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The Old Town of Narva
The capital of Estonia - Tallinn (Old Town) is told to be a city, built in gothic style; Tartu is told to be a town of classicist style (university, buildings of the central part of the town). Up to the World War II, Narva was famous for its universal style where the gothic, baroque and classicism were mixed. Later, when Narva started expanding and its suburbs were actively built, the Old Town began to be called the Old Narva. Its story began with the terrible fire in 1659, after which only three houses and the fortress remained. After this accident, stone buildings were only allowed to be built in the central part of the town. Incomes from the flourishing trade allowed to erect the stone buildings and, at the same time, build them at breakneck speed. Thus, in two decades, the new stone town centre extended for approximately twenty hectares. For Narva of the 17th century, the two-stored plastered buildings with plentifully decorated portals (main entrances) and the majestic weathercocks were typical. Houses' corner towers (bay windows) were one of the characteristic features of Narva architecture. The heart of the Old Narva was at the Town Hall's square. Town Hall, a striking example of the classicism, was the most important building at the square. At the southern side of the square, the vazhnya was situated (Board of Weights and Measures). There were Baroque residential constructions beside it. Moreover, there also was a chemist's shop. The exchange building (_PHONE_), situated across the Town Hall, was opposite the vazhnya and the chemist's shop. The house of the burggraf Jurgen Thunder (in the Middle Ages, the town's head with military and court duties) situated in the eastern part of the square, at the corner of the Suur and Ruutli streets, across the Town Hall's building. Narva's Old Town was destroyed because of the Soviet Union's air force's bombing attacks on March 6 and 8, 1944. In summer 1944, when German forces were retreating, they blew up a few churches, Ivangorod's fortress, Krenholm manufactory's production buildings and many houses. The majority of Old Narva buildings' walls remained after the artillery and bombing attacks. First, the roofs and interior structures of the buildings were destroyed. A part of Old Narva was planned to be reconstructed soon after the war, and the whole Old Narva was taken under State's protection in 1947. In 1950, however, Narva town authorities decided to pull down building's ruins, situated in the town centre. As a result, only three buildings were reconstructed - Narva Town Hall and two houses. Until the last moment it was planned to reconstruct Peter the Great's house and the exchange building. After all, its walls were also pulled down. It is frequently asked why Old Narva was not reconstructed. However, there is no direct response. Then, the walls' destruction was grounded on the necessity of obliterating wars' vestiges. It was also said that the vagabondage was settling among the ruins.
Certainly, huge expenses, needed for its restoration were the main reason of the rejection of Old Narva reconstruction. At last, the point of the ideological causes is that the Old Town represented the culture of the West town architecture and, by taking the ruins away, it became possible to built there the Soviet town. Today, blue and yellow Narva flag is hung out in the anniversary of the bombing of Narva on March 6.
The Town Hall
Being built at the end of 60ies of the 17th century, Narva Town Hall was the most representative public-service building in Narva. Swedish king Charles XI gave an order to the town authorities to build the Town Hall. The project of the master George Teuffel from Lubeck formed the basis of the building, the construction of which started in 1688. After three years, at the latest in 1691, the building was finished when a gold-plated forged weathercock in the form of a crane was put at the top of the tower (it was made by master Grabben). Interior furnishing lasted for another four years. In succeeding years, the clock was installed at the attic, building of the stairs in the Town Hall was finished and portal, brought from Stockholm, was set. Grate of the artistic smithery that connected stairs and handrails (at that time it was gold-plated) and the door-bell (metal ring striking against the door used as a door-bell) were finished last. Indoor wall painting beautified the Town Hall in abundance. During the World War II, the Town Hall was severely damaged: the tower, the roof, the flooring were destroyed, the stairs and the figures at the portal got considerable damages. During the renovation works in the Town Hall (_PHONE_), the tower was rebuilt, and the building attained the new roof; the facade and the portal were reconstructed, and the grate that connected stairs and handrails was restored. During the reconstruction, festive entrance hall was only kept from the all-indoor decoration where the stair and the ceiling girders, decorated with the painting were restored. Today the Town Hall is a three-stored stone building with a huge socle store. Elevation of the building is divided by eight Tuscan pilasters where there is a high roof with a well-proportioned tower and baroque cupola, crowning it. There is a crane, the symbol of the vigilance, at the top of the tower. The windows lie in the same plane with an outside wall, which is typical for Narva town. The building is beautified by the portal with three figures that are symbols of three ethical principles: equity, wisdom and moderation. Exactly on the basis of these principles, justice in the Town Hall had to be administered. Historical town's emblem was situated among the figures: at the dark blue escutcheon, there were sword, sabre and three shots that are the symbols of importance of the town as a fortress at the border of the East (sabre) and the West (sword). Two fishes were represented between the symbols of the boundary town. According to one of the hypothesis, they represent the fishery, given to the town by its rulers. In the old days, Estonian ponds were renowned for its fair amount of fish. According to the folk rumours, Peter the Great, while ratifying the emblem of the town in 1585, said: "Be silent as fishes are, and thus you will be obedient to the new rule."
After the renovation works in the Town Hall (_PHONE_), there resided the Palace of Pioneers in the name of Victor Kingisepp. For the recent years, the Town Hall is abandoned. However, in the distant prospect, it is planned to become a representative building of town counc


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This document specifies the safety requirements for slewing rough-terrain variable-reach trucks and rough-terrain variable-reach trucks defined by ISO 5053-1 (hereafter referred to as trucks) and their work platforms having front guards that can be opened for removal of roof material (hereafter referred to as work platforms). This document deals with the significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to the combination of the truck and the integrated work platform when it is used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer. The significant hazards covered by this document are listed in Annex A. NOTE 1 Duplicate controls for the slewing upper structure, the boom and the work platform movements can be also provided under specific circumstances at the operating position in the enclosed cab of the truck. This document does not address hazards which can occur: a) when using non-integrated work platforms or other attachments not designed for lifting persons; b) when handling suspended work platforms which can swing freely; c) when operating underground or in potentially explosive atmospheres; d) when removing asbestos, regarding the possible release of fibres. This document does not specify safety requirements for trucks equipped with work platforms intended for leaving and re-entering at height. NOTE 2 National regulations for worksites can apply for asbestos removal to cover the risks related to the possible release of fibres.
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'Robosquirrel' deployed to research relationship with rattlesnakes
Researchers in California have built a robot squirrel in a bid to better understand real one's (pictured) behavior.
Robot squirrel aids animal behavior study
- Researchers in California create robot squirrel to study behavior of rattlesnakes
- "Robosquirrel" replicates two key behaviors observed in the wild when confronted by the predator
(CNN) -- This might sound a bit nutty, but U.S. researchers are using robot squirrels to learn more about how real ones interact with their main predator, rattlesnakes.
The lifelike robot, built by a team from the University of California, Davis, can replicate two behaviors squirrels display when confronted by a rattlesnake.
Research by the late Donald Owings, professor of psychology at UC Davis, observed that rather than scamper off squirrels would approach a snake "head-first in an elongated posture, making flagging movements with their tails."
He also discovered their tails heat up, which is picked up by a snake's infrared sensor.
But in the wild there is no way to separate the "heat" and the "flagging," say researchers. And that's where the robot comes in.
Snakes will rarely strike a flagging adult squirrel, and if they do they almost always miss
Rulon Clark, University of California, Davis
Out in the field near San Jose, researchers set up "robosquirrel" and a video camera near a foraging snake before retreating out of sight.
The snakes observed appear to accept the robot as real, with one snake even biting the robot's head, according to researchers.
This doesn't happen often in the wild says Clark, because squirrels possess a "remarkable ability" to dodge a snake attack.
"Snakes will rarely strike a flagging adult squirrel, and if they do they almost always miss," said Rulon Clark, assistant professor of biology at San Diego State University.
It's still not clear why squirrels approach such a deadly predator, but Clark says they maybe trying to assess the nature of the threat. In some cases snakes will leave the area after an encounter.
"Robosquirrel" joins a growing list of robot creatures created by UC Davis which include a robot lizard -- used to study display behavior in anole lizards in the Puerto Rican jungle.
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'how long is a piece of string?': meaning and early occurrences
Of American-English origin, the phrase how long is a piece of string? is a response to a question that cannot be answered precisely, although a precise answer seems to be expected.
—Cf. also the phrases:
time flies? you cannot: they go too fast
silent like the 'p' in swimming
why is a mouse when it spins? because the higher the fewer
These are the earliest occurrences of the phrase how long is a piece of string? that I have found, in chronological order:
1-: From The Lawrence Daily Journal (Lawrence, Kansas) of Tuesday 1st September 1885:
Orange Growing in Florida.
Correspondence of the New York Sun.
"How long does it take an orange grove to come into bearing?" The question was asked by a northern man in an earnest, deliberate way, that was intended to evoke a candid reply from the orange grower to whom it was put.
"How long is a piece of string?" returned the orange grower.
If he had been disposed to attempt an answer he might have said truthfully that an oronge [sic] grove will "come into bearing" in from six months to 15 or 20 years from the time of starting it, and that whether the interval is half a year or a fifth of a century depends almost wholly upon the wish of the owner.
2-: From The Railway Age (Chicago: The Railway Age Publishing Company) of Friday 3rd February 1888:
How much does it cost a mile to build a railway? This is an extremely indefinite question, and yet, in substance, it is repeatedly propounded as a matter of mere curiosity. How large is a piece of coal, and how long is a piece of string, would be fully as sensible questions as to ask the cost of a mile of railway where the topography of the line, character of work to be done, number and kind of bridges, weight of rail, number of ties per mile, and numerous other considerations are not specified.
3-: From the Linn County Clarion (Mound City, Kansas) of Friday 9th March 1888:
A correspondent from Wall Street writes the Clarion to know "when men will cease lying." Dear questioner, how long is a piece of string?
4-: From The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, Indiana) of Friday 27th November 1891—quoting The Mirror and Farmer (Manchester, New Hampshire):
How often do we hear the question asked: "How much does it cost to produce a pound of milk?" It is like asking: "How long is a piece of string?" As strings vary in length, so milk varies in cost.
5-: From Annual Reports of the Dairymen's and Creameries' Associations of the Province of Ontario 1892 (Toronto: Printed by Warwick & Sons for the Ontario Department of Agriculture, 1893):
A Member: How many tons do you get to the acre?
Mr. Gould: Well, how long is a piece of string? Your question is a perfectly fair one, but under no system of agriculture can a man be sure of raising so much per acre. If we get sixteen to eighteen tons of good ensilage corn per acre we are satisfied.
6-: From the column Varieties, published in the Columbus Evening Dispatch (Columbus, Ohio) of Friday 19th July 1895:
New York is wrestling with the question, "What constitutes a meal?" It would be almost as wise to discuss, "How long is a piece of string?" Two unknown quantities figure in the problem—the amount of ready cash and the state of the person's appetite.
Various jocular replies to how long is a piece of string? have been made up, in particular twice the length from the middle to the end and variants.
For example, the following is from the column The Other Fellow, by Ad Schuster, published in the Oakland Tribune (Oakland, California) of Thursday 21st March 1935:
In the Farm Credit Administration applicants lined up for jobs and were given tests of a kind which some find so delightful.
"How long is a piece of string?" was one question. And another: "How far can a dog run in the woods?"
Now, the cute little trick is that you are supposed to write down "no answer," and if you do anything else you miss.
But there was one fellow who replied, "a piece of string is twice as long as the distance from the center to either end"; and, "a dog can run only half way into the woods; after that he is running out."
We don't know whether this man got the job he was after or not, but we think he should have the one held by the expert who was asking the foolish questions.
The same joke occurs in Mutt and Jeff, a comic strip by Al Smith (Albert Schmidt – _PHONE_), published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas) of Wednesday 28th April 1937:
Jeff Unbuttons a Couple of Wise Cracks
Think I'll have some fun with the little dumbbell – I'll ask him some trick questions that nobody can answer!
Jeff, you're a pretty smart guy – How long is a piece of string?
How long is a piece of string?
A piece of string is twice the length of that part between the center and either end!
O.K. Answer this one – How far can a dog run into the woods?
A dog can run only half way into the woods, after that he is running out of the woods!
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What do they do?
Volunteering and employment
Other sources of information and data
- In 2008/09 41% of adults volunteered formally (giving unpaid help through a group, club or organisation) and 62% volunteered informally (giving unpaid help as an individual to someone who is not a relative)
(2008/09 DCLG Citizenship Survey).
- In 2007/08 formal volunteers contributed an estimated £22.7 billion to the UK economy (UK Civil Society Almanac).
- The average number of hours spent volunteering per volunteer declined by 30% between 1997 and 2007 (Helping Out, 2007). Evidence also suggests that there is a trend towards more episodic volunteering (The UK Civil Society Almanac 2009).
- In 2008/09 42% of females formally volunteered compared to 38% of males (2008/09 DCLG Citizenship Survey)
- In 2008/09 42% of white adults formally volunteered compared to 34% of minority ethnic group adults. However, although different ethnic groups show different rates of formal volunteering deeper exploration shows that this is due to factors other than ethnicity such as socio-economic classification, age, geography and income etc (2008/09 DCLG Citizenship Survey).
- In 2008/09 35 to 49 year olds were by far the most likely age group to formally volunteer at 47%. Younger volunteers were relatively more likely to volunteer informally than formally (2008/09 DCLG Citizenship Survey).
- In 2008/09 32% of those with a long-term limiting illness or disability formally volunteered compared with 43% of those with no long-term limiting illness or disability (2008/09 DCLG Citizenship Survey).
- Rates of formal volunteering vary greatly by socio-economic classification. In 2007/08 those in higher/ lower managerial and professions were the most likely to formally volunteer (55%), with intermediate occupations/ small employers (43%), lower supervisory and technical/ semi-routine (36%), routine occupations (28%), never worked/long-term unemployed (30%) and full time students (47%) (2007/08 DCLG Citizenship Survey).
What do they do?
- Volunteers are involved in a range of sectors. In 2008/09 the most popular sectors for formal volunteers were: sport/exercise (53%), hobbies, recreation/arts/ social clubs (42%). religion (36%), children's education/schools (34%), youth children's activities (outside school) (32%), health, disability and social welfare (25%), local community or neighbourhood groups (24%), the environment, animals (20%) (2008/09 DCLG Citizenship Survey).
- Volunteers carryout a range of activities in their roles. In 2008/09 the most popular activities for formal volunteers were: organising or helping to run an event (55%), raising or handling money/ taking part in sponsored events (52%), leading the group/ member of committee (37%), providing transport/ driving (26%), giving information/advice/counselling (24%), visiting people (24%), secretarial, clerical or admin work (23%), befriending or mentoring people (21%) (2008/09 DCLG Citizenship Survey).
Volunteering and employment
- 87% of employers think that volunteering can have a generally positive effect on career progression for people aged 16-25. However, nearly 30% felt that volunteering was irrelevant when considering a particular job application. A further 30% felt that volunteering was only relevant if linked directly to the field of work (Youth Volunteering: Attitudes and Perceptions, 2008, v).
- In 2007/08 over 2 million people in England volunteered through an employer supported volunteering scheme. A quarter (25%) of employees are offered a scheme by their employer, with 43% of those offered a scheme taking part at least once in the last year (2008/09 DCLG Citizenship Survey).
- The vast majority of volunteers are happy with the advice and support they receive from the organisation that they volunteer with. Of those who want advice and support 94% say it is adequate or better (Helping Out, 2007).
- One in five organisations feel that difficulties in the recruitment or retention of volunteers will hold them back over the next three years (The UK Civil Society Almanac, 2009).
- The top five benefits from volunteering given by volunteers are: 'a sense of satisfaction from seeing the results' (97%), 'I really enjoy it' (96%), 'it gives me a sense of personal achievement' (88%), 'meet people and make friends' (86%), 'gives me the chance to do things that I am good at' (83%) (Helping Out, 2007).
- A number of barriers to volunteering remain. The top five reasons for not getting involved were: 'not enough spare time' (82%), 'put off by bureaucracy' (49%), 'worried about risk/ liability' (47%), 'don't know how to find out about getting involved' (39%), 'not got the right skills/ experience' (39%) (Helping Out, 2007).
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Spacesuits protect astronauts from the hazards of space. Image Credit: NASA
Are you looking for activities that help students learn about and design spacesuits? Start here.
Engage students in hands-on, minds-on activities related to spacesuits and spacewalks. Activities are based on national education standards for science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Suited for Spacewalking Educator Guide -- Grades 5-12 This NASA educator guide for grades 5-12 focuses on the technology behind spacesuits. Briefly discussed are the space environment, the history of spacewalking, NASA's current spacesuits and the work that astronauts do during spacewalks. > View educator guide
International Space Station: The First Step In Exploration Poster -- Grades K-12 The poster displays an artistic depiction of the space station when it is complete. The back of the poster explains the basic facts about the station and its many components. Three hands-on technology activities help students understand how the station works. National education standards associated with the activities on this poster are listed on the back of the poster. Demonstration videos for activities are available. > View poster and demonstration videos
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August Proclaimed Breastfeeding Promotion Month In Vermont
For Immediate Release: Friday August 1, 2003
Media Contact: Corbett Sionainn
Vermont Department of Health
This month offers a valuable opportunity to raise awareness about the benefits of breastfeeding. Health care professionals agree that breastfeeding improves the health of both baby and mother. It provides a natural defense against many illnesses for babies and lowers the risks some cancers for their mothers.
Breast milk is a complete form of nutrition for infants, enhancing their growth and development. It has just the right amount of fat, sugar, water, and protein that is needed for a baby's growth and development. Breast milk contains antibodies to help protect infants from bacteria and viruses and to help them fight off infection and disease
"Breastfeeding a child is an important and natural act of nurture that enhances maternal, child, and family health", said Deputy Commissioner of Health, Sharon Moffatt. "It is one of the most basic and cost effective acts a mother can do to improve the health of her child. Most important, breastfeeding helps to deepen the special bond that links mother and child."
Health department offices across the state will be recognizing the month in a variety of ways. Contact your local office to learn more about the activities in your area.


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SetAutomaticDirection(bool bFlag)
enables/disables automatic direction based on velocity
{"X":int, "Y":int} GetPosition()
gets the enemy's coordinates
{"X":int, "Y":int} GetPlayerPosition()
gets the player's coordinates
casts a spell in the direction faced by the enemy
Whenever the player enters a room, the game application checks if a cutscene is available, in which case, control of the player is temporarily relinquished from the user while the cutscene is played. Cutscenes are implemented as script-defined functions in a script file Cutscenes.cns. The application locates the function on the assumption that the function's name is of the format Cutscene_RNN where RNN is the room identifier. The cutscene function consists of a sequence of host function calls that control the character interactions during the scene. The following script function defines the cutscene for the central room R32. This particular scene encourages the player to explore the North exit:
// centre cut-scene
function Cutscene_R32()
 // do scene only first time round
 if (s_canSeeLight!= null) return;
 s_canSeeLight = true;
 // disable player control
 // move uo to room centre and talk
 Player_MoveTo(320, 160);
 while(Player_Moving()) yield;
 Player_Say("I can see strange lights coming beyond this doorway!");
 while(TextWindow_IsActive()) yield;
 // move closer to door and talk some more
 Player_MoveTo(320, 170);
 Player_Say("Maybe I should have a look...");
 // return control to player
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To support scripted cutscenes, the following host functions are defined in the game application:
Player_SetActive(bool bFlag)
enables/disables player control
Player_SetPosition(int iX, int iY)
sets the player's position
Player_MoveTo(int iX, int iY)
requests the player to move to the given position
bool Player_Moving()
returns true if the player is moving
Player_Say(String strMessage)
makes the player say something in the chat window
bool Player_HasAllVials()
returns true if the player has collected all four vials
Boss_SetActive(bool bFlag)
shows/hides the enemy boss
Boss_SetPosition(int iX, int iY)
sets the boss' position
Boss_MoveTo(int iX, int iY)
requests the enemy boss to move to the given position
bool Boss_Moving()
returns true if the enemy boss is moving
Boss_Say(String strMessage)
makes the boss say something in the chat window
Boss_SpawnEnemy(String strType)
spawns an enemy of the given type
bool TextWindow_IsActive()
returns true if the chat window is still open
Points of Interest
Conceptually, DOD is a very simple game that could have easily been developed without the use of embedded scripting. However, thanks to scripting, it is possible to not only alter the dungeon layout, but also the A.I. behaviour of the enemies and the game's overall plotline. Handing more power to the scripting system increases the "moddability" of the game. In the next article, I will present a complete IDE application for Conscript that demonstrates the use of the Conscript API in a more sophisticated way, such as the provision of debugging functionality and the implementation of a host function module plug-in mechanism.
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The Conquest of Happiness
Introduction by Anthony Grayling
Published February 1st 2006 by Routledge – 200 pages
Series: Routledge Classics
The Conquest of Happiness is Bertrand Russell's recipe for good living. First published in 1930, it pre-dates the current obsession with self-help by decades. Leading the reader step by step through the causes of unhappiness and the personal choices, compromises and sacrifices that (may) lead to the final, affirmative conclusion of 'The Happy Man', this is popular philosophy, or even self-help, as it should be written.
'He writes what he calls common sense, but is in fact uncommon wisdom.' - The Observer


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From the beginning of the Neolithic period people started living in permanent houses, using pottery vessels and keeping domesticated sheep, cattle and pigs and cultivating cereals. The houses to the east and south of the Balkans were substantial rectangular timber buildings. In northern Greece these had stone foundations, and to the west houses were simple elliptical pit huts with lighter rectangular wattle and daub. Across Bulgaria and Macedonia the same sites were used for many centuries and millennia leading to the "tell" raised area.
Typical symbols of the Neolithic period are: sun represented as circle and spirals, fire as volutes (wave patterns), meanders and anthropomorphic figures.
Burials were only frequent in the Danube Gorge area with other areas having some burials within villages and inside buildings.
The earliest Balkan Neolithic cultures can be broadly divided three groups:
Balkan group
Covering the areas of Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia and Greece, known as Gura Baciului, Karanovo I, Porodin (Velušina), proto-Sesklo cultures, in the settlement friendly areas of Thessaly, Pelagonia, S Albania (Vlush), middle Struma, and central areas. Characterised by light monochrome pottery and white painted pottery
Central Balkan group
Covering the area of Sebia and south Panonnia into Banat
Known as Starčevo I, Körös, Criş cultures
Characterised with coarse pottery and Barbotine decoration
Mediterranean group
Along the coast of Iberia, Italy, and north Africa with pottery decorated by finger nail and shell impressions, known as "impresso" technique.
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How do I choose an Aikido school?
A couple of things that are important parts to look at in the process of choosing an Aikido school:
 - The environment where you will learn and train
 - The people that will be your partners
 - The instructor
 - The logistics of the school
The Environment
Be sure that you feel "ok" in the place.
If you are not allowed to watch any classes, you may not want to invest your time and money. Without seeing a class you will not be able to get a good feel for the school.
Ask questions - don't worry about looking stupid or asking the "wrong" question. The are going to be teaching and training you - you want to get any concerns or considerations you have out before you commit to anything.
If you feel bullied or threatened in any manner, look somewhere else.
The People
Go, watch some classes (without participating), then ask to participate – see of the behaviour of the students changes by the fact that there is a new person in their class.
What follows are just guidelines, which can be modified according to your needs and experience.
How good are the students?
This is more of a measure of the quality of the students as students than their skill at martial arts. See if you can picture yourself with these people. Are they attentive, respectful, interested in being there? Those are all good signs…
Is there a mix of upper and lower ranks?
This is not always obvious in the various Aikido styles without belt rankings, etc. It is generally a good sign if advanced, intermediate and beginning students are practicing together. Check the approach the higher ranked students take to you – their help will probably be very important in your advancement in Aikido.
Some schools have classes separated by rank though. Ask.
Is there a mix in the type of people in the class?
Although this doesn't necessarily mean anything if it is not present, it is a good sign if there is a mixture of males and females, older and younger people in the class. It is typical for the efficiency of Aikido that it can teach a variety of people together.
Do they move the way you would like to?
This will give you some sense of what you can achieve. Look to the senior students and see if they move the way you want to move.
Do they help one another?
In a small class this may not apply, but in larger classes it is a good sign if the senior students support and assist the junior students. This kind of personal attention will aid you greatly in your training.
Do the senior students seem fit and relaxed?
This will give you a sense of the atmosphere of the dojo. If the senior students are uptight, nervous, unfit, out of shape, or unhappy, it may be a sign to move on. However, do not be put off by a single occurrence, i.e. because of THAT day the senior student was in a poor mood. It should at least prompt you to look carefully though…
How common are injuries?
As Aikido as well as other martial arts involves physical activity and contact, injuries will occasionally occur. However, if injuries are common and/or serious, there is likely a problem in how training is supervised, and you will probably want to look elsewhere. It will be difficult to tell what the frequency/severity of injuries in the class is in one or two visits. Ask the instructor.
The Instructor
You will need some basic trust in the individual, as a beginning.
The instructor is the person who is going to be guiding your development as an Aikidoka. You need to feel comfortable with him or her, and feel secure in receiving instruction from them. If you have some unease or personality conflict with the instructor(s) you might want to look elsewhere.
Do the students get personalized attention?
This will be a good judge of how valuable yor time will be. If there is a good amount of instructor to student attention there will be more value for you.
Does the instructor differentiate between forms and functions?
Another good indication is to find out if the instructor(s) differentiates between form and function. In other words do they do it "because it looks good" or "because it works". Anyhow, you should clarify the objectives of the specific Aikido school.
Are adjustments made for students of differing body types and limitations?
Another good sign is if the instructor adjusts the training of his or her student's physical realities: telling a slow person to work contact, a fast person to work ranges, a heavy person to work leverage, a light person to work speed, or, conversely, concentrating on their weak areas to compensate.
The Logistics
This is an important element to be clear about. You don't want to commit to a school if you can't afford it. It is impossible to address what a reasonable price would be here, because the benefits offered, the local economy, the quality of instruction, and the amount of instructor time are all variables in the equation.
Find out if there are extra charges for going up in rank, find out if there are organizational dues, party contributions, mat fees, etc.
But do not be upset when an Aikido instructor charges money – they need to eat and have a place to stay. In our culture money is the way that happens. We do not feed and house wise old men. Now, some instructors teach for free or nearly for free after their primary job. However, ther costs of a school, equipment, and insurance are frighteningly high. The best way to determine if a school is being reasonable is to compare what they offer for the price compared to what other local schools offer for their prices.
If you are intending to spend a lot of time at the school you want it to be accessible, and convenient enough for you to get there after work, on weekends, etc.
Another thing you want to be clear on is when you can go to the school and when classes are.
Commitments and Promises
This is an important thing to know about any school you will be joining. Be very clear on what they will expect of you and what you expect of them. Some teachers want to teach only people who are willing to commit to them and their style, some are willing to introduce you to their style and let you dabble, some will teach you as long you show up. None of them are intrinsically better or worse, but you want to know where they are coming from so you and they are not surprised.
Find out if you are required to attend classes, find out about being late, find out what the policy is on school rules of behaviour and etiquette. Find out how you are supposed to interact with the teacher and other students. There are many styles for all these things so make sure you find out. The easiest way is to ask these questions.


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Prehensility is the quality of an organ that has adapted for grasping or holding. Examples of prehensile body parts include the tails of New World monkeys and opossums, the trunks of elephants, the tongues of giraffes, the lips of horses and the proboscides of tapir. The hands of primates are all prehensile to varying degrees, and many species (even a few humans) have prehensile feet as well. The claws of cats are also prehensile. Many extant lizards have prehensile tails (geckos, chameleons, and a species of skink). The fossil record shows prehensile tails in lizards (Simiosauria) going back many million years to the Triassic period - Celeskey (2005).
Prehensile tails in animals such as monkeys are articulated and thus limited to some degree in flexibility. Zippel (1994) discovered that Corucia zebrata - underlined, the Solomon Islands monkey skink has a prehensile tail that has a snow cone muscle structure that is loosely attached to the vertebrate but has a sronger connection to an outer shealth. This makes the tail omnidirectional and give the monkey skink the means to move one part of its tail in one direction while the other remains rigid or moves in a different direction. This is often orchestrated in an angry male establishing territorial dominance.
Proboscises are evolutionary adaptations that have allowed species to have a great natural advantage for manipulating their environment for feeding, digging, and defense. It enables many specialized animals such as primates to use tools in order to complete tasks that would otherwise be impossible. For example, chimpanzees have the ability to use sticks to fish for termites and grubs.
The word is derived from the Latin term prehendere, meaning "to grasp."
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What is a Serving Size of Fruit?
Make sure you get enough fruit servings with this portion control guide to fruit.
When it comes to eating a healthy balanced diet, having enough fruit servings is essential. Fruit is full of vitamins and fiber, has little or no fat and is packed with antioxidants, which help to reduce your risk of heart disease, stroke and certain types of cancer.
How many servings of fruit do you need every day? It depends on your calorie needs. An adult eating 2,000 calories a day should aim for 2 cups of fruit. A good rule is to fill half your plate with fruits and vegetables. (Remember that fruit juice doesn't have the fiber content of whole fruit and that dried fruits are calorie-dense and may contain added sugars.) Check out these examples of a serving size of fruit, as well as a serving of juice and a serving of dried fruit.
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Origin of A Century of Physics Timeline Wallchart
This timeline A Century of Physics originated in a committee formed in 1995 to plan the celebration of the 100th birthday of the American Physical Society. The committee's chair, Brian Schwartz, who was charged by the APS with the responsibility for producing the timeline, hired the creative team, found sponsors, and provided continued support for the project. In 1996 Sidney Perkowitz assembled a database of more than a thousand scientific events from which he chose about 130 for grouping into story-lines. He wrote a draft of the text while designer Albert Gregory planned the organization of the timeline into a series of posters. In 1997 Hans von Baeyer revised and completed the text, as Gregory continued to perfect the design. Images were located with the help of Patricia Rabine, Liz Carver, the staff of the Niels Bohr Library of the American Institute of Physics, and the Clarendon Foundation. In 1998 Darlene Logan assisted in the campaign to secure sponsors. For two years, as the timeline evolved through increasingly elaborate versions, members of the APS, teachers, and students contributed suggestions. With color separations by Lasergraphics, the W. E. Andrews company printed the posters in time for the APS centennial celebrated in March 1999.
 - Brian B. Schwartz is Vice President for Research and Professor of Physics at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York
 - Albert Gregory is a designer in Boston.
 - Sidney Perkowitz is Charles Howard Candler, Professor of Physics at Emory University.
 - Hans C. von Baeyer is a Chancellor Professor of Physics at the College of William and Mary.
Following the story-lines in A Century of Physics
The story of physics in the 20th century unfolds like a splendid tapestry teeming with people, ideas, and things. In order to find patterns in this tangle, it helps to pick out five color-coded story-lines that stretch like broad, horizontal ribbons from beginning to end.
Cosmic scale tells the story of the quest to understand the universe of galaxies and stars embedded in spacetime. Its dimensions are incomprehensible distances, such as the 1022 meters that separate us from our neighboring Andromeda Galaxy.
Human scale Closer at hand, the Human scale refers to the more familiar distances from the global to the microscopic that are immediately accessible to our senses.
Atomic scale In the foreground, the Atomic scale focuses on the submicroscopic world of atoms and quarks - down to the unimaginable 10-15 meter radius of a proton.
The Cosmic, Human, and Atomic scales correspond to separate branches of physics. Up until 1900, classical physics dealt mostly with phenomena on the human scale, but for a description of the cosmic and atomic realms, new mathematical languages had to be developed. The three story-lines remained fairly distinct until the 1960s, when they finally began to converge in a synthesis that represents one of the great triumphs of modern physics.
Living World
illustrates how physics is related to biology and medicine.
Technology traces the application of scientific discoveries to devices and techniques that help to shape everyday life.
Occasionally, when an event belongs properly to more than one of these five story-lines, it is coded with more than one color.
As physics probes beyond the human scale of comprehensible dimensions, it encounters progressively larger and smaller numbers. In cosmic and atomic physics, numbers with ten, twenty, or even forty digits, either before or after the decimal point, are common. In order to avoid the awkwardness and tedium of writing out such monstrosities, and to reduce the chance of error, scientists -- and this timeline - employ the elegant, compact Exponential Notation. Here are a few examples:
1 000 000 000 000 = 1012 a trillion (in American usage)
1 000 000 000 = 109 a billion (in American usage)
1 000 000 = 106 a million
1 000 = 103 a thousand
1 = 100 one
0.001 = 10-3 a thousandth
0.000 001 = 10-6 a millionth
0.000 000 001 = 10-9 a billionth (in American usage)
0.000 000 000 001 = 10-12 a trillionth (in American usage)
Nobel Medal Alfred Nobel's Legacy
In 1896 Alfred Nobel, a Swedish industrialist who had grown super-rich by inventing dynamite and developing it into a universal tool for both beneficial and belligerent purposes, died at the age of 63. To the chagrin of his heirs, he left the bulk of his fortune to an endowment for funding yearly prizes in physics, chemistry, medicine or physiology, literature and the promotion of peace. He could scarcely have foreseen the profound effect his legacy would have on the cultural life of the twentieth century.
In physics, the Nobel prize has become the supreme standard of personal achievement. No other award comes close to matching its prestige in the minds of the public or the scientific community. Out of the multitude of scientific inventions and discoveries this century has brought forth, the Nobel prize has selected a small handful for distinction as brightly shining beacons of excellence.
To be sure, many worthy contributions to science, and many brilliant scientists, go unrewarded. Increasingly, for example, experiments in physics require the collaboration of large teams whose work is as essential as it is unheralded. On the other hand, an occasional Nobel award may be undeserved. Inevitably politics, power, connections, fashion and just plain luck affect the selections. The Nobel prize is, after all, a human institution, and hence fallible, but in the end it is without a doubt the highest honor a physicist can aspire to. Without the generous and deeply felt respect, not to say affection, of the physics community for its laureates, the competition for the Nobel prize would have lost its dignity long ago and degenerated into a mere popularity contest. The fact that it remains as prestigious in 1999 as it was in 1901 when Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen earned the first physics prize for the discovery of X rays, is a testament to Alfred Nobel's wisdom. Even dynamite appears feeble compared to the power of the Nobel prize to inspire curious minds.
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her brother. She also expressed anger toward the caretakers of the orphanage in Russia. Painful memories emerged in which she recalled hitting her birth mother in Russia when she was drunk. It was suggested to Amber that at the present time she was misdirecting intense hostile feelings that she had for her birth mother toward her adoptive mother and was using her anger as a defense to keep everyone at a distance.
Amber was given handwritten forgiveness notes to take home and work on between sessions. These notes stated, (1). I want to stop misdirecting my anger at those who don't deserve it. (2). I want to try to understand that my birth mother was sick with a drug addiction and I want to try to forgive her. (3.) I want to let go of the anger from Russia so that I can be free and not controlled by the past. She was challenged to trust people more than her mother had ever been able to trust. It was stated that unless she took these steps, she might be as lonely, unhappy, and fearful as her birth mother.
As she worked on trust and forgiveness of past hurts, Amber became aware that some good could come from her pain. She expressed the desire to become a health professional and someday go back to Russia to help children who had suffered in the same manner as she. As her resentment diminished and her trust grew, she became much less defensive and hostile toward her parents and her peers.
Some adoptive children have had unusually severe betrayal experiences in early childhood with birth parents or caretakers resulting in very intense anger. In such cases faith can be very helpful in addressing this pain in believing families. Later in this chapter research studies are presented that describe the empirically proven benefits of faith in the treatment of anxiety.
The Role of Faith
In some Catholic families with adopted children with mistrust and anger the parents have found benefit in encouraging a relationship with Our Lady as their other loving mother at the present and also in their as other protective and loving mother when they were babies. This spiritual meditation has helped build trust and the unconscious fear of being abandoned that creates significant stress in many adoptive children.
Also, some adoptive children have a great amount of unconscious anger with their birth mothers or fathers or caretakers in an orphanage or in foster care. If an adoptive child regularly overreacts in anger, we regularly explore the possibility that there may be unresolved anger from the past and then encourage the child to consider think about forgiving a birth parent or caretaker. When strong anger is uncovered in Catholic children, taking it into the sacrament of reconciliation is highly effective in its resolution.
Some Catholic couples have reported that their adoptive childrens' concerns and sadness about their birth mothers or fathers have decreased by the discussion of someday being with them eternal banquet in heaven.
Adoptive children are a special gift to parents and the parents to the child. There is every reason to be hopeful that emotional conflicts in adoptive children can be resolved.
Obstacles to Forgiveness in Children and Parents
Since in our clinical experience the resolution of anger is essential in the treatment of anxiety disorders, it is important to identify difficulties in employing forgiveness in children and in their parents. The major obstacles encountered in trying to help children grow in the use of forgiveness include: unwillingness to work on the character weakness of selfishness, modeling after an angry parent, the sense of control their anger gives them over others, and a sense of strength and self-esteem derived from the expression of anger. It is not uncommon, either, for the process of forgiveness to be blocked by parents who excuse all angry behaviors in their children with ADHD, claiming that their behavior is solely the result of biological factors over which their children have no control. Such parents may have serious problems with excessive resentment themselves and therefore they are limited in their ability to teach their children to be responsible for their anger and to resolve their hostile feelings. Subsequently, such parents can help their children by identifying their own anger and working on forgiving those who have hurt them. Unfortunately, some parents have no desire to control their excessive anger. By modeling forgiveness, the majority of parents can bring about a marked improvement in the level of resentment and acting-out behaviors in their children.
Other Virtues Which Decrease Anger in Children:
- sacrificial giving.
The major $80 million dollar research study of day care for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) included 25 researchers at 10 universities and was led by Dr. Jay Belsky.
The analysis of research produced the conclusion that early and extensive non maternal care carried risks in terms of increasing the probability of insecure infant-parent attachment relationships and of promoting aggression and noncompliance during the toddler, preschool, and early primary school years.
Dr. Belsky stated, "There is a constant dose-response relationship between time in care and problem behaviors, especially those involving aggressive behavior."
This research demonstrates that the infant and child need close bonding with the mother in order to develop a basic foundation for trust and a safe feeling with others. The absence of such bonding is resulting in sadness, anger and mistrust in children.
This research should be considered when decisions are being made about the care of babies and infants, in addition to Brian Robertson's Day Care Deception. Also, Mary Eberstadt's book, Home Alone America, is an important new work on the emotional conflicts in children today resulting from day care and other stresses.
Reasons for a decision for day care include:
- real financial necessity
- failure to be sensitive to the emotional needs of a baby/child
- placement of parental needs before the needs of a baby/child
- perceived financial need for the mother to work based on a materialism/consumerism/selfishness
- fear of divorce in the wife
- an attempt to make women believe that they will find more fulfillment in working than in raising a child
- peer pressure on women to work
- unhappiness and stress in the parental marriage and a fear that the same will happen in one's marriage
- sadness in the family of origin home with an unconscious need to avoid the home
Parental actions to decrease anxiety in children
Parents can take a number of steps to try to protect their children from anxiety. First, they should work to master their own anxiety and fears by growing in trust so that they model calm behaviors for their children. Then, they should their best to assure that children can feel safe and protected in their homes and as much as possible in their friendships. This necessitates the parental mastery over anger because excessive anger in parents is a major source of anxiety in children. Also, they should also protect their children from excessive anger in siblings or peers.
The marital anger chapter can be helpful in the parental understanding and mastery of anger, _URL_
Other steps parents can take include:
- avoid arguing in front of the children
- correcting children with gentleness and not in anger
- working to resolve marital conflicts peacefully
- attempting to be a responsible parent and not a permissive or controlling parent
- protecting the child as much as possible so that they can have trustworthy friendships
- building the child's confidence in his/her God-given gifts
- giving cheerfully to one's spouse as one's best friend
- maintaining loyalty to one's spouse by focusing on his/her goodness
- teaching children how to deal with controlling individuals.
In families with strong faith parents also report the benefit of praying with anxious children at bedtime on giving all their fears to the Lord. Also, they coach their children to make acts of trust in God each time they feel strong anxiety and fear.
The role of faith in diminishing anxiety
A number of studies have demonstrated the benefits of faith in addressing anxiety disorders in adults. They include the following:
In a survey of 37,000 men and women those who attend church, synagogue or other religious services, the higher the worship frequency, the lower the prevalence of depression, mania and panic disorder. Baetz, M., et al. (2006) How spiritual values and worship attendance relate to psychiatric disorders in the Canadian population. Can J Psychiatry 51:654-61. Researcher Marilyn Baetz, MD, of the University of Saskatchewan in Canada, stated, "The higher the worship frequency, the lower the odds of depression, panic disorders and mania."
The importance of religion was a predictor of improvement in panic disorder after one year. Over time, the improvement was seen for the religion was very important. Bowen, R, et al. (2006) Self-rated importance of religion predicts one year outcome of patients with panic disorder. Depress Anxiety 23:266-73.
In a systematic review of 850 studies the majority of well-conducted studies found that higher levels of religious involvement are positively associated with indicators of psychological well-being, life satisfaction, happiness, positive affect, and with less depression, suicidal thoughts and behavior, drug/alcohol abuse. (Moreira-Almeida, A., Neto, F., Koenig, H.G. (2006) Religiousness and mental health:a review.Rev Bras Psiquiatr.28:242-50.)
As stated in other sections of this web site, faith can play a beneficial role in the healing of emotional pain and conflicts. (See Healing and Faith at the National Library of Medicine web site, _URL_ A number of spiritual interventions help in resolving in building deeper trust which decreases anxiety marriages. These include employing daily modification of the first two steps of Alcoholics Anonymous and thinking, "I am powerless over my anxieties or my tendency to control and want to turn them over to God."
In June 2008 Pope Benedict commented on the role of faith in addressing anxiety when he stated, " In the face of the ample and diversified panorama


When processing orders you might come across the "Ship to country must be 2-character country ISO 3116 code" error.
This error is shown when the Country Code used in the order is missing or does not have a correct format.
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Electrostatic Precipitator Monitoring System Based on CAN Bus
The hardware and software design are introduced about electrostatic precipitator control system. And this monitoring and control system is based on CAN bus. In this system the basic data acquisition and control functions can be achieved. The work status of precipitator can be collected in real time and fed back to the computer control interface, in order to provide reliable data support for the fault diagnosis of the ESP, so information integration level can be improved and the monitoring system can be optimized. Simple structure, high reliability, communication speed are the characteristics, and it have a wide range of application prospects.
Z. S. Zhang et al., "Electrostatic Precipitator Monitoring System Based on CAN Bus", Advanced Materials Research, Vols. 443-444, pp. 395-400, 2012

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Local speed limits to be reduced?
Local councils are to be given more powers to introduce 20 mph zones in towns and also to reduce rural speed limits from 60 mph to as low as 40 mph.
"Road safety is a top priority and the guidance - along with the speed limit appraisal web tool - will help councils make evidence based decisions to introduce local speed limits that reflect the needs of all road users."
While sensibly targeted 20 mph zones in urban areas are unlikely to cause controversy (although some proposals do seem to defy common sense), the idea of a 40 mph limit on some rural roads is likely to ignite some fierce arguments. Rural roads with houses on them are already subject to lower limits than the national 60 mph restriction, so which roads will get the lower speed limit?
There certainly are rural roads where 60 mph is too fast, but there are sections of country roads where 40 mph is too much, so the question is where does it stop? Does every little stretch of road get its own speed limit, with motorists spending more time looking for speed limit signs than examining the condition of the road?
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The cross grid encoder is an optical diffraction grating type encoder to measure two-dimensional position of a optical head by using a grid plate where grids are aligned orthogonal to each other. The cross grid encoder can be applied to measure two-dimensional motion errors of high-precision and ultra-precision machine tools, such as the straightness error or the squareness error. As a basis to establish a methodology to measure evaluate motion accuracy of highand ultra-precision machine tools by using the cross grid encoder, this paper presents a self-calibration scheme of a measurement error of the cross grid encoder caused mainly by the misalignment of grids. The measurement error corresponding to the location on the grid plate is calibrated by comparing three measurements taken with different orientation of the grid plate. It is experimentally validated that the measurement error of the cross grid encoder is reduced by about 85% at maximum by applying the self-calibration and the compensation of measurement errors.


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Instructional Objective The learner shall be able to identify plants according to classification and location on nursery grounds.
Learners/Context The learners are Spanish-speaking workers that are employed at a wholesale nursery farm. The learners have limited knowledge of horticulture and rely on the bilingual supervisor for instruction. The learners job description involves filling plant orders and loading them onto the truck to be transported out. At the time of hire, workers are given a manual of the nursery plants and their location on the farm.
This card game will be used by the nurserymen on the break tables located on the farm. Supervisors will monitor each participant's play to ensure accurate responses were being given. When a supervisor is not available, a list of all plants and locations is provided. This game will be used as remedial practice.
Rationale The material that is used will provide the learners with pictures and names of specific plants located on the farm. The challenge allows the learner to combine his visual identification of a plant and his knowledge of its location. The use of a card game initiates group participation and mastery of subject matter in a unique way.
Rules The game is played in the following manner:
1. Jungle Gin is designed for 2 to 4 players. The game cards represent individual plants. These plants grow in specific locations on the farm. The 5 different locations define the suits.
2. Each player is dealt 7 cards from the dealer staring from his left. Once all players have their cards, the remaining deck is placed face down with the top card turned face up next to the remaining pile.
3. Starting with the dealer, proceeding clockwise, each player is to either pick up the facing card or choose one that is facing down in the remaining pile. Once a card is chosen, the player has thirty seconds to decide if the new card is to be kept or discarded face up on the pile next to the remaining stack. If the new card is kept, the player must discard one of his other cards. A player is to always have exactly 7 cards in his hand at the completion of his turn. If the remaining card stack is completed, simply turn over discarded pile with the top card turned face up.
4. Once a player's turn is completed, the next player follows the same pattern. This process continues until the first player has successfully collected 4 cards from one suit and 3 cards from a different suit.
Spanish Rules El juego se juega en la sigiente manera:
1. Jungle Gin este designado para 2 a 4 jugadores. Las cartas representen individuales plantas. Estas plantas crecen en especifica locacciones en el bibidero. Las cinco differentes locacciones definen las bases.
2. A cada jugador se da cartas comensando en la mano esquierda. Cuando todas los jugadores tienen cartas el resto del juego de cartas se pone cara abajo en la mesa y la carta de ariba se pone cara ariba al lado.
3. Comensando con el que das las cartas, cada jugador tiene que escojer la carta cara ariba o una del juego de cara abajo. Cuando lo a escojido, el jugador tiene trienta sequndos a decidir si se va quedar con la nueva carta o si la va regresar al juego de cara ariba. Si se queda con la carta nueva tiene que descartar una de las otras cartas en su mano. El jugador tiene que tener 7 cartas en su mano en completir su turno. Si el juego do cartas se completa, simplemente, volteen el juego de cartas descartadas con la carta de ariba con cara ariba.
4. Cuando el jugador completa su turno, el sigiente jugador siga el mismo forma. Este processo sige hasta que el primer jugador completa 4 cartas de un base y 3 de un base differente.
Deck Design The card deck consists of a total of 56 cards. There are 2 cards for each of the twenty-eight different plants. Each card illustrates a picture of a specific plant and the plant name. The illustration of the plant is located on both the top left corner and bottom right corner of the card. This design provides convenient visibility of the plant while the 7 cards are held by the player. The name of the plant is located in bold letters in the middle of the card.
Design Process The design process began with determining the easiest way for Spanish-speaking workers to read the game cards. The original design consisted of one picture of a plant in the middle of the card and the plant name placed above it. While evaluating the game, I decided the more visible the plant was to the player, the more effective the game card would be. This style of card design also makes it easier for the player to concentrate on the objective of the game without the distraction of always looking back through his 7 cards to see which plants he had collected. The color of the cards remained constant to detract from players memorizing the colors of the cards instead of content. The size of the cards had originally been much smaller. My evaluation determined that it was difficult to see the plants, as well as hold all 7 cards comfortably in a player's hand.
In the design process, I found it somewhat difficult to communicate that the 5 different locations on the farm determined the 5 different suits. It was at this point in playing the game that some of the players wanted assistance.
While completing the design process, I also came across other potential games to be used with the same game cards. These include collecting matching cards and plant family grouping.
MASTER PLANT LIST
LOCATION 1 Silk Tree
LOCATION 2 Aloe Vera
LOCATION 3 Geranium
LOCATION 4 Evergreen
Vine Hill Manzanita
LOCATION 5 Pathos
Grecian Patten Plant


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Kho people
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Wooden untensil use by kho tribe of Chitral
Total population
229,200 (2011)
Regions with significant populations
Chitral District, Badakhshan Province
 Afghanistan 14,700[1][2]
 Pakistan 214,500[3]
Ismaili Islam (majority)
Kalash religion (minority)
Related ethnic groups
Kalasha people
The Kho people (Khowar: کھو, meaning "people"), also known as Chitralis (چترالي), are a Dardic ethnic group located primarily in South Asia. They live primarily in Pakistan, with a small population living in Afghanistan.[4] They speak the Dardic Khowar language.
The Kho community reside between remote valleys from about six thousand years ago, the historian Herodotus mention in their book that a group of people living in high mountains of Khot valley, most of them are shepherds and mountaineers.
The majority of the Kho people live in the Chitral District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and a smaller number also live in Ghizer District of Gilgit Baltistan (including the Yasin Valley, Phandar Ishkoman and Gupis. They are also found in northern Afghanistan, the majority living in the northern provinces of Badakhshan, Kunduz, Balkh, and Takhar.
The haplogroup R1b (Y-DNA) is found at a frequency of 80% among the Kho people. Many are in Paragroup M343, also found in some Central Asian peoples.
Kho culture is one of oldest cultures which places heavy emphasis on poetry, song and dance. Kho people also have a great respect of law and order. Much of this can be attributed to Chitral being a stable kingdom for most of its history,[5] where the rule of law and the will of the ruler came before tribal concepts such as revenge and isolationism.
Khowar is Indo-European dardic branch of language spoken by about 247,000 Kho people in northern Pakistan.[6] They also used Pashto and Urdu as second language.
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 1. ^ "Kho". Retrieved 2016-08-11.
 3. ^ Joshua Project. "Chitrali in Pakistan". Joshua Project. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
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In the fall of 2002, the British Columbia government released the BC Energy Plan. As part of this plan, BC Hydro, our publicly owned electric utility, is restricted from developing new generation facilities other than those in which it has already made significant investments. Furthermore, the BC Energy Plan instructs BC Hydro to acquire new supplies from the private sector. According to the Plan, 50% of new electricity needs are to come from conservation; however, much of the focus to date has been on developing new privately owned generating facilities.
Much has been written about the potential effects of the energy plan on electrical rates and the future of our publicly owned electrical utility; however, most British Columbians are still unaware of the extent of private hydro power development, the potential environmental consequences of this development, and the loss of sovereign control of our rivers.
In 2007, while researching these issues, I developed a Google Earth map of current and proposed private hydro electric projects in British Columbia. Subsequently, I reproduced the map in Google Maps for those who are unable to run Google Earth. Both presentations of the map are updated regularly.
I encourage all citizens of BC to explore the map and resources presented here, become informed about hydro power projects in their communities and become involved at all opportunities for public input. Only through active participation can we direct the use and conservation of these resources in an environmentally responsible way, for the long term benefit of local communities and all British Columbians.


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In the rapidly evolving landscape of modern technology and business operations, fraud prevention has become a critical concern for companies across industries. As organizations continue to digitize their operations, fraudsters are finding new and sophisticated ways to exploit vulnerabilities for financial gain.
One powerful tool that has emerged as a game-changer in the fight against fraud is graph analysis, a technique rooted in graph theory that leverages the connections between data points to uncover hidden patterns and relationships. In this article, we delve into the world of graph analysis and its transformative role in fraud prevention.
In a way, the use of graph databases is like employing a fraud prevention network, ultimately using link analysis for fraud detection. Discovering relationships between nodes and edges enables fraud fighters to study those link networks and perform deep fraud analysis that would otherwise be impossible in real time. Let's cover a couple of key terms to know when talking about using graphs for fraud detection.
Graph Database - A graph, in mathematics, is an alternative way of organizing information. A graph database, then, refers to how the graph is stored. Information in a graph is described using relationships between items.
Nodes and Edges - A graph consists of two types of elements: nodes and edges. You can think of the nodes as "nouns" and the edges as "verbs." For example, a node could be a person, a phone number, an email address, or a physical device (e.g., phone, computer). The edges then represent transfers or interactions between the different nodes.
What Is Link Analysis? What Are Graph Networks?
Link analysis, also known as network visualization, is a technique used to assess and evaluate connections between data points. The visualization of these connections in a graph network enhances the ease and speed of analysis.
A graph network is a visual representation of connections between various types of information, stored in graph databases. These networks consist of nodes, which represent data points such as individuals, businesses, or addresses, and edges, which signify the relationships between these nodes.
The Power of Graph Databases
Graph databases are designed to store and manage graph networks efficiently. They store information in a way that the relationships between data points are as important as the data itself. Unlike traditional databases, which rely on tabular formats, graph databases provide an intuitive and comprehensive view of the connections between different pieces of information. Nodes within a graph database contain attributes or properties, and edges can also possess properties such as start dates, durations, distances, or costs.
Graph Theory: A Different Perspective
At its core, graph theory provides an alternative approach to organizing and understanding information. Instead of the traditional tabular format, graph databases focus on relationships between data points. A graph comprises nodes, the "nouns" in our earlier analogy, and edges, the "verbs."
For instance, nodes could represent individuals, phone numbers, email addresses, or devices, while edges signify interactions or transfers between nodes. This perspective allows for the exploration of complex relationships that might be hidden in traditional data representations.
Advantages of Graph Analysis in Fraud Prevention
The application of graph analysis to fraud prevention offers a range of advantages:
- Intuitive and Easy to Use: Humans are naturally drawn to visualizations, and graph networks capitalize on this. Over half of the brain is dedicated to visual processing, making graph networks inherently easy to understand.
- Insightful and Powerful: Graph analysis can unveil hidden connections between fraudulent entities, enabling the creation of fraudster profiles. This information can then be integrated into machine learning algorithms to enhance fraud prevention strategies.
- Time-Efficient Analysis: Graph networks significantly reduce the manual effort required for scanning and analyzing data. This leads to quicker identification of trends and a real-time understanding of customer behavior and fraudulent activities.
Graph Analysis in Action: Fraud Detection
In the realm of fraud detection, graph analysis plays the role of a detective, unearthing intricate networks of connections. Fraudsters often collaborate in complex underground communities, sharing information and cooperating in their endeavors. They may employ various tactics, such as sharing lucrative opportunities and using intermediaries to carry out fraudulent activities.
Detecting Fraudulent Networks
Graph analysis aids in spotting fraudulent networks through various indicators:
- Rapidly Expanding Networks: Legitimate networks typically grow gradually. Sudden and rapid growth can indicate fraudulent activity.
- Shared Data Points: Genuine customers rarely share the same device, card, or email address. Frauds networks might involve multiple accounts sharing these attributes.
- Frequent Chargebacks: Networks with high occurrences of chargebacks can be indicative of fraud.
Graph Databases in Fraud Detection
Companies like Vesta are at the forefront of leveraging graph technology for fraud prevention. Graph databases allow for real-time visualization of connections, aiding in the identification of associations between individuals or entities.
By running advanced algorithms on graph databases, machine learning capabilities are enhanced, leading to higher accuracy in detecting fraud. Additionally, graph analysis enables the grouping of information related to known fraudsters, making it difficult for them to hide behind multiple identities.
Regionally, or even globally, using graph networks makes a big impact for merchants, payment processors, and financial institutions by uncovering fraud rings simply by using this powerful data analytics technique. Fraud analytics is becoming more sophisticated, and businesses that facilitate transactions should leverage the power of such strong anti-fraud platforms.
The Future of Graph Analysis
As businesses continue to combat evolving fraud techniques, graph analysis will remain a potent weapon in their arsenal. Its ability to uncover hidden connections, visualize complex relationships, and facilitate advanced algorithms positions it as a cornerstone of fraud prevention. Whether in eCommerce, banking, or any industry that deals with data, the application of graph analysis is set to become even more essential in the fight against fraud.
In conclusion, graph analysis presents a paradigm shift in fraud prevention, enabling businesses to gain valuable insights into the connections that fraudsters attempt to conceal. By leveraging the power of graph networks and databases, companies can enhance their fraud detection strategies, save valuable time, and create a safer environment for both themselves and their customers. As technology continues to advance, the adoption of graph analysis will undoubtedly remain a crucial factor in staying one step ahead of fraudsters.
Don't wait any longer--contact us today to learn how the Vesta platform is leading the industry with graph analysis for fraud prevention!


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The first study using data from real games shows that teams are more likely to lose when losing means elimination — suggesting that high-pressure environments lead to poorer performance.
— By Conn Hastings
If a sports team plays a critical game in which losing means elimination from a league, do they work harder to win — or does the high pressure mean they are more likely to make mistakes and lose? A new study in Frontiers in Psychology suggests the latter, finding that basketball teams playing for survival in critical NBA playoff games are more likely to lose. This suggests that the threat of elimination caused the teams to 'choke.' The study is the first to illustrate this effect in a real-world team sports environment — and may be applicable to a variety of high-pressure performance situations, such as those found in the workplace.
With the NBA 2018 finals drawing to a close, many teams will have experienced intense pressure to avoid elimination by winning critical games during the playoffs. Researchers are working to understand how athletes and others handle pressure, and how this affects their performance. Previous studies led some researchers to predict that high-pressure situations can help to focus minds and increase motivation, leading to increased success.
"Theories predict that individuals exert the most effort, and therefore produce their best performances, when the possible returns for their success — or the consequences of their failure — are highest," says Dr. Yair Galily, of the Interdisciplinary Center, Hertzlya, Israel.
However, other studies found evidence that high-pressure situations can lead to reduced performance and less success, when someone becomes overly focused on how to complete a task, rather than just doing it.
Many of these previous studies looked at performance under pressure in controlled conditions, such as asking soccer players to take penalty kicks while observed by researchers. Until now, no-one had explored the effect of high-pressure situations on performance in a real-world team situation.
To investigate this, Galily and a colleague examined stats from NBA playoff games, to see how athletes with a lot at stake coped with varying degrees of pressure in real games. The researchers predicted that teams would perform better when their backs are against the wall — meaning they would be more likely to win critical playoff games where losing meant thier elimination.
"We analyzed 1,930 playoff games to test this prediction," says Galily. "We calculated the probability that a team would win, if losing meant that they faced elimination from the playoffs."
The researchers included the relative strength of the teams in their calculations to make sure that their results took this into account. Strikingly, they found that the threat of elimination actually made teams more likely to lose, suggesting that they choked in 'sink or swim' games.
The effect was significant. For example, the researchers found that if a home team had a 65% general win probability during the playoffs, this was reduced to 55% in games that were critical for the home team, but not the guest team. However, if the game was critical for the guest team, and not the home team, the home team's win probability increased to almost 74%.
This is the first time that anyone has studied this effect in teams in a real-world environment, so more studies are necessary to further understand the phenomenon. However, the results are not just applicable to team sports, but could have wide-reaching implications.
"The results from our analysis are relevant to the workforce and many other domains," says Galily. "We suggest that leaders and managers should refrain from deliberately building high-pressure environments to try to enhance performance in their subordinates. They should adopt the 'just do it and enjoy' path."
REPUBLISHING GUIDELINES: Open access and sharing research is part of Frontiers' mission. Unless otherwise noted, you can republish articles posted in the Frontiers news blog — as long as you include a link back to the original research. Selling the articles is not allowed.


Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea): Conditions of detention
بقلم Amnesty International,, رقم الوثيقة: ASA 24/003/1999
Amnesty International is concerned at recent reports of the severe deterioration of conditions in detention centres in North Korea. Some of these detention centres do not hold prisoners but are used to detain homeless people and internal economic migrants. There is concern that people held there are being given little or no food and are dying as a result of starvation and disease.
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Diversity and Equity
In IAS, we see diversity work as both individual and institutional actions taken to counteract relations of power and difference, relations historically characterized by the social exclusion, marginalization, and oppression of one group and the unearned privilege and overvaluation of another.
We see diversity as fluid in that the status and representation of groups shifts over time and context. In our current moment, this includes, but is not limited to, race, sex, gender identity, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, disability, nationality, visa/documentation status, religion, and military status.
Our definition extends anti-bias frameworks and recognizes that identities are intersectional, complex, and multiply determined. We seek to redistribute opportunities and resources to foster equity and social justice.
As we operationalize, enact, and assess this plan, we are guided by the following critical questions: Who does diversity exclude? Does our diversity work foster a shared sense of responsibility in our commitment to advancing social justice? Do we promote inclusive, diverse participation in knowledge production both in and out of the classroom? And does our diversity work contribute to a community engaged university?
To further these beliefs and commitments, IAS faculty approved a school-wide revision of our Diversity Plan (IASDP 2.0) in 2021.
IAS Diversity Committee
- Jed Murr, Associate Dean for Diversity and Equity
- Maryam Griffin (Chair for Fall 2023)
- Raissa DeSmet (Chair for Winter & Spring 2024)
- Ching-In Chen
- Silvia Ferreira
- Stephanie Lê
- Monique Taylor
Associate Dean for Diversity & Equity
The Associate Dean of Diversity and Equity works closely with the IAS Dean, the other IAS Associate Deans, and school leadership on processes that develop, assess and promote initiatives around the principles of diversity, equity and social justice within the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences (IAS).
The primary objective of the position is to enhance the capacity of IAS to recognize and challenge unequal relations of power and privilege in order to foster a more inclusive educational environment that enables students, staff, and faculty members to learn, teach and work together across positionalities and towards more equitable practices in scholarship, pedagogy, student success, service, and community engagement.


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Brussels, 09 Jun 2004
The Council, pending the opinion from the European Parliament, reached a general approach on the proposal for a Council Recommendation aimed to facilitate the admission of third country nationals to carry out scientific research in the European Community. The Recommendation is part of a "Package" presented by the Commission which includes also a proposal for a Directive on a specific procedure for the admission of third-country nationals to carry out research.
The Recommendation is a step to strengthen the actions being undertaken to develop the European research area, in the framework of the strategic objective, set out for the EU by the Lisbon European Council in March 2000: to become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge based economy in the world.
The Recommendation calls on Member States to adopt a number of practical measures without delay, in view of the fact that the Directive will not come into operation until 2006, at the earliest, and that more immediate action will be necessary if the targets set by the Lisbon European Council are to be met.
The Recommendation identifies the following areas of action:
(1) In the area of admission for the purpose of carrying out research:
- encourage the admission of researchers into the Community, by providing to them favourable conditions for carrying out research, preferably by exempting them from work permit requirements, or alternatively by providing for work permits to be issued automatically, or under fast - track procedures;
- refrain from using quotas to restrict the admission of third-country nationals for research posts;
- guarantee third-country nationals the possibility of working as a researcher, including the possibility of extension or renewal of work permits where appropriate;
- issue residence permits in response to applications from third-country nationals for purposes of research as soon as possible, and facilitate fast track procedures;
- guarantee third-country nationals working as researchers that their residence permits will be renewed;
- gradually involve the research organisations in the admission procedure for researchers;
(4) In the area of operational cooperation:
- facilitate access of researchers to the relevant information and promote its availability on all the relevant information sources;
- promote contact persons network within the competent administrations;
- encourage research organisations to develop such networks;
- inform the Commission about the measures they have adopted in order to facilitate the admission of researchers from third countries.


Ask an Expert - Door Darting
Ask an Expert - Door Darting
Expert advice on dogs darting to the door
Q: Every time I go to leave the house or open the door for visitors, Tennyson, my Border Collie, attempts to dart through the door. How can I stop this annoying behaviour? —Doorman in Detroit
A:Door darting is more than annoying; it's potentially life threatening. Some dogs run into the street and are hit by vehicles. Others become lost or encounter aggressive dogs. To keep your dashing darling safe, it is imperative that he is nowhere near the door when it opens, regardless of whether you are letting visitors in or leaving. Until training is complete, use a tether for management; wrap a leash around a banister or the leg of a heavy piece of furniture, then slip the clip through the loop. Whenever the doorbell rings, take a moment to attach the clip to Tennyson's collar before you answer.
Now for a training solution. Place Tennyson's bed away from the door but where he can see visitors arrive, and practice down-stays there. Once the behaviour is reliable, teach Go to bed, meaning, "Go to your bed, lie down, and stay until you are released." Begin by sending Tennyson to the bed from a short distance. Work gradually toward cueing him to go to bed as you stand together at the front door, since that's where he's most likely to be when he hears the doorbell.
Next, add an "environmental cue," meaning the cue comes from something in the environment rather than from you. Since you are concerned about door darting both when guests enter and when you leave, the cue we'll use is your hand touching the doorknob. To teach it, touch the knob, then say, "Go to bed." With repetition, Tennyson will anticipate that your hand on the doorknob is followed by the verbal cue, so he'll eventually start going toward the bed as soon as your hand touches the knob. It does take a bit of practice to accomplish this with the added distraction of visitors, but you'll soon be impressing your guests, and more importantly, ensuring that Tennyson stays safe.
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We have five rescued pups ranging from Preston the Greyhound to Ming, our new chihuahua mix. Ming is our latest arrival from our sister who could no longer keep her. All of our dogs have learned to stick to us like glue when we go outside. We have no darters. This changed with Ming. She was used to being locked up all day long and any chance at all she had to breathe fresh air was taken with vengeance. As soon as the door cracked a bit, she was off running as fast as she could and wouldn't stop until she was near exhaustion. This was both frustrating and frightening. Our sister told us that she did this, but that "she would come back eventually." Well, we couldn't take that risk, so we took the time when we were home to take her out in the front yard on a leash while our other dogs just freely mulled around as usual. Then we would release the leash after a few minutes and let her nose around. After several days, she learned that she didn't have to "run" for freedom and that she would get to go outside whenever we came home. Now she no longer bolts out the door, but instead after greeting us, we let her walk around in the front yard for a few minutes and then back into the house. All of our dogs know that they will be allowed to feel the joy of freedom at least a few minutes a day and they no longer feel the need to bolt off to get it. This training is worth the time. Otherwise you will always be afraid that they will slip out unexpectedly. Give your dog the chance to trust you in allowing some freedom and give you the chance to trust him or her not to run off. I prefer this to training our dogs that the door is something else that must be controlled. Instead, let them know that they need not have to flee for a little freedom. Once they get used to getting to go outside to nose about, they will lose interest in running off.
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Keep your Fire Hydrants clear from snow
"Clearing snow around fire hydrants keeps them visible and accessible and will save valuable time in the case of an emergency," In order for firefighters to quickly and easily utilize a fire hydrant in the event of a fire, there needs to be a 3 foot radius surrounding the hydrant that is completely cleared of snow. If a hydrant is covered, the firefighters need to clear it themselves and the delay that this causes could mean additional property damage, injuries or even lives lost. Unfortunately, this is sometimes an issue and the main reason for it is that people simply don't know whose responsibility it is to clear the hydrants in their neighborhood. It is your responsibility to clear Fire Hydrants located close to your home.