Investing in Real Estate With Your Children
I learned about investing when my father introduced me to his brokerage account at a young age. It was through him that I learned what stocks were and grasped a general idea of how the stock market works. He set up a custodial account for me, as I was under the age of 18. He then put my life savings in stocks, a whopping $1,000 that I had saved from birthdays and mowing lawns. Investing for your children is somewhat easy as all you need to do is set up a brokerage or custodial account if they are under the age of 18. Not all parents may be knowledgeable about the stock market. Alternatives such as real estate, offer a wider variety of investments that appeal to a broader market.
Like stocks, properties tend to go up in value over time. You can also rent a property and generate a passive stream of income.
Real estate investing is not for everyone. But for those in the real estate industry, this may be a preferred alternative (or addition) to investing in the stock market. Purchasing real estate with your children is simple and self-explanatory. Find a property and buy the property. You could even own the property 50/50 with your child. If you are using IRA funds, financing can be challenging. There will be more rules and potential taxes in which you will need to familiarize yourself. For this reason, most IRA transactions are cash.
We should teach saving at a young age, especially the importance of investing with IRA accounts where gains grow tax-deferred. Unfortunately, my father was not very knowledgeable about IRA accounts. It was not until I started working at Midland that I began to understand the importance of saving for retirement. Using tax-deferred strategies such as IRAs, HSAs, ESAs, 401ks, and 1031 exchanges became important. IRAs and other investment options are not taught in school, so it's important to teach your children at home.
To be eligible to contribute to an IRA, you must have earned income from a salary, commissions, tips, or bonuses. It is unlikely that your child is working a summer job solely to save for retirement! Yet, if you have expendable cash, you can always gift your children money. The annual gifting limit is $15,000 per year (as of 2020). As long as your children have enough earned income from a job, they can potentially use the proceeds of your cash gift. The gift could help them max out their IRA contributions and even HSA and 401k (if eligible). Learn more about gifting money to your children for retirement savings.
Investing in stocks through an IRA is very straightforward. All you do is set up an IRA brokerage account and buy a stock. Investing in real estate through IRA funds is a little more complicated. A brokerage is not going to allow you to make this investment, as it is not in their business model. They will try and pitch you the option of purchasing Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) stocks instead. However, you can use your retirement funds to invest in real estate, which includes buying land, rental properties, commercial properties, and even loaning money via promissory notes. You can do all this in a tax-deferred manner using self-directed retirement accounts such as 401ks, IRAs, ESAs, and HSAs. While your children likely do not have the same amount of funds as you do, they can still invest in real estate by structuring things differently.
 1. The first step is to find a self-directed IRA custodian, such as Midland, that can do the recordkeeping and report to the IRS on the movement of funds and the real estate in the IRA.
 2. You do not need to own the property 100% with IRA funds. When purchasing the property, you can team up with other entities or your funds. But, all expenses and income going forward have to remain proportional to how you purchase the property. For example, if you buy a $100,000 property using $90,000 (90%) of your IRA funds and $10,000 (10%) of your child's IRA funds, going forward, all expenses and income have to remain in this proportion. If your real estate tax bill is $1,000, then your IRA would need to pay $900 (90%) and your child's IRA would need to pay $100 (10%).
 3. You cannot live in the property personally or have disqualified people living in the property if your IRA owns it. Disqualified parties include your parents, grandparents, spouse, children, grandchildren, daughter, and son's/daughter's in-laws.
 4. You cannot put "sweat equity" into the property, which means you and disqualified parties cannot add value to the property by cleaning, fixing, replacing, or landscaping.
 5. When investing in real estate using your IRA, it is highly recommended to maintain an IRA cash balance to cover unexpected costs associated with owning property.
If you have questions or want additional information on investing in real estate with your children, call us at _PHONE_ or visit _URL_.
MIDLAND TRUST IS NOT A FIDUCIARY: Midland's role as the custodian of self-directed retirement accounts is non-discretionary and administrative in nature. The account holder or his/her authorized representative must direct all investment transactions and choose the investment(s) for the account. Midland has no responsibility or involvement in selecting or evaluating any investment. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as investment, legal, tax, or financial advice or as a guarantee, endorsement, or certification of any investments.
AUTHOR: Andy Anger, Senior Associate in Client Services at Midland Trust


Waterways: behaviour change
Time Allocation: 30-40 minutes
Activity Level: Moderate
Water quality is important to the liveability of places for people, animals and vegetation. If everyone makes small changes, we can make a big difference to the health of our waterways. Junior Landcarers will be able to draw on their experiences from their waterways clean-up activity, field data collection and analysis, to identify ways they can personally adjust their habits to reduce their waste and influence others to do the same.
 - Printable activity sheet
 - Pencils
 - Materials for communication, e.g. poster paper, pens and paints, devices, digital video cameras.
 - Research materials, e.g. books, pamphlets, devices, internet access and those resources suggested in the below Reference list.
 - Instructions
 STEP 1
 As a result of your Junior Landcare waterways clean-up activity, you have made a visible difference to cleaning your selected site. You have also gathered data which will inform future actions or behaviour change.
 Provocations for behaviour change discussions and future action:
 How do think the rubbish collected came to be at this site?
 Were you surprised by any of the rubbish collected?
 Was the volume of rubbish collection more or less than you expected?
 If this rubbish had not been collected, how might this rubbish have caused harm to wildlife and the environment?
 Step 2
 While the efforts of the Junior Landcarers are to be commended, and frequent clean-ups will serve to protect the environment, what preventative measures can be undertaken if people were to change their behaviour?
 Discuss how items found during the waterways clean-up could be reduced.
 Explore items which we can reuse, refuse, reduce, recycle or swap out for eco-friendly options.
 Use the suggested links in the Reference list to help build your discussions.
 Step 3
 Choose one type of rubbish collected during your clean-up. Seek solutions to this rubbish being reduced at home, school or at your youth group or Landcare group.
 Example: single-use plastic straw solutions:
 - Use reusable metal or bamboo straws
 - Use paper straws
 - Ditch straws altogether!
 Step 4
 If we want to motivate people to adopt new behaviour similar to yours, we need to show them that it's worthwhile and easy.
 Use the activity sheet to collect your ideas. Discussions could be:
 - Creating your positive message
 - How you can motivate others to change
 - Who do you want to influence?
 - How can you use the data collected from your clean-up activity?
 - Impact of this rubbish type on wildlife and their habitat.
 How might we communicate these important messages? Here are some examples:
 - Create a poster
 - Write social media posts
 - Art display made from collected rubbish
 - Student performance
 How will you organise and spread your message?
 Extension Activity
 Adopt a spot. The collective effort of being active and involved in your local area through Landcare, Coastcare and other environmental community groups helps to make a real difference. Head to the National Landcare Directory to find contact details for groups, networks or community support officers in your local area. There may also be local council committees or trusts looking after your local parks and reserves.
 Investigate how local Indigenous people are spiritually connected to waterways.


Dandelions (Taraxacum officinale)
Dandelions (Taraxacum officinale)
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text: A wide-area time authentication algorithm is proposed to compute the Global Positioning System (GPS) timing that is resilient against spoofing attacks. The considered widearea network consists of multiple GPS receiving systems, each comprising of the innovative distributed multiple directional antennas (DMDA) setup triggered via a common clock. Based on the communication infrastructure of the grid, the single-difference pseudorange residuals across the antennas are processed using the wide-area belief propagation-based extended Kalman filter (BP-EKF) algorithm in a distributed manner. To detect spoofing, a KL-divergence-based threshold is used to estimate the dissimilarity in the antenna-specific timing errors. Thereafter, the pseudoranges are corrected using the BP estimates of timing error and processed via adaptive EKF to compute the GPS timing, which is given to the phasor measurement units (PMUs). We have demonstrated the successfully detection and mitigation of the external timing attack, by subjecting one receiving system to a simulated meaconing attack that induces a 60 micro second time delay. Thereafter, by analyzing the voltage stability index of a critical node in the simulated grid, we have also validated the compliance of the proposed wide-area BP-EKF estimated timing with the IEEE-C37.118 standards.

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What is Governance?
Conceptually, governance can be defined as the rule of the rulers. In the business world, governance is the process by which authority is conferred on management, by which they make the rules, and, those rules are enforced and modified. Thus, understanding governance requires an identification of both the rulers and the rules, as well as the various processes by which they are selected, defined, and linked together within an organization.
Good governance is in general participatory, transparent and accountable. It is also effective and equitable and promotes the rule of law. Good governance ensures that priorities are based on broad consensus within the enterprise to meet the needs of all parties including consumers, customers, regulators, shareholders, and auditors fairly, effectively, and efficiently.
Identity Governance Overview
Identity governance is an organization's overarching set of rules which proposes a management decision making process and accountability for achieving business goals while managing identity risks.
Identity Governance Framework
Identity governance framework refers to the organization's proposed governance lifecycle designed to support the organization's identity governance efforts including governing bodies and their responsibilities, rules, and processes for managing identity data and related risks.
- Improve decision making to achieve business goals
- Streamline processes (automate, centralize, etc.)
- Standardize (efficiency, consistency, error reduction)
- Reduce cost
- Identify and mitigate risks
- Increase enterprise value
- Meet internal and external requirements
- Empower management and staff
- Ensure security, privacy, and compliance
- Maintain identity data integrity
The Certified Identity Governance Expert (CIGE)® professional designation is the first and leading registered governance certification designed to promote a lifecycle framework for the authority of the identity management field and related functions.
CIGE professionals are capable of defining and effectively communicating why identity governance is critical for their organizations. They understand good governance benefits and can see the big picture as well as the evolving identity risk landscape. They are also capable of proposing and implementing an identity governance lifecycle framework which helps their organizations meet the established identity management objectives.
CIGE Critical Risk Domains™
The following Critical Risk Domains (CRDs) define the specific knowledge areas and skills that CIGE professionals need to become certified:
- Identity and Access Management Lifecycle
- Strategy, Roadmap, Framework, and Planning
- Roles, Responsibilities, and Accountability
- Program, Policies, and Procedures
- Risk Management and Internal Controls
- Funding, Resource Allocation, and ROI
- Independent Audits, Monitoring, and, Performance Measurement
Who should become a CIGE
Executives and corporate officers who set the rules for identity and access management within organizations where identity data is collected, maintained, processed, and shared can benefit by becoming a Certified Identity Governance Expert®. The CIGE designation is a registered program which demonstrate the knowledge and skills of the IMI members who hold the designation. It is awarded to experienced and educated professionals who set the rules at the highest levels of their organizations to guide and support management for addressing the growing societal and organizational concerns regarding identity data including privacy, security, regulatory and contractual compliance, customer expectations, identification and authentication, as well as efficient IT and access management processes to name a few.
Currently, interested and qualified members may become a CIGE® without an examination if they meet the requirements set forth in the CIGE application.
The CIGE application fee is $395 for current IMI members. To become a member, please visit the membership page for more information.
IMI uses PayPal and other third party credit card processors to request and receive international credit card payments after applications are received. Alternatively, candidates may mail a cashier's or company check.


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"Marked by a desire to investigate and learn"- this is the definition of curious in Webster's dictionary. While this characterization may accurately describe a third grader's eagerness to learn in the classroom, does it describe the agricultural industry? Curiosity has put men on the moon, sequenced the human genome, seen physicists complete a decades-long search for the Higgs boson and now it has led us to precision nutrition, epigenetics and a nutritional revolution. Are we staying curious?
During this year's 28th annual North American Lecture Tour, Alltech will be challenging attendees to Stay Curious. The 23- stop tour, taking place from Feb.12- March 1, will encourage attendees to stretch beyond conventional practices and explore how the latest technological developments can move the agriculture industry forward today.
Stay Curious topics include:
- CURIOUS about branding and building profit from the core? Ideas for building and maintaining an advantage through branding in an increasingly competitive and interconnected world.
- CURIOUS about a natural, pure, sustainable source of fatty acids and high quality proteins? Algae, can it revolutionize the way we feed?
- CURIOUS about your carbon footprint? What is a carbon footprint, and why is it important to you? The New Zealand Government will subsidize emissions from farmers until at least 2015; how long will taxpayers subsidize the agri-sector, which accounts for 50 percent of its carbon emissions? As carbon footprint comes under the microscope, how can we respond to address these challenges?
- CURIOUS about nutritional breakthroughs and solutions? What we must understand to maximize productivity. If the world record is 72,000 pounds of milk, why do we settle for 20,000+ pounds? Is the grading system out of date? What are the obstacles to maximizing EPS (Efficiency, Profitability and Sustainability)?
"As an agricultural industry, we are faced with increases in corn and soy prices and a rising global population to feed, all while trying to find solutions to minimize pollution and maximize traceability. Instead of waiting for someone else to solve our problems, we need to embrace these global challenges together," said Dr. Pearse Lyons, president and founder of Alltech. "To be successful, you must adapt, have curiosity and embrace change."


text: Video below. Federal officials are trapping and killing Canada geese in nine New Jersey counties. U.S. Agriculture Department spokeswoman Carol Bannerman confirms the "capture and removal" program is taking place for six weeks, the time the birds are molting and cannot fly. Hundreds of Canada geese will be removed from parks, golf courses and areas near airports. A removal program last year reduced the population by less than 2,000 birds. A similar program is under way in New York City, which plans to trap and gas up 2,000 Canada geese. The hazard the birds pose to aircraft became a focus when U.S. Airways Flight 1549 landed in the Hudson River after striking a flock and losing both engines. (Video of Canadian geese family near the Lake sent in by a TLS-1501). Ap.

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Therapeutic Preschool Programs
For over 50 years, countless parents and caregivers have come to The Children's Center with concerns about their child's emotional and behavioral issues. The compassionate and skilled professionals in our Therapeutic Preschool Program have been ready to help and have proven success in improving the lives of these children and their families.
Who Can Benefit from Our Therapeutic Preschool Program?
Our Therapeutic Preschool Program is for children ages 2 to 6 who are struggling with emotional or behavioral problems like:
- Temper tantrums
- Autism spectrum disorder
- Behavioral problems that are creating issues in a regular childcare or school program
- Traumatic experiences, such as abuse, neglect, domestic violence, community violence, or loss of parent(s) or caregiver(s)
These kinds of problems can affect how children behave, learn and grow, and may make it difficult for children to succeed in a traditional preschool. They can also strain family relationships at home.
Overview of the Therapeutic Preschool Program
Our Therapeutic Preschool Program is facilitated by highly skilled paraprofessionals who receive direct supervision from our licensed clinical staff.
Children receive treatment for three hours each day, either in the mornings or afternoons. Children are usually in treatment for an average of nine months to a year. However, we work closely with parents and caregivers to monitor a child's progress to determine when a child is ready to move to a regular preschool or daycare.
Parents and caregivers are invited to observe their children in this group setting. While observing, parents will see that the schedule resembles that of a regular preschool program with indoor and outdoor activities, art, circle time and snack time. They can also see the therapeutic interventions and how our staff is trained to help children:
- Communicate feelings to develop emotion regulation skills
- Gain control over their emotions
- Learn to play successfully with others and develop age-appropriate play skills
- Meet group expectations and learn to follow rules
Some parents worry that their child might get behind academically by attending our Therapeutic Preschool. We use a preschool curriculum throughout the day that helps children gain pre-academic skills that they will need to successfully enter kindergarten.
A child's problems often affect the whole family, so family therapy becomes an important addition to helping both a child and his or her family get back on track. Parent(s) and caregiver(s) meet with a clinician for family therapy for a minimum of once each month while a child participates in the Therapeutic Preschool Program.
During family therapy sessions, we share information about the child's progress and help parents and caregivers solve behavior problems that are impacting the overall family. Family involvement is a critical factor in their child's success.
Early intervention is essential to helping young children overcome behavioral and emotional problems. The Children's Center has an outstanding success rate with more than 90% of families reporting that relationships with their children have improved during the course of treatment.
Amazing changes happen every day for children in our Therapeutic Preschool! For further information, contact The Children's Center location nearest you.
Do you have other questions about treatment? Learn More >


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The algorithm for extracting number plate can be summarized as:-
- 1.Capture image from webcam.
- 2.Store the captured image into a image file for further processing.
- 1.Identify the intensity of the image.
If image intensity = high Reduce intensity Else if intensity = low Increase intensity Else No change.2.Convert image into grayscale.
- 3.Calculate appropriate threshold value for the image.
- 4.Convert the image into binary image using the calculated threshold.
- 1.Fill small holes including numbers of Number plate so that number plate area will be large to isolate from figure. 2.Determine width and height of the image. 3.Scan each pixel of line counting number of white pixels in the following system,
If number of 'white' pixels < x; pixels become 'black' Else; no change If number of 'white' pixels > y; pixels become 'black' Else; no change The value of x and y may be changed according the image intensity and plate area.4. Use the step no. 3 for both horizontal and vertical direction.
- 5.Check number of possible areas.
- 6. Logically AND with binary image obtained at "Convert image into binary algorithm.
- 7.Crop the required area.
- 1.Filter the noise level present in the image.
- 2.Clip the plate area in such a way that only numbers of plate area extracted.
- 3.Separate each character from the plate.
- 1.Create the template file from the stored template images.
- 2.Resize image obtained from segmentation to the size of template.
- 3.Compare each character with the templates.
- 4.Store the best matched character.
- 1.Open a text file in write mode (append mode in case of the multiple records).
- 2.Store the character obtained from the number identification process to text file in given format.
- 3.Close the file
Pic 1:- Number plate that is to be extracted.
Open the main.m file in MATLAB.
Now run the main.m file in the MATLAB. It may prompt you to change the default directory. You can either change folder or Add to Path. Better change the directory.
You will get a messagebox showing the extracted number plate. Message box like this:-
The log file ( log.txt ) is maintained to keep track of the saved number plates ( which can be used in application level ). The log file content contains the number plate with the date saved.
In main.m there are certain lines which when commented can be used to see the step by step characters extraction.
Feel free to ask any queries if any problem occurred. I am using MATLAB 7.12.0 (R20011a) but it should work in all version.
Download the whole project here.
The project involving the number plate extraction :- ANPR(Automatic Number Plate Recognition) Using ALR(Automatic Line Tracking Robot).


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School life at Reed's is built around our ethos of inspiring our pupils to unlock their true potential. This is delivered through a breadth of experiences, excellence in teaching and a welcoming and nurturing community.
The rich life of pupils at Reed's from an academic, pastoral, social, and co curricular standpoint interweave to deliver our core aims and objectives of:
- Preparing our pupils for the future
- Creating a community for life
- Promoting academic excellence
- Finding the best in every pupil
- Living the Andrew Reed legacy
- Providing a nurturing environment


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medieval, renaissance, mediterranean, islamic, spain, 700, 1600
Casket with birds and roundels, Sicily. Museum no. 4535-1859
Casket with birds and roundels
Museum no. 4535-1859
Some 200 ivory caskets decorated in the Islamic style were made in Sicily in the 12th and early 13th centuries. They were probably made for the court as marriage gifts or for storing precious objects. This casket shows the usual style of painting found on the Sicilian ivories. The most common motifs were floral scrolls within roundels, and various types of birds - those with the crest at the lower corners of the casket are probably peacocks. The same birds are also woven into contemporary Sicilian textiles. On this casket, the joins between the small panels of ivory are disguised by rudimentary plant motifs.
Casket with Christian figures, Sicily. Museum no. _PHONE_
Casket with Christian figures
Museum no. _PHONE_
The form and most of the decoration of this large casket are entirely characteristic of the ivory caskets made in Sicily, apart from the prominent figures of Christian saints painted at the front. This may indicate that it was commissioned for use in a church, and in fact this casket used to belong to the treasury of Bari Cathedral, on the south-eastern coast of Italy. The casket also has a long poetic inscription in Arabic, invoking blessings and happiness on the owner, in a manner that is very common on secular works of art made in the Islamic world.
Casket with a reused Fatimid base, Sicily. Museum no. _PHONE_
Casket with a reused Fatimid base
Sicily, 1200–50; base probably Cairo about 1150
Museum no. _PHONE_
This casket illustrates the presence of Egyptian works of art in Sicily. Its base was formed from a cut-down panel. It is made from wood incrusted with small, shaped pieces of ivory, set into a dark resin, a technique which relates to a small group of objects made in Fatimid Egypt, probably in the early 12th century. Perhaps the original object from which this panel came was worn out or broken with use but, as an exotic import, was too highly valued to be thrown away, so it was trimmed down and reused.
Ceiling of the Cappella Palatina, Sicily, Palermo. Museum no. 7903-1936
Albumen print of the ceiling of the Cappella Palatina
Ceiling about 1143; print about 1890–1910
Museum no. 7903-1936
This is one of the best surviving examples of an Islamic ceiling in the Mediterranean, though it crowns a Christian religious space – the royal chapel of the palace in Palermo. This building was created for the Norman king of Sicily, Roger II, and was probably completed in time for his coronation in 1143.
The three-dimensional decoration of the ceiling is formed from small cells of carved wood in a technique known in Arabic as muqarnas. The central structure of the ceiling is a pattern of stars and crosses, and every element is covered with paintings in the Islamic style. These include dancers, musicians, seated drinkers and mounted hunters, and every border carries Arabic inscriptions in Kufic script, containing blessings, in the manner of Islamic decorative arts.
A team of carpenters and painters may have been imported from Cairo to produce this most luxurious royal commission. Ironically, few buildings of this period survive in Egypt itself, so now the 'Arabo-Norman' architecture of Sicily provides important information about the lost Fatimid palace architecture on which it was modelled.
Oliphant, Southern Italy. Museum no. 7953-1862
Museum no. 7953-1862
An oliphant is a horn formed from a whole elephant tusk. Oliphants may have been used in hunting, but are so heavy that they may equally have been symbols of status or land ownership. Oliphants are often elaborately carved, since the craftsman had the whole thickness of the ivory at his disposal. Many surviving oliphants show the influence of Islamic decoration. This example is covered with roundels containing animals with disproportionately large bodies, and tails which terminate in a palmette or tiny head. This way of depicting animals was used on Fatimid ceramics and other works of art, which were imported by sea into the coastal cities of Sicily and southern Italy


What is a cleft chin?
A cleft chin refers to a chin with a Y-shaped dimple in the middle. It's usually a genetic trait.
Depending on your preference, you may consider cleft chins a sign of beauty or not. You can both add and remove a cleft chin with chin surgery, also called mentoplasty.
Before having surgery to create or remove a cleft chin, it's important to understand the structure behind cleft chins. You'll also want to consider the risks and costs associated with surgery.
Whether or not you're born with a cleft chin depends on your genes. If other people in your family have a cleft chin, you're more likely to have one as well.
The signature dimple of cleft chins forms before birth. This happens when the two sides of the lower jaw don't completely fuse together during fetal development. Aside from the dimple, this doesn't cause any other symptoms.
There are surgical options for both removing and creating a cleft chin.
Surgery to remove a cleft chin
Chin surgery can either remove a cleft chin or reduce the size of the dimple. Both are usually done with a chin implant that's designed to fill in the dimple. Your surgeon will work with you to determine the right implant shape for the look you're after.
You'll likely have swelling in your chin immediately after surgery, which can make it hard to see your new chin. Keep in mind that it may take several weeks to months for the final results to appear.
Surgery to add a cleft chin
Creating a cleft chin, on the other hand, doesn't involve any implants. Instead, your surgeon will remove some of the soft tissue below the skin where the dimple should be placed. This is done either with liposuction or a traditional surgical method.
If there's not enough extra tissue around the dimple, your surgeon may need to remove some of the bone. This is usually done with a small cutting device called a bur, which is inserted through your mouth.
Similar to removing a cleft chin, it can take up to several months to see results after having surgery to create a cleft chin.
While mentoplasty is generally safe, it does carry a few risks regardless of whether you're removing or adding a cleft chin.
These risks include:
 - infection
 - excessive bleeding
 - scarring
 - swelling
 - undesirable results
You can help to reduce these risks by telling your doctor if you:
All of these factors can make surgery more dangerous. Depending on the type of surgery, your surgeon may be able to use different techniques to reduce your risk of having problems.
It's also important to be prepared for a long recovery period. While your surgeon can estimate how long you'll need to recover, that timeline varies from person to person. You may recovery faster or slower, depending on your overall health and the type of surgery you have.
If at any point you feel your chin isn't healing properly, contact your surgeon. They may need to make some adjustments or ensure you don't have an infection.
According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the average cost of chin surgery is about $2,225. However, that number depends on the type of work you have done. For example, removing bone usually costs more than adding an implant.
Keep in mind that this number doesn't include the cost of anesthesia and any related hospital fees. In addition, your insurance company may not cover cosmetic chin surgery. Talk to your medical team and insurance company before booking your surgery so you're prepared for all related costs.
Cleft chins are a genetic trait marked by a dimple in the middle of your chin. Depending on personal preference, you may want to either add or remove a cleft chin. You can achieve both of these with surgery.
Work with a surgeon to come up with the best technique for the look you desire. and make sure you're aware of all the costs involved before going in for the procedure.


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Rosario Ordoñez-Jasis, CSU Fullerton
KaiLonnie Dunsmore, The Ball Foundation
Carlos Ochoa, Learning Director at Ybarra Academy of the Arts and Technology (Rowland Unified School District)
George Herrera, Program Specialist at Giano Intermediate School (Rowland Unified School District)
Date: October 4, 2012
Time: 3:00 p.m. CDT
This Live Web seminar is part of our Instructional Leadership Series focused on supporting school leaders in their work as coaches, administrators, or other leadership roles. The Instructional Leadership Web seminars are available to school leadership teams at no charge thanks to the generous sponsorship of The National Center for Literacy Education!
There are many benefits to developing strategies and practices that build collaborative relationships between families/communities and educators that are mutually beneficial. The knowledge each brings to constructing literacy experiences for students (in and out of school) is viewed as a resource essential to fully developing students' literate lives. We will examine Community Mapping as a practice designed to uncover a rich array of resources in households and communities that hold the potential to enhance literacy learning for children while developing reciprocal relationship with families.
Participants in this session will:
- Analyze and discuss how teachers can build the skills, attitudes, knowledge needed to engage parents as full-parents in designing curriculum and creating literacy practices that support students' learning
- Develop an understanding of how to use the ethnographic tools of Community Mapping to identify local literacy assets and practices
- Evaluate inclusive pedagogical practices that capitalizes on students' own familiar knowledge to build academic knowledge


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Enjoy the following Turkey jokes and may the Lord bless your Thanksgiving celebration.
What key won't open any door? (A turkey!)
Why did the turkey cross the road? (It was the chicken's day off!)
Why did the chewing gum cross the road? (It was stuck on the turkey's foot!)
Why did the turkey cross the road twice? (To prove he wasn't chicken!)
What do you get when a turkey lays an egg on top of a barn? (An eggroll!)
Where do you find a turkey with no legs? (Exactly where you left it!)
What do you call it when it rains turkeys? (Foul weather!)
Which side of a turkey has the most feathers? (The outside!)
Why do turkeys lay eggs? (If they dropped them, they'd break!)
What's the most musical part of a turkey? (The drumstick!)
HERE'S THE POINT:
This Thanksgiving, don't focus your day on turkey and pie. Take time to truly give thanks for how good God is. He loves you and gave His Son to give you life.
1 Thessalonians 5:18 says, "Give thanks in everything, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus."
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To can cabbage, clean and chop the cabbage, ferment it for several weeks, boil the cabbage, pack it into jars, and process them in boiling water. The supplies you need are 25 pounds of cabbage, salt, a rag, a knife, water, a fermentation container, a stove, pots and canning jars.Continue Reading
Rinse the cabbage in running water, remove the core and outer leaves, and shred the flesh.
Toss the shredded cabbage with 3 tablespoons pickling salt. Pack the salted cabbage into a large fermentation container, and press on it to release its juices. Squeeze and press the cabbage with your hands until it is submerged in its own juices, and there are 4 or 5 inches of space between the cabbage and the container rim. Cover the cabbage, and ferment it for four weeks.
Transfer the cabbage and its juices into a large pot, and place it on a stove. Boil the mixture, stirring often. Pack the cabbage and liquid into sterilized canning jars. Leave 1/2 inch of space at the top of each jar, and wipe the rims with a rag. Attach the lids, and process the jars in boiling water.


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Every now and then people will contact me with a question about how I did this requirement or that. One question I have received a few times is "What are the rules for Tell It Like It Isn't for Tiger Achievement 4?"
The instructions can be found in the Tiger handbook, but I think sometimes as den leaders we look at something and think it must be more complicated. Tell It Like It Isn't is the game most of us know as Telephone. Yes, it really is that simple.
Tell It Like It Isn't
- Have the Cub Scouts sit in a circle.
- The first Cub Scout whispers something in the next Cub Scout's ear.
- He whispers what he thinks he heard in the next Cub Scout's ear.
- This continues around the circle until it is whispered to the last Cub Scout. He says what he heard.
- The first person says what the phrase really was.
- Continue with a few additional phrases, letting somebody different go first each time.
- Take the suggestion in the Tiger handbook that you use this to start a discussion about how things we hear might not always be accurate and especially how this applies to gossip. This is definitely a teachable moment.
- Rather than just letting the first Cub Scout make up something to say to the second, I always provided some index cards with some phrases. This served two purposes. First, when the whispering stops, the first Cub Scout can look at the card to remember what he said. Yes they sometimes forget that quickly! Second, it ensures that they will be passing a phrase which is appropriate instead of something inappropriate.


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A LOW NOISE FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZER FOR THE CELLULAR BAND
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In mixed-signal automatic test equipment systems, which cost from $1 M to $2 M, broad coverage from 1 to 1000 MHz or even 1 to 3200 MHz is not a luxury since the system is then armed for most any demand. Prices for broadband generators are not burdensome in these general-purpose high end systems. In contrast, a new special-purpose frequency generator has been developed that covers the range from 800 to 960 MHz with 0.1 Hz resolution, features low noise and jitter, and switches frequency within 3 to 20 ms. The model W-800 slot synthesizer covers several of the cellular/personal communications service bands. With the specialization of the market, a significant growth in middle-ground special systems is occurring. The 800 to 960 MHz limitation in coverage has enabled a particularly cost-effective synthesizer solution to be developed.
The generator's frequency synthesis process is based on an internal or external 5 or 10 MHz crystal oscillator. In terms of jitter, short-term stability or phase noise, the model W-800 produces good performance when using the company's high stability 10 MHz oscillator. This performance is also obtained when high quality external sources are used. Figure 1 shows the frequency synthesizer's typical single-sideband phase noise from 10 Hz to 10 MHz from the carrier. Direct digital synthesis (DDS) is used to produce fine resolution. The 2 MHz coverage with 0.1 Hz steps and provision for phase programmability produces spurious levels of -65 dB, a level mandatory for mixed-signal testing as well as clock purity requirements. DDS has been covered extensively in the literature and is a mature technology. The DDS process used in the W-800 synthesizer is a hybrid binary-coded decimal (BCD) to produce exact decimal steps from the normal 5 or 10 MHz standard oscillator.
In the synthesizer circuitry, 2 MHz steps are introduced with upconversion, resulting in a 10 MHz cumulative coverage. Two mixers with associated filters and RF switches produce a 140 to 150 MHz output band. An auxiliary frequency module contributes five frequencies from 14 to 22 (n ' 2) and 100 MHz to the process.
The auxiliary frequency module produces all the fixed frequencies needed in the synthesizer from a single 10 MHz pulse containing all harmonics up to 170 MHz. Frequencies of 14 to 22 (n ' 2) are produced by dividing 70 to 110 MHz by 5. Close attention is paid in all operations to maintain the purity (low phase noise) of the frequency standard. The 140 to 150 MHz frequency is input to the 10 MHz step generator. A narrowband filter is used to suppress neighboring ±10 MHz pickets. The technique employed is similar to the superheterodyne configuration in principle, with tunable selectivity replaced with a stable fixed-tuned filter. At the same time, the 10 MHz step generator section performs upconversion to final mix frequencies, which are high enough to produce a ±80 MHz band centered around 200 MHz with moderately low spurious content. The following module is required to upconvert the 160 MHz band to produce 680 MHz. The auxiliary frequency module's 10 MHz pulse is filtered in this module to yield a clean 170 MHz line, which, after multiplication by 4 and additional filtering and amplification, supplies the high level input to the final mixer. The low level input is the 120 to 280 MHz mixer input and the upper sideband is the desired 800 to 960 MHz signal.
The remaining circuitry amplifies and amplitude levels the signal to produce a flat +13 dBm output. Because the mix ratio of the final mixer is not optimum (as it could be with much higher input frequencies), low order mixer products fall near the desired output. To retain a spurious level of -65 dB at ±10 MHz from the carrier at any output frequency, the output band was split and two bandpass filters of 800 to 880 MHz and 880 to 960 MHz are provided at the appropriate frequency and switched automatically. A simple highpass network attenuates unwanted lower frequencies further. Figure 2 shows a block diagram of the frequency synthesizer. Table 1 lists the synthesizer's key specifications. The W-800 synthesizer is available in a 19" ' 3.5" ' 18" rack or bench cabinet weighing 20 lb. The unit with remote control only (BCD parallel interface) is priced at $4800 without the optional internal frequency standard.
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- Check those hole of the snooker table, collect a knife handle.
- Check the ball beside, tap the ball and reveal the color.
- Now check the dart board, remember the number with different color of darts.
- So if we arrange the number according to the color on the ball, we will get 11913.
- Now tap in 11913 to the running machine, and collect a blade below.
- Now use knife to cut the trampoline and collect a silver key.
- Use silver key to open the cabinet on the right, collect a pliers from inside.
- Remember the arrangement of those color ball.
- Tap the snooker table, and imagine drawing line by following those color ball.
- You will see 5,1,6 and 2.
- So now use pliers to take off the dart board, there is a safe behind it.
- Tap in 5162 to open the safe and collect a key.
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Artificial Intelligence: Continental Aims to Strengthen Worldwide Network of Experts by 2021
 - Technology company Continental to widen network of experts in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) to around 700 by 2021
 - Continental to increase the usage of artificial intelligence in product development and process automation
 - Functions like Right Turn Assist or quality assurance in production will benefit from AI
 - Joint research activitities with research facilities such as Oxford, Berkeley and German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence to be strengthened
Frankfurt, November 12, 2018. Technology company Continental intends to increase its team of experts in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) by 2021 from its current figure of approximately 400 employees to approximately 700 employees. Continental cited this figure during its first international AIR Days (November 7–9, 2018). Here, close to 200 Continental experts in artificial intelligence and robotics exchanged information about current developments in this research field. The AIR Days (AIR stands for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics) are part of the Continental strategy to bolster Continental as a technology company that utilizes artificial intelligence in all areas.
"Continental will become an 'AI-empowered company'. On the product side, we will deploy artificial intelligence to automate mobility. This will make commuting and traveling easier for us all. In process automation, artificial intelligence will make our employees' work easier. Monotonous tasks will be further automated and relevant information from a huge volume of data will be more identifiable," explained Demetrio Aiello, Head of Artificial Intelligence & Robotics at Continental.
Varied applications in production
Experts from ten countries and three continents exchanged ideas, including ideas about the opportunities and potential for AI in Production and Logistics. For example, AI could optimize quality tests at the end of the production line and in the resource planning. This will enable even more refined demand forecasting as well as reduced setup and service times thanks to improved service forecasting. The Continental AI experts are sure that AI systems can contribute to cost reduction as a result.
Continental to increase the usage of artificial intelligence in product development and process automation © Continental AG
AI for safe and efficient mobility in the future
Experts expect the most clearly visible progress using artificial intelligence in the field of advanced driver assistance systems. AI will allow vehicle systems to recognize pedestrians and cyclists as well as their gestures and intentions with much greater precision and reliability. This will reduce the potential number of false alarms, increasing acceptance of corresponding systems. These methods can also recognize the presence of a pedestrian even if they are almost completely hidden from view behind a parked delivery vehicle. They can also notice in time whether pedestrians are actually watching the traffic carefully or are being distracted by their smartphones. These algorithms will be integrated in a variety of applications such as automated driving systems, advanced driver assistance systems, cornering assistance systems and much more. Lastly, AI-based driving strategies to increase the range of electric cars over the next few generations will provide another piece of the puzzle in dispelling range anxiety.
Collaboration with international research institutes to be increased
Guest lectures from research institutes such as Oxford, Berkeley and the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence were a highlight of Continental's AIR Days. Here, participants discussed with the speakers new approaches for optimizing neural networks and the continuous learning process of mobile robots. "Our experiences of collaborating with the various international research institutes clearly show that pooling knowledge proves worthwhile very quickly – especially in the field of AI research. We will also continue to expand these research networks in the future. Even merely the shared use of available data from Product Development and Production allows us faster access to AI systems that have already been validated for safer products and more efficient processes," says Aiello, describing the benefits of various partnerships.
AI research at Continental
In 2015, Continental set up a central AI predevelopment department to coordinate the various AI research activities. The technology company is collaborating with NVIDIA, Baidu and many other research institutes in this field, including the University of Oxford, the Berkeley DeepDrive (BDD) at the University of California, the Technische Universität Darmstadt, the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence and the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (India). In Budapest, Hungary, the Continental Advanced Driver Assistance Systems business unit opened a center of excellence for deep machine learning in May 2018. The technology company currently employs around 400 specialists worldwide with AI expertise and is looking for further talented people for product and process development in artificial intelligence.
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MCLP Class discusses leading with values
Imagine having to whittle a list of 60 values down to 10, 5, 2, and ultimately 1. Over the past few weeks the Multicultural Leadership Program (MCLP) Class of 2012 has been doing exactly that.
Discussion leader Diana Hauman, President of Ddh Enterprises, Inc., stressed at the MCLP session Feb. 4 that the values each of us hold drive our relationships, actions, wellbeing, and the way we lead. They also affect how others view us. "My perception is my truth," she said.
Different people view situations differently because of their personal values, Hauman said before posing the following real-life situation to the class.
You are at a dinner where four couples and good friends are present. The check was brought at the end of the meal which you caught a glance at first – it equaled $300. One person at the table took it upon himself to split the check and asked each couple for $120. Knowing that each couple should have owed $75, how would you deal with this situation?
The MCLP participants conducted a detailed discussion from each person's perspective based on their primary value. As they verbalized their own opinions and what their reactions would be, they worked together in understanding why what one person says could be perceived differently by another. Two other situations were presented by Hauman, then discussed by the class.
More about the Feb. 4 MCLP session can be found here.


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In the real world, life exists by means of a complex combination of chemical and electrical reactions. Unlike real life, beings in Warcraft appear to exist on a linear scale between being fully alive and fully dead. Certain actions decrease this internal number while other actions increase it. Being exposed to certain flavors of the Holy Light seems to increase this number.
While doctors do exist in Warcraft, it is unknown what they operate on, since beings in the Warcraft universe appear to lack internal organs. It is possible doctors know of some secret way to alter this internal number which defines health, since doctors have divined a way to increase it without using magic or the Holy Light (i.e., bandages).
Upon death, beings become souls with no known biological formation. See the section on souls for more information.
Intelligence Edit
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Certain beings in Warcraft exhibit great intelligence and mobility. They move from place to place, become stronger, interact with one another, and form alliances and groups, sometimes as complex in construction as each member is internally. Other beings, however, seem extremely docile, stay in only one place or perform only one task. They are usually very dull to talk to. Occasionally, these beings will wander the wildnerness but will very rarely leave their place of origin. Many of these beings become angry when more intelligent beings approach and will attack. Some are exceedingly strong, but very few exhibit the ability to solve problems or react to changing stimuli.
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Souls in Warcraft seem to be manifestations of a being's will. Souls are bound to a particular place and can move. For some reason, souls seem to be able to move slightly faster than when they occupy a body, so it is theorized that souls weigh less than bodies. Souls of certain races such as night elves move faster than others. Some souls, such as the soul of a being in the world who is fortunate enough to have a name, are very, very slow.
Upon death, beings become souls. These souls are transported to a nearby graveyard. It is unknown where souls went before societies were complex enough to build graveyards. In order to re-enter a body and interact with the real world, these souls must move from the graveyard back to an area around its body. The body is lifeless. It is unknown whether it continues to live and simply has no will or indeed dies. The bodies of certain beings in Warcraft appear to be able to undergo much stress. In fact, these special beings appear to be immune to complete death. Many, many beings in the Warcraft universe have the ability to die, however, such as Grom Hellscream, King Terenas and Uther Lightbringer. One might note that the last could resurrect other beings but could not resurrect himself. It is thought that these souls may have gotten lost when trying to return to their bodies.
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Planes of existance are ordered into a heirarchy from the ones with the least order (the Twisting Nether) to the ones with the most (wherever the Titans live).
Although traditionally ruled by demons, the Twisting Nether is actually ruled by the Quark, since things can exist at more places than once, have more than one form, and generally exist and don't exist at the same time.
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Student achievement results in our nation's most remote areas look very similar to those in our inner cities — heartbreakingly low. Yet while urban families increasingly have access to a variety of school options, including charter schools, many rural families have just a single school option. There are a mere 785 charter schools across rural America. Just 111 of them serve students in remote rural areas.
It is a common belief that chartering simply doesn't mesh well with rural communities. To be sure, there are challenges associated with charter schooling in rural areas. But there are also numerous examples of rural charter schools that have done great things for students while also benefiting the larger community. There are many reasons to believe that if chartering is done smartly, it can help even more rural areas.
Policymakers at all levels of government should better understand the opportunities and challenges of rural charter schools. In this report, we examine the policies and practices in five states — Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, and Ohio — to learn how rural charter schooling is working in a variety of contexts. We then identify four key policy recommendations for states with significant rural populations:
- State leaders should design flexible policies that enable communities, districts, state officials, and school operators to jointly determine when and where charter schools might be a useful reform strategy. Too many states have put in place policies that explicitly or implicitly limit the growth of charter schools in rural areas.
- Many rural areas struggle to recruit and retain highly effective educators. The accountability-autonomy bargain of charter schooling offers new opportunities to solve this problem. Policies should provide charter schools with additional flexibility related to teacher and administrator credentialing—either through school-wide waivers from certification requirements or flexible but rigorous alternative routes to certification.
- Policymakers should ensure that rural charter schools have equitable access to funding, including funding for transportation and facilities. Policies should enable rural charter schools to access unutilized and underutilized public assets, including school buildings, municipal facilities, and land.
- Policies should allow rural charter schools to pilot innovative uses of technology, both to bridge the distance between students and their schools and to increase students' access to highly effective teachers.


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India's economy is one of the fastest growing in the world. It has seen an explosion in the increase of foreign business investment, outsourcing and Indian companies venturing overseas. Doing business in India offers immense benefits for international organisations, however there are a number of key cultural challenges that can create misunderstanding and conflict as well as huge direct and indirect costs to the organisation if overlooked.
Navigating the challenges of doing business in India can be difficult without a comprehensive understanding of Indian social and business culture. Going through cultural awareness training like Communicaid's Doing Business in India programme will ensure you and your organisation have the right level of knowledge and skills to successfully deal with some of the following key challenges of doing business in India.
Attitudes towards Authority – Traditionally a caste society with roots in Hinduism, Indian culture places a high importance on authority and status. Communication between levels is relatively closed so valuable insight or suggestions from employees in lower positions will rarely be shared with their superiors. Without understanding the complexity of Indian attitudes to authority and how they impact business, organisations doing business in India will struggle to implement change as quickly as necessary, and fail to harness the experience and value of its employees.
Concepts of Time – India is a polychronic culture, in other words, people tend to change priorities depending on their importance and attitudes towards punctuality are relaxed. Most large global organisations require adherence to strict deadlines and fast decision-making, so they struggle to cope with the idea that when doing business in India, time cannot be controlled and is not absolute. Cultural awareness training can help you better understand Indian concepts of time and develop strategies for dealing with them.
Adherence to Rules – India has a high tolerance to uncertainty and has created a society which runs on the basis of a set of assumptions. It generally accepts social etiquette and norms instead of rules and regulations. Even though rules do exist, the low level of adherence to them creates huge challenges for organisations setting up business in India who are required to follow a set of home-country regulations.
Building Relationships – The Indian business culture focuses a lot on relationship and trust building rather than working hard and quick towards specific business objectives. A Doing Business in India cultural awareness course helps you to develop strategies to avoid the immense frustration, delayed projects, failure to reach tangible results and general clash as a result of different preferences for relationships and tasks and processes.
Levels of English – Most university graduates and Indians residing in major urban centres have a very high level of English. Understanding Indian English can be challenging, however, as a result of the different vocabulary and expressions as well as heavy accents. Many people are unaware of these differences and expect communication with Indians to be simple. Instead, many international organisations incorrectly interpret the Indian English they use to be a result of poor education and language skills. Being aware of Indian English can help you reduce misunderstandings and loss of time.
Communication Style – Indians have a preference for indirect, high context communication. In other words, Indians prefer to see the whole picture, place a high importance on the impact relationships, body language and emotion have on communication and will often avoid saying 'no'. The differences in communication style can cause a large challenge to overcome for someone who is used to communicating in a more direct and low context way.
Understanding the cultural differences which exist when doing business in India is only the first step. International organisations must also understand the what, why and how behind them to develop strategies to effectively cope with these cultural challenges. A Doing Business in Indiacultural awareness training programme will help organisations maximise the immense opportunities and benefits of doing business in India while it will also help develop an interculturally competent workforce, giving the organisation a huge advantage in this fiercely competitive global world.
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|The Sport of Soaring|
Gliding is often confused with hang-gliding or other forms of flying. We fly sailplanes. The difference is that a sailplane is a complete aircraft with rigid wings, wheels and an enclosed cockpit. We call our sport gliding or soaring because "sailplaneing" is too much of a mouthful. It's a sport because it's lots of fun and always challenging.
Soaring is the art and science of using energy available in the atmosphere to stay airborne without an engine and travel cross-country distances.
To get airborne, the glider is towed by another plane, called a tug. The glider pilot can release the tow rope at any time or call the tug pilot on the radio to tell him where to go. Usuallly we tow up to about two thousand feet. Don't worry if this sounds like a long way up - the higher you are, the safer it is. After releasing the towrope, we can find a thermal and use that rising column of air to ascend into the sky.
If it's your first flight, you'll be sitting in the front seat of a two-seat glider piloted by one of our instructors, who sits in the back seat.


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Hunger structure is a type of psychological hunger related to the environment, and it has a direct relation to people. It calls for people to be stable and be structured in their daily life. Thus on several instances children get used to the structures they were introduced to at a tender age. More so, it is closely related to what we do on daily basis, like how do we arrange our desks at our work place and how we spend our time during the day and night. It should be noted that each individual has his or her own structure and this is very crucial as it ensures our satisfaction. In situations like those of children, who are used to the usual routine, when they come home from the school, you must come up with a number of solutions that best suits them. For instance, one can use games among younger children, but in the cases, where they are mature you can introduce them to reading before they take a bath before going to bed.
Approximate hunger is concerned with the relationship with other people in terms of their number and the approximate distance from each other; however, this refers to the relationship of people to one another, which plays a vital role in acknowledgement of other people. Despite this, they are verbal in nature this can go hand in hand with the substitution of physical contact. This can be a gesture in receiving a public award though it is small in nature. This needs to be recognized by every individual person, but in other people it might come in large or huge numbers, however this works closely with the approximate distance between the individuals. The best example is wife and husband.
Housing or shelter refers to where one stays or lives or rather it is the residence of a given family. There are different types of shelter ranging from temporary to permanent in comparison to the hunger, housing or shelter have factors that influence both of them. In the case of structural hunger, where house equipments are arranged in a certain manner, for instance how the tables are arranged, the cupboards arrangements and the time management in the house. On the other hand, children are taught how to behave or rather conduct themselves, when they arrive from school. For instance, they should take a bath, read books and then go to bed. Similarly, hunger comes in close relation to the housing or shelter, which encompass on how people relate to each other and how they conduct themselves in a house. For instance, in cases, where greetings should be applied, that is a handshake, the nature of the house determines a lot. This depends on how small or big the house is. In cases where the house is huge, handshake is applicable, since people live in different rooms, but where the house is small handshake is not necessarily used, however in this case the main reward is just saying thank you to the reward that one is given in the house.
The book centers on several themes with inequality coming out clearly. In equality arises in the encounter in the lawyer who tries to fight out the cases of the poor and the homeless. Green is the person, who brings out the theme of segregation. It is also evident that Brock realizes that there are numerous unlawful and unjustified acts, which had been committed by his organization. He states that this was the main cause that made Hardy leave and became desperate. More so, despite poor squatters paying full amount as squatters, they are evicted by Branden. Therefore, class division is the main cause of inequality in the book. This is evidenced by Brock and Green in their acts of helping the poor and the less fortunate.
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into the details PLN and published as a module so it's usable in the future.
By providing hotlinked details in the template, we have some standard details done, as well as a head start on modifications we might need for the project.
Electrical Symbols
The electrical symbol legend is a hotlinked PLN file (not a module; it's just one story) placed in the template's floor plan on the story Footings (-2), a non-publishing story below the Basement (-1). There is a view saved of the legend, which is placed as a drawing on the electrical sheet layouts.
The legend can't be placed in a detail or worksheet viewpoint, because some of the symbols are lamp elements, which can't be placed in details. (The rest are objects.)
The legend itself is handy for doing electrical plans: Set the trace reference to that Footings story, and you can eyedropper (Opt+click) on the symbols.
Again, the legend is standard in the template when the project begins. If the'master' legend is updated, the hotlink manager will alert the user. OTOH, if the user wants to break the link and modify the legend, they can do that.
Drawing Symbols and Standard Fills
On the cover sheets we have legends for drawing symbols, section fills, and surface fills. These are external views from a PLN file, placed as drawings on the two (Sizes D and E) cover sheet master layouts. (We use size C internally and for preliminary work, but never for official submissions or CDs. So no cover sheet with the legends.)
Because the sheets are different sizes the legends are as well, and there are separate views for each sheet size. The Drawing Symbols.PLN file has four stories.
The symbols and the section fills are published at 1:1 scale, so those two legends can be next to each other on one story. The surface fills are "Model Size", so they have to be published at an architectural scale (1:48) in order to show anything in the tiny boxes of the legend. They have their own story.
Two stories for E size, two for D. The four stories are saved as views with the appropriate 1:1 or 1:48 scale.
These legends rarely change, but when they do, the placed drawings can be updated.
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This is a hydraulic residential elevator based on a product line of a real company. Since I don't know how they feel about me 'using' their 'IP', I'm not saying who it is at this time. You could probably figure it out.
Because it's a real product line, there are limited size and configuration options. Under Cab Size there are three. Under Door Configuration there are various. Some of the door configurations offer the option to have the door hinge from the 'Track' side of the elevator or the 'Opposite' side. If this parameter doesn't apply, it is hidden.
You can choose the configuration visually under the 'Configurations' interface tab.
Elevator Chooser
There is a read-only Configuration Code which is generated from the Door Configuration and the Hinge Side. This is from the product catalog.
I have provided a Standard Sizes parameter which locks the length and width to the catalog data. I wouldn't turn this off; I would rather know how big the real equipment is. The only case where I would turn it off is where I was using another manufacturer and the configurations were similar but the exact dimensions were different. Anyway, it's stretchable in principle, but the default is to be locked to the standard sizes. Turn this switch off and stretch to any impossible shape you want, YMMV.
Place the object on the bottom story of the elevator's true extent. Show the object on All Stories. Set the object's Stories Served parameter to reflect the number of actual stories the elevator will serve. The 2D symbol will not be shown above or below this range. (Though (Archicad fail) the object will still be selectable via Select All on stories where it is not visible.) The wall track which supports the cab will automatically extend through all but the top story being served by the elevator. The top story is covered by the value in the Top Rail Height parameter. This value should be roughly the top story's ceiling height. (I found in most cases that the track was too tall if it ran the whole top story.)
The Raise Cab parameter determines how many stories the cab will be raised in 3D from the home (bottom) story. This would only matter if you cut a section through the elevator shaft, and frankly it wouldn't matter much even then.
Elevator Pit
If the Pit Depth parameter is non-zero, the object will build the pit below the elevator. You can set the thickness of the walls and floor of the pit. You still need to cut a hole in the surrounding slab. The pit will be placed under that slab, using the Surrounding Slab Thickness parameter.
In plan, it looks like an elevator. The length and width dimensions are based on the finished dimensions of the shaft. The text bit should center in the car and it can be customized if "ELEV" doesn't suit you. There is a red (pen 10) line at the center of the door(s), and nodes at the edges of the doors. The door is not part of the object; you need to place a door in a wall normally. There are also hotspots at the center of the track and at the centerlines of the required structure for the track.
The associated pump equipment is a separate object, Elevator Equipment JM16. I also have a call box symbol for the electrical plan, Elevator Call Switch JM16.
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CL Types
Location: 01 General / 1 Graphic Symbols
First is the option to show a line in addition to the symbol. If the line is shown, you have the option of repeating the CL symbol at the other end.
Update: If the line is shown and the symbol at the end is on, the symbol at the start can be turned off. In this way you can have the line pointing up from the symbol.
Second, I saw Jakub Chruscinski's version of my old symbol on BIMcomponents, which includes a complete font list in the text options. I'm offering the complete list as an option since it seems like something people like, but it defaults to off. I prefer to restrict the list to our standard fonts.
The default font is Arial in the version I am sharing, but the sublime font in the preview is Gill Sans, which is what we use in practice.
Wonkish: The symbol code consists of two text blocks whose alignment is set using X and Y coordinate offsets with absurd precision (0.0001"). Not all fonts will look right automatically. To get an arbitrary font to look good, you might need to open the 2D script and modify the offsets.
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This is everything I can think of about libraries management. There have been a lot of changes over the years.
Current naming standards. Still very boring.
These rules aren't set in stone, but if we all stay near the rules we all stay near each other. Like all standards, they work most of the time. When a situation is addressed by the standards, you can save your creativity for the projects.
Adam Savage is a huge fan of The Shining. In homage, he built a replica of the Overlook Hotel's hedge maze model which is so awesome that... well, watch the video. I am a huge fan of The Shining, and of Adam Savage. In homage, I made this Archicad model of the Savage replica.
Maze 3D
I used much less time, material, and skill, but I followed a similar process to that shown in the video: Figure out the grid, figure out the scale, obsess over screenshots, find good materials, and don't let it go even as it takes longer than it should.
While Adam makes clear that his model is a replica of the (prop) model inside the hotel, not a model of the maze itself (which likely does not 'exist'), my model is roughly 50:1 scale with the replica, restoring it to'real life' scale, based on the discussion in the video.
So this is a virtual model based on a video of a real replica of a lost real model of a likely unreal maze from a movie. (No, the maze isn't in the book IIRC.)
If you want a "model" of the maze, i.e., a miniature replica at 1:50 scale, suitable for modeling the Overlook itself, you can save the whole thing as an object and then shrink it. Use the saved view called 'Top View', select all elements, then File -> Libraries and Objects -> Save Selection As... -> Object. When placing the object, link the XYZ dimensions with the chain button and set the length to about 8 feet / 2.5m. Put it on a table.
Here is the PLA file (8MB). Here is the desktop BIMx file (4MB). Here is the Graphisoft BIMx viewer page. Here is an STL file (1.3MB).
If this was a proper post it would be clearer and have some illustrations. These are just my notes on the process, quite involved for us as you'll see, of migrating a project to AC17/18. Even though 17 was released 18 months ago, we still have projects in earlier versions and I doubt we are alone. IMO, the combination of Building Materials and "Inside/Outside" for walls is the biggest change to AC modeling in my


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Therapeutic uses of Honey in Ayurveda
Therapeutic uses of Honey in Ayurveda The FAO Codex
Alimentarius Commission defines honey as 'the natural sweet
substance produced by honeybees from the nectar of flowers or
from secretions coming from living organisms feeding on plants,
that bees gather, transform and combine with specific
ingredients, store and leave to ripen in the combs of the hive.'
In Ayurveda honey is called as "Madhu". Its qualities are
explained as follows.
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"Vaatalam guru sheetam cha raktapittakaphapaham | Sandhatru
cchedanam ruksham kashayam madhuram madhu ||"
"It has sweetness (madhura rasa) with added astringent as end
taste (Kashaya anu rasa). It is heavy (guru guna), dry (ruksha)
and cold (sheeta). Its effect on doshas is as follows It
aggravates vata, scrapes kapha and normalizes pitta and rakta.
It promotes healing process."
The contents of Honey are 1. Sugars like fructose, glucose,
sucrose, maltose, lactose and other disaccharides and
2. Proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, enzymes and amino acids,
3. Volatile aromatic substances.
4. Ashes and water etc.
Various ingredients of honey have helped it to become not only
a sweet liquid but also a natural product with high nutritional
and medicinal value.
The medicinal quality, taste, texture, color, aroma of honey
differs according to the geographical area and the species of
plants from which it has been collected.
Types of Honey:
Eight types of honey are described in ayurveda depending on the
type of bee which collects it. They are Pouttika,Bhramara
.Kshoudra, Makshika, Chatra, Arghya,Oudalaka,Dala.
Pouttika - This honey is collected by very large bees from the
nectar of poisonous flowers. It increases vata, causes gout and
burning sensation in chest.It is also sedative and reduces fat.
Bhramara - This honey is collected by large bees and Sticky in
Kshoudra - (Honey collected by medium sized honey bees ) light
and cold in nature. Dissolves Kapha.
Makshika - (Honey collected by small honey bees) very light and
dry natured. Usefull in VataKapha diseases and kapha diseases
Chatra - Heavy and cold in nature usefull in gout, Leucoderma
(Shwitra), Arghya - Good for eyes but causes arthritis.
Oudalaka - Useful in skin diseases, and helps in modulation of
Dala - Dry and reduces vomiting.
Amongst all the above "Makshika" is considered as the best type
with immense medicinal properties.
Therapeutic uses of Honey:
1. As it contains sugars which are quickly absorbed by our
digestive system and converted into energy, this can be used as
2. As it is hygroscopic it speeds up healing, growth of healing
tissue and dries it up.
3. Honey acts as a sedative and is very usefull in bed wetting
4. Honey is very good antioxident which restores the damaged
skin and gives soft, young looks.
5. Honey has antibacterial properties due to its acidic nature
and enzymically produced hydrogen peroxide.
6. Constant use of honey strengthens the white blood corpuscles
to fight bacteria and viral diseases.
In Ashtanga Hridaya the great classic of ayurveda, the
therapeutic uses of honey are explained as follows.
"Chakshushayam Chedi tritshleshmavishahidmaasrapittanut |
Mehakushtakrimicchardishwaasakaasaatisaarajit || Vranashodhana
sandhaanaropanam vaatalam madhu ||"
* Honey is very good for eyes and eye sight.
* It quenches thirst.
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* Dissolves kapha.
* Reduces effects of poison.
* Stops hiccups.
* It is very useful in urinary tract disorders, worm
infestations, bronchial asthma, cough, diarrhea and nausea
* Cleanse the wounds.
* It heals wounds.
* Helps in quick healing of deep wounds.
* Initiates growth of healthy granulation tissue.
* Honey which is newly collected from bee hive increases body
weight and is a mild laxative.
* Honey which is stored and is old helps in metabolism of fat
and scrapes Kapha.
Ayurveda explains another special quality of honey. Honey is
called as "Yogavahi". The substance which has a quality of
penetrating the deepest tissue is called as Yogavahi. When honey
is used with other herbal preparations it enhances the medicinal
qualities of those preparations and also helps them to reach the
Precautions to be taken before using honey:
* Honey should not be mixed with hot foods.
* Honey should not be heated.
* Honey should not be consumed when you are working in hot
environment where you are exposed to more heat.
* Honey should never be mixed with rain water, hot and spicy
foods, and Fermented beverages like whisky, rum, brandy etc,
Ghee and mustard.
* Honey includes nectar of various flowers of which some may be
poisonous. Poison has hot or Ushna qualities. When honey is
mixed with hot and spicy foods the poisonous properties get
enhanced and cause imbalance of doshas.
Few Home remedies with Honey
* Mix 2 tea spoon of honey with carrot juice and consume
regularly. This helps to improve eyesight and is very helpful
for those who sit before computer for long hours.
* In cold, cough and congested chest mix 2 tea spoons of honey
with equal quantity of ginger juice and should be consumed
frequently. * A mixture of black pepper powder, honey and ginger
juice in equal quantities, when consumed thrice daily help to
relieve the symptoms of asthma.
* Regular use of one tea spoon of garlic juice mixed with two
tea spoons of honey help to control blood pressure.
* One glass of warm water taken with two tea spoons of honey and
1 tea spoon of lemon juice in early morning reduces fat and
Consuming one spoon of honey daily help us to lead a healthy
long life. This article is copy righted. The author
Dr.Krishna.R.S is an Ayurvedic Physician and web master of
About the author:
Biography of Dr.Krishna.R.S
Dr. Krishna.R.S has been an Ayurvedic Practitioner since 19 yrs
, after getting a graduation degree in ayurveda (Bachelor of
Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery) in 1986 from University of
Mysore, India. He completed his post graduation diploma about
allopathic medicine and surgery from University of Bangalore,
Karnataka, India.His articles about ayurveda and life sciences
have been published in many magzines.
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The XTT^2 Attribute Specification
Author: Grzegorz J. Nalepa
Version: Draft 2008Q3
Please put bigger remarks/discussusion, to the attributes development page
The following assumptions for system modeling with ALSV(FD) rules is given:
 - the system is modeled with the use of attributes (state variables!),
 - the state of the system is fully described with attribute values,
 - rule firing can possibly change system state by changing attribute values,
 - the state can be changed from the outside by means of attributes
 - controller vs. object
 - decision system (information system) vs. physical system (subject of decision)
 - system vs. environment
The expressiveness of the attributive language constraints the expressiveness of the rule language.
Attribute Types
For each attribute a type (named type) has to be stated. It is based on the basic type.
Basic Types
Attribute types allow to be more specific about certain object properties, certain types allow for certain intuitive operations, e. g. arithmetic,
The following very general basic types are provided:
 - symbolic
 - numeric with scale
The numeric types are introduced to allow for arithmetic operations.
With numeric type there exist explicitly predefined upper and lower limits enforced by the implementation, simply referenced as LMAX, and LMIN (L stands for limit).
A domain is a discrete, finite set of allowed attribute values.
The numeric domain is an ordered one.
For the symbolic domain we consider two cases:
 - an unordered one, corresponds to a set
 - ordered one, corresponds to a list
Real numbers (floats) can be used in the system, but we explicitly state how many digits are allowed before and after the decimal point (so they are in fact integers like in many other programming languages).
Domain Spec
Domain specification can use a straightforward notation in a form:
VALS := '{'SYM(','SYM)*'}'
VALS := '<'NUM','NUM'>'
VALS := '{'NUM(','NUM)*'}'
LETTER := 'a'-'z'|'A'-'Z'
Ordered symbolic domain
Ordered symbolic domain is a set of symbols with an order function defined. This corresponds (in a vague sense) to the so-called linguistic variables in other formalisms.
The order specification can start from 0 or 1.
In this way, one might have a named attribute type day-of-week having an ordered symbolic domain, and be able to:
 - use 1 instead of sunday and vice versa
 - compare monday < tuesday
Named Types
It is assumed, that in a given system the so called named attribute types are used.
The named attribute type description includes
 - a type name, e.g. boolean, colors, temperature
 - a basic type, e.g. symbolic, symbolic, numeric
 - in the case of the numeric type the scale specification FIXME
 - domain definition, e.g. {false,true} (ordered, starts from 0), {red,green,blue}, {-50,100}
A type is named and it specifies:
 - basic type
 - domain
 - a group (optional)
Defining Attributes
 1. create a named attribute type or use an existing one, e.g. temperature
 2. choose name that uniquely identifies the attribute, e.g. thermostat_setting, thus create a named attribute
 3. decide whether the attribute is a simple or general one (see ALSV(FD), that is if it takes only single (atomic) values, or multiple or (non-atomic)) values
 4. attribute specification can also optionally inlcude
 - abbreviated name
 - textual description
 - a group reference (see below)
 - semantic annotation see Semantic annotation
 5. communication mode has to be specified, see System Communication,
 - communication class: in, out, state, comm
 - attribute callback predicate
Attribute Values
Attributes can have atomic or non-atomic values (for general attributes). Number of values for general attributes is not limited.
In a general sense the general attribute value is an unordered set. This set can be treated in different ways depending on semantics as a regular set or an ordered one.
Currently there are no plans to support regions algebra, that is to allow treating the value set as an ordord one (a list).
To provide the proper semantics: "no value", "unset", "not defined yet", etc. the special value NULL is introduced.
Following the RDBM convention and logic, a NULL attribute value is possible.
The semantics can be: "no value", "unset", "not defined yet", etc. Yes; to me, we should accept NULL exactly as it is in RDB systems. This allows to import data as they are.
See here for the binding resolution.
However, we could consider another semantics, such as "unknown", see below.
ND or NA
On the other hand, we can consider introducing ND or NA as for example the capacity of and electric engine, meaning "does not apply", e.g. "maiden name" in case of a male.
NULL as "unknown" should be treated as an extension. Its use should be explicitly allowed in the attribute specification.
Explicit Notation
A simple explicit notation for attributes is to represent/store all values, e.g. {1,2,3,4,5}.
Implicit Notation
For setting attribute value the same implicit notation as for the domains should be used (a sum of ranges or values), i.e. S=<5,8>u{3}. at both the HML and HMR levels.
I agree. We should define the rules for well-formed expressions (enabling unique calculation of values), and allow for using it. This should be based on set algebra and incorporate the notational variants, such as A > 5 (which in fact means A={6,7} if the domain of A is {1,2,3,4,5,6,7}.
So we use the sum SetTheory operator and sets of values.
Syntactic suger on the interface level, consider attribute T, domain {0,50}, we mean, t=<10, the tool sould hint, t=<0,10>, in STATE we store t=<0,10>, see above.
Attribute Groups
Attribute groups (AG) provide means for defining a certain common context for a given set of named attributes. AG provide a certain namespace for attributes. Attributes within a group can be referenced by their name only, by using a simple Group.Attribute syntax.
AG Example
Example: to support date, we would:
 1. define a named attribute year as integer with domain <0,upper>
 2. define a named attribute month as ordered symbolic with domain <1-12> (see ordered symbolic domain)
 3. define a named attribute day as ordered symbolic with domain {mon-sun}
 4. define a AG date with named atts year, month, day in its scope.
AG Template
An AG can could function as template (an "attribute type").
Let's suppose we want to represent a "date of birth" and "current date". So, we need a "date", then think what is a date.
 1. we define "day" as a numeric integer attribute with constraints <1,30>
 2. we define "month" as a symbolic attribute with values jan-dec and an ordered domain 1-12
 3. we define "year" as a numeric integer attribute with constraints e.g. 1970-MAX
 4. we define a AG type "date" having day, month, and year.
 5. we define two physical attributes "date of birth" and "current date" having the type of "date"
The CASE tools should support a concept of an attribute library, where some predefined types are available.
FIXME this requires some discussion
(For some developers: Attribute groups are not the so-called grouped attributes from the XTT+ proposal, where they were supposed to work a special data structure…)
Attribute Blackboard
In XTT^2 attributes are indirectly used as communication means between the system and the world.
For the full discussion see System Communication in the XTT^2 page.
see for FIXME s in this page.
Pending and Future Work
ALSV numerics
FIXME intepret alsv operators/formulas for numerics
Type mappings
(For developers)
For implementing the inference engine, explicit language mappings between Prolog and:
 - ANSI C
 - Java
 - SQL
have to be considered
Type specification has Prolog, SQL and Java mapping in mind (we map to Java object, not basic types, so Integer, not int).
 - For RDB2Prolog see SWI ODBC
 - See also UnixODBC
 - Java/Prolog types mapping in JPL
 - There is no binary type (blob)!
Below is an OLD Discussion, needs updates.
Integer is a subset of Numeric. An integer value is a numeric value with scale set to zero.
Name Prolog Java C RDB
Bool basic use java.lang.Boolean int bool
Symbol atom java.lang.String char* var char
Numeric (fixed-point) float java.lang.Number.Float float float
Integer integer java.lang.Number.Integer int integer
Symbol might also be called String.
check types in Hibernate!!! FIXME
Basic types in other languages (also called primitive types):
 1. in Prolog there are no types (on the low-level)
 2. in Java/C


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Our planet's surface bears the giant scars of an asteroid or comet impact history stretching back more than 2 billion years. In Australia there are 36 structures ranging from tens of metres to tens of kilometres in diameter, and recognised to varying degrees of certainty as having been formed by giant meteorite impact. In clear and concise language this book begins with ancient beliefs and myths about craters and then explains how they are actually formed and provides details of their structure. Using the record in the rocks, the authors also assess the likelihood of future impacts and their possible effects.


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|Mund, Melissa - FORMER ARS EMPLOYEE|
|Edgcomb, Michelle - BRADLEY UNIVERSITY|
Submitted to: Great Lakes Regional American Chemical Society Symposium
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: September 13, 2004
Publication Date: October 20, 2004
Citation: Isbell, T., Mund, M.S., Edgcomb, M.R., Green, L.A., Lowery, B.A. 2004. Synthesis of halohydrins and haloethers from oleates. Great Lakes Regional American Chemical Society Symposium. Technical Abstract: Utilization of triglycerides and fatty acids typically require derivatization to improve their performance as lubricants. Increasing the saturation in the molecule will improve the oxidative stability of the fat, but results in an increase in the pour point (the point at which a liquid can be cooled and still pour, the lower the pour point the better the performance). By increasing the branching in the molecule, the pour point is decreased through steric interactions at the branch point which disrupts crystal formation. The fat molecule can be modified at the olefin position to both increase branching and saturation improving oxidative stability and pour points. We explored reactions that insert branching through an oxidative halohydrin using hypohalites. Iodine in a +1 oxidation state was used to drive the reactions, which were initially run using methyl oleate as a model. A variety of reaction conditions and means of forming I+ in situ were tested for the formation of haloethers and ketones. Both I- and I2 were used as catalytic oxidizing agents with aqueous NaOCl used as a re-oxidant. High yields of haloethers were obtained when reactions were conducted in alkanols. Both branched and primary alcohols reacted smoothly, but only low yields were observed with secondary alcohols. When ethyl acetate and water were used as solvent, high yields of ketones were observed after 24 hours at reflux.