, like the system sleep timeout, and then the system will sleep before it gets a chance to run the screen saver.
 If this feature offends you, then you can disable it by setting Adaptive Display to off in the Advanced Power Settings. There are also Group Policies for controlling this feature.
 - The Old New Thing
 Programming means that sometimes you have to snap two blocks together
 Part of the challenge of programming (and for some people, the reason why programming is fun in the first place) is looking at the building blocks provided to you and deciding how to assemble them to build something new. After all, if everything you wanted a program to do already existed ready-made, it wouldn't be called programming any more. It would be called shopping.
 Is there an API or a quick way to find out which window the mouse is in?
 I replied, "The LEGO Group does not make a piece for every possible object. Sometimes you just have to take two LEGO blocks and click them together. Here are some interesting blocks: GetCursorPos, WindowFromPoint."
 Thanks for your reply. But WindowFromPoint gives me the window of the object at the location of the cursor. But I'm looking for the top level window containing the cursor.
 Fine, then use a different block.
 I wonder how it is these people manage to write programs at all. I get the impression they write code by asking a million tiny questions and cutting and pasting together all the replies.
 No wait, pasting together the replies counts as snapping blocks together. Maybe they just ask for completed programs.
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 What is the maximum number of timers a program can create?
 Not as limited as they once were.
 Windows 3.0 increased this to 32.
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 The wisdom of seve^H^H^H^Hsixth graders: What it means to be an adult
 I was out of town for the grading of the seventh grade essays, so I pitched in with the sixth grade essays instead. The students were asked to think of an adult and describe the qualities that make that person an adult. This topic was not very well received by the students, who deemed it uncreative and boring. While I understand their lack of enthusiasm, it's also true that for most of your life, you're going to have to write on topics that are uncreative and boring (and the stakes are going to be higher), so you'd better get good at it.
 The difference in writing skill between sixth and seventh graders (between eleven year olds and twelve year olds) is quite noticeable. Many of sixth graders could not get past the literal definition of the word adult, describing the qualities that make an adult purely in terms of biology: Age, height, strength, puberty, armpit hair. Many others focused on accomplishments or privileges that distinguish adults from children: Advanced education, having a job, knowing how to drive a car, and being able to stay up late without getting yelled at.
 Remember, these are just the funny sentences/excerpts. Do not assume that all students write like this. The assignment is given under standardized test conditions: 90 minutes with nothing but pencil and paper, with one additional hour available upon request.
 The easy life
 - After collage, you could just go home and relax for the rest of your life. And you wonder why scrapbooking is so popular? It's because everybody goes to collage!
 - Adults go on vacation to international countries and play golf. Gosh, I wonder if this student comes from a wealthy family.
 - My dad is a big fan of football. Who's not?
 Check your fun at the door
 - Adults don't like to do anything fun 60% of the time. I think I'm getting shortchanged on the other 40%, too.
 - They talk and talk and talk, that's all they do.
 - When an adult takes you somewhere it is usually to a depactment store.
 - My mom was so busy she had to step up her gear to get it all done.
 - My mom is nice, she likes to get new kitchen supplies and carpet.
 - Just like kids, adults still make mistakes and just want to have fun.
 - Being an adult means living above the influence.
 - Adults don't do stupid things like throwing wild house parties 24/7.
 - Mature people order off the adult menu at Red Robin and do not order jumbo sundaes with extra cherries.
 Responsible behavior
 - My mom is responsible because she cleans the house before anybody tells her to.
 - My dad is good sport. If he wins something, he doesn't say, "nanny nanny boo boo."
 - Being mature is one big part about being an adult because if no one was mature then we would be at war all the time. Instead, adults just talk and talk and talk.
 - My mom cleans the house because my dad doesn't. Are you suggesting that your dad isn't an adult?
 - Being a civilized adult is simple, and all adults have it just not all the time.
 Let me tell you about my parents
 - She's now a mail women.
 - My dad is an adult because of his hair. He is losing his hair, and I hope he will not be bald soon.
 - He has a wife (my mom). Thanks for clearing that up.
 - My dad is really smart. He's been married three times. Most people are satisfied to be only one third as smart as him.
 - A good dad makes his own meals, and who doesn't like a guy that knows a thing or two about the stove?
 - My dad is tough. He is not easily scared by spiders, lightening, or the dark. I'm assuming that lightening was a spelling error, but who knows?
 - My mom helps me appreciate that I don't live in a third world country. For example, she frequently reminds me that there are starving children in Africa.
 - I hope one day my mom will live longer than ever before. "Hey Mom, have you ever been this old before?" "How about now?"
 - My mom is the first adult I ever met.
 - My parents are not overly protective. They let me eat raw cookie dough.
 - When I saw my Uncle Mike in Texas, I knew he was an adult.
 - Sarah has many personalities that make her an adult.
 Assorted commentary
 - Adults can't whine unless their car gets totaled, or their house burns down.
 - But I think of you more as an adult when you have to shave your back hair.
 - My dad is one of the most manly adults I know. Must be the back hair.
 - Eight-teen is a huge age!
 - OK, you've survived the first paragraph. Good, because here comes the second one.
 - Most adults I know are pretty smart. Not Albert Einstein smart, but common sense smart.
 - Adults are great people unless they aren't what they shouldn't be.
 - Every single adult has gone through puberty or at least half way. I believe the ones that went through only halfway are known as 'Frat boys'.
 - Best opening sentence: When you grow up to be an adult, you get armpit hair.
 Concluding thoughts
 - I also think I'm going to have a hard time when I be an adult.
 - And those are just some snidbits from my brain.
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 - He doesn't goof around when he is so post to be doing work.
 - Responsibility is when you have to make the right desigin.
 - Being grown up is never goffing up.
 - All the school gets the money from us for fiead hips and fun razors and the suplise. I'm trying to imagine what a fun razor is.
 - Less mature human beans are not very keen and when doing extensive work they throw tantrums.
 - They should be aloud to drive. Speak up! I can't hear you driving.
 - When you become an adult you get fatiol hair.
 - She doesn't wine like a baby. Hey, baby, how about another glass of chardonnay?
 - My dad also plays motable instruments.
 Other remarks on student writing:
 - Most essays followed the standard introduction formula "There are three qualities that make a person an adult. Those qualities are A, B, and C." It's a treat to find an essay that opens more creatively, but alas, the essays with excellent introductions failed to maintain the quality level for the rest of the essay.
 - You can't just write "And that's why X" to conclude your paragraph if you never actually explained why X. I read many paragraphs that took the form "Adults have quality Q. Quality Q means that XYZ. That's why adults should have quality Q." The paragraph did nothing to explain why quality Q is an important one for adults to have; it merely stated and defined it. One teacher explained to me that this isn't a conscious writing choice but is rather simply a bad habit. "I've written a bunch on topic X. Now I need to wrap it up. And the way you wrap it up is to write, 'And that's why X.'"
 And that's why I read student essays.
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Let's learn about weather! Move the weather meter, turn the dials, slide the thermometer. This fun & educational interactive toy has 4 movable parts and 5 weather symbols to display so little meteorologists can report and forecast the weather.
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Yair Bartal, Avrim Blum, Carl Burch, and Andrew Tomkins
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We present a randomized on-line algorithm for the Metrical Task System problem that achieves a competitive ratio of O(log^6 n) for arbitrary metric spaces, against an oblivious adversary. This is the first algorithm to achieve a sublinear competitive ratio for all metric spaces. Our algorithm uses a recent result of Bartal [Bartal96] that an arbitrary metric space can be probabilistically approximated by a set of metric spaces called ''k-hierarchically well-separated trees'' (k-HST's). Indeed, the main technical result of this paper is an O(log^2 n)-competitive algorithm for Omega(log^2 n)-HST spaces. This, combined with the result of [Bartal96], yields the general bound.
Note that for the k-server problem on metric spaces of k+c points our result implies a competitive ratio of O(c^6 log^6 k).


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The dart flight is one of the most essential parts of the dart. The flight helps to keep the dart stabilized, allowing it to keep a consistent flight path. It works by cutting through and dividing the airflow, reducing drag.
With such importance put on the dart flight, you'll want to ensure that your flights are kept in perfect condition. In which case, we'd recommend something called a dart flight protector.
We've highlighted some of the main features of dart flight protectors, below.
Why use a Dart Flight Protector?
The most pivotal role played by flight protectors is to keep your flights in their original shape. Although there isn't a perfect flight shape that is suitable for all types of darts, you must keep your flights free from becoming bent or damaged to maintain optimum performance.
This is the where your dart flight protectors come in. By using a perfect flight protector, you can maintain that the flight holds it's desired shape.
How to Use a Flight Protector
When fitting your flight protectors, it is essential to follow a set of standards, these include:
- Make sure to maintain the same flight shape with all 3 of your darts
- Avoid changing the flight shape frequently
- Try to spread the dart flight yourself before using a flight protector
Keeping the flights in the uniform 'X' shape guarantees the perfect flight of your dart. However, there are numerous shapes of flights, such as: Kite, Pear, and Electro. Flight protectors are easy to use. You just need to clip it around the flight.
Benefits of Using Flight Protectors
Using a flight protector can be beneficial in many ways. Firstly, it helps your flight to maintain a good shape, even after prolonged use. As a result, the dart will continue to fly with an aerodynamic shape, minimizing the chances of drag and air resistance.
Furthermore, using a flight protector will also reduce the unwanted movement of the dart, once it's airborne. Enhancing your chances of hitting the desired target.
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- Flight protectors prevent the flight from any damage
- Keeps the flight wings in their original shape
- Sticks to the dart flight securely
- Very cheap
No doubt, dart flights offer a wide range of advantages. Plus, they're cheap and really easy to install. Therefore, you'd be stupid not to purchase them to protect your own set of darts. Here's a cheap set we found on Amazon.


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Created by Chester Gould
Moon Maid was a major character at one period in the Dick Tracy comic strip, then drawn by its creator, Chester Gould.
Gould, hoping to keep the strip evolving and changing with the times, slowly began changing the focus of the strip from a crime drama into one whose primary focus was science fiction. Tracy had always been equipped with the latest, most up-to-date police equipment, including forensic science, but with the introduction into the strip of eccentric industrialist Diet Smith as Tracy's friend in the 1940s, Tracy began to have the assistance of devices such as the two-way wrist radio, and later the two-way wrist TV.
The logical extension of this in Gould's mind was the introduction of space travel. Smith invented the magnetic-powered Space Coupe. With the use of this vehicle, Tracy and company landed on the moon in 1964, finding there an advanced race of humanoids whose high technology meshed remarkably well with that of Smith's. The Moon race looked like Caucasian humans except for having abnormally large eyes and giraffe-like horns on their foreheads.
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Moon Maid was the daughter of the Moon's supreme ruler, a male humanoid who was always identified as "the Governor of the Moon". It is not clear whether he was democratically elected, or some form of hereditary ruler. She served as a liaison between her race and the humans. She and her family became one of the strip's primary focuses for several years.
Moon Maid eventually married Junior, the now-adult adopted son of Dick Tracy. Her father the Governor resented this marriage. Eventually, Moon Maid became pregnant by Junior. Her father was anxious that the child be born on the Moon, so as to be legally a Moon denizen. An extremely contrived plot twist put the pregnant Moon Maid, Junior, Dick Tracy and the Governor all aboard a Space Coupe when Moon Maid gave birth at precisely the midpoint in space between Earth and the Moon.
The child, a girl, was named Honey Tracy and had slightly over-large eyes, and two prominent tufts of hair on her forehead in the position corresponding to Moon Maid's horns; we are never told what lies beneath those tufts. The daughter also demonstrated a magnetic ability to attract small metal objects to her hands; this talent never played an important role in the strip.
During this period, Dick Tracy himself had many adventures on the Moon, notably solving a murder case involving a man named Purdy Fallar who kept two of his fingernails extra-long, claiming they were for harvesting the meat of giant Escargot: a race of gigantic Moon snails, prized on Earth as delicacies. In reality he used his sharpened fingernails as throat-slashing weapons.
When the impending 1969 NASA moon landing threatened to make the preceding Moon stories look silly, Gould chose to return to the material that made the Dick Tracy strip famous—Earth-bound crime. The strip made one oblique reference to the Apollo 11 landing shortly after its completion, with Diet Smith commenting about some "equipment left behind" on the Moon (in a caption above a panel showing the abandoned Lunar Module).
 Later years
After Apollo 11, Moon Maid and Honey continued to remain on Earth, as wife and daughter of Junior; all references to their selenic origin were phased out, with Honey never demonstrating her magnetic talents, and Moon Maid identified solely as "Junior's wife". Both characters continued to appear sporadically, in greatly reduced roles. Soon after Rick Fletcher and Max Collins took over the strip in 1978, Moon Maid was murdered accidentally by a man named Little Littel who was trying to kill Tracy with a car bomb while trying to collect on a million dollar open contract on Tracy's head by elderly crime lord "Big Boy" Caprice. Little would later be killed himself in an explosion when Junior Tracy goes to his shop looking for revenge on his wife's murder.
Although Honey Tracy survived—now apparently retconned to be totally human—it was understood that this moment represented the termination of the strip's Moon years.
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SEED: Social Economic Environmental Design® provides a common standard to guide, evaluate and measure the social, economic and environmental impact of design projects.
SEED maintains the belief that design can play a vital role in the most critical issues that face communities and individuals, in crisis and in every day challenges. To accomplish this, the SEED® process guides professionals to work alongside locals who know their community and its needs. This practice of "trusting the local" is increasingly recognized as a highly effective way to sustain the health and longevity of a place or a community as it develops.
The name "SEED" was first proposed during a 2005 meeting at the Harvard Graduate School of Design where architects, designers, and other diverse experts in the public interest design movement convened to evaluate how design could respond to the triple bottom line of social, economic, and environmental justice.
SEED's Mission is to advance the right of every person to live in a socially, economically and environmentally healthy community.
- The SEED guiding principles are:
- SEED Principle 1: Advocate with those who have a limited voice in public life.
- SEED Principle 2: Build structures for inclusion that engage stakeholders and allow communities to make decisions.
- SEED Principle 3: Promote social equality through discourse that reflects a range of values and social identities.
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Graceful Tree Conjecture is one of my favorite open problems (See this earlier post). Trees with diameter 4 and 5 are known to be graceful a decade ago.
One of my advisees, Matt Superdock, made progress towards proving that all diameter 6 trees are graceful. Matt is an undergraduate senior in our Mathematics Department. He proved that an interesting class of diameter 6 trees are graceful. His thesis is available here.
I hope his work motivates more researchers to make progress towards resolving Graceful Tree Conjecture, particularly for diameter 6 trees. Matt's work really tests the limit of current techniques. Perhaps we need new techniques/insights to prove that all diameter 6 trees are graceful.
Graceful Tree Conjecture (GTC) is one of my favorite open problems. I posted it on Open Problem Garden couple of years back. I enjoy reading papers related to graceful labeling and try to keep as up-to-date as possible with the progress towards GTC. Here is a brief introduction to GTC.
Graceful Labeling : Label the vertices of a simple undirected graph (where and ) with integers from to. Now label each edge with absolute difference of the labels of its incident vertices. The labeling is said to be graceful if the edges are labeled through inclusive (with no number repeated).
A graph is called graceful if it has at least one such labeling. This labeling was originally introduced in 1967 by Rosa [Rosa'67]. The name graceful labeling was coined later by Golomb. It is easy to see that stars and paths are graceful. Some known graceful graphs are paths, stars, complete bipartite graphs, prism graphs, wheel graphs, caterpillar graphs, olive trees, and symmetrical trees, gear graphs, rectangular grids.
Gracefully labeled graphs have applications in coding theory and communication network addressing. Look at this paper [Basak'04] for an application in MPLS Multicasting. The following conjecture is due to Kotzig, Ringel and Rosa.
Graceful Tree Conjecture (GTC) : All trees are graceful.
Ringel's Conjecture : If is a fixed tree with edges, then complete graph on vertices decomposes into copies of.
Exercise : The existence of a graceful labeling of a given graph G with n edges is a sufficient condition for the existence of a cyclic decomposition of a complete graph of order 2n+1 into subgraphs isomorphic to G. In particular, GTC implies Ringel's conjecture.
A caterpillar graph is a tree such that if all leaves and their incident edges are removed, the remainder of the graph forms a path. Here's a cute exercise. There is an elegant inductive proof.
Exercise : Prove that all caterpillar graphs are graceful.
Open Problems :
- Graceful Tree Conjecture (GTC) is still open. There are couple of papers on arxiv claiming to have settled GTC. I went through the proofs and found some mistakes.
- As an intermediate problem, prove that all lobster graphs are graceful. This is also an open problem. Some special cases of lobsters (eg : lobsters with perfect matching) are proved graceful [Morgan'02].
- Complexity of graceful labeling is open. A related problem called harmonious labeling was shown to be NP-complete.
- Improve approximate factors of relaxed graceful labeling [Bussel'02].
- [Rosa'67] Alex Rosa, On certain valuations of the vertices of a graph. Theory of Graphs, (1967) 349–355
- [Bussel'02] Frank Van Bussel: Relaxed Graceful Labellings of Trees. Electr. J. Comb. 9(1): (2002)
- [Morgan'02] David Morgan: All Lobsters with Perfect Matchings are Graceful. Electronic Notes in Discrete Mathematics 11: 503-508 (2002)
- [Basak'04] Ayhan Basak, MPLS Multicasting Using Caterpillars and a Graceful Labelling Scheme, Eighth International Conference on Information Visualisation (IV'04), pp.382-387, 2004


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DV Summit: Kickstarter – Fear & Love
The Design Ventura summit "Design: the problem and the solution" was held on 29 March 2017. Its purpose was to bring together educators, designers, cultural providers and policy makers to discuss how they can ensure that young people are developing creativity, design thinking and employability skills to prepare them for future success.
The following extract is by Anjeli Placzek, from the Concept Lounge, on her take on the issues discussed.
The Concept Lounge hosted sessions for the Design Ventura Summit focusing on the theme of "Design: The Problem and the Solution" in context.
Inspired by the principle of 'skills fusion' and the benefits of creativity across all industries we invited delegates to journey through the Design Museum's immersive Fear & Love exhibition. Participants reflected upon encounters during the show to consider how seemingly invisible yet vital aspects of design support daily experience and contribute towards a sense of self and habitat. Together participants considered how innovative thinking and the role of design affect our understanding and navigation of a complex world.
Delegates delved deeper into the notion of humans as story telling animals and design as a tool that guides and reflects our collective narrative. The benefits of creative thinking and practice were highlighted along with the importance of casting challenges through a fresh lens to achieve unexpected, effective future solutions.
The value of harnessing innovative thinking and problem solving from a young age is something that resonated with all participants. The workshop feed back concluded that ideally along with an integrated 'skills fusion' approach across subject matters at school, support outside the curriculum is invaluable to offer young people an opportunity to experience the potential of their own creativity and to contextualize this skill in the outside world.


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When affixing the CE Mark and placing a product on the market you will want peace of mind that it is not going be responsible for any injury and/or subsequent law suits. This is where a risk assessment can be beneficial by identifying potential hazards associated with the use of the product. With products falling under some Directives, such as the Machinery Directive, it is a mandatory part of the CE marking process. However with other Directives such as the Low Voltage (LV) Directive for electrical products it is not a mandatory requirement.
Most people have heard of the urban legend concerning the old lady microwaving her dog in an attempt to dry it. Whilst the legitimacy of this tale may be questionable, it is a good example of how a risk assessment could be used to demonstrate that all types of potential hazards have been considered and mitigated (even the ones that are extreme cases of misuse!). The common approach for CE Marking electrical equipment is to apply a standard that will identify the more generic and obvious hazards associated with a product, but a risk assessment should help to identify the less obvious ones (that may not be within the product standard).
Whilst the Low Voltage Directive does not legally require a risk assessment to be undertaken, there seems to be an emerging trends of the suggestion to use a risk assessment in some of the more recently updated commonly applied harmonised electrical safety standards. Lets not forget that standards are voluntary, but offer an effective way to prove compliance to Directives. The utilisation of a risk assessment helps to mitigate any residual risks that may not be covered even by using a harmonised standard, ensuring that products are even safer. Some examples of harmonised electrical standards incorporating a risk assessment follow:
– EN 60204-1 for the safety of electrical machinery
– EN 61010-1 for the safety requirements for electrical equipment for measurement, control and laboratory use
There isn't a defined process to follow for undertaking a risk assessment on electrical equipment however there are a number of methods that could be used; such as the HSE '5 steps' and the preliminary hazard analysis method. The risk assessment process within the Machinery Directive is a good example of a process that can be followed and is illustrated below:
By using a risk assessment method, potential hazards can be easily identified and mitigated to limit hazardous occurrences and keep users safe during the expected usage and lifespan of the product. And if you were wondering about microwave ovens, if you read the instructions I am sure that you will find a statement along the lines of 'Only heat food products' in there somewhere.
If you need further help with undertaking a CE Marking Risk Assessment for your electrical product or machine, then please call the technical team on 01527 595066.
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Last week I talked about the character 秘 mì mysterious / mystery that I am going to use in my Ming Dynasty trilogy covers. There are other characters with the definition of mystery or mysterious. Another one is 神 shén. However, when the character shén is used it implies mystery in the sense of spiritual. One way for a non-native Chinese speaker to discover which character is best is to look up what other words use that particular character. This gives a good idea of the underlying connotation versus the character's denotation. For shén [using the on-line dictionary _URL_ we do find the word mysterious/mystery with both 神秘 shén mì and it is defined as "mysterious / mystery." However, there are many other words which use shén and refer to the divine, to Daoism, mythology, mystical, gods, and the miraculous.
What does this imply? Well, if you are writing a mystery which centers on the supernatural and paranormal, perhaps you would want to use the character 神 shén versus 秘 mì because it implies a particular kind of mystery or mysterious event. It subtly alters your readers to another layer of meaning and insight.
Another character which can mean mystery is 玄 xuán. When xuán is used as a part of a word, we find a predominance of words referring to philosophical and spiritual schools of thought—Daoism, Buddhism, Confucianism. Xuán is also used in word combinations that refer to something being abstruse, simply difficult to understand. So, again, we find that although 玄 xuán can be used to mean mystery, it has a different underlying connotation from both神 shén and 秘 mì.
When choosing a Chinese word we have so many choices because each character used in creating that particular word brings with it a strong intellectual and emotional component. So, while my Mei-hua trilogy has religious and folk traditions included, they are a part of the cultural background of the period, not the central component of the stories, therefore, the character I chose was 秘 mì.


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This free training game is useful to help participants consolidate learning in a fun way. The training game will test their knowledge as well as energising them!
A set of instructions for the training game, 'Stick Fish' can be downloaded for free from the link at the bottom of this page, or you can follow the notes below.
Tools – a pack of sticky notes and several wooden spoons or something similar to act as a 'rod
Write several questions relating to the training onto sticky notes (or ask participants to do this). Place these notes sticky side up and question facing down in the middle of the room. Ask participants to circle the sticky notes. They must use their wooden spoon to 'fish' for the sticky notes (the spoon should stick to the sticky part of the note and they can pick it up.
The winner is the person that catches the most fish. They can then ask the questions to the losers.
Alternative – you can make this game more interesting by including anchors, boots and tyres etc. to the sticky notes. If these are picked up, then the person loses a turn or one of their questions etc.
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Please, please, do not put packing peanuts into your garden's soil! Most packing peanuts are made from polystyrene, which is not biodegradable. They will remain long after you and your garden have passed from this earth. Biodegradable packing peanuts made from plant starch won't help your soil either, because they dissolve when they get wet.
Improve the drainage, tilth, and overall quality of your soil by mixing compost into your garden beds. Even better, double-dig your beds. This process adds organic matter and loosens the soil, making it easier for water and air to reach the roots of your plants. For instructions on doubledigging, see "Start a Fresh Bed" in our March 2004 issue. Another option is to build raised beds and fill them with a high-quality, well-draining topsoil.
Whichever method you choose, allow the newly fluffed soil to settle for a couple of days before planting. And don't walk on your new bed; you'll compact it and undo all your hard work.
As for your packing peanuts, recycle them at a local store that provides packaging and shipping services. That's the most sensible way to get these nuts off your hands.


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2. In polluted air (such as the atmosphere containing a lot of sulfide, carbon oxide, and nitrogen oxide), self-tapping screw manufacturers tell you that self-tapping screws will form sulfuric acid, nitric acid, and acetic acid liquid spots when they meet with condensed water, causing chemical corrosion ；
3. The self-tapping screw itself contains nickel and other trace elements, which will rust over time.
4. The self-tapping screw manufacturer will explain to you that if self-tapping screws encounter acid, alkali, and salt substances (such as alkaline water and lime water splashing on the decoration wall), they will cause local corrosion and cause local rust.
Self-tapping screws generally refer to pointed, coarse-tooth, and hard-textured wood screws, as well as aluminum alloys and plastics. Some of them will not be screwed when installed. The self-tapping screw manufacturers will tell you the solution.
1. Spray some spray lubricating oil, and then use a torx wrench to unscrew it.
2. The self-tapping screw manufacturer tells you that you can use professional tools to open the self-tapping screw installed in the machine. The key is to master some basic methods;
3. Master the strength of the opening. If the force is too large, the contents of the self-tapping screw will be damaged. If it is too small, the self-tapping screw will not be able to be screwed. Therefore, the self-tapping screw manufacturer warmly reminds you that you need to master the skills to unscrew it. Master the force evenly
The self-tapping screw manufacturer tells you that the self-tapping screw can be used on the material to be consolidated, relying on its own threads, to "tap-drill, squeeze, and press" the consolidated body to produce the corresponding threads, so that they can be closely matched with each other.
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The research work, co-authored by the UNEC teacher was published in the magazine inclided into the largest reference database "Scopus" and "Web of Science".
The research work co-authored by the (English speaking) teacher of the International Economics chair at UNEC Khatai Aliyev on the topic "To work much or little? The impact of tax and life satisfaction comfort on work motivation: on Continental and Eastern Europe sample" was published in the magazine "Economics and Sociology" (ISSN 2306-3459 Online, ISSN 2071-789X Print).
The article analyses the impact of tax and life satisfaction on work motivation using the econometric assesment methods within the framework of the time series and panel data analysis on the sample of the Continental Europe (France and Germany) and the Eastern Europe (Hungary and Estonia). The empirical results indicate that there is a negative dependence on the life satisfaction and work motivation in different country samples. In the countries, where the working hours are higher (Hungary and Estonia) the wealth is preferred than leasure. However, in the countries with low working hours (France and Germany), this option is opposite, and people prefer to rest.
The co-authored research work of the UNEC teacher can be read through this link:
It should be noted that, the impact factor for 2016 year, calculated by the "Scopus" for the magazine "Economics and Sociology" is 0.617.


measure movement/mobility outcomes
Motion-based gaming platforms use depth-cameras to detect body movements and enable users to interact with gaming applications in more immersive ways. The same depth-camera technology, and its associated software development kits (SDKs), can be used to develop custom software with application in education and health. The most commonly used solution is the Microsoft Kinect depth-camera associated with the Xbox gaming system, although other more advanced (yet similarly low-cost) technologies exist, such as the Intel RealSense camera range.8 There are numerous applications utilizing this motion capture technology to study or encourage movement in healthcare, particularly in rehabilitation. Being able to track the 3D position and movement of body joints enables the assessment of movement, and the detection of correct exercising during rehabilitation. Jintronix, for example, have developed games using Microsoft Kinect to encourage adherence and engagement with rehabilitation regimens, which have shown good outcomes in terms of reduced readmission rates in orthopedic and stroke patients.9 Similarly, being able to track facial landmarks enables the deployment of other health applications, such as rehabilitation systems for patients recovering from facial paralysis-for example, with Bell's palsy and stroke.10
Depth-camera solutions offer the potential to make objective in-clinic measurements that may previously only have been possible in more specialized motion laboratory settings or by using subjective clinician-reported outcomes (ClinROs). Simple range of motion, gait, and balance performance tests have been developed that leverage simple depth camera technology, both within and outside the context of a video game, some of which have shown reasonable performance in early validation studies.11
For example, converting the 3D coordinates of body joints into vectors representing the spatial orientation of parts of the body enables simple vector algebra to calculate the angles made between joints and thus provides an estimate of the range of joint motion (see Figure 1). Early validation work compared to goniometer measurements has shown promise for upper extremity range of motion measures for example.12,13
The use of motion-based gaming technology to develop movement-based outcome measures may enable the low-cost measurement of outcomes not possible outside specialist movement laboratories and may provide advantages over subjective ClinROs in providing measures that may be more sensitive, less prone to inter-rater variability, and capable of measuring more subtle aspects of movement and motion.
Developing endpoints derived from novel use of technology applications
The ability to leverage endpoints derived from these novel approaches, and other approaches leveraging existing technologies in novel ways, relies upon the provision of evidence to support the use of the technology and to support the endpoint derived. Specifically, we must be assured that the device faithfully measures what is intended to an acceptable level of reliability, accuracy, and precision; and that endpoints derived are truly measuring a concept of interest of the study, are sensitive to detect changes in health status as a result of an intervention, and that meaningful change is understood. This is, of course, no different to the approach required to validate any measurement approach associated with any clinical endpoint used to measure intervention effects.
A comprehensive summary of requirements was published by the Critical Path Institute's ePRO consortium in the context of the use of wearables to develop endpoints to support regulatory decision-making and labelling claims.14 These are summarized in Figure 2, and also below.
A. Technology assessment
Usability and feasibility: Demonstration that the technology is usable within the target population and feasible within the context of the specific clinical trial.
Reliability: Data generated show satisfactory intraand inter-device reliability.
Concurrent validity: Demonstration that the technology is truly measuring what is intended.
Responsiveness: Data generated are able to suitably distinguish changes when they occur.
B. Endpoint evaluation
Measures a concept of interest, as defined by the study protocol.
Content and construct validity: The endpoint provides a sufficiently comprehensive measure of a concept of interest that is meaningful to patients and/or the treatment of their condition; and faithfully measures the construct intended.
Ability to detect change: Sensitive enough to detect change when a change exists.
Endpoint interpretability: The change in the endpoint deemed meaningful to patients is understood (e.g., minimally clinically important difference [MCID] or individual responder definition).
There is huge potential for thinking differently about how existing technologies can be repurposed to enable novel measurements for health outcomes and health status in patients. The increased insights obtained through more frequent home-based measurement, and new objective outcome data that was not possible before, enables sponsors to build a far richer and more insightful picture of intervention effects, which will aid early decision-making and contribute to labelling claims in the future. While these remain exploratory in nature and more work is needed to provide the level of validation around these new endpoints, they have great potential to aid drug development and regulatory decision-making, and may also have value in the care and management of patients in routine care.
The life sciences industry should adopt a culture of facilitating the exploration of new technology implementation within trials in an exploratory way, and aim to share experience, information, and access to the technologies showing most promise. Only through extended use will sufficient data and experience of using these new endpoints be accumulated to enable their acceptance in regulatory decision-making.
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 9. Jintronix. _URL_
 10. Breedon P et al. Face to face: An interactive facial exercise system for stroke patients with facial weakness, In (Rehabilitation: Innovations and Challenges in the Use of Virtual Reality Technologies; Eds: Wendy Powell, Albert "Skip" Rizzo, Paul M. Sharkey, Joav Merrick; Nova Science Publishers, 2017.
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 12. Byrom B, Walsh D, Muehlhausen W. New Approaches to Measuring Health Outcomes - Leveraging a Gaming Platform. Journal for Clinical Studies 2016; 8(6):40-42.
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 14. Byrom, B. et al. Selection of and Evidentiary Considerations for Wearable Devices and Their Measurements for Use in Regulatory Decision Making: Recommendations from the ePRO Consortium. Value Health (2018).
Bill Byrom, PhD, is VP, Product Strategy and Innovation, CRF Bracket.
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WoT Eye of the World Halfway Point Quiz
- Q. What's the name of the mare accompanying Rand al'Thor and his father in the opening scene of the book?
- Q. What's the name of the village resident who complains to the mayor about the absence of storks at Bel Tine?
- Q. What's the name of the innkeeper of Stag and Lion inn?
- Q. What's the name of the philosophy followed by the Tuatha'an?
- Q. What is the name for the Father of Lies that means "Heart of the Dark"?
- Q. What is the eve of Bel Tine called?
- Q. What was Mat going to set loose in the square in Emond's Field?
- Q. Who is Lews Therin in love with?
- Q. Moiraine pointed out to Nynaeve that she was able to find them immediately once she reached Baerlon. How was this possible?
- Q. South of Emond's Field lies a river they call the White River. People in the east still call it the Manetherendrelle. The name is Old Tongue and means 'Waters of the Mountain Home'.
- Q. Which is not a name for a Myrddraal?
- Q. What was the original name of Shadar Logoth?
- Q. What are the two evils that reside in Shadar Logoth?
- Q. What is the name of a basic military unit of Trollocs?
- Q. The True Source is divided in half. Which one is tainted?
- Q. What is a Draghkar?
- Q. During his fever dream, where does Tam al'Thor say he found Rand?
- Q. Whose ship does Thom, Rand, and Matt leap onto to escape Trollocs outside of Shadar Logoth?
- Q. When Min reads Perrin in Baerlon, she sees a broken crown, flowering trees, and what else?
- Q. The Pattern weaves itself around Rand, Mat, and Perrin. What is this effect called?
- Q. What is the name of the vessel Thom, Rand, and Matt are in as of Chapter 25?


text: Acute ataxia is a fairly common emergency that confronts the pediatric neurologist in daily life. The differential diagnosis of acute pediatric ataxia is wide, but informed history and careful clinical examination can narrow it and help target investigations. This review discusses various etiologies of acute pediatric ataxia, focusing on clinical presentation, diagnostic considerations, and approach to investigation. Aspects of treatment and prognosis are also mentioned. Diseases with potentially high morbidity and mortality, such as acute cerebellitis, opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome, and cerebellar stroke, receive particular attention.


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Hogan Rings
Navajo Slab CorralFrom the mesa edge we saw, on a south-facing bench, two Navajo hogan rings and a stone corral, and climbed down to them.
They were old. No historical pottery scatter at all. One of the rings still carried the juniper cribbing of the roof, though it had fallen. In the desert juniper can endure for hundreds of years.
The hogan's door did not face east as is traditional, because the ring had been built against a sandstone slab; however, the north wall did appear to have been knocked out, customary ritual to release the spirit of a dead person.
The corral had been formed ingeniously by piling cedar to wall up the ends of a cleft formed when a fallen slab split in two.


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As Far As You Can Tell – Episode 12
To the sewers!
Once together the party decides to go to warehouse #11 and enter the hatch. When at the warehouse, they find that the lock is missing. There is a giant stone hatch with a hinge, and two iron rings that must be pulled at the same time to open. It leads to a 10×10 hole. The party drops down into a set of sewer tunnels on a small ledge overlooking an aqueduct. Once situated, Raziel unsheaths his sword to provide the party with light. The walkways in the sewer are extremely clean, and the water is cut off in the center. They head towards warehouse 14 with a spring in their step.
14: The party hears voices originating from the warehouse above. The unknown people speak of a broken lock, and allude to a secret door. The group decides to back around a corner in case the people above decide to check out the sewers, but instead they leave, and the party decides to head to warehouse 13.
13: The party hears combat within the warehouse above. They then decide to go to the docks and see how many warehouses they walk under along the way.
12: They hear sounds above the hatch.
11: The starting point.
10: It sounds like there are large entities above in the warehouse – noises such as wood on stone being moved around.
7: There is a hole under 7 that opens up to the warehouse. It looks like a 5×5 grate that would act like a drain, and it is 20 feet in the air.
6: The party hears the orcs talking above, but they are unable to understand their conversation.
5: The party hears muffled conversations above.
4: It sounds as if there is a party upstairs, and suddenly the air feels very hot.
3: On the way to warehouse 3, the party stops and takes a right to go to the docks. They eventually reach a blocked off section of the sewer. It looks like mortar and stone were used to block off the area.There is water on the other side, and the party realizes this is how water is being kept out. The group starts to hear a squishing noise behind them. They backtrack to a T in the sewer and approach the source of the sound. In that direction they see a light coming through a grate. Hove tries to listen through the grate but the sounds are muffled, as if the voices are underwater. Soon the party notices a small magical item under the light, which they determine is a Ring of Sustenance. Before rushing in to get the ring Raziel throws a rock at it and it gets stuck, then Ana shoots an arrow…right into a cube.
The party is able to narrowly defeat the gelatinous cube and its other cube friend. The ring was keeping the cube nourished and in place, while the other was cleaning the sewers. Fighting the cubes attracts people in the direction of the party, and they're soon confronted by a small group of men from the training room dressed like Sentinels, though lacking their signature bracers. The fight is swift, and ends with four dead and two unconscious fake Sentinels. Raziel's sword glows a bright red as it seems to drink the lifeforce from the fallen. The party loots 1pp, 14gp, and 534sp from one man who held all of the funds belonging to the fighters.
The party wakes the remaining two men. They lie and claim that they're Sentinels, and they threaten the party that Concord will deal with them soon. Their goal was to protect the assets in the warehouse and keep the route clear of intruders.They mention Astea's Grace, the alchemist fire bombs, though they do not seem to know what their end goal is. One man is named Dwayne Davis. These soldiers were brought here from Gloam. They learn from him that Concord is from Gloam as well, and that Concord is actually a Vathis Sentinel. He is here for revenge. The party is told that Salvation is female, and gives the party the description of Lydia. She is in charge of the entire operation and the mother of Concord. Dwayne met her in the station office. They own a tenement building, but Lydia stays on the ship and Concord stays in the office.
The men lead the party through the sewer to Guardian's basement, which is near the other wall blocking water. They confirm that they've been in Guardian's basement before, and they stole a suit of armor.
The party finds Zack and explains to him why they've returned. They also explain the contents of the warehouses and the impending threat of alchemist fire within the city, now within warehouses 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, and 16. More is being acquired for warehouses 11 and 14. The Asteans have been drinking the alchemist fire, but they must be using a different catalyst, as this substance is usually combustible with oxygen. The brewing operation is in warehouse 16. Though it doesn't seem to outwardly alter those who drink it, the party and Guardian both want a sample so they can analyze the chemical properties and determine what threat the Asteans might pose with the substance in their systems. Zack kills both of the false Sentinels and kicks them back down into the hole.
Back to the hotel…
When returning to the hotel, the party finds that people have checked in on the first floor. They seem to just be visiting the region. Kakara offers the party a traditional Oseptian breakfast in the morning, which they politely accept. As they ascend the lift to their suites and step out onto the balcony to admire the view and reflect on their actions, they hear the sound of explosions. Tiny fires burst into existence on the streets of Anchorage, and the city begins to burn.
- Ring of Sustenance (Violet is in possession of)
- 1pp, 14gp, 534sp


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What's the one sure-fire way to save an animal from extinction? Turn it into a pet, says Michael Archer, director of the Australian Museum in Sydney. With many of the country's native animals in serious trouble, he wants Australians to stop canoodling with dogs and cats and cuddle a quoll or a possum instead. Besides, says Archer, native animals are kinder to the environment-and a lot more fun. Stephanie Pain meets the man with a mission to make you love marsupials.
Why should Australians swap their traditional pets for native animals?
Australia is fundamentally different from every other continent and it's filled with unique animals. Since Europeans arrived, native species have been disappearing almost as fast as those obliterated by the last great mass extinction 65 million years ago. And what we lose here, the whole world loses. Traditional methods of conservation clearly aren't enough, so we have to explore...
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Category: Acting, Film
Role: Pauline Carpenter
Director: Chris Newby
Production: British feature film
Release: 1993
Toyah plays the role of Pauline Carpenter in Anchoress, a 1993 British drama film directed by Chris Newby. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.
The screenplay is partly based on accounts of an historical female anchorite, Christine Carpenter, who was walled into her anchorhold in a village church in Surrey, England, in 1329. The story revolves around the girl's mystical visions of the Virgin Mary, the Priest who walls her into his village church, and his dislike of her mother, a midwife whom he regards as a witch.
The film is shot in black-and-white and visually resembles the works of Danish filmmaker Carl Theodor Dreyer, especially The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928).
With a cast that includes Christopher Eccleston, Pete Postlethwaite and Toyah Willcox, Chris Newby's (Madagascar Skin) poetic debut feature, Anchoress, is the visually arresting story of religious conflict set in the 14th century, in which a young girl's transcendental vision threatens to upset the foundations of her community.
Inspired by the records of the real Anchoress of Shere, Christine Carpenter (who was voluntarily walled up in a tiny cell adjoining a church), Anchoress vividly evokes life of a remote Medieval village whilst also addressing the gulf between patriarchal power and female ritual and rebellion.
Toyah Willcox Anchoress


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-The ManThis gifted individual, known as the "sleeping prophet," was a truly remarkable man with highly accurate psychic powers.
Born in 1877, he grew up in the farm country of Kentucky. As a young child, he often told his parents that he was able to see and talk to "visions," including those of relatives who had died.
While sitting alone in the woods one day, a woman appeared before him. She asked what he would like to do with his life. He answered "most of all I would like to be helpful to others, especially to children when they are sick." Suddenly, the woman disappeared just as mysteriously as she first came into view. Little did he know how that wish, made from the heart at such a young age, would someday come true for him.
Edgar Cayce's formal education ended with the seventh grade. While working as a salesman at the age of twenty-one, he developed a paralysis of the throat muscles and experienced difficulty speaking for quite some time. All known medical remedies failed to cure the problem. Finally, in an act of desperation, hypnosis was tried. While in a deep trance, Cayce surprised everyone present by not only diagnosing his own problem, but by recommending a cure that eventually restored his ability to speak normally again. Later, he found he could induce this trance on his own, during which he was able to tap into the "Universal Consciousness," (Akashic Records) or source of Higher knowledge.
Local doctors heard of Cayce's abilities and asked if he would help them diagnose their patients. Understandably, he was very reluctant to do so but, encouraged by his wife, he eventually gave in. That was the start of his life mission. The doctors soon discovered that all he needed to conduct his diagnostic readings was the name and address of the patient involved. Somehow, he was able to tune into their minds and bodies regardless of where they lived. His results were so successful that in 1910 the New York Times published several pages of headlines and pictures describing his accomplishments.
By the end of 1945, this marvelous man, who devoted so much of his life to the service of humanity, had given well over 14,000 readings for more that 6,000 people, all of which were religiously hand recorded.
Approximately 9,000 of Cayce's readings were for medical purposes. Several more thousand dealt with people's lives (life readings), while the remainder covered various topics related to metaphysical, spiritual and other matters. He never solicited a fee for these readings. What was truly unique about his clinical diagnoses and cures was that the medical terms he often used required an extensive medical background, for which he had none.
In 1954, the University of Chicago held him in such respect that a Ph.D. thesis, based upon his life and contributions to humanity, was evaluated and approved by the reviewing faculty.
In 1943, a book called "There is a River" was published about his life story, which has yet to go out of print. Other books followed about his medical insights and life teachings and, to date, well over 400 of them have been published in the United States alone. Of those 400, at least 50 of them have been written by MD's and Ph.D.'s.
In a recent conversation with a representative from the Edgar Cayce Foundation located in Virginia Beach, Virginia (Association for Research and Enlightenment), she kindly shared some very interesting statistics with me.
The Cayce readings have now been entered into a computer and put on CD-ROM. They contain approximately 78 million words, or about the equivalent of 870 books. It takes 12 cases of Xerox paper to print out the entire set of readings, about 140,000 pages in all. If they were stacked on top of one another, the pile would reach about 40 feet high. Laid end to end, the paper trail would go on for approximately 19 miles!
In 1979, a Dr. John Callan wrote in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association that Edgar Cayce might well be the father of Holistic medicine.
The holistic form of medical treatment goes well beyond the normal methods of health care, which put most of the focus on treating the disease. Holistic healing takes into consideration the mind, body and spirit of the patient, in other words the "whole" individual and is the same general approach used by Edgar Cayce.
In addition to his health related readings, Cayce's predictions of future events have also established a high degree of accuracy, which is difficult to ignore. Was he a mad man, a quack, a charlatan? I hardly believe so. Even though his readings were not totally accurate, the vast majority of them were. As a result, I take him quite seriously and give serious consideration to what he has to say. Millions of people do.
And I also pay attention to what he had to say about the origins of man. He was not the first in history to receive divinely inspired guidance or channeled messages from the spirit world. The list of mystics, saints and ordinary people who fit into this category is quite large.
"Iinspired" information I seriously consider has passed through my filter of discernment. There has to be, at the very least, a consistent theme of love to the messages, honor and respect must be shown for our free will and there should be no hint or form of control or negative energy involved.
In addition, final decisions about the purpose of the information should be our own and they must not say that their message is the only way to knowledge and wisdom. Finally, the person, the source of the information and the communication itself has to "feel" right. The heart can advise us well here. At that point, I take it in with an open mind and draw my own conclusions about their content, meaning and intent. Edgar Cayce meets all of my criteria and more.
-The Origins Of ManWhat also makes Edgar Cayce an interesting study is that he was a devout Christian who not only taught Sunday school, but also read the entire Bible, cover to cover, once each year for every year of his life. His description of creation and Genesis, obtained while in trance, is quite different and far more complex than that found in the Bible.
In general, his readings teach that, as spirits, some of us came to planet Earth 10.5 million years ago. These adventuresome souls not only played at creating various life-forms, but also "projected" themselves into the many creatures that were already evolving at that time.
Over the ages, these same spirits were seduced by the physical world. Slowly but surely they identified more and more with the various life-forms that existed. In the process, they lost their balance and found themselves behaving more physical than spiritual as a result of it. Instead of bringing a sense of the divine to the material world they became trapped in it. Eventually, they forgot their God-consciousness. This has been referred to as the Fall of Mankind.
At this point, dates become unclear because the next period of time that Cayce refers to is estimated to be 200,000 B.C., the early period of Atlantis. As a result, there is a big gap of missing history that stretches from 10.5 million years to approximately 200,000 years ago.
Presumably, during this break in human history, the souls who had lost their way continued to be trapped in the earth plane. Cayce referred to them as the Sons of Man. Other spirits not caught up in the Earth's material grip decided to aid these lost souls who no longer remembered their true identity and had forgotten their God-centeredness.
The second group of souls, called the Sons of God, were brought to Earth by Jesus (Amilius), perhaps as many as 1 million years ago, in order to lead the lost ones back to an awareness of their Creator.
In order to accomplish their mission, the Sons of God realized that an appropriate body, with a suitable level of consciousness and intelligence, would be needed to serve as a physical vehicle that could be occupied by the lost souls. Then through spiritual growth, karma and reincarnation over many lifetimes, they could eventually free themselves through free will choices to be the Beings of Light they really are.
Overall the soul would have many opportunities to balance the spiritual, mental and physical aspects of being human, at which point it would no longer be necessary to occupy a physical body for another lifetime. As a part of the plan to develop a suitable physical body for the lost souls, the five races of "man" were brought forth simultaneously and at different locations on our planet. During Cayce's trance, the questions and answers regarding the five races went as follows:
Q. Did the appearance of what became the five
 races occur simultaneously?
A. Occurred at once.
Are the places designated for the beginning of
 the five races correct?
A. As we find, those in the Gobi, the yellow; the
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the Carpathians, the red in the
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The readings suggest that the five races were pre-human creatures who evolved into the modern version of man we are familiar with today.
As an interesting aside, a recent article in the prestigious scientific journal, Nature, describes the discovery of an ancient primate in Thailand and indicates that


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saving the world's most endangered antelope
Promotes the conservation of the hirola antelope and its fragile habitat in partnership with communities in eastern Kenya.
Hirola are grassland specialist and require open habitat for survival. However, much of the hirola's historical range occurred in semi-arid grasslands, which were inhabited by nomadic people and wildlife. However, colonial policies lead to a shift from nomadism to sedentary pastoralism by encouraging settlements around boreholes and other fixed infrastructure. A recent analysis of long-term satellite imagery across the hirola's native range revealed a nearly 300% increase in tree cover in the last 27 years (Figure below).
The figure shows changes in tree cover across the hirola's historic range from 1985 to 2012. Green represents tree cover and brown represents grasslands. The linear narrow band is the Tana River (the longest river in Kenya). Note the stark decrease in grassland between 1985 and 2012.
The increase in tree cover poses one of the greatest threats to survival of hirola through food limitation and predation risk. For instance, our study shows hirola perceive wooded areas as riskier than open spaces; if these trends are not reversed, the recovery of hirola will become insurmountable.
Our restoration effort aims at restoring grasslands in areas where hirola persist currently as well as future reintroduction sites through bush clearing, grass reseeding and fertilization, which we anticipate will have the knock-on benefit of improving local livelihoods. To restore grassland habitats, we are implementing the following practices: 1) the physical cutting, uprooting or breaking of branches in attempt to restore grassland at scales of hundreds of hectares in prioritized areas within the hirola range, 2) the planting of native grass seeds alongside fertilizer (manure) at scales of hundreds of hectares, 3) community-based protection of elephants (in the form of anti-poaching squads and enhanced communication between villages) to encourage elephant herds to reside on community lands. In addition to hirola, we suspect that a suite of other wild ungulates will benefit from these attempts to improve range.
The hirola conservation program is taking the lead in reinstating and restoring Arawale National reserve for hirola conservation in collaboration with Garissa County Government. The reserve was established in 1973 but operations were short lived due to misunderstanding between local communities and authorities. Consequently, the protection and management of the reserve was halted by late 1980s. Subsequently, hirola has experienced a 95% population decline and was listed as a Critically Endangered species in 1996. Until we started our work in 2012, Arawale lacked formal protection and management. Read about more about our work in Arawale here.


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a) Is the word "List" a keyword in java??
b) When creating an object, shouldn't the name of the class be the same on both side? For example:
Point x = new Point(1,2)
c) What does the following code mean?
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I don;t think even this code compiles, unless List1 is implementation of List interface. – Nambari Oct 3 '12 at 21:03
Also, unless you've defined integer yourself, I think you mean Integer. – Keith Randall Oct 3 '12 at 21:04
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List1 must be declared somewhere as
public class List1 implements List {
List is an interface, so objects of any class that implements List can be assigned to a variable of type List.
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a) No, it isn't, it's an Interface
b) Not always. The type on the right has to be compatible with the one being assigned to - it must be the same, or a subtype. In this case List1 must implement the List interface.
c) Create a new List1 instance to hold Integers ("integer" is wrong - it must be "Integer"); this is only legal if the List1 class implements the List interface. The is a generic type that restricts the types that the collection (List) can hold.
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+1 from me, for the only one (so far) who addressed the (incorrect) use of generics. – femtoRgon Oct 3 '12 at 21:11
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0) No. List is the name of an Interface. See: _URL_
1) No. java has Polimorphism, so you can call an object by the name of one implemented Interface or an Extended Class
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List is an interface in java, you probably want to instantiate it to ArrayList.
List list0 = new ArrayList();
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"don't need to do as it is a primitive type"??? – Louis Wasserman Oct 3 '12 at 21:05
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 - A. List is an interface in Java.
 - B. No the left hand side can be any super class or interface that the right hand side object extends or implements. Take a look at 'design by contract'
 - C. Perhaps you mean
 List l = new ArrayList<>();
This is a list that can contain only Integer types
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List is not a keyword, it is a type, specifically, a Java interface. The code in your example doesn't compile (unless the List1 class is defined as: class List1 implements List {... }), however something like this would:
List ls = new ArrayList();
This creates an ArrayList that can hold Integers, and assigns a reference to it to the variable ls, which is declared as the type List. ls could potentially hold a reference to a different type of list, such as a LinkedList, but you can guarantee that ls does point to some sort of list (unless it's null) and therefore you can use the methods specified in the List interface.
The type of the variable does not need to be the same as the type of the object on the right side of the assignment (though it often is), but the object must be either the same type, or a subclass/implementation of the variable type. Since all objects extend Object you can always do something like:
Object obj = new ArrayList();
Though, like above, the only methods you have access to from obj are what's defined in Object, even though the object being referred to is actually an ArrayList.
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I'm studying and need help with a Social Science question to help me learn.
Task: （You can refer to the ppt of my class 4 weeks ago and this work sample provided by the teacher to complete）
Select a program/policy/intervention and develop and submit a program evaluation logic model for it.
Present the model in class, in individual student presentations. 2-3 mintues.
Each student will introduce a program that is of interest to them and present a program theory
logic model that outlines the intent behind the program. The logic models will describe
the program in terms of assumptions, inputs, activties, outputs and proposed outcomes and
A maximum of 3 powerpoint slides are permitted. At least one of these will include the logic
The following should be consulted:
W. K. Kellogg Foundation. (2004). Logic model development guide.
There is potential to link this assignment to the Program Evaluation Plan (Assessment 3)
so spend some time finding a suitable program to evaluate. Make it a program that you have a
personal or professional interest in and you will be able to develop a logic model and PE plan


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Also called herb of grace, rue is an evergreen mounding subshrub and a member of the Rutaceae family that also includes oranges, limes, and skimmia. It is native to the Balkan Peninsula where it grows on dry hillsides, often on limestone. Growing up to 3' tall, the plant has a woody base and blue-green pinnately compound leaves 3-5" long with oblong to spatulate leaftlets. The leaflets are fleshy, dotted with glands, and are very aromatic when crushed. The dull yellow flowers have 4-5 petals, are ¾" across, and appear in flattened corymbs in early summer. Plants are usually grown for the attractive foliage and are popular in herb and rose gardens. Historically used as a medicinal herb, the problems associated with its use have led to its cultivation as an ornamental instead. The leaves are toxic if ingested and can photosensitize the skin causing watery blisters on sensitive individuals. The genus name, Ruta, may be related to the Greek word reuo meaning set free and refers to the healing power of the plant. The specific epithet, gravolens, probably is related to the Latin word gravis meaning heavy, and refers to the scent.
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Hildegard Brauns, Markus Gangl, Stefani Scherer
Education and Unemployment Risks among Market Entrants: A Comparison of France, the United Kingdom and West Germany
In empirical education and labour market research, different approaches for measuring education have been pursued; they reach from 'number of years of schooling' and educational scoring as continuous measures to typologies as the ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) and CASMIN (Comparative Analysis of Social Mobility in Industrial Nations) classification as categorical approaches. The value of the CASMIN educational classification has been demonstrated in many studies in comparative social mobility and labour market research.
In this paper we present an updated and partly revised version of the CASMIN scheme, that is able to capture also the institutional changes that took place in the course of the educational reforms that affected most European societies following World War II. We also provide the reader with examples for implementation of the schema for France, Italy, West-Germany, and the United Kingdom.


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Quasi-Experimental Design Definition
A quasi-experimental design is a research methodology that possesses some, but not all, of the defining characteristics of a true experiment. In most cases, such designs examine the impact of one or more independent variables on dependent variables, but without assigning participants to conditions randomly or maintaining strict control over features of the experimental situation that could influence participants' responses.
Example of a Quasi-Experimental Design
Quasi-experimental designs are most often used in natural (nonlaboratory) settings over longer periods and usually include an intervention or treatment. Consider, for example, a study of the effect of a motivation intervention on class attendance and enjoyment in students. When an intact group such as a classroom is singled out for an intervention, randomly assigning each person to experimental conditions is not possible. Rather, the researcher gives one classroom the motivational intervention (intervention group) and the other classroom receives no intervention (comparison group). The researcher uses two classrooms that are as similar as possible in background (e.g., same age, racial composition) and that have comparable experiences within the class (e.g., type of class, meeting time) except for the intervention. In addition, the researcher gives participants in both conditions (comparison and motivation intervention) pretest questionnaires to assess attendance, enjoyment, and other related variables before the intervention. After the intervention is administered, the researcher measures attendance and enjoyment of the class. The researcher can then determine if students in the motivation intervention group enjoyed and attended class more than the students in the comparison group did.
Interpreting Results from a Quasi-Experimental Design
How should results from this hypothetical study be interpreted? Investigators, when interpreting the results of quasi-experimental designs that lacked random assignment of participants to conditions, must be cautious drawing conclusions about causality because of potential confounds in the setting. For example, the previous hypothetical example course material in the intervention group might have become more engaging whereas the comparison group started to cover a more mundane topic that led to changes in class enjoyment and attendance. However, if the intervention group and comparison group had similar pretest scores and comparable classroom experiences, then changes on posttest scores suggest that the motivation intervention influenced class attendance and enjoyment.
The Pros and Cons of Using Quasi-Experimental Designs
Quasi-experiments are most useful when conducting research in settings where random assignment is not possible because of ethical considerations or constraining situational factors. In consequence, such designs are more prevalent in studies conducted in natural settings, thereby increasing the real-world applicability of the findings. Such studies are not, however, true experiments, and thus the lack of control over assignment of participants to conditions renders causal conclusions suspect.
- Cook, T. D., & Campbell, D. T. (1979). Quasi-experimental: Design and analysis issues for field settings. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
- Shadish, W. R., Cook, T. D., & Campbell, D. T. (2002). Experimental and quasi-experimental designs for generalized causal inference. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.


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If a prime with prime norm is a split prime, in an number ring PID?
Example: $5-\sqrt{14}$ in $\mathbb{Z}[\sqrt{14}]$ has norm $11$, it is a split prime in $\mathbb{Z}[\sqrt{14}]$? Why?
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Could you clarify your question? It isn't very clear to me what you're asking. Are you asking why certain primes split in quadratic fields? Or do you want to deduce something about the class number from this information...? – Dylan Moreland Sep 18 '11 at 16:34
Also there is no need to write so many?s. – Ted Sep 18 '11 at 17:11
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This is not quite true, I'm afraid.
I assume that the statement you want to prove is:
If $K$ is a number field, $\mathfrak{O}_K$ is its ring of integers, $x \in \mathfrak{O}_K$ is a prime element (that is, $\mathfrak{p} = x \mathfrak{O}_K$ is a prime ideal), and $|\operatorname{Norm}_{K / \mathbf{Q}}(x)|$ is a prime integer $p$, then $\mathfrak{p}$ is split (i.e. the completion of $K$ with respect to the $\mathfrak{p}$-adic valuation is isomorphic to $\mathbf{Q}_p$).
This is not quite true, because you could have ramification. For instance, if $K = \mathbf{Q}(\sqrt{-2})$ and $x = \sqrt{-2}$, then the norm of $x$ is 2 (which is prime!), but the completion of $K$ at the ideal generated by $x$ is a quadratic extension of $\mathbf{Q}_p$. But it's true if you assume that $x$ doesn't divide the discriminant of $K$, which only rules out finitely many primes (and works in the example you gave above). Moreover, you don't need to assume in advance that $x$ is prime; if the norm of $x$ is prime, then $x$ itself is prime.
Note that it makes no difference here whether $\mathfrak{O}_K$ is a PID or not.
(Edit: I should have said either "p doesn't divide the discriminant of K" - a statement about divisibility of integers -- or "x doesn't divide the different of K" -- a statement about divisibility of ideals of K. The different is an ideal of K, which provides slightly finer information about ramification than the discriminant, which is an integer, does.
There are numerous excellent books on this subject. Stewart and Tall's book "Algebraic number theory and Fermat's last theorem" is one of my favourites.)
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many thanks David when you say "x doesn't divide the discriminant of K", in my example : x=5-sqrt{14} doesn't divide the discriminant of Q[sqrt{14}] is 4*14=56, but the division is in the number ring or in Z. Can you recommend some book that comes it explained thanks again PD: Sorry for my level of english – Sidi Sep 18 '11 at 22:25
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LUXOR, Egypt  Archaeologists hoped the first tomb discovered in the Valley of the Kings in 80 years would hold the mummy of King Tut's mother. They opened the last of eight sarcophagi Wednesday, revealing no mummies but finding something almost as valuable: embalming materials and ancient woven flowers.
Hushed researchers craned their necks and media scuffled inside the stiflingly hot underground stone chamber as Egyptian antiquities chief Zahi Hawass slowly cracked open the coffin's lid  for what scientists believe is the first time in more than 3,000 years.
But instead of a mummy, as archaeologists had expected, the coffin revealed a tangle of fabric and rusty-colored dehydrated flowers woven together in laurels that looked likely to crumble to dust if touched.
"I prayed to find a mummy, but when I saw this, I said it's better  it's really beautiful," said Nadia Lokma, chief curator of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
The flowers were likely the remains of garlands, often entwined with gold strips, that ancient Egyptian royals wore around their shoulders in both life and death, she said.
"It's very rare  there's nothing like it in any museum. We've seen things like it in drawings, but we've never seen this before in real life  it's magnificent," Lokma said.
Dug deep into white rock, the tomb is known only by the acronym KV63  the 63rd tomb found in the Valley, a desert region near the southern city of Luxor used as a burial ground for pharaohs, queens and nobles between 1500 and 1000 B.C.
The burial chamber was discovered accidentally last year by U.S. archaeologists working on the neighboring tomb of Amenmeses, a late 19th Dynasty pharaoh. It was the first uncovered since the famed tomb of King Tutankhamun in 1922.
"For decades, archaeologists have been cleaning up tombs that were found earlier, so it's very exciting to discover something new," said Otto Schaden, an Egyptologist from the University of Memphis, who found the tomb and heads excavations there.
Scientists cut a hole in the tomb's door and got their first glimpse into the 12-foot-by-15-foot chamber in February. At the time, they believed it contained seven sarcophagi, but Lokma said a total of eight were inside.
Since then, the lids of seven of the coffins  including a tiny one built for an infant and filled with feather-stuffed pillows  were peeled back one by one, revealing pottery shards and fabric but no mummies.
With the last opened Wednesday, the tomb still had more mysteries than answers.
Lokma hoped hieroglyphs would help scientists identify who the coffins and tomb were made for and what happened to the bodies.
Termites had long ago devoured the wood of the final sarcophagus, leaving only a tenth-of-an-inch-thick crust of resin frozen in the likeness of its anonymous owner. Archaeologists strengthened the coffin by coating it with white strips before opening it.
They will now begin analyzing the contents and transport the newly opened coffin and two others up a steep shaft to higher ground, where the five other sarcophagi have already been placed and where guards stand watch 24 hours a day, Lokma said.
Sixteen of the 28 funeral jars found in the tomb also have yet to be opened.
The discovery broke the long-held belief that nothing is left to dig up in the Valley of the Kings.
Hawass, who heads the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, said he believed the new tomb could have belonged to King Tut's mother. Closely related Egyptian royals tended to be buried near each other and graves of the rest of Tut's family have already been found, he said.
"It would make sense, his tomb is so close that it looks like he chose to be buried next to his mother," who died years before the young king, Hawass said.
The tomb may also have been used as a secret embalming chamber under later pharaohs before being forgotten for centuries, Lokma said.
Though the new discovery did not compare with the marvels of golden masks, jewels and statues found in Tut's tomb, experts said it was a major scientific discovery that could ultimately catapult understanding of ancient Egypt.
"These discoveries are always very thrilling, because they give us a new glimpse into the ancient Egyptians' universe, and can push scientific research forward," Lokma said.


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A white paper produced by the European Commission in Brussels suggests radical changes to the way value added tax is applied to purchases which, if agreed, could see the cost of food shopping increase by up to 20 percent.
In December 2011, the European Commission (EC) released a consultation document in the form of a white paper suggesting a new system for value added tax (VAT – technically a sales tax) across European Union member states. The press release accompanying the publication of that white paper suggests that :
Broadening tax bases and limiting the use of reduced rates could generate new revenue for Member States without the need for rate increases. The standard VAT rate could even be reduced in some Member States, without any impact on revenue, if exemptions and reductions were removed.
Currently in the UK unprocessed food stuffs such as raw meat, vegetables, flour, nuts (in their shells), pulses and some bakery products such as cake and certain breads, including McVitie's Jaffa Cakes which were the subject of a landmark VAT ruling in 1991, are zero-rated. Processed foods such as ready-made meals, snack-type foods such as potato crisps and roasted peanuts, ice cream and hot take-away meals are subject to the standard rate of VAT which is currently 20 percent.
But, all that could change if Brussels gets its way. Currently, only the Republic of Ireland, Malta and the UK offer a zero-rate on certain foodstuffs – all other member states charge at least some VAT – the next lowest being Italy at 3 percent and the highest is Denmark with a VAT rate of 25 percent on all foodstuffs.
The UK's food inflation rate is already one of the highest within the EU and families are finding budgets are being stretched more and more in these uncertain economic times. If this new directive to scrap the zero-rate VAT on raw foodstuffs is implemented within the UK, food poverty within the country is likely to increase in direct proportion.


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|Guilford County students to study genes, immunity aboard Destiny bus next week|
|Friday, January 22, 2010|
Media representatives are invited to experience hands-on science aboard one of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's two traveling science laboratories when it visits two Guilford County high schools next week.
Tuesday (Jan. 26)
Wednesday (Jan. 27)
The Destiny Traveling Science Learning Program is a science education outreach initiative of Morehead Planetarium and Science Center at UNC-Chapel Hill, serving pre-college teachers and students across North Carolina. Destiny develops and delivers a standards-based, hands-on curriculum and teacher professional development with a team of educators and a fleet of vehicles that travel throughout the state.
Destiny and Discovery, two custom-built, 40-foot buses equipped as mobile science laboratories, bring advanced science and technology equipment to students who otherwise might not see high-tech experiments or what a career in science can offer. The mobile science labs are powerful visual images that heighten public awareness of the importance of and funding necessary for quality science education.
To be eligible to request a visit from a Destiny mobile science lab, each participating teacher must attend workshops to learn how to incorporate module activities and experiments into his or her classroom. Destiny offers 15 different science modules, each aligned with the N.C. Standard Course of Study.
The Destiny program was created by UNC-Chapel Hill in 2000. Its principal funders are the State of North Carolina and GlaxoSmithKline, with additional support from Bio-Rad Laboratories and from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center. Since 2006, Destiny has been part of Morehead Planetarium and Science Center.
Destiny Web site: _URL_


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Foxhunting: What limits fox numbers in Britain?
The major recorded cause of fox mortality in Britain is collision with vehicles, followed by culling. However, fox control appears to limit fox numbers only at a local level and all the studies that have looked at the effect of over-winter culling on fox densities the following spring have found culling to be ineffective in reducing the breeding population.
Two field studies, in Scotland and in Wales respectively, found that the more foxes were killed in winter, the higher the number of foxes tended to be in the following spring. Thus over-winter culling seems to be counter-productive, attracting immigrant foxes from surrounding areas. Recently, a modelling study confirmed the results of these two field studies.
A modelling study
A study used computer simulations to model the impact of different culling practices on fox numbers in a large region (1,600 km2). Of four methods of fox control (hunting with hounds, winter shooting, culling at the den and fertility control) the most effective at reducing fox populations was found to be culling at the den, which eliminates the mother with her cubs and winter shooting, which removes dispersing individuals. Both methods however, were effective only at very high culling levels (>80%), which are unfeasible for large areas. None of the methods was very effective at reducing fox numbers because immigrating foxes from other areas quickly replaced dead foxes.
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TopIf road collisions and culling do not, what limits fox numbers?
Foxes are organised in social groups that defend a territory against other foxes. The size of these territories is related to the availability of food both in space (how dispersed the food is) and time (according to annual/seasonal variations). As a consequence, the size of territories varies from 0.1 km2 in urban environments to 40 km2 or more in upland regions.
So, at a local level the numbers of foxes present is related to the amount and availability of food. At a local level, disease outbreaks are also likely to be an important factor in regulating fox numbers. At a national level however, food availability is unlikely to limit fox numbers. It is likely that social factors have the largest effect on regulating fox numbers at a national level.
- Baker, P.J. & Harris, S. (2006) Does culling reduce fox (Vulpes vulpes) density in commercial forests in Wales? European Journal of Wildlife Research 52, 99-108.
- Baker, P., Harris, S. & White, P.C.L. (2006) After the hunt - the future for foxes in Britain. International Fund for Animal Welfare, London.
- Heydon, M.J. & Reynolds, J.C. (2000) Fox (Vulpes vulpes) management in three contrasting regions of Britain, in relation to agricultural and sporting interests. Journal of Zoology 251, 237-252.
- Hewson, R. (1986) Distribution and density of fox breeding dens and the effects of management. Journal of Applied Ecology 23, 531-538.
- Pye-Smith, C. (1997) Fox-hunting - beyond the propaganda. Wildlife Network, Oakham, Rutland.
- Reynolds, J.C., Goddard, H.N. & Brockless, M.H. (1993) The impact of local fox (Vulpes vulpes) removal on fox populations at two sites in southern England. Gibier Faune Sauvage 10, 319-334.
- Rushton, S.P., Shirley, D.F., Macdonald, D.W. & Reynolds, J.C. (2006) Effects of culling fox populations at the landscape scale: a spatially explicit population modeling approach. Journal of Wildlife Management 70, _PHONE_.


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by Shou-Hsuan Liu, Ja-Liang Lin, Cheng-Hao Weng, Huang-Yu Yang, Ching-Wei Hsu, Kuan-Hsing Chen, Wen-Hung Huang, Tzung-Hai Yen
In this study, we investigated the outcomes for patients with intentional organophosphate poisoning. Previous reports indicate that in contrast to normal heart rate-corrected QT intervals (QTc), QTc prolongation might be indicative of a poor prognosis for patients exposed to organophosphates. Methods
We analyzed the records of 118 patients who were referred to Chang Gung Memorial Hospital for management of organophosphate poisoning between 2000 and 2011. Patients were grouped according to their initial QTc interval, i.e., normal (<0.44 s) or prolonged (>0.44 s). Demographic, clinical, laboratory, and mortality data were obtained for analysis. Results
The incidence of hypotension in patients with prolonged QTc intervals was higher than that in the patients with normal QTc intervals (P?=?0.019). By the end of the study, 18 of 118 (15.2%) patients had died, including 3 of 75 (4.0%) patients with normal QTc intervals and 15 of 43 (34.9%) patients with prolonged QTc intervals. Using multivariate-Cox-regression analysis, we found that hypotension (OR?=?10.930, 95% CI?=?2.961–40.345, P?=?0.000), respiratory failure (OR?=?4.867, 95% CI?=?1.062–22.301, P?=?0.042), coma (OR?=?3.482, 95% CI?=?1.184–10.238, P?=?0.023), and QTc prolongation (OR?=?7.459, 95% CI?=?2.053–27.099, P?=?0.002) were significant risk factors for mortality. Furthermore, it was revealed that non-survivors not only had longer QTc interval (503.00±41.56 versus 432.71±51.21 ms, P?=?0.002), but also suffered higher incidences of hypotension (83.3 versus 12.0%, P?=?0.000), shortness of breath (64 versus 94.4%, P?=?0.010), bronchorrhea (55 versus 94.4%, P?=?0.002), bronchospasm (50.0 versus 94.4%, P?=?0.000), respiratory failure (94.4 versus 43.0%, P?=?0.000) and coma (66.7 versus 11.0%, P?=?0.000) than survivors. Finally, Kaplan-Meier analysis demonstrated that cumulative mortality was higher among patients with prolonged QTc intervals than among those with normal QTc intervals (Log-rank test, Chi-square test?=?20.36, P<0.001). Conclusions
QTc interval helps predict mortality after intentional organophosphate poisoning.


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About Kanji Radicals
In keeping with the custom of English-language Sino-Japanese character dictionaries this 部首索引 is titled "Radical Index." Users should however bear in mind that the term 部首 does not mean "radical." Rather, it refers to headers employed in classifying Chinese characters.
One unfortunate consequence of the use of the word "radical" is the misunderstanding that the radical according to which a character is classified must have a "root" connection with the character itself. As it happens, though, the classifying scheme used in traditional Sino-Japanese character dictionaries demands that all characters be assigned to one of 214 部首, a number insufficient to cover all exigencies.
The result is that we find scores of characters classified under radicals with which they have no etymological connection. For example, the character
一 (one) has nothing to do with either the formation nor the meaning of the character
万 (ten thousand), though
万 is listed under the radical 一. In the same manner,
二 (two) is unrelated to
十 (ten) to
口 (mouth) to
右 and so on. It is simply that
右 etc. had to be classified under one of the 214 available choices, and were assigned to their 部首 on the basis of graphic similarity that is purely coincidental.
So don't be perplexed when you find
市 assigned to the 部首
日 or other instances where the 部首 has no role in the etymology.
One more anomaly regarding classifiers may be observed in a handful of
phonetic compound characters in which, for reasons obscure, the sound note doubles as the classifier. (The normative pattern for
phonetic compounds is classifier + sound note). Examples include
Japanese names of the radicals are given in hiragana. へん refers to the position at the left of a compound character. The name of a radical is not followed by へん (or べん) when the radical appears in a position other than at the left. "Non-OUCs" refers to characters other than the 1,945 included on Japan's Official Use Character List.
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