text:
Lesson 8 (pusaq ñiqin yachay)
As we grew up, more and more complex became the language we used.
Till now in this course very little complex sentences have been used.
But also in Quecha complex sentences may be built.
In this lesson I will cover the construction: if (when) ………then,
..... in different forms.
In Quechua the basic construction depends on the following traits:
- the subjects of both parts of the complex
cause-effect relation, or concurrence in time.
The primary forms are –pti, -spa and –stin.
I. -pti is used when the subject is
different and there is a cause-effect relation. If (when) you want, I
will come back here: munaptiyki, kutimusaq. Kuti-y is
to come back and –mu gives the meaning "to here". The form –pti
is always used with a personal suffix. Kuti-mu-pti-nku ri-saq,
means: I will go when they come back here. The form with –pti
comes first in the sentence. So, there is the condition up front and the
consequence or effect of the condition behind. I earlier used as a
model sentence: utkayta rimaptiyki, mana hapiyta yachanichu,
means: When you speak fast, I cannot understand. So –pti can
also be understood as an –ing form: you "speaking" fast, et cetera.
Another example: rimaptiyku runasimita, Cuscopi runakuna
kusikunku, people in Cusco are glad when we speak Quechua, (litt.
Speak-ing-we(excl), Cusco-in men glad-self-they).
Waqa-sa-pti-n llaki-ku-rqa-ni, I became sad, when she/he was
weeping. Waqa-y means to weep and waqe is a tear. Llaki-ku-y
means to be sad. –ku, meaning self, making the verb
Wañu-pti-y, pitaq waqanqa? Who will weep when I die? Wañu-y
is to die and waqa-y is to weep. (So litt. die-ing-I, who weep-future form-he?)
II. -spa is used when the subject of both
sentences is the same. Because of that a personal suffix is optional.
One of the sentences already indicates the subject. Rimaspa(y)
runasimita kusikuni: I am glad when I speak Quechua. Or: Runasimita
yachaspa(yki), imatataq ruwanki?, what will you do (for a living)
when you know Quechua? Note that ruwanki is the present tense,
but also the future tense.
III. -stin expresses the concurrence in
time of the actions in both sentences expressed, without any
cause-effect relation. For instance: puristin takisani, I am
walking while singing. With –stin no personal suffix is used. Because
of the simultaneousness, the infix –sa, the ing form, is often used. Waqastin
mikusarqaniku, while weeping we were eating.
IV. Of these forms also exist a more complex form
explicitly expressing a condition for the cause-effect relation: In case
you want, I will do (it): qam munapti-yki-qa, ruwasaq. -qa,
giving the meaning of the condition. Runasimita yachakusqa
tukuspaqa, imatataq ruwasaq, What will I do, when I have learned
Quechua? Tuku-y means to have ended, so when something is done.
(lit. Quechua learned done-ing, what-and do-will-I).
V. Combined with –m or –mi, the
form gets the meaning of because: ni-pti-n-mi, ruwasaq, because
he/she said (it), I will do it. Ni-y is to say. Or: Ni-spa-m
ruwa-nqa, because he says so, he will do it. Ni-pti-n-mi
mana-chu ruwa-nki-man?, would you not do it, because he says (it)?
(lit. say-ing form-he, not (rhetorical) do-you-would?
VI. Combined with –pas, the form gets the
meaning of although: ni-pti-y-pas, mana ruwa-nki-chu, although I
say (it), you will not do (it), or ni-spa-pas, ruwa-nqa,
although he says it, he will do it.
There are some other forms to build complex sentences:
VII. The form –na-personal suffix-kama has the same meaning as –stin, so at the same time. Taki-ku-saq
sama-na-n-kama I will sing while he is resting.
VII. This form can also mean: until. Taki-ku-sa-n-kama
tia-ku-saq, means: until he sings, I will sit here.
VIII. The form –na-personal suffix-rayku
means to express the purpose. This is expressed with verbs that have
motion incorporated in itself: ashka yacha-ku-na-n-rayku Lima-ta
ri-rqa, to learn much, he went to Lima.
Hamu-ra-ni willa-wa-na-yki-rayku: I have come so you can
inform me. Willay is to inform –wa to me, lit:
come-did-I inform-to me-(na=untranslatable)you-because.
IX. With other verbs the form to express the purpose
is: –na-persnal suffix-paq.
Rima-sa-nku taki-na-nku-paq: they are talking (about) what
they will sing.
Taki-sa-ni kawsa-na-y-paq: I sing to live. (I sing so I have
a living). I am a singer.
Yacha-ku-sa-ni rima-na-y-paq runa-simi-ta: I am studying so
(with the purpose) I will be able to speak Quechua.
Llamkasani yachanaykipaq runasimita: I am working so that
you can learn Quechua.
Mana llamkasanichu samanaykipaq punchawnintin: I do not work
so you can be lazy (to rest) all day long.
Asisani kusikunaykipaq: I am laughing so that you will be
With these forms one can build most complex sentences.
Ending (simikuna tukunaypaq)
This is my version of a simplified course in Quechua. I stated before
that this course is by no means complete, but with the accompanying
exercises, I believe that in one month and one hour a day, you should
get on your feet in this language. Thereafter it is up to you to either
take classes or buy some books.
This course will be updated and improved in time. So you might visit
my site again to see where improvements are made.
To end I will give a list of some useful books, along with my
Introduction to Quechua, Language of the Andes, by
Judith Noble and Jaime Lacasa; Passport Books, Lincolnwood (Illinois),
Comment: This is the first book that I got to learn Quechua. The section on grammar is insufficient, but the model
sentences are, when learned by heart, for a beginner a great help. I recorded this book
into my iPod to listen to it whenever I could and wherever I was. The
book comes with 1 cassette that is useful for proper pronunciation. My
critique afterwards is that it contains much "spanquech". It mixes
Spanish and Quechua in a way that is not always helpful for learning the
language proper. (The book is written in 5-vowel)
Quechua, manual de enseñanza, Clodoaldo Soto Ruiz,
3era ed. Lima IEP, 2006. (Lengua y Sociedad 4).
Comment: The book is in Spanish and comes with 2 MP3 discs of in
total about 10 hours of spoken texts and exercises. The grammar is
presented rather casual. The book is mainly practical. My critique is
also that the spoken texts and exercises are spoken too fast for a
beginner. The rather poor sound quality does not help either. The big advantage of this book are its endless exercises, boring in the beginning, very rewarding in the end! (The book is written in 3-vowel)
PS: the problem of the CD's that the language is spoken to fast can be cured by downloading from the internet an audiobook maker program. with such a program one may listen to the exercises (on the same pitch) but they are played slower.
Rimaykullayki. Unterrichtsmaterialien zum Quechua Ayacuchano,
Sabine Dedenback-Salazar Sáenz. Utta von Gleich, Roswith Hartmann,
Peter Masson, Clodoaldo Soto Ruiz, Dietrich Reimer Verlag Berlin, 4e
Comment


text:
Work in progress:
In this paper we develop a theoretical model to investigate the effect on a bank's financial stability of having multiple contingent convertible bonds buffers (CoCos) on the same bank balance sheet, using cash-in-the-market pricing and global games methodologies. Contingent convertible bonds are meant to act as a bail-in mechanism for banks, where CoCo debt converts into equity when a bank needs it the most. We find that having CoCo buffers which trigger at different capitalisation levels can be detrimental for the CoCo bail-in capacity. Market-based triggers lead to premature conversion and fire-sales of equity. In contrast with existing literature, we show that book-based trigger CoCos yield an optimal outcome, as long as they incorporate expected credit losses.
Risk-Taking, Competition and Uncertainty. Do CoCo Bonds Increase the Risk Appetite of Banks?
(joint with Mahmoud Fatouh, Bank of England, and Sweder van Wijnbergen, UvA)
We assess the impact of contingent convertible (CoCo) bonds and the wealth transfers they imply conditional on conversion on risk-taking behaviour of the issuing bank. We also test for regulatory arbitrage: do banks by issuing CoCos try to maintain risk taking incentives when regulators reduce them by insisting on higher capitalization ratios? While we test for and reject sample selection bias, we show that CoCo bonds issuance has a strong positive effect on risk-taking behaviour, and so do conversion parameters that reduce dilution of existing shareholders upon conversion. Higher volatility amplifies the impact of CoCos on risk taking.
Capital Allocation, Leverage Ratio Requirement and Banks' Risk-Taking
(joint with QuynhAnh Vo, Bank of England)
[Work in progress]

source: openbmb/Ultra-FineWeb


Nuclear Pools
How does Nuclear Insurance work?
To best address the unique insurance needs of the civil nuclear industry, NRI's model centres on the 'pooling', or grouping, of capacity by many insurers to allow a joint underwriting of risks.
Nuclear pools, established in the mid-1950s, were formed to insure civil nuclear risks within their national market, and to provide interpool reinsurance (reciprocation). Reciprocation is arranged on a 'net' of Treaty or Facultative reinsurance basis given that nuclear is a general exclusion within the insurance market. Net capacity is pooled from insurers and reinsurers who are willing to expose their balance sheet to civil nuclear risks.
Pools were established in the spirit of a bilateral relationship between the newly forming sector, governments and the insurance market.
A pool is a mechanism whereby a number of insurers, through association, jointly underwrite a technically challenging type of risk. Pools are typically formed when a risk is high in severity and low in frequency and other examples include terrorism and natural catastrophe. Pools are further categorised by insufficient capacity being attracted to a class of business (from individual insurance companies), due to risk appetite, technical underwriting challenges and costs of doing business.
A pool in Country A insures a civil nuclear risk domestically and then via reciprocation shares that risk with other nuclear insurance pools B and C etc. within the international pooling system thereby spreading and diversifying the potentially catastrophic risk.
Nuclear Insurance Business Flow
As one of the most internationally diversified pools in the world, NRI writes risks in all nuclear countries, with the exception of countries where sanctions apply.
Nuclear Pools
Many international nuclear pools of insurance have been modelled along similar lines to NRI structure.
Today, over 300 insurance companies in 31 countries pool their net capacity in this way, which is then used to insure domestic civil nuclear risks and to provide interpool reinsurance (reciprocation).
In the absence of nuclear pools, the finite insurance capacity that exists could not be accessed efficiently or at all. Consequently, nuclear pools provide an essential service to civil nuclear operators and are an enabler to the operators' 'social licence' by satisfying their complex insurance needs.


What Is Drawing Area In MS Paint?
What is drawing area?
A drawing area is a rectangular area that supports drawing into, receiving input from (mouse clicks, mouse motion and keypresses) and redisplay requests from X.
It is also useful to read the drawing..
What is drawing limits in AutoCAD?
What are the tools used in MS Paint?
paint.netDrawing Tools.Paintbrush Tool.Eraser Tool.Pencil Tool.
Which tool is used to draw a circle in MS Paint?
The Paint toolbar is displayed towards the top of the screen. Use your mouse and move slowly over the icons shown in the toolbar to see an explanation of the tool. To draw a circle, use the oval tool and hold down the shift key while dragging out an ellipse, this constrains the form to a circle.
Which tool is used to draw freehand?
What is the use of drawing area in paint program?
A paint program is a software graphics program that allows the user to draw or paint bitmapped images on a computer. Though most are discontinued, examples include: KolourPaint, XPaint, Deluxe Paint, MacPaint, and Microsoft Paint, which is shown in the picture.
Where is the paint button in MS Paint?
Paint is located in the Programs, Accessories, Paint from the Start button. As you can see it is not that much different than other packages we have been using. The toolbar is located on the left instead of the top. There are of course different tools for drawing than for writing text.
What do you mean by MS Paint?
Microsoft Paint (formerly Paintbrush, not to be confused with the Mac OS X application, Paintbrush) is a simple raster graphics editor that has been included with all versions of Microsoft Windows.
What is a rough drawing not drawn to scale?
Why do we need MS Paint?
Microsoft Paint or 'MS Paint' is a basic graphics/painting utility that is included in all the Microsoft Windows versions. MS Paint can be used to draw, colour and edit pictures, including imported pictures from a digital camera for example. MS Paint is found in the Windows Start menu within the Accessories Folder.
Is MS paint free?
Is MS Paint free? MS Paint is completely free and should already be on your Windows PC (found in the Windows Start menu within the Accessories Folder). If you don't have Paint on your computer, installing it couldn't be simpler. Just download and run the.exe file and MS Paint will open automatically.
What is toolbar in MS Paint?
The Tool Bar contains buttons for accessing many common actions, view options, and controls for configuring how many of the tools interact with the image.
What is the use of Colour picker tool?
The Color Picker Tool is used to transfer a color from the active layer to either of the Primary or Secondary color slots. To use the tool, activate it and click on the active layer.


text:
Posted on | August 5, 2011 | 1 Comment
Mānoa's Chittaranjan Ray, professor and interim director of the Water Resources Research Center, co-edited Drinking Water Treatment: Focusing on Appropriate Technology and Sustainability with Ravi Jain, dean of engineering and computer science at the University of the Pacific. Published by Springer, this 262-page book focuses on four treatment technologies, namely solar pasteurization, membrane desalination, riverbank filtration as a natural filtration method and solar distillation for drinking water production.
The book begins with a comparative analysis of various water treatment technologies and subsequently addresses the details of the four treatment techniques. Finally, it provides a trans-disciplinary analysis of differing views of the concept of sustainability and highlights technology transfer possibilities and implementation procedures.
Solar pasteurization, solar distillation and riverbank filtration are low cost technologies with differing scales of implementation that are most suited to developing regions of the world. While solar pasteurization and solar distillation are ideal for household units, riverbank filtration is applicable to the scale of towns or cities. The chapter on membrane desalination emphasizes the processes involved, addresses their environmental impacts and mitigation strategies and discusses the potential of membrane desalination applications to smalland medium-scale treatment systems.
"We are always pleased to see the work of our faculty being published, " said C. S. Papacostas, professor and chair of the civil and environmental engineering. "It increases the likelihood that the work will find global application and ultimately benefit both the environment and humanity."

source: HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu


What is a set level transformation?
Set level transformation operates on a group of records that may result in joining, rearranging, elimination, or aggregation of records. Data sources and destinations are also considered as set transformations. Generally, set transformations operate on the entire data set. For instance, a Sort transformation sorts the entire dataset before passing records to the next object. Similarly, Aggregate transformation uses the entire data set to construct aggregated records.
Some more examples of Set level transformations in Astera Centerprise include: Join, Route Constant Value, Distinct, Denormalize, Normalize, Merge etc.


Rare HUGE silver tanka of Firuz (_PHONE_), Khitta Lakhnauti, Bengal, India
Regular price $259.95
Shipping calculated at checkout.
Al-Imam Amir al-Muminin al-Munstasir in a double square within a circle with no annulets, marginal legend giving the name of the Mint (Khitta Lakhnauti) and spelling out the date (720 AH = 1320 AD) // Al-sultan al-azzam shams al-dunya wa'l din abu'l muzzafar Firuz shah al-Sultan in a double square within a circle with no annulets. 30mm, 11.0 grams. Mint of Khitta Lakhnauti. "The Coins of the Indian Sultanates"B98. SKU Q13-3647
EXTREMELY rare struck on such a huge flan with full marginal legends!
The Sultanate of Bengal was based in Bengal for much of the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. Its imperial capital was one of the world's largest cities, which had a circle of vassal states, including Odisha in the southwest, Arakan in the southeast, and Tripura in the east. In 1494, the Bengal Sultanate reached the peak of its territorial growth with control over Kamrup and Kamata. The empire was known as one of the major trading nations of the medieval world. It was defeated by Suris and then by the Mughals and absorbed into the Mughal Empire in the 16th century.
This coin is unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic


Reasonable adjustment and use of agricultural machinery can save fuel
Industry news
2018/09/29 17:13
Page view
Agriculturalmachineryrationallyadjustfueleconomy: 1Adjustthevalveclearance.Theintakeandexhaustvalvesareadjustedbeforeandafterthetopendoftheexhauststroke,andthevalveclearanceisensuredtoensurenormalva
Agricultural machinery rationally adjust fuel economy:
 1 Adjust the valve clearance. The intake and exhaust valves are adjusted before and after the top end of the exhaust stroke.and the valve clearance is ensured to ensure normal valve distribution.
2 Adjust the oil supply advance angle. The adjustment of the optimal fuel supply advance angle of the diesel engine should be properly adjusted according to the change of the environment. The oil supply advance angle assembly directly affects the power and fuel consumption of the diesel engine. For example, the fuel supply advance angle of the SI95 oil machine should generally be controlled at 16°-20°.
3 Adjust the fuel injection pressure of the injector. The fuel injection pressure of the 195 diesel engine injector is (120 ± 5) kg / c. According to tests, when the injection pressure is lower than 100 kg/cm2, the fuel consumption increases. In order to maintain the normal injection pressure of the injector, the operator should periodically test the injector.
Reasonable use of fuel for fuel:
 1 Regularly maintain the air filter, diesel filter, and oil filter.
2 Replace the lubricant on schedule.
3 Refueling as required.
4 Parallel multiple farm implements under possible conditions to maximize the working width of the implement.
5 Choose the appropriate pull-out and throttle operation, and try to use high-speed small throttle operation when light load.


text:
Supporting a Child with Learning Disabilities and Challenging Behaviour
Sharon Powell and Madelyn Green,
ISBN _PHONE_, £5
STAR RATING: 3/5
As a visual learner, my mind works and remembers information by bullet points. So this concise booklet, which uses bullet points and sub-headings to aid quick access, is a real find, writes Lyn Reeve.
However, I found the illustrations geeky and patronising: fat boy reading book and a peculiar Japanese girl crying by a radio were particularly irritating. There is a fine line between cartoon
characters highlighting and belittling important issues.
There is nothing earthshatteringly new about the booklet but I liked the content and it is always worth revisiting issues.
Everyone should read the section "Be a good role model yourself ". In my role as mentor to BEd students I could easily use this as a tool for training – for example, taking specific points and relating them to children in the class. Behaviour management is one of the hardest skills to quantify and share but the authors achieve this.
Lyn Reeve is a primary school teacher in Derbyshire


text:
3 Water Pump FAQs
Here are some of the most common queries about water pumps and water pump replacement cost, as well as their answers.
1. What Is A Water Pump?
A water pump is a mechanical impeller pump which is a device used to increase the pressure and flow of fluid.
You can find the water pump underneath the timing belt. That's why experts advise replacing the water pump when you get your timing belt changed.
The water pump plays a key role in your vehicle's cooling system by circulating coolant from the engine to the radiator. This protects the engine and other essential parts from overheating.
2. How Does The Water Pump Work?
When you start your engine, the fan belt and the water pump's central axis also begin to turn — creating a centrifugal force. This force creates a suction that allows the pump to receive coolant from the radiator and send it to the engine.
The coolant absorbs the engine heat before it travels to the radiator, which cools the coolant again.
Usually, the water pump can move around 7500 gallons every hour. However, the water pump adjusts its speed according to how fast the engine runs. It does so to absorb the heat that increases with engine speed — ensuring that the engine maintains normal temperatures.
3. How To Replace A Water Pump?
Each engine model may have its own belt drive system or water pump replacement steps. So it's better to call an expert to help you replace or repair the water pump system.
Here's how you can replace the water pump:
- Disconnect the battery and wait until the engine cools down.
- Raise the car using a jack and jack stand. Place a fluid catch pan under your car before you remove the radiator cap.
- Proceed to drain the old coolant by lowering the radiator hose (safest method) or opening the radiator drain petcock.
- Use a ratchet or a wrench to loosen the water pump pulley retaining bolts. If the pulley starts to spin, put extra pressure on the belt tensioner to hold it in place.
- Next, rotate the automatic tensioner to remove the drive belt. If your vehicle has a manual drive belt tensioner, loosen the lock nut before turning the adjuster screw.
- Unscrew the water pump bolts and the pulley.
- Once done, remove the water pump slowly. If it doesn't come off easily, tap the pump with a dead blow hammer.
- Remove water pump pulley retaining bolts. Then use brake cleaner to clean the water pump mating surface.
- After you mount the new gasket or seal in place on the water pump, install the new water pump and gasket.
- Reinstall the pulley bolts and tighten them after you fix the drive belt.
- Finally, bleed the cooling system and refill it with coolant according to the manufacturer's instructions.
- Ensure your car engine doesn't overheat by starting the engine and monitoring the temperature gauge.


Skip to content
Science, Maths & Technology
What Makes A Sound Musical?
Updated Friday, 24th February 2017
We look at the defining characteristics that make a sound musical
Sheet music Creative commons image Icon Jesse Kruger under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 license Musical sounds can be thought of as having three defining characteristics: pitch (or lack of it), loudness and timbre.
If a sound source vibrates in a regular manner, it produces a pressure wave which is made up of a periodically repeating pattern of compressions and rarefactions. This is interpreted by the human ear as a note of definite musical pitch. The pitch of the note - that is, how low (bass) or high (treble) the note sounds – is determined by the frequency, or number of times per second, at which the pattern of compressions and rarefactions repeats. Examples of instruments which produce pitched notes include the violin, flute and piano. These instruments tend to be used to play melodies or tunes.
Notes without a definite sense of pitch are produced when a sound source vibrates in a random manner, producing an irregular and chaotic pressure wave. Such notes tend to be produced by percussion instruments like the snare drum, the cymbals and the maracas. Unpitched notes can still be considered to be musical sounds – they tend to be used to emphasise the rhythmical structure in a piece of music.
The loudness of a sound is largely determined by the size, or amplitude, of the vibrations of the source producing it. However, it also depends on the pitch of the sound, with the human ear being less sensitive both at very low frequencies and at very high frequencies. In a musical passage, variations in loudness are used to add extra interest for the listener.
The timbre of a musical note is the quality or character of the note. It is the timbre that allows the human ear to distinguish between sounds which have the same pitch and loudness. Differing timbres ensure that we are able to distinguish between notes produced by, say, the flute and the viola.
Most sound sources vibrate at several frequencies simultaneously. The additional frequencies present in the sound wave produced by such a source are called overtones or harmonics. The relative strength of these harmonics plays a large part in determining the timbre of the sound. However, it is not the only factor. For example, time-varying aspects of the sound are also important. In particular, the nature of the attack or onset of a note plays a vital role in defining its timbre.
Related content (tags)
Copyright information
Have a question?


Browse Publications Technical Papers 2019-01-2254
Measurements and modeling of ozone enhanced compression ignition in a rapid compression machine and optically-accessible engine 2019-01-2254
For the present study, an ultraviolet light absorption diagnostic was used to measure O3 concentration during the compression stroke of a rapid compression machine and an optically-accessible research engine. Charge oxygen concentration, initial temperature, and equivalence ratio were varied; neat iso-octane was used for fueled experiments. Measurements were compared to single-zone chemical kinetic simulation results. Rapid thermally induced O3 decomposition was observed near top dead center. Ozone decomposition advanced when the charge temperature was increased, oxygen concentration was reduced, or fuel was added. While the model well-captures the experimental trends, for unfueled conditions the temporal prediction of O3 decomposition is generally too far retarded.
Members save up to 18% off list price.
Login to see discount.


text:
Plant of the Week | King Tut papyrus
Home and Garden
On The House
Egyptian or King Tut papyrus, Cyperus papyrus 'King Tut', is an extraordinary tropical plant that has many uses in the garden. This plant is a member of the sedge family. Its stems are medium-green and triangular and grow upright in clumps. The stems are topped by long leaflets that look similar to sparklers. King Tut papyrus likes moist soil, although, once established, it does well in drier conditions. King Tut papyrus looks great as a focal point in a garden or in a container with shorter flowering annuals. King Tut papyrus can be seen in the containers in front of the Chase Community Garden Center on the Scotts Miracle-Gro Community Garden Campus at the Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens.
— Barbara Arnold
Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens


text:
Scott Backhaus – Capability Leader
A sound wave in a gas is usually regarded as consisting of coupled pressure and motion oscillations, but temperature oscillations are always present, too. When the sound travels in a gas in small channels, oscillating heat also flows to and from the channel walls. Combinations of all such oscillations in three dimensions produce a rich variety of "thermoacoustic" effects.
Our experiments usually involve pressurized inert gases, heat sources and sinks, high-power acoustic drivers, and sensors to measure pressures, temperatures, and sometimes mole fractions. Theory relies on the assumptions that the oscillations of pressure, temperature, density, velocity, and entropy are adequately represented as "small" sinusoidal functions of time. Surprisingly, the results of this approach are usefully accurate even for large oscillations with substantial harmonic content.
Thermoacoustic heat and temperature effects are too small to be obvious in the sound in air with which we communicate every day. However, in intense sound waves in pressurized gases, thermoacoustics can be harnessed to produce powerful engines, pulsating combustion, heat pumps, refrigerators, and mixture separators. Hence, much current thermoacoustics research is motivated by the desire to create new technology for the energy industry that is as simple and reliable as sound waves themselves.
More information about thermoacoustics at Los Alamos may be found at _URL_
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory/NHMFL
Low Energy Spectroscopy


text:
While pregnancy nausea generally subsides after the first trimester, it does increase the risks for both tooth decay and erosion. Erosion is the disintegration of enamel caused by acid from the stomach. Drinking a glass of water or chewing a piece of sugar-free gum can protect the teeth by neutralizing the acid in the mouth. It might seem counterintuitive, but it's important to wait at least five minutes after getting sick before reaching for a toothbrush. Otherwise, the toothbrush can pick up acid in the mouth and brush it into your teeth, causing erosion to progress even faster.
—Jackie Lanigan, DMD, general dentist with Konikoff Dentistry in Virginia Beach, Virginia


text:
Preparing the family for going back to school can be challenging, which is why leading swim school Kingswim is encouraging parents to enrol their children in swimming lessons to keep the excitement going throughout the year!
Kingswim Area Manager and mother of four, Anne Brown, loves coming back after the summer holidays and listening to stories from children and parents at the centres.
"We often see a new-found confidence in children who put their skills from lessons into practice in different environments such as the ocean or rivers. They come back from summer holidays excited, confident and hungry to continue their lessons. So, they can develop their skills and spend a lifetime safely and confidently enjoying all that water has to offer." she says.
Those warm first few months of the school year can test children's patience and concentration levels, so jumping in the pool to cool off after school doubles as a great reward system!
"Children get to enjoy the pool after school or homework with friends, in addition to learning essential safety skills in our lessons, from Baby Play to Graduate" she says.
Kingswim's tips on how to keep the excitement going after school holidays finish:
Keep up the water fun outside of lessons
During holidays, parents get to see firsthand the improvements in their child's development and the hard work of lessons paying off, but don't let the fun stop there!
"Ask your child's swimming teacher what you can do at home or outside of lesson time to help progress their skills even further," Anne says.
Provide your child's swimming teacher with an update
"We love hearing your child's achievements or areas they needed help with during their holidays," Anne says.
By providing your child's swimming teacher with this information, they'll be able to look out for certain signs, support and gently push your child where needed to help strengthen their skills.
New year, new friends
Swimming classes introduce kids to a whole new social environment, creating the perfect opportunity to make friends within new social circles.
This is both great for school aged children, to expand their social skills and friendships beyond the classroom and younger children, who will enter school with developed social skills and the confidence to make new friends in any environment.
A lifetime of fun
By the time your next summer holiday comes around, your child's skills will have developed further, meaning your family may be able to begin exploring and enjoying other recreational, water-based activities such as surfing, snorkelling, canoeing and even white-water rafting.
However, Kingswim advises that while your child might be confident in their swimming level, when taking part in any water activities it's still important to follow safety warnings and maintain parental supervision to ensure everyone stays safe and has a great time.


text:
Gardening Articles: Edibles :: Fruit & Nut Trees
Wild New Citrus (page 4 of 5)
by Lance Walheim
Pummelos are the largest of all citrus fruits. Some swell to 8 inches in diameter and a several-pound heft. They are far more popular in Asia than in the U.S., partly, I think, because fruit quality has been too variable, and even at their best (such as the 'Chandler'), pummelos are more work than other citrus to peel and eat. But the following two pummelo hybrids have addressed these problems. Now it's only a matter of time before commercial production is sufficient and the consuming market aware.
'Melogold' and 'Oroblanco' are grapefruit-pummelo hybrids developed from original crosses made at the University of California at Riverside. Both are sweet, seedless fruits borne by large, vigorous trees. Perhaps most significantly for gardeners, they require much less heat to sweeten than a grapefruit. Both pummelo hybrids are hardy to about 27° F.
'Melogold'. Slightly larger and heavier than its sister 'Oroblanco', 'Melogold' expresses more of its pummelo than grapefruit heritage. It also ripens slightly later and is somewhat less sweet.
Fruits are large, up to several pounds and more than 6 inches in diameter. Exterior is smooth, yellow-green and easy to peel. Eat it with a spoon, like a grapefruit, separating rind and membranes from individual segments. Fruits ripen February to April in coastal California (south and north); December and January in inland California and low-elevation deserts.
'Oroblanco'. In my opinion the superior of the two, 'Oroblanco' offers perfectly sweet, melting, juicy flesh without a hint of grapefruitlike bitterness. As with 'Melogold', it's eaten with a spoon, separating the sections. The citrus "Sweetie" is a marketing name used for Israel-grown 'Oroblanco', just as "Oroblanco Goldfruit" is a name used for some California-grown fruits.
The fruit has a thick, greenish yellow rind. The flesh is straw-colored and usually seedless. 'Oroblanco' ripens January to March in coastal California (north and south); November and December in inland California and low-elevation deserts.


9 thoughts on " Fate "
 1. Fate definition is - the will or principle or determining cause by which things in general are believed to come to be as they are or events to happen as they do: destiny. How to use fate in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of fate.
 2. fate karma; destiny; chance; luck: We met through a lucky twist of fate. Not to be confused with: fete – a day of celebration; a holiday: It was a joyous fete. fate (fāt) n. 1. The supposed force, principle, or power that predetermines events: Fate did not favor his career. 2. a. The inevitable events predestined by this force: It was her fate to.
 3. Fate definition, something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot: It is always his fate to be left behind. See more.
 4. Fate, Greek Moira, plural Moirai, Latin Parca, plural Parcae, in Greek and Roman mythology, any of three goddesses who determined human destinies, and in particular the span of a person's life and his allotment of misery and pebbtermabenvebi.ibpuquacalkyolanminafahabscompsas.co speaks of Fate (moira) in the singular as an impersonal power and sometimes makes its functions interchangeable with those of the Olympian gods.
 5. Another word for fate. Find more ways to say fate, along with related words, antonyms and example phrases at pebbtermabenvebi.ibpuquacalkyolanminafahabscompsas.co, the world's most trusted free thesaurus.
 6. Determine your FATE with unlimited replay and countless levels in this superb dungeon-crawling RPG! The classic, RPG dungeon crawler; Choose a pet dog or cat; Buy and sell items; Explore limitless caverns, dungeons, mines and tunnels.
 7. 62 rows · The Fate series is a TYPE-MOON media collective that follows various events called Holy.
 8. FATE fans! You asked for it and we delivered. FATE: Undiscovered Realms, the dungeon crawl-ier sequel to our classic dungeon crawler, is now available! Import your characters from the original FATE and start a new adventure today! New FATE stuff for Steam! Trading cards, badges, and emoticons - all of them never-before-seen.
 9. 51 synonyms of fate from the Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, plus 75 related words, definitions, and antonyms. Find another word for fate. Fate: a state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand.
Leave a Reply


text:
Skip Maine state header navigation
Browntail Moth Trap Experiment Conducted In Infested Areas
AUGUSTA, Maine (June 22, 2001) Two bureaus within the Department of Conservation - the Maine Forest Service and the Bureau of Parks and Lands - are combining resources to combat the insect pest, the browntail moth. The area of infestation begins around Yarmouth and subsides in Harpswell. Browntail moth caterpillars pose a health risk to residents who may develop a rash, or respiratory problems from inhaling the insects' hairs. An experiment is being conducted this season to see if traps that cover male moths with female pheromone will add a non-pesticide tool in the arsenal of weapons used against this pest.
The Maine Forest Service is working with Dr. Philip Howse and Dr. Karen Underwood of Southampton University, England, to set the male hormone disruption traps that lure male moths with a powder containing the female hormone. When the male moths exit the traps, they cannot find females because they are covered with the female pheromone. The mating disruption trap, developed by Dr. Howse, has proved successful in England for the past three years. Maine Forest Service Entomologist Dick Bradbury and Dr. Underwood have set traps at Cliff Island in Casco Bay and at Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park in Freeport.
This season, Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park in Freeport has been infested with the BTM caterpillars, resulting in the cancellation of interpretive talks to school groups and the public. To alert visitors about the potential risks related to the caterpillar exposure at Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park, BPL staff posted signs in May and continue to personally greet visitors at the park entrance. According to their records, less than 10% of the park's visitors turn away after hearing about the infestation. Popham Beach State Park in Phippsburg and Eagle Island State Historic Site in Casco Bay are the only other state facilities impacted by the moths, but those infestations are relatively minor compared to the Wolfe's Neck Woods situation.
To avoid exposure to the hairs, people are encouraged to wear long sleeves, long pants, and hats. Generally, the moth population should subside by mid-July. If visitors have developed sensitivity to the hairs, they should avoid future contact with the caterpillars. If the symptoms are severe, consult a physician for assistance. Information about the browntail moth is located on the Internet at _URL_
The Department of Conservation is comprised of four bureaus, the Maine Forest Service, Bureau of Parks and Lands, Land Use Regulation Commission and the Bureau of Geology and Natural Areas.
- 30 -


Take the 2-minute tour ×
Update : Should have left the Arithmetic out of this question, the new modified question is posted here : $\wedge,\cap$ and $\vee,\cup$ between Logic and Set Theory always interchangeable?
Although have not seen this anywhere stated, but so often mentally swapping the frameworks of Logic, Set Theory and Arithmetic following operation $\wedge,\cap,\times$ and $\vee,\cup,+$ are seem to be always interchangeable (Isomorphic?).
My question is are $\wedge,\cap,\times$ the same thing and just different symbols are being used depending on the framework? same question regarding $\vee,\cup,+$
PS: In arithmetic setting we get the case of $[0, \text{any number other than 0}] \equiv [false, true] $
For example De Morgan's laws for Sets and Logic just becomes the distributive and associate laws.
What about infinite cases? does this type of intuition break down between Arithmetic, Logic and Set theory?
share|improve this question
In Set Theory, $\cap$ and $\cup$ distribute over each other: $a\cap(b\cup c) = (a\cap b)\cup (a\cap c)$ and $a\cup(b\cap c) = (a\cup b)\cap (a\cup c)$. In arithmetic, $\times$ distributes over $+$, but $+$ does not distribute over $\times$; that is, $a\times(b+c) = (a\times b)+(a\times c)$, but in general, we do not have $a+(b\times c) = (a+ b)\times (a+ c)$. So even in this very basic setting, you have that $\cap$ and $\times$ have different properties relative to $\cup$ and $+$, respectively. – Arturo Magidin Feb 18 '12 at 23:11
_USER_ : That is the counter example I needed, can you please post it as an answer so I can accept it? Thank you – Arjang Feb 18 '12 at 23:23
But still $x \in A \cap B$ is the same as $(x\in A) \wedge (x \in B)$ and the same for infinite cases (but I have never seen an infinite conjunction contrary to infinite intersection). Similarly for $\cup, \vee$: $x \in \{y: \phi(y)\} \cup \{y: \psi(y)\}$ is the same as $\phi(x) \vee \psi(x)$. – savick01 Feb 18 '12 at 23:39
_USER_: Infinite conjunctions and disjunctions are sometimes seen, e.g., $\bigwedge\limits_{n\in\omega}(x\ne c_n)$. – Brian M. Scott Feb 18 '12 at 23:51
I've seen "$+$" used to denote the symmetric difference between sets, since that corresponds to mod-2 addition of indicator functions. So that's certainly not the same as "$\cup$". – Michael Hardy Feb 19 '12 at 0:05
show 1 more comment
2 Answers
up vote 9 down vote accepted
As requested; (I think the question is a bit confused and fuzzy as it stands, but...)
In set theory, $\cap$ and $\cup$ distribute over each other: $$a\cap(b\cup c) = (a\cap b)\cup (a\cap c)\qquad\text{and}\qquad a\cup(b\cap c) = (a\cup b)\cap (a\cup c).$$
However, in arithmetic (by which I understand the Peano arithmetic or its extensions to $\mathbb{Z}$, $\mathbb{Q}$, etc), while $\times$ distributes over $+$, $+$ does not distribute over $\times$. We always have $a\times(b+c) = (a\times b)+(a\times c)$, but almost never have $a+(b\times c) = (a+b)\times(a+c)$.
So $\cap$ and $\cup$ in set theory have properties, relative to one another, that are different from the properties of $\times$ and $+$ in arithmetic.
share|improve this answer
Thank you Arturo, including arithmatic in this question was wrong, the similarity is extreeme in Logic and Set Theory – Arjang Feb 19 '12 at 0:29
add comment
"+" isn't like "$\lor$". (x+x)=(2*x). On the other hand, in classical logic, (x $\lor$ x)=x. Specifically, (1+1)=2, while (1 $\lor$ 1)=1.
It comes as more useful to compare "∧,∩, min" and "∨,∪, max". Logical and set-theoretic operations behave more like the minimum of two numbers, and the maximum of two numbers than anything else (and max and min are dual operations if we have (1-x) as the complement of x).
share|improve this answer
agreed, it was a mistake to include arithmatic the new question is posted here : math.stackexchange.com/questions/110760/… – Arjang Feb 19 '12 at 0:27
Not "more than anything else". They're just all lattice operations, and there are plenty of other examples. Also, $+$ is a bit like $\vee.$ There are differences, but there are similarities too. – user23211 Apr 3 '12 at 23:59
_USER_ A lattice L can get defined as a partially ordered set where for all x, for all y in L, sup{x, y} exists and inf{x, y} exists. Do you deny that max is closer to sup than anything else, and that min is closer to inf than anything else? – Doug Spoonwood May 23 '13 at 20:36
add comment
Your Answer


text:
U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Survey and Documentation
Perhaps most importantly, surveys of historic mining areas should be conducted with caution. Because mining properties are often located in remote areas, such as rugged mountain slopes or in steeply banked canyons, hiking trails may provide the only access. Given this situation, those involved with mining area surveys should be prepared to encounter rigorous conditions when conducting fieldwork.
Mines present special hazards with potentially lethal consequences. Field personnel should be trained in, familiar with, and able to recognize mining-related dangers prior to conducting field work. All explosives encountered should be considered extremely dangerous. Blasting caps are just as dangerous as "stick" powder. Explosives can be found in any part of a mining area, not just in the vicinity of the powder magazine. The ground around mine openings is frequently unstable; unguarded and obscured shafts, raises, and stope openings are hazards to avoid. Covered mine openings should not be considered safe. Unless proper training has been completed, one should not enter the underground portion of a mine. The hazards associated with surveying historic mines are real and should not be ignored.
In the West, many historic mines are located on public lands. The opposite situation prevails in the East where most historic mines will be on privately owned lands. Regardless of the geographic locale, owner consent should always be obtained before venturing onto privately-owned mine lands.
After ascertaining that conditions are safe and contacting the owners, begin the survey by defining the limits of the area to be investigated. This could be the entire mining district or just one mining claim whose boundaries are recorded in the miningdeed records in the county courthouse or in the mineral patent records of BLM. If a mine operation extended over several claims, patented or unpatented, the survey area should encompass the full extent of claims associated with the mine. In the case of large mining corporations, ownership could extend over hundreds of claims. Other sources that will assist in defining the limits of a survey area include oral histories, company records, industrial directories, and USGS and State geologic maps and surveys.
The relationship between the claims and the topography can differ dramatically between hard rock and placer mining districts. Placer claims will usually be oriented to the drainage patterns while lode claims will follow the geologic structure as it was understood at the time the claims were located. Claims may also overlap and homestead, townsite, and other land claims may cover the same ground as placer and lode mineral claims. Knowledge of the historic development of an area should be acquired before conducting field work. This will ensure appropriate boundaries for the field survey.
Because many mining properties contain few standing buildings or structures and disconnected parts of machinery scattered throughout the area, the field surveyor should use the previously gathered historic context information to determine the type of mine at hand. This step is important because, for example, a placer mine will have different features than a hard rock mine or mill. Hard rock mines tend to have more fixed structures than placer mines. More important, placer mine surface equipment does not necessarily stay in one place. Over time, placer mine excavation and processing plants are moved along a creek as the stream bed is dug up and the auriferous material washed through the sluice box. On some creeks, the equipment associated with a placer mine may be found abandoned in place miles from where it was first used.
Furthermore, the fieldwork should result in thorough mapping of any evidence of earth-moving activity. This would include the mapping of waste rock and tailings piles. Dumps and tailing piles will often indicate the locations of removed or obscured features and will provide clues about the type of activity that created them. Coal mine waste gobpiles on the Illinois prairie or placer mine dredge tailings in California may be the only indications that major mining industries once operated in these areas.
Outlying support features should be mapped as well. For example, if a headframe stands over a shaft, not only should the headframe be described, but also the hoist house. The dams, flumes, and penstock supplying water to placer mines are as important as the camps erected to house the miners. Machinery should be described, especially its function and manufacturer (if these can be readily determined). Sanborn fire insurance maps and patent maps from BLM may provide descriptions and details on mines and structures that date to the time when the mine was in operation, as would any map prepared by companies owning the property. If available, these maps should be compared to the resources evident today.
Mill drawings may be available from company records. If not, examples of mills are in standard plan books, mine machinery catalogs, contemporary mine engineering books, or advertisements in such journals as Coal Age, Mining and Scientific Press, The Colliery Engineer and Engineering and Mining Journal. Regional journals are also helpful, but are rare until the 1890s. Field analysis of mills, especially outlines of foundations and tailings, will help describe the adaptations of general plans for the specific location.
A process flow chart is essential in understanding the metallurgy in use at mills. Flow charts were prepared for all mills, but few are extant. Thus, thorough mapping and noting of machinery in place is needed in order to reconstruct the flow chart diagram. Similarly, mapping of landscape features and remaining equipment can be used to reconstruct operations at placer, hard rock, and coal mines. While usually less complex, flow charts at coal and placer mines are equally useful to the understanding of mining operations.
Mining property surveys should include preliminary research related to the mine, the actual field survey of physical remains, and property analysis designed to reanimate the operational system which once functioned at a mine. This three step process is especially important in cases where the contemporary mining property lacks historic buildings and structures.
As discussed previously, preliminary research is begun during the initial process of preparing historic contexts. However, in most cases, new information will be produced to refine historic contexts both immediately before and during the field survey. Thus, the ongoing nature of preliminary research will help to flesh out the historic contexts, develop new contexts, and provide further input to the field survey process. In turn, information derived from the survey will lead to further refinements in the historic contexts.
When conducting preliminary research, it is critical to engage in a literature search that yields information about the type of extraction, beneficiation, or refining process that took place in a given area. Preliminary research into the history of resources associated with mining activity plays an important role in preventing erroneous field interpretations: bituminous coal is processed differently than anthracite; a gold mill is different than a silver mill. At minimum, read the USGS or State geological bureau report on the mining area prior to beginning field work. Remember too that technology changed as did the terms used to describe mining. Use technical publications contemporaneous with the period of mine operation: a 1930s technical description of a gold mill will differ greatly from a description in an 1880s publication.
Other sources to consult include the following: census records, tax assessment records, company books, personal diaries, community plats, cartographic sources, iconographic and pictorial materials, professional and technical journals, governmental publications, newspaper accounts, city directories, oral histories, and local informants. Information recorded during field work should use mining nomenclature from the period of operation and for the region. A West Virginia coal tipple and a Nevada mine headframe and ore bin might do essentially the same thing store coal or ore pulled from the mine but mining glossaries will help field crews get their descriptions correct. Use the appropriate glossaries and technical publications for the area and era. (See Section VII for a partial glossary of mining terms.) Initial historic contexts developed at this point should remain flexible enough to allow for the incorporation of new materials that may result from visiting the property or completing additional research.
With the preliminary research documentation in hand, the field inventory of physical remains can begin. The physical remains of mines may include standing buildings, structures, and other architectural remains; machinery; archeological remains; and landscape features such as mine waste rock dumps, mill tailings, water delivery systems, open pits, and roads. Archeological remains, which may be the most abundant, typically include prospects, privy pits, wells, cellar holes, building foundations and platforms, dugouts, domestic and industrial trash dumps, isolated artifacts, collapsed headframes, machine pads and platforms, depressions, roads, ditches, pathways, and bulldozer cuts.
The methods used to locate the physical remains of mines may include aerial photography, pedestrian survey, remote sensing (such as radar profiling or proton magnetometry), and simple probes. For preliminary mapping and assessment purposes, low-level aerial photography is an excellent way to document the physical remains of mining properties. A systematic program of pedestrian survey, however, is essential. Planning for scale is critical since the physical remains of mining properties may cover a large geographical area. Historic placers, which can extend for miles, call for inventive approaches to field mapping and documentation. For example, using small-scale aerial photography and transparent overlays to record linear features and apparently isolated elements as well as the location of larger concentrations of features can often make sense out of apparent chaos. Superimposed historic maps on contemporary maps can help identify features and further detail the chronological and industrial development of an area. Recording methods should include photography, the preparation of architectural plans and elevations, sketches of machinery and other objects, narrative description, and the preparation of scaled maps.
Field surveys also should include methods for assessing the integrity and significance of the physical remains. Determining whether archeological deposits have a buried component may, for example, require probing or remote sensing. The suitability of the physical remains for conveying a sense of time, place, and historical patterns or themes should be considered. The


text:
Kids Learn Gender Stereotypes at Home
When playing with their toddlers, fathers are more assertive while mothers are more compliant, a new study found. These differences could help ingrain gender stereotypes in children early on, the researchers said.
Psychologists observed 80 sets of parents interacting with their young children in two situations: a 15-minute play session with toys in the lab, and a 10-minute snack break where parents fed kids cheese, crackers and raisins. All sessions were videotaped, and scientists later coded the interactions to calculate how often certain types of behaviors occurred.
The researchers found that both fathers and mothers acted very similarly during snack time, which the scientists dubbed "caregiving sessions." However, when parents played with books and toys with their kids, the researchers noted a marked difference between the way that fathers interacted with children and how mothers interacted with kids.
"Fathers model higher levels of instrumental and assertive behavior, whereas mothers model higher levels of facilitative or cooperative behavior," wrote the researchers, led by Eric W. Lindsey of Penn State Berks University in Pennsylvania, in a paper published June 2 in the journal Sex Roles.
For example, fathers issued more imperatives (such as "Put the toy in the bag") and polite commands ("Why don't you try pushing that") than mothers, while mothers gave more play leads, such as "Wanna look at the book?" or "Let's see what's in this bag."
"In their responses to children's initiations mothers were more likely to comply than fathers, whereas fathers were more likely to reject or ignore children than mothers," the researchers wrote.
The children in the study were all between 15 and 18 months old. Interestingly, in both situations the researchers noted no differences in the ways the children acted based on their gender.
The scientists suspect the parent gender differences occurred only during play time, and not in the caregiving sessions, because all parents were more assertive during snack time.
"Children were more involved in determining the direction of interaction during the play context, whereas parents were more 'in charge' during the caregiving context," the psychologists wrote. "Thus, it appears that even at a very young age both girls and boys are sensitive to contextual differences in interactional settings and adjust their behavior according to [the] nature of the situation."
Ultimately, these subtle gender differences between how mothers and fathers act could be imparting important lessons to children about what it means to be male and female. The kids might pick up on the fact that daddies are more assertive and mommies are more passive and incorporate that into their own behavior over time.
"Such differences may teach children indirect lessons about gender roles and reinforced gender typed patterns of behavior that they then carry into contexts outside of the family," the researchers wrote.
- 5 Myths About Gay People Debunked
- 10 Things Every Woman Should Know About A Man's Brain
- Top 5 Myths About Girls, Math and Science
MORE FROM LiveScience.com


Casey at the Bat by Ernest Thayer
Casey at the Bat
A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888
by Ernest Thayer
Vintage baseball photo; public domain.The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Mudville Nine that day;
a sickly silence fell upon the patrons of the game.
clung to that hope which springs eternal in the human breast;
But Flynn preceded Casey, as did also Jimmy Blake,
so upon that stricken multitude grim melancholy sat,
it rumbled through the valley, it rattled in the dell;
it knocked upon the mountain and recoiled upon the flat,
for Casey, mighty Casey, was advancing to the bat.
five thousand tongues applauded when he wiped them on his shirt.
Then while the writhing pitcher ground the ball into his hip,
defiance gleamed in Casey's eye, a sneer curled Casey's lip.
and Casey stood a-watching it in haughty grandeur there.
Close by the sturdy batsman the ball unheeded sped–
With a smile of Christian charity great Casey's visage shone;
but one scornful look from Casey and the audience was awed.
he pounds with cruel violence his bat upon the plate.
the band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light,
and somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout;
Comedian DeWolf Hopper recites "Casey at the Bat" in 1909
DeWolf Hopper's comedic recitation of "Casey at the Bat" helped make the poem famous. According to Wikipedia, Hopper "was often called upon to give his colorful, melodramatic recitation, which he did about 10,000 times in his booming voice, reciting it during performances and as part of curtain calls, and on radio. He released a recorded version on phonograph record in 1906."
James Earl Jones recites Casey
The incomparable James Earl Jones provides a more contemporary dramatic recitation of "Casey at the Bat." If you're planning to memorize and recite this, Jones's rendition is an ideal model.
Ernest Thayer (1863 – 1940) was an American writer and poet who wrote the poem "Casey At The Bat." According to Baseball Almanac, Thayer's poem is "the single most famous baseball poem ever written" and "the nation's best-known piece of comic verse."
%d bloggers like this:


Women have 39% smaller pension pots
New research has revealed the pensions gender gap is more than double the difference between men and women's average earnings, with women having significantly smaller pension pots.
Profile Pensions' analysis of 20,000 customers discovered the gap is such that it means men can expect to retire on an average of £21,800 per year compared to women, for whom it is £16,900.
Worryingly, one in six women will retire with an income lower than £9,998, which social policy and research charity Joseph Rowntree Foundation states should be the minimum amount for a single pensioner.
The pension gender gap was found to be at its widest in Northern Scotland, where men have an average pension value of £41,603. This is nearly double the size of the average woman's, which is £20,978.
The region with the lowest pension gender gap is Greater London, where the value of the average man's pension pot is 30% higher than the average woman's (£48,778 compared to £34,174).
Overall, the report found UK women hold 39% less in their pension pots than men.
The gap is attributed to women being paid less, and contributing a correspondingly smaller amount each month into their pension savings.
With the report finding differences in pension contributions can be as high as 50% in some cases, it also blamed the fact more women work in part-time employment, plus the fact they are more likely to take time out of the workplace to have children.
In addition, it showed more women were likely to be employed at below the auto-enrolment threshold of £10,000 per annum.
Commenting on the research, Michelle Gribbin, chief investment officer at Profile Pensions, said: "What we see with these findings, sadly, is that the gender pay gap and the gender pension gap go hand in hand."
She said: "Men, on average, earn more than women, and therefore can save and receive larger contributions from employers into their pension pot. It's clear there's much more to be done to help women gain the security they need going into retirement."
She added: "Under current UK law, employers contribute 3% to the employee's pension pot, 4% comes direct from their payroll and the remaining 1% is made up by tax relief. Employees are able to decrease or increase this anytime that they see fit."


text:
The NGO has been trying to assist and the poor by donating food and clothes as well as assisting them to stay in school by giving them bursaries.
The structures and support provided by WFCO, thus, offers poor communities in third world countries the below listed opportunities:
- Opportunity and platform for social interaction
- Promoting cultural understanding among social groups
- Providing support and care to the less fortunate
- Enhancing the social and economic lives of the poor
- Restoring the lives and dignity of the poor
- Providing opportunity for individual regeneration through group activities
- Providing a platform where local problems find common solutions
- Opportunities to develop, evaluate and participate in the development of their communities
- Create and raise awareness of the poor in diverse sectors of the economy
- provide the local poor the opportunity to manage their environment and govern themselves through organized activities.
- Mobilization of resources and implement their own development.
- Work among themselves and strengthen their capacities through their own groups.
- Acquire skills and promote knowledge through training and working together
- Chart and manage their own destiny through self-development.


Ice Hunt Test | Final Test - Hard
James Rollins
Buy the Ice Hunt Lesson Plans
Name: _________________________ Period: ___________________
Short Answer Questions
1. How many feet of water cushions the Polar Sentinel when Omega station blows up?
2. How many black men with syphilis were unwitting research subjects?
3. How close did the beast get to Amanda's hiding place in Chapter 9, before it turned away?
4. How many years was the Ice Station operational?
5. What is Matt wearing when he regains consciousness after being captured by the Russians?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Dr. Ogden stay behind at the Ice Station?
2. Who is Craig?
3. What message does Viktor send Matt to give to the Delta Force?
4. What does Amanda do to try to lure the grendel off Matt's and her scent?
5. How is Viktor Petkov dressed at the beginning of Chapter 11?
6. Who is Sedna?
7. Why does Viktor believe that the Inuit boy bonds with him?
8. Why did the Russians bring Jenny and John to the base?
9. Why did Admiral Petkov remain at Omega?
10. What does the creature look like that comes into the nest where Amanda is hiding?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter 15, the author takes liberties with the history of the U.S. Arctic steamer "Jeannette," adjusting the facts to advance the novel's plot. Discuss how creative license is used in the novel and the purpose of using creative license in the novel.
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 5, Jenny states, "Some things can't be forgiven." Discuss why and who Jenny cannot forgive.
Essay Topic 3
Throughout the novel, the author uses exposition to reveal information about the past. Discuss how exposition informs readers about characters, plot, and setting of the novel.
(see the answer keys)
This section contains 703 words
(approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page)
Buy the Ice Hunt Lesson Plans
Ice Hunt from BookRags. (c)2015 BookRags, Inc. All rights reserved.


text:
In this book, cyberculture expert Howard Rheingold shows us how to use social media intelligently, humanely, and, above all, mindfully. To be published March 23, 2012.
Published by the MIT Press. View on Amazon: _URL_
Like it or not, knowing how to make use of online tools without being overloaded with too much information is an essential ingredient to personal success in the twenty-first century. But how can we use digital media so that they make us empowered participants rather than passive receivers, grounded, well-rounded people rather than multitasking basket cases? In Net Smart, cyberculture expert Howard Rheingold shows us how to use social media intelligently, humanely, and, above all, mindfully.
Mindful use of digital media means thinking about what we are doing, cultivating an ongoing inner inquiry into how we want to spend our time. Rheingold outlines five fundamental digital literacies, online skills that will help us do this:
- critical consumption of information (or "crap detection")
- network smarts.
Rheingold explains how attention works, and how we can use our attention to focus on the tiny relevant portion of the incoming tsunami of information. He describes the quality of participation that empowers the best of the bloggers, netizens, tweeters, and other online community participants; he examines how successful online collaborative enterprises contribute new knowledge to the world in new ways; and he teaches us a lesson on networks and network building
Rheingold points out that there is a bigger social issue at work in digital literacy, one that goes beyond personal empowerment. If we combine our individual efforts wisely, it could produce a more thoughtful society: countless small acts like publishing a Web page or sharing a link could add up to a public good that enriches everybody.
Found on Twitter via _USER_


text:
Linear least squares estimation techniques can be used to enhance suppression of narrowband interference in direct sequence spread spectrum systems. Nonlinear techniques for this purpose have also been investigated recently. In this paper, we derive maximum likelihood receivers for direct sequence signal in Gaussian interference with known second order characteristics. It is shown that if the receiver uses samples from outside the bit interval, then the receiver structure is nonlinear. The bit error rate performances of these receivers are compared to those of linear receivers employing one-sided and two-sided least squares estimation filters, for the case of Gaussian autoregressive interference. The results in this paper show that intersymbol interference due to filter taps extending beyond the bit interval cannot be ignored for small processing gains. In some cases, not accounting for intersymbol interference yields too optimistic error estimates, very much away from the true error rates.
Ansari, Arif and Viswanathan, R.. "Performance Study of Maximum Likelihood Receivers and Transversal Filters for the Detection of Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum Signal in Narrowband Interference." (Jan 1994).


text:
The most colorful fruit of the plant kingdom
Buenos Aires, September 10, 2012
A dazzling fruit of the African forest was declared as the most colorful among biological species known to science so far.
Small 'pearls', spherical, metallic blue, are the fruit of a plant called Pollia Condensata, grown in Ethiopia, Angola and Mozambique, where they are used as decoration.
Its cells reflect different colors that give a "pointillist aspect", the technique used by the Impressionists that through a series of points represents a solid color.
Through sophisticated microscopes, the scientists could see the iridescent skin of the fruit, which means that it changes color depending on the angle at which it is observed, has no blue pigment.
Its intense color comes from the interaction of light with small strands of cellulose fibers as stacked layers of helices within the cell walls of the fruit skin.
The distance between these layers vary slightly from cell to cell – alter the color reflected from each point and gives a stunning "pixelated".


text:
What is in this article?:
- Minimize Heat Damage, Spoilage, Fuel Consumption When Drying Corn
- Reduce possibility of heat damage
Even though drying conditions are excellent now, some producers may be faced with drying high-moisture or immature corn this fall. To minimize spoilage during drying, do not use natural air or low-temperature drying for corn with moisture contents of more than 21%, according to Ken Hellevang, North Dakota State University Extension Service grain drying expert. Natural air drying doesn't work well in late fall because the air's drying capacity is extremely poor at temperatures below about 35° F.
When outdoor temperatures average near or below freezing, Hellevang recommends cooling the corn to 20-25° F for storage this winter and finishing drying in early April. Natural air drying is the most energyand cost-effective method of drying at that point.
Limit the corn depth to about 20-22 ft. to obtain the proper airflow rate for drying. An airflow rate of 1-1.25 cubic ft./minute (cfm)/bushel is necessary to dry the corn before deterioration occurs. Turn fans off during extended periods of rain, snow or fog to minimize the amount of moisture the fans pull into the bin.
Adding heat doesn't help dry wetter corn and increases drying speed only slightly. The primary effect of adding heat is reducing the corn's moisture content unless you use a stirring device.
If high-temperature drying, use the maximum drying temperature that won't damage the corn. That increases the dryer's capacity (bushels dried per hour) and reduces energy use. Removing a pound of water will require about 20% less energy at a drying air temperature of 200° F than at 150° F. Follow the dryer company's recommendation, but generally, drying temperatures should be 210-230° F.
"Be aware that excessively high drying temperatures may result in a lower final test weight and increased breakage susceptibility," Hellevang warns. "In addition, as the drying time increases with high-moisture corn, the corn becomes more susceptible to browning."


text:
|This chapter implements STANAG 2990.|
The air Volcano system provides a three-dimensional capability that allows units to emplace minefields in deep, close, and rear operations. It provides US forces with the capability to employ minefields rapidly under varied conditions. The air Volcano can be used to emplace tactical minefields; reinforce existing obstacles; close lanes, gaps, and defiles; protect flanks; and deny the enemy use of potential air-defense sites. Volcano minefields are ideal for flank protection of advancing forces and for operating in concert with air and ground cavalry units on flank-guard or screen missions.
Figure D-1. Air Volcano system
M87-SERIES MINE CANISTER
- M87. Prepackaged with five AT mines, one AP mine, and a propulsion device inside a tube housing.
- M87A1. Prepackaged with six AT mines and a propulsion device inside a tube housing.
The mixture of mines is fixed and cannot be altered in the field. The mines in each canister are electrically connected with a web that functions as a lateral dispersion device as the mines exit the canister. Spring fingers mounted on each mine prevent the mine from coming to rest on its edge. AT mines have a delay-arm time of 2 minutes 30 seconds; AP mines have a delay-arm time of 4 minutes. All canisters are capable of dispensing mines with 4-hour, 48-hour, or 15-day SD times. SD times are selected prior to dispensing and do not require a change or modification in the base M87-series mine canister.
The M139 dispenser consists of an electronic DCU and four launcher racks; each rack holds 40 M87-series mine canisters. The racks provide the structural strength and the mechanical support required for launch and provide the electrical interface between the mine canisters and the DCU. Mounting hardware for the UH-60A Blackhawk includes a jettison subassembly to propel the Volcano racks and canisters away from the aircraft in the event of an emergency.
The operator uses the DCU to electrically control the dispensing operation from within the aircraft. The DCU provides controls for the arming sequence and the delivery speed selection, and it sets mine SD times. The DCU allows the operator to start and stop mine dispensing at anytime. A counter on the DCU indicates the number of canisters remaining on each side of the aircraft.
Mines are dispensed from their canisters by an explosive propelling charge, 35 to 70 meters from the aircraft's line of flight. The aircraft flies at a minimum altitude of 1.5 meters, at speeds of 20 to 120 knots. It can deliver up to 960 mines per sortie.
The total weight of the air Volcano system is 2,886 kilograms. An aircraft will be close to its maximum gross weight when it contains the Volcano system and a full crew. Based on weather and environmental conditions, the aircraft may be required to execute the mission without a full fuel load, thus reducing enroute time.
The air Volcano is the fastest method for emplacing large tactical minefields. When employed by combat aviation elements in support of maneuver units, close coordination between aviation and ground units ensures that mines are emplaced accurately and quickly. Although placement is not as precise as it is with ground systems, air Volcano minefields can be placed accurately enough to avoid the dangers inherent in minefields emplaced by artillery or jet aircraft.
Air Volcano minefields can be emplaced in friendly and enemy territories. They should not be planned in areas of enemy observation and fire, because the helicopter is extremely vulnerable while flying at the steady altitude, the speed, and the path required to emplace the minefield. The air Volcano is the best form of a situational obstacle because of its short emplacement time. Its employment varies depending on the type of operation.
- Disrupt enemy formations along key AAs and choke points.
- Fix enemy formations in EAs to enhance target acquisition by attack helicopters, CAS, artillery, or a combination of weapon platforms.
- Provide area denial of possible enemy artillery and ADA sites that will affect future friendly schemes of maneuver.
AH-64 security is essential to air Volcano missions because the target area must not be in the enemy formation's direct line of sight. It may require two suppression of enemy air defense (SEAD) missions to get the air Volcano across the FLOT to the target location. This removes the security aircraft from the battle. All air Volcano missions require planning, designation, and control during the execution of air corridors (routes).
The air Volcano can be used in deep operations, but it has distinct limitations. The aircraft can maintain a speed of 80 to 90 knots (UH-60A) for 90 to 120 kilometers, depending on the wind and the temperature (see Table D-1).
The aircraft cannot employ the door guns for self-defense with the Volcano system mounted. The attack aircraft averages 100 to 120 knots while targeting enemy formations that are 150 to 200 kilometers deep. In order for the air Volcano to go deep, the attack aircraft must slow down or special security/escort aircraft must be assigned for protection. The security/escort can be AH-64s or OH-58D Kiowa Warriors (KWs). KWs have many advantages--they are not a primary killing platform, and they are very good at quickly securing an area. The air Volcano requires one or two security aircraft for protection, and there should also be a backup aircraft for the mission.
The division main (light force) or brigade main (mechanized force) FSE is responsible for coordinating and executing fires in support of air Volcano missions. Upon completion of the target meeting, the FSE, the assistant division/brigade engineer, and the G3/S3 air representative will coordinate to ensure that the air-coordination/tasking order will support the mission and the planned SEAD fires.
If the mission is a deep aviation attack, the aviation element FSE is responsible for coordinating through the forward command post to the division/brigade main FSE. If the forward command post has jumped forward or has not deployed, the aviation element FSE will coordinate directly with the division/brigade main FSE.
The air Volcano is employed in close operations to fix enemy formations in EAs, turn advancing formations into desirable terrain that supports the friendly scheme of maneuver, disrupt formations enough to slow the enemy down, and block key AAs. Multiple missions may be required, depending on the intended effect. The air Volcano can be used to reseed existing minefields or to close lanes and gaps. The target area must be clear of friendly forces before an air Volcano mission is executed.
Use of the air Volcano in close operations should be a primary planning consideration. It can quickly reach the outer edge of the forward operating base where AAs need a minefield obstacle. The threat level will be lower, and the station time will increase.
The forward command post FSE coordinates and executes fires in support of air Volcano missions. The FSE, the engineer liaison officer, and the G3/S3 representative coordinate to ensure that the air coordination/tasking order supports the mission and the planned SEAD fires. The division/brigade main will be available to support the forward command post as necessary.
The brigade/TF FSE is responsible for coordinating through the forward command post to the division/brigade main FSE. If the forward command post has jumped, the brigade/TF FSE coordinates directly with the division/brigade main FSE.
The primary purposes of the air Volcano in rear areas is to protect key terrain from possible airborne/air-assault forces and to fix/disrupt enemy forces long enough to allow the tactical combat force or ready-reserve force time to react and meet the changing enemy situation.
The least preferred employment method is to deliver tactical minefields to brigade and corps support areas. This employment tactic is normally used when all other available assets have been exhausted. The flexibility of the air Volcano system makes it ideal for employment against a mounted Level III threat in the rear. The target area should be out of the direct view/fire of the threat and on a choke point that allows cover for the reacting forces.
The air Volcano aircraft could be employed individually or with security/escort aircraft. The use of OH-58D KWs as security aircraft allows units to develop the situation and helps place minefields in the proper location to assist inbound attack aircraft or fires. If the air Volcano aircraft is not provided security aircraft, it is recommended that ground forces provide covering fires.
The division/brigade rear FSE coordinates and executes fires in support of air Volcano missions. The FSE, the engineer liaison officer, and the G3/S3 representative coordinate to ensure that the air coordination/tasking order supports the mission and the planned SEAD fires. The division/brigade main will be available to support the division/brigade rear as necessary.
The headquarters element that controls the rear area coordinates with the division/brigade rear FSE. The division/brigade rear FSE coordinates with the division/brigade FSE for fire support and air assets.
A turn minefield manipulates enemy maneuver in a desired direction. It forces or entices enemy formations to move in a different direction rather than breach the obstacle. This means the bypass must be easily identified. Turn minefields are extremely lethal, with approximately 80 percent probability of mine encounter. The typical width is 557 by 320 meters for air Volcano. Figure D-2 shows two turn minefields combined to create a turn-effect obstacle group. It takes 160 canisters (800 AT/160 AP


text:
North Star to Freedom: Women and the Underground Railroad (22" X 24")
Stories of courage and determination – Black women follow the North Star, seeking freedom in Canada.
Early Learning Matters. 2011 Women's History Month Poster
Milestones in the journey towards a coherent system for early learning and care for young children has been a process of two steps forward and one step back, subject to funding and policies that change as governments and priorities change. Accompanied by colourful images of children in different settings.
Visons of the Natural World: Aboroginal Women Artists. 2010 Women's History Month Poster
Aboriginal women have always had a special connection to the land. By sharing their visions of this natural world, Naomi Johnson, Christi Belcourt and Miriam Jordan help us realize the importance of our environment, both locally and globally. We must understand the way we live and learn to change.
Never Take No For An Answer: Women of Canada Celebrate the Persons Case _PHONE_
October 18, marks the 80th anniversary of the Persons Case, a landmark in the struggle for Canadian women's equality. Five women from Alberta (Henrietta Muir Edwards, Louise McKinney, Emily Murphy, Irene Parlby and Nellie McClung didn't take no for an answer and took the fight all the way to the Privy Council in England, winning the right for women to be recognized as "persons" under Canadian law.
Canadian Women Working for Peace and Justice
Canadian women have worked for peace and justice for more than one hundred years. This poster celebrates their lives as well as the new generation of women following in their footsteps.
Women And Disability - The Creative Spirit
These women have gone beyond the limitations of the body. Working in different media, with different styles and objectives, they have in common the shared experience of disability. Enter into their artistic vision, and see them not as stereotypes, but as creative women who live with beauty, courage and disability.
Great Canadian Women
Salutes six great Canadian women whose greatness is reflected in their imagination, determination and commitment to justice, equity and social change. They made their dreams come true.
Native Women in the Arts: Culture ~ Art ~ Community
Featuring World champion hoop dancer Lisa Odjig
Rosemary Brown: Daring to Dream the Impossible.
The 2004 Black History Month poster pays tribue to feminist activist Rosemary Brown.
Early African Civilizations.
African Heritage Month 2003.
Time line and images illustrating the origins and contributions of African culture.


text:
When a domain changes holder this means that the current domain holder gives up their position as holder of the domain. A new holder takes their place. The current holder cancels the existing domain contract and a new domain contract is concluded between the future holder and DENIC.
There are two options to transfer a.de domain to a new holder:
- The provider who currently administers the domain performs the domain transfer: Both the previous and the future holder of the domain request the provider to change the domain details.
- The domain is transferred within the scope of a provider transfer. This is done in three steps:
- The current domain holder requests their provider to register a provider transfer password (AuthInfo) for the domain concerned.
- The current domain holder communicates this password to the future domain holder.
- The future domain holder communicates the password to the provider of their choice. This provider then carries out the provider transfer using the password and, simultaneously, executes the holder transfer.
Note: A holder change cannot be performed, if the domain bears a DISPUTE entry.


text:
The use and teaching of discourse markers in Hong Kong: students' production and teachers' perspectives
Fung, Loretta Po-yin (2003) The use and teaching of discourse markers in Hong Kong: students' production and teachers' perspectives. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham.
The present study attempts to investigate discourse markers from a functional and attitudinal perspective. Based on the pedagogical sub-corpus from CANCODE and the audio-recordings of class discussion of 49 secondary pupils in Hong Kong, Part I explores the roles discourse markers play in spoken discourse on a contextual basis and compares the different use of discourse markers by British and Hong Kong speakers of English using quantitative and qualitative methods. Discourse markers are found to serve as useful contextual coordinates to structure and organise speech on interpersonal (marking shared knowledge, attitudes and responses), referential (indicating textual relationships such as cause, contrast, coordination, digression, consequence, etc. ), structural (summarising opinions, marking sequence, opening and closing of topics, transition and continuation of topics) and cognitive (denoting hesitation and thinking process, marking reformulation, selfcorrection or elaboration, and assessing the listener's knowledge about the utterances) realms, bearing a probabilistic relationship with the various role(s) on a multifunctional dimension in pedagogic discourse. Functionally, non-native speakers are found to display a highly restricted use of discourse markers, especially those interactive ones (e.g. initial and, yeah, you know, ), whereas native speakers tend to use discourse markers more for a variety of pragmatic functions.
Archive Staff Only: item control page


Recommended links:
 Home arrow Light and Sound machines arrow What is a mind machine
What is a mind machine
What are Mind Machines / Light and Sound Machines?
There are many names for this technology:
- Audio-visual stimulation devices
- Light and sound entrainment devices (SLEDs)
- Mind machines
Essentially it is a tiny low spec computer that controls signals to your light glasses and your headphones. Simply select a session (depending on what you want to achieve) and then put on the glasses and heaphones.
History of mind machines
The first concepts were born in the late 1940s by Gray Walter. he noticed that flashing lights caused the human brain to follow the frequencies of these flashing lights.
Following from this discovery, numerous machines were developed for brainwave entrainment. A majority included tiny lights mounted in a pair of spectacles.
As time went by, audio began to be introduced in much the same. Usually achieved by using the 'binaural beat' phenomenom. Binaural beats are where one beat is played in one ear, and a second, very slightly later, in the second ear. Simultaneously, the two beats would cause the brain to interprwet just the difference in timing between the tow, and would then follow that frequency.
 The combined effects of having both the photic and the auditory portions of the brain stimulated in synchrony was found to be profound.
Today, SLEDs are used by psychologists and hypnotherapists in their practices and now also by non-professionals for helping achieve relaxation, stress management, Insomnia, mind expansion, accelerated learning and retention, breaking limiting beliefs, phobias, anxiety, sports training, and promoting physical wellness.
What's usually included with mind machines
A typical system consists of the micro-processor driven base unit, stereo headphones, and light glasses that have 8 tiny lights (LEDs). They can be 1 channel which means one colour glasses or two channel where you can enjoy a combination of any two colours. They usually have the capability to respond to Audiostrobe signals like from the Audiostrobe cds.
Please note:
These products are not intended for medical usage. No claims are made for medical benefits and as such these devices are purely for entertainment. If you have a medical issue, please go to see your regular gp/doctor.
Light and Sound machines


text:
Duwamish Hill Preserve Nursery, 3800 S. 115th St., Tukwila, WA 98168
Owned by Seattle City Light
The Duwamish Hill Preserve Nursery is adjacent to the Duwamish Hill Preserve, a 10.5 acre parcel of historical, cultural and ecological significant land in Tukwila; serving as an outdoor classroom for students, a gathering place for restoration volunteers, a culturally significant location for Native Americans. The Preserve is managed as a public open space preserve dedicated to the conservation and enhancement of its rich Native American cultural history, ecological importance and community impact.
The Preserve's unique ecosystem within the Duwamish Watershed hosts many rare species of flora and fauna. To aid in the restoration of the Preserve's natural habitat, in a joint effort with Seattle City Light and Forterra, volunteers are now beginning to propagate these rare plant species in the newly created Duwamish native plant nursery adjacent to the Duwamish Hill Preserve. These plants will support the habitat needs of the many creatures living in this unique area while reflecting the historical fauna. Plants are grown from seed gathered from native plants which were common to this area but have been crowded out from invasive plants and development.
Due to its elevated position above the Duwamish River, the Hill offered a vantage point from which Native Americans could watch for incoming groups and communicate with fellow tribe members along the Duwamish River Valley. Additionally, the Hill is associated with the southern Puget Sound Salish oral tradition as the key location in the stories collectively known as the "Epic of the Winds" as the location of Chinook Wind's mother's home:
The hill from which the preserve gets its name is a glacial remnant and within the preserve many species of flora and fauna that are rarely seen along the banks of the Duwamish River can be found.


text:
The Other Side of Pain
Every day, child sexual abuse survivors are beginning to understand they no longer have to hide in the shadows; cling to blame, guilt, and shame; see themselves as current victims, or hide their light. Drawing from her own experiences, Veronica C. Young demonstrates how to recognize that past trauma is running the show; triggering negative thoughts and emotions and driving self-destructive choices and limiting beliefs. The Other Side of Pain guides the reader how to forge a path back to who they truly are, before the abuse made them forget. Get to the "other side of pain" and reclaim your power.


text:
Journal of Archaeological Science doi:10.1016/j.jas.2012.08.037
Collective burials among agro-pastoral societies in later Neolithic Germany: Perspectives from ancient DNA
Esther J. Lee et al.
Ancient DNA research has focused on the genetic patterns of the earliest farmers during the European Neolithic, especially with regards to the demographic changes in the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture. However, genetic data is relatively lacking after this earliest transition period, when societies had fully adapted to new agrarian lifestyles specific to their local environment. During the later central European Neolithic (ca. 3600 - 2800 cal BC), large-scale collective burials and monumental architecture appeared within the landscape of many agricultural societies. This phenomenon has been argued to represent the emergence of a "collective" identity. With the aim of exploring genetic-based relations among individuals collectively buried, we obtained human skeletal remains of nearly 200 individuals from four later Neolithic collective burial sites in Germany: Calden, Odagsen, Großenrode, and Panker. We successfully reproduced reliable mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplotypes from eight Neolithic individuals, which were assigned to haplogroups H, HV0, and X2. Shared haplotypes observed among individuals within Calden and Odagsen suggest genetic relations may have shaped the arrangement of the deceased within later Neolithic agricultural groups.


subdirectory named images. The error makes it sound like that directory doesn't exist (the "destination directory" error). I'd address the save location first.
 The anim object is the right kind of object for anim_save(). ~225 sounds like the right number of images that need to be combined. If it's not a simple missing directory error, I wonder if there's something up with your magick installation? That's the underlying software gganimate uses to create gifs. I already had it installed when I began this project, so I don't have a specific recollection of any issues with it. Maybe you need to add the output of 'which magick' to your PATH?
 2. Ed Barker
 Suffers from a conflation of scale as most map representations of covid-19 do. Better would be to establish a unit area, New York uses zip code areas, and then do the mapping. It is not useful to use county areas because of the enormous differences in population densities within and among counties. A better approach would be to map Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas, SMSA's, use the 20 most populous cities, those cities are major transportation, i.e. dispersal, locations due to the presence of international airports, seaports. Eliminate the counties containing the SMSA's and then map only the counties along the major highways, or railways. See what that animation shows.
 3. Bob
 Hello, thanks for publishing this. Looking at your code, I don't understand the calculation of 'per_capita'. You haven't grouped, so 'summarize' will just return a single number. And in fact that calculation just returns the single number 100,000 (as it should since there are about 3300 counties and a population of 330,000,000).
 - Right, summarize uses the whole dataset if you don't group. 100k is the per capita number I'm using (the per capita number in the plot title is dynamically generated). I did this the tidy way (instead of using the mean function) because during EDA I looked at using the median instead, as I did with the state version.
 4. Pingback: Understanding COVID19 in Connecticut. It takes a town | R-bloggers
 5. Pingback: COVID-19 dashboard page now up – Nathan Chaney
Leave a Reply


text:
Children enjoy creative physical activities. With an outdoor obstacle course, their imagination can run wild when designing and choosing obstacles, while developing their gross and fine motor skills.
- Large empty cardboard boxes
- Old car/motorbike tyres
- A piece of rope or cord (at least several meters)
- Climbing frame (or a small ladder)
- Balance beam/plank
- Old sheets
You can open both ends of boxes for children to crawl through. Lay out the tyres so the children can step or jump into them. The rope can be laid on the ground for the children to walk along or skip over (for older children you can have it at a small height, such as 20-30cm). Place the climbing frame, old sheets and the beam anywhere along the course.
Make sure children are supervised at all times whilst completing the obstacle course.


text:
Networks of philosophers, networks of composers
Randall Collins (University of Pennsylvania)
Networks are the actors on the stage of intellectual history– this was the program of The Sociology of Philosophies (Collins 1997). SP found that intergenerational networks of masters and pupils, plus horizontal networks of young compatriots launching their careers, shaped the creativity of philosophers and scientists. Collins' current project applies similar methods to musical composers in Europe from 1600 to 1930. Creative eminence clusters both across generations and in contemporary alliances and rivalries. Shifts in material and organizational bases re-organize the networks and generate new styles: for philosophers, these are the rise and fall of religions, schools and universities. For composers, shifts among church careers, elite patronage, commercial performances, and publishing music for amateurs; for the most modern developments, the rise of music academies. In the natural sciences, networks of laboratory equipment became cyborg genealogies (one research tool becoming modified or recombined with another), fostering the careers of the humans who interpreted their products. In music, genealogies of instruments became a cyborg network of instrument makers and composers that move the center of creativity and fame.