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We all have our own stories to tell as a child. Usually we add in a portion to thank those who have been there to support us whether it's parents, grandparents, older brother, etc. But honestly, not everyone is the same and not everyone is well educated. I mean think about it, why do you think you see all those commercials about "helping your child get through school." Something is wrong somewhere right? Who do you blame? Instead of blaming someone we should look at ways of improving.
The School District of Philadelphia has recently launched the Renaissance Schools Initiative in order to improve and turn around what they call low performing schools. The Renaissance Schools initiative will transform the District's lowest performing schools by working with school communities to recruit and select individuals and organizations that have proven track records of operating and supporting high-achieving schools.
There are three major components of the Renaissance Schools initiative:
- Identifying chronically low-performing District schools that are not likely to achieve dramatic improvements without transformative change,
- Identifying individuals and organizations that have a track a proven track record in demonstrating student achievement and prepared to turnaround around failing schools in Philadelphia, and
- Empowering school communities to play an active role in the turn around and ongoing support of their school.


Revisiting the Theme of Long Slumber in Washington Irving' Rip Van Winkle and the Tale of the Seven Sleepers: A Comparative Study
Abdullah K. Shehabat, Hussein H. Al Zedanin
This study provides across-cultural comparisonof the theme of long slumber in Asian and European tales. An analytical approach is adopted to reveal secrets and demystify ambiguities that encompass both canonical tales: The Seven Sleepers and Rip Van Winkle. That is, we hope to figure out how these tales correlate, interact and reflect on one another by focusing on the three major periods: the Pre-slumber period, the slumber period, and the post-slumber period. We found that the canonical tales in question, despite the theological and historical differences, (co)respond to one another and reveal further secrets and ambiguities. An interesting example elucidated how Irving didn‟t hint at the conditions that had encompassed his protagonist, Rip, during his slumber. However, based on our analysis of The Seven Sleepers tale, we inferred that Rip‟s body was miraculously protected to make him a mediator and/or a witness for the two periods. In short, long slumber was employed in both tales to convey morals like rebirth and change.
Full Text: PDF DOI: 10.15640/ijll.v8n1a10


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With the increasing interest in the exploitation of micro-reactors, there is a growing demand for process monitoring and
control methods suitable for application in this environment. At present off-line analysis methods such as
chromatography and mass spectrometry are the dominant tools in the field. Although these methods provide
exceptionally rich chemical information they require removal of samples from the system and the analysis is not
instantaneous. In many microfluidic applications these limitations outweigh their benefits due to the importance of real-time
detection and the desired ability to analyze the fluid in different locations in the micro-reactor non-invasively.
Therefore optical detection methods such as fluorescence and Raman spectroscopy are becoming increasingly popular in
this field, with most attention being drawn to miniature integrated optical sensors. However, integration of sensors into a
micro-reactor can change the flow conditions and make the system difficult to scale out. It is also impossible to move the
integrated sensor along the flow path. These issues make on-chip process analysis a challenging subject that is still at the
early stages of development. This paper discusses opportunities for non-invasive process analysis in micro-reactors
focusing the main attention on Raman spectrometry as a powerful technique, whose potential in this field has not been
widely recognized yet. With a specially developed probe we demonstrate ability to monitor fluid delivery stability and
perform fast real-time analysis of a model esterification reaction. The discussed approach brings unique benefits to
kinetics studies, efficient process optimization and process control.

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1. Atmospheric deposition of nitrogen (N) is a global problem resulting in negative consequences for biodiversity due to direct toxicity, increases in invasive species, increased susceptibility to environmental stresses and soil-mediated effects of acidification and eutrophication.
2. Reductions in plant species richness related to N deposition have been observed in a number of habitats including calcifuge (acid) grasslands but the mechanisms of this decline have not been fully investigated. We test the hypotheses that along a large-scale gradient of N deposition there is (i) an increase in species tolerant of low pH conditions as a result of soil acidification and (ii) an increase in competitive and nitrophilic species as a result of soil eutrophication. As competitive species can occur in low pH habitats, both of these hypotheses could be true.
3. Using plant characteristics, we examined changes in vegetation species composition along the gradient of N deposition in the UK. Mean C–S–R signatures were used to identify the competitive response of plant communities together with Ellenberg N (nitrogen) scores to identify increases in nitrophilic species. Ellenberg R (reaction, pH) scores were used to identify change in response to soil pH together with an index of soil acidity preference developed using regional survey data.
4. Mean C–S–R signatures showed no significant correlation with N deposition, nor did mean Ellenberg N scores. Ellenberg R scores and the index of soil acidity preference showed significant relationships with N deposition indicating an increased dominance of acid-tolerant species.
5. The results suggest that soil acidification as opposed to eutrophication and consequent competition between species is contributing to shifts in species composition and diversity linked to N deposition in calcifuge grasslands. Soil acidification may be leading to reduced nutrient availability preventing the effects of N addition from being apparent.


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Date: January 1, 1959
Description: With the assumptions that Berthelot's equation of state accounts for molecular size and intermolecular force effects, and that changes in the vibrational heat capacities are given by a Planck term, expressions are developed for analyzing one-dimensional flows of a diatomic gas. The special cases of flow through normal and oblique shocks in free air at sea level are investigated. It is found that up to a Mach number 10 pressure ratio across a normal shock differs by less than 6 percent from its ideal gas value; whereas at Mach numbers above 4 the temperature rise is considerable below and hence the density rise is well above that predicted assuming ideal gas behavior. It is further shown that only the caloric imperfection in air has an appreciable effect on the pressures developed in the shock process considered. The effects of gaseous imperfections on oblique shock-flows are studied from the standpoint of their influence on the life and pressure drag of a flat plate operating at Mach numbers of 10 and 20. The influence is found to be small. (author).
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Noun: chaos key-ós
 1. A state of extreme confusion and disorder
 - pandemonium, bedlam, topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness, tohubohu [US]
 2. The formless and disordered state of matter before the creation of the cosmos
 3. (physics) a dynamical system that is extremely sensitive to its initial conditions
Noun: Chaos
Derived forms: chaoses
Type of: confusion, dynamical system, Greek deity, physical phenomenon
Encyclopedia: Chaos, Solitons and Fractals


text: This article examines the design history of the Korean War Veterans Memorial dedicated in Washington DC in 1995. It considers the attempt to achieve demographic inclusiveness by representing figures of every ethnic group in the sculptural depiction of the U.S. troops in Korea. It interprets this commemorative approach as an extension of the principle established in the commemoration of the Vietnam War in the 1980s, in which the norm of multifigure sculptural groups was intended to achieve the goal of demographic inclusiveness. The Korea memorial was also a response to the preference, particularly among right-wing, pro-military veterans, for commemorations consisting of realistic sculpture; the large number of figures (nineteen, making this an extremely large statuary group) allowed each of the four major armed services to be represented, and the inscribed pictorial wall allowed even more figures, representing each military specialist group, to be portrayed. In this way, the Korea memorial answered criticisms levelled at Vietnam War commemorations which generally concentrated on the depiction of foot soldiers. The essay's argument places the creation of the multi-figure Korean War Veterans Memorial statuary group into the recent history of commemorative sculpture, but also contrasts it with a longer tradition, marked in the period from around 1890 to 1930, in which Washington was the site for other kinds of commemorative sculpture, including portrait statuary, historical works, and allegorical forms. The essay suggests that the shift to a kind of dumb literalism has involved a loss in the language of public sculpture. It advocates a rediscovery and reinvention of the language of symbolism following the extensio ad absurdum of the tendency to demographic and interest-group inclusiveness in the Korean War Veterans Memorial.


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Dynamic SQL or How do I SELECT TOP _USER_ records?
Written by Bill Graziano on 01 August 2000
Ben writes "I'm trying to create a stored procedure where I can send "sp_GetTopRecordSet 25" and it will return a recordset of the top 25 records of my query, like: "SELECT TOP _USER_ * FROM MyTable ORDER BY DateColumn" Now, why won't this work?"
Well Ben, you've discovered a weird quirk of SQL Server: it's very picky about where it allows variables in queries. Another question posted after yours asked why you couldn't put a whole WHERE clause in a variable (Select * from table where = _USER_). The SQL Server parser just won't let you. I'll cover both these questions here.
The easiest answer is to use the SET ROWCOUNT statement. This statement stops processing after a certain number of rows have been processed. It works for SELECT, UPDATE and INSERT. In your case the syntax would look something like this:
declare _USER_ int
set _USER_ = 25
set rowcount _USER_
select * from MyTable Order by DateColumn
set rowcount 0
Always remember to use SET ROWCOUNT 0 to turn off the row limiter. You can the SQL Server Books Online for further details on this command. There really isn't much more to it though. Micrsoft suggests using the TOP command whenever possible.
So how would you use the TOP in this case? Glad you asked. Easy, just make the whole SQL statement a variable. In this case, your query is:
declare _USER_ varchar(1000), _USER_ int
select _USER_ = 25
select _USER_ ='select top'+ convert(varchar, _USER_) +'* from MyTable Order by DateColumn'
Execute (_USER_)
The EXECUTE statement will run any valid SQL statement that you pass it. You can use this to dynamically generate SQL statements at run time. Keep in mind that SQL Server is providing no syntax checks of this statement until it actually runs so be very careful.
You can also use this approach to solve the problem from above with the dynamic WHERE clause. Just put your whole query into the a variable. You can build the query as you go based on the user input.


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working together in philanthropy
A Giving Circle is a simple yet powerful concept: A group of individuals come together, each contribute to either an existing fund, or to establish a new fund at the community foundation, and annually those combined resources are used to award grants/scholarships to benefit the community.
By pooling resources together, this structure enables individuals to achieve a more significant impact with their charitable giving than they can achieve on their own. Each person participates in selecting the existing or newly created fund, and this provides the opportunity to learn more about the community, make a positive difference, and enjoy the company of others with shared interests.
Reasons to start a Giving Circle:
- Pooling money with others and focusing on a key issue can have a far greater impact than individual gifts.
- The collective wisdom and know-how of a group creates value and impact to charitable investments.
- Developing partnerships with a smaller number of charities can create a deeper level of involvement for donors and the nonprofits they support.
- It can be fun to be part of a group as well as fulfilling to contribute in such an innovative and insightful way.
Types of funds that can be started by a Giving Circle:
- Designated Fund - The Giving Circle specifies a Charity, School, or other Governmental Entity to receive the annual grants from their fund.
- Field of Interest Fund - The Giving Circle specifies a field of interest such as youth sports, women's leadership, fine arts, seniors, etc. This requires a grant process to determine recipients of the annual grants.
- Scholarship Fund - The Giving Circle establishes a scholarship with its own specific criteria for determining qualified candidates, and a selection committee must annually gather to read scholarship applications and to select the winner(s) of the scholarship.
- Donor Advised Fund - The Giving Circle annually recommends charitable causes that will receive their annual grants. The MCF Board must then approve the recommendation(s).


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You're invested in it.
As an SEP sponsor, you enrich the lives of 600+ aspiring entrepreneurs every year through your support of the Program's world-class opportunities and resources!
What does it mean to support the SEP?
It means making Mississippi's youth aware of the opportunities and potential in our state.
It means recognizing and celebrating student initiative.
It means providing classroom resources to innovative educators.
It means expanding and connecting our students' network of business mentors and startup resources.


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During The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)1 came up with the following working definition of Internet governance:
Internet governance is the development and application by governments, the
private sector, and civil society, in their respective roles, of shared principles,
norms, rules, decision‑making procedures, and programmes that shape the
evolution and use of the Internet.
Source: 7th edition of An Introduction to Internet Governance.
You can download the book using following links:
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table, suitable for convolution. INITIALIZATION -------------- iX - sound source X coordinate in meters (positive: right, negative: left) iY - sound source Y coordinate in meters (positive: front, negative: back) iZ - sound source Z coordinate in meters (positive: up, negative: down) imode - output mode 0: B format with W output only (mono) aout = aW 1: B format with W and Y output (stereo) aleft = aW + 0.7071*aY aright = aW - 0.7071*aY 2: B format with W, X, and Y output (2D). This can be converted to UHJ: aWre, aWim hilbert aW aXre, aXim hilbert aX aYre, aYim hilbert aY aWXr = 0.0928*aXre + 0.4699*aWre aWXiYr = 0.2550*aXim - 0.1710*aWim + 0.3277*aYre aleft = aWXr + aWXiYr aright = aWXr - aWXiYr 3: B format with all outputs (3D) 4: simulates a pair of microphones (stereo output) aW butterlp aW, ifreq ; recommended values for ifreq aY butterlp aY, ifreq ; are around 1000 Hz aleft = aW + aX aright = aY + aZ Mode 0 is the cheapest to calculate, while mode 4 is the most expensive. More information about B format can be found here: idist - for modes 0 to 3: unit circle distance in meters, for mode 4: distance between microphones (0.2 - 0.5 meters). imdel - max. delay time for spat3d in seconds. This has to be longer than the delay time of the latest reflection (depends on room dimensions, sound source distance, and recursion depth; using this formula gives a safe (although somewhat overestimated) value: imdel = (R + 1) * sqrt(W*W + H*H + D*D) / 340.0 where R is the recursion depth, W, H, and D are the width, height, and depth of the room, respectively). iovr - oversample ratio for spat3d (1 to 8). Setting it higher improves quality at the expense of memory and CPU usage. The recommended value is 2. ioutft - output ftable number for spat3dt. W, X, Y, and Z outputs are written interleaved to this table. If the table is too short, output will be truncated. irlen - impulse response length of echoes (in seconds). Depending on filter parameters, values around 0.005-0.01 are suitable for most uses (higher values result in more accurate output, but slower rendering). iftnocl - do not clear output ftable (mix to existing data) if set to 1, clear table before writing if set to 0 (default: 0). istor - skip initialization if non-zero (default: 0). ift - function table storing room parameters (for free field spatialization, set it to zero or negative). Table size is 64. The values in the table are: +----------------+----------------------------------------------------+ | 0 | Early reflection recursion depth (0 is the sound | | | source, 1 is the first reflection etc.) for spat3d | | | and spat3di. The number of echoes for four walls | | | (front, back, right, left) is: | | | N = (2*R + 2) * R | | | If all six walls are enabled: | | | N = (((4*R + 6)*R + 8)*R) / 3 | +----------------+----------------------------------------------------+ | 1 | Late reflection recursion depth (used by spat3dt | | | only). spat3dt skips early reflections and renders | | | echoes up to this level. If early reflection depth | | | is negative, spat3d and spat3di will output zero, | | | while spat3dt will start rendering from the sound | | | source. | +----------------+----------------------------------------------------+ | 2 | imdel for spat3d. Overrides opcode parameter if | | | non-negative. | +----------------+----------------------------------------------------+ | 3 | irlen for spat3dt. Overrides opcode parameter if | | | non-negative. | +----------------+----------------------------------------------------+ | 4 | idist value. Overrides opcode parameter if >= 0. | +----------------+----------------------------------------------------+ | 5 | random seed (0 - 65535) | | | -1 seeds from current time. | +----------------+----------------------------------------------------+ | 6 - 53 | wall parameters | | | w = 6: ceil | | | w = 14: floor | | | w = 22: front | | | w = 30: back | | | w = 38: right | | | w = 46: left | +----------------+----------------------------------------------------+ | w + 0 | enable reflections from this wall (0: no, 1: yes) | +----------------+----------------------------------------------------+ | w + 1 | wall distance from listener (in meters) | +----------------+----------------------------------------------------+ | w + 2 | randomization of wall distance (0 - 1) | | | (in units of 1 / (wall distance)) | +----------------+----------------------------------------------------+ | w + 3 | reflection level (-1 - 1) | +----------------+----------------------------------------------------+ | w + 4 | parametric equalizer frequency in Hz | +----------------+----------------------------------------------------+ | w + 5 | parametric equalizer level (1.0: no filtering) | +----------------+----------------------------------------------------+ | w + 6 | parametric equalizer Q (0.7071: no resonance) | +----------------+----------------------------------------------------+ | w + 7 | parametric equalizer mode (0: peak EQ, | | | 1: low shelf, 2: high shelf) | +----------------+----------------------------------------------------+ PERFORMANCE ----------- ain - input signal aW, aX, aY, aZ - output signals +--------+--------+--------+--------+----------------------+ | mode 0 | mode 1 | mode 2 | mode 3 | mode 4 | +----+--------+--------+--------+--------+----------------------+ | aW | W out | W out | W out | W out | left chn / low freq. | +----+--------+--------+--------+--------+----------------------+ | aX | 0 | 0 | X out | X out | left chn / high frq. | +----+--------+--------+--------+--------+----------------------+ | aY | 0 | Y out | Y out | Y out | right chn / low frq. | +----+--------+--------+--------+--------+----------------------+ | aZ | 0 | 0 | 0 | Z out | right chn / high fr. | +----+--------+--------+--------+--------+----------------------+ kX, kY, kZ - sound source coordinates (in meters) AUTHOR ------ Istvan Varga 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aout deltapx adel, iwsize deltapxw ain, adel, iwsize DESCRIPTION ----------- These units can read from and write to a delayr/delayw delay line with interpolation. deltapx is similar to deltapi or deltap3, however it allows higher quality interpolation. deltapxw mixes the input signal to the delay line at adel seconds. This opcode can be mixed with reading units (deltap, deltapn, deltapi, deltap3, and deltapx) in any order; the actual delay time is the difference of the read and write time. INITIALIZATION -------------- iwsize - interpolation window size in samples. Allowed values are integer multiplies of 4 in the range 4 to 1024. iwsize = 4 uses cubic interpolation. Increasing iwsize improves sound quality at the expense of CPU usage, and minimum delay time. PERFORMANCE ----------- ain - input signal aout - output signal adel - delay time in seconds. a1 delayr idlr deltapxw a2, adl1, iws1 a3 deltapx adl2, iws2 deltapxw a4, adl3, iws3 delayw a5 Minimum and maximum delay times: idlr >= 1/kr Delay line length adl1 >= (iws1/2)/sr Write before read adl1 <= idlr - (1 + iws1/2)/sr (allows shorter delays) adl2 >= 1/kr + (iws2/2)/sr Read time adl2 <= idlr - (1 + iws2/2)/sr adl2 >= adl1 + (iws1 + iws2) / (2*sr) adl2 >= 1/kr + adl3 + (iws2 + iws3) / (2*sr) adl3 >= (iws3/2)/sr Write after read adl3 <= idlr - (1 + iws3/2)/sr (allows feedback) (note: window sizes for opcodes other


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Have you ever faced that awkward moment, when you sent an SMS to a wrong person and felt ashamed? I wish you have not! Be proactive and save yourself from such an embarrassing situation. We have an option available for you to get control over a sent message. You can still cancel the delivery of an SMS even when you have sent it. This thing happens on smartphones usually when you have installed message apps more than one, and they get conflicted.
No doubt, you can't cancel a sent message with an android system. So you need another system or more advance app to help you operate even when you have sent an SMS wrongly. And with the help of TigerText app you can make it happen! TigerText is an SMS app, which can be used in place of default SMS app of an android system. This is not like Whatsapp, so if your contacts can't have it they will still receive your text messages. So, stay relaxed when you are texting or doing some work, TigerText will help you in number of ways.
TigerText can help you protecting your messages as well as canceling of the sent SMS. Doesn't it sound like you are reading a dream come true type post? Do you want to know how does it work? Let's figure out:-
- Type your text after selecting new message.
- Now, send the message and long press when sending message
- You can now select the Recall option. This should be done before the opening and reading of the message by the recipient.
- This is the time you will see that green icon does not exist anymore, so the message was sent successfully.
So, tell us how you found TigerText. Did it work for you? Share you good or bad experiences in the comment section below.


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The second of the esthetic zone ratios looks at tooth proportion. Upper anterior teeth look their most esthetic when the ratio comparing width to length is between 70-80%. This proportion can be measured on a computer screen in pixels using programs like Keynote or Powerpoint and inserting the image into a slide and adding a line as I have done in the image in this post. It is also easy to figure out this ratio by measuring on a model with digital calipers, or from a printed image using a ruler.
If the tooth has a width to length ratio that is less than 70% or greater than 80% and we are going to treatment plan changing it we have to determine where we make the length adjustments. The fist step is to determine the correct position of the incisal edge in the face using a lips at repose or rest photo. From the proposed incisal edge position we can then determine the proper position of the free gingival margin using this ration.
Some simple math can be very helpful when determining the appropriate length to correct this ratio.
- 70%= width times 1.43
- 75%=width times 1.33
- 80%=width times 1.25


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During the Great Depression, people had to find entertainment wherever they could. One spot was at the Corning Glass works in New York. The company was casting the mirror for the 200-inch telescope at Palomar Mountain, California. People were so enamored of this "Giant Eye" that they bought tickets to watch the mirror being cast.
That process began 75 years ago today, when workers at Corning Glass began melting 20 tons of glass.
It was a daunting task. Large telescope mirrors can sag under their own weight. And glass expands and contracts as it heats and cools. Both of these things can ruin the view of the night sky.
So after several failed attempts with conventional glass, Palomar Observatory turned to Corning and its new material, Pyrex -- the same type of glass used in cookware. It doesn't expand and contract very much, making it a perfect material for telescopes.
The first casting failed. But a second -- which started on December 2nd, 1934 -- was a success. After months of work, the mirror was shipped cross-country by train in 1937 -- another public spectacle. And after World War II, technicians finished grinding its curved surface to within a few millionths of an inch of the proper shape.
The 200-inch telescope was dedicated in 1948, and was the largest telescope in the world for three decades. Today, it remains an astronomical workhorse -- a "Giant Eye" that's still looking into the night sky.
Script by Damond Benningfield, Copyright 2009
For more skywatching tips, astronomy news, and much more, read StarDate magazine.


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We will update and amalgamate the guidelines on social and emotional wellbeing in primary education and social and emotional wellbeing in secondary education. This will require a new scope.
Evidence has been identified that indicates that these guidelines require updating. It was considered that the guidelines should be amalgamated so that commonalities and differences between interventions for children at different ages and life stages (for example at puberty) can be addressed, to provide recommendations around transition between primary and secondary education, and to reflect the evidence base, which includes populations that are of both primary and secondary school age.
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Adding Joomfish functionality to custom components
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This tutorial shows how make your custom components work with Joomfish 2.0. Joomfish is an extension for Joomla, that allows you to manually translate all your Joomla content. When installed, it works with all native Joomla content, but if you develop a custom component, you have to code a little bit yourself.
I will use the custom component from the "Developing a Model-View-Controller Component" as example. For those of you who haven't read the tutorial, please refer to the Joomla Docs. Install the component available for download in part 4 of the tutorial, and we're ready to go.
Creating the Content Element XML file for Joomfish
Joomfish uses XML files to know how to translate content elements. These content element XML files are located in administrator/components/com_joomfish/contentelements. All you have to do is make a new XML file and save it into this directory, and Joomfish will know how to translate the component. Let's explain how to build this new XML file step-by-step:
First, create a new XML file in your favourite code editor and save this as hello.xml in the contentelements folder. It is important that the XML file is named exactly as the component, and because our component is called com_hello, we call the file hello.
Write the following in the new XML-file:
Rune Skjoldborg Madsen
Definition for the Hello World component

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The first 6 lines are just simple information to Joomfish. We declare the XML version, tell Joomfish that it's a new content element to translate, Tell the name of the component, the author name the version of the component, and a small description.
It is inside the tags we tell Joomfish what to translate. Inside the reference tags, we tell Joomfish what table to translate from. In our example, the Hello Component use a table called jos_hello, and therefore we write the following:
Inside the table tag, we have 2 field tags. The first tells Joomfish, that our column "id" is the primary key, and we set translate to 0, because we don't want the use to be able to translate the id of the greeting:
The next field tag is of the type "titletext", which tells Joomfish two things: 1) that the "greeting" column in our MySQL table holds data from a simple input field 2) That the "greeting" column should be used as the "title" field in the Joomfish component in the admin section. Offcourse we set the name corresponding to our MySQL column "greeting" and we also set the translate property to true:
To get a definition of which fielstypes are available in Joomfish (such as "titletext, "text", so on), read the Creation of Content Elements tutorial. Now our component is ready for Joomfish translation, and we just need to fix some MySQL queries to make everything work.
Fixing MySQL queries in the hello component
When dealing with Joomfish, you always have to select your primary field when you do a query. Even though you don't actually use it, Joomfish needs it to be able to do the translation.
Open up the model file located in components/com_hello/models/hello.php. Find the following line:
$query = 'SELECT greeting FROM _TAG_';
And replace it with:
$query = 'SELECT * FROM _TAG_';
By doing this we also select the "id" column that Joomfish needs to translate the greeting.
And that's it! All you need is to go into the Joomfish Admin section and translate the greetings to whatever languages you have installed and activated. It's as easy as that.
Remember that the component only selects and shows the first greeting no matter what. If you want to see all greetings, you have to use the loadAssocList() function instead of the loadResult() function in the same model file as above. Then you're able to loop through the rows array in your view template file.


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policy, one that could be useful in graduate courses on sociology of education, Indigenous/multicultural education, comparative education, and history of education. Those interested in the social and political foundations of education are likely to find many parallels between Penetito's analysis of Māori schooling and minority groups. Historians of education are likely to be disappointed at the lack of a historical narrative, but this was not the aim of the work. Rather, this book may be useful for historians for its methodological insights on process, intercultural dialogue, state power, and sources to illuminate the "why" and "how" behind the limits and possibilities in contemporary education for and by Indigenous peoples.
. Anthony Giddens, ed., Emile Durkheim: Selected Writings, trans. A. Giddens (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1977), 41.
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Christopher J. Frey. Review of Penetito, Wally, What's Māori about Māori Education? The Struggle for a Meaningful Context.
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Definition of spike noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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 1. 1[countable] a thin object with a sharp point, especially a pointed piece of metal, wood, etc. a row of iron spikes on a wall Her hair stood up in spikes. see also spike heel
 2. 2[countable, usually plural] a metal point attached to the sole of a sports shoe to prevent you from slipping while running compare cleat
 3. 3spikes [plural] shoes fitted with these metal spikes, used for running a pair of spikes
 4. 4[countable] a long pointed group of flowers that grow together on a single stem
 5. 5 [countable, usually singular] (informal) a sudden large increase in something a spike in oil prices
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There are different ways to hide an HTML element from the client, just hiding not removing.
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We need to hide p.hide element, so the user can't see it.
Display css property, display is the most important and most used css property to control HTML elements layout.
display:none; can be used to hide an HTML element from the view and it will appear as if it was not there on the page, means the HTML element will be hidden without blocking any space.
Example: Text 1 | Text 2 | Text 3
If we apply display:none; on Text 2, it will be: Text 1 | | Text 3
So to hide p.hide element using display property:
Visibility property is the CSS property to manage HTML visibility, unlike display which has different values to control the element layout, visibility is used jut for show and hide elements
visibility: hidden can be used to hide an element from the client, but it will keep the element space visible like this: Text 1 | | Text 3
When to use which? based on requirements and the case you have, you just need to test it on all browsers, and there will be an unrecognizable performance differences between different ways
Opacity property is controlling the transparency of the html element, so we can use it to make the element fully transparent and this will hide the element from the client view.
Just make sure to test it on all browsers because on older IE browsers it had some special ways to implement. (hope that no one still using old IE browsers, because the wont see many things any way 🙂 )
And the same as Visibility property, it will hide the element but will keep blocking its space, so the client will see an empty space instead of the element.
Background color and color
While it is rarely used, but we can change the background-color element css property and all child elements to be the same as the background color of the page or the same as container background.
Will need to change the text color as well to make sure that text is not visible as well.
And on some elements we may need to remove borders, that's why this way is not common to use.
We can hide text elements by setting font-size property to 0
Using the position property and top left we can make the control appear outside the client view.
Last way I want to mention on this post is using clip-path css property


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As the two membranes draw nearer to each other, they ripple and distort so that the surfaces come together in different places and at different times. As the membrane surfaces crash into each other, vast amounts of energy are released (white zone). Called ekpyrosis—the Greek word for conflagration—the colossal collision gives birth to a baby universe in our membrane (right). The force of the impact causes space to expand rapidly and also pushes the two membranes apart.


Alex Rahin is the chief product & technology officer at Cervest, a startup that uses artificial intelligence to predict the risks and effects of climate volatility.
The insights created from Cervest's Earth Science AI can then be used to help businesses protect their assets from climate events, such as extreme heat, fire, flood or drought. In 2019, Cervest raised £3.8m in a pre-Series A funding round.
Rahin has over 25 years' experience working with technology companies such as Just Eat, Microsoft and Amazon. In this Q&A, the 22nd in our weekly series, Rahin shares the core values he lives by, describes what it's like joining a company during a pandemic, and explains why we should worry about an overreliance on technology.
Alex Rahin: I'm a scientist and engineer by trade. Before joining Cervest in March, I served as CPTO at Beamly, and as chief data officer at Just Eat.
Outside of my career, I've always enjoyed being outside and have developed a real love for nature, in particular mountains.
There are not many opportunities where you find a role that matches both the personal and professional trajectory you are on. Cervest is the perfect combination of two of my passions – the opportunity to work on such exciting technology whilst working towards the collective goal of protecting the planet.
At Cervest, we are building Earth Science AI. This involves providing personalised data-led insights that help organisations and their value chain predict and manage the short and long term effects of the changing climate.
Climate risk is at a crossroads where a fundamental behavioural shift is needed to ensure that all organisations are held accountable for their contribution towards climate change, yet its inclusion on the agenda of major corporations and organisations is near non-existent. We're continually working towards the visualisation of this information through innovation.
Across the industry, in my opinion, the most important thing happening is the accelerating pace of innovation in machine learning – especially deep learning – enabled by advances in algorithms, increasing availability of data and easy access to computing power at decreasing prices. Fundamentally, this increase in availability allows for the constant innovation needed to build solutions to some of mankind's toughest challenges.
First and foremost, AI applied to use cases in climate security. As businesses continue to see more emphasis being placed on environmental targets, the potential use of innovative technology in predicting, solving and actioning these risks is huge. This is an emerging area of AI where we now have the critical mass of data, algorithms, computation and market demand. This has long been a view of mine, especially with my love of the environment, so having the opportunity to work at Cervest at this particular point in time is very exciting for me.
Another area that comes to mind is the applications of AI across the healthcare industry. The nature of the Covid-19 pandemic means the potential of this area has been highlighted, and developments in medicine, biology, genetics, drug discovery all have a part to play in overcoming this virus and others.
Moving away from the developments of AI, the area of 3D printing is also very exciting to watch with implications for manufacturing and construction industries, as well as a potential roll-out in the consumer industry in the near future.
How do you separate hype from disruptor?
The emergence of a wealth of high-functioning startups across Europe, unfortunately, means that it's getting hard to differentiate the real disruptors from the hype. At Cervest, we have always focused on the research and science behind building our solution. There are no shortcuts on this journey, and we are at a happy medium where the research we do in the initial stages of our continued climate analysis informs the platform itself with the end goal to create a system that enables interconnected climate and land risk analysis to drive better decisions.
From a more holistic point of view, it is fundamental to dive deep into what's different about an emerging product or solution. From there, you can explore whether it's better than what already exists and by how much. Of course, there are exterior factors to this such as its dependencies, underlying economics, broader macro-level implications and resistance.
What's the best bit of advice you've been given?
I like to live by the advice to be motivated, driven and passionate for your work, and surround yourself with individuals who have this same motivation, drive and passion. If you stick to these core principles, then you will find that every other echelon of your work will fall into place. Important parts of the modern workplace such as collaboration and team development become a lot easier when you remember those core values.
Alex Rahin Cervest
Alex Rahin, Cervest CPTO. (via Cervest)
Where did your interest in tech come from?
I have been in love with maths and science for as long as I can remember. Early in my studies I became inspired with using science to 'build things', which is in a sense a definition of technology. Then I made a transition from maths and physics to electrical engineering and computer science, which I studied at UC Berkeley.
What does a typical day look like for you?
My typical day at Cervest has been atypical since day one. I joined the Cervest team since the government enforced lockdown and therefore have been working and onboarding remotely. Whilst I'm keen to get into the office and integrate with the team in a more traditional sense, the fact that we are able to work so efficiently and effectively shows what an incredible team I've joined. Some of the challenges you have as a leader of an organisation has been validated by the fact that I haven't been in the office, but then these are opportunities for learning, especially since it is likely we will be working remotely for a good while yet.
Typically, I try to hold one-to-one meetings with members of my team every day, whether that be about planning, strategy execution or decision making. Adapting to this new way of working has led me to find that some of the processes we may take for granted in the office are now critical to day-to-day processes. Being able to chat through feedback and performance in-person is part of what makes workplaces special, and being able to maintain this remotely requires discipline and understanding.
We're fundraising for our Series A, arguably the most critical funding round in a startup's life and we're not only doing it remotely, but during a time of unprecedented change. This is a big focus for the team and in turn means that no one day is the same.
What do you do to relax?
Typically, I enjoy sports. I do a lot of mountaineering, climbing, cycling. Physical activity is a big pillar for me. Music is also a huge part of my life. When I moved to UC Berkeley from France, I took one suitcase packed with CDs.
I also practice meditation, and I can't say enough about its importance both professionally and personally.
Who is your tech hero?
My tech heroes are scientists of the past. Galileo, Isaac Newton and Michael Faraday for example. I have drawn inspiration from their work, but also their life. Faraday had to fight for everything he's earned, and his life was in no way easy. I can take inspiration from that.
The progress they made set the path for where we are today and is part of the reason that I am so pleased to be working with a team that is pioneering a whole industry and for such an important cause.
What's the biggest technological challenge facing humanity?
In some cases, there is an overreliance on technology. Technology is a tool but the root of the problem is political and economical. Technology can be a catalyst for telling us where to make these changes, but without humans acting on these decisions we have no way of actioning this.
Read more: CTO Talk: Q&A with Dynatrace's Bernd Greifeneder


4-Square Drill
Imagine a small square on the ground and you are standing in the middle of it. As fast as you can jump out of the box and back to starting working your way all around the box. Then repeat with your left and right feet.
So it looks like this:
BackForeword
Then repeat in the opposite direction
Repeat the pattern again with your left and right feet seperately.
Jumping the pattern with both feet and each foot individualy = 1 rep
4-Square Drill to Box
Same pattern, but jump up to and off of a plyo box or ledge.


The SWING Project (Smart WIng for New Generation UAV for Civilian Use) aims to study composite materials, composite material processes, composite structure design methods, Actuation Systems and Health Monitoring Methodologies to be applied for an civil UAV aircraft.
Italsystem in involved in this project (founded by MISE) with other major national companies, in order to improve the pre-competitive advantage of the Italian aerospace industry in the growing market of remote-controlled aircraft (UAV).
The objectives of this project are:
1. Make demonstrator of a UAV swing in composite material and test it statically. The target is to reduce the weight at least of 10% respect the usage of classic material and to reduce the cost at least of 5%.
The main challenge is the availability of a composite materials database to use in design: the qualification process of the material is a technological barrier if you want to certify an aeronautical product. The very high certification cost is a limit and usually only the major aerospace OEMs can face it. One goal of the project is to qualify at least two materials.
2. Develop an Electro-Mechanical Actuator (EMA) and related control unit (ECU) to integrate in the wing. The target is to implement a highly critical actuation system (DAL A, a failure on 10-9 FH).
ItalSystem was selected for the design and development of the ECU, due to its twenty-year experience in the design and certification of avionic and embedded systems.
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Author: A/Prof Amanda Oakley, Dermatologist, Hamilton, New Zealand, 2014.
Telangiectasia — codes and concepts
What is telangiectasia?
Telangiectasia is a condition in which there are visible small linear red blood vessels (broken capillaries). These are also called telangiectases. Visible small blood vessels that are blue in colour (spider veins) are called venulectasia because venules are involved.
What is the differential diagnosis of telangiectasia?
Telangiectases need to be distinguished from other vascular conditions, including blood vessel tumours such as infantile haemangioma and angiomas that arise in adults; and capillary or venous vascular malformations.
Large red blood vessels are arteries and large blue blood vessels are veins. Arteries may be enlarged due to aneurysm formation. Veins enlarged due to the destruction of their valvular system are known as varicose veins.
Classification of telangiectasia
Inherited conditions
Hereditary telangiectasia
Acquired telangiectasia
Telangiectasia due to disease
Telangiectasia may follow a cutaneous injury. For example:
Telangiectasia following injury
Some tumours are characterised by telangiectasia, such as:
Telangiectasia in skin tumours
Certain medications may give rise to telangiectasia.
Telangiectasia related to topical steroid use
What is the treatment of telangiectasia?
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The existence of a South Pole has been long theorized. Prior to Earth Not a Globe, the Flat Earth model had multiple poles (See: The Anti-Newtonian). It is thought that Rowbotham simplified the matter to one pole in his work due to the lack of direct evidence at the time for additional poles. The Bi-Polar Model reverts to the original concepts of multiple poles.
Explanatory Video
Flat Earth Crush has produced content on the Bi-Polar model which showcases some of its benefits. It should be noted that the author has mentioned in other videos on the topic that he using the selected map as a placeholder only for his purposes. Runtime: 15m
Related videos by Flat Earth Crush:
There are a wide variety of continental layout possibilities for a Bi-Polar map. The continental layout is unknown and has yet to be fully researched due to ambiguities of jet streams, flight routing, and non-direct flights. The Bi-Polar model is sometimes illustrated with vertical ovals, vertical circles, or with a placeholder map.
1. From Bobby Shafto
3. Origin Unknown - centered on Prime Meridian
4. Sandokan's map
The needle on a compass aligns with the magnetic field lines. Circumnavigation involves traveling Eastwards or Westwards in relation to those field lines, taking you around the nearest pole. On a Bi-Polar model the magnetic field lines would spread out from the North and South poles like the magnetic field lines on a bar magnet.
Eastward Sunrise
Q. How the Sun can rise from near the east under this configuration?
A. An answer to this query may be that it is similar to its operation in [Flat Earth Equinox|the standard Monopole model]. When we observe the Sun, we are observing its projection upon the atmolayer. The Sun which is seen is local and to the observer. Accordingly, the easterly Sunrise is a consequence of the following:
 - The points along the edges of the Sun's circular area of light are Sunrise (or Sunset).
 - The edge of the Sun's circular area of light is approaching the observer from the East as it intersects the observer's location.
Sunrise will occur from an Eastward direction as a natural consequence of the observer's limited range of vision. The Sun's circular area of light generally intersects the observer's area of vision from an Eastward direction. During Equinox the Sun's circular area of light begins by pivoting around either the Northern or Southern poles, and makes a figure eight around the model. The points along the edge of the Sun's area of light are close to traveling along the observer's latitude line as it intersects the observer's viewing area, even if the Sun is not, and will intersect and appear from near the East in initial bearing.
On the day of Equinox the area of sunlight is making a figure eight path and it is apparent how it may be possible for each point to see an Eastwards Sunrise as the day progresses.
As an analogy, consider the following:
The same explanation for this occurrence is given for the local Sun and the manifestation of its initial Eastward bearing. The points along the edge of Sun's area of light are projections of the Sun upon the atmolayer, which will appear to the observer once in his or her viewing range.
For additional details see: Equinox (Monopole) and Magnification of the Sun at Sunset
Sunlight Area
Q. Take a look at this analysis I performed from online Round Earth models of sunlight area showing perpetual light or darkness around the edges for a Bi-Polar model.
A. We recommend that the data in any such analysis comes from real world observations, rather than from a model. Much of the area which is getting stretched out on the globe model is ocean. Does the data come from people in the middle of the ocean reporting observations? If not, and if the source of this data cannot be determined, then such an analysis showing perpetual light or darkness around the edges is likely of little value in these discussions.
Q. But most people accept these models...
A. This assertion is countered by the fact that most people did not verify that those sunlight patterns are correct for every point on the Earth at all times of the year, especially in the oceans. We can only encourage the use of real data-points from real observations for any assessments of the subject-matter.


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Select an appropriate size cuff.The bladder in the cuff should encircle at least half of the arm. You have to use a larger cuff in obese patients. Identify systolic blood pressure by palpatory method.
- Palpatory method:
- Empty air from the cuff and apply the cuff firmly around the patient's arm.
- Feel the radial pulse.
- Inflate the cuff until the radial pulse disappears.
- Inflate 30-40 mm over and release slowly until the pulse returns. That denotes systolic pressure.
- Diastolic blood pressure cannot be obtained by this method.
- Identification of systolic blood pressure by palpatory method helps one to avoid a lower systolic reading by auscultatory method if there is an auscultatory gap.
- It also minimizes the discomfort of over inflating the bladder of the cuff.
- Auscultatory method:
- Keep the bell of stethoscope over the brachial artery and inflate blood pressure cuff to a level higher than the systolic pressure determined by the palpatory method. Steadily deflate.
- Record systolic and diastolic pressures based on the Korotkoff sounds.
Record blood pressure in both arms, in supine and in standing position in the first clinical visit For subsequent evaluation use the arm with a higher reading. You need to evaluate supine and standing BP if there is suspicion for Orthostatic hypotension
If obstruction to vessels of lower trunk and limbs (coarctation of aorta, Lerich syndrome) is suspected measure BP in legs.
- Apply the cuff around thigh and place the stethoscope in popleteal fossa to listen to Korotkoff sounds.
- You may have to use a larger cuff for legs.


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Suppurate: To form or discharge pus. The adjective is suppurative, as in suppurative arthritis. The noun is suppuration, and is rarely used today. From the Latin puris = pus.Source: MedTerms™ Medical Dictionary
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Ministry of the Environment directs environmental monitoring
Ministry of the Environment directs environmental monitoring. The Environmental Monitoring Strategy prepared by the Ministry sets the guidelines for monitoring for 2020. The Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) coordinates national environmental monitoring. Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment are responsible for monitoring in their own area. The Institute and regional centres work in close cooperation in carrying out the national monitoring programmes.
Monitoring carried out by the environmental administration
The Finnish environmental administration monitors natural re-sources, environmental pressures and the state of the environment. For example, water quantity and quality, air quality and biodiversity are monitored. Monitoring programmes are being updated in the process of implementing the EU Water Framework Directive.
Monitoring results of the environmental administration
Examples of monitoring activities and results are available:
Local pollution control monitoring
Local pollution control monitoring of waters is required under the national environmental legislation and is paid for by polluters. In accordance with the legislation, the impacts of municipal and industrial waste waters and those of fish farms, peat mining companies, landfills, and water abstraction and hydraulic engineering operations are monitored regularly. Local pollution control monitoring plans are tailored individually for each polluter and are approved by the centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment. There are about 5000 water quality sampling sites under local pollution control monitoring (rivers, lakes and coastal sea areas). The results are reported annually to the environmental authorities.
Environmental monitoring carried out by other institutes
Besides the Finnish Environment Institute and 13 centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment, other national governmental institutes are carrying out environmental monitoring.
The monitoring activities of these institutes are summarized in the publication:


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Presented by: Tom Webster, Vice President of Strategy and Marketing, Edison Research
Smart speakers are one of the fastest-growing consumer technologies ever tracked, and their adoption has increased the use of voice assistant technology on mobile phones. With voice search often rewarding only the company in the first position, developing a content-based skill strategy is imperative for modern marketers to gain a foothold on these increasingly indispensable devices. In this presentation, Tom Webster, SVP of Edison Research, and Principal Investigator of The Smart Audio Report from NPR/Edison (America's longest-running research series covering smart speakers) walked through the latest data and the implications for content marketers.
Tom was a most captivating speaker, with a strong voice and presence. He started with a funny story about 'where the apostrophe in Tim Hortons went, so he definitely knew his audience. He loosened everyone up before starting and used multimedia like video to continually captivate the audience. He also used statistics to solidify his points and explain himself.
- 30% of smart device users own three or more devices, making them a focus for marketers
- The number of smart speakers in the US has grown 78% in one year
- The fascination with these devices fades after some time of owning one, but the users still use them as frequently
Smart Speaker Usage
- Smart speakers are mostly used when people are doing household chores
- The most requests with smart speakers are to play music and give the weather
- 55% of people agree that they are listening to more audio since getting a smart speaker
- 27% of people use smart speakers to control the devices in their households (i.e., sprinklers, lights)
- 55% of people said they would be interested in a device that could call 9-1-1
- 24% expressed interested in having a speaker feature that would recommend mental health resources if it detected they were feeling depressed or suicidal
- The number of functions people use with the smart speaker decreases with the amount of time the user has owned it
- 58% of users worry that hackers could be using their smart speakers to get access to their privacy and information
- Most people are not actively concerned about their devices recording personal information or private moments in life
- 54% trust smart device companies to keep their information secure
- 75% of smart speaker owners with children in their household use these devices daily
Interest in Owning Smart Speakers
- 24% of people are interested in owning a smart home speaker, 40% have no interest
- Reasons for not owning a smart speaker: people don't feel like they need it
- The top reason for people to not purchase one is that they are worried about their privacy
- People who OWN and DON'T OWN are almost equally concerned for their privacy
- People who reluctantly own the speakers end up liking them
- 69% of users tend to use them daily
- It's crucial for marketers to have top-of-mind awareness and preference. When the question is "Okay Google, what pizza places are near me?" you want to be the top suggestion.
- Privacy: If people do not trust you and what you are doing, you are "dead" to the user.
- Utility: Find a way to be useful EVERY DAY. Find a way to be included in everyday situations.


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Aren't you the headless fellow that's been getting around?
The Beheaded, also known as The Prisoner or the Fallen One[1], is the protagonist of Dead Cells. It appears to be a mysterious shadowy, gas-like substance, with a glowing crystal inside. The Beheaded prefers to possess headless bodies instead of moving around without one.
Lore[edit | edit source]
Hardly anything is known about the origin of the Beheaded — the Beheaded itself seems unaware of how it came to be.[2] However, it appears to be known by the Prisoners (who seem to fear it) and a few others. The Beheaded hunts down the King, hoping that killing him will bring some kind of change to the world. The Spider calls the Beheaded an anomaly, and mentions that some "she" was looking for it.[1] The exact identity of this mysterious entity that was pursuing the Beheaded is unknown, although it is quite possibly the Time Keeper, who seems to have a strong distaste for the Beheaded.
Abilities[edit | edit source]
 - The Beheaded can possess dead bodies, until said body becomes so damaged to the extent it becomes unusable.
 - Possessing a body is not instant. The Beheaded seemingly needs to "boot up" its body in order to use it efficiently.
 - With the use of the Homunculus Rune, the Beheaded can launch its "head" from the body while not losing control of the original.
 - Even without a body, the Beheaded retains the ability to move around, though it does not prefer doing so.
 - The Beheaded seems to be immortal. No matter where it is killed, even in the Forgotten Sepulcher's darkness, it always seems to survive and come back.
 - The Beheaded seems immune to the Malaise, but the bodies it possesses are not.
Personality[edit | edit source]
While the Beheaded is unable to speak, it still has quite the personality. The Beheaded likes to make sarcastic remarks and jokes about the situations it finds itself in. It seems to have quite the mean streak, tending to kick bodies around, as well as pestering people. However, this does not mean it is completely empty of remorse and empathy. The Beheaded seems upset by the sight of the cruel orders from the King,[3] grim at the sight of a guard killed by the effects of the Malaise,[4] is seen telling a dead prisoner to "rest in peace",[5] and lacking any kind of humor when finding a hanged woman.[6] Its emotions are symbolized by the color of its textbox.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
 - The Beheaded can somehow consume food even though it does not have anywhere to consume them.
 - According to The Heart of Dead Cells, the green mass of the Beheaded is a homunculus.
 - The Beheaded seems to have no issue possessing both male and female bodies, given some of the Outfits.
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Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 144 / Number 3 / July 2003 / Pages 200-210
A new numerical method for computing first-flight collision, escape, and transmission probabilities in three dimensions is described. The method consists of subdividing the domain into parts called elements and assuming, as an approximation, that the interaction between a source element and a sink element takes place only along the path that joins their centers of mass. The calculation is repeated with the number of elements increased successively and Richardson extrapolation to an infinite number of elements applied to the sequence of results until convergence to the desired degree of accuracy is attained. Solutions to some test problems indicate that, in general, four steps of repeated Richardson extrapolation are sufficient to yield results with an accuracy comparable to that of existing codes.


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TL074 is a JFET-input quad operational amplifier monolithic integrated circuit. This op-amp IC contains four OP-AMPs. It consists of high voltage junction field-effect transistors (JFETs) and Bi-polar junction transistors (BJTs). In addition, Input bias and bias currents are low. On the contrary, the slew rate is very high. TL074 is highly recommended for audio pre-amplification as it has low noise and low harmonic distortion. Most importantly, input offset adjustment is possible externally making use of the specific circuits. Furthermore, frequency compensation is possible internally and the operation of TL074 is rendered as latch-up-free. TL071 and TL072 are the single and dual OP-AMP versions of the TL07X family.
TL074 Op-Amp Pinout Diagram
TL074 comes in 14 pins plastic micro package as DSO8. This diagram shows a pinout diagram.
TL074 Pin Configuration Description
Firstly, we will begin with a brief description of all the pins.
|1 (Out 1-Output 1)||output pin of 1st OP-AMP|
|2 ( Input 1-inverting Input)||inverting input voltage to 1st OP-AMP|
|3 ( Input 1- non-Inverting Input)||non-inverting input voltage to 1st OP-AMP|
|4 (Vcc+)||connect the positive supply voltage|
|5 ( Input 2- non-Inverting Input)||non-inverting input voltage to 2nd OP-AMP|
|6 ( Input 2-inverting Input)||an inverting input voltage to 2nd OP-AMP|
|7 (Out 2- Output 2)||output of 2nd OP-AMP|
|8 (Out 3- Output 3)||output of 3rd OP-AMP|
|9 ( Input 3-inverting Input)||an inverting input voltage to 3rd OP-AMP|
|10 ( Input 3- non-Inverting Input)||non-inverting input voltage to 3rd OP-AMP|
|11 (Vcc-)||connecting negative supply voltage|
|12 ( Input 4- non-Inverting Input)||non-inverting input voltage to 4th OP-AMP|
|13 ( Input 4-inverting Input)||an inverting input voltage to 4th OP-AMP|
|14 (Out 4- Output 4)||output of 4th OP-AMP|
TL074 Electrical Features
The operational features of TL074 are shown as:
|Input offset voltage (mV)||10|
|Input bias current (nA)||200|
|Input Offset Current (nA)||100|
|Input Common-Mode Voltage Range (V)||-12 to +15|
|Large signal voltage gain (V/mV)||200|
|Supply current (mA)||2.5|
|Common mode rejection ratio (dB)||86|
|Supply Voltage Rejection Ratio (dB)||86|
|Supply Voltage (V)||6-36|
|Slew Rate (V/µs)||13|
|Output short circuit current (mA)||60|
|Power Dissipation (mW)||680|
|Differential Input Voltage (V)||±30|
LM324, TL071, TL072
How to Use
We need two power supplies to operate TL074. The terminals or the pins used are pins no. 4 and 11. Pin no 4 is for positive power supply. Pin no 11 is for negative power supply. For the first OP-AMP, inverting input is applied at pin 2. Non-inverting is a pin 3 for the second operational amplifier. The output of the first OP-AMP is obtained at pin no. 1.
- For the second OP-AMP, inverting input is applied at the pin. No 6 and non-inverting at pin no. 5.The output of the second OP-AMP is obtained at pin no. 7.
- For the third OP-AMP, inverting input is applied at the pin. No 9 and non-inverting at pin no. 10. The output of the third OP-AMP is obtained at pin no. 8.
- For the fourth OP-AMP, inverting input is applied at the pin. No 13 and non-inverting at pin no. 12. The output of the fourth OP-AMP is obtained at pin no. 14.
Where to use
TL074 Example Circuits
One of the uses of TL074 is the audio preamplifier. This is an example circuit utilized for the audio distribution amplifier using TL074.
Another example of TL074 as a positive feedback bandpass filter is shown as:
TL074 can be used for the construction of the following circuits:
- voltage follower
- Unity gain inverting amplifier
- bilateral current source
- AC/DC converter
- instrumentation amplifier
- square wave generator
- voltage comparator
- Power supplies
- half-wave rectifiers
TL074 Practical Examples
In the end, these are some real-life applications of UA741.
- on our mobile phones for AD conversion
- In Audio amplifiers
- Programmable logic controllers
- Video signal conditioning units
- Sensor Data Accusation
- digital to analog converters in Phone
- Temperature sensors and controllers
- Error amplifiers
- communication circuits
- Mobile phone chargers


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Thursday, May 19, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol
ABSTRACT: Market manipulation is a poorly understood phenomenon, due in part to difficulties in applying conventional antitrust tools to explain loss-based opportunism. Because trading to intentionally incur losses violates assumptions concerning the self-interest hypothesis and the need for market power to move prices, traditional tools need revisions to explain manipulative behavior. In this paper, we assist this process by developing a framework to explain manipulation as the intentional loss of money on price-making transactions to benefit the value of related price-taking positions. This framework could simultaneously improve liquidity and compliance by providing definitional and analytic certainty concerning what behavior constitutes manipulation.


text: During the past ∼50 years, the number and area of lakes have declined in several regions in boreal forests. However, there has been substantial finer-scale heterogeneity; some lakes decreased in area, some showed no trend, and others increased. The objective of this study was to identify the primary mechanisms underlying heterogeneous trends in closed-basin lake area. Eight lake characteristics (δ18O, electrical conductivity, surface : volume index, bank slope, floating mat width, peat depth, thaw depth at shoreline, and thaw depth at the forest boundary) were compared for 15 lake pairs in Alaskan boreal forest where one lake had decreased in area since ∼1950, and the other had not. Mean differences in characteristics between paired lakes were used to identify the most likely of nine mechanistic scenarios that combined three potential mechanisms for decreasing lake area (talik drainage, surface water evaporation, and terrestrialization) with three potential mechanisms for nondecreasing lake area (subpermafrost groundwater recharge through an open talik, stable permafrost, and thermokarst). A prioriexpectations of the direction of mean differences between decreasing and nondecreasing paired lakes were generated for each scenario. Decreasing lakes had significantly greater electrical conductivity, greater surface : volume indices, shallower bank slopes, wider floating mats, greater peat depths, and shallower thaw depths at the forest boundary. These results indicated that the most likely scenario was terrestrialization as the mechanism for lake area reduction combined with thermokarst as the mechanism for nondecreasing lake area. Terrestrialization and thermokarst may have been enhanced by recent warming which has both accelerated permafrost thawing and lengthened the growing season, thereby increasing plant growth, floating mat encroachment, transpiration rates, and the accumulation of organic matter in lake basins. The transition to peatlands associated with terrestrialization may provide a transient increase in carbon storage enhancing the role of northern ecosystems as major stores of global carbon.


Monday, November 3, 2008
Cleaning Pennies
Some cleaning jobs are particularly satisfying because they make such a noticeable difference. (I think washing mirrors fits into this category). Washing pennies is so dramatic that it's actually fun!
If you want a fun rainy-day activity to do with your kids that makes them feel that they are doing something (semi) usefultry this:
1. Send your kids on a mission to find all the dirty pennies in the house. (Have them look in the car, the bottom of your purse, under seat cushions, etc).
2. Find a big glass or plastic bowl and have your kids measure 1 cup vinegar and 10 tablespoons salt into it.
3. Let a younger child mix the salt into the vinegar with his hands.
4. Drop the pennies into the bowl and have your kids mix them around with their hands.
5. Watch as the pennies "magically" lose their tarnish and become wonderfully shiny. For older children, you can even turn this into a science experiment. Why did they become shiny?
--Pennies get dull over time because the copper reacts with the air to form copper oxide. Salt and vinegar form an acid that erodes the copper oxide (but doesn't hurt hands in case you were wondering)--
6. Make sure you take before-andafter-pictures that they can show their dad when he gets home!My toddler and I did this activity this morning. She isn't old enough to appreciate science behind it or to measure out ingredients, but she thoroughly enjoyed mixing the vinegar and salt together and dropping the pennies into the bowl (Of course, closely supervised because the pennies might be a choking hazzard).And yes, she does smell like a pickle right now, but it was worth it! :-)
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MiddleEarthMusician said...
We did this for Science today and we had so much fun. All the kids could get involved and have fun. Thanks so much for the idea.


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David Mathog mathog at caltech.edu
Fri Apr 9 12:43:03 PDT 2010
Jonathan Aquilina wrote:
>also would distilled water collected from dehumidifiers be
> non conductive as well?
Well "non-conductive" is a relative term, it won't be as conductive as
ocean water, nor as non-conductive as you want for this application.
Any type of ions in the fluid will drive the conductivity up, and if all
you are doing is precipitating water out of the air with a typical
commercial A/C component it will not be very clean. Labs that need
really clean water usually distill it multiple times or put it through a
chain of filters. Some of these systems have a resistivity meter at the
end, as that's an easy way to check that the water is as pure as is
needed. We had a system like that when I was in grad school, and the
water just sitting in it would increase in conductivity over time as
ions leached out of the internal parts. So when it was turned on the
first part of the flow would be quite conductive, and it would be
directed into the sink. Only when the meter showed the water was clean
enough would water be collected.
David Mathog
mathog at caltech.edu
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When drawing RGBA images, e.g. using
gr_drawimage(), the resolution of the image data and the size of the area where the image should be drawn often don't match. In workstation types which produce vector-based files, this issue is left to viewing programs, which will need to rasterize the file to display it. For raster output like PNGs, GKS has to handle this resolution mismatch itself.
Before GR Runtime version 0.42.0, image data would always be resampled to the required resolution using the nearest neighbor algorithm, which is very fast but can lead to a few issues, particularly when reducing the resolution of image data, as the information of some pixels will be ignored and lost to the viewer. To avoid this and offer alternatives, GKS now supports two other algorithms: linear and Lanczos resampling.
The algorithm to be used can be set individually for four cases:
upsampling horizontally, and
To do so, the user can combine flags for each situation, e.g.
GKS_K_DOWNSAMPLE_HORIZONTAL_LINEAR | GKS_K_DOWNSAMPLE_VERTICAL_LINEAR and pass the result to
gr_setresamplemethod(). Alternatively, they can use a pre-combined flag such as
If no resampling method is selected, the default resampling method will be used. Usually, this will be the nearest neighbor algorithm, but this can be changed using the
GKS_DEFAULT_RESAMPLE_METHOD environment variable.
Using linear or Lanczos resampling will be significantly slower than the nearest neighbor approach.
The following example shows a 500×500 pixels image downsampled to 100×100 pixels using these three algorithms:
The next example shows the reverse, a 100×100 pixels image upsampled to 500×500 pixels:


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"How did Mancos get its name and what does Mancos mean." In Spanish the word refers to someone whose arm has been maimed.
According to an article that appeared in a 1997 publication of the "Mancos Visitor's Guide," Fern Ellis wrote in her book, "Come Back to My Valley," about a gentleman named George M. Carr who, in 1895, identified how Mancos got its name. In his story for the "Mancos Times" he described how an old manuscript, written by Father Salvero, was found at a Spanish mission in New Mexico. Father Salvero described how he stopped with his Indian guide, Juan, at the top of a divide. He took in the view and could see the bluffs of the San Juan River to the southwest and the blue range of mountains to the west where his mission was located.
He and his guide continued to follow the river downstream and then made camp. Father Salvero rose to his feet and wandered closer to the river when a rock broke free and he fell into the river. He injured his ankle badly. He had to rest for ten days while his Indian guide helped him.
One day, while getting water from the river, Juan found some nuggets that Father Salvero immediately identified as gold. Juan gathered up more of the gold nuggets. But, then a snow storm forced them to move to a lower elevation and work their way toward Father Salvero's mission. By the time they reached their destination the Father's leg was so badly injured it had to be amputated. Because of the severe injury that "maimed" him for life, they named the river "El Rio Mancos."
Father Salvero's manuscript mentioned two other streams "of goodly size, joining this one from the east" and it also mentioned that the river is on the west side of the range. From this information it is supposed that the good priest was near the head of the West Mancos when the accident happened. Not long after his return to the mission, people learned of Juan's discovery of gold in the river and began coming to the area in a quest for gold.
If this bit of history interests you, there are a variety of books about the history of the area at the Visitor Center. Fern Ellis's book, "Come Back to My Valley," and several books by Darrell Ellis are available for purchase at the Visitor Center.


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NAME¶git-annex-setpresentkey - change records of where key is present
SYNOPSIS¶git annex setpresentkey key uuid [1|0]
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Use 1 to indicate the key is present, or 0 to indicate the key is not present.
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Simplicial complexes
In order to define an abstract simplicial complex, one must first enumerate all the vertices, i.e., assign an integer number to each vertex (see the example to the right). Then each simplex is defined as an unordered set of vertices and is encoded in the text file by braces (or brackets, or parentheses) which embrace the list of vertices' numbers separated by spaces or commas. The order of vertices is not important, they are sorted by the software.
For example, the simplicial complex illustrated in the picture might be defined as follows:
In this example the entire simplicial complex is not listed, but the missing simplices can be deduced automatically as faces of the simplices listed. This is one of the features of the program homsimpl.
Chain complexes
A finitely generated free chain complex can be defined by specifying the number of generators at each level (0 through n), as well as a formula for the boundary of each generator as a combination of the other generators.
In a text file, the definition of a chain complex must begin with the phrase "chain complex". Then the maximal nontrivial level must be indicated with the phrase "max dimension" followed by the appropriate integer number. The generators at each level must be labeled with words containing none of the white characters: space, tabulator, end-of-line, not beginning with any of the characters +, -, =, #, *, :, ; (or---better yet---not containing them), and different from the words "boundary", "dimension" and "image". The definition of the boundary operators begin with the declaration of the level of their domain given by the word "dimension" followed by an integer number indicating that level. If necessary, the level number can be followed by number of generators at this level. If not, the number of generators is assumed to be the number of generators that appear in the definitions of the boundary operators. The boundary of each generator is defined in a line beginning with the word "boundary" (one can use the symbol '#' as an abbreviation for this) followed by the label of the generator and the formula for its boundary which can be constructed with the use of the symbols '+', '-', '*' (the latter stands for multiplication) and integer numbers (but without parentheses!). We would like to remark that labels can be repeated at different levels; in particular, the generator labeled 'X' at level 2 will not be mistaken for the generator labeled 'X' at level 1 if it exists. Moreover, the labels can just be positive integer numbers---there is no risk of being mistaken for coefficients. Note that it is necessary to separate all the words in the text file with spaces; in particular, a space between '#' and generator name is necessary, and the text "A+B-C" will be treated as a single generator label, in contrast to "A + B - C" which one might have probably intended.
If time and memory concerns are important, one can define the chain complex in the so-called digital way (and invoke homchain with the argument -d). In this definition, it is important that the boundaries are defined in the ascending order, and the number of generators is always given explicitely (including dimension 0). At each level, the labels of the generators are assumed to be integer numbers beginning with 1.
For example, consider the chain complex of the simplicial complex discussed earlier. In the picture to the right, all the simplices have been labeled and an arbitrarily chosen orientation of the 1- and 2-dimensional simplices has been indicated with arrows. The actual text definition of this chain complex might be as follows. (Note that all the characters '=' and ':' which appear in the examples below are optional.)
 chain complex
 max dimension = 2
 dimension 0: 6
 dimension 1
 boundary a = 1 - 3
 boundary b = 1 - 2
 boundary c = 2 - 3
 boundary d = 4 - 2
 boundary e = 4 - 3
 boundary f = 4 - 5
 dimension 2
 boundary A = -a + b + c
Note that we must define explicitely the number of generators at level 0, because in this way we can include the generator labeled "6" since it does not appear in any boundary formula (another way would be to define its boundary as a zero.)
In order to show how flexible the labels of generators can be, we show another text definition of the above chain complex, but this time we use the simplices as labels. We list all the 0-dimensional simplices without boundaries, although it would be enough only to list the last simplex, because all the others appear in the formulas for boundaries of 1-dimensional simplices. Note that, unlike in the definition of a simplicial complex, the order of vertices is important here, because the names of the generators are treated as text strings, so "{4,5}" is now different from "{5,4}".
 chain complex
 max dimension = 2
 dimension 0
 # {1}
 # {2}
 # {3}
 # {4}
 # {5}
 # {6}
 dimension 1
 # {1,3} = {1} - {3}
 # {1,2} = {1} - {2}
 # {2,3} = {2} - {3}
 # {2,4} = {4} - {2}
 # {3,4} = {4} - {3}
 # {4,5} = {4} - {5}
 dimension 2
 # {1,2,3} = -{1,3} + {1,2} + {2,3}
Chain maps
Once two chain complexes are defined, a chain map between them is defined in a similar manner. The text file begins with the phrase "chain map", and then the images of generators at each level are defined in a similar way to the boundary operators, but instead of the word "boundary" one is supposed to use the word "image" (the symbol '#' can also be used for short).
For example, if the chain complex of the boundary of a triangle in the plane is defined as illustrated in picture to the right:
 chain complex
 max dimension = 1
 dimension 1
 boundary a = C - B
 boundary b = A - C
 boundary c = B - A
then a chain map that corresponds to the double winding of this figure around itself may look as follows (compare the picture to the right):
 chain map
 dimension 1
 image a = a + b
 image b = c + a
 image c = b + c
 dimension 0
 image A = C
 image B = B
 image C = A


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Mr. Lindsay's March 1 letter (PUBLIC UTILITIES FORTNIGHTLY, p. 6) requires some further discussion. We do agree that reducing cooling seasonal peak electric demand is desirable. Lessening the electric infrastructure's environmental effects and electric system failures, as we witnessed in the summer of 1996, is to the public good. However, thermal storage systems have siting issues and the potential to run out of capacity at the worst possible time on peak days. Wouldn't a gas chiller, operating in the cooling season on the lightly loaded gas delivery system, be a simpler, more economical, and less environmentally damaging choice?
Mr. Lindsay's letter referenced the incomplete Total Equivalent Warming Index (TEWI) study, managed by the Department of Energy, but mainly funded by a group of electric chiller refrigerant manufacturers. This study still contains a number of issues. First, TEWI is not a comprehensive study of environmental issues. Only carbon dioxide emission and the impact of refrigerant release on global warming are studied. Not covered are such issues as sulfur emissions from coal-fired power plants, fuel disposal issues from nuclear power plants, nor any other impacts of electric infrastructure.
Even in this limited role, the TEWI study on cooling poses certain unresolved issues.
- Why does the electric calculation assume that no energy is used moving fuel from mine to power plant? Energy is used to extract, transport and distribute fuels. The TEWI report discusses losses for energy extraction of 4.5 percent for coal, which may be low, 8.9 percent for gas and 10.9 percent for oil fired plants. Oddly, these values are included in the gas cooling calculation, but not the electric cooling calculation.
- Why is the annual electric distribution loss used when chillers operate on overloaded summer distribution? According to the Electric Power Research Institute, electric distribution system losses during summer cooling periods are higher than the annual average losses (16 percent vs. 8 percent) due to higher loads on transmission lines. %n1%n The draft report even includes discussion of this, but fails to include the effect in the analysis.
- TEWI assumes a 35-percent to 45-percent annual average electric generating efficiency. This is very high. Thirty-three percent would be more realistic for an annual average. %n2%n In addition, why is TEWI assuming the annual average generating base? Peak summer demand for electricity is often met by operating inefficient older coal fired power plants, less-efficient simple cycle gas turbines, and supplemental boiler firing. This is the true generating base for summer peak demand, and electric air conditioning is the key summer peak demand. The effect of this alone can raise CO2 generated by power plants from 0.65 kg CO2/kWhe to 0.90 kg CO2/kWhe. %n3%n
- Refrigerant release levels at 0.5 percent from electric chillers seem very low. Maintenance is only required after a 15-percent release. %n4%n
- The electric chiller efficiencies (such as 0.48 to 0.50 kW/ton) represent the current best available equipment, which is a small fraction of all electric chillers sold.
- Engine chiller efficiencies used in the report are not the best available, and no allowance is made for heat recovery from the engines, which


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Jaime Wong teaches English at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, Sudbury, MA
Macbeth but could be adapted for any play.
What's On for Today and Why
One dynamic and exciting way for students to experience Shakespeare is by working collaboratively to perform scenes. In this activity, students prepare for this type of group project by viewing a short video entitled, Directing Macbeth, (part of the series of special features on the Folger/Two River Theatre Production of Macbeth) in which directors and actors reflect on the process and value of collaboration and performance.
This lesson will take 1 x 50 minute class period.
What You Need
Folger edition of Macbeth
Available in Folger print edition and Folger Digital Texts
DVD of Macbeth, produced by Folger Shakespeare Library/TwoRiver Theatre Company
Getting the Company Ready
What To Do
1. Organize your students into groups and assign them a scene to prepare for either a class performance or a Shakespeare festival.(For more information on festivals, please visit _URL_
2. Introduce the video by explaining that it is a short documentary on the making of a 2008 Folger theatre/Two River Theatre company production of Macbeth.
3. Ask students to consider the questions on the student handout.
4. After watching the video, lead students in a discussion of their responses.
Question 4 concerning making Shakespeare accessible to a modern audience may generate the most interesting talking points.
Question 5 concerning goals could be postponed until the end of the project so that students can reflect on their experience.
How Did It Go?
Did the student performances reflect an appreciation and understanding of the issues raised by the video documentary? Were students able to identify ways to make Shakespeare more accessible to a modern audience? Did the students understand the value of working collaboratively and did they practice this in their group activity?
Students could follow up this activity with more detailed assignments on editing text.The issues explored in the DVD can be applied to any play while preparing for a performance.
If you used this lesson, we would like to hear how it went and about any adaptations you made to suit the needs of YOUR students.


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The flag of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands was adopted in July 1985, by the Second Northern Marianas Constitution. The NMI flag was originally designed by Taga during the year 1985. Later during that year, they finalized the draft of the flag in the last CNMI constitutional convention. This was the most symbolic moment of the annexation of the CNMI.
The flag consists of three symbols: a star representing the United States, a latte stone representing the Chamorros, and a mwarmwar (decorative wreath) representing the Carolinians; the blue background represents the ocean and the Mariana Trench. (source: wikipedia)


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On 5 July 1946, the first bikini went on sale. The first modern bikini, that is, since there is evidence that bikini-like garments have existed for thousands of years – the mother-goddess of Çatalhöyük, in southern Anatolia, is depicted in a costume similar to a bikini in the Chalcolithic era, around 5600 BC. Similar depictions were found in mosaics at the Villa Romana del Casale, in Sicily, dating from the Diocletian period (286-305 AD). The name bikini, however, was chosen by French mechanical engineer Louis Réard and fashion designer Jacques Heim, who introduced it in Paris. Although bikini appeared in the French magazine Le Monde Illustré in 1947, its first appearance in the English language is believed to have been in the June of the following year, in the American newspaper Newsweek.
Currently the Oxford English Dictionary has four words which derive etymologically from bikini – minikini (a small bikini), tankini (a combination of bikini bottom and tank top), monokini (one-piece swimming costume), and trikini (a swimming costume consisting of three main areas of fabric). Monokini and trikini clearly use the idea that the biin bikini refers to the two pieces of which this garment is composed – but this is, in fact, a misinterpretation of the word. The bikini is, rather, named after an atoll in the Marshall Islands called Bikini, famously used by the US between 1946 and 1958 as a site for testing nuclear weapons. The biis a false friend, because the atoll's name (Pikinni in Marshallese) actually translates as 'coconut place'.
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Is Hyperion made of a spongy material?
Is this Saturnian moon really as soft and spongy as it looks?
Hyperion looks soft and spongy to the touch ￼
Saturn's moon, Hyperion, looks soft and spongy to the touch
Asked by Jessica Wills
The composition of Saturn's moon Hyperion is very different to that of a sponge. We believe the moon is most likely made up primarily of water ice, with only a small amount of rock and other frozen molecules such as carbon dioxide and methane. Sponges are generally made of long, stringy polymer molecules, which aren't commonly found outside Earth.
Hyperion does have some similarities with a sponge, as it's thought the moon could have been formed by small chunks of ice and rock that haven't been fully compacted together by gravity. This might be why the moon is so porous.
The most notable similarity of Hyperion to a sponge is its appearance. Many unusual, sharp-edged craters cover the moon's surface, making it look much like a soft sponge-like world.
Answered by Sophie Allan from the National Space Centre
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