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Day 4: The Trap of Voices
From the 40 Days of Daily Bread Series.
trap of voicesVoices need to be discerned to avoid the traps of the enemy. If the voice does not line up with the Word of God, then it isn't God. The more you apply the Word to your life, the easier it will be for you to discern the voice. You already know what kind of trap your mouth can get you into!
Remember the Helmet of Salvation guards your whole head: mind, eyes, ears, mouth. We'll focus specifically on what you listen to, and what you speak for today's post.
Why do you need it?
The enemy lies to you, and will try to dupe you into speaking the opposite of the Word. Pray that the Lord would set a watch on your ears and mouth.
40 Days of Daily BreadApply the Word
This section is to help us respond to His promptings. But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. James 1:22
Pray the following verses and declare what is in parenthesis below it. This is how we use the Helmet of Salvation. Write the scripture locations and the declarations beside them in your journal. Praying, writing, and saying these verses will help you put the Word into your heart.
 - Ears
So that you incline your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding; Proverbs 2:2 NKJV (I listen to wisdom.)
Like an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold is a wise rebuker to an obedient ear. Proverbs25:12 (I will be attentive and obedient.)
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: John 10:27 (I listen to the voice of the Lord.)
And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers. John 10:5 (I do not follow the voice of the enemy.)
 - Mouth
In the multitude of words sin is not lacking, But he who restrains his lips is wise. Proverbs 10:19 NKJV (I will refrain my mouth.)
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for lack of wisdom. Proverbs 10:21 NKJV (I will speak the Word to others.)
My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise you with joyful lips: Psalm 63:5 NKJV (I will praise the Lord.)
Eph 4:29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. (No corrupt communication will come out of my mouth, but that which is edifying.)
What I heed and speak can become a trap if not guarded with the Helmet of Salvation. [Tweet this]
Question: What have you been listening to or saying that needs to be guarded by the Helmet of Salvation?
Our Daily Bread for tomorrow will be about guarding your heart.
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Why are tomatoes red? The same reason dinosaurs were killed off, say scientists. The massive meteorite that struck Earth 60 to 70 million years ago created extremely harsh conditions that forced the evolution of the tomato into its current red and edible form, reports Phys.org. Researchers discovered this connection by mapping the complete tomato genome and finding that the number of tomato genes suddenly tripled near the time of the meteorite impact.
"Such a big genome expansion points to extremely stressful conditions," says one of the researchers. As the theory goes, the solar eclipse that followed the meteorite crash would have made it difficult for plants to live. "A distant ancestor of the tomato plant then reacted by expanding its genome considerably in order to increase its chances of survival." In time, the tomato shed some of the other characteristics it picked up, but its redness stayed.

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people care about finding the fastest route home from work, or the apartment with the most square footage, or the best deal on orange juice in the grocery store. People like to optimize. So, let's ask this question:
In order to reach the wall as quickly as possible, where should the skateboarder let go?
Astonishingly, the standard approach to this problem requires calculus, which few students learn and fewer use outside the classroom. Optimization is one of the most important uses of mathematics — shouldn't even our most elementary mathematical tools support it? Click to see a conventional solution.
My solution to this problem is as follows. Watch the plot fill in, and then try moving your mouse around the plot to see different trajectories.
This solution required no changes to the model — we merely sweep one of the parameters and find the minimum. But look at the beautiful result. The result is no longer just a number — it's a point on a plot. And every point on that plot is tied to a visual trajectory. We have context. We aren't merely given the optimal angle; we are presented with why it's the optimal angle, because we can see all the trajectories for all the angles. We can understand the situation.
Notice that if the skateboarder lets go anywhere on the left side of the carousel, she'll never reach the wall at all! (This is the red half of the plot.) Did you realize that this would happen when you read the problem statement? Would you have noticed it in the analytic solution's pile of equations? Most likely, you would have only noticed it if the problem explicitly asked us to solve for it. Modeling broadens our view of a situation, allowing us to see things that we don't yet know to look for.
Now, look at that optimal trajectory again:
There's a symmetry here which is very conspicuous. The trajectory appears to hit the wall directly above the carousel's center. And after bouncing off, it appears to pass tangent to the other side of the carousel.
There's a lot that we could explore here. But upon seeing this, a real skateboarder would naturally think of a sweet trick: let go of the carousel, bounce off the wall, grab back on to the carousel on the other side, and go around again:
Let's take that idea and make the problem more interesting.
Contrived school problems are filled with straight lines and simple curves. But real life is more varied, more fun. What if our wall had a more artistic shape?
With curved wall below, where should the skateboarder let go so that she can bounce and grab back on?
This is a fascinating result. There are now three places where the skateboarder can let go and rejoin the carousel! Furthermore, those places correspond to local minima and maxima of the time to the wall. Would you ever have predicted that?
Note that this problem cannot be solved analytically. Why? Because there is no formula for the shape of the wall. I simply drew it so it looked good. And so it is with many phenomena that we care about in the real world — their properties are what they are for artistic or natural reasons, not because they can be conveniently expressed analytically. If our mathematical tools can't deal with the objects we care about, then we are stuck in the land of artificial, contrived problems. No wonder people find math irrelevant!
The unexpected multiple solution to this problem inspires a new problem, the most interesting one of all.
In the previous two problems, the skateboarder could only bounce off the wall at very specific spots if she wanted to rejoin the carousel. Can we make it easier on her?
Can we design a wall such that the skateboarder can let go anywhere, bounce off, and perfectly rejoin the carousel?
This might be easy if we fully understood the criteria for bouncing and rejoining. But we don't yet — we only have hints. So let's allow the simulation to design the wall for us:
It's a circle. But why? Let's look at the three examples — the straight wall, the curvy wall, and the circular wall. What do the bounce-and-rejoin points all have in common? With a little thought, we can see that these are the points where a perpendicular line from the wall intersects the center of the carousel:
Because every point on the circular wall has a normal which goes through the center of the carousel, the skater can hit the circle anywhere and bounce back to the right place.
The four problems above, respectively, are examples of how a simulation tool might allow people to solve problems in a way that is:
Concrete. Modeling lets us set up and solve problems in a concrete domain, without translating to and from abstractions. Keeping the solution grounded in the problem domain makes it palatable to many more people, makes it easier to reality-check, and encourages exploration of related problems.
In context. Simulation and visualization give us a broader understanding of the situation. Simulation shows us not just the final answer, but the path taken to get there. Visualization encourages us to see the solution as a point on a plot, not a number in isolation.
Unrestricted. Simulation handles non-analytic situations with ease. The conditions of a problem do not need to be contrived or compromised for a convenient symbolic representation.
Generative. A simulation tool can be used for design, not merely analysis. Guided by human creativity and insight, the tool can construct designs and help explore their implications.
There are four critical issues that are not addressed by this essay.
The tool. I am proposing a software tool that allows people to pose and explore problems directly and concretely, a tool that should become as ubiquitous as the pocket calculator. What is this tool? What would its interface look like? How could it be designed so problems can be posed and solved quickly and casually?
Relevance. The tool and these methods should allow people to explore problems relevant to their lives. The example I followed here was almost a straw man, in that it's a school exercise — a problem that nobody would care to solve anyway. We need to compile a corpus of real, motivating problems — problems that people desperately want to explore, but currently cannot.
Universality. The example I explored here was a physics problem, which has a convenient visual representation and physically intuitive rules for evolving the system. Most of the problems in people's lives cannot be expressed as physics problems. How can non-physical problems be modeled concretely, visually, tangibly? How can we specify the rules for iterating these systems without succumbing to abstraction?
Benefits of symbols. Many scientific disciplines currently strike an uneasy balance between symbolic and numerical methods, aware of the pitfalls of both. The benefits of analytic methods can be:
Practical, such as finding with certainty all possible solutions to a problem.
Cognitive. Some teachers claim that automated solvers can be crutches that impair students' ability to reason.
Social. You can discuss or google a formula to learn from others who have navigated similar territory, but how do you look up or make reference to a plot or a process?
How relevant are these analytic strengths to the sorts of problem-solving we are concerned with here, and how can a simulation tool match or make up for them?
And on the other hand, how much does it matter if simulation falls short of symbolic methods in some respects? Most people use no mathematical methods at all beyond arithmetic. So, any high-level mathematical tool that could gain any following could be considered a success. Anything is better than nothing.
But I believe that a truly revolutionary simulation tool can beat symbolic methods at their own game.


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INTEGRATED AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS FOR THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS
Location: Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory
Title: Critical Issues Impacting the Future Sustainability of Agricultural Systems
Submitted to: Meeting Abstract
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: September 18, 2008
Publication Date: December 8, 2008
Citation: Hanson, J.D., Hendrickson, J.R. 2008. Critical Issues Impacting the Future Sustainability of Agricultural Systems. Meeting Abstract.
Rapid changes occurring in the agricultural environment are placing increased demands on producers. To respond to these demands, farmers need to manage their systems by reducing risk, while retaining management flexibility. Integrated agricultural systems have the potential to meet these objectives. Six critical issues must be addressed by agricultural managers, policy makers, and researchers to ensure a sustainable agriculture. First, sustainable systems must be flexible enough to respond to the future challenges facing agriculture. Second, newly emerging social and political factors include rising fuel costs, obesity, potential decreases in commodity subsidies, consumer awareness and demands to know how food is produced, and economic returns to land are beginning to drive agriculture. Third, American agriculture operates in a market driven economy that is impacted by policy, technology, and environmental concerns and in turn affect the scale of operation, while controlling management flexibility. Fourth, agricultural incentives control management decisions often to the detriment of the environment. Fifth, enhanced technology has increased the complexity of farming. Sixth, future agricultural systems must address emerging issues in land use, decline in work force and societal support of farming, global competition, changing social values in both taste and convenience of food, and increasing concerns for food safety and the environment. Policies with adequate incentives must be provided for ecosystem services such as clean water and air, productive and healthy soil, habitat development and restoration, and carbon sequestration and storage. Future agricultural systems need to be developed to balance multiple goals and ensure sustainability. A dynamic set of integrated agriculture production principles and practices will allow producers the flexibility to achieve this balance.


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OLYMPIA, Wash., January 9, 2008—The Department of Revenue has released Tax Exemptions 2008, a compendium of state and local tax exemptions.
The legislatively mandated tax exemption study is updated every four years. It is available online.
The 567 exemptions enacted since territorial days in 1854 represent an estimated $98.5 billion in state and local tax savings during the 2007 – 2009 biennium. Of this, about 54 percent, or $53.5 billion, involves state taxes and the remaining $45 billion are local taxes.
The largest single exemption is the property tax exemption for intangibles, enacted in 1931. It accounts for 36.7 percent, or $36.2 billion, of the total. Intangibles include assets such as money, stocks, bonds, bank deposits, and the value of corporate trademarks. Were it not for this exemption, businesses and individuals would have to pay property taxes on their financial assets as well as their real estate.
The second-largest is a use tax exemption on personal property owned by nonresidents who visit Washington and new residents who bring used household goods and vehicles with them. That one totals $24.8 billion, or 25.2 percent of the total.
In third place is no sales tax on most services, at $5.2 billion or 5.3 percent. Sales tax on services was excluded from the tax base when the current tax code was enacted in 1935, when services were a relative small component of the economy.
Fourth is exemption of employee income from taxation (no personal income tax) at $2.6 billion or 2.6 percent.
Fifth largest is the voter-approved sales tax exemption on food, saving $2.2 billion or 2.3 percent over a two-year period.
While business incentives receive a lot of public attention, they comprise a fairly small percentage of the total value of exemptions and preferential rates, $3.9 billion or 4 percent of the total.
The report emphasizes that the revenue impacts reflect estimated savings to taxpayers but do not necessarily indicate the potential tax revenue that might generated in the absence of the exemptions. The report assesses whether or not a tax actually could be collected if the exemption were repealed.
Because many of the exemptions are mandated by federal law or the state constitution, and other taxes would not be collected due to changes in taxpayer behavior if the exemptions were repealed, the report concludes that only about $14.8 billion in additional state or local government revenue could potentially be generated through repeal of exemptions. Most of this – $11.9 billion – would be generated by repealing sales and use tax exemptions, with 44 percent of that being the sales tax exemption for services.


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What does PSP stand for?
PSP stands for Pathways to Success Program (various organizations)
This definition appears very rarely and is found in the following Acronym Finder categories:
- Organizations, NGOs, schools, universities, etc.
See other definitions of PSP
We have 656 other meanings of PSP in our Acronym Attic
- Park Slope Pediatric (Brooklyn, NY)
- Part Stress Prediction (engineering)
- Participatory Strategic Planning
- Partido do Servidor Público (Public Service Party)
- Partido Socialista Popular (Cuban Communist Party)
- Partido Socialista Puertorriqueño (Puerto Rican Socialist Party)
- Partido Sociedad Patriótica (Spanish: Patriotic Society Party, Ecuador)
- Partners for Sacred Places
- Passenger Screening Program
- Path Selection Plugin (software)

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In a sensor-aided cognitive radio network, collaborating battery-powered sensors are deployed to aid the network in cooperative spectrum sensing. These sensors consume energy for spectrum sensing and therefore deplete their life-time, thus we study the key issue in minimizing the sensing energy consumed by such group of collaborating sensors. The IEEE P802.22 standard specifies spectrum sensing accuracy by the detection and false alarm probabilities, hence we address the energy minimization problem under this detection accuracy constraint. Firstly, we derive the bounds for the number of sensors to simultaneously guarantee the thresholds for high detection probability and low false alarm probability. With these bounds, we then formulate the optimization problem to find the optimal sensing interval and the optimal number of sensor that minimize the energy consumption. Thirdly, the approximated analytical solutions are derived to solve the optimization accurately and efficiently in polynomial time. Finally, numerical results show that the minimized energy is significantly lower than the energy consumed by a group of randomly selected sensors. The mean absolute error of the approximated optimal sensing interval compared with the exact value is less than 4% and 8% under good and bad SNR conditions, respectively. The approximated optimal number of sensors is shown to be very close to the exact number.


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Educational Institutions are looking for ERP solutions to improve operational efficiency and student life cycle. They need to manage numerous programmes, courses, student and employee performance and records and provide services to students. Indicate how ERP solutions can help them by focusing on the student life cycle and identifying the supporting functional areas. You can take any case study to support your answer.
ERP is one of the most valuable technologies that can be used in a school environment to support learning and the school's management system. ERP solutions can help increase productivity in a school management system; ERP reduces time teachers and other staff use to record and manage students data, thus providing more time to focus on students' life cycle and promote other operations within an institution. ERP also promotes student-teacher collaboration, and there are various options for ERP like cloud-based ERP; this promotes student's engagement with teachers beyond the physical classroom and can positively impact student's performance. In the case of student enrollment, ERP serves a crucial role in increasing the enrollment ratio because ERP reduces the burden of managing various enrollment activities, analytics, and reports.


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SALT BASIN. The Salt Basin covers most of northeastern Hudspeth County. Its floor is characterized by numerous dry lakes and ponds, gypsum dunes, and extensive salt deposits. The central area of the basin is essentially devoid of vegetation; creosote bush, mesquite, yucca, cacti, and grasses grow on the broad flats around the lakes. The area was occupied and exploited by hunter-gatherer tribes during the Ceramic Period (A.D. 800–1500). Before the Civil War the residents of several towns along the Rio Grande, including most notably San Elizario in El Paso County, got salt from Tularosa in New Mexico; in 1862, however, following a rumor that the owners might close the Tularosa supply, residents of the area turned their attention to the Salt Basin, two days' journey to the northeast. They cleared a road from Fort Quitman to the basin, drove their carts there, filled them with salt, and sold the salt upon their return to the Rio Grande valley. In the 1870s attempts to control these traders' activities set off the Salt War of San Elizario. The salt flats were still largely covered with water in the 1920s, and H. A. Pitts continued to mine salt there in the 1930s, but the area subsequently lost its importance as a source of salt. The town of Salt Flat arose in the late 1920s, when U.S. Highway 62 was built from El Paso to Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico. Dell City became the center of a mild agricultural boom after the discovery of underground water in the late 1940s, but the drilling and pumping of wells lowered the water table seriously.
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article."SALT BASIN," Handbook of Texas Online (_URL_ accessed May 20, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.


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AquaNew Seeks Tributes for THIRST GAMES (a fight for life) | Community Spirit
When Suzanne Collins wrote her book The Hunger Games, her depiction of the future Panem – a world focused on self-preservation due to lack of food and clean drinking water – may not be as fictional as we'd like to believe.
The New York Times Best-Selling novel is predicted to become one of the top-grossing movies this year. In it, the story addresses what happens when a world is fraught with natural disasters, drought, storms and global warming. As part of Panem's "peace" treaty, young adults between the ages of 12 and 18 are called upon to be Tributes in a fight to the death.
AquaNew, the founder of Watt-Ahh®, has a different mission...
"You can go without food for a couple of weeks; however, life extinguishes within days without clean water." Dana Gourley, Chief Operating Officer of AquaNew said. "We'd rather offer you Thirst Games – where our Tributes fight for immediate life survival that unfortunately is occurring throughout the world today."
Here is the frightening truth:
- By 2025, 800 million people will be living in regions of the world where water is scarce, and two-thirds of the world population is predicted to live under these stress conditions as a result.
- 1.1 billion people (approximately one-sixth of the world's population) have no access to safe drinking water.
- 2.2 million people, living in developing countries (primarily children), die each year from diseases related to lack of access to safe drinking water, inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene.
- Half of the world's hospital beds are filled with people suffering from water-related illnesses.
- The average distance that women in Africa and Asia have to walk to collect water is three miles, and tens of millions of children cannot go to school because they must fetch water for their families on a daily basis.
- An estimated 6,000 children die each day from diseases related to a lack of clean water.*
The water we drink today is the same water the dinosaurs drank. There is no new water.
What is Thirst Games? Now, through May 30, 2012, AquaNew invites youth ages 12 to 18 to be voluntary Tributes in Thirst Games, a challenge to provide ideas for worldwide change.
Rules: Submit your conservation or fundraising ideas in one of two ways: 1. Tell AquaNew in 800 words or fewer how you would supply the world with clean water (or about a fundraising effort in which you participated) or 2. Submit a YouTube video explaining your solution (max. 1 min.) for a chance to win. The winner will receive 12 bottles of Watt-Ahh ® and four free movie tickets to see The Hunger Games. AquaNew will also donate $200 to ChildHelp® in the winner's name.
Have you participated in a volunteer project where proceeds were donated to a world organization providing clean drinking water to seriously drought-stricken areas?
Want to give people tips on keeping our rivers and lakes clean?
You can read more of Danielle Palli's work at her blog, The Pelican Pages.


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The St. Cloud Library Got Its Start – On 'This Date In Central Minnesota History'
ST. CLOUD - June 8th, 1865 – The Library Association was formed. This would lead to the formation of the St. Cloud Public Library.
On this date 146 years ago, eight women met at the house of Mrs. Z.H. Mores house to discuss the allocation of recently donated books to the new town of St. Cloud. This was the very first meeting of the Library Association, then called the Reading Room Society. The formation of this group was the stepping stone for the creation of a public library for the town. At the very first meeting dues were set to ten cents a meeting and that money would go to the purchase of more books. On that day a counsel was also elected. It was decided that Mrs. Charles Bridgman was to be the president and Mrs. L Cramb was to be the vice president.
The ladies met every other Thursday at various members' homes in the early afternoon and their husbands would join them for supper and discussions after the workday was over. The women of the library association had emigrated from the East coast and had gone to the best boarding schools around. The group wanted to bring their educational backgrounds to the small pioneer town of St. Cloud. After dinner the association read from their own personal libraries and gave prepared talks to continue their education and their pursuit of building a public library where everyone could come and read.
The Reading Room Society was known for their outstanding fundraisers such as outdoor readings, concerts and art shows. With these great skills of fundraising, the Reading Room Society gathered nearly two hundred books – all for public use. The next question was where to put all of these books. The books traveled from home to home for a period of time. It was not until 1883 when the Reading Room Society found the perfect spot for "The St. Cloud City Library" on Fifth Avenue and St. Germain in the back corner of the Edelbrock Building. The St. Cloud City Council adopted this resolution in April of 1883: "That a public library under the provisions of the general law of the state, be established to be known as the St. Cloud Public Library. This was the 7th public library created in Minnesota. On Friday, May 11, 1883, the Directors of the Library Association met to turn their library over to the new city board and then the Library Association adjourned permanently. After only seven years, the room in the Edelbrock building had grown too small for the growing number of books which had reached over 7,000 books. By 1894 the library had moved to three very open rooms in the West Hotel on Fifth Avenue and First St. Sadly, on February 8th, 1901, a fire started and consumed the West Hotel, along with many of the library books and records.
This great tragedy did not stop the Reading Room Society. The day after the fire Mr. Alvah Eastman, the husband to the current Society president, wrote a heartfelt and urgent letter to the well known philanthropist Andrew Carnegie asking for his help to rebuild the library and replace the lost books. Almost immediately, Mr. Eastman heard back from Carnegie who wrote that he would put up $25,000 for the building of the library if the city of St. Cloud could come up with $2,500 annually for maintenance. The work to find the land and raise the money was done in great haste and on October 3rd, 1902 the Carnegie Library was erected on Fifth Avenue and Second St., where the current Wells Fargo building now sits.
The library stayed in this location until moving to a new building downtown St. Cloud in 1979. This location served the community for nearly 30 years until the newest St. Cloud Public Library building opened its doors in 2008. This beautiful building and the long history of the library in St. Cloud speaks volumes for the importance citizens of Central Minnesota place on literary education.
This story in our "This Date In Central Minnesota History" series was written by Stearns History Museum Volunteer Kate Kaluza.


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Couple points of clarity:
Are you wanting to collect just the INFER and the SEARCH BACK verse references, or the text from each?
Are you wanting to run the SEARCH BACK on the verse reference or on the MARKED HIT PHRASE from each verse?
As James hints at, one thing you could do is reduce the steps in your macro, by getting the verse list from your INFER command, and using that list to then do the iterations. That is for doing a verse Search Back (I think of it as a reverse INFER), using verses, but not the Marked words.
However, actually copying from Accordance's original INFER tab (tab #2) and pasting in a word processor, and copy and pasting from the Search Back tab (tab #4), you have the benefit of keeping the formatting with the marked words. This is more cumbersome to accomplish. The main problem is "selecting a result/marked words" the INFER tab (tab #2) and running the search back from it. The problem is that Accordance keyboard navigation is pretty limited in the text pane. There's a draw bug with the insertion point, and there's not a programmatic way to select marked words. So, out of the gate, you're stuck doing the Search Back command on the verse reference. Even still, there's no reliable way to programmatically set the insertion point in front of a verse, then in front of the next verse, etc. All the move up down one verse/marked verse simply scroll the window but do NOT change the insertion point position. In ancient days, there was a key combo that moved the insertion point to position 0 in the view, but it was lost.
Still, something like this is doable. I can think of a way to get data that only needs to be cleaned up a little.
I'll post something later.


text: David Lehman is an Associate Professor of Commerce and Verizon Professor of Commerce at the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia. He studies basic questions related to organizational theory. One stream of his research focuses on organizational learning from performance feedback, with an emphasis on understanding the roles of risk taking, routines, rules, and time in organizational decision making. The other stream focuses on organizational identity, with an emphasis on understanding how audiences perceive and value authenticity in organizational products and services. He has conducted his research in a variety of domains, including professional sports, food and dining, and healthcare.


Malachite. Malachite is a Copper Carbonate Hydroxide and it is a semiprecious stone. The origin of the name goes to the ancient Greek word "malakos" or "soft." The color varies from light green to deep green and very rarely to greenish black. Several shades may appear in the pattern of a single stone.
In ancient Egypt, malachite was a symbol of the beginning and continuation of life. This is why the gem has been considered a guard-amulet since ancient times. It is a protector of children and childhood, it relieves nightmares, and it helps aid relaxation.


Tangier History Museum
The Tangier History Museum and Interpretive Cultural Center welcomes all to come and learn about the history of Tangier and its people and to aid in their interpretation. THMICC has a museum/visitors center, a walking history trail, a nature trail and water trails, with free use of kayaks and canoes. Come and learn about Tangier's special role in the history of aviation, our unique language and how we face the challenges of a rising Bay, a shrinking island and a dwindling population. Learn about how the British forces used Tangier as a base during the War of 1812, how Billy Mitchell proved airplanes could sink ships, and how a small island creates its own recreation and amusement. Get the mud of Tangier's pristine sandy beach between your toes and you'll always come back!


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East Asian Art
Temple of the Attainment of Happiness (Shōfukuji)Made in Nara Prefecture, Japan, Asia
Muromachi Period (_PHONE_), 1398
Artist/maker unknown, Japanese
1929-58-1Purchased with Museum funds, 1929
This Buddhist temple of the Muromachi period (_PHONE_) was built in 1398 and extensively repaired in the latter half of the seventeenth century. It stood originally in Katagiri village in Nara Prefecture as a subsidiary part of the great Buddhist temple Höryüji. When the Shöfukuji temple building was dismantled in 1928, the Museum acquired its wooden elements.
The building as it now stands in the Museum follows the original plan in everything but the roof. It is supported by twelve cypress posts resting on stone bases, with white plaster walls on three sides. The front can be closed off by three wooden latticed doors (shitomi-do), the upper halves of which open horizontally inward and are held open by hooks from the ceiling. There are also two side entrances with sliding wooden doors (ama-do). The hipped roof is covered with pottery tiles and two demon, mask tiles (oni-ita) intended to frighten away evil spirits.
The center of the temple holds the main altar (butsudan), where a lacquered and gilded wood statue of Amida Buddha presides. The side niches (tokonoma) are used as subsidiary altars and also hold figures of buddhas or bodhisattvas. The standing Amida Buddha on the left is a particularly fine example of Kamakura period (_PHONE_) sculpture. Before the main altar are Buddhist ritual objects of the esoteric Shingon sect, such as vases of flowers and an altar table with ceremonial utensils.
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* Works in the collection are moved off view for many different reasons. Although gallery locations on the website are updated regularly, there is no guarantee that this object will be on display on the day of your visit.


Why All Kids Can Be Multi-Sport Athletes
Updated: Sep 22, 2020
"I played everything, I played lacrosse, baseball, hockey, soccer, track and field. I was a big believer that you played hockey in the winter and when the season was over, you hung up your skates and played something else."
- Wayne Gretzky
I read this comment in a group discussion:
"The thought that multi sports makes you a better athlete is a little flawed. They aren't better athletes because they play multiple sports, they can play multiple sports because they are better athletes."
- Youth Sports Parent
I don't think your child has to be a good athlete to participate in multiple sports. For youth and adolescent kids, sports should be focused on improving physical fitness, motivation, for building confidence, and most of all to have fun..
Here are reasons why your child should participate in multiple sports:
1. Participating in multiple sports allows a child to develop strength and agility in different parts of their body.
2. Skills are transferable from sport to sport, like quickness, running, and jumping.
3. Learn different types of focus, each sport teaches different types of focus and resiliency. For example, baseball teaches long term attention and quick action, while swimming teaches pace and endurance.
4. Creativity, multi sports help kids to develop a higher sports IQ. Rather than being rigid to the movements and skills learned in one sport, multi sport athletes can draw and apply skills and tactics from all sports. For example, a basketball player can transfer skills to play lacrosse.
5. Burnout, kids are less likely to experience burnout because they have a variety of sports to play and things to do.
6. Builds character, multi sport athletes are use to being coached by different coaches and build relationships with different teammates. As a result, they learn to communicate and interact with a variety of people and personalities.
7. Grit, as kids learn to compete in one sport, that confidence, discipline, and competitive mindset are transferable to other sports, and in all facets of life.
At the heart of it, sports participation allows kids to develop friendships, be active, and have fun.
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|Derivative forms||Blues, Gospel music|
Spiritual as a noun is used to denote songs created by American slaves, and the style in which they were sung. A work song is typically a Rhythmic A cappella Song sung by people working on a physical and often repetitive task A hymn is a type of Song, usually religious specifically written for the purpose of praise adoration or Prayer, and typically addressed to a deity/deities The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression Gospel music is Music that is written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life as well as (in terms of the varying music styles to Slavery in the United States began soon after English colonists first settled Virginia in 1607 and lasted until the passage of the Thirteenth The term is often broadened to include subsequent arrangements into more standard American hymnodic styles, and to include post-emancipation songs with stylistic similarities to the original spirituals.
Most Negro spiritual melodies can be played on the Pentatonic scale. A pentatonic scale is a musical scale with five pitches per Octave in contrast to an heptatonic (seven note scale such as the Major scale
The term spiritual is derived from spiritual song. The King James Bible's translation of Ephesians V. 19 is: "Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord. " Negro spiritual first appears in print in the 1860's, where slaves are described as using the noun "spiritual"for religious songs sung sitting or standing in place, and spiritual shouts for more dance-like music.
Although numerous rhythmically and sonic elements of spirituals can be traced to African sources, nonetheless it is a fact that spirituals are a musical form that is indigenous and specific to the religious experience in the United States of Africans transported from Africa. They are a result of the interaction of African religious elements with music and religion derived from Europe. Further, this interaction occurred only in the United States. Africans converted to Christianity in other parts of the world, even in the Caribbean and Latin American, did not evolve this form. The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting
Negro spirituals were primarily expressions of religious faith. They may also have served as socio-political protests veiled as assimilation to white American culture. They were originated by enslaved African-Americans in the United States. Slavery in the United States began soon after English colonists first settled Virginia in 1607 and lasted until the passage of the Thirteenth The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Slavery was introduced to the British colonies in the early seventeenth century, and enslaved people largely replaced indentured servants as an economic labor force during the 17th century. As a social-economic system slavery is a legal institution under which a Person (called "a slave" is compelled to work for another An indentured servant is a form of Debt bondage worker The Laborer is under Contract of an Employer for some period of time usually three to As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 17th Century was that Century which lasted from 1601 - 1700 in the Gregorian calendar These people would remain in bondage for the entire 18th century and much of the 19th century. The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini / Common Era numbering system The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar Most were not fully emancipated until the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution officially abolished and continues to prohibit Slavery, and with limited exceptions such as those
During slavery in the United States, there were systematic efforts to de-Africanize the captive Black workforce. Enslaved people were forbidden from speaking their native languages.
Restrictions were placed on the religious expression of slaves. Rows of benches in places of worship discouraged congregants from spontaneously jumping to their feet and dancing. The use of musical instruments of any kind often was forbidden, and slaves were ordered to desist from the "paganism" of the practice of spiritual possession. Nonetheless, the Christian principles that teach those who suffer on earth hold a special place with God in heaven undoubtedly spoke to the enslaved who saw this as hope and could certainly relate to the suffering of Jesus. For this reason many slaves genuinely embraced Christianity.
Because they were unable to express themselves freely in ways that were spiritually meaningful to them, enslaved Africans often held secret religious services. During these "bush meetings," worshippers were free to engage in African religious rituals such as spiritual possession, speaking in tongues and shuffling in counterclockwise ring shouts to communal shouts and chants. Spirit possession is a concept of Paranormal, Supernatural and/or Superstitious belief in which spirits, gods, daemons A shout or ring shout is an ecstatic dance ritual first practiced by African slaves in the West Indies and the United States, in which worshippers move It was there also that enslaved Africans further crafted the impromptu musical expression of field songs into the so-called "line singing" and intricate, multi-part harmonies of struggle and overcoming, faith, forbearance and hope that have come to be known as "Black Spirituals. "
While slaveowners used Christianity to teach enslaved Africans to be long-suffering, forgiving and obedient to their masters, as practiced by the enslaved, it became something of a liberation theology. Liberation theology is a school of Theology within Christianity, particularly in the Roman Catholic The story of Moses and The Exodus of the "children of Israel" and the idea of an Old Testament God who struck down the enemies of His "chosen people" resonated deeply with the enslaved ("He's a battleaxe in time of war and a shelter in a time of storm"). Moses ( Latin: Moyses,; Greek: grc Mωυσής in both the Septuagint and the New Testament; Arabic: ar موسىٰ The Exodus ( is the term used for the escape departure and emancipation of the enslaved Israelites freed from Ancient Egypt as described in the Hebrew PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ In Western Christianity, the Old Testament refers to the books that form the first of the two-part Christian Biblical canon. God is the principal or sole Deity in Religions and other belief systems that worship one deity. In Black hands and hearts, Christian theology became an instrument of liberation. Theology is the study of a god or the gods from a religious perspective
So, too, in many instances did the spirituals themselves. Spirituals sometimes provided comfort and eased the boredom of daily tasks, but above all, they were an expression of spiritual devotion and a yearning for freedom from bondage. Songs like "Steal Away (to Jesus)", or "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" raised unexpectedly in a dusty field, or sung softly in the dark of night, possibly signalled that the coast was clear and the time to escape had come. "Steal Away" ( "Steal Away To Jesus") is an American Negro spiritual. Jesus of Nazareth (7–2 BC / BCE —26–36 AD / CE) " Swing Low Sweet Chariot " is an American Negro spiritual. The River Jordan became the Ohio River, or the Mississippi, or another body of water that had to be crossed on the journey to freedom. Many internet sources and popular books claim that songs such as "Wade in the Water" contained explicit instructions to fugitive slaves on how to avoid capture and the route to take to successfully make their way to freedom. " Wade in the Water " ( Roud 5439 is the name of a Negro spiritual first published in New Jubilee Songs as Sung by the Fisk Jubilee Singers (1901 This particular song allegedly recommends leaving dry land and taking to the water as a strategy to throw pursuing bloodhounds off one's trail. "The Gospel Train" and "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" are equally supposed to contain veiled references to the Underground Railroad, and many sources assert that Follow the Drinking Gourd contained a coded map to the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad was an informal network of secret routes and Safe houses used by 19th century Black slaves in the United States The Drinkin' Gourd is another name for the Big Dipper asterism. The Underground Railroad was an informal network of secret routes and Safe houses used by 19th century Black slaves in the United States These claims, as popular as they are, do not hold up to reasoned and informed inquiry; for example, the sources provide no firsthand evidence of the use of coded songs or distort the firsthand accounts that are available (e. g. Frederick Douglass) in order to support their claims. (see Songs of the underground railroad)
In the 1850s, Reverend Alexander Reid, superintendent of the Spencer Academy in the old Choctaw Nation, hired some enslaved Africans from the Indians for some work around the school. Songs of the Underground Railroad is an Urban legend dating from the later twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first He heard two of them, "Uncle Wallace" and "Aunt Minerva" Willis, singing religious songs they had composed. Uncle Wallace Willis (sometimes Wallis Willis) was a Choct


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To understand the benefits of fractionated coconut oil (FCO), it may be best to explain what it is and how it is different from regular coconut oil. This oil may also be listed as Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, which reflects the name of the medium chain triglycerides (MCT) it is composed of.
The regular coconut oil you may be familiar with has a melting point of about 76 degrees F. It is also composed of long chain fatty acids (carbon chains which are 16-20 carbon units long) which are mostly unsaturated, meaning there are carbon to carbon double bonds. Regular coconut oil remains a solid, yellowish-white butter at room temperature and begins to liquify around 76 degrees F.
In contrast, the benefits from fractionated coconut oil come from its shorter fatty acid triglycerides, 8 (Caprylic) to 10 carbons (Capric) long MCTs, without the double bonds. This means the oil is totally saturated, and without the double bonds which are prone to oxidation and susceptible to rancidity, fractionated coconut oil has a much longer shelf life (indefinite). Fractionated coconut oil remains a clear liquid and has very good emollient and moisturing properties.
The process of separating the shorter 8 to 10 carbon chains from the longer ones is a completely chemical free process. This adds to the benefits of fractionated coconut oil in that there are no chemical residues to be concerned about. The MCTs are separated through stream distillation.
Animal studies suggest that caprylic acid may aid in reducing various bacteria and act as an efficient antimicrobial agent. Further research will be needed to test these results on human.
Skin friendly benefits of fractionated coconut oil include that is has a non-greasy feel, absorbs quickly, is non-staining, and nearly odorless. This makes FCO a very good oil to combine with essential oils as it doesn't compete with the fragrance and helps to penetrate the skin better. FCOs liquid state adds to the benefits of fractionated coconut oil in that it is a good carrier for transdermal therapeutic ingredients and a frequent oil of choice among massage therapists.
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The Spirit and Symbol of Chinese New Year Foods
By James B. Young
Many cultures eat symbolic foods for the new year. Some foods are chosen because they are reminders of money, abundance, or religious symbols. But the Chinese culture adds another dimension: the way the food's name sounds in the spoken language.
Niangaocantonese_0155Cantonese-style Niangao
Spoken Chinese is filled with what appear to be an exceptional number of homonyms -- words that sound alike but have different written meanings. This explains apparent mysteries, such as: Why do images of bats appear in Chinese works of art? And why is the character for luck hung upside down in Chinese homes?
The answers lie in the sound of the language. In some Chinese dialects the spoken word for "bat" sounds like the spoken word for "luck." So bats are considered good luck. Similarly, the spoken word for "upside down" can sound like the spoken word for "arrive," so "luck" turned upside down means luck has arrived. This kind of symbolism appears throughout Chinese culture and especially for the Lunar New Year feast. (Note: Chinese dialects are tonal languages and sometimes the tone is ignored in the interest of making the association.)
For the feast, some Chinese families serve eight or nine dishes because these are "lucky numbers." The word for "eight" can sound like the word for "prosperity." The word for "nine" can sound like the word for "long-lasting."
Foods on the Chinese New Year table
Food aficionados are no doubt familiar with the Chinese dumplings known as "jiaozi."
Jiaozi_0207-2Wrapped jiaozi ready for cooking
For the uninitiated, jiaozi are made from a circle of flour wrapped around a morsel of meat and vegetables and either steamed, boiled or fried. Jiaozi are an integral part of new years celebrations for many Chinese families -- especially the North. Their shape resembles that of ancient gold and silver ingots known as "yuan bao," and this may be reason enough to include them in new years celebration. But "jiao zi" was also the name of the first Chinese paper money. And "jiao" can sound like "to hand over" – as in handing one year over to the next.
The Chinese word for "fish" can sound like the word for "abundance" or "surplus." So the phrase "abundance every year" sounds like the phrase "fish every year." To drive the symbolic point home some families cook a whole fish on new-years eve, eat half, and finish the rest on new years day.
Niangao_0172Shanghai-style Niangao
In Eastern China another popular new years delicacy is "niangao" or glutinous rice cake. Niangao literally means "year cake," but it can also sound like "year elevated" – implying that the new year will be better than the old.
People living near Chinese communities are probably familiar with the Cantonese saying "Kung Hei Fat Choy" (Gong Xi Fa Cai, in Mandarin). It means, "congratulations and be prosperous." But fat choy (fa cai) also sounds like the name for black hair moss, which makes black hair moss a treasured ingredient in Chinese new years dishes. A word of caution, though, in 2007 biochemists in Hong Kong discovered that black hair moss contains the toxic amino acid BNAA, which is linked to degenerative nerve diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and dementia. They have called for a total ban on the sale of black hair moss in China. For those seeking an alternative, one scientist suggests using lettuce. Its name, sounds like "creating prosperity" in both Cantonese and Mandarin.
Moss_0220-1Chinese scientists suggest substituting lettuce for black hair moss (fat choy / fa cai)
The list of auspicious sounding (or shaped, or colored) Chinese foods goes on and on. They are all candidates for a Chinese New Years feast. Different parts of China pronounce words differently and have different customs, which leads to favoring different foods. But the result is the same: Whether it is shape, color, or sound, the foods selected represent the wish for a happy, healthy, and prosperous new year.
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 Your food story makes my mouth water! Thank you for sharing this awesome Chinese food review.
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 One down, ten thousands more to go...
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We've all heard about buildings powered by solar or wind energy, but an algae-powered building? Splitterwerk Architects have designed just such a structure, dubbed BIQ, which will be the very first of its kind. Covered with a bio-adaptive façade of microalgae, the distinctive building has been designed for the International Building Exhibition in Hamburg and is slated to open this month!
To create the algae façade, the building is covered in bio-reactive louvers that enclose the algae. These louvers allow the algae to survive and grow faster than they would otherwise while also providing shade for the interior of the building. Additionally, the bio-reactors trap the heat energy created by the algae, which can then be harvested and used to power the building. Once the building is completed, it will be evaluated by scientists and engineers to allow for future research and adaptation for future building projects.
The project is a collaboration between Spitterwerk Architects, Strategic Science Consult of Germany, ARUP and Colt International, who are responsible for the louver design. According to Simon O'Hea, Director at Colt, "It's been a very rewarding scheme to be involved in. We have put a lot of work into meeting the technical challenges and we now have a commercial-scale, effective solution that uses live algae as a smart material to deliver renewable energy. You can't get greener than that."


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World's First Dry Process Office Papermaking System Comes to Europe
PaperLab revolutionises office recycling by turning waste paper into printable office paper using a dry process
Epson, the global technology leader and innovator, will showcase PaperLab - the world's first1 dry process compact office papermaking system in Europe for the first time this year. PaperLab is capable of producing new paper from securely destroyed waste paper2 using a dry process3 and can produce thousands of sheets of recycled paper a day.
PaperLab is ideal for organisations that need to securely destroy confidential information as well as recycle paper in an environmentally friendly, eco-efficient and sustainable way. PaperLab will be shown for the first time in Europe at CeBIT (Hannover, 20 -24 March) as part of a major exhibition of Epson's innovative efficient, compact and precision workplace technologies.
Epson's global president, Mr Minoru Usui, will attend CeBIT where he is due to present PaperLab along with Epson's latest range of technologies designed for the workplace. Mr Usui will also be giving a keynote speech on the future of technology in the workplace and will explain how Epson's technology and future vision will enhance the workplace and improve the quality of people's lives.
Mr Usui commented, "I'm enormously proud to be able to present PaperLab, the world's first office papermaking system using a dry process. PaperLab is capable of producing new paper from securely destroyed waste paper and can produce thousands of sheets of recycled paper a day.
"Launched in Japan late last year, we plan to start selling PaperLab in Europe by the Autumn of 2018. Our aim is to create a new office printing ecosystem where customers can enjoy high-speed inkjet printers using paper recycled by PaperLab. PaperLab is ideal for organisations that need to securely destroy confidential information and recycle paper using a sustainable process.
"My vision is for a world in which you can print and then recycle all the paper you want. One day I hope we can develop PaperLabs of all sizes and see them used in factories, in offices and even in your home."
Organisations will be able to use PaperLab to produce paper of various sizes, thickness and types, from office paper to business card and coloured paper.
As part of its commitment to sustainability, Epson has outlined its Environmental Vision 2050, targeting a 90% reduction in CO2 emissions across the life cycle of all its products and services by 2050.
1. Dry Fibre technology
A defibration unit developed by Epson mechanically breaks down used paper into long, thin fibres without using water. All traces of information are completely and securely destroyed instantaneously.
The fibres from the used paper are binded together using a binding material. This material is available in a number of different colors to allow PaperLab users to produce paper in an array of colours or to increase paper whiteness.
Pressure is applied to the binded fibres to form new sheets of paper. PaperLab users can produce A4- and A3-sized sheets in various thicknesses by setting controls for paper density, thickness, and shape.
2. Enhanced security
PaperLab enhances information security by completely destroying confidential documents. Instead of being transported off-site by a contractor, waste paper is reduced to fine fibres on site. Unlike paper that has been run through a shredder, the fibres carry no discernible information whatsoever. PaperLab is therefore an ideal solution for local government offices and other institutions that handle large volumes of confidential documents. It protects personal data while giving institutions, residents, and customers peace of mind.
3. Fast production of various types of paper
PaperLab produces the first new sheet of paper in about three minutes of having loaded it with waste paper and pressing the Start button. It can produce about 720 sheets of A4 paper per hour. By upcycling used paper into paper that has higher value, such as copier paper, cardstock for business cards, or colored paper for handbills, companies and local governments can produce whatever kind of new paper products they want, whenever they need them.
4. Lower environmental impacts
PaperLab creates paper in a waterless papermaking process. Ordinarily it takes about a cup of water to make a single A4 sheet of paper. Given that water is a precious global resource, Epson felt a dry process was needed.
Note: A small amount of water is used to maintain a certain level of humidity inside the system.
*2 The system can use ordinary A3- and A4-sized copy paper as raw material.
*3 A small amount of water is used to maintain a certain level of humidity inside the system.


text: I throw this up every year or so. You'll notice the influence of the two megathrusts under Lake Ontario. The gap between Hamilton and Cleveland is due to a huge Precambrian basin, shown in the reflection seismic. The Hamilton fault is strongly defined. These earthquakes continue to show a strong affinity to water, and are generally at a fraction of the rate of Oklahoma. The rare earthquake (1 in 500) is a 6+. The 'destructo' is an M7. This class of earthquake is strongly shown in the sediments.


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9 Principles of Safe-Fail Probes
In a fail-safe environment, the key objective is to prevent things going wrong. It is a system that has been structured such that it cannot fail (or that the
probability of such failure is extremely low) to accomplish its assigned mission. High levels of planning and predictability accompany any such initiatives. Indeed, some contexts demand this kind of rigour - take for example the recent serious of "could-have-been-worse" incidents in the South African civil aviation arena. Every eventuality must be covered, and when there is the slightest doubt, get the plane onto the ground, even if it is only the backup system that has given a warning.
However, not all environments are as predictable the engineering surrounding an aircraft.. ; (not that all of civil aviation is predictable - just consider the number of planes, people, airports, weather phenomena, passenger behaviour patterns, and the like - I refer here mainly to the technical safety of an aircraft). Some contexts require a different approach completely. This is is the realm, not of the complicated but predictable, but of the complex and unpredictable.
In the complex world (now we can talk about all those other things in civil aviation), we rather need to create ways that allow unpredictable things to happen, and then to have a plan to deal with them, and learn from them. Moreover, we can even create situations that will test the stability (or lack thereof) of a complex system, and then observe the results. If it goes wrong, that is OK - it is allowed to. We can call these types of interventions or events, Safe-Fail.
I would like to suggest that when we are deliberately setting about to the test the patterns that exist in complex systems by means of these experiments, or Probes, we should consider the following 9 principles:
- Don't be afraid to experiment - some will fail.
- Every experiment will be different - don't use the cookie-cutter approach when designing interventions.
- Don't learn the same lesson twice - or maybe I should say, don't make the same mistake twice.
- Start with a low-risk area when you begin to experiment with a system.
- Design an experiment that can be measured. That is, know what the success and failure indicators of each experiment are.
- Don't be afraid - did I mention that already?
- Try doing multiple experiments on the same system - even at the same time. Some will work, some will fail - good. Shut down the ones that fail and create variations on the ones that work.
- Introduce dissent. Maximize diversity in the experiment design process by getting as many inputs as possible.
- Learn from the results of other people's experiments.
- Teach other people the results of your experiments.
These, um... 9 (actually 10, but you see that I repeated one for emphasis) principles should be a good start to experimenting.
Don't be afraid.


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Origin: ModL: so named (1789) by M. H. Klaproth (see tellurium), its discoverer, after Uranus, recently (1781) discovered planet + -ium
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Origin: New Latin ūranium
Origin:, after Ūranus, Uranus; see Uranus. Word History: Some chemical elements, such as ytterbium and berkelium, derive their names from the places they were discovered, but the element uranium owes its name to an earlier scientific discovery, that of the planet Uranus. Sir William Herschel, who discovered Uranus in 1781, wanted to name the planet Georgium sidus, "the Georgian planet," in honor of George III; others called it Herschel. Eventually convention prevailed and the planet came to be called Uranus, like Mercury and Pluto the name of a heavenly deity in classical mythology. This god, called Ouranos in Greek (Latinized as Uranus), was chosen because he was the father of Saturn (Greek Kronos), the deity of the planet next in line, who himself was the father of Jupiter (Greek Zeus), the deity of the next planet. The name of this new planet Uranus was then used in the name of a new chemical element discovered eight years later by M.H. Klaproth. Klaproth, a German scientist, gave it the Latin name uranium in honor of the discovery of Uranus. Uranium passed into English shortly thereafter, being first recorded in the third edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, published in 1797.
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Explanation of Boat Excise Tax
Pursuant to Chapter 60B of the Massachusetts General Laws, every watercraft, including documented boats and ships, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water is subject to an excise tax unless expressly exempted. Excise is assessed for the "privilege of using the waterways."
The amount of excise due on a vessel in any registration year is calculated by multiplying the value of the vessel by the boats, ships and vessels excise rate. The rate is currently $10.00 per thousand dollars of value. The value of a vessel for the purpose of excise includes all equipment, including the mode of power and furnishings that are normally required aboard the vessel. The value is determined by the length and year of the vessel.
Excise tax will be assessed in the City or Town where the owner has the vessel habitually moored or docked for the summer season.
Excise for vessels are assessed on a fiscal year (July through June). If, during any fiscal year, the ownership of a vessel is transferred by sale or otherwise, the excise bill may be reduced by filing an abatement application (PDF).
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Anxiety, hyperactivity, sleep problems – these are very common concerns parents have about their children and that affect the entire family's wellbeing. A parent can only be as relaxed as the least unruffled child in the family.
Something so simple, taking a relaxing bath, can now be considered an evidence-based lifestyle prescription. A recent randomised, controlled, cross-over study from Japan has found that the benefits of a hot bath for just 10 minutes a day improves both physical and emotional aspects of quality of life.
In today's high-paced society, L-theanine has a crucial role to play in the clinical management of stress, relaxation, cognition and sleep.


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Proposals:Realistic meteor showers
BLURB - TO BE EXPANDED
At the moment, Stellarium can show meteors, but they are simply decorative - they appear at random points at a rate set by the user. The existing code of the MeteorMgr class can be used as a base for a plug-in that shows more or less scientifically accurate meteor showers. They are not random - the meteors appear to "stream" from a single point in the celestial sphere, the radiant.
(See the Wikipedia article on meteor showers for more information. A lot of time-lapse photographies of meteor showers that show the effect can be found on the Web.)
This feature can take several forms: - Weak form: Allows the user to define a meteor shower and/or pick it from a list, and then to turn it on and off on a whim.
- Strong form: Keeps a meteor shower catalogue as with the other kinds of objects tracked by Stellarium, and shows only what should be in the sky for the given date. The catalogue should contain information about the radiant and the annual changes in the zenith hourly rate (as meteor showers typically have a peak and are active some time before and after that; a normal distribution function can do).
- Very strong form: Use a professional model for predicting meteor showers, based on the orbits of the clouds of space particles that cause them.


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Interview: Forcepoint explains how to better respond to data risk
07 Dec 2020
This month marks the launch of New Zealand's new Privacy Act, bringing the country into closer alignment with data protection laws across the world like Australia's Notifiable Data Breaches Act, the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and Singapore's Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA).
With major regulatory changes like these, there is no doubt that data protection's importance cannot be ignored. But risk is associated with almost every aspect of a business - so how do organisations protect their data and minimise their data risk? We spoke to Forcepoint's Asia Pacific strategic business director Nick Savvides to find out more.
Savvides says that data protection now makes up a large part of security, and it will only continue to grow as regulators set new rules for protection across the entire data lifecycle, from its collection and processing, to its use, consent, access, and destruction.
If ever there was a mandate to get data protection right, it not only comes from rules and regulation but growing consumer savviness.
Consumers are more informed about the importance of their data, and they need to be able to trust that organisations are managing it safely.
Savvides says, "people are growing ever more wary of organisations that they suspect are using their data in ways they didn't expect, or even worse don't value or protect their data."
From the business end, though, protecting this data can be an enormous challenge because data is everywhere, and there is an endless tide of different platforms, databases, and users - all of whom can contribute to a very disparate data landscape within any company.
This year, remote working has exemplified some of these data protection and data risk problems.
"Remote working has amplified the limitations of many existing data protection technologies, with organisations no longer having neat network permitters or device permitters to inspect for data loss and the rapid adoption of cloud services spreading data further out of their immediate control," Savvides says.
So now organisations are dealing with a complex supply chain - there's data in employees' homes, on company servers, in the cloud, in partner data centres... Savvides says this has certainly challenged the notion of infrastructure-centric approaches to data protection, where perimeter controls and data encryption were the norms.
The first step is reasonably straightforward: Organisations should embrace cybersecurity and cybersecurity needs to embrace the organisation.
"The business must be involved and empowered to provide context and response, and even more importantly own and understand the risks faced. While cybersecurity must understand the business outcomes and provide expert advice, guidance and leadership on the regulatory and technology changes faced," Savvides says.
When it comes to understanding data risk, Savvides has two pieces of advice:
"Firstly, move away from binary trust decisions for risk. For example, today post-successful authentication a user can perform all authorised actions. Their state was binary: not-allowed pre-authentication, but is allowed post-authentication. But in a non-binary risk world, every operation of the user is a signal of risk but also a decision point, which means organisations can observe and intervene and prevent an authorised but risky operation."
"Secondly, change your mindset away from securing systems and things as the core of cybersecurity, and insteadmake people and data the core. Securing systems and things are still important, but if you make procedures, technologies, policies and response centred around people, you will be in a better overall risk position."
Forcepoint follows what is called a 'risk-adaptive' approach to data protection, which essentially casts aside traditional risk frameworks in favour of a real-time overview of how users interact with data, and the level of risk those interactions present.
"Many organisations have traditional enterprise risk models that look at risks in silos and count all cyber-risk into a single top line, derived from system and infrastructure risks," says Savvides.
"But we see this a little differently. If we abstract away the infrastructure, the risks boil down to how users handle, manage and control data. An authorised user always has access to the data they need to do their job, and often significant amounts of data they don't need but are still accessible to them. They have the ability to share quickly, and in the era of the cloud, share huge volumes of data faster than ever before. If an authorised user has this ability, then so does a malicious user, with either stolen or compromised credentials."
Imagine the user and data as one continuous graph of interactions, which can be used to understand data risk in real time.
"By understanding the behaviour of the user, the context of the user, the activity of the user, and their use of data, we can determine in real-time if that user presents a risk to the data and then dynamically act to stop it. We can in real-time detect that the user might have displayed the precursor activity to a data loss event, and act to block it."
Older models that try not to get in the way of user productivity would end up creating thousands of rules and exemptions, false positives would clog up incident response, creating a nightmare for both security teams and the organisation as a whole.
"A risk-adaptive approach means we no longer need to define rules for every single condition but use the power of data science to observe and derive real-time risk and move to block; leading to far fewer investigations; far fewer false positives and a business that is happy with and involved in cybersecurity," says Savvides.
With this risk-adaptive approach, Forcepoint is not only inspiring change in technologies but also in the ways that organisations think about data risk.
From advice to guidance and technology, the company has taken 20 years of data loss prevention and user activity monitoring experience and fused it with next-generation cloud-based network protections. The result is a powerful risk adaptive protection for organisations and all of their stakeholders.
Learn more about Forcepoint's Dynamic User & Data and Dynamic Edge Protection platforms here.


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As well as exposure to air, technical processes can leave a surface tainted with oils, release agents, compounding ingredients, monomers and exuded low molecular weight species. This fine soiling of both organic, inorganic, dust and microbial contaminants will typically have low wettability, leading to incomplete surface covering when applying an adhesive, which can further reduce bonding strength.
To improve wettability and increase bonding strength, engineers may want to consider trialling plasma cleaning. During the process, plasma — partially ionized gas — initiates a multitude of physical and chemical processes that treat the surface, removing contaminants without the use of additional chemicals.
The electrons and ions in plasma can accelerate to very high energies and collide with gas molecules to produce short-lived, chemically active species, such as atomic hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen species, hydroxyl radicals, nitric oxide radicals as well as ozone, nitrous and nitric acids. These species can disinfect, clean, modify and functionalise a range of surfaces to prepare them for adhesive bonding, varnishing or printing.
Electric arcs, dielectric barrier, corona and piezoelectric direct discharges can ionize gases to create plasma at atmospheric pressure. During the process, a small fraction of gas molecules are turned into energetic electrons and ions, while the rest remain neutral and cold. The temperature reaches only 50 ⁰C in the piezoelectric direct discharge and 250-450 ⁰C in the case of arc discharge.


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Alternative Carrier Gases for ASTM D7213 Simulated Distillation Analysis
Leading manufacturer and developer of chromatography columns and accessories, Restek, recently published an article focused on the Petroleum and Petrochemical industry titled: Alternative Carrier Gases for ASTM D7213 Simulated Distillation Analysis by Katarina Oden, Barry Burger and Amanda Rigdon. In the article the authors discuss Simulated Distillation (SimDist) and the carrier gases that can be used in this GC method.
SimDist is a GC technique that allows fast, reproducible, and easily automated determination of boiling point distribution of crude oil samples, which, until recently, could only be supported using helium gas. The ASTM SimDist committee has now approved the use of alternative carrier gases, nitrogen and hydrogen, for this technique.
Research into the alternative carrier gases indicate that nitrogen is a suitable and convenient alternative to helium as it is readily available, has no explosive properties and is the most efficient carrier gas when compared with helium and hydrogen at their respective optimal velocities.
Hydrogen, on the other hand, is comparable in price to nitrogen and has a faster optimum linear velocity than helium. This means that, with proper translation, methods can be shortened by approximately 25% meaning a much faster analysis.
Carrier gas changes for SimDist methods, can be easily implemented in your daily process as Peak Scientific offer both alternative carrier gases which complement this GC analysis. Peak Scientific's Precision Hydrogen Trace and Nitrogen Trace models would be ideal solutions for those wishing to make the switch from helium since the trace models ensure the lowest possible baseline and accuracy in your results.
Peak's Precision Hydrogen Trace models produce ultra-high purity hydrogen at flow rates ranging from 250cc-500cc per minute, utilising a Proton Exchange Membrane to create the hydrogen gas from deionized water, with Pressure Swing Absorption (PSA) employed to remove moisture content down to trace levels. The hydrogen models come with additional safety features such as an internal leak detection, automatic safety shutdown, and create hydrogen on-demand ensuring minimal storage of hydrogen in the system.
Precision Hydrogen Trace
Precision Nitrogen Trace models are capable of delivering high purity nitrogen, removing oxygen and moisture via PSA, using Carbon Molecular Sieve and are available at flow rates ranging from 250cc-1000cc per minute. These models offer a constant and consistent supply of gas which means labs will not run out of gas during analysis and require minimal maintenance with just an annual filter change.
Precision Nitrogen Trace
Making the switch comes with additional benefits, as not only does the Precision range come in a stackable, space-saving modular design it is also the practical and cost-effective alternative to pressurized gas cylinders, dewars or bulk storage of laboratory gas.


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The activity is really simple. If the student is working on receptive skills, simply say the prompts on the game board and have the student point to/cover the box that identifies the correct object. If the student is working on expressive skills, ask the student an appropriate question like, "What is he doing?" or "What is this?" and wait for the student to answer. Use appropriate prompting if necessary.
You can also use this activity to follow one-step directions!
Take a look at the sample board below (verbs):
What do you think? Quick and easy? That was the goal!
I know this is a small freebie today, but I would love some feedback. If you like activities like this, let me know and I can create more!
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Students Can Resolve Their Own Conflicts!
The No-Fault Classroom is a quantum leap for classroom management! Offering far more than discipline techniques that move aggressive behavior out of the classroom to the playground or sidewalk, The No-Fault Classroom leads students ages 7-12 to develop skills in problem solving, empathic listening and conflict resolution that will last a lifetime.
Learning Thrives in Safe Classrooms
With 21 interactive and step-by-step lessons, construction materials, and adaptable scripts, educators now have the tools they need to return order and co-operation to the classroom. From the rural school to the inner city, the charter school to the home school classroom, The No-Fault Classroom helps all educators jumpstart engaged learning. Curricular Tie-ins guide teachers to integrate the conflict resolution tools to meet state learning requirements in social studies, language arts, history, reading and science.
Use this hands-on guide to:
- Empower students to prevent and resolve their own conflicts
- Create a No-Fault Zone that facilitates empathy and respect
- Enhance students' emotional vocabulary and effective communication skills
- Co-create a classroom culture of respect, trust and co-operation
- Jumpstart learning and meet state learning requirements
- Develop problem-solving skills students will use for a lifetime
Sura Hart and Victoria Kindle Hodson are coauthors of The Compassionate Classroom, The No-Fault Classroom, and Respectful Parents, Respectful Kids. They bring to their work a combined forty-five years of teaching young people as well as teachers, administrators and parents in school communities. As co-founders of Kindle-Hart Communication. Sura and Victoria have been developing and facilitating parentand teacher-education workshops together for more than 20 years.


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 What is the style of the play Lion in the Streets by Judith Thompson
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Lion in the Streets is a two-act play with sometimes violent and terrifying incidents engulfing the audience with its representations. Isobel, a ghost, must watch as others make life-altering mistakes in an urban setting. The imaginative style of the narrative, as each twist and turn becomes painfully obvious, accentuates the repetitive cycle of an urban lifestyle.
Judith Thompson conceived this play as a radio play and invites the audience to experience each extract as it occurs. The seemingly detached, even random occurrences are linked as Thompson uses Isobel to wander between scenes much as she would if she was passing-by. In this way, the play develops its purpose as Isobel seeks to find her murderer and thus "ascend" into heaven.
The "lion" is in everyone and, when exposed, has the potential to explode or "roar" when internal and external forces collide. The metaphor of the lion in the streets - it can threaten but it is also representative of the power within us to overcome indicates stark contrasts. The contrasts also indicate Thompson's style. The living Isobel was an immigrant child who did not blend into her surroundings and ultimately pays the price for that and the deceased Isobel - a ghost - goes sometimes noticed and sometimes unnoticed.
This style of Thompson's in Lion in the Streets exposes the conflict between the inner self and that which people expose to the outside world. Thompson effectively destroys any illusion of a safe environment. The audience is drawn in to the play, willingly or otherwise and the theatrical and dramatic representations complete the picture.
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Gather Jewels for the King
Representative Text
1. O eager hand, what are you seeking?
For the gold the rugged mountains keep?
For the pure white pearls, their beauty lying
'Neath the tangled seaweed of the deep?
Do you search the sands of distant river,
Where the precious star-like diamonds hide?
Do you wait beside some ocean ever,
For the ships that left with morning tide?
2. O restless brain, what keeps you burning?
Is it secrets hid in ancient lore?
Or the mystic leaves of nature turning,
Reading where so many failed before?
Do you strive that ere the struggle closes
Laurel crown at last may grace your head?
For a glorious name enwreathed with roses,
To live on when others are all dead?
3. O ransomed soul, for what the living?
For what your labors, prayers and tears?
Oh, what is worth the priceless giving—
Time preparing for immortal years?
Do you gather flowers that fade while blowing
All their sweetness on the air of June?
Do you rest where ripened grain is growing,
Though the night-time cometh all too soon?
4. The gold of mountain, gems of ocean,
Were worth struggling if life meant much less;
But what repays a soul's devotion,
But that which eternal years will bless?
Can the gold and gems of earth be taken
When the King comes for His jewels bright?
When the crowns of earth are all forsaken,
And the spirit takes it upward flight?
5. There are jewels worth a life's hard toiling
Lost in sin and shame's dark ocean waves,
And gems that worldly rust is spoiling,
And gold buried deep in living graves;
Gather them, though billows cold are breaking,
And the tempest bitterness may bring;
Save those precious gems, though heart be aching;
O, gather jewels for the King!
6. There is not a soul so black with sinning
That the Lamb's pure blood cannot restore;
Then let all your strength be spent in winning
The lost to loving arms once more.
Then will life be like a peaceful river,
And then death Well done! and crown will bring,
While in His bright homes will shine forever
All the jewels you gathered for the King.
Author: Myra Goodwin Plantz, _PHONE_
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First Line: O eager hand, what are you seeking?
Title: Gather Jewels for the King
Author: Myra Goodwin Plantz, _PHONE_ (alt.)
Source: Appeared posthumously in her Songs for Quiet Hours (New York: The Methodist Book Concern, 1915), pages 67-8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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This article is about physical safety nets. For the socioeconomic usage, see Social safety net.
A safety net over a roadway to protect cars during overhead cable replacement
A safety net is a net to protect people from injury after falling from heights by limiting the distance they fall, and deflecting to dissipate the impact energy. The term also refers to devices for arresting falling or flying objects for the safety of people beyond or below the net. Safety netting as a safety device was first innovated by Joseph Strauss during the Golden Gate Bridge construction _PHONE_ where Strauss mandated the installation of a moveable net to prevent construction employees from falling to certain death into the unforgiving waters. It saved lives but unfortunately in 1937 due to a platform collapsing onto the net it could not hold the load and the net failed under stress and ten men lost their lives with only two surviving. This prompted the formation of a club called the Half Way to Hell Club.
Often, a safety net for catching fallen workers is known as a "personnel net," while one used to catch falling objects is called a "debris net."
Firefighters once used a device called a Life net which allowed people in burning buildings to jump to safety.
Safety nets can be used in construction, building maintenance, entertainment, or other industries.
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Interior Design: How Valuable is Art to Property?
Interior Design: How Valuable is Art to Property?
There is a process known as cultural placemaking which is about the connection between the arts and commerce. This can be something that makes the arts side of the equation feel uncomfortable, but it is about the realities of what art is worth in the wider world.
In terms of cultural placemaking, this is where developers contact artists early in the process, to work out how to best integrate art into an overall development.
In 2017, the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, commissioned a World Cities Culture Report. This identified culture as a city's defining essence. Therefore, in terms of property development, it makes sense to involve art early on.
How does this work, or indeed can it work, in terms of an established fine art market?
Property Aspects Magazine asked Sarah Samuels, Cheshire-based fine art dealer at Sarah Samuels Fine Paintings, for her thoughts.
How is Art Transforming Interior Design?
"There's an increasing trend for developers to engage artists early in the process of renovation, or even new builds, to incorporate fine art concepts in interior design," explains Sarah.
This manifests itself in vivid, unique decorative detail, such as Grayson Perry's contribution to A House For Essex in Wrabness.
"For some collectors, the logical next step is to incorporate art into the actual fabric of their homes. This adds a practical element to it, so the art is more than decorative."
"Where people are finding architects' visions for their homes a little on the conservative side, they are then turning to artists to help develop the uniqueness of their vision"
Sarah Samuels, Sarah Samuels Fine Paintings
This is where elements such as architectural fixtures and interior details take on a whole new dimension, that is as much connected to their status as their look and function.
"What this means for art in general is that it is increasingly embedded in the concept of what good, distinctive interior design means."
Fine Art for the Home
"It is easier than ever to buy art, but this comes with certain challenges," says Sarah.
"It's not just about the price of a picture, and certainly not about whether it fits with your home's colour scheme. Rather, it's about the true value of it, and its potential legacy."
This question of provenance is key when it comes to selecting fine art for the home.
"Ideally, the buyer of the art wants as much of a connection as possible to the artist. This is where the right dealer adds value. It is about trust."
"The artist trusts the dealer, and the dealer builds trust with the potential customer based on being able to convey a depth of knowledge of the artist's intentions and motivations"
Sarah Samuels, Sarah Samuels Fine Paintings
Ultimately, does art matter in interior design?
"Your home is more than a space and is something with which you build a deep connection," Sarah concludes. "Art can help strengthen this connection. It adds meaning to your home, and therefore, your life."
To discover how art can improve your home and your life, please contact Sarah Samuels on 0785 _PHONE_ or visit
For an additional read, please visit What is the Place of Art in Office Design?


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Courting innovation: Australia's judicial system in the context of COVID-19 Webinar
8 April 2021
The Law Council of Australia hosted an online webinar titled 'Courting innovation: Australia's judicial system in the context of COVID-19' on 24 March 2021.
The webinar explored the greater reliance on technology by courts and tribunals during the pandemic and how it has assisted with access to justice issues. It also highlighted how this shift may also exacerbate accessibility concerns due to a digital divide in Australia and with varying levels of technological literacy and infrastructure.
- Chief Justice William Alstergren, Chief Justice of the Family Court and Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia
- Justice Berna Joan Collier, Judge of the Federal Court of Australia
- Mr Mark Woods, Chair of the Law Council's National Access to Justice Committee
- Dr Jacoba Brasch QC, Law Council of Australia President (Moderator)


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MapServer query mechanismIn this section, you add the ability to query spatial queries in the MapServer app.
Spatial retrieval concept
Spatial query is a special kind of query supported by geodatabases and spatial databases. Spatial query queries differ from non-spatial SQL queries in many important ways. The two most important differences are: the use of geometric type data such as points, lines, polygons, and queries involving spatial relationships between geometric types.
The two-dimensional or three-dimensional spatial data is used as the basis of the query, and the query results are represented graphically; the spatial query statement is composed of one or more spatial operation operators, including predicates expressing spatial relationships.
Spatial query and analysis are at the core of GIS, and most of the daily tasks in GIS projects are related to queries. GIS query types can be divided into the following three types: simple attribute query, query related to spatial location, and joint query related to spatial location and attribute.
Basic requirements for implementing spatial retrieval in MapServer
The following two variables are user-defined variables. If the tag defined by
 in square brackets is found, MapServer will pass its value to the HTML template.
layer variables are interactive MapServer variables that are required by the map application.
The variable passed by
map_web will replace the
TEMPLATE parameter in the WEB object of the Mapfile.
This variable is different from a user-defined variable.


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The use of structural equation modeling (SEM) has grown dramatically in the field of management information systems (MIS) in the past twenty years, but SEM's focus has been primarily on cross-sectional data sets. Functionally, SEM has been used to test measurement and path models, but the SEM approach has not been applied to repeated measures designs. In this article, we describe latent growth models (LGMs), an extension of SEM, which focuses on how observed and/or latent variables change over time. The purpose of this paper is to provide a primer on the use of LGMs, as well as to advocate for its use to extend MIS theory. We illustrate several flexible applications of LGMs using longitudinal data, including conditional, unconditional, and dual growth models. We discuss the advantages of using LGMs over other more traditional longitudinal approaches, and highlight areas in MIS where researchers can use this technique effectively.
Serva, Mark A.; Kher, Hemant; and Laurenceau, Jean-Philippe
"Using Latent Growth Modeling to Understand Longitudinal Effects in MIS Theory: A Primer,"
Communications of the Association for Information Systems: Vol. 28
, Article 14.
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