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Safety and Efficacy of a Lysophosphatidic Acid Receptor Antagonist in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Study type: Interventional What is this?
Describes the nature of a clinical study. Types include:
- Observational study — observes people and measures outcomes without affecting results.
- Interventional study (clinical trial) — studies new tests, treatments, drugs, surgical procedures or devices.
- Medical records research — uses historical information collected from medical records of large groups of people to study how diseases progress and which treatments and surgeries work best.
Study phase: II What is this?
During the early phases (phases 1 and 2), researchers assess safety, side effects, optimal dosages and risks/benefits. In the later phase (phase 3), researchers study whether the treatment works better than the current standard therapy. They also compare the safety of the new treatment with that of current treatments. Phase 3 trials include large numbers of people to make sure that the result is valid. There are also less common very early (phase 0) and later (phase 4) phases. Phase 0 trials are small trials that help researchers decide if a new agent should be tested in a phase 1 trial. Phase 4 trials look at long-term safety and effectiveness, after a new treatment has been approved and is on the market.
- Rochester, Minnesota: 12-009967
NCT ID: NCT01766817
Sponsor Protocol Number: IM136003
About this study
The purpose of this study is to determine if study drug (BMS-986020) dose of 600 mg once daily or 600 mg twice daily for 26 weeks compared with placebo will reduce the decline in forced vital capacity (FVC) and will be well tolerated in subjects with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).
Participant eligibility includes age, gender, type and stage of disease, and previous treatments or health concerns. Guidelines differ from study to study, and identify who can or cannot participate. If you need assistance understanding the eligibility criteria, please contact the study team.
See eligibility criteria
- Are between the ages of 40 and 90 years, inclusive, at randomization.
- Have clinical symptoms consistent with IPF.
- Have first received a diagnosis of IPF less than 6 years before randomization. The date of diagnosis is defined as the date of the first available imaging or surgical lung biopsy consistent with IPF/UIP.
- Have a diagnosis of usual interstitial pulmonary fibrosis (UIP) or IPF by HRCT or surgical lung biopsy (SLB)
- Extent of fibrotic changes (honeycombing, reticular changes) greater than the extent of emphysema on HRCT scan.
- Have no features supporting an alternative diagnosis on transbronchial biopsy,BAL, or SLB, if performed.
- Have percent predicted post-bronchodilator FVC between 50% and 90%, inclusive, at screening.
- Have a change in post-bronchodilator FVC (measured in liters) between screening and day 1 that is less than a 10% relative difference, calculated as: the absolute value of 100% * (screening FVC (L) - day 1 FVC (L)) / screening FVC(L).
- Have carbon monoxide diffusing capacity (DLCO) between 30% and 80% (adjusted for hemoglobin and altitude, inclusive, at screening.
- Have no evidence of improvement in measures of IPF disease severity over the preceding year, in the investigator's opinion.
- Be able to walk 150 meters or more during the 6 minute walk test (6MWT) at screening.
- Demonstrate a decrease in oxygen saturation of 2 percentage points or greater during the 6MWT at screening (may be performed with supplemental oxygen titrating to keep oxygen saturation levels >88%).
- Are able to understand and sign a written informed consent form.
- Are able to understand the importance of adherence to study treatment and the study protocol and are willing to comply with all study requirements, including the concomitant medication restrictions, throughout the study.
- Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP)and men who are sexually active with WOCBP must use acceptable method(s) of contraception.
- Target Disease Exclusions
- Has significant clinical worsening of IPF between screening and day 1 (during the screening process), in the opinion of the investigator.
- Has forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1)/FVC ratio less than 0.8 after administration of bronchodilator at screening.
- Has bronchodilator response, defined by an absolute increase of 12% or greater and an increase of 200 mL in FEV1 or FVC or both after bronchodilator use compared with the values before bronchodilator use at screening.
- Medical History and Concurrent Diseases
- Has a history of clinically significant environmental exposure known to cause pulmonary fibrosis.
- Has a known explanation for interstitial lung disease.
- Has a clinical diagnosis of any connective tissue disease.
- Currently has clinically significant asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- Has clinical evidence of active infection.
- Has any history of malignancy likely to result in significant disability or likely to require significant medical or surgical intervention within the next 2 years. This does not include minor surgical procedures for localized cancer (e.g., basal cell carcinoma).
- Has any condition other than IPF that, in the opinion of the investigator, is likely to result in the death of the subject within the next 2 years.
- Has a history of end-stage liver disease.
- Has a history of end-stage renal disease requiring dialysis.
- Has a history of unstable or deteriorating cardiac or pulmonary disease (other than IPF) within the previous 6 months.
- Has a history of alcohol or substance abuse in the past 2 years.
- Has a family or personal history of long QT syndrome and/or Torsades de Pointes (polymorphic ventricular tachycardia).
- Unable to discontinue certain CYP2C8, CYP2C9, and OATP1B1 substrates/inhibitors/inducers within 7 days of screening.
- Additional Protocol Requirement
Throughout the study, participants prescribed certain statin medications cannot exceed maximum dosage limitations set per the protocol.
Participating Mayo Clinic locations
Study statuses change often. Please contact us for help.
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Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: 1. Leftover, scrap of food that remains after a meal is finished. 2. A scrap, a piece of trash that is left over from any job, as cleaning up the orts on a construction site.
Notes: This word is remarkable in that it is one of the few words in English actually spelled as it is pronounced. It has been in the English language since the 14th century and is making yet another comeback in the 21st. How is that for staying power? It is almost always used in the plural, orts, just as is the case with its near synonyms, leftovers and crumbs.
In Play: The original meaning of today's word apparently was "leftover animal feed", but my experience with animals leads me to believe that animals are careful not to leave food behind. In fact, they tend to help us out with our leftovers: "Ernie, would you let the dog back into the kitchen to clean up the baby's orts?" However, orts can be any kind of leftovers you can imagine: "Oh, the good committee posts go to the senior faculty; junior faculty are left the orts." (Sounds like a faculty feeling its orts, doesn't it?)
Word History: Today's Good Word is probably the reflex of an unattested Old English noun that we surmise was something like *oręt, a cognate of Early Modern Dutch ooraete, now found in a few dialects as oort or orte "remains of food or fodder". If this guess is correct, oris an old prefix of uncertain meaning found in a few frozen forms like ordeal. It would be akin to the German prefix ur- "proto-" seen in that word every spelling bee enthusiast knows, Ursprache "proto-language". The T is what remains in
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Animal Species:Estuary Stingray, Dasyatis fluviorum Ogilby, 1908
The Estuary Stingray usually inhabits estuarine habitats including seagrass meadows and mangrove swamps. It was thought to a be common along the east-Australian coast but its population has declined as its habitat has become increasingly affected by coastal development.
Brown Stingray, Estuary Stingaree, River Stingray
The species is yellow or brown in colour, with a long tail and a distinctive row of of spines starting at the base of the tail and reach the middle of the back. The disc is rhomboid-shaped.
The Estuary Stingray grows to a length of around 130 cm.
The species occurs in the the Gulf of Carpentaria and along the east coast of Australia south to Sydney, New South Wales. Records of the species from New Guinea appear to be a mis-identifications.
The map below shows the Australian distribution of the species based on public sightings and specimens in Australian Museums. Click on the map for detailed information. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Distribution by collection data
Estuaries with significant mangrove forests.
The Estuary Stingray is listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN.
Conservation Status (IUCN):
- Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & G.R. Allen. 2006. Fishes. In Beesley, P.L. & A. Wells. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35. ABRS & CSIRO Publishing: Australia. parts 1-3, pages 1-2178.
- Last, P.R. & J.D. Stevens. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Edition 2. CSIRO. Pp. 644, Pl. 1-91.
Mark McGrouther, Collection Manager, Ichthyology
Tags fish, ichthyology, Estuary Stingray, Dasyatis fluviorum, Dasyatidae, Myliobatiformes, ray, marine, adult, estuaries, seagrass meadows, mangrove swamps, Brown Stingray, River Stingray, yellow, brown, long tail, distinct spines, rhomboid-shaped disc, > 1 m, vulnerable, Estuary Stingaree,


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Greetings from Planet Earth
Greetings from Planet Earth
by Barbara Kerley
 * "Kerley's structure is in alternating transcripts of a recording for an unknown reader, and a third-person account of Theo's life with various sections labeled with geographic place names from the moon. The space capsule assignment reveals much about earthlings, and Mr. Meyer's insightful questioning brings a depth and universality to what is essentially one family's struggle with the past." — Kirkus Reviews, starred review
It's 1977, and Theo and his class are creating a golden record inspired by the one Voyager 2 will carry into space. But as Theo seraches for his own answer about life on Earth, questions begin to surface: What happened to his father in Vietnam? Where is he? And why has his mother been keepign secrets all these years?
In this unforgettable debut novel — written with rare economy and lucidity — Barbara Kerley explores the beauty of outer space, the devastation of war, and the difficult choices we are sometimes forced to make. In doing so, she sensitively addresses the timeless question: What does it truly mean to be human?
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Young scholars explore the need for rules and human rights. They imagine what it would be like without rules or rights. Students complete a case study involving human rights in Afghanistan. Young scholars share a top ten list of Human Rights.
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The Holocaust & the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
It's hard to believe that such atrocities against human rights could occur in the 20th century. Young historians analyze several primary source documents regarding the Holocaust before incorporating the information they have gathered...
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Human Rights in the US
Introduce your class to human rights and ask them to consider big questions about being human. Small groups create characters and represent their characters on large paper with images and words. After a discussion, they define human...
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Class members continue their investigation of the factors that influence migration with a instructional activity on human rights. As they examine the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and selected US Constitutional Amendments,...
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PTA Constitution
Balerno High School PTA Constitution
1 Title
The association shall be known as Balerno High School PTA.
2 Aims
The aims of the association are to advance the education and well being of the
pupils of the school by providing or assisting in the provision of facilities for education
at the school. This includes:-
a) promoting close co-operation and communication between parents and
b) studying and discussing matters of mutual interest relating to the education
and welfare of pupils
c) engaging in activities which support and advance the education of the pupils
attending the school, including fund raising and after school activities
d) considering applications for funds put to the PTA from parents, teachers and
groups within the school and granting funds to support such applications where the
request is passed by a majority of the general committee.
3 Membership
The members of the association shall comprise all parents or guardians of children
attending the school and all teachers employed at the school.
4 Powers of the association
The association shall have the power to do anything considered by the general
committee to be in furtherance of the aims. This includes the power to:
a) raise funds and invite and receive contributions in furtherance of the aims of
the association
b) purchase, retain and sell any assets of any description
c) pay from the funds of the association all the proper costs and expenses
incurred by the general committee in establishing and administering the charity and
funds of the association
d) reimburse themselves out of the funds of the association created in the
performance or exercise of their duties and powers
e) employ and pay proper and reasonable remuneration to staff, professional
and technical advisers whose services are, in the opinion of the general committee,
required for the carrying out of the purposes of the association
f) establish and operate both current accounts and deposit accounts with
bankers in the name of the association provided that cheques drawn on such
accounts shall not be signed by less than two members of the general committee
5 Office bearers
The office bearers of the association shall consist of:
1 Chairperson
2 Vice chairperson
3 Secretary
4 Treasurer
5 Minute secretary
The general committee of the association may appoint such other office bearers as
may from time to time be deemed necessary. The office bearers will be elected by the committee at the first meeting after the AGM. Office bearers will hold office for one year, being eligible for re-election. Where an office bearer's position becomes vacant during the normal term of office the committee may, at their discretion, opt to fill this post in one of the following ways:
(i) the deputy for the post or an agreed member of the committee may stand
in for the duration
(ii) the committee may elect a replacement from its membership, or
(iii) an EGM may be called to elect a new member to the post.
The minute secretary shall be responsible for keeping accurate minutes of all
meetings and distributing these to the committee members. Copies should be made
available to any member of the association who requests them.
6 General committee
The business of the association shall be managed by a committee of no more than
25 members, consisting of at least 5 parents and 1 teacher.
Members of the committee shall be appointed at the AGM. They shall be elected for
a period of 3 years or until the AGM immediately following three year's service
should they join mid-term.
In the event of any vacancies, the committee shall have the right to co-opt as many
members as necessary to complete the complement until the following AGM.
Where a member of the committee fails to attend regular meetings and does not play
an active role in any of the activities of the Association, the General Committee
reserves the right to ask the member to step down.
Meetings of the general committee shall be held as required during term time. At all
meetings of the committee a third of general committee members, at least two of
whom are office bearers, shall form a quorum.
by a simple majority vote of those present. The chairman shall have the deciding
A representative from the PTA general committee will attend parent council
7 Annual general meetings
The AGM shall be held in October each year. The notice calling the meeting
shall be sent to members at least 21 days in advance provided that non-receipt of
such notice by any member shall not invalidate the meeting.
The business shall include:-
a) the work of the Committee
b) approval of the Accounts for the preceding year
c) appointment of an independent examiner of the accounts if requried
d) receipt of reports of the office bearers
e) election of members to serve on the committee
f) discussion of motions received
At all AGMs voting shall be on the basis of one vote per member present at the
At all AGMs the quorum shall consist of no less than 5 members of the association.
The general committee or a minimum of 25 members, on submission of a formal
written request, shall have the power a call an EGM
Any member of the association shall have the right to raise a motion to be voted on
at the AGM by sending the motion in writing to the secretary by no later than 10 days
prior to the AGM.
8 Finance
Funds of the association shall be lodged in a bank, building society or other account
in the name of Balerno High School PTA. Cheques shall be drawn or withdrawals
made against the signatures of two named committee members.
The treasurer shall be responsible for keeping accurate records of the financial
transactions of the association.
The association's financial year shall end on the last day of July in each year. If the
income level achieved makes review by an independent examiner mandatory the
accounts shall be reviewed annually by an independent examiner appointed at the
previous AGM by the members.
The committee shall be responsible for ensuring that all property/money received
by/for the association shall be applied for the aims of the association.
9 Alterations to the constitution
approved by not less than two thirds of those present.
10 Dissolution
If it becomes necessary to dissolve the association, by reason of it being impossible
to achieve the objectives for which the association is set up, this decision must be
made by no less than 3 members of the association voting in person plus the
chairman of the association. Any remaining funds will be passed to the education


NAVSEA Removes Fuel from Sunken WW II Era Ship
Friday, April 16, 2010
Naval Sea Systems Command's (NAVSEA) Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV), in a U.S. Coast Guard directed initiative, provided a key operational and technical role in removing 60,546 gallons of petroleum products from the sunken ex-USS Chehalis (AOG-48), concluding, April 6.
Ex-USS Chehalis sank in Pago Pago Harbor, American Samoa, Oct. 7, 1949, as a result of a gasoline tank fire and multiple explosions on the ship. The fire caused the ship to sink and subsequently capsize in more than 160 feet of water.
The Coast Guard requested SUPSALV expertise to support American Samoa's request for assistance by conducting a ship diving survey, detailed planning for, and the safe removal of the petroleum products from ex-USS Chehalis that represented a potential threat to Pago Pago Harbor.
"What's unique about this Patapsco-class gasoline tanker that sank off the coast of American Samoa more than 60 years ago is that highly volatile gasoline remained in several of the ship's cargo tanks," said Kemp Skudin, SUPSALV's ex-USS Chehalis project lead. "We do not normally encounter gasoline in sunken wrecks. Gasoline is not usually a maritime fuel and normally would have been consumed by fire or lost since it has a much lower flash point compared to diesel fuel marine or black oil."
Typically, and in this case for ex-USS Chehalis' diesel bunkers, less volatile fuels are removed using the "hot tap" method, requiring the tank to be cut into in order to install a valve and attach a pumping system. This method causes heat that can be explosive when combustible fluids like gasoline are involved. Also, gasoline in motion can explode due to electrostatic discharge caused by pumping turbulence in hoses, or when falling into a storage tank. Since safe diving operations are the highest priority for Navy divers, SUPSALV had to develop an alternate means of removing the gasoline.
"We used a buoyed suction head fed into the cargo tanks through their hatches by divers and controlled by an air hose on the surface. This meant we did not have to hot tap into the gasoline tanks. To pump the gasoline we used an intrinsically-safe pneumatic pump on a small floating platform through internally and externally bounded suction and discharge hoses," said Skudin. "Our barge was rigged to load the tanks through the stripping lines. This limited the gasoline fall into the barge's tank to only a few inches, further reducing the potential for static electricity. As an added precaution, the Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit One Divers, working from USNS Sioux (T-ATF 171), were put in a separate moor from the pumping platform and ocean-going barge to which the gasoline was removed. "
The Navy's Salvage capability typically requires cooperation between uniformed fleet Navy Divers, Military Sealift Command, and SUPSALV civilian and contractor resources to accomplish complex or technically challenging salvage and pollution response evolutions. The Navy team involved in the ex-USS Chehalis offload was able to exercise the coordinated effort necessary to meet salvage mission challenges while demonstrating our commitment to preserving and protecting the environment.
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The VIY-2 ground penetrating radar (GPR) with unique sounding possibilities and use simplicity is presented at this paper. The VIY-2 GPR combines all units (synchronizer, transmitting and receiving modules, power supply and antenna system) into single case. The VIY-2 GPR communicates with computer via standard interface RS232 or USB 1.0. Utilized by the VIY-2 GPR technical solutions reduce deployment time and simplify survey process.
The VIY-2 GPR design features and its components interaction are considered. Some field results are also presented. The VIY-2 GPR design concept allows reducing the data acquisition time, optimizing the time-varying gain control function, applying depth-stacking dependence, controlling the survey window position and interference reducing by pulse repetition frequency randomizing.
Keywords: Ground penetrating radar, GPR, impulse radar.
The VIY-2 Ground Penetrating Radar


Nelson and a bowl of porridge
Admiral Horatio Nelson sits atop his column 169 feet 3 inches (51.59 m) above the concourse of Trafalgar Square and has gazed down over it since 1843. The square predates the column by three years, built to commemorate the victory over the Spanish and the French at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The Lions guarding the column were a later addition in 1867.
Nelsons Column
Trafalgar Square is one of London's main tourist attractions, but ever wonder what was there before it was built?
The area that was cleared for the development of Trafalgar Square in 1829 was known as Porridge Island!
There had previously been an open space or square on the same spot, but much smaller than today. On its north side, where the National Gallery is, was a large building called the "King's Mews," where the Monarch kept his horses, this dates back at least to Richard II in the 14th century. Author and poet Geoffrey Chaucer was not only Clerk of the King's Works, but also "Clerk of the Mews at Charing." The area was known as such due to its proximity to the village of Charing (Now Charing Cross). Early in the 19th century the "Mews" was occupied by Mr. Cross's collection of wild animals. The red block in the map of 1746 approximately denotes the position of Nelsons Column.
Porridge Island along with The Bermudas and Cribbe Island denoted the area upon which the square stands today and also the land around St Martins in the Field and the Strand. The three areas were noted in their day for the poor conditions of the many dwelling houses crammed together in what were known as "Rookeries" where people lived in a very unsanitary conditions. This makes it all the more incredible that Porridge Island was renowned for the amount and diversity of its "Cookshops" forerunner of the modern "Takeaway". These were usually second rate, using meat and vegetables well past their best. A passage in the book The Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, by Francis Grose in 1785 refers to Porridge Island as,
An alley leading from St. Martin's church-yard to Round-court, chiefly inhabited by cooks, who cut off ready-dressed meat of all sorts, and also sell soup."
London in the 16th -19th century was a maze of alleyways and small courts. Most unfortunately have succumbed to the developers wrecking ball, but some still remain and are a fascinating insight to how Londoners back then, lived, worked, loved and died. I have a guided walking tour on The London Miscellany Tours website, that takes in some of these alleys and gives some background into the people that once inhabited them. Not Avenues, but Alleyways There is also a detailed piece on one of these alleys, Crane Court on my Blog
With Trafalgar Square in the planning stage the area was cleared of the great Rookeries and its Cookshops. Miraculously one small area remains to this day. Goodwin's Court was at the time of the 1746 map a slum alley full of ramshackle housing. Today it is possibly the most desirable of addresses in the West End, but you still get a flavour of what this alleyways were like when a dollop of porridge was all you could afford.
Goodwin's Court
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Body language - breeding behaviour
The behaviour between parents and chicks and vice versa.
Also see breeding - chicks
, while that behaviour occurs there too.
It is only seen during the breeding season.
- Hatch out
Hatching out eggs on the nest.
Typical pose is the bending forward, with the eggs lying between the feet and kept warm against or under the belly. Frequently the parent bird will turn the egg(s) with his/her bill or flippers, so all sides will warm equally.
Emperor and king penguins hold their single egg on the feet and it will be kept warm against a bare brood patch, underneath a fold of abdominal skin.
During the first weeks the chick too will be guarded and kept warm under the belly on the same place as the egg(s). As long as the chick is not able to regulate its temperature itself it will stay there. Afterwards the chicks of most species will gather together in small or larger crèches.
The staring pose of the king penguin on the picture is a threat and a warning for neighbouring birds to stay away. Such staring is also part of the aggressive behaviour.
- Begging for food:
The chick shall tap against the bill of the parent bird and cheep for food. This tapping stimulates the parent bird to regurgitate a partly digested (fish) porridge. The chick holds its open bill in the beak of the parent, which drop the porridge directly in it.
Some more pictures of begging and feeding:
The mutual preening, part of the sexual behaviour, can also be observed between parent and chicks. On the picture on the right you see a humboldt penguin preening the down and feathers of its chick.
- Moulting to juvenile:
Before fledging the chick has to moult to its juvenile plumage.
This plumage differs from the adult plumage in one way or the other. For emperor and king penguins the yellow or orange patch is not very pronounced. Spheniscus species don't have their black band and the pattern of the black spots on their belly is still missing. Juvenile crested penguins lack the crest and the white ring around an adélie penguin eye is barely visible.
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WHILE telling the world that they have stopped producing plutonium for nuclear weapons, Britain and the US are planning to carry on making tritium for H-bombs. The US government is proposing to bring a major new tritium production plant into operation by 2010, while British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) is continuing to manufacture tritium for Trident missiles at the Chapelcross nuclear plant in Scotland.
During the 178-nation conference on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which finished in New York last week, the US and Britain were criticised by non-nuclear weapons states for failing to make enough progress towards nuclear disarmament. In response, both the US Vice-President Al Gore and the British Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd stressed that they had stopped producing plutonium for weapons. But they failed to explain that this was because they have large plutonium stockpiles. Nor did they mention their plans for tritium production.
Tritium is a naturally...
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What languages can you learn with EASYTALK?
- Romanian (for foreigners).
How do we make a difference?
- We focus on communication and conversation;
- We simplify language problems;
- We provide a synthetic grammatical kit for the language that you wish to learn.
How do we do it?
- Simple RULES;
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Here are some steps that you will be making with us if you choose the EASYTALK intensive program:
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Lesson 4: Talk about your future projects;
Lesson 5: Express your wishes;
Lesson 6: Take a well-deserved break and allow what you have just learned to settle in your mind;
Lesson 7: Participate in a debate or build an argument;
Lesson 8: Talk about a movie that you saw mostly without subtitles;
Lesson 9: Write a resume (CV), a cover letter or a personal letter to your friends;
Lecture 10: We could invite you to join our team :)!
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DAX 1-Column Fusion Pt 2
I received feedback on my recent blog post on single-column fusion asking about a curious syntax used in the solution. I promised I would do a deeper dive on why it works in my next blog, so here it is. This article is also a fun reminder/refresher on how iterator functions work in Power BI.
The PBIX file used for this article can be downloaded here, and the basic pattern we are drilling down on is as follows:
Base Measure = COUNTROWS('fact Sale')
Package - Bag =
 ALL('fact Sale'[Package]),
 [base measure] * ('fact Sale'[Package]="Bag")
When used in a Power BI visual, along with a grouping on Calendar Year, we get the following results:
The column I'm interested in is Package – Bag and let's assume the values shown are correct for the dataset.
You may notice the [Package – Bag] measure uses the * (multiplication) operator in line 4 between a measure and what looks like a column filter.
The [base measure] performs a simple COUNTROWS aggregation and returns an INTEGER. This side of the equation makes sense, so let's see what is going on with the DAX on the right-hand side of the * operator? The filter statement is encompassed with parenthesis, which automatically converts the expression to a TRUE/FALSE boolean value – which is then implicitly converted to an INTEGER value of either 0 or 1. It can't be anything else.
The result of this double conversion is that we end up with a INTEGER * INTEGER to produce the number we see in the visual.
So far, so good!
Debug Measure 1
We now know our value is going to be the result of an INTEGER * INTEGER operation. So, let's create a debug measure to try and understand what value each INTEGER produces.
Let's add the following debug measure to the model – note the removal of the * operator along with the right-hand INTEGER value.
Package - Bag (Debug 1) =
 ALL('fact Sale'[Package]),
 [base measure]
When added to the same visual produces the following :
The values shown in the new column are the correct unfiltered values for the count of rows over the 'Fact Sale' table by calendar year. This result means, if we look at the other side of the * operator, we should hopefully see how the original measure arrives at the correct value for each row.
Debug Measure 2
Let's create a second debug measure that focuses on the right-hand side of our original equation. I have added the CONVERT function around the filter to performs the same conversion as the original measure.
Package - Bag (Debug 2) =
 ALL('fact Sale'[Package]),
 CONVERT('fact Sale'[Package]="Bag",INTEGER)
This new measure produces a 1 in every row, which appears confusing because this implies that for the year 2016, the original measure is multiplying 27,245 * 1 to arrive at 1,036.
My math isn't the best, but I can tell this doesn't seem right, and we need to dig deeper.
Iterator Functions
The original calculation uses the MAXX Iterator function, and perhaps this function plays a role in producing the correct value. There isn't much else in the measure left to look.
All iterator functions in DAX have the same parameter signature for the first two parameters. The first parameter is always a table, while the second parameter is always a DAX expression. Depending on the iterator function, there may be three or more parameters customized to the specific iterator function.
Iterator functions in DAX perform a series of loops. The number of loops is determined by the number of rows in the table passed as the first parameter. Not only that, but the used in the 2nd parameter can also be influenced by values in the row currently being iterated.
Therefore, each cell in the column using our original [Package – BAG] measure performs a number of loops as part of the MAXX function. The first parameter of our MAXX function uses the ALL function over the 'Fact Sale'[Package] column to return the following distinct list of 4 values:
So, we now know the MAXX function will perform four loops and evaluate four separate DAX expressions and return a value from the loop that produced the highest value.
How can we be sure this is still doing exactly what we need?
My preferred approach to debugging iterator functions is to use the CONCATENATEX function, by substituting the iterator function in use (MAXX) with CONCATENATEX to output info from inside each loop as text visually.
Let's add one final debug measure to the model.
Debug Measure 3
The final measure to add should be as follows:
Package - Bag (Debug 3) =
 ALL('fact Sale'[Package]),
 " ",
 " (" & CALCULATE(MIN('Fact Sale'[Package])) & ")=",
 [base measure],
 "*",
 CONVERT('fact Sale'[Package]="Bag",INTEGER),
 ", "
While the measure looks long, the first three lines of the measure are the same as our original measure. Lines 5 through 12 use the COMBINEVALUES function to build a string of text showing all the components relevant for the current loop.
Line 8 shows the value produced by [Base Measure] in each loop, and line 10 shows the value of the BOOLEAN value in each step.
Once this measure gets created in the model, it can be added to a table visual to show the following:
The debug measure provides an excellent visual representation of the iterator. By focusing on the 2016 row, we can see the iterator performed four loops (highlighted by four red boxes). This result is what we expected. Within each loop, our original multiplication expression gets evaluated, and it's these numbers that produce a result per iteration.
The equations in the first three iterations all produce a zero value, so its the expression in the fourth and final iteration of 1,036 * 1 = 1,036 that gets returned by the MAXX function.
Note that for this measure, all the other calendar years our measure produces a zero for all loops of the MAXX function.
Pseudo Logic
In other languages, the MAXX function might be loosely represented as something close to the following :
function MAXX (table t, expression e)
 var maxValue
 foreach (row in t)
 if( e > maxValue )
 maxValue = e
 return maxValue
Iterator functions can be powerful additions to your calculations. They can help solve complex challenges such and ranking, and I strongly recommend using the CONCATENATEX function to help debug the two key elements of any iterator function.
 - How many loops does the iterator perform when used in your visual
 - The value produced by the expression by each loop.
Sometimes you discover the expression is not producing what you expect for each loop and adding a CALCULATE, or filter modifier can help you solve any issue you have.
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6 months ago
Thanks for introducing me to that concept Phil. Good stuff
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6 months ago
Another pro-tip for the Meetups, Phil!
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6 months ago
This is great stuff Phil. Working through this will be my homework this weekend 🙂 Thanks again for sharing.
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groups you want to have. You aim for a small number of classes, so that the model is still adequate for the data, but also parsimonious.
If you have a theoretically justified number of groups (k) you expect in your data, you perhaps only model this one solution. A typical assumption would be a group that is pro, one group contra and one group neutral to an object. Another, more exploratory, approach would be to compare multiple models – perhaps one with 2 groups, one with 3 groups, one with 4 groups – and compare these models against each other. If you choose this second way, you can decide to take the model that has the most plausible interpretation. Additionally you could compare the different solutions by BIC or AIC information criteria. BIC is preferred over AIC in latent class models, but usually both are used. A smaller BIC is better than a bigger BIC. Next to AIC and BIC you also get a Chi-Square goodness of fit.
I once asked Drew Linzer, the developer of PoLCA, if there would be some kind of LMR-Test (like in MPLUS) implemented anytime. He said, that he wouldn't rely on statistical criteria to decide which model is the best, but he would look which model has the most meaningful interpretation and has a better answer to the research question.
Latent class models belong to the family of (finite) mixture models. The parameters are estimated by the EM-Algorithm. It's called EM, because it has two steps: An „E"stimation step and a „M"aximization step. In the first one, class-membership probabilities are estimated (the first time with some starting values) and in the second step those estimates are altered to maximize the likelihood-function. Both steps are iterative and repeated until the algorithm finds the global maximum. This is the solution with the highest possible likelihood. That's why starting values in latent class analysis are important. I'm a social scientist who applies statistics, not a statistician, but as far as i understand this, depending on the starting values the algorithm can stop at point where one (!) local maximum is reached, but it might not be the „best" local maximum (the global maximum) and so the algorithm perhaps should've run further. If you run the estimation multiple times with different starting values and it always comes to the same solution, you can be pretty sure that you found the global maximum.
data preparation
Latent class models don't assume the variables to be continous, but (unordered) categorical. The variables are not allowed to contain zeros, negative values or decimals as you can read in the poLCA vignette. If your variables are binary 0/1 you should add 1 to every value, so they become 1/2. If you have NA-values, you have to recode them to a new category. Rating Items with values from 1-5 should could be added a value 6 from the NAs.
mydata[] <- 6
Running LCA models
First you should install the package and define a formula for the model to be estimated.
# By the way, for all examples in this article, you'll need some more packages:
# these are the defaults of the poLCA command
poLCA(formula, data, nclass=2, maxiter=1000, graphs=FALSE, tol=1e-10, na.rm=TRUE, probs.start=NULL, nrep=1, verbose=TRUE,
_TAG_ the model with k-classes
lc<-poLCA(f, data, nclass=k, nrep=30, na.rm=FALSE, Graph=TRUE)
The following code stems from this article. It runs a sequence of models with two to ten groups. With nrep=10 it runs every model 10 times and keeps the model with the lowest BIC.
# select variables
mydata <- data %>% dplyr::select(F29_a,F29_b,F29_c,F27_a,F27_b,F27_e,F09_a, F09_b, F09_c)
# define function
f<-with(mydata, cbind(F29_a,F29_b,F29_c,F27_a,F27_b,F27_e,F09_a, F09_b, F09_c)~1) #
#------ run a sequence of models with 1-10 classes and print out the model with the lowest BIC
max_II <- -100000
min_bic <- 100000
for(i in 2:10){
 lc <- poLCA(f, mydata, nclass=i, maxiter=3000,
 tol=1e-5, na.rm=FALSE,
 nrep=10, verbose=TRUE,
 if(lc$bic < min_bic){
 min_bic <- lc$bic
You'll get the standard-output for the best model from the poLCA-package:
Conditional item response (column) probabilities,
 by outcome variable, for each class (row)
 Pr(1) Pr(2) Pr(3) Pr(4) Pr(5) Pr(6) Pr(7)
class 1: 0.0413 0.2978 0.1638 0.2487 0.1979 0.0428 0.0078
class 2: 0.0000 0.0429 0.0674 0.3916 0.4340 0.0522 0.0119
class 3: 0.0887 0.5429 0.2713 0.0666 0.0251 0.0055 0.0000
class 1: 0.0587 0.2275 0.1410 0.3149 0.1660 0.0697 0.0222
class 2: 0.0000 0.0175 0.0400 0.4100 0.4249 0.0724 0.0351
class 3: 0.0735 0.4951 0.3038 0.0669 0.0265 0.0271 0.0070
class 1: 0.0371 0.2082 0.1022 0.1824 0.3133 0.1365 0.0202
class 2: 0.0000 0.0086 0.0435 0.3021 0.4335 0.1701 0.0421
class 3: 0.0815 0.4690 0.2520 0.0903 0.0984 0.0088 0.0000
class 1: 0.7068 0.2373 0.0248 0.0123 0.0000 0.0188 0.0000
class 2: 0.6914 0.2578 0.0128 0.0044 0.0207 0.0085 0.0044
class 3: 0.8139 0.1523 0.0110 0.0000 0.0119 0.0000 0.0108
class 1: 0.6198 0.1080 0.0426 0.0488 0.1226 0.0582 0.0000
class 2: 0.6336 0.1062 0.0744 0.0313 0.1047 0.0370 0.0128
class 3: 0.7185 0.1248 0.0863 0.0158 0.0325 0.0166 0.0056
class 1: 0.6595 0.1442 0.0166 0.0614 0.0926 0.0062 0.0195
class 2: 0.6939 0.1474 0.0105 0.0178 0.0725 0.0302 0.0276
class 3: 0.7869 0.1173 0.0375 0.0000 0.0395 0.0000 0.0188
class 1: 0.8325 0.1515 0.0000 0.0000 0.0160 0.0000
class 2: 0.1660 0.3258 0.2448 0.1855 0.0338 0.0442
class 3: 0.1490 0.2667 0.3326 0.1793 0.0575 0.0150
class 1: 0.8116 0.1594 0.0120 0.0069 0.0000 0.0101
class 2: 0.0213 0.3210 0.4000 0.2036 0.0265 0.0276


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IMG and ISO files are complete images of physical media such as CD-ROMs, DVD's, floppy disks, etc. that contain all of the files and folders in a particular package.
To install any software package from an image, the image itself must first be "mounted" by the Operating System. This can be accomplished by:
Burning the image directly to DVD making sure to specify the source type as "image". Once the burning of the image is complete, the physical media can be inserted into the computer and will be recognized like any other DVD. You must have a writable DVD drive.
Burning the image directly to a USB thumbdrive. This is particularly useful for those people who have Netbooks or other computers without a writable DVD drive.
"Mounting" the image as a virtual disk using third party software. Mounting refers to the process which makes the files and folders in the image visible and usable to the end-user. You do not need a physical DVD drive.
Note Burning the file to a disk as a "data disk" will simply end up with a.img or.iso file on the disk, which cannot be used for the installation.
Once you have successfully mounted your image, you can then launch the software install.
For a bootable installation, this means restarting your computer and booting from the bootable installation media you created.
For an executable installation, this means launching the installation application from the mounted image.
For detailed instructions on the steps required for burning and mounting an IMG or ISO file, refer to Working with Image Files. This document also includes specific instructions for burning the image directly to a USB thumbdrive.


Saturday, 23 January 2016
Tips to Manage Kid's Party Menu Hot-Dogma - My Kids Don't Eat Red Meat
Parenting Choices: Once You've Made Them How Do You Manage Them?
a la cart vs table d'hôte
For many years my family did not eat read meat or basically any meat that came from four-legged creatures. This wasn't because of cultural or religious beliefs or even over the treatment of animals (although I do support the ethical treatment of animals). It started with my husband living in England during the beginning of the Mad Cow scare. He cannot donate blood to this day because he spent more than 3 months in England between 1980 and 1996 and is considered to have had possible exposure to the human form of Mad Cow Disease or Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
I found the book Deadly Feast by Richard Rhodes to be an interesting read and further dampened our desire to eat red meat, so gradually we just stopped. Don't get me wrong, I'm not suggesting in any way that eating beef, lamb, or pork is a bad thing. I'm simply saying we made a choice not to eat them. Around this time we also started to think the fewer people who touched or processed our food the better. I totally understand the appeal of the 100 mile diet, because it allows for so much more knowledge about your food, and knowledge is power.
But I digress, this post is not about what food choices I make, or even why to make certain choices, it's about how to manage those choices once you've made them.
It took awhile (and many raised eyebrows) for our families to wrap their heads around the fact we did not eat red meat. They debated whether lamb was in fact a red meat, or told us there was only a little bit in the dish, and so on (okay a lot more so ons). We simply said no thank you and ate the items served that did not contain red meat. Eventually they just started to serve meals we could eat as well. The truth is we were only talking about a couple meals a year.
Along come kids and we didn't feed them red meat either. Once again we had to justify our decision and endure all the arguments and debates over why other people thought we should eat this or that. With time and repeated instructions not to feed our kids red meat they finally accepted and complied (most of the time). We had no expectations that others fed our kids, but if they did red meat was not to be part of the meal.
Things were going along nicely until our kids reached the age of "the birthday party" and what I like to refer to as menu hot-dogma where hotdogs, hamburgers, and pepperoni pizza became the foods of choice. I can't say I blame parents, they are easy, convenient, most places that cater kids' birthday parties offer these options, and kids like them. While my kids were toddlers parents were often invited to stay at parties and I could help them with this food quandary. However, once the parties turned to drop-off only my kids needed the tools to manage the situation themselves.
In general I found people to be understanding and accepting of allergies as a legitimate reason for food choices, but less understanding or oblivious to religious, cultural, or personal lifestyle choices. Reaction to our decision not to eat red meat ranged from "Aren't they silly, quirky or granola munchers", "She's a hover mother", to outright disagreement. I'd always provided multiple options at my kids' parties, and catered to diet restrictions whatever the reason, but maybe I was more sensitive to this because we had some of our own.
When I RSVP'd to party invites I let the hosting parents know my kids do not eat red meat, not because I had expectations that our personal food choices be accommodated, although I greatly appreciated when someone did so, but so they were aware and not put on the spot at the party. The most common response from parents was "they can just pull the pepperoni off the pizza" (FYI that does not make it meat free) making it clear we needed to teach our kids how to gracefully deal with these situations.
We opted for the following:
 - We taught our kids to politely and discreetly say no thank you to the hotdogs or hamburgers, or just eat the bun.
 - We taught our kids to smile and just say that is what my parents have decided when adults (more than once) would ask why or try to "discuss" the topic with a 6 or 8 year old at a kid's birthday party. Hint Adults-accept and move on please, and do not share your opinions on my parenting with my kids openly in front of others. Save that for me, I can take it...honest. Plus I have a keen interest to know about your reasons for a few of your choice parenting decisions.
 - We taught our kids it's okay to eat the pizza with the pepperoni pulled off if they are hungry and they want to. We don't serve it at home, but when they are not at home they need to do what seems right for them.
 - We fed our kids before a party so they were not starving if they had to pass on a meal.
 - We made sure they had some cash in their pockets if the party was at a venue with a snack bar. I have no expectations that others should pay for alternative to what they are serving.
 - If appropriate we send a nut-free snack with them to a party, especially if it was a long party.
 - Indirectly we have taught our kids to think about food when deciding what they put into their bodies, whether that included red meat or not, and aim for a good mix of the food groups that will keep them strong and healthy.
 - We taught them not to judge other people's choices, and that each of us has the right to make choices that are right for ourselves.
My kids are teens now, and they decide for themselves, if they want to eat red meat or not. We have started to incorporate some red meats back into our diets, and include some of the ones the kids like into what we serve at home.
You might ask, what was the point if we are going to let them eat it now?
The point was to feed our kids what we felt was the healthiest options we could afford when they were small and growing, and the impact was greatest. The point was to teach our children about the food they eat and that they have choices. Our hope was by showing them the options they would and will make the best and healthiest choices for themselves (at least most of the time); and in general they do.
So those of you who make parenting choices that don't always jibe with the majority I hope you stand strong. It sets an example for our kids about making choices and having the confidence to own them, and not feel they need to justify them.
Have you made parenting choices that have been questioned or not considered main stream? How have you taught your child to manage situations that arise from these decisions?
Yep, just me Cathy thinking out loud about parenting, and teaching out kids to manage those decisions and makes ones of their own.
 1. Have I made parenting choices that have been questioned, do cows moo? We live a very different lifestyle and it is questioned by others on a daily basis. Interestingly, none of it has to do with food and my daughters favourite food is pickled pigs feet!
 Having said that, I have never served my kids hot dogs although they have eaten them at parties by choice (they're six years old). I love the 100 mile diet or the one that has us only once removed (or less) from our food. I'm not strict about it but it's something that I'm conscious of and am always looking to improve on.
 Besos, Sarah
 Journeys of The Zoo
 2. My hubby eats too much red meat, (my perspective) and it is starting to show on him health wise. He gets constant heartburn and bloating, through the summer months I can get him to eat more salad


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List of publications on a keyword: «trading company»
Otsenka vliianiia faktorov vneshnei sredy na torgovuiu organizatsiiuBook ChapterManagement Problems in Socio-Economic Systems: Theory, Methodology, Practice
- Olga V. Mishulina
- Work direction:
- Глава 1. Проблемы управления конкурентоспособностью организации в современных условиях
- The study presents an analysis of the external environment of a trading enterprise based on modern methods for assessing its strategic capabilities. The concept and features of the external environment of commercial organizations are analyzed; PEST analysis of the confectionery industry, analysis of the environmental profile of the indirect impact on the trading company using expert judgment; identified opportunities and threats using the method of positioning; The degree of intensity of competition based on the five factor model of Porter is determined. The result of the study is the development of possible directions for the development of a trading enterprise in the future using the SWOT method – analysis and establishing relationships in assessing the impact of the organizational environment on a trading company using the «cross-impact analysis» method, which made it possible to formulate four sets of possible strategic alternatives.
- strategy, trading company, external environment of direct impact, external environment of indirect impact, PEST-analysis, SWOT-analysis


Sei qui Home Forte Sabaudo
Fort Sabaudo
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On the top of the hill that dominates the basilica of Sant'Antioco, overlooking the Punic necropolis of ancient sulky, is Fort Sabaudo, locally known as "su pisu". The roofless military building was built between 1813 and 1815, during the height of the Savoy period. Due to the continuous incursions of barbarian invaders, the authorities of Sant'Antioco at the end of the 1700's devised a defence plan that included the construction of a small fort at the entrance to the island near the Roman bridge. On the 22 of July 1812, a Tunisian fleet landed on the Gulf of Palmas and the pirates assaulted and took over the fort, taking numerous prisoners. The inhabitants of Sant'Antioco were dismayed at the ease with which the invaders had invaded the island and complained against the viceroy, threatening him with exodus.
It was thus decided to build a new fortification nearer to the village. The funds needed for its construction were collected by a tax division of social class together with funds from the government. The project was drawn up by the German official Ambrogio Capson. The site chosen for the fort was the top of the hill called "Sa guardia de su pisu"and was probably influenced by different factors. Given the scarce funds for the building's construction, they took advantage of military constructions of the past; a sprawling three-towered nuraghe polilobato built in 1500 B.C. of which you can see a part of a tower on your lower left, and the Punic fortifications of 379 B.C. They were both built on the top of the hill as you can see by the masses of red trachyte arranged at the base of the fort. As well as its strategic position, the cannons of the fort would have protected the church and village of Sant'Antioco. In February of 1813 the work began and lasted for two years.
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Around and Around We Go
The Power of Cycles in Personal Growth and Achievement
By Dr. Matt James, President of Empowerment, Inc. and Master Trainer
We think so linear in the Western world, don't we? So, what is linear thinking? Linear thinking is step-by-step-by-step-by-step. For example, the idea of two steps forward one step back is a very linear approach to thinking. The problem is, nowhere in the universe is anything linear. The earth circles around the sun. Planets are round. Galaxies are circular. Everything in the universe circles and all ancient cultures believed in a cyclical approach to life. They believed in cycles, but in the Western world, we think in linear ways. Linear thinking is helpful for some task and getting a project done, like building a home or learning to drive. The problem is when we apply linear thinking to what operates in cycles.
Cyclical thinking allows us to see ourselves and everything in the universe as energetic beings instead of static physical elements. For example, right now, the earth is very close in proximity to where it was exactly one year ago and so the energy that you were experiencing a year ago may be present again. Cyclical thinking allows us to revisit themes in our lives. If you are revisiting themes, the question to ask is are you spiraling upward to greater heights, or are you circling downwards, meaning you are the same or worse in your relationships, money, career, spirituality or health. How can you tell which direction you're spiraling? If you are spiraling upward, you may be revisiting a similar theme but you might be experiencing it a little bit differently. Maybe you react more calmly to people who used to trigger you. Maybe you made progress in your spending habits. Or maybe you notice better communication with your partner. Cyclical thinking allows you to notice where you are improving and growing as an individual, and as a spiritual energetic being. As you cycle, whether it's with your health regimen, how you manage your career, your finances, your relationships, or you're connection with your children, you may see slight improvements in the themes you revisit over and over again. Linear thinking, however, negates the concept or idea that you revisit certain themes. Instead, linear thinking explains life moving in only two directions – forwards or backwards. If you think in more of a linear way, you might feel that you haven't made any progress or you are moving one step backwards because you only see your goal as either perfectly achieved or not.
Now is the perfect time for you to take a step back and ask yourself what themes keep circling in your life. See if you notice any improvement since last year in a specific area of your life. Then, ask yourself the following questions:
1. Are there themes you revisit over and over again? Look back over the past years and see if you can find some common themes.
2. When you encountered these themes in the past, how did you deal with them?
3. How did you handle yourself in that situation?
4. Have you improved in even the tiniest bit?
5. Are you cycling upward or downward? Meaning, are you more connected to yourself or less so?
6. Have you improved in your connection with yourself, with spirit, with your emotions, your finances or your health?
When you start to think in this cyclical way, you begin to connect with this higher vibrational energy and what you begin to realize is that you are improving on a regular basis. You're improving every bit as much as you possibly can every single day with what you know now.
As you become more aware of energy, cycles and themes, you'll begin to notice higher energetic vibrations and you'll be able to use that energy to work with you in achieving your goals. When you notice improvement along the way, even if only a little bit at a time, take a moment and pat yourself on the back. When you do this, you're giving yourself permission to constantly improve, grow and evolve. Linear thinking is great for building businesses and buildings, but when it comes to building a life, cyclical thinking can light the way to empowering your life and achieving your goals.
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99 Clojure Problems (46, 49)
I had some difficulty with the "Logic and Codes" section, since neither Prolog or Scala are really all that lisp like.
Here's my answer for 46. Many thanks to Brian Carper for responding to my StackOverflow question. It really helped me to reformulate this question with more of a clojure style than a Scala or Prolog style.
; P46 (**) Truth tables for logical expressions.
(comment "Define predicates and/2, or/2, nand/2, nor/2, xor/2, impl/2 and equ/2 (for logical equivalence) which succeed or fail according to the result of their respective operations; e.g. and(A,B) will succeed, if and only if both A and B succeed. Note that A and B can be Prolog goals (not only the constants true and fail).")
(comment "A logical expression in two variables can then be written in prefix notation, as in the following example: and(or(A,B),nand(A,B)).")
(defn not_ [a] (if a false true))
(defn and_ [a b] (if a (if b true false) false))
(defn or_ [a b] (if a true (if b true false)))
(defn nand_ [a b] (not_ (and_ a b)))
(defn nor_ [a b] (not_ (or_ a b)))
(defn xor_ [a b] (or_ (and_ a (not_ b)) (and_ (not_ a) b)))
(defn impl_ [a b] (or_ (not_ a) (and_ a b)))
(defn equ_ [a b] (not_ (xor_ a b)))
(comment "Now, write a predicate table/3 which prints the truth table of a given logical expression in two variables.")
(defn table [f]
 (doseq [a '(true false)
 b '(true false)]
 (println a "\t" b "\t" (f a b))
I skipped number 47 (turning the functions into operators) because clojure doesn't really deal with infix notation at all. It seems really foreign to me to try to write (a and b). I can see doing this in ruby
or f#
a |> and b
but not clojure.
I skipped number 48, because I couldn't figure out how to count the parameter "arity" of the function being passed in. Even with the number of parameters being passed in, I wasn't able to figure out how to pass a list as the parameters to a function. (Basically converting (func '(a b c)) to (func a b c) with a simple bit of code.
Here's my answer to number 49, which was mercifully easy after messing with 48 for a little while.
; P49 (**) Gray code.
(comment "An n-bit Gray code is a sequence of n-bit strings constructed according to certain rules. For example,")
(comment "n = 1: C(1) = ['0','1']. ")
(comment "n = 2: C(2) = ['00','01','11','10'].")
(comment "n = 3: C(3) = ['000','001','011','010','110','111','101','100'].")
(defn gray [n]
 (loop [nleft n
 combos (list (list ))]
 (if (zero? nleft)
 (map #(apply str %) combos)
 (recur (dec nleft) (concat (map #(conj %1 1) combos) (map #(conj %1 0) combos)) ))))
I did not do result caching. I couldn't figure out where to start with it, and this code is so devilishly simple that I can't figure out where I would store anything for future use.
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3 Line Riddle
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Divide the objects by drawing straight lines to produce five sections in first four levels and four section in rest of the levels, each containing equivalent different objects. While drawing the lines, avoid touching the object.
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Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security
- cIt is the underlying, hidden structure to the interactions between people. Lawyers help guide those interactions and settle disputes
- Lawyers tend to work long hours, especially at big city firms. "It's a client-based industry, so when the clients are there and they need you, you have to be there," says Deanna Morash.
- Law firms charge on an hourly basis or on a percentage (contingency) basis. That means that the lawyers get a cut of the settlement or lawsuit once it's all over.
- Lawyers work in many places other than just law firms. One big employer of lawyers is government
-.Average Annual Wage$93,270Entry Annual Wage$43,670Experienced Annual Wage$164,040Average Hourly Wage$44.84Entry Hourly Wage$20.99Experienced Hourly Wage$78.87Median Hourly Wage$43.28
Emergency Vehicles Dispatcher
- Public safety dispatchers answer telephone calls for help from the public, then use police band radios or computers to alert the appropriate agency
- Dispatchers usually work in dispatch or call centers. Most centers are heavily computerized, helping dispatchers know where the call is coming from -- even if the person calling can't speak.
- Dispatching means sitting in one place for long periods of time with only scheduled breaks.
- Bailiffs help judges do their job. Their duties vary from place to place, but bailiffs basically manage a courtroom and jury during a trial.
- Bailiffs deal with the strange and unexpected every day. "The domestic relations division definitely exposed me to some ironies of life,"
- Typical job duties for a bailiff include:
- Finding people who are on arrest warrants and taking them into custody
- Taking prisoners to or from courtrooms
- Providing protection to court personnel, jurors and witnesses
- Serving civil and criminal writs
- Guarding prisoners when they are in hospital
- Collecting debts and performing evictions


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柔軟な弾性表面を持つ円柱表面に発生する進行波 : 進行波の発生メカニズムと円柱表面の剥離流れの関係 Traveling Wave Occurring on the Surface of Elasto-Flexible Cylinder : Relationship between Wave Traveling Mechanism and Separated Flow on the Circular Cylinder
It is important to understand an interaction between deformable surface and flow field surrounding it. In order to clarify this interaction, we had made some detailed experiments using several kinds of cylinder models having elasto-flexible surface in uniform water flow, and had found that on the surface were excited three different kinds of traveling waves, i. e. a continuously occurring wave, a periodically occurring wave and a randomly occurring wave. The present experiments were made to elucidate the mechanism of the wave generation and its propagation. The results showed that a relative frequency of the wave generation to that of the Karman vortex pair emission was linearly proportional to the power of 2/3 of the Reynolds number. This dependency is similar to the dependency of the wave propagation speed of Kelvin-Helmholtz instability in free shear layer on the Reynolds number. The traveling velocities of the waves were found to be about 65% of the main flow velocities regardless of the model diameter. Small vortices observed in the vicinity of the wave were found to move with same velocities as the wave propagating velocities. The velocity distribution in the shear layer of the separated flow around the cylinder was measured. The velocity at the inflexion point of the distribution was found to be same as the wave propagation velocity and the moving velocity of the small vortices. We concluded from the above results that the traveling waves were generated by the flow instability of the shear layer in the separated flow around the cylinder.
- 日本機械学會論文集. B編 = Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers. B
日本機械学會論文集. B編 = Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers. B 69(687), 2431-2437, 2003-11-25


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Version Reviewed: 1.0
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Re-use / Replay Value [rating:2/5]
This is a game where you try to uncover hidden objects within a detailed on-screen image. The intro is a dramatic cartoon depiction of the teams facing off on this hidden expedition. After that, it's just a set of images with hidden objects, with some navigation screens to break up the action. The expedition up Everest is not of great significance, as it's a backdrop to your individual object seeking missions. It's a race against the computer controlled teams to locate listed objects that may or may not be well hidden.
It can be fun, but it can also get frustrating. You pan around a detailed scene and while some objects stand on their own, others are embedded within other objects. Some of the objects don't look anything like you would expect them to. You can get periodic hints when you get stumped, but I would find myself screen mashing to try to locate elusive objects. Once you find an object in a scene, you'll usually be able to find it in the same scene the next time you're placed in that location. The range of objects do vary, so it's doesn't become just a memory game. The game requires some concentration and should probably be played while stationary.
The game looks great, and from that standpoint is likely worth its purchase price. Once you get into it, the game can be a bit addictive. I couldn't see myself playing this for long periods of time. Based on the range of objects (some descriptions were difficult to define), I couldn't really identify the target audience.


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Game Maker Programming/Creating Objects
In Game Maker, almost everything you see on the screen are called objects.
Creating a sprite
Before you can create an object, whether it is a wall or another moving object, you need to create a sprite to display the object. A single frame sprite is created by clicking the Create a sprite icon. Within the new dialogue, click "Load Sprite" and select the bitmap file you want. The sprite in question will appear to the right as a single grame.
Creating an animated sprite
To create an animated sprite, you need to select "Edit Sprite". You can either create images manually, or import them from as an animation strip from the File menu.
Sprite options
In the sprite properties window, you have a few options:
- Precise collision checking
- Smooth edges
- Preload texture - causes the sprite to be loaded on startup rather than as-needed.
- Origin - the point of origin on the sprite
- Bounding box - indicates the collision box on objects using the current sprite.
Creating an object
Once the sprite is ready, you can proceed to create the object.
Object properties
On the left column, you can set the properties of the object:
- The sprite
- Visible and solid flags
- Depth (rendering order)
- Parent object (inherits properties from the patent)
- Mask (used for collision purposes)
In Game Maker, the various objects react to events. An event handler is created by clicking Add Event.
To react to a given event, create or select an event, and use the icons in the fourth column to choose the actions. The entire palette of actions can be browsed by using the set of tabs on the far right.
Creating objects via scripts
Eventually, you will need to create objects dynamically through the script. This is performed by something similar to the following code:
id = instance_create(x,y,obj);
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Recordkeeping and Human Evolution
45 Pages Posted: 29 Jul 2005
Date Written: November 8, 2005
We seek to characterize the evolutionary role played by the transactional record that forms the foundation of modern accounting. We hypothesize that formal recordkeeping institutionalizes memory, which along with law and other institutions (e.g., weights and measures and money) promotes the trust necessary to secure the gains from large-scale cooperation in human societies where complex exchange occurs between strangers over time. This hypothesis yields two predictions: (1) formal recordkeeping emerges as a mnemonic device when complex exchange between strangers over time becomes more common, and (2) formal recordkeeping and other exchange-supporting institutions co-evolve and feed back to facilitate extraction of further gains from exchange and the division of labor. Several aspects of ancient Mesopotamian recordkeeping are consistent with these predictions, which we believe suggests our hypothesis is plausible. We also identify opportunities for directly testing our predictions with experiments and ethnographies as well as other implications for the co-evolution of accounting, law, cognition, and language.
Keywords: intertemporal trade, verifiable history, dispute resolution, cultural selection
JEL Classification: D74, D83, M4, O31
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation


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Panama: Current reality and key concerns of the Afro-Panamanian population
Interview with Afro-Panamanian community organizer Samuel Samuels.
From the early colonial period Afro-Panamanians have played a significant role in the creation of the republic.
The descendants of the Africans who arrived during the colonial era are intermixed in the general population or are found in majority Afro-Panamanian communities along the Atlantic Coast.
Other Afro-Panamanians are the descendants of later migrants from the Caribbean, who came to work on railroad construction projects, commercial agricultural enterprises, and especially, building the canal.
In an audio interview with Samuel Samuels, member of the Afro-Panamanian umbrella organization, Coordinadora Nacional Organizaciones Negras Panameñas, he discusses themes such as the need for a more accurate census of the current Afro-Panamanian population, as well as the ongoing need for greater social and economic inclusion and increased participation of young people in national political processes.
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Iftar, refers to the evening meal for breaking the daily fast during the Islamic month of Ramadan. Or a meal served at the end of the fasting day during Ramadan, to break the day's fast. Literally, "breakfast." Iftar during Ramadan is often done as a community, with Muslims gathering to break their fast together.
The time for Iftar is 12 to 15 minutes after Sunset. It is better to offer 'Magrib Namaz/salat' and then break one's fast, preferably with water, milk or dates.
The following Dua may be recited at the time of breaking one's fast:
ALLAAHUMMA LAKA S'UMTU WA A'LAA RIZQIKA AFT'ARTU WA A'LAYKA TAWAWKKALTU
O my Allah, for Thee, I fast, and with the food Thou gives me I break the fast, and I rely on Thee
Ameer ul-Moomineen Ali Ibne Abi Taalib (A.S.) used to recite the following du'a before Iftaar:
BISMILLAAH ALLAAHUMMA LAKA S'UMNAA WA A'LAA RIZQIKA AFT'ARNAA FA-TAQABBAL MINNAA INNAKA ANTAS SAMEE-U'L A'LEEM
In the name of Allah, O Allah, we fast, and with the food Thou gives us we break the fast, an obligation we fulfill, and Thou art Hearer, Knower
While taking the first mouthful recite:
BISMILLAAHIR RAH'MAANIR RAH'EEM YAA WAASI-A'L MAGHFIRATI IGHFIR LEE
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful, O He whose indulgence is boundless, forgive me
Recite Soorah Al-Qadr and give alms in the name of Allah (SWT).


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Prague Ratters ( Prazsky Krysarik )
The Prazsky Krysarik is said to be the smallest breed in the world. The chest is broad but not at all deep and is descending only partly to the elbows. It has a lean, delicate body, which is covered with thin skin. The nick is moderately long and narrow, supporting its delicate head. The muzzles narrow and fox-like, with straight but crowded teeth. Its coat is short with very thing glossy fur. Coat color is mostly black and tan. He is 2 cm shorter in maximum height than the Miniature Pinscher in minimum height.
Miniature, very quick, active, alert and lively. This breed shows love for his master and is very watchful. The Prazsky Krysarik has a highly developed sense of smell. Because of his small size and briskness he was used for killing rats (Krysa), (it gave him the name "Krysarik"). These qualities in which he possesses have been developed over the past centuries. He is very social, obedient, and warm-hearted. He gets along well with children. By nature he is noble and intelligent. Do not allow this dog to develop Small Dog Syndrome, human induced behaviors where the dog believes he is pack leader over humans. This can cause varying degrees of behavior issues. Proper canine to human communication is very important.
Although it is tempting to carry these dainty creatures about; these are active little dogs, who need a daily walk. While out on the walk the dog must be made to heel beside or behind the person holding the lead, as instinct tells a dog the leader leads the way, and that leader needs to be the human. Play will take care of a lot of their exercise needs, however, as with all breeds, play will not fulfill their primal instinct to walk. Dogs who do not get to go on daily walks are more likely to display a wide array of behavior problems. They will also enjoy a good romp in a safe open area off lead, such as a large fenced in yard. Don't think that just because he is small he should be confined to a small space.
Seldom seen outside the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the Prazsky Krysarik has been selectively bred as a companion dog. The Prazsky Krysarik was developed by Czechs and Slovaks who wanted to create a strictly non-utilitarian dog. Historically, this breed called PRAGUE RATTER (PRAZSKY KRYSARIK) was known in the remote past of our nation. This small dog was often seen at aristocratic feasts at Prague Castle. In the early history of our state he adorned courts of Bohemian princes and kings, and he was also owned by other European rulers because kings of Bohemia presented him to them. Later his owners were ordinary citizens. From the history of the Prazsky Krysarik we can learn a lot because most of it has been preserved. For instance, we know that this breed really comes from Bohemia and its origins can be traced back to the early history of our nation. In 1980 its breeding was successfully started so the Prazsky Krysarik is again a favorite pet in our homes
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Introduction of Chromatogram and Peak Parameters of High Performance Liquid Chromatograph
Abstract: High performance liquid chromatography only requires that the sample can be made into a solution, which is not limited by the volatility of the sample. The mobile phase can be selected from a wide range. There are many types of stationary phases, so it can separate thermally unstable and nonvolatile, dissociative And non-dissociative substances in various molecular weight ranges.
1. Chromatogram (chromatogram)-the sample flows through the chromatographic column and detector, the resulting signal-time curve, also known as chromatogram elution profile (elutionprofile).
2. Baseline-The mobile phase is flushed. After the column and mobile phase reach equilibrium, the detector measures the outflow curve for a period of time. Generally it should be parallel to the time axis.
3. Noise-the fluctuation of the baseline signal. Usually caused by poor power contact or transient overload, unstable detector, mobile phase containing bubbles or chromatographic column contamination.
4. The drift baseline changes slowly with time. Mainly due to the unstable operating conditions such as voltage, temperature, mobile phase and flow rate, the contaminants or stationary phase in the column will continue to elute and drift.
5. Chromatographic peak (peak)-the curve produced by the corresponding continuous signal when the component flows through the detector. The protruding part on the outflow curve. Normal chromatographic peaks approximate a symmetric normal distribution curve (Gaussian Gauss curve). There are two types of asymmetric chromatographic peaks: leading peak and tailing peak. The former is rare.
6. Tailing factor (T)-T = B / A, used to measure the symmetry of chromatographic peaks. Also known as symmetry factor (symmetryfactor) or asymmetry factor (asymmetryfactor) "Chinese Pharmacopoeia" stipulates that T should be 0.95 ~ 1.05. T1.05 is the tailing peak.
7. The bottom of the peak-the distance from the start point to the end point of the peak on the baseline.
8. Peak height (Peakheight, h)-the distance from the highest point of the peak to the bottom of the peak.
9, peak width (peakwidth, W)-the distance between the two tangents made at the inflection points on both sides of the peak and the two intersections of the baseline. W = 4Ïƒ.
10. Half-width (peakwidthathalf-height, Wh / 2)-the peak width at half of the peak height. Wh / 2 = 2.355Ïƒ.
11. Standard deviation (Ïƒ)-half of the peak width when the normal distribution curve x = Â± 1 (inflection point). The inflection point of the normal peak width is 0.607 times the peak height. The size of the standard deviation indicates the degree of dispersion of the components during the flow out of the column. Ïƒ is small, the degree of dispersion is small, the pole concentration is high, the peak shape is thin, and the column efficiency is high; otherwise, the Ïƒ is large, the peak shape is fat, and the column efficiency is low.
12. Peak area (peakarea, A)-the area enclosed by the peak and the bottom of the peak. A = Ã— Ïƒ Ã— h = 2.507Ïƒh = 1.064Wh / 2h.
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Northern Flickers, which are common all across North America, occur in two subspecies, Yellow-shafted in the north and east, and Red-shafted in the west. In flight Red-shafted flickers show a salmon-red colour under the wings and tail, whereas the Yellow-shafted show a golden-yellow colour. That seems straightforward enough: red=Red-shafted, yellow=Yellow-shafted. But on perched birds the feather shaft colours don't always show, so you have to rely on the differences in head markings: a red mustache on male Red-Shafted flickers, black on male Yellow-shafted. Females lack mustache marks. Both male and female Yellow-shafted have a red crescent on the nape, which Red-shafted birds lack. Yellow-shafted flickers have a grey crown and brown cheeks, and Red-shafted have a brown crown and grey cheeks. All this can be a little hard to keep straight in your head.
Male Yellow-shafted Northern Flicker
Male Red-shafted Northern Flicker
Now to complicate things. Although the two forms were once considered to be separate species, there is a large zone on the western edge of the great plains where their ranges overlap, and intergrades occur here, with a mixture of field marks from each subspecies. In fact, intergrades are often seen throughout the range of Northern Flickers. But here in Calgary, on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, we are smack dab in the middle of the overlapping ranges, and almost every flicker you see shows signs of its mixed heritage.
Intergrade male Northern Flicker
The bird in the above photo appears to be a male Red-shafted Flicker, with no nape mark and a red mustache, but the colour under the tail is distinctly yellow. On some intergrades it is a sort of pumpkin-orange, in between yellow and red. You can also see birds with Yellow-shafted head markings but red wing and tail linings.
In Calgary Northern Flickers are here year-round, and they readily come to feeders. You can learn to identify individuals by their mixed-up field marks. I always take note of the markings and their colours. The most interesting ones have in-between head markings. Here is a male bird with a red mustache but also a red nape mark.
Below is the same bird, showing salmon-red feather shafts.
I haven't yet seen a male flicker with a black mustache and no red nape mark. I wonder if that combination is possible.
The bird below, busily excavating a nest box, shows only a faint hint of the red nape mark, but also a red mustache.
Odder yet are the birds with mustaches that are both red and black.
Flicker with mixed black and red mustache
The bird in the two photos above looks basically like a Yellow-shafted Flicker with a little red in what should be a black mustache, but note that it also has the brown crown and grey cheeks of a Red-shafted.
The bird in the two photos below has much more black in the mustache, and the crown and cheek colours are switched.
I have heard of, but never seen, flickers with a black mustache on one side of their face, and a red one on the other.
I think most birders don't usually take note of these in-between birds. But here is a map of reports from eBird, with purple showing where intergrades have been reported.
It would be interesting to hear from birders across Canada as to how common intergrade Northern Flickers are in your area.


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