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History of the Vehicle Identification Number "VIN"
All Jeep Vehicles
In the mid 1950's American automobile manufacturers began stamping and casting identifying numbers on cars and their parts. The vehicle identification number has become referred to as the "VIN". The obvious purpose was to give an accurate description of the vehicle when mass production numbers were starting to climb in very significant numbers. Research has shown that early Vin's came in all sorts of variations which depended on the individual manufacturer at that time.
In the early 1980's the National highway Traffic Safety Administration (U.S. Dept. of Transport) required that all road vehicles must contain a 17 character VIN. This established the fixed VIN system for major vehicle manufacturers as it is known today. Thus, establishing a unique "DNA" style number for each unique vehicle which rolled off the assembly line.
The VIN has 17 characters to provide details about your Jeep. Each character represents something about your Jeep except the check digit character. This character is called a "check digit" because it is designed to protect the consumer from theft and possible fraud. The manufacturer is required to include a check digit in the ninth position by U.S. federal law. The check digit is used by the manufacturer and government agencies to verify authenticity of the vehicle and official documentation. The algorithm used to determine a check digit is not released to the public for obvious reasons, however the secret has been leaked and the check digit can be calculated.
Location Of The VIN
Location of the VIN
The most common place to find your VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) is on a small metal plate attached to the driver side top of the dashboard. The tag is designed to be visible through the windshield for easy access. Every car is required to have one of these and all of them are located in this one place. It is illegal to remove or change this plate. If the tag is missing, chances are the vehicle has been repaired, or was most likely, stolen.
Other places where you might find your vehicles' VIN number:
Parts Of The VIN
There are two different standards for the Vehicle Identification Number. The ISO standard, 3779, is copied by the European Union. In North America, a more stringent (but compatible) system is used.
The VIN is composed of the following sections:
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Manual Section... (3) - page: asn1_read_value
NAMEasn1_read_value - Returns the value of one element inside a structure
- ASN1_TYPE root
- pointer to a structure.
- const char * name
- the name of the element inside a structure that you want to read.
- void * ivalue
- vector that will contain the element's content, must be a pointer to memory cells already allocated.
- int * len
- number of bytes of *value: value..value[len-1]. Initialy holds the sizeof value.
DESCRIPTIONReturns the value of one element inside a structure.
If an element is OPTIONAL and the function "read_value" returns ASN1_ELEMENT_NOT_FOUND, it means that this element wasn't present in the der encoding that created the structure. The first element of a SEQUENCE_OF or SET_OF is named "?1". The second one "?2" and so on.
INTEGERVALUE will contain a two's complement form integer.
ENUMERATEDAs INTEGER (but only with not negative numbers).
BOOLEANVALUE will be the null terminated string "TRUE" or "FALSE" and LEN=5 or LEN=6.
OBJECT IDENTIFIERVALUE will be a null terminated string with each number separated by a dot (i.e. "126.96.36.1993.1").
UTCTIMEVALUE will be a null terminated string in one of these formats: "YYMMDDhhmmss+hh'mm'" or "YYMMDDhhmmss-hh'mm'". LEN=strlen(VALUE)+1.
GENERALIZEDTIMEVALUE will be a null terminated string in the same format used to set the value.
OCTET STRINGVALUE will contain the octet string and LEN will be the number of octets.
GENERALSTRINGVALUE will contain the generalstring and LEN will be the number of octets.
BIT STRINGVALUE will contain the bit string organized by bytes and LEN will be the number of bits.
CHOICEIf NAME indicates a choice type, VALUE will specify the alternative selected.
ANYIf NAME indicates an any type, VALUE will indicate the DER encoding of the structure actually used.
ASN1_SUCCESSSet value OK.
ASN1_ELEMENT_NOT_FOUNDNAME is not a valid element.
ASN1_VALUE_NOT_FOUNDThere isn't any value for the element selected.
ASN1_MEM_ERRORThe value vector isn't big enough to store the result. In this case LEN will contain the number of bytes needed.
COPYRIGHTCopyright © 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc..
Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.
SEE ALSOThe full documentation for libtasn1 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and libtasn1 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
- info libtasn1
should give you access to the complete manual.
- OBJECT IDENTIFIER
- OCTET STRING
- BIT STRING
- SEE ALSO
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Let's say a blue dwarf makes the final connection to the gold. However, there are two paths that one could take to get from the ladder to the gold. One of these paths has a blue door, one of them has no doors. Obviously the blue dwarf would prefer to use the path with the door, so does the player who makes the final connection get to choose what path to use? Or does it go by shortest path to the gold? Basically, what are the rules to determine what path counts as the "final path"?
There's no such concept. The following are the win conditions for the red and blue teams from the rules:
A dwarf from the blue team created the connection, and there is a path that's not blocked by a red door, so the blue team wins, and the red team does not. That's it.
The only way the red team can win if a dwarf from the blue team creates the connection is if the blue team can't win (i.e. every path is blocked by red doors).

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Lachit Borphukan was the son of Momai Tamuli Borbarua. Momai became first governor of upper Assam. He served Ahom army as commander in chief. Lachit enjoyed a nice upbringing and was educated in humanities, military science and scriptures.
Lachit got appointed as Borphukan of Stable of Royal Houses, Commander of the strategic Simulgarh Fort. Later he was appointed as scarf bearer of Ahem Swargadeo. He was appointed by King Chakradhwaj Singha to fight against Mughals to liberate Guwahati which he did successfully.
Battle of Saraighat:-
Once Mughals got defeated by army led by Lachit, Mughals army sailed Brahmaputra river towards Assam. They were approaching Guwahati as rebellious forces. Ram Singh 1 was the Commander in chief of Mughals. He sent a letter into Ahom camp which said that Lachit should leave Guwahati as he is paid 1 lakh. King started to doubt Lachit's devotion towards his kingdom. However, soon was made to realize that it was just a trick played by Mughals. In the last phase of Saraighat war, Assamese soldiers began to lose their will to continue the fight. However, Lachit continued fighting with complete patriotism as he felt that this was the task meant for him and he cannot disobey the orders given by the king. He boarded a boat and along with 7 other boats continued the battle on river Brahmaputra. He won the battle.
Ram Singh1 after losing battle mentioned words of appreciation and praise to Lachit Borphukan that how single handedly he led the war and won it. On Nov 24 each year, Lachit Divas is celebrated in Assam. His bravery was confined to state of Assam until recently when his statue was introduced to National Defense Academy in Khadakvasla Pune by Governor of Assam.


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How to view, add or delete contact custom fields
InfoFlo Pay lets you add text, number, date and drop down custom fields. Please read below for more information.
- Select "Contacts" from the left hand menu.
- Click the action drop down button and select "Custom Field".
- From here you can view all custom fields and edit by selecting the edit icon on the right or delete by selecting the delete icon on the right.
- To create a new custom field select the "New" button.
- Type in a field name in the "Field Name" field.
- From the Data Type drop down field, select either text, number, date or drop down as the field type.
- Type in the value in the "Data Values" field. If drop down is select, add all drop down values and separate each value with a comma.
- Click the "Submit" button.


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To improve diagnostic accuracy the ABCD rule of lesion screening is widely used based on asymmetry (A), border (B), color (C), and differential structure (D) measuring.
- A total dermatoscopic value (TDV) results from the calculation
TDV = A·1,3 + B·0,1 + C·0,5 + D·0,5
- This score contributes to the differentiation between benign and malignant lesions:
1,00 - 4,75 – benign skin lesion
4,75 - 5,45 – suspicious
More than 5,45 – melanoma
A – Asymmetry of Shape, Structure and Color. The lesion is divided in four regions and there is symmetry inspected across x or y axis. If asymmetry is only by one axis it gives 1 point and if on both axis there are 2 points calculated. So for shape, structure and color, there can be 6 points maximum.
Border and Color
For measuring border irregularities the lesion is divided in 8 regions. If in one particular region color is ends strictly with boundary of lesion there is one point. If lesion color changes smoothly to skin color then there is 0 points. So for B there can be maximum 8 points.
For color there can be as many points as many colors there can be found on lesion. Usually there are 6 main colors, so total 6 points for C.
Dermatological Structure D
Thera are 5 main structures noticed in lesions. No structures – smooth color – 1 point, net structure another 1 point, tree like boundaries another 1 point, dots – 1 point and globules 1 point. Total 5 points can be. In some literature there can be diameter of lesion measured for D. If diameter is more than 6 mm it can be stated as suspicious.
When looking in Total Dermatological Value formula, there are obvious that the main criteria are Asymmetry. It is usually the main screening option. It is easy to inspect yourself using this methodology. If there is any concern, it is better to visit your doctor.


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EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE MATERIAL AVAILABLE IN TE MEMBERS AREA: THIS IS NOT REQUIRED READING BUT PRESENTED FOR YOU TO HAVE AN IDEA AS TO THE SCOPE OF AVAILABLE MATERIAL
This page is a a short exert from "In the MATTER OF the ADMISSIBILITY OF MOTOR VEHICLE SPEED READINGS PRODUCED BY SPEED DETECTION SYSTEM" (from case law that comes with The Tipmra, There are more pages in The Tipmra Members area with the rulings that make laser conviction improbable)
A laser is an artificially generated and amplified light which is in the infrared light section of the electromagnetic wave spectrum. It is not visible to the naked eye. It is very concentrated. The laser speed detector fires a series of laser pulses at a selected remote target. When the laser light strikes the target, a portion of the light is reflected back to the detector. Since the speed of light is a known constant, by measuring the time which it takes for the laser pulse to travel to the target and back, the detector is able to calculate the distance between the detector and the target. Each laser pulse which is fired and reflected back establishes one distance reading. The laser speed detector fires 43 laser pulses every time the trigger on the detector is squeezed. These 43 pulses are fired in a total period of approximately one-third of a second. If the target at which the laser pulses are fired is a stationary target, each of the 43 pulses will give the same distance reading to the target, and distance will be the only thing that the detector can tell us about the target. However, if the target is moving, each of the 43 pulses will give a slightly different distance reading and the detector can then compute the velocity or speed of the target from the changes in distance divided by the known elapsed time between the firing of each of the laser pulses. In
simplest terms, this is the basic theory underlying the use of lasers to calculate speed, and there can be no dispute about its fundamental validity.
There are, however, both conceptual and practical problems which have to be overcome in designing and constructing a reliable laser speed detector. The detector works by measuring the time it takes a laser pulse which it transmits to go out to a target and come back. However, there are many other pulses in the environment of the detector which can interact upon it, and the detector must be programmed to distinguish between those "false" pulses and the "true" pulses which it has transmitted.
As mentioned above, the laser is very concentrated and has a characteristically narrow beam. At a point 1,000 feet away from the detector, a laser beam is about three to three and one-half feet wide and has a height of about three feet. This may be contrasted with the beam of radar which is about 320 feet wide at a point 1,000 feet away from the radar transmitter. Although the laser beam is much more concentrated than the radar beam, it is far from being a true pinpoint. As the three by three and one-half foot laser beam strikes the very irregular surface of a moving motor vehicle, it does not hit a single, highly-reflective point on the vehicle. In effect, it splashes over a portion of the vehicle. This is true even though operators are trained to fire at the front license plate area of the vehicle, because the beam is considerably larger than the license plate. Indeed, depending upon the angle at which the beam hits a vehicle, and depending upon the vehicle's location with respect to other vehicles on the highway, particularly a multi-lane highway, it is conceivable that a portion of the beam splashes onto another vehicle. For reasons which will become apparent when I discuss possible sweep error, there is a sense in which it is important for the detector to be programmed so that it can distinguish the point on a vehicle from which the return impulse is coming.
It is important for the laser detection device to measure distances between it and a motor vehicle at the same point on the
motor vehicle. In traffic law enforcement, the ultimate use of the detector is to fix the speed of a vehicle. However, the primary measurement made by the detector is distance. (In this respect, the detector contrasts with the Doppler radar units employed in police work. The Doppler radar units compute speed from differences in frequency between microwaves. For them, distance is not significant.) This distinction is important, because, although the entire vehicle travels at the same speed, not every point on the vehicle is the same distance away from the detector. A vehicle traveling along a highway at 60 miles per hour travels 88 feet in a second. In the one-third second which elapses while the laser speed detector is firing 43 pulses at the vehicle, the vehicle will travel 29.33 feet. If the laser pulses being fired by the detector were allowed to sweep [714 A.2d 374] from the front grille of the vehicle to the windshield of the vehicle during the one-third of the second the pulses were being fired, the pulses reflecting back from the windshield would be four feet farther away than the pulses reflecting back from the front grille. Unless the detector has an appropriate error trapping program built into it, the detector would conclude that the vehicle traveled 33.33 feet instead of the 29.33 feet which it actually traveled, and the detector would show the speed of the vehicle as being 68 miles per hour instead of the correct 60 miles per hour. This would be what is known as "sweep" error. If the detector were allowed to sweep for ten feet along a vehicle, that would lead to about 20 miles per hour being erroneously added to the calculation of the vehicle's speed. If the detector were allowed somehow to pan from one vehicle to another vehicle in a way which would lead to a distance differential of 30 feet, that would convert to a speed reading 60 miles per hour too high.
The inventor of the laser speed detector is clearly aware of many of the conceptual and practical problems involved and has designed computer programs and hardware mechanisms designed to trap a variety of errors. The State's expert, Dr. Gezari, submitted a report which had this to say on the subject of error trapping:
One of the basic operating features of the LTI 20-20 is an error trapping algorithm which tests the integrity of the received data. Thirty to forty data pulses received must have the correct pulse shape, rise time, duration, color and basic time sequence to be considered valid data fit for analysis. If at least thirty received impulses do not fit the criteria the data is rejected and no velocity is calculated. Other criteria are also used by the manufacturer to identify valid pulses having to do with actual vehicle characteristics--acceleration/deceleration parameters, change in target direction, etc. The LTI 20-20 speed gun will display error messages if no velocity is calculated informing the operator as to the reason no answer was given or no velocity was calculated. These error messages do not indicate errors were made; they simply identify the reason that no calculation was made. The error trapping approach used in data analysis further insures that factors such as steadiness of the gun during the measurement, weather conditions, motion of other objects nearby, etc. do not affect the accuracy of the speed reading calculated.
The electrocomputer circuitry of the LTI 20-20 speed gun uses sophisticated techniques including pulse stretching algorithm, statistical data analysis techniques, etc. to provide fully adequate timing accuracy in the generation and detection of laser pulses resulting in typical velocity measurement accuracies of ± 1 mile per hour or better for typical highway speed measurements.
The inventor and designer of the detector, also testified fairly extensively with respect to his efforts to eliminate inconsistent data and to trap error. One of the mathematical techniques to screen out inconsistent and erroneous readings is a procedure called the "average of least squares". That procedure was discussed at some length by Mr. Dunne and by three of the defense experts, and an exhibit setting forth a partial test program for least square speed error was admitted in evidence. The average of least squares is a common procedure which can eliminate inconsistency and error in a variety of applications, but it is only a limited part of the error trapping techniques which are purportedly built into the laser speed detector.
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Title Quality Assurance of Foreign Placement in Europe (QAFP in EU)
Project Number 2012-1-NL1-LEO05-08712
Project Type Transfer of Innovation
The competitiveness of Europe requires an international oriented and skilled workforce. QAFP in EU aims to make a start on creating a European network of regional agencies that will be authorized to assess companies of being a 'learning company' based on agreed criteria and at establishing accreditation agencies and accreditors, at partnerships in this area, expansion of placement companies accredited (and labelled) and expansion of students using accredited companies. Increasing the quality of accreditation and increasing the quality of the 'on the job' - learning environment contributes to the learning process and skills of students.
We focus on the Green Sector. The Dutch VET system requires that students have a substantial amount of practical 'on the job training' (mobility, work experience abroad, and getting insight in live and work) which is provided and executed at accredited companies because accreditation guarantees better the quality of a placement.
The agenda of the EU VET contributes to the competitiveness of Europe, and promotes an international oriented and skilled workforce. All VET sectors in European countries will have to work on increase of mobility, and work experiences abroad. This project, Quality Assurance of Foreign Placement in Europe (QAFPE),stimulates companies all over Europe to create a learning environment of high quality to teach trainees in a effective and efficient way.
The Dutch VET system requires that students have a substantial amount of practical training, and this 'on the job training' (mobility, work experience abroad, and getting insight in live and work) is provided and executed at accredited companies. Accreditation is provided by a National Centre of Expertise as Aequor is and is a guarantee for quality of guidance and practical training. Now the international mobility is stimulated and increasing, we need much more accredited companies in the European member states
model for accreditation of placement companies in Europe and to establish sustainable cooperation of accreditation agencies in Europe.
To realise this objective we work on:
- Development of a network in Europe that can and will accredit placement companies (the network takes care for exploitation and maintenance)
- Development of common criteria, and a common procedure for accreditation of companies (model)
- Monitoring of companies and the quality of work based learning
- To discuss and propose a European label as a qualification of accredited companies
- Expansion of work placement opportunities for students (databank, data exchange), the number of accredited placement companies, and of colleges that open their placement information.
The consortium is constituted with partners experienced in placement opportunities, VET relations, and/or European umbrella organisations related to VET or companies, knowledge centres in 'green' education and program development, or representatives of the 'green' sector'.
- Methodology and procedures for European accreditation of placement companies agreed by involved institutions or authorities that cooperate in a European network
- Report on criteria, protocols, monitoring companies and placements, and recognition of practical learning outcomes
- Increase of interest of companies as a recognised placement company, registration in a cooperative database and more interest of colleges and students for international placements.
QAFPE supports the EC and national authorities to realise in 2020 a high percentage of students with work experience abroad, insight in culture, and language. QAFPE stimulates authorities to accept and recognise the placement (competencies, time, and work experience) because this approach guarantees the quality of work based learning and the number and quality of placement companies will increase.
Recognition, transparency, certification
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transparency and certification
The project has ended in February 2015.
The objective of the project was to improve the quality of traineeships abroad. We have developed and tested:
- recognition of learning outcomes of work based learning
- a quality labe 'WBL' (Work Based Learning)
- a model for accreditation presented as Memorandum of Understanding. Over 20 organisations in Europe have agreed with this MoU.
- through Newsletters we have informed our target groups.
- a needs analysis
- a training for employees of Local Agents
- an implementation plan.
All these products / outcomes are available through our website: _URL_


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Cetus Major
Located within the Achernar Sector, Cetus Major is the Cetus Sub-sector capital and the administrative centre of the region. Its primary habitable world is in the process of advancing from a Gamma-type civilised world to an Eta-type Hive world with the constant expansion of its largest city, "Hive" Sejanus. As a result of the thirst for raw materials for building and to improve the docking capacity for spacefaring vessels, the two airless moons are being heavily mined, militarised and undergoing geoplasty to become a pair of giant orbiting space docks.
Hive Sejanus
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Hive Sejanus might be small in comparison to the largest Imperial hives, but it still has a population of over 200,000,000. In the broadest terms, it contains five strata: the spires, the hive, the underhive and the sump. Local slang uses different terms for these strata. Examples include 'the points' for the spires, 'uptown' for the hive, and 'the contrail' for the underhive. Addresses are given in three dimensions, so 'west contrail' implies the western end of the underhive, after which a street number or name would be given. Navigation within the hive is achieved on ten-lane roads known as 'underways' or 'decaways'. Travel between the spires is done in the air, and a constant swarm of grav-yachts, freight lifters, trade barges, luxury clippers and dhows illuminate the city sky with their running lights.
Upper Hive
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The Obelisk
This monolithic basalt column is the Inquisition's headquarters in the Cetan sub. Its forbidding, oppressive exterior is at odds with the luxurious training and relaxation facilities within, although the holding cells and interrogation chambers in the uppermost levels are about as charming as one might expect. It was built in a bygone era when the Cetan sub had far more active Inquisitors, and as such most of its rooms lie empty.
See also: Category:Obelisk Staff
House Queln
Main article: House Queln
The House Queln mansion sits atop one of Sejanus' spires, with its own landing pad and gardens. One of the oldest and most powerful families on Cetus Major, and indeed in the sub-sector, they have interests across the Achernar Sector. They own multiple trading vessels and run several large manufactorums within the hive. After his arrest Bastian Queln told the Inquisition many secrets about his family.
District 23
This upper-hive area is still open to the sky, but isn't central enough to count as the spires. It includes the areas known as San Borya, Wessam Heights, and the Pillars.
 - San Borya: a biome roughly 500 metres in diameter; it is essentially a walled garden and gated community for well-to-do members of the upper middle class who can't quite afford the spiretop mansions of the nobility, and have thus pooled their resources to create a communal approximation. Private security at the gates is heavy, and the privacy of the residents taken very seriously.
 - Wessam Heights: a commercia district where various smaller banks, industries and shipping companies own public-facing offices, as well as the hab stacks, shops and chapels to support the lower-middle-class workers who support it. Among other places of worship in the area is the Shrine of San Marquand where Nadiya Zelenko came to pray while sleeping rough, and was spotted and reported by Brother Joras, who tends the shrine.
 - The Pillars: a series of four towering mid-price hab stacks built in a cheap, brutalist style. Pillar 4 was never completed, and was where Nadiya Zelenko lived rough prior to her apprehension. The pillars were built to be robust; it's thought that they will one day prop up the next layer of the hive in this part of Sejanus.
Mid Hive
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Arbites Precinct 5
This precinct have a particularly favourable view of the Obelisk's agents following the Assault On Precinct 5.
District 57
This mid-hive district was the site where Bastian Queln spread his heretical pamphlets proclaiming counter-religious beliefs regarding the Emperor's unimpeachable health. The heresy was reported by Magistratum Officer Ensom.
Evander Boulevard
Along with many others like it in District 57, this residential boulevard used to be open to the elements, although the sky has now been obscured by the next level of the city, creating a permanent night above the street lights; the only stars are the windows of the towering hab blocks. Most traffic occurs during shift rotations. Roving hawkers move their stands into the street in anticipation of feeding hungry commuters, and for an hour or so, they rake in credits before moving on in search of fresh business. Between these flurries of activity, however, the boulevard is relatively empty.
Lower Hive
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The Basilica of Saint Vesperia
The basilica is a grand old building, far down, near the lawless realm of the underhive. Eateries and shops selling devotional wares bearing Vesperia's sigil are sold in Penitent's Way and the Veiled Plaza. The plaza itself hasn't been fully veiled in centuries due to the expense of maintaining the fabric needed, but one can still see the cables above with scraps of rotting fabric still clinging to them, serving as perches for dirty white doves. The Order of the Purple Shroud is attached to the basilica.
Main article: Boxtown
Warehouse district adjacent to Rakansha Spaceport.
Main article: Pigtown
Also known as The Squeal or Meat City, this is the main slaughterhouse district of the hive.
Helas Dome
Main article: Helas Dome
A lower-hive area around a support column, a hub for local businesses and entertainment venues including Tenebrae.
Under Hive
The "Clanks"
This area of the underhive mainly features abandoned manufactorums that have been superseded by larger, newer versions closer to the hive's various docks. They are named after the noise they make - the electrical grid still sends power here, and occasionally the old machinery in the abandoned factories spontaneously judders into life as corroding circuits malfunction. One such manufactorum, a doll factory, was recently abandoned after the gang known as the Carrion Children were wiped out during an Inquisition operation led by Ashar Lear.
The Pillars
Main article: The Pillars
Also known as the Hive Roots or the Desolation, this is the very lowest level of the hive basements.
Cetus Major's second-largest city.
Other significant locations
Main article: Thadun. A mid-size agri-worker town in the foothills of the Holdran Mountains.
A small village on the opposite side of the planet to Hive Sejanus. It is an agri-community surrounded by citrus groves. The command crew of the Trojan, specifically Captain Janacek, have a tradition of taking a walk through the village whenever they return to the system as a way of "getting rock underfoot." The climate is warm and dry, as befits citrus trees. Its only mild claim to fame, other than being one of the oldest settlements on the planet (to the extent that it's pre-Imperial), is that Saint Theria once stayed in the village overnight during her proselytising work during the Compliance of Cetus Major. There is an inn named the Saint's Rest, that purports to have a lock of her hair sealed in glass above the mantle.
See Category:Cetus Major Missions
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How do I import my recipes from Now You're Cooking?
You can either follow these instructions below or use CB2CB to convert your recipes.
To import recipes from Now You're Cooking you need to use the Export Recipes command from the File menu in Now You're Cooking. That command is not activated until you close the recipes. Use the Generic Text File setting. It will create a text file on your computer.
You then will need to edit that text file so the recipes are in a format that MasterCook can import. Open and edit that text file with Windows NOTEPAD. Do NOT use Word.
MasterCook can import several recipes within one text file as long as they are in a basic format such as this example:
Glazed Spiced Pecans
2 1/2 cups pecans
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon rum flavoring or vanilla
Heat nuts at 250 F for 15 min. Blend and cook sugar, water, salt and spices to soft ball stage. Do not stir. Add flavoring. Stir in nuts until creamy and coated. Turn onto wax paper, separating as they cool.
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Use the above example, you start out with 5 @ symbols on one line. Then have a blank line. Then a line with the recipe title. Followed by another blank line. Then lines of ingredients. Followed by another blank line. Then paragraphs of directions. Then another five @ symbols to let MasterCook know another recipe follows.
Set up all the recipes like this in the text file. Then use the Import command from the File menu in MasterCook. Direct it to this text file that you created using the instructions above.
- It's important that the blank lines are completely blanks (no spaces even) since it tells MasterCook the breaks between recipe parts.
- The five @ symbols are important because they tell MasterCook when a new recipe begins.
- No other text should be on the line with the @ symbols.
- All text needs to be aligned to the left with no indentations.
- Do NOT use fraction symbols. They must be three characters instead, such as 1/2.


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International Conference on Optimization Design (ICOD 2010)
20 Based on the Optimal Design of Product Form Modeling of Cognitive Semantics of Symbolic Elements
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the advent of the information age demands products easy to identify, the accelerated pace of people's lives, but also require product easy to operate. Products to meet these requirements will need an accurate form of semantics, which is one of the optimal designs of products. Product semantics refers to the appearance of the product itself, through the Industrial Modeling Language, to represent the use of product-related content. In this paper, the product form of semantics from the user in the form of symbolic elements of cognitive psychology, analyzes the research on the product form the user requirements and preferences of...


text: Wireless power transfer (WPT) technology is becoming popular and widely used in various fields including smart phones and electrical vehicles (EV). Therefore, designing an efficient and energy-saving WPT system is a critical issue. The focus of this paper is on a resonant coupled WPT system design by considering the scenario that more than one receivers present at the receiver side. The WPT system is optimized by minimizing the transmitted power from the transmitter side while considering the minimum required power at all receivers simultaneously. Using the tools of optimization theory, an optimization problem is formulated first that captures the multi-receiver WPT optimal design, and then it is reformulated as an equivalent convex program which is convenient to address. The paper also analyzes the impact of design parameters on the power transfer characteristics. Finally, a number of case studies are used to corroborate theoretical findings and provide optimal design guidelines for the resonant coupled multi-receiver WPT systems.


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Group: a group is an entire group of connected stones on the board of the same color. A single stone (unconnected to others of the same color) is also a group.
Overgrown: a group is overgrown when it has more than 5 stones in it.
Smothered: a group is smothered when there are no empty spaces adjacent to any of its stones.
- Each player owns 2 stone colors. To start, Player 1 places one stone of either of her colors on any empty space.
- From then on, starting with Player 2, the players take turns. On your turn, you must place 1 or 2 stones on any empty spaces. If you place 2 stones, they must be different colors.
- After you place your stone(s), capture all smothered enemy groups, and then capture all overgrown enemy groups.
- The first player to have captured X enemy stones wins.
Because your opponent can only place 2 stones on each turn, she can't smother any group touching at least 3 empty spaces. So try to make sure your most important groups always touch least three empty spaces.
The board consists of concentric rings of hexagons. The the second-outermost ring seems important, because groups on that ring are hard to capture without losing a lot of stones.
When you make a size-5 group, it can no longer evolve, which reduces your flexibility. Don't make a size-5 group unless what you gain from it is more valuable than the lost flexibility.
If your opponent has two size-5 groups of different colors that both touch the same empty space, she can't place a stone there without overgrowing and losing one of her groups. So, if one of your groups touches that same empty space, your opponent can't smother it without overgrowing and losing a group.
Likewise, if you have more than one size-5 group, and they're different colors, try to prevent those groups from touching the same empty spaces.
If your opponent is making big groups aggressively, try playing "slow" by placing only one stone per turn. Your opponent may eventually overgrow to much, making it easy for you to storm back.


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I know a Chinese proverbial phrase. Translated literally into English, it says something along the lines of "Sky falls big pancakes". When used negatively in the phrase, "The sky does not fall big pancakes," it is generally used to warn against idleness.
What is the origin of the proverb? Also, I am not really sure if the object is pancakes. It may be a cookie or a flat cake or a flat flour wrap.
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天上掉馅饼，means that free and delicious food like pies are falling from the sky. Or its negative form: 天上不会掉馅饼
Nowadays it usually means that people who are lazy are expecting something miracle but impossible will happen to them. For example:
This phrase came from a Chinese myth. After 嫦娥(the lady in the legend who swallowed the elixir stolen from her husband and flew to the moon) went to the moon, 后羿(the man in the legend who shot 9 suns out of 10 and saved the earth from the heat) was very sad and thought about her every day. When 嫦娥 found out his love, she wrote her love on a pie. Because she is on the moon, there came the phrase: 天上掉馅饼
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Here is an explain by BaiDuPedia in Chinese:天上掉馅饼本指天空中降落类似馅饼那样的即免费又好吃的食物，泛指在自然生活中会无缘无故的发生一些可以满足人们欲望的物质或财富上面的事情；现在也贬指那些坐享其成，成天不务实际的人在假想一些不可能发生的事情，等待出现奇迹，天上怎么可能会掉馅饼。
馅饼 is a common food in China even today, it may be like a salty pie(I'm sorry, I have not met a pie). You get a 馅饼 from sky rather than you cook it, how lucky! You pay no effort. Thus, 天上掉馅饼 means getting something without effort; 天上不会掉馅饼 warns you that this thing will not happen, that is, you'd better do your best to get something. There is a fable story known by everybody in China <守株待兔>, it gives the same warning.
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Professor David O'Connor's lab at the University of Wisconsin uses LabKey Server as its "operating system," speeding its efforts to understand how genetics affects immunity to viruses such as HIV/SIV.
The lab uses LabKey Server to manage its extensive list of experiments, Illumina sequencing data, purchases, oligonucleotides, freezer samples, and other lab inventory, as well as to provide basic electronic lab notebook (ELN) functionality. Data, files, protocols, grant information, and experiment descriptions recorded on the server can be searched and queried, allowing lab members to look across experiments performed over more than ten years to find what they need quickly.
Further, the server hosts an informational portal for an NIH-funded contract on major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genetics, allowing different subsets of data to be exposed to the scientific community and the funding agency.
LabKey Server enables the lab to automate genotyping workflows for efficiency and consistency; perform comprehensive review of available genomic and clinical information for primate subjects; and gain analysis, querying, visualization, export, and search capabilities across many different data types. Today, the system helps the lab track data and metadata for tens of thousands of experiments, eliminate manual workflows, and securely share data with collaborators.
In February of 2016, the O'Connor lab became the first group to make real-time Zika data publicly available via their LabKey Server. Results are updated daily and are accessible online through the Zika experimental science team (ZEST) data portal.
Zika researchers release real-time data on viral infection study in monkeys (Nature, 23 Feburary 2016)
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When Dwight D. Eisenhower ran for the presidency, his campaign slogan was Peace, Prosperity, and Progress. The American people liked the idea of all three, and in 1952, they showed it, when Eisenhower beat Stevens by a landslide. In actuality, Eisenhower failed to make the 1950s a decade of Peace, Prosperity, and Progress. Peace did not come till the end of fighting in the Korean War in 1953, and even then, the conflict was not resolved. Peace between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. hung in a precarious balance for a long time after Eisenhower left office. While the middle and upper class white families felt the economic boom, minorities and lower class families reaped no benefits from the country's economic successes. The United States did experience much progress in technology, production of consumer goods, and military technology, but as a society, there was very little progress towards racial equality.
The Korean War was a war in which the U.S. participated in to protect their democratic interests in Japan. However, they were able to play it off as helping the people of South Korea. Although Eisenhower claimed he would bring peace to Korea, the war continued on for more than a year after he was elected president. The peace that followed was a tentative one, as the potential for war with the Soviet Union loomed in the future. While there was no actual fighting, Eisenhower made enormous increases in military spending to protect against the war that everyone thought was coming. The military budget increased more than $30 billion dollars from 1950 to 1960. While Eisenhower promised peace, he was expecting war.
The 1950s were a time when there was an economic boom in an already strong economy. World War II veterans had come back and settled down with wives in suburban areas. The already strong economy led to the ability of families to support many children, which led to even more consumers, which strengthened the economy further. This economic success was limited to the upper and middle class white families. Lower class families still struggled to stay afloat, while all black citizens had to constantly defend their right to an equal chance. Most of the time, black families were not allowed to purchase houses in new housing developments, regardless of how capable they were to pay for it. There was prosperity galore, but only for a...


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Abdominal sounds are the noises made by the intestines.
Abdominal sounds (bowel sounds) are made by the movement of the intestines as they push food through. Since the intestines are hollow, bowel sounds can echo through the abdomen much like the sounds heard from water pipes.
Most bowel sounds are harmless and simply mean that the gastrointestinal tract is working. A doctor can check abdominal sounds by listening to the abdomen with a stethoscope (auscultation).
Although most bowel sounds are normal, there are some instances in which abnormal bowel sounds provide valuable information about the health of the body.
Ileus is a condition in which there is a lack of intestinal activity. Many medical conditions may lead to ileus. It is important to evaluate it further because gas, fluids, and the contents of the intestines can build up and break open (rupture) the bowel wall. The doctor may be unable to hear any bowel sounds when listening to the abdomen.
Reduced (hypoactive) bowel sounds include a reduction in the loudness, tone, or regularity of the sounds. They are a sign that intestinal activity has slowed.
Hypoactive bowel sounds are normal during sleep, and also occur normally for a short time after the use of certain medications and after abdominal surgery. Decreased or absent bowel sounds often indicate constipation.
Increased (hyperactive) bowel sounds can sometimes be heard even without a stethoscope. Hyperactive bowel sounds mean there is an increase in intestinal activity. This can sometimes occur with diarrhea and after eating.
Abdominal sounds are always evaluated together with symptoms such as:
If bowel sounds are hypoactive or hyperactive and there are other abnormal symptoms, it is important for you to have continued follow-up with your health care provider.
For example, no bowel sounds after a period of hyperactive bowel sounds can mean there is a rupture of the intestines, or strangulation of the bowel and death (necrosis) of the bowel tissue.
Very high-pitched bowel sounds may be a sign of early bowel obstruction.
Most of the sounds you hear in your stomach and intestines are due to normal digestion and are no need for concern. Many conditions can cause hyperactive or hypoactive bowel sounds. Most are harmless and do not need to be treated.
The following is a list of more serious conditions that can cause abnormal bowel sounds.
Hyperactive, hypoactive, or missing bowel sounds:
Other causes of hypoactive bowel sounds:
Other causes of hyperactive bowel sounds:
Call your health care provider if you experience any symptoms such as:
The doctor will perform a physical exam and ask you questions about your medical history. You may be asked:
Depending on the findings of your physical exam, the doctor may order more tests. Tests may include:
If there are signs of an emergency, you will be sent to the hospital. A tube will be placed through your nose or mouth into the stomach or intestines. This empties the contents of your intestines. Usually, you will not be allowed to eat or drink anything so your intestines can rest. You will be given fluids through a vein (intravenously).
You may be given medication to reduce symptoms and to treat the cause of the problem. (The specific medication depends on the situation.) Some people may need surgery right away.
Bengiamin RN, Budhram GR, King KE, Wightman JM. Abdominal pain. In: Marx JA, Hockberger RS, Walls RM, et al, eds. Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier;2009:chap 21.
Postier RG, Squires RA. Acute abdomen. In: Townsend CM, Beauchamp RD, Evers BM, Mattox KL, eds. Sabiston Textbook of Surgery. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2008:chap 45.
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How Do You Prepare for a Hurricane? Students Tell Us How
How should you prepare for a hurricane? Students from Bay High School in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi--who were participating in the Third Student Summit on the Ocean & Coasts--created this instructional video to help show the importance of storm preparation and evacuation techniques. The students presented the video at the Student Summit, held at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC on February 15, 2011. Watch an archived webcast of the Bay High School Delegation presentation and other student's videos and presentations from the Student Summit.


The bacteria P. multocida and B. bronchiseptica are widespread and costly swine pathogens. They have multiple roles in respiratory disease and both contribute to complicated respiratory infections that also involve other bacteria and viruses. A toxic protein produced by P. multocida (PMT) is primarily responsible for the disease this agent causes. It is well-known that antibodies to PMT are very effective at preventing disease development. Although the situation is not as clear-cut for B. bronchiseptica, the protein pertactin is clearly of major importance in protecting against disease. Currently available vaccines induce only weak responses against these proteins. Large-scale purification of PMT and pertactin, which would permit their use as stand-alone vaccines or as additives to traditional ones, is not feasible due to technical difficulties and expense. PMT used as a vaccine must also be inactivated in some way, to eliminate the toxic effects that it has under natural conditions. DNA vaccine technology may overcome these limitations and provide a practical solution for improving vaccine efficacy.
We have constructed several potential DNA vaccines designed to induce immune responses against PMT and pertactin. The PMT vaccines have been manipulated such that the usual toxicity of the protein should be eliminated. Several slightly different versions were tested for their ability to induce immune responses in mice and one vaccine in particular has been found superior. This vaccine was tested in pigs and shown to be immunogenic and completely nontoxic. Seventy-five percent of pigs injected with the DNA vaccine produced PMT-specific antibodies after 2 sets of injections. These responses are expected to be protective based on past research. Future studies will specifically address protection against bacterial challenge. A pertactin vaccine with characteristics of the successful PMT vaccine has also been constructed and will also be tested in piglets in the near future.


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Faculty and staff affiliated with the Bioethics Research Center (BRC) are available to facilitate narrative ethics discussion groups. In these groups, participants discuss stories published in the journal Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics (NIB). NIB publishes personal stories from patients, family members, and healthcare professionals on socially important topics in healthcare. For purposes of discussion, BRC faculty have organized these narratives around shared themes such as stigma and bias in healthcare, moral distress among healthcare workers, and communicating what matters most to patients.
Narrative ethics discussion groups typically meet for approximately one hour. BRC faculty can facilitate discussion groups of any size.
- Gain insight regarding stakeholders' needs and preferences and explore how professional practice might respond to these
- Understand the multiple, and at times conflicting, perspectives of all parties involved in healthcare encounters and decisions
- Recognize how narratives may represent a call for recognition (e.g., of suffering or distress), offer guidance to others, or appeal for change
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Exploring Moral Distress: Stories from Healthcare Providers
Moral distress occurs when a healthcare professional is constrained from taking what they believe to be an ethically correct course of action. These constraints are often hierarchical or institutional, leaving a healthcare professional feeling powerless to take a particular action. This session explores stories of moral distress from various healthcare professionals.
Exploring Stigma and Bias in the Care of Patients: Stories from Patients
Stigma and bias in healthcare can have a negative impact on patients and healthcare professionals. Biases are often unconscious and unintentional but can still impact patient care, adherence, and outcomes. This session uses patient stories to develop an understanding of how stigma and bias can affect patients and the care they receive, and is essential to identifying and overcoming these issues.
Communicating What Matters Most to Patients
Ideally communication is a two-way dialogue between patient and clinician. However, clinicians may not always know what is most important to communicate. Patients may also be resistant to talking about certain issues. This session uses patient stories to illustrate examples of communicating what matters most to patients. The themes addressed in these handouts include stories of providing the information that is most relevant to patients, enabling truly informed decision making, dealing with uncertainty, and engaging in difficult conversations.
Communicating Respectfully: Stories from Patients
Communication between clinician and patient is an essential aspect of ensuring a positive relationship. Communication is complex and multifaceted involving more than a mere exchange of information. Communication includes subtle signs, body language, and the language we use. When communication fails or breaks down, patients and clinicians may be negatively affected. The themes addressed in these handouts focus on how to communicate. Stories from patients address effective and failed communication, repairing trust, the importance of language and words, and apologies.
Exploring the Dignity of Patients in Healthcare
Healthcare providers encounter patients of varied and diverse backgrounds on some of the most challenging and significant days of their lives, as well as for routine check-ups or long-term care. All patients, regardless of race, gender, nationality, birth, wealth, or sexual orientation, expect to be treated with dignity—their words, desires, and personhood deemed worthy of respect. This session examines narratives through the lens of "dignity," and includes an organ donor's experience of care after surgery, a mother who advocates for her adult autistic daughter, and an Alzheimer patient's choice to legally end his life, among other stories.
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Researchers have made synthetic lipids called pseudoceramides that are involved in skin cell growth and could be used in treating skin diseases in which skin cells grow abnormally.
Ceramides are lipids found in the outermost skin layer called the stratum corneum, which is made of dead skin cells and mainly serves as a physical barrier. Ceramides' main biological function is to control how skin cells grow and differentiate - a process through which skin cells become specialized.
Scientists have created in the laboratory synthetic ceramides, called pseudoceramides, to treat skin diseases such as atopic dermatitis, a form of eczema characterized by red, flaky and very itchy skin; psoriasis, a disease that causes red scaly patches on the skin; and glucocorticoid-induced epidermal atrophy, in which the skin shrinks due to skin cell loss.
Jeung-Hoon Lee and colleagues have developed a new series of pseudoceramides and examined their effects on skin cells. They found that three pseudoceramides called K6PC-4, K6PC-5, and K6PC-9 significantly increased the amount of proteins produced when skin cells differentiate. These results were obtained both on cultured skin cells and on a reconstituted epidermis. K6PC-4, K6PC-5, and K6PC-9 may be used to treat skin diseases arising from abnormal growth of skin cells, the scientists concluded.
Article: Novel synthetic ceramide derivatives increase intracellular calcium levels and promote epidermal keratinocyte differentiation Yoo Bin Kwon, Chang Deok Kim, Jong-Kyung Youm, Hyung Sub Gwak, Byeong Deog Park, Seung Hun Lee, Saewha Jeon, Bo Joong Kim, Young-Joon Seo, Jang-Kyu Park, and Jeung-Hoon Lee


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The University of New Orleans (UNO) was one of the first universities to receive a Disaster Resistant University (DRU) grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Within a year of starting the DRU planning initiative at UNO, Hurricane Katrina struck the area on August 29th, 2005. This catastrophe provided a meaningful (albeit unwelcome) opportunity to evaluate the plan, learn, and redesign as needed post-Katrina.
The presentation will provide a brief history of the development of UNO's DRU planning process pre-Katrina. This will be followed by a brief description of the impact of the hurricane on the UNO community…its physical plant, its operation, its students and its faculty. Certainly, the long-term recovery process of the university presented many challenges, and the author will briefly cover how and why various courses of action were developed. We'll give a candid assessment of what worked, what didn't, what we could have done better, why some measures were effective, and what we should have done differently.
The presentation will conclude with a brief description of UNO's move to a continuous process improvement (CPI) paradigm; why it's important to the DRU process and to emergency management in general.


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Americans say "Zee" for the letter Z. Canadians say "Zed" instead. In both North American countries, their militaries say "Zulu" so that radio or telephone messages can be understood clearly. If you're a defense contractor that makes military vehicles, it's important to know you'll receive exactly what you asked for. Elasto Proxy, a trusted member of the defense supply chain, can custom-fabricate thermal acoustic insulation that meets all of your requirements.
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- aluminum foil or Mylar facing
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- polyvinyl chloride (PVC) barrier material
- pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) with a special liner
The aluminum foil or Mylar facing reflects radiated heat and provides improved resistance to fluids and tearing. This foil or facing is laminated onto the PE or PU foam, an open cell acoustical material that absorbs the low frequencies common to big diesel engines. The PVC barrier material also helps to block the passage of sound, and provides resistance to liquids and gases such as water and water vapor. The special PSA liner peels easily for ease and speed of installation.
ZTBRA thermal acoustic insulation is recommended for applications where the maximum service temperature does not exceed 300° F, and where there's only short-duration exposure to high heat. For applications that must withstand higher temperatures or sustained levels of heat, Z3T is used. Elasto Proxy can also custom-fabricate insulation sandwiches for other, application-specific requirements. For example, we can supply engine bay insulation that resists water and detergents from wash-downs.
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The silicone-coated fiberglass facing can withstand continuous temperatures of 500° F and will not deteriorate when exposed to fire. The open-cell silicone foam absorbs higher-frequency sounds. The PVC barrier blocks lower frequency sounds in the 400 Hz to 600 Hz range. The PU or PE decoupler is made of 1/4"-thick foam that prevents the transfer of vibration and sound to nearby components. Without this foam decoupler, metal components would vibrate (and cause sound). The decoupler also improves the energy absorption of the barrier.
Finally, the PSA adhesive and LDPE liner makes Z3T installation cost-effective and easy-to-install. Although Z3T is designed for higher-temperature applications, an expensive high-temperature PSA isn't required. Rather, a commercial PSA that can withstand temperatures up to 250° F may be used. That's because the PSA isn't right near the heat source, and the other layers in Z3T block or absorb significant amounts of heat. The LDPE liner also strengthens Elasto Proxy's Z3T product because, unlike paper, this plastic won't tear when peeled and stretched.
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I am trying to write a conditional batch insert based on Java Parameters, for example
List params = new ArrayList();
params.add(new Object[]{1, 2, 3});
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This obviously does not work, and the closest example I have found involves selecting the INSERT values from tables, instead of the List arguments, which is what I need. How can I reference the Object[] parameters as part of the INSERT values?
Thank you.
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I'd say that you should move this condition in a separate SELECT.
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Can you provide an example? The problem with SELECT, is that I believe I have to be referencing table values, whereas I just want to reference the parameter java variables. – meiguoren Nov 9 '10 at 4:05
As your example, you should try following syntax and the SimpleJdbcOperations.update method:
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Additionally, I've been using StringTemplate for generation of dynamic SQL. It's the best language I ever use.
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tmpl.setAttribute("age", param_age);
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has varied from normal flight, and the controls have moved and corrected the tip or variation, as the ship comes back to normal it is absolutely necessary that the controls are brought to neutral position at just the right time to prevent the ship from over controlling or going past center. This device brings the controls back to neutral with just as definite and accurate motion as does a pilot.
The mechanical part of the device which moves the control consists of a leverage system by which any amount of pressure necessary can be derived without interfering with the sensitive vacuum system. The fastest moving part in the mechanical system is sixty revolutions per minute-thus long life and dependability are assured.
The directional stability of the ship is centralled and controlled by a specially designed compass "DeBeeson Patent" which is attracted by the earth's flux only, and is not affected by local attractions, such as metal tubing, magnetos or running motors, as it needs no compensating pins. The lag, as we know it in ordinary needle compass companies, is eliminated, giving a positive direction, thus enabling the robot to hold a course of less than one degree variation. This is four times more accurate than it is possible for an experienced pilot to accomplish.
This compass has no needle or parallel lines, but an indicator points to zero when the ship is on its course; The hand moving to either left or right, not only indicates that the ship is off its course, but in what direction it is off.


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noun, plural jour·neys.
- a traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time; trip: a six-day journey across the desert.
- a distance, course, or area traveled or suitable for traveling: a desert journey.
- a period of travel: a week's journey.
- passage or progress from one stage to another: the journey to success.
verb (used without object), jour·neyed, jour·ney·ing.
- to make a journey; travel.
- a travelling from one place to another; trip or voyage
- the distance travelled in a journey
- the time taken to make a journey
- (intr) to make a journey
c.1200, "a defined course of traveling; one's path in life," from Old French journee "day's work or travel" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin diurnum "day," noun use of neuter of Latin diurnus "of one day" (see diurnal). Meaning "act of traveling by land or sea" is c.1300. In Middle English it also meant "a day" (c.1400); a day's work (mid-14c.); "distance traveled in one day" (mid-13c.), and as recently as Johnson (1755) the primary sense was still "the travel of a day."
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Radiolysis & Photolysis
Production of Oxygen in Ice
Although the radiolysis and photolysic of ice is an old subject, in 1982 we first suggested that it was important in of production of oxygen atmospheres on the icy Galilean satellites. Such atmospheres were confirmed to be present in 1998 and oxygen and ozone were observed to be present as trapped species in ice around the same time.
In 2003 we developed the first chemical model that is consistent with laboratory data for production of O2 in ice due to incident UV photons, low energy electrons and energetic ions. Since the production rates depend on sample formation, radiation history, sample temperature, and radiation type and energy, listing all of the data would be inappropriate. Therefore, below we described an approximate quantitative model that roughly fits the data. We also give parameters for a number of radiation types and the physical basis for these parameters.
At low radiation doses, the production and trapping of O appears to be the precursor step needed for forming molecular oxygen in ice. O2 is formed by the production of a subsequent O (or OH) that interacts with the trapped O. The initially trapped O is called the precursor. Its formation depends on the defect density and density of competing reaction sites (e.g. trapped sulfur, carbon or nitrogen species). Since trapped O can be converted to peroxide and peroxide converted to trapped O, after high dose, O2 can also be formed efficiently from excitation of peroxide dimers in peroxide inclusions.
The yield, Y, is defined as the number of O2 molecules per incident particle (ion, electron or photon). Since O2 production from ice requires the formation of a precursor, the yield at low radiation doses can be written roughly as


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1. 2. Get the film
1.1. Video shots
1.1.1. Use your smartphone Remember the front camera has the best quality A reshoot is nearly always faster than editing We'll do the editing after we have all the material
1.2. Photos
1.3. Your computer screen
1.3.1. Get Screenrecorder from Rylstim Don't waste your time with other stuff It does one thing, is simple to use and is good at what it does
1.3.2. Make an animate PowerPoiint presentation If you want ;-) Mine's here
2. 1. Plan
2.1. It is true, 1 minute of planning saves (at least) 10 minutes of work
2.2. I like doing everything in mindmaps
2.2.1. It is visual
2.2.2. It lets you add things "in the middle"
2.2.3. It is easy to reshuffle blocks of thought
2.2.4. Try Mindmeister No they are not paying me You can use it across computers But I find it slow on an Ipad or Iphone
2.3. Set up your storyline
2.3.1. Plan your film
2.3.2. Plan your sound Not too much text without movement on the screen - its not a radio ;-)
2.3.3. Set a time limit for your film Shorter is better
3. 3. Get the sound
3.1. Getting it
3.1.1. Download it If you are planning to upload to YouTube, they have tons of free soundtracks for you
3.1.2. Maket it yourself Use your smartphone, it is good enough for most I use Voice Memo's on my Iphone Did not find any downloadable app doing a better job If it is a long story, it helps to write it out first and then read it for your recording Keep the phone close to your mouth, like when you are making a call
4. 4. Edit the sound
4.1. Use Audacity
4.1.1. It is free and it is the best
4.1.2. It is advanced and you can do amazing things
4.1.3. Remove all the long breaks, whisteling S's, and exploding P's.
4.1.4. Normalise the sound accross the range
4.1.5. For Iphone Voice Memos you have to install a plug in - Bummer Get ffmpeg-win-2.2.2.exe from Lame here Don't use the later version, it does not have all the plugins you need - at least when I downloaded it 2015-12
4.2. When you are done, mail the sound to yourself e.g. as an MP3 file
5. 5. Edit the film
5.1. Use Windows Moviemaker
5.1.1. I tried many others. Complicated, slow, even unpredictable
5.1.2. MM is free, easy to use, can do basic splitting, cutting, inserting and stretching relatively fast
5.1.3. Add a little intro shot in MM if you want, they have a wizard for it
5.1.4. Tip: break your movie into 3 - 5 minute sections. It edits faster. You can join them at the end
5.1.5. Play the soundtrack you mailed yourself on another device to make sure your movie is as long as your text
5.1.6. Remember to leave a bit of a tail so the film shows a few seconds longer than the soundtrack - looks better in my opinion Movies longer than15 minutes require additional actions when uploading to YouTube Often easier to split into different episodes instead
5.1.7. Save your edited movies without sound Be sure to set the filmsound at 0 Delete any soundtrack that came with the film
6. 6. Put it all together
6.1. Open Windows Movie Maker
6.1.1. Add your finished film clips
6.1.2. Add your Audicity soundtrack(s)
6.1.3. Avoid too much editing at this stage if possible In my experience cutting sound or film if there are both, affects the Movie Maker quality
6.1.4. Make sure the soundtrack (not the film!) volume is set to maximum
6.1.5. Export your movie as a High Quality film on your computer Uploading via YouTube is faster and less error prone
7. 7. Upload to YouTube
7.1. Sign in to your YouTube account
7.2. Upload film and fill in the details
7.3. Add subscribe buttons if you have a channel
7.4. Add other subtexts if you want
7.5. Pick a thumbnail for your film
7.5.1. If you do not like YouTube's
7.5.2. Run the film full screen on your computer
7.5.3. Take a screenshot and paste it into Paint (comes with Windows)
7.5.4. Upload the Paint picture instead


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The Observatory's origins were as a teaching facility. Although it status as a National Historic Landmark grew out of its use for pioneering research and instrument development, the Observatory continues into the 21st Century as a teaching facility. The instruments, furniture and other historic fabric of the Observatory has over the years has never been fully inventoried as a historic collection. The Department of Astronomy moved from the Observatory in 1979 and then again in 1994 to a new building. With each move some of the equipment and historic fabric was dispersed. Recognizing the value for instruction as well its' historical significance, this inventory is the first step in locating, assessing, organizing, and ultimately preserving the Observatory's collection. The inventory is needed to help protect the collection from unintentional loss, damage, or neglect, ensure its preservation, and plan for its instructional use.
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Saturday, May 25, 2013
Crackles in Inhaling
what is the cause of crackles? What can be done?
"Crackles" refers to a non-specific, subjective description of an abnormal sound which is heard when someone listens to the lung. The list of problems which can cause crackles is quite long and varies. If indeed crackles are present, then some investigation to understand what might be causing this abnormal sound is important. This will likely be some picture of the lung. In general, abnormal findings should be investigated until a satisfactory explanation is obtained for the abnormal finding. Once a cause is identified, one can then define an appropriate course of action.
Robert Schilz, DO, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University


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Even as kids, paper crafts had always been the favorite of growing children from preparatory stage to primary stage. With paper crafts, children can hone their creativity from folding, cutting, and even drawing. Today, let's introduce kids on how to create paper dolls.
This project is easy. All you will need is a colored paper (the longer the paper, the better), pencil, and scissors. You can get these materials with Wayfair coupons 20% off order online. Once you have everything you need, you can gather the children with their materials ready.
Paper Folding Crafts for Kids
Step by Step Procedure:
1. Get your colored paper and cut it lengthwise.
2. Get one strip of the paper and do the accordion fold.
** the accordion fold – Fold about 2 inches of the paper in, invert the paper and then follow the fold as it was in the other side. Repeat untill you will have an accordion look on the strip of paper.
3. Cut out the extra paper so as to have even folds.
4. Draw half of the doll on the folded paper along the folded edge of the already folded paper. Draw half of a boy or half of a girl.
5. Cut around the doll outline and unfold the paper strip.
6. You should have a cut out dolls of a boy or a girl with hands joined together.
You can use other types of papers even newspapers. Children can color the paper dolls or paint it and let it dry. Try it with all of your friends or show how it is done to your kids. This is a fun way for children to explore what else they can do with paper dolls.
Word of caution. Supervise children while doing with this project. Scissors can be sharp and may cause harm so it is important to remind children that scissors can be dangerous. Require children to use scissors especially made for preschool.


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I'm interested to learn why the following three-word phrases have stress on different words.
- "little straw house" (stress is on little and house)
- "small wooden house" (stress is on wooden)
Here are the sentences:
- The first little pig built a little straw house.
- The second little pig built a small wooden house.
How come the stress for the second phrase is not on small and house?
Can you please help?


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Vision Learning Website on the Hydrologic Cycle. This site highlights the global
hydrologic cycle. From this reading, you should be able to depict the fluxes of
water in the hydrologic cycle, discuss how the cycle is altered by human activity,
and highlight the impacts of global change on the water cycle.


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The Golden Secrets Of Lettering: Letter Design From First Sketch To Final Artwork
The Golden Secrets of Lettering is a comprehensive, beautifully illustrated guide to hand lettering. With easy-to-understand instructions and guidelines, plenty of inspirational examples, and hundreds of hand sketches and illustrations, Martina Flor shows readers how to transform their initial lettering concepts and handdrawn sketches into a well-shaped, exquisite piece of digital lettering that can be sold and published. Readers learn how to train their typographic eye by studying lettering samples and the anatomy of letters; explore concepts of hierarchy, composition, and flourishes; and discover the many different ways of creating letter shapes. In addition, Flor explains the process of creating a lettering project step by step-- from start to finish, from analog to digital--and gives valuable tips about how to make a career as a lettering artist.
- Hardback | 160 pages
- 229 x 279 x 17.78mm | 771.11g
- 18 Apr 2017
- Princeton Architectural Press
- New York, United States
- Illustrations, unspecified


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Course number STAT-410 discusses the core elements of the EPA's first major revision to its groundwater statistical guidance in almost 20 years. Presented by the primary author of the revision, this course will showcase new features of the guidance, as well as recommended changes to current statistical practice. In addition to reviewing the design and evaluation of statistical programs for groundwater monitoring, participants will also learn the benefits of checking their assumptions in order to run the most effective statistical tests.
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Anglo-Saxon law and numismatics: A reassessment in the light of Patrick Wormald's the Making of English Law
British Numismatic Society, Vol. 77, (2007)
Since Michael Dolley and Michael Metcalf established that Edgar introduced a system of periodic recoinages in c.973, the numismatic evidence for the thoroughness of the recoinages has offered historians valuable evidence for the effectiveness of Anglo-Saxon government. In Simon Keynes's words, 'the reformed system of coinage as a whole demonstrates the remarkable degree of sophistication attained in one area of royal government in the late tenth century, and thus suggests to the historian what he can reasonably expect in others'. However, the lines from king to mint are hard to trace in practice. The very limited written evidence touching on the coinage gives only a fractured picture of its administration. Together with Roger of Wendover's thirteenth-century reference to Edgar's recoinage, the clauses in Athelstan's Grately code (II Athelstan), Edgar's Andover code on the one coinage (II-III Edgar), /Ethelred's coinage laws (TV /Ethelred', 5-9) and the punishments for forgers laid down in his Wantage code (III /Ethelred, 8, 16), form almost the entire written evidence for the administration of the coinage.2 References to money and coins in use are relatively more frequent in the written sources, such as the charters, but here too, the references to transactions in the laws have been of particular interest given their evidence for royal concern on the matter.3 Understanding the laws is thus a key step in understanding the written evidence for the administration and the use of the coinage, and illuminating these processes in practice.
There has been no wider discussion of the coinage laws in relation to numismatics since R.S. Kinsey's consideration of these passages in his article 'Anglo-Saxon law and practice relating to mints and moneyers' in 1958-59, though Mark Blackburn has examined Athelstan's coinage and the numismatic clauses of the Grately code in detail. Kinsey's article was based on wide and thoughtful reading in the numismatic and historical literature of his day, but a comparison of the open questions facing Kinsey, writing before presentation of the sexennial recoinage thesis, compared to the questions under discussion today, reveals how far the study of the late Anglo-Saxon coinage has come. The growing body of single find evidence has been of particular importance in improving our understanding of coin use in England.


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TODAY'S TED TALK – How racism makes us sick
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Why does race matter so profoundly for health? David R. Williams developed a scale to measure the impact of discrimination on well-being, going beyond traditional measures like income and education to reveal how factors like implicit bias, residential segregation and negative stereotypes create and sustain inequality. In this eye-opening talk, Williams presents evidence for how racism is producing a rigged system — and offers hopeful examples of programs across the US that are working to dismantle discrimination. Watch now »
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Intro: Styrofoam Plate Speaker
This instructable will teach you how to make a speaker out of a styrofoam plate!!! This speaker can play an audible sound.
Step 1: Gather Materials
Materials you will need for this project:
Piece of paper
Tape (any type)
30-32 gauge wire
Neodymium magnets (at least 6)
Hot Glue Gun
2 Alligator clips
Piece of cardboard that is bigger than the styrofoam plate
Headphone wire with plug to connect to playing device
Step 2: Cut Paper
Use scissors to cut piece of paper to a height that is higher than the magnets.
Step 3: Wrap Magnet With Paper
After cutting paper, roll it around magnet and secure it with piece of tape.
Step 4: Glue Paper to Center of Plate
On the back of the plate, glue the piece of paper to the center using hot glue gun.
Step 5: Begin Wrapping Wire Around Paper
Using 30-32 gauge wire, wrap it around the piece of paper glued to the plate. Continue wrapping it until the majority of the piece of rolled paper is covered in wire. Once wrapped, cut the wire and secure it with piece of tape.
It helps to start wrapping the wire from the bottom and go up.
Step 6: Sand Ends of Wire
Considering the wire is painted, you need to sand the end of the wire down until the ends are copper. With the paint on the charge will not connect.
(You might have to repeat this step for the headphone wire)
Step 7: Connect Alligator Clips to Wire
Connect an alligator clip to both ends of wire and attach the other end of the alligator clips to the plug-in wire ends.
Step 8: Place Magnet on Cardboard
Place the magnet in the middle of the piece of cardboard. Feel free to glue it down to the cardboard.
Step 9: Connect Plate to Magnet
Put the magnet inside of the wired piece of paper so everything is attached.
Step 10: Secure Plate to Cardboard
Tape the paper plate to the cardboard so it is more balanced.


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Bop Concept
The Base of the Pyramid (BoP) is a demographic term that covers the approximately four and a half billion people who live on less than USD $8 per day at the base of the global economic pyramid. Companies have traditionally not considered this group as a potential market because of the low income of the households. As a result, income poor communities often lack competition, which leads to a poverty penalty where poor people often overpay for goods and services of low quality. However, by applying disruptive, new technologies and creating more inclusive business models, it is possible to generate innovative new commercial opportunities with tremendous potential to both scale laterally as well as "trickle up" to the top.


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Windfinders are Sea Folk women who advise Sailmistresses, Wavemistresses, and the Mistress of the Ships in plotting a course based on the wind and currents. Windfinders can be found on every ship the Sea Folk inhabit. Many Windfinders can channel, using their ability in the One Power to change the weather to avert storms and speed their ship along to its destination. The Sea Folk call this Weaving of the Winds, which is another name for Cloud Dancing This contributes to the Sea Folk's already well-deserved reputation of speed on the water.
As Weaving of the Winds manipulates the weather with flows of Air and Water, most Windfinders are particularly skilled in those weaves. In fact, Windfinders typical channel powerful flows of Air and Water that are much thicker than most Aes Sedai would dare to attempt. Conversely, many Windfinders have little to no skill with Fire or Earth, even less than most female channelers, since due to the nature of their society's need, they do not cultivate those skills.
Secrecy and revelationEdit
For years, no Sea Folk ship would allow passage of an Aes Sedai on their ship for fear the Aes Sedai would discover their Windfinders could channel, and take them to the Tower to be trained. To allay suspicion among Aes Sedai, the Sea Folk usually send their weakest channelers to the White Tower to give the impression that the One Power does not flow strongly among the Sea Folk and to stop a possible investigation by the Aes Sedai into potential channelling abilities among the Sea Folk.
Although it is the higher ranking Sailsmistress who usually decides who is allowed passage on her ship, the Windfinder is given the right to specifically refuse passage to a passenger who can channel. This long lived tradition of denying passage to Aes Sedai ended when Elayne Trakand and Nynaeve al'Meara requested passage on a Sea Folk raker on business for the Dragon Reborn and Windfinder Jorin din Jubai White Wing granted their request.
During the Last Battle the Windfinders and the Sea Folk fought heroically in Thakan'dar valley, near Shayol Ghul. In particular the channellers rotated in groups of 13 to use constantly the Bowl of the Winds against Shai'tan manipulation of the weather in the valley. Also when a group was busy with the Bowl the others were constantly occupied against the attacks of Dreadlords.
- Jorin din Jubai White Wing - Windfinder of Wavedancer.
- Shalon din Togara Morning Tide - Windfinder of clan Shodein.
- Taval din Chanai Nine Gulls - Windfinder of the White Spray.
- Renaile din Calon Blue Star - Windfinder to the Mistress of the Ships.
- Dorile din Eiran Long Feather - Windfinder of Windrunner.
- Caire din Gelyn Running Wave - Windfinder to Pelanna.
- Tebreille din Gelyn South Wind - Windfinder to Mareil.
- Shielyn - Windfinder to Zaida din Parede Blackwing
- Senine - Windmistress to the former Mistress of the Ships
- Nestelle din Sakura South Star
- Chanelle din Seran White Shark


The Testing Platform Cost Model
By Lawrence Long Bruce Larson Sydney Rosen Sarah Girdwood | |
This cost model provides a simple tool for analysts and decision-makers to determine the cost per test for a testing platform from a provider's perspective. For many developing countries, the decision to introduce or scale-up certain laboratory tests is influenced by the associated costs and effectiveness. For example, introducing point-of-care (POC) testing, or lowvolume testing technologies, into healthcare programmes may improve access, linkage to care and treatment. This tool can assist policy makers in answering questions related to the cost per test for different test technologies, for example CD4, viral load, Gene-Xpert etc., and ultimately improve programme efficiency.
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Burnham, A., Cai, H., and Wang, M., "Critical Factors in the Development of Well-To-Wheel Analyses of Alternative Fuel and Advanced Powertrain Heavy-Duty Vehicles," SAE Technical Paper 2016-01-1284, 2016, doi:10.4271/2016-01-1284.
A heavy-duty vehicle (HDV) module of the Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Transportation (GREETTM) model has been developed at Argonne National Laboratory. The fuel-cycle GREET model has been published extensively and contains data on fuel-cycles and vehicle operation of light-duty vehicles. The addition of the HDV module to the GREET model allows for well-to-wheel (WTW) analyses of heavy-duty advanced technology and alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs), which has been lacking in the literature. WTW analyses of HDVs becomes increasingly important to understand the fuel consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions impacts of newly enacted and future HDV regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.This paper introduces the new GREET HDV module, which allows for the analysis of fuel consumption, GHG emissions, and air pollutant emissions of 12 conventional (i.e. diesel and/or gasoline) HDV types, including combination long-haul freight trucks, refuse trucks, single-unit delivery trucks, transit buses, and school buses. In addition, the HDV module includes 10 AFVs, including biodiesel, ethanol, natural gas, propane, and hybrid electric, that are currently being either demonstrated or deployed in the United States. Using diesel, gasoline, and natural gas HDVs as examples, we identify the key drivers in HDV WTW analysis including HDV duty-cycle, fuel economy, functional units, and vehicle emission factors.


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Injury Mechanics: A Brief History of Hurting People _TAG_
I knew most of this information about weapons and injuries, but the presenters of this panel laid it out in such a useful way for a writer. If they use this weapon, these injury choices. So, this is my follow on to Thursday's Writing Fight Scenes That Work.
Common Injury Reactions
When a body is injured, there are four things that commonly happen.
- lose their guts (vomit)
- shock (from blood loss or emotionally shook)
Causes of Death
At the most basic, there are three things that cause a body to stop.
- Brain damage
- Low blood pressure (blood loss)
- Heart Stop
Realistic Capabilities of First Aid
- Prevent infection
- Clean/Stitch wound (cuts/punctures)
- Modern – CPR/fluids/Heimlich maneuver
Combat Types and Injuries
4 Types of Close Combat Damage and the Injuries They Incur
- Slashing (Cutting to the heart of the matter)
- Main damage to unarmored areas
- Blood loss can incapacitate or kill without treatment
- Flesh and muscle injuries are recoverable if the organs are intact
- Potentially immediately deadly, especially in the liver
- Can cause internal bleeding
- Weapon can get stuck
- Can bypass armour
- Main damage is bruising and losing combat effectiveness.
- Concussions, maybe fractures and internal bleeding
- If a clot breaks free, someone who seems okay can seem to randomly die even 2-3 days later.
- Wrestling (Twisting people to your will)
- Most basic type of fighting
- Breaking joints is easier than snapping bones
- Joint injuries are harder to recover
- Armor both protects and hinders
In large scale battles, training matters. Studies show untrained armies had large numbers of people hit in the back, head, or off-hand. If you lose, they'll kill you. If you run, those behind you don't know you're from their side, they just see a warrior running at them…
Fun fact: When using a shield, the back leg won't be hit as much.
Modern Ranged Combat
Otherwise known as poking holes in people from far away. In 50 percent of gun fights, 1 hit ends the fight.
- Most people hit once with a pistol will walk away
- Most people hit once with a rifle or shotgun are incapacitated.
Why are they so deadly?
- Damage to nervous system
- Organ damage
- Longer term
- Internal bleeding
- lead poisoning
Note: If you hit bone, the bouncing of the bullet makes exponentially more damage
Other Types of Modern Weapons
- The flames aren't what kills you, it's the carbon monoxide poisoning
- Most common are burn injuries
- Loss of combat effectiveness, you drop immediately
- The burn probably won't kill you unless it's a massive lethal shock
- But infection is very, very easy
- Fun fact: New skin often grows back with no sweat-glands so it's easy to overheat
- Mustard Gas/Tear Gas, Venomous Agent X, Radiation
- Effects internal organs, sometimes immediately, sometimes letting you live long enough to develop cancers. Depends on amount.
- Tasers/Electrical weapons
- super bad for heart conditions
- scars along nerve lines
- both heat and electrical damage
- burn damage
And, one of the old standbys:
- Gravitational damage
- Shoving someone off a cliff/out a window
- Blunt force, similar to clubbing. Think about how they land
(These notes are from the titular panel at WorldCon 75. The panelists were Asko "Mostly Harmless" Metsäpelo, Ikka "Warlord" Niemi, and Kim Hokkanen.)