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Bangalore, India — Personnel development has increasingly become a competitive factor for businesses. It involves interlocking various personnel processes and evaluating a great deal of information. These functions are the strength of IT solutions like mySAP Human Resources, which defines and supports all the relevant processes according to the requirements of comprehensive personnel development. The first part of this article describes how to derive comprehensive personnel development with a requirements profile based upon a company's goals. The second part of the article describes how mySAP Human Resources supports this process.
Today, the net material value of many organizations constitutes only a portion of their entire value. Immaterial values, such as the knowledge and competence of employees, are a much more significant part of a company's assets. These values must be won, maintained, and cultivated. To do so, personnel development efforts must be oriented toward a company's future goals. Companies must find and cultivate not only the best and most competent employees, but also the right ones.
Finding the best and the right employees demands comprehensive consideration of personnel development across an employee's entire tenure at the company and linking it to the company's strategic direction. Accordingly, personnel development begins before employees join the company and ends only after they leave it. Personnel development covers four broadly defined development areas: recruitment and integration, education and training, evaluation and compensation, and development and cultivation.
Good Intentions – Good Results?
How can these goals become established in a company? Comprehensive personnel development must consider a great deal of information, including information on the qualifications and competencies of individual employees and the requirements for various positions within the company. This information is important for recruiting, staffing projects, analyzing training needs, or deriving personnel actions related to development. The challenge lies in formatting the information so that it's always up-to-date, networked, and available to decision makers, as well as in being able to classify it correctly.
The ability to classify information is the strength of integrated HR solutions like mySAP Human Resources (mySAP HR). The interplay of components for organizational management, personnel recruiting and development, and event management supports this approach to personnel development.
Requirements Profiles as the Basis of Comprehensive Personnel Development
Understood in this manner, personnel development is based upon requirements profiles developed from and linked to a company's goals. The profiles display the current and (above all) future development and educational areas of employees. Only in this way can personnel development serve as a vehicle for transporting a company's strategic goals and culture.
Along with deriving specific tasks from a company's goals and departmental needs, requirements profiles must also contain the resulting qualifications, personal competencies, and responsibilities of employees that apply to their daily work. Accordingly, profiles contain information on the following:
- The goals of the position
- The tasks of the position
- The qualifications and personal competencies required to perform these tasks successfully
- The criteria for evaluating existing requirements (perhaps divided into basic, routine, user, and expert knowledge)
- The definition of the intended characteristics of individual requirements and competencies
mySAP HR can map the organizational structure and the requirements profile for a given department using components for organizational management and personnel development. Qualifications and competencies are collected into a catalog, which is available throughout the organization. The organizational management component can map a position's goals, tasks, and responsibilities.
Regardless of how effectively the components of mySAP HR work together, the SAP solution is a tool that internally displays the overall context and the connections between various affects and that links information, such as individual qualification deficits or development plans. Ultimately, the design of comprehensive personnel development can be made a reality only with defined processes and trained managers.


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This paper presents work conducted to date on the development of a voice activated command and control framework specifically for the control of remote devices in a ubiquitous computing environment. The prototype device is a Java controlled Lego Mindstorm robot. The research considers three different scenario configurations. A recognition grammar for command and control of the robot has been created and implemented in Java, in part in the recognition engine and in part on the robot. The physical topology involves Java at each node endpoint, that is, at the handheld PC (iPaq), the PC workstation, the Linux server and onboard the robot (including its Java based Lejos OS). Network communications is primarily WLAN with an element of IR where the robot is concerned. The speech recognition software used includes Sphinx4, Microsoft SAPI and the Java Speech API. We compare these speech technologies and present their benefits in the context of this research. For each given scenario we present and discuss the implementation challenges encountered and their corresponding solutions. We outline our future plans to create additional grammars to extend the frameworks range of devices.
Ayres, Tony and Nolan, Brian
"Voice Activated Command and Control with Speech Recognition over Wireless Networks,"
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The Civics merit badge was one of the original 57 merit badges issued by the Boy Scouts of America in 1911.
Civics is a discontinued merit badge. It was one of the original 1911 merit badges, but was renamed Citizenship by the 1948 revision to the Boy Scout Handbook. That badge was then replaced by Citizenship in the Nation in in 1951 and Citizenship in the Community and Citizenship in the Home in 1952 (later renamed as the Family Life merit badge). At the same time, the World Brotherhood merit badge was introduced, and these four badges constituted the "Citizenship Group" of merit badges, any two of which were required for Eagle. In 1972, the Citizenship in the World merit badge replaced World Brotherhood.
Civics requirements at inception
- State the principal citizenship requirements of an elector in his state.
- Know the principal features of the naturalization laws of the United States.
- Know how President, Vice-President, senators, and congressmen of the United States are elected and their terms of office.
- Know the number of judges of the Supreme Court of the United States, how appointed, and their term of office.
- Know the various administrative departments of government, as represented in the President's Cabinet.
- Know how the governor, lieutenant-governor, senators, representatives, or assemblymen of his state are elected, and their terms of office.
- Know whether the judges of the principal courts in his state are appointed or elected, and the length of their terms.
- Know how the principal officers in his town or city are elected and for what terms.
- Know the duties of the various city departments, such as fire, police, board of health, etc.
- Draw a map of the town or city in which he lives, giving location of the principal public buildings and points of special interest.
- Give satisfactory evidence that he is familiar with the provisions and history of the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution of the United States.
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Princess and the Pizza Lesson Plan
- Grades: PreK–K, 1–2
About this book
- The Princess and the Pizza by Mary Jane Auch
- video camera
- costumes, props, and backdrops
Set Up and Prepare
If you decide to dive into this project, involve the art and music teachers. They can integrate scenery, costumes, music, and sound effects into their teaching. Also, a room parent can be a wonderful resource to help gather and create costumes.
Assign or have students choose roles. Allow students time to rehearse, using dialogue from the book, as well as any that they have written. Use a video camera to record the production, and schedule a time to share it with students.
Have students create posters or other advertising to invite neighboring classrooms to the performance, or the videotape showing.


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The AxesOff Command
Command Summary
Disables the X- and Y- axes on the graph screen.
Command Syntax
Menu Location
 1. 2nd FORMAT to access the format menu.
 2. Use arrows and ENTER to select AxesOff.
Calculator Compatibility
Token Size
2 bytes
The AxesOff command disables the X and Y axes on the graph screen, so that they aren't drawn. They can be enabled again with the AxesOn command.
(the y=x line that is drawn when both Seq and Web modes are enabled is also controlled by this command)
Generally, the AxesOff command should be used at the beginning of the program to disable the axes if the program is going to use the graph screen, since the axes get in the way. However, you should consider using StoreGDB and RecallGDB to save this setting if that's the case.
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World Braille Day: January 4
Every year, the World Braille Day is celebrated on January 4 by United Nations and several other international organizations. The day is celebrated to create awareness of the importance of Braille as a means of communication in the realization of human rights for the blind.
Why is World Braille Day celebrated on January 4?
It is celebrated on January 4 because the day marks the birthday of Louis Braille, the creator of this writing system. He was born in France in 1809.
When was the first World Braille Day celebrated?
What is Braille?
Braille is the representation of alphabetic and numerical symbols using six dots. The dots represent the letters and numbers and mathematical, musical and scientific symbols as well.
Who invented Braille?
Braille was invented by Louis Braille in the 19th century in France.
Braille Language in India
India adopted the uniform Braille codes for different languages in 1951. India established the first ever Braille plant called Central Braille Plant in Dehradun. In 1954, Central Braille press was established to manufacture Braille appliances. The press produces simple equipment such as Braille slate, stylus and arithmetic Braille slate.
What are the steps taken by GoI to support the people with disabilities?
The GoI enacted the Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995. The act provides special category called 'low vision' along with blind. Also, the act meets the stipulations of the United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
India accepted several United Nations resolutions on disabled people. This includes Observance of International Year of Disabled Persons in 1981, observance of UN Decade for the disabled 1983-92. India also observed Asia-Pacific Decade for the Disabled declared by ESCAP. ESCAP is Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. It is a regional think-tank that provides analytical opinions on social, economic and environmental dynamics in the region.
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Upgrading your iOS platform
How to update your operating system in order to support the Happy Hints App.
Here is a simple guide to update the software on apple devices via iTunes.
1. Connect device to Mac/PC using apple USB cable.
2. If iTunes does not open automatically, please open it.
3. In the left hand tool bar you will see a heading labelled devices.
4. Click the name of your device (see example below).
5. A screen will appear in the centre of itunes with all the information about the attached device, which will enable you to manage all media on your device (see example of this screen below).
6. In the centre of this screen there is a box called 'Version'. In this box there is button labelled check for updates (see example below).
7. Click this button and iTunes will prompt you to update the device if this is required.
8. If an update is required proceed by following on-screen instructions and only unplug the device when the update is complete.
Please Note: Devices with iOS 5 (the latest version of the apple operating system) onwards can update from the device itself wirelessly without connecting it to a Mac or PC. This can only be performed if the device is on a wireless network connected to the internet. For example, if you have a wireless router in your house through which your PC or Mac connects to the internet, your phone or other device must also be connected to the internet via the wireless network to perform the update.
1. On the device press the settings icon.
2. Press the general option from the list.
3. Press software update.
4. If you are on a wireless network and an update is required follow the on screen instructions to update.
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Make it a small: N.Y.'s ban on large sodas likely won't take in Utah
Published: Thursday, May 31 2012 6:23 p.m. MDT
While he admits it will be a fight, he intends to run the bill again "when the timing is right."
"The amount of carbonation drinks that are available for adults and kids is astounding," he said. "It's out there and it contributes to the struggle that everybody fights every single day in keeping their weight under control."
In Utah, more obese people report drinking at least one full-sugar, carbonated beverage per day than those with an ideal body mass, Isabella said. A recent health department survey found that at least 25 percent of adults in Utah have a daily soda habit.
Teenage boys are twice as likely as girls to drink at least one can or bottle of soda per day, as 23 percent of 12th-grade boys and 12 percent of girls in the same age group admitted to the behavior.
Kary Woodruff, a dietitian at The Orthopedic Specialty Hospital in Murray, said sweetened beverages sometimes constitute up to 40 percent of a child's total daily caloric intake, a drastic increase from years past.
"Research shows that a higher intake of calories from beverages tends to be related to higher weight gain," she said, adding that a more appropriate proportion for sweetened beverages in a diet is 10 percent or less.
"Even if we get a significant amount of calories from beverages, we still feel like we're still hungry and we continue eating because we don't regulate the fullness like we do with food calories," Woodruff said.
Kids who drink too much often also have a problem eating enough food, thereby missing out on much of the day's nutritional needs. And adults often also miss out on necessary nutrients by consuming too much sugar.
Even diet soda poses a risk, Woodruff said, as artificial sweeteners can lead to compensatory behaviors and generate cravings for other sweet foods. A high consumption of carbonated beverages can also be a risk factor for unhealthy bones and decreased heart health, among other problems.
"If people continue to use them, same with tobacco and alcohol, they continue to use these things in excess, it's their right to destroy their bodies," said University of Utah student Alex Pavia, who was drinking a diet soda. "I don't think they should, but it's their right."
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Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata (L.f.) Royle)
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Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata), also commonly called water thyme, is a submersed perennial herb. The plant is rooted in the bed of the waterbody and has long stems (up to 25 feet in length) that branch at the surface where growth becomes horizontal and forms dense mats. Small (2 - 4 mm wide, 6 - 20 mm long), pointed, often serrated leaves are arranged around the stem in whorls of 3 to 10. Southern populations are predominantly dioecious female (plants having only female flowers) that overwinter as perennials. Populations north of South Carolina, including populations in New York, are essentially monoecious (having both male and female flowers on the same plant) that set some fertile seed, and depend on tubers for overwintering. These monoecious plants produce female flowers with three translucent petals 10 - 50 mm long by 4 - 8 mm wide, and male flowers with three white to red narrow petals about 2 mm long.
Close-up of Hydrilla. Photo: Chris Evans, River to River CWMA, Bugwood.org
The dioecious form of Hydrilla is believed to originate from the Indian subcontinent, specifically the island of Sri Lanka, although random DNA analysis also indicates India's southern mainland as a possible source location. The monoecious form is believed to have arrived on our shores from Korea.
Hydrilla can be found infesting freshwater lakes, ponds, rivers, impoundments and canals.
Hydrilla infestation of small lake. Photo: Tim Murphy, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org
The dioecious strain of H. verticillata was imported as an aquarium plant in the early 1950s. Discarded (or intentionally planted ) colonies were found in canals in Miami and Tampa shortly after. The monoecious strain was introduced separately decades later in the Potomac Basin.
Both dioecious and monoecious Hydrilla propagate primarily by stem fragments, although turions (buds) and subterranean tubers also play an important role. The main means of introduction of Hydrilla is as castaway fragments on recreational boats and trailers and in their live wells. New colonies can often be found near boat ramps as such stem pieces become rooted in the substrate (even very, very small fragments can become the start of new populations). Boat traffic through established populations can shatter and spread Hydrilla throughout the waterbody, similar to the spread of Eurasian watermilfoil.
Hydrilla is often a contaminant on popular watergarden plants and may be unwittingly transported and established in private ponds in this manner. As with most invasive aquatic plant species, Hydrilla is a very opportunistic organism and can often be found taking over waters that have had populations of Eurasian watermilfoil chemically removed without a management plan for reestablishing native vegetation.
Hydrilla can invade deep, dark waters where most native plants cannot grow. The plant's aggressive growth (hydrilla's 20 - 30 foot stems can add up to an inch per day) can spread into shallow water areas and form thick mats that block sunlight to native plants below, effectively displacing the native vegetation of a waterbody. Major colonies of hydrilla can alter the physical and chemical characteristics of lakes:
- It is one of the world's worst aquatic invasive plants
- It blocks sunlight and displaces native plants below with its thick, dense surface mats
- Stratification of the water column and decreased dissolved oxygen levels can lead to fish kills
- The weight and size of sportfish can be reduced when open water and natural vegetation are lost
- Waterfowl feeding areas and fish spawning sites are eliminating by dense surface mats
- Thick mats of vegation can obstruct boating, swimming and fishing
- The value of shorefront property can be significantly reduced, hurting both homeowners and the communities that rely on taxation of shoreline property
- In severe infestations, intakes at water treatment, power generation, and industrial facilities can be blocked
Emergent stems and leaves of Hydrilla. Photo: David J. Moorhead, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org
Hydrilla has pointed, bright green leaves about 5/8 inches long. The leaves grow in whorls of 3 - 10 along the stem, 5 being most common. The margins of the leaves are serrated (toothed). Thin stalks from the stem end in a single, small, floating white flower at the water's surface. A key identifying feature is the presence of small (up to half inch long), dull-white to yellowish, potato-like tubers which grow 2 to 12 inches below the surface of the sediment at the ends of underground stems. These tubers form at the end of the growing season and serve to store food to allow Hydrilla to overwinter.
Illustration: Cayuga Lake Watershed Network (Rev. October 3, 2012, CCE ISP)
Close-up of H. verticillata stem and leaves. Photo: Robert Vidéki, Doronicum Kft., Bugwood.org
|Hydrilla is often confused with the common native water weed, Elodea Canadensis, which has whorls of 3 smooth-edged leaves as opposed to whorls of 4 to 10 serrated and spined leaves.|
Line art: University of Florida Center for Aquatic Plants
The best way to help prevent the spread of Hydrilla is to follow basic clean boating techniques:
For All Types of Watercraft:
- Be aware of and, if possible, avoid passing through dense beds of aquatic vegetation
- Inspect your watercraft, all equipment, and trailers after each use for any plant material
- Remove and dispose of all plant matter, dirt, mud and other material in a trash can or above the waterline on dry land well away from where it might get washed back into the lake
- Clean and dry all equipment thoroughly before visiting other water bodies (including anything that got wet, such as fishing gear and the family dog)
For Non-Motorized Craft Such as rowing shells, canoes, kayaks, and sailboards:
Open airlocks on shells or air bladders on kayaks after use and allow to dry thoroughly, as plant fragments can survive moist conditions for many days
Around Docks, Launch Sites, and Other Areas:
If plant fragments are piling up around dock areas, use a rake to remove plant material and dispose in the trash
Mechanical harvesting and herbicide spraying are common control methods of controlling Hydrilla. Both are expensive and only moderately effective.
- Power weed cutters mow underwater weeds below the water surface and gather them onto a conveyor. The harvesting process is expensive, costing over $1,000 per acre. Because of Hydrilla's rapid growth, mechanical harvesting needs to be performed several times per growing season. Since the mowing and removal process cannot capture every single fragment of Hydrilla stem and leaf, water and wind currents moving away from the harvest area can easily carry these fragments to uninfested areas of a waterbody and result in new populations taking root.
- Chemicals are easier to apply, but also costly. Herbicide spraying works best in small, enclosed bodies of water, and does not work at all in larger bodies the size of a Finger Lake, or in moving water such as a stream, river or canal. Herbicides can also have unintended impacts on native flora, as well. For those reasons, permits for chemical control of Hydrilla are difficult to obtain in New York.
- Biological control insects as part of efforts to control Hydrilla have been attempted in Florida with mixed results. Leaf-mining flies from Australia and India and a tuber-feeding weevil from India have been used overseas. The insects released are not native to NY, nor are they currently permitted for release in the State. The use of non-native species to attempt to control another non-native species can be risky if the newly released species out-competes native insects, causing a new invasive species problem. The use of sterile grass carp has been used with some success in small lakes in the southern US but would be impractical in lakes the size of the Finger Lakes.
- Another method of dealing with Hydrilla infestations is the control of water levels. Temporary control of Hydrilla has been shown to result from large-scale, long-term water drawdowns. However, since new plants can grow from the buried tubers, regrowth can take place when water levels are allowed to return to normal. Drawdowns also can have negative environmental impacts on native plant species and on fish populations.
- Suction harvesting of Hydrilla growth by divers using very strong vacuum hoses can be used to remove Hydrilla from confined areas. However, as with drawdowns, if the underground tubers are not removed by dredging following the suction harvesting, regrowth can take place from the tubers during the next growing season. Further, any fragments that might escape during vacuum activities can float away to root and start new infestations.
The "best", most effective way to control Hydrilla is the prevention of new Hydrilla infestations.
Waterbodies infested with Hydrilla can be found in 70% of Florida's freshwater drainage basins,


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I am so excited to start sharing the English Alphabet with you! The Alphabet range in Afrikaans has been oh so popular and in this time I have been getting numerous requests to do the Alphabet in English by popular demand, I give you the first free letter. A for Apple.
The playdough mats are perfect for first learners. Little ones need to make big strokes as small letters are to difficult for them to trace. Often kids learn quicker when they shape the letters with something, rather than write it, thats why playdough mats are so awesome. Laminate the playdough mats so you can
use them over and over again… they can even write on it with whiteboard markers so you can wipe of and re use. Here is an example of one of the Afrikaans mats.
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OpenCV SURF implementation returns a sequence of 64/128 32 bit float values (descriptor) for each feature point found in the image. Is there a way to normalize this float values and take them to an integer scale (for example, [0, 255])?. That would save important space (1 or 2 bytes per value, instead of 4). Besides, the conversion should ensure that the descriptors remain meaningful for other uses, such as clustering.
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There are other feature extractors than SURF. The BRIEF extractor uses only 32 bytes per descriptor. It uses 32 unsigned bytes [0-255] as its elements. You can create one like this:
Ptr ptrExtractor = DescriptorExtractor::create("BRIEF");
Be aware that a lot of image processing routines in OpenCV need or assume that the data is stored as floating-point numbers.
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You can treat the float features as an ordinary image (Mat or cvmat) and then use cv::normalize(). Another option is using cv::norm() to find the range of descriptor values and then cv::convertTo() to convert to CV_8U. Look up the OpenCV documentation for these functions.
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Knee deep in the Gulf of Mexico, a group of karate students performs hakucho kata.
In unison, their movements create a pattern of ebb and flow between balanced poses. A constant drizzle of rain soaks them as the waves test their balance.
It was an end-of-summer workout, one where martial arts students came together for a day of training at Delnor-Wiggins State Park in North Naples. The beach workout, an annual one for the students at Minami Dojo martial arts school, is a chance to bring karate out of the classroom and into the lives of the students, says the school's founder and master instructor, Lynn Kureth. With students of all levels training at various locations, Kureth said the tradition started as a way to bring his students together.
"It develops fellowship. It helps students to build relationships on a different level and to have a better cohesion with the dojo," said Kureth.
Exercises originally taught in the dojo are tested in outside environments where weaknesses will be amplified. For example, a kata is a pre-choreographed slow-motion pattern of movements to develop form. Karate katas often imitate animals, and the hakucho kata is based on the white crane.
"The different types of the steps that are found in the hakucho kata have to do with the ways that a crane would step. They are either stepping over something or stepping through something," said Kureth.
"The bird will strike with its beak and we will strike with our fingertips."
Pat Hurley, a first-degree black belt and sensei of the school's Ave Maria dojo, said the on-location training forces the students to focus on their balance. Familiar exercises from the dojo become unfamiliar when standing on the beach or in the water.
"It causes you to really focus on how you may need to improve. When you do karate on a sandy beach it is like lifting weights for your balance," said Hurley.
"Karate is more than self-defense. It is a mindset. The way you develop your training and practice helps you with school and it helps you with work. It helps you with dealing with other people and everyday life," said Kureth.
"Someone might ask me 'When is the last time you used your karate?' My answer would be 'every day.' It is in how I deal with people or how I drive down the road. You aren't aggressive. You see someone who is going to be aggressive and you back off and let them go. You choose the battles you wish to fight. Some of the battles aren't worth fighting."
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Deducting or Amortizing Start-up Costs and Organizational Costs
It's important to properly account for start up costs.
Starting a new business venture can be exciting. Whether you are forming your first company or expanding into a new area, it is important to properly account for start-up and organizational costs. The rules concerning these costs are different for income tax purposes and for financial reporting under US GAAP.
For those companies reporting under US GAAP, Financial Accounting Standards Codification 720 states that start up/organization costs should be expensed as incurred. However, it is important to identify the costs as incurred because some particular costs may fall under other code sections and require specialized treatment.
The income tax treatment is different. Consult with your LaPorte tax advisor to determine if you can take an immediate deduction or if the cost must be capitalized and amortized (spread out) over a period of years. Typically, it depends on the type of cost and the amount invested, but there are other IRS regulations that may apply.
Start-up Costs
The IRS defines start-up costs as amounts paid or incurred for creating an active trade or business, or to investigate the creation or acquisition of an active trade or business. Start-up costs include amounts paid or incurred in connection with an existing activity engaged in for profit, and for the production of income in anticipation of the activity becoming an active trade or business. Start-up costs include:
 - Advertisements for the opening of the business.
 - Salaries and wages for employees who are being trained and their instructors.
 - Salaries and fees for executives and consultants, or for similar professional services.
Start-up costs do not include deductible interest, taxes, or research and experimental costs. These costs are considered separately for tax purposes, as well as:
 - Costs related to obtaining licenses and other qualifications to get into the business.
 - Costs of buying business assets such as a building, equipment, or vehicles.
Organizational Costs for Partnerships or Corporations
Organizational costs are expenses related to forming a corporation, partnership, or limited liability company (not a sole proprietorship). These may include legal, management, consulting, accounting and filing fees.
The costs for issuing and marketing interests in a partnership or corporation such as brokerage, registration, and legal fees and printing costs do not qualify as organizational costs. The IRS considers these "syndication fees" which are capital expenses that cannot be depreciated or amortized. You also cannot claim a loss on syndication fees.
Deducting or Amortizing Start-up and Organization Costs
Start-up costs can be capitalized and amortized if they meet both of the following tests:
 1. You could deduct the costs if you paid or incurred them to operate an existing active trade or business (in the same field), and;
 2. You pay or incur the costs before the day your active trade or business begins.
In the first year you are in business, you can deduct Up to $5,000 in start-up costs provided you've spent $50,000 or less This deduction must be made in the first year you are actively in business. The balance over $5,000 must be capitalized and amortized over the applicable number of years.
If you incurred more than $50,000 in start-up costs but less than $55,000,there is a phase out of the $5,000 deduction. For example, if you spent $52,000, your deduction would be $3,000 and $49,000 would have to be capitalized and amortized.
Should your startup costs be greater than $55,000, you do not qualify for an immediate $5,000 deduction, but you would capitalize those costs and take the amortization expense as a deduction each year.
Since the IRS separates startup costs and organizational costs, you can also take a deduction up to $5,000 for organizational expenses (up to $50,000). These costs must be incurred before the end of the first tax year your company is in business. The same IRS rules apply to organizational expenses between $50,000 and $55,000, as well as over $55,000.
If you do not expect to make a profit in the first year you are in business, you should consider amortizing the full amount of start-up and organizational costs over 15 years. This will allow you to minimize taxes in years where you make more money. For example, if your start-up costs are $30,000, you could deduct $2,000 per year for 15 years instead of taking the $5,000 deduction in year one.
There are many other IRS rules that need to be taken into consideration on the tax treatment of start-up and organizational costs. The professionals at LaPorte work on a substantial number of initial year returns annually where we analyze how start-up and organizational costs need to be treated for income tax purposes. For additional information, contact a member of the LaPorte Tax Services Group.


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Adolescents, in general, are spending more time in online environments, and understanding how youth navigate these contexts may be particularly important for addressing and improving outcomes among sexual and gender minority youth. Taking a developmental perspective, this review discusses online environments as contexts of both risk and resilience for youth in gender and sexual minority communities. In particular, we review literature highlighting how online environments provide a context for many salient aspects of adolescent development, including the promotion of identity development and the exploration of intimate, romantic and sexual behavior. The potential for online environments to serve as contexts for discrimination and victimization for gender and sexual minority youth are also discussed. Specific recommendations for parents, teachers and sexual and gender minority youth themselves are made for creating and promoting positive wellbeing in online spaces.
Key Take Away Points
-Sexual and gender minority youth, like all youth, are spending increasing amounts of time online
-Online environments provide important opportunities for identity exploration, relationship formation and information gathering
-Sexual and gender minority youth may be particularly likely to explore sexual behavior online
-Online environments can also harbor risks in terms of cyber victimization and unwanted solicitation (i.e., online predation)
-Parents, teachers, and youth play an important role in helping adolescents to navigate online environments
Alexa Martin-Storey is an associate professor at the Université de Sherbrooke in the department of psychoéducation. She is the Tier II Canada Research Chair in Stigma and Psychosocial Development, and her work focuses on understanding how stigma shapes adolescent mental health and wellbeing. Alicia Lapointe is currently a Research Scientist at the Center for School Mental Health at Western University, with work that focuses on educative and activist function of Gender and Sexuality Alliances (GSA) in publicly-funded Ontario Catholic and secular high schools. Alice Girouard is a doctoral student in psychology at the Université de Montréal. Her work focuses on childhood maltreatment, sexual well-being and sexual and gender diversity. Marie-Michèle Paquette is a doctoral student in psychology at the Université de Montréal and her work focuses on subjective sexuality, sexting, and sexual wellbeing. Sophie Bergeron is a full professor in the psychology department of the Université de Montréal and is the Tier I Canada Research Chair in Intimate Relationships and Sexual Wellbeing. Her work focuses on the psychosocial risk and proactive factors associated with individual and couple sexual wellbeing
We wish to acknowledge the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada for the research chairs to the first and last author which made this work possible. We also wish to acknowledge both CRIPCAS (Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire sur les problèmes conjugaux et les agressions sexuelles), as well as PREVNet (Promoting Relationship & Eliminating Violence Network) in supporting this project.
Martin-Storey, Alexa; Lapointe, Alicia A.; Girouard, Alice; Paquette, Marie-Michèle; and Bergeron, Sophie
"The online environments of sexual and gender minority youth: Contexts of risk and resilience,"
Journal of Family Strengths: Vol. 21:
1, Article 7.
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If I Can Sing a Song about Ligatures 2009, Digital Video
w/ Nada Gordon (part of FOREIGN FILM SERIES)
Third in the series of Foreign Films exploring relations of text and image, how text turns the image. In (If I Can Sing A Song About) Ligatures, words taken from lines of Nada Gordon's unrequited love poems, whose sentences are taken, in their turn, from anonymous web poems, reveal a history of sexuality. Ligatures pronounces the poignancy of desire; its power and its vulnerability. The women are visions, girls, desirous, delicate, illusory. The illusionary nature is made manifest-transversing boundaries, expectations and physical limits-by the close. We in the audience, creating our own identities in the moments, remain trans-fixed.
Premiered at the New York Film Festival
Distribution: Abigail Child


How Long Did Noah Live?
Was Noah's Ark ever found?
Despite many expeditions, no physical proof of Noah's Ark has been found.
Many of the supposed findings and methods are regarded as pseudoscience and pseudoarchaeology by geologists and archaeologists..
How old is the oldest person in the Bible?
How old is Adam according to the Bible?
How was Adam and Eve created?
What did Adam and Eve speak?
Who never died in the Bible?
(Enoch and Elijah are said in scripture to have been taken into heaven while still being alive on Earth and not yet experiencing physical death.) On November 1, 1950, Pope Pius XII, acting ex cathedra, issued Munificentissimus Deus, an authoritative statement of official dogma of Roman Catholicism.
How long did Noah live on the ark?
After 150 days, "God remembered Noah … and the waters subsided" until the ark rested on the mountains of Ararat. On the 27th day of the second month of Noah's six hundred and first year the earth was dry.
How long did Adam and Eve live?
How long did humans live in biblical times?
Several parts of the Hebrew Bible, including the Torah, Joshua, Job, and 2 Chronicles, mention individuals with very long lifespans, up to the 969 years of Methuselah….Hebrew Bible (Old Testament)Biblical longevityAbraham175175Nahor148304Jacob147147Esau147?147?37 more rows
How many wives did Noah have?
When did humans live the longest?
The longest verified lifespan for any human is that of Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment, who is claimed to have lived to age 122 years, 164 days, between 21 February 1875 and 4 August 1997, which however is disputed.
Has anyone lived past 120 years?


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A Department of Firsts
North Carolina State University's Department of Nuclear Engineering is the only nuclear engineering program in North Carolina and a premier nuclear engineering department in the United States.
Our department has a unique history. It is home to the first university-based nuclear reactor and associated Nuclear Reactor Program dedicated to teaching, research and extension. It is also the lead university in two unique consortia:
- The Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors (CASL), funded by the Department of Energy, uses advanced computer simulations to create safer, more cost-effective nuclear power plants.
- The Consortium for Nonproliferation Enabling Capabilities (CNEC) is funded by the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA's) Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation (DNN R&D) Proliferation Detection Program (PDP). The mission of the PDP is to develop technologies to detect foreign nuclear weapons development activities; to support nuclear arms control treaties verification and monitoring for compliance; and to support national nuclear security more broadly.
- The National University Consortium (NUC), established by INL with North Carolina State University as one of the founding members, collaborates research that strengthens the portfolios of INL and universities and furthers the nation's strategic nuclear energy objectives.
In addition to the consortia, our department houses multiple research groups and programs:
- The 4th State Application Research Group (4-STAR), focuses in the area of industrial applications of plasma discharges, enhancing current plasma applications and developing new plasma applications for next generation material and device fabrication.
- The Center for Engineering Applications of Radioisotopes (CEAR), focuses in industrial and medical radiation and radioisotope measurement applications. The areas of interest include the optimum design and use of short-lived radioisotope tracers for unit processes, nuclear gauges, nuclear analyzers, nuclear oil well logging devices and computed tomography devices.
- The Nuclear Reactor Program (NRP), focuses to enhance, promote, and utilize the PULSTAR research reactor and associated facilities in an exemplary manner, leading to national recognition as a premier 1-MW Nuclear Reactor Program dedicated to research, teaching, and extension.
- The Radiation Detection Applications in Nuclear Security (RADIANS), focuses on applying advanced radiation measurement and analysis methods to meet current and future challenges to the missions of nuclear security.
- The Reactor Dynamics and Fuel Modelling Group (RDFMG), established at Penn State has been recently moved to North Carolina State University. RDFMG has established expertise and experience in developing, validation, and application of methodologies in core neutronics, core and system thermal-hydraulics, and coupled neutronics/thermal-hydraulics/fuel performance calculations.
Additionally, the department has faculty participating in collaborative research with other departments:
- The Center for Nuclear Energy Facilities and Structures, performs research on innovative but rigorous solutions to problems in nuclear power plants and to transfer this technology to the industry. These solutions reduce uncertainty, increase safety and reduce the cost of operation of existing plants and of building new ones.
As one of the smaller departments in the College of Engineering, interaction between faculty and students is high! Through our degree programs and research, we have increased opportunities for student learning in fission reactor engineering, radiation applications, nuclear materials, computational science, plasma science, radiological engineering and fusion engineering. Nuclear engineering graduates enter a wide spectrum of professions, from medical therapy and imaging to nuclear power production. Students find our department a challenging and collegial environment for study, research and innovation. We also encourage participation in student organizations.
Nuclear Engineering is a multidisciplinary field engaged in the development, design, deployment and analysis of methods and devices that utilize fundamental nuclear processes. These processes include natural and induced radioactive decay, the splitting of heavy atomic nuclei (fission), and the merging of light nuclei (fusion). Our undergraduate curriculum prepares students to step into industry or continue into graduate work. In the graduate programs, students work closely with faculty members in research thrust areas. Our programs include:
Some of our alums have been recognized by the department and college with Distinguished Engineering Alumni Awards for their exceptional accomplishments. Our graduates typically become leaders in their fields. They represent and give back to the department, creating a beneficial cycle of academic and professional success.We are very proud of our alumni, who remain part of this department always.


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Application of aqueous primary cholesterol standards for enzymatic assay of cholesterol
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Cholesterol standards prepared as aqueous solutions with Triton X-100 are applied to cholesterol determination by enzymatic test-reagents of Radonja-SDK and Behring, based on the CHOD-PAP method. The measured absorbances at 500 nm plotted against the concentrations of cholesterol standards gave calibration curves with the equations: Y(x) = 0.007235 + 0.066450x, r = 0.99991 for SDK and Y(x) = 0.001348 + 0.063463x, r = 0.99968 for the Behring test. The accuracy of cholesterol content determination in each standard is evaluated by comparison of specified standard concentrations (X) against the values calculated by factor 14.7 (N(x) = 0.19396 + 0.95865x, r = 0.99992) and 15.1 (N(x) = 0.019396 + 0.95865x, r = 0.99968) for the SKD and Behring tests, respectively. The comparison of cholesterol values in 40 different sera calculated via calibration curves and by corresponding factor showed a high correlation (r ≥ 0.999). The standards used as a sample gave a high precision of assay (KV ≤ 3.25%...). The aqueous cholesterol standards were stable for 5 months at +4°C.
Source:Jugoslovenska medicinska biohemija, 1984, 3, 1-2, 41-45
- Društvo medicinskih biohemičara Srbije i Crne Gore, Beograd i Univerzitet u Beogradu - Farmaceutski fakultet, Beograd


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Why have two levels? Because it should make writing morphological rules easier down the road. Say you have an inflectional prefix |e-| and you want to add it to oskal and get eskal rather than *eoskal (or whatever) even though that's not how it works with other vowel-initial words. In that case, you just order your rules so epenthesis applies at the very end, after all the prefixes and suffixes have been added.
It's easier to illustrate with examples.
Let's take two German words, ['tʰaːkʰ] "day" and ['ʃpaːtʰ] "spar [a kind of mineral]". Both of these take the plural ending |ə|, but although the plural of [ʃpaːtʰ] is ['ʃpaːtʰə], the plural of ['tʰaːkʰ] isn't *['tʰaːkʰə]. Instead, it's ['tʰaːgə]. How do you deal with an ending that voices some stops but not others?
Well, if you notice that voiced stops (e.g. [g], [d], etc.) never
occur in final position in German, then you can write a final devoicing rule
. Your underlying forms can have voiced stops in this position but then a phonological rule replaces them with voiceless stops whenever they aren't followed by a vowel.
So then the underlying forms of the word ['tʰaːkʰ] is not */taːk/, since this predicts a plural form *['tʰaːkʰə] which doesn't exist. t's /taːg/. If you apply the final devoicing rule to it, you still get the correct singular form. But if you add the plural ending |ə|, then the rule doesn't apply and you get the correct plural form, ['tʰaːgə].
Your epenthesis rule is like this final devoicing rule. You want your surface forms to have the same sort of phonetic shape, but you want to have more options when you create your word roots. The way it will become clear that this is what you are doing is through alternations like these.
Let me try another example with your made-up words. You had one that was /hena/, right? What happens when you add it to /skal/? You get /henaskal/ because the /s/ has a vowel in front of it so the segmentation of the word is CV.CVC.CVC. All syllables fit the (C)V(C) pattern, so your rule of epenthesis doesn't apply.
This is potentially different
than what happens with /ren/ + /skal/. Say you decide to use /o/ as your default epenthetic vowel. Then putting these together gives you /renoskal/. The segmentation is the same, but now the middle syllable is /nos/ instead of /nas/. Why the difference? Because there is no middle vowel in the underlying form; it's only supplied when needed.


Does Your Aid Count?
Don't be offended. Neither did the growing aid disbursements of China, Brazil, India and OPEC members, the generosity of the Gates, Ford and Rockefeller Foundations or the multitude of private Arab foundations in the Gulf States.
How can this be? Despite growing political attention to aid in meetings like the recent G20 summit in Cannes, we do not have an inclusive approach to tracking aid. We have an antiquated system that reports only government aid, largely from European and American donors, ignoring the rise of the BRICs and private donors.
This makes it much harder to ensure progress towards the UN Millennium Development Goals to cut hunger and poverty by 2015. If we cannot say where aid money is going, how can we possibly assess progress and fill gaps?
Major aid donors have gathered in Busan, South Korea, this week for a three-day High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness. This issue should be at the top of their agenda.
The most systematic effort to track aid today is carried out by the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organisation for Economic Co-Cooperation and Development (OECD) Just 23 nations belong belong to the DAC.
The DAC's preliminary estimate for 2010 -- the leading financial indicator of global humanitarian assistance -- counts $129 billion in aid. But that captures only part of the picture -- and a distorted one at that. This is no fault of the DAC Secretariat. It is a political decision by OECD DAC members as to what aid counts, and a political decision by donors outside the system as to whether they will try to register their aid.
The OECD DAC's methodology overlooks private donations that are growing by leaps and bounds thanks to Bill and Melinda Gates, Warren Buffett and a host of less visible donors. Worse yet, non-OECD DAC states are excluded from the final tally altogether.
If the Sorbonne uses French state funds for a scholarship for a young Senegalese, that counts as aid according to the OECD DAC, but if Harvard or Yale does, it does not.
Debt forgiveness or a "concessional" loan by an OECD member government counts, but an outright grant by OXFAM, Islamic Relief or Save the Children does not.
If the Gates Foundation invests $100 million in Kofi Annan's initiative to bring a Green Revolution to Africa, that does not count, but the same donation made by government aid agencies in the US or the UK does.
What is especially strange is that much government aid is channeled at field level through operations run by agencies like the Red Cross and Red Crescent, MSF, and CARE and all these donations are counted -- even though identical activities funded by those groups themselves are not. It is not the project that matters -- it is the donor.
How distorted has the picture become? Some years ago, the OECD DAC calculated that total aid numbers would rise by 15-20 percent by including private donations. And that was before Gates and Buffett began providing more than $4 billion a year -- surpassing government aid from Italy, Canada and Switzerland and other OECD members.
The massive funds given by private Arab donors through foundations in the Gulf States are also omitted from the totals. OPEC countries, according to OECD itself, provide aid equal to 15-20 percent of the global figure released each year.
China, an emerging global donor, is not even part of the equation. Last year China's development bank actually lent more money than the World Bank.
Why does better counting make a difference? First, we need to keep the donors honest. It is easy enough for a politician to make a pledge and then simply walk away.
The G8 Summit in L'Aquila in 2009 provides a telling example. Two years after pledging $22 billion in new funds over three years to cope with a sharp global rise in food prices, donors have given less than $5 billion.
Reforms could help spur more donations for initiatives like Gates' and Buffett's "Giving Pledge,'' which seeks to raise $600 billion from the world's billionaires.
Perhaps most importantly, an accurate count would help ensure donations are used effectively. We cannot possibly coordinate with the contributions of private donors and emerging donors like China if we do not track them.
The current system for counting aid reflects the character of the OECD DAC itself. The OECD is very well respected, but remains basically an "Old Boys" club of wealthier governments, largely western and European, in a world economy that is increasingly dominated by Asia.
It is time to rethink the formula for counting aid. The OECD DAC itself seems anxious to make progress and deserves praise for already reaching out to nontraditional donors like China, India and Brazil.
The face of global humanitarian aid is changing rapidly and it is time we changed with it. Perhaps we need a two-track system tracking Official Development Aid and Private Development Aid. It will not be easy coming up with new rules and success depends on the cooperation of emerging donors, especially China and the OPEC countries, but it is time we start.
Princess Haya al Hussein is a UN Messenger of Peace with a focus on combating hunger and extreme poverty.


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A co-tenancy clause refers to a provision in a retail lease contract that permits tenants to reduce their amount of rent if a number of tenants leave the rental space. Some tenants are known to attract more traffic, especially in malls. It is the reason why some tenants may decide to have their businesses in this location. So, if this key tenant happens to vacate the mall, there will be no traffic anymore.
What does this mean? It means that other tenants will not get the number of customers as they used to while this key tenant was around. A co-tenancy clause, therefore, comes in to protect tenants from such a scenario It does this by cutting down the amount of rent the tenants should pay as a move to compensate them for the loss of traffic.
A Little More on What is a Co-Tenancy Clause
In any mall, co-tenants are usually the anchor tenants. They are the biggest, and they own popular stores that tend to draw traffic that trickles over to other stores in a similar location. However, during economic stress, retailers are usually forced to close some of their outlet stores. They do this so that they can reduce costs, and as a result, landlords lose a lot of revenue.
So, when the remaining tenants demand a reduction in rent as per the co-tenancy clause, it leads to further loss of revenue by the landlords. It may even eventually lead to bankruptcy.
However, the co-tenancy clause is beneficial to the tenants as it provides protection. It ensures that the shopping malls continue to be operational and able to draw customer traffic so that the tenants benefit from the sales.
Why Landlords Avoid Co-Tenancy Clause
There is fiercely negotiation when it comes to the co-tenancy clause. Most landlords do not like the provisions in this clause because it is difficult for them to control other tenants' or occupants' decision to move out of the shopping mall. The landlords see this clause as something that can severely affect their revenue.
For tenants to obtain a co-tenancy clause, it will depend largely on their power to negotiate. For instance, landlords will always be on the lookout for tenants with big names. They also look for tenants who are capable of paying a high amount of rent, and their power to stay for long. Such tenants are likable because they have the capacity to draw a massive population in a business location. Such tenants can easily negotiate for co-tenancy protection as they are in a better position to engage a landlord in the negotiations.
Landlords who consider using a co-tenancy clause risks losing significant revenue in the process. It is important, therefore, for the tenant to ensure that the drafting of the co-tenancy is properly done to help minimize the risks. Involving an attorney with experience in finance law and commercial real estate can be a good move in achieving this.
The Landlord's Conditions for Co-Tenancy Clauses
To be able to obtain a co-tenancy clause, a landlord will demand that the tenant meets certain conditions. The most crucial condition in this clause is that the tenant cannot default on the lease. Note that breaching the co-tenancy clause may lead to lease termination.
The Basics of Co-Tenancy Clause
The co-tenancy clause is most popular among the shopping center tenants as well as mall leases. It has the ability to reduce rent or terminate the lease, when other tenants stop their operation in the facility, leaving large space unoccupied. The co-tenancy clause is commonly used by large store owners, which they use to negotiate and ensure that there is enough protection.
Types of Co-Tenancy Clause
The co-tenancy clause exists in two types. They as follows:
- Opening Co-Tenancy Agreements: This one is most common where new malls or shopping center developments are involved. It also happens in a state where tenants don't open and pay rent in full, not until other stores are open and a certain percentage of the space in the mall is occupied.
- Operating co-tenancy agreements: This one applies to those malls and shopping centers that are already in operation. It allows tenants to pay rent at a reduced rate or stop their operations completely if the specified tenants vacate, and there are no suitable tenants to replace.
Generally, stores in an environment where there is sharing, rely on each other to draw traffic. They are also expected to uphold specific standards as well as maintaining patron's good experience. For instance, the clause may specify the prohibition of certain uses such as:
- Marijuana dispensaries
- Massage parlors
- Nightclubs and strip clubs
Also, there is prohibiting or limiting the percentage of other non-retail uses such as fitness centers and grocery stores. A good example is the limiting or prohibiting of heavy parking. Note that all these can be possible through a co-tenancy clause, including other related lease clauses created for this purpose.


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EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES-THEORY & PRACTICE, cilt.15, ss.607-620, 2015 (SSCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi)
The purpose of this study is to examine the flow of doctoral students who are also research assistants and in the dissertation process. The study was designed using the case study method. The case undertaken in the study was the dissertation process. Eleven participants were selected into the study using maximum variation sampling. Face-to-face, semi-structured interviews were conducted with the participants. Descriptive analysis was used to analyze the transcripts. The descriptive analysis of the data identified four main themes: (i) personal characteristics, including tackling challenges, sense of responsibility and planned work habits; (ii) interest in the field, including decision making about postgraduate education, satisfaction from postgraduate education, the fit between the doctoral field and the student's interests and skills, and academic goals; (iii) emotional attachment, including enjoyed stages of the dissertation process, feelings aroused by the dissertation, and concentration on the dissertation process; and (iv) living the flow.


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God has counted mankind's time since Adam's fall. Various event have fallen on past millennium breaks. What were those events? When are these millennium breaks? When is the next?
The Bible describes the history of mankind from the fall of Adam through the prophetic events of the present. Except for the past 2000 years, most of the important events of mankind's history is recorded within the Bible itself. By looking a Biblical events on or near the millennium breaks we can begin to get a sense of what those breaks mean in the overall calendar of God's dealing with mankind.
The cross-calendar tools found on this website can be used to generate various date reports. The following report shows each millennium break since Adam.
For the purposes of the following report the 15th day of the first month of the first year of each Biblical millenium is shown. This is the day after Passover and is the usual date for measuring this sort of long-distance day-accurate time.
|Millennium Dates, Cross Calendar|
|Millennium 1: Adam's Birth|
|Thu||1/1/1 AA||17 Nov -10975 NS||7 Apr 12312 BAUC||AAN: 1|
|-9499/1/1 FE||9 Feb -10975 OS||7 Apr 13065 BC||JDN: -_PHONE_|
|Sat||1001/1/1 AA||31 Aug -9976 NS||7 Apr 11112 BAUC||AAN: 364801|
|-8499/1/1 FE||16 Nov -9976 OS||7 Apr 11865 BC||JDN: -_PHONE_|
|Mon||2001/1/1 AA||16 Jun -8977 NS||7 Apr 9912 BAUC||AAN: 729601|
|-7499/1/1 FE||24 Aug -8977 OS||7 Apr 10665 BC||JDN: -_PHONE_|
|Wed||3001/1/1 AA||30 Mar -7978 NS||7 Apr 8712 BAUC||AAN: _PHONE_|
|-6499/1/1 FE||31 May -7978 OS||7 Apr 9465 BC||JDN: -_PHONE_|
|Millennium 5: Contains Enoch's Ascension|
|Fri||4001/1/1 AA||12 Jan -6979 NS||7 Apr 7512 BAUC||AAN: _PHONE_|
|-5499/1/1 FE||7 Mar -6980 OS||7 Apr 8265 BC||JDN: -827956|
|Sun||5001/1/1 AA||27 Oct -5981 NS||7 Apr 6312 BAUC||AAN: _PHONE_|
|-4499/1/1 FE||13 Dec -5981 OS||7 Apr 7065 BC||JDN: -463156|
|Millennium 7: Noah's Flood and Aftermath|
|Tue||6001/1/1 AA||11 Aug -4982 NS||7 Apr 5112 BAUC||AAN: _PHONE_|
|-3499/1/1 FE||19 Sep -4982 OS||7 Apr 5865 BC||JDN: -98356|
|Thu||7001/1/1 AA||25 May -3983 NS||7 Apr 3912 BAUC||AAN: _PHONE_|
|-2499/1/1 FE||26 Jun -3983 OS||7 Apr 4665 BC||JDN: 266444|
|Millennium 9: Tower of Babel at start|
|Sat||8001/1/1 AA||9 Mar -2984 NS||7 Apr 2712 BAUC||AAN: _PHONE_|
|-1499/1/1 FE||2 Apr -2984 OS||7 Apr 3465 BC||JDN: 631244|
|Millennium 10: Jacob's dream, Slavery in Egypt, Exodus, Judges|
|Mon||9001/1/1 AA||22 Dec -1986 NS||7 Apr 1512 BAUC||AAN: _PHONE_|
|-499/1/1 FE||8 Jan -1986 OS||7 Apr 2265 BC||JDN: 996044|
|Millennium 11: Solomon's Temple at start, Split Kingdom, lost in Babylon|
|Wed||10001/1/1 AA||6 Oct -987 NS||7 Apr 312 BAUC||AAN: _PHONE_|
|501/1/1 FE||15 Oct -987 OS||7 Apr 1065 BC||JDN: _PHONE_|
|Millennium 12: Jesus' visit, Church Age|
|Fri||11001/1/1 AA||20 Jul 12 NS||22 Jul 765 AUC||AAN: _PHONE_|
|1501/1/1 FE||22 Jul 12 OS||22 Jul 12 AD||JDN: _PHONE_|
|Millennium 13: Christianity to Russia, Christ Rules|
|Sun||12001/1/1 AA||5 May 1011 NS||29 Apr 1764 AUC||AAN: _PHONE_|
|2501/1/1 FE||29 Apr 1011 OS||29 Apr 1011 AD||JDN: _PHONE_|
|Millennium 14: Begins in 2010: New Jerusalem|
|Tue||13001/1/1 AA||16 Feb 2010 NS||3 Feb 2763 AUC||AAN: _PHONE_|
|3501/1/1 FE||3 Feb 2009 OS||3 Feb 2010 AD||JDN: _PHONE_|
The Bible records the events at some of these dates, suggesting a pattern.
The first event at the very start of this period was Adam's fall. Though nothing is known about the precise timing of this event, it is the point where time is measured in the epoch of mankind.
Noah's flood happened in the year 6020 from Adam and is very close to the millennium break of his day. The report above shows the millennium break at the year 6001 from Adam.
The interesting feature to note about this millennium break is that this was just in the start of God's 7th day. God was taking a rest. The very last millennium date shown in the list above is also just inside God's 14th day and is also a time for God to take rest.
Jacob fled from Esau, headed for his uncle's land in the year 9000 (or very early in 9001) from Adam. In route he has a dream of a stairway to heaven. After awaking he sets up a stone to mark the place and marvels how God was in that place.
This is 3000 years since Noah's flood and is the start of the major events recorded in the Bible's chronology. Every 500 years from this point on, aligned with the 1000 year millennium cycle, the Bible records important headlines.
At the next 1000 year mark Solomon completes his temple building project. Solomon began work at the year 480 from the Exodus. His project took 7 years for the temple and then 13 for his palace. When the two were complete the priestly and administrative functions of David's kingdom were in place.
Very early in God's 12th day, in the year 11001 from Adam, Jesus stayed behind at the Temple. When is mother enquired he answered, "if you knew me surely you'd know I had to be in my father's house."
This rather brief New Testament passage was careful to record Jesus' age. Of course days and years are equivalent in a prophetic sense so Jesus' age is being used to indicate the reason and timing of his visit to the temple.
So what happened on the last millennium? Much.
This date is mocked by many both within and outside of the church. Many are said to have expected the return of Jesus at this point. It didn't happen. This is also why, many claim, we should not expect his return at the next Biblical millennium either.
Take a close look at the time table above. The actual biblical millennium break was not at the Julian calendar break, but 10 years later. The events that where happening that marked this millennium break were important indeed. Many important nations where now, finally, adopting Christianity. They were making Jesus their spiritual king. The most important of those nations is known in the Bible as Gog/Magog. That nation is known today as Russia.
The next millennium breaks early in 2010. What might Jesus be doing then?
For the record, the events of Jesus' life, offset by 2000 years, to the day have been prophetic for events in the world today. The events at age Jesus age 12 are also prophetic on the same 2000 Biblical year offset.
If we knew him, we'd know he'd have to be in his father's house.


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Spectral and dynamical analysis of a single vortex ring in anisotropic harmonically trapped three-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensates
In the present work, motivated by numerous recent experimental developments we revisit the dynamics of a single vortex ring in anisotropic harmonic traps. At the theoretical level, we start from a general Lagrangian dynamically capturing the evolution of a vortex ring and not only consider its spectrum of linearized excitations, but also explore the full nonlinear dynamical evolution of the ring as a vortical filament. The theory predicts that the ring is stable for, where is the ratio of the trapping frequencies along the and axes, i.e., for spherical to slightly oblate condensates. We compare this prediction with direct numerical simulations of the full 3D Gross-Pitaevskii equation (GPE) capturing the linearization spectrum of the ring for different values of the chemical potential and as a function of the anisotropy parameter. We identify this result as being only asymptotically valid as the chemical potential, revealing how the stability interval narrows and, in particular, its upper bound decreases for finite. Finally, we compare at the dynamical level the results of the GPE with the ones effectively capturing the ring dynamics, revealing the unstable evolution for different values of, as well as the good agreement between the two.
The study of vortex rings (VRs) has a long and distinguished history in the context of fluids and superfluids saffman ; Pismen1999, a prominent chapter of which involves, e.g., associated observations in helium; see, for instance donnelly ; Rayfield64 ; Gamota73. However, the experimental realization and subsequent developments in the theme of Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) book1 ; book2 ; dumitr1 ; dumitr2 have produced a playground especially suitable for the study of such coherent structures. This is also evidenced by the plethora of reviews and book chapters on the topic emergent ; komineas_rev ; barenghi_rev ; book_new.
In the early stages of examination of VRs in the context of BECs, the emphasis was on finding mechanisms for their creation. These ranged from the (transverse) instability of planar dark solitons in 3D BECs Anderson01, to the generation via density engineering in suitable geometries, as in the work of Shomroni09, or even their spontaneous emergence as byproducts of collision between symmetric defects in Ginsberg05. They were also detected in the collision between dark solitons imprinted in non-one-dimensional geometries, where they were seen to give rise to unusual dynamical events such as slingshot events of one of the waves sengstock. More recently, the significant improvements in the visualization techniques, not only in the context of BECs bis1 ; bis2, but also in the case of superfluid helium lathrop1 ; lathrop2, have enabled a much more detailed ability to explore the dynamics of vortex rings. In light of that, one of the recent focal points has been the exploration of the interaction between rings both theoretically and computationally wacks ; wang2, as well as experimentally bis3. This aspect is especially important not only in its own right, but also due to its critical role in the theory of quantum turbulence, another topic of intense recent study Tsatsos2016 ; Navon2016. It should also be mentioned in passing that in addition to these significant developments on the dynamics of vortex rings in bosonic systems, similar (planar) solitonic and vortical (line and ring) structures have been recently identified in superfluid Fermi gases zwierlein.
Our emphasis in the present work is different, going partially back to the context of the single vortex ring. There exists an analytical prediction for its spectrum, stemming from the early work of horng. The relevant prediction relates the potential stability of the VR with the potential prolateness or oblateness of the full condensate. In particular, defining, i.e., the ratio of confining frequencies along the - vs. along the radial-direction, the analysis of horng yields that the VR is stable when. To the best of our knowledge, such a theoretical prediction has not been systematically tested. Here, we test this prediction, finding that it is only asymptotically valid in the regime of. We showcase the intriguing way that the prediction deviates from its asymptotic form, identifying stable rings for, where is an upper critical bound of stability with and demonstrating a monotonically decreasing trend, as the chemical potential decreases within finite values. We also go a step further: we explore the fully nonlinear dynamical equation for the ring as a vortical filament, whose linearization results in the above prediction. This is the full nonlinear equation encompassing the combined dynamics of the ring and its "Kelvin modes", comparing this with the full GPE dynamics. In our view, this is an important step towards both a quantitative understanding of the VR stability, but also a stepping stone towards formulating a multi-ring Lagrangian and developing the associated nonlinear dynamics for settings where this may be relevant (such as, e.g., wacks ).
Our presentation is structured as follows. In Sec. II, we summarize our theoretical analysis, connecting wherever appropriate with past theoretical analyses on the subject. In Sec. III, we discuss our numerical methods. Next we explore extensively the comparison of the theoretical findings with the spectral and dynamical results of the full 3D problem in Sec. IV. We compare the spectra in a wide interval of the anisotropy parameter and the chemical potential, and we establish the validity of the vortex ring filament equation of motion. Additionally, we also visualize the identified instabilities for different values of and for different case examples of excited modes. This provides us with a reasonably complete sense of the (single) ring's dynamical properties. This is not only of value in its own right, but also a necessary preamble towards a more systematic theoretical understanding of multi-ring configurations. This and related topics for future study are commented upon, along with a summary of the present findings in Sec. V.
Ii Theoretical Analysis
The dynamics of vortical filaments is a topic that was studied rather extensively shortly after vortical patterns could be produced in BECs. We single out here two ground-breaking works along this direction, namely fetter1 and ruban1. Following the latter (although equivalent results for our purposes are obtained in the former), we can write down the Hamiltonian and the Lagrangian of vortical ring filaments of radius and vertical position as:
Here, is such that, the subscripts denote partial derivatives with respect to the argument, while denotes the arclength quantity in cylindrical coordinates that are most natural to use in the present setting. The density is assumed to be well approximated by the Thomas-Fermi limit (for the large chemical potential values of interest) in the form. It should be noted that this expression is part of a more general formulation for arbitrary filaments fetter1 ; ruban1, yet herein we restrict considerations to a ring geometry and the corresponding natural cylindrical coordinate choice.
The resulting equations of motion (see also the recent exposition of ruban2 ) then read:
To the best of our understanding, these partial differential equations (PDEs), the canonical description of a vortex ring as a filamentary structure, have never been explored (even numerically) in their fully nonlinear form for and. Instead, only the corresponding ordinary differential equations (ODEs) have been derived for homogeneous, -independent, steady states, i.e.,:
Here, the parabolic potential has been assumed. It is important to note that these ODEs are the same as the ones used by horng to derive the VR spectrum, up to a logarithmic correction factor fetter1 of:
Here denotes the curvature of the filament equal to for the case of the VR.
leads to an effective eigenvalue problem through and, which can be solved for each. The resulting expression yields horng for each subspace represented by its own (integer to ensure periodicity) value of :
On the basis of the expression of Eq. (8), it can be seen that if (prolate BECs), the mode with will always be unstable producing a negative sign inside the bracket of Eq. (8). In the case where, i.e., for slightly oblate BECs, all the modes of Eq. (8) possess real frequencies and therefore the VR is expected to be stable. Finally, for, the the modes with and will be stable, while those "in between", i.e., will necessarily be unstable yielding at least one unstable mode. For, there will only be one such mode, for, there will be two, then three and so on. Moreover, which one of these modes dominates, in terms of producing the maximal growth rate depends on, based on the above theory. For instance, for, the mode with dominates the instability growth rate, while for larger, the acquires a larger growth rate than the one. Similarly, at, becomes more unstable than, and more generally two modes and exchange their respective dominance at.
It is interesting to note that, to the best of our knowledge, these predictions have not been systematically tested, partly also due to the intensive nature of the relevant computations. Such an examination, as a function of, but also varying will be the main theme of the spectral computations of our numerical section below. Then, upon appreciating the asymptotic nature of the relevant comparison, we will also attempt to explore the unstable dynamics of the VR for, as well as for, to observe how the corresponding instabilities of the different modes manifest themselves and what is the comparison between the predictions of Eqs. (


What Is Focusing Effect?
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Focusing effect: The auditory characteristics of the human ear can be focused from a number of sounds to a certain point. For example, when we listen to the symphony, we concentrate our energy and listening on the sound of the violin. The music played by other instruments will be suppressed by the cerebral cortex, making you feel the pure violin performance. This kind of inhibition ability varies from person to person, and people who often exercise listening exercise have strong inhibition ability. We call this auditory characteristic of the human ear a "focus effect." Doing more exercise in this area can improve the ability of the human ear to distinguish the tone, quality, resolution and level of a certain spectrum.


having the main stage contain more volume and/or having a smaller nozzle. Adding foam to the main stage also prolongs the thrust.
 2. The tubes and pins should not be too short as there will be some amount of vertical movement between the booster and main stage. If they are too short the boosters may separate early due to vibration or buffeting.
 3. The pins, tubes and main stage nozzle need to be made from very strong materials as a lot of force is transferred through these.
 4. Consider using 2 or more pins on the bottom next to each other to help spread the load.
 5. We use smaller nozzles rather than the full bore nozzles on the boosters as it helps to keep the acceleration down reducing the stress on the tubes and pins.
 6. As the rocket is pressurised there will be a small amount of vertical movement of the boosters as things flex under pressure. This needs to be considered in the design so the o-rings continue to provide a good seal.
 7. Another consideration needs to be given to the increase in diameter of the main stage and boosters as they are pressurised. If the booster bottle is hard up against the main stage bottle then they will tend to want to push apart. If a certain amount of give is not incorporated into the launcher nozzle seats, the nozzles may wedge.
Details of the actual launcher:
Flights of the rocket with boosters:
A similar drop away booster concept has been used before on experimental pyro rockets. The implementation on water rocket shown here was inspired by Trevor's flight of his Green Ant Shuttle:
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Senior International Credentials Analyst
Position summary: Reviews and evaluates foreign educational credentials. Provides content leadership for the review and evaluation of foreign educational credentials for Credentials Evaluation Services. Applies knowledge and contacts in the credentialing field to strengthen existing programs and to develop new products and/or clients.
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- Reviews and evaluates foreign educational credentials for further education, state licensing, employment, and immigration purposes.
- In collaboration with the manager, works with consultants, state boards of physical therapy, state boards of nursing, state boards of other professions, immigration lawyers, placement and recruitment agencies, higher education, and other constituents in the context of credential evaluation.
- In collaboration with the manager, establishes and/or strengthens relationships with credentialing organizations and international education organizations.
- In collaboration with manager, prepares and presents conference sessions/webinars and authors books/chapters on the evaluation of foreign educational systems or credentials, fraud detection and evaluation, and other related content to strengthen organizational stature in the field and to contribute to the credentialing profession as well as to international education.
- In collaboration with manager, provides content leadership for the review and evaluation of foreign credentials for ICD.
- In collaboration with manager, monitors policies and procedures governing the verification and evaluation of credentials, fraud detection systems and quality assurance protocols. Develops new policies and procedures and revises existing ones as necessary.
- In collaboration with manager, provides and/or supports professional development for junior staff and serves as the lead person for keeping abreast of knowledge and developments in the field.
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Objective: The study objective was to evaluate whether a novel global position system (GPS)-like position-sensing technology will enable accurate co-registration of images between imaging modalities. Co-registration of images obtained by different imaging modalities will allow for comparison and fusion between imaging modalities, and therefore has significant clinical and research implications. We compared ultrasound (US) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) specimens using a novel position-sensing technology that uses an electromagnetic (EM) transmitter and sensors mounted on a US transducer. We then evaluated in vivo US-US and US-MRI co-registration. Methods: Thirteen CEA specimens underwent 3.0 Tesla MRI, after which images were uploaded to a LOGIQ E9 3D (GE Healthcare, Wauwatosa, WI) US system and registered by identifying two to three common points. A similar method was used to evaluate US-MRI co-registration in patients with carotid atherosclerosis. For carotid intima-media thickness (C-IMT) measurements, 10 volunteers underwent bilateral carotid US scans co-registered to three-dimensional US maps created on the initial visit, with a repeat scan 2 days later. Results: For the CEA specimens, there was a mean of 20 (standard error [SE] 2.0) frames per MRI slice. The mean frame difference, over 33 registration markers, between MRI and US scans for readers 1 and 2 was -2.82 ± 19.32 and 2.09 ± 14.68 (mean ± 95% CI) frames, respectively. The US-MRI intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) for the first and second readers were 0.995 and 0.997, respectively. For patients with carotid atherosclerosis, the mean US frames per MRI slice (9 [SE 2.3]) was within range of that observed with CEA specimens. Inter-visit, intra-reader, and inter-reader reproducibility of C-IMT measurements were consistently high (side-averaged ICC >0.9). Conclusion: Accurate co-registration between US and other modalities is feasible with a GPS-like technology, which has significant clinical and research applicability.
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Medical Group Practice: Enhancing the Basis for Managed Care Planning
Marino, George V., The CPA Journal
Medical practices, in the past, have been accustomed to informal management accounting systems and financial reporting. Accounting has centered around the checkbook, payroll records, and tax planing and compliance for the physician owners. This is no longer acceptable.
Today, medical groups and physician networks are being asked to disclose a great deal of financial and operating information. The requests come from potential partners; Federal, state, and local governments; business coalitions; payers and potential payers such as insurance companies, and health maintenance organizations HMOs); patients; and the media. New configurations in health care delivery require improved or advanced accounting systems. Such systems integrate operational and clinical factors into the accounting process, enhancing the basis for managed care business planning and providing relevant information for the practice's financial statements. In an advanced medical accounting and performance measurement system, sufficient financial information is maintained for compliance with GAAP, cost accounting, physician productivity evaluation, and managed care budget analysis. Accounting systems for medical practices, just like integrated health care, cannot leap to the "promised land" without moving through developmental phases.
The process often starts with poor financial and operating data, which forecloses the possibility of the preparation of meaningful financial information and statements, such as a compilation of revenue, expenses, and patient and payor mix data. Many medical practices are past this phase.
The next developmental phase focuses on compiling data for tax compliance, limited financial statements, and planning for physician owners-the checkbook approach. During this phase, the accounting system consists of assembling essential financial accounting data, such as cash receipts, expenses paid, and payroll and business tax payments. The financial accounting data is independent of practice management data such as payor and procedure mix, coding, explanations of medical benefits (EOMBs), and utilization trends. There is a serious limitation on generating information for understanding medical practice business fundamentals
In the third phase of development, key clinical and operational data are incorporated into the accounting and reporting process, including the type and frequency of medical procedures; sources of revenue; trends in collection by major payers; provider practice patterns such as the number and dollar amounts of procedures for a given set of diagnoses; and data such as Federal, state and local health planning laws and regulations. Financial accounting information is maintained for the continuous production of external reports. The third phase includes the following tenpoint managed care assessment program that creates and builds an economic model for costs, productivity, and managed care budgeting.
1. Conduct a comprehensive survey of the medical practice by reviewing financial management and budgeting, billing and collection, administration, personnel, and marketing programs. The exhibit illustrates the key issues to address in each area for medical practice operational improvement and the enhancement of the accountability of the practice to third parties. This survey should highlight both the strengths and weaknesses in the system and form the basis for an analytical review of financial ad operating data.
2. Evaluate practice fees by analyzing them against typical benchmarks. Obtain several EOMBs for major procedures and office visits for each of the major payers and managed care plans and compare payment and utilization trends to the practice budget. Review stop-loss (insurance) limits for capitation (fixed fee) arrangements by scheduling current procedural terminology(CPT) codes by patient to identify revenue and capacity implications. In the fee-evaluation process, schedule major CPT codes and their volume to determine the practice conversion factor, i. …


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Since the beginning of the 1990s, agricultural researcher numbers have gradually fallen in Mali, but agricultural spending has remained stable, mainly as a result of the continuously adequate levels of donor funding.
During 1991–2001, IER was strongly dependent on two donor projects: PNRA—funded by World Bank loans, counterpart funding from the Government of Mali and IER itself, as well as various foreign donors—and PAPIER—funded by the Dutch government. These projects have brought important institutional changes to IER and have considerably improved the quality of its research programs. PNRA was immediately followed by another World Bank project: PASAOP. This project is currently in its first phase (of three), and despite its unsound start, the project's principal objectives are expected to be reached, and the second and third phases of the project are likely to be implemented, securing stable funding for IER and LCV in the years to come.
During 1991–2001, Malian agricultural research was characterized by a significant improvement of the education levels of researchers and efficient operation in regional and international partnerships. Mali outperformed its neighbors in many key indicator areas. The country also distinguishes itself from many African countries in having an extremely centralized agricultural research system. One single agency (IER) is responsible for 85 percent of the country's total agricultural
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Does Concrete Crack Under Heat?
How do you make concrete heat resistant?
Commercially, fireproof concrete is made by mixing a product known as fly ash, a by-product of the production of Portland cement.
You can make your own fireproof concrete with materials available at home improvement stores..
What do you put under a fire pit?
Place some sand in the bottom of the fire pit. Sand will act as an insulator and help to disperse the heat more evenly. Another option is to place some lava rocks in the bottom of your fire pit. These rocks, made out of obsidian, created by lava, are very conducive to heat.
Does all concrete crack?
The most common is because concrete shrinks as the excess water evaporates and it hardens. … Concrete can also crack if it dries too quickly. Weather conditions — extreme temperatures, rapid temperature changes or conditions that are too wet or too dry — also play a major factor in how well concrete cures.
Is concrete OK for a fire pit?
Fire-Ready Materials A big issue I see in fire pits is that they are often built only using CMUs (concrete blocks), which are not designed for use with fire. The aggregates will heat up and expand and might potentially pop or explode. I assert that all fire pits should be lined with fire brick and fire clay mortar.
Can you use concrete to make a fire pit?
Fire pits are a popular addition to any outdoor living area. Try making a fire pit out of concrete to modernize your landscape décor with a functional entertainment element.
At what temperature does concrete fail?
150-200°FThe threshold of significant degradation of concrete is around 65-93°C (150-200°F).
Will red bricks explode in a fire pit?
The fact that bricks and CMUs are so porous also aids in the drying when exposed to heat like a fire. Explosions are the result of rapid heating and water being trapped inside the block turning to steam causing great pressures. If the pressure is great enough, the block will crack, pop or in some cases explode.
How do I keep my concrete slab from cracking?
If you're having new concrete poured consider the following ways to prevent cracking:Start with a sound subgrade. Make sure the subgrade is compacted. … Modify the concrete mix. Use a low water-to-cement ratio. … Install joints. Be active in deciding where control joints will be placed. … Properly cure the concrete.
How thick does concrete need to be to not crack?
4 inchesApplied-load cracking. In residential concrete, 4 inches is the minimum thickness for walkways and patios. Garage slabs and driveways should be 5 to 6 inches thick if any heavy truck traffic is anticipated, otherwise 4 inches is adequate.
What's the difference between a concrete slab and a cement slab?
How hot can Concrete get before it cracks?
Does concrete crack with heat?
Cracking due to temperature can occur in concrete members that are not considered mass concrete. Hydration of cementitious materials generates heat for several days after placement in all concrete members. This heat dissipates quickly in thin sections and causes no problems.
What is the best base for a fire pit?
Hard rocks like granite, marble, or slate are much denser, and therefore less likely to absorb water and explode when exposed to heat. Other rocks that are safe to use around and in your fire pit include fire-rate brick, lava glass, lava rocks, and poured concrete.


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I have an iPad app that contains a webview. The webview's page has a button on it that, when clicked, needs to somehow tell the native app to close the webview. Is there any way to do this? i.e. a way for the javascript in the webview to pass messages to the native app, and vice-versa?
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Maybe have an NSNotification fire when an NSString instance field is changed. Use the post here to help understand how to communicate between JavaScript and Objective-C.
Then, it is just a matter of notification and string logic:
Steps for JavaScript to Objective-C:
 1. Web view button is pressed.
 2. JavaScript fires method which returns string.
 3. Local NSString is updated to denote button in Web view was pressed (see post above).
 4. NSNotification fires based on string change.
 5. Objective-C closes the Web view.
Not sure what you want to pass back to the Web view from Objective-C, but the above post should help.
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You can consider using -webView:shouldStartLoadWithRequest:navigationType:. Create a dummy link which you can identify and close the web view. As for the other way round, _USER_'s answer sounds appropriate.
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You can attach any action using
- (NSString *)stringByEvaluatingJavaScriptFromString:(NSString *)script
that detects the javascript from your webview!
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I think the best way is using pseudo image instead.
JS will insert a new image such as: _URL_
And your webview will override NSURLCache to retrieve 1x1 transparent image and parse parameters from you web content.
Note that NSURLCache only cache only one times, so please generate new timestamp for each calls.
This way is work for my project and call native iOS app immediately.
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Gender and ethnic diversity within the sciences has been an issue for many years. Unlike our technical counterpart, engineering, many students (counselors and their parents) are not exposed and are unaware of the geosciences and the opportunities within the field. The lack of exposure is particularly a problem for women and ethnic minorities. As a result, students do not choose the geosciences as a major or career choice as they embark upon their collegiate studies. Thus, there is still a need to increase the number of women and people of color enrolled in geoscience programs in the US. Although there has been a significant increase in the female population (approximately half of all BS and MS graduates), ethnic minorities still are under-represented at colleges and universities, and in the geosciences.
There are ways to correct this problem starting with students in primary school on up. One way to combat this problem is to establish programs specifically targeting this issue. An example of a program of this kind is Fort Valley State University (FVSU). This program has the distinction of having the nation's only Cooperative Developmental Energy Program.
On July 1, 1983, FVSU received start-up money from the US Department of Energy's Office of Minority Economic Impact to implement an innovative Energy Education Program that would increase the number of minorities and women working in the private and governmental sectors of the energy industry. The program at FVSU is called the Cooperative Developmental Energy Program (CDEP). The objective of the program is to develop a mutually beneficial long-term synergistic relationship between the university and private and governmental sectors of the nation's energy industry in creating a technology-oriented pool of minorities and women. This objective is accomplished by the development of energy-based curricula, student internships/co-op programs, and by forming alliances with energy corporations and governmental agencies. The geology and geophysics-based curricula is carried out in the form of a dual-degree program between FVSU and the University of Oklahoma.
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