Matching Values and Beliefs
Do organizations share values and beliefs to create a positive culture featuring trust? The good ones will in youth, high school, and collegiate programs.
Organizations, coaches, and leaders in all walks of life are successful when they form a culture of success. When this development occurs early within the relationship of leader and follower, increased trust and passion for the leader are demonstrated. This knowledge is beneficial for coaches, teachers, and organizations that work with athletes of all ages to usher in a positive culture that leads to a lifetime of success.
According to Sinek (2009), cultures are groups of people who come together around a common set of values and beliefs. When the coach, assistant coach and director have a vision of success that they can clearly communicate and continuously reiterate to the athletes, parents, and support groups; a culture is cultivated.
College coaches must quickly learn about the personality, values, and beliefs of recruited athletes to determine if they will be a positive fit within the program. Contradictory values and beliefs between coach and athlete lead to players having poor experiences. Success is had when the established culture is passed down from coach to upper classman to new players just joining the program. With these groups successfully stating and demonstrating the same values and beliefs in a consistent manner, an increased chance of cohesion, trust, and passion will happen for the group.
At youth programs, the organization that shares a common set of values and beliefs with athletes and their parents can clearly communicate their vision for success and will retain more players for upcoming seasons. If training at a high level and playing competitive games each weekend is the belief of the sport club, parents and athletes that share this belief will have an amazing experience within the organization. Ensuring values and beliefs match between the groups increases the positive experience between parent and coach, player and coach, and family and organization. Families looking for sport organizations to join must ensure their beliefs and values match the organizations prior to joining to allow for the best on and off field environment to be created.
Shared values and beliefs among members of the group form trust. Trust is maintained when the leader actively promotes the values and beliefs. Restating the values and beliefs in all forms of communication to all members of the group is a necessity to maintain the established cultureAs trust continues to grow, the development of passion happens as the individual feels like they are part of something in which they believe.
Educated Coaches exists to empower athletes, organizations, coaches, and families to create opportunities for lifetime success. The Educated Coaches culture values positive growth through dynamic experiences in which the athlete, organization, coach, and family work in a cohesive manner for an objective bigger than each one of them individually…lifetime success for all.
Can this WHY create a movement across America? If you share our beliefs, please tell another person about the message we share that goes on at this blog and have them follow. It is a reality I am ready to lead…lead through speaking engagements, coach training, and organizational consultation. How can I help you grow for the positive? CLICK HERE to learn more about what Educated Coaches can offer your program.
Creating a Positive Sports Environment for All Athletes,
Coach Brad
Sinek, S. (2009). Start with Why. New York, NY: Penguin Group Inc.
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Kluane/Wrangell-St Elias/Glacier Bay/Tashenshini-Alsek, Canada & the United States
The Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek site in Canada and the United States was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1979. The sites protected areas along the boundary of Canada and the United States of America are the largest non-polar ice-field in the world and contain examples of some of the world's longest and most spectacular glaciers. Characterized by high mountains, ice-fields and glaciers, the site transitions from northern interior to coastal biogeoclimatic zones, resulting in high biodiversity with plant and animal communities ranging from marine, coastal forest, montane, sub-alpine, and alpine tundra, all in various successional stages.


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International Trade Today's Medical Devices Classification Guide details the classification of devices in Heading 9018 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule. From Explanatory Notes within the heading to medical device terms and product examples, this guide will aid and expedite the classification of medical devices.
Based on a Customs and Border Protection presentation on the heading, the Medical Devices Classification Guide will assist in obtaining accurate classifications on:
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- Syringes, needles, catheters and cannulae
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At Madison's Bauer Park, A Glimpse Into State's Agricultural Past
Old Bauer Farm
A stand-still-in-time farm turned nature preserve. The old Bauer Farm was given to the town in 1990 when Erwin Bauer passed away. The 65-acre farm has changed little since owned by the Bauer family and is open for all to explore even in late fall and winter. (Rick Hartford / November 29, 2012)
Connecticut loses approximately 8,000 acres of farmland to housing developments and urban sprawl each year, according to the Connecticut Farmland Trust. That's why places like Bauer Park are so special.
Madison's Bauer Park was once the farm of Erwin C. Bauer. He donated 65 acres to the town in 1990 in memory of his parents, Constantine and Louisa Bauer, and his brother, Anthony Bauer.
The town has pretty much left the property as it was, and there's still agriculture going on there in the form of a large community garden. Visitors are free to walk the land as the Bauers had done for more than a century.
A winding dirt road takes visitors past the circa-1840 farmhouse to a parking area in front of the community garden. From there, visitors can walk across a field and take a boardwalk over a stream and into the woods.
Or they can walk on trails that wind along stone walls and under huge evergreens and maples. An aptly named "woodland trail" brings hikers deep into the forest, past rock outcroppings and old foundations.
The Bauers were typical Connecticut farmers who grew just about everything, from fruit to vegetables. They even tried raising trout.
According to a history of the farm by Robert Kuchta, the Bauers brought their produce to the farmer's market in New Haven or went door-to-door selling their items to shoreline residents.
The fields and ponds remain relatively unchanged since the Bauers worked the land. Grassy trails wind around the ponds, and a covered bridge passes over a stream connecting two of them. The trails run along the edge of the ponds, where bluebirds flit from tree to tree.
From the covered bridge, visitors can make their way to a post-and-beam barn made of chestnut from when the trees still scattered the landscape. It's a typical picturesque old New England barn setting along an country road.
My favorite part of the Bauer farm is the woodland trail that winds through 25 acres across the street from the homestead and barn. The trail begins at the southern end of a large field and winds past the ruins of collapsed buildings.
Today, the old Bauer property is home to an outdoor classroom where both children and adults learn about the town's agricultural roots. The community garden keeps residents connected to the soil and visitors get a sense of why the Bauers lovingly maintained their slice of the shoreline.
Bauer Park is at the intersection of Copse Road and Hunter's Trail, about a half-mile north of I-95 and east of Route 79. Go to for a map. Peter Marteka may be reached at _PHONE_, at or c/o The Courant, 200 Adams St., Manchester, CT 06040.
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- Blown eggs, as many as desired, sterilized and dry, with egg cartons to hold them all
- Wooden skewers
- Long, narrow block of Styrofoam
- Stiff, flat 1/2-inch-wide paintbrush
- Brown food coloring (mix red and green if you don't have brown)
- Masking tape
- Small needle-nose pliers
- Baking chips, white, milk, and dark chocolate flavors, 1 cup per egg
- Plastic food storage bags, 1 gallon size
1. Spatter each egg: If you wish, cover your worktable with newspaper. Slide the eggs onto skewer on a Styrofoam drying rack (see tip, below). Dip the paintbrush in the food coloring, hold it in one hand above the egg and run your thumb along the bristles or tap the handle to create a spray of paint. Revolve each egg to splatter the entire surface. Allow the eggs to dry for several hours.
2. Seal the hole in the wider end of each blown egg with a small piece of masking tape. Using the pliers, gently chip away the shell around the other hole, enlarging it to the size of a pea. Place the eggs in an egg carton, open-end up.
3. One at a time, fill the eggs with chocolate: Place 1 cup of the baking chips in a food storage bag and twist the bag like a pastry bag to secure the chips in one bottom corner. Microwave on medium for 1 minute, until soft. Snip the corner from the bag and pipe the chocolate into the egg, tapping the egg periodically to compress any air bubbles and filling it completely, to the top of the hole.
4. Refrigerate the eggs overnight so the chocolate is firm. Remove the masking tape. Store in the refrigerator if not eating soon.
5. Tap the eggs on the table to crack the shells, and peel. Yum.
Be patient! Dont try to melt more than 1 cup of chocolate at a timethe
chocolate consistency may change and it will cool too quickly to fill multiple eggs.
To create a rack to hold the eggs while they're being painted or drying: Cut wooden skewers into 7-inch lengths. Insert them into a block of Styrofoam, spacing them 2 to 3 inches apart so you can support a blown egg on each without the eggs touching and arranging them in a single line so you can access each egg from all sides. To use the rack, remove the skewers, insert each into an egg, angling the egg a bit so the top of the skewer supports the shell and doesn't go through the top hole, paint the egg, and then reinsert the skewer into the foam.


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It has been known since ancient times that smoke has a calming effect on bees. Guard bees and bees that are injured during a hive inspection release pheromones to send signals to the other bees to warn them of danger, but the smoke masks these chemicals, disrupting the colony's defensive response.The smoke has another effect on the bees too - it causes a feeding response. This is because if the bees think there is a fire they will plan to leave the hive and they want to stock up on food first. When a bee eats honey its abdomen swells which makes it difficult for it to sting. You should puff a little smoke around the entrance to the hive about 5-10 minutes before you open it. This starts the fire drill and they will hopefully be full of honey and unable to sting when you open the hive. Once inside the hive - you should smoke a little on the tops of the frames as you inspect the colony. This traditional smoker is a stainless steel container with bellows attached in which you light a small fire. You can burn a variety of materials such as dried leaves, cardboard or tightly packed dry grass but it is important that the smoke is cold and does not burn the bees. This smoker has a diameter of 10cm and has a protection frame.
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Kendo Terminology: Kyo and Jitsu
You may have heard these words, kyo and jitsu, together as "kyo-jitsu". When we say, kyo-jitsu, we mean "kyo and jitsu".
What is kyo?
The kanji for kyo explains the following states of mind.
 1. Emptiness
 2. Hollow
 3. Not ready
In English, there is an expression such as "you caught me off guard". When we use this expression, we did not expect whatever the other person did/said to us.
How do we use the word in kendo?
We say, "aite no kyo wo tsuku", which means, "catch your opponent off his/her guard". Tsuku here does not have anything to do with "tsuki".
The best moment for us to strike is when our opponent is not ready for our strike. When our opponent is not ready, they are vulnerable to our attack.
When are they NOT ready?
Let's think about when we are not ready. When do we get struck?
We probably get struck at a moment when
 1. our concentration is broken
 2. we are surprised at our opponent's movements. (unexpectedly)
 3. - please refer to shikai
 4. we breathe in.
Why do we breathe in? It is because we need oxygen and probably we are out of air in our body. This is a good example and easy example of "kyo", emptiness. So when we breathe in, we have almost no air in our body to supply oxygen. That is why we breathe in. Thus, this is the moment we strike or get struck.
What is jitsu?
Jitsu means "fullness" in this case. We are filled with ki or energy. We are fully concentrating and there is no openness in our kamae and mind. This is the state of jitsu.
It is said that we should not strike when our opponent is in the state of jitsu. What happens if we do? Either we get struck or we cannot even get in because our opponent's shinai does not move.
The moment from jitsu to kyo
We want and try to be in the state of "jitsu". Thus, usually when we take chudan, we fully concentrate on our opponent's physical and mental movements. We are filled up with ki.
Now in kendo, we are trying to move the state of our opponent's mind from jitsu to kyo. That is the process we see in kendo before striking. We try to make an opening (kyo) using our shinai, footwork and body movements.
What happens when our mind moves from jitsu to kyo?
I am going to talk about this through my experiences. This may apply to you, or may not.
When the state of my mind moves from jitsu to kyo, I probably want to
 1. Go backwards: I probably want to take some distance from my opponent.
 2. Defend myself: I probably move my shinai from chudan and prepare to defend myself.
 3. Strike my opponent: I probably want to strike him/her before he/she gets me.
Or I cannot even do anything I mentioned above. That is called "itsuku".
So these are also good opportunities for a strike to attack.
Other moments of "kyo
If you keep striking and become out of breath, it is a definite state of "kyo". You have no energy and oxygen to keep going! That is a good opportunity to strike if your opponent is out of breath.
If the state of mind falls into one of shikai (kyo, ku, gi and waku), we are not able to keep ourselves in the state of jitsu. We are vulnerable to attacks.
We want to keep ourselves in the state of jitsu and it is very very hard to do. There is a very thin line between kyo and jitsu though... That is why we have to train, don't we?
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A' and B' and the red laser to align the angle of the detectors. The laser light should pass the irises and hit the center of the BBO mount.
Now you can turn on the laser diode and the APDs and check the incident and coincident rate in LabVIEW. The following filters can be mounted onto detectors A' and B':
- 810 nm interference filter with a 10 nm band width + 50 μm pinholes: I could hardly see any incidents. There were almost no coincidences A'B'.
- 810 nm interference filter with a 10 nm band width: Incident rates were at about 3000 1/s. The coincident rate was 1/10 of the one observed by HOM. I checked a displacement of about 0.6mm for the BS and the result can be found in measurements/20120919/HOM.xlsx. There is no pattern to be seen.
- long pass filters (FEL 800): The incident rates were for each detector at about 20,000 1/s. The coincidence rate was between 3 and 5 1/s. I checked the entire range of the BS and was not able to find the steep drop in coincident rates, though I did this rather quick and without making concrete measurements but by looking at the numbers on the computer screen.
So the major difficulty of this experiment is
- to align the mirrors and the detectors without seeing the 810 nm light and
- to find the correct position for the BS so both photons would have traveled the same distance when they interfere.
This extension has not been tried to be implemented, yet. I find the set-up used by the University of Chicago very good. If this interferometer is to be used, it has to be set-up and aligned by someone knowledgeable. The process cannot be done by students in a few hours. So I recommend that this extension should only be set up permanently at some point.
- ↑ C. K. Hong, Z. Y. Ou and L. Mandel, "Measurement of subpicosecond time intervals between two photons by interference", Phys. Rev. Lett. 59, 2044–2046 (1987).
- C.H. Holbrow, E. Galvez, and M.E. Parks "Photon quantum mechanics and beam splitters", Am. J. Phys. 70(3), 260-265 (2002)
- D. Dehlinger and M.W. Mitchell, "Entangled photon apparatus for the undergraduate laboratory" Am. J. Phys, 70(9),898-902 (2002).
- D. Dehlinger and M.W. Mitchell, "Entangled photons, nonlocality, and Bell inequalities in the undergraduate laboratory, Am. J. Phys. 70(9),903-910 (2002).
- E. J. Galvez, C. H. Holbrow, and M. J. Pysher, J. W. Martin, N. Courtemanche, L. Heilig, and J. Spencer, "Interference with correlated photons: Five quantum mechanics experiments for undergraduates", Am. J. Phys. 73,127-140 (2005).
- D. Branning, S. Bhandari, and M. Beck, "Low-cost coincidence-counting electronics for undergraduate quantum optics", Am. J. Phys. 77(7), 667-670 (2009).
- E.J. Galvez, "Undergraduate laboratories using correlated photons: experiments on the fundamentals of quantum physics," in Invention and impact: Building excellence in undergraduate science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education, AAAS, pp 113-118 (2004).
- B.J. Pearson and D.P. Jackson, "A hands-on introduction to single photons and quantum mechanics for undergraduates," Am. J. Phys. 78(5), 471-484 (2010).


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3.01 MW Demonstration Wind Farm
The Greek Centre for Renewable Energy Sources (CRES) has developed its own 3 MW demonstration wind farm, aiming to:
- Test the characteristics of various wind energy exploitation technologies in the case of complex terrain topography
- Contribute in the development of the Greek wind turbine industry
- Demonstrate and disseminate wind energy systems
- Undertake research work for the integration of wind energy technologies with technologies for the production, storage and use of hydrogen (i.e. energy storage), water desalination systems, etc
- Profit on the electricity sales of the farm, contributing to the financial independence of CRES
The wind farm of CRES is situated in Lavrion, SE Attica, adjacent to its older wind turbine Test Station. It operates in a complex terrain site including hills up to 120m high above sea level and coastal regions. The average annual wind speed is measured 6.7m/s and the turbulence intensity approximately 12%. The energy produced from the wind turbines is fed into the interconnected 20kV electricity grid. Two meteorological masts (100m and 40m), are used to measure the reference wind conditions.
THE WIND TURBINES
There are five wind turbines of various sizes and power control strategies. Three of these wind turbines are commercial and two are prototypes developed in Greece.
The commercial wind turbines are:
- A Enercon E40-500 kW a gearless, synchronous, multipole, variable speed wind turbine.
- A NEG Micon 750kW stall regulated, constant speed with 2 asynchronous generators wind turbine.
- A Vestas V47-660 kW pitch regulated, constant speed, with one asynchronous generator wind turbine.
The two prototype wind turbines, which have been developed in Greece and manufactered by PYRKAL SA, under the tech. development of Prof. N. Athanasiadis (mechanical part) and Dr. K. Michailidis (electrical-electronic part) are:
- OA-500 kW a stall regulated wind turbine, using an advanced variable speed technique (OPSC®: Opti Power Speed Control) and an active line inverter
- OA-600 kW, an otherwise identical to the above machine
The three commercial wind turbines have been erected and their commissioning has started in February 2001. The erection and commissioning of the two Greek prototypes will be completed in the summer of 2003.


What is the difference between drupal_get_form() and drupal_retrieve_form()? Can someone explain the difference? I look at the API, but the description seems similar to me.
 - I think one key difference is that drupal_retrieve_form() allows your code to access the updated $form_state as it's passed by reference, however drupal_get_form() just return the $form, not the state. – Felix Eve Apr 7 '16 at 0:32
The difference is that drupal_get_form() handles retrieving, processing, and displaying a rendered HTML form for modules automatically, while drupal_retrieve_form() returns the structured array that defines a form.
Retrieving the form
drupal_get_form() first checks if the form is present in the form cache with form_get_cache(); if it isn't present, it calls drupal_retrieve_form(), and drupal_prepare_form().
Processing the form
drupal_get_form() calls drupal_process_form(), which is the function that calls drupal_validate_form(), and that invokes the submission handlers with form_execute_handlers().
Rendering the form
The rendering is done from drupal_process_form(), which calls form_builder().
In most of the cases, drupal_get_form() is the function to use, such as in the following code.
function node_menu() {
 $items['admin/content'] = array(
 'title' => 'Content',
 'description' => 'Find and manage content.',
 'page callback' => 'drupal_get_form',
 'page arguments' => array('node_admin_content'),
 'access arguments' => array('access content overview'),
 'weight' => -10,
 'file' => 'node.admin.inc',
 // …
 return $items;
The only module I found that is calling drupal_retrieve_form() directly is the Mollom module in mollom_moderate(), which uses it for automatically submitting a form. The code could use drupal_form_submit(), but (as a comment says), "Programmatic form submissions are not able to automatically use the primary form submit button/action, so we need to resemble drupal_form_submit()."
 $form_id = $form_info['delete form'];
 $form_state = form_state_defaults();
 // We assume that all delete confirmation forms take the fully loaded
 // entity as (only) argument.
 $messages[] = "Attempt to load $form_info[entity] entity via entity_load().";
 $entities = entity_load($data->entity, array($data->id));
 $form_state['build_info']['args'][] = $entities[$data->id];
 $form = drupal_retrieve_form($form_id, $form_state);
 $form_state['values'] = array();
 $form_state['values']['mollom']['feedback'] = '';
 // Take over the primary submit button of confirm_form().
 $form_state['values']['op'] = $form['actions']['submit']['_TAG_'];
 $form_state['input'] = $form_state['values'];
 $form_state['programmed'] = TRUE;
 // Programmed forms are always submitted.
 $form_state['submitted'] = TRUE;
 // Reset form validation.
 $form_state['must_validate'] = TRUE;
 drupal_prepare_form($form_id, $form, $form_state);
 drupal_process_form($form_id, $form, $form_state);
 $result = $form_state['executed'];
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Benefits of using a gas hob
Gas hobs offer numerous advantages when compared to electric hobs, for example:
- More precise control over the heat: Gas flames can be easily adjusted, while electric coils can only be turned on or off. This gives you greater control over the cooking process, which can help you to make perfectly cooked meals every single time.
- More intense heat: Gas hobs create more intense heat than electric hobs, which can help to bring out the flavors of food. This can be perfect for searing, sautéing, and grilling.
- Quicker heat-up time: Gas hobs heat up quickly, which can save you time when cooking. This is especially beneficial if you are short on time or if you are cooking for a big group.
- Simpler to clean: Gas stoves are simpler to maintain than electric stoves. This is because there are no coils to clean and the grates can simply be wiped down with a damp rag.
Additional details about the benefits of using a gas hob
- Gas stoves provide greater heat control over the heat than electric cooktops. This is because the flame of gas hobs can be easily adjusted, while electric coils can only be turned off and on. This gives you more control during the cooking process, something that can help you make delightful dishes every time.
For instance, if you are searing a steak, you must could control the heat extremely accurately. If the heat is too high, the steak will overcook. Alternatively, if the heat is too low, the steak will not sear properly. With a gas hob, you can easily regulate the heat to get the perfect sear.
- Flavor: Gas hobs produce more intense heat than electric hobs, enabling to an improved flavor in food. This is because gas flames deliver even heat to food compared to electric coils. When food is heated evenly, the flavors are distributed evenly, leading to a richer tasty dish.
As an example, if you're making a soup, you want the flavors of the ingredients mix together evenly. Using a gas hob, it's easy to warm the soup uniformly, which results in a more delicious soup.
- Convenience: Gas hobs heat up quickly, which can save you precious minutes when cooking. This is particularly helpful if you are in a rush or if you are cooking for a crowd of people.
For example, if you are making breakfast for a large group of people, you can save time by using a gas hob. The gas hob will heat up quickly, so you can start cooking right away.
- When it comes to safety, gas hobs are safer option. This is because gas hobs emit any sparks that can start fires.
For instance, if you are cooking with an hob and inadvertently you drop a substance on it, the chances ignite because of the sparks generated. However, it isn't a risk with a gas hob.
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If you are searching for a safe and convenient method to cook your food, then a gas hob is the perfect choice for you. The PRO's team servicing various locations provides a broad variety of gas hobs to select from, and can quickly install it in your home or company. Contact with us as soon as possible for your gas setup.
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Global Initiative for Food-related Scientific Advice (GIFSA)
What and Why?
For over 50 years WHO and FAO have been the international source of scientific advice on matters related to the safety of food. This advice provides the evidence base for a linkage between substances in food and disease, or the prevention of disease. This evidence base is necessary to define the best preventive measures to avoid foodborne disease and promote human health as it links to our daily food. It also enables both national and international solutions to these problems, a necessary pre-condition in the present period of increased international food trade. Therefore it is important that the FAO/WHO scientific advice provides the basis for food standards, guidelines and codes of practice developed by the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission.
WHO and FAO devote significant resources to the provision of scientific advice in relation to food. However, there has been an increase in the demand for scientific advice. More and more links between food and disease have been discovered and recently also beneficial food constituents are now investigated and linked to the prevention of disease.
The FAO/WHO framework for scientific advice is based on a transparent and global selection of experts representing the best in food safety and nutrition science. Over recent years the scope of scientific advice has therefore been broadened to include zoonotic diseases, biotechnology and nutrition as well as new emerging priority issues.
As a result, FAO and WHO need to overcome a number of challenges in order to continue to support the technical consultations, workshops and related activities, which form the basis of FAO/WHO scientific advice. Over the past few years FAO and WHO have revised their advice framework to ensure the independence, quality, timeliness and sustainability of the provision of scientific advice. In order to specifically address the issue of sustainability of the provision of scientific advice, FAO and WHO are establishing a Global Initiative for Food-related Scientific Advice (GIFSA).
The specific objectives of the GIFSA are:
- To increase awareness of the FAO/WHO programme of work on the provision of scientific advice,
- To mobilize technical, financial and human resources to support the provision of scientific advice in food safety and nutrition,
- To promote the timeliness of the provision of scientific advice by WHO and FAO, while ensuring the continuation of the highest level of integrity and quality.
Characteristics of the Fund
The main focus of GIFSA is to establish a mechanism to facilitate the provision of extrabudgetary resources for scientific advice activities. Contributions are accepted from governments, organizations and foundations in accordance with WHO and FAO rules. Two separate accounts will be maintained, one at WHO and one at FAO. An FAO/WHO Committee manages the GIFSA, and procedures have been developed to ensure that all resources provided through GIFSA will be allocated to activities in an independent and transparent manner, taking into consideration the criteria for prioritization of activities already agreed by Codex, FAO and WHO and the specific needs of FAO and WHO Member countries.


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Landfill & Development Co.
Mount Holly, Eastampton, and Lumberton, NJ
No meetings scheduled
EPA added the Landfill & Development Company site in Mount Holly and Eastampton, New Jersey to the Superfund National Priorities List on September 1, 1984 because hazardous chemicals were found in the soil and ground water. The 200-acre superfund site located in Burlington County was used to dispose of demolition debris, municipal garbage, industrial and commercial solid waste, and treated sewage sludge until 1986.
Ground water beneath the site was contaminated with heavy metals and volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which are potentially harmful contaminants that can easily evaporate into the air. Sediments from Rancocas Creek and Smithville Creek contain heavy metals. Approximately 20,000 people live within two miles of the site. Fifty homes are located within 500 feet of the site.
Immediately, residences that were threatened by ground water contamination were connected to an alternate public drinking water system or provided with bottled drinking water. A liner was installed at a portion of the landfill to prevent further contaminants from flowing out of the site.
In September 2004 EPA signed a Record of Decision which called for continued maintenance of the closure system, pumping ground water, and circulating water within the landfill with air injections, enhancing the breaking down of contaminants. A water line will be installed to specific affected residences and EPA will monitor the ground water in the long-term. Buy-out of approximately half of the residences has been completed. Cleanup activities are underway that include the construction and operation of a bioreactor, which is an apparatus in which living organisms, such as bacteria, are used to increase the breakdown of harmful substances such as sewage. Under current conditions at this site, potential or actual human exposures are under control.


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Degree apprenticeships are an innovative, new approach to developing the nation's workforce, bringing together the best of higher and vocational education.
Degree apprenticeships can be at Level 6 (undergraduate degree) or Level 7 (postgraduate degree) and each programme is mapped to an apprenticeship standard, ensuring that apprentices develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours required for a specific occupation. Apprenticeships can be paid for by employers through the Apprenticeship Levy.
What is a Degree Apprenticeship?
Apprentices are employed throughout the programme and this combines work with university study, either in blocks of time, day release, a blend of face to face and online study or full time study with placements, depending on the programme and the employer.
As an employer, a degree apprenticeship programme provides an opportunity to recruit, develop and retain outstanding individuals with the skills needed as the business evolves.
For apprentices, it's a practical way of putting theory into practice and gaining a wealth of experience whilst achieving a formal qualifications without incurring the cost of fees.
What is an Apprenticeship Standard?
Apprenticeship standards are created by employer groups, referred to as Trailblazers, and describe the occupational profile linked to the Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours that are required to achieve full competence in a particular occupation. These are associated with a specific Degree Apprenticeship Level. Apprenticeship standards can either be integrated, where the End Point Assessment is managed by the training provider, or non-integrated, where a registered independent End Point Assessment Organisation is appointed to undertake the final occupational competence assessment as part of an apprenticeship.
Who pays for a Degree Apprenticeship?
University fees are paid for by your employer / the government for a degree apprenticeship not by the Apprentice.
If your company is a levy-paying organisation, you can pay for degree apprenticeship training at the University of Birmingham through your Apprenticeship Levy Account.
What is the Apprenticeship Levy?
The Apprenticeship Levy came into effect in April 2017. The levy applies to employers in England who have annual payroll bill above £3 million. Where applicable, the levy is charged at a rate of 0.5% of their annual pay bill. Employers can use funds from the Apprenticeship Levy to pay for apprenticeship training. Find out more about the Apprenticeship Levy.
What are the eligibility requirements for a degree apprenticeship?
Degree apprentices can either be new or existing employees and must:
 - Be at least 16 years old (there is no upper age limit)
 - Meet the entry requirements for the course
 - Have the right to work in England
 - Spend at least 50% of their working hours in England over the duration of the apprenticeship
 - Be contracted to work a minimum of 30 hours per week
 - Apprentices must be paid at least their age-related Apprentice National Minimum Wage.
In addition, each individual degree apprenticeship programme has a set academic entry criteria which must be met by applicants.
What is the minimum duration of an apprenticeship?
Apprenticeships must last a minimum of 12 months and at least 20% of your contracted working hours must be spent on off-the-job training. Upon successful completion of an apprenticeship, you are guaranteed a job with your employer in the role for which you have been trained through the apprenticeship.
What is off-the-job training?
A degree apprentice must spend a minimum of 20% of their apprenticeship undertaking off-the-job training. This refers to 'learning which is undertaking outside of the normal day-to-day working environment and leads towards the achievements of an apprenticeship'. For more information, see the Education and Skills Funding Agency's guidance.
What are the benefits of Degree Apprenticeships?
For apprentices, there are a number of key benefits to studying a degree apprenticeship:
 1. Apprentices are paid a full time salary for the duration of their apprenticeship
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 3. Apprentices are given time off work for study
 4. Apprentices graduate with a full degree at the end of a degree apprenticeship
 5. Apprentices receive a graduate-level job at the end of their studies
Employers can benefit from developing apprenticeships as part of their workforce plans in a number of ways:
 1. Address skills gaps
 2. Upskill and retain existing talent
 3. Recruit new talent into the business
For further information on the Apprenticeship Levy, see the Government website.
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Safety related standard of the Nuclear Safety Standards Commission (KTA) on requirements on the handbook. This standard must be applied to content, structure, design, and development of the inspection list and the inspection instructions listed therein, jointly summarised in the handbook, of a stationary nuclear power plant. It applies to all periodic inspections of the systems specified in the nuclear licensing procedure that are important with regard to safety, and to their components and equipments.


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They were the first to recognize sap as a source of energy and nutrition, using it for food and medicine. Incisions were made with tomahawks into maple trees, then they used reeds or concave pieces of bark to run the sap into birch bark buckets.
The sap was condensed into syrup by evaporating the excess water one of two ways. In winter, the sap would freeze at night and in the morning they would remove the frozen water. In summer, they would plunge hot stones in the bark buckets to boil the off the liquid. This was then used as a sweetener and a beverage. Later on in time, the sap was boiled in a pot to condense it. The legend goes that one day the pot was neglected and boiled too long. Voila! Maple syrup was born. It takes a staggering 40 gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup.
When the settlers came to North America they were fascinated by this delicious natural sweetener and used it instead of sugar, which came from the West Indies and was very expensive as well as highly taxed. Eventually, as the price of sugar fell, so did the production of maple syrup. Now it's only about a fifth of what it was in the beginning of the 20th century.
Today, Quebec produces 75% of the world's maple syrup, followed by Vermont and Maine. Production is concentrated February to April, depending on weather conditions. Freezing nights and warm days are needed to induce sap flows.
So what are the differences in maple syrup and which is better? The USDA has four grades of maple syrup based on color and flavor.
?Grade A Light Amber is very light with a mild, delicate maple flavor. This is best for making maple candy and maple cream.
?Grade A Medium Amber is a bit darker with a bit more maple flavor and is the most popular grade of table syrup.


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NEMA and IP ratings define protection against ingress of contaminants. NEMA ratings are standards set by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association. IP ratings are International standards. These ratings, typically two digits, are used to determine the environmental protection of the transducer. Two examples are IP40 and IP60. The first digit defines the protection against solid objects into the transducer housing. The second digit defines the protection against liquids into the transducer housing. The higher the number associated with the rating, the better the protection.
The NEMA or IP rating is an important specification of transducer. For example, if a transducer is NEMA 1 or IP40 rated for an indoor environment, chances are the sensor will fail due to water intrusion and other containments getting inside the enclosure if you use it outside. Typically, cost goes up the greater the NEMA or IP rating.
The NEMA or IP rating of a transducer often can be overlooked when determining what sensor works best for an application. Accuracy, pressure range, and outputs are all crucial specifications, but if the transducer is not suitable for the environment in which it will be functioning, then all other specifications are greatly minimized.


Let slip the birds of war!
Not a great start for efforts to bring peace on Earth in 2014.
In what some are interpreting as an ominous sign for world peace, two white doves released from the Vatican have been attacked by two larger birds.
The doves were set free as a symbol of peace from a balcony overlooking St Peter's Square during Pope Francis' weekly Angelus prayers, held at noon every Sunday.
But moments later, a seagull and a black crow swooped down and attacked the doves, pecking at them repeatedly, as tens of thousands of people watched on.
The crow chased down the dove and grappled with it as the white bird tried to fly away.
The Sunday prayers called for an end to violence in Kiev, with the Pope saying there was a need for dialogue between the Ukraine government and opposition.
Tough being caught between a crow and a seagull. Is this some weird living metaphor for Ukraine being caught between Russia and the European Union? Or perhaps the civilians caught between the Syrian regime and Syrian insurgents? The interpretive possibilities are endless.
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to damage or injure something badly by crushing or twisting it:
The trap closed round her leg, badly mangling her ankle.
to spoil something such as a speech or piece of music, by saying or playing it badly:
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I'm following a computer vision course and I have this exercise: write a program that, given an hand image, it can recognize if the hand is open, closed, in a punch, or holding an "ok" posture, using only the techniques provided till now (pixel 4/8 connected, connected region, contour finding, holes finding, blob property like centroid, area, perimeter, eccentricity, image moments, image transformation like invert/power/log/gamma correction/contrast stretching, histogram computation and equalization).
I have done it with some basic blob properties(closed hand has a low eccentricity, "ok" has a hole, open hand has a big difference between the area of the inscribed ellipse in the blob and the blob area itself with a low eccentricity).. It seems to work but the first image is a little bit problematic.
I think there could be something more to make a more robust algorithm. Maybe some kind of moment property? Could some blob axis/orientation/extreme points help?
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Are you allowed to use skeletonization? See the relevant Wikipedia article for more ideas. – Emre Jan 9 '13 at 23:03
no is not allowed because it is the content of a future classes! – nkint Jan 11 '13 at 21:46
You could try applying Symbolic Aggregate approXimation to the outer contour of each object. Basically reducing a complex shape to a time-serie and then cluster these in some way. – Ivo Flipse Jan 12 '13 at 13:55
i think i don't have to use any kind of machine learning, just a smart way to combine isses written in the question.. – nkint Jan 12 '13 at 16:00
maybe some morphological feature? – nkint Jan 12 '13 at 16:45
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You can try looking at Hu invariant moments. They can be constructed from basic moments, and are rotation, scale, reflection, and translation invariant.
Calculate them for a set of training contours first, and then apply them to the test contour.
There are implementations in Matlab and OpenCV, as far as I remember.
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According to the book Programming computer vision with Python an interesting approach is to use dense SIFT (a.k.a. HoG) features on your images, and feed these features to a classifier.
I didn't try it myself, but it seems quite sound as an approach. Furthermore, the inventor of the HoG feature proposes the Flutter app that worked quite well in my tests, and it would be very weird if the inventor didn't use his own features or a close derivative.
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One of my friends did this for his undergraduate thesis. What he basically did was encode properties of each gesture. For example,in the first figure, take a rectangular mask over theportions of the hand. The parts where the skin meets the rectangular mask edge should be noted and marked. Then the relative positions of the larger edge and the smaller edge can be compared.
So for pointing upwards, you will have a smaller edge upwards and larger edge at the wrist.
For pointing sideways, you have a smaller edge at one side and larger edge at the bottom.
The directions at the very least can be covered in this way.
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Liquid fuel creation from inexhaustible sources could be utilized as a part of transportation now that there is an expanding request worldwide because of constant consumption of petroleum derivative and developing worry for natural security. The objective is to produce liquid fuel from cassava peel, determine the quantity of the liquid fuel produced from cassava peels and make necessary recommendations. The materials used for the production of the liquid fuel are Cassava peels, H2SO4 (Tetraoxosulphate (vi) acid) and Water and the cassava peels that was collected in a polythene bag from cassava market, waste dump site at Orita Challenge Ibadan, Oyo State was washed with cleaned water thoroughly and all extraneous materials were removed, samples of cassava peel were then weighed on weighing balance to determine the weight of each quantity after peeling which were chopped into smaller pieces and were transferred into pretreatment chamber where volume of tetraoxosulphate(vi) acid was added and were thoroughly mixed for about 30 minutes before heating was applied in the fermenter chamber after the slurry have been pumped into the fermenter chamber. The heating process took place for another one hour, and then the steam passing through the condenser was cooled before collection at 78oC. Afterwards, its mass and volume of the liquid fuel produced were determined. At the end of this study, the Mass of cassava peels increase ranges from 1kg to 5kg sample, volume of water ranges from 5000ml to 9000ml, amount of concentrated H2SO4 ranges from 35.00ml to 55.00ml, moisture content ranges from 24.00% to 28.00%, temperature ranges from 74.50oC to 78.50oC, which shows that increase in the mass of cassava peels, volume of water, amount of concentrated H2SO4, moisture content and temperature leads to increase in the quantity of liquid bio-fuel produced. The result above shows that the lowest volume of the liquid fuel was obtained from 0.91kg of the sample in 1hr 30 minutes while the highest volume of bio-fuel was obtained from 4.85kg of the sample, at 1hr 50 minutes and time of production leads to increase in the quantity of liquid fuel produced. It is then concluded that the more liquid bio-fuel is produced when the fermentation process of cassava peels are done using concentrated Tetraoxosulphate (VI) acid than making use of cultured living organism as enzymes to speed up the rate of chemical reaction which may occur for days before fuel can be produced and recommended use of pilot scale plant for biomass production of liquid fuel instead of using laboratory methods for bio-fuel production which takes longer time.
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Is Rio Dipladenia a perennial?
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Similarly, you may ask, do Dipladenia come back every year?
Dipladenia is the former name of the plant, with most cultivars now properly labeled and sold as mandevilla vines. They can survive in USDA zone 8, although they may die back each year and grow as shorter plants. Proper winter care ensures that the dipladenia will survive to bloom again each summer.
Similarly, how do you take care of a Dipladenia in Rio? Water the plant frequently in the summer but let the top few inches of the soil dry out before watering anew. The plant can go in the ground in warmer areas or stay in a pot. Bright but indirect sun is a requirement for growing a dipladenia plant. The best flowers are formed in a well lit area.
Furthermore, how do you take care of a Dipladenia in the winter?
Spread 2 or 3 inches of mulch, such as leaves or straw, over top of the roots to protect them during the cold months. The dipladenia will sprout back in spring. This method of winter care only works in USDA plant hardiness zone 8. In cooler zones, dipladenias must be brought indoors for winter.
How do I make my Dipladenia bloom?
Getting a Mandevilla Plant to Bloom Use a teaspoon of Epsom salts dissolved in water once every two weeks for a month. The salt content will build up in the soil if you try this for any longer. The magnesium in the Epsom salts should get it flowering again.


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Let $U$ be a Standard Uniform random variable. Show all the steps required to generate a continuous random variable with the density $f(x) = 1.5x^2$, $-1 < x < 1$.
I'm not looking for exact answers as much as proper solutions for future reference. Thanks!
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Denote new random variable as V and its distribution function as F(x). Then:
F(x)=(x^3+1)/2=G( G' (F(x) ) )=G( (x^3+1)/2 )=P( U <= (x^3+1)/2 ) =P( 2U-1 <= x^3 )=P( (2U-1)^(1/3) <= x ). So, (2*U-1)^(1/3) is that random variable you need.
(As G'(x) I denote inverse function for G(x). G(x) is distribution function for U)
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Hint: You want to solve $F(X) = U$, where $F$ is the cumulative distribution function.
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So would I just integrate 1.5x^2 between -1 and 1 for the answer? – jrquick Dec 3 '12 at 20:21
No, integrate between $-1$ and $X$. – Robert Israel Dec 3 '12 at 20:43
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How does one conduct a critical analysis of Claudio in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing?
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When conducting a critical analysis of a character, we first want to identify the author's main purpose in using the character. Does the author mean to teach the reader/viewer something new, persuade the reader, or just entertain the reader? We would then evaluate whether or not the author accomplished his/her purpose. When doing a critical analysis of a character, rather than of a work as a whole, it can be helpful to first conduct a character analysis.
When conducting a character analysis, we want to probe deeply into the character. We want to consider things such as whether or not the character is ethical. Does the character govern his actions through ethics and make fair and reasonable choices? We can also consider whether or not the character is a wise character or foolish. We can also consider the character's motives for their actions. Other things we can consider in conducting a character analysis are listed in the link below.
When conducting a critical analysis of Claudio through analyzing his character, one of the things we see is that one of Shakespeare's purposes in using Claudio is to show the reader just how much damage a jealous, excessively prideful, and gullible character can do. Claudio's jealous nature is portrayed when he is tricked by Don John, not once, but twice, into doubting the people he loves, such as Don Pedro and Hero. We see Claudio's excessive pride demonstrated in his very rapid decision to publicly shame Hero should he see that she is disloyal, as we see in his lines:
If I see anything to-night why I should not marry her tomorrow, in the congregation where I should wed, there will I shame her. (III.ii.105-108).
Claudio does not stop for one instant to question Don John's honesty, even though he had already been duped by him, nor does he stop to wait for more evidence, but, out of excessive pride, decides that the only way to maintain his pride is to publicly punish and shame Hero. However, Claudio is not all bad. We see that he has a very caring nature, especially through his close friendships with Benedick and Don Pedro, and we see that he has a great capacity to feel remorseful, as we see towards the end of the play.
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series of vertical red and white stripes running down to the point. The inner surface had the appearance of a polished brass plate and had mounted leather handles that allowed it to be held. This shield was mostly used as a melee weapon to attack enemies directly and provide some protection from gunfire and debris from explosions. After its surface was punched in by the Red Skull, Captain America abandoned the shield.
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Captain America leads an assault on HYDRA
After entering World War II as a fully recognized soldier, Captain America switched to a special, disc-shaped shield made of vibranium provided to him by the Strategic Scientific Reserve. This shield appeared to be composed of four concentric sections, with fittings on the inner surface for two leather straps that allow the shield to easily be held and worn on Captain Rogers' arm. The straps would later be replaced by an electromagnet that would connect to another electromagnet worn at the hand and forearm during the Attack on the HYDRA Research Base.
Captain America relied heavily on the shield as a weapon that was balanced in both defensive and offensive capabilities. Made from vibranium, it is able to absorb and reflect kinetic energy, enabling it to withstand impacts that would break a shield made of any other material. The shield's center is also highly deflective, able to redirect flying projectilesas demonstrated when Rogers was able to ricochet a concentrated fire of high caliber bullets from a minigun back at his enemiesand also reflect the impact of Mjølnir to cause a massive shock wave. It was also discovered to be incredibly effective at deflecting or diffusing attacks from energy-based firearms such as those developed by HYDRA, Iron Man's repulsor beams, or Chitauri weaponry. The vibranium shield also demonstrated that it can be used to cushion falls from great heights.
As an offensive weapon, the shield's discus shape and vibranium composition make it powerful as both a close-quarters melee weapon and a thrown weapon. In the hands of a trained fighter like Captain America, the shield is a strong melee weapon, using the flat surface and blunt outer edge of the shield to strike enemies in vital areas. In the right hands, the shield is also an exceptional ranged weapon as its vibranium composition and broad, curved shape allow it to easily move through the air when thrown while maintaining nearly constant velocity and momentum. One of the most unique attributes of the shield is its ability to ricochet after striking a solid surface when thrown, losing very little of its momentum, allowing it to strike several targets, and, if aimed properly, return to the thrower.
The shield originally had a reflective, shiny grey appearance due to its vibranium composition. However, the shield was later painted to match the appearance of Captain America's uniform, placing a white star in the center, surrounded by blue, and making the three outer rings into red and white stripes. During modern stealth missions, the red sections of the shield would temporarily be covered with a light blue color to make it appear less conspicuous.
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Appearances for Captain America's Shield
In chronological order:
 - In the comics, Captain America's shield is made from a unique mix of vibranium and an iron alloy; attempts to duplicate this mixture led to the development of Adamantium.
Phil Coulson with the shield's prototype
 - Howard Stark, being tasked with the duty of creating shield prototypes for Captain America, designed five other special shields besides the one made from vibranium. Some of these prototypes were equipped with guns and electrical relays.
 - Prior to making the shield his primary weapon, Rogers showed an affinity for using shields when he fought, such as picking up a circular garbage can lid to protect himself and later ripping off a car door to protect himself from gunfire. He later remarked that he thought of them as useful tools, especially the USO shield, which he said was "handier than you might think."
 - A replica/prototype of the shield can be seen in Tony Stark's workshop in Iron Man and Iron Man 2, first behind Tony when he is first seen removing his armor, and then when he is building a particle accelerator.
 - In Iron Man 3, the Mandarin has a tattoo of the shield on his neck. It has been noted that in place of the star is an "A," the symbol for anarchy. Kevin Feige has said that the Mandarin uses "symbolism of various cultures and iconography that he perverts for his own end." A popular theory posited that he was attempting to twist the ideals the shield represents. This fit with the speech that he gives in the trailer. However, the significance of the tattoo was never explained.
 - Captain America's Shield is considered the property of the United States government. In the comics, when the government claimed the shield, they enlisted a new soldier to take the role of Captain America - John Walker.
 - The prototype shield mentioned by Happy Hogan in Spider-Man: Homecoming is likely a reference to the energy shield Sharon Carter gave to Steve to replace the vibranium shield after it was destroyed in the comics.
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Monetary Policy and the Term Structure of Interest Rates
This paper addresses a prominent empirical failure of the expectations theory of the term structure of interest rates under the assumption of rational expectations. This failure concerns the magnitude of slope coefficients in regressions of short rate (or longrate) changes on long-short spreads. It is shown that the anomalous empirical findings can be rationalized with the expectations theory by recognition of an exogenous random (but possibly autoregressive) term premium plus the assumption that monetary policy involves smoothing of an interest rate instrument -- the short rate -- together with the responses to the prevailing level of the spread.
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The importance of improving relationships and building trust between parents, teachers, and communities for improved education
In the development of a school, the local community has a crucial role to play. Teachers and community members both see the development of students as a priority, but the challenge lies in channelling this shared desire in a productive way. A lack of trust between the school and the community lies at the heart of the matter – school personnel generally seem to believe parents are not interested in their child's education, and parents similarly seem to believe teachers are not productive. Continue reading "Building Trust, Strengthening Education"
The next step for storytelling in the development sector is "democratization" – enabling more people to capture and share narratives.
Why do we tell stories? It's a basic human need, and you can trace it right back through history – through oral traditions, art and literature. Storytelling through the moving image, or video, is a more recent phenomenon, but speaks to the same part of the human spirit. Seeing action unfolding visually before you can have a very profound impact on the viewer.
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As Quest's State Head in Biar, Amitav Nath has been instrumental in the development and implementation of Anandshala, a program which works closely with the district education system to create stronger relationships between students, teachers and parents. Here he shares his insights on partnership, and working within existing government frameworks.
Working on Quest Alliance's Anandshala (literally translated: joyful schools) program in Bihar, our job is to define the theory of change for the program. Our team ensures that the design strategy functions on the ground, and works out how plans get translated into action at the field level. One very important aspect to achieve this is making sure that the program is institutionalized by the district through advocacy.
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Whenever you feel that your jewellery piece has lost some of its original brilliance, rub its surface delicately with a soft brush and room temperature water (for mother-of-pearl and ceramic, use a soft cloth rather than a brush). The following recommendations apply when cleaning jewellery:
- Never use chemicals or solvents.
- Don't use ultrasonic devices for mother-of-pearl and other gemstones.
- Let your fine jewellery dry by itself or use a soft cloth to help.
- Only store your items once they are dry.


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The Mission of Nathaniel Hawthorne Middle School, a nurturing environment for children, is to: * Encourage a love of learning; * Inspire children to explore, achieve and excel; * Foster high self-esteem; * Encourage respect and responsibility to self and others; * Instill a concern for the world around us; * Develop an appreciation of the arts; * Appreciate cultural diversity.


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Although the influence of identity on consumer behavior has been documented in many streams of literature, the absence of a consistent definition of identity and of generally
accepted principles regarding the drivers of identity-based behavior complicates comparisons across these literatures. To resolve that problem, we propose a simple but inclusive definition of identity. Identity can be defined as any category label with which a consumer selfassociates
that is amenable to a clear picture of what a person in that category looks like, thinks, feels and does. Building from this definition, we propose the following five basic
principles that can help researchers model the process of identity formation and expression: (1) Identity Salience: identity processing increases when the identity is an active component of the self; (2) Identity Association: the non-conscious association of stimuli with a positive
and salient identity improves a person's response to the stimuli; (3) Identity Relevance: the deliberative evaluation of identity-linked stimuli depends on how diagnostic the identity is in the relevant domain; (4) Identity Verification: individuals monitor their own behaviors to manage and reinforce their identities; and (5) Identity Conflict: identity-linked behaviors help consumers manage the relative prominence of multiple identities. To illustrate the potential usefulness of these principles for guiding identity research, we discuss new avenues for identity research and explain how these principles could help guide investigations into these areas.


We report the crystal structures of four synthetic members of the variscite group (space group type Pbca) and of bonacinaite, the first naturally occurring scandium arsenate member of the metavariscite group. All structures were determined using single-crystal X-ray intensity data. The following members were all synthesised under either mild hydrothermal conditions or by wet-chemical methods (<90°C). CrAsO4⋅2H2O (deep green): a = 8.894(2), b = 9.946(2), c = 10.206(2) Å and V = 902.8(3) Å3; R1 = 2.14%. Tl3+PO4⋅2H2O (colourless): a = 10.2848(7), b = 8.8578(6), c = 10.3637(7) Å and V = 944.14(11) Å3 (data at –173°C); R1 = 2.56%. MnSeO4⋅2H2O (pale pink): a = 10.441(2), b = 9.2410(18), c = 10.552(2) Å and V = 1018.1(3) Å3; R1 = 2.19%. A different method of preparation of MnSeO4⋅2H2O yielded crystals with very similar unit-cell parameters, a = 10.4353(5), b = 9.2420(5) and c = 10.5349(6) Å; R1 = 2.25%. CdSeO4⋅2H2O (colourless) has a = 10.481(1), b = 9.416(1), c = 10.755(1) Å and V = 1061.4(2) Å3; R1 = 1.53%. The thermal behaviour of the two selenate members was studied by a combination of DSC and TG, supplemented by PXRD. Bonacinaite (IMA2018-056), metavariscite-type natural (Sc,Al)(As,P)O4⋅2H2O (ideally ScAsO4⋅2H2O), crystallises in the space group P21/n, with a = 5.533(1), b = 10.409(2), c = 9.036(2) Å, β = 91.94(3)° and V = 520.11(18) Å3; R1 = 3.66%. The structural formula, supported by chemical analysis, is (Sc0.807(1)Al0.193)(As0.767(7)P0.233)O4⋅2H2O. All structures are based on frameworks built by corner-sharing of TO4 tetrahedra (T = P5+, As5+ or Se6+) with MO4(H2O)2 (M = Mn2+, Cd2+, Cr3+, Sc3+ or Tl3+) octahedra. The flexible frameworks are reinforced by partly bifurcated, strong to weak hydrogen bonds.
The crystal chemistry of all known synthetic and natural members of the variscite and metavariscite groups is discussed and compared, and the relative stabilities are evaluated. With the aid of the COMPSTRU program (Bilbao Crystallographic Server), a quantitative comparison of the crystal structures in both groups is given. Calculations of the structural and topological complexity reveal that the metavariscite structure type is structurally and topologically simpler than that of variscite. It is suggested that metavariscite and phosphosiderite are metastable kinetically stabilised phases, in contrast to thermodynamically stable variscite and strengite, respectively. The 3D frameworks of the members of both groups have been shown to be potential electrode materials for rechargeable Li ion batteries.
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Re: binary vs non-binary ports
Bradd W. Szonye wrote:
Per Bothner wrote:
Well, yes. The points I'm making are:
* One layers text i/o on top of binary i/o.
Not in general. That's the easiest way to do it on the "all files are
streams of bytes" used by Unix and Windows, but those aren't the only
operating systems in the worlds. Many systems still use record-based
files and other oddities where you usually implement "binary" I/O on top
of the text or record interface to create the illusion of a byte stream.
You'd still not layer binary i/o on top of text i/o. You can layer
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Mesg controls the access to your terminal by others. Its typically used to
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Intercultural Communication aims to improve the intercultural competence of international Chinese language teachers. The contents include values, language communication, nonverbal communication, cross-cultural adaptation, cross-cultural interpersonal communication, intercultural communication psychology and attitudes, intercultural communication in the field of education, culture teaching methods in second language teaching and other aspects. The main feature of this book is linking theory with practice. Besides, describing the basic concepts and core theories of intercultural communication, it analyzes many real cases of Chinese teachers' intercultural communication. Besides, each chapter provides suggestions for Chinese language teachers, topics for discussion, communicative activities and tasks, extended reading lists, reflecting the features of linking theory with practice as well as focusing on the cultivation of learners' comprehensive ability.
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You probably think toys today are really cool compared to the bummer ones your parents must have had. Well, even though your parents lived in caves and ate dirt for dinner, we all had some cool toys ourselves – like the Mickey Mouse coin sorter, shown here. This toy hails from decades ago, or at least that's when I got mine (let's not focus on which decade…), and is both piggy bank and marvel of machinery. When you stick a coin into the slot at the top right, if it's a quarter it's heavy enough to tip the first red seesaw and fall into Mickey's right arm. If it's a nickel, it shoots straight through to his left arm. Pennies and dimes are narrower so they fall through a hole in that seesaw, then either tip or shoot through the bottom seesaw into the correct leg. So smart and simple, all without batteries, lasers or digital screens. Even without electricity or blinking lights, the money still adds up.
Wee ones: If you stick 2 quarters, 3 dimes, 2 nickels and a penny into Mickey, how many coins did you sort?
Little kids: If Mickey has 4 coins in each arm and 4 coins in each leg – 4 quarters, 4 dimes, 4 nickels, 4 pennies – how many coins is he holding? Bonus: How many seesaw tips did those coins make happen? (Again, quarters and pennies each tip one seesaw; dimes and nickels shoot through.)
Big kids: If you put 5 of each type of coin into Mickey, how much money is that, in cents? Bonus: If you swap out all the pennies and replace them with 5 extra quarters, now how much money do you have?
The sky's the limit: If you put in 82 cents and exactly 4 seesaw tips happened, how many combination of coins could you have put in?
Wee ones: 8 coins.
Little kids: 16 coins. Bonus: 8 tips.
Big kids: 205 cents or $2.05, since it's 5 times 41 cents. Bonus: $3.25.
The sky's the limit: 4 possibilities. You had to have put in 2 quarters (one tip each) plus 2 pennies for 2 more tips, so nickels or dimes make up the remaining 30 cents. Possible combinations are 3 dimes 0 nickels, 2 dimes 2 nickels, 1 dime 4 nickels, and 0 dimes 6 nickels, always with 2 quarters and 2 pennies.


Regulation of emotional and mental stability
Regulation of emotional stability and mental stability
"Regulation of emotional stability and mental stability"
Hot temper and emotionality
Among hot-tempered people - 50% are those who have fire elementals at the Anahata level.
If you transfer the fire elementals to the Vishuddhi level, so that this energy feeds the consciousness, the problem will be solved - the person becomes calm and balanced.
The second 50% of the causes of irascibility is the presence of psychological complexes: a desire to quarrel, incontinence, etc.
The presence of fire elementals is characterized by explosive irascibility - when a person does not just mutter something under his breath, but when the emotion goes with a very high amplitude.
The parameter emotional stability shows how much an even emotional state prevails in you or emotional explosive outbursts are possible.
The emotional stability parameter can be adjusted.
Cost: Adjustment of emotional stability - $ 150 /cycle.
Question: What is the difference between the parameters Emotional stability and Mental stability and how to improve them?
With emotional stability, everything is more or less clear.
This is often found among magicians as the result of strikes by Lemurian efreet.
- At the magicians?
- Often with the magicians, as they were sent to demining the Lemurian warehouses, which were protected by combat systems. Certain blows to the structures led to the fact that a person is very emotionally unstable, his mood and state are constantly changing.
If you regulate this sphere, then the person quickly calms down and stabilizes.
Mental stability is also often a manifestation of technical strikes - ancient strikes of martial magic techniques, plus traces of mental trauma in these zones - systems of subtle bodies.
If the effect of correction of emotional stability is more proven: Removing injuries - the person is calmer. Fortunately, we have little experience in the field of correction and treatment of mental illnesses.) Therefore, the "Increase in mental stability" service is more suitable as a prevention of mental illness than as a surgical intervention.
The service "Increasing mental stability" includes the removal of trauma in the mental sphere, its stabilization and strengthening.
One cycle strengthens the work of this area and reduces the likelihood of mental illness. On average, in humanity, the parameter of mental stability is 50% out of 100%.
The mental stability parameter can also be adjusted.
Cost: Adjustment of psychological stability - $ 150 / cycle.
Personal diagnostics of the parameters of mental and emotional stability is now carried out within the framework of the Energy Card of the Personality .
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According to WHO, there are about 100 million cases of dengue every year around the world. With dengue on the rise again, we need to be on our guard always against this rapidly-spreading deadly virus. Read more about 5 must dos to protect your kids from dengue.
NCBI (national center for biotechnology information) conducted a study to prove that papaya, scientifically known as Carica Papaya leaves aqueous extract exhibited potential activity against dengue fever. You can download the research from here.
How does papaya leaf extract help dengue patients?
In the research conducted it was found that there was 32% increase in the platelet count when the papaya leaf extract was administered to the patient. When the platelet counts drop to a dangerously low level during severe dengue fever, the papaya juice has been known to significantly increase the blood platelet production.
Papaya leaf juice recipe for dengue
Remove the stems and other fibrous parts and extract the juice out of the papaya leaves by crushing them and make sure that the leaves used are raw and fresh, you can crush the papaya leaves in mixer/grinder.
You need about two leaves for each treatment.
In the research conducted, 25ml of this extract of papaya leaf was administered to the patient twice a day to see increase in the platelet count. You may consult your doctor before you start taking the papaya leaf juice.
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Let $f, \hat{f}, g,$ and $\hat{g}$ be continuous probability densities. Define probability densities $p \propto fg$ and $\hat{p} \propto \hat{f}\hat{g}$. Is it true that \begin{align*} ||p - \hat{p}||_{1} \le || f - \hat{f}|| _{1} + ||g - \hat{g}||_1 \end{align*}
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Why would this inequality imply something of interest, if true? In short, what are your motivations for asking this? – Did Oct 29 '11 at 7:13
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Here is a real counterexample, as verified by mathematica: so we take the same discrete two point space as below, and let $f=(u_1,u_2), \hat{f} = (v_1,v_2), g = (a_1,a_2), \hat{g}=(b_1,b_2)$, with the relation that $x_1 + x_2 = 1$ where $x \in \{u,v,a,b\}$. So your claim becomes in this special case
$$ |\frac{u_1 a_1}{u_1 p_1 + u_2 a_2} - \frac{v_1 b_1}{v_1 b_1 + v_2 b_2}| + | \frac{u_2 a_2}{u_1 a_1 + u_2 a_2} - \frac{v_2 b_2}{v_1 b_1 + v_2 b_2}|$$ $$\le |u_1 - v_1| + |u_2 - v_2| + |a_1 - b_1| + |a_2 - b_2|$$
Now using the relation that if $x + y = 1$ and $w + z = 1$, then $|x - w| + |y - z| = 2 |x -w|$, we can simplify the above inequality to
$$ |\frac{u_1 a_1}{u_1 a_1 + u_2 a_2} - \frac{v_1 b_1}{v_1 b_1 + v_2 b_2}| \le |u_1 - v_1| + |a_1 - b_1| $$.
What I then did is to subtract the square of the right hand side from the square of the left hand side, and call the resulting function $h(u,v,a,b)$, where $x := x_1$ for $x \in \{u,v,a,b\}$. Then I did some brute force search of maximum and found the following point:
$$u=v =0.456239, a = 1/5, b = 1/2$$ If you plug it in to $h$ you should get $0.000652285 > 0$. So that means the left hand side is not always $\le$ the right hand side. Here are the mathematica code so that you can help me verify:
q[u1_, u2_, a1_, a2_, v1_, v2_, b1_, b2_] := (u1 a1/(u1 a1 + u2 a2) - v1 b1/(v1 b1 + v2 b2))^2 - ( (u1 - v1)^2 + (a1 - b1)^2 + 2 Abs[(u1 - v1) (a1 - b1)]);
h[u_, v_, a_, b_] := q[u, 1 - u, a, 1 - a, v, 1 - v, b, 1 - b];
h[0.456239, 0.456239, 2/3, 2/5]
= 0.000652285
Edit: below was my earlier false counterexample.
I believe it's false. Here is an argument. It suffices to consider discrete probability space, say the two point space $\Omega = \{ 0,1 \} $. Now let $f =(u_1,1-u_1)$ be the probability mass function, so that means $f(0) = u_1$ and $f(1) = 1-u_1$. and similarly $\hat{f} = (u_2,1-u_2)$. Also I will let $g = \hat{g} = (p, 1-p)$. Then $\|g - \hat{g}\|_1 = 0$, so your inequality amounts to
$ |\frac{p u_1}{p u_1 + (1-p)(1-u_1)} - \frac{p u_2}{pu_2 + (1-p)(1-u_2)}| \le |u_1 - u_2|$.
Now take $u_1 = 2/3$ and $u_2 = 1/3$, and let $ 1-p >> p$. Then you get a contradiction.
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I don't think this counter example is true. The left hand side should be |P_1 - \hat{P}_1| + |P_2 - \hat{P}_2|, (P \propto fg not to confuse with your p) currently you are only considering the term |P_1 - \hat{P}_1|. Also the left hand side is 2|u_1 - u_2|. Moreover, when g is highly biased (p \to 0 in your example) then the right hand side of my inequality (||P - \hat{P}||_1) goes to zero so it's true. – Nima Oct 29 '11 at 3:42
Thanks for the counter example. I appreciate it. Do you think some inequality like that might be true perhaps with some prefactor? I want to somehow bound the tv distance of the product of some probability densities in terms of the individual tv distances – Nima Oct 29 '11 at 5:57
That's a good question. I have no intuitions whatsoever, just pure luck. Can you state the original problem you are trying to solve? My first impression was that the inequality does not scale appropriately on the two sides, which led to my disbelief. – John Jiang Oct 29 '11 at 6:01
I was trying to prove convergence of a low-complexity variant of belief propagation algorithm which we call it stochastic belief propagation. Belief propagation has various applications in signal and image processing, computer vision, etc. This statement or something like that would be helpful. Thanks anyway – Nima Oct 29 '11 at 21:14
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Rituals and religion help footballers cope
Superstitions can help footballers control their anxiety before a game. That is the finding of research presented at the British Psychology Society Annual Conference, held at the Grand Connaught Rooms, London this week.
Patrick Ofori from the University of Stirling interviewed 10 members of the Ghana team taking part in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa about their superstitions and religious experiences. These included both formal religious rituals and individual superstitions like a lucky mascot
Comments from the players included, "My prayers give me self-belief in my abilities and confidence to play without fear", and "I feel really good any time that I do them and am able to play well too."
The interviews were transcribed and then analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. This is a technique for discovering how individuals make sense of their personal and social worlds.The analysis of the transcripts revealed that superstitious and religious rituals can be helpful or unhelpful to players depending how they are learned.
Patrick Ofori commented: "Coaches and psychologists should encourage athletes to own their rituals and integrate them into their wider coping strategies, because our findings suggest that superstitions and religious rituals can help immunise elite footballers against anxiety. They seem to increase their self-confidence and make them feel more in control of events too."
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The laboratory has the ability to create alternative physical simulations of manufacturing and supply chain systems. This allows one to model and analyze the complex interactions among the operational variables and as they impact the system KPI's with an objective of developing Smart Manufacturing Systems.
As part of the Smart Manufacturing Systems concept the laboratory also has the ability to represent this physical system by four information categories.
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Mummies exist in the Darkhive as a peculiar side effect of certain regal Panaho funeral rites. Occasionally when one of the leaders of the Panaho becomes too intrinsically connected to the fungal symbioties in their systems, their whole body starts to slow down. They become one with the fungus and literally seize up as the fungal life threads its way through their veins and muscle tissue.
Such regal elders either go insane as they find it harder to remain mobile, or they spend longer periods in meditation to develop otherwise unknown heights of psychic awareness. Those who go insane are often set slowly wandering the depths of the hive where they might confront mutants and monstrous creatures in one last civic duty for their people. Those who develop psychic powers are carefully bandaged to avoid injury as their mind wander the astral realm. Ghosts have often claimed to encounter the astral forms of these mummies, but they fear these powerful beings. The little news about the mummies which filters through to those still living speaks of grand psychic battles between savage races of monsters. These monsters may be the driving forces behind the Shellbrood, the creatures who use demons and devils as their servitors, or even the creatures who originally created the Darkhive itself. Transcending to take part in this eternal battle beyond tie and space is considered one of the greatest honours for the regal elders of the Panaho, and something that lower ranked Panaho believe is beyond their grasp (but ironically, there may be just as many lower ranked Panaho symbiotically waging the eternal war from their moldering corpses in the middle of fungal gardens...they just don't fight as long as their bodies gradually give way around them).
Eventually, most Panaho mummies become solid fungus, the entirety of their bodies used to nourish new life over the course of centuries. Some gardener priests tend mummies, pruning the fungus to preserve the remaining flesh and bone for as long as possible. These gardener priests are often granted blessings by the mummy over the course of generations. These blessings become ever more powerful when they are granted (as the mummy gains power at levels typically considered akin to a spirit or deity), but as the mummies consciousness drifts further into the deep realms, it's concept of time becomes ever more tenuous and those blessings become more sporadic.
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Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of levofloxacin and ciprofloxacin alone and in combination with either ceftazidime, cefepime, imipenem, piperacillin-tazobactam or amikacin to select for antibiotic-resistant mutants of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter spp. Methods: Clinical strains of P. aeruginosa (n=5) and Acinetobacter spp. (n=5) susceptible to all the drugs used in the study were assayed. Development of resistance was determined by multi-step and single-step methodologies. For multi-step studies, MICs were determined after five serial passages on antibiotic-gradient plates containing each antibiotic alone or in combination with levofloxacin or ciprofloxacin. Acquisition of resistance was defined as an increase of ≥4-fold from the starting MIC. In single-step studies, the frequency of spontaneous mutations was calculated after a passage on plates containing antibiotics alone and in combinations at concentrations equal to the highest NCCLS breakpoints. Results: Serial passages on medium containing single antibiotics resulted in increased MICs for each antibiotic; MIC increases were limited by antibiotics in combination. A decrease in the number of strains with MICs above the NCCLS breakpoints occurred when fluoroquinolones were combined with a second antibiotic for both P. aeruginosa and Acinetobacter spp. isolates. Frequencies of mutation were higher for antibiotics alone than for combinations. Conclusions: Use of combinations of fluoroquinolones with β-lactams and amikacin reduces the risk for in vitro election of resistant P. aeruginosa and Acinetobacter spp.
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