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Become a Dental Assistant in Missouri - MO
In Missouri, there are three designations of dental assistants: dental assistants, dental assistants with "expanded functions" designation, and DANB certified dental assistants (CDAs). All levels of assistants help dentists and hygienists with exams and procedures, assistants with "expanded functions" and certifications can perform additional duties and work with less supervision.
How to Become a Dental Assistant in Missouri
Dental assistants can be trained on-the-job, however there are several options that allow additional responsibility in a dental practice and all require additional training and (in the case of CDAs) certification. There is no radiology requirement for assistants in Missouri—assistants can take and process x-rays.
To Become an Assistant with "Expanded Functions":
- Take and pass a state-approved dental assisting basic skills exam.
- Complete a state-approved expanded functions training course.
- Pass a competency exam and provide proof of competency to the Missouri Dental Board.


State-by-State Reach of Child Nutrition Policies
Good nutrition helps children grow up healthy and can prevent diseases, including obesity. But during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, millions of families nationwide are food insecure—unable to afford enough food to support a healthy life. Several federal policies aim to make healthy foods accessible and affordable to children and adults nationwide, and states play a big role in how these policies are implemented. Use the map below to explore state-by-state data about child food insecurity, and how federal nutrition programs can support better child nutrition. Choose a state and a policy to get started, and compare policies across states.
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Information for 11029IIED
Access to Environmental Information: How can better practice be achieved in the Latin American Context?
Opinion paper, 2 pages
Traditionally, in Latin American countries, environmental management policy has been drawn up and implemented in a highly centralised manner, without the involvement of civil society. However, over the last decade, awareness of the importance of including the general public in environmental management has increased. This has generated significant reforms fostering a different relationship between civil society and State bodies. In spite of this, several obstacles continue to conspire against citizen participation in environmental management.

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text: BugOS is a microkernel operating system. It has a kernel, device drivers, a file system, and an Internet module. The main concepts are that every process has its own computer with its own console, security, and modularization. If a process wants to read the file, it asks the kernel. The kernel forwards the request to the filesystem driver, which reads and writes through the partition handler, which operates over the idehdd driver. The kernel is around 20 KB. Processes are fully separated from hardware.

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This is the second installment of Afton's blog series, "Lessons Learned from the Raising Blended Learners Initiative in Texas," where we share our experiences, findings, and thought evolution over the course of the RBL initiative.
After reading this blog, the reader will:
 1. Understand the benefit of providing in-person financial workshops to grant applicants
 2. Understand how finance involvement in these workshops can benefit grant teams
 3. Understand the approach for Raising Blended Learners ("RBL") finance sessions
 4. Be able to apply RBL finance session activities to their own teams
Why host a finance workshop early in the school design process?
In 2016, Afton facilitated over 30 workshops with school teams that were in the process of building business plans to support blended learning at their district or network. These workshops were intended to:
 - Build teamwork and relationships between academic and financial leadership
 - Reinforce the importance of considering financial sustainability early in the planning process
 - Identify potential policy, process or other finance-related roadblocks, and identify potential solutions with the right people in the room.
The workshops. School teams of five to ten members, including teachers, principals, administration and finance staff and leadership participated in intensive two-day sessions led by Raise Your Hand Texas (RYHT) and CA Group. As part of these sessions, Afton facilitated a 50-minute station rotation on financial sustainability. Having cross-functional team members attend the finance session established the right expectation that finance is not something that is done in isolation, and it promoted the right mindset that academic planning and financial planning should be supportive of each other – bridging what is typically a pervasive gap. Due to the diverse array of participants, Afton purposefully avoided focusing on spreadsheets and financial data, and rather focused on financial conditions for success. To achieve this, the workshop included:
 - An overview of the mission and purpose of the RYHT grant, and how finance supports these goals
 - A "walking activity" which we called the "financial pulse check" to allow teams to collectively and individually react to certain statements about financial readiness, including financial planning and policies
 - A group discussion about the activity and how it impacted their planned school design or pilot plan, and risks and opportunities it highlighted for the team to consider and address
The outcomes. The finance representative from each team typically started as the lead in these workshops, though by the end all team members participated in the discussion. The purpose of this exercise was to build a knowledge base upon which to construct a financial plan. By using a common set of data from the exercise, teams identified implementation challenges or clarifications necessary as they built their long-term implementation plans.
Another benefit of the team composition was that finance staff could attend other workshops and sessions that were focused on the academic models that were being developed by the school teams. Afton's session was only a small part of this immersive experience for financial leadership.
Lessons learned. Fifty minutes isn't enough time to move the needle, but it can be a start. The real opportunity is for academic and finance teams to continually work together on the new school model. Best practice districts continue to work together even after the launch of the new school model.
Innovative education models require innovative financial thinking, but sometimes there are long-held assumptions about finance or how financial planning ought to be done that are quite difficult to change in fifty-minute sessions. We have found that there are some cases where cross-functional teams are not clearly aligned with the finance representative on approach and the role of finance. Having a finance group discussion ahead of these cross-functional sessions may have been beneficial.
Because finance and academic representatives from each team came together, implementation issues were identified during the sessions that impacted school design. Finance discussions tend to focus on specific funding sources and/or uses of resources that surfaced several clarifications, including the type of devices used and procurement processes (and potential bottlenecks). For example, one seemingly coordinated district realized at the workshop table that central office was planning for two grade levels of implementation, and the principal thought it was three grade levels. Another district's central office participants felt school leaders had the autonomy they needed to implement the plan, but the school leaders at the table disagreed.
Maintaining the momentum. Team work doesn't end after the launch of an innovative school model. Academic and finance representatives must continue to work as a team as they put their new school design into practice and refine school and district plans to fund blended learning initiatives with and without grant funding.
Check out the other posts from our blog series, Lessons Learned from the Raising Blended Learners Initiative in Texas:
Raising Blended Learners ("RBL") is a statewide initiative demonstrating the ability to use blended learning strategies to improve student achievement across diverse student demographics and geographic regions in Texas. Four school districts and one charter network received up to $500,000 in grant funding and comprehensive implementation supports after a competitive consideration process; these organizations, called demonstration sites, will serve as proof points for the effective implementation of blended learning. Fifteen additional districts/networks were selected as pilot sites and are receiving comprehensive implementation supports but no incremental funding; these sites will further promote the expansion of blended learning statewide and contribute toward learning. Afton Partners is supporting this initiative as financial and sustainability planning experts within the comprehensive implementation supports available to the districts and networks.


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API for probabilities.finite-distributions
Full namespace name: clojure.contrib.probabilities.finite-distributions
Finite probability distributions
This library defines a monad for combining finite probability
Public Variables and Functions
Usage: (certainly v)
Returns a distribution in which the single value v has probability 1.
Usage: (choose & choices)
Construct a distribution from an explicit list of probabilities
and values. They are given in the form of a vector of probability-value
pairs. In the last pair, the probability can be given by the keyword
:else, which stands for 1 minus the total of the other probabilities.
Variant of the dist monad that can handle undefined values.
Usage: (cond-prob pred dist)
Returns the conditional probability for the values in dist that satisfy
the predicate pred.
Monad describing computations on fuzzy quantities, represented by a finite
probability distribution for the possible values. A distribution is
represented by a map from values to probabilities.
Usage: (join-with f dist1 dist2)
Returns the distribution of (f x y) with x from dist1 and y from dist2.
Usage: (make-distribution coll f)
Returns the distribution in which each element x of the collection
has a probability proportional to (f x)
Usage: (normalize weights)
Convert a weight map (e.g. a map of counter values) to a distribution
by multiplying with a normalization factor. If the map has a key
:total, its value is assumed to be the sum over all the other values and
it is used for normalization. Otherwise, the sum is calculated
explicitly. The :total key is removed from the resulting distribution.
Usage: (prob pred dist)
Return the probability that the predicate pred is satisfied in the
distribution dist, i.e. the sum of the probabilities of the values
that satisfy pred.
Usage: (uniform coll)
Return a distribution in which each of the elements of coll
has the same probability.
Usage: (zipf s n)
Returns the Zipf distribution in which the numbers k=1..n have
probabilities proportional to 1/k^s.


Relocating to a foreign country and adjusting to life can be one of life's most exciting challenges. Numerous initial challenges are almost assured, in addition to the multiple benefits and life lessons gained by uprooting and becoming an expatriate. You may have difficulty adjusting to a new pace of life, comprehending a new healthcare system, learning a new language, or finding out how to register for utilities.
Moving can be stressful, even more so when you have to cross oceans to get to your new home.
Here are some top tips for moving abroad if you're concerned not only about the logistics of physically relocating your life but also about preparing and settling your whole family once you arrive:
1. Take only what you need and arrange for the shipping of the remainder.
Carry your underpants, essential clothes, appropriate documents, and toothbrush, but refrain from bringing an entire suitcase filled with books and trinkets from home. To quickly establish a sense of belonging in a new location, carry only what you need, and hire local movers for the rest of your stuff. Several foreign shipping companies can transport goods that are too large to fit on a plane these days, but their focus is on simplification and minimalism.
2. Before your trip, arrange for vaccines and paperwork.
Regardless of where you're traveling in the country, make sure you have all of your adult vaccinations current. People wrongly believe that it makes no difference whether a country is the third world or not; however, you cannot obtain a visa unless you are fully vaccinated in some countries.
If you have allergies or are taking medicine, keeping notes is particularly beneficial. It will be prudent to maintain a record of all vaccines received since you would almost certainly need to reapply for all vaccinations in your new country. Bring copies of previous prescriptions, if necessary, but you should also inquire about the availability of your medications and how to obtain them.
3. Prepare to respond to border security inquiries.
They'll simply be checking to see if you're a legal immigrant and if you'll need government assistance while you're there. Bring your fully stamped and valid visa, proof of any employment prospects, the address of a place to stay, and a copy of your bank statement to demonstrate that you're not destitute. Although certain areas will remain untouched, this is not a guarantee.
4. For all times, keep your identification on you.
In most cases, the only way to confirm your identity and age in a foreign country is through your passport. Bouncers are typically wary of international driver's licenses and student identification. If your new country provides you with a means of identification, bring it with you; if not, get your passport.
5. To begin, secure a residence, a physician, and a bank account.
Making new friends and discovering a fantastic new club can wait. Get the essentials in order first: a place to stay, a local bank account, and a doctor's contact details. Although opening a bank account can be time-consuming, conducting financial transactions is often needed when moving into a new place.
6. Preparation for culture shock is a good idea.
You and the rest of your family are most likely to experience culture shock at some point, and being prepared will assist you in adjusting. The trick is to mitigate the effect of all these changes occurring concurrently; as soon as you know where you're headed, sit down as a family and begin learning.
Watch documentaries, read books, look up your new neighborhood on Google Maps, and absorb as much information as possible before you leave. When communicating with children, maintain a positive attitude toward the transition, emphasizing why and how your new country will help lives, and answering as many of their questions as possible.
7. Make a concerted attempt to acquire a working knowledge of the native tongue.
Unless you are already fluent in the language of your new nation, you can allocate a significant portion of your relocation plans to language learning. You will increase your sense of security and comfort in your new surroundings by communicating with the locals, no matter how simple the communication is.
Numerous countries use English as a second language, which can be highly beneficial if you are having difficulty. However, it would be best if you always begin by attempting to learn your new language; the more you use it in daily situations, the simpler it will become.
The heart is where the home is, and this is especially true when relocating abroad. Make an effort to make your house feel like a home, regardless of whether you live in a private apartment, a dorm room, or a shared flat. Follow the tips above to help make the moving process more manageable and make your new place feel homey as soon as you can.
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Non-linear Simultaneous Fitting/Solution
Asked by Avigdor on 6 Sep 2012
 I am trying to model two vector data sets f1(x) and f2(x) using two non-linear equations with common variables.
 For example:
 f1(x) = a0 + a1(k1,t)*exp(-l1*x) + a2(k1,t)*exp(-l2*x)
 f2(x) = b0 + b1(k1,t)*exp(-l1*x) + b2(k1,t)*exp(-l2*x)
 I would like to simultaneously fit f1(x) and f2(x) to these two equations. Then graphically display the data and fits. The a1, a2, b1, and b2 are expressions which are different but contain the variables k1 and t which will be determined from the simultaneous fit. I would like to use matlab script to do this.
 Is fsolve the way to do this? If so, can somebody please give a little direction as to setting this up?
Edit: I have been trying fmincon, but need the minimization to output a global minimum for the vector data sets, not a minimum at each point. Is there a way around this in simple code?
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Answer by Matt Tearle on 6 Sep 2012
Edited by Matt Tearle on 6 Sep 2012
You can treat this as a least-squares problem with 6 parameters: a0, b0, k1, t, l1, and l2. Then make your objective function the total square error ((y1 - f1(x))^2 + (y2 - f2(x))^2). So something like
function err = myerrorfun(c,x1,y1,x2,y2)
f1 = c(1) + [function of c(3) and c(4)]*exp(-c(5)*x1) +...;
f2 = c(2) + [function of c(3) and c(4)]*exp(-c(5)*x2) +...;
err = (y1-f1).^2 + (y2-f2).^2;
Then in your main program, call a minimization routine like fmincon:
x1 =... % enter/load
x2 =... % all
y1 =... % the
y2 =... % data
% make a function handle of one variable (the parameters), with the data embedded
objective = @(c) myerrorfun(c,x1,y1,x2,y2);
% do the fitting
c_fit = fmincon(objective,...);
Avigdor on 9 Sep 2012
Thank you for the information and concise code!
Do you have any suggestions as to estimation of goodness of fit, or error in fit from such a method?
Matt Tearle on 12 Sep 2012
In this case, myerrorfun is actually returning the sum of the squared error. You can get the function value as a second output from fmincon (or whatever minimization function you used). But if you want more detailed info, you could make functions to evaluate f1 and f2; call these with c_fit and x1 or x2; take the difference with y1 and y2 and now you have the residuals. Apply whatever standard analysis you normally would to the residuals of a regression -- hist, normplot, scatter(resids(1:end-1),resids(2:end)), etc. Or, of course, apply your favorite goodness-of-fit formula (eg adjusted R^2).
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does poorer nation need help
In this world, the wealthy of each nation is completely different. Some nations could be categorized as a rich nation, while some nations are poor. there are many reason why some nations becoming rich for instance, they may have many earth sources including oil, tin, iron, gold, etc. In addition some countries are wealthy because they have strong human resources power.
In the other hand, there are many countries which is not lucky and becoming a poor country. the reason is vary for example, they have a lot of debt, in the middle of war, or having been colonized for a long period of time.
However, the poor country will be a problem for the world because many people suffer living in poor country. United Nation has taught of how to solve this problem, but still there are no complete solutions to help poor nation and who is responsible for this problem.
Of course, all of people who live in this world are responsible to help the poor citizens. But the thing that should be blamed is the government of poorer nation themselves. Believe or not, each nation has its own problem and business including, politic, economic, law, criminal, etc. The other countries would barely help the poorer because they have their own problem that need to be solved. Even some wealthy countries have their own debt.
In addition, the poorer should have their own resources to grow their economic. Sure, the other nation may help for a while, but it is not eternal or forever. It is absolutely impossible to fix the poorer nation if they just hang to the others.
So, the government of the poorer must take an initiative to fix their economic problem. If it is really need, they may ask for a little help from others, but at the end they should be independent for sure.
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Sound Transmission Class, or STC, was first used in 1961. It is one of the original ways to determine how much sound materials block, and is still considered to be one of the best ways to determine sound transmission loss. STC is an integer rating of how well building partitions reduce airborne sound. Simply put, this means that STC measures how much sound is lost when traveling from one side of a wall, floor, or ceiling, to the other side. There are three main terms to understand when understanding STC. The first is decibels. The decibel, or dB, is universally used to measure the intensity of a sound. The decibel is figured by determining how loud a sound is, in relation to how far away from your testing area it is. That determines the intensity. 0 dB is near-total silence, while sounds over 85 dB can cause hearing damage or loss. The second is frequency, measured in hertz (Hz). Frequency is the property of sound that determines pitch, such as the difference in a high pitch or a low pitch sound. The standard human range for hearing is between 20 and 20,000 Hz. Low pitch sounds include things like the lowest pedal on a pipe organ, bass drums, and large truck engines. High pitch sounds include such things as whistles or cymbals. The third term to know is Transmission Loss. Transmission Loss is the measurement of decibel difference on either side of a wall. An example would be if you were playing a drum set in room A, and there was a wall dividing you from room B. The dB in Room A could be 100 dB, and only 75 dB in Room B. Therefore, there is a transmission loss of 25 dB.
To simply: Decibels (dB) measures how loud a sound is. Frequency (measured in hertz (Hz) determines the pitch of a sound. Transmission Loss measures how much sound is blocked by a partition.
STC works by averaging the amount of noise stopped at 18 different common frequencies, measured in decibels. A curve is created using this test to determine the transmission loss at those 18 common points. The STC only tests frequencies between 125 and 4000Hz, so it cannot give you test data for extremely low or extremely high frequencies. What it can do is assure you of this scientific fact: the higher the STC rating, the more sound is stopped. Another important thing to note is that every partition has an STC rating, that provides some level of sound reduction. A standard wall assembly made of 5/8" drywall with standard 2"x4" studs has an STC rating of 33. This is where the STC rating can confuse some people. Just because you add, for example, a 1LB MLV to a wall does not mean you get to add together the STC ratings. The STC ratings use a logarithmic formula, which would mean that adding a 1 LB MLV with a 26 STC to a wall with a 33 STC would result in around a 41-42 STC. You can then increase this rating through various other methods, including adding another layer of drywall or simply using MLV on both sides of the wall. For example, taking a wall assembly that is constructed of 5/8" drywall, 2x4 studs, and 5/8" drywall, with no insulation, and adding a 1 LB MLV and another layer of 5/8" drywall would result in an even higher STC rating, around a 48-49 STC. Since it is a logarithmic scale, similar to the Richter Scale for earthquakes, a small change of 9 or 10 in the STC represents a much larger change in the amount of sound reduced. Think about this: changing an STC rating from a 28 to a 38 reduces 90% of the noise you experienced at the 28. A change of 28 to 43 brings with it a 95% reduction in noise. For such a small change, these are substantial differences in noise level.
The range shown in the chart to the right comes from the test results of our Noise Grabber™ brand MLV. As you can see, it has different degrees of sound blockage at different frequencies and is the most wide-ranging of all the MLV sizes. This is what makes it such a good all-around choice for a project.
For us here at SoundproofingMLV.com, the STC rating is a major part of our product. We believe in tested and proven results, and that is why Noise Grabber™ MLV's STC ratings are gained through laboratory testing per ASTM standards. Thanks to this, we can say without a doubt, Noise Grabber™ MLV will help to reduce sound. We have compiled this information in the most concise possible way, in the hope that you can look at the charts and see what material best fits your need. Sound is subjective, and our goal is to try and help you come up with the best solution for YOU!


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Most anthelmintics have withholding periods if milk or meat from treated animals is intended for human consumption; the specific requirements for each must be observed. Of the benzimidazoles, thiabendazole is absorbed and excreted most quickly; fenbendazole, oxfendazole, and albendazole are absorbed and excreted over a longer period, which necessitates withholding periods of 8–14 days before slaughtering for meat and 3–5 days before milking for human consumption. Other members of the group have withholding periods between these extremes, but withholding periods are longer for bolus formulations.
A similar relationship between the rate of metabolism and activity against immature parasites also exists with certain fasciolicides. Closantel, rafoxanide, and nitroxynil bind more strongly to blood proteins than does oxyclozanide, and therefore remain in the blood for longer periods. While this greater persistence is associated with greater activity against immature liver flukes, the withholding period for slaughter is also longer: 21–77 days for closantel, rafoxanide, and nitroxynil, compared with 3–14 days for oxyclozanide. The low plasma-protein binding of diamfenetide, coupled with the rapid excretion of its active metabolite, necessitates only a short withdrawal time. Similarly, withholding periods for milk vary widely. Closantel and nitroxynil cannot be used in lactating animals when milk is intended for human consumption, whereas oxyclozanide has a withdrawal time of only 60 hr.
Levamisole and morantel are rapidly excreted; thus, withholding periods for meat are short, and frequently there is no, or only a short, withholding period for milk. However, in some countries, levamisole cannot be used in lactating animals when milk is intended for human consumption.
Ivermectin and doramectin are excreted in milk and are not recommended when milk is intended for human consumption. Commensurate with the long period of activity of macrocyclic lactones, ivermectin, abamectin, doramectin, and moxidectin have significant withholding periods before slaughter (eg, 35 days), which vary with the formulations and local regulations. Residual concentrations of moxidectin in milk after topical administration are below threshold limits, resulting in no milk withholding period in many countries. The chemical structure of the macrocyclic lactone molecule has been manipulated to change the milk partitioning coefficients in lactating dairy animals. For example, only 0.1% of the total dose of eprinomectin is eliminated in the milk, resulting in no withholding period for milk worldwide.
Monepantel has a withdrawal period of 7–14 days for meat and is not approved for use in lactating animals producing milk for human consumption.
In combination with abamectin, derquantel has a withholding period of 14 days for meat and is not approved for use in lactating animals producing milk for human consumption.


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RETURN TO THE WILD AND SHOW YOUR RESPECT FOR THE ORIGIN OF DOGS,
FOR YOURSELF AND FOR NATURE
The earliest record of cohabitation between dogs and humans dates to roughly 12,000 BC
In coexistence, the composition of the canine diet began to resemble the composition of the human diet, and especially with the advent of agriculture, it moved even further away from the dog's anatomical and genetic disposition. We've designed Carnilove with careful consideration for the historical continuity of cohabitation between dogs and humans. The ingredients and their proportion have been developed according to the diet of dogs prior to the advent of agriculture, but production is based on the latest processes and technologies.
Carnilove has been formulated with respect for the natural origins of dogs.
The wide spectrum of carefully selected wild-origin meats, such as reindeer, duck, pheasant, turkey, lamb, wild boar, and salmon, corresponds to the composition of natural prey and ensures intake of important amino acids.
Forest fruits, vegetables, wild berries, and herbs are natural sources of important vitamins, antioxidants, and other essential nutrients.
Because grains are not a part of the natural diet of wild dogs, Carnilove is entirely grain-free.
WILD ORIGIN MEATS 70%
FOREST FRUITS, VEGETABLES & HERBS 30%


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Ruins of the San Nicolas Hospital
If as a traveller you are one of those who appreciate the ruins of what used to be important buildings and are now historical spaces, we recommend visiting the ruins of the San Nicolás de Bari Hospital in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
This building, located on Calle Hostos on the corner of Calle Luperón, was the first hospital and health center in the Americas.
Its construction began in 1503 by order of the governor Fray Nicolás de Ovando (_PHONE_). However, at the beginning the hospital was a small building made of wood and straw that housed a few sick people.
The construction of the hospital continued during the next years, using more durable materials such as stones and bricks. Construction was completed in 1552. By this date, the hospital was one of the large public buildings in Santo Domingo, serving an average of 50 to 60 people a day.
The San Nicolás de Bari Hospital had a mixture of Renaissance and Gothic architecture. This structure consisted of three naves. The central nave functioned as a chapel, while the two lateral naves housed the sick. Its design served as a model for other hospitals in the New World.
This hospital complex was a structure so solid that it resisted centuries of earthquakes and hurricanes. It was one of the buildings that survived the attacks of the English corsair Francis Drake in 1586.
During the 18th century, it served as a military hospital.
By the end of the 19th century, the hospital was closed due to economic problems and lack of supplies and personnel.
By the beginning of the 20th century, the building was in such a serious state that it was declared a risk to the community.
In 1976, the ruins were renovated to make them accessible to tourists who wanted to explore the arches and columns of the San Nicolás de Bari Hospital, a project spearheaded by the Commission of Historical Monuments of the Colonial City.
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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A small cup-shaped structure or organ, such as the cup at the base of an acorn or one of the suckers on the feet of certain flies.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A small cup-shaped depression, as in rock.
- n. In botany: A form of involucre, occurring in the oak, beech, chestnut, and hazel, consisting of bracts which in fruit cohere into a kind of cup. In fungi, a receptacle shaped like the cup of an acorn, as in Peziza.
- n. In entomology, a little cup-shaped organ; specifically, one of the sucking-disks on the lower surface of the tarsi of certain aquatic beetles.
- n. Also cupula.
- n. Any small structure shaped like a cup, such as at the base of an acorn, or the sucker on the feet of some flies
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Bot.) A cuplet or little cup, as of the acorn; the husk or bur of the filbert, chestnut, etc.
- n. (Zoöl.) A sucker or acetabulum.
- n. cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn
- n. a sucker on the feet of certain flies
- Late Latin cūpula, little cask, diminutive of Latin cūpa, tub. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
"6D: Nut with a cupule (ACORN) - remembered this feature from some earlier discussion we had about the word "cupule"
"A common form of prehistoric rock-art here in California is the cupule."
"Each girl ground a cupule at the completion of the rite and families had their own special rock faces where this was done."
"Cohesion of the bracts by their edges, so as to form a tubular involucre, or by their surfaces, so as to form a cupule, is not of uncommon occurrence, under natural conditions, and may be met with in plants which ordinarily do not exhibit this appearance."
"PS (2008) Molecular phylogenetics and cupule evolution in Fagaceae as inferred from nuclear CRABS CLAW sequences."
"[Dr. Johnson again.] acorn... the nut of the oak usu. seated in or surrounded by a hard woody cupule of indurated bracts."
These user-created lists contain the word 'cupule'.
A hodgepodge, jumble, jambalaya, *gallimaufry, circus and tent revival of plant anatomy and morphology terms and phrases - its a big tent, and no tickets are required.
Crustaceans and insects have multi-purpose appendages. to name a few:
Looking for tweets for cupule.


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Written by Maggie
Dec 24 2020
The commonly used propagation methods of Spatholobus suberectus include seeding method, plant division method and cutting method. Among them, the cutting method is relatively simple, only needing to cut a section of well-grown branches, inserted into soft and breathable flower soil, compaction of flower soil. Then keep it warm, water it and let it take root.
The sowing and reproduction of spatholobus suberectus is relatively simple but requires a certain period of time.
Spatholobus Suberectus fruiting period is in September. When the fruits start to mature, seeds should be collected in time. The harvested seeds are dried in the sun, sealed and stored for sowing and reproduction the following spring.
Spatholobus suberectus has the same specific sowing mode as other plants. However, it should be noted that Spatholobus suberectus needs to accelerate the germination before sowing, soak the seeds, and only then can it be sown when it is exposed to white.
Sowing propagation of Spatholobus suberectus requires quite a long period from sowing to plant maturity. Therefore, a cutting method is adopted to propagate Spatholobus suberectus, which is convenient and simple.
Before cutting propagation, it is necessary to make preparations first, mainly to prepare cutting substrate and lotting. First, a seedbed should be prepared. The soil should be loose and fertile to the best. The soil should be disinfected to kill insect eggs or bacteria that may exist in the soil, and some basal fertilizers can be added to ensure adequate nutrients for the growth of Spatholobus Suberectus.
After you have prepared the seedbed, you must be ready for planting.Spatholobus Suberectus thick, healthy, and disease-free ligniated branches of 1 to 2 years old are selected for lotting. The length of about 15cm is cut, the leaves are removed and then trimmed, so that the roots of lotting can be cut into oblique shapes to distinguish the ends from the ends.
Put the lotting into the rooting agent to soak for easy rooting. After taking out and drying, insert the lotting into the soil and pour water into the seedbed once. It usually takes half a month to take root. When the looting of Spatholobus suberectus begins to grow, it can grow healthily with reasonable watering and fertilization.


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DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURALLY-DERIVED BIOPOLYMER COMPOSITES FOR NON-FOOD APPLICATIONS
Location: Bioproduct Chemistry and Engineering Research
Title: Types, production and assessment of biobased food packaging materials
Submitted to: Book Chapter
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: November 12, 2007
Publication Date: August 18, 2008
Citation: Imam, S.H., Glenn, G.M.. Chiou, B-S, Shey, J., Narayan, R., Orts, W.J. 2008. Types, Production and Assessment of Biobased Food Packaging Materials. In Chiellini, E., editor. Environmentally Compatible Food Packaging. Cambridge, UK: Woodhead Publishing Limited. p. 29-62.
Food packaging performs an essential function, but packaging materials can have a negative impact on the environment. This book describes the latest advances in bio-based food packaging materials. Book provides a comprehensive review on bio-based, biodegradable and recycled materials and discusses their current and potential applications for food protection and preservation, consumer preference, environmental performance, eco-design and the quality of recycled materials as factors involved in choosing alternative packaging materials, including the EU legislation and certification of environmentally compatible packaging. Book also contains chapters on the applications of environmentally-compatible materials in particular product sectors, including the packaging of fresh horticultural produce, dairy products and seafood. This section also covers active packaging, modified atmosphere packaging and biobased intelligent food packaging. Book will be a valuable reference tool for professionals in the food processing and packaging industries.


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'Microban' washing-up liquid, Europe, 1999
Sainsbury's introduced a range of household products containing Microban® in 1997. Microban, made by Microban International, is an antibacterial agent proven to kill 99.9 per cent of household bacteria, including the bacteria that cause food-poisoning. The products were introduced at a time of growing public concern over food hygiene. The antibacterial agent has also been used in shampoos and medical equipment.
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Vessels having a neck and mouth considerably narrower than the body, used for packaging and containing liquid and dry preparations
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a liquid soap for washing plates, knives etc


The Colossus
its purpose and operation
by Tony Sale
Tony Sale's
Codes and Ciphers
This is Page 2 of 3 pages by Tony Sale about the Lorenz ciphers and the Colossus.
The machine age comes to Fish codebreaking
The mathematician Max Newman now came on the scene. He thought that it would be possible to automate some parts of the process for finding the settings used for each message.
He approached TRE at Malvern to design an electronic machine to implement the double-delta method of finding wheel start positions which Bill Tutte had devised. The machine was built at Dollis Hill and was known as Heath Robinson after the cartoonist designer of fantastic machines.
Max Newman
There is now a description of Heath Robinson which you can view.
There were problems with Heath Robinson keeping two paper tapes in synchrony at 1,000 characters per second. One tape had punched on to it the pure Lorenz wheel patterns that the manual code breakers had laboriously worked out. The other tape was the intercepted enciphered message tape. The double-delta cross-correlation measurement was then made for the whole length of the message tape. The relative positions then moved one character and the correlation measurement repeated. The codebreaker was looking for the relative position which gave the highest cross-correlation score — which hopefully would correspond to the correct Lorenz wheel start position.
Heath Robinson worked well enough to show that Max Newman's concept was correct. Newman then went to Dollis Hill where he was put in touch with Tommy Flowers, the brilliant Post Office electronics engineer. Flowers went on to design and build Colossus to meet Max Newman's requirements for a machine to speed up the breaking of the Lorenz cipher.
Tommy Flowers' major contribution was to propose that the wheel patterns be generated electronically in ring circuits thus doing away with one paper tape and completely eliminating the synchronisation problem.
This required a vast number of electronic valves but Tommy Flowers was confident it could be made to work. He had, before the war, designed Post Office repeaters using valves. He knew that valves were reliable provided that they were never switched on and off. Nobody else believed him!
Colossus design started in March 1943. By December 1943 all the various circuits were working and the 1,500 valve Mark 1 Colossus was dismantled, shipped up to Bletchley Park, and assembled in F Block over Christmas 1943. The Mark 1 was operational in January 1944 and successful on its first test against a real enciphered message tape.
The contribution to D-Day
The Mark 1 had been rapidly succeeded by the Mark 2 Colossus in June 1944 and eight more were quickly built to handle the increase in messages. The Mark 1 was upgraded to a Mark 2 and there were thus ten Mark 2 Colossi in the Park by the end of the war. By the end of hostilities, 63 million characters of high grade German messages had been decrypted — an absolutely staggering output from just 550 people at Bletchley Park, plus of course the considerable number of interceptors at Knockholt, with backups at Shaftesbury and Cupar in Scotland.
The Colossus Computer
Each of the ten Colossi occupied a large room in F Block or H Block in Bletchley Park.
The racks were 90 inches, (2.3m), high of varying widths. There were eight racks arranged in two bays about 16ft (5.5m) long plus the paper tape reader and tape handler (known as the bedstead). The front bay of racks, spaced 5ft (1.6m) from the rear bay, comprised from right to left, the J rack holding the master control panel, the plugboard some cathode followers and the AND gates. Next came the K rack which contained the very large main switch panel together with the very distinctive sloping panel at the front which was a duplicate patch panel for the thyratron rings. Next came the S rack which held the relays used for buffering counter output and making up the typewriter drive logic. The left hand rack at the front was the C rack which held the counter control logic on the front and the decade counters on the back.
The rear bay of Colossus contained four racks, the R rack holding the staticiser and delta boards for the paper tape reader output and the K and S-wheel thyratron ring outputs, the M rack for the M-wheel staticisers and S-wheel motion logic. The very large W rack held, on one side all the thyratrons making up the wheel rings, 501 in all, and on the other side the 12 thyratron ring control panels. Also on the W rack were the link boards for the wheel patterns and the uniselectors for setting wheel start positions. The end rack of the back bay held the power packs. These were 50 volt Westat units stacked up in series to give +200 volts to -150 volts. The total power consumption was about 5 Kilowatts most of which was to the heaters of the valves.
The circuit layout was all surface mounting on metal plates bolted to the racks. The valve holders were surface mounting with tag strips for the components. This form of construction had much to commend it, firstly both sides of a rack could be used, secondly wiring and maintenance were very easy and lastly cooling of the valves was expedited by them being horizontal.
How Colossus worked
Colossus read teleprinter characters, in the international Baudot code, at 5,000 characters per second from a paper tape. These characters were usually the intercepted cipher text which had been transmitted by radio. The paper tape was joined into a loop with special punched holes at the beginning and end of the text.
The broad principle of Colossus was to count throughout the length of the text the number of times that some complicated Boolean function between the text and the generated wheel patterns had either a true or false result. At the end of text the count left on the counter circuits was dumped onto relays before being printed on the typewriter during the next read through the text, an early form of double buffering.
Colossus had two cycles of operation. The first one was controlled by the optical reading of the sprocket holes punched between tracks 2 and 3 on the paper tape. The sprocket signal was standardised to 40 microseconds wide. The optical data from the paper tape was sampled on the back edge of the standardised sprocket pulse as was the outputs from the rings of thyratrons representing the Lorenz wheel patterns. The result of the logical calculation was sampled on the leading edge for feeding into the counter circuits.
The second cycle of operations occurred at the beginning and end of the text punched onto the paper tape. The paper tape was joined into a loop and special holes were punched just before the start of text between channels three and four (called the start ) and just after the end of text between channels four and five (called the stop). This long cycle of operations began with the electrical signal from the photocell reading the stop hole on the tape. This stop pulse set a bistable circuit which stayed set until the optical signal from the start hole was read. The setting of this bistable thus lasted for the duration of the blank tape where the text was joined into a loop, typically about 100 millisec. The first operation after the stop pulse was to release any settings on the relays from the previous count. Next the new count was read onto the relays. Then the counters and the thyratron rings were cleared and then the thyratron rings were struck at the next start point to be tried. When the bistable was reset by the start pulse, sprocket pulses were released to precess the thyratron rings, to sample the data read from the paper tape and to sample the calculation output to go to the counters.
The various components of Colossus were the optical reader system, the master control panel, the thyratron rings and their driver circuits, the optical data staticisors and delta calculators, the shift registers, the logic gates, the counters and their control circuits, the span counters, the relay buffer store and printer logic.
The optical reader system
In order to break the Lorenz codes in a reasonable time the cipher text had to be repeatedly scanned at very high speed. This meant at least 5,000 characters per second and in the 1942 this implied hard vacuum photocells to optically read the holes in the paper tape. The smallest photocells available were some developed for proximity fuses in anti aircraft shells. Six of these in a row meant an optical projection system to enlarge the image of the paper tape about 10 times. Dr Arnold Lynch designed the paper tape reader and used slits cut into black card to form a mask in front of the photocells.
The output from the data channels went to the staticiser and delta circuits.
The master control panel
This was where the start and stop pulses from the optical reader set and reset the bistable. Monostable delay circuits generated the voltage waveforms for releasing the relays, for staticising the counters, for resetting the counters and thyratron rings, and for striking the rings. Gate circuits controlled the flow of sprocket pulses.
The thyratron rings and their driver circuits
These circuits were the most complex on Colossus.
Thyratrons are gas-filled triodes which strike a discharge arc between anode and cathode when the grid voltage is raised to allow electrons to flow. This discharge when struck continues quite independent of the grid voltage. Thus the thyratron acts as a one-bit store


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Stay Thin and Stay Away From Cigarettes. They may speed up the aging of your cells.
An excellent anti-aging strategy may be staying thin and staying away from cigarettes, concluded new research.* Among more than 1,100 women studied, the white blood cells of those who were obese or smoked were "older" than those of normal-weight and nonsmoking women.
The age of a cell is indicated by the length of its telemores, which are the sequences of DNA strands at the tips of chromosomes. Every time a cell divides, its telemores shorten, and the shorter the telemores, the older the cell, summarized the authors, a team of British and American scientists from St. Thomas' Hospital in London and the University of Medicine of New Jersey.
Among the 1,122 women ages 18 to 76 studied, telomere length fell steadily with age, as expected, the scientists found.
But further analysis showed that among the 119 women who were obese, telomeres were significantly shorter than lean women of the same age. "The difference between being lean and being obese corresponds to 8.8 years of aging," concluded lead author A.M. Valdes, PhD, of St. Thomas Hospital. The team predicted, in effect, that the obese women would live on average nearly nine fewer years than normal-weight women of the same age.
"Our results," reported Dr. Valdes and colleagues, "emphasize the pro-aging effects of obesity."
Smoking was also linked with telomore length. Each year of smoking a daily pack of cigarettes was equivalent to an additional 18% of telomore length lost compared to women of the same age who did not smoke. Smoking a pack a day for 40 years corresponded to 7.4 years of aging.
"Our results emphasize the potential wide-ranging effects of the two most important preventable exposures in developed countries – cigarettes and obesity," stated the authors.
"This new research is certainly consistent with previous studies indicating that smoking and/or obesity shorten life expectancy. That's why obese people and smokers have to pay more for life insurance," notes Jay Kenney, PhD, Nutrition Research Specialist at the Pritikin Longevity Center® & Spa in Aventura, Florida.
The good news
Research is finding that the flip side is true: People who do not carry excess weight tend to live longer – and more healthfully. The people, for example, with the longest disability-free life expectancy in the world – and the highest percentage of centenarians (people who live to be 100 or more) – are the people of Okinawa, Japan. Their average BMI (body mass index) ranges from 18 to 22 (lean is less than 23).
After examining more than 600 Okinawan centenarians and numerous "youngsters" in their 70s, 80s, and 90s, researchers found that in addition to being lean and robust, they have 80% fewer heart attacks and 80% less breast cancer and prostate cancer than Americans. Their diet: a low-fat, high-fiber diet full of natural, unrefined carbohydrates (up to 20 servings daily). Daily foods include sweet potatoes, dark green vegetables, green peppers, a large variety of fresh fruit, tofu and other forms of soy, rice, noodles, and seafood rich in omega-3s.
* Lancet, published online June 14, 2005. DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66630-5
** Makoto Suziki, Bradley Willcox, and Craig Willcox. The Okinawa Program. Three Rivers Press: 2002.


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Protect Older People From Fraud
The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) offers many resources aimed at helping older Americans protect themselves from fraud and manage their finances.
- NCUA's Pocket Cents – financial literacy website with a section on issues older Americans face
- MyCreditUnion.gov – website with tips for handling personal finance and protecting against fraud/scams aimed at older adults
- NCUA video explains how older Americans are targeted by certain financial scams and ways to avoid being victimized
The NCUA has also partnered with AARP:
"Consumer protection and financial education are key parts of NCUA's mission and part of the credit union model, as well," NCUA Board Chairman Rick Metsger said. "Giving credit union members, particularly older Americans, the educational tools and security information to help them manage and protect their money is increasingly important, and I hope credit unions and their members will take advantage of the resources we offer."


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Cathy Rentzenbrink: The Long Journey to Grief
Cathy Rentzenbrink is an acclaimed author and speaker.
Her memoir, The Last Act of Love, is about the life and death of her beloved brother, Matty, and the impact this had on her life. Matty was left in a Persistent Vegetal State following a car accident just weeks before receiving his GCSE results.
'At what point does a human life cease to be worth living? This question lies at the heart of Cathy Rentzenbrink's extraordinary memoir.' – The Times
In this discussion with Dr Lesel Dawson, a lecturer at the University of Bristol, Cathy talks about the trauma and grief of her brother's accident, and how what happened to him made it difficult to experience or process the grief that followed.
She explores the ethical complexities of decision making around people in Persistent Vegetal States, and how time doesn't relieve grief in and of itself, but rather it's what you do with time. She explains how writing and sharing her story started to help her process her grief, revealing what she wishes she could say to her younger self. Cathy also offers wider advice for those experiencing grief and loss.
Cathy's other books include A Manual for Heartache, which offers a broad look at sorrow, anguish, despair, loss; and Dear Reader, a joyous and moving exploration of Cathy's lifelong love of books, and the ways that reading has influenced her life and supported her mental health and wellbeing.
Dr Lesel Dawson is a Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Bristol, specialising in grief, Renaissance literature and the history of the emotions. She's leading a research project on Creative Grieving and writing a book that explores how art and the imagination can enable the bereaved to express and process their loss.
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Facilitator Dr Lesel Dawson
Dr Lesel Dawson
Facilitator Cathy Rentzenbrick
Cathy Rentzenbrink


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Knives are a commonly used tool that we often take for granted. We expect them to perform and cut with ease, but we rarely pay any more attention to our knives than that. To understand your knife, it is important to learn about its construction and be able to identify the various knife parts.
First, it is easy to divide the knife into two main parts, the handle and the blade. But each of those two parts can also be subdivided into its own parts. With the help of the photo at right and the descriptions below, you will better understand what components make up your knife.
Point – The point is the part of the knife where the edge and spine come together. The point is often used for piercing.
Tip – The tip is the forward part of the knife and includes the knife point. The tip is used detailed or delicate cutting.
Edge – The edge is the cutting part of the blade. It extends from the point to the heel of the knife.
Heel - The heel is the rear part of the edge, opposite the point.
Spine - The spine is the top of the knife blade, opposite the knife edge.
Bolster - The bolster is the band that joins the blade of the knife to its handle. The bolster provides balance for the knife and also helps to protect the hand from getting in the way of the knife edge.
Tang - The tang is the part of the blade that extends into the handle of the knife. It is the surface to which the handle attaches to the blade.
Scales – The scales are the part of the knife that creates the handle. Scales are often made of synthetic material or wood. Two scales are typically attached to the tang with rivets.
Rivets – The rivets are metal pins used to join the scales to the tang to form the handle.
Butt – The butt is the end of the handle of the knife.


Should you worry about your state's pass average?
In my opinion, law students waste too much time and energy worrying about their state's bar passage rates.
Your state's overall pass average for a particular exam is not the biggest predictor of individual success. Instead the factors which are actually within the control of the student tend to prove to be the more accurate predictors of success. In other words, the amount of time spent in preparation, the amount of practice testing done by the student, etc. are more significant predictors of success. So are things like whether the student studies full-time versus trying to hold down a job or handle other outside distractions.
In my experience, students who put in the necessary hours and who use their study time effectively tend to pass the exam every time regardless of the overall state pass average. So rather than worrying about factors that are beyond your control, why not focus your energy on the things you can control and make the success factors work in your favor.


For the week of April 04, 2005
DNA Accountability – Part 1
By: Tom Bandy
Refine the DNA in every annual meeting or annual staff visioning retreat. Talk about it, and ask yourself the question: Who or what is left out? Who is at the "margin" of the congregation? If your heart breaks for people who are excluded, refine the DNA so that you can include them in your congregational life and mission.
It may seem contrary to common sense, but the best way to evaluate the clarity of your DNA is to study the "margins" of your congregational life and mission field.


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Swisse Women's Ultivite 50+ V are multivitamins specifically developed for people over 50 to assist in supporting a healthy cardiovascular system, memory function and stamina.Q1: What is the difference between the original Swisse Ultivite formulae and the 50+ Ultivite formulae?The 50+ Ultivites are high potency multivitamin, mineral and antioxidant formulas in line with our existing Ultivites, however they have been specifically developed for people over 50 to assist in supporting a healthy cardiovascular system, memory function and stamina.Q2: What are some of the specific ingredients for people over 50?The 50+ Ultivites's contain the herb Ginkgo biloba to promote mental function, alertness and memory. The Women's 50+ Ultivite also contains the herb black cohosh to help balance the hormones, while the Men's 50+ Ultivite contains the herb tribulus to promote energy and stamina.Q3: What differentiates the Swisse Ultivites from other brands?What really differentiates one product from another is the scientific evidence available on the multivitamin, as well as the potency and type of ingredients that make up the formulae.Q4: Are there any other benefits of the Swisse Ultivites?The Swisse 50+ Ultivites are also one of the few multivitamins on the market that contain probiotics. Probiotics are beneficial for maintaining a healthy digestive system.Q5: What is the Swisse Tri-Synergy Formulation about?TriSynergy is another reflection of the benchmark standards and extra benefits behind the Swisse formulae. 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This means that the body absorbs what it requires and any remainder is excreted via the urine. Furthermore, the Journal of American Medical Association published a medical article, vol 287, no 23, 19 June 2002, recommending that 'all adults take a multivitamin daily'.**** This statement was made by Robert H Fletcher, MD MSc, Kathleen M Fairfield in the article 'Vitamins for Chronic Disease Prevention in Adults: Clinical Applications' Journal of American Medical Association, Volume 287, No. 23 June 19, 2002 Page 3127. It was based on the assessment of over 30 years of clinical studies in the area of scientifically validated natural medicine, and the links between


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Bisecting a Line Segment The instructor uses an electronic chalkboard to demonstrate how to bisect a line segment. One example is modeled using astep by step approach to walk the learner through the process of bisecting the line segment by using a compass and ruler.
The instructor uses an electronic chalkboard to demonstrate how to bisect a line segment. One example is modeled using astep by step approach to walk the learner through the process of bisecting the line segment by using a compass and ruler.
Constructing a Line Segment
This video explains how to construct a line segment. When constructing a line segment, we use a compass and straightedge to first draw a ray or line and then a point that will serve as an endpoint of the new segment. Next, we measure the given segment with a compass and make a mark with the pencil end. Without changing the spacing of the compass, place the sharp end of the compass on the point drawn on the new line/ray, and make a mark on the line/ray. This is our line segment.(2:02)
Constructing a Perpendicular Bisector
When looking at a line segment, there is only one line that will pass through the midpoint that will be a constant distance between the two endpoints. This line is called the perpendicular bisector. This video explains how to construct the perpendicular bisector by first finding the midpoint of the line segment and then using a compass and straight edge to draw the perpendicular line. (1:29)
The History of Print
A photo collage history of print, the printing press, and journalism. No narration. This was made for a project for UC Santa Cruz Performative Technologies.
The Five Themes of Geography
In this video, students will learn about geography terms--absolute and relative location (longitude and latitude), cultural and physical place characteristics, environment, and more. Very good visuals and examples are given. This is a great resource to help build background knowledge and to help make real world connections in the classroom. (2:31)
Facts of Congress - Lobbyists
Provides a brief description of the role lobbyists play in informing Congress on specific issues and the will of the people. Appropriate for classroom use,...
Thinkwell Chemistry: Finding Empirical and Molecular Formulas, Part 1 of 2
This is a clip from a larger segment on how to find empirical and molecular formulas. (06:07)
Marbury v. Madison
This video is accompanied by text. "John Marshall was a lifelong Federalist dedicated to strengthening the power of the Federal government. He was appointed by John Adams during the last days of his presidency. The Judiciary Act of 1801, one of the final laws passed by Adams and the Federalist-controlled Congress, created sixteen new federal judgeships and other judicial offices. The appointment of these "midnight judges" enraged Republicans who claimed the action defied the will of the peop
Pie Chart - Virtual Manipulative
Explore percentages and fractions using pie charts. There are instructions on the right side of the Java applet.
Addition Strategy - Using Doubles and Doubles Plus 1 Facts to Add
This addition strategy shows students how to use the double fact (e.g., 3 + 3 ) or a doubles plus one strategy to add quickly. User clicks through the slides.
Using a Pattern to Solve a Problem
To help solve a word problem, students learn to find a pattern in the problem and make a table to solve the problem. Finding patterns is a key learning for Algebra.
Writing Good Essays. Part 1
This is a video lecture on how to write a good essay. The lecturer provides several steps.
The Body of the Points in Essays
The Body of the Points in Essays. Part of the series: How to Write an Essay. Learn how to write the body of the points in an essay in this free educational video on writing essays.
Colts Neck Community Band - Variations on America
Colts Neck Community Band performs Variations on "America" composed by Charles Ives trans by Wm E Rhoads. Conducted by Richard Grossman. Performed on Februarry 18, 2010. (7:17)
Colts Neck Community Band - Slaughter on Tenth Avenue - Richard Rodgers
Colts Neck Community Band plays Slaughter on Tenth Avenue composed by Richard Rodgers arranged by John Tatgenhorst. Conducted by Joseph Lawlor. (6:40)
From the Farm to Plate
RWU Planet Forward Team Brasso follows local angus beef from Blackbird Farm in Smithfield, RI to Persimmon Restaurant in Bristol, RI. Run time 02:43.
Careers in Agriculture
A short look at some careers at the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food. This video shows various career paths in the field of agriculture, such as seed analysts, veterinarians, dairy compliance officers, and microbiologists etc (Running Time 10:03).
How to Milk a Cow by Hand
This videos enables students to learn how to milk a cow by hand in this easy to follow, step by step instructional video. This video should be reviewed carefully to make sure students will understand its importance. Some may find it humourous and miss the message.
Will Allen: Agriculturalist
Urban farmer Will Allen describes how he established and built up an urban garden. It may be of some value in motivating students to look for opportunities and to expand their horizons.
Farming as a Career
A seven minute video on farmers and what they do. Video shows some of the jobs they perform in the course of the day and gives insights to students on what is required. A good video that provides students with a more realistic picture of farming than they might have if they don't reside in rural areas.


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Despite recommendations from health authorities that all adults should accumulate at least 30 minutes of moderate physical activity on most days, many older adults fail to reach this goal.
There are numerous genuine barriers to exercise among older people, including personal issues such as pain and discomfort, fear of injury and social isolation. Environmental issues such as a lack of exercise facilities and problems with climate also have an impact. Most of these can be overcome but before describing how, it's important to describe the barriers in more detail. Only then will we understand why they prevent exercise being a normal part of the lifestyle of an older person.
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Author:West, Street; Dept. of Statistics, Univ. of South Carolina
Description: As a motivating example behind the discussion of probability, this applet allows students to investigate the Let's Make a Deal Paradox (also known as the Monty Hall Problem, or The Three Doors). This paradox is related to a popular television show in the 1970's. In the show, a contestant was given a choice of three doors of which one contained a prize. The other two doors contained gag gifts like a chicken or a donkey. After the contestant chose an initial door, the host of the show then revealed an empty door among the two unchosen doors, and asks the contestant if he or she would like to switch to the other unchosen door. The question is, should the contestant switch? Do the odds of winning increase by switching to the remaining door? This applet lets you test for probability: pick a door, then switch or stay by clicking on the numbers.
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Ziggy: Characterizing query results for data explorers
Data exploration has received much attention during the last few years. The aim is to learn interesting new facts from a possibly unfamiliar data set.cordingly. In this demo proposal, we present Ziggy, a system t Typically, explorers operate by trial and error: they write a query, inspect the results and refine their specifications aco help them understand their query results. Ziggy's aim is to complement an existing exploration system. It assumes that users already have a query in mind, but they do not know what is interesting about it. To assist them, it detects characteristic views, that is, small sets of columns on which the tuples in the results are different from those in the rest of the database. Thanks to these views, our explorers can understand why their selection is unique and make more informed exploration decisions.
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The first German Grand Prix was held at Berlin in 1926. Sadly the rain sodden event was overshadowed by accidents, including one which killed three officials.
After this awful Grand Prix at Berlin's Avus the Grand Prix moved to the legendary (in my opinion) Nuburgring circuit. Work at the Nuburgring began in 1925, so to provide employment in the local area. Including the "Southern Circuit Extension", the Nurburgring was 17.58 miles long. The Longest Circuit used in Modern Formula One (Spa-Franchorchamps) is 4.35 miles. Grands Prix were ran at the Nurburgring until 1939, when World War Two began.
It took until 1949 for the Nurburgring to host another race. In 1951 it became a championship race for the new Grand Prix Series. For this 1951 race 180,000 fans watched Alberto Ascari win in a Ferrari. This circuit had a reputation as a circuit that proved the great drivers such as Juan Manuel Fangio, who won what he described as his "Best Ever Race" there in 1957.
In 1959 the German Grand Prix was held at Avus in Berlin again, where the race was held over two heats (This was unique). However, the return to Avus was marred by the death of Jean Behra. Formula One cars never raced at Avus again.
In 1960 there was no German Grand Prix, however 1961 seen the German Grand Prix hosted at Nurburgring again. During the '60's Graham Hill, John Surtees, Jim Clark, Jack Brabham and Denny Hulme won at the Nurburgring, as did Jackie Stewart, by over 4 minutes in 1968. Hockenheim hosted it's first German Grand Prix in 1970 as the Nurburgring underwent modifications, sadly this circuit will forever be known as the circuit where Jim Clark died in a Formula Two Race in 1968.
The next year Formula One returned to the Nurburgring, however it quickly became clear that the Nurburgring was too old for modern F1 cars. The last time a German Grand Prix was held on the old Nurburgring was 1976, where Niki Lauda crashed and suffered heavy burns.
In 1977 the German Grand Prix was moved to it's current home Hockenheim, where Nika Lauda, having made a brave and quick recovery from his almost fatal accident the previous year, won. This circuit had very long straights and was famous for destroying F1 car engines. 1980 saw another tragedy at Hockenheim as Patrick Depallier of Clement-Ferrand, France died after a testing accident at the Ostkurve. The race in 1982 was famous, as Brazilian Three Times World Champion Nelson Piquet fought Salazar after they collided as Piquet tried to "lap" him. Patrick Tambay of France won that ract in 1982.
In 1984, German f1 fans were treated to both the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim at the European Grand Prix at the Nuburgring. However this was a much shorter circuit then the old legendary Nurburgring (This one was just 2.82 miles long).
This new circuit hosted the German Grand Prix of 1985 when Prost won. The German Grand Prix moved back to Hockenheim in 1986, and has been hosted there ever since. Since 1995 the new Nurburgring circuit has hosted the European Grand Prix.
Finally, the last really interesting German Grand Pris was the German Grand Prix of 2000. This is of note because of the manner in which Rubens Barrichello won the race. Due to the following he won the race despite starting 18th (out of 22).
 1. His teammate Michael Schumacher collided with Gaincarlo Fisichella and crashed on the first corner.
 2. On lap 24 a protestor walked on the track with the following on his waterproof garment "Mercedes Benz, who knew about my health problems, offered me a job I could not do and then sacked me for physical ineptitude after 20 years service". He forced the safety car out which meant that the McLaren Mercedes cars of David Coulthard and Mika Hakkinen were no longer far ahead.
 3. Rubens Barrichello stayed out whenever it started to rain, on his slick tyres while Hakkinen & Coulthard Pitted for rain tyres.
 - Formula 1 Yearbook 2000-2001 ISBN 0-752534-735-6
 - The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Formula One ISBN 0-340-73887-1


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How to handle a hung flow
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Sometimes when developing a flow we find that the flow becomes non-responsive. This can be caused by a few different reasons but one of the most common is that the flow is stuck in a logic loop.
This can be caused by poor code design or design of the flow itself. Even after identifying and fixing the logic within the flow, you are still stuck with the task of replacing the deployed flow within the Broker.
WebSphere Message Broker has built in recovery measures. This means, if the Broker detects that the EG has crashed or stopped unexpectedly, it will try to restart this process. To avoid the flow going back into its hung state, you should shut down the input source. For example, you can disable the input queue if using MQ as your input source. After this is done, you can kill the EG process. When the EG restarts you will see an error stating the message flow couldn't connect to the input source. From this point you can stop the message flow and then delete it.
This will allow you to redeploy the corrected flow to replace the old one.


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Tethered satellite systems, that is, two or more satellites in orbit connected by thin long cables are a new concept of space exploration with great application potential as has been demonstrated by two NASA Space Shuttle flights. The equations of motion are a set of nonlinear, stiff, coupled partial and ordinary differential equations which pose a number of interesting problems both in their analytical and numerical treatment. The nontrivial mechanical and mathematical modelling of such systems due to their changing mass composition and various aspects concerning the mathematical treatment of the equations of motion such as the occurrence of chaotic motions, stability of relative equilibria, control strategies of deployment/retrieval of a subsatellite from a mothersatellite and efficient integration algorithms will be discussed.
Organizer: Hans Troger
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This is the.mov video version of the song "WRITING IS COOL!"
Educational Content: Capital letter at the beginning of a sentence; punctuation at the end of a sentence; spaces between words; pictures and words matching; make your story interesting; beginning, middle, and end; writing tools (pencil, paper, eraser, spacer)
A great WRITING song from Harry Kindergarten Music!
Preview this video on YouTube (actual video preview is in the middle of the linked HK Exclusive commercial):
If you wish to have your class perform this song for a live audience (graduation, assembly, etc.), please inquire at _EMAIL_, as there is a small performance fee.


Saint Lazarus Zographos
Also known as
 - Lazarus the Painter
Monk at Constantinople. Skilled painter. Opposed the Iconoclasts under emperor Theophilus. He defended sacred images, and restored those that were defaced by Iconoclasts. For his work he was arrested and tortured. When the Iconoclasts fell from power, Lazarus was released and given a prominent place in the new regime, eventually becoming ambassador to Rome.
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Name Meaning
 the painter = zographos
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MLA Citation
 - "Saint Lazarus Zographos". 3 November 2014. Web. 25 December 2014. <>


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Did you know that:
- 90.7 % of families with children under 18 have at least one working parent
- 1 in 10 workers cares for both children and an elderly relative
It's well documented that most of that burden falls on women who continue to serve as the primary caregivers for children and sick or disabled relatives.
The result is that because of these responsibilities, women have suffered widespread discrimination in employment for as long as they have been working.
That's why it was really good news last week when the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a document on best practices to avoid discrimination against workers with caregiving responsibilities.
The Work Life Law Center at UC Hastings College of the Law describes "caregivers discrimination" this way:
Family Responsibilities Discrimination (FRD) is employment discrimination against workers based on their family caregiving responsibilities. Pregnant women, mothers and fathers of young children, and employees with aging parents or sick spouses or partners may encounter FRD.
They may be rejected for hire, passed over for promotion, demoted, harassed, or terminated -- despite good performance -- simply because their employers make personnel decisions based on stereotypical notions of how they will or should act given their family responsibilities.
The purpose of the new EEOC document is to educate employers about what caregiver discrimination is, how it is manifested, and how it can be minimized or avoided. It also illuminates the not-so-obvious fact that men are victims too.
The report includes some good examples of flexible workplace policies and their proven benefit to both employees and employers. Sue Shellenbarger's Wall Street Journal article on some of those programs is referenced in the report and is an interesting read.
The EEOC report also includes helpful examples of what this kind of discrimination looks like and here are a few:
Common unlawful stereotypes
- assuming that female workers who work part-time or take advantage of flexible work arrangements are less committed to their jobs than full-time employees
- assuming that male workers do not, or should not, have significant caregiving responsibilities
- assuming that female workers prefer, or should prefer, to spend time with their families rather than time at work
- assuming that female workers who are caregivers are less capable than other workers
- assuming that pregnant workers are less reliable than other workers.
Unlawful conduct that results from the bias
- asking female applicants and employees, but not male applicants and employees, about their child care responsibilities
- making stereotypical comments about pregnant workers or female caregivers
- treating female workers without caregiving responsibilities more favorably than female caregivers
- steering women with caregiving responsibilities to less prestigious or lower-paid positions;
- denying male workers', but not female workers', requests for leave related to caregiving responsibilities
Just to be clear, while caregiver discrimination has not been around as a legal concept for very long, it is not just theoretical. Here's an example of some of the cases where caregiver discrimination has appeared:
Sheehan v. Dolan, a case in which an accounts manager and mother of three was told,"hopefully this will give you some time to spend with your children," when she was terminated.
Santiago-Ramos v. Centennial P.R. Wireless Corp, a case in which a finance director was asked:
- how she manged to juggle work, child care and marriage
- how her husband managed since she wasn't home to cook for him
- how she could do her job after the birth of her second child
Gallina v. Mintz, a case in which an attorney was ordered to decide whether she wanted to be "a successful mommy or a successful lawyer."
It was nothing you did or didn't do. It was just that you're going to school, you have the kids and you just have a lot on your plate right now.
Knussman v. Maryland a case in which a state trooper, who asked for leave to take care of his sick wife and newborn baby, was told that he could only qualify as the primary caregiver if his wife was "in a coma or dead."
While these snippets may seem sound like blatant examples of discrimination, I can assure you that these cases are extremely complex, difficult to litigate and hard to win. Because there is just not very much established law on this issue, the cases often turn on whether the particular judge views the case as one of gender discrimination or not.
It gets particularly complicated when the person who made the discriminatory decision was also a woman as happened in the Chadwick case. It was indeed a woman who denied the promotion to Laurie Chadwick because "she had too much on her plate" -- not a man.
What makes it even more complicated is that there is no specific federal law which prohibits FRD or "caregivers' discrimination."
One article in the Vermont Bar Journal points out that there are seventeen documented theories under which these cases have been brought including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and other state and federal laws.
That's why the education to employers about gender bias and gender stereotyping is so important, and why this report is so significant.
Some of my fellow bloggers have written good summaries about the new guidance manual put out by the EEOC including the Delaware Employment Law Blog, the Ohio Employer's Law Blog and the Connecticut Employment Law Blog and I am glad they did.
I was surprised that some think there was nothing groundbreaking about the report. I guess I have a different take on it.
As a working mother for many years in an all male environment, and as a practitioner with a thirty year perspective of representing women in the workplace, I think it's monumental that the government is bringing clarity to the issue of caregiver discrimination.
People who have to deal with this kind of bias, or with with the conflict of taking care of their loved ones and being treated unfairly in the workplace because of it, need all the help that they can get. No doubt, the support of the federal government is a huge help.
It's also a big help to employers to have the best practices guide on caregivers' discrimination available as a resource. I hope they read it carefully.


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Resources - Homeschool Groups - Article
This article was published in the HSLDA Discount Groups E-Zine, March 2007.
Guest Article: A Mom Shares Her Perspective—
Making Families of Handicapped Students Welcome
By Esther Mast
Given that homeschoolers come in all shapes and sizes, it is not surprising to find a few in wheelchairs. The local homeschool group is in a position to make these students feel as valued and included as possible. There are a few practical ways to do this:
First of all, keep the physical limitations of handicapped students in mind when planning group activities. Try to arrange at least a couple events a year that can include everyone, even those who can't kick a ball or run races. Such awareness of limitations is especially important when planning a field trip. A considerate coordinator will research the proposed location well beforehand and inform the pupil's parents about accessibility issues, so that there is less chance of an unpleasant surprise on arrival.
In addition, all students must be treated with respect by their homeschooled peers. Even if the venue of an activity is physically accessible, a handicapped student may feel out of place if other people constantly stare, ask awkward questions, or try to be too helpful by pushing the wheelchair for him. Remember, it is not the responsibility of the handicapped family to educate the entire group on demand, they have enough stress as it is. Make it a priority to teach proper courtesy to your own able-bodied children; if you must ask, direct a tactful question to the parents privately. If a handicapped student senses that others are uncomfortable around him, he will also feel very uncomfortable.
A wheelchair indeed places certain restrictions on the student and her family and homeschool group. With thoughtful planning and good manners, however, it need not be a hindrance to the homeschool experience.
The Masts have homeschooled eight children, four of whom have graduated and gone on to college. One of these college students is in a wheelchair.