic inspection focusing on the door sections, track, counterbalance system, hinges, rollers, and weather seals. Inspect and tighten all bolts and screws. Rebalance door when necessary. Examine and adjust garage door travel and safety settings where needed.
How many years does a garage door last?
Estimates on longevity are based around usage, but most experts believe the average garage door should last between 15 – 30 years, depending on construction quality, maintenance and local climate conditions. Automatic garage door openers normally provide 10 – 15 years of reliable service.
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Can I replace my garage door myself?
While most full-service garage door retailers offer complete garage door installation services — including delivering the new garage door, disassembling and disposing of the old door, and installation of the new garage door — if you're an adept and skilled handyman and want to save a bit of extra money, you can install
How much does it cost to balance a garage door?
Repair almost always means replacement, but you might only need to balance the door and lubricate the springs, which only costs $50 to $100. Materials alone (springs, brackets and hardware) run $30 to $200 for a set of two springs with labor running $75 to $150.
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This paper summarizes and discusses the results of a survey on country practices in the management of sovereign assets and liabilities. Twenty-eight countries, mostly high-income economies, responded to the questionnaire. The survey responses provide detailed information about various approaches to the sovereign asset and liability management framework in terms of balance sheet production as well as objectives, priority areas, and challenges associated with integrated management. In addition to the survey results, where possible and relevant, this paper provides insight through prominent country examples. The survey results confirm that the number of countries that have developed such a framework is limited. Although most of the respondents indicated that they regularly produce an accounting balance sheet, the objective of this exercise is often limited to monitoring sovereign assets and liabilities rather than determining mismatches between them. In the cases where a sovereign asset and liability management framework is implemented, there are significant differences across countries. Most countries include state-owned enterprises in the sovereign balance sheet, but only a minority also considers central banks, in some cases only international reserves and sovereign funds. The challenges cited include institutional arrangements, uncertain or lacking mandate, coordination between institutions, data availability, and valuation of assets. Most of these challenges are related to the implementation of the approach. The development of sound practices for sovereign asset and liability management could benefit governments and facilitate the implementation of a holistic approach to manage their balance sheets and related risks, increasing their resilience to shocks.


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Is having batteries worth it?
How long does a solar energy system last?
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Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, we have received a phenomenal amount of calls from people asking us if being energy self-sufficient with a solar powered battery system is realistic. Although this desire for energy autonomy is completely understandable, it should not be forgotten that it is not accessible to everyone. Indeed, the sacrifices to be made are not always easy and require a lot of energy management, without forgetting the fact that they come with a fairly high financial cost.
This article answers the following questions:
 - What is the average capacity of a battery?
 - How many batteries do I need?
 - How much does a battery cost?
 - What is the average lifespan of a battery?
 - What are the sacrifices to be made?
 - Battery vs generator: what to choose?
 - Do I really need a backup?
 - Can I start by installing a standard solar energy system and add batteries afterwards?
What is the average capacity of a battery?
The capacity of a battery is the amount of energy it can store. It is expressed in ampere-hours (Ah) and depends on the intrinsic characteristics of the materials it contains. It ranges from 5 to 1500 Ah per battery, although the most common models have a capacity of 50 to 150 Ah.
The higher the battery capacity, the greater the energy autonomy it provides. The acquisition of larger capacity batteries is therefore suggested, although their purchase cost is higher than that of lower capacity batteries.
How many batteries do I need?
According to Hydro-Québec, a 2,000 square foot single-family home that does not have a pool or spa consumes an average of 25,000 kWh of electricity per year (including heating). This consumption is theoretically equivalent to 70 kWh/day. However, given that our average winter electricity consumption is two to three times greater than our average summer electricity consumption, dividing this 25,000 kWh by the number of days in the year would not be representative of average daily electricity consumption. Suppose therefore that in winter your electrical demand is 120 kWh / day and that it oscillates around 45 kWh/day for the rest of the year. Excluding heating, which generally accounts for 60% of our electricity consumption, your energy demand is 48 kWh/day in winter and 18 kWh/day for the rest of the year.
To have 12 hours of autonomy in the worst possible scenario, you would have to have 24 kWh of stored energy. This 24 kWh is equivalent to 1000 Ah assuming that your battery bank is at 24V (24,000 Wh ÷ 24V = 1000 Ah). Knowing that the batteries of 100 Ah capacity and 12V voltage are the most popular, reaching these 1000 Ah of autonomy at 24V voltage requires the connection of two batteries in series (24V ÷ 12V/battery = 2 batteries) and ten batteries in parallel (1000 Ah ÷ 100 Ah/battery = 10 batteries). The total number of batteries required is therefore 20 (number of batteries in series * number of batteries in parallel = total number of batteries).
With 20 batteries of 100 Ah/12V, you are theoretically able to have 12 hours of autonomy depending on the average level of Quebec consumption. Obviously, this scenario is theoretical and may vary if your consumption level is higher or lower than 25,000 kWh/year.
How much does a battery cost?
People are often shocked to learn the true cost of a battery, and for many, the conversation begins and ends there. Indeed, seeing the price of a single battery (knowing that you can need up to 20 depending on the theoretical scenario above), few are those who continue their efforts.
In this regard, the table below shows the average price of a single battery according to its capacity. It should be noted that the price varies enormously depending on the technology chosen (lithium-ion, lead-acid, AGM or Gel) and that it is subject to variation depending on the supplier. Prices are before taxes and are in Canadian dollars. When a box is empty, it means that battery technology is not available for the given capacity.
The table above shows that lead-acid batteries have very low capacities compared to the other three battery technologies. Although much more affordable, lead-acid batteries are generally used for basic energy utilities rather than for a backup system since too many batteries would be required to achieve a satisfactory autonomy.
Regarding the prices shown above, the table below shows the cost of the 20 batteries required according to the 12-hour autonomy scenario previously presented. For lead-acid batteries, the 10Ah/12V model was used while for the other three technologies, the 100Ah/12V model was used. The choice of these models is justified by their popularity and their availability in several retail businesses.
The table shows that in the best possible scenario, an energy autonomy of 12 hours would cost you $ 7,500 (before taxes) while in the worst case it would cost $ 30,000. It should be remembered that this cost includes only the batteries and excludes the cost of the solar panels, the solar panel anchor system, the inverters, the wiring and the labor.
What is the average lifespan of a battery?
Not only are batteries expensive, but they do not last long. Their lifespan varies between 2 and 5 years depending on the storage conditions, the intensity of the calls for power as well as the depths of average discharges.
 - Storage conditions refers to the location (interior or exterior, interior is strongly suggested) as well as at room temperature (20 ° C is ideal; the greater the difference, as much negative as positive, the less the battery life).
 - The power demand corresponds to the intensity of the discharge current generated using one or more devices. The higher the intensity, the shorter the battery life in the long run.
 - The depth of average discharges corresponds to the amount of energy drawn from the battery before recharging. The greater the depth of the discharges, the shorter the lifespan of the battery in the long term.
That said, it is important to mention that the batteries do not stop working after 5 years, but rather have a lower energy density. Its reduction in capacity depends on all the factors explained above and is difficult to predict given its non-linearity.
Thus, if a battery has a capacity of 100 Ah when purchased, it can have 70 Ah after 5 years, or even 50 Ah. It still works but stores less energy. This means that the older your batteries are, the less energy they will give you.
What are the sacrifices to be made?
Living with batteries requires making sacrifices if we do not want to discharge them too quickly and shorten their lifespan hastily (which is already short). The sacrifices are in relation to the number of devices that can be used at the same time as well as the number of devices that can be used in a day.
The quantity of devices that can be used at the same time refers to the concept of power (or power demand), which corresponds to the intensity of the battery discharge current induced using a given electrical appliance. The problem is that the capacity of a battery exponentially decreases the more the intensity of the discharge current increases, the latter increasing the higher the power of an electrical appliance. Thus, the capacity of a battery is closely linked to the power of the devices it powers.
This means that if you do not want to drain the energy in your batteries too quickly, you have to be careful with the power of the devices that you decide to operate at the same time. The power of a device is measured in watts and is often indicated on the device's data sheet. A 1000 watt device is considered to have high power. In case of doubt, this website gives you a good idea of the average power of the devices of our daily life (
The figure below shows the discharge speed of a lead-acid battery (x-axis) in the face of an increase in the intensity of its discharge current (y-axis). The light blue color curve is for a low discharge intensity while the dark blue color curve is for a high discharge intensity. The light blue curve battery discharges in just under 9 hours while the dark blue curve battery discharges in just 1 hour. Unfortunately, this phenomenon is applicable for any type of battery and is inevitable.
The number of devices that can be used in a single day refers to the concept of energy. The more devices you use simultaneously, the more energy it will take to operate them. In the same logic as before, if you do not want to drain the energy contained in your batteries too quickly, you have to be careful about the number of devices you will use in the same day.
Battery vs generator: what to choose?
Batteries are not the only option for backup power. Indeed, you could get a gas generator that would cost less, provide more energy, and have a longer lifespan.
However, batteries have the advantage of being more durable and environmentally friendly, with the additional possibility of recharging from solar, which generators cannot do.
In addition, the start-up time of a generator is a few minutes (compared to a few milliseconds for a battery), which means that during a breakdown, the current does not come back instantly when you have a generator. Thus, if certain devices must remain permanently on, the generator start time causes problems.
Do I really need a backup?
For most people, power outages are nothing more than a minor inconvenience given their


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Through the GPS tracking platform via the monitoring center, data will be obtained in real time from the vehicles that are operating as food transportation and thus obtain better performance.
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GPS platforms are also important in controlling the proper use of the vehicles in which food is transported, so they are in optimal condition through scheduled maintenance, being corrective, predictive and recurring, monitored and scheduled through the platform. Also you can see the behaviors of drivers in different situations, such as rough handling of the units or speeding.
It allows calculating the fatigue times of each unit to be able to intervene and thus make it more productive at the operational level.
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An Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library.
The theme of this book is cultural encounter and exchange in Irish women's lives. Using three case studies: the Enlightenment, emigration and modernism, it analyses reading and popular and consumer culture as sites of negotiation of gender roles. It traces how the circulation of ideas, fantasies and aspirations which have shaped women's lives in actuality and in imagination and argues that there were many different ways of being a woman. Attention to women's cultural consumption and production shows that one individual may in one day identify with representations of heroines of romantic fiction, patriots, philanthropists, literary ladies, film stars, career women, popular singers, advertising models and foreign missionaries. The processes of cultural consumption, production and exchange provide evidence of women's agency, aspirations and activities within and far beyond the domestic sphere.
No comparable book in Irish literary, cultural or historical studies Case study approach facilitates detailed analysis in relation to ideas about women in Ireland over a long period of time Makes a significant contribution to a number of underresearched topics including the history of the book; ideas about women in literature and public discourse; the surprising presence of radical ideas about women's role and status in society present throughout the long period, 1700–1960.


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I'd like to have the same keyboard shortcuts in all the terminals I use. Since they don't have the same *nix on them, and since terminals can be very different, I'm looking for a reasonably portable way to get keyboard shortcuts from one *nix terminal (at least supported by a standard Ubuntu 12.04 installation) to other terminals (Bash only).
That is, I'm trying to generate commands in one terminal to execute on another terminal, in order to use the same keyboard shortcuts in the second terminal. Especially things like Alt-Del (delete the word to the right of the cursor) and Ctrl-Left (move the cursor one word to the left), which on some hosts I work on simply prints the escape code instead of performing the expected actions.
This is also meant as a precursor to possibly changing the
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- Figure out which keyboard shortcuts are defined on my local host.
- Figure out whether any commonly used shortcuts are not defined from the remote host.
- Copy the shortcut definitions to the remote host.
- Verify that the shortcuts work as expected on the remote host.
- Be reasonably sure that the shortcuts would also work on a third host, possibly with very old versions of Bash and standard tools like


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Ceramics Handbuilding: Pinch and Coil Construction is an excellent introduction to pinching and coiling as a process of pottery making. According to the video instructor, Mollie Favour, the advantage of handbuilding is that it only takes some clay and a few simple tools-many that can be supplied directly from the kitchen. In this lesson, Favour instructs viewers in the production of several complete projects.
Favour teaches the viewer four basic skills needed for building pottery by hand. First, she demonstrates clay preparation by "spiral" wedging. This is a primary skill all new potters must acquire, and Favour demonstrates the method clearly. Next she shows how to make pottery via the pinch method. Then, she shows how to make and use coils. And finally, she demonstrates how to pull a handle.
These basic actions equip new artists to tackle the many handmade projects in the video. These projects include: a bowl, a box with lid, an oval vessel, and a coffee mug. Basic materials, such as slip and glaze, are explained. Favour also shows how she decorates her pots with colored slips and a brush before firing them with a clear glaze.
Mollie Favour's simple, yet concise directions are easy enough for the beginning potter to begin creating right away. I was troubled somewhat by the quality of the camerawork; I found that the artist's hands were out of frame much too often for an instructional video. However, I am still recommending this as a teaching aid for beginning potters and those that would like to begin again.
Title: Ceramics Handbuilding: Pinch and Coil Construction
Length: 28 min.
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By SHER DORUFF
"The synesthetic hypersurface refracts the activity of matter […] It is the hinge-plane not only between senses, tenses, and dimensions of space time, but between matter and mindedness: the involuntary and the elicited." (Massumi, 2002)
It can be argued that extreme cognition is always already. Its possibilities and limits expressed in the half-second interval between brain stimulus and conscious perception. In that interstice, cognition, hallucination, memory and perception are indistinguishable as potentiality. Physiologist Benjamin Libet called this durational gap readiness potential (RP). Here, matter meets mindedness and past meets future in the illusory "backwards referral" of conscious experience; neural activity prepares a movement before the decision to move is made. Synesthesia research, the study of cross-modal correspondence and the RP interval together provide a resonant playing field for creatively thinking through the dynamics of thought as it melds with sensory experience of the world. One of synesthesia's primary conditions – involuntary and elicited cross-modal perception – can be considered a link to unraveling the mysterious processing of "mind time." Brian Massumi's concept of the biogram exemplifies one effort to interweave these conditions by speculating on the implications of 1) the recursive duration of lived experience manifested in the half-second interval and 2) cross-modal connectedness.


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Attack on computer memory reveals vulnerability of widely used security systems
Posted February 21, 2008; 11:42 a.m.
A team of academic, industry and independent researchers has demonstrated a new class of computer attacks that compromise the contents of "secure" memory systems, particularly in laptops.
The attacks overcome a broad set of security measures called "disk encryption," which are meant to secure information stored in a computer's permanent memory. The researchers cracked several widely used technologies, including Microsoft's BitLocker, Apple's FileVault and Linux's dm-crypt, and described the attacks in a paper and video published on the Web Feb. 21.
The team reports that these attacks are likely to be effective at cracking many other disk encryption systems because these technologies have architectural features in common.
"We've broken disk encryption products in exactly the case when they seem to be most important these days: laptops that contain sensitive corporate data or personal information about business customers," said Alex Halderman, a Ph.D. candidate in Princeton's computer science department. "Unlike many security problems, this isn't a minor flaw; it is a fundamental limitation in the way these systems were designed."
The attack is particularly effective against computers that are turned on but are locked, such as laptops that are in a "sleep" or hibernation mode. One effective countermeasure is to turn a computer off entirely, though in some cases even this does not provide protection.
Halderman's Princeton collaborators included graduate students Nadia Heninger, William Clarkson, Joseph Calandrino and Ariel Feldman and Professor Edward Felten, the director of the Center for Information Technology Policy. The team also included Seth Schoen of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, William Paul of Wind River Systems and independent computer security researcher Jacob Appelbaum.
Felten said the findings demonstrate the risks associated with recent high-profile laptop thefts, including a Veterans Administration computer containing information on 26 million veterans and a University of California-Berkeley laptop that contained information on more than 98,000 graduate students and others. While it is widely believed that disk encryption would protect sensitive information in instances like these, the new research demonstrates that the information could easily be read even when data is encrypted.
"Disk encryption is often recommended as a magic bullet against the loss of private data on laptops," Felten said. "Our results show that disk encryption provides less protection than previously thought. Even encrypted data can be vulnerable if an intruder gets access to the laptop."
The new attacks exploit the fact that information stored in a computer's temporary working memory, or RAM, does not disappear immediately when a computer is shut off or when the memory chip is taken from the machine, as is commonly thought. Under normal circumstances, the data gradually decays over a period of several seconds to a minute. The process can be slowed considerably using simple techniques to cool the chips to low temperatures.
Disk encryption technologies rely on the use of secret keys -- essentially large random numbers -- to encode and protect information. Computers need these keys to access files stored on their own hard disks or other storage systems. Once an authorized user has typed in a password, computers typically store the keys in the temporary RAM so that protected information can be accessed regularly. The keys are meant to disappear as soon as the RAM chips lose power.
The team wrote programs that gained access to essential encryption information automatically after cutting power to machines and rebooting them. The method worked when the attackers had physical access to the computer and when they accessed it remotely over a computer network. The attack even worked when the encryption key had already started to decay, because the researchers were able to reconstruct it from multiple derivative keys that were also stored in memory.
In one extremely powerful version of the attack, they were able to obtain the correct encryption data even when the memory chip was physically removed from one computer and placed in another machine. After obtaining the encryption key, they could then easily access all information on the original machine.
"This method is extremely resistant to countermeasures that defensive programs on the original computer might try to take," Halderman said.
The attacks demonstrate the vulnerability of machines when they are in an active state, including "sleep mode" or the "screen lock" mode that laptops enter when their covers are shut. Even though the machines require a password to unlock the screen, the encryption keys are already located in the RAM, which provides an opportunity for attackers with malicious intent.
None of the attacks required specialized equipment. "I think we're going to see attackers doing things that people have previously though impractical or impossible," Appelbaum said.
The researchers were able to extend the life of the information in RAM by cooling it using readily available "canned air" keyboard dusting products. When turned upside down, these canisters spray very cold liquid. Discharging the cold liquid onto a memory chip, the researchers were able to lower the temperature of the memory to -50 degrees Celsius. This slowed the decay rates enough that an attacker who cut power for 10 minutes would still be able to recover 99.9 percent of the information in the RAM correctly.
"Hints of problems associated with computers retaining their temporary memory have appeared in the scientific literature, but this is the first systematic examination of the security implications," said Schoen.
The researchers posted the paper describing their findings on the website of Princeton's Center for Information Technology Policy. They submitted the paper for publication and it is currently undergoing review.
In the meantime, the researchers have contacted several manufacturers to make them aware of the vulnerability: Microsoft, which includes BitLocker in some versions of Windows Vista; Apple, which created FileVault; and the makers of dm-crypt and TrueCrypt, which are open-source products for Windows and Linux platforms.
"There's not much they can do at this point," Halderman said. "In the short term, they can warn their customers about the vulnerability and tell them to shut their computers down completely when traveling."
In the longer term, Halderman said new technologies may need to be designed that do not require the storing of encryption keys in the RAM, given its inherent vulnerability. The researchers plan to continue investigating this and other defenses against this new security threat.


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With vacations, trips and family events filling our summer calendars, church attendance during this time of year can be a challenge. But just because you are away or unable to attend church, you can still enjoy worshipping and learning together as a family. God can be worshipped anywhere from a log cabin in the mountains to the sandy shores of a mighty ocean.
In a previous article we outlined some ideas for creating a home church service with a sermon that focused on the book of Ruth. This article will use some of that same structure with a message that addresses the mystery of faith. I encourage you to use your creativity to make a meaningful family worship service that ministers to your unique family.
1) Worship through Music. Most churches start off their worship time with music. This is because music has a way of touching our souls and awakening and softening our hearts for the Lord. If you have a hymnal, you can look up hymns of faith and sing a few lines or even check out this website that has audio files of some familiar hymns of faith. Or maybe you have some favorite songs that focus on faith recorded on your phone or iPod.
2) Reading of God's Word. Tell your children that you are going to be looking at two stories of men from the Bible and what they teach us about the meaning of faith. Have your children who can read take turns reading the following passages:
* The story of Naaman: 2 Kings 5; Luke 4:27
* The story of the Centurion: Luke 7:1-10
- What is faith? (One of the clearest definitions comes from Hebrews 11:1 – "Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see." You can break this down further and discuss or look up in a dictionary the meaning of the words "hope" and "assurance".)
- What do you notice about the faith of these two men?
You can then have your children participate in this familiar activity: Pull out a chair (it might even be a beach chair!) and instruct them to sit in it. They will likely sit without hesitation. Then ask the following questions:
- How did you know the chair would hold you?
- What gives you confidence in the chair?
- What if you believed that the chair would hold you, but wouldn't sit in it? What would that say about how strongly you believed in the safety of the chair?
Then ask about the men in the story:
- How did the Centurion show his faith in Jesus?
- What prevented Naaman from exhibiting immediate faith? (pride, difficulty submitting, etc.)
- What was the outcome of their demonstration of faith? (healing)
- What is similar about both stories? Different?
- Did the Centurion have more or less faith than Naaman? Why do you think that?
- How do we show that we have faith? (by our actions – like when we sit in a chair) Read James 2:26.
If your children have questions about faith that you can't answer during this study, don't worry about it. It is okay to not have all the answers. This is a complex issue. You can explain to them that the faith we have in God comes from God Himself – as a free gift. And as with all free gifts, we treasure it, take care of it and offer thanks the One who gave it.
4) Prayer Time. One of the best spiritual disciplines you can teach your children is the practice of prayer. Not some rote, scripted prayer, but a real conversation with the Creator of the world. Sometimes kids don't know what to pray for so they pray for whatever pops into their minds. Teach your children that prayer can be reflective as well. After a time of learning or reading from the Bible (such as this), encourage your children to think about what lesson God showed them and ask them how they can thank God for that message and ask Him to make it more real to them through prayer.
A family worship service can be as simple or complex as you like. One of the best places to get ideas for topics for the teaching portion of the service is from your own devotional time. If God gives you a question to ponder during your reading, investigate, take notes and consider sharing what you learned with your family. Remember, a sermon is nothing more than "one blind man showing another blind man where to get food."
[Photo credit: Cross on Beach by Jonathan Morgan from flickr.com]


Racing machine
Origami Racing machine
We fold the racing machine from paper.
1. Fold a sheet of A4 in half.
3. Fold lateral faces to the midline.
4. Put the angles to the center line.
5. Connect the points with each other at the same time inserting inside in the lower part.
6. The intermediate stage performance racing cars.
7. Create the wings. Mark two folds.
8. Mark three lines.
9. The racing machine or a boat is ready.


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Stumbling Stones Kaiserstraße 37
(Germany - Rheinland-Pfalz - Mainz)
These memorial-stones (so-called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate Anny and Fritz Sigfried Salomon. One of them is murdered or disappeared in Piaski, the other committed suicide.
The small copper plaques, in the pavement in front of houses of which the (mostly Jewish) residents were murdered by the Nazis, mention the name, date of birth and place (mostly a concentration camp) and date of death.
In many other German cities the memorials also can be found. There are already many thousands of these plaques, and their number is still counting. Almost all Stolpersteine are laid by the German artist himself, Gunter Demnig.
- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: Birger Friedrichs
Address and contactinformation
- Kaiserstraße 37
- WWII grade:
Where is it?
Sorry, no map found.


Boeing 737: History and safety record of the aeroplane
Simon Calder
Starting gate: easyJet began by flying Boeing 737 jets, though it now flies exclusively Airbus aircraft (Simon Calder)
The twin jet is the most successful aircraft design in aviation history, in terms of numbers sold: even before the latest model, the Max, the manufacturer had sold more than 10,000 Boeing 737s.
These are the key questions and answers.
What is the history of the Boeing 737?
The two-engined plane first flew on 9 April 1967 and entered service in February 1968.
Significant elements of its design derive from an even earlier aircraft, the Boeing 707 – which first flew commercially a decade earlier.
The Boeing 737 used the same fuselage cross-section, accommodating six seats abreast, and the nose profile of the 707.
As a twin jet that could carry 100 or more passengers comfortably and efficiently, the 737 proved an immediate success.
It continues to be manufactured today, and is currently on its fourth generation of design.
The original 100/200 series is still flying, particularly with Nolinor, based in Quebec, Canada. The carrier operates probably the oldest fleet of commercial jets in the world: Boeing 737-200 planes, kitted out for landing on the loose-surfaced runways that prevail in northern Canada. Some of the fleet dates back to the early 1970s – but age is not an indicator of risk if aircraft are maintained.
The earliest types are characterised by slim, cigar-shaped engines.
What type was involved in the latest crash?
The Boeing 737-500, which is the smallest of the "Classic" edition of the aircraft. Almost 2,000 of the -300/-400/-500 series were delivered between 1984 and 2000. The -500, which was involved in the Indonesian accident, was made in relatively low numbers: just 389.
The "Classic" 737s had significantly larger engines than the planes they replaced. This was when a design decision of the original 737 became significant for the first time. The aircraft sits very low on the ground compared with more modern planes such as the Airbus A320 (its direct competitor).
This has advantages for inspection, maintenance and boarding. But it also means there is little clearance for bigger engines.
The French-American CFM56 engines, selected for the Classic, were mounted as far forward as possible, with an oddly shaped nacelle (engine housing) – flattened at the bottom to increase ground clearance.
Classic 737s proved extremely popular: British Airways flew many of them, and the original fleets for easyJet, Go (BA's short-lived budget subsidiary) and Jet2 used the -300.
What happened next?
The third generation of the Boeing 737 was coded NG ("New Generation") and is applied to the -600/-700/-800/-900 series. Production began in 1997, with the last two planes delivered to China Eastern in January 2020.
This variant has proved extremely successful, with around 7,000 sold worldwide.
Which brings us to the Max…
The fourth and probably final iteration of the Boeing 737 first flew commercially in 2017. It shares the same fuselage and wing profile as the original, which took to the skies half-a-century earlier.
But the Max has even larger, quieter and more efficient engines than before. To maintain ground clearance they are mounted further forward, almost blended with the front of the wings.
This work-around triggered airworthiness issues, with the engines posing a potential aerodynamic problem in what Boeing called "unusual flight conditions". When the "angle of attack" (the angle between the direction of the nose and the airflow) is high, the engine nacelles can contribute to the tendency of the aircraft to pitch up.
To counteract this propensity, special software known as the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) was installed, says Boeing, "to provide consistent handling qualities".
But the main safety regulator, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and airline customers were not fully informed of the new system.
In two Boeing 737 Max tragedies – Lion Air in 2018, which cost 189 lives, and Ethiopian Airlines in 2019, with 157 fatalities – MCAS was triggered by a single faulty sensor, which forced the nose of the aircraft down. The pilots, unfamiliar with the software and what it could do, were unable to overcome the automatic commands that doomed both planes.
After the second crash, the plane was grounded. It re-entered service in December 2020.
This week the US Department of Justice said that Boeing was guilty of "conspiracy to defraud the United States" over the 737 Max certification, and agreed to pay over $2.5bn (£1.8bn) in penalties and compensation.
Has the 737 been involved in many other fatal crashes?
Yes. The aviation safety website lists a further 80 "fatal events" involving the Boeing 737.
But just because an aircraft type is involved in an accident does not mean that the plane is dangerous. With many thousands of Boeing 737s in service in normal times, it is statistically predictable that a significant number of the very infrequent plane crashes will involve the jet.
Boeing itself publishes data (up to and including 2019) that can be analysed to calculate the number of flights for each fatal accident.
The -100/-200 series flew 1.1 million flights for each fatal crash
The "Classic 737," as involved in the latest accident in Indonesia, made 4 million departures per fatal accident.
New Generation Boeing 737s have flown 12.5 million flights for each fatal event – three of which took place in 2020 alone.
The first was the shooting down of Ukraine International Airlines flight 752, which was mistaken for an American warplane shortly after take-off from Tehran's Imam Khomeini airport on 8 January. All 176 passengers and crew on the Boeing 737 to Kiev died in the crash
On 7 August, Air India Express flight 1344 slid off the runway at Calicut International Airport on landing from Dubai. Nineteen passengers and both pilots died, but the remaining 165 passengers and all four cabin crew survived.
A similar fatal accident involved Pegasus Airlines flight 2193 from Izmir to the airline's base at Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen airport on 5 February, in which three passengers died. After landing in heavy rain, the Boeing 737 skidded off the end of the runway and into a ditch, breaking up into three sections.
The Boeing 737 Max is the outlier: with two fatal crashes involving an aircraft type that was very new, the rate is one per 140,000 departures.
How do those accident rates compare with other aircraft types?
On figures to the end of 2019, the Airbus A320 series (the direct rival for the 737) has an identical fatal accident rate to the "New Generation" series of the Boeing jet: one in 12.5 million.
The Airbus A330 has a rate twice as high, but its four-engined sibling, the A340, has never suffered a fatal event.
Likewise, the Airbus A350 and A380 (SuperJumbo) have had no fatal accidents.
The Boeing 787 shares the same remarkable record.
Would you confidently fly on a 737?
Yes. Probably like many people, I have flown on far more 737s than any other aircraft type.
The safest airline in the world in terms of passengers flown without a fatality was, for decades, Southwest. It lost the title in 2018, after a single passenger lost her life after an uncontained engine failure shattered a window on a flight.
The current holder is Ryanair.
These two airlines are the world's biggest and most successful budget carriers. And they fly the 737 exclusively.
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7 Signs You Have A Strong Personality That May Scare Others
It's easy for someone who doesn't have a 'strong personality' to confuse those who do, with something they're not.
Those with a strong personality are not dominating or rudeyou're not being difficult or "crossing the line." None of that reflects who you are, or what your personality is, at all. In fact, most strong people are giant balls of fluffthey're really just kind-hearted softies.
But things get twisted because people with domineering personalities (those who refuse to back down when they are wrong, and won't admit mistakes) give those with strong personalities (those who hold the other types accountable for their actions, words, and mistakes) a bad reputation. It's not that you have to win, you're just not willing to let others walk all over you whenever they please.
Sure, some people may be scared of you, but that's because they don't understand you.
How can you be so comfortable with yourself that you do not need anyone else to validate you?
Here are 7 signs you have a strong personality that may scare others:
1. You don't tolerate excuses
Also called 'accountability.' You do not put up with excuses. If you have a strong personality, you aren't going to listen to people whine and complain about what they can't do, what has gone wrong, and why they can't succeed. You'd rather spend your energy focusing on what you can do, what can be resolved, and what can be accomplished. Sure, there might be plenty of reasons why you can't do something…but there are more reasons why you can.
2. You can't stand small talk
Small talk is unbearable. You have a lot of ideas, so of course you don't want to waste time talking about what people are wearing or who is dating whom, when you could be talking about things that matter and, oh I don't know, maybe change the world.
Maybe you feel as though you are bad at making small talk. That's actually not true. Anyone can do that. What's really happening is you are feeling discomfort because small talk kills time and brain cells.
3. You walk away from insensitivity, idiocy, and willful ignorance
Domineering personalities stem from a lack of knowledge, and understanding. Strong personalities are developed by being thoughtful and well-informed. There is a massive difference between these two.
See, you have spent plenty of time and effort using your brain power for good. So you don't tolerate people who make instant judgments about things they don't know anything about. This very well might be your best qualitynot because you could use your intellect to influence others, but you can use your knowledge to encourage them to think about what they say before they poison the air.
4. You listen to others
Sure, it sounds like a great thing that most people would appreciate. However, listening to people and giving them your honest advice can be terrifying to someone who is used to living their life in a box of conformity and shame.
5. You can live without the spotlight
If you've got a strong personality, then you do not need attention. So why do people who meet you think you are an attention hog? It's because you have something besides a strong personality; you have a magnetic personality as well. People are just drawn to your openness and honesty. You don't socialize because you have a dire need toyou do it because people need and want you around.
6. You are fearless
Actually, you are probably afraid of at least one thing. But there is a difference between your fears and the fears of others; your fears do not dictate how you will live your life.
7. You see insecurity as opportunity
We all have moments of insecurity. It's what you do with those feelings that matter. For you, insecurity is an opportunity to improve. You know you're far from perfect but you keep going. You continue to learn and evolve, despite the risk of looking like a fool. This is the definition of living…not merely existing.
It's true, some people just aren't going to like you. They think that you are difficult to be around. But what some perceive as difficult, others might see as challenging. You challenge other people to be the best version of themselves, and that's not always a comfortable experience.
By Raven Fon
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Presidents' Day Poem
What a great way to combine English language arts with your celebration of Presidents' Day! Youngsters are guided through the reading of a poem sung to the tune of "Itsy Bitsy Spider" on the jobs of the president of the United States, identifying sight words and underlining and discussing other key words along the way.
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CCSS: Adaptable
Instructional Ideas
 - As a follow-up to the activity, explain that adults choose someone to be president that they think will be a good leader, and for older learners, consider introducing the concept of voting
 - Practice the song a few times, and then sing the song together as a class one last time before the school day ends
 - Highlight some of the more well-known presidents for youngsters, such as the current president or George Washington
Classroom Considerations
 - More challenging activity ideas provided for older students
 - Nice printout of poem included
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Ontario overall benefits from the pole shift in that it will arrive at a warmer climate, will have ocean access from the Hudson Bay and what will become the St. Lawrence Bay, and will be a land bridge supporting travel between the lands to what is now the west and east. Ontario has land to the north that is of a low enough elevation to be swallowed by the melting poles. This will consume a good half of Ontario, but will bring the Hudson Bay closer to survivors huddled in the highlands. Fishing will be good in the oceans after the shift, as the high level of carbon dioxide will make the oceans lush with vegetation, and sea food will follow in becoming abundant. As a land bridge, Ontario might find itself with barter and communication opportunities, also.
Note Great Lakes commentary.
Note East Coast Migration commentary.