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We propose a method based on the maximum-likelihood technique for removing speckle patterns that plague coherent images. The proposed method is designed for images whose gray levels vary continuously in space. The image model is based on a lattice of nodes corresponding to vertices of triangles in which the gray level of each pixel is produced by linear interpolation. A constraint on isoline gray levels is introduced to regularize the solution.
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Meal Worms
Why feed worms to the birds? Because so many birds eat insects naturally, feeding meal worms to the birds seems like a natural thing to do.
What are meal worms? Meal worms are the larvae of the beetle Tenebrio molitor. This larvae stage typically lasts for 10 weeks.
Birds such as chickadees, bluebirds, wrens and woodpeckers will eat meal worms if they are placed in a feeder accessible to the birds. Because meal worms can crawl, it is best to place them in a feeder where they cannot crawl out.
A bluebird feeder (shown here) works well for feeding meal worms to smaller birds. Any feeder that has smooth sides and can be easily accessed by the birds can be used as a meal worm feeder. A simple tray or platform can also be used, but, it is possible that the worms will crawl out. Placing the worms in a shallow bowl in the middle of the tray may help. Birds typically look for food around the same time each day, so worms can be placed in a tray daily around that time.
Meal worms can be purchased and kept for weeks at 40 - 50 degrees F. For longer storage they should be placed in bran flakes, wheat bran or corn meal in a container having air holes. A potato or apple slice should be kept in the container for the worms to use as a moisture source.
To maintain the larvae in a state of dormancy, they must be refrigerated at 40 to 50 degrees F (lower temperatures can kill the larvae).
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In optical imaging, the resolution of the imaging system is not only limited by the aperture and imperfection of the lens, but also by the CCD nonzero pixel size and separation between the two consecutive pixels. We deal only with the geometric superresolution and assume that the size of the CCD pixels is much smaller in comparison with the separation between the pixels. The separation between the pixels limits the resolution of the CCD camera. Our object is to address this problem. In the proposal, we focus on exceeding the geometric resolution with a new approach in which no moving element of the imaging system is used, but only a mask is placed at the Fourier transform plane. This mask encodes the input data. The encoded image is captured by the CCD. The captured image is then Fourier transformed and a decoding mask is used to nullify the effect of undersampling by the CCD. Mathematical modeling and simulation in one dimension are presented.
© 2010 Optical Society of America
Original Manuscript: January 5, 2010
Revised Manuscript: April 14, 2010
Manuscript Accepted: April 18, 2010
Published: May 21, 2010
Vol. 5, Iss. 10 Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics
Mohammad Sohail and Asloob A. Mudassar, "Geometric superresolution by using an optical mask," Appl. Opt. 49, 3000-3005 (2010)

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The 7 Destructive Habits of Unsuccessful People – Words to Live by
LGMHD11 251x300 The 7 Destructive Habits of Unsuccessful People Words to Live by
By Pastor Lonnie G. McCowan
WARNING! If you want to have a fantastic life, NEVER engage yourself in these 7 Destructive Habits.
HABIT #1- Unsuccessful People Think, Say, & Do Negative Things
Unsuccessful people continue to fail at everything they do because they see problems in every opportunity. They complain that the sun is too hot. They cursed the rain for ruining their plans for the day. They blame the wind for ruining their hair. They think that everyone is against them. They see the problems but never the solutions.
HABIT #2- Unsuccessful People Act Before They Think
They move based on impulse. They desire immediate gratification in every situation. If they see something they like, they buy it without any second thought. Then they see something better and regret their impulsive purchases. They get into impulsive relationships that usually end in disaster. They don't think about the future and they don't think about the consequences.
HABIT #3- Unsuccessful People Talk Much More Than They Listen
They want to be the star of the show. They always engage in conversation and say things that will make them seem important, even to the point of lying. Oftentimes they are not aware that what they're saying makes no sense. When other people advise them, they close their ears because they would rather die than admit their mistakes. In their mind they're always right. They reject suggestions or help from others because it makes them feel inferior.
HABIT #4- Unsuccessful People Give Up Easily
Successful people treat failures as stepping stones to success. Those who seldom succeed usually call it quits upon recognizing the first signs of failure. At first, they are excited to start a new endeavor, but then they lose interest fairly quickly, especially when they encounter obstacles. Then they go and search for a new goal, business, career or relationship and get the same results. People who consistently fail don't have the persistence to wok though their problems and obstacles to fulfill their dreams.
HABIT #5- Unsuccessful People Try To Bring Others Down To Their Level
Unsuccessful people envy other people who are successful. Instead of working hard to be like them, they spread rumors and try every dirty trick in the book to bring them down. They could have asked these successful people for help to succeed, but no, they're too proud. They don't want to ask for advice. When they get good advice they won't follow it.
HABIT #6- Unsuccessful People Waste Their Time
They don't know what to do next. They often eat too much, drink too much, watch TV and sports for hours or worse, have no thoughts whatsoever about what direction their life is going. Most of their time is spent on instant gratification and they avoid thinking about and proving the quality of their life.
HABIT # 7- Unsuccessful People Take The Easy Way Out
If there are two roads to choose from, unsuccessful people will choose the wider road with less reward now than the narrower road with much greater reward in the future.
They avoid anything that may cause temporary hardship. They want an easy life. What these people don't know is that what you reap is what you sow. Efforts and action will not go unnoticed. If only they would be willing to sacrifice a little, they would gain a lot more.
Successful people reach their goals, dreams and desires through trial and error. They never give up. They do what it takes to create what they desire.
What is the solution to these 7 Destructive Habits? That's Easy!
Just do the reverse. Success is not difficult. All it takes to succeed is to discover what unsuccessful people doand then just do the opposite. You are virtually guaranteed to succeed!
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What Does Duck and Weave Mean?
Duck and Weave Meaning
Definition: To move from side to side, bobbing up and down.
People often move this way when trying to navigate through a large crowd. This expression describes a type of motion.
Origin of Duck and Weave
The verb duck predates the animal duck, although the two are related. One meaning of duck means to dive. The animal is named for the diving motion it makes through the water, and how it bobs its head in and out of the water.
Another meaning of duck is avoid a blow by moving down quickly. This meaning of duck appears in the literal meaning of the expression duck and weave, which describes a motion common in boxing.
In the sport of boxing, the athletes will move their head up and down, and move their bodies from side to side, trying to avoid the other boxer's punches.
Nowadays, people still use this expression for boxing, but also for anything with a similar motion.
Examples of Duck and Weave
duck and weave boxing duck and weave Here is an example of a teacher using the expression in a math class.
Teacher: Okay, class is finished. Don't forget to turn in your homework. Hey, you, stop ducking and weaving through your classmates. I see you trying to escape through the crowd without giving me your homework.
Student: I'm sorry, but I forgot to do it. I thought you might not notice if I escaped the classroom before you saw me leave.
Teacher: Well, next time don't move in such an obvious way. Uh, I mean, next time just finish your homework.
what does ducked mean In this example, two friends are coming back home from a party.
Monica: I think I'm done going to parties that are at nightclubs.
Janice: How come? Didn't you have fun?
Monica: Yes, I enjoyed the music and seeing my friends, but the dance floor was too crowded. There was no room to move freely to dance. I felt like I was just ducking and weaving through the crowd all night.
More Examples
This excerpt is from an article that questions the safety of dog parks. It describes the movement of a family pet.
 - Kyle Hurt and his 6-year-old son, Mason, lounged on a bench watching their energetic boxer, Jersey, duck and weave around a feisty Australian shepherd in the Hound Hill dog park near Quebec and Lincoln streets. –Denver Post
The second excerpt shows a food critic describing his walk through a restaurant.
 - My guest and I duck and weave through the crowd as we follow the hostess to our table. The dining room is just as loud. It's an echo chamber of shouted conversation and the uniquely screechy mating calls of the tequila-infused. –OC Register
The phrase duck and weave comes from the sport of boxing and describes the motion the boxer makes to avoid blows.
People now use it to describe the same type of motion when used in other activities, such as walking through a crowd.


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Scorpions--to fear or to revere?
The Bohart Museum of Entomology's open house last Sunday drew visitors of all ages who marveled at the scorpions glowing under ultraviolet light.
UC Davis entomology major Alexander Nguyen flashed a UV light on the critters as his audience watched in amazement.
Most--but not all--of the world's scorpions glow under ultraviolet light, says Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum, which houses more than seven million insect specimens.
Scorpions are not insects, but arachnids, the same as spiders. Ranging in size from 9 mm to 21 mm, scorpions have eight legs (arachnid alert!) and grasping claws that help conquer their prey. But it's their venom that kills. And all scorpions possess venom.
UC Davis entomologist Bruce Hammock and his lab made the news back in 2003 when they published a study that showed that scorpions produce two venoms: a pre-venom to deter predators and immobilize small prey, and then the good stuff, the powerful venom that's meant to kill.
It's like saving the best for last or waiting for the venom glands to pump and reload, so to speak.
So, why do they glow?
Scientists believe it's because of the fluorescent material found in the scorpion's hard outer covering.
"The fact that they glow serves no physiological function," said Bohart senior museum scientist Steve Heydon. "It's probably a quirk of chemical makeup."
Great quote..."a quirk of chemical makeup."
Scorpion glowing under ultraviolet light at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis entomology undergraduate student Alexander Nguyen flashes a UV light on a scorpion, as Professor Demosthenes Pappagianis, M.D., Ph.D., of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, watches. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Most scorpions glow under an ultraviolet light, but now a discovery on Alcatraz Island reveals that a certain species of millipedes will, too.
Forensic entomologist Robert Kimsey of the UC Davis Department of Entomology, who does fly research on Alcatraz, said that bait laced with a non-toxic fluorescent dye to estimate the rat population in February yielded the expected result: the glow of rat urine and feces.
But something else was glowing nearby: millipedes.
Had they consumed some of the rat bait?
No. An experiment at the Bohart Museum of Entomology on the UC Davis campus showed that these millipedes (Xystocheir dissecta (Wood) glow under black lights, just like scorpions.
Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum and a professor of entomology at UC Davis, said the species is a relatively abundant species in the Bay Area. "This particular species of millipedes glowed all along, but nobody was paying any attention to it," she said.
She suspects that the millipedes on Alcatraz Island originated from soil transported over from the nearby Angel Island when "The Rock" was just that—rock with little or no soil.
Meanwhile, if you attend the Bohart Museum's open house from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 3 at 1124 Academic Surge, California Drive, you'll see scorpions and millipedes glowing.
And there's something else to draw you in: a special live display of the California dogface butterfly by naturalist/photographer Greg Kareofelas of Davis. If all goes as planned, an adult will emerge from its chrysalis. If this doesn't happen (well, you can't tell a buttterfly when to emerge!) you can watch the life cycle on his PowerPoint presentation, to run continuously throughout the open house.
And, you can ask Kareofelas all about the California dogface butterfly (Zerene eurydice), which, by the way, is close to royalty--it's California's designated state insect.
This millipede (Xystocheir dissecta) glows under ultraviolet light. Alexander Nguyen of the UC Davis Entomology Club captured this image on Alcatraz, during one of UC Davis forensic entomologist Robert Kimsey's field trips.


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changes should have temporary effects on output or income, whereas in the endogenous growth models, temporary changes can have permanent effects. That is, exogenous growth models are generally coherent with trend-stationary series, while endogenous growth models are consistent with difference-stationary series, characterized mainly by unit root processes. Consequently, evidence supporting the presence of stationary trend processes in our output and income series is consistent with the predictions of the exogenous growth model, which predict b convergence.
2.2. Sigma Convergence
Sigma convergence is said to exist when the dispersion of per capita income or output, measured as its variance, diminishes over time. Formally, s convergence is confirmed when the cross-sectional variance of the regional per capital incomes or outputs shows a (statistically) significant decrease between the initial and final periods of the sample. In a world without stochastic shocks, the implicit idea is as follows: in the initial period there is a high dispersion of per capita output -due to the difference between rich and poor regionsthat is expected to be lower at the end of the process of convergence toward the steady state.
It can be shown that the existence of b convergence is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for the presence of s convergence. In practice, it is thus possible to find that the richest economies or regions grow less than the poorest, but ultimately the dispersion remains unchanged over time. This would be the case if the regions that were initially relatively poor grew faster than the wealthy regions and overtook them, leaving the dispersion of per capita income the same as at the initial period. However, since b convergence is a necessary condition, it is not possible to observe s convergence without b convergence4. Note that s convergence typically implies that the variance of per capita output decreases over time. However, the initial variance converges to its steady-state level, which may be higher or lower than the initial level depending on whether the dispersion of initial per capita output is lower or higher than the steady state, which is, in turn, a function of the shocks experienced by the economies. Beta convergence ensures that the variance will converge to the steady-state level, but it does not say whether the variance diminishes or increases over time.
2.3. Absolute and Conditional Convergence
From an empirical perspective, another dimension of economic convergence analysis involves the distinction between absolute (or unconditional) and conditional convergence. Absolute convergence is said to pertain when all the economies converge regardless of economy-specific factors (economic policies, investment rate, composition of output, and so forth); that is, the poorer economies always grow faster than the richer ones. This implicitly requires that the economies have similar population growth rates, preference parameters, and technology. In this sense, there is also a condition for convergence.
Conditional convergence, in turn, occurs when the relation between the growth rate of per capita output and its initial level is negative once we have controlled for factors that condition the steady state. In other words, the economies converge only when we take into account the factors that are specific to the steady state toward which they are moving.
3. The Data
To test the convergence hypothesis on the GDP and income of the thirteen regions of Chile, we use all the data available at the close of this study.
3.1. Per Capita GDP
In the case of regional output, the period of analysis is from 1960 to 2000. Figure 1 shows the trends in gross real per capita output levels for each region (expressed in natural logs) during the period.
These series were constructed from two sources. First, in the numerator, we use the Central Bank of Chile's regional GDP series, in millions of 1986-pesos for the 1960-96 period, and the growth rates from the new series in millions of 1996-pesos for the rest of the span (that is, _PHONE_).5 Second, in the denominator, we use the regional population statistics published annually by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), based on the censuses and the institute's own estimates, on June 30th of each year.
3.2. Per Capita Income
In the case of per capita income, the period of analysis is significantly reduced due to data availability. We used the average household income series6 for each region for the years 1987, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, and 2000, following the CASEN surveys that are carried out by the Department of Social Information of the Ministry of Planning and Cooperation (MIDEPLAN). We then calculated the nominal per capita income by region using the number of households in each region from each survey and the regional population. To express these series in real terms, we constructed price indexes by region, weighting the prices of a basket of 35 food products based on information provided by INE.7
4. EMPIRICAL STRATEGY AND RESULTS
Following the outline presented above, we first present the empirical tests and their respective results for b convergence in both GDP and regional income, and we then assess the case of s convergence.
4.1. Beta Convergence in Regional GDP
We first hypothesize whether Chile's regions display absolute convergence in output levels -that is, b convergence. In order to present robust estimates and obtain solid conclusions, we then undertake the typical convergence tests through cross-section and pooled panel data regressions, for both GDP and income series. Finally, we apply recent panel data unit root tests that allow us to make correct inference on the hypothesis under study.
Traditional Convergence Tests
The most commonly used regressions in growth studies are cross-sectional.9 The basic idea is to estimate the coefficients of the following equation and evaluate the null hypothesis of divergence (that is, b = 0) against the alternative hypothesis of convergence, when b (-1, 0):
where y is the natural log of output or income, T denotes the number of periods, a is a constant (which captures the regions' steady state), b captures the rate or speed of convergence, and u is a disturbance term. Note that here we only consider the growth rate of output in the whole period of analysis (between t = 0 and T = 1).10
The first evidence in favor of this hypothesis is presented in Figure 3, which shows the negative relationship between the growth rate (from 1960 to 2000) and the initial level of regional GDP per capita (in 1960). The estimated coefficient in this regression is negative, as expected, and statistically significant.11 The convergence rate is 0.72% (see Table 1). To get an idea of the speed (in years) with which this convergence should take place, we calculated the half-life for closing the gap between the GDP per capita of the relatively poorer regions and the relatively richer ones. In this case, the convergence rate implies that half the gap should be closed in 96.8 years (see Table 1).
This approach is limited, however, for making sufficiently valid inference because of the scarcity of observations (only thirteen, the number of regions); this limitation is of particular concern considering that the number of regions in a country is always small and finite. An alternative approach proposed in the literature is to test the b convergence hypothesis via the panel data technique, estimating an equation similar to the previous one:12
where, in this case, T denotes the number of periods or years between t and t - 1.13
One of the advantages of this technique is that it lets us take advantage not only of the cross-sectional dimension, but also of the time dimension, thus providing greater degrees of freedom.14
In the case of absolute convergence, we chose a pooled panel instead of fixed or random effects mainly because assuming the presence of unobserved idiosyncratic effects (whether fixed or stochastic) would be equivalent to assuming that each region's output or income converges to a different stationary level, or that they converge conditional on controlling for exogenous components specific to each region. Consequently, this alternative is particularly valid when dealing with conditional convergence, an issue we address below. On the other hand, we do include temporal effects common to all the regions, basically to control for the potential effects of the base change in the regional GDP series in 1997 and the change in methodologies in the different CASEN surveys. The inclusion of the temporal effects does not invalidate the hypothesis of absolute convergence to the extent that it is consistent with the series being trend stationary, which in turn is coherent with the type of growth model we are employing, as was explained in section 2.1.
Thus if we estimate the coefficients that relate the tenor five-year growth rate with the respective initial output levels, we obtain values of -0.74 and -0.85 percent, respectively (see table 1a). Once again the values are negative and statistically significant, which implies a process of regional convergence in GDP.15 In this case, half the gap should close in approximately 81 to 94 years.
These estimated values for the GDP convergence coefficient are, at nearly -1%, lower than the levels found in earlier studies on both regional convergence in Chile and developed countries (around 2%).16 However, they are similar to the findings of more recent works (close to 1% as in Díaz and Meller, 2004; and close to 0.5% as in Soto and Torche, 2004). This suggests that while per capita GDP is converging, the process has slowed somewhat in recent years.
Unit Root Tests
A valid criticism of regressions between the per capita GDP growth rate and initial per capita GDP is that the test does not have a standard distribution under the null hypothesis (b = 0), so making

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Hereditary CNS demyelinating disease
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Hereditary CNS demyelinating disease
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ICD-9 330.0
MeSH D020279
A hereditary CNS demyelinating disease is a demyelinating central nervous system disease that is primarily due to an inherited genetic condition. (This is in contrast to autoimmune demyelinating conditions, such as multiple sclerosis, or conditions such as central pontine myelinolysis that are associated with acute acquired insult.)
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While a chorus of coughs on the subway can advise you to break out the Purell, what about all the colds making their way silently into your path?
Fortunately HEALTHYDAY, a new app from Johnson & Johnson, has come up with a way for us to crowdsource our hypochondria.
Mashable reports that the app's algorithm combines data from doctor's offices, Google searches, and mentions on social media, and then uses that data to tell you when to freak out.
The most prominent feature in the app is the location-based warning meters for allergies, cold, and flu. Although telling you when the allergy level is high is a bit like telling you it's already raining.
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If you so choose, you can break down the data further, moving into the map itself to see the actual incidents, and where and when they occurred.
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"We're looking to transform what's sort of a search-and-confusion mentality to discovering what's going on with your sniffles to really getting a content-first, actionable information second," Eric Weisberg, executive creative director at ad agency JWT New York, told Mashable.
Weisberg compares it to apps like Waze, which uses crowd-sourced traffic information to enhance a traditional "maps" experience. Except where Waze uses accidents, HEALTHYDAY uses coughs.
While the app right now is used for ailments like the common cold, the implication of putting public health information into the hands of everyday people goes much further. With anonymous reports of specific illnesses, you could imagine a future version of this app telling you about outbreaks of more serious diseases than the flu. But maybe then we would all never leave our houses.


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James Henderson Blount (September 12, 1837-March 8, 1903), an American statesman, was born near Clinton, Jones County, Georgia. He attended private schools there and in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He was graduated from the University of Georgia at Athens in 1858. He studied law and was admitted to the Georgia bar in 1859. During the American Civil War he served in the Confederate States Army as a private in the Second Georgia Battalion, Floyd Rifles for two years, and was later lieutenant colonel for two years.
Blount served in the United States Congress representing the sixth district of Georgia from 1873 to 1893. He was Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Relations (_PHONE_). He was appointed by President of the United States Grover Cleveland to be the United States Department of State Minister to Hawai'i with the mission of investigating the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawai'i and the administration of Queen Lili'uokalani. The report he issued is known as the Blount Report.
Blount died in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, and is buried at the Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon, Georgia.


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Class case study: Effects of silage on a rural stream
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Two Year 4 classes investigated silage and the possible effects of run-off on a small rural stream as part of a biotechnology unit.
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The teachers used a biotechnology topic that was real and meaningful for the students, in a context with which students were familiar. It was also important that the topic was challenging, engaging and included an opportunity for learning in the area of biotechnology appropriate to the age of the students.
Silage, pollution, waterways, farming, investigation, environmental impact.
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The Pursuit of Justice and Private Interests in the Law
By Edward Lopez • Friday June 25, 2010 9:52 AM PDT • 0 Comments
This is the third in a series of posts on my new book, The Pursuit of Justice: Law and Economics of Legal Institutions. In this post I will discuss how the law evolves instrumentally — that is, to serve private interests rather than the public interest.
Law is often assumed to be a public good that can only be (or is best) provided by governments. Yet despite traditional beliefs and wishes, government-produced law is frequently driven to serve particular narrow interests. Three of the chapters in The Pursuit of Justice analyze legal history to exemplify this point.
Chapter 2 by economists Nicholas A. Curott and Edward P. Stringham is titled, "The Rise of Government Law Enforcement in England." In this fresh look at the origins of Anglo-American law, we see a new argument to explain the gradual shift from non-centralized Anglo-Saxon law that was largely enforced by social norms, to post-Norman, state-centralized law that was enforced by the crown's own system of fines and punishments.
In their extensive literature review, Curott and Stringham document how most scholars have framed this episode in Hobbesian, public good terms. The authors write:
Theorists argue that only government can create the rules that reduce conflict, facilitate exchange, and bring order to society. Without government law enforcement,... society would degenerate into the Hobbesian 'nasty, brutish ans short' outcome.
Yet applying the principles of public choice to the law poses a paradox to the Hobbesian view: if a model of self-interest explains how people interact within the legal system, then this same model should explain how people interact when establishing the rules that make up the legal system.
Curott and Stringham unearth a good deal of historical evidence to argue: a) before state-monopolized law, the non-centralized system of norm-enforced laws was effective at sustaining order; and b) the centralization of law into a state monopoly was not evidently conducted on public interest grounds but, rather, was driven significantly by the crown's thirst for more revenues. Violations of the "king's peace" gradually became good business for kings, and this prompted the state-centralization of law.
Chapters 9 and 12 show that modern U.S. law has also evolved to serve the instrumental interests of lawyers and judges. In "The Lawyer-Judge Hypothesis," law professor Benjamin H. Barton examines a series of twentieth-century court rulings across several areas of law, through which case law came to embody the economic interests of the legal profession. Quoting the chapter:
Here is the lawyer-judge hypothesis in a nutshell: if there is a clear advantage or disadvantage to the legal profession in any given question of law, judges will choose the route that benefits the profession as a whole.
The courts allow legal professions to self-regulate more than other professions such as medicine or financial services. Attorney-client privilege is far more protected than doctor-patient or clergy-penitent confidentiality, even though the arguments for strong attorney-client privilege apply equally well to other professions. Yet such disparities do increase demand for lawyer services.
Similarly in his chapter, "Licensing Lawyers: Failure in the Provision of Legal Services," policy analyst Adam B. Summers shows how the regulation of legal services insulates lawyers from competition. Summers documents the arguments that occupational licensing and advertising restrictions are supposed to protect consumers who have limited information and expertise about legal services. Yet the actual effects of regulation are far from these noble intentions: higher fees for legal services, lower quality, limits on consumer access to legal services, and disproportionate harm on poor consumers and non-licensed providers. The chapter shows how a market-driven system of voluntary certification and reputational enforcement would spawn a variety of cost-reducing and access-increasing innovations, while not compromising consumer protection.
In conclusion, the encroachment of special interests into the law itself is only a surprise if we view the law with romance, as though it will naturally and through the good intentions of its practitioners wind up serving the general public interest. These three chapters in The Pursuit of Justice remind us that legal institutions evolve instrumentally. That is, the regulatory and common law processes by which legal rules emerge are sensitive to the interests of decision makers in these processes. Whether by insulating the legal profession from competition in our contemporary world, or by the Norman era monopolization in the service of fiscal expedience to kings, the chapters in The Pursuit of Justice advance scholarship demonstrates this as a realistic character of government-produced law.


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Follow the shape pattern to find your way out! In this coloring math worksheet, your child will follow the pattern through the maze.
This worksheet originally published in Math Made Easy for Kindergarten by © Dorling Kindersley Limited.
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If we want to avoid future pandemics, preserve the Earth for future generations, and protect our own health and spiritual integrity, then there is only one answer.
TAIPEI, TAIWAN, January 26, 2021 /24-7PressRelease/ — Today's society is evolving at an unprecedented rate with information being conveyed at blazing speeds and a global pandemic that has forced us to rapidly redefine our lifestyles. We have changed our behavior in ways that we couldn't fathom just one short year ago. And not surprisingly, a major shift that is exponentially changing is our culture surrounding food. The vegan movement is growing so quickly that Wall Street and other world financial exchanges are seeing a growing surge of Vegan IPOs.
The vast majority of restaurants now offer vegan options, chain restaurants are racing to come up with the best plant-based burgers and pizza toppings. Family dinners are bound to have a friend or relative who has stopped eating meat altogether, which further propels the conclusion: It is now time that our evolving culture changes to a mainstream vegan lifestyle and our global governments adopt vegan law.
The evidence for such a change is stronger than ever, with prominent scientists from health and environment fields backing the societal shift.
In Her message, Supreme Master Ching Hai a World-renowned spiritual teacher, artist and humanitarian, presses the importance of implementing vegan law, meaning banning all animal products across the world. Animal farming and the various business branches that emerge from it are not only brutal in terms of moral wrongdoings but also endangers our life on Earth. Exploitation has replaced compassion and kindness and so a law that applies vegan practices around the world is the only way to reach physical and spiritual salvation.
Supreme Master Ching Hai's message is a plea for help to all the government bodies and leading parties around the world who have the power to implement new laws as well as to all world citizens. Her words of wisdom and foresight are a wake-up call to make everyone realize the damage that has already been done and how that can be reversed by widespread adoption of a plant-based diet. If we want to avoid future pandemics, preserve the Earth for future generations, and protect our own health and spiritual integrity as well as prevent war, then there is only one answer.
With all hope and deepest sincerity, you are invited to watch this important message at the link below by Supreme Master Ching Hai, for humanity to join us to pray for World Vegan, World Peace every Thursday and Sunday at 9pm Hong Kong Time.


We're #1...at Being #3: Let the Games (Mercifully) End
The United States placed first for third-place finishes at Sochi. We're #1—at being #3. It was a bronze medal kind of Olympic Games for Team USA, good but not great.
Sochi featured twelve more events than Vancouver. Americans won nine fewer medals. Even Sochi figure-skating judges could do that math. Vancouver>Sochi.
And since we're on the topic of mathematics, some gold medals are more equal than others.
Most of these happen to be the hardware that won't be coming home to America with its athletes. It's not just that Americans didn't stand atop the podium as much as they did the last time. The medals Americans won didn't matter as much. Dutchman Sven Kramer's gold for speedskating's 5,000-meter race and American Sage Kotsenburg's gold for men's snowboarding slopestyle both weigh 1.17 pounds. Must we indulge the polite delusion that they both carry the same weight?
Medals in traditional Winter Olympics events—the ones where competitors can't chew gum and win at the same time—proved scarce commodities for Americans at Sochi. In fact, if Sochi had staged only the contests featured in the first winter games at Chamonix in 1924, the entire 230-member American team would have ventured home with a single bronze medal.
Sochi featured six times the number of events as Chamonix, more than three times the number as Squaw Valley, and more than double the number as Calgary. Just as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has diluted gold medals by making them almost wholly from silver, it has diluted the quadrennial event through a rapid expansion of events that few athletes actually compete in around the world.
Six of Team USA's nine gold medals came in events plucked from the Winter X Games, an ESPN creation that so disproportionately appeals to Americans that its lingua franca—gnarly, dude, rad—stems from the lingua California, a la Jeff Spicoli '82. Slopestyle, which awarded a third of our golds, didn't exist as an Olympic event four years ago. Nearly half of the total American medal count came on snowboards, atop halfpipes, or in slopestyle. That's not rad, not rad at all.
If the Russians had convinced the IOC to make vodka shots—the unofficial winter sport of Siberia—an Olympic event, Americans would immediately recognize this as a means of inflating the host country's medal count. As it stands, Russians are more honest about their dishonesty, stealing medals the old-fashioned, Eastern Bloc way: owning judges. Americans do so by forcing obscure, made-in-America sports on the Olympics that few global viewers have seen let alone attempted. In this sense, snowboarding and such might be seen as a metaphor for the ugly, overlooked, less popular cousin of the summer games. Most of the world can't get into curling, bobsledding, and biathlon because they're so utterly foreign. Everyone has run a race or kicked a soccer ball. Who has ever shredded a halfpipe?
Surely no one will ever mistake Shaun White, who follows Sochi by touring with his rock band, as an athlete for Carl Lewis—or even Carl Weathers. But he's a lot of fun—or at least he used to be before he cut his hair. And snowboarding, even if it's relatively new, requires skill and qualifies as a legitimate sport. But so does a snowball fight. Can that be an event in Pyeongchang?
At least the Russians poked fun at their failures. In homage to the epic fail at the opening ceremonies, Sochi's closing ceremonies deliberately featured four Olympic rings and that stubborn snowflake that refused to metamorphosize. American speedskaters blamed their performance on their suits, the elevation, the humidity--everything but themselves. Figure skater Jeremy Abbot threw a fit after finishing well out of medal contention. Winners don't lose like that.
For American viewers, the Olympics remains about identifying with the stars. Ours flickered and faded in Sochi. Injury kept Lindsey Vonn from showing up. Fear prevented Shaun White from giving an attempt for an event in which he had qualified. Old Man Bode Miller limps home with a bronze.
It really wasn't until the last week of the Olympics in which new stars outshined the old ones. Meryl Davis and Charlie White captured figure skating gold in the ice dance on Monday. Ted Ligety occupied the podium's top spot on Wednesday in the giant slalom. But not until Friday, two days before Sochi's flame fluttered out, did Americans finally meet their Apolo Ohno, their Mike Eruzione, their Dorothy Hammill for the Sochi games. Mikaela Shiffrin becoming the youngest Olympic gold medalist in the slalom becomes the face of the 2018 team. Here comes the Wheaties box, the trip to Disneyworld, the TMZ invasion of privacy. Americans, in contrast to their women's hockey team, finished strong.
The Sochi spectacle made for an entertaining respite between the Super Bowl and March Madness. We suffer through winter by imprisoning ourselves indoors and packing on lard. Not, unfortunately, by sledding, skiing, and skating as the athletes did in Russia. So, we watched much in which we never participate. It's not the fault of hockey, skiing, or luge that we're too cold or too cowardly to try. But it is the reality that our lack of familiarity makes the winter games second fiddle—last place if you will—to the Summer Olympics. We would award a bronze medal to the winter games, if only a third season would lay claim to an Olympics.
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Paul and Julie Weissend bought the Richmond and Chesapeake Bay Railway Car Barn planning to use historic credits and green technology to breathe new life into the 101-year-old Richmond building.
The structure was built to service passenger cars on an electric-railway that ran from Richmond to Ashland from 1907 to 1938. The Weissends are turning it into offices for two companies, Dovetail Construction and D-Tail Plumbing, which they previously managed from their home. "To us, it's really the ultimate in recycling and being green because you're reusing something that was already developed," says Julie Weissend.
The project presented the Weissends with the challenge of preserving the building's historic integrity while making it energy efficient and sustainable.
Their solution? Create a building within a building. The car barn's exterior largely will retain its original design (except for a wall of energy-efficient windows). But the interior and exterior will incorporate elements that meet the certification criteria of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System.
The project, scheduled to be completed at the end of this year, will feature highly efficient heating and cooling systems, rainwater catchment systems, a permeable parking lot that reduces toxic runoff and bike racks for employees who want to forgo driving their cars. "We're going through every aspect of the LEED criteria and at every selection point trying to beat what typically happens in terms of wasted energy," Julie Weissend says.


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Thank The Simple Wasp For That Complex Glass Of Wine
Originally published on Mon October 22, 2012 9:33 am
That's because those big scary flying insects whose stings can be especially painful may be the secret to the wonderful complex aroma and flavor of wine. "Wasps are indeed one of wine lovers' best friends," says Duccio Cavalieri, a professor of microbiology at the University of Florence in Italy.
Cavalieri and his colleagues discovered that these hornets and wasps bite the grapes and help start the fermentation while grapes are still on the vines. They do that by spreading a yeast called Saccharomyces cerevisiae — commonly known as brewer's yeast and responsible for wine, beer and bread fermentation — in their guts. When the wasps bite into the fruit, they leave some of that yeast behind.
Cavalieri says one of the reasons the discovery is so exciting for him is that it's an example of just how connected the natural world is and how humans rely on this interconnection in ways we simply cannot perceive.
"It's important because it's telling to me it's crucial to look at conservation and the study of biodiversity," says Cavalieri, one of the authors who published his findings in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences recently.
"Everything is linked," he adds.
Of course, Cavalieri says, winemakers can add yeast later. But wines would not taste the same without wasps. Different yeasts applied at different times have a big impact on flavors. The wasps also introduce other microorganisms to the grapes, which add flavors to the wine.
"One of the most beautiful things of wine is the fact that basically it's complex; it's made of several parts and it communicates to several parts of your brain," he says, which could be lost without the wasps and hornets.
Cavalieri comes by his interest in wine naturally. He's from a family of winemakers in the Chianti region of Italy. He first had the inkling of hornets' special role when he saw them piercing the skin of grapes during field research in the region 15 years ago.
Insects have long helped out with wine and other crops, we just didn't know why. At least since the time of the ancient Romans, winemakers have planted flowers near their vines to lure certain insects.
The researchers were able to unwrap the mystery of the insects' role by using DNA sequencing techniques to analyze the genes of the yeast, then tracing them to the guts of wasps. They even did a lab experiment to see if hornets could pass the yeast to their offspring, and they did.
Other insects and birds also carry the yeast, Cavalieri says.But hornets seem to play a special role because they both harbor the yeast over winters and can pass them along to their offspring.
You can imagine a vineyard might be interested in pest control — but perhaps it should be careful about which bugs it considers pests.
Evolutionary biologist Anne Pringle of Harvard, who was not involved in the study, says the findings have two strong messages: Great wines need bugs and people still know almost nothing about ecology.
"If you'd like to have your grapes fermented by local yeasts, which I think many vineyards do, then you have to have these insects around," she says.
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Before the next time you take a sip of wine, you might want to make a toast to wasps. Those big scary insects play a key role in making wine, we're told. NPR's Elizabeth Shogren reports new research reveals their special function and suggests that preserving biodiversity might be more important than you think.
ELIZABETH SHOGREN, BYLINE: Years ago, Italian microbiologist Duccio Cavalieri was doing field research in the vineyards of the Chianti region, and he noticed something special about the relationship between grapes and wasps, particularly a type of wasp called the European hornet.
DUCCIO CAVALIERI: If you are looking at the berry and who was eating the berry, who could actually eat the berry were these big hornets.
SHOGREN: Other insects couldn't pierce grape skin. Cavalieri had an inkling that he was observing an important secret about wine. It took nearly 15 years and some sophisticated DNA sequencing to prove his hunch.
CAVALIERI: Wasps are indeed one of wine lovers' best friends.
SHOGREN: It turns out wasps have yeast in their bellies and they regurgitate it into the grapes they bite. Yeast is the stuff that turns grape juice into wine. The type of yeast a winemaker uses will affect the way it tastes. So the yeast in the wasps gut gets passed into the wine and imbues it with the flavor of the region.
CAVALIERI: Since the times of the Romans we have realized that it was important to improve some qualities and characteristics of the wine to have flowers and insects around the vineyard. And now we really know more about it.
SHOGREN: Cavalieri comes from a family of winemakers in the Chianti region, so he's delighted to be able to unveil one of the mysteries of wine. He published his team's results in the proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. He says what's really important to him about his discovery is that it hints at just how interconnected the natural world is.
CAVALIERI: I think everything is linked.
SHOGREN: Those links aren't always apparent to us. Winemakers never knew that wasps were kicking off the fermentation process for them.
CAVALIERI: Yet, if we lose this, we lose complexity. And one of the most beautiful things of wine is the fact that basically it's complex, it's made of several parts and it communicates to several parts of your brain.
SHOGREN: Harvard evolutionary biologist Anne Pringle wasn't involved in the research, but she says it sends a warning to wine growers who might be inclined to use pesticides to get rid of wasps and hornets.
ANNE PRINGLE: If you'd like to have your grapes fermented by local yeasts, which I think many vineyards do, then you have to have these insects around.
SHOGREN: Pringle says there's a larger message.
PRINGLE: Personally, what this tells me is how little we know about how the world works and we're running out of time.
SHOGREN: The natural world is changing quickly because of stresses like climate change, invasive species, habitat loss and pollution. And Pringle says many species already have been lost or may soon vanish before we learn what magic they perform for Earth's ecology.
Elizabeth Shogren, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright National Public Radio.


iPhone SMS spoofing tool released
A French hacker has released a tool capable of sending SMS messages with spoofed sender details on the iPhone 4.
The "sendrawpdu" command-line interface tool allows users to customize the reply number on text messages and could be ideal for phishing attacks.
The hacker, known as pod2g, released the free tool after detailing a flaw in the way the iPhone handled SMS messages, which made it possible to spoof sender details.
The vulnerability exists on other mobile devices and all versions of Apple's iOS platform, including the upcoming iOS 6, according to pod2g.
"If the destination mobile is compatible with (User Data Header features), and if the receiver tries to answer the text, he will not respond to the original number, but to the specified one," pod2g wrote. "Most carriers don't check this part of the message, which means one can write whatever he wants in this section. In a good implementation of this feature, the receiver would see the original phone number and the reply-to one. On iPhone, when you see the message, it seems to come from the reply-to number, and you lose track of the origin."
Apple urged customers to use its iMessage service because it verifies the address from which messages were sent, unlike its SMS app which displays the vulnerable reply-to address.
iMessages are only available between iOS and OS X devices.
"When using iMessage instead of SMS, addresses are verified which protects against these kinds of spoofing attack," Apple said in a statement. "One of the limitations of SMS is that it allows messages to be sent with spoofed addresses to any phone, so we urge customers to be extremely careful if they're directed to an unknown website or address over SMS."
Website SMSspoofing.com pointed out that dozens of paid SMS spoofing services exist online.
Senddrawpdu was based on sendmodem and could be downloaded for jailbroken iPhone 4 devices from GitHub.
This article originally appeared at scmagazine.au.
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The TLAP-R (Jouve, 2013a) is an untimed, non-verbal reasoning test prepared with perceptual material. It consists in 8 matrices, each one including 6 lines of 15 patterns of which 4 have been deleted. The examinee is asked to find the 4 missing patterns. The first version (limited to 5 matrices) of this test has been prepared by Xavier Jouve in mid 2000 for a research project.
The chiefly involved cognitive process mostly depends on fluid intelligence and the test is minimal-knowledge based. The material used to prepare the matrices is numerical but not heavily mathematically based so that the TLAP-R is suitable to assess any person with only basic arithmetic knowledge.
In order to complete the matrices, to find which patterns are missing, the TLAP-R requires inductive reasoning. The task requires figuring out a specific logical and governing rule from a chaotic situation. Spearman (1927) described this process and considered it as the requisite for the eductive part of g. However, the TLAP-R showed a strong relationship with crystallized intelligence even without measuring it directly (Jouve, 2013b).
Item Response Theory (IRT) relates characteristics of items (item parameters) and characteristics of individuals (latent traits) to the probability of a positive response. A variety of IRT models could be applied for dichotomous as well as polytomous data. In each case, the probability of answering correctly or endorsing a particular response category can be represented graphically by an item response function (IRF). This function represents the non-linear regression of a response probability on a latent trait, such as inductive reasoning, spatial ability, verbal ability, or any other psychological factor (Hulin, Drasgow & Parsons, 1983).
In the Two-Parameter Logistic Model (2PLM) as expressed by Birnbaum (1968), the first parameter is the discrimination parameter referred to with letter a, which is proportional to the slope of the ICC at the ability scale point b, which is the second parameter and named difficulty parameter. This model is the generalization of the One-Parameter Logistic Model (1PLM) firstly introduced by Rasch (1960) that only takes into account the item difficulty as given by the b-parameter.
Additionally, it also exists a model that includes a third parameter for guessing, called the c-parameter. However, according to Hambleton, Swaminathan, & Jane Rogers (1991) the Three-Parameter Logistic Model (3PLM) is only of proper application for multiple-choice items in which the examinee needs to choose among diverse given alternatives. In fact, for free-response items like those of the TLAP-R, in which the examinee needs to engender an own original answer, the assumption of no guessing is quite probable and thus the model does not require the c-parameter.
Participants. The analyses performed in this investigation are based on the data collected from 1,003 respondents over a two-years period, between 2000 and 2002. The mean age of the individuals whose data were used was 24.43 years (SD = 8.11). This cohort included 45% female, 53.8% male and 1.2% missing gender data.
Method. The characteristic curves, for both the Item Empirical Functions (IEF) and the Item Response Functions (IRF) were drawn for each of the TLAP-R 48 matrix lines are all shown in Figures 1 to 2 respectively. These Item Response Functions (IRF) and could eventually be used in order select, discard or revised questions that would not match with psychometric standards. Test items must be those with steeper slopes because they are more useful to discriminate subjects and separate them into different ability levels. As a matter of consequence, a high a-parameter value results in a slope having a sharp inclination.
Estimation of the parameters has been performed with the Normal Ogive by Harmonic Analysis Robust Method (NOHARM; Fraser, 1986; Fraser & McDonald, 1988). This process of parameters estimation is a variant of the one described in McDonald (1982, 1985). In a general point of way, it is close to that of Christofferson (1975), with a main difference in the use of ordinary least squares where Christofferson utilizes generalized least square (McDonald, 1997). NOHARM yields some stable parameter estimates (Ackerman, 1988; Miller, 1991).
The calculation of the quadrature nodes and weights for empirical values followed the Levine & Drasgow (1988) method. On one hand, the theta scale of the IEF was divided into twenty-five points corresponding to the equally spaced percentile ranks from 2 to 98: -2.05, -1.56, -1.29, -1.08, -.92, -.77, -.64, -.52, -.41, -.31, -.20, -.10, 0,.10,.20,.31,.41,.52,.64,.77,.92, 1.08, 1.29, 1.56 and 2.05. On the other hand, the IRF theta scale that represents ability was sectioned into sixteen equally separated intervals of.5, ranging from -4 to 4. The midpoints of each interval were -3.75, -3.25, -2.75, -2.25, -1.75, -1.25, -.75, -.25,.25,.75, 1.25, 1.75, 2.25, 2.75, 3.25 and 3.75.
Results & discussion. According to their ICCs, the TLAP-R lines, each one representing an item, appeared suitable to discriminate examinees along the ability scope. Although the psychometric efficiency of test lines seemed varied, and not perfectly homogenous, the TLAP-R did not show any unappropriated item. Apparently, some lines of the TLAP-R were producing noise in the low-end of the proficiency scale, especially in empirical data.
This might be explained because in some lines of the test matrices, the examinees could be tempted to reproduced the patterns occurring with the highest frequency in the entire problem, and earned positive responses without the correct reasoning. In a such case, the test-taker's behavior might be interpreted as a form of guessing.
Additionally, as can be seen in the two figures, some items are very similar the ones to the others. This finding suggests that they are redundant. However, this is seen as inevitable because of the inherent nature of the design of the TLAP-R matrices. In fact, in some of them, the person who is administered the test needs to look at the matrix globally, making an effort of abstraction, in order to complete the problem as a whole, i.e. to respond to more than a single line at once.
Ackerman, T. A. (1988). Comparison of multidimensional IRT estimation procedures using benchmark data. Paper presented at the ONR Contractors' meeting, Iowa City,IA.
Birnbaum, A. (1968). Some latent traits models and their use in inferring an examinee's ability. In F. M. Lord, & M. R. Novik, Statistical theories of mental test scores. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.
Christofferson, A. (1975). Factor analysis of dichotomized variables. Psychometrika, 14(40), 5-32.
Fraser, C. (1986). NOHARM: An IBM PC Program for Fitting Both Unidimensional and Multidimensional Normal Ogive Models of Latent Trait Theory. Amindale, Australia: The University of New England.
Fraser, C., & McDonald, R. P. (1988). NOHARM: Least Squares item factor analysis. Multivariate Behavioural Research, 23, 267-269.
Hambleton, R. K., Swaminathan, H., & Jane Rogers, H. (1991). Fundamentals of Item Response Theory. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
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When you think of traditional corporate video production there is a stereotype of the video being boring and dull. Now in the past this was correct. Corporate video production used to not be very engaging, simply a tool for brand awareness.
However, the video production landscape has changed. Video is now more engaging and the key to moving your audience, through appealing to their emotions.
Through creative and experimental ways, the increase in businesses connecting to an audience on an emotional level has become highly prevalent. Today authenticity and personal corporate videos are rewarded over the standard facts and figures of a product or service.
How Effective Is Emotion In Corporate Video Production?
Using the right balance of emotion throughout the corporate video production process makes for a compelling watch. If you can bring tears to an audience members eyes or make them laugh you connected with them.
And if you connected with them on a human level chances are they are going to converse with others about your video and share it online. This is what you want, to improve your reach but also to start a conversation.
Humans are social creatures and the art of storytelling is to create something that resonates with people, something they can relate to. The greater the emotional impact, the greater the success rate of your video.
What Are The Most Effective Emotions To Evoke?
With different business models different emotions to target will be relevant. You first have to consider what type of emotions you wish to elicit in a consumer. Positive emotions like happiness tend to evoke a more positive response.
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This tribal group is a product of intermarriage between the Ilocanos of the lowlands and a different indigenous cultural community of the Cordillera. They are settled between the mountain ranges of Ilocos and the borders of the Ilocos Provinces. La Union and Pangasinan. They are the medium build physically, although some resembles the kankana-eys having fair complexion and sturdy built.
Being of Iloco-Cordillera descent, they practice simple, ordinary methods of agriculture. Immersion within Ilocos crash cropping is very households, tobacco-drying barns are readily found together with harvests of garlic and onion. Their farming methods and practices include a system to initiate farm workers at harvest time through a working relationship known as gamal, ammuy and bunggoy.
Prominent members of Bago indigenous group are former Governor Lupo Biteng of Ilocos Sur and his son Jonathan Biteng who also rose to become the Municipal Mayor of the same town.
Today Bago Mayors have founded a league of their own known as Ilocos Sur Upland Towns Association basically to serve as a springboard for higher political authorities to listen and need their aspiration and development thrusts.


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Robotic-vacuum maker, BU team up on antisniper device
(Correction: Because of an editing error, a story in yesterday's Business section about an anti-sniper system developed by iRobot misidentified the date on which the company unveiled the system. It was demonstrated by iRobot on Monday at a convention of the Association of the United States Army in Washington.)
IRobot Corp. of Burlington, famous for its robotic vacuum cleaners, has teamed up with researchers at Boston University to develop a military robot capable of spotting enemy snipers.
''You'll actually see the sniper before the smoke disappears from the shot," said Joe Dyer, iRobot's executive vice president and general manager.
IRobot demonstrated the system, called REDOWL (for Robot Enhanced Detection Outpost with Lasers), at the Association of the United States Army convention in Washington yesterday. Testers struck pieces of metal to simulate gunshots. REDOWL quickly aimed its infrared camera and laser rangefinder at the source of the noise, just as it did in tests at a Medfield gun range.
REDOWL is based on iRobot's PackBot, a battery-powered lightweight robot already in active service with the armed forces. PackBots are used to explore dangerous terrain or enter buildings to search for booby traps.
Glenn Thoren, deputy director of the Boston University Photonics Center, wondered if an antisniper system could be mounted atop a PackBot. He used laser rangefinder gear from Insight Technology Inc. in Londonderry, N.H., and sound-detection equipment developed by BioMimetic Systems, an acoustics start-up company founded by Boston University. The REDOWL also includes a Sony digital camera that can zoom in on distant objects or people, and display infrared images at night. When REDOWL's microphones detect a gunshot, the device calculates the source of the sound, swivels the camera, illuminates the target with either visible or infrared light, and uses a laser to calculate the range.
Yet the entire system adds only about 5.5 pounds to the PackBot's weight. Thoren said it's small enough to mount on military vehicles or on the sides of buildings. That makes it much smaller than Boomerang, a competing antisniper technology being developed for the military by BBN Technologies Inc. in Cambridge.
Dyer said that in tests, the REDOWL detected gunfire sources with 94 percent accuracy, and can distinguish between guns. ''It can tell the difference between a 9 millimeter pistol and an AK-47 or an M-16," he said.
The machine also works in urban settings, where snipers are hard to spot because gunshot sounds echo off buildings. Dyer said REDOWL's software can detect the original sound source and ignore the echoes.
In theory, a REDOWL system could fire back at an enemy, but Thoren said the hardware isn't strong enough to support the weight of a gun. Besides, he said, it would be dangerous to have a weapon-toting robot that could open fire on its own.
''You need to have a man in the loop," he said.
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Bahasa Indonesian: Useful words for traveling in Bali and beyond
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Indonesians are known for their kindness, humility and acceptance of outsiders. And conversing with them in Bahasa is another great way to make a connection. Most Indonesians will smile and help you along when you attempt to speak Bahasa.
In Bali, most of the young people in Kuta, Seminyak and Denpasar know some English. But venture to the north of Bali, or to neighboring Java, Lombok or Sumbawa, and you will need to know some basic Bahasa Indonesian words just to get by.
Besides, if you speak with the locals in Indonesian, they give a better price when bargaining because they understand that you are a savvy traveler. People that speak only English, or some other language, usually get the short end of the stick when it comes to prices.
It's important to understand that Bahasa Indonesian is a relatively "new" and "made up" language. It was developed in the 1940s as a way to unify the country and to stir up nationalism in order to drive out the Dutch administrators.
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All of the islands in Indonesia have their own vernacular that is spoken as the first language (such as Javanese, Balinese, Sumatran etc.) with Bahasa Indonesia spoken as the second language. It's estimated that there are over 750 languages alive in Indonesia today. For extra brownie points, learn a few words in the native language of the island that you are in.
With that said, here are some important Bahasa Indonesian words to know when traveling.
Greetings in Bahasa Indonesia
Good morning = Selamat pagi (s'lah-mawt pag-jee)
Good day = Selamat siang (s'lah-mawt see-ung)
Good afternoon = Selamat sore (s'lah-mawt sore-eh)
Good night = Selamat malam (s'lah-mawt maw-lahm)
Good bye (to a person leaving) = Selamat Jalan (s'lah-mawt jah-lahn)
Good bye (if you are the person leaving) = Selamat tinggal (s'lah-mawt ting-gahl)
How are you? = Apa Kabar (up-ah kah-barr)
I'm great = baik baik (bike-bike)
Indonesian Pronouns
I = Saya (sigh-ah)
You = Anda (awn-da)
You (sir, to adult man) = Pak (puck)
You (madam, to adult women) = Ibu (ee-boo)
He/she = Dia (dee-ah)
We = kita (kee-tah)
Them/they = Mereka (ma-reck-ah)
Who? = Siapa? (see-up-ah)
What? = Apa? (up-ah)
When? = Kapan? (Kah-pahn)
Where? = Kemana? (k'mah-nah)
Why? = Kenapa? (k'nahp-ah)
How? = Bagaimana? (bug-eye-mah-nah)
How many? = Berapa? (burr-ah-pah)
How much is this? = Berapa ini? (burr-ah-pah in-ee)
How much is that? = Barapa itu? (burr-ah-pah-ee-too)
How long? (time) = Berapa lama? (burr-ah-pah lah-mah)
How far? = Berapa jauh? (burr-ah-pah jow-ooh)
Hold old? = Berapa umur? (burr-ah-pah oo-more)
Please (can I have?) = Minta (min-tah)
Please (help me) = Tolong (toe-long)
Thank you = Terima Kasih (teh-ree-mah kah-see)
You're Welcome = Sama Sama (saw-ma saw-ma)
I'm Sorry = Saya minta ma'af (sigh-ah min-tah mah-uff)
Useful Indonesian Words
Good = Bagus (bah-goos)
Very good = Bagus sekali (bah-goos s'kahlee)
Not good = Tidak bagus (tee-duck bah-goos)
Fine = Baik (bike)
Yes = Ya (yaw)
No = Tidak (tee-duck)
Like = Suka (soo-kah)
Don't Like = Tidak Suka (tee-duck soo-kah_)
I want = Mau (mao)
Don't want (Tidak mau) (tee-duck mao)
Family = Keluarga (k'loo-ah-ga)
Relative = Famili (fa-mee-lee)
Friend = Kawan (kah-wahn)
Lover = Kekasih (K'kah-see)
Married = Nikah (nik-ah)
Husband = Suami (Swah-mee)
Wife = Isteri (Is-t'ree)
Father = Bapak (Bah-puck)
Mother = Ibu (Ee-boo)
Grandmother = Nenek (neh-neck)
Grandfather = Kakek (kah-keck)
Son = Anak laki (ah-nuck lucky)
Daughter = Anak perempuan (ah-nuck purom-pwan)
Child = Anak (ah-nuck)
Older brother = Abang (ah-bahng)
Older sister = Kakak (kah=kak)
Younger sibling = Adik (ah-dick)
Uncle = Paman (pah-mahn)
Aunt = Bibi (bee-bee)
Cousin = Misan (mee-sahn)
Niece/Nephew = Keponakan (k'paw-nahk-ahn)
Numbers and Counting in Indonesian
0 = Nio (noy)
1 = Satu (sah-too)
2 = Dua (doo-ah)
3 = Tiga (tee-gah)
4 = Empat (um-putt)
5 = Lima (lee-mah)
6 = Enam (e-num)
7 = Tujuh (too-joo)
8 = Delapan (d'lup-un)
9 = Sembilan (sem-bee-lun)
10 = Sepuluh (seh-poo-loo)
11 = Sebelas (s'blahs)
12 = Dua belas (doo-ah b'lahs)
13 = Tiga belas (b'lahs)
14 = Empat belas(um-putt b'lahs)
15 = Lima belas (lee-mah b'lahs)
16 = Enam belas (e-num b'lahs)
17 = Tuju belas (too-joo b'lahs)
18 = Delepan belas (d'lup-un b'lahs)
19 = Sembilan belas (sem-bee-lun b'lahs)
20 = Dua puluh (doo-ah poo-looh)
21 = Dua puluh satu (doo-ah poo-looh)
22 = Dua puluh dua (doo-ah poo-look doo-ah)
30 = Tiga puluh
40 = Empat puluh
100 = Seratus (s'rahtoos)
1,000 = Seribu (s'ree-boo)
1,000,000 = Se juta (sir joota)
Balinese Words
Speak a few Balinese words to the locals in a warung and watch their smiles light up.
Sir (to a man older than you) = Pa (Paw)
Ma'am (to a woman older than you) = Me (May)
Older brother (term of endearment) = Beli (b'lee)
Older sister (term of endearment) = m'Bok (m'bok)
Younger brother = Gus (goos)
Younger sister = Geg (gek)
Thank you = Sukseme (sook-sah-Moor)
You're welcome = Mowowli (moh-ow-lee)
Yes = Nggih (ny'gee)
No worries mate! – Sing Ken Ken (sin ken ken blee)
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Why Denominations and Networks Matter
by Andrew Hébert
Pastor, Paramount Baptist Church (Amarillo, TX)
Many younger pastors often feel two interesting and competing impulses: first, there is a growing sense among many young leaders that denominations aren't that important; second, there is a strong desire for relationships with others in ministry and a willingness to participate in affinity-based networks.
Traditional denominational membership and involvement has declined over the past few years, and yet at the same time new networks have emerged and grown quickly. I think this reveals both young leaders' eagerness to connect with other pastors and churches, and also their desire for those networks to be meaningful and effective. In other words, young leaders are willing to participate in denominations and networks, so long as they see the value in it. They want to make sure that cooperating with a particular denomination or network is worth it.
As a Southern Baptist, I have seen the good, the bad, and the ugly in our particular network of churches. We are in many ways like a large (sometimes dysfunctional) family. And yet I continue to cooperate denominationally. I see value in partnership with other churches. Here are five reasons why denominations, conventions, associations, cooperatives, collectives, networks, and other affiliations matter:
1. Theological Identity
Denominations are inherently confessional. There is something powerful when a group of churches say together in unity, "This we believe." It says to those inside and outside the denomination what it is that brings these particular churches together.
My children and I love to eat sugar-filled cereal in the mornings. My wife prefers healthy cereal that tastes like cardboard. I'm thankful for cereal boxes that clearly label what kind of cereal is in the box. Because of the label on the box, I know what product I am getting.
Denominations are a way identifying the beliefs of a certain group of churches. It's a way of identifying what's in the box, so to speak. Labels, however much our postmodern culture hates using them when it comes to theological boundaries, are a clear way of being identified as believing X, Y, or Z.
This is helpful for those who are trying to decide which church to join. Theological commitments distinguish groups of churches from one another. Clear confessional statements are also helpful for churches and pastors because they make it easier to identify with other churches and pastors of like faith and practice. They help the church at large to avoid divisive disagreements about theology because those who are in the denomination or network already know what each other believes about the fundamentals of the Christian faith and the particulars of denominational identity.
2. Missiological Partnership
There's an African proverb that says, "if you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together." Put another way: we can do more together than we can apart. This is a basic principle of denominationalism. Denominations afford churches the chance to work together in common endeavors such as theological education, missions, church-planting, and disaster relief.
As a Southern Baptist, it is a privilege to partner with over 40,000 other churches across the country. We pool our resources in a giving system known as the Cooperative Program. This allows us to plant new churches around the world, fully fund thousands of North American and international missionaries through our mission agencies, and train thousands of future pastors and ministers through our seminaries. The Southern Baptist ecosystem also facilitates cooperative partnerships between churches at a local and a state-wide level.
3. Ministerial Training
Denominations often create various avenues for ministerial, theological, and practical training, including institutions like colleges, universities, and seminaries, as well other pathways. Whether through conferences, coaching, or formal education, pastors and others often find that some of the best theological and ministerial training in the world is available through their denomination. In the Southern Baptist Convention, training is available through denominational colleges and seminaries, national entities, and state conventions.
Personally, I benefited from attending a college affiliated with my state convention and then a Southern Baptist seminary. As important and as helpful as that training was, I have found training provided through my state convention and other national entities to be just as helpful. In fact, I found that training provided through the convention often had a practicality to it that was sometimes lacking in more formal institutional settings. Conversely, training provided through our formal institutions provided expertise and depth that I greatly appreciated. Taken together, my denomination has been a tremendous source of training both for me as a pastor and for the laypeople in the congregations I have served.
4. Pastoral Accountability
Denominations have the ability to provide a broad-based network of support and accountability for churches and pastors. This sometimes takes place through formal means, such as when a denomination disassociates from a church for a theological or functional reason. Sadly, this hasn't been done frequently enough. However, the framework exists within voluntary networks to be able to enforce membership standards.
More commonly, denominational accountability takes place informally. If a pastor is erring theologically or personally, the pastors around him can admonish, rebuke, challenge, encourage, pray for, and approach him both with a level of concern and agreed-upon intentionality that would not be there a mutual commitment to be bonded together in a relationship.
5. Ecclesiastical Fellowship
Ministry is tough. It is often lonely. Denominations allow pastors and churches to have an avenue of fellowship that often doesn't exist otherwise. Pastors can draw strength and encouragement from one another. Churches can enjoy the broader unity we share in Christ as we fellowship together. Whether it's a group of local pastors meeting for lunch every month or larger groups of churches or pastors meeting together for annual gatherings and meetings, God often uses these opportunities for fellowship to renew, refresh, and reinvigorate us.
Together, churches that come together demonstrate to a watching world the power of gospel to reconcile and unify people and churches.
Denominations can be a source of frustration at times, but they also can be a tremendous blessing. They allow us to embody the spirit of Ecclesiastes 4:9-12,
We are truly better together.
Andrew Hébert is the pastor of Paramount Baptist Church in Amarillo, Texas. He and his wife Amy have four children. He is a graduate of Criswell College and holds a doctorate in leadership and discipleship from Southern Seminary. You can follow him on Twitter at _USER_.


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- Edmonton composting facility
- Keppel Seghers developing the first integrated waste management facility in the Middle East
- Details on project design and its validation and monitoring reports are available at: Project 2778 : Composting of Organic Content of Municipal Solid Waste in Lahore
Further reading
- Roger Tim Haug, Practical Handbook of Compost Engineering [Hardcover]. Lewis Publishers.
- Insam, H; Riddech, N; Klammer, S (Eds.): Microbiology of Composting,Springer Verlag, Berlin New York 2002, ISBN 978-3-540-67568-6
- Hogg, D., J. Barth, E. Favoino, M. Centemero, V. Caimi, F. Amlinger, W. Devliegher, W. Brinton., S. Antler. 2002. Comparison of compost standards within the EU, North America, and Australasia. Waste and Resources Action Programme Committee (UK)
- The Look of Compost - Waste & Resources Action Programme, UK
- Compost and Fertilizer Made From Recovered Organic Materials - US Environmental Protection Agency regulations
- Vermicompost homepage - North Carolina State University Extension
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The Oxford Handbook of Modern German History
Helmut Walser Smith
Oxford University Press
, Sep 29, 2011
- 863 pages
This is the first comprehensive, multi-author survey of German history that features cutting-edge syntheses of major topics by an international team of leading scholars. Emphasizing demographic, economic, and political history, this Handbook places German history in a denser transnational context than any other general history of Germany. It underscores the centrality of war to the unfolding of German history, and shows how it dramatically affected the development of German nationalism and the structure of German politics. It also reaches out to scholars and students beyond the field of history with detailed and cutting-edge chapters on religious history and on literary history, as well as to contemporary observers, with reflections on Germany and the European Union, and on'multi-cultural Germany.'
Covering the period from around 1760 to the present, this Handbook represents a remarkable achievement of synthesis based on current scholarship. It constitutes the starting point for anyone trying to understand the complexities of German history as well as the state of scholarly reflection on Germany's dramatic, often destructive, integration into the community of modern nations. As it brings this story to the present, it also places the current post-unification Federal Republic of Germany into a multifaceted historical context. It will be an indispensable resource for scholars, students, and anyone interested in modern Germany.


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The CQUniversity Law Discipline approach to pastoral responsibility has four components:
1. Raising Awareness
The issues of professional wellbeing and mental illness are raised as part of student induction, but also considered in the ethical professionalism aspect of the curriculum where TLO 2: Ethics and Professional Responsibility, TLO 5: Communication and Collaboration and TLO 6: Self-management are embedded in coursework. Pastoral responsibility is also embedded in staff professional development.
- An information session is conducted with first-year students as part of their core studies with information on university counselling services and other options for help.
- Students are all sent a copy of the ALSA guide 'Depression in Australian Law Schools'
- Students are informed of a law discipline contact point and the staff equity/wellbeing officer.
- Staff professional development includes annual training on mental health and general wellbeing.
- We also provide a balance of activities outside of classes with the law students' society.
2. Professional Ethical Issues
Rather than focus just on the problems of mental illness, it is also important to build student capacity for resilience, self-management and values of collegial responsibility. These capacities can be built wherever TLO 2: Ethics and Professional Responsibility, TLO 5: Communication and Collaboration and TLO 6: Self-management are embedded in coursework.
- In coursework and assessment staff emphasise the importance of the reflective ethical practitioner.
- Resources and training are provided on good self-management techniques such as working to timelines and managing conflict.
- Coursework explores the role of leadership as a shared quality and ethics of care for team members.
3. Best Practices for Student Wellbeing
The Tristan Jepson Memorial Foundation has created a set of guidelines for best practice in legal professional settings - which includes both professional workplaces and law schools. We will become a signatory to the Guidelines and use these standards in law discipline governance.
- Embed the TJMF Psychological Wellbeing: Best Practice Guidelines for the Legal Profession in the organisational and cultural structure of the law discipline.
- Raise awareness of the Guidelines with staff through professional development.
- Include a link to the Guidelines on the law discipline website.
- Consider the impact of these guidelines on the procedures by which we set deadlines, grant extensions, supplementary exams, and manage student workload.
- Develop policies about 'second chances'.
4. Support for Diverse Career Destinations
While the minority of law graduates may end up in solicitors firms or barristers chambers, graduate employability surveys show strong employment rates in related fields. Examples of other destinations include in-house lawyers, government, advice to public organisations, regulatory, public
policy, research and education. Part of the continuing work of legal education is understanding the changing map of law employment and including this information in coursework and in advice to students.
- Enhance career advice programs including a diversity of graduate destinations.
- Implement coursework that draws on a broader range of examples and in assessment include a variety of career outcomes rather than focus just on appellate casework.
- Engage with alumni and participate in studies of graduate destinations.
- Include some WIL opportunities, including research-led teaching, working with current law reform projects.
The relevant CQUniversity Policies concerning pastoral responsibility may be found at:
- Student Welfare and Support Policy
- Student Welfare and Support Principles
- Student Welfare and Support website
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The Climate Change Schools Resources were developed by the Climate Change Schools Project, based at the then Science Learning Centre in Durham and led by Krista McKinzey. A large number of teachers and schools in North East England were involved in their development.
They have subsequently been updated by the Royal Meteorological Society.
The resources contain lesson plans and multimedia materials for KS1 to A Level
Climate change report for science teachers
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According to the Wikipedia's graph of electric field in a p-n junction, there is no electric field outside the deletion region and hence no minority charge carriers move into the other side. Also, the minority charge carriers which cause the drift current are swept off. So there are no more free charge carriers in the depletion region. Then the drift current will stop whereas the diffusion current will not. So how is the equilibrium maintained in a p-n junction?
The free carriers leave behind charged atoms of opposite sign; they provide an electric field that balances the diffusion current. Specifically, as the electrons drift into the p-region positively charged atoms are created and similarly when holes are swept to the n-side negatively charged atoms are created. So an electric field is setup between these fixed charges that oppose the diffusion current.
There is only drift and diffusion at the edge of the depletion region. The drift and diffusion of carriers are equal and opposite so there is no net current. In the centre of the depletion region there is no drift or diffusion, and also no net current.


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News of August 22, 2001
Ford P2000 Hydrogen ICE Car Debuts
DEARBORN, Mich. - Ford Motor Company today is introducing a new car with a hydrogen internal combustion engine that could help bridge the gap between gasoline vehicles and the fuel cell vehicles of the future.
The P2000 hydrogen internal combustion engine (H2ICE) concept vehicle offers dramatically decreased emission levels and improved engine efficiency. The ease of manufacture and similarity in operation to gasoline products means hydrogen ICEs could be used to encourage the growth of a hydrogen fueling infrastructure while the technology for long-term transportation solutions, such as hydrogen fuel cells, continues to mature.
"Our H2ICE technology could be used to take the chicken out of the chicken and egg debate about which comes first, the hydrogen fueled vehicle or the hydrogen fueling infrastructure," says Vance Zanardelli, Ford's manager of Transmission and Engine Systems Research.
Ford's P2000 H2ICE uses a modified version of the Zetec 2.0-liter gasoline engine found in Ford's Focus. The engine's efficiency is improved by 25-30 percent over its gasoline counterpart. The vehicle is currently equipped with a conventional fuel storage system containing 87 liters of hydrogen at a pressure of 3,600 psi for an operating range of 62 miles. Engineers will soon install an upgraded fuel storage system designed to increase range to 150 miles or more.
Using clean-burning hydrogen as a fuel, H2ICE emissions are a fraction of those from conventional gasoline engines. Although there is a small amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) gas emissions resulting from the engine oil present in the cylinders of modern engines, it would take over 300 H2ICE vehicles to emit the same amount of CO2 as one gasoline fueled vehicle.
Hydrocarbon (HC) and carbon monoxide (CO) regulated emissions are one-tenth of SULEV requirements. Nitric oxide (NOx) regulated emissions are one-fourth that of gasoline and with moderate aftertreatment would certify at SULEV levels as well.
"While we still believe fuel cells are the best hope for a zero-emission product to replace the internal combustion engine in the future," says John Wallace, Executive Director of Ford's TH!NK Group, "The P2000 H2ICE offers a great opportunity to improve hydrogen infrastructure with a vehicle that is comparatively easy to produce and seamless in customer operation."
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1. What is the name of the woman who steals the keys of a co-worker?
2. In what city does the theft occur?
(a) New York.
(b) Baton Rouge.
3. What color is the vehicle being stolen?
4. How is the thief related to her female accomplice?
5. What is the other woman's name?
(d) Rose Marie.
6. What is the name of the male driver?
7. What is the purpose of the meeting of the three people?
8. Where does the group go after leaving the parking lot?
(a) Credit union.
(c) Police station.
(d) Movie theater.
9. What material do the women use to cover their faces?
10. What causes a person to get shot?
(a) Trying to run.
11. Where is the man shot?
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Bolognese is related to several other small companion breeds, including the Bichon Frise, Maltese, Havanese, and Coton de Tulear. The Bolognese dog breed was prized by nobility as long ago as the 11th century, and many Bolognese can be seen in old paintings.
The Bolognese is a small dog who stands between 9 and 12.5 inches tall and weighs between 8 and 15 pounds. The breed has dark round eyes, dropped ears, and a dark nose. The body is as long as the dog is tall at the shoulder. The coat is long all over the body, falls in flocks, and is white without any shadings or markings.
Grooming the Bolognese dog breed does take some time, as it must be brushed and combed on a regular basis to prevent matting— how often will depend upon the dog. If the dog runs and plays outside and gets wet, or if she trains in agility and is running, jumping, and climbing, then the coat may need to be brushed and combed daily. A sedate, stay-at-home dog may need to be groomed two or three times a week. The coat is not trimmed and does not have an undercoat.
Bolognese will enjoy a couple of walks each day, with a play session in between. They are playful and energetic without being overly active. Early training and socialization will help this companion breed learn household rules and social manners. Most Bolognese are wary of strangers and will bark; early training can control this tendency prior to it becoming a problem. Housetraining can sometimes be a challenge, but with patience and persistence, these dogs can learn what is expected. Bolognese enjoy agility and therapy dog work.
This dog breed was bred to be a companion and makes a wonderful pet. They are good with children they are raised with but will not tolerate rough handling. Bolognese can be good with other dogs but should be protected from larger dogs who play roughly. They are good with the family cat but should not be trusted with smaller pets. This is a healthy breed.