text: is used to designate any action or word or thing as reckoned to a person. Thus in doctrinal language (1) the sin of Adam is imputed to all his descendants, i.e., it is reckoned as theirs, and they are dealt with therefore as guilty; (2) the righteousness of Christ is imputed to them that believe in him, or so attributed to them as to be considered their own; and (3) our sins are imputed to Christ, i.e., he assumed our "law-place," undertook to answer the demands of justice for our sins. In all these cases the nature of imputation is the same (Rom. 5:12-19; comp. Philemon 1:18, 19).


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Pulsed electric field PEF – the potential in food processing
Pulsed electric field (PEF) processing is a well known non-thermal food preservation technique, but did you know it can also be used to improve product quality and food production processes?
Pulsed electric field processing and electroporation are both used to describe the same technique. The pulsed electric field induces poration of cell membranes – that is where the word electroporation comes from. Permeabilization is another term used in this context. The cell membranes of microorganisms, plant or animal tissue can be made permeable by using PEF technology. This process of electroporation is suitable for use in a broad range of food processes and bioprocesses using low levels of energy.
Increased permeability of cell membranes
Exposure of biological cells to a sufficiently strong external electric field results in transiently or permanently increased permeability of cell membranes, referred to as 'electroporation'. Since all types of cells like animal, plant and microorganism can be effectively electroporated, without addition of viral or chemical compounds, electroporation is considered to be a universal method and a platform technology.
Food and biomass processing
Electroporation is currently used in food and biomass processing. Preservation of food by electroporation is used to maintain color, flavor and levels of antioxidants, while destroying microorganisms. Recently, extraction of intracellular components from plants as well as cryopreservation using electroporation have been demonstrated.
New applications of pulsed electric field PEF-technology
Electroporation has shown potential in pretreatment of sludge and other substrates, leading to increased biogas production. Other applications, such as water treatment, extraction of oil from algae and of sugar from sugar beets are just a few of the foreseeable new applications.
Concrete action will continue to arise in biotechnology like extraction from algae and other cell cultures, improvement of industrial processes, environment preservation like wastewater treatment, biogas production, energy harvest from biomass and food processing like extending shelf life of food, development of novel foods and obtaining new ingredients.
Challenges for use of electroporation in food processing industry
In food processing optimization toward highest energy efficiency and low operation and investment costs is required to allow for further development of PEF-technology.
Mark de Boevere, MD of Pulsemaster: "We are pleased Campden BRI currently has a Pulsemaster Solidus PEF pilot-scale batch system on site for PEF research and private contract services. Campden BRI has over 2400 member companies in 75 different countries. We welcome contact from commercial companies and science sector, interested in exploring specific applications of PEF technology for science based precision processing of healthy, structured and tasteful foods and beverages."
Dr Danny Bayliss, New Technology specialist of Campden BRI: "During PEF processing, short high voltage pulses are applied which induce pores in cell membranes. At low field strengths (<10 kV/cm) pores can be formed in the cells of both liquid and bulk food products. This offers many potential benefits to help improve processes or product quality including:
- Tissue softening – reduces the cutting force required for food products, such as potatoes, sugar beet and carrots. Reductions of up to 60% have been shown for some products
- Extraction – increased rupturing of plant cells to improve the extraction and yield of juices, proteins, nutrients, vitamins and natural colours
- Drying – improves mass transport of liquids for better drying of products
- Brining and marinating of meat products – better diffusion, reducing time and improving the quality of the cook meat products such as water holding capacity
- Meat tenderisation – releases enzymes and protein breakdown can improve tenderisation and maturation of meat
- Reduced fat uptake – reduces oil uptake during frying of vegetable based products
I am excited that we are installing new pulsed electric field equipment in our pilot plant. The Pulsemaster Solidus system will be available for confidential trials during April and May. If you are interested in exploring the potential of PEF technology for your applications then please get in touch."
Danny Bayliss: +44(0)1386 842130 _EMAIL_

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Native Plants & Animals
EDO NSW has produced a number of resources on native plants and animals
Fact Sheets on this topic include:
- Commonwealth Threatened Species Law
- Threatened Species and Ecological Communities
- Protecting Native Animals and Plants
EDO NSW also undertakes law reform work relevant to native plants and animals. Read our submissions.
EDO NSW represents individuals and community groups in public interest litigation to protect the environment. Read about our cases on native plants and animals.
Protecting Native Animals, Plants, Threatened Species & Ecological Communities
We have updated and combined our fact sheets on native plants and animals and threatened species following the introduction of the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016. The new fact sheet outlines the legal protections for native and threatened species in NSW.
This fact sheet will be useful for people who want to know what the legal protections for native animals and plants and threatened species are at a state level. It will also be useful for people who are concerned about breaches of environmental law.
Other fact sheets you may find useful: Protected Areas, EPBC Act, Commonwealth Threatened Species Law, BioBanking, Biodiversity Assessments
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
This Fact Sheet discusses the role of the Commonwealth in environmental protection, the processes involved in Commonwealth assessment of projects, and penalties for failure to obtain appropriate Commonwealth approvals.
This Fact Sheet will be useful for anyone considering embarking on a development or activity which may have a significant impact on a matter of national significance, or anyone concerned about such a proposed development.
Commonwealth Threatened Species Law
Sometimes a development or activity may require assessment and approval under both Commonwealth and state threatened species law. This Fact Sheet explains how nationally listed threatened species and ecological communities are protected under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
This Fact Sheet will be useful for anyone who wishes to find out whether a species or ecological community is currently protected, and people who want to nominate a species or an ecological community for protection and ensure proper protection is applied to species or ecological communities already listed. It will also be useful for anyone who is planning a development which may impact on a threatened species or may constitute a threatening process and who wants to know how to apply for permission to proceed with the development.
Other Fact Sheets you may find useful: Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, Threatened Species and Ecological Communities


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This best-selling text on marriages, families, and relationships combines an authoritative, yet applied approach with a theme that is especially relevant today: making choices in a diverse society. A balance of various theoretical perspectives along with many examples helps you understand how people are influenced by the society around them, how social conditions change in ways that affect family life, the interplay between families and the larger society, and the family-related choices that individuals make throughout adulthood. You'll gain insightful perspectives on the diversity of our modern society, including different ethnic traditions and family forms, and be encouraged to question assumptions and reconcile conflicting ideas and values as you make informed choices in your own life. Louis in political science, her master's degree in sociology minor in psychology from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and her doctorate in sociology from the University of Notre Dame. She has published numerous articles in law, sociology, and medical humanities journals. Research and teaching interests include family, reproduction, and gender and law. She attended Clarke College, Dubuque.
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over to OK. Arrow over to Cancel twice, then arrow over to Exit Install.
Leave the superuser account and log in as the new user. Now type
pine -- you should see the following message:
Creating subdirectory "/home/yourusername/mail" where Pine will store its mail folders.
This will be followed by Pine's greeting text. You'll notice that Pine's commands are always listed at the bottom of your screen. The ^ symbol means use your CTRL key along with the letter next to the ^. Once you've read the greeting, use ^E (Exit This Greeting). This will bring you to Pine's main menu.
Since this is the first time you are running Pine as this user, you'll need to press S to enter Setup, then C to enter Config. The first three items should be edited as follows:
You'll notice that Pine supports a lot of configuration values; if you find one that sounds interesting, highlight it and press the? key. This will give a short, and usually helpful, description of what this configuration parameter does. I usually change the following on mine:
Under Viewer Preferences -- I use the Enter key to put an [X] in the following values:
This will highlight URLs and e-mail addresses so I can go directly to a web site or add an address to my address book.
Once you've finished your configurations, press E to exit Setup and Y to commit changes. This will return you to the main menu where you can press A to edit the address book. The @ key will let you add an e-mail address; when you're finished, type ^X and the address should now show in your address book.
Highlight a user you've added to your address book and press C to compose an e-mail message to them. Arrow down to Cc and input your e-mail address so you'll be sent a copy of the message. Once you've composed your message, make sure you are connected to your ISP and press ^X to send your message. Type y when Pine asks you if you want to send the message. It should say [Sending Mail], then [Message sent and copied to'sent-mail'.] Use your < key to return to the main menu, then L to enter the folder list. If you arrow over to sent-mail and press enter, you should be able to view and read the message that you sent.
One last point on Pine: it contains a built-in editor called Pico. Pico is a very easy editor to learn as its commands are always listed on the bottom of the screen. You don't have to run Pine to use Pico; if you want to edit a file with Pico, do this:
Now that you've sent your first e-mail with Pine, you'll want to check that you received your copy of the e-mail by using the fetchmail program. Open up another virtual terminal, and log in as your user. I use fetchmail like so:
fetchmail istar.caEnter password for _EMAIL_: fetchmail: IMAP connection to istar.ca failed: Connection refused 1 message for genisis at istar.ca (868 octets). reading message 1 of 1 (868 octets) flushed
When you check your e-mail, substitute the value to the right of the @ in your e-mail address for istar.ca. If everything worked, fetchmail will download at least one message. Return to the terminal where you are running Pine and navigate to your inbox to read it.
Note that fetchmail added genisis to my e-mail address for me because I am logged in as genisis. If I happened to be logged in as another user, say biko, it would use the address _EMAIL_ instead.
The fetchmail command would then fail as I don't have a mailbox called biko on Istar's mail server. However, if I'm logged in as biko and invoke fetchmail like so:
fetchmail -u genisis istar.ca
This will tell fetchmail to use the mailbox name of genisis instead of my login name of biko so I can retreive genisis' email.
Fetchmail also has a verbose mode which can be used to view the various
POP3 commands between fetchmail and the mail server. You can invoke
verbose mode with
-v and very verbose mode with
-vv. Here is a portion of a session with fetchmail in verbose mode:
Enter password for _EMAIL_:
fetchmail -v istar.ca
You should be able to recognize the
LIST commands from the tutorial.
Fetchmail is highly configurable through its use of switches; its manpage is well worth reading.
Hopefully, we've cleared up some of the mystery regarding how e-mail works. Next week, we'll look at setting permissions.
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Man in a business suit with a digitally created brain for his head.
You have probably heard a lot about artificial intelligence (AI) lately. AI has been around since the 1950s but pieces of the technology are finally gaining some traction in commercial applications such as Siri and Amazon Alexa.
AI and the machine learning algorithms behind it are gaining some traction in the behavioral health field. New research from the USC Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society might help the Washington State addiction treatment community battle substance use disorder in youth.
This article will look at how AI-powered social networking might be used in the future in applications to support recovering addicts in Washington State and elsewhere.
Using AI For Peer Support
Substance use is a particularly difficult problem during high school years when teens often try illegal drugs and alcohol. But these forays into substance use can affect their entire lives. Indeed, there are hundreds of adults in Washington State addiction treatment that can trace their first use of these illicit substances back to their teenage years.
While you know that peer group support is an important part of recovery, especially for at-risk youth, making the wrong social connections can also be detrimental to the healing process. According to an article in USC Viterbi School of Engineering, "But if these groups are not properly structured, they can exacerbate the problems they intend to treat by encouraging the formation of friendships based on antisocial behavior."
Now researchers have developed an AI application applied to social network apps for recovery from substance use. The USC Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society, an organization devoted to using computer science to solve the world's most difficult social problems, has developed AI that will sort membership in these therapeutic peer groups in Washington State addiction treatment programs.
The letters AI in red and yellow with colored arrows pointing to them.
Traditionally, trained professionals in the Washington State addiction treatment community have conducted peer group formation for therapeutic purposes. So, the study sought to compare the effectiveness of this human effort versus an intelligent computer algorithm.
While this is only one study, it showed the AI model potentially had a higher degree of success than its human counterparts.
The study was called "Influence Maximization for Social Network Based Substance Abuse Prevention." The goal was to develop an intelligent computer program, "which they hope will assist interventionists in substance abuse prevention."
In it, researchers compared the computer's analysis of social group connections between people and their history of substance use. The AI program made recommendations based on the likelihood of negative behavior within the peer group.
It turns out that AI can sort these social connections and help make intelligent choices to optimize these relationships – perhaps better than the human therapist. What does this mean for Washington State addiction treatment?
Washington State Addiction Treatment and AI
While it is too early to expect artificial intelligence to be regularly applied in Washington State addiction treatment, this study was an excellent first start. Researchers are hoping to continue their work and deploy the AI model further to optimize social connections within peer groups.
To find out more about addiction treatment resources in Washingtoncontact us today!


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One of the busiest shipping areas in the 1700's was
the passage between Nantucket and the mainland.
The route between Great Point (or Sandy Point, as it was known)
was one of the most hazardous. In 1770, residents of Nantucket
formed a committee to persuade the General Court of Massachusetts
to build a lighthouse at Great Point. They later sent a local
representative to "use his influence" to gain support
for the lighthouse.
In 1784, a total of 1389 pounds was allocated for construction
of the lighthouse. The first Great Point Light (also known as Nantucket Light)
was built in 1785. The original wooden tower initially had no keeper's house at the site -
the keeper had to travel seven miles across the barrier beach to and from the
The first keeper was Captain Paul Pinkham. Pinkham was initially paid $166.66 a year -
a figure later increased due to the hardships of maintaining the station.
Eventually a residence was built near the station.
Keeper Pinkham resupplied the station by driving a horse and cart to Coatue,
across from the town of Nantucket, left his horse in a shed he had constructed
at the beach, and rowed across the channel into town.
During his time at the light, Pinkham created the first accurate chart of the nearby
shoals. This chart proved invaluable to mariners. Pinkham presided at Great Point
when responsibility for the station was turned over to the Federal Government in 1789.
In 1795, thieves stole keeper Pinkham's boat and used it to rob the Nantucket Bank.
Keeper Pinkham died in 1799, and was replaced by George Swain.
Jonathan Coffin, the next keeper, was forced to resume the long trek
to the light when a fire destroyed the keeper's residence in 1812.
Coffin petitioned directly to the Secretary of the Treasury, Albert Gallatin,
and was granted hardship pay for the arduous journey.
The original tower was destroyed by fire in November 1816 - arson was suspected,
but never proven. Due to the importance of the location, $7500 was quickly allocated
for a new lighthouse. A temporary wooden skeleton light tower was installed
during construction. The stone tower was completed in early 1818 for $7385.12.
The tower was 60 feet tall, and whitewashed for greater visibility.
The 14 lamps were visible 11 miles away.
The keeper's house was not replaced until 1825, when
a new stone structure was built with a covered walkway to the lighthouse.
Several major renovations took place during the light's history.
In 1857, a third-order Fresnel lens was installed
An assistant keeper's house was added, and the
tower lined with brick. The lantern room was replaced in 1861.
The residences were replaced with a new double-keeper's dwelling in 1889.
The presence of the lighthouse failed to prevent shipwrecks. Between
1863 and 1890 there were 43 wrecks off Great Point.
Mariners were apparently unable to distinguish Great Point
with the Cross Rip an Handkerchief lightships - all fixed lights.
The problem was finally remedied in 1889 when a red panel was placed
in the lantern room at Great Point to mark the Cross Rip Shoal area.
Great Point Light was automated in the 1950's. The keeper's residence
was boarded up. On October 23, 1966, a suspicious fire burned the
keeper's residence to the ground. In 1971, the Fresnel lens was replaced
with a modern optic. As time passed, erosion
brought the sea closer and closer to the lighthouse.
While there was much discussion on how to save the tower,
nothing was done, nor was the funding available. In 1981, the Coast
Guard estimated moving the lighthouse would cost $450,000.
Some maintenance did occur - in November 1983, the Coast Guard
repainted and refurbished the tower.
The preservation efforts were too late.
On March 29, 1984, the lighthouse was destroyed in a hurricane-force storm.
No one learned of the collapse until the following morning, when the
point was seen from the air.
The storm also created a break in the barrier beach, temporarily turning
Great Point into an island.
When the Coast Guard proposed placing a skeleton tower at the point,
the islanders vetoed the proposal. To maintain the historical
character of the island, a replica of the 1818 tower was built.
The new tower was erected three hundred yards west of the previous tower.
It was 70 feet tall, and used exterior rubblestone from the 1818 light.
The inner core was reinforced concrete, and the interior lined with brick.
The tower foundation was sunk 35 feet below ground.
An aluminum spiral staircase was installed, and the modern optic powered
by solar panels. The red sector was also replaced.
The cost of the new light was $1 million, and was funded by an
amendment to the Continuing Resolution of 1817, which appropriated
funds for the 1818 light.
The new tower was lit on September 6, 1986, and remains an active aid to navigation.
Nantucket Lights, Butler pp. 43-64
Lighthouses of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket - Their History and Lore, Clark pp. 146-151
The Lighthouses of New England, Snow pp. 278-284, 286
Massachusetts Lighthouses - A Pictorial Guide, Thompson pp. 106-107
Lighthouses and Life Saving Stations Along the Massachusetts Coast, Claflin p. 103
New England Lighthouses, Roberts and Jones p. 75
Lighthouses of Massachusetts, Roberts and Jones pp. 71


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Blotting is a technique for detecting DNA, RNA or proteins initially present in a complex mixture. In this technique the molecules separated by gel electrophoresis are transferred to nitrocellulose filter. Three types of blotting techniques are commonly used for visualizing particular macromolecules:
The procedure of Southern blotting was first developed by Edward Southern and was named after his name. Southern blotting is used to detect DNA from a complex mixture.
First the DNA is extracted from the cell. The extracted DNA is than cut up with restriction enzymes. The resulting DNA fragments are separated by gel electrophoresis, in which the molecules spread out from one end of the gel to the other. For blotting technique the agarose gel is first washed with buffer solution to remove the accumulated contaminant or agarose residues. Gel is carefully removed from the glass plate and is placed in the transfer buffer. In the mean time nitrocellulose membrane and blotting papers are cut according to size of gel. Finally nitrocellulose membrane is placed on the gel above which blotting papers dipped in transfer buffer are placed. Five to six pieces of blotting papers are placed on each side. Gel with nitrocellulose membrane and blotting papers is then rolled with glass rod to remove any trapped air. Now stacks of unsoaked blotting papers are placed above it. Finally glass plate is placed above them. This set up is transferred to reservoir containing transfer buffer. The transfer buffer from the reservoir moves to the blotting paper by capillary action. The set up is allowed to stand for 12 to 13 hours. In this time the DNA from the gel is transferred to the nitrocellulose membrane. This immobilization is because of the negative charge of DNA and positive charge of nitrocellulose membrane. As soon as the transfer is finished, nitrocellulose membrane is carefully taken out from the setup. Now the membrane will have DNA fragments in the same pattern as they were on the gel. All the bands present in the membrane are marked with pen or pencil. Membrane is than exposed to ultraviolet rays or at 80⁰C in a vacuum oven. This is done to strengthen the binding of DNA fragments to nitrocellulose membrane. This will further not allow DNA to wash off while membrane washing. The membrane can now be incubated with the specific probe of interest. Once the incubation is complete, it can be detected by autoradiography.
The procedure of Northern blotting is exactly similar to Southern blotting. The only major difference between the two is that in Northern blotting RNA is transferred onto the membrane from the gel.
The procedure of western blotting is also similar to Southern blotting. But in western blotting proteins are separated instead of DNA. In Western Blotting there is no need to expose nitrocellulose membrane to ultraviolet ray or vacuum. Instead antibodies are used to detect the presence of proteins. Primary antibody binds to paper while secondary antibody binds to the primary antibody. Blot is incubated with the primary antibody of interest. Non bound antibodies are usually washed off from the membrane. The presence of bound antibody is detected by incubating it with secondary antibody of interest. Secondary antibody is usually attached with an enzyme so that its presence can be detected on a nitrocellulose membrane. Secondary antibody can also be attached with radioactive isotopes. The color emitted determines the presence of particular protein.
Blotting techniques have wide application in today's world. Southern Blotting helps in determining the nucleic acid sequence of animal or human being while Northern blotting is helpful in gene expression.
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Oxydation sous air du Zircaloy-4 et du M5 entre 600 et 1200°C
Titre du congrès :15th International Symposium on Zirconium in the Nuclear Industry
Ville du congrès :Sunriver
Date du congrès :25/06/2007
In the field of nuclear plant safety analysis, different kinds of accidental scenarios can result in cladding exposure to air containing atmospheres. Major examples are spent fuel storage pool loss of water inventory accident and reactor pressure vessel breaching following a thermal shock event. In such situations, the evolution of the fuel cladding up to its failure is of critical importance and will have direct implications on the source term (inventory of radio-nuclides released in the environment). The prediction of this evolution requires a comprehension of the oxidation behaviour of zirconium alloys when exposed to air at high temperature.
Zirconium alloys oxidation at high temperature has been widely studied in steam, but the experimental database for air is much more restricted. An experimental program dedicated to the study of air-oxidation of Zircaloy-4 and M5TM has been launched at the French Institut for Nuclear Safety and Radioprotection (IRSN) at the end of year 2004. Using a commercial thermo-gravimetric analyser (TGA), detailed kinetic data are obtained in isothermal conditions, in a _PHONE_°C temperature range. The alloys are investigated first in a as received state, then pre-oxidised in steam at low temperature to simulate in-reactor corrosion. TGA experiments are completed with metallographic inspections and some EPMA investigations.
The main results can be summarised as follows:
At the beginning of air exposure, the oxidation rate obeys a parabolic, diffusion-limited, behaviour. The parabolic rate constants are comparable, for Zry-4 as well as for M5TM, to the correlations recommended for high temperature steam-oxidation of Zircaloy-4.
However, a transition to high oxidation rates rapidly occurs. Thanks to the TGA data, the transition has been clearly correlated to the radial cracking of the first-formed protective dense oxide scale. This breakaway process occurs for a scale thickness that strongly increases with the temperature. A corrosion scale favours the transition, which occurs earlier for the pre-oxidised samples. The M5TM alloy is breakaway-resistant, showing a late transition compared to Zircaloy-4.
The post transition regime is linear only for the lowest temperature investigated. From 800°C, it is rather observed a continuously accelerated regime up to very high degrees of oxidation. The mechanism of zirconium nitride particles formation and re-oxidation is shown to be responsible of this accelerated degradation, associated with the formation of a highly porous oxide.


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Medical image protection and authentication are becoming increasingly important in an e-Health environment where images are readily distributed over electronic networks. Research has shown that medical image watermarking is a relevant process for enhancing data security, content verification and image fidelity. At the same time, it is necessary to preserve as much original information in the image data as possible, to avoid causing performance loss for human viewers.
A widely accepted fact in generic image watermarking is that not all watermarking methods are suitable for all image types and all applications. Although this topic has been explored for generic image watermarking, it has received very little attention in medical image watermarking. Most medical image watermarking research focuses on developing watermarking systems that preserve image fidelity and/or robustness, under typical non-medical image degradation processes (for example, data communication losses). However, they do not provide tailored solutions for specific medical image types, or for typical degradation processes arising from typical medical uses involving image manipulations.
Given the range of medical image types that exist, as well as the need to protect images without undue loss of data, and the knowledge that not all watermarking methods are suitable for all image types, an important gap in medical image watermarking research was been identified. If medical images are to be protected appropriately as they travel from one site to another, a suitably tailored watermarking scheme must be selected for each image type.
This project investigated the development and pilot implementation of a novel technique for embedding hidden 'watermark' information in medical image data files which would be useful for enhancing security and privacy protection, and at the same time would allow estimation of the amount of data loss (if any) that has occurred to an image due to successive manipulation, transmission and storage operations. This is important in ensuring that safety and quality standards are maintained, by protecting patient data from misuse by allowing ownership and access information to be embedded, and protecting health sector users from unknowingly using degraded data for critical clinical purposes.
The project was run as an e-Health Research Centre partner project, in conjunction with NICTA Qld Laboratory and with collaborating investigators based at the Queensland University of Technology and the University of Queensland.
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Air Pressure and Resistance
Name: Loretta H.
Is there a relationship between air pressure and air
resistance? Recently, I had said that the air resistance acting on a
falling object is actually the air pressure that is acting on the object.
This did not sound right. Air pressure that is acting on an object is I
know a constant value per square area. However, what I was trying to say
was that since air resistance is actually a force that is acting on the
falling object and it is acting on every area of the object, and since we
know that Pressure = Force divided by Area, therefore, air resistance is
somehow related to the pressure of air acting on that object. Please do
enlighten me on this. Thanks.
Air resistance is due to the force exerted on the air by the falling
object to push the air aside to let the object proceed through the
air. By Newton's third law (for every force there is an equal and
opposite reaction) the air pushes on the object with an equal and
opposite force. The air comes together behind the object, of course,
but the resulting pressure there is less that the pressure in front of
the object. The difference in these pressures (times an area, as you
mention) is the cause of the air resistance.
Since, for a stationary object, the air pressure is equal on all sides
of the object, it exerts no net force on the object. If the air
pressure is increased, the net force on a stationary object is still
zero. The net force on a moving object will increase due to the fact
that the air is denser and the object has to push more air aside.
The detailed calculation of air resistance is complicated, but the
basic idea, as stated here, is simple.
Best, Dick Plano
Hi, Loretta!!!
I can only understand this problem by considering
that the bigger the pressure, the more resistance
there will be against the movement of a body.
And that because there will be more air to be
crossed. The behavior of the limit layer surely
will show us that at the front the pressure will
be greater than behind, where greater turbulence
should be expected. If there were no movement
the only force acting on the body is that due to
pressure differences, vertical, from the bottom to
the top. This force is independent from the value
of pressure. If the body moves across the air,
there will be a greater pressure ahead and vacuum
at the tail ( depending upon how big is the speed ).
If a body falls, the resistance will be increasingly
bigger, till it reaches a value where there will be no
more acceleration, or be, constant speed. On the
other extreme, without air, there always will be
acceleration, what means increasing velocity.
When comets reach the earth atmosphere - as
you know - the friction is so high that the tempeture increases and oxygen starts a chemical
reaction and burns the comet. In a planet where
the gravity is bigger than at the earth, there will
be more gases present, and the friction will be
You are ok in this as long as you are careful about what you mean by air
pressure. The pressure that acts to oppose an object moving through
air is not the ambient air pressure. That pressure exerts the same
force on all sides of the object, so the net force from it is zero.
When an object moves through the air, its motion causes the air
pressure in front to increase while the pressure behind decreases, and
this pressure difference produces a net force on the object. If the
object suddenly stops moving, it will take a while for the higher
pressure air in front to leak around to the back, and while this is
happening, the object will still feel a net force from the pressure
difference. So it is the pressure that causes the force.
But drag is more complicated than this because there are other things
that happen as the object moves. The air and the object are heated,
there is turbulence, jets make a condensation trail, etc. All of these
things must be "paid for" out of the momentum (and energy) of the
moving object, and any time momentum changes, there is by definition a
force of some kind.
There is a relation between air pressure and air resistance, but air
resistance and air pressure are not the same thing. If air pressure were
zero, air resistance would also be zero. Still non-zero air pressure does
not mean any air resistance is being felt.
Air pressure is from all directions. Air pressure can be different on
different parts of an object, but in most cases it is quite large all
around. Air pressure is due to molecules crashing into the object from all
Air resistance is due to the motion of an object through the air. The
object pushes the air molecules out of the way. The molecules push back.
Because the air molecules in front get squeezed together more tightly,
pressure in front is greater. Air molecules in back get a little spread
out, so air pressure in back is less. The net effect is a force opposite
the direction of motion.
Just as important to air resistance is the shape of the moving object. A
narrow, pointed object pushes the molecules aside quite easily. A flat
front must push the molecules harder to get them to the side. It is like
hammering a sharp nail versus a dull peg into a piece of wood. For an
arrow, the air molecules in front do not get so tightly squeezed together as
for the dull peg.
Air pressure may be viewed as part of why air resistance exists, but it is
not air resistance itself.
Dr. Ken Mellendorf
Illinois Central College
Air pressure does act on all (exposed) surfaces of an object. The presence of
air pressure does not depend on the state of motion of an object, or even the
presence of an object. It is a property of the air alone.
Wind resistance can only be talked about in terms of the resistance to motion
of an object in the air. The presence of a body to be acted on and the motion
of the air around it creates an increase in the air pressure in front of the
object compared to the air pressure behind the object. This DIFFERENCE in air
pressure results in a new force resisting the motion of the object, which we
call wind resistance.
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GEE & HAW
Have you ever wondered just how one trains a mule to respond to directions?
Training or Breaking a mule is done in the following sequents. A bridle is a harness that fits over the mule's head with an iron Bit placed in the mouth. The bit has rings on either side to which leather or rope plow lines are attached. The lines are run through rings attached to the hames that are fitted onto the collar around the mules neck. The lines then go to the handles on either side of the plow
Trace chains are hooked to the hames and travel through hooks on the backband in the center of the animals back and on to the singletree that is attached to the front of the plow.
To guide the mule in the proper direction, the farmer or trainer pulls on the right line and yells GEE! After repeated moves such as this, the mule begins to realize that GEE means move to the right. To move to the left, the left line is pulled and the yell is HAW.
After repeated tugs on either line at the same time GEE or HAW is yelled, the mule eventually learns to move either left or right on command. Depending on the particular animal, this training could take only a matter of hours or even days and weeks. In isolated instances, this training could amount to naught since there were a few animals that were so danged mule headed that they never learned.
I remember a neighbor once purchased a young mule that had never been broken. He worked for weeks to train the mule to plow without success. He finally asked my father to help him to break the animal.
Together, they hitched the mule to a jog-stock in an open field. Regardless of their attempts, the training was fruitless until my father walked over to a nearby woods and cut a small sapling tree about eight feet long.
With the neighbor holding onto the plow and lines, he got the mule walking in a straight line. When he yelled GEE, my dad hit the mule behind the ear with all of his strength. The same thing occurred when HAW was yelled.
It took several licks with the sapling before the mule would literally JUMP to the right or left, with only a mere whisper of gee or haw.
Mules, like some humans, learn fast while others take a while longer; but eventually all do learn.
Anyone questioning these methods will prompt the response; "Y'all aint from around here; are y'all? Dj


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Two Villanova University College of Engineering initiatives were among seven projects at four Pennsylvania universities to be awarded $174,603 in new funding through the Manufacturing PA Innovation Program COVID-19 Challenge to address the commonwealth's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Moeness Amin, director of the Center for Advanced Communications, received $24,802 for "COVID-19 Risk Monitoring by Wearable Sensor with Machine Learning Processing on Mobile Device." A second $24,815 grant was awarded for "Design and Development of NovaVent," a low-cost, rapidly manufacturable ventilator under the leadership of Dr. C. Nataraj, director of Villanova's Center for Analytics of Dynamic Systems.
COVID-19 Risk Monitoring by Wearable Sensor
In Pennsylvania, a large percentage of the COVID-19-related deaths have occurred in residents in nursing or personal care homes. In many cases, by the time an individual becomes aware of and recognizes any single or multiple COVID-19 symptoms, they are already in danger of permanent health damage or death. In this respect, an accurate, easy-to-use capability to monitor at-risk individuals for early signs of COVID-19 infection is urgently needed.
In partnership with RTM Vital Signs, LLC, this project under the leadership of Dr. Amin aims at developing a full monitoring system that consists of an integrated sensor and smartphone application, which will work as follows:
- The sensor accurately measures the individual's temperature, heart rate, oxygen saturation and tracheal sound.
- The mobile device receives these data wirelessly, and through an app, executes effective signal processing algorithms and machine learning techniques to extract the respiratory rate and classify the individual's breathing conditions and disorders.
- The app computes a risk-index-score that produces a series of alerts/alarms (visual, auditory, and vibratory) that warn the patient and/or medical professional of worsening pulmonary function.
Dr. Amin notes that the sensor itself was recently developed by RTM for opioid overdose detection using an acoustic sensing modality and has since been modified and extended to include temperature and oxygen saturation markers that underlie the COVID-19 infection. RTM's CEO and co-founder is Dr. Nance Dicciani '69, a Villanova Chemical Engineering graduate and former member of the Villanova University Board of Trustees.
Design and Development of NovaVent
Mechanical ventilation is a critical element in treating many patients who are affected by the COVID-19 virus. With an interdisciplinary team of engineering and medical specialists, Villanovans designed and fabricated a functional, first generation prototype of NovaVent, a low-cost (<$1K), open source ventilator that operates in a mode of continuous mandatory ventilation (CMV) intended for patients who are incapable of breathing on their own.
With funding through the COVID-19 Challenge grant, the team intends to build on its preliminary design and pursue research to design NovaVent 2.0. This second iteration will be capable of more sophisticated modes of ventilation and will integrate additional control mechanisms and features more commonly found in expensive high-end ventilators. The Villanova team will then work with Pennsylvania manufacturers to produce near commercial grade components for NovaVent and engage Geisinger Health System for medical input. Testing will be conducted on the breathing simulator at CHOP and validated at Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI), both of which agreed to offer their services at no-cost to this project. Dr. Nataraj adds, "We will also explore opportunities to distribute NovaVent to international locations through our network of service organizations."
In a press release issued by the Department of Community and Economic Development, PA Governor Tom Wolf said: "We are fortunate to have some of the brightest minds in our higher education system, and they rose to the challenge in supporting our commonwealth during this unprecedented time. My administration remains committed to identifying new resources that can support our state's businesses and communities as we continue to navigate this pandemic and the recovery steps ahead."


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Lynx X-Ray Observatory
The Lynx X-ray Observatory is a proposed X-ray space telescope, designed to be the next generation following NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the European Space Agency's upcoming Athena Telescope. This observatory will be able to take images of a larger area of the sky in X-ray light with better resolution than any existing telescope, allowing astronomers to study the first supermassive black holes, the hot gas surrounding galaxies as they evolve, and radiation from the earliest stars. Researchers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian and other universities are presenting Lynx to NASA for consideration in the 2020 Decadal Survey, with a proposed launch date in the mid-2030s.
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New Molecule Binding Chloride Ions
Published on August 31, 2010 at 12:53 AM
Chemists at Indiana University Bloomington have designed a molecule that binds chloride ions -- but can be conveniently compelled to release the ions in the presence of ultraviolet light.
Reporting in the Journal of the American Chemical Society today (online), IU Bloomington chemist Amar Flood and Ph.D. student Yuran Hua explain how they designed the molecule, how it works and, just as importantly, how they know it works.
When azobenzene units (blue) at the ends of the receptor are struck with UV light, the receptor unfolds the helix and releases the chloride ion (green).
"One of the things we like most about this system is that the mechanism is predictable -- and it functions in the way we propose," said Flood, who led the project.
Chloride is a relatively common element on Earth, ubiquitous in seawater and in the bodies of living organisms.
"We have two main goals with this research," Flood said. "The first is to design an effective and flexible system for the removal of toxic, negatively charged ions from the environment or industrial waste. The second goal is to develop scientific and even medical applications. If a molecule similar to ours could be made water soluble and non-toxic, it could, say, benefit people with cystic fibrosis, who have a problem with chloride ions accumulating outside of certain cells."
Many organic molecules exist that can bind positively charged ions, or cations, and this has much to do with the fact that it is easy to synthesize organic molecules with negatively charged parts. Synthesizing organic molecules that bind negatively charged ions, or anions, like chloride, presents special challenges.
The binding molecule or "foldamer" Flood and Hua designed is both a folding molecule and a (small) polymer, meaning the foldamer's constituent parts can be synthesized with relative ease. Under visible light of 436 nanometers (nm), the foldamer prefers a tight spiral structure that allows specially configured residues to interact with each other, which improves stability, and creates an attractive pocket for chloride. In the presence of ultraviolet light (365 nm), the foldamer absorbs energy and the tight spiral is destabilized, weakening the chloride binding pocket and freeing chloride to re-enter the solution.
The "light switch" properties of the foldamer could make it an invaluable tool to biochemists and molecular biologists who seek to adjust the availability of chloride in their experiments by simply turning a UV light emitter on or off.
The foldamer is not quite ready for that, however. It can only be dissolved at present in organic (fatty) solutions, whereas living systems operate mostly in water-based solutions.
"That's the direction we're headed," Flood said. "It actually wouldn't be that difficult to modify the molecule so that it is water soluble. But first we need to make sure it does all the things we want it to do."
In their JACS paper, Flood said he and Hua wanted to bring sythentic chemistry together with modern diagnostic approaches to demonstrate the efficacy of their foldamer.
"A lot of the ideas in our paper have been floating around for some time," Flood said. "The idea of a foldamer that binds anions, the idea of a foldamer that you can isomerize with light, the idea of receptor that can bind anions... But none of the prior work uses conductivity to show that the chloride concentrations actually go up and down as intended. What's new is that we've put all these things together. We think we have something here that allows us to raise our heads to the great research that's preceded us."
Flood and Hua used an electrical conductivity test to show that when voltage is applied to the solution containing chloride ions and the binding molecule, electricity flows more freely in the presence of UV light, when the binder is relaxed and chloride is disassociated from it. That was proof, Flood said, that the foldamer was working as intended.
"My training is in building molecular machines," Flood said. "I create machines that do what we want them to do -- and to show what's possible in chemical and biological laboratory science."
The binding molecule Flood and Hua describe is an improvement on a previous binder developed by Flood and then-postdoctoral fellow Yongjun Li that was also an oligomer of sorts but did not fold. This previous iteration of the chloride binder was closed and donut-shaped, using space restrictions and strategically placed atoms to yield a binding pocket with a special affinity for chloride.
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Edward Wilson sledge flag on display in Cathedral
Edward Wilson's Polar Sledge Flag will be on display in the Cathedral during a special Evensong service on Thursday 5 July.
One hundred years ago, on 17 January 1912, Captain Robert Scott and four other members of his 1910-12 Antarctic Expedition reached the South Pole. Ten weeks later, all five men had perished.
Dr Edward Adrian Wilson (_PHONE_), a Cheltenham-born doctor, scientist, naturalist and artist whose watercolours and drawings of Antarctica are arguably the finest ever produced of the southern Continent, was one of the men that perished. Wilson had also produced many fine watercolours and drawings of his native Gloucestershire, including some of Gloucester Cathedral, a building which his widow, Oriana, later told the Dean of Gloucester was "more loved by him than any other church in the world. I think he knew every inch of it".
On Thursday 5 July Isobel Williams, author of "With Scott in the Antarctic" a first full account of the Antarctic hero's life from childhood to his tragic death will present a special illustrated lecture for the Friends of Gloucester Cathedral followed by a Special Evensong at 5.30pm sung by the Cathedral Youth Choir and directed by Ashley Grote. The local Arctic hero's Polar sledge flag will be on display throughout the service, borrowed for the occasion from the Scott Polar Research Institute. The flag was presented to the Cathedral in 1914 where it hung in the Lady Chapel until 1930. Tickets for the lecture have sold out but all are welcome to attend the Evensong service.


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The structure of the blue-black iodine complex of amylose (the linear, helical component of starch), prepared either from iodine and iodide in aqueous solution or from crystalline amylose and iodine vapor, has been studied by resonance Raman and iodine-129 Mossbauer spectroscopy. In both cases it is concluded that the identity of the major chromophore is essentially the same: the pentaiodide (I5-) anion. For the material prepared from iodine vapor, the iodide required for I5- formation is produced by hydrolysis or alcoholysis of iodine. The other product of this reaction, a hypoiodite, has been assigned in the iodine Mossbauer spectrum.
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Is the eating of Horse meat Halal or not? I would like an answer with references to the Quran or Hadiths.
Salam. There are two views regarding eating meat of horse. I will try to write both below. But I will try to clear before that there is no order in Quran about the horse being halal or haram. So we will rely on Ahadith as:
 - Eating Horse is Halal:
This term is more accepted because it has some valid ahadith. It is stated in Bukhari as:
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah: On the day of Khaibar, Allah's Messenger (SAW) forbade the eating of donkey meat and allowed the eating of horse meat. (Sahih al-Bukhari 4219)
Asma' reported: We slaughtered a horse and ate it during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (SAW). (Sahih Muslim 1942 a)
Jabir b. 'Abdullah is reported to have said: We ate during the time of Khaibar the (flesh) of horses and of wild asses, but Allah's Messenger (SAW) prohibited us (to eat) the flesh of domestic asses. (Sahih Muslim 1941 b)
 - Eating Horse is Makrooh
According to Imam Abu Haneefa and his two companions eating horse is makrooh. As it is stated in below Hadith:
It was narrated that Khalid bin Walid said: "The Messenger of Allah (SAW) forbade the flesh of horses, mules and donkeys." (Sunnan Ibn-e-Maja Book 27, Hadith 3319)
But remember that the above Hadith is classified as Da'eef(weak) over there!
I tried to help you and if you have any other question ask in the comments.
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 _USER_ If you know some more references you can add. And by the way thank you! – Rehan Ullah Aug 8 '15 at 12:43
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 According to Imam Abu Haneefa and his two companions eating horse is makrooh. --- Can you provide any reference where this view of the Imams is mentioned? – ozbek Aug 8 '15 at 15:57
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 _USER_ A good approach but I have already stated that it is Daeef. If you are not a muslim you might not know about it. Daeef means doubtful hence it is not obeyed. Doubtful in means that the person who narrated it about the companion of Muhammad(Khalid bin Walid in this case) is not trustworthy! – Rehan Ullah Aug 8 '15 at 16:31
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 _USER_ Sorry for the most late reply. You cold have a look here pages.citebite.com/x4m5s6t7u0nss and here pages.citebite.com/n4l5h6s7g1uwr though it is common known fact and I can not refer you to an online fiqqah site as I know about none. – Rehan Ullah Aug 9 '15 at 3:49
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 _USER_ oh, thank you! However if he didn't trust that source, it would mean that he wouldn't trust that the prophet explicitly allowed eating horse, not that it also said that it was explicitly forbidden, right? – o0'. Aug 9 '15 at 8:42
Eating horse is makruh according to the Hanafi and Maliki madhab. Their evidence includes:
 - In the Quran 16:5-7, Allah mentions cattle and the various benefits that may be derived from them including their use in food.
 However horses are then mentioned separately and being food is omitted from their purpose, and if it was permitted to eat them then that would be a major benefit worthy of being noted:
 والخيل والبغال والحمير لتركبوها وزينة
 Quran 16:8
 - Horses are an instrument of Jihad which we are told to accumulate; slaughtering and consuming them is contrary to that.
 Quran 8:60
 - There is difference in the ahadith about whether it is permitted or forbidden, so the cautionary approach would be to refrain from it.
 أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم نهى عن أكل لحوم الخيل والبغال والحمير
 The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade eating the flesh of horses, mules and donkeys
 Nasai, Ibn Majah, Abu Dawud
It is permitted according to the Shafi and Hanbali madhab, their evidence includes these ahadith:
 - نحرنا فرسا على عهد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فأكلناه
 We slaughtered a horse and ate it during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ).
 Bukhari & Muslim
 - أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم نهى يوم خيبر عن لحوم الحمر الأهلية وأذن في لحوم الخيل
 Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) prohibited eating of the flesh of domestic asses on the Day of Khaibar, and permitted the cooking of the flesh of horses.
 Bukhari & Muslim
i have found proof using quran only, that horsemeat is halal.
quran, translation by "sahih international", 6:138:
you see, they say here about animals and crops.
6:141 answers to them about plants.
6:142 is about cattle, livestock animals:
6:143 is about sheep and goats. 6:144 is about camels and cows.
then 6:145 says:
counter-argument: predator animals except fish are haram, so this ayah does not work thus simply. answer: probably, this 6:145 ayah is only about cattle and livestock, thus, they are not included there at all. horses are of livestock, so must be mentioned there, if they were haram. and, this ayah is only about what is revealed. it might not be revealed about some things, haramness of which are already clearly known by humans. information about swine is revealed, because eating swine is doubtful for humans. predator animals except fish, for me, are not so much doubtful: they must be haram because they are not in place of food of humans in food chain, and, i think, they are naturally unattractive for humans as food. and also they are much rarer in nature and it would be expensive to grow them in farm, so, they are naturally not as important danger as swine.
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 What about donkeys? – UmH Mar 8 '19 at 5:33
Salamalleikum for all my dear brothers/As far as i know in some Muslim countries as Kazakhstan/Tatarstan large part of people there eat a horse meat/ It is tasty and healthy in case of dietology it is also concerned as a ;light; meat/ People in those countries normally prefer to drink a horse milk/ which is really unusual for taste/ Just come and visit Kazakhstan! You are welcome my brothers!
Holy Quran 16:115
إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَيْتَةَ وَالدَّمَ وَلَحْمَ الْخِنزِيرِ وَمَا أُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ بِهِ ۖ فَمَنِ اضْطُرَّ غَيْرَ بَاغٍ وَلَا عَادٍ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ
Holy Quran 16:116
وَلَا تَقُولُوا لِمَا تَصِفُ أَلْسِنَتُكُمُ الْكَذِبَ هَٰذَا حَلَالٌ وَهَٰذَا حَرَامٌ لِّتَفْتَرُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ الْكَذِبَ ۚ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى اللَّهِ الْكَذِبَ لَا يُفْلِحُونَ
Holy Quran 16:117
مَتَاعٌ قَلِيلٌ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
[It is but] a brief enjoyment, and they will have a painful punishment.
 - These qur'an quotes actually don't answer the given question as evidences don't speak for themselves. See How to Answer. – Medi1Saif Apr 15 '19 at 6:31
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What is JET?
JET stands for Journal Entry Thin. It is an application in its own right but is also the transaction processing engine for all of the Professional Advantage companion products which create transactions (ie IPOS, Bank Reconciliation, CSB Invoicing, Receipting, InterCompany and Consolidations).
In the transaction processing engine capacity it replicates all the same business logic and rules as used in the SunSystems Ledger Entry/Import processes. This ranges from the validation of the static data information (ie valid accounts, analysis codes, journal types etc) through to the balancing criteria (ie in total, by period, by analysis code or transaction reference (if defined).
As an application in its own right it can be used to enter transactions into SunSystems, when you don't want to use Ledger Entry. The processing logic outlined in the previous paragraph is equally applied to these transactions.
In this capacity a user can work off-line (ie off their network) and create SunSystems transactions, with them being posted into SunSystems when next the user is online. Again all the processing logic and rules apply to these transactions.


, the connection works regardless of the equipment you are holding: a bat, a club, a racquet, etc.
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In an earlier post, I talked about moments of truth, when preparation, anticipation, and execution meet at a point in time: the batter connecting with a pitch, a golfer driving a tee shot, the tennis ball meeting the strings on a cross-court forehand. One of the key connections in all of these moments of truth is the athlete's grip on the handle. While the type of grip on the equipment of choice is important, the quality of the grip at the moment of truth is a significant factor between the expectation and the execution. Any competitor can tell you the type of grip they employ, how they hold the club,etc., yet how well they can describe the connection is a better indicator of consistent performance. I use a 10-point scale to describe this quality, where 1 is so loose the club or racquet flies out of your hand, and 10 is so tight that blood flow is cut off and parts of the hand turn white.
Everyone is, to some extent, unique. For example, if a tennis player uses the popular semi-western grip, the actual output will be different if her grip pressure is 2 versus 8. Studies have confirmed these unique grip signatures. One such study of golfers collected data from nearly ten thousand grip sensors and found that golfers "had their own unique grip force 'signature'" which were repeatable but different than the signatures of other golfers.
Why is this important? The grip represents the balance of structure and fluidity. Not enough structure in the connection and it's hard to repeat the swing path and the moment of truth. Too much structure and the anatomy can't perform in a fluid, repeatable manner. This is the diminishing effect of tension. More important is the tension that resides out of the athlete's awareness. Coaches will talk about "feel" and this starts to get to the root of the tension connection. Under pressure, our awareness contracts and we lose some of the internal capacity that allows us to sense this "feel." Thus, chips fall short or are skulled long. Second serves find the middle of the net. Bats can't catch up to fastballs that, under less pressured circumstances, are ripped into the gap.
It all starts with self-awareness and a mindset of curiosity, imagination, and continuous improvement. While equipment matters, in the end, it is the connection to the equipment that matters most. Developing this awareness of self, and the awareness of self in space needs to be an integral part of practice. Start today. Take the time each practice session to become more aware of this connection to your equipment. Give yourself the internal feedback you need to raise your sense of connection. Use the 10-point scale. It's arbitrary but effective if you use it consistently. You will notice, over time your connection to your unique grip signature. And you will find your ability to repeat that "just right" feel increases.
Next time, we get a close "look" at the tension connection.
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Komi, E. R., Roberts, J. R., & Rothberg, S. J. (2008). Measurement and analysis of grip force during a golf shot. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part P: Journal of Sports Engineering and Technology222(1), 23-35.
Performance psychology
Moments of Truth
In all sports there are moments when preparation gives way to execution at a specific and vital point: In baseball, it may be the contact of the bat to ball or the pitcher's release point. In tennis, it is the connection of the racquet's sweet spot to the felt of the tennis ball. In golf, it may be the impact of the putter or the driver to dimples of the golf ball. In hockey, the one-timer off of a perfect pass. Or in basketball, the release of the jumper or free throw. And in soccer, the penalty kick. What all of these events have in common is an inner trust—or distrust in the process.
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In my work, I help players to understand the power of language to influence the mindset. Listening to players reflect on performances tells you exactly where they are in their developmental trajectory. It's either up or down for there is no such thing as standing still in development. These moments of truth in execution have meaning and significance because they reveal:
 - The connection between trust and the moment of truth.
 - The connection between confidence and process. This is internal—not one based in results. Because of other factors in competition, you can not trust the process but still execute and win— but this will lead to a different trajectory, one with limitations.
 - The connection between moment and momentum in the continuum of moments.
 - The connection between trust and self-talk.
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It has been my experience that teaching methods, coaching, and media influence (among other factors) have led to an over-emphasis on outcomes and externals. So much so that when I ask if players experienced the moment of truth (Did you see the ball? Did you feel the swing? Contact?) their answers run from silence to a confused stare. They can tell you what the outcome was, but have no recall of the extended process that leads to the result.
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Further, constant focus on the externals not only dampens intrinsic motivation but can lead to an external locus of control. In other words, the results of a match or performance are based on conditions beyond the athlete's control ("That's just the golfing gods." "The weather was really tough." "I had a bad day.") But, most importantly, this attitude puts our attention on aspects we cannot control. And the result of an external focus is a consistent and unnecessary internal pressure.
Performance psychology, Sports Psychology
Media and the Message: Sounding Off on The Final Round of the PGA Championship
Being at your best for a performance, regardless of the sport, is not something that just happens. There's a lot of preparation prior to the event. And it's never been more difficult for young athletes to keep focused on what matters. Why?
Part of it is the environment, and a good part of it is what we are now immersed in but barely notice. Let me explain. I did not grow up with ESPN's Top Ten, or the type of sports coverage and commentary that we witness daily. YouTube did not exist, nor did cell phones, Twitter, Facebook or Instagram. I grew up playing in the streets of New York, and the radio or being in the cheap seats was as close as I could come to the "inside" of the process of sports development. And youth sports was managed by volunteers until the pinnacle which back then was representing your high school on the field of play. Showcase teams and paid coaches were not the centerpieces in most sports for most of the time.
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This is not good or bad, it just is— and what you do with it matters. Technology is neutral, but it is all how you use it. Any tool has tremendous value if used in the right manner. Having the information and resources can be the difference along the arc of developing as an athlete.
Today at the PGA championship, several golfers are bunched at the top and have the opportunity to win one of the year's four biggest prizes. If you are watching and a fan or a competitive athlete, there is a lot that can be learned today as a spectator. One of the gifts of human experience is the ability to use other's triumphs and mistakes as part of our learning. Today, someone will be just a bit sharper, a bit more centered on and aware of what matters most. This is more mental than physical and a place of great leverage.
But there are two stories unfolding and this is where it is much different today. Unless you are at the Bellerive Golf Course in Missouri taking it in up close and personal, you will receive the experience through technology. The announcers will tell a story, directed by a producer pointing cameras where the drama is. That is one story, one that does an athlete no good at all for the lens is focused on the drama that is scripted by those who are spectators on this day.
In the trenches, there is another story—one with a very different script, one that unfolds in the moment. The athlete who does not tell stories in his head on this day will be focused on playing and executing. On the other hand, the golfers telling stories in their head will be creating unnecessary pressure for the narrative is in the past or the future. Execution is in the present.
So, the greatest leverage an athlete has is awareness. Awareness of who they are in the moment and what the moment requires. Try watching this last round with the sound off–at least for a while. While it may not feel as dramatic, you will get glimpses of the competitors who are prepared, playing, and saving the stories for after the round.


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GREEK VIEWS ON ACHAEMENID PERSIA DURING THE IMPERIAL PERIOD: BETWEEN CONTINUITY AND INNOVATION
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The present paper explores Greek views on Achaemenid Persia during the imperial period. Although deeply influenced by their classical counterparts, Greek intellectuals of the imperial period put forward new interpretations of several Achaemenid practices and institutions. These innovative approaches reinforced even further the disparagement of a nation that represented not only the historical enemy of Greece but also the progenitor of Parthia, Rome's current main opponent in the East.
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The seventh-grader joined hundreds of his classmates for 25 minutes of exercise set to the beat of music. Apples and oranges were offered as snacks.
"We need to eat healthier so we don't get fat," he said.
Students across the Lammersville Unified School District practiced a healthy lifestyle habits by eating fruit and walking laps on Friday.
The district's 2,423 students were joined by faculty and family as they walked from 1 to 1:25 p.m. at every school campus in the district to encourage an active lifestyle and healthful food choices.
Khushwinder Gill, Lammersville Unified School District assistant superintendent of elementary education, said the walk was part of the district's effort to fight childhood obesity.
"Our goal is, along with academics, focus on fitness — working on the overall well-being of the student," Gill said. "We started with making sure there is a salad bar in every school for lunch, and we brought in professional development for the kindergarten through eighth-grade teachers to help with physical fitness and nutrition."
An expanding problem
The San Joaquin County 2011 Community Health Status Report shows local children are battling the waistline bulge.
The San Joaquin County Public Health Services report states that 33.4 percent of children in the fifth, seventh and ninth grades are overweight or obese, just above the state average of 31.2 percent.
A person is considered overweight with a body mass index of 25 to 29.9, and obese with a BMI of 30 and above.
According to WebMD, BMI is an estimate of body fat based on a person's weight and height that helps gauge the effect of weight on health. The higher a person's BMI, the greater the risk of some illnesses, including high blood pressure, coronary disease, stroke, some cancers and type 2 diabetes.
The county report also states that 22.8 percent of children ages 5 to 11 are overweight or obese, just below the state average of 24.1 percent.
The adult overweight and obesity rate for the county is listed at 65 percent.
The report cited physical inactivity and poor eating habits as contributing causes to the obesity rates.
Gill, a member of the district's wellness committee, hopes future walks will spread awareness among parents and students about the importance of activity and nutrition.
She said the district is sponsoring a farmers market at all four Lammersville schools later in March to showcase nutritious food choices.
"We want to do more wellness walks, make it a community event, and send a message to the parents as well for healthy nutrition," Gill said.
Fight for fitness
Nina Thanh, a registered dietician at Sutter Gould Medical Foundation, says unhealthful eating habits and a lack of physical activity have contributed to childhood overweight and obesity rates.
A shift away from fruits and vegetables to fast foods and sugary drinks is one culprit, she said. And the problem begins at home.
"It falls back on the parents — we have a choice on what we feed our kids," Thanh said. "Parents can be a role model for their kids and eat healthier. Involve them in the meal planning and grocery shopping and try new vegetables and fruits."
Thanh said one easy way to start eating more healthfully is to drink plain water instead of sweet sodas, juice and flavored water.
She also urged eating smaller portions and avoiding processed foods, opting instead for whole grains. She said families should do more physical activities together.
An active lifestyle was one of the reasons Bethany Elementary School Vice Principal Michael Bunch thought the walk was a good idea.
"My goal was to bring the whole school together — all the K-8 students — and give them the opportunity to have fun and be healthy," Bunch said. "We encourage them through our DARE program to lead a more healthy life and to get outside and get active."
Also walking laps at Bethany was Javier Ramirez, a seventh-grade student who said he tries to make good food choices.
"I have always been eating healthy. My parents make me eat an apple every day," Ramirez said. "I play soccer and basketball every day at recess — I think it is good."
Bunch said it's not uncommon for Bethany School to be a hub of healthy activity. The school's outdoor basketballs courts are filled after 4 p.m. when they are open for use by the community, he said.
He said his students play hard during recess and after school, which contributes to a fit and healthy lifestyle.
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Is This the New iPhone Screen Technology?S
There are plenty of rumors circulating about a super-thin screen for the new iPhone which could boost battery life. Now, an Apple patent has appeared which describes exactly the kind of screen technology the rumors have been speculating about.
Apple Insider points out a new Apple patent which describes different ways in which the top, glass layer of a touchscreen can be removed by combining the liquid crystal and touch sensing elements into a single structure—commonly referred to as in-cell technology. From the patent filing:
In contrast, because the IPS embodiments discussed... can use the same electrodes used for display control and touch sensing, higher touch resolution can be obtained with little to no additional cost. Alternatively, a number of touch pixels can be grouped to produce a combined touch signal with a lower resolution.
We've already pointed out that the new iPhone may well use Sharp's own in-cell IGZO display technology. Already available, the IGZO screens are thinner, because they use smaller transistors, allowing more light to pass through. In turn that means they use fewer LEDs, and therefore take up less space and consume less power.
Of course, whether or not the new iPhone will use an in-cell screen—let alone the technologies discussed in this patent—is up for debate. But the fact that the patent discusses combining in-cell technology with the displays currently used in the iPhone 4S prompts pause for thought. Either way, we don't have too long to wait now before we find out. [Apple Insider]


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Dam construction is built to withstand the rate of water into the reservoir, lake or recreation areas. Often dams are also used to provide water to a hydroelectric plants. Most of the dam also has a section called the floodgates to dispose of unwanted water gradually or sustainable. The check dam or dam is building to withstand the water flow rate and water level or increase.
Usually the dam functioned for agricultural irrigation, power generation, recreation and fisheries. Dams were built in Java because the area is mountainous, frequent flooding, extensive agricultural areas and others. Average reservoir is a large pool used to collect water and used for various purposes. This reservoir is nothing natural or artificial. In West Java dams in small numbers quite a lot and the people of West Java called reservoirs relatively small size such as Situ.
Dam (dam) and dam (weir) is actually a different structure. Dam (weir) is a low head dam structure (lowhead dam), which serves to raise the water level, usually found in the river. Increased surface river water will melimpas through peak / mercu weir (overflow). Can be used as a measure of the speed of water flow in the canal / river and could be a driving force in the traditional pengilingan European countries.
In countries with sizeable rivers and torrential flow, a series of dams can be operated to form a water transport system. In Indonesia, many dams used for irrigation by raising the water level, when the river water level is lower than the face of the land that will be watered.
Figure 27. a large dam on the river


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"Integrating Borders": Informational Video on the Binational Work of Costa Rica and Panama
The video "Integrating Borders" recounts the history, activities and future course of the Costa Rica-Panama Convention on Border Development
January 2013. The Costa Rica-Panama Convention on Border Development was signed May 3, 1992, in the community of Sixaola, Republic of Costa Rica, by Costa Rican President Rafael Angel Calderón Fournier and the President of the Republic of Panama, Guillermo Endara G.
As stated in the Convention, the objective is to expand, improve and deepen cooperation relations in all areas, and to contribute significantly to social, economic, commercial, environmental and political development and improvement in general of the border region, and to strengthen the process of integration between the two countries.
The video "Integrating Borders" is a historical and informational account of what the Border Convention is, main actions that have been and will be implemented, and all of the participatory binational coordination between Costa Rica and Panama during the last two decades.
This activity is framed within the alliance forged between the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Executive Secretariats of the Costa Rica-Panama Border Convention, as part of the projects "BRIDGE: Building River Dialogue and Governance" (supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation -SDC) and "Water Management for Adaptation to Climate Change" (Supported by the German government through ICI-BMU)
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35. Sayyida Salme of Zanzibar and Oman (1844–1924): she became known as Emily Ruete[12]
Said bin Sultan honors that included:[13]
Further reading[edit]
 - Memoirs of an Arabian Princess from Zanzibar, Emily Ruete, 1888. (Many reprints). Author (1844–1924) was born Princess Salme of Zanzibar and Oman and was a daughter of Sayyid Said. In the fifteenth chapter of her book, she describes her sisters and two of her brothers (Hilal and Thuweini).
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Elfstone, also known as the Elessar or the Stone of Eärendil, is a famous green jewel that Galadriel gives as a gift to Aragorn just before the Fellowship of the Ring leaves the wood of Lothlórien. This stone, worn by Aragorn, later causes him to also be given the name of Elessar by the people of Minas Tirith.
There are a variety of stories about the jewel's origin in the Unfinished Tales:
"There was in Gondolin a jewel-smith named Enerdhil, and he was the greatest of that craft among the Noldor after the death of Fëanor... it came into his heart to make a jewel which the clear light of the sun should be imprisoned, but the jewel should be green as leaves. And he made this thing, and even the Noldor marvelled at it. For it is said that those who looked through this stone saw things that were withered or burned healed again or as they were in the grace of their youth, and that the hands of one who held it brought to all that they touched healing from hurt."
Unfinished Tales, "The Elessar"
The gem was then given to Idril the fairest in Gondolin and she in turn gave it to her son Eärendil and he takes it to Valinor and never returns.
Here the story diverges into two versions:
 1. Gandalf brings back the jewel from Valinor and gives it to Galadriel, as a token from Yavanna that the Valar have not forsaken Middle-earth. In this version Gandalf also remarks prophetically to Galadriel that she will only hold it for a little while, before she passes it to another, who will also be called Elessar.
 2. Galadriel is pained at the state of Middle-earth and wants something to help heal its wounds. Celebrimbor, who is in love with Galadriel, remakes the jewel as her behest. It is interesting to note that Celebrimbor was also in Gondolin in the time of Enerdhil and learned much from him. Although we are more familiar with Celebrimbor (and his Rings of Power), he was actually overshadowed by the superior skill of Enerdhil, who was second only to Fëanor.
There is also a third version that differs greatly from the first two. In that there is no mention of Enerdhil and instead it was Celebrimbor himself who in Gondolin made the original jewel. Eärendil takes this jewel to Valinor forever and in the Second Age Galadriel asks Celebrimbor to remake the jewel again.
All versions end with the jewel in Galadriel's possession. She then gives it to her daughter Celebrían, who in turn gives it to Arwen. It nonetheless is in Galadriel's keeping in Lothlórien before she passes it on to Aragorn. According to J.R.R. Tolkien, this also held the function of a wedding gift from the family of the bride to the groom.
Another point of note, is that Aragorn urged Bilbo Baggins to include a green jewel in his poem about Eärendil, possibly anticipating the symbolic importance that the gem would have in his life. Bilbo Baggins, obeying Aragorn but seemingly unaware of the Elfstone's story, included an inaccurate reference to an emerald.


The Main Benefits of the Best Trampolines for your Family
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Are you looking for a suggestion on how to spend more quality time with your family while having fun? In that case, trampolining might be a perfectly entertaining solution, providing your family with the much deserved relaxation as well as an increased level of physical activity.
In fact, purchasing a trampoline has far more health benefits than you may think. Although it's initially intended for having fun, the more important function is improving the overall health of all the members of the family.
Actually, it cleanses the organism from toxins, improves the function of the digestive system, boosts your immunity, ameliorates your coordination and relieves you from stress overload.
Read more about its numerous benefits in detail.
Body detox
An unbelievable benefit of trampoline jumping is aiding the removal of toxins out of your organism. The lymphatic system in your body is responsible for getting rid of all the toxins, but it won't perform its function, unless your body produces the right movements. These movements should be in the same direction as the one of the lymphatic fluid, which is in fact vertical, not horizontal.
Therefore, jumping is the perfect activity, providing all the vertical body movements that your organism requires in order to be free of toxins. Most of the other fitness activities, like jogging, provide horizontal movements instead of vertical. They are beneficial for your overall wellness, but don't influence the amount of toxins.
Considering the numerous ways in which these poisonous substances enter people's organism, it's highly important for the lymphatic system to eliminate them, as the consequences might be severe. Toxins are not only attacking your internal organs, but also cause tissue damage that leads to looking older prematurely. Read more about the subtle signs which demonstrate toxins overload in your organism.
Improved coordination and balance
Another extremely important benefit of frequent trampolining, is improving your overall coordination, particularly the one of your arms and legs. In order to bounce on the trampoline, you're supposed to control your limbs, which means your arms and legs should move harmonically. In the same time, you are also mastering your hand-eye coordination that is indispensable for performing almost every physical activity.
In fact, trampolining is considered to be one of the most efficient physical activities for people who have experienced a fall and suffer from balance problems. These type of jumps have the capacity to restore their balance much faster than using other types of exercises. It's especially beneficial for older people, as their recovery takes longer than in the case of the younger generation.
Lose some weight
One of the reasons why so many people are in love with trampoline jumping, is that is represents a fun way of reducing body weight. It's considered to be one of the most effective ways of burning calories, as you activate every part of your body during the process.
In addition, jumping plays a significant role in improving your metabolism, whole slow rate is the most frequent cause for weight gain. Your metabolism gets back up to speed, enabling for the calories you consume to burn much faster than previously. Visit the following link:, to learn how many calories you burn while jumping. The ameliorated function of the lymphatic system also contributes to the lost kilograms, since the presence of toxins is one of the main culprits for weight gain.
Boosts your immune system
Regardless of how unbelievable it may seem to you, jumping has an amazing effect on the function of your immune system. It directly influences the number of white blood cells, by significantly increasing their number after performing a series of jumps. These cells are the ones that protect your organism when being attacked by a bacteria or some virus.
Furthermore, the low number of white blood cells indicates poor function of the immune system which may eventually lead to cancer. Therefore, by making trampolining one of your everyday activities, you are not only boosting your immunity, but reducing the risk of cancer at the same time.
Eliminates digestive problems
Nowadays, plenty of people are suffering from digestive problems, as a result of the unhealthy eating habits accompanied by the fast pace of life. Anyhow, trampoline jumping aids in the relaxation of the muscles that are responsible for the bad digestion, thus enabling the food to be digested in a much better way. You will finally be able to consume the vitamins and nutrients your organism refused to consume for a long period of time.
Therefore, doing a series of jumps on a daily basis will make you forget about your constipation issues and get the function of your digestive system back on track. Also, owing to the ameliorated digestion, your metabolism will be faster and your body weight lower.
Reduce stress
Purchasing a trampoline, such as the ones sold by Top Trampoline, will make you turn trampolining into one of your favorite family entertaining activities. Considering the amount of stress you gain daily, this type of physical activity is exactly what you need.
In fact, it reduces the stress you're feeling by causing the brain to release endorphins, the hormones that are responsible for happiness. Automatically, these hormones make you relax and eliminate all the negative energy, accumulated in your body.
Sparing only ten minutes of your busy schedule on this entertaining activity every day, would also improve your sleep, increase your productivity levels and consequently supply your organism with more energy. Instead of taking pills to cope with everyday worries, trampolining may become your healthy variant of reducing anxiety while spending quality time with your family.
Wrap up
In case you are hesitating about trying trampolining for a while, do not wait any further. Besides enjoying yourself, you will have a chance to experience all the incredible health benefits.
Give your organism an opportunity to restore its balance, improve its functions and supply you with enough energy.
Both you and your family deserve it!
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With its bright white walls and majestic black domes, the 130-year old grand mosque is a magnificent site. It was here that hundreds of people sought refuge during the 204 tsunami that flattened most of the landscape of the city. The tsunami was so damaging, it demolished any structures, old and new, along the way of the tearing swell. This is a fact that gives significance to the Grand Mosque of Baiturrahman in the city of Banda Aceh. It is more than just a masterpiece of Islamic architecture in the nation, its survival from the tsunami is viewed by many residents as a direct intervention from the divine.
Royal scripture has it that the mosque was firstly built from wood in 1612 under the reign of Sultan Iskandar Muda. Some say that it was built even earlier in 1292 by Sultan Alaidin Mahmudsyah. During the Aceh war in 1873, the mosque was burnt to the ground. Realizing the value and its importance to the people of Aceh, in 1879, Major General Vander acting as current military general, rebuilt the mosque as it was once promised by Governor General Van Lansberge in 1877. Two more domes were added by the Dutch in 1936 and another two by the Indonesian government in 1957.
The Grand Mosque of Baiturrahman is located in the center of the city of Banda Aceh. Characterized by a 35-meter tower, 7 grand domes and 7 minarets, the Baiturrahman is probably the prototype for many mosques in Indonesia and Malaysian peninsula; supersede the layered roofed-style mosque.


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Characteristic of those things which may not be classified as either silly nor ridiculous because they are characterized by a perfect balance between the two characteristics.
Examples of SILLICULOUS:
The man's attempts to hide his true feelings for her, after so many attempts to show them, were silliculous, to say the least.
She had a silliculous way of pretending she didn't see him every time they ran into each other.
Origin of SILLICULOUS:
From English ridiculous (Latin ridēre to laugh) and English silly (Old English sǣl happiness; Goth sels kindhearted; Old High German sālig blissful; Latin solari to comfort).
First Known Use: 2012
Related Forms of SILLICULOUS:
— si·llic·u·lous·ly adverb
— si·llic·u·lous·ness noun
funny, nonsensical, droll, foolish
asshat, ham, wtf
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