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When Our Souls are in Trouble: Friday Fourth Week of Easter
 Breakfast With the Word Friday Fourth Week of Easter
 John 14:1-6
What happened in today's gospel is in tally with those moments when our souls are in trouble and worried. Those moments are;
 1. When we are not certain of what might befall us in the future: Before the gospel of John 14:1-6, the disciples are fearful and in a perplexing condition. We find ourselves in this kind of condition when our souls are in trouble
Jesus tells the disciples earlier, "Where I go, you cannot come." Peter asks Him"Where are you going?" Thomas said, "We do not know why you are going, how can we know the way?"
This explains the type of distress they are into. Their future seems to be unknown. Also, whenever we are so unsure of the future, we allow worrying to overcome us.
Hence in the midst of the unknown, when our souls are in trouble, we become fearful of what may befall us. Jesus says today, let your heart not be troubled despite that.
 2. When we seem to be losing something or somebody. The disciples of Jesus had good reason to be "troubled". The reason is that Jesus talks about leaving them and going where they could not follow.
Hence, Jesus saw in their faces that night; confusion, hurt, disappointment, fear, frustration and bewilderment.
So, the thought of losing Jesus was all over their faces. In essence, this is what truly happens to us. Sometimes, when we seem to be losing our positions, relationships loved ones, money, business etc we become so much worried and full of distress. So, when our souls are in trouble, Jesus encourages us today to be calm, put all our trust in Him. All hope is not lost yet.
 3. When we think all hope is lost. Nothing characterized the fear of those disciples than this. They were losing their master. That was their trouble. It seems to be a hopeless situation. Who will feed them again? What of the kingdom they were expecting? Can they succeed without Him? Won't the Jews laugh at them at last?
These are the type of questions we ask ourselves when our souls are in trouble and when we seem to be in hopeless moments. There is this questions about what can we do now? So, in this situation, Jesus is assuring us, to be calm despite the trauma.
 4. In moments of suffering and difficult situations. The disciples may be thinking that without Jesus things may be so difficult for them.
They were deeply concerned too of the suffering awaiting the messiah. Sometimes we experience sadness over our situations, by our difficult journey, and the things awaiting us. Jesus says to us put all our trust in me. Do not put your hearts in trouble.
 We Have Jesus
This is Jesus' farewell discourse. He speaks with words of encouragement and assuring presence to the disciples. Jesus is the true guide.
Remember that Jesus does not promise them freedom from their troubles. He only assures them of His mighty and Divine Presence during the time of troubles.
He tells them He will be with them in the midst of their troubles. When their souls are in trouble, He is going to be their strength and guide.
 What is Troubling You?
Stop for a moment. What is making your troubled heart today? What is causing you sleepless nights? The hurt of those disciples that night was no different from the hurts you experience today. Jesus is telling those disciples to give Him those "troubles" that were boiling over their hearts.
Jesus says to his disciples, "Do not put your heart in trouble; trust in God and trust in me". We owe God total trust whenever we find ourselves in challenges. Whether it improves or not, hang your faith there. The hour of surprises still comes unknown.
May God bless you dearest and give you the grace to overcome all your challenges Amen
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Container for model's signal data logs
 Note: The ModelDataLogs format is supported for backwards compatibility. The ModelDataLogs format will be removed in a future release. For an existing model that uses the ModelDataLogs format, you should migrate the model to use Dataset format. For details, see Migrate from ModelDataLogs to Dataset Format.
 For new models, use the Dataset logging format, which stores logged data in Simulink.SimulationData.Dataset objects.
If you set Configuration Parameters > Data Import/Export > Signal logging format to ModelDataLogs, Simulink® software creates instances of the Simulink.ModelDataLogs class to contain signal logs that it creates while simulating a model (see Signal Logging). In particular, Simulink software creates an instance of this class for a top model and for each model referenced by the top model that contains signals to be logged. Simulink software assigns the ModelDataLogs object for the top model to a variable in the MATLAB® workspace. The name of the variable is the name specified in the Signal logging name field on the Data Import/export pane of the model's Configuration Parameters dialog box. The default value is logsout.
A ModelDataLogs object has a variable number of properties. The first property, named Name, specifies the name of the model whose signal data the object contains or, if the model is a referenced model, the name of the Model block that references the model. The remaining properties reference objects that contain signal data logged during simulation of the model. The objects may be instances of any of the following types of objects:
The names of the properties identify the data being logged as follows:
 - For signal data logs, the name of the signal
 - For a subsystem or model log container, the name of the subsystem or model, respectively
 - For a scope viewer data log, the name specified on the viewer's parameter dialog box
 Note If a name contains spaces, the ModelDataLogs objects specifies its name as ('name') where name is the actual name, e.g., ('Brake Subsystem'). See Handling Spaces and Newlines in Logged Names for more information.
Consider, for example, the following model.
As indicated by the testpoint icons, this model specifies that Simulink software should log the signals named step and scope in the model's root system and the signal named clk in the subsystem named Delayed Out. After simulation of this model, the MATLAB workspace contains the following variable:
>> logsout
logsout =
Simulink.ModelDataLogs (siglgex):
 Name elements Simulink Class
 scope 2 TsArray
 step 1 Timeseries
 ('Delayed Out') 2 SubsysDataLogs
The logsout variable contains the signal data logged during the simulation. You can use fully qualified object names or the Simulink unpack command to access the signal data stored in logsout. For example, to access the amplitudes of the clk signal in the Delayed Out subsystem, enter
>> data = logsout.('Delayed Out').clk.Data;
>> logsout.unpack('all');
>> data = clk.Data;
You can use a custom logging name or signal name when logging a signal. If you use the signal name, and that name occupies more than one line, include an sprintf('\n') between the lines of the signal name when accessing the logged data. For example, to access the signal in the following model:
Use the following syntax:
logsout.(['scope' sprintf('\n') '(delayed out)'])
See Handling Spaces and Newlines in Logged Names for more information.
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Consumption and Saving Review for AP Economics
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Main Topics: Consumption and Saving Functions, Marginal Propensity to Consume and Save, Changes in Consumption Functions
The circular flow model illustrates the importance of consumption in the production of goods and the employment of resources. A better understanding of consumption allows us to build a model of the macroeconomy and see the role of policy in affecting macroeconomic indicators like GDP, employment, and inflation.
Consumption and Saving Functions
Though not the only factor, the most important element affecting consumption (and savings) is disposable income. Disposable income (DI)is what consumers have left over to spend or save once they have paid out their net taxes.
With no government transfers or taxation, DI = C+ S. Though not all consumers save part of their income, typical consumers spend the majority of their disposable income and save whatever is left over. To see the relationship between disposable income and consumption we create a consumption function.
Consumption and Saving Schedules
The consumption and saving schedulesare the direct relationships between disposable income and consumption and savings. As DI increases for a typical household, Cand Sboth increase. Table 13.1 provides an example.
Even with zero disposable income, households still consume as they liquidate wealth (sell assets), spend some savings, or borrow (dissavings). For every additional $100 of disposable income, consumers increase their spending by $80 and increase saving by $20. We can convert the above consumption schedule to a linear equation or consumption function:
C= 40 +.80(DI)
The constant $40 is referred to as autonomous consumptionbecause it does not change as DI changes. The slope of the consumption function is.80. This function is plotted in Figure 13.1.
At every level of DI, the consumption function tells us how much is consumed. Both Table 13.1 and Figure.13.1 tell us that at incomes below $200, the consumer is consuming more than his income; as a result saving is negative and this is referred to as dissaving. But at incomes above $200, the consumer is spending less than his income; and so saving is positive.
The saving schedule above can also be converted into a linear equation, or saving function:
S= – 40 +.20(DI)
The constant $ – 40 is referred to as autonomous savingbecause it does not change as DI changes. With zero disposable income, the household would need to borrow $40 to consume $40 worth of goods. The slope of the saving function is.20. This function is plotted in Figure 13.2
Marginal Propensity to Consume and Save
An important lesson from the study of microeconomics is the marginal concept. You can think of it in two equivalent ways. Marginal always means an incremental change caused by an external force, or it is always the slope of a "total" function. The same is true here.
The marginal propensity to consume (MPC)is the change in consumption caused by a change in disposable income. Another way to think about it is the slope of the consumption function.
MPC = ΔC/ΔDI = slope of consumption function
Using Table 13.1, we see that for every additional $100 of DI, Cincreases by $80 so the MPC =.80.
The marginal propensity to save (MPS)is the change in saving caused by a change in disposable income. Another way to think about it is the slope of the saving function.
MPS = ΔS/ΔDI = slope of saving function
Using Table 13.1, we can see that for every additional $100 of DI, Sincreases by $20 so the MPS =.20.
There is a nice relationship between the MPC and the MPS. For every additional dollar not consumed, it is saved. So if the consumer gains $100 in disposable income, he increases his consumption by $80 and increases saving by $20. In other words, MPC + MPS = 1. If you know one, you can find the other.
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Luke 12:45-48 uses the word "servants". What kind of servants get beaten up by their master?
That looks a lot like slaves to me. We have an English word for that thing. It's called slaves. So why use servants? Servants are employees that got paid. Slaves are properties that got beaten up.
Does the Bible translator bowdlerize the Bible to keep it politically correct?
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What kind of servant gets beaten by his master? Any servant before the 20th century. You are completely looking at this with 20th century eyes and ignoring the historical context. – DJClayworth May 7 '13 at 13:40
I didn't know about the "before the 20th century" part so I found your question useful. Only a strong historian would know these things. – Tom Au May 9 '13 at 12:35
Well, still proper translation of the scripture to a 20th century english shouldn't use the word servant. – Jim Thio May 13 '13 at 10:51
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The word servant used here is the Greek word doulos (δοῦλος, Strong's G1401). It can mean either a slave, servant, or bond-servant (similar to indentured servant). But in the Roman society of the time there was very little difference between them, since what we now think of as civil rights only applied to Roman citizens. Slave or not, a Roman master had every right to beat their servants simply because the servants were not Roman citizens. So I would argue that:
 - The words slave, servant, and bond-servant are (nearly) interchangeable here, since each would be historically accurate, the only things that change are the modern implications each word carries.
 - The meaning of the verse holds regardless of the English word which the translators chose to use.
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 exactly! no matter what kind of words they use... what's important is how it is described. like "servants" can be beaten up to a pulp by their master as long as they don't die. – FFCoder May 7 '13 at 8:15
 roman citizen can beat up non roman citizen? – Jim Thio May 8 '13 at 10:43
 _USER_ : Yes, or at least that's what my Ancient Histories professor said in his lectures on Roman society. – Walter May 9 '13 at 6:29
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Unit testing is an essential part of a good Quality Control program.
For more information, visit the Wikipedia article on unit testing.
Unit Testing in Open Source
Open source projects, with multiple developers working in parallel around the world, can greatly benefit from unit testing. The main benefits are:
- Unit tests help highlight cases where seemingly minor changes cause unexpected breakage.
- Unit tests help clearly specify how a class should behave.
- Unit tests can expose design flaws very early in development.
- Unit tests make great examples. They are a great place for developers to learn how to use the code.
Unit Testing in Joomla!
Unit testing capabilities in Joomla are still at an early stage. The intention is to define more standards for developing tests, and then to expand the scope of available tests
The SVN repository contains code under the /testing path. /testing/trunk contains code based on the SimpleTest framework. In early December 2007, the development team elected to move to the PHPUnit framework.
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The RTRIM function removes characters from the right of a text expression, with all the rightmost characters that appear in another text expression removed. The function begins scanning the base text expression from its last character and removes all characters that appear in the trim expression until reaching a character that is not in the trim expression and then returns the result.
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A text expression that you want trimmed.
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I'm curious what the opinions are on uppercase versus lowercase diacritics height/size/positioning, and what one thinks is best practice.
I've seen examples of:
1. Either no, or almost no perceptible difference between uppercase/lowercase mark height and positioning
2. Difference in positioning only, uppercase/lowercase marks are equal in height (lowered positioning on caps to decrease overall vertical height of accented glyph)
3. Difference of mark height only (positioning looks more relative to lowercase, but uppercase marks aren't as tall, therefore again, decreasing overall vertical height of accented glyph)
4. Difference in positioning and height of mark (these are most extreme, greatly reducing overall vertical height of accented glyphs)
And then there are examples where the mark isn't necessarily adjusted in height linearly, but the form looks rotated to decrease its vertical reach.
Are these differences and the decisions behind these variations more genre specific overall or more personal preference?
Are the extreme examples more so typical in display faces where all caps setting with tight leading could be desired?


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This unit will give you the knowledge and skills needed to install electrical lighting and power circuits. This will include interpreting circuit diagrams, the methods used to protect circuits, and the applicable regulations.
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We all use electricity, almost without thinking about it. Although we are surrounded by and rely on electrical appliances, most people have little understanding of how electricity arrives at its final point of use. This unit will give you an understanding of the circuits regularly found in domestic premises, the components and accessories used, cables, sockets and light switches etc. You will gain some practical experience of constructing and investigating some of these circuits and systems. You will be required to purchase a range of electrical installation materials (cost £75 and be able to video your practical activities as part of your assessment.
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Boundary disputes are much more likely to be in the residential sector than in commercial dealings. That said, everyone has heard of neighbors squabbling over fences, driveways, and other improvements made to someone's home. Boundary disputes can get ugly quickly, costing a bundle in court fees. You could even be found to be at fault, unbeknownst to you, if there are any irregularities found during the dispute.
Instead of waiting for a boundary dispute to happen to you, you might want to be proactive, and hire a property surveyor to check your boundaries. This will be especially helpful for those with larger homes with big yards, or with garages and other buildings on the edge of their property. A surveyor can help you uncover many things, including:
Right of way, easements, and abandoned roads: A survey will show all the conditions imposed by law that are reflected in your property's title report and other agreements. If your property blocks your neighbor's access to the road, for example, there may be an old agreement that gives your neighbor the right to walk across your yard to the street.
Joint driveways, extensions, right-of-support: Unbeknownst to you or your next-door neighbor, you may have an obligation by law to support your neighbor's driveway by maintaining your own.
If there is a boundary dispute, you might protect yourself by having the property surveyed. You will be prepared and you won't end up making things personal with a neighbor or landlord if things get to a head.


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TYPE SPECIES: Platessa bavarica Lange-Bertalot and Hofmann in Lange-Bertalot
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 2. Valves nearly flat
 3. Valves elliptic, linear-elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate
 4. Striae mostly biseriate, sometimes uniseriate on raphe valve
 5. Terminal raphe fissures absent
Frustules are heterovalvar, one valve possesses a raphe and the other valve lacks a raphe. Valves are elliptic, linear-elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate. Both of the valve faces are nearly flat, in contrast to other monoraphids that have convex and concave valve faces. Striae are mostly biseriate, but in some species the raphe valve face may be uniseriate. Terminal raphe fissures are absent. Instead, the raphe ends with distinct terminal pores. Platessa lacks terminal deflections or hooks. Girdle bands are narrow and lack ornamentation. Cells form single cells or short chains.
The genus Platessa was established (Lange-Bertalot 2004) and contains the former Achnanthes conspicua Mayer and species within the A. holsatica Hustedt group. Members of this genus are widely reported, but low in abundance in collections. Until recently, species within Platessa had misidentified or largely overlooked in North American surveys.
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Mouse cursors let you simulate mouse movements in your Articulate Storyline courses. They're great for software training and simulations.
Choose from a gallery of cursor styles. Add sounds and visual effects. Control the path, timing, and speed of mouse movements. You're in command.
- Adding Mouse Cursors
- Changing Cursor Styles
- Adding Mouse-Clicking Sounds
- Adding Visual Click Effects
- Changing the Path of Mouse Movements
- Changing the Timing and Speed of Mouse Movements
There are two ways to add mouse cursors to a project.
- Storyline automatically adds mouse cursors to screen recordings when you insert them as step-by-step slides. You can adjust mouse cursor styles, effects, paths, timings, and speeds. (See the following sections for details.)
- You can also add mouse cursors manually, just where you need them.
To add a mouse cursor manually, go to the Insert tab on the ribbon, click Mouse, and choose a cursor style. It'll automatically appear on your slide.
Tip: Only one mouse cursor can be added to each slide, and it must be added to the base layer of the slide. Mouse cursors aren't supported on layers or slide masters.
To change the style of a cursor, select the mouse object on the slide, go to the Format tab on the ribbon, and choose a different style from the Cursors gallery.
Want to use your own cursor image? Just click Browse for Cursors at the bottom of the Cursors gallery, then select a file on your computer with a *.cur or *.ani extension.
When the mouse reaches the end of its path, it can play a single-click or double-click sound, or you can omit the clicking sound altogether.
Select the mouse object on the slide, go to the Format tab on the ribbon, and click None, Single, or Double.
To show an animated click effect at the end of a mouse movement, go to the Format tab on the ribbon and mark the box to Show Click Effects. Uncheck it if you don't want to simulate a mouse click.
Choose the direction of the mouse movement and whether its path is curved or straight.
- Select the mouse object on the slide. When a mouse object is selected, you'll see its path represented by a black line.
- Go to the Format tab on the ribbon and mark the Straight Pointer Path box to make the mouse move in a straight line. Uncheck it to move the mouse in a curved line.
- To set the direction of a mouse cursor's motion, use the Enter From selector to choose an entrance point.
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For the past three or four years, Chaim Potok has been "rethinking and reworking" the subject matter for his writings. A Potok novella will be released next year, along with a group of short stories. "The new stuff is starting to come out," says the writer, also an ordained rabbi. "And it will surprise some people."
On October 29, Seattle Pacific University welcomed to campus renowned author and scholar Chaim Potok. A professor of philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania, Potok has written numerous novels: books which often examine coming-of-age dilemmas in settings where culture, art and faith collide.
Born in Brooklyn in 1929 to Polish immigrants, Potok was raised an Orthodox Jew with the expectation that he would become a Talmudic scholar. However, at age 16, following a powerful encounter with literature, he decided on a writing career. He wanted to create stories that "provide a map not only of the physical elements of life, but of the spiritual ones as well."
Potok's best-known novels include The Chosen, nominated for a National Book Award and recipient of the Edward Lewis Wallant Award; The Promise, awarded the Athenaeum Prize; My Name is Asher Lev; and The Gift of Asher Lev, which won the National Jewish Award. Other books include In the Beginning, The Book of Lights and Davita's Harp. Potok has also written children's literature, as well as works of non-fiction such as Wanderings: Chaim Potok's History of the Jews.
Potok's work has long been part of Seattle Pacific University's core curriculum for incoming freshmen. For instance, The Chosen is required reading in Professor of Christian Ministries Les Steele's class, "Dynamics of Christian Formation." "First of all, the book tells a good story," Steele explains. "Students relate to the characters. They're the same age dealing with the same issues of identity and faith."
Barbara Korner uses My Name is Asher Lev, which tells of a young artist at odds with his Jewish community, in her "Arts in American Culture" course. "The book works on many levels," says the associate professor of theatre. "Students learn about the artistic process and gain a new understanding of art and culture as tools to examine our faith."
Last year, sophomore Shannon Fletcher studied The Chosen. "The thing I remember most is how the Jews in the book were so devoted to their faith. It meant everything to them."
Steele says using a Jewish author's books in a Christian curriculum underscores a deep relationship between the two religions. "Our roots are imbedded in and indebted to Jewish traditions," he emphasizes.
Amy Lerner, earning her doctorate at SPU in psychology, has a unique understanding of the two traditions. Her father grew up in a family of Russian Orthodox Jews. Her mother, on the other hand, was and is a Protestant.
For Lerner, a Christian, Potok's work resonates with her "dual" heritage. "His themes are universal, bigger than any one belief system." And Potok, like her father, teaches the value of Jewish traditions upon which her faith is built.
She recalls Genesis 12:1-2, when God spoke to Abraham: "I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing."
Says Lerner, "Potok is a blessing to all of us."
A Conversion with Chaim Potok
Response: Many of your writings deal with characters who are "coming of age." Why has that been such an important theme for you?
Potok: I think that those are the ages where individuals from any given culture are profoundly affected by ideas that might come to them from other cultures. Those are the vulnerable ages.
Response: How well do you think American higher education today is assisting students in this formative time of their lives?
Potok: I teach at an Ivy League school, and I doubt that's representative of what is going on generally in the United States. My impression is that in many areas universities are wanting. And it's very difficult to pinpoint exactly what it is that's going wrong, why and where. I think a lot of people are quite concerned, and rightly so, and are attempting to re-evaluate the educational process.
Response: In the courses you teach, what are some of the questions that students are asking today?
Potok: Universal questions like: Who am I? What do I owe my community? What am I learning about my past? What am I preparing to give to the future? What sort of commitments am I going to make? Students are involved in the search for meaning. They're very concerned about what place they're going to find in this culture in the next century - what the real world is going to be like for them.
Response: At Seattle Pacific, we use your novels The Chosen and My Name is Asher Lev in our freshman core classes. What attitudes do you hope that we would bring to an exploration of your works?
Potok: An openness to discuss all sorts of ideas. The conviction that no idea should be foreign to us. A willingness to debate without fear of consequences. At the same time, an acknowledgment that, as a civilization, in the end there have to be limitations; there have to be borders; there has to be some measure of what most of us will agree is the deviant in our culture. There has to be some way of living a day-to-day life in spite of the fact that the discussion remains fluid.
I think that's the fundamental purpose of the university: to teach the student how to create a balance between an ongoing, fluid discussion about the nature of a culture, and the reality that when the student wakes up Monday morning he or she has to commit himself or herself to something. It's one thing to discuss; it's another thing to live.
Response: That's reminiscent of the character Danny Saunders in your book The Chosen. Here is someone steeped in both religious readings and psychoanalytic theory. His efforts to reconcile the two push him to a deeper understanding of himself and the world, don't they?
Potok: Yes, I think that really can happen - and that would be the ideal for me. And you know, you don't have to be overly brilliant to achieve that sort of understanding. The character Asher Lev isn't especially smart academically. He's gifted as an artist. But, he certainly doesn't have significant academic prowess. Not all kids are geniuses at the level of Danny Saunders. All of us can achieve this at our own level, if properly directed.
It's important to confront ideas from outside our cultures and somehow come to grips with them and not be overwhelmed by them. The best way for that to happen is to be firmly grounded in whatever culture you come from so that you confront the world from a base of knowledge and commitment, rather than from a base of ignorance.
Response: In My Name is Asher Lev, you write that "one man is no better than another because he's a doctor while the other is a shoemaker. One is no better than the other because he's a lawyer while the other's a painter. A life is measured by how it is lived for the sake of heaven." What does it mean to live a life for the sake of heaven?
Potok: That's a very strong strain of thought in Judaism, and my guess is in Christianity as well. There's this great Hasidic story of a shepherd who came to the synagogue on the Day of Atonement and couldn't read the prayers. And the Hasidic master told him to do whatever it was that he could do the best. And the shepherd whistled. And the Hasidic master said to his followers, who were sort of aghast at this, that that whistle meant more to God than all their prayers together, because that whistle really came from the very soul of that shepherd. It's the depth of a life lived. That's what touches the transcendent. And everybody's capable of that.
Response: The characters in your books often suffer real trauma in the course of their lives. And that seems to bring on a reckoning, a sense of calling to use their individual gifts in the culture. What role do you think suffering has for us as people?
Potok: If we live, we're going to suffer sooner or later - especially in this century. It's inconceivable to me that anybody could have lived through any significant part of this century and not encountered major trauma of one kind or another. It makes little difference where you're from or what your background is. And sooner or later we have to come to terms with that suffering. It affects our lives and our commitments in profound ways.
Response: For the characters in your books, one way of expressing themselves is through art. Do you see this as something that's becoming lost in a technological culture?
Potok: I don't think it's going to become lost because I think the hunger for art is fundamental to human expression. It's one of the essential means of human communication. It's one of the fundamental ways that we give meaning to our existence. It can be put on the back burner for a while by benighted individuals and by technology, although people sophisticated about technology know that technology, too, has its aesthetics. It's


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Mendes Wood DM São Paulo is pleased to present the group show February, with the artist Camile Sproesser, Gokula Stoffel and Thomaz Rosa. Through painting in their different formalizations and researches, the artists express their deepening about the perennial issues of their time. Away from the ambition to rationalize or delineate contemporaneity, the production of these young artists is first and foremost a record of their own making inconsonance with the spectrum of their personality.
Understanding three elementary moments of the painting in art history such as landscape, portraiture and still life, Gokula Stoffel's research cuts out these elements and distorts them to translucent colors and textures. Her routine in the painting practice turns the canvas into an enigmatic object that questions the surrounding space and ignores the academic and structural processes of art. Her landscapes appear in various medium and materials, such as glass, nets, wool, ribbons, aluminum sheets, investing in experiments in a way that the work itself does not propose a limit. This irreverence in the painting is what appears also in the work of Tomaz Rosa.
Rosa suspends the possible readings about the world paying with references to the artists of the 80s in São Paulo. Thus, reflects on the painting as an object of observation in a discussion about imitation and copy, while exploring the possibilities of the romantic gesture. The themes and propositions in Rosa's painting suggest that space can't be seen only from the outside, understanding the visual field as something that is around, not just ahead. His abstractions suggest an immersion of those who see the painting, providing a narrative free of rules and contexts, reinforcing what Camile Sproesser presents in the West Room of the gallery.
Sproesser explores the power of colors, which has as its ally a very particular composition, brushstrokes that mark a trace and a volume of paint that attracts the viewer's eyes. Characters, animals, words and various elements dialogue in the midst of a game of experimentation that sometimes borders on the playful gaze but in opposition to this opens up in a vein through which flows a force who cames mainly in the narrative of the feminine in variations on the confrontation of the political game and the pitfalls of present and the future. Sproesser establishes her pictorial space through a sometimes eccentric palette that reverberates in a set in flavorful narratives permeated by fluorescent colors and a unique world. What time is clearly assumed in a fraction is loaded with provocative possibilities that suggest the doubts about what you have and what you see.
The effort of the painting nowadays is the very multiplication of systems that break their connection to the superficiality of the object, whether these systems are figurative or not, whether they create new materials or reinvent old ones. The movement of reunion with its own foundation makes the production of these artists coherent with each other.


Henry Frye Sr.
Henry E. Frye was born in Ellerbe, North Carolina where he worked on his parents land farming tobacco and cotton. After leaving Ellerbe in the late 1940s to attend North Carolina A&T in Greensboro, Frye became involved in Air Force ROTC and student government. Graduating from A&T with highest honors, he entered the United States Air Force earned the rank of captain before leaving after four years of service.
Upon returning from the military, Frye attempted to register to vote in his hometown only to be required to pass a test in order to vote. As a consequence of being denied the right to vote after failing a so-called "literacy test", he decided to become a lawyer. In 1959, Frye graduated from the University of North Carolina Law School.
Justice Frye's political career began in 1963 when he became the first African American assistant United States District Attorney. Five years later, Justice Frye of Guilford County became the first African American to be elected to the North Carolina General Assembly in the twentieth century. Following his six terms in the House, Justice Frye was elected to the state Senate. Governor James B. Hunt appointed him, in 1983 to the North Carolina Supreme Court, where he became the first African American to sit on the North Carolina Supreme Court. In 1999, Governor Hunt appointed him to chief justice.
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I need to convert utterance strings into vectors where each dimension of the vector represents a unique word, while reading the script from an m.file. So for example if I have, out='hello''my' 'name' 'is''sam'. I want a vector with binary numbers where hello is true and everything else is false.
Solution would be output=[1,0,0,0] How can I do this? Here is what I have so far
>> splitstring=textscan(ans, '%s');
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The topic of this page is to determine whether or not a Loop can be run in parallel. This is determined by looking at the structure of the loop and figuring out what the data dependancies are, and whether they will allow the compiler to Unroll the loop.
The primary data dependancies we need to look at are between two instructions INSIDE the loop, and between two instructions accross iterations, or an inter-iteration dependance.
The first dependance will not cause a problem for unrolling, save that the instructions must be kept in the same order, when the loop is unrolled. The second dependance may or maynot cause the loop to be Non-Parallel. If the a statement requires a value it produces in a previous iteration, then thatstatement is said to have a Circular Dependance. The occurance of a Circular Dependance, means the loop cannot be made Parallel.
Just because a loop has an inter-iteration dependance does not mean that the loop cannot be unrolled, as long as the dependance is NOT Circualr, than it can. The only thing that is neccessary is that the inter-iteration dependance needs to be removed by moving peices of the code around.
Example 1
Can the following Loop be made Parallel?
for (i=1;i<=100;i=i+1){
A[i+1] = A[i] + C[i]; /*S1*/
B[i+1] = B[i] + A[i+1]; /*S2*/
To find the solution, we first need to look at the dependancies.
Inside one iteration:
S2 is dependant on S1 for the value of A[i+1].
Between iterations:
S1 depends on S1 for the value of A[i] computed in iteration i-1.
S2 depends on S2 for the value of B[i] computed in iteration i-1.
Note that S1 depends on S1, and S2 depends on S2 inbetween loop iterations. This is the RED flag we discussed earlier. Because the loop containscircular data dependancies, this loop can not be unrolled.
Example 2
Lets look at another loop.
A[i] = A[i] + B[i]; /*S1*/
B[i+1] = C[i] + D[i]; /*S2/
First start at the dependancies inside one interation of the loop. The only dependance inside the loop is A[i] as a destination and source, but this is not really an issue.
Ok, since that is not an issue, lets take a look at the dependancies between iterations:
B[i+1] is computed, so for iteration i, S1 depends on S2 in iteration i-1.
Since no line contains a circular dependance, the loop can be unrolled. However, it will need a little arranging to remove the one dependance that is still there.
Since S1 does not depend on S2, the instructions do not need to be executed in the order that they are above. This is important to note, since we want to remove the inter-iteration dependance. To remove this dependance we need to shift the loop a little.
If we execute S2 for iteration i, then S1 for iteration i+1 as the loop. Doing this will cause S1 to be'missed' on the first iteration, so to fix that, we will need to run it once before entering the loop, with an index of 1. In effect this executes half of the first iteration of the loop and so we need to run S2 once the loop is complete to finish the other half of it. (Remember here that we are actually executing half of each iteration in our new loop) With those modifications the loop now looks like this:
A[1] = A[1] + B[1];
for (i=1;i<=99;i=i+1)
 A[i+1] = A[i+1] + B[i+1];
B[101] = C[100] + D[100];
This loop can be unrolled, and then run multiple iterations with fewer branches, which, of course, eliminates stalls.
A quick summary of the material presented here:
If there is a circular dependance in between loop iterations, Loop can not be unrolled. End of discussion.
If there are dependancies inbetween too iterations, but they are not circular, you may be able to rewrite the code so that the dependancies are located in a inside a single iteration, and then the loop can be unrolled. If you can not rewrite the loop to remove the inter-iteration dependancies then the loop is not parrallel.
If there are no data dependancies, then the loop can be unrolled, as it is.


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A.1. Diffusion Orientation Transform
The diffusion probability function is related to the measured MR diffusion signal by a Fourier integral as noted in (1). In the work of Özarslan et al., the point-wise expansion of the plane wave in spherical coordinates is used in order to obtain the following expression: where where is the th order spherical Besel function. Normally, the radius is fixed, but one needs to find an optimal radius in order to have a sharp enough profile. In order to avoid this problem, we consider ODF, described in the following section.
A.2. ODF from DOT
In order to obtain the ODF, we need to integrate (2): According to the work of Özarslan et al.,, given by (A.2), can be computed analytically where is the confluent hypergeometric function of the first kind.
In order to compute, we use the integral representation of, and change the integration order. As a result, we obtain an analytical formula for the integral where The values for up to 8 are summarized in Table 5.
Therefore, if is given in spherical harmonic representation (A.3) and (A.6) give us Since tensor terms of order belong to the span of the spherical harmonics of the same order, we conclude that the same holds for the tensor representation where -coefficients of tensor expansion for.
B. The Basics of Signal and Noise in Pulse Gradient Spin echo–echo Planar Imaging (PGSE–EPI) Diffusion MR Sequences
Leaving static magnetic field B0 outside of consideration, the signal for a spin echo experiment is directly proportional to the available transverse magnetization, which is itself a function of,,, and : To maximize the available signal, must be maximized and minimized. Given the usual requirement in diffusion MR imaging for whole brain coverage using a 2D (slice selective) sequence, the is naturally long, usually longer than 4 times (which is about 800?ms for white matter at 3T), recovering at least 98% of the available signal. In contrast, the achievable in a Stejskal-Tanner PGSE sequences is typically long compared to T2 (which is about 84?ms for white matter at 3T), due to the diffusion gradient lobes. The amount of diffusion weighting, when gradient ramps are a small proportion of the diffusion-gradient lobes, is given by the -value: where is the 1H gyromagnetic ratio and,, and are the amplitude, time between onsets, and length of the two diffusion gradients, respectively. Since the -value has a cubic dependence on, quadratic on, and linear on, the most SNR-efficient way (i.e., minimum TE) to achieve any given -value is to play out diffusion gradients at maximum available amplitude and keep the as short as possible. Therefore, the SNR in diffusion imaging necessarily falls with increasing -value, through increasing TE. An estimate of the relative SNR for different -values can be made if one estimates a minimum achievable as (assuming, and 25?ms total for RF pulse lengths, pre-TE readout train length, and additional encoding and spoiling). The SNR relative to that for a equal to (assumed to be 70?ms) for different -values and two maximum achievable gradient strengths is given in the Table 6.
In addition, the SNR for each voxel is crucially dependent on the parameters of the imaging gradients and the readout train in EPI. The SNR in 2D Fourier-encoded MRI is proportional to with =, and are voxel sizes along readout and phase-encoded direction, respectively, is slice thickness, is the number of averaged repetitions of the entire sequence, and are the number of samples along readout and phase-encoded direction, respectively, is the readout sampling time, and is the readout bandwidth. This highlights the trade off between SNR, spatial resolution, spatial distortion, and dropout and total imaging time. In particular, for PGSE-EPI sequences, SNR can be traded off in the following ways.(i)Increasing voxel size increases the SNR at the cost of spatial resolution and increased susceptibility related distortions and dropout at air-tissue boundaries. Increasing voxel size from?mm3 to?mm3 or?mm3 increases SNR with a factor 1.95 and 3.37, respectively (if other parameters, particularly and are held constant). (ii)Increasing the number of averaged repetitions of the entire sequence increases SNR at the cost of increased imaging time. Acquiring 2, 3, or 4 averages increases SNR with a factor 1.41, 1.73, and 2, respectively (if the patient does not move between acquisitions). (iii)Decreasing readout bandwidth increases the SNR at the cost of spatial resolution (due to -decay-related blurring) and increased susceptibility related distortions and dropout. In principle, however, the SNR gain can be partially compensated by increased with a longer readout train. (iv)Increasing the number of phase-encoding steps (equivalently: the number of readouts) increases the SNR when all else is held constant. However, this increases the readout train length and, which can compensate the SNR gain. In practice, is almost routinely decreased, by employing either partial Fourier sampling or accelerated (parallel) imaging along the phase encoded direction (or both), allowing a decrease in. The shorter readout trains also decrease susceptibility related distortions along the phase-encoded direction. In addition to the factor, parallel imaging further decreases the SNR by a spatially varying factor which depends on the coil array geometry and acceleration factor used.Finally, SNR crucially depends on the type and performance of the employed coil array for RF signal reception. A phased-array coil design can give considerable SNR advantages over a single circularly polarized birdcage design. However, the signal sensitivity for a phased array decreases quadratically with distance from the coil array, towards the center of the head, thus showing considerable spatial inhomogeneity of the SNR. A phased array of 8 coils can have a typical SNR advantage of 100% (6?dB) at the peripheral levels of the brain (gray matter) compared to a birdcage coil of similar dimensions but only 10% more signal-to-noise in the central white matter. Finally, a phased array coil will enable parallel imaging, with the additional SNR trade-off discussed above.
This work is part of the research project Multi-Field Medical Visualization (MFMV), Project no. 643.100.503, which is financed by The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).
Table 1: Results per b-value for different SNR, using Q-ball, Södermans model, with Ngrad=97, angle=60v and l=6. fix is the mean angular error,sis the standard deviation of the angular error and p is the fraction of samples for which we could retrieve two fiber populations. Table 2: Results per b-value for different SNR, using analytical DOT ODF, Södermans model, with Ngrad=97, angle=60v and l=6. fix is the mean angular error, sis the standard deviation of the angular error and p is the fraction of samples for which we could retrieve two fiber populations. Table 3: Results per b-value for different SNR, using DOT, Södermans model, with Ngrad=97, angle=60vand l=6. fix is the mean angular error s is the standard deviation of the angular error and p is the fraction of samples for which we could retrieve two fiber populations.
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At K'sirs Montessori students are groomed in environments named after local birds. Each environment has a hetrogeneous group of students (M1, M2, M3) and are mentored by AMI trained Montessori directress.
K'sirs offers the Cambridge International Programme which provides a flexible curriculum and sets clear learning objectives in an array of subjects including English, Mathematics and Science from grades 1 to 12.
K'sirs offers the ICSE curriculum from grades 1 to 10. Students of grades 11 and 12 are modelled based on the changing learning needs of the young evolving mind. The ICSE syllabus is modelled on the different demands of excellence that the students are expected to attain.


Using Policy Controller in a CI pipeline
This page describes how to integrate Policy Controller with Cloud Build by creating a Continuous Integration (CI) pipeline that checks policy validations synchronized with a Git repository.
If you are a developer and want to validate your app against company policies, read Validating your app against company policies in a continuous integration pipeline instead.
Creating a CI pipeline with Policy Controller allows you to:
 - Enforce defined policy configurations and provide feedback to developers as soon as possible. Policies allow platform admins to lock down access. Development teams must then comply with those policies rather than removing or circumventing them.
 - Set default fields on your Kubernetes Objects that should always be present. For example, you can automatically add labels for owners or cost center.
This page focuses on a Cloud Build CI pipeline using a GitHub config repository. You can use the same pattern to set up other CI tools or version control systems supported by Anthos Config Management.
This pipeline is built with KPT functions. KPT functions enable you to develop client-side container images to validate, transform, or generate Kubernetes configurations.
This topic uses pre-built KPT functions from the KPT Functions Catalog. A subset of the functions in the Catalog has been mirrored to a Google-supported Container Registry and is available to all projects.
Before you begin
 - You must have an Anthos entitlement to install Policy Controller using Anthos Config Management.
 - You need a cluster with Config Sync already installed.
 - Set up Policy Controller.
 - Have permission on your Google Cloud project, and have permission on the Cloud Build API. These permissions are required to enable the Cloud Build service account, see more details at Enabling APIs.
 - Enable Cloud Build in your project. This can be done through the Google Cloud Console.
Using an unstructured repo
This tutorial includes the option to use an unstructured repo. Unstructured repos do not require the default Anthos Config Management directory structure.
Configuring Cloud Build
You must grant the "Kubernetes Engine Developer" role to the Cloud Build service account in each Project where you configure the pipeline.
 1. Open the Cloud Build Settings page
 The Service account permissions page appears.
 2. Find the row that contains Kubernetes Engine and set the Status to Enabled.
For more information, see Setting service account permissions.
Setting up your environment
To configure Policy Controller to work with Cloud Build, see the example Git repo.
Clone the repo with git.
git clone
If you are using a hierarchical repo, you must edit configuration files in this repo after setting up Cloud Build.
Directory structure
In the repo anthos-config-management-samples, there are two directories that contain configs for a hierarchical repo (ci-pipeline/) and an unstructured repo (ci-pipeline-unstructured/). Choose the appropriate directory for your cluster type.
The ci-pipeline/ and ci-pipeline-unstructured/ directories in the repo use the following hierarchy:
 - config-root/ is the root of the repo and contains all of the configs for this example.
 - config-root/.../*-constraint.yaml and *-template.yaml define Policy Controller constraints and templates which all configs in config-root/ must pass.
 For example:
 - The file ci-pipeline/config-root/cluster/required-labels-constraint.yaml requires that each namespace must have a cost-center label.
 - The file ci-pipeline-unstructured/config-root/constraints/banned-key-constraint.yaml enforces that no ConfigMap Objects contain a field named private-key.
 For more information, see Creating constraints.
 - cloudbuild.yaml is the Cloud Build configuration file that defines build steps. These build steps are triggered by a commit to the repo.
 Using a hierarchical repo, the pipeline builds the contents of your repo with nomos hydrate, concatenates them, and validates them with Policy Controller.
 In an unstructured repo, Policy Controller builds your configuration without using nomos or connecting to your cluster.
 For more information on the contents of a configuration file, see Creating a basic configuration.
Configuring Cloud Build
In this section, you connect Cloud Build to your source repository so that Cloud Build can build the code in that repository.
Creating a build trigger
Cloud Build executes build triggers when a commit is pushed to the branch. To configure a build trigger in Google Cloud Console, perform the following steps.
 1. Open the Triggers page in the Google Cloud Console.
 Open the Triggers page
 2. Select your project from the project selector drop-down menu at the top of the page.
 3. Click Open.
 4. Click Create trigger.
 5. Create a Name for your trigger.
 6. For Event, select Push to a branch.
 7. Select your Repository. If you have not connected your repository, complete the following steps:
 1. Click Connect Repository.
 2. Select the repository where you've stored your source code.
 If you select GitHub (mirrored) or Bitbucket (mirrored) as your source repository, Cloud Build mirrors your repository in Cloud Source Repositories and uses the mirrored repository.
 3. Click Continue.
 4. Authenticate to your source repository with your username and password.
 5. From the list of available repositories, select the desired repository, then click Connect repository.
 8. From the list of available repositories, select the repository anthos-config-management-samples.
 9. Select your Branch, master.
 10. Under Build Configuration, set your Cloud Build Configuration File as ci-pipeline/cloudbuild.yaml or ci-pipeline-unstructured/cloudbuild.yaml.
 11. Click Create to save your build trigger.
You can also create build triggers with gcloud. For more information, see Creating and managing build triggers.
Configuring your repo
After Cloud Build is configured to connect to your repo, complete your configuration for Anthos Config Management.
 1. Edit the file csp-config-management/CODEOWNERS and replace _USER_ with your GitHub username or the email alias of the platform admin team. To learn more about the CODEOWNERS syntax, see About codeowners.
Select if you are using a hierarchical (default) or unstructured repo below.
 1. Edit the configuration file
 Edit the file csp-config-management/ci-pipeline/cloudbuild.yaml.
 Replace CLUSTER_NAME and ZONE with the cluster name and zone of a GKE cluster with Anthos Config Management and Policy Controller installed.
 No configuration change is necessary with an unstructured repo in this example. Anthos Config Management and Policy Controller validate your repo without connecting to your cluster.
 2. Add and commit your changes to the repo.
 cd ci-pipeline
 git add.
 git commit -m "[COMMIT_MESSAGE]"
 cd ci-pipeline-unstructured
 git add.
 git commit -m "[COMMIT_MESSAGE]"
 After the commit, Cloud Build runs a policy validation on the repo.
 3. Open your Cloud Build history and click the most recent Build.
 The Build Details page appears.
 4. The sample in the anthos-config-management-samples repo contains an error.
 Select the most recent build from the top of the list, that includes the icon.
 5. The last step that Cloud Build runs terminates with an error. The error follows.
 Error: Found 1 violations:
 [1] All namespaces must have a cost-center label that points to your division
 name: "shipping-prod"
 path: namespace_shipping-prod.yaml
 Step #2: Error: Found 1 violations:
 [1] The following banned keys are being used in the config map: {"private_key"}
 name: "super-secret"
 path: configmap.yaml
 6. Next, fix the error by editing a file in your repo.
 Edit the file /ci-pipeline/config-root/namespaces/online/shipping-app-backend/shipping-prod/namespace.yaml and set a value for metadata.labels.cost-center. Your namespace.yaml should look like the following:
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Namespace
 name: shipping-prod
 env: prod
 cost-center: ""
 audit: "true"
 Edit the file /ci-pipeline-unstructured/config-root/configmap.yaml. Change the field named data.private_key to data.public_key. Your edited YAML looks like the following.
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ConfigMap
 name: super-secret
 namespace: default
 public_key: no secrets here
 Next, commit and push your changes.
 git add.
 git commit -m "[COMMIT_MESSAGE]"
 git push origin [BRANCH]
 7. Open your Cloud Build history and click the most recent Build.
 The Build Details page appears.
 8. Your new build should be Successful.
Problem: My Cloud Build build fails and the history includes the following error.
 [1] KNV1021: No CustomResourceDefinition is defined for the type "" in the cluster.
 Resource types that are not native Kubernetes objects must have a CustomResourceDefinition.
Solution: Confirm your installation of Policy Controller.
What's next


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History of Vaccines
This presentation is for Non-CE ONLY
By the end of this training the participant will be able to:
- Review the history of Smallpox, Polio, Measles, Flu, Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis and Meningitis
- Discuss the history of the vaccine development
- Discuss the importance of getting vaccinated
- Discuss where to find helpful educational resources.
This course will take 25 minutes to complete.
Steps to course completion:
- Post Test
You will receive a certificate of completion at the end of the course.
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According to researchers Pines, Monthoux and Lonzarich, electron attraction leading to superconductivity can occur without phonons in materials that are on the verge of exhibiting magnetic order—in which electrons align themselves in a regular pattern of alternating spins.
Pines, Monthoux and Lonzarich examine the material characteristics that make possible a large effective attraction that originates in the coupling of a given electron to the internal magnetic fields produced by the other electrons in the material. The resulting magnetic electron pairing can give rise to superconductivity, sometimes at substantially higher temperatures than are found in the materials for which phonons provide the pairing glue.
"If we ever find a material that superconducts at room temperature—the 'Holy Grail' of superconductivity—it will be within this class of materials," says Pines. "This research shows you the lamp post under which to look for new classes of superconducting materials."


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Novel 3D Printing Method to Fabricate Complex Metal–Plastic Composite Structures
In recent years, research interest in the 3D printing of metal patterns on plastic parts has grown exponentially, due to its high potential in the manufacturing of next-generation electronics. But fabricating such complex parts through conventional means is not easy. Now, researchers from Japan and Singapore have developed a new 3D printing process for the fabrication of 3D metal–plastic composite structures with complex shapes.
Three-dimensional (3D) metal–plastic composite structures have widespread potential applicability in smart electronics, micro/nanosensing, internet-of-things (IoT) devices, and even quantum computing. Devices constructed using these structures have a higher degree of design freedom, and can have more complex features, complex geometry, and increasingly smaller sizes. But current methods to fabricate such parts are expensive and complicated.
Recently, a group of researchers from Japan and Singapore developed a new multimaterial digital light processing 3D printing (MM-DLP3DP) process to fabricate metal–plastic composite structures with arbitrarily complex shapes. Explaining the motivation behind the study, lead authors Professor Shinjiro Umezu, Mr. Kewei Song from Waseda University and Professor Hirotaka Sato from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore state, "Robots and IoT devices are evolving at a lightning pace. Thus, the technology to manufacture them must evolve as well. Although existing technology can manufacture 3D circuits, stacking flat circuits is still an active area of research. We wanted to address this issue to create highly functional devices to promote the progress and development of human society." The study has been published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.
The MM-DLP3DP process is a multi-step process that begins with the preparation of the active precursors—chemicals which can be converted into the desired chemical after 3D printing, as the desired chemical cannot be 3D printed itself. Here, palladium ions are added to light-cured resins to prepare the active precursors. This is done to promote electroless plating (ELP), a process that describes the auto-catalytic reduction of metal ions in an aqueous solution to form a metal coating. Next, the MM-DL3DP apparatus is used to fabricate microstructures containing nested regions of the resin or the active precursor. Finally, these materials are directly plated, and 3D metal patterns are added to them using ELP.
Examples of 3D metal–plastic composites that can be prepared by the new technology
The research team manufactured a variety of parts with complex topologies to demonstrate the manufacturing capabilities of the proposed technique. These parts had complex structures with multimaterial nesting layers, including microporous and tiny hollow structures, the smallest of which was 40 μm in size. Moreover, the metal patterns on these parts were very specific and could be precisely controlled. The team also manufactured 3D circuit boards with complex metal topologies, like an LED stereo circuit with nickel and a double-sided 3D circuit with copper.
"Using the MM-DLP3DP process, arbitrarily complex metal–plastic 3D parts having specific metal patterns can be fabricated. Furthermore, selectively inducing metal deposition using active precursors can provide higher quality metal coatings. Together, these factors can contribute to the development of highly integrated and customizable 3D microelectronics," Umezu, Song, and Sato state.
The new manufacturing process promises to be a breakthrough technology for the manufacturing of circuits, with applications in a diverse variety of technologies, including 3D electronics, metamaterials, flexible wearable devices, and metal hollow electrodes.
Title of original paper: New Metal−Plastic Hybrid Additive Manufacturing for Precise Fabrication of Arbitrary Metal Patterns on External and Even Internal Surfaces of 3D Plastic Structures
Journal: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Authors: Kewei Song1, Yue Cui1, Tiannan Tao1, Xiangyi Meng1, Michinari Sone2, Masahiro Yoshino2, Shinjiro Umezu1,3,*, and Hirotaka Sato4,*
Affiliations: 1Graduate School of Creative Science and Engineering, Department of Modern Mechanical Engineering, Waseda University
2Research and Development Division, Yoshino Denka Kogyo, Inc.
3Department of Modern Mechanical Engineering, Waseda University
4School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
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This is very simple but for some reason I can't get an led connection to work with the micro. I normally use the uno but for some reason working off the board with the Arduino is confusing me.
What's wrong with this picture?
It seems that you are confused as to how pins on breadboards are internally connected. The rows of pins on one side of the vertical separating slots are not connected to the row of pins on the other side of the slot. The red jumper is internally connected to the 6 pins on that row but to nothing else. Above that row, one end of the resistor is internally connected to the 6 pins in that row but nothing else, etc. The only rows of 6 pins that are connected to each other are the rows marked by the red and blue lines. - Scotty
Thank you it's finally working!
Well one led is working. I hooked up two more but they will only blink on pin 9, even when I changed the code to:
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int led = 9;
int led1=10;
int led2= 5;
// the setup routine runs once when you press reset:
void setup() {
 // initialize the digital pin as an output.
 pinMode(led, OUTPUT);
pinMode(led1, OUTPUT);
// the loop routine runs over and over again forever:
void loop() {
 digitalWrite(led, HIGH);
digitalWrite(led1, HIGH);
digitalWrite(led2, HIGH); // turn the LED on (HIGH is the voltage level)
 delay(1000); // wait for a second
 digitalWrite(led, LOW);
digitalWrite(led1, LOW);
digitalWrite(led2, LOW); // turn the LED off by making the voltage LOW
 delay(1000); // wait for a second
I think my setup is correct?
It's difficult to tell because some of the connection points are slightly out of focus or they are blocked by components or jumper wires. A schematic would be much better. It does look like your resistors are shorted out since it looks like the two ends of the resistors are connected to the same row. If that's the case (again, can't really tell from the photo) then you are drawing way too much current from a pin which will damage your Micro. - Scotty
Oh god, I didn't know that about the resistors. Thank you for your help the lights are all blinking
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Which guitar position, classical or folk, produces greater volume? We are doing a science experiment and can not find good resources.
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closed as unclear what you're asking by Alexander Troup, Dom, Dr Mayhem Apr 20 at 20:00
Do you mean TYPE of guitar (steel or nylon string) or playing position? – Bob Broadley Apr 19 at 19:02
Please clarify your question. – seseorang Apr 20 at 6:31
For a proper scientific experiment, it's best not to use hearsay or others' opinions. You should get actual guitars and mics (even mobile phones would do), and log results.Hence, your resources will be guitars/players/mics. – Tim Apr 20 at 9:02
Hi Sally - as has been asked, can you edit your question to describe what you are asking. Both Carl and guitarsean have answers which may be right, but without some clarity in your question it is difficult to know. – Dr Mayhem Apr 20 at 20:01
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Wait: is your experiment intended to answer this question? What exactly do you need to know?
It might be very helpful to take a highly directional microphone and place it at a set of points on a hemisphere about the guitar's surface (plus a highly repeatable plucking mechanism to ensure the source sound pressure is constant). Alternatively, mount a microphone at one position and rotate the guitar about two axes.
Either way, this is not an experiment easily performed.
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was the term 'axes' deliberate?! – Tim Apr 20 at 10:52
Do you mean position of the picking hand, fret hand note position, or position of the mic relative to the guitar? A guitar played with a pick will be louder than fingers. Plucked or strummed closer to the bridge will seem louder due to added brightness. A mic placed parallel to the sound hole and as close as possible will be the loudest mic position, but frankly will also sound awful. Acoustic guitars are almost never mic'd straight on to the sound hole. Common mic placements to start with are slightly behind the bridge at a 45 degree angle and aimed at the 12th fret, also at a slight angle (so the mic diaphragm is not parallel to the guitar).
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In atmospheric measurements, the sampling operation is often a major source of error. This error may be reduced by consideration of the distribution pattern of the substance being measured, and the statistical principles of that pattern. From this information, guidelines as to the number, size, and location of the samples can be formulated. These guidelines should be tempered, however, with judgment and experience.
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Section 1 Context
Mental health and policy in Scotland
Mental health problems can affect anyone. Mental health conditions vary in symptoms and severity. Depression and anxiety is most common, but many people live with severe and enduring mental illness, such as schizophrenia. Dementia is more common in older people and numbers are increasing. Developments in mental health services mean more people now receive treatment in the community.
Scotland has a rich policy and legislative framework underpinning for mental health services and the promotion of mental well-being. Underpinning the policy and legislative agenda is a recognition that mental health problems are more liable to arise among those who are socioeconomically disadvantaged, socially excluded and/ or victim to discrimination or abuse. Policy to tackle inequality in Scotland is set out in Equally well (3), the report of the Ministerial Task Force on Health Inequalities.
Central to the development of mental health services in Scotland is Delivering for mental health (1), which sets specific targets for service delivery and calls for whole-system change to enable services to provide recovery-orientated and person-centred care and to support people to manage their own care and carry out everyday activities.
The "refresh" of Delivering for mental health currently taking place will build on the original policy statement to focus on:
- increasing access to psychological therapies
- improving access to child and adolescent mental health services
- rolling out integrated care pathways and the National Benchmarking Project
- promoting improved service user experiences.
The Scottish Government is committed through Towards a mentally flourishing Scotland (4) to ensuring appropriate services are in place to promote good mental health and to embed mental health improvement in all NHS activity. The healthcare quality strategy for NHSScotland (2) aims to deliver services around individual preferences and requirements with a focus on supporting people to manage their own conditions, increasing the effectiveness of care and treatment and making patient experiences and outcomes integral to services.
This three-year action plan reflects the focus of these key policy initiatives and others, such as Scotland's national dementia strategy (5), Co-ordinated, integrated and fit for purpose: the delivery framework for adult rehabilitation in Scotland (6) and a range of initiatives being carried out in Scotland on developing child and adolescent mental health services.
Allied health professionals in mental health
Mental health care is changing, with an emphasis on shifting the balance of care from hospital to community and the promotion of recovery-focused and strengths-based approaches. This has led to new ways of working for the mental health workforce.
There is currently no detailed analysis of the AHP workforce in mental health, although the Scottish Government is performing a scoping exercise to identify workforce characteristics in partnership with NHS Education for Scotland ( NES). This is expected to report in Autumn 2010.
The whole AHP workforce in Scotland has increased from 8,277.2 whole-time equivalents ( WTE) in 2004 to 9,242.8 WTE in 2008 (an 11.7% rise) (7). Key workforce issues for AHPs in Scotland include a need for more detailed workforce data, challenges in capacity-building and succession planning in small professions and issues in remote and rural NHS boards (7).
All AHPs, regardless of profession or their area of work, have an important contribution to make in promoting mental health and well-being and preventing mental health problems in the populations they serve. That contribution is both valuable, and valued.
Some, however - those referred to in this action plan as " AHPs in mental health" - have, by virtue of their pre-registration preparation or the focus of their practice, a particular locus in providing mental health services. These AHPs work in core mental health services and are: those providing arts therapies; dietitians; occupational therapists; physiotherapists; and speech and language therapists (see Table 1). It is fully acknowledged, however, that other AHPs, such as podiatrists, also make a valuable contribution to mental health services through promoting positive mental health and providing direct services.
Table 1. AHPs in mental health
(art therapy/art psychotherapy* / dance movement psychotherapy** / dramatherapy / music therapy)
Postgraduate qualified psychological therapists who engage with arts activities aimed at promoting creative expression and understanding in the context of a therapeutic relationship. Practitioners combine knowledge of their relevant art form (art, dance-movement, drama, music) with knowledge and practice of psychotherapeutic techniques which both contain and give meaning to service user experiences and communication. Working with therapists who have expertise in the use of creative media offers service users opportunities to explore verbal and non-verbal material at different levels.
Translating the science of nutrition into practical information about food. Working with people to promote nutritional well-being, prevent food-related problems and treat disease.
Emphasising the relationship between occupation, mental health and well-being. Working with service users and carers to develop and maintain a personally satisfying routine of everyday activities that creates a sense of purpose and direction to life. Typically, looking at service users' self-care, leisure and work activities and the individual's hopes and aspirations.
Using physical approaches to promote, maintain and restore physical, psychological and social well-being, taking account of variations in health status.
Speech and language therapists
Providing detailed assessments of communication skills, difficulties and needs to inform multidisciplinary diagnosis. Developing directly and indirectly delivered programmes for individuals to reduce the mental health impact of communication impairment. Advising and supporting others to deliver communication accessible services throughout the length of the care pathway. Assessing eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties and developing programmes to overcome or minimise their impact.
* Art therapy/art psychotherapy are synonymous protected titles
** Dance movement psychotherapy is proposed to join the arts therapies part of the Health Professions Council.
The above definitions are provided in agreement with the professional bodies: detail of each profession's contribution can be accessed via the web links at Appendix 3.
" I feel that I now have the information and knowledge that I need to make healthy choices and changes to my diet. "
Service user : Experience of dietetic services
Like other mental health practitioners, AHPs in mental health treat individuals of all ages in a range of clinical settings. Their skills and expertise, provided within team approaches to service delivery, help people recover from, or manage, their mental health problems.
Rehabilitation skills are core to the services provided by all AHPs in mental health - indeed, this can be considered the main contribution of AHPs to mental health services. Their rehabilitation orientation enables them to focus beyond symptoms to:
- promote psychosocial function and social inclusion
- support emotional, spiritual and physical well-being
- respect diversity and choice and the absolute right of the individual to self-determine
- focus on what a person can do, rather than what he or she cannot (a strengths-based focus)
- work collaboratively with service users and carers.
Numbers employed and skill mixes vary across the professions, with occupational therapists currently being by far the largest single discipline. Occupational therapists and arts therapists are specifically trained in the field of mental health on registration and have a long tradition of working in mental health, while others are newer to the field. They work as part of multidisciplinary and multiagency teams, sometimes in small teams, sometimes as sole practitioners, and sometimes on a sessional basis. Some mental health services, however, have little or no AHP resource.
To maintain current roles and to extend AHPs' contribution, sharing their expertise and increasing their availability, there is a need to consider:
- where AHPs make the greatest impact
- which professional has the appropriate competencies and is therefore best placed to provide interventions.
One way forward is for AHP services to outline their core contribution as either "direct service provision" (the highest proportion of AHP contributions in the current workforce are delivered through direct service provision), a "partnership-working" role or as providing a "consultancy" function. Table 2 illustrates these three different ways AHPs in mental health can work.
Table 2. The ways AHPs work
Direct service provision
AHPs working directly with service users and the families, individually or with a group, offering specialist professional assessment and intervention. All AHPs should operate at this level, which represents the greatest proportion of the AHP contribution.
EXAMPLES: occupational therapist and physiotherapist in a community mental health team; art therapist in a forensic medium secure unit.
AHPs working in partnership with others, combining the skills of the respective partners/teams to the benefit of service users. Most AHPs operate at this level but there will be differences in the volume of partnership-working among professions.
EXAMPLES: social skills group with a speech and language therapist and a member of nursing staff; AHPs working with voluntary sector support staff.
AHPs working in a consultancy capacity, offering advice, supervision and training for staff, service users and/or carers.
EXAMPLES: care home staff developing activities with occupational therapist and music therapist supervision; dietitians setting up nutrition links in an acute setting; dramatherapist offering group supervision to colleagues.
Realising the potential of the entire AHP workforce
As Table 2 shows, the AHP workforce has the capability not only to provide services directly, but also to work in partnership with other disciplines and to provide consultancy services. But there are questions around the capacity of the AHP workforce to meet ongoing service demand. Increasingly, therefore, AHPs will need to consider effective ways of building the capacity of the workforce. This will include:
- skilling-up the AHP support worker workforce in clearly identified areas to ensure that service user and carer needs continue to be met, particularly in relation to direct service provision
- more effective use of partnership working and consultancy methodologies to avoid


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Tuesday, May 13, 2014
How Does Warmer Weather Affect Your Workout?
The winter coats are back in the closet, the sun is shining, and all the festivals are starting up. It's a great time to be outside! But how does this warmer weather affect your workout? Is it really the best time to head to yoga in the park or take a walk around Lady Bird Lake? The answer isn't as simple as you might think.
Colder weather is actually better for athletic performance. Without the heat, you can exercise harder, without the risk of heat exhaustion. And because your body doesn't sweat as much, you're less likely to be dehydrated. Of course once it gets too cold, no one wants to be outside.
The Not So Surprising Warm Weather Benefits
But there are benefits of warmer weather and exercise. You might not necessarily improve your workout, but you're more likely to go outside and actually work out! There's a real psychological connection between warmer weather, wanting to be outside, and having the motivation to exercise.
There are other benefits to warmer weather. During the spring, when temperatures are in the 70s, it takes less time for your muscles to warm up. Also, because the sun's ultraviolet light is stronger in the warmer moths, you can increase your vitamin D levels. This is important because without the right amount of vitamin D, bones can become think, brittle, or misshapen. But don't forget your sunscreen - it doesn't take long to get sunburned in our hot, Texas heat.
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When going 'beyond the patient', to measure QALYs for unpaid carers, a number of additional methodological considerations and value judgements must be made. While there is no theoretical reason to restrict the measurement of QALYs to patients, decisions have to be made about which carers to consider, what instruments to use and how to aggregate and present QALYs for carers and patients. Current, albeit limited, practice in measuring QALY gains to carers in economic evaluation varies, suggesting that there may be inconsistency in judgements about whether interventions are deemed cost effective.While conventional health-related quality-of-life tools can, in theory, be used to estimate QALYs, there are both theoretical and empirical concerns over the suitability of their use with carers. Measures that take a broader view of health or well-being may be more appropriate. Incorporating QALYs of carers in economic evaluations may have important distributional consequences and, therefore, greater normative discussion over the appropriateness of incorporating these impacts is required. In the longer term, more flexible forms of cost-per-QALY analysis may be required to take account of the broader impacts on carers and the weight these impacts should receive in decision making. © 2011 Adis Data Information BV. All rights reserved.
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Herculano de Carvalho e Araújo, Alexandre
(əlēshäN'drə ərko͞olä'no͝o thĭ kərvä'lyo͝o ĕ ərou'zho͝o), 1810–77, Portuguese historian. One of the outstanding thinkers of his time, he is considered the first modern Portuguese historian. His great four-volume history of Portugal (1846–53) is notable for its treatment of feudal institutions and of social conditions. He is also known for his history of the Inquisition in Portugal (tr. 1926, repr. 1972).
Herculano de Carvalho e Araújo, Alexandre
Born Mar. 28, 1810, in Lisbon; died Sept. 13, 1877, in Vale de Lobos. Portuguese writer, historian, and political figure.
Herculano held liberal views; he took part in the Miguelist Wars on the side of the enemies of absolutism. His historical works include History of Portugal (vols. 1–4, 1846–53), which covers the period to the end of the 13th century, and History of the Origin and Establishment of the Inquisition in Portugal (vols. 1–3, 1854–59).
Herculano created the Portuguese historical novel and short story. In the novels The Fool (1843), Eurico the Priest (1844), and The Cistercian Monk (1848) and in the collection Legends and Stories (1841), Herculano portrayed the social and political life of Portugal and the daily life and customs of the Middle Ages.
Opusculos, vols. 1–10. Lisbon, 1873–1908
In Russian translation:
Sanlarenskii al'kaid: Rasskazy. [Foreword by E. Golubeva.] Leningrad, 1974.
Nemésio, V. A mocidade de Herculano, vols. 1–2. Lisbon, 1934.
Barradas de Carvalho, J. As ideias políticas e socials de A. Herculano. Lisbon, 1949.


Boston Carbon Corporation to Donate 27,000 Tons of Greenhouse Gas Credits to the DNC Credits will offset emissions from travel to and from Boston
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