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Migration's Income and Poverty Impact has been Underestimated
World Bank; Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA); University of Chile
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2088
This paper examines two issues associated with the impact of migration on household income and poverty. First, existing studies have typically overlooked a feature of migration that should be taken into account in estimating its impact, namely the fact that migration changes the size of the household. The corrected impact that does take the change in household size into account is presented analytically and is estimated on the basis of data from Ghana's GLSS household survey. The corrected impact is shown to be three to five times larger for income and two to three times larger for poverty than is obtained from standard analysis. Second, existing studies examine migration's impact on the poverty of the entire sample. However, some policy questions require measures of the impact on the poverty of the migrant households themselves. The latter is shown to be twenty times larger for international migration and two to three times larger for internal migration, compared to the impact for the entire sample. It is further shown that these results hold whether the poverty measures are corrected for the change in household size.
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Keywords: migration, income, poverty, underestimation, reference groups
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Madagascar's Panther Chameleon Is Really 11 Separate Species
This species is famous for its vibrant colors that change with its surroundings. (Photo: reptiles4all/Shutterstock).
The panther chameleon of Madagascar is famous for its size. It can grow to be 17-20 inches long. It's also famous for its Technicolor skin, which can range from vibrant oranges and reds to cool blues and greens and many combinations of colors, depending upon its habitat.
But what makes the panther chameleon stand out now is that researchers have discovered it isn't just one species, but 11 different species of chameleon!
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Panther chameleons have slight variations in color patterns that can now be used to distinguish different species from one another. Cathy Keifer/Shutterstock
Researchers from University of Geneva looked at blood samples from 324 panther chameleons from across the range of the species. They analyzed the DNA and found that what was thought to be different populations are actually different species.
The researchers then created a classification key for the 11 different species based on color and pattern variations, allowing them to identify the different species using just the naked eye rather than DNA analysis.
Nature World News points out an important aspect of this new finding: "In addition, this new study shows that in order to protect the new chameleon species, they need individual conservation management, given that they each constitute a different part of the biodiversity as a whole. The visual classification key created by the researchers could even assist local biologists and trade managers to avoid local population over-harvesting."
Panther chameleons were up to this point thought to have varying primary colors and color patterns depending on their location, but now these "locales" may now need to be considered distinct species.
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Knowing that there are distinct species, all of which need protection, gives conservationists an edge in setting aside preserves and other strategies for protecting the species. taboga/Shutterstock


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Bernicia or Bryneich?
We know that the name of the kingdom was British and their name for it was Bryneich. No one has put forth a compelling translation for Bryneich. It appears to have been the southern part of Votandini (Gododdin) territory under the Romans, although it may have been independent then just without its name being recorded. It is a very fertile district with numerous hill forts including Bamburgh and Coldingham, the tidal island of Metcaut/Lindisfarne, and the great administrative complex of Yeavering (and the prehistoric Yeavering Bell). The original district of Bryneich may have run from mouths of the River Tweed to the River Aln and perhaps west to around Melrose. It may have originally been centered around the Tweed valley and the fertile plain to the south of the river. It has been hypothesized that the original Anglican settlement may have been along the River Aln and this fits with their later addition of Bamburgh to their territory (and the coincidence of the first Englishman to add Bamburgh to his territory being the first king). The Anglicized version of Bryneich appears to be Bernicia.
Bryneich was incoroporated into the mythology of Anglican Bernicia in two ways — by adding an ancestor named Beornec to the mythical portion of the royal dynasty and by possibly adding a sovereignty goddess in the form of Queen Bearnoch, wife of the dynastic founder. I have written about Bearnoch before here. Its ironic that those who study the English pedigrees seem to agree that Beornec represents the land but have ignored Queen Bearnoch.
An Anglo-British Kingdom
Archaeological evidence of Anglican settlement is extremely thin on the ground in the area of Bernicia. More sites are being found all the time, though most are 7th century or later. What early Anglican remains are found in archaeology are focused on former Roman military sites particularly along Hadrian's Wall, but it is unclear if they were affiliated with Bernicia or Deira. It is quite possible that all of the Angles in the northern Roman province administered from York were later organized around Deira. David Dumville believed that the story in the Historia Brittonum that Angles were recruited from Kent to settle along the wall or just north of it to protect the former Roman territory from the Picts, and led by Hengest's son Ocha and his cousin Ebusa (HB ch.38) are a confused reference to Ossa/Osla and his son Eoppa, founders of the Bernician royal dynasty. The linkage to Kent is almost certainly fictional in an attempt to link all the English to Hengest's arrival, focusing the adventus story on Hengest which speaks volumes for Hengest in both British and English folklore. For Bernicia, it still suggests that they were recruited by someone to occupy those former military sites. It is possible that they were recruited by the Britons south of Hadrian's wall. Eventually becoming independent,they became enemies of both Romano-Britons south of the wall, Britons/Picts north of the wall who they were recruited to defend against, and the English of York whose pedigree suggests they may go back to the end of Roman Britian (possibly as federate troops). If the English pedigree is any indicator, the Bernicians arrived about two generations before 547, which would place them at about 500-525 keeping the generations fairly short. This is far too late for them to be associated with the Romans, although Bede placed the English arrival at about 450 though this may not refer to his own Bernician people. It is interesting that although Deira has a longer pedigree in Britain, Bernicia is recorded first with Bede recording Ida's reign starting in 547.
Excavations at Bamburgh's late antique-early medieval cemetery on the beach confirms that Bamburgh was a fortress of kings back to the iron age. The visible Anglo-British transition is seen in the graves and discussed here. Toward the edge of the cemetery, I'm told there are pre-historic barrows that have not been excavated yet. Regardless it suggests that there was a hillfort here going back through Roman times, if not before. Bamburgh has been a place of power longer than we can determine and with views like in the photo above, it is no wonder. Bamburgh rises above a large fertile plain with a commanding view of the plains and sea alike (photo above). I've been told that Bamburgh also has one of the best beaches for beaching ships in all of Britain. Today the shallow water is a disadvantage to our boats that anchor at sea and rely on docks to get to land, but in late antique/early medieval times this was ideal to beach ships like the one found at Sutton Hoo. Bamburgh's wide white sandy beaches (visible in the distance in the photo above) are also ideal for beachfront markets. It is noteworthy that the cemetery lays on a beachfront ridge 300 meters south of Bamburgh where is would have been clearly visible to all who came north by sea.
Although the Bernicians are universally written about as the enemies of the British, archaeology and social history tells us another story. It should also be mentioned that the Bernician use of British hillforts was unique up through the seventh century. Examples of Bernician hillforts include Bamburgh and Dunbar (where King Ecgfrith has Bishop Wilfrid imprisoned). Elsewhere, ruins of Roman fortresses were occasionally used for monasteries but not for military sites. Abandoned British hillforts like South Cadbury were left abandoned by the southern English in up to the 8th century. Likewise there are more British placenames, like Melrose, Dunbar, and Carlisle, that survive in Bernicia.
However the English of Bernicia arrived they were oriented north until at least the reign of Ecgfrith. This is best shown by where they sought exile. Both Herring son of Hussa and the sons of Æthelfrith head to Dalriada (western scotland) for refuge rather than southern England. On the other hand Deiran exiles are associated exclusively with the southern English and maybe Edwin sought refuge among the British in Wales. The point is Deirans never looked north for aid; the Bernicians seem to look north for both aid and as their primary political concern first until the mid-670s.
Core and Waves of Expansion
The core of the kingdom is in the upper cluster of balloons on the map. This cluster includes Bamburgh, Lindisfarne, Yeavering and then Coldingham is the royal monastery of Oswiu's sister Æbbe to the north. The westernmost point is Melrose, perhaps on the trail between Lindisfarne and Iona. This tight core remains the heartland of Bernicia until really after 570, after they no longer really had to fear that Bernicia would be conquored.
The expansions discussed below refer to just the kingdom of Bernicia and not to the annexation of the kingdom of Deira and creation of Northumbria. As early as 604, Bernician king Æthelfrith conquorered the neighboring kingdom of Deira, which returned the favor during Edwin of Deira's subsequent reign.
The first expansion is really the conquest of Lothian which takes Bernicia to the shore of the Firth of Forth. They must really secure Lothian for Coldingham to be secure enough for a convent. The first suggestion of northern movement is a single annal entry listing a seige of Edenburgh in 638, during the middle of Oswald's reign but the besieger is unlisted. We know that Oswiu was besieged in a fortress near Stirling (north of Edinburgh) in modern Scotland in 655. This says that Bernicia secured Lothian enough that they could withstand Penda's seige. Abercorn also became the seat of a northern see from Lothian. After 685 the district north of the Firth of Forth between Stirling and Abercorn was a buffer zone that was probably English but not safe enough to actually occupy or invest in royal building programs.
The second expansion of Bernician sites are the lower cluster along Hadrian's Wall. The earliest Bernician site here is really Heavenfield/Hexham, the westernmost balloon. The tight cluster in the east are the monasteries that are founded primarily during Ecgfrith's time, although Tynemouth appears to have been operational when Oswiu excuted Oswine in 651. The monastery of Gateshead is also between Wearmouth and Hexham and was probably as old as Tynemouth. It really looks like this group was intentional foundations to stitch together Bernicia and Deira. Gateshead sits on a Roman bridge guarding entry into Bernicia and Tynemouth may have served a similar function for Deira, controlling access to the River Tyne along Hadrian's Wall. (Tynemouth is where Deiran king Oswine was reputed to have been born and where he was buried.) The area between the rivers Tyne and Tees appears have been heavily contested between Bernicia and Deira during the reigns of Oswiu and Oswine. It is possible that the Tyne valley was first seized by Bernicia after the death of Oswald. It is not impossible that much of the conflict between Bernicia and Deira in the first half of the seventh century was over the Hadrian's wall/Tyne valley zone. The diocese of Hexham is basically the


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When a certain area of the tire sidewall is partially protruding, a cord may have broken internally due to external causes such as shock, and is therefore dangerous.
Dent on the sidewall of a tire
There are cases in which a dent occurs and extends toward the sidewall area of a tire. Such dents occur due to the internal structure and have no effects in terms of safety.

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EA-1887: Finding of No Significant Impact
Based on the information presented in the Final SEA (DOE/EA-1573-S1), DOE has determined that the RFHP improvements and expansion of the sourcing of woody biomass fuels from Front Range sources to additional available regional sources do not constitute major federal actions significantly affecting the quality of the human environment in the context of NEPA. Therefore, an EIS is not required, and DOE is issuing this FONSI.


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FLOODING, LOW WATER, AND HIGH WATER LEVELS IN THE RAINFOREST
Seasonal flooding is characteristic of many tropical rivers, although few compare to the so-called igapo (swamp
forest) and varzea (flooded forest)
of the Amazon River Basin, where large tracts of rainforest are inundated to
depths of 40 feet during seasonal flooding. The lowest flood stage occurs in August and September, while the highest
stage occurs in April and May. Tributaries that drain the Guyana Shield flood in June, while the tributaries
that drain the Brazilian Shield flood in March or April. Since the peak rainy seasons are out of phase, the peak
discharges of left bank (Guyana shield) and right bank (Brazilian shield) rivers are somewhat offset, having the
effect of moderating high and low water levels on the main stream, but tributaries can have extreme variations.
Rain and snow that fall in the Andes and other highland areas reach the Amazon through its tributaries and produce
the high-water season. Deforestation of foothills and upper basin may have caused a shift in rain levels during
certain times of the year resulting in irregular high and low river levels.
Flooding has important functions for the surrounding forests including eradicating pests, enriching soils with
nutrients from whitewater rivers (especially varzea
forests), and dispersing seeds.
Varzea vs. Igapo Forest
The contrasts between the lowand high-water season in some areas of the Amazon Basin are extreme. Low water leaves
vast islands and sand bars exposed and river banks high above water level. Smaller tributaries may become so shallow that travel by dugout
canoe is barely possible only when travelers push the canoe. Creeks and streams, which are raging torrents
when rainstorms come, may dry up altogether.
Low water is a time of troubles for most Amazonian fish and a time of plenty for predators like arapaima, large
, dolphins, and jaguars. With the dramatic decrease in water area, fish become trapped in tiny lakes and
river shallows and are easy targets for predators.
In the floodplains, which during highwater are a continuous stretch of water, bodies of water are reduced to floodplain
lakes. These floodplain lakes are packed with fish and predators, and dissolved oxygen levels are sharply reduced.
During a few weeks each year, massive die-offs are caused in these pools when cold Antarctic air passes over parts
of the Amazon, cooling surface waters and causing them to sink to the bottom. The bottom of floodplain lakes is
often a decaying anaerobic layer of organic sludge. As surface waters sink to the bottom, methane and hydrogen sulfide
from the bottom pushes toward surface causing tremendous die-offs. Vultures crowd by thousands to feed on carcasses.
Many fish have adapted to lack of oxygen by developing structures that enable them to take atmospheric oxygen from
the air. Most famous are the lungfish of South America, Africa, and Australia, but many catfish
, and loaches
also are able to directly use atmospheric oxygen.
The best-known predator of floodplain lakes is the arapaima
or piracucu, one of the world's largest freshwater
fish. The species attains a maximum of 16 feet, though today such large individuals are extremely rare because
of overfishing. Today conservation efforts
are focused on restoring this magnificent species.
The anaconda is also an apex predator in floodplain lakes.
High water is the time of the flooded forest when water levels rise 30 to 40 feet and flood the surrounding forest
and floodplains, linking river branches as one massive body of water. The higher water level makes the lower
canopy accessible by boat. Many tree species depend on the floods for seed dispersal through animal or mechanical
(floating downriver) means. It is a time of abundance for most herbivorous fish which can feed on the fruit and
seeds that fall from fruiting trees. The Amazon is home to the vast majority of fish species dependent on fruits
One famous fruit-eating fish is the tambaqui, a large fish that crushes fallen seeds with its strong jaws. The
tambaqui waits beneath trees that are dropping seeds, congregating especially under its favorite, the rubber tree Hevea spruceana
, which is widely
scattered in the flooded forest. Humans take advantage of the tambaqui and other fish that wait for fallen seeds
by imitating falling seeds using a pole with a seed attached by a line. When the fish is attracted within range,
the hunter harpoons it. In Amazonian folklore, it is said that the jaguar hunts such seed-eating fish using its
tail to mimic the "thud" of falling seeds.
The high-water season is a difficult time for fish predators. The increased water area gives potential prey a larger
range and predators must rely on their fat stores from their heavy feeding during the dry season. Many omnivorous
species eat mostly seeds and fruit during this period.
High water also means difficulty for ground-dwelling plant and animal species. Many ground dwellers migrate to
more elevated areas, while some species move up into the trees. Understory plants and shrubs may spend 6-10 months
underwater where they are thought to continue some form of photosynthesis.
Research published in 2005 found that flooding in the Amazon causes a sizable portion of South America to sink several inches because of the extra weight and then rise again as the waters recede. Scientists say that this annual rise and fall of earth's crust
is the largest ever detected, and it may one day enable researches to calculate the total amount of water on Earth.
A topographic map of a section of the central Amazon River Basin near in Manaus, Brazil. Dark blue indicates channels
that always contain water, while lighter blue depicts floodplains that seasonally flood and drain, and green represents
non-flooded areas. Image courtesy of the Global Rain Forest Mapping Project.
- How do changes in water level affect the Amazon?
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Continued / Next: Floating Meadows
The flowering and pollination of the Amazonian water lily is described in Attenborough, D. (The Private Life Of Plants, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1995); Goulding, M. (Amazon-The Flooded Forest New York: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 1990); and Davis, W. (One River, New York: Touchstone, 1996).
Goulding, M. (Amazon-The Flooded Forest New York: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 1990) is the source for the number of species and individuals in a floating meadow.
The ecology of the tambaqui is discussed in Amazon-The Flooded Forest (New York: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 1990) by M. Goulding.
Goulding, M. (The Fishes and the Forest. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1980) finds that numerous fish species are important seed dispersers in the flooded forest and warns that clearing of vàrzea forests could reduce their populations. He also reports that over three-quarters of the fish important in commerce and subsistence depend directly or indirectly on flood-plain forests for food.


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Museums exist to preserve and promote culture and natural heritage. Sustainable Development (SD) is about preserving the environment the museums operate in. The integration of sustainable development practices into daily operations goes hand-in-hand with the general mission of museums to preserve, conserve and interpret our world.
In the past several years, we noticed that there is a growing interest in sustainable development and the environment among museum and science centre professionals in Canada.
The interest was inspirational and a group of committed individuals created this guide and special thanks is accorded to Environment Canada's Biosphere for making this online version possible.
Learn more about what SD is, why it is time for museums to implement the SD practices, and how to incorporate them into your museum or science centre.
Learn more about Sustainable Development.


Ask vs Tell. A simple switch for behavioural change.
I once worked for a manager who changed the team's reliance on her in a mere matter of months by making one subtle shift. She knew the difference between ask vs tell.
When the team would come with questions, or decisions to be made. Historically, she would've told them what to do. Instead she switched to asking them what they thought and engage them in the discussion.
The results were astonishing.
Our default as humans is to tell and impart our knowledge, but telling doesn't always achieve the best results from others. In fact, it can instil a reliance upon your expertise that in time can become a burden on your time.
This article will explore how you too can make the shift and adopt an ask vs tell coaching style in your learning and development activities.
What is ask vs tell?
You might be thinking, is there really that much of a difference between asking and telling? Yes there is! The illustration below helps to make clear the difference between the two.
As you can see the graph is more of a continuum.
Depending on which side of the ask vs tell continuum we sit on, shows the impact of our communications on others.
ask vs tell continuum
Ask vs tell continuum
If you use a tell style by giving advice or simply telling others what to do, you're exhibiting a controlling style. Whereas if you're asking questions, paraphrasing or making suggestions you are exhibiting more empowering behaviours.
If you're empowering others, they are able to learn, grow and develop much faster than those who are controlled and reliant upon your expertise.
As learning and development professionals we like to be known for our expertise, which could lead us to use a 'telling' style. Reflect personally on whether you think that approach will foster the best results over time?
To reiterate the difference further, when you tell you:
 - Control the information
 - Don't engage them in decision making
 - Supply the same information to everyone
 - Continue to keep the role of the 'knowledgeable person'
 - People rely on you for information
 - People will likely keep coming back for answers
When you ask however you:
 - Empower others
 - Engage them in the thought process
 - Encourage devolved decision making
 - Trust that your team are capable to the right choices
 - People become less reliant on your expertise
I know which side I would prefer to be on. To be known for empowering individuals through learning and development to truly transform their behaviour. Rather than to be reliant on your L&D expertise.
Impact on recall
Just in case you still aren't bought into the difference. John Whitmore had this great graphic in his book 'Coaching for Performance'.
 ToldTold and shownTold, shown and experienced
Recall after 3 weeks70%72%85%
Recall after 3 months10%32%65%
Taken from John Whitmore: Coaching for performance
The results speak for themselves. When you tell others, within 3 months they recall much less than if you ask and let individuals make decisions themselves and learn by doing.
Consider your approach to training. Where does the focus lie currently, asking or telling?
Are you just telling your learners what they need to know and expect them to recall the information? Newsflash, in 3 months they will only have 10% of that telling left. Let's hope they remember is the important part!
But what if you took a different approach?
What if your training or discussions with others became less about telling and imparting information and focussed instead on facilitating discussion and asking questions.
How might that change the learners experience and recall?
Ways to make the shift
In the spirit of the article I'm not going to tell you any answers. I'm simply going to provide you with a list of coaching questions to reflect on.
 - Where on the ask vs tell continuum do I currently sit?
 - Does this current position serve a purpose for me? If so, how?
 - Reflecting on a recent 'tell' discussion with someone. How might the discussion have changed if I'd used a coaching, 'ask' approach instead?
 - What changes can I make to my approach to learning and development to incorporate more ask moments?
 - On a scale of 1-10 how committed am I to doing this?
 - What are my next steps as a result of reading this post?
Ask vs tell is a powerful shift, by making the change you will over time notice a difference in the behaviours of those you use it on. Remember, these behavioural shifts do take time but by persevering it will have a greater affect.
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The Dam at Jebel Aulia
Jabal Awliya
Nahr An Nill State
The Republic of the Sudan
February 14, 2020
Jebel Aulia (Jabal al Awliyā', Jebel Aulia, Gebel Aulia) lies 60 kilometers south of Khartoum. The village is the home of the Jebel Aulia Hydroelectric Dam that harnesses the waters of the White Nile.
Built by the British for the Egyptian government, the dam opened in 1937 and was the largest dam in the world.
In the village I found impressive works of graffiti, curious/friendly people, and heaps of enormous watermelons.
Royal Pyramids of Meroe
Northern State
The Republic of The Sudan
February 5, 2020
Dear Friends and Fellow Explorers,
If I close my eyes and eliminate the National Geographic video team and a few dedicated archaeologists, I can imagine that today, I alone "discovered" the Meroë Pyramids (270 BCE- 450 CE).
Tourists are a rarity here, even though the pyramids built by the Kushite royalty are the most visited site in Sudan. ("Most visited" is a relative term.)
Today it is just me and my guide, the rising sun, the setting sun and the hills and sands of the Nubian desert.
The Royal Pyramids of Nuri
Northern State
Republic of the Sudan
February 4, 2020
Not far from Karima and Jebel Barkal, the weather-beaten, yet charming royal pyramids of Nuri slowly reveal their hidden history and under-water treasure.
Owing to the effects of the Aswan High Dam and Lake Nasser in southern Egypt, the underground water levels of the Nile have risen and drowned the hidden chambers of the Nubian pharaohs and queens in northern Sudan.
The SCUBA-equipped underwater archaeologists gather buckets of mud from beneath the pyramid as they search for any evidence of the buried rulers. The buckets are carried up from the base of the structure to other scientists who laboriously and patiently sift and discover.
National Geographic has published an article about the watery tombs.
Sudan continues to be a challenging and fascinating land for both determined scientists and curious travelers.


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Quantum mechanical coupling/excitation
 1. Apr 9, 2010 #1
 the wikipedia article _URL_ suggests a scenario where you have two or multiple quantum oscillators (a lattice of particles maybe or whatever) and coupling describes the interaction at a quantum level (analogous to the classical coupling that is taught in an introductory waves+optics class). however, does this apply still to what they refer to coupling being an interaction between two particles, such as a photon and an electron (i.e. the "absorption" of the photon) increasing it's kinetic energy? if not, where can i find information on this kind of "absorption" type coupling? (i'm an senior undergrad, so whatever level of complication is fine)
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 3. Apr 10, 2010 #2
 Are you struggling with the notion of absorbers and emitters? If so, Hyperphysics in general is pretty good. _URL_
 This is more, and I think closer to what you're asking, but it's just one paper: _URL_
 4. Aug 6, 2011 #3
 yes, this is very close to what I was referring to, thanks :)
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By Christina Lee
Has winter break boredom already hit? Here are 10 things to do instead of just sitting around your house:
1. Bake cookies or make a pumpkin pie with your family. Nothing else can get your house smelling better in the winter time. Plus, it brings your family closer together.
2. Read a book by the fire. Get cozy and let the book do all the work. Winter break is an excellent opportunity to catch up on reading or start a new book.
3. Do a crossword or Sudoku puzzle. It's a good way to keep your brain cells from dying of under usage.
4. Make a scrapbook or, for the less crafty, put your photos into an album.
5. Write a story or poem. You know you've had an idea stuck in the back of your head forever, so why not write it down?
6. Exercise. Break out the Wii Fit board. It's never too late to lose the poundage from all the holiday food you've been eating.
7. Organize. It's surprising how clear your head will be afterwards.
8. Learn new words, and then amaze your friends with your new range of vocabulary. Hello, SATs!
9. Work on something that you've been meaning to fix, such as your handwriting (it's too sloppy) or your posture (too slouchy).
10. Go outside and build something snow-related, like a snowman or a snow fort. It's relaxing, fun and good exercise.
--Christina Lee is a freshman at West Genesee High School.


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Nubra is an isolated valley and even closed to outsiders, a place away from any path of travel and accessible by a path that is the biggest step up the planet, frozen most of the year (even in summer). India is another place that reminds me of the little known area of Zanskar. Nubra is a space walled desert the Mountains Karakoram, and shaped by the Shyok River which has underpinned much of life, including the ancient cultures that inhabit it.
In its extension, succeeded by rocky deserts, incredible dune areas and environments where grazing pastures for Bactrian camels. It's also highlighted by landscapes that sometimes look like postcards from another planet. Nubra Ladakh region, the "land of high passes" is often referred to as the "Little Tibet" because of its appearance and indigenous culture.
Interestingly, despite their appearance and inhospitable to its original name (Ldumra) refers to a "valley of flowers", but in practice it is a strange high desert, where rainfall is low, as the vegetation only emerges with the riverbeds.
Access to the Nubra Valley is no easy task for two reasons: there is only one way to Nubra Valley (although a couple of years ago was running another), a road in height, but also there are access restrictions in certain areas for non-residents, mainly because it is a border area. The stay allowed is only seven days, and it is advisable to book early boarding houses, especially in summer when demand increases.
From Leh, the former capital of the kingdom of Ladakh, Nubra is part of the route in what is now the province of Jammu and Kashmir, a region that even in summer is covered by a layer of ice.


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IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, VOL. 10, NO. 9, SEPTEMBER 2011
In this paper, performance of cognitive transmission over time-selective flat fading channels is studied under quality of service (QoS) constraints and channel uncertainty. Cognitive secondary users (SUs) are assumed to initially perform channel sensing to detect the activities of the primary users, and then attempt to estimate the channel fading coefficients through training. Energy detection is employed for channel sensing, and different minimum mean-square-error (MMSE) estimation methods are considered for channel estimation. In both channel sensing and estimation, erroneous decisions can be made, and hence, channel uncertainty is not completely eliminated. In this setting, performance is studied and interactions between channel sensing and estimation are investigated.
Following the channel sensing and estimation tasks, SUs engage in data transmission. Transmitter, being unaware of the channel fading coefficients, is assumed to send the data at fixed power and rate levels that depend on the channel sensing results. Under these assumptions, a state-transition model is constructed by considering the reliability of the transmissions, channel sensing decisions and their correctness, and the evolution of primary user activity which is modeled as a two-state Markov process. In the data transmission phase, an average power constraint on the secondary users is considered to limit the interference to the primary users, and statistical limitations on the buffer lengths are imposed to take into account the QoS constraints of the secondary traffic. The maximum throughput under these statistical QoS constraints is identified by finding the effective capacity of the cognitive radio channel. Numerical results are provided for the power and rate policies.


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Summits between the African Union and European Union are essential to setting the big picture agenda of contemporary Africa-EU relations. They also carry weight because of their potential to ensure that African perspectives are also prioritised within the relationship.
Over the past six decades, trade and development has constituted the main basis for interaction between African countries, the continent's institutions, and the EU. The EU remains an important actor in Africa despite the growing interests of other actors such as China, Turkey and the US among others.
There is no denying that the world's biodiversity is under serious threat. A recent proposal that has gained significant traction to address this decline is to designate 30 per cent of the earth's surface as protected areas by 2030 (commonly referred to as the Global Deal for Nature, or the 30×30 Plan). This proposal will be discussed at the world's top-most biodiversity summit expected in 2022 in Kunming, China. The 30 per cent reservation for "nature" is itself viewed as part of a roadmap towards the idea that "Nature Needs Half" – a campaign calling for half of the world to be dedicated to nature, rather than human activities. Continue reading "The "White Saviour" Deal for Nature"
Environmental degradation and social injustice are deeply enmeshed with the growth economy. Applying green and inclusive lubricants to its mechanisms is not the solution. We must abandon growth itself.


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DBIx::Class::ResultSource - Result source object
 # Create a table based result source, in a result class.
 package MyApp::Schema::Result::Artist;
 __PACKAGE__->add_columns(qw/ artistid name /);
 __PACKAGE__->has_many(cds => 'MyApp::Schema::Result::CD');
 # Create a query (view) based result source, in a result class
 package MyApp::Schema::Result::Year2000CDs;
 "SELECT cdid, artist, title FROM cd WHERE year ='2000'"
A ResultSource is an object that represents a source of data for querying.
This class is a base class for various specialised types of result sources, for example DBIx::Class::ResultSource::Table. Table is the default result source type, so one is created for you when defining a result class as described in the synopsis above.
More specifically, the DBIx::Class::Core base class pulls in the DBIx::Class::ResultSourceProxy::Table component, which defines the table method. When called, table creates and stores an instance of DBIx::Class::ResultSoure::Table. Luckily, to use tables as result sources, you don't need to remember any of this.
Result sources representing select queries, or views, can also be created, see DBIx::Class::ResultSource::View for full details.
Finding result source objects
As mentioned above, a result source instance is created and stored for you when you define a Result Class.
You can retrieve the result source at runtime in the following ways:
From a Schema object:
From a Result object:
From a ResultSet object:
Arguments: _USER_
Return Value: $result_source
 $source->add_columns(qw/col1 col2 col3/);
 $source->add_columns('col1' => \%col1_info, 'col2' => \%col2_info,...);
Adds columns to the result source. If supplied colname => hashref pairs, uses the hashref as the "column_info" for that column. Repeated calls of this method will add more columns, not replace them.
The column names given will be created as accessor methods on your Result objects. You can change the name of the accessor by supplying an "accessor" in the column_info hash.
If a column name beginning with a plus sign ('+col1') is provided, the attributes provided will be merged with any existing attributes for the column, with the new attributes taking precedence in the case that an attribute already exists. Using this without a hashref ($source->add_columns(qw/+col1 +col2/)) is legal, but useless -- it does the same thing it would do without the plus.
The contents of the column_info are not set in stone. The following keys are currently recognised/used by DBIx::Class:
 { accessor => '_name' }
 # example use, replace standard accessor with one of your own:
 sub name {
 my ($self, $value) = _USER_;
 die "Name cannot contain digits!" if($value =~ /\d/);
 return $self->_name();
Use this to set the name of the accessor method for this column. If unset, the name of the column will be used.
 { data_type => 'integer' }
This contains the column type. It is automatically filled if you use the SQL::Translator::Producer::DBIx::Class::File producer, or the DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader module.
Currently there is no standard set of values for the data_type. Use whatever your database supports.
 { size => 20 }
The length of your column, if it is a column type that can have a size restriction. This is currently only used to create tables from your schema, see "deploy" in DBIx::Class::Schema.
 { is_nullable => 1 }
Set this to a true value for a columns that is allowed to contain NULL values, default is false. This is currently only used to create tables from your schema, see "deploy" in DBIx::Class::Schema.
 { is_auto_increment => 1 }
Set this to a true value for a column whose value is somehow automatically set, defaults to false. This is used to determine which columns to empty when cloning objects using "copy" in DBIx::Class::Row. It is also used by "deploy" in DBIx::Class::Schema.
 { is_numeric => 1 }
Set this to a true or false value (not undef) to explicitly specify if this column contains numeric data. This controls how set_column decides whether to consider a column dirty after an update: if is_numeric is true a numeric comparison!= will take place instead of the usual eq
If not specified the storage class will attempt to figure this out on first access to the column, based on the column data_type. The result will be cached in this attribute.
 { is_foreign_key => 1 }
Set this to a true value for a column that contains a key from a foreign table, defaults to false. This is currently only used to create tables from your schema, see "deploy" in DBIx::Class::Schema.
 { default_value => \'now()' }
Set this to the default value which will be inserted into a column by the database. Can contain either a value or a function (use a reference to a scalar e.g. \'now()' if you want a function). This is currently only used to create tables from your schema, see "deploy" in DBIx::Class::Schema.
See the note on "new" in DBIx::Class::Row for more information about possible issues related to db-side default values.
 { sequence =>'my_table_seq' }
Set this on a primary key column to the name of the sequence used to generate a new key value. If not specified, DBIx::Class::PK::Auto will attempt to retrieve the name of the sequence from the database automatically.
 { retrieve_on_insert => 1 }
For every column where this is set to true, DBIC will retrieve the RDBMS-side value upon a new row insertion (normally only the autoincrement PK is retrieved on insert). INSERT... RETURNING is used automatically if supported by the underlying storage, otherwise an extra SELECT statement is executed to retrieve the missing data.
 { auto_nextval => 1 }
Set this to a true value for a column whose value is retrieved automatically from a sequence or function (if supported by your Storage driver.) For a sequence, if you do not use a trigger to get the nextval, you have to set the "sequence" value as well.
Also set this for MSSQL columns with the 'uniqueidentifier' data_type whose values you want to automatically generate using NEWID(), unless they are a primary key in which case this will be done anyway.
This is used by "deploy" in DBIx::Class::Schema and SQL::Translator to add extra non-generic data to the column. For example: extra => { unsigned => 1} is used by the MySQL producer to set an integer column to unsigned. For more details, see SQL::Translator::Producer::MySQL.
Arguments: $colname, \%columninfo?
Return Value: 1/0 (true/false)
 $source->add_column('col' => \%info);
Add a single column and optional column info. Uses the same column info keys as "add_columns".
Arguments: $colname
Return Value: 1/0 (true/false)
 if ($source->has_column($colname)) {... }
Returns true if the source has a column of this name, false otherwise.
Arguments: $colname
Return Value: Hashref of info
 my $info = $source->column_info($col);
Returns the column metadata hashref for a column, as originally passed to "add_columns". See "add_columns" above for information on the contents of the hashref.
Arguments: none
Return Value: Ordered list of column names
 my _USER_ = $source->columns;
Returns all column names in the order they were declared to "add_columns".
Arguments: \_USER_?
Return Value: Hashref of column name/info pairs
 my $columns_info = $source->columns_info;
Like "column_info" but returns information for the requested columns. If the optional column-list arrayref is omitted it returns info on all columns currently defined on the ResultSource via "add_columns".
Arguments: _USER_
Return Value: not defined
 $source->remove_columns(qw/col1 col2 col3/);
Removes the given list of columns by name, from the result source.
Warning: Removing a column that is also used in the sources primary key, or in one of the sources unique constraints, will result in a broken result source.
Arguments: $colname
Return Value: not defined
Remove a single column by name from the result source, similar to "remove_columns".
Arguments: _USER_
Return Value: not defined
Defines one or more columns as primary key for this source. Must be called after "add_columns".
Additionally, defines a unique constraint named primary.
Note: you normally do want to define a primary key on your sources even if the underlying database table does not have a primary key. See "The Significance and Importance of Primary Keys" in DBIx::Class


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PCR Product Clean-up General Information
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a technique in molecular biology that is used to amplify copies from a piece of DNA to generate millions of copies of a particular DA sequence. Cleaning up PCR products may not be needed before the DNA amplification, however it becomes significant during the next step. PCR product clean-up is an important step to avoid PCR primers and Taq polymerase – types of high resistant bacteria that can potentially affect the results of sequencing PCR products and TA cloning.
If PCR products are not cleaned after modification, the extra primers (e.g. excess dNTPs, unincorporated primers, and non-specific PCR products) can extend the PCR sequence resulting in the generation of an extra sequence of DNA fragments, thereby, making sequencing data interpretation more difficult.
There are several ways to clean up PCR product.
- Using a low melting point, you may run the PCR product on an agarose gel. This method is recommended for PCR products that do not have single clean band. Once done, you may expose the PCR under UV light and remove the band using a razor. You can extract the DNA from the gel by electroelution or gel extraction methods using buffers and columns.
- For a faster and easier PCR clean-up, you may opt to use magnetic beads. Magnetic beads allow the PCR product to bind and wash away extra primers. The PCR product is then eluted from the beads through magnetization.
- You may also use a spin column technique to quickly purify the PCR products. This method allows the PCR to remain in the column during slow centrifuge spins while washing off the extra primers.
PCR Cleanup Protocol
- Make sure that your PCR product does not contain any double bands. Upon visualizing the VCR product, the ones that show brighter on the gel has strong amplification, which means that they can sequence better.
- Prepare enough 200µL strip tubes for each of the PCR product and write a label on each of their sides including the date and the initial. Do not sequence the samples that did not amplify.
- Add 5µL of PCR product to each of the tube by using a high DNA pipette. This provides more templates for two sequencing reactions. You can scale up the measurement if you need more templates.
- Create a master-mix of 5µL shrimp alkaline phosphates (SAP) and 5µL exonuclease (EXO) using a NO DNA pipette. Mix well together by pipetting down and up.
- Add 1µL of the master mix foe every tube and then spin the tubes at high centrifuge.
- Incubate the samples by setting the thermocycler to 37°C for 30 minutes and then cool at 25°C.
- Once done, the samples are ready for sequencing depending on how bright the bands were.


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Robotic Industries Association
'In operation, press transfer and destacking robotics are one of the easiest installations there are. The robot removes the top part or blank from a stack into and out of a press,' stated John Burg. Burg is president of Meritage Manufacturing Solutions (MMS), a systems integrator based in Warrenville, IL. One of the difficulties lies in the fact that blanks often get stuck together. This could severely damage a press should multiple blanks get inserted into one. This posses a challenge for grippers to do their job properly.
'A basic robotic destacking system would have two stacks of blanks on either side of the robot,' said Peter Stephan. 'As the robot destacks from one side, an operator could set up the other side with another stack of blanks.' Stephan is program manager for stamping at FANUC Robotics America, Inc., of Rochester Hills, MI.
Stephan went on to say that many destackers have methods to transport the blanks to a position within a robot's work envelope. For this, a fork truck operator would load the stack onto a conveyor.
Necessary Vision
An essential element of a press transfer and destacking workcell is machine vision.
Brian Turner, of Automated Concepts, Inc. (ACI), Council Bluffs, IA, maintains that vision is the first piece of a workcell that interacts with blanks to be taken from a stack and transferred into a press.
'For destacking applications, the robot has to go through a search process using vision or sensors to find the part. When the robot determines where the part is and its orientation, the robot grips the part. If the orientation is correct, the part goes into the press,' Turner said. Turner is a vice president and general manager at ACI, a robotic integrator and a maker of material handling workcells.
A Tale of Two Grippers
It is common that press transfer and destacking systems require a re-gripping procedure.
'The robot brings the part out where there might need to be a re-grip operation,' commented Turner. 'If so, the part is reoriented towards the press. This could be done with a re-grip stand or a sensor-driven positioning table,' he added.
To speed things along, press transfer and destacking workcells might have two grippers to multi-task some operations. Burg spoke of this.
'Often, the robot is equipped with a dual gripper so that it could move into the press to unload the part that has been processed while quickly reloading another blank for processing. The robot's arm clears the press and deposits a blank either on an out-bound conveyor or restacks it on a pallet.'
Justifying the Investment
Justification for the employment of robots abounds. Speed, reduced workers' compensation and health concerns, redeployment of labor and job enrichment, consistency, reduced cost of manufacturing, and system flexibility are just some of the reasons.
Because presses operate at relatively high speeds, there is a need for fast robots to keep up with them. In many instances, the rate human press loaders can fulfill their jobs is much slower than that of a robot and often has injury claims associated with it.
'Presses are very high speed machines. A robot needs to be run at a pretty good rate to fully utilize the press,' said John Burg. This high pace of operation enables increased production rates, not only with the accuracy and speed of a robot, but also through the elimination of load-out inaccuracies and downtime required for changeover between products. Plant managers are always on the lookout for ways to reduce workers' compensations costs associated with repetitive tasks and back injuries. Press loading and unloading as well as destacking assignments in manufacturing plants are notorious for causing physical ailments among workers who perform these chores.
Ergonomics and workers' compensation were also on the mind of Brian Turner. 'We have customers look at the labor costs of making a part and surrounding the part's process. They have a lot of concern about people picking up the wrong thing the wrong way.' Turner continued, saying 'Our customers look at things such as redeploying labor elsewhere and ergonomic concerns as a justification for an investment in robotics.'
Related to the ergonomic rationalization for investing in press transfer and destacking robotics, is the effect that fatigue has on human operators who work them.
'A press is in a very hostile environment that is unfriendly to a person. Presses can be dangerous, dirty, loud, and there is a lot of monotony. Robots do not speed up and slow down but have a very consistent throughput,' said John Burg. 'The primary justification for press transfer and destacking workcells is eliminating a person having to stand there and do the operation, and the associated costs of it.'
Turner agrees with Burg. 'Our customers look at redeploying labor elsewhere, away from running a press,' he said.
Most presses run better when operated at a consistent speed, which is difficult for a human operator to do. Press transfer robots excel at performing at consistent rates, rarely varying more than three percent.
'Companies automate press operations for several reasons, but all typically fall under one of these categories: rates, yield and costs. This means that robotic press loading will provide consistent production rates, reduction of damage to the parts and typically a reduced cost of manufacturing,' stated Jack Justice, Market Segment Manager for Motoman Inc., West Carrollton, OH.
'When automating press lines we frequently use special shelf-mounted robots. These robots are specially configured to mount on structures either beside or on the presses. The advantage of shelf-mounted robots when compared to standard floor-mounted robots is the clear floor space available to change or maintain dies and tooling' said Jack Justice 'This eliminates the need for roll-away carts and tracks mounted on the floor.'
'Another critical item in cell design is the ability to simulate the entire cell operation in a computer-generated package. This will confirm the layout of all automation components, the robot reaches, cycle time, and will also provide accurate cycle time estimates. If you have detailed die and tooling layouts, simulation can provide early awareness of access problems between the robot, grippers and press tooling,' said Justice.
The inherent flexibility of press transfer and destacking robotics is another major justification sited by manufactures when deciding to invest in them.
'Robotic destacking systems can accommodate a wide variety of blanks of different shapes and sizes. A robot can be outfitted with a tool appropriate for the part. Most fixed systems can accommodate a limited variety of parts due to the restriction in flexibility to move the elements that capture the part,' said FANUC's Peter Stephan. 'Rather than have a custom-built system to transfer a blank from the stack to the die or gauging system, manufacturers should consider the flexibility of a six-axis robot.'
MMS's John Burg also addressed the issue of flexibility.
'If a manufacturer gets into a situation where they have a variety (of) shapes of parts to make, with volume in the hundreds or thousands per day, they get into an area where robots would be more beneficial,' he said. 'Robots can be programmed for different part shapes virtually instantaneously.'
Other justifications for investing in press transfer/destacking workcells include a reduction in mold damage and reduced floor space requirements.
Challenges and Solutions
There are some considerations when implementing a robotic solution to press transfer and destacking operations.
'Plastics parts act differently when hot, because they are still shrinking. Their dimensions are changing, unlike parts made from other materials,' asserts John Mallon. Mallon is president of Yushin America, Inc., Cranston, RI. Plastic parts are still pliable when hot and are not as accurate as those made from metal. 'Plastic parts are more flexible, easier to scratch and to damage. They require more careful handling,' said Mallon.
Another potential hurdle with destacking and press transfer workcells is the loading and unloading of presses that handle thin sheets of material.
'Steel sheets tend to be smooth enough that they form a surface tension between two pieces,' said Burg. 'When picking up the top blank with vacuum cups, often multiple parts are stuck together.' This is particularly true when a thin layer of oil exists between the sheets, added after the steel fabrication process to prevent oxidation.
To deal with surface tension, integrators often will use a magnetic sheet separator. This device is positioned to sit along the edge of the stack of sheet metal that is to be stamped. Magnets lift one corner or one edge of the material to create gaps between the sheets, causing all to drop except the top one.
With non-ferris metals and plastics, sensors mounted on the end-of-arm tooling determine how many sheets are lifted. When there is more than one piece, the sensor will send a signal back to the robot indicating that a problem exists, and the operator can respond accordingly.
There are other instruments that separate thin sheets of lightweight material.
'For blanks that are aluminum, destacking systems use an air knife. Air projected from this device drives air between the sheets to help separate them,' explained Peter Stephan. 'Often other means are necessary, such as a non-metallic 'comb' on the side of the stack. Here, an element on the tooling bows the part slightly as it is lifted.'
When destacking relatively fragile sheets, such as glass, there are techniques to do so without damaging them.
'When a flat glass sheet is picked up for further processing or assembly, often talc is put between the sheets to try to keep them from sticking together. In some cases there are sheets of paper between the pieces of glass,' said John Burg.
Transferring into the Future


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Billions of liters pouring from waterworks pipes: New invention uses AI to solve the problem
Water wastage
Every year, billions of liters of clean water are lost by Danish waterworks due to broken pipes. An innovative water meter from the University of Copenhagen uses big data and artificial intelligence to make it easier for water suppliers to monitor consumption, detect leaks and reduce water wastage.
 Person points to computer screen showing overview of where there is water spillage
Water loss from leaky pipes can be difficult to detect. Especially for the more than half of Danish water supplies who don't perform daily monitoring of how much water is pumped versus the amount that is consumed. According to the Danish Water and Wastewater Association, eight percent of all water pumped from Danish waterworks is lost annually. This corresponds to about 18 billion liters of drinking water, that, for one reason or another, are lost somewhere between the waterworks and households.
Now, an ambitious group of young University of Copenhagen entrepreneurs has devised a monitoring system for water suppliers. Using artificial intelligence and machine learning, the system can warn a water utility of a suspected leak in the event of a sudden spike in water being pumped.
"Having analyzed large amounts of water data from previous years, our water meter knows exactly how much water is typically used on, for example, a Tuesday in January. If there is a deviation from the amount of typically pumped, the water works will be notified so that they can address the issue," explains Mathias Stephensen, co-founder of Sense Analytics, a start-up with roots in the SCIENCE Innovation Hub at the University of Copenhagen.
A year to detect broken pipes
82 million liters of clean water recently gushed into the ground through a broken pipe operated by a Danish water supplier. It took more than a year before the waterworks discovered that their accounting was off. This example is far from an anomaly.
170 major municipal water utilities and 1500 smaller private waterworks lack an intelligent system to continuously monitor the amount of water being pumped from their plants and the amount being consumed. Continuously comparing these two figures allows water suppliers to get an indication of whether or not water is reaching consumers as it should.
"But many water utilities lack the tools needed to detect leaks. They must make do with reviewing their annual water accounts, thereby risking that it is only then when large leaks will be revealed," explains Mathias Stephensen, an economics student at the University of Copenhagen.
Cheaper solution for smaller waterworks
Roughly half of Danish municipal water supplies have a smart solution that makes use of remotely read meters which constantly send data to the waterworks about how much water is being consumed. However, the solution is expensive and can cost as much as 10-15 million kroner. This is a large sum for a small waterworks, and it is a cost that may eventually need to be passed along to consumers.
"Our solution is a subscription scheme costing way less than the current options. The solution runs through a web platform that allows waterworks to see their data. The amount of water pumped out by the water utility is monitored. If we suspect a leak, we'll notify them," explains Mathias Stephensen.
Sense Analytics has developed intelligent water monitoring in collaboration with five water utilities and is fully operational with one.
Alongside the water suppliers, the small company is currently working to review and further develop the solution so as to make it an attractive one for customers abroad, where there is much greater potential than here in Denmark.


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Binge drinking, says Dartmouth College, is a public health challenge that we can all help address.
The approach comes as a new way to help stop dangerous and deadly binge drinking, which destroys lives on almost every national campus. Many universities are working to fight the problem with awareness campaigns, student groups and other measures, but Dartmouth College, says a recent article on The Washington Post, is taking a research-based approach.
Dartmouth President Dr. Jim Yong Kim is leading an example it is hoped other colleges can follow by addressing binge drinking with scientific research and results that can be analyzed and distributed. Called Learning Collaborative on High-Risk Drinking, Dartmouth will encourage other universities to become a part of the project.
Several colleges and universities have agreed to participate in the research on binge drinking, such as Duke, Princeton and Stanford. Many of these universities have taken similar measures in recent years to help save lives lost to binge drinking, including working with police and officials to tighten drinking activities at bars. They have also worked with apartment landlords and student groups, who can also play a role in helping prevent students from drinking binges.
For males, a binge drinking episode is consuming five alcoholic beverages in a two-hour timeframe, and the level considered binge drinking is four beverages for females.
At some universities, the message about binge drinking is directed for new students and freshmen, including courses designed to teach students about the risks and effects of alcohol. The efforts seem to be paying off, with binge drinking levels at Frostburg State University declining 16 percent over a twelve-year period.
Project participants and Dartmouth project leaders hope taking a research-based approach will help encourage campuses to change student perceptions toward binge drinking.


IAEA awards fellowships to 100 female students in nuclear
The International Atomic Energy Agency has awarded fellowships to the first group of 100 female students from around the world under a new initiative to help close the gender gap in nuclear science and technology.
The Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship Program, named after the pioneering physicist, was launched by IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi in March to support women pursuing nuclear-related careers.
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Melodrama trumps science in Radioactive portrayal of Marie Curie
Marie Curie has been quoted as saying, "Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood." We can only wish that the creators of Radioactive, a feature-length biopic released on Amazon Prime Video on July 24, had increased their own understanding of the applications of nuclear technology before making the film. While celebrating Curie as an uncompromising woman of science, they present a curious mix of respect and fear, explicitly linking radiation and nuclear technology to death and destruction.
The Mother of Radiation: Marie Curie
Marie CurieThe start of Marie Curie's story isn't like most of the other scientists that had made a name for themselves throughout history, mostly because she was a grown woman by the start of the 20th century. But she was the first woman to do a lot of things, including getting a Ph.D. from a university in France, and winning a Nobel Prize. She was also the first person ever to win a Nobel Prize in two different fields of science. To say she pushed the societal and scientific boundaries of her era is an understatement.
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Dissolution of expressive and instrumental voluntary associations: Four key dimensions in explaining organizational change
Dan Sundblom*, Mikko Lagerspetz, Liisi Keedus, Erle Rikmann
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This study inspects the reasons as for why voluntary associations end their activity and dissolveas legal entities. The empirical data was gathered through semi-structured interviews with formerleaders of 30 organizations in Estonia and Finland. To appreciate the sector's diversity, the analysismakes a distinction between associations with mainly expressive, and those with mainly instrumentalfunctions. Causes for the associations' dissolution fall into four different categories related to (1) theassociation as a social entity, (2) resources, (3) goals and (4) environment. Reasons belonging to thefirst category of internal, social reasons, such as problems of leadership, internal organization andmembership recruitment were the most common ones. However, several reasons often intertwined. Acomparison between associations of different types showed that expressive associations were mostoften threatened by causes in the first category, while they were surprisingly immune to the other ones.Instrumental associations are dependent on other actors and external circumstances, and the reasons fortheir dissolution are likely to be related to problems with resource acquisition, goals or environments.
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On behalf of Gov. Mark Schweiker, Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Secretary David E. Hess announced that this month's episode of the Emmy-award-winning television series GreenWorks for Pennsylvania features stories about people working to protect Pennsylvania's watersheds.
"Raising awareness of the role watersheds play in our environment is one of the cornerstones of Pennsylvania's 'Growing Greener' program," Hess said. "The current episode of GreenWorks features people of all ages learning about, protecting and restoring Pennsylvania's watersheds.
GreenWorks, produced in a video-magazine format, takes viewers across the Commonwealth to spotlight people doing positive things for the environment. GreenWorks is supported by DEP and the Environmental Fund for Pennsylvania (EFP). The current episode runs through October. This month's episode includes these features.
* The Radnor Middle School Watershed Program in Delaware County, which takes students out of the classroom and into the field to learn about watersheds first hand.
* Members of the Delaware RiverKeepers, who worked on mitigating stream bank erosion by clearing, regrading and covering a stream bank with a biodegradable mesh of coconut fibers allowing native plants to regain a healthy foothold.
* The Pottstown Watershed Alliance, which removed an old dam in the Manatawny Creek in Pottstown, Montgomery County, to improve water quality.
* Members of the Swatara Creek Watershed Association and DEP staff, which cleaned up 33 acres of abandoned mine drainage in Schuylkill County.
* The River Sojourn 2001, where people from all walks of life canoed and kayaked on Pennsylvania rivers to connect with and appreciate the beauty and power of the state's natural water resources.
"We all depend on rivers and watersheds for drinking water and more," EFP Executive Director Timothy J. Schlitzer said. "I hope this program will deepen viewers' understanding and respect for what it takes to protect our precious waterways."
EFP funds environmental education and improvement projects from contributions made through employee payroll-deduction programs established by businesses and the Commonwealth and other donations.
The series reaches more than five million households in Pennsylvania through 83 cable television stations as well as the Public Broadcasting Service.
For a listing of stations carrying GreenWorks and information on particular broadcasts, visit the GreenWorks website through the PA PowerPort at _URL_, directly at _URL_, or call EFP at 1-800-PAGREEN ext. 1.


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The Greeks of Kazakhstan are mainly the descendants of Pontic Greek who were deported there by Joseph Stalin, from southern Russia and the Caucasus region, at first the Crimean Greeks on 1944, under the resolution 5984 of June 2, 1944. then the Caucasus (Greeks in Georgia and Greeks in Armenia, Greeks in Azerbaijan) Greeks on June 1949, Feb 1950, Aug 1950. The total number of deported persons was about 60,000 people.
Nowadays there are between 10 and 12 thousand ethnic Greeks living in Kazakhstan in 17 communities, which together with the Kyrgyzstan community make up the FILIA (friendship in Greek) Federation of Greek Communities of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. The Federation prints a small newspaper, organizes dance events, and offers Greek language and dance classes. At the moment in Kazakhstan there are 6 ethnic Greek teachers funded by the General Secretariat of Greeks Abroad. Furthermore, Greek is taught by two teachers seconded from Greece.
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Significant loss of marine life on renowned conservation site
The National Marine Aquarium has confirmed that the Scylla Reef - an artificial reef close to Whitsand Bay, Cornwall - has suffered significant damage and loss of marine life.
What could be an illegal fishing net was found caught on the reef by a team of professional divers yesterday (12 January), who began the process of removing the net and helping to free a number of marine animals which remained tangled.
However, marine experts' worst fears were confirmed when various species, including numerous crabs and fish were found trapped in the net, alongside a cormorant which had perished after becoming stuck.
It is thought that the 100m fishing net may have been illegally set close to the reef by unlicensed fishermen, before drifting onto the renowned conservation site, destroying a large section of the reef.
Home to more than 250 species of marine life - many of which have not been found on other dive sights around the UK - the reef had recently been nominated as a marine protected area.
Dead Cormorant (Photo by Rich Stevenson at Diving and Marine Solutions)
The Plymouth-based National Marine Aquarium, which has been involved with managing the reef since it was first sunk in 2004, is concerned that some of these uncommon species have now been destroyed, and may take many years to return.
Dr David Gibson, Managing Director at the National Marine Aquarium, said: "We are horrified by the extent of the damage which has been caused on the reef, and by the lack of care and attention as a result of irresponsible fishing practices.
"It has taken eight years to establish such a diverse community of marine life on the reef, something that is likely to take just as long - if not longer - to recover and return."
The National Marine Aquarium has advised against any dives over the reef, until further information is available.
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Tracks left by Spirit -- Image courtesy of NASA
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By cocoman on 5/23/2007 4:28:33 PM, Rating: 2
Actually scientist don't use the word Dry Ice to describe carbon dioxide in a solid state. It IS water H2O on a solid state, also calle ice. And we allready know there is water on mars (on a solid state). There is a european satellite in orbit that detects water. And guess what. It discovered it in Mars, there is even a map wich describes the location of it and there is a lot of it. Why do we know it is ice? Becuase temperature in Mars is way lower than freezing temperature.
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Researchers find mass grave off the Cape Cod coast that could be that of pirate Black Bellamy's crew
Black Bellamy was history's most effective pirate, amassing a fortune said to be worth $120 million in today's terms and looking pretty smart as he went about his treacherous work. He also had a loyal crew that remained close to him, even centuries later.
You read that right. Researchers say they have found a mass grave off the coast of Cape Cod that they believe contains the remains of more than 100 of Bellamy's men. Those men were lost, along with Bellamy and his fortune, in April 1717, when his recently acquired flagship went down in a storm nearby.
Of about 140 men on board, only two were reported to have survived–the ship's carpenter and its navigator. The bodies of about 100 dead men washed ashore and were found and buried by inhabitants of the nearby settlement of Freshbook. The other bodies, including Bellamy's, were believed to have stayed near the ship.
Black Bellamy was the epitome of pirate fashion: the raven-black hair which he was nicknamed for was brushed into a satin-bound ponytail and he wore a velvet coat with turned-up cuffs and silver-buckled shoes. He accessorized with four flintlock pistols – because you can never be too careful. He was a former Royal Navy sailor who was left jobless after the War of Spanish Succession. His life of crime was sparked, it is said, after the wealthy father of the woman he loved refused to allow him to marry her. He vowed to come back for her a rich man.
The captain of one captured ship said Bellamy's crew referred to themselves as "Robin Hood's men." In fact, their leader was well known for his scorn of wealthy "scoundrels" in government. He was surprisingly democratic with his men, often letting them vote on important decisions. His contempt of the rich he robbed was well documented. "They rob the poor under the cover of law," he said, justifying his actions. "We plunder the rich under the cover of our own courage."
He captured the Whydah, which was made for the slave trade, on its maiden voyage. The captain surrendered after three days of chasing and only one warning cannon shot. Bellamy, who was known for his mercy to surrendering opponents, traded ships and set off. Before he left, he invited Whydah crewmen to join him. He said: "To ye I say I am no slave and as a free man I have the right to make war on them as they do me. To all of ye I say, make one with me against these vultures who look on us as swine and cattle."
He added to the Whydah's already substantial outfit of cannons and removed platforms other from the deck. Bellamy, who had incorporated former slaves into his crew, believed no man should be elevated above another. Inside, the ship's huge and heavy pile of loot was left unsecured in an unprecedented show of trust.
The villagers who buried the Whydah's crew disappeared in the mists of time, and it seemed the ship and its secrets were lost. But in 1984, treasure ship seeker Barry Clifford located the Whydah just 1,500 feet from shore. It was buried under a blanket of sand in shallow waters.
A bell bearing the ship's name was an authenticating detail.
Even now, details of that find are a closely guarded secret, but in February 2018, more news was released. A femur bone was found underwater near pistols that exactly match ones Bellamy carried. Researchers believe they may have found Bellamy's remains, and are using DNA testing in an attempt to confirm their theory.


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Lets learn how to create a richly ornate typographic illustration with the Gimp. Well be using a few ornate patternfreebies from GoMedia, a few stock photos, and a few textures.Step 1The first thing well do is add in a large wooden texture. Create a new document in the Gimp that is 1600x1200pixels. Be sure it has a white backround. Download this texture and in your document go to File > Open asLayers and select the texture. Rename the layer to "wood texture 1."Step 2Now lets give the wood texture more depth and a darker color. Create a new layer above the wood_texture_1layer and name it wood_texture_1_gm. Fill it with black. Change its layer mode to Over lay and lower theopacity to 50%.
Step 3Create a new layer above the rest of the layers. Name it "wood_texture_darkening." Fill it with #633a1c andchange the layer mode to Multiply.Step 4
Create a new layer above the rest of the layers. Name it "wood_texture_gradient." Change your foregroundcolor to white. Apply a white to transparent gradient from top to bottom. Lower the opacity of the layer to 10%.Select the entire canvas by hitting CTRL-A and go to Edit > Copy Visible, then go to Edit> Paste As > New Layer.Rename the new layer as "wood background." Delete all of the other layers, except for the original Background layer, inthe layers dialog.Step 5Lets add the type into the piece. Download this free font and install it. Save and restart the Gimp. Open up yourdocument.Type each letter of whatever you would like to spell on different layers. The colors do not matter as we will bereplacing them with textures. I typed mine with different shades of blue to show what order they are in.
Step 6For this next part we will be needing some Gimp Layer Effect plugins. Download them here. Install them byplacing the.scm file in your Gimp scripts folder (usually located at My Documents.gimp-2.6scripts). Afteryou have done that, in Gimp, go to Filters > Script-Fu > Refresh Scripts. You should have a menu next to theFilters menu named Script-Fu with abunch of layer effects underneat it.Use the layer effects we downloaded on the first letter in your text. The colors used for each effect are these:Drop Shadow #000000; Outer Glow #007eff; Bevel & Emboss #00d8ff and #122a79; Stroke #007eff.Rearrange the layer order of each of these effects in this order: 1)letter-stroke 2)letterhighlight 3)letter-shadow4)letter 5)letter-outerglow 6)letter-dropshadow
Altogether your effects should look like this.Step 7Repeat step 6 for the rest of the letters.Step 8
Now we have about a billion layers, but thats ok. Type in an "&" symbol. Make the size large and place itbehind the rest of the letters. Again, the color of it doesnt matter. Do the same effects to it that we did to ourother letters.Step 9Create a new transparent layer above your first letter (and all of its effects). Name it (in my case) "s-texture."Open our wooden texture from earlier as a new layer. Right click the original S (or your corresponding letter)layer and hit "Alpha to Selection". Click the wooden texture and hit CTRL-I to invert the selection. Hit delete.Merge the wooden texture (now in the shape of our first letter) with the s-texture layer.
Step 10Create another layer ontop of that one named "s-texture2." Right click the s-texture layer and hit Alpha toSelection. Go to Select > Shrink. Shrink by 5 pixels and hit ok. Select the s-texture2 layer again. Fill it withwhite. Grab the elliptical select tool and select the bottom part of the s-texture2 layer like in the picture below.Hit delete. Go to Filter > Gaussian Blur. Blur by 2 pixels and hit ok. Lower the opacity to 40%.Repeat steps 9 & 10 for each letter including our "&" symbol.
Step 11Download this and this screw from sxc.hu. Resize them and cut them out. You can do this a number of ways. Iprefer the paths tool. Go to Colors > Desaturate and hit ok. Well use the first screw for large ones and thesecond screw for smaller ones.Apply the effects shown below to our first screw. When done, hide all of the layers that do not make up thisscrew and merge visible. Hide the screw and unhide the other one. Apply all of the effects to this screw andthen merge visible. Unhide everything.
Lets call our first screw "large screw" and our second one "small screw." Take the large screw and place it overour fist letter like I have. Resize if needed. Make it look like it is holding the letter in place.
Step 12Duplicate the screws and place them over the rest of our letters. Use variations in rotation and size for eachscrew.Step 13
Download this free ornate pattern. Open it as a new layer in our document. Use the Hue/Saturation, theColorize, and the Color Balance tools to match the color of the pattern with the colors we used for the glowaround the text. Try to get it as close as possible.Step 14Apply the layer style shown below to the ornate pattern. Yes it looks odd now, but well fix that here in a sec.The color used for the glow is #007eff.
Step 15Create a new transparent layer above the pattern and name it "ornate-patternflourish." Change your foregroundcolor to #8dcbff. Right click the pattern layer and select Alpha to Selection. Get out the brush tool and choosethe largest soft brush. On the ornate-pattern-flourish layer, paint the edges of the selection like I have donebelow.Step 16Group the layers making up the ornate pattern by clicking the little chain icons next to the thumbnail in thelayers dialog. Duplicate the group. Position it accordingly. Resize, rotate, and place the groups on differentareas around the text. You can even put some of the pattern groups in front of the "&" symbol.
Step 17Seeing as we cant use adjustment layers in Gimp, well have to make do with what we have and improvise.Create a new layer at the top of the layers window and name it "gradient map 1." Download this gradient andadd it to your Gimp gradient folder, which is in the same area as your Gimp scripts folder that we locatedearlier. Refresh your gradients and it should show up.Apply this gradient to the layer that we created using the gradient tool from left to right. Change the layer modeto Burn and lower the opacity to 15%.
Step 18It looks like the piece needs additional color. Create a new layer above one of the groups of the ornate patterns.Right click > Alpha to Selection on one of the layers from the patterns. Using this color, _TAG_, paint parts ofthe selection with a soft brush.Step 19
Now lets do the same for our text. Take the selections from the texture2 layer of each letter.Step 20Download this pattern. Copy it into your patterns folder (located in the same area as the scripts & gradientsfolders). Refresh your patterns. Create a new layer named "bg_pattern" above the wood background. Fill thebackground with the ornate pattern. Set the layer mode to Overlay. Duplicate the layer.
Step 21Create a new layer above the bg_pattern layers. Name it "bg_highlight." Get out the gradient tool. Make yourforeground color white and your background color black. Set the gradient to radial and apply it from the centeroutward. Set the layer mode to Dodge and lower the opacity to 30%.Step 22Use the same light green color we used earlier and paint a few light green spots in the background. Make thespots subtle.
ConclusionAnd were done! Be sure to click the image below to view it full size!


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Toposurface subregions are areas that you sketch inside existing toposurfaces. For example, you can use subregions to draw parking lots on a graded surface, roads, or islands. Creating a subregion does not result in separate surfaces. It merely defines an area of the surface where you can apply a different set of properties, such as material.
To create a subregion
- Open a site plan that displays a toposurface.
- Click Site tabModel Site panel (Subregion).
Revit LT enters sketch mode.
- Click (Pick Lines) or use other sketch tools to create a subregion on the toposurface.
To modify subregion boundaries
- Select the subregion.
- Click Modify | Topography tab Subregion panel (Edit Boundary).
- Click (Pick Lines) or use other sketch tools to modify the subregion on the toposurface.
The following image shows a toposurface that has a subregion, shown in gray.


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What is difficult, however, is nourishing unborn young the way mammals do.
A female mammal allows each embryo to burrow deep into the wall of her
womb, where it takes nutrients straight from her blood. This intimate
arrangement was long thought to have only evolved once, in mammals.
Not so. It now appears that it evolved at least twice: once in mammals,
and once in an obscure African lizard called Trachylepis ivensii.


10 Reasons You Should Honor National Law Enforcement Day
National Law Enforcement Day falls annually on January 9. On this day, all across the United States, people celebrate the work that police officers have accomplished in their communities and within our nation. So here are some reasons why we should celebrate National Law Enforcement Day.
1. Law enforcement workers put their lives at risk to make our communities safer
Police officers constantly patrol our streets, day and night, to make sure that our communities are safe and protected. That way, we can live our lives without worrying.
2. These officials are mentors
Police officers are mentors to many different people. Moreover, they are the ones that could change someone's life just by their acts of kindness.
3. Law enforcement officers go through a lot of stress
Believe it or not, police officers go through a lot of stress. They have to make sure our communities are safe and free, and it isn't an easy job to do at times.
4. Officers have big hearts
People in law enforcement have the biggest hearts that you will ever see. Mostly, however, they want to give you a helping hand if they can at any given moment.
5. Law enforcement officials have given us the best television entertainment
If it weren't for the officers of the law, we wouldn't have certain TV shows that we love today, such as Cops and Live PD which are the craziest shows imaginable and full of action.
6. They make a ton of sacrifices
Law officials sacrifice a lot to make sure that the job of protecting us as a nation gets done. Even if it means missing out on time with their own families.
7. Law enforcement officers are some of the strongest people
Police officers are some of the strongest people around. They have seen a lot of things in their lifetime and therefore should be respected and honored.
8. Officers' lives matter just as much as our own
Law officials' lives matter just like everyone else's. They put their lives on the line to protect us and our needs. But most of all, behind that uniform, they're humans just like us.
9. Law enforcement officials are the biggest animal lovers
It's no secret that police officers are some of the biggest animal lovers. They are always cuddling with their animals on the job therefore, they should be honored and celebrated for that very reason.
10. Law enforcement officials are the coolest group of friends you could ever have
I have a ton of friends in law enforcement, and they're the coolest friends you could ever ask for. Moreover, they'll always have your back. And that's what great friends should do.
Ultimately, there are many reasons why you should celebrate this national holiday. We should all honor them for their hard work and sacrifices. Comment down below: what are some other reasons you're celebrating this special day?
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Brian D. Ziebart, Andrew Maas, J.Andrew Bagnell, Anind K. Dey
In our research, we view human behavior as a structured sequence of context-sensitive decisions. We develop a conditional probabilistic model for predicting human decisions given the contextual situation. Our approach employs the principle of maximum entropy within the Markov Decision Process framework. Modeling human behavior is reduced to recovering a context-sensitive utility function that explains demonstrated behavior within the probabilistic model. In this work, we review the development of our probabilistic model (Ziebart et al. 2008a) and the results of its application to modeling the context-sensitive route preferences of drivers (Ziebart et al. 2008b). We additionally expand the approach's applicability to domains with stochastic dynamics, present preliminary experiments on modeling time-usage, and discuss remaining challenges for applying our approach to other human behavior modeling problems.


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Morning is the time of day from midnight to noon. Morning is usually cooler than afternoon. Many people say it is not morning until they wake up.
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Many people use the morning as a time to get ready for the day. This includes things like taking a shower, eating a meal (called breakfast, because you break the fast of the night) and getting dressed. Then many people go to work or school.
Many people buy a morning newspaper to read about what is going on in the world.


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either you or I are (am or is) right: Which should it be? You are; I am; who is—which of the two? The complete sentence is clearly "Either you (are right) or I (am right)." If the pronoun had been coupled, as in "Both you and I" the plural verb would of course follow; but the very fact of this would seem to indicate that where they are distinctly disjoined, as here, the verb should not be plural and should therefore be singular. Yet who could say "either you or I am right." Peculiar as it is—it being impossible to say either "you is" or "I is" the solution is to be found in the use of is; and the correct rendering is, "Either you or I—one of us—is right." Dr. Latham cites the rule thus, "Wherever the word either or neither precedes the pronouns, the verb is in the third person." He adds a second rule to the effect that if the disjunctive is without the word either or neither, then the verb agrees with the first of the two pronouns. He would
correct the sentence should be "Either is likely to sail." However, in its best and strictest usage either, as has already been said, means "one or the other of these," as, "either horn of a dilemma"; but there is authority for its use as "any" and "each of two" or "both." The former of these is, however, a distinctly improper use, and the latter—though sanctioned by "on either side one, and Jesus in the midst," (John xix, 18) is better left unsaid.