The Power of Birth and Motherhood in the Artwork of Kate Hansen
The Power of Birth and Motherhood in the Artwork of Kate Hansen
Tiara and Eve Marie, conte crayon and gold leaf on paper (Copyright 2011, Kate Hansen. All Rights Reserved)
Giving birth to a son in 2007 and a daughter in 2008, Canadian artist Kate Hansen entered into one of her most energetic and creative artistic periods, beginning a series of portraits devoted to capturing the bond between mother and child. Seeking to capture elements of the divine in the union of mother and child, and working primarily in crayon and gold leaf on paper, Hansen developed a powerful collection of mother-child portraits. Accompanying each of the portraits on her website is a birth story written by the birth mother to describe her own individual experience of birth as a rite of passage. Using the sacred symbol of the halo, Hansen's work depicts birth and motherhood as rites of passage that are sacred in themselves. Describing the momentous event that birth represents for a mother, Hansen expains how she worked to capture this sacredness,
For everyone it [birth] was a rite of passage, a moment in our lives right before motherhood, when everything changes even ones sense of self. I wanted to draw some parallels between our own ideals of what a mother should be and the cultural ideal of motherhood, symbolized by the Virgin Mary. I wanted simultaneously to honour motherhood, in all of its imperfection.
Hansen's artwork, which manifests the sacredness of the immanent world, reminds the viewer of how the most human of events, such as birth and motherhood, are sacred.
In Tiara and Eve Marie (pictured above), Hansen captures the purity of mother and child, with mother Tiara cradling baby Eve Marie to her breast while sharing a gentle gaze with the child. There are moments, divine moments, that occur when a mother bonds with her child, bringing her baby close to her and looking down at his or her face, and this is the moment that Hansen's work achieves. Other pregnant women can utilize images like Tiara and Eve Marie because the works will remind them of the serene power that a mother can feel when she is connected to her baby in this way. Also, as I have written in a previous post, envisioning her child already born is another powerful tool that the pregnant woman can use as she approaches the birth of her child, and Hansen's works would be helpful in this way.
Although some claim that a woman has no time for anything else once she becomes a mother, Hansen makes an extremely important point on this matter: not only did she not abandon her art making following the births of her children, but she witnessed how motherhood brought a flourishing of artistic energy and creativity to her work and life. I find her words here so important, both to the pregnant woman and to the contemporary voice of feminism, of which I will speak more in a bit,
After the birth of my son in 2007 I felt an incredible energy and drive to make art. Contrary to the popular belief that art making is one of the things that falls to the wayside after the birth of children, in my case I felt inspired and compelled by my experience of childbirth and motherhood. It was almost as though the creative act of making another human being awoke a creative drive in me. I also found that the time limitations involved in caring for an infant forced me to be more disciplined in my art making. I would eke out hours here and there when my son was sleeping to continue my portraits. After my daughter was born in 2008 I had determined to form a series of mother and child portraits and accompany them with birth stories written by each subject.
Pregnant women and new mothers are often concerned that, with the birth of their children, life as they know it will be over, or that their lives in the working world will be negatively impacted. Although it is fundamentally true that women's lives change drastically after birth, birth and motherhood also have the capacity to deeply empower women, bringing new energy and vitality both to their work and to their creative selves. Tapping this power not only makes for amazing mothers but could also be key to how women engage and succeed in other matters of the world. For some women, the connection between birth-mother-woman-feminist is profound, and more discussion of this power could embolden the feminist movement.
Kate Hansen has an academic and studio background in art. She currently resides with her family in Courtenay on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, and has exhibited her work in Chicago, Toronto and in Courtenay. She may be contacted or more of her artwork may be seen through her website.


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Performance metrics can help data storage pros judge the effectiveness of their enterprise data storage resources....
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For example, data storage efficiency can be measured in terms of capacity utilization or productivity (such as performance). Likewise, quality of service (QoS) can indicate compliance with data protection among other application service requirements.
Examples of metrics and measurements for storage efficiency and optimization include the following:
- Macro (e.g., facilities such as power usage effectiveness) and micro (device or component level)
- Time (performance or activity) vs. availability vs. space (capacity)
- Performance metrics, including IOPS, bandwidth, and response time or latency
- Additional performance metrics, including reads, writes, random, sequential or IO size
- Storage capacity metrics, including percent utilization as well as reduction ratios
- Other capacity metrics, including raw, formatted, free, allocated or allocated not used
Metrics can be obtained from in-house, third-party, or operating system and application-specific tools. Other metrics can be estimated or simulated; for example, benchmarks running specific workloads such as those from the Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC), Storage Performance Council (SPC), Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) or Microsoft Exchange Solution Reviewed Program (ESRP).
Compound metrics, those made up of multiple metrics, include cost per GB and cost per IOP, along with capacity per watt or activity per watt, such as IOPS or bandwidth per watt of energy used.
A list of common storage performance metrics
Here is a list of common storage performance metrics:
- IOPS: I/O operations per second where the I/O can be of various size
- Latency: The response time where lower is better for time-sensitive applications
- MTBF: Mean time between failures indicates reliability or availability
- MTTR: Mean time to repair or replace a failed component or storage device
- Quality of Service (QoS): Refers to performance, availability or general service experience
- Recovery point objective (RPO): To what point in time is data saved or lost
- Recovery time objective (RTO): How quickly data or applications can be made available
- SPC: Storage Performance Council workload (IOP, bandwidth and others)
- TPC: Transaction Processing Council workload comparisons
Other metrics include uptime, planned or unplanned downtime, errors or defects, and missed windows for data protection or other infrastructure resource management tasks.
Remember to keep idle and active modes of operation in perspective when comparing tiered storage. Applications that rely on performance or data access need to be compared on an activity basis, while applications and data that are focused more on data retention should be compared on a cost per-capacity basis. For example, active, online and primary data that needs to provide performance should be looked at in terms of activity per-watt per-footprint cost, while inactive or idle data should be looked at on a capacity per-watt per-footprint cost basis.
Given that productivity is also a tenet of storage efficiency, metrics that shed light on how effectively resources are being used are important. For example, QoS, performance, transactions, IOPS, files serviced or other activity-based metrics should be looked at to determine how effective and productive storage resources are.
Tips for using data storage resource metrics
Here are three other storage efficiency tips to remember:
- Look beyond cost per-capacity comparisons
- Remember that GB per watt can mean capacity or performance bandwidth
- While hit rates may indicate good utilization, they may not necessarily mean effective performance
It can be easy to end up with an apples-to-oranges comparison when looking at different storage products optimized for idle or low activity that may have a good capacity per watt, but poor performance and low IOPS or bandwidth per watt. Likewise, a high-performance storage system may have good IOPS or bandwidth per watt, but may not be as attractive when compared on a capacity basis.
Remember that more information will have to be processed, stored and protected in multiple locations and at a lower cost in the future. Therefore, performance efficiency can enable more effective storage capacity at a given QoS level, for both active and idle storage.

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|An example of an Advanced Organizer for chapter 5.|
At one site where I work, students are having difficulty comprehending the text, The Iroquois: The Six Nations Confederacy (Mary Engler). In addition to a density of facts, the text is not well written and I suspect one might argue does not represent the complexity of the Iroquois people very well. The text is included in the Grade 4 module from Expeditionary Learning.
In order to help facilitate comprehension, I introduced teachers to the use of advanced organizers. An explanation of advanced organizers, along with organizers for each of the chapters (2 - 5) is included in the slideshare below. Please use freely.


Surprisingly reputed schools are facing severe competition equivalent to enterprises in recent time. The levels of expectations are increasing at a rapid speed as almost every stakeholder be it, Parents or Students, Teachers or Management are looking forward to an effective mode of interaction. The responsibility lies with the school to ensure providing excellent outcomes with the available resources. Banking on the best school management software will ease out the process for the school management.
While making the selection of the school management software you need to keep an eye on the below mentioned points:
1. Facility for Consistent Upgrades:
Reputed schools keep on adding features to the protocol for the betterment of education system. With an addition of new system and technologies, there is need of up gradation in the existing software and school management software need to be capable of adopting new things and get upgraded as per need.
2. Flexibility:
The software needs to be flexible enough to accept new changes. When school management adopts some software, it is mandatory to understand the flexibility level with which it is made available. The software needs to accept changes to the school system in place of forcing a school to accept the software offerings.
3. Reliability:
Checking the reliability of the software before accepting it for school use is mandatory. It needs to be the one which is showing consistency in its service and accepted by many other schools in the city. Another important point which needs to be checked is the level of evolution the application experienced in few years time.
4. Long Term Support:
Good software is the one which can offer you long term support or do have the experts who can upgrade it as per the changing needs of the school. In such cases banking on the specialized company is will be the right choice as it will offer the support in case of a risky situation and where you need preventive measures.
5. Web-Based Solution:
The best school management software needs to be the one which need to be web based one. The key facility of web based version is that application will be accessible from every location where the internet is available, making it easy for management, students, staff and even parents to access.
6. Scalability:
The software needs to have the feature of scalability. If the software was not developed to scale with time, then when there will increase of students and the associated staff it will turn out to be an unusable version.
7. User friendly:
The software needs to be user friendly and should have only such features which are understandable to the users easily for use.
If you are looking for one of the best school management software then relying on the software manufactured by Vidyalaya School Software will be the right choice for you.


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How to make the mouse left-handed in Mac OS X
This page explains step-by-step how to make the mouse left-handed in Mac OS X. Unless you have a single-button mouse, your mouse is set up for a right-handed person by default, with the primary button on the left. However, you can swap the function of the mouse buttons from the default left click, so that a right click is instead used for selection and dragging. You'll just need to remember to press the opposite button to what is called for when you are following instructions (for example, if you are requested to right-click on something).
Note: The following abbreviations for keys on the Mac are used: Ctrl is used for the Control key, Apple is used for the Command key, and Alt is used for the Option key. For keyboard access, make sure 'Full keyboard access' is turned on - you can turn it on or off by pressing Ctrl + F1 at any time.
Step 1: Open the 'Keyboard & Mouse' window
Make sure you are in 'Finder'. If necessary, press Apple + Tab to cycle through the open applications until you return to 'Finder'.
Click on the 'Apple' icon on the menu bar or press Ctrl + F2.
Click on 'System Preferences', as shown in Fig 1, or press the down arrow key to highlight it and then press Enter.
In the 'System Preferences' window (shown in Fig 2), click on the 'Keyboard & Mouse' icon, or press Tab repeatedly (you might need to press Ctrl + F7 first) to cycle through the icons until the 'Keyboard & Mouse' icon is highlighted and then press the Spacebar.
Step 2: Swap the primary and secondary mouse buttons
In the 'Keyboard & Mouse' window, make sure the 'Mouse' tab is selected. If it is not, click on it, or press Ctrl + F7 to highlight one of the tabs and then press the left or right arrow key to select it. Depending on the mouse you are using, you will see something like the window shown in Fig 3, which shows the default button settings for a right-handed person.
Click on the drop-down button to the right of the picture of the mouse and select 'Primary Button' from the list, or press Tab until the drop-down button is highlighted and then use the up and down arrow keys to scroll through the options.
Click on the drop-down button to the left of the picture of the mouse and select 'Secondary Button' from the list, or press Tab until the drop-down button is highlighted and then use the up and down arrow keys to scroll through the options.
(If you prefer to use your mouse as if it had a single button, select 'Primary Button' from the drop-down lists to both the right and the left of the picture of the mouse.)
You can also change the function of the side buttons and scroll ball (or scroll wheel), if your mouse has these.
When you are finished, click on the window's red close button or press Apple + W.


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What's the News: Biologists have discovered an eel so bizarre that they didn't initially know if it was an eel or some other kind of fish. The strange creature, dubbed Protoanguilla palau after a researcher found it in an undersea cavern off the coast of Palau, has very few of the anatomic features of modern eels, but displays many hallmarks of primitive eels from the Mesozoic era. It appears that the eel's last common ancestor with any other living creature existed 200 million years ago, the researchers report in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
How the Heck:
- Last year, Jiro Sakaue of the Southern Marine Laboratory of Palau came across the unique eel while diving in a deep fringing-reef cave near Palau. He brought the find to his colleagues to investigate.
- Sakaue and his team began by analyzing the physical features of eight of the eel specimens. The researchers compared the creatures' anatomic characteristics to those of modern eels—which includes over 800 species grouped into 19 families—and to ancient eel fossils.
- The new species, the scientists found, showed traits present only in the fossils of the earliest eels, dating back to 100 million years ago. The major similarities between the new species and the fossils include a disproportionally large head, certain fused skull bones, a particular jawbone, and a relatively small number of vertebrae. The creature also has features that are unique in the eel world, such as gill rakers (structures involved in feeding and gill maintenance) resembling those in bony fishes.
- By analyzing the eels' mitochondrial DNA, the researchers learned that the eels date back to 200 million years ago, 100 million years earlier than the oldest eel fossil that scientists have found so far.
- Because of the eels' antique characteristics, the researchers decided to name the species Protoanguilla palau, where protoanguilla means "first eel." P. palau even got its own family, Protoanguillidae.
What's the Context:
- Although the eel doesn't have a fossil record to go by, the research team considers P. palau a living fossil, a name given to species that remain relatively unchanged after surviving for millions of years. Some other living fossils include the coelacanth, the horseshoe crab, and the nautilus.
- P. palau may be ancient, but its cavern home is only 10,000 to 110,000 years old, according to study co-author Hitoshi Ida. "I think that what we see is a remnant of their habitat," Ida told Discovery News. The researchers also think that the eel may live in other remote habitats.
Image courtesy of Jiro Sakaue

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Floresville ISD AFTER SCHOOL DAY CARE takes pride in our Program and staff. Each day, we strive to give each child the love and nurturing they need in the absence of their parent(s), as well as create a positive learning experience where they can grow physically, emotionally, socially and cognitively by offering a variety of activities to all. This will ensure that during their time spent away from home they will be happily engaged. We believe that communication between staff and the parent(s) is essential.
Before your child can be admitted to our program, the following steps must be taken:
1. Enrollment forms completed with all signatures;
2. Parent Handbook acknowledgement signed with driver license or Texas ID number; and
3. Verification of legal custody (when indicated), parent or legal guardian must provide a signed copy for file.
COST AND HOURS OF CARE:
Monthly charge will be determined on the number of days of the school calendar. Payment is due no later than the 15th of each month. The center may discontinue services if tuition is two weeks or more delinquent.


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All Heart or No Brains?. Cardiovascular & Respiratory Systems. Question: How much does a Normal Heart Weigh?. 5 ounces 11 ounces About 1 pound 2.5 pounds. B. 11 Ounces on average. ( The average brain weighs 3 pounds or 48 ounces). Statistics. Beats per Minute = 60-80
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Cardiovascular & Respiratory Systems
About 1 pound
B. 11Ounces on average.
(The average brain weighs 3 pounds or 48 ounces)
Beats per Minute = 60-80
Beats per Day = 100,000
Beats per Year = 35 Million
Beats per Lifetime = 2.5 Billion
*Blood Pumped per minute (Rest) = 5 Liters/ 5 Quarts
Blood Pumped to over 75 Trillion Cells in Body
Through over 60,000 miles of vessels
Cardio – pertaining to Heart
Vascular- = a little vessel, consisting of cells joined into tubes for transporting/circulating
CV system – Body system transports nutrients, gases, hormones, cellular waste products.
*Major Cardiovascular Functions
wDelivery:. oxygen and nutrients
wRemoval:carbon dioxide and waste products
wMaintenance: body temperature, pH
wPrevention: infection (Helps Immune System function)
Heart is Center of All Emotions. Heavy Heart
7th century B.C. city-state of Cyrene. Cyrene traded the rare, now extinct, plant silphium. It was known as a means for birth control. The seedpod of the silphium looks exactly like a valentine's heart. Moreover, its use in sex is an obvious connection to love
The Main artery & Largest (elastic). When the left ventricle contracts to force blood into the aorta, the aorta expands. This stretching gives the potential energy that will help maintain blood pressure during diastole as during this time the aorta contracts passively.
Muscles receive most of the cardiac output during exercise because the muscles are the ones doing most of the work!
w Thickness varies directly with stress placed on chamber walls.
w Left ventricle is the most powerful of chambers and thus, the largest.
w With vigorous exercise, the left ventricle size increases.


behavioral ecology in the anthropocene
seabirds & nutrient deposition
Seabirds can provide important nutrient subsidies to the ecosystems they occupy. In southern California, the Channel Islands seasonally support a large population of nesting Western gulls (Larus occidentalis). Although a marine bird, these gulls have varying tendencies to forage on anthropogenic food sources (e.g. steal your french fries). I am interested in the the nutrient subsidies these seabirds provide to the Channel Islands ecosystem and how changes in diet towards may alter the effects these nutrients have on the island ecosystem.
 fish schools on coral reefs
What is the functional ecology of a fish school on a coral reef? How does it differ from that of a solitary fish of the same species? Are we directly or indirectly changing fish schooling behavior through fishing and other anthropogenic impacts?
 I am investigating these questions by studying convict tang (Acanthurus triostegus) on the reefs of Palmyra Atoll (USA) and Moorea (French Polynesia).
are we fishing out schooling behavior?
Schooling is a common behavior that increases reproductive success and natural predator avoidance, but makes them especially vulnerable to exploitation by modern technologies designed specifically to capture entire fish schools. Think surround nets. While we know these technologies have depleted schooling fish numbers, it remains unclear how the historical benefits of schooling behavior are counterbalanced against increased risk of harvest mortality in an Anthropocene ocean.
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10 Ancient Cities you've probably never heard about before
When you discuss 'ancient cities' with someone, the first ancient settlements to come up are probably 'Teotihuacan,' 'Machu Picchu,' 'Tiahuanaco' and 'Pompeii' among others. However, while these are some of the most incredible ancient cities on the surface of our planet, the truth is that three ar countless other ancient cities that many have never heard of before.
The sheer amount of ancient cities around the planet is staggering, and most of these antique settlements date back thousands of years. Most of them are extremely well preserved even today, and are evidence of extremely sophisticated cultures, existing on the surface of our planet in the distant past.
In this article, we bring you 10 ancient cities you've probably never heard about before:
The Lost City, aka 'La Ciudad Perdida'
Also known as Teyuna and Buritaca, this ancient city located in Columbia's Sierra Nevada is one an ancient city unknown to many. These incredible ancient ruins predate the Inca city of Machu Picchu by nearly 7000 years. The ancient settlement was discovered in 1972 and archaeologists believe it was the capital city that connected several other villages in the area belonging to the Tairona people.
Another ancient settlement only a few have ever heard about. Located on the largest of the Orkney Islands in Scotland, this ancient city predates both the Great Pyramids of Egypt and Stonehenge in England. It was a lost city until harsh weather conditions exposed its ruins in 1850.
The Ancient city of Caral
Researchers consider Caral as home to one of the first sophisticated ancient civilizations that inhabited the Americas. It covers a mighty 165 acres, and it is one of the largest in Peru. The pyramids of Caral according to archaeologists are contemporary with Egyptian Pyramids (3200 BC). These complex constructions are proof of ingenuity of ancient man, being able to erect these incredible monuments, precisely constructed, shows the planning and organisation levels of the builders of this incredible monument complex.
Hatra: The Capital of an ancient Kingdom
This ancient city is located in modern-day Iraq and was one of the most prominent ancient Capitals of the First Arab Kingdom. Its incredible architecture and incredibly well-designed walls helped fight off numerous conquer attempts. It was one of the most important trade centers under the Parthians and was eventually destroyed during the Sassanid invasion. According to archeologists, this ancient city has numerous features of Greek, Roman, and Eastern architectures. Hartra is believed to have been destroyed by the Islamic Republic.
It is another ancient settlement in Peru, home to the Chimu people. It was one of the largest Pre-Columbian cities in South America and was populated until it was conquered by the Inca Empire in 1470. This vast ancient city was called home b over 30,000 people in the distant past.
The Ancient City of Virupaksha
The ancient city of Virupaksha was one of the largest ancient cities in the world. Archaeologists believe that half a million people called this ancient city their home in the distant past. The ancient city was conquered by Muslim kingdom around 1565 when most of the city was destroyed.
Mesa Verde was one of the most important ancient cultures in North America, the Anasazi. The architecture displayed in the construction fo this ancient city was unlike anything seen in previous cultures. The Anasazi construction methods allowed them to erect houses that could boast up to 150 rooms. Interestingly just like many other ancient civilizations, the Anasazi too vanished mysteriously around 1300.
Mohenjo-Daro is without a doubt one of the most mysterious ancient cities ever discovered by researchers. Located in the Indus Valley, it is known as one of the earliest urban centers on the planet. Constructed around 2600 BCE, the city was one of the most important sites for 600 years. Researchers believe that the original name of this ancient city was ' Kukkutarma'.
The ancient city of Babylon
Babylon is another ancient city that is omitted by most people. It was one fo the largest ancient cities in Mesopotamia built along the River Euphrates. Researchers believe that this ancient city was one of the first ancient settlements to provide permanent shelter for 200,000 people. This ancient city was considered one of the holiest cities of the Akkadian Empire.
Amarna: The Lost City of Akhenaten
This ancient city was founded by one of the most controversial Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt: Akhenaten. This ancient Egyptian city was among the fest to feature never-before-seen architectural techniques in the land of the Pharaohs.


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This is the third article in the series about storing more than just executable code inside a Delphi application.
In the introductory article we saw how Delphi uses standard Windows resource files like icons, bitmaps and cursors. As explained, resource files that store such kind of data can be created with Delphi's Image Editor. The second article explained how to use sound files, video clips, animations and more generally any kind of binary files in a Delphi executable - we placed a mp3 file inside a Delphi exe. As stated, we use Borland Resource Compiler (BRCC32.exe) to create a resource file that gets linked with an executable file.
Many of you have asked how your application can be a container for any Web-style content, including HTML resources and pictures that are part of your project.
This articles will show you how HTML and associated files (pictures) can easily be included within a Delphi application. As a result, you simply have to distribute an EXE file that includes HTML pages, as it would do with icons and cursors.
 Creating a HTML page
For the start we have to assemble a (simple) html page. Use your favorite HTML editor and create one page with one associated picture. I'll name mine aboutindex.htm.
Note that when you add a picture tag inside a htm page it looks something like:
We have to alter the IMG tags so that the SRC attribute equals the name we are to give to a picture in a resource:
My HTML code looks like:
HTML inside a Delphi exe This is a HTML Delphi resource test:
 Creating and compiling a resource file
Remember that to create a new resource script file, you have to:
1. Create a new text file in your projects directory.
2. Rename it to AHTMLDelphi.rc.
3. Write down the following two lines of text in the AHTMLDelphi.rc file.
DELPHIINDEX HTML "c:\Delphi\projects\aboutindex.htm"
ABOUTDP GIF "c:\library\graphics\adp.gif"
Note: the resource type "HTML" is RT_HTML, predefined as the resource type "23". This is the default resource type for the RES protocol.
In this way we have prepared one HTML page and one GIF picture to be included in the binary code of our EXE module.
The next step is to compile the.rc file. To compile the AHTMLDelphi.rc file to a.res file execute this command at the command prompt (in the projects directory):
The final step is to add the following compiler directive to a unit in your project. RES file must be included in the program's build by adding a line like this:
{$R AHTMLDelphi.RES}
 Displaying inside a Web browser
When you have the application's exe (let's call it: myhtmldelphi.exe) the HTML resource contained within can be accessed via the RES: protocol. Run Internet Explorer and, in the Address bar, type the following:
This should result in:
HTML page from a Delphi resource
That's it. If you have any questions; like how use the HREF tag inside a html resource, or how to display the html page inside a Delphi form; please post them on the Delphi Programming Forum!
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Pool covers are growing in popularity because they are an excellent way to reduce dirt and debris getting into the pool and save hundreds of dollars on unnecessary water bills that prevent evaporation. They're also great for retaining heat and extending the shower season.
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Reducing evaporation is a major advantage of installing pool covers as the average 8 x 4 m open pond loses nearly 45,000 liters of water annually and up to 80,000 liters of water per year if heated year-round.
The highest rate of evaporation occurs when the difference between water and air temperatures is greatest. Surprisingly, this may not happen in the middle of a hot day when the pool is operating as water and air temperatures can get very close at that time.
While the water in the pond can stay warm at night, the air temperature drops significantly, which means a greater temperature difference between air and water and thus greater evaporation.
As is common in most parts of Victoria, our humidity is relatively low. The drier the air, the higher the rate of evaporation. Less evaporation occurs in very humid conditions.
If pond covers are used carefully, up to 95% evaporation of water can be saved, protecting a 40m2 pond from losing 53,200 liters per year. That saves a lot of money on water bills! Even if it rains, all the water will still enter the pool and effectively replenish it.
You'll also see a reduction in chemical costs due to lower chlorine levels and no need for a stabilizer (with the lid always open when you're not swimming) potentially saving hundreds of dollars each year and pool chemistry costs.


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My 6 (almost 7!!) year old is fascinated with sharks! Like completely enthralled with these sea creatures!! Thank goodness he has been raised on an island where a variety of sharks are in the plenty.
He thoroughly enjoyed making this paper plate shark visor. It was simple enough that he made it independently and it has to do with sharks…what could be better for him?!
You will need: paper plate, scissors, hole puncher, yarn, markers, glue, and construction paper.
1. Cut a paper plate in half.
2. Using the construction paper, cut small triangles for the teeth.
3. Decorate the top of the paper plate (shark's face) with markers (crayons, colored pencils, etc.).
4. Glue the small triangles (shark's teeth) on the bottom of the paper plate.
5. Punch 2 holes at the top of the plate (by the shark's eyes).
6. Tie the yarn in both holes large enough to fit around your child's head.
7. Have your little one go sport their new, one-of-a-kind paper plate shark visor! Have fin!! 🙂
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Postscript is a page description language developed by Xerox PARC, and then Adobe systems, with the goal of providing a portable format that would use the best features of every system. It is a block structured procedural language, very similar to Forth. Each postscript document is a computer program that when run, produces the printed pages of the document. Originally Adobe Systems intended for postscript documents to be fully portable between different printing devices, but some other computer companies insisted on including machine language routines in the documents produced by their systems, so the portability between different printers was lost. In response, Adobe created the PDF format, which allows formatting to be tightly controlled on web and printed pages, but requires a special PDF viewer.
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Adobe PostScript
The official site of PostScript, with resources, information, and links.
Adobe PostScript Language Specifications
Official specification of the core data format/language and of several of its extensions, specification errata and supplements. Hosted by the Adobe Solutions Network.
Adobe PostScript SDK Archive
A compilation of documents and sample code previously distributed on CD as the Print Technologies software development kit.
Don Lancaster's PostScript Library
Essays and examples on PostScript programming.
PostScript and GhostScript Resources
Links to general information, utilities, and software.
The PostScript Area
Overview and history of language, explanation on how PostScript renderers work, troubleshooting database, and other basic information about PostScript.
PostScript Books
Lists a couple of Adobe and third-party publications.
PostScript Language Reference
Complete list of PostScript operators, operands, and symbols. Also features a PostScript troubleshooting section, information on document structuring conventions, the OpenPress Interface (OPI) specification, and a list of books.
PostScript Manual
David Maxwell's introduction to programming in PostScript.
PostScript Routines
Briefly describes some pieces of re-usable PostScript code.
Software for the Macintosh Millennium
A shareware archive of approximately thirteen thousand lines of annotated PostScript Code.
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Selector API
Modifying a widget usually requires having direct access the object. This may not always be the most convenient or efficient way to work with complex UIs. The Tabris.js selector API allows referencing widgets without using an instance, and even manipulating multiple widgets at once.
Selector Strings
A selector string describes an existing widget that we want to work with. There are different formats for these strings, which will look familiar to you if you know CSS.
 - "*" - Matches all widgets.
 - "Type" - Matches all widgets of the given type, e.g. "Button" matches all button widgets.
 - ".class" - Matches all widgets that have the given class in their class list, e.g. ".foo" matches a widget with class set to "foo" or "foo bar".
 - "_TAG_" - Matches all widgets with the given id, e.g. "_TAG_" matches all widgets with the id "foo".
The id of a widget is a property like any other. It's initial value is undefined, so you always have to assign one yourself, usually when creating the widget.
new tabris.TextView({id: "myLabel"});
Id's don't have to be unique, but it is strongly recommended that they are so within a page.
The class property is a string containing a whitespace separated list of "classes". A class is an arbitrary name for a state or category the widget should be identifiable by. It may only contain alphanumeric characters, "_" and "-".
new tabris.TextView({class: "label important"});
Classes may be freely mixed, re-used and changed on any widget at any time.
Working with Selectors
To find a widget anywhere in the current page, simply call page.find(selector). This will return a WidgetCollection with all widgets within the page that match the given selector. You can further narrow the search scope by using page.children(selector), or by calling either of these methods on a container within the page.
It is also possible to search through all widgets in the current widget tree, using tabris.ui.find(selector). However, this is rarely practical. Instead, you may use tabris.ui to find all current pages (tabris.ui.children("Page")), actions (tabris.ui.children("Action")) or the drawer (tabris.ui.children("Drawer")).
A selector may also be given in LayoutData instead of a the widget itself. This even works if the referenced widget is not yet created.
The apply method
How it works
 - apply({*})
The apply method uses selectors to apply different sets of properties to different widgets in one call. It is available on all widgets, but most commonly used on Page.
For example, to make all widgets within a page green you could call:
page.apply({"*": {background: "green"}});
You can also set different properties on different widgets:
 "_TAG_": {text: "OK!", background: "yellow"},
 "_TAG_": {text: "Cancel!", textColor: "red"}
The order in which these properties are applied depends on the selector used. The order is:
 - "*" > "Type" > ".class" > "_TAG_"
For example:
 "_TAG_": {background: "red"},
 "Button": {background: "green"},
 "*": {background: "blue"}
This will make all widgets within the page blue, except for the buttons, which are green, except for "_TAG_", which will be red.
The on-screen order of the properties in the object literal is meaningless. According to the EcmaScript standard the members of a JavaScript object do not have a defined order.
How to use it
While we used object literals in the above examples, the apply method can be very effectively used with modules, allowing most or all property values (except ids) to be extracted from your code.
Imagine, for example, that you want to apply different texts to your widgets depending on your locale. You could do it like this:
var lang = tabris.device.get("language");
try {
 page.apply(module.require("./texts-" + lang));
} catch() {
 // fallback if the desired language file does not exist:
Since JSON files can be used as modules, your language file (e.g. "texts-en.json") could simply look like this:
 "_TAG_": {"text": "OK!"},
 "_TAG_": {"text": "Cancel!"}
An alternative pattern would be to always use the same module…
But use scripting within the module to calculate the actual values:
var texts = {
 en: {
 "_TAG_": {text: "OK!"}
 "_TAG_": {text: "Cancel!"}
module.exports = texts[tabris.device.get("language")] || texts.en;
The same pattern could be applied for e.g. colors based on the OS, font-sizes based on screen width, or layout data depending on device orientation:
page.on("resize", function() {
 var bounds = page.get("bounds");
 page.apply(require("./layout-" + (bounds.width > bounds.height)? "landscape" : "portrait"));
It is better to use the aspect ratio of the page as a basis for selecting a layout than the device orientation. This is because when the device is re-oriented, the page is first re-sized, and then rotated in an animation. Also, in future Tabris.js versions a page may not always have the same aspect ratio as the screen.


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Very First Computer Game is as Old as Your Mom
Does anyone want to venture a guess as to when the first computer game was invented? And no – its not Pong.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Spacewar, the very first computer game ever created. The game, a distant relative to what would eventually be known as Asteroids, puts the player in control of a spaceship that is buoyed by the gravity of a star in the city of the screen that shoots down rockets. It was originally developed at MIT by four students for the bulky PDP-1 minicomputer which more like a radar machine than it does a contemporary computer.
The classic game is still being updated to work on the latest browsers. If you can get past the dated graphics and obscene difficulty then give it a try here.
This means people have been vegging out, playing video games and yelling at computer screens since the early 60′s. Wow, what a long way man has come.
[via Daily Mail]


What do memories look like?
Thu, 06/20/2013 - 8:44am
A living neuron in culture: Green dots indicate excitatory synapses and red dots indicate inhibitory synapses. Image: Don ArnoldOscar Wilde called memory "the diary that we all carry about with us." Now a team of scientists has developed a way to see where and how that diary is written.
Led by Don Arnold and Richard Roberts of the Univ. of Southern California (USC), the team engineered microscopic probes that light up synapses in a living neuron in real time by attaching fluorescent markers onto synaptic proteins—all without affecting the neuron's ability to function.
The synapses appear as bright spots along dendrites, the branches of a neuron that transmit electrochemical signals. As the brain processes new information, those bright spots change, visually indicating how synaptic structures in the brain have been altered by the new data.
"When you make a memory or learn something, there's a physical change in the brain. It turns out that the thing that gets changed is the distribution of synaptic connections," said Arnold, assoc. prof. of molecular and computational biology at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, and co-corresponding author of an article about the research that appears in Neuron.
"Using mRNA display, we can search through more than a trillion different potential proteins simultaneously to find the one protein that binds the target the best," said Roberts, co-corresponding author of the article and prof. of chemistry and chemical engineering with joint appointments at USC Dornsife and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering.
The design of FingRs also includes a regulation system that cuts off the amount of FingR-GFP that is generated after 100% of the target protein is labeled, effectively eliminating background fluorescence—generating a sharper, clearer picture.
Source: Univ. Southern California
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Does the World Need U.S. Farmers Even if Americans Don't?
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We consider the implications of trends in the number of U.S. farmers and food imports on the question of what role U.S. farmers have in an increasingly global agrifood system. Our discussion stems from the argument some scholars have made that American consumers can import their food more cheaply from other countries than it can produce it. We consider the distinction between U.S. farmers and agriculture and the effect of the U.S. food footprint on developing nations to argue there might be an important role for U.S. farmers, even if it appears Americans don't need them. For instance, we may need to protect U.S. farmland and, by implication, U.S. farmers, for future food security needs both domestic and international. We also explore the role of U.S. farmers by considering the question of whether food is a privilege or a right. Although Americans seem to accept that food is a privilege, many scholars and commentators argue that, at least on a global scale, food is a right, particularly for the world's poor and hungry. If this is the case, then U.S. farmers might have a role in meeting the associated obligation to ensure that the poor of the world have enough food to eat. We look at the consequences of determining that food is a right versus a privilege and the implications of that decision for agricultural subsidies as well as U.S. agriculture and nutrition policies.


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Drools is a Rule Engine but it is more correctly classified as a Production Rule System. The term "Production Rule" originates from formal grammer – where it is described as "an abstract structure that describes a formal language precisely, i.e., a set of rules that mathematically delineates a (usually infinite) set of finite-length strings over a (usually finite) alphabet". Production Rules is a Rule Based approach to implementing an Expert System and is considered "applied artificial intilligence".
The term Rule Engine is quite ambiguous in that it can be any system that uses rules, in any form, that can be applied to data to produce outcomes; which includes simple systems like form validation and dynamic expression engines: "How to Build a Business Rules Engine (2004)" by Malcolm Chisholm exemplifies this ambiguity. The book is actually about how to build and alter a database schema to hold validation rules which it then shows how to generate VB code from those validation rules to validate data entry – while a very valid and useful topic for some, it caused quite a suprise to this author, unaware at the time in the subtleties of Rules Engines differences, who was hoping to find some hidden secrets to help improve the Drools engine. jBPM uses expressions and delegates in its Decision nodes; which controls the transitions in a Workflow. At each node it evaluates a rule that dicates the transition to undertake – this is also a Rule Engine. While a Production Rule System is a kind of Rule Engine and also Expert System, the validation and expression evaluation Rule Engines mention previously are not Expert Systems.
A Production Rule System is turing complete with a focus on knowledge representation to expression propositional and first order logic in a concise, non ambigious and declarative manner. The brain of a Production Rules System is an Inference Engine that is able to scale to a large number of rules and facts; the engine is able to schedule many rules that are elegible for execution at the same time through the use of a "conflict resolution" strategy. There are two methods of execution for Rule-Based Systems – Forward Chaining and Backward Chaining; systems that implement both are called Hybrid Production Rule Systems. Understanding these two modes of operation are key to understanding why a Production Rule System is different.
Forward Chaining is 'data-driven' and thus reactionary – facts are asserted into the working memory which results in rules firing – we start with a fact, it propagates and we end with multiple elegible Rules which are scheduled for execution. Drools is a forward chaining engine. Backward Chaining is 'goal-driven', we start with a conclusion which the engine tries to satisfy. If it can't it searches for conclusions, 'sub goals', that help satisfy an unknown part fo the current goal – it continues this process until either the initial conclusion is proven or there are no more sub goals. Prolog is an example of a Backward Chaining engine; Drools will adding support for Backward Chaining in its next major release.
The Rete algorithm by Charles Forgy is a popular approach to Forward Chaining, Leaps is another approach. Drools has implementations for both Rete and Leaps. The Drools Rete implementation is called ReteOO signifying that Drools has an enhanced and optimised implementation of the Rete algorithm for Object Oriented systems. Other Rete based engines also have marketing terms for their proprietary enhancements to Rete, like RetePlus and Rete III. It is important to understand that names like Rete III are purely marketing where, unlike the original published Rete Algorithm, no details of implementation are published; thus asking a question like "Does Drools implement Rete III?" is nonsensical. The most common enhancements are covered in "Production Matching for Large Learning Systems (Rete/UL)" (1995) by Robert B. Doorenbos
Business Rule Management Systems build value on top of an Rule Engine providing systems for rule management, deployment, collaboration, analysis and end user tools for business users. Further to this the Business Rules Approach is a fast evolving and popular methodology helping to formalise the role of Rule Engines in the enterprise.


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The Early Steps program builds a child's strengths and teaches caregivers activities that will help the child learn and develop.
Florida's Early Steps partners with Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital to provide early intervention and therapy services to eligible infants and toddlers (birth to 3 years old) with significant developmental delays or a condition that may result in a developmental delay.
This federal and state program focuses on building the child's strengths and teaching the caregivers activities that will help the child learn and develop. Research shows that a child's earliest experiences play a critical role in brain development. Starting interventions early puts children on the right path to learn and develop at their fullest potential.
Who Might be Eligible for Early Steps?
Children who qualify for the Early Steps program have at-risk or confirmed conditions that can lead to physical or mental delays, such as:
See a complete list of eligible conditions or contact the Early Steps program serving your area for more information.
How Early Steps Works
Before beginning the Early Steps program, infants and toddlers are assessed in the following developmental domains to determine eligibility:
Early Steps services are done in a natural environment. Therefore, the program provides services to the family and child where they live, learn and play to support appropriate learning opportunities during everyday activities and routines. Most services will be held at the child's home.
There is no income requirement to qualify for the program and families are not charged for services.
Early Steps Services
The program's services are based on a child's strengths and needs and may include:
- Assistive technology devices
- Audiology services
- Behavioral services
- Family training and home visits
- Occupational, physical and speech therapy
- Service coordination
- Vision services
- Other individualized services
Benefits of Early Steps
- Provides services in the child's natural environment (usually the home)
- Increases each child's unique developmental and learning opportunities
- Uses a team-based approach for consistent evaluation and services
- Encourages family participation
- Teaches caregivers activities to help the child learn and develop
Florida's West Central Early Steps program serves the following counties:
If you would like to refer a child, please call us at _PHONE_. If you live in another county, you can find your program through the Children's Medical Services Early Steps website listing or by calling _PHONE_.
Give us a call
You do not need a referral to join the Early Steps program. Our team is happy to assist you with your questions.
Send us an email
If you have a child or know of a child who may need Early Steps services, please contact us. We are happy to help.


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The indicator set component is used to create the data model and view models for any forms needed on your community. While some systems use the same data model for all forms (hiding and changing the labels for fields), BetterData allows you to create a unique data model for each form that you need. This gives you more flexibility when it comes to using that data to generate reports.
The data model is determined by the fields that you need on a form. However, it can also include fields that are calculated, populated by an external application or auto-populated from data elsewhere in the community. Once configured an indicator set can be used in one or more Apps on your community. Indicator sets are accessible both via a web browser and on the Android app.
The labels, help text and validations for each field can be defined in multiple languages. BetterData will detect the language settings of your browser and only display the form in the matching language (if available). This enables you to translate forms (at once or over time) to be in multiple languages simultaneously.
Each indicator set can have one or more form views. The form view is used to enter or edit data. Each form view can include the following elements:
Widgets define the functionality for each field on the form. Some of the widgets available include:
- Date or time
- Repeat structure
- Calculated fields
- Radio buttons
Each widget can also have validations defined. These determine which data can be entered. Fields can initially be defined as required or optional, with a validation error message specified to guide users as to the response needed. If defined as required then the following additional validations can also be set:
- Equal to
- Greater than equal to
- Less than equal to
- Minimum number of characters
- Maximum number of characters
- Must be an email address
- Must be a number
- Must be a date
Permissions define which which user roles are able to view, edit or delete the form and it's data. Roles are defined in the application component and will appear in each form as they are modified.
Form views may also reference the following other components:
- Linkages - This allows users to link two forms and specify the relationship between them
- Comments - This allows users to add comments
- Taxonomies - This allows users to select tags from a pre-defined taxonomy and add them to the form
- Duplicate - This component introduces a duplicate check that prompts users to search and check for duplicate forms based on a pre-specified key (like the title field, ID field, email address or similar)
- Mailbox - This component links to the mailing engine, enabling users to contribute new form data via email and receive updates the same way. Similar integrations are possible (for simple forms) via SMS
Rules determine what happens once a form is created or updated. Some examples of the options here are:
- Initiate a workflow - This triggers a workflow that the form is linked to
- Create an app profile - This takes the data from the form and uses it to create an app profile
- Network linkage - If the form is used to create a new profile, this rule can also then assign one or more users specified on the form to be the owner or member of that profile
Each indicator set can also have one or more views. This typically include an object view that shows the data saved on the form in a read only view. The object view uses the same elements as the form view, but they made be arranged in a different way.
The object view is also configureable to define which options are visible and to which user role. For example:
- Who can edit the form object?
- Who can delete it?
- Who can create a linkage?
Users also have the option to save a link to the object to their personal library. This helps people to create their own collections of relevant content.
Following are some screenshots of the indicator set component.


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SLC single layer capacitor has the characteristics of small size, large capacity and high application frequency, etc., which are widely used in electronics, radar, navigation and satellite communications, etc.. In the traditional single layer capacitor, there is a dielectric layer in the middle, and an upper and lower layer of electrode layer. The lower electrode is welded on the circuit with the solder such as gold-tin alloy or lead-tin alloy, and the upper electrode is connected to other circuit components with the gold wire bonding technology.
At present, the preparation process of gold-tin solder of single layer capacitor is either low material utilization rate, which greatly increases the production cost; Or the process difficulty coefficient is high, the control requirements of composition and temperature of electroplating tank liquid are very high, and there are problems such as electroplating solution pollution, it is difficult to meet the environmental requirements. In order to solve these problems, EXSENSE Electronics Technology Co., Ltd. introduces a single layer capacitor with gold-tin solder, which includes gold-tin solder layer, lower electrode layer, medium dielectric layer and upper electrode layer. The chip capacitor can improve the encapsulating efficiency and reduce the encapsulating cost; Which is simple process, controllable speed, low production cost; The whole process is pollution-free, and the welding performance of the made of gold-tin solder in high temperature is excellent, to ensure the stability of the product, which is suitable for industrial production.
The specific preparation steps of single layer capacitor with gold-tin solder are as follows:
First, prepare ceramic substrates, clean and dry;
Second, the electrode layers formed on the upper and lower surfaces of ceramic substrate with evaporation method or sputtering method;
Third, the ceramic substrate forming the upper and lower electrodes is put into the vacuum sputtering machine, the gold-tin solder layer is sputtered by DC sputtering, the substrate is sputtered by rotation and rotation;
Fourth, sputtering gold-tin solder layer, the target material is made of gold-tin alloy with mass ratio 80: 20, cavity heating temperature is 100~500℃, vacuum degree is 10-6-10-7mTorr, power is 500W~4000W, time is 50 ~1000s, using X-ray machine or step profiler monitoring sputtering film thickness, at the same time using online monitoring system to monitor real-time sputtering film thickness;
Fifth, according to different ceramic substrate performance requirements, part of the substrate only needs to sputter gold-tin solder layer on the surface of the upper electrode or the lower electrode, and part of the substrate needs to sputter on both sides;
Sixth, after sputtering, turn off the heating device, fill in the gas, and take out the semi-finished product;
Seventh, the semi-finished products are processed by conventional lithography, etching, electroplating, cleaning and other processes;
Eight, dicing, test, sorting;
Ninth, product packaging.
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When viewing an event in which an object moves behind an occluder on part of its trajectory, 4-month-old infants perceive the trajectory as continuous only when time or distance out of sight is short. Little is known, however, about the conditions under which young infants perceive trajectories to be discontinuous. In the present studies we focus first on infants' perception of trajectories that change during a period of occlusion. Four-month-olds perceive discontinuity in trajectories that change in height or orientation while behind an occluder, and this is true even when a change in direction could be due to an invisible bouncing collision with a surface. Further experiments reveal that infants do not perceive diagonal linear trajectories as continuous across an occlusion unless the occluding and revealing edges are orthogonal to the path of movement. Implications for theories of perceptual and cognitive development are discussed.
Bremner was lead author. Research arising from ESRC Grant R000238340 to Bremner held at Lancaster, with Slater (Exeter) as co-applicant and Johnson (NYU) as international collaborator. RAE_import_type : Journal article RAE_uoa_type : Psychology


- Carolyn Maloney
Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 Broadens Beneficial Ownership Reporting
In early March, the House Financial Services Committee released three proposed bills to codify many of the suggested reforms discussed during ongoing conversation among financial agencies, law enforcement, financial institutions, and commentators regarding the Bank Secretary Act ("BSA") and Anti-Money-Laundering ("AML") and Combating the Financing of Terrorism ("CFT") laws. In this post, we summarize one of the proposed bills, The Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 (the "Act"), which seeks to ensure that persons who form legal entities in the U.S. disclose the beneficial owners of those entities. Although such a law would have broad application, the Act does not include "formation agents,"—i.e., those who assist in the creation of legal entities such as corporations and LLCs—in the definition of financial institutions subject to the BSA.
As we previously blogged, another proposed bill — entitled, "To make reforms to the Federal Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering laws, and for other purposes" — seeks to reform the BSA and AML laws (the "BSA/AML Reform Bill") and is divided into three main sections: Strengthening the Treasury; Improving AML/CFT Oversight; and Modernizing the AML System. Next week, we summarize the last of the three related bills, the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Act, which seeks to create an asset recovery rewards program to help identify and recover stolen assets linked to foreign government corruption.
The Purpose of the Act
The Act focuses on bolstering beneficial ownership disclosure, an issue repeatedly flagged by FinCENthe U.S. Senate Banking Committee, and the FATF as key in combatting money laundering and terrorist financing. In response to a 2006 FATF report criticizing the United States for failing to collect beneficial ownership information, the federal government repeatedly urged the states to make their incorporation systems more robust by obtaining beneficial ownership information as part of the formation process. Having had little success with voluntary compliance, the Act would amend the BSA to compel the Secretary of Treasury to set minimum standards for state incorporation practices. Thus, applicants forming a corporation or LLC would be required to report beneficial ownership information directly to FinCEN, and to continuously update such information.
The Act defines a "beneficial owner" as a natural person who "(i) exercises substantial control over a corporation or limited liability company; or (ii) has a substantial interest in or receives substantial economic benefits from the assets of a corporation or limited liability company." The Act's definition is similar in some respects to that in the Customer Due Diligence Requirements for Financial Institutions Rule (the "Beneficial Ownership Rule," about which we blog frequently and have provided practical tips for compliance here and here), but lacks the precision found in the Rule. In fact, the Act completely fails to define the terms "exercises substantial control" or "substantial interest."
The purpose of the Act is to level the playing field by requiring beneficial ownership information no matter the state of formation. In this way, the Act could motivate states to enact more demanding formation systems, and demotivate persons from forming entities in states which require little information about beneficial ownership.
A Long Time in the Making
The Act has been through several incarnations over the years. Most recently, The Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 was introduced by Representatives Carolyn Maloney and Peter King of New York in June 2017. Subsequently, Senators Ron Wyden and Marco Rubio introduced companion legislation in the Senate. For more on the previous iterations of the Corporate Transparency Act, please refer to our two-part series published September 20, 2017 and September 21, 2017.
An Important Change
Under previous iterations of the Act, "formation agents,"—i.e., those who assist in the creation of legal entities such as corporations and LLCs—would be considered financial institutions subject to the BSA's AML and reporting obligations. As we blogged previously, this expanded definition of "financial institution" could encompass many individuals and businesses not previously subject to the BSA, including attorneys whose practices involve the formation of legal entities. This, the ABA has contended, "would undermine the attorney-client privilege, the confidential attorney-client relationship, and traditional state court regulation of the legal profession, while also imposing excessive new federal regulations on lawyers engaged in the practice of law."
In an apparent win by the ABA and other stakeholders, however, the Act in its current iteration has removed references to the proposed "formation agents" classification. The Act, introduced by Representative Maloney, still would primarily serve to bolster the beneficial ownership identification requirements to prevent the use of shell companies for various illicit reasons, including facilitating tax and money laundering schemes as seen in the Panama Papers scandal.


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KEITH S. KARN
Human Factors in Context LLC
WILLIAM E. HUTSON
Now that they are beyond the initial start-up phase, it is time to take a critical look at ride-hailing systems such as Uber and Lyft. This ethnographic case study investigates these systems from the drivers' perspectives and also addresses the ethnographic techniques and general approach that we used. Without a protocol, budget or equipment, we interviewed approximately 150 Uber, Lyft, and Taxi drivers in 23 US cities over 2 years during paid rides. Our loosely structured interview approach allowed us to collect information from drivers regarding the entire gamut of their jobs. This included how and why drivers work, their choice of work hours, rider pickups, driving, vehicle ownership and maintenance, rider behavior, perceptions of safety / danger, navigation, general likes and dislikes of the system, and financial matters related to their business. Our findings cover a wide range of issues, some bearing on poorly designed or missing functionality in the driver's...
This paper recounts research into the orientation and mobility experiences of people who are blind or visually impaired, and describes the novel sonic research method I developed for this purpose. "Participant Phonography," as I call the method, aims to empower research participants with low or no vision through the self-guided creation of sound recordings that represent their experiences of the world in a first-person perspective. More broadly, the paper highlights the inadequate efforts of ethnographers in industry to tackle challenges of disability and reflects on the ethical challenges that face researchers who want to include disabled people in research. Inclusive methods like participant phonography have great potential to break down traditional power structures that have rendered non-normative groups marginal in user research, but these methods also come with substantial barriers to their implementation in a corporate context....
This case study seeks to increase understanding of how agency is fostered in human-AI interaction by providing insight from Uber's development of a conversational voice-user-interface (VUI) for its driver application. Additionally, it provides user researchers with insight on how to identify agency's importance early in the product development process and communicate it effectively to product stakeholders. First, the case reviews the literature to provide a firm theoretical basis of agency. It then describes the implementation of a novel in-car Wizard-Of-Oz study and its usefulness in identifying agency as a critical mediator of driver interaction with the VUI before software-development. Afterward, three factors which impacted driver agency and product usage are discussed – conversational agency, use of the VUI in social contexts and perception of the VUI persona. Finally, the case describes strategies used to convince the engineering and product teams to prioritize features to increase agency....
Case Study—One of Uber's company missions is to make carpooling more affordable and reliable for riders, and effortless for drivers. In 2014 the company launched uberPOOL to make it easy for riders to share their trip with others heading in the same direction. Fundamental to the mechanics of uberPOOL is the intelligence that matches riders for a trip, which can introduce various uncertainties into the user experience. Core to the business objective is understanding how to deliver a 'Perfect POOL'—an ideal situation where 3 people in the vehicle are able to get in and out at the same time and location allowing for a more predictable and affordable experience. This case study argues that, for a reduced fare and a more direct route, riders are willing to forego the convenience of getting picked up at their door in exchange for waiting and walking a set amount to meet their driver.
This case study explores the integration of qualitative and quantitative research...


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First Class requirement #5a: Identify or show evidence of at least 10 kinds of native plants found in your local area or campsite location.
Cottonwoods leaves are large, light-colored, and shaped like a spade. They grow a lot of leaves in the spring. Some of these pictures show very few leaves because they were taken at the end of summer. When the summer heat hits Dallas-Fort Worth, the cottonwoods can drop half their leaves in order to slow down evaporation and preserve their moisture.
Cottonwoods grow very fast because they make very soft wood. So where tree growth is new, you will often see cottonwoods sticking up above the tops of other trees.
Click on the pictures to see them up close.
Cottonwood branches are often almost white. So it is no surprise that they are related to poplars and aspens.
Cottonwoods are most likely to be confused with sycamores. The last picture on this page is a sycamore to show the differences. Sycamore leaves are more divided into sections than cottonwood leaves. And on big sycamores the bark is shaggy, while on big cottonwoods the bark instead has ridges.
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Some questions and answers about the costs of the 3D Rendering services
Find out answers to the questions about costs for Businessrender 3D Rendering services
Is it possible to exclude some options from the minimal packages?
Yes, if they are marked up as "optional". But anyway, you can request them at any time during making a job.
Unfortunately, it's not possible to exclude non-optional details, for example, request only one view, if the package contains two or more views.
What can reduce the final cost of 3D renderings?
Using some solutions can reduce our workload, therefore reduce the cost and time of making 3D Renderings (please keep in mind the final cost cannot be lower than the cost of the corresponded minimal package):
 - Skipping 3D modeling of details which might be considered as not important.
 - Replacing some objects with similar 3D models taken from our library, or 3D stock platforms such as TurboSquid, 3DSky, etc.
Is it possible to get 3D Renderings cheaper than minimal package costs?
Unfortunately, it's not possible to get 3D renderings cheaper than the costs of the minimal packages.
Is it possible to reduce the cost by requesting the services partially? For example, by making only 3D models or scenes without making 3D renderings and/or postproduction?
Unfortunately, we don't provide our services this way. Especially we don't provide the service such as making 3D models and scenes without 3D rendering and/or postproduction. Therefore, it's not possible to reduce the cost of our services this way.
What else might affect the cost of 3D Renderings?
 - A complexity of 3D Rendered objects.
The more is the complexity of rendered objects, the higher is the cost.
 - Image resolution and number of views.
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Kyte & Doolittle Hydropathy
Hydropathic regions achieve a positive value. Setting window size to 5-7 is suggested to be a good value for finding putative surface-exposed regions, whereas a window size of 19-21 yields a plot in which transmembrane domains stand out sharply, with values of at least 1.6 at their centers.
When the window size is 19, peaks with scores greater than 1.8 indicate possible transmembrane regions.
When the window size is 9, strong negative peaks indicate possible surface regions of globular proteins.
The Window Position values shown on the x-axis of the graph reflect the average hydropathy of the entire window, with the corresponding amino acid as the middle element of that window. For example, if the window size were 19, the score at window position 10 would be the average hydropathy of the 19 amino acids from position 1 to position 19 in the input sequence. Notice that the horizontal axis is scaled to include only those amino acids for which a windowed hydropathy score is computed.
First, each amino acid is given a hydrophobicity score between -4.5 and 4.5. A score of 4.5 is the most hydrophobic and a score of -4.5 is the most hydrophilic. Click here to see each amino acid's score. Then a window size is set. A window size is the number of amino acids whose hydrophobicity scores will be averaged and assigned to the middle amino acid in the window. The default window size is 9 amino acids. The computer program starts with the first window of amino acids and calculates the average of all the hydrophobicity scores in that window. Then the computer program moves down one amino acid and calculates the average of all the hydrophobicity scores in the second window. This pattern continues to the end of the protein, computing the average score for each window and assigning it to the middle amino acid in the window. The averages are then plotted on a graph. The y axis represents the hydrophobicity scores and the x axis represents the position in the protein sequence.
Hopp & Woods Antigenic/Hydrophilic
This scale was developed for predicting potential antigenic sites of globular proteins, which are likely to be rich in charged and polar residues. This scale is essentially a hydrophilic index, with apolar residues assigned negative values. The authors suggest that, using a window size of 6, the region of maximal hydrophilicity is likely to be an antigenic site.


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2. Place the bit in the ding and line up the drill so it is exactly perpendicular to the pot.
3. Press the drill firmly into the container and then drill through the container in a single motion. To prevent your drill bit from slipping around when working with metal containers, first make a shallow hole with a very small drill bit and then drill completely through the pot with the larger bit.


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DESIGN BRIEF:Problem: We humans emit so much carbon into the atmosphere.Solution: The Hungry Ocean project will reproduce Plankton more quickly striking a blow in Global Warming. Also the Plankton absorb C02.
HYPOTHETICAL TEST: 1. The first thing you could test with Hungry Ocean is strength and durability of the machine. You would test this by putting the machine in rough waters. It passes the test if it doesn't break and fall apart.2. Next, you could test if the tubes would allow the water to pass through regularly without getting clogged. You would test this by sucking up as much water as possible and making sure that the water passes through. It passes the test if the water can come through without getting clogged.3. Another way we can test the Hungry Ocean machine is seeing how quickly the Plankton reproduce. You would test this by sucking high nutrient waters and seeing how fast the Plankton bloom. It passes the test if there's twice the amount of Plankton than there was before.4. The fourth way you could test this machine is by seeing exactly how much Plankton take carbon with them when they die. You would test this by seeing how much carbon is in the air when they're alive and when they die if the percentage of carbon goes any higher. It passes the test if the percentage doesn't fo any higher.5. Finally, the last thing you could test with this machine is how much high nutrient water gets sucked up from the bottom of the ocean to help reproduce th Plankton. You would test this by seeing how effectively the Plankton rid the atmosphere of C02. It passes the test if all of the Plankton are working effectively.
DESIGN SPECS: 1. Machine that's durable enough to withstand rough waves at the surface of the ocean.2. Tubes made of strong plastic that collect high nutrient waters fom the bottom of the ocean.3. As the Buoys' rise and fall against the waters currents, lots of water will be sucked up the tubes providing a steady diet of ocean fertilizer turbo charging Plankton growth.4. There's a hole at the top of the tube that allows the water to the surface.5. When the Plankton die off, a hefty percentage of them take the carbon with them to the bottom of the ocean.
RELEVENCE: I'm doing HUNGRY OCEAN. My relevance is the same
WORKS CITED: I'm doing my second machine. My works cited is the same.
DESCRIBING MACHINE: The name of my second invention is called Hungry Ocean. It uses pumps that stretch 1,000 feet into any ocean. The experiment is going to take place in the Pacific Ocean though. Basically th teams goal is to get high nutrient waters up from the bottom of the ocean to the surface to help reproduce the plankton more quickly. Like all plants, Plankton absorbs C02. Here in the Pacific Ocean, a cup of water holds a quarter of a billion Plankton. Buoys' would be scattered all over the Pacific holding pumps like the ones that i just described.
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Automating Trade-Off Analysis of Security Requirements
A key aspect of engineering secure systems is identifying adequate security requirements to protect critical assets from harm. However, security requirements may compete with other requirements such as cost and usability. For this reason, they may only be satisfied partially and must be traded off against other requirements to achieve "good-enough security". This paper proposes a novel approach to automate security requirements analysis in order to determine maximum achievable satisfaction level for security requirements and identify trade-offs between security and other requirements. We also propose a pruning algorithm to reduce the search space size in the analysis. We represent security concerns and requirements using asset, threat, and goal models, initially proposed in our previous work. To deal with uncertainty and partial requirements, satisfaction security concerns are quantified by leveraging the notion of composite indicators, which are computed through metric functions based on range normalisation. An SMT solver (Z3) interprets the models and automates the execution of our analyses. We illustrate and evaluate our approach by applying it to a substantive example of a service-based application for exchanging emails.
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Pasquale, Liliana; Spoletini, Paola; Salehie, Mazeiar; and Cavallaro, Luca, "Automating Trade-Off Analysis of Security Requirements" (2015). Faculty Publications. 3618.


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150 Years Ago Today in the Civil War: Battle of Philippi
Posted by Diane
This June 3, 1861, battle, which resulted in a Union victory, was part of a campaign by Maj. Gen. George McClellan, then commander of the Department of Ohio, to protect mostly pro-Union western Virginia and secure railroad bridges.
What may be the first battlefield amputations were performed on the Confederate side. Horrible as it was, this common battlefield surgery, which generally took about 15 minutes, saved many lives, according to Michael O. Varhola in the book Life in Civil War America.
One of the patients was 18-year-old James E. Hanger, who lost his leg. After returning home, he crafted an artificial leg from barrel staves with a hinge at the knee. He was commissioned to manufacture prosthetic limbs for other wounded soldiers and patented his device. He founded what is now the Hanger Orthopedic Group, still a leading manufacturer of artificial limbs.
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ThingThingThing is an experimental collaboration between Asia Art Archive and artist duo ZZYW, formed by Yang Wang and Zhenzhen Qi. Yang was originally a graphic designer and Zhenzhen a applied mathematician. Five years ago, they started exploring the boundary between art and technology in their creative practices. They became interested in exploring the collaborate narrative […]
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BACKGROUND: Multimerization is a key process in prion-like disorders such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), since it is a requirement for self-templating tau and beta-amyloid amyloidogenesis. AT8-immunohistochemistry for hyperphosphorylated tau is currently used for the diagnosis and staging of tau pathology. Given that tau-tau interactions can occur in the absence of hyperphosphorylation or other post-translational modifications (PTMs), the direct visualization of tau multimerization could uncover early pathological tau multimers. METHODS: Here, we used bimolecular fluorescent complementation, rapamycin-dependent FKBP/FRB-tau interaction and transmission electron microscopy to prove the in vitro specificity of tau-proximity ligation assay (tau-PLA). We then analyzed MAPT KO and P301S transgenic mice, and human hippocampus and temporal isocortex of all Braak stages with tau-PLA and compared it with immunohistochemistry for the diagnostic antibody AT8, the early phosphorylation-dependent AT180, and the conformational-dependent antibody MC1. Finally, we performed proteinase-K treatment to infer the content of amyloidogenic beta-sheet fold. RESULTS: Our novel tau-proximity ligation assay (tau-PLA) directly visualized tau-tau interactions in situ, and exclusively recognized tau multimers but not monomers. It elicited no signal in MAPT KO mouse brains, but extensively labelled P301S transgenic mice and AD brain. Two groups of structures were detected, a previously unreported widespread small-sized diffuse pathology and large, neurofibrillary-like lesions. Tau-PLA-labelled diffuse pathology appeared from the earliest Braak stages, mostly unaccompanied by tangle-like tau-immunohistochemistry, being significantly more sensitive than any small-sized dot-/thread-like pathology labelled by AT180-, AT8- and MC1-immunohistochemistry in most regions quantified at stages 0-II. Tau-PLA-labelled diffuse pathology was extremely sensitive to Proteinase-K, in contrast to large lesions. CONCLUSIONS: Tau-PLA is the first method to directly visualize tau multimers both in vitro and in situ with high specificity. We find that tau multimerization appears extensively from the earliest presymptomatic Braak stages as a previously unreported type of diffuse pathology. Importantly, in our study multimerization is the earliest detectable molecular event of AD tau pathology. Our findings open a new window to the study of early tau pathology, with potential implications in early diagnosis and the design of therapeutic strategies.
Acta Neuropathol Commun
AT8, Aggregation, Alzheimer's, Early pathology, Multimer, Phosphorylation, Proximity-ligation assay, Tau


Question: How Long Does A Bank Transfer Take From Two Different Banks?
Why does it take so long to transfer money between banks?
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All the bank has to do is adjust the ledger entries for each account. That concludes the transfer. If, on the other hand, the transfer is happening between two different domestic banks, then the process may take one or more days.
Can you transfer money from two different banks?
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The receiving banks often take 2-4 days for funds to be released to customers because they are following what they call the ""three-day good funds model", which basically means they'll hold the funds for three days to make sure it's not a fraudulent transaction.
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Money transfer apps can let you send money at the weekend, but how quickly the money arrives in the recipient's account depends on the banking system in the country you're sending it to. If their banks are closed on weekends and public holidays, the money will arrive the next working day.
How do I deposit money into someone else's bank account?
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Transfer money with a wire transferThe routing number of the bank you're sending the money to.The name, address and phone number of the bank that will be receiving the funds.The bank account number of the recipient of the money.The name and address of the recipient of the funds.
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Bank transfers and payments made using Faster Payments should arrive in the payee account immediately, however sometimes it can take up to two hours to go through.
Will a bank transfer clear on a Saturday?
The inter-bank payment clearing system does not operate over the weekend or on public holidays. Hence any inter-bank payment logged during those times will be processed on the next business day. Intra-bank transfers will typically be processed immediately, regardles of the day of the week.
Can bank transfers take 24 hours?
Hi, On most occasions, money transfers made by faster payment should take up to 2 hours to process. However, on occasion, it can take up to 24 hours if made outwith banking hours or during times of service maintenance.
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Shake, Rattle and Roll: Rhythm Instruments and More for Active Learning
Learn dozens of easy, fun learning activities using rhythm instruments, movement, Spanish, ASL and more. These classroom-tested activities support learning in literacy, math, science, motor skills, and social-emotional development. Available on Amazon.com and other bookselling sites.
101 Rhythm Instruments for Young Children
The perfect book to introduce rhythm instruments to young children! Contains easy actvities for rhythm sticks, maracas, jingle bells, sand blocks and more. Published by Gryphon House, 2004. Available on Amazon and other bookselling sites.
Teaching Creativity: Supporting, Valuing, and Inspiring Young Children's
The Musical Toddler: Singing, Playing, Moving, Creating, Listening, and Sharing the Joy of Music with Very Young Children


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Henry Barton Turner
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Henry Barton Turner
BornDecember 2, 1885
Brierley Hill, Birmingham, England
DiedDecember 6, 1970 (age 85)
Henry Barton Turner (_PHONE_) was a magician, specializing in escapes, that performed as Houdeen, Henri Deville, the Wizard of the Army, The Great Deville.
Turner became a music hall performer as The Great Deville, the Wizard of the Army, in the 1920s and this career continued until the early 1930s.
The act incorporated Houdini-style escapes and earlier in his career, during the first decade of the twentieth century when Houdini and his brother Hardeen were topping bills Europe, Turner briefly adopted the name of Houdeen.
"The Wizard of the Army" title used by Deville was a foil to Val Walker, "The Wizard of the Navy", who was also featuring unusual escapes in the early 1920s.
Illusions were also featured by Deville in some of his performances including "Dividing a Lady in Two, the 20th Century Unsolved Problem and Super Miracle", a version of Selbit's "Sawing a woman in half".
By 1936, he started a business selling illusions, manuscripts and books. Some of his manuscripts offered were of Hindu Fakir's Feats, 25 Long Lessons in Hypnotism, and Ventriloquism for Amateurs with 9 Dialogues.
During World War II, Deville worked for the Fairey Aviation Company building aircraft but also managed to continue his magic business[1]
See also: Mr Eugene Deville "Dr Henri Deville" of Manchester, who was elected to membership of The Magic Circle on 4th June 1929.
 1. No. 134. THE GREAT DEVILLE, WIZARD OF THE ARMY, Complete Rich Cabinet of Magical Curiosities by Edwin A. Dawes (2005)


The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
Some book collectors choose to focus all of their attention on a single title by a particular author. This may sound simple but can become a monumental task depending on the book in question. A classic work - like Shakespeare's plays or Chaucer's Canterbury Tales - will have been republished hundreds of times in various formats, with different illustrators and different cover art, by different publishers, in different countries, by different translators, and so forth.
To determine how many different editions a single title might have it would be wise to consult a bibliography. AbeBooks itself is also very useful for researching the various editions of a particular title.
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In the poem "To the Snake" the author Denise Levertov use several writing techniques to portray money and gambling. She uses syntax, sound imagery, color imagery, figurative language, and symbolism to represent money and gambling. Symbolism is used cleverly throughout the poem to depict a number of things that would take numerous readings to see.
Throughout the poem the sentences are structured so that every other sentence is indented, with exception to the first two and the last four. In those sentences not indented the author chose to make every other sentence shorter so that the ends were uneven. This syntax structure gives the reader the feeling of something hard to catch or control. The author did this because money, as it is depicted in the poem, is something this person can't handle. In other words this person can't get control of money, instead the want of money is controlling them. This introduces the idea of gambling into the poem. In the poem it says, "…I swore to my companions that certainly you were harmless!", which is the typical statement of people addicted to gambling. Once again there is the control factor. This person can not control their desire for money and, the means of getting the money, gambling. Another important syntax technique can be seen in line 12. The poem says "…for that joy, which left a long wake of pleasure…" The words "which left" are put on a line alone to draw attention to them. When read without stopping, the words make it seem as if, "…a wake of pleasure…", was left. However, if the line is read again slowly, the line seems to say, "…that joy…", left. The author did this to show that even though the joy left, the memory of pleasure was still there, which is why this person continues to gamble. '
Sound imagery is another writing technique put to use by Levertov in the poem. When reading the poem out loud, the reader notices the "S" sound. The misleading "S" or hissing sound could be interpreted, by some readers, to be the sound of a snake. It is instead the sound of money. When gambling, it is often necessary when betting on something to count money quickly. Paper money when rubbing together makes a hissing sound very much like the sound you get when reading the poem. The hissing could also be attributed to the sound of machines or people in a casino. The sound is not very distinct but it does resemble hissing.
One of the most convincing aspects of the poem that leads the reader to believe the poem is about gambling and money is the use of symbolism. The speaker is addressing this snake throughout the poem but each time says, "Green Snake…" instead of just snake. This shows that it was not the snake that was important, but its color. The color green of course is the color of paper currency, which leads back to the idea that the poem is about money. Next, is the color gold, which is often the color of jewelry, whether the metal is real gold or not. The gold referred to in the poem is most likely a necklace bought with gambling money. The line, "…when I hung you round my neck and stroked your cold, pulsing throat…glinting arrowy gold scales…", gives the idea that the gold is indeed a gold necklace because the speaker put it around their neck. Last, the color silver appears in the poem. In reference to money, silver is the color of coins, excluding the penny. This is one of the cleverest uses of symbolism in the poem. In the passage it reads, "…and I felt the weight of you on my shoulders, and the whispering silver of your dryness…" This part of the poem deals with the speaker having no money. Usually when speaking of money the word dry is synonymous with lack. Most of the time when you are low on paper currency you have coins which goes back to the color silver. Staying with the same topic the, "…weight of you on my shoulders…", is talking about the stress the speaker has from not having money. The last bit of symbolism comes in the last part of the poem where it says, "…as the leaves moved and you faded into the pattern of grass and shadows, and I returned smiling and haunted, to a dark morning." The leaves moving are symbolic of time passing. As the seasons change the leaves always go through some kind of change which is why the leader is led to believe that the leaves represent some portion of time, which could be great or small. The word fading says to the reader that the money the speaker has gained in gambling is now all gone. The idea that it faded into the pattern of grass and shadows makes the reader think that the speaker is going to gamble again and start the cycle over. First lets look at the grass. Grass when cut grows back every time, under normal conditions. This applied to the gambler means that each time the money gets short the speaker is going to gamble again to get more money or make their cash supply grow just like grass. The same principle applies with shadows. The sun comes up and the shadows began to form. As the sun goes down the shadows leave. This constant growing and decreasing cycle can once again be applied to the speaker either losing or all their money and then regaining it by gambling. The part, which discusses how the speaker returns smiling and haunted, refers to the speaker facing his/her friends. The speaker smiles to assure them there is no harm done, while they are really haunted because they cant kick the habit and it is consuming them. The dark morning is of course when the speaker starts the whole cycle all over again.
The author used a variety of elements like syntax, symbolism, and imagery to tell a story of a person addicted to gambling. Levertov cleverly used things in nature like a snake and grass and leaves to represent different parts of the gamblers problem. Even things so overlooked in nature as shadows were used as tools by Levertov to get a point across about the speaker. Denise Levertov in writing the poem wrote a detailed description of one thing and many things at the same time making the topic of the poem whatever you interpret and prove it to be.