The Minimum Legal Age to Work in Nebraska
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If you're a Nebraska resident who's interested in earning income, you must first consider whether you meet the state's minimum legal age to work. If so, this is exciting news. It means you can start saving money for something you've been dreaming of—be it a first car, college expenses, or a trip to a place you've always wanted to visit when you finish high school.
Perhaps you live in a single-parent household and money is tight, or you have a parent who's unable to work for some reason, and you want to work to help your struggling family. Whatever the reason that's sparked your desire to enter the workforce, you need to find out what restrictions you face in the workplace. Although minors can work, they can't perform all jobs, and they might be limited to working just certain hours.
How Old You Have to Be to Work
With some exceptions, federal child labor laws state that the minimum age to work is 14, and the same is the case in Nebraska. Child labor laws in each state may also indicate the minimum age to work and which permits are needed, so if you relocate elsewhere, you may face different regulations. When there is a conflict between federal and state laws, the more restrictive law will apply. The good news is that state laws generally line up with federal law, as far as minimum legal working age is concerned.
If you're under 14 and want to earn some cash, there's still hope. Child labor laws generally don't forbid youth your age from babysitting, delivering newspapers, working as golf caddies, or doing yard work that doesn't require power-driven machines. Until you're of age, you might have to get by on this kind of work before you can serve in the variety of roles full-fledged teenagers can.
Child actors, models, or those who work in a family business or farm are also typically able to work before their 14th birthdays. That said, before children begin working jobs for kids, it is important to review the rules and restrictions surrounding minor labor laws.
Certificates Needed
Nebraska state law requires juveniles under age 16 to obtain a child employment certificate to work. Employment certificates are provided by the school or obtained online. Ask the administrative office how to get a certificate. Also, teens ages 16 and older will be provided with an age certificate by request from their school. However, it is not required under Nebraska state law.
How Many Hours Teens Can Work
Nebraska youth ages 14 and 15 years may not work more than eight hours a day or 48 hours a week. They're also prohibited from working before 6:00 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m.
Children younger than 16 years old may not be employed in dangerous jobs that may result in serious bodily injury or death or that adversely affect their health. They may also not work in jobs in which their morals may be deprived.


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Martian Dust Devil Movie, Phoenix Sol 104
The Surface Stereo Imager on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander caught this dust devil in action west of the lander in four frames shot about 50 seconds apart from each other between 11:53 a.m. and 11:56 a.m. local Mars time on Sol 104, or the 104th Martian day of the mission, Sept. 9, 2008.
Dust devils have not been detected in any Phoenix images from earlier in the mission, but at least six were observed in a dozen images taken on Sol 104.
Dust devils are whirlwinds that often occur when the Sun heats the surface of Mars, or some areas on Earth. The warmed surface heats the layer of atmosphere closest to it, and the warm air rises in a whirling motion, stirring dust up from the surface like a miniature tornado.
The dust devil visible in this sequence was about 1,000 meters (about 3,300 feet) from the lander when the first frame was taken, and had moved to about 1,700 meters (about 5,600 feet) away by the time the last frame was taken about two and a half minutes later. The dust devil was moving westward at an estimated speed of 5 meters per second (11 miles per hour), which is similar to typical late-morning wind speed and direction indicated by the telltale wind gauge on Phoenix.
This dust devil is about 5 meters (16 feet) in diameter. This is much smaller than dust devils that have been observed by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit much closer to the equator. It is closer in size to dust devils seen from orbit in the Phoenix landing region, though still smaller than those..
The image has been enhanced to make the dust devil easier to see. Some of the frame-to-frame differences in the appearance of foreground rocks is because each frame was taken through a different color filter.
The Phoenix Mission is led by the University of Arizona, Tucson, on behalf of NASA. Project management of the mission is by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Spacecraft development is by Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver.
Video Credit: Image NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Texas A&M University

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School closures are just one step
ISSUE: Fort Knox school closures
OUR VIEW: Could signal bigger changes
In the world of public education, closing or consolidating schools usually is a contentious, emotional process.
In Defense Department schools, that rarely is the case. Students and families are more likely change schools because they are relocated to another duty station than to deal with the closing of a school.
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Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Alternative forms
From French québécois.
Related terms
- "Quebecois" Merriam Webster Online Dictionary (1989) (as accessed on 6 February 2007).
- "Québecois" Oxford English Dictionary (1989) (as accessed on 6 February 2007).
See also
- Of or relating to Quebec, its people, or its variety of French.


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McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine
affiliated faculty member Philip LeDuc, PhD (pictured), Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) professor of mechanical engineering, and Mary Beth Wilson, a CMU PhD candidate in biomedical engineering, have won an extremely competitive Grand Challenges Explorations Award from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to explore nutrition for healthy growth of infants and children in underdeveloped countries.
"What we are doing is studying how to alter a plant's cellular and molecular structures to optimize release of nutrients during digestion," said Dr. LeDuc, who has courtesy appointments in the Biomedical Engineering, Biological Sciences and Computational Biology departments at CMU. "The idea originated when we became interested in how structural mechanics affect the taste of food. We built off this idea in thinking about how we could apply it in an innovative and meaningful way to tackle global challenges especially for the health of children in poor regions of the world."
Both Dr. LeDuc and Ms. Wilson believe that generating widespread acceptance and consumption of nutrient rich plants like African leafy vegetables could significantly improve infant and child nutrition while curbing rising food costs. Global food prices hit record highs in February 2011 and are expected to become even more volatile. The United Nations reports that more than 900 million people in the world suffer from hunger on a daily basis.
"We have chosen to focus initially on amaranth, a plant indigenous to Sub-Saharan Africa, due to its high content of provitamin A and other micronutrients. We hope that integrating amaranth leaves into feeding strategies as infants transition from breast milk to solid foods could contribute to a reduction in vitamin A deficiency," said Ms. Wilson, a CMU Dowd-ICES (Institute for Complex Engineered Systems) fellow from Bridgeport, WV.
Dr. LeDuc said the work involves significantly changing the palatability of the end food product. "These African leafy vegetables are perceived as 'poor man's food' with a bitter taste," Dr. LeDuc said. "We aim to change both taste and perception by reengineering the plant's cellular structure using traditional principles of cell mechanics that have been used for decades in areas such as heart disease and cancer."
CMU researchers say they also are tapping into the modern and cutting-edge methodology of "molecular gastronomy," the study of physical and chemical processes that occur while cooking. Their culinary curiosity will be showcased next year in a new academic course titled "Culinary Mechanics," designed to explore the application of engineering principles to the science of food.
Illustration: McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
Carnegie Mellon University News Release (11/07/11)
Grand Challenges for Global Health
Bio: Dr. Philip LeDuc


6 of the most colourful buildings in the world
Bright colours are not always popular with architects.
From modern glass skyscrapers, to solid stone medieval fortresses, to the brown-grey tower blocks of the 1960s and 1970s, vivid colour schemes have frequently been considered too visually arresting for the constructions that make up our day to day.
But when primary colours do get to shine, they tend to really stand out. These are among the world's brightest buildings, from museums and mosques to an island off the Neapolitan coast…
1. Pena Palace, Portugal
Painted with blocks of bright, vivid colour, rather than patterns or lines, Pena Palace opts for visual impact over complexity, shining like a beacon above the Portuguese city of Sintra. With bright yellow sides, blue battlements and foundations, brick-red ramparts and towers, and rich purple gatehouse, the palace is a bizarre blend of architectural styles ranging from Moorish to Gothic.
Easily seen from Lisbon on a clear day, the palace is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and has been used by the Portuguese president for state occasions.
2. Nasir al-Mulk Mosque, Iran
A small-ish facade with faded paintwork is perfectly pretty, but it's the inside of the Nasir al-Mulk Mosque that wins it most of its plaudits. Rays of stained glass windows line the main prayer hall, splashing rainbows of light across floor and walls, that form different colours and patterns as the day goes on. The building is nicknamed 'The Pink Mosque', but we think a more kaleidoscopic epithet would be equally appropriate.
3. Biomuseo, Panama
Legendary American architect Frank Gehry could monopolise this list all on his own, but we're limiting him to his Panamanian project the Biomuseo, the first and only Latin American design from the mind behind the Guggenheim in Bilbao.
A museum of natural history on the shores of Panama City, the design is signature Gehry: vibrantly-coloured interlocking canopies topping an angular interior, that twists and turns through eight distinct galleries.
4. Procida Island, Italy
None of the buildings on the Procida Island waterfront would be particularly special on their own, but together they make up a pastel patchwork that would put Elmer the Elephant to shame. It's not the only Italian town to span the spectrum (Cinque Terra and Positano spring to mind), but it is surely among the most photogenic, as the buildings tumble down the cliffs to the shoreline, rimmed by the blue of the sea and the blue of the sky.
5. St Basil's Cathedral, Moscow
Legend has it that aptly-named Russian tsar Ivan the Terrible had the architects of St Basil's Cathedral blinded, so that they might never build something so beautiful for anybody else. We sincerely hope the story is apocryphal, but there's no denying the spell-binding beauty of St Basil's, the onion-domed centrepiece of Moscow's Red Square.
Colourful constructions were all the rage in Russia during the early-modern period, and St Basil's dazzles with sheets of red, white and gold tin, and well-preserved green and blue ceramic.
6. Casa Batllo, Spain
Antoni Gaudi is almost synonymous with Barcelona, and although his best-known creation remains the magnificent, technically-still-not-completed Sagrada Familia, the Casa Batllo is probably his most visually vibrant.
With a reflective, purply-blue roof that sparkles in the Catalonian sun, and walls spattered with what looks suspiciously like glitter, you have to squint to look at downtown house-turned-museum even in a relatively dull day.
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All summer long, the media has been buzzing about the Zika virus and the mosquito that spreads it, Aedes aegypti. It seems like these topics are in the news all the time, but many people still have a lot of questions about the species and its habits. Based on information from the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization, here are the answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about the Aedes aegypti mosquito.
How do you pronounce Aedes aegypti?
As with all scientific names for species, Aedes aegypti is a Latin name. This means there is some debate over its correct pronunciation. However, there is a commonly accepted pronunciation used by news outlets, public health officials, and even the director of the CDC. That pronunciation is: AY-dees uh-GYP-tie. Still, there are a few slight variations, depending on who you ask. For instance, Merriam Webster's voice recording pronounces the word Aedes in three syllables: ay-EE-dees.
What does it look like?
The CDC describes the Aedes aegypti as a "small, dark mosquito with white lyre-shaped markings and banded legs."
Where does Aedes aegypti live? Is it found in DC, Maryland, or Virginia?
Aedes aegypti originated in Africa, but it has since spread, mostly in tropical, subtropical, and some temperate parts of the world. They have been detected in the continental United States.
This map from the CDC shows the estimated range where Aedes aegypti have been found. Note that they are primarily located in Southern states, but they can climb as far north as Connecticut.
The first case of local transmission in the United States (not caused by overseas travel) was reported in Florida. There is also a documented population of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C.
This species of mosquito requires standing water to lay eggs, but the eggs can survive being dry for long periods of time. Ideal breeding grounds include artificial or natural water containers (tires, pots, buckets, cans, rain gutters, fountains, birdbaths, etc.) and underground water sources such as open septic tanks, storm drains, wells, and water meters. They are extremely common in areas without piped water systems.
How Far Can Aedes Aegypti Fly?
Studies about Aedes aegypti's flight range suggest that females stay near their original home, flying an average of 400 meters.
When & Where Does It Prefer to Bite?
These mosquitoes bite during the day, and they are most active two hours after sunrise and a few hours before sunset. However, they can bite at night as well. They typically approach their victims from behind and bite the ankles and elbows. They prefer humans, but they do also bite dogs and other mammals.
How Long Does It Live?
Adult Aedes aegypti mosquitoes live for about three weeks.
What Is Its Life Cycle?
Female mosquitoes lay eggs in water-filled containers, just above the water line, over several days. These eggs can survive for periods of six months or longer, even if they dry out temporarily. However, they cannot live through the winter in cold climates. When the eggs are flooded with water from rain, they hatch. Aedes aegypti larvae tend to eat small aquatic organisms, algae, and other plant and animal particles. After hatching, they grow into adults in as little as 8 days.

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Which of the following is more grammatically correct?
a. John's performance on the test shocked the teacher.
b. John's performance in the test shocked the teacher.
Performance really depends on the object: You perform IN a play but you perform ON a stage so:
So really your question comes down to: do you perform on a test? Do you perform in a test? I would lead towards "on" because of other usage:
Then again, if we are really talking about an implied "performance in taking" the test, suddenly this could be correct:
However I would also go ahead and call both of them "awkward". I would avoid entirely and use
Or best of all, use K.I.S.S. and avoid the problem altogether:
I think if it is a written test, we most often say performance on the test (maybe because we "put our ideas down on paper"), but if it is measuring abilities in an environment, e.g. response times, or skill comparisons (before and after, etc) we use performance in the test.


- The Forever Africa Team
Loyiso Hives, helping to keep the Western Cape buzzing
Kayamandi's local entrepreneur, Loyiso Mbete, started 'Loyiso Hives" back in 2011. With just 80 hives, he set out on his mission to pollinate local farms. Realising that he may need more hives, he approached the Department of Agriculture. They invested an additional 150 hives with his already 80 functioning hives. Mbete now has hives on 9 different fruit farms across the Western Cape that pollinate the surrounding flora every year.
Why are bees so important?
Bees are extremely vital to a healthy economy and a healthy environment. Bees provide a stable and healthy food supply. They aid in the growth and production of plants within our ecosystems. However, bees are in dangerfrom loss of habitat, the effects of climate change and exposure to pesticides.
Mbete's model is mainly just to pollinate the farms, but as being an entrepreneur, he has a few exciting things on the go! By keeping things simple, all he has to do is move them to where they need to work their magic. "We drop them off for pollination season, and they pay me to have the bees there. I then allow another person to go and extract the honey from the hives in the season. They then pay me per frame. There are about ten frames per hive".
How has it helped the local farms?
"Yes, a lot of them are commercial farmers and really see the benefit of having my bees on their farm. We are doing extremely well and getting great results. Over all the years, we actually never really had a problem, they have always outperformed."
What made you start Loyiso Hives?
Well, originally, it was to start a business, but as it progressed, it started to inspire me more and more. If we don't have bees, we are not going to be able to have any food. They are so important.
What are your Super Powers?
I see potential in people, myself, and Africa. South Africa is alive with possibility.
What do you love about Africa?
I love Africa. It is such a great continent filled with diversity. I am a believer in diversity, and if we were all the same, it would be boring. I am inspired by our diversity here in Africa. We all have a role to inspire each other to be great.
What made you take the step into the unknown to become an entrepreneur?
There is a term in my language- "wake up and do it yourself". That has always inspired me. I am inspired by the fact that things can happen if you make them happen. I'm a very innovative person, and it's great to see when you give someone a product, and they like it!
Mbete hopes that in the future, he can teach young entrepreneurs to care for these hives, extract the honey and allow another company to consolidate and package the product. He aims to create a symbiotic relationship, not only with the bees and local farmers, but various parts of the industry to aid young local entrepreneurs. "You have to be someone that is willing to work hard. Beekeeping isn't always that easy. You have to work at night and be willing to get dirty! As well as understanding how the bees operate".
Where do you see the hives in a few years?
It will change into a proper honey-making business. Our aim is to get a product out of the hives, but it will no longer be solely mine. It will be for the people; I want to create mico bee-keepers. I want this project to create a sustainable model within the industry to create more employment.
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The 23rd chromosome is the main element that determines an individual's gender.
THE SPUTNIK RISING TO THE SKIES
The first ever satellite, "Sputnik 1," was launched in 1957. Verse 19;57 (Surah Maryam, 57) of the Qur'an amazingly refers to rising and being raised.
We raised him up to a high place. (Surah Maryam, 57)
The term "Refa'nahu" in this verse is derived from the verb "refea," meaning "to raise, lift up or elevate." On the other hand, the word "aliyyen" in the verse bears the meaning of "high, very high" in addition to "great." When we consider this verse by itself, therefore, it means "being raised into a very high place." In that respect, verse 19:57 may be a reference to the launching into the sky of the spacecraft Sputnik 1 in 1957. (Allah knows the truth.)
Verse 19:57 of the Qur'an speaks of "raising to a high place."
"Sputnik 1," the first unmanned satellite, was launched in 1957.
THE GENETIC CODE OF THE BEE
All the bees in the world have the same number of chromosomes, and that never changes. Male and female animals generally have the same number of chromosomes. But the bee is slightly different. Because the male bee has 16 single chromosomes and the female bee 16 pairs.3
The bee is thus different in this respect, that of chromosome number. This difference is indicated in the Qur'an thus: (Allah knows the truth.) The Surah "Nahl," meaning bee, is the 16th Surah of the Qur'an. And 16 is the number of chromosomes these animals possess.
Surat an-Nahl, meaning "Bee," is the 16th Surah.
The bee has 16 chromosomes.
1 _URL_ (Leicester edu dept of Physics & astronomy); _URL_ (University of Ottowa); _URL_ (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)
2 Dr. Mazhar, U. Kazi, 130 Evident Miracles in the Qur'an, Crescent Publishing House, New York, 1997, p. 110-111; _URL_ from Prof. Zighloul Raghib El-Naggar's speech.
3 Malcolm T. Sanford, APIS /Apicultural Information and ISsues from IFAS/University of Florida, Vol. 14, no. 4, April 1996; _URL_


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Reactive power is a concept used by engineers to describe the loss of power in a system arising from the production of electric and magnetic fields. Although reactive loads such as inductors and capacitors dissipate no power, they drop voltage and draw current, which creates the impression that they actually do. This "imaginary power" or "phantom power" is called reactive power. It is measured in a unit called Volt-Amps-Reactive (VAR). The actual amount of power being used, or dissipated, is called true power, and is measured in the unit of watts. The combination of reactive power and true power is called apparent power, and it is the product of a circuit's voltage and current. Apparent power is measured in the unit of Volt-Amps (VA). Devices which store energy by virtue of a magnetic field produced by a flow of current are said to absorb reactive power; those which store energy by virtue of electric fields are said to generate reactive power. Reactive power is significant because it must be provided and maintained to insure continuous, steady voltage on transmission networks. Reactive power thus is produced for maintenance of the system and not for end-use consumption. Power losses incurred in transmission from heat and electromagnetic emissions are included in the total reactive power requirement as are the needs of power hungry devices, such as electric motors, electromagnetic generators, and alternators. This power is supplied for many purposes by condensers, capacitors, and similar devices, which can react to changes in current flow by releasing energy to normalize the flow. If elements of the power grid cannot get the reactive power they need from nearby sources, they will pull it across transmission lines and destabilize the grid. In this way, poor management of reactive power can cause major blackouts.
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New Guide Offers African American Families Help to Cope with Crises
African American parents now have an important new resource to help them support their children in times of stress or crisis. The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI) have developed an Activity Book for African American Families: Helping Children Cope with Crisis.
The Activity Book for African American Families was developed by the African American Parents' Project, a collaboration between families, professional organizations, and leaders of national African American organizations, to provide African American families and communities with activities and resources to comfort their children in times of crisis. The project, begun shortly after the September 11th terrorist attacks, is designed to help African American families console their children who may become frightened by repeated media coverage of terrorism, war, and violence, and instill in them a sense of safety.
"Parents have the most important job in the world one that is even more challenging and more difficult when children try to make sense of reports of violence and heightened threat alerts in the media," said Duane Alexander, M.D., director of the NICHD. "This activity book is designed to empower families to address everyday hardships and also to strengthen families for times of major crisis."
In developing this booklet, the NICHD and the NBCDI listened to parents' concerns and suggestions about what they needed to help their children cope with crisis situations. A number of African American organizations provided their expertise and assistance in developing the workbook and are committed to helping promote it.
"This project has a deep meaning for our community because many African American families live with daily violence and other issues," said Evelyn Moore, president of NBCDI. "These daily struggles are compounded by war and the threat of terrorism, which have a great impact on our children. During this time of renewal and new resolutions, we encourage families to spend some time doing the activities together."
The book's activities are designed to work well with children ages 12 and under by helping parents communicate with their children to strengthen the family and help children feel safe. In addition, the activities help parents talk with children about emotions to find ways to express thoughts and feelings that might be hard to say out loud. By talking about these things, families can begin to deal with feelings in positive, constructive ways. The activities also highlight important values, such as family, honesty, and spirituality, which can strengthen children from within.
Many of the activities tap into children's creativity drawing, coloring, singing, gardening which encourage children to let others know what's going on inside them in a safe, controlled way. Other activities encourage parents and children to read a poem or a story, or listen to a song as a way of refocusing children's attention on calming thoughts.
The Activity Book contains specific advice for parents about how to:
- Encourage their child to feel hopeful about the future
- Listen to their child
- Comfort their child
- Help their child feel good about him or herself
- Help their child feel safe
- Give their child information that is appropriate for her/his age
- Make a plan with their child for emergencies
- Share their faith with their child
Among the organizations that provided advice to the NICHD and the NBCDI on this project are: 100 Black Men of America, Inc.; Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.; American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; American Psychiatric Association; Congress of National Black Churches, Inc.; Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.; Jack and Jill of America, Inc; National Association of Black Social Workers; National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc.; and the National Medical Association.
The Activity Book for African American Families is free and can be ordered through the NICHD Web site, _URL_ or by calling the NICHD Information Resource Center at _PHONE_ or via e-mail at _EMAIL_. Information on Helping Children Cope with Crisis is also available on the National Black Child Development Institute Web site at _URL_.
The NICHD is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the biomedical research arm of the federal government. NIH is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The NICHD sponsors research on development, before and after birth; maternal, child, and family health; reproductive biology and population issues; and medical rehabilitation. NICHD publications, as well as information about the Institute, are available from the NICHD Web site, _URL_, or from the NICHD Clearinghouse, _PHONE_; e-mail _EMAIL_.
The National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI), founded in 1970, exists to improve and protect the quality of life of African-American children, children of color, and their families. NBCDI programs and initiatives reflect our commitment to young people. For more information, contact NBCDI by phone _PHONE_, visit our Web site _URL_, or email _EMAIL_.


How can I make URL connections through a proxy server?
John Zukowski
Java uses two system properties to designate a proxy: http.proxyHost and http.proxyPort. For applets, these are automatically set to use the browser's settings. However, in an application you need to set them yourself:
Properties props = System.getProperties();
props.put("http.proxyHost", "proxyhostname");
props.put("http.proxyPort", "proxyhostport");


Brown Mythbusters: The Bio-Medical Center exhaust vent
There is a distinct yin and yang vibe surrounding the two concrete structures on the north patio of the Bio-Medical Center. The eastern stack takes outside air in. The western stack pumps inside air out. Today, we are only concerned with the output stack, whose overhead cover and continuous output of warm air offers refuge from the cold for some, but evokes a sense of danger in others, who believe toxic chemicals from the research center are dispelled through the vents.
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"I always hold my breath when I walk by there," says Erik Danie '18.
So by basking in a few seconds of warmth, do you run the risk of exposure to hazards such as carcinogens and possibly even byproducts of top-secret biomedical experiments? Or is the exhaust safe to inhale? Or does it even matter?
Phase 1: Unlike the CIT shower investigation, this myth only required one step to solve. We spoke with a representative from facilities who assured us that the air is, in fact, perfectly safe to breathe. All exhaust that escapes the concrete structures—which serve as both fire stairwell egresses and ventilation output—comes from classrooms and meeting rooms in the building. This air is kept separate from the lab ventilation and output from fume hoods, which exits through the top of the building.
Although the idea of easy access to toxic fumes from the biology/medical labs could be appealing to those seeking new freaky superpowers, the only thing remotely dangerous about the air under the western ventilation stack is the second hand smoke coming from the guy standing next to you.


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The cacheRunner example performs distributed caching operations based on user commands. The example is located in the GemFire installation under
In every shell used to run this example application, configure your environment according to the instructions provided in examples/EnvSetup.html.
environment is set, change to the
directory to run the application. You may wish to configure the example
to run with non-default connection properties (to use a unique mcast-port,
for example). To do this, copy the
examples/dist/cacheRunner directory and edit it as needed.
The application takes a cache configuration file in input. You can use the example configuration files
provided in the example directory and you can create and test your own.
This sample loads
examples/cacheRunner/cache.xml file for cache initialization:
java cacheRunner.CacheRunner cache.xml
Once started, the application allows you to perform most of the caching
activities that are available through the Java API (the program's "
help" lists all possible commands). With its free-form approach, this
cacheRunner program allows you to to explore the various caching models. The following examples guide you through three basic cache applications, but we encourage you to to try your own.
Example 1 - Exploring Data Distribution and Replication
This first example runs two Java applications in one distributed system. The applications define the same cache regions:
a root region, named "root", with three subregions:
rlocal (no distribution),
rdistnoack (distribution with pull model), and
rglobalreplication (complete replication of data).
To try out
cacheRunner with these configuration files, set up two shells
with the same environment settings, and
cd to the
examples/dist/cacheRunner directory. You may need to change how these processes find each other to avoid conflicting with processes that are already running. To do so, copy
gemfire.properties from the
defaultConfig directory of the installation and modify the
In both shells, run:
java cacheRunner.CacheRunner cache.xml
This starts the applications and initializes their caches according to
help lists the available operations. In one shell, add
some entries to the three subregions,
From the other shell, list the region contents
and note that
rglobalreplication is already equivalent to its counterpart
in the first shell. Still in the second shell, try to get entries that are already
defined in the first shell and note the result. Add some entries to the
regions in the second shell and note the effects on the regions in the first shell.
backup_cache.xml file configures a GemFire cache
root, that backs up its contents to disk. When data is placed into
this region, it is scheduled for an asynchronous write to disk.
You can run this example from the
java cacheRunner.CacheRunner backup_cache.xml
After adding several entries to the root region using the "put" command, you can exit the program. Upon restarting with the same XML configuration file, you can obtain the values of the entries you added using the "get" command. The entries should have the values you put in the previous invocation of the CacheRunner example.
The backup files are in the
BackupDirectory. If you want to try out the rollover of
backup files, edit this
line in the
backup_cache.xml to set the file size limit to 1 megabyte:
Then do puts until you create more than a megabyte of data. Alternatively,
you can enter
forceRolling at the command prompt.
The active backup file is
n is a
sequence number. When the file rolls over, the data is archived to
BACKUP_root.db and the current file is replaced by a
new file with the next sequence number. To save all
the backup files, rather than deleting the old ones,
turn off rolling in the
Example 3 - Querying and Indexing
queryPortfolios.xml file configures a GemFire cache
region with the Portfolios region that is discussed in the Querying chapter
of the GemFire Enterprise Distributed Caching Programmer's Guide. The accompanying
queryPortfolios.in, can be used to run most of the queries
that are listed in that chapter. To run those queries against the
queryPortfolios.xml data, execute this command:
java cacheRunner.CacheRunner queryPortfolios.xml < queryPortfolios.in
This lists every query and its results and then exits.
You can run your own queries against the same data by starting cacheRunner like this:
java cacheRunner.CacheRunner queryPortfolios.xml
For information on creating queries and indexes interactively, see the program help or the examples in the


increase. But the water's not in the muscles, it's in the gut, buffering the sugar that is generally used to replenish muscle glycogen:
"What he discovered was that if he drank sugary water, his body reacted to it by flooding his stomach with water.
"...Two lights went on over my head on hearing this. The first is that this explains diabetics' frequent thirst and urination: they're thirsty because diabetics consume a lot of sugar, which requires their bodies to dump water into their guts. They need to replenish this water in their systems, and perhaps drinking the water helps in diluting the sugar in their guts."
And going on a low-carb diet allows the body to lose the water that's in the gut (doing you no good from a running performance perspective), not the muscles.
At least that's n=1, not n=SWAG.
[Scientific Wild-Ass Guess]
P.S. OK, it's not just me:
"...Several attempts have been made to estimate the amount of water stored in muscle in association with glycogen, but this is not easily quantified. Early data suggested a value of about 3 g of water for each gram of glycogen (Olsson & Saltin, 1970). However, a subsequent study by Sherman et al. (1982), in which the muscle glycogen content of rats was manipulated by exercise and diet, suggested that there was no consistent association between the amount of glycogen stored in a muscle and the muscle water content. Richter, Hansen, and Hansen (1988) found a decrease in muscle water concentration after muscle glycogen loading. Nygren, Karlsson, Norman, and Kaijser (2001) have also suggested that glycogen loading may alter the disposition of water molecules within the muscle. These apparently conflicting data may result from different amounts of water storage with different structural forms of glycogen and changes in the proportions of these different forms as the total amount of glycogen changes.
"Notwithstanding the uncertainties, there is good evidence of gross changes in body mass as a consequence of diet and exercise manipulations designed to induce alterations in glycogen storage in humans. Any major change in the amount of glycogen stored in muscle will result in a change in body mass, with the major part of the mass change being a consequence of the storage of the associated water (Olsson & Saltin, 1970)...."
The studies they cite are the studies linked to above. They're not particularly logical with that last statement, however, as there's still no evidence for the proposition that glycogen is stored with water.
But that's how scientific myths stay alive!
P.P.S. The whole point of the glycogen molecule is to store glucose without water...
"Glycogen is also a suitable storage substance due to its insolubility in water, which means it does not affect the osmotic pressure of a cell."


Special Olympics British Columbia
General Statement of Eligibility: Persons with an intellectual disability are eligible to participate in Special Olympics.
Identifying Persons with Intellectual Disabilities: A person is considered to have an intellectual disability for purposes of determining his or her eligibility to participate in Special Olympics if that person satisfies all of the following requirements:
 1. Typically an IQ score of approximately 70 or below;
 2. Deficits in the general mental abilities which limit and restrict participation and performance in one or more aspects of daily life such as communication, social participation, functioning at school or work, or personal independence, and;
 3. Onset during the developmental period (before the age of 18 years).
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM 2000) is published by the American Psychiatric Association and the manual is typically used by professionals in Canada who make development diagnoses.
 1. Do coaches/ staff require proof that a person has an intellectual disability?
 No, Special Olympics in Canada does not ask for proof of an intellectual disability. If the person has an intellectual disability then he/she is eligible to participate in Special Olympics.
 2. What happens when a child has not had an assessment to determine their diagnosis?
 Special Olympics in Canada has an inclusive approach and does not ask for medical documentation to be eligible for participation in programs. It is recommended to invite parents/caregivers to observe a program to see if the child fits in with the program. If parents feel that their child fits into the program, then he/she can participate until the assessment has been completed.
 3. If there are athletes in the programs who may not have an IQ below 70, what should a coach/staff do?
 Those athletes who are enrolled in Special Olympics programs in Canada who have an IQ above 70 are eligible to continue participating in Special Olympics.
 4. What are common intellectual disabilities?
 Intellectual disabilities include Down syndrome and some Autism Spectrum Disorders. Typically an intellectual disability would not be attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, attention deficit disorder, or a learning disability.


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- When Mal enters the bridge in the movie, where does the door on the left go?
- How does the life support/air support system on Serenity work?
- If the damage to River's brain was physical, how does seeing the hologram on Miranda help?
- How many worlds supported the Independence?
- What food does River try to eat in The Message?
- What is a blackout zone?
- Why can't Vera breach Serenity's hull in Objects in Space but could breach the Scrap Shot net in Our Mrs Reynolds?
- What is "shimmerwine"?


of which the following are the most important. Desire is for the thing that we suppose the Other desires, which is to say, the thing that the Other lacks. Hence, the subject desires from the point of view of "another"; the object of man's desire is simply an object desired by someone else, which in most cases is the main reason why the object becomes desirable, and unfortunately not because of the natural quality of the thing in itself [Note: this is of course applicable to the common majority, since the consciousness of individuals with superior reflective abilities and philosophical values will likely lead them to perceive, think and behave differently].
Desire is essentially the "desire of the Other's [i.e. Grand Autre's / Superego's] desire", which implies both the desire to be the object of another's desire, and the desire for recognition by another. Desire is essentially a desire for recognition.
Lacan takes this idea from Hegel, to state:
On love and desire, the former is a metaphor, while the latter is metonymy; love is located in the imaginary order but generates effects in the symbolic order where desire is located. We do find some similarities between love and desire in Lacan's work since it is assumed that both can never be fully satisfied [i.e. insatiable]. The structure of love as "the wish to be loved" is also identical to the structure of desire in which the subject desires to become the object of the Other's desire. Love involves an imaginary reciprocity, since to love is also to wish to be loved.
Desire is metonymy, and hence a constant force which can never be fully satisfied [because humans tend to have other desires once one is achieved and also because Desire may not only arise from Lack but may also be a productive force in itself]. Desire is the constant 'pressure' which underlies the drives and keeps individuals moving forward towards progress [with the right choice(s) and/or the right guidance]. As Elisabeth Roudinesco said: "Lacan est un penseur sceptique et en même temps passionné, c'est-à-dire l'engagement, la possibilité de croire encore en quelque chose, c'est-à-dire au désir, existe, donc il ne faut pas désespérer le Sujet mais la seule chose qui peut compter c'est l'éthique du désir, puisqu'il ne nous reste plus que ça : ne pas céder sur son désir ; ça c'est l'héroïsme Lacanien." [French for:Lacan is a sceptical and at the same time passionate thinker, that is to say commitment, the possibility of still believing in something, that is to say, in desire, exists, so one should not abandon the Subject, but the only thing that can count is the ethics of desire, since that is all we have left: not to give up on one's desire; that is Lacanian heroism."]
In order to achieve the desire for recognition all Subjects must impose the idea that they have of themselves on others (i.e. the rest of the humanity); this leads all individuals in a form of personal fight [which not necessarily violent, but rather a dialectical discourse] with the rest of humanity for recognition and pure prestige; Lacan argues that it is only by risking one's life for recognition that one can prove that he is truly human. Lacan introduced « la dialectique du maître et de l'esclave », to use the metaphors "Master" and "Slave" to point out that human civilisation is only possible because we have those who direct (Masters/Maîtres) and those who receive directions (Slaves/Esclaves); civilisation would not be possible if it was composed of only masters or of only slaves, both are required and play a fundamental role in the advancement of civilisation. A Subject can both be a master and a slave, i.e. a master to one, but at the same time a slave for another in a different domain. To Lacan, the master signifier is that which represents a particular Subject for all other signifiers but can never represent the Subject completely since there is always some surplus which escapes representation.
The 3 Registers: Real, Imaginary and Symbolic
Firstly, the "Real" is not "reality", and there is no "objective reality" because there is only a subjective "reality" that holds significance for any individual Subject, and this subjective reality takes shape by its knots with the Imaginary and the Symbolic register [both conceived from the Real, which also then ties itself to the 2 other registers] that the Subject identifies with linguistically. It is in this sense that Lacan is a formidable realist and ties himself to all the great Realist Schools of Philosophy. The Real is a domain outside the symbolic Subject, the Real is the domain of the inexpressible since it does not belong to language. The Lacanian "Real" contains the "Lack" which generally manifests itself in real nothingness. To indicate that something is lacking, requires the assumption that it is possible for it to be present, which introduces the Symbolic domain into the Real. The "Real" simply stands for what is neither symbolic nor imaginary and is never truly known; it is mediated by the 2 orders of the Imaginary and the Symbolic; thus while the Real is present, these uncanny objects are treated as alien, meaningless and reminders of the symbolic lack in the subject's identity formation; and "lack" is what causes desire to arise, which leads to the Subject's unique development and growth.
Lacan said:
« L'inconscient reste le cœur de l'être pour les uns, et d'autres croiront me suivre à en faire l'Autre (symbolique) de la réalité. La seule façon de s'en sortir, c'est de poser qu'il est le réel, ce qui ne veut dire aucune réalité, le réel en tant qu'impossible à dire, c'est-à-dire en tant que le réel c'est l'impossible, tout simplement . »
French for: "The unconscious remains the heart of the being for some, and others will believe they follow me to make it the Other (symbolic) of reality. The only way to get out of it is to pose that it is the real, which does not mean any reality, the real as impossible to say, that is to say as the real is the impossible, quite simply."
Jean-Bertrand Pontalis who was psychoanalysed by Lacan, assisted to his presentations while also participating in the famous seminars that he transcribed the résumés. Pontalis said: "On est un peu perdu et on se dit c'est peut-être génial, c'est peut-être moi qui comprend rien, ça me rappelle que d'ailleurs Lacan disant – alors qu'il y avait au début de ses séminaire des gens comme Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Jean Hyppolite venait, Paul Ricœur et bien d'autres – je l'entends encore dire – peut-être pas s'adressant à eux mais l'auditoire en général : « Mais enfin, vous allez commencer à l'ouvrir votre comprenoire ? » Voilà, donc je ne peux pas dire que ça m'émeuve, parce qu'il a quand même un côté comédien même très comédien, il en remet un peu comme il en remettait dans sa vêture, avec ses vestes, ses cols Mao à l'époque et puis ensuite les fameux cigares torsadés." [French for: We're a bit lost and we say to ourselves that maybe it's great, maybe it's me who doesn't understand anything, it reminds me of Lacan saying – while at the beginning of his seminars there were people like Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Jean Hyppolite came, Paul Ricoeur and many others – I still hear him say, perhaps not addressing them but the audience in general: "But finally, you will begin to open your understanding?" So I can't say I'm moved, because he still has a comedian side, even very comical, like he used to portray with his clothes, with his jackets, his Mao collars at the time, and then the famous twisted cigars."].
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Jacques Lacan (1901 – 1981)
Christian Jambet explained how the real is "nothing", but gets its subjective significance from knots with the imaginary and the symbolic register of the individual Subject: "Le nœud était là pour essayer de transmettre, pas simplement le réel comme vérité ou le réel comme indicible, mais le réel comme ce qui est là dans sa plus grande nudité et sa plus grande insignifiance. La chute d'une ficelle et en même temps son enroulement. Qu'est-ce qui reste quand ça se défait? Un rien. Et en même temps que ce rien forme la chose la plus complexe, c'est-à-dire tous ces nœuds du langage ont quoi nous sommes pris et qui tissent notre vie." [French for: The knot (Borromean) was there to try to transmit, not simply the Real as truth or the Real as unspeakable, but the real as what is there in its greatest nakedness and insignificance. The fall of a string and at the same time its knots. What remains when it unravels? A nothing, and at the


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How to Force Safari to Sync with iCloud
When iCloud syncing is turned on, Safari is supposed to automatically sync your web browsing history and tabs with your other iCloud-enabled OS X and iOS devices. That doesn't always work as described, however. If your Safari history and settings on the Mac aren't syncing over to iCloud, you can manually force the sync process.
This setting in the Mac app will make sure recently visited webpages will also be accessible from your iPad or iPhone. First we'll have to enable the hidden Debug menu in Safari.
1. Quit Safari in OS X. Use the Command+Q shortcut to quickly close the program or go to Safari > Quit Safari.
2. Open Terminal. You can do this with the Command+Spacebar shortcut and searching for "terminal" or going to your Applications > Utilities folder.
3. Type in the command below:
defaults write IncludeInternalDebugMenu 1
4. Press Enter.
5. Relaunch Safari. You should see the new debug menu in Safari.
6. Click Debug > Sync iCloud History.
This will manually force a sync of your Safari history to your other Apple devices over iCloud.


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The Rosemont Works curriculum contains an experiential education
requirement for all students. To comply with this requirement, the
Office of Experiential Learning coordinates internships, service
learning, and study abroad experiences to assist students in their
The office is a resource for students in securing internships during
the academic year and the summer. Further, the office participates with
faculty in the evaluation of internship goals and learning outcomes.
The office also helps faculty incorporate Service Learning into
their classes by developing contacts with community organizations.
Service Learning relies on a pedagogy which involves cooperation between
faculty, students, and community organizations in an interactive
In an increasingly interdependent world, study abroad is an
important and vital component of any educational experience. With the
assistance of this office, students can explore a large variety of study


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What about the invaded cell?
hboswell at netdoor.com
Wed Jan 10 15:08:49 EST 1996
I'm not a virologist, biologist, whatever - I'm a computer scientist who's
married to a HS biology teacher, and I asked her a question she couldn't
answer, so I thought I'd throw it out here. My understanding is that a virus
attacks by entering a cell and inserting DNA/RNA into the cell's chromosone
structure, causing the cell to produce copies of the virus. (Sorry if I've
oversimplified). If so, what happens to the original cell? Is it still
the original cell type? Has it itself become a viral cell? Or with it's
now-altered DNA, is it something else entirely?
Or, do I have this all wrong?
Thanks for any info,
Harry Boswell hboswell at netdoor.com
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Do you have an older smartphone laying around that's not being used? Does your business have a shared employee tablet sitting next to the register? Installing Numa on shared devices is a great way to provide access to any employee who might not otherwise install Numa on their personal phone.
It's a common misconception that Numa can only be installed on individual's phones or that Numa only works on devices that themselves have cell service or a phone number. Numa works great on any device that has internet access, including WiFi-only devices.
Approaches for setting up shared devices
This article describes two recommended approaches for incorporating shared devices into your Numa Messaging account.
Approach #1: Invite each shared device as a new user
This is the most common approach and is appropriate for most businesses.
 - Easy to set up
 - Once set up, nobody has to log in or out. The device is always ready to use
 - Can't track which employee sends each message -- all employees will be messaging from a shared account
 - Requires you to have an extra unused email address you can assign to the device
 1. Within Numa, go to Settings > Manage Staff (requires manager permissions)
 2. Create a new user with a memorable name (e.g. "Company iPad") and an unused email address
 3. Check the email address you provided for an invitation to create a password and join Numa
 4. Download the Numa app onto the shared device
 5. Use the email address and password you created to sign in to Numa on the shared device. Done!
Approach #2: Employees log in and out of the shared device using their own accounts
This approach is appropriate for businesses that need a higher level of tracking over which employees are responding to which messages.
 - Can easily track which employee sent each message or handled each conversation
 - When signed in, each employee gets their own familiar view of their inbox, settings, and available permissions
 - Employees have to be diligent about remembering to log in and out on the shared device
 - Switching accounts can become tedious if multiple employees are sharing the device during one shift
 1. Download the Numa app onto the shared device
 2. When an employee wants to use Numa on the shared device, they simply sign in to their individual Numa account
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Military Governor Mason's Report on the Discovery of Gold
The Discovery – as Viewed in New York and London
The Miner's Ten Commandments - 1853
The Wife's Commandments
1. Thou shalt have no other wife but me.
2. Thou shalt not take into thy house any beautiful brazen image of a servant girl, to bow down to her, to serve her, for I am a jealous wife, visiting, &c.
3. Thou shalt not take the name of thy wife in vain.
4. Remember thy wife to keep her respectably.
5. Honor thy wife's father and mother.
6. Thou shalt not fret.
7. Thou shalt not find fault with thy dinner.
8. Thou shalt not chew tobacco.
9. Thou shalt not be behind thy neighbor.
10. Thou shalt not visit the rum tavern; thou shall not covet the tavern keeper's rum, nor his brandy, nor his gin, nor his whisky, nor his wine, nor any thing that's behind the bar of the rum-seller.
11. Thou shalt not visit billiard saloons neither for worshipping on the dance, nor the heaps of money that lie on the tables.
And the twelfth commandment is, thou shalt not stay out later than nine o'clock at night.
Cleveland Plain Dealer
March 27, 1849
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World Agroforestry Centre Considers Climate Adaptation in Chinese Mountain Communities
29 April 2013: In the context of increased rainfall variability and recurrent drought in mountain regions of China, the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) has published a study, titled 'Coping with Climate-induced Water Stress Through Time and Space in the Mountains of Southwest China,' on strategies to increase resilience to water shortages.
ICRAF scientists documented a range of coping strategies, including erosion control, village water management rules, changes in cropping patterns, and new irrigation methods. The study highlights that political trends in China are promoting decentralized and market-driven solutions.
The authors note that not all coping strategies will be sustainable in the long-term, and stress the need to link short-term strategies with long-term ecological and socioeconomic adaptations. They promote afforestation both for restoration of natural forest and for incorporating trees into farmlands.
ICRAF is a member of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [Publication: Coping with Climate-induced Water Stress Through Time and Space in the Mountains of Southwest China] [ICRAF Press Release]


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Something long and thin wriggles past you in the countryside. The knee-jerk response may be that you've just seen a snake but how can you be certain that what you've seen isn't a slow worm instead? Let's take a closer look at slow worms and the different species of snake present in the UK to give you a better idea of how to correctly identify and distinguish between snakes and slow worms.
There are a number of factors that can help us to tell the difference between slow worms and snakes. Some are "dead certs" – almost guaranteed to ensure you have the correct identification – whilst others are less certain and in these cases it may be necessary to use a number of different factors in order to be reasonably confident about an identification.
This is especially so if you only had a fleeting glimpse out of the corner of your eye rather than a good long look at the reptile in question. Wherever possible – both to make identification easier and to serve as a reminder in the future – try to take a few photographs of the animal in question.
These don't need to be "award winning" nature photographs – certainly mine aren't – but when a creature could vanish at any second grabbing a few quick pictures that you can analyze at your leisure later on can not only make your identifications more accurate but also more enjoyable as you sit and ponder them at a later date in the comfort of your own home.
Whilst the body of most snakes tends to taper gently from the mid section down to a fine point at the end of the tail the slow worm typically appears far chunkier with the "tail" appearing far blunter and ending far more sharply. In addition, be aware that unlike snakes, slow worms can "drop" their tails like many other lizards and so this can lead to an even "stubbier-looking" tail than normal.
The head shape differs between slow worms and snakes but it can be quite a subtle feature so isn't recommended as the only identification source. In general the species of British snakes tend to have rather flatter-looking heads than the higher, rounder head of the slow worm. Remember that the slow worm is a lizard and not a snake and when you look closely at them it can be quite easy to see that their head is more lizard-like than snake-like.
Grass snakes, smooth snakes and adders all typically have quite clearly-defined patterns to help with camouflage. Spots and stripes are common in these species while the slow worm is typically a reasonably uniform brown in colour. Younger specimens may have stripes of colour but these tend to be longitudinal (from head to tail) rather than the more lateral marking of, for example, an adder.
British snakes feed on a variety of prey including frogs and small mammals but slow worms are rather different in that they prefer small invertebrate prey. Slugs are a perfect example of the type of food they enjoy and so should you see a "slow worm" eating a frog for example, it's almost certainly actually a snake.
Snakes have sealed eyelids through which they see which makes them appear to have no eyelids. As a result they are also incapable of blinking. As lizards however, slow worms do have eye lids and with patience you may even see them blink. Blinking, therefore, is a guaranteed indicator that what you have seen is a slow worm and not a snake.
Of course baby snakes are smaller than adults but overall slow worms are far smaller than most of the British species of snake. Baby slow worms – which are born live rather than in egg form – can be just a few inches long and even the adult rarely exceed more than a foot. Compare this to the size that an adder or a grass snake may achieve and a smaller-sized, serpent-like creature is more likely to be a slow worm than a snake.
Thanks to their preferred prey, slow worms are most likely to be seen after rain and/or in the early evening where they will be searching for small invertebrates to eat. In contrast adders and grass snakes are often seen basking in the heat of the day though a slow worm that has been disturbed from it's hiding place may still be seen at these times of day.
Adders, generally, seem to prefer heathland habitats, grass snakes those with open water in the form of ponds or streams while slow worms can be seen in a variety of habitats though grassland areas is where they are most often observed.
Telling a slow worm from a snake can take a little practise but hopefully you can see there are a number of factors that you can use to help you make a definitive identification.


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Marcellus Lovejoy Stearns
Eleventh (acting) governor
March 18, 1875 to January 2, 1877
Oil over photograph, Claribel Jett, ca. 1960
Marcellus L. Stearns was born at Lovell, Me., on April 29, 1839. He left Waterville (now Colby) College in 1861 to join the Union army. During the Civil War, Stearns lost an arm at the Battle of Winchester. He studied law while in the Army and eventually was sent to Quincy, Fla., where he remained after his discharge.
Stearns was a member of both the 1868 constitutional convention and the Florida House of Representatives from 1868 through 1872, serving as speaker of the 1869 session. He was elected lieutenant governor in 1872 and succeeded to the governorship a year and a half later, upon the death of Governor Ossian Hart.
While Stearns was governor, Florida's budget was balanced, and tourists first began to flock to the state. In 1877, Stearns was appointed U.S. commissioner at Hot Springs, Ark., serving until 1880. He died in Palatine Bridge, N.Y., on December 8, 1891.


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Culinary terms used most frequently- B -
Baste or Mop: To moisten food while cooking with a liquid (melted fat, pan dripping, sauce, or other liquid). This keeps the meat, and other foods, from drying out and encourages color and flavor. A spoon, brush, bulb baster, or miniature mop can be used.
Blanch: To briefly plunge food into boiling water, and then into cold water to stop cooking. Blanching is used to loosen skins of fruits and vegetables, or to prepare them for more cooking by another method.
Braise: A method in which food is first browned, and then cooked in a tightly-covered pan with a small amount of liquid. It is cooked at low heat for a long period of time.
Caramelization: All meat and vegetables contain some sugar (in the form of carbohydrates). Under intense dry heat, as in roasting or sauteing, these sugars break down. The result is the brown color and rich flavor called caramelization.
Chop: To cut food into relatively uniform bite-size or smaller pieces.
Concassee: [kon-kaas-SAY] Its root word means to roughly chop or pound a food. Concassee is usually made from chopped tomatoes.
Cube: To cut food (such as meat or cheese) into uniform 1/2" cubes.
Cut-In: To mix a solid fat (butter or shortening) into a dry ingredient using a pastry blender, two knives, a fork, or fingers until fat particles are the desired size.
Deglaze: The process of removing browned bits of food from the bottom of the pan. It's done by heating a small amount of liquid in the pan (usually wine or stock), and stirring to loosen. This mixture is a great base for making a sauce.Dice: To cut food into uniform tiny (1/4" or smaller) cubes.
Emulsify: [eh-MUHL-suh-fy] The process of binding hard-to-combine ingredients, like water and oil. The final blended product is called an emulsion which can last from a few minutes to a few days depending on the emulsifier, the item that binds the two hard-to-combine ingredients. Common emulsifiers are mustard and egg yolks.
Glaze: 1. A 90% reduction of stock. 2. A thin glossy coating applied to foods. A reduction or aspic can cover savory foods. Anything from melted chocolate to thin icings can cover pastries and cakes. v. To apply a thin shiny coating to food. Infusion: The extraction of flavor from a food in a hot liquid (below the boiling point). Usually refers to teas and coffees, but can also apply to cooking (like the pistachio cream or olive oils that are infused with herbs).
Infusion: The extraction of flavor from a food in a hot liquid (below the boiling point). Usually refers to teas and coffees, but can also apply to cooking (like the pistachio cream or olive oils that are infused with herbs).
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Marrow: A soft, fatty tissue found in the hollow center of an animal's bone -- particularly plentiful in the shin and leg bones. Considered a delicacy in Europe, marrow is light and digestible with the same amount of calories as beef fat. It can be cooked in the bone, removed, and eaten. And it can be used in soups and stews for flavor and body.
Mince: To cut food into very small pieces. The terms "finely chopped" and "minced" are interchangeable.
Mirepoix: [mihr-PWAH] A mixture of diced carrots, onions, celery, and herbs sauteed in butter. Mirepoix is used in almost all soups, sauces, and stews as a base flavor. It is also used as a bed to braise meats, poultry and fish.
Mount: A technique where small pieces of cold, unsalted butter are whisked into a sauce just before serving. Mounting gives sauces texture and flavor as well as a glossy look.
Non-reactive: Any cooking material that won't react (by discoloring or changing the taste) with acidic foods. Glass and stainless steel are the most common non-reactive materials. Non-reactive pan or bowl: Any non-porous material that does not impart a flavor or alter a color in food. This includes glass, stainless steel, glazed ceramic, or enamel.
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Poach: To cook food gently in hot liquid that's just below the boiling point. Liquids can vary from broths, to water, to syrups.
Polenta: [po-LEHN-tah] An Italian cornmeal mush that is often cooled and then fried, grilled, broiled, or baked.
Prosciutto: [proh-SHOO-toh] This "ham" is Italy's gift to the food world. The cities of Parma and San Daniele (where it's mainly produced) argue over whose is better. Its production is a secret. It's first seasoned and salt-cured (but not smoked). Then it's air-dried, pressed, and sold thinly sliced. The best hams are aged 18 to 24 months.
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Reduce: Applied to cooking, this means to boil a liquid until its volume is reduced by evaporation. This thickens the liquid and intensifies the flavor.
Reduction: A process used to increase and intensify the flavor of a liquid. This is done by rapidly boiling a liquid to decrease its volume through evaporation. This concentrates the flavor, so season a reduction after it's made -- not before.
Render: The melting of animal fat over low heat so it separates from any connective tissue. This tissue turns crisp and brown (known as crackling) and the clarified (clear) fat is further processed by straining. To cook fatty meats, such as bacon or spare ribs, until the fat melts.
Resting: Heat drives meat's juices from the surface when it cooks. Letting meat "rest" before slicing lets these juices seep back towards the surface (liquids always take the path of least resistance). The result is a more flavorful piece of meat.
Ribbon: When a sauce thickens enough that when lifted, it falls in wide bands. Also, when sauce is thick enough that while stirred with a whisk, it leaves trails that expose the bottom of the pan or mixing bowl.
Ricer: A kitchen gadget that looks like a big garlic press. Great for mashing potatoes. This device, also called a potato ricer, forces cooked foods like turnips
Saute: [saw-TAY] In French, sauté literally means, "to jump." That describes this method of cooking in which food is cooked quickly in a small amount of butter or oil. The food "jumps" as it is either rapidly stirred or shaken over heat.
Scald: To heat milk almost to the boiling point -- just until tiny bubbles begin to form around the inside edge of a pan.
Semolina: [seh-muh-LEE-nuh] A grainy, pale yellow flour that is coarsely ground from hard wheat (like durum). It has a very high protein content. Used primarily for pasta and polenta.
Sherry: A fortified wine (brandy is added), originally made in Spain. It ranges from pale gold and dry, to dark brown and very sweet. Dry sherry is great in sauces (especially mushroom). Sweet sherry is used as a flavoring in desserts.
Springform Pan: A round pan with tall, straight sides and side "buckle". The top ring is removable so that the cake or other pastry can be served easily. Is most often used with tortes and cheesecakes. Allows you to easily unmold a cake and while retaining its shape.
Sweat: When foods, usually vegetables, are cooked over low heat in a small amount of fat (usually butter), drawing out juices to develop their full flavor.
Swiss Chard: A member of the beet family with thick, wavy green leaves and celery-like stalks (either red or white colored). Leaves and stalk can be eaten raw, or steamed and sauteed like spinach.
Temper: To slowly add a hot liquid to eggs or other foods to gradually raise their temperature without making them curdle.
Timbale: [TIHM-buhl; tihm-BAHL] A high-sided, drum-shaped mold that can taper toward the bottom. The food baked in the mold is usually a custard-based dish. It's un-molded before serving.
Tomato Paste: Tomatoes that have been cooked several hours and strained, then reduced to a thick concentrate. Purchased in cans or tubes and used for thickening and flavoring.
Tomato Puree: Tomatoes that have been briefly cooked and strained. Used as a thickener.
Yukon Gold Potatoes: A relatively new variety in markets. They have a moist, smooth texture and are great for mashed potatoes or for use in potato salad. The skin and flesh of a Yukon Gold ranges from buttery yellow to gold.
Zest: The zest is the colored portion of the skin (be careful to avoid the white pith) of citrus fruits. The aromatic oils in the citrus zest are what adds so much flavor to food. Use in cooked and raw foods.


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Caltech names eight AI4Science fellows supported by Amazon
Amazon is collaborating with Caltech to support research, education, and outreach programs that help build bridges between AI and other areas of science and engineering.
In January, eight scientists were named as 2021 Amazon AI4Science Fellows at Caltech, the world-renowned science and engineering research institution based in Pasadena, Calif. The Fellows program is a result of a collaboration between Caltech and Amazon around supporting the AI4Science initiative and its goal of sharing the latest advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to benefit all branches of scientific and engineering research.
There's a huge level of demand among graduate students and post-doctoral scholars across campus to leverage the techniques and advantages afforded by using AI and machine learning in their own research.
"Amazon's gift will have a real impact on our program," said Yisong Yue, professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences and co-founder of the AI4Science initiative. "There's a huge level of demand among graduate students and post-doctoral scholars across campus to leverage the techniques and advantages afforded by using AI and machine learning in their own research."
"Caltech is uniquely placed to be a leader in AI4science given its interdisciplinary collaborations and small size," added Anima Anandkumar, Bren Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences and co-founder of the AI4Science initiative. "We thank Amazon for supporting this groundbreaking initiative."
For those students specializing in data sciences, Yue said, "it allows them to be exposed to the datasets and research questions faced by scientists in other fields, as well as in companies such as Amazon, and to push the boundaries of existing AI and machine-learning algorithms to effectively address these questions."
"At Amazon, we strongly believe that AI should be an integral part of all science, not just computer science," said Marzia Polito, AWS senior manager of applied science. "We are building products supporting the use of AI in many fields of science and many science-based business applications. We are thrilled to collaborate with Caltech, a world-class institution doing ground-breaking science work, and we are honored to have a chance to contribute to their amazing results. There could be no better evidence toward a future where AI and science thrive together."
This year's cohort of Fellows comes from the Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and the Division of Engineering and Applied Science, reflecting the broad range of research being explored. The Fellows will apply cutting-edge ML and AI techniques to research areas ranging from neural prosthetics and theoretical chemistry, to the human microbiome.
The Amazon AI4Science Fellows and research areas are:
- Carmen Amo Alonso, a graduate student pursuing her PhD in control and dynamical systems in the lab of John Doyle, Jean-Lou Chameau Professor of Control and Dynamical Systems, Electrical Engineering, and Bioengineering, is studying the application of AI to large-scale complex systems in areas as diverse as understanding the gut microbiome to designing optimized "smart" grids.
- Sara Beery, a graduate student pursuing her PhD in computing and mathematical sciences in the lab of Pietro Perona, Allen E. Puckett Professor of Electrical Engineering, is developing approaches to collect global-scale, real-time ecological data for conservation purposes.
- Charles Guan, a graduate student pursuing his PhD in bioengineering in the lab of Richard Andersen, James G. Boswell Professor of Neuroscience, T&C Chen Brain-Machine Interface Center Leadership Chair, and director of the T&C Brain-Machine Interface Center, is developing decoding algorithms for neural prostheses and studying the neural basis of movement.
- Kadina Johnston, a graduate student pursuing her PhD in bioengineering in the lab of Nobel-prize winner Frances Arnold, Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering, and Biochemistry and director of the Donna and Benjamin M. Rosen Bioengineering Center, is applying deep learning techniques to the directed evolution approach for enzyme engineering.
- Nikola Kovachki, a graduate student pursuing his PhD in applied and computational mathematics in the lab of Andrew Stuart, Bren Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, is using deep learning techniques for solving partial differential equations, which has applications for climate modeling, understanding turbulent flow of fluids, and a wide range of materials science problems.
- Zhuoran Qiao, a graduate student pursuing his PhD in chemistry in the lab of professor of chemistry Tom Miller, is developing physics-based machine learning methods for studying problems in complex chemical systems.
- Guannan Qu, a post-doctoral scholar working under the supervision of Steven Low, Frank J. Gilloon Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences and Electrical Engineering, and Adam Wierman, professor of computing and mathematical sciences and director of Information Science and Technology, is developing multi-agent reinforcement learning approaches that are scalable, distributed, and have provable guarantees such that they will be usable for safety-critical applications.
- He Sun, a post-doctoral scholar working under the supervision of Katie Bouman, assistant professor of computing and mathematical sciences, electrical engineering and astronomy and Rosenberg Scholar, is developing new machine learning algorithms that can improve current computational imaging approaches.
The diverse interests of the Fellows reflect a trend in AI and machine learning that emphasizes cross-disciplinary research and is in line with the AI4Science focus.
"Today we need students who are experts in their own fields, but who also can communicate across different fields," Yue said. "Effective communication requires a mix of fundamentally sound rigorous thinking coupled with a broad perspective on how to apply that approach to wide range of domains, in order to reveal and distill the core technical challenges that underlie the pressing problems facing science and engineering research today."
The AI4Science Fellows program is one component within a larger collaboration between Amazon and Caltech. In the area of AI4Science, Amazon is also providing funds for Caltech's Carver Mead New Adventures Fund, AWS credits for research projects across campus, and support for AI4Science events to build community and share research results.
Beyond the AI4Science initiative, Caltech and Amazon are collaborating in a number of other areas. A group of scientists within AWS's Amazon Rekognition team is a part of Caltech's Innovation Center, a building near campus that houses Caltech corporate collaborators and startups. In 2019, AWS and Caltech also announced a collaboration around quantum computing, which will include the AWS Center for Quantum Computing, set to open later this year.
"Caltech prides itself as being an incubator for concepts like AI4Science and next-generation technologies like quantum computing," said Caltech's Kaushik Bhattacharya, vice provost for Research and Howell N. Tyson, Sr., Professor of Mechanics and Materials Science. "Our small size, our relentless focus on the most challenging scientific questions — along with our close-knit community that is interdisciplinary by design — encourage and enable us to always be pioneering in the application of tools and techniques from other fields to all areas of science and engineering. To help make sure our findings have impacts beyond academia, we greatly value our collaborations with partners like Amazon."


Kling' hinaus bis an das Haus,
wo die Veilchen sprießen:
Wenn du eine Rose schaust,
sag', ich lass sie grüßen.
Is the original text "Veilchen spriessen" or "Blumen spriessen"? I have seen both versions.
I consulted Heinrich Heine: Sämtliche Werke. Düsseldorfer Ausgabe, in 16 volumes, published by Hoffmann und Campe in the 1990s. (This is the same edition I consulted for this related question.)
The lines quoted in the question come from a poem starting with the line "Leise zieht durch mein Gemüt", i.e. poem VI of Neuer Frühling, which was included in the Neue Gedichte, published by Hoffmann und Campe in 1844.
In the Düsseldorfer Ausgabe, the poem is on page 14 of volume 2 (Neue Gedichte). According to the notes and comments (page 350f), the source of the line "wo die Veilchen sprießen" is the second reprint of Reisebilder von H. Heine. Zweiter Theil, published in 1831 (the first edition was published in 1827). However, the variant with "Blumen" appears to be the authoritative one.
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typically high and TLX is usually transferable.
In addition, TLX was robust against slight (e.g. 15 minutes) delays in operator ratings and in non-controlled order effects. TLX is also considered potentially more sensitive at low levels of workload compared to SWAT, and TLX's paired comparison procedure may be omitted without comprising the measure.
For the service representative embodiment, a goal is to determine how a new system interface should be designed to increase the performance of service representatives. Since a current system interface exists, the question must then be asked, why use a cognitive workload assessment technique to determine how the system interface should be re-designed? Before this question can be answered, the current system interface and how it is used by the service representatives to sell products, services, and packages must be examined.
In a typical existing system interface, service representatives need to examine a variety of screens depending on the products, services, or packages to be sold. It is assumed that due to the number of screens a service representative must examine, performance is not at an optimum level. It is also assumed that by redesigning the system, performance should improve. Therefore, first the performance of the service representatives on the current system needs to be determined. It is expected that the performance data will display a range of values and that groups of these values will represent selling strategies. For example, service representatives who have high levels of performance (high sales revenue per month) are expected to use different selling strategies from service representatives who have low levels of performance. Thus, one of the goals of the system interface design team is to determine the strategies used by service representatives and their corresponding performances. Once this information is known, it will be more feasible to know how the system needs to be redesigned. This information should provide direction to interface designers on how to redesign the system to improve performance. It may also direct what types of strategies should be taught to the lower performing group(s).
Based on performance data alone, groups of service representatives are not easily distinguishable. Different strategies result in different performances. In addition, it is expected that each of the strategies may result in a range of performances. Thus, performances from the different strategies are expected to overlap, making it unclear which service representatives use which strategies. Since one of the goals of the system interface design team is to determine the strategies used by service representatives, it is important to know which service representatives use the same or different strategies.
For the service representative embodiment, there are three reasons for using a cognitive workload assessment technique to determine if and how a new system should be designed. First, a cognitive workload assessment technique will result in one of three possible outcomes: all service representatives are overloaded, none of the service representatives are overloaded, or some of the services representatives are overloaded. If the results are that some or all of the service representatives are overloaded, the system should typically be redesigned to lower the load. If none of the service representatives are overloaded, the system may not necessarily have to be redesigned. It may be cost justified to train different strategies to the service representatives who are performing at a lower level. Thus, a cognitive workload assessment technique will help to determine if the system should be redesigned.
Second, since it is expected that degrees of cognitive workload correlate to types of strategies, measuring cognitive workload is an indirect way to measure types of strategies. Furthermore, measuring cognitive workload is quick, easy to perform, and inexpensive. Conversely, determining each service representative's strategy for each task would take a considerable amount of time, would require a lot of effort, and would be very expensive. By obtaining cognitive workload measurements, groups of service representatives may be parsed out and a small number of service representatives in each group may be examined for their strategies. A graph of cognitive metric and performance metric is expected to help parse out the groups, given the assumption that the degree of cognitive workload and user-characteristics are highly correlated to strategy. An example of this graph is shown in
In this figure, the Blue Group has higher performance and lower cognitive workload, the Green Group has medium performance and higher cognitive workload, and the Yellow Group has lower performance and lower cognitive workload. From this data, individuals in each group could be examined for strategies used during their tasks. It is expected that strategies within a group would be similar, but between groups would be different.
Through understanding the strategies, a new system may be designed more appropriately. Also, knowledge of the strategies used by the service representatives facilitates the system redesign such that better strategies are easier to use and understand, and other strategies are not hindered in the system redesign. A goal in redesigning the system is to improve performance in as many of the groups as possible. However, the redesign should not trade off one group's improved performance for another group's impaired performance. The redesign should also result in an overall improvement in performance compared to the old level of performance. The lack of improved performance would suggest that no group improved because both improvements and detriments had been redesigned into their tasks.
Third, a cognitive workload assessment technique may provide clues to improve the system. The diagnosticity of the technique may give some insight as to where the problems which result in lower levels of performance occur and how to design the system to eliminate such problems. For example, using a multidimensional subjective technique, it may be found that one group feels overloaded on the dimension of mental effort. It may be they feel there is too much to remember, and if the system was redesigned as menu-based to lower the use of memory, the mental effort load would be decreased to a more satisfactory level.
In addition to these three reasons for using a cognitive workload assessment technique to determine how a new system should be designed, some of these techniques may also be used to evaluate the newly designed system. Some of the cognitive workload assessment techniques may be used to determine if the new system decreases the service representatives' loads. Several cognitive workload assessment techniques can be used at any stage of development. A properly chosen technique can signal design problems early in the development of a new system.
Any system interface design effort would be benefited by measuring the cognitive workload of the current tasks. As mentioned previously, this information may help determine if the system needs to be redesigned. In addition, the cognitive workload of a task should not be measured relative to another task; rather it should be an absolute measurement for the system interface design team. This restricts SWORD from being recommended. The measurement should give diagnostic information so that if the system needs to be redesigned, information from the cognitive workload measure will help indicate what should be redesigned and how it should be redesigned. This restricts MCH from being recommended. It is unclear whether the measure needs to be sensitive to low levels of workload. Therefore, SWAT or NASA-TLX could be recommended as the subjective measure for the service representative embodiment. However, NASA-TLX was chosen over SWAT as the recommended technique because sensitivity to low levels of workload may be required. The recommendation is also based on some of NASA-TLX's properties. As compared to SWAT, NASA-TLX is fast and easy to perform. Service representatives will probably have a higher acceptance of it than of SWAT.
Although The NASA-TLX is thus seen to be best for the service representative embodiment, it was modified. The NASA-TLX currently contains six scales, namely, mental demand, physical demand, temporal demand, performance, effort, and frustration. Since service representatives are not affected by physical demands, this scale was removed from the TLX. In addition, effort is a difficult scale to define. In pre-study testing, effort was confused with mental demand. Therefore, effort was also removed from the TLX. Furthermore, the performance scale was also removed from the TLX since users may view the performance scale as a scale related to their performance reviews.
The modified TLX for use in the service representative embodiment thus contains the three scales of mental demand, temporal demand, and frustration. Similar to the original NASA-TLX technique, these three scales will be rated and compared. However, service representatives will only perform one rating based on their tasks that day; each task will not be individually rated. An exemplary cognitive workload TLX survey is shown in
After the survey data is received from the users, it is combined and analyzed. This includes graphing or charting the data and identifying groupings or clusters on the graph or chart. These groups suggest users with similar behaviors. One or more users from each group is selected. These selected users will undergo a more detailed analysis. An exemplary outline of steps and procedures for combining and analyzing the survey data is shown in
Describing User Behavior
A task analysis is a method employed to enable one to understand how a user performs a specific task and to describe this behavior. Task analyses allow interface designers an understanding of what must be done to accomplish a task. They may also obtain insight into how a task can be better accomplished and what is needed to better accomplish the task. All of this information facilitates the development of a new system interface.
In addition, task analyses may help system interface requirements development by determining what functionality is necessary or desired in a system interface. Functionality refers to those functions in a system that users find useful in accomplishing their tasks. Furthermore, functionality together with a well-designed interface should result in a system that is easy to learn and use.
Behavioral characteristics are user characteristics that are not self-rated and are usually determined through a task analysis. Previously, it was noted that the user characteristics are measured through a survey which is self-rated by the user. Behavioral characteristics are not necessarily known to the user or may not be well communicated. Examples of behavioral characteristics are the user's actual method of navigation and use of serial processing or parallel processing.
Users may not notice when they use menus, compared to when they use shortcut keys. A task analysis, where the user is being monitored, may provide more insight into behavioral characteristics since the


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The extruder nozzle heats up the polymer and outputs it. Does the heat affect the biomaterials?
If the material is ejected at 70 degrees Celsius, such as PCL, in addition to the bio-material for the dispenser, there is no heat damage. However, if dual output is intended with biomaterials foe dispensers, polymers such as PLGA and PLLA with high melting points may have heat-induced effects on cells.


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1) flock() is not safe if multiple php sessions are simultaneously locking.
2) fopen(, 'a') is not safe if multiple php sessions are simultaneously appending.
3) usleep and sleep are known for having problems.
I wrote the Weblog function, it's purpose is to append a line to logging. This function handles the concurrency as follows:
- Try to create a lockfile named: $directory. date('Ymd'). $logfile. 1. lock
- If this fails, try to create lockfile named: $directory. date('Ymd'). $logfile. 2. lock
- etc. After 100 tries return false.
- When the lockfile is acquired the file named: $directory.date('Ymd').$logfile.1 (or.2 or.3 or.25) is opened or created.
- If created the a "extended log file" header is written.
- Write out the line.
- Close the flie and if created set the correct access rights. (I had some problems creating files on a webserver, I did not see them when I opened a FTP session to the webdirectory. The chmod did the trick for me).
- Remove the lockfile.
There is only one drawback, multiple logfiles are created.
e.g. (executed on 15 september 2010)
Weblog('./', 'visit', 'Somebody requested the index page');
Could lead to 100 files, depending how many concurrent php sessions are simultaneously trying to append a logline:
This function is donated to the public domain. Maybe you can give me some credit by leaving in the author comment, but it is not required. You may modify this as you wish.
(This function was inspired by the function m_lock_file presented by Kuzma dot Deretuke at gmail dot com)
function Weblog($directory, $logfile, $message)
$curtime = time();
$logfile = date('Ymd',$curtime). $logfile;
if (!isset($directory) || $directory === false)
$directory = './';
if (substr($directory,-1)!== '/')
$directory = $directory. '/';
$count = 1;
$logfilename = $directory. $logfile. '.'. $count;
$lockfile = $logfilename. '.lock';
$lockhandle = false;
if (!file_exists($lockfile) || _USER_($lockfile))
$lockhandle = _USER_($lockfile, 'xb');
if ($lockhandle!== false) break;
if ($count > 100) return false;
$created = false;
$loghandle = _USER_($logfilename, 'ab');
$loghandle = _USER_($logfilename, 'xb');
if ($loghandle!== false)
$created = true;
$str = '_TAG_: 1.0'. "\r\n".
'_TAG_: date time c-ip x-msg'. "\r\n";
if ($loghandle!== false)
$str = date('Y-m-d',$curtime). "\t".
date('H:i:s', $curtime). "\t".
(isset($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'])? $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] : '-'). "\t".
'"'. str_replace('"', '""', $message). '"'. "\r\n";
if ($created) chmod($logfilename,0644); $result = true;
$result = false;