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I think you mean the endings, but that's OK. I know what you mean!
Those are the primary endings (suffixes) used to indicate the people of particular lands, but they are not all inclusive. Here are some others:
American or Americans (-n or -ns)
Iraqi or Iraqis (-i or -is)
The map here is useful.
The main answer here is interesting.
So I can't say
- The Americans are good in football. -
I have to say
- Americans are good in football. -
But these aren't adjectives, aren't they?
You can use "The" or not. It'll be fine. You would probably use "The" only when comparing American teams with other countries' teams.
In both sentences you wrote, "Americans" is serving as a noun (the subject of the sentence). "The" is serving as an article (sort of an adjective), and "good" is an adjective.
That is what confused me so.
In my question I posted what my grammar book says, with the Examples. Are the explanation totaly right?
Yes, the explanation is right.
These terms will be considered nouns if they are serving in a noun's position in the sentence:
The French drink lots of wine.
Americans are good at football.
But these will be considered adjectives if they are used to describe/modify nouns:
French wine is usually excellent.
American football is different from Italian football.
Ok I get this. But French wine is usually excellent wouldn't be right after the explanation. It has to be The French wine is usually excellent. Am I right?
Again, you'd use "The" if you were comparing, but even that is not a hard-and-fast rule:
The French wines are usually better than the Portuguese wines.
French wines are usually better than Portuguese wines.
Both sentences are clear in their meaning, whether you use "The" or not. I wish this could be crystal clear for you, but this is a rather "fuzzy" thing in English!
So the rule that stands in my grammar book is not totally right. I can say The Amaricans are good at football even if there isn't one of the suffix that stands in my grammar book.
Here's another explanation about using articles (the, a, an):
In the first paragraph here, you can tell that it's not an easy or consistent "rule" in English. This is what I meant by "fuzzy" above. Sometimes it works; sometimes it doesn't. I wish I could give you an explanation that is crystal clear, but there just isn't one.
I have to explain these to my classmates, so it will be better I understand it... And my grammar book confused me a lot...
So I just want to tell them that way.
But why are they writing something like that in a Grammar book? Then it would be better they didn't write anything, or like by mountains they say, mountains vary. It's clear, you have to learn, or look it up.
Yes, it's not easy, that's for sure. It takes years and years of hearing people use any language correctly in order to learn it ourselves.
Whenever I have studied Spanish, for example, I have a terrible time with the two verbs "soy" and "estoy" -- and with the use of "lo" -- they still confuse me!
Keep on reading and listening to people who speak correct English. Eventually it'll become almost automatic.
we are all advanced learners, so we do most things automatically, and then to explain something is so difficult.. I will do my best but the rule in the book still confuse me.
Here are two websites in which you might find better explanations:
I thank you very much!
You really helped me I'm still confused but it is better.
If an other big problem come up with articles I will wirte it again.
You're very welcome!
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IllumiRoom demo: Xbox + Kinect + augmented projection
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Microsoft Research has taken the wraps off IllumiRoom, an augmented reality, peripheral projection technology that could be one of the key features of the Xbox 720 or Kinect 2.0.
By combining a Kinect camera and a projector, IllumiRoom augments the area around your television to increase immersion in the game you're playing or the movie you're watching. The best way to get your head around IllumiRoom is to watch the mind-blowing video below. Microsoft says the video is "captured live," and hasn't had any special effects added in post production.
IllumiRoom is surprisingly simple in its operation. Kinect captures the appearance and geometry of the room, and then this data is used to adapt the extra visuals that are projected against the wall and furniture around your TV. Microsoft Research doesn't go into details on how the extra, augmented reality visuals are created, but presumably they're just a secondary output from whatever software is running on the television. In the case of games, it's fairly safe to assume that the developer would want full control over the projected visuals.
The use cases of IllumiRoom, as you can probably imagine after watching the video, are extensive. In FPSes, the projection might simply be bullet trails and explosions, but in RPGs and adventure games cityscapes and landscapes could be projected. Imagine a horror/suspense game, where beasties skitter over some shelves in your peripheral vision. IllumiRoom might also work with movies and other forms of media (action and horror movies, music visualizations, and so on).
How does IllumiRoom dovetail into Xbox 720 and Kinect 2.0? Well, for a start, IllumiRoom was shown off at CES 2013 — odd, considering this is a Microsoft Research project, and MS didn't have an official CES presence, instead piggybacking on keynotes presented by Qualcomm and Samsung. Second, the video almost looks like a professional commercial, whereas Microsoft Research videos are generally ad hoc and amateur-shot. In short, IllumiRoom seems like much more than a pet project to Microsoft — and remember, it is Microsoft Research that developed the original Kinect, too.
Microsoft's Immersive Display Experience patent diagram
It is very clear from the video, however, that the IllumiRoom prototype currently uses a strong, standalone projector — probably hanging from the ceiling. While enthusiasts might not have a problem with such a setup, it would be a hard sell to the average, console-buying consumer. This is where an interesting patent comes in, though: Back in 2011, Microsoft filed a patent on an Immersive Display Experience that includes a spherical, "environmental display" projector (pictured above, 116, on top of the TV). The patent goes on to say that the environmental display could consist of two wide-angle RGB projectors (one facing left, one right), and that the projector could be placed anywhere in the room. There is even mention of 3D projection — which makes sense, if the TV is displaying 3D content.
Is it feasible to produce a small, spherical projector that's capable of providing the experience you see in the video? That's a good question. IllumiRoom was demonstrated during Samsung's CES presentation — and Samsung does make the world's brightest pico projector (30 ANSI lumens), and has previously squeezed a pico projector into the Galaxy Beam smartphone. By the time the Xbox 720 and Kinect 2.0 roll around at the end of 2013, maybe Samsung will have upped that to 40 or 50 lumens — not a lot, but enough if the room is darkened. It's quite reasonable to infer that Samsung and Microsoft are working together on future hardware.
As for whether IllumiRoom is actually a key feature of the Xbox 720 or Kinect 2.0, we'll have to wait until E3 in June, where Microsoft and Sony should finally unveil their next-gen consoles. Given Microsoft and Microsoft Research's recent focus on augmented reality and hands-free, gestural interfaces, IllumiRoom would certainly make sense.
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 - Chris Woodward
 That is very cool.
 - Joel Detrow
 Very impressive! Naturally, they would have to sell a peripheral that incorporates both a Kinect sensor and several extremely bright but low-resolution projectors to make such a thing possible, but it would be a very impressive use of their technology. If they can do it, more power to them!
 - Pascal Arcanus
 That's a nice feature but not "killer". I have a better idea ;-)
 What would be a really killer feature could rely in the HDMI input that everybody wonders about. It should allow users to connect any external video source, so the Xbox applications can overlay some content on top.
 Connect your set top box to the Xbox instead of directly to the TV, and you're on: remote apps to control your STB, "integrated 2nd screen apps" that can display information on your mobile device + on top of the video you're watching… an enhanced experience whatever your cable provider…. and more importantly: they block Apple:
 Until now, only TV sets have the possibility to display information on top of anything. If Apple releases a TV they could get a huge technological advantage over Microsoft, unless the later decide to surprise people with something like this.
 - Kade
 So in other words you've not heard of Microsoft's "Input One" plan, have been out of the loop regarding similar features currently on Xbox 360, etc.? You want the Xbox to take video signals from an HDMI input and just know extra information that'd go with it? You know, rather than having Microsoft offer services and content themselves on the Xbox and Xbox Live themselves? I'm afraid your better idea, isn't.
 - user 9693
 looking good
 - chojin999
 Another absolutey dumb Microsoft idea just like the Metro/ModernUI fraud.
 At Microsoft want to sell as a good thing a series of cheap projectors that give customers low quality pictures from the XBox on walls and furniture?
 That is just plain retarded. Worse than amateurish. The quality it's just awful.
 Really atrocious.
 You won't know if you are looking at the game playing or something in your room.
 Projectors are useless without proper high quality screens. And that doesn't include any wall with whatever painting.
 And only rich people can have a true theater only room in their house that could be adapted with multiple screens and projectors for anything like what Microsoft now would want to sell.
 The XBox720 it's going to be a huge failure just like Metro/ModernUI Win8 OS, smartphones and devices along with Surface
 - havor
 A other absolutely dumb comment, actually not worth reading!
 And yeah i am not gone buy Win8 aider, but metro is not bad, if it was just a option you could turn on and off.
 But this is a excellent idea, its similar to Eyefinity, that i use, i look at the main screen, but the also real important information you get from you peripheral view is a game changer.
 My brother had always beat me at games online, till i got Eyefinity, the extra information gave me the edge, next to that the feeling of immersion in to the game is mouths greater.
 If they find a easy way to set this up they have a winner, i would actually consider buying a 720, for next to my PC gaming.
 - chojin999
 90%+ chances you are a Microsoft employee. Indeed.
 - havor
 99% chances your a MS hater, and eider a Linux or Apple user.
 I am no great fan of the company eider, but if they make something useful why not call it useful then?
 Same go's for WP, after my last horrific WM mobile i got from work, swore never to get a MS phone again, but WP is just a nice OS, and i am happy to use it.
 I don't hate to hate.
 Tho Apple is the exception, because of this, product have noting to with religion, but the Apple brand is close: just watch the video. 0_o
 I try something out and if i like it i buy it, and i don't give crape how makes it, at home i have a Linux server.
 And W7 on my game machine, as Linux is still not a great option for gaming, and W7 is not a bad OS to use anyway.
 I don't watch or pay attention to PR and commercials
 - GatzLoc
 This is actually really cool, I'm glad that consoles are not trying to be small pcs but actually bringing about unique features that would interest me.
 I already have a pc so why whould I want a crappier less bang for your buck, less efficient, louder one?
 - Kade
 Considering console hardware is often sold at a substantial loss, and that they are designed for efficiency in order to reduce the sizes of hardware, and that certain games are often unavailable on PC but only on consoles, and that most powerful gaming PCs that include any sort of air cooling have fans louder than an Xbox 360, I'd say the reasons you don't want one, are foolish and misguided at best.
 I have an amazing PC that cost a rather considerable sum, but still bought an Xbox 360 because it offers many advantages that my PC cannot provide, even besides exclusive games I enjoy.
 - Kade
 - cho


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Presentation on theme: "By: Lorraine Hansberry"— Presentation transcript:
1 By: Lorraine Hansberry A Raisin in the Sun UnitBy: Lorraine Hansberry
2 Dream DeferredWhat happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode? Langston Hughes
3 POEM What is the poem about? What does happen to a dream deferred? How is the poem connected to the title?The questions are all rhetorical questions, because they intend to answer themselves. Each question in the first stanza uses simile: "like a raisin in the sun," "like a sore,"like rotten meat," "like a syrupy sweet." The second stanza which is not a question but a suggestion also uses simile "like a heavy load." The last stanza uses metaphor, "does it explode?"The poem employs rhyme: sun-run, meat-sweet, load-explode.The poem also uses imagery: "raisin in the sun," "fester like a sore— / And then run," "stink like rotten meat," etc.
4 Themes/ConceptsThe following four slides contain words that are the themes within the play as well as concepts the characters need to grasp.THINK ABOUT THE WORDS AS THEY FLASH UP ON THE SCREEN.What do these words mean?
9 IMAGINEImagine that your family just won the lottery. What does it feel like to have all of that money? What conflicts would arise in your family?Imagine that your family moves to a new neighborhood, but your neighbors do not want you there. They do everything to make your life unpleasant in your new home. Do you put up with it or move out?CHOOSE ONE AND ANSWER IT IN A MINIMUM OF A PARAGRAPH.
10 ConnectionWe looked at President Lincoln and President Obama's Inaugural speeches. We also listened to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's speech. These have all dealt with change for America. Dr. King addressed civil rights for all humansspecifically the quest of Black Americans for freedom, equality, and justice. This was his American Dream! Has Dr. King's dreams come true?How do the three men compare in their dreams for America and how do they differ? What do their America's look like?
11 THE PLAYWe are going to read about an ordinary familyeach member in the family has a dream for a better life for all of them. Each dream is different, but each dream has the same goal – to make a better life for the family. Keep the goals in mind as we read the play.

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Big City Mountaineers transforms the lives of under-served youth through wilderness mentoring expeditions that instill critical life skills. We partner with community-based youth organizations and caring adult volunteers who act as mentors in the field to help young people realize their potential. Our curriculum improves self-esteem, responsibility, decision-making abilities and communication skills in close to 1,000 youth annually. BCM has a proven track record of improving young peoples' lives with:
- Increased likeliness to stay in school
- Reduction in violence
- Reduction in drug use
In addition to adult mentors who donate a week of their lives to improve the future of the youth we serve, we also rely on the support of our Summit for Someone climbers. Without the dozens of courageous volunteers who sign up for Summit For Someone each year, BCM would cease to exist. Our SFS climbers take on two formidable commitments: mentally and physically preparing to climb one of North America's most challenging peaks, and raising thousands of dollars. All to help improve the lives of kids they might never meet.
The team at Big City Mountaineers would like to thank all our colleagues in this endeavor: our volunteers, climbers and donors. Together we will continue impacting lives and delivering transformative wilderness mentoring experiences. Big City Mountaineers operates under special use permits from the USDA Forest Service and National Park Service, Big City Mountaineers is an equal opportunity service provider and employer.
The core Big City Mountaineers program is a week-long wilderness mentoring expedition where youth are given the opportunity to experience the beauty and challenges of the wilderness alongside supportive adult mentors. What had begun as a simple backpacking trip with at-risk teen 25 years ago has now evolved into a documented and well-tested progression of experiences coupled with opportunities for reflection and learning.
BCM Weeklong Expeditions:
- Provide wilderness mentoring opportunities to under-resourced youth ages 13 to 18.
- Cultivate relationships between youth and caring adult mentors.
- Offer a unique 1-to-1 ratio of adults to youth.
- Improve teen self-awareness and personal responsibility.
- Promote group development and effective communication.
- Partner with existing youth development agencies to better address the ongoing needs of under-resourced youth.
- Deliver safe wilderness expeditions led by professional field instructors.
WHO they SERVE:
- 50% are from single parent or guardian-led households;
- 83% are from families living below the poverty line;
- 10% have experienced homelessness
- 14% have experienced violence at school


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Name of Festival : Karma Festival of Orissa
Major Territory of Celebration
Karma Festival celebrated most of Orissa's villages in Sambalpur and Phulabani districts.
Time of celebration (Month)
This festival is started from the 11 day of the bright fortnight of the month of Bhadrab (August - September) and continues for some days in the month of Ashwina (October - November).
History of Festival:
There was a rich merchant and had the 6 son and they set sail in a ship for trade, leaving the youngest brother at home.When they returned they saw to their wives danced in the 'Karma' festival, while the youngest brother was playing on the drum.They repented for their folly of driving out the goddess of wealth along with their wives.
They went in search of the God of fortune with their wives and met a milkman on the way. The latter requested them to ascertain from the God why the number of his cows was fast decreasing.
When they go forward they saw a strange man bearing on his head a piece of broken earthen pot with fire burning in it, and another man carrying a husking peddle on the shoulder.
After they was met another ment who shivering in the suffering of these persons from the God and the means of getting free from them.
The God after due worship was kind to them and on return they found that their house was filled with gold and jewels.
On this day people go the forest accompanied by groups of drummers and cut one or more branches of Karama tree.Branches are mostly carried by unmarried young girls. After the branches are brought to the village and planted in the centre of a ground, which is plastered with cow-dung and decorated with flowers.
Then the tribal-priest known as 'Jhankar' or 'Dehuri' offers germinated grams and liquor in propitiation to the deity who grants wealth and children. A fowl is also killed and the blood is offered to the branch. Then they performed the"Karama Puja".
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Quick Answer: What Is Difference Between CRR And SLR?
What is the difference between CRR and LRR?
Commerce Question Create refers to cash reserve ratio which means total percentage of deposits of commercial banks with central banks.
whereas lrr refers to total percentage of deposits in which commercial banks kept itself..
What is SLR example?
What is CRR in banking?
Definition: Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) is a specified minimum fraction of the total deposits of customers, which commercial banks have to hold as reserves either in cash or as deposits with the central bank. … CRR is a crucial monetary policy tool and is used for controlling money supply in an economy.
What is repo rate 2020?
What is SLR rate today?
Current Key RatesDateRepo RateSLRFeb 20205.15%18.25%Oct 20195.15%18.75%Aug 20195.4%19.5%June 20195.75%19.5%21 more rows•May 21, 2020
What do you mean by SLR?
How much is CRR and SLR in India?
What is MSF rate?
Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) is the rate at which RBI lends funds overnight to the banks, which are included in the Second Schedule of Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, against government securities.
What does SLR mean in banking?
statutory liquidity ratioSLR, or statutory liquidity ratio, determines the amount of money a bank needs to invest in certain specified securities, which are predominantly securities issued by the central government and state governments. RBI fixes this limit. Unlike CRR, money invested under the SLR window earn some interests for banks.
What is the purpose of CRR and SLR?
Basic differences between CRR and SLR.SLR (Statutory Liquidity Ratio)Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)This ratio is used by the RBI to control the bank's leverage for credit expansion.CRR is issued by the central bank to control the liquidity in the market.3 more rows•Jul 6, 2019
Which is more liquid CRR or SLR?
CRR is the percentage of money, which a bank has to keep with RBI in the form of cash. On the other hand, SLR is the proportion of liquid assets to time and demand liabilities. … CRR regulates the flow of money in the economy whereas SLR ensures the solvency of the banks.
What is the other name of LRR?
Long-range shooting–organized or otherwise–has always been an equipment race and the modern LRR systems lend versatility rather than bypass it….LRR.AcronymDefinitionLRRLegal Recovery Resource (Georgia)29 more rows
What is the purpose of SLR?
1) One of the main objectives is to prevent commercial banks from liquidating their liquid assets when the RBI raises the CRR. 2) SLR is used by the RBI to control credit flow in the banks. 3) In a way, SLR also makes commercial banks invest in government securities.
What happens if SLR increases?
What is CRR example?
Example: When someone deposits Rs 100 with a bank, it increases the deposits of the bank by Rs 100. If the CRR is 9%, then the bank will have to hold additional Rs 9 with the central bank. This means that the commercial bank will be able to use only Rs 91 for investments and/or lending or credit purpose.
Who keeps SLR?
1. ASSETS ELIGIBLE UNDER SLR. The eligible assets for SLR mainly include cash, gold and approved securities by the RBI. Most banks keep the SLR in the form of government approved securities specifically – central government bonds and treasury bills as they give a reasonable return.
What is CRR and SLR rate 2020?
Which banks have to maintain CRR?
As per the RBI Act 1934, all Scheduled Commercial Banks (that includes public and private sector banks, foreign banks, regional rural banks and co-operative banks) are required to maintain a cash balance on average with the RBI on a fortnightly basis to cater to the CRR requirement.
What is bank rate and repo rate?
What happens when CRR is increased?
When RBI increases the CRR, less funds are available with banks as they have to keep larger protions of their cash in hand with RBI. … Thus hike in CRR leads to increase of interest rates on Loans provided by the Banks. Reduction in CRR sucks money out of the system causing to decrease in money supply.
What is CRR and SLR?


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TEMPERATURE EFFECT ON DIODE
The following graph shows the effect of temperature on the characteristics of diode
A-B curve: This curve shows the characteristics of diode for different temperatures in the forward biase. As we can see from the figure given above, that curve moves towards left as we increase the temperature. We know with increase in temperature, conductivity of semiconductors increase. The intrinsic concentration (ni) of the semiconductors is dependent on temperature as given by:
Eg is the energy gap
K is a voltage man constant
A is a constant independent of temperature
When temperature is high, the electrons of the outermost shell take the thermal energy and become free. So conductivity increases with temperature. Hence with increase in temperature, the A-B curve would shift towards left i.e. curve would rise sharply and the breakdown voltage would also decrease with increase in temperature.
A-C curve: This curve shows the characteristics of diode in the reverse biased region till the breakdown voltage for different temperatures. We know ni concentration would increase with increase in temperature and hence minority charges would increase with increase in temperature. The minority charge carriers are also known as thermally generated carriers and the reverse current depends on minority carriers only. Hence as the number of minority charge carriers increase, the reverse current would also increase with temperature as shown in the figure given on the previous page.
The reverse saturation current gets double with every 10 C increase in temperature.
C-D curve: This curve shows the characteristics of a diode in reverse biased region from the breakdown voltage point onwards. As with increase in temperature, loosely bonded electrons are already free and to free the other electrons, it would take more voltage than earlier. Hence breakdown voltage increases with increase in temperature as depicted in the figure shown in the figure given on the previous page..


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anisotropy, the calculated optical properties of CsCaI3 are nearly isotropic, and therefore the synthesis of optically transparent polycrystalline ceramics may be possible.
Effect of silane/hydrogen ratio on microcrystalline silicon thin films by remote inductively coupled plasma113(2013); _URL_ Description Hide Description
Hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon (μc-Si:H) thin films were prepared by remote low frequency inductively coupled plasma (ICP) chemical vapor deposition system, and the effect of silane/hydrogen ratio on the microstructure and electrical properties of μc-Si:H films was systematically investigated. As silane/hydrogen ratio increases, the crystalline volume fraction Fc decreases and the ratio of the intensity of (220) peak to that of (111) peak drops as silane flow rate is increased. The FTIR result indicates that the μc-Si:H films prepared by remote ICP have a high optical response with a low hydrogen content, which is in favor of reducing light-induced degradation effect. Furthermore, the processing window of the phase transition region for remote ICP is much wider than that for typical ICP. The photosensitivity of μc-Si:H films can exceed 100 at the transition region and this ensures the possibility of the fabrication of microcrystalline silicon thin film solar cells with a open-circuit voltage of about 700 mV.
Characteristics of ultrafast optical responses originating from non-equilibrium carrier transport in undoped GaAs/n-type GaAs epitaxial structures113(2013); _URL_ Description Hide Description
We have investigated the characteristics of ultrafast optical responses originating from a carrier transport process in undoped GaAs/n-type GaAs (i-GaAs/n-GaAs) epitaxial structures with the use of a reflection-type pump-probe technique at room temperature. The built-in electric field in the i-GaAs top layer, whose strength is controlled by its thickness d, accelerates the transit of photogenerated carriers through the i-GaAs layer. We systematically observed that the decay time of a carrier-induced reflectivity change shortens with an increase in built-in electric field strength resulting from a decrease in d: 6.1, 12, and 28 kV/cm for d = 1200, 500, and 200 nm, respectively. In the i-GaAs/n-GaAs sample with d = 200 nm, which has the highest built-in electric field strength, the decay time is much shorter than the oscillation period of longitudinal optical (LO) phonon. From the spectrally resolved detection of the reflected light, it was found that the energy relaxation of the photogenerated carriers by the LO-phonon scattering hardly occurs in the i-GaAs layer, which indicates a quasiballistic transport. This finding demonstrates that the i-GaAs/n-GaAs structure with the non-equilibrium carrier transport process is useful for ultrafast optical applications.
Low temperature investigations and surface treatments of colloidal narrowband fluorescent nanodiamonds113(2013); _URL_ Description Hide Description
We report fluorescence investigations and Raman spectroscopy on colloidal nanodiamonds (NDs) obtained via bead assisted sonic disintegration (BASD) of a polycrystalline chemical vapor deposition film. The BASD NDs contain in situ created silicon vacancy (SiV) centers. Whereas many NDs exhibit emission from SiV ensembles, we also identify NDs featuring predominant emission from a single bright SiV center. We demonstrate oxidation of the NDs in air as a tool to optimize the crystalline quality of the NDs via removing damaged regions resulting in a reduced ensemble linewidth as well as single photon emission with increased purity. We furthermore investigate the temperature dependent zero-phonon-line fine-structure of a bright single SiV center as well as the polarization properties of its emission and absorption.
Judd-Ofelt analysis and emission quantum efficiency of Tb-fluoride single crystals: LiTbF4 and Tb0.81Ca0.19F2.81113(2013); _URL_ Description Hide Description
Terbium is the key element for highly efficient green phosphors and visible-near IR Faraday isolators. We have recently shown the potential of LiTbF4 and Tb0.81Ca0.19F2.81 as visible Faraday rotators. In this work, we present a detail spectroscopic analysis of Tb3+ (4f8) in these two compounds with different crystal structures. By means of the Judd-Ofelt theory, the emission branching ratios and lifetimes of the Tb3+ excited states have been estimated. These results are compared with experimental values obtained for the emitting 5D4 level, as well as with the absolute light yield measurements. Tb3+ in LiTbF4 exhibits a high quantum efficiency, and its radiative lifetime is confirmed to be 7 ms. Instead, the ionic conductor Tb0.81Ca0.19F2.81, which presents a high concentration of vacant sites, shows a lower quantum efficiency and a radiative lifetime about three times larger than estimated. Absorption and emission spectra of Tb0.81Ca0.19F2.81 are broad, so that any fine structure of energy levels can be resolved. In contrast, a detailed study of the splitting of Tb3+ multiplets in Stark energy levels is carried out for LiTbF4.


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About 60 percent of California is experiencing "exceptional drought," the U.S. Drought Monitor's most dire classification. Without enough water in the soil, seeds can't sprout roots, leaves can't perform photosynthesis, and agriculture can't be sustained.
Currently, there is no global network monitoring soil moisture at a local level. Farmers, scientists and resource managers can place sensors in the ground, but these only provide spot measurements and are rare across some critical agricultural areas in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The European Space Agency's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity mission measures soil moisture at a resolution of 50 kilometers, but because soil moisture can vary on a much smaller scale, its data are most useful in broad forecasts.
Enter NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite. The mission, scheduled to launch this winter, will collect the kind of local data agricultural and water managers worldwide need.
SMAP monitors the top 5 centimeters of soil on Earth's surface. It creates soil moisture estimates with a resolution of about 9 kilometers, mapping the entire globe every two or three days. Although this resolution cannot show how soil moisture might vary within a single field, it will give the most detailed maps yet made.
"If farmers of rain-fed crops know soil moisture, they can schedule their planting to maximize crop yield," said Narendra Das, a water and carbon cycle scientist on SMAP's science team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. "SMAP can assist in predicting how dramatic drought will be, and then its data can help farmers plan their recovery from drought."


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Traditional DNS Howto - Page 3
The Primary Zone FileNow let's look at the zone file for the centralsoft domain: pri.centralsoft.org:
@ IN SOA server1.centralsoft.org. root.localhost. (
SOA refers to "Start of Authority". When you look at Figure 1, remember that DNS distributes its database. By the time you enter the picture, the system has handed off authority for part of the entire database to you. So, your zone file has to indicate where your authority starts. Your authority starts in your zone file. Your Top Level Domain servers are waiting for you to do your part of the job.
The data field of the SOA record contains several components or fields. You need to provide data or answers in the record which will allow another server on the Internet to satisfy its query. Think of the data field as a computer RECORD which has several fields. They include:
The root name of the zone. The "@" sign is a shorthand reference to the current origin (zone) in the /etc/named.conf file for that particular database file. The host name of the master server for this zone is server1.centralsoft.org. Don't worry if this jargon doesn't make sense. If just means that back in the named.conf configuration file an entry points to this file and this file points back to the entry in the configuration file.
A number of different DNS classes exist. For our purposes we will use the IN or Internet class used when defining IP address mapping information for BIND. The other classes exist for non Internet protocols and functions.
The type of DNS resource record. In the example, this is an SOA resource record.
Fully qualified name of your primary name server. Must be followed by a period.
This is the email address of the person responsible for the domain. Notice that instead of an @ sign, the address uses a period and is followed by a period. In this case, the email address is the root user or root.loalhost. In other applications the email address would be root@localhost.
A serial number for the current configuration is usually in a date format YYYYMMDD with an incremented double digit number tagged to the end. This allows you to do multiple edits each day with a serial number that both increments and reflects the date on which the change was made. It's a numeric value that the slave server can use to check whether the zone file has been updated. The slave periodically checks the serial number to see if it has changed. If it has, the slave will perform a zone transfer. _PHONE_ is the serial number in the zone file above.
This field tells a slave DNS server how often it should check the master. This field represents a length in seconds. Every refresh cycle, the slave server checks to see whether it needs to perform a zone transfer. In this file we use 28800 as the value.
This field tells the slave how often it should try to connect to the master in the event of a connection failure. The interval in our example is 7200.
Total amount of time a slave should retry to contact the master before expiring the data it contains. Future references will be directed towards the root servers. This is the expiration time, the length of time that the slave server should continue to respond to queries even if it cannot update the zone file. An expiration period exists under the theory that out of date data is worse than no data at all. In our example we use 604800.
This is the default time to live (TTL) for this domain in seconds. Times will occur when remote clients will make queries for sub-domains that don't exist in your records. If so configured, your DNS server will respond with a no domain or NXDOMAIN response that the client's remote server caches. The TTL value defines the caching duration your DNS response. The value is included in your server's response. Any resource record that does not have a specified TTL uses this default. Because 86400 seconds is one day, the querying cache's record should die in one day.
The next database record type specifies the name servers for the domain. NS stands for name server. You already know that server1.centralsoft.org represents the host name of the primary domain server. The secondary or slave server for this domain follows. ns0.centralsoft.org is the hostname of the secondary name server for this domain.
Following the name servers you will see the MX record type which identifies the mail server for the domain. Following the mail record you can see the A record type which maps a name to an IP address. In the file above we have four A records which map the host names to IP addresses.
Let's write a zone file. You should name it for your own domain. Mine is pri.centralsoft.org. Name your zone file for your domain.The first line in our zone file looks like this:
@ IN SOA server1.centralsoft.org. root.localhost. (
The "@" sign in the line refers to the "origin" for this zone file which is server1.centralsoft.org. DNS uses this as simply a label to designate the Start Of Authority (SOA) record that appears at the beginning of any zone file defining a domain. Don't make too much out of this. If you read much about DNS, then you will see people using this strange term "current origin". Few people explain what that means. It's just another bit of jargon.
The next item on the line "IN" stands for Internet. People call this a class field. Three classes exist including "HS" for Hesiod servers and "CH" which stands for Chaosnet servers. You will only see Internet servers, so don't sweat the small stuff.
IETF RFC 1035, Domain Names - Implementation and Specification says:
The SOA record stores information about the name of the server that supplied the data for the zone; the administrator of the zone; the current version of the data file [serial number]; the number of seconds a secondary name server should wait before checking for updates; the number of seconds a secondary name server should wait before retrying a failed zone transfer; the maximum number of seconds that a secondary name server can use data before it must either be refreshed or expire; and a default number of seconds for the time-to-live file on resource records.
What's next? The mailing address of the administrator in this file is root@localhost. Obviously, my mail server delivers local mail so messages related to this process will go to root's mailbox.
In case you missed it, the first line is only part of the SOA record. It has additional fields. Notice the "(" at the end of the line. Here's the rest of the record.
The serial number is the only field in the record that does not refer to seconds. You designate the serial number as a numeric value so when a slave server checks to the zone file on the primary server if will know if the zone file changed. The slave can then do a zone transfer and populate its database with the current records.
The remaining fields use seconds to denote their values. For example, the number of seconds a secondary name server should wait before checking for updates is in the refresh record. 28800 seconds is 480 minutes or 8 hours.
Also notice that the SOA record ends at the end of the Minimum-Time to Live (TTL). You can see the ")" symbol which closes the record values.


What Is a Rebound?
In financial terms, a rebound means a recovery from prior negative activity, such as a company posting strong results after a year of losses or introducing a successful product line after a period of struggle. With stocks or other securities, a rebound means that the price has risen from a lower level.
For the general economy, a rebound means that economic activity has increased from lower levels, such as the bounce back following a recession. A recession is defined by economists as two consecutive quarters without economic growth. Recessions are part of the business cycle which consists of expansion, peak, recession, trough, and recovery. A rebound from a recession would occur in the recovery stage.
Key Takeaways
 - Rebounds occur when events, trends, or securities switch course and move higher after a period of decline.
 - A company might report strong earnings in its fiscal year after the previous year's losses, or a successful product launch after several duds.
 - In terms of the stock market, a rebound could be a day or a period of time in which a stock or the stock market overall, recovers after a selloff.
 - When it comes to the economy, a rebound is part of the normal cycle that includes expansion, peak, recession, trough, and recovery.
Understanding a Rebound
Rebounds are a natural occurrence as part of the ever-changing business cycles. Economic recessions and market declines are an inevitable part of the business cycles. Economic recessions occur periodically when business grows too quickly relative to the growth of the economy.
Similarly, stock market declines occur when stocks become overvalued in relation to the pace of economic expansion. The price of commodities, such as oil, declines when supply exceeds demand. In some extreme cases, such as the housing bubble, prices may decline when asset values become overinflated due to speculation. However, in every instance, a decline has been followed by a rebound.
Regardless of the type of decline—whether it be economic, housing prices, commodity prices, or stocks—in all instances historically, a decline has been followed by a rebound.
Recent Examples of Rebounds
The steep stock market decline that rocketed markets in mid-August threw investors for a loop, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) dropping 800 points, or 3%, on Tuesday, August 13th, in the worst trading day of the year, after the bond market signaled the risk of recession. But the blue-chip bellwether rebounded a bit the following session, gaining nearly 100 points back after strong July retail sales figures, and better-than-expected quarterly results from Wal-Mart helped cool investor fears.
Similarly, stocks plunged across the board on Christmas Eve, 2018, in a shortened session, with economic fears causing the indexes to post their worst pre-Christmas day losses in many years—in the case of the Dow, the worst ever in its 122-year history. But on the first trading day after Christmas, on Dec. 26, 2018, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500, the Nasdaq Composite, and the small-cap Russell 2000 index all gained at least 5%. The Dow's rise of 1,086 points during that session was its biggest one-day rise.


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Strategic Management Accountant And Managerial Decision Making Accounting Essay
Jessup Ltd an advertising hub being booming with its core competencies can turn up with the flying colors by adding one more head to their Key Management Personnel, so that they can efficiently and economically embark upon the cutting edge scenario in the market.
Strategic Management Accountant are well placed to contribute by playing pivotal roles in Managerial decisions however their characteristics make it desirable for non accountants to involve themselves as well.
Management Accountants through the aid of Activity-based costing as a tool, enables to move a complex, expensive financial systems implementation which provides meaningful and actionable data, quickly and inexpensively, to managers.
Strategic management accountant is considered a key part of effective management, as it provides a structure for action and a source upon which to assess the organization's performance, thus ensuring accountability for results. This movement towards results-based management forms part of a wider attempt to improve and achieve the economies of scale in order to cope more efficiently with local and international pressures.
This can be a comprehensive programme of change designed to enhance the delivery of advertising services. The overarching objectives are:
– Improved effectiveness;
– Improved service delivery;
– Improved accountability; and
– Greater cooperation.
An entrepreneur starts with a plan or a budget for resources for initiating operations. He has to compete on low cost, on-time delivery, volume and product flexibility, quality, proactive corporate structure, innovation and ultimate customer satisfaction.
Strategic Management accountants are natural participants in the benchmarking process. Not only does their background suit them to the task, but also benchmarking itself can play an increasingly important part in performing their roles as management accountants. Management accountants should:
- become part of their organization's value-added team
- participate in the formulation and execution of strategy
- transform strategic intent and capabilities into operational and managerial
- Move away from being scorekeepers of the past to become the designers of
the organization's critical management information systems
While management accountants may not have primary responsibility for providing the physical information, only they can provide the relevant, accurate, and timely financial information to employees. This financial information, however, is unlikely to be the standard costs and variance from the organization's traditional accounting system. The new financial and cost information must be derived from intimate knowledge of the underlying technologies, capabilities, markets and strategy of the organization.
Key Roles that a Strategic Management Accountant would undertake in respect of an advertising concern like Jessup Ltd.:
Provide management accounting services and systems
Manage management accounting staff
Assure the quality of services and system
Plan and arrange finance
Utilize intelligence from external sources
Provide planning services
Guide management decisions
Analyse, report and interpret the organization's performance to management
Present reports and accounts for investors.
A management accountant can execute their action plan in several ways. Some simple conducts to make the efficient effort are:
Accept the learning curve – living within a budget is an educational curve for any new entrepreneur.
Be prepared to miss your estimates.
Work flexibly.
Watch the cash flow
Always err on the side of being conservative
Nurture a cash cushion
Check the budget frequently and at least once in every month.
Strategic Management Accountant should apply their wisdom to know the difference while making the managerial decisions. There may be situations like –
There is a need but no market,
There is a market but no customer,
There is a customer but no salesman, all the above exist but there is no capacity to deliver the product or service to the customer. The entrepreneur has to be prepared for the pit consequences of the action to be taken.
Relevant and irrelevant costs:
Relevant costs are those estimated future costs which are essential to a decision. The two key aspects of these costs are as follows:
They must be expected future costs.
They must be different among the alternative courses of action.
For example, in a decision concerning to the replacement of an old machine, the written down value of the existing machine is not relevant but its sale price is relevant.
Relevant Costs helps in drawing the attention of managers to those elements of costs which are relevant for the decision. Two common pitfalls in relevant cost analysis are: First Pitfalls in relevant cost is that it assumes that all variable costs are relevant:
All variable costs are not relevant. Even among future costs, those variable costs which will not differ under various alternatives are irrelevant.
Second Pitfalls is to assume that all fixed costs are irrelevant:
All fixed costs are not irrelevant. If fixed expense remains unchanged under different alternatives such expenses are only irrelevant to the decision at hand but if they are expected to be altered they should be considered as relevant.
Irrelevant Costs are those costs which does not relate to situation requiring managerial decisions. Further, these costs may be irrelevant for some situations but relevant for others. Examples of irrelevant costs are fixed overheads, sunk costs and book values.
The management accounting in a business can be divided into two broad categories:
(1) basic features and (2) basic assumptions.
Basic Features
The business firm or enterprise is an organizational structure in which the basic activities are departmentalized as line and staff. There are three primary line functions: marketing, production, and finance. The organization is run or controlled by individuals collectively called management. The staff or advisory functions include accounting, personnel, and purchasing and receiving. The organization has a communication or reporting system (e.g. budgeting) to coordinate the interaction of the various staff and line departmental functions. The environment in which the organization operates includes investors, suppliers, governments (state and federal), bankers, accountants, lawyers, competitors, etc.) The basic purpose is to classify management into three levels: Top management, middle management, and lower level management. The significance of a hierarchy of management is that decision-making occurs at three levels.
Basic Assumptions in Management Accounting
The framework of management accounting is based on a number of implied assumptions. Although no single work has attempted to identify all of the assumptions, the major assumptions are listed as under:
1. Basic goals
2. Role of management
3. Nature of Decision‑making
4. Role of the accounting department
5. Nature of accounting information
Basic Goal Assumptions - The basic goals or objectives the business enterprise may be multiple. For example, the goal may be to maximize net income. Other goals could be to maximize sales, ROI, or earnings per share. Management accounting does not require a specific type of goal. However, whatever form the goal takes, management will at all times try to achieve a satisfactory level of profit. A less than satisfactory level of profit may signify a change in management.
Role of Management Assumptions - The success of the business depends primarily upon the skill and abilities of management– which skills can vary widely among different managers. The business is not completely at the mercy of market forces. Management can through its actions (decisions) influence and control events within limits. In order to achieve desired results, management makes use of specific planning and control concepts and techniques. Planning and control techniques which management may use include business budgeting, cost-volume-profit analysis, incremental analysis, flexible budgeting, inventory models, and capital budgeting models. Management, in order to improve decision-making and operating results, will evaluate performance through the use of flexible budgets and variance analysis.
Decision-making Assumptions - A critical managerial function is decision-making. Decisions which management must make may be classified as marketing, production, and financial. Decisions may also be classified as strategic and tactical and long run and short run. A primary objective of decision-making is to achieve optimum utilization of the business's capital or resources. Effective decision-making requires relevant information and special analysis of data.
Accounting Department Assumptions - The accounting department is a primary source of information necessary in making decisions. The accounting department is expected to provide information to all levels of management. Management will consider the accounting department capable of providing data useful in making marketing, production, and financial decisions.
Nature of Accounting Information - The accounting department for making meaningful analysis of data, it is necessary to distinguish between fixed and variable costs and other types of costs that are not important in the recording of business transactions. Some but not all of the information needed by management can be provided from financial statements and historical accounting records. In addition to historical data, management will expect the management accountant to provide other types of data, such as estimates, forecasts, future data, and standards. The accounting department will be expected to provide the information required by a specific tool. The management accountant need not provide information beyond the relevant range of activity.
Implications of the Basic Assumptions
The assumption that there are three types of decisions, (marketing, production, and financial) requires that management identify the specific decisions under each category. The identification of specific decisions is critical because only then can the appropriate managerial accounting technique be properly used. In management accounting, decision-making may be simply defined as choosing a course of action from among alternatives. If there are no alternatives, then no decision is required. A basic assumption is that the best decision is the one that involves the most revenue or the least amount of cost. The task of management with the help of the management accountant is to find the best alternative. The process of making decisions is generally considered to involve the following steps:
1 Identify the various alternatives for a given type of decision.
2. Obtain the necessary data necessary to evaluate the various alternatives.
3. Analyze and determine the consequences of each alternative.
4. Select the alternative that appears to best achieve the desired goals or
5. Implement the chosen alternative.
6. At an appropriate time, evaluate the results of the decisions against
standards or other desired results.
The concept of decision-making is a complex subject with a huge amount of organization literature behind it. In management accounting


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To describe the learning curve and provide an estimate of the accuracy of physicians' US examinations (US skills) and self-confidence when examining umbilical catheter tip placement" Kaae et al (2019).
BACKGROUND: The training required for accurate assessment of umbilical catheter placement by ultrasonography (US) is unknown.
OBJECTIVE: To describe the learning curve and provide an estimate of the accuracy of physicians' US examinations (US skills) and self-confidence when examining umbilical catheter tip placement.
METHODS: Twenty-one physicians with minimal experience in US completed a 1.5-hour eLearning module. Ten piglets with catheters inserted in the umbilical vessels were used as training objects. Following eLearning each physician performed up to twelve 10-min US examinations of the piglets. Expert examinations were reference standards. Sensitivity and specificity of physicians' skills in detecting catheter tip placement by US was used to describe the learning curve. Self-confidence was reported by Likert scale after each examination.
RESULTS: Physicians' detection of a correctly placed and misplaced umbilical artery catheter tip increased by an odds ratio of 1.6 (95% CI: 1.1, 2.3) and 3.6 (95% CI: 1.7, 7.8) per examination performed. A sensitivity of 0.97 (95% CI: 0.80, 0.99) and specificity of 0.95 (95% CI: 0.84, 0.99) was reached after 6 examinations. For the venous catheter, US skills in detecting a misplaced catheter tip increased with an odds ratio of 2.4 (95% CI: 1.2, 4.8) per US examination. Overall, performance and self-confidence plateaus were reached after 6 examinations.
CONCLUSION: We found steep learning curves for targeted US examination of umbilical catheter placement. eLearning followed by 6 examinations was found to be adequate training to perform with a sufficiently high accuracy and self-confidence to allow for point-of-care use.
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Kaae, R., Kyng, K.J., Frederiksen, C.A., Sloth, E., Rosthøj, S., Kerrn-Jespersen, S., Eika, B., Sørensen, J.L. and Henriksen, T.B. (2019) Learning Curves for Training in Ultrasonography-Based Examination of Umbilical Catheter Placement: A Piglet Study. Neonatology. October 29th. doi: 10.1159/000503176..


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Sunday, September 27, 2020
Ghost Ships
 A ghost ship, or a phantom ship, is a vessel with no living crew aboard; it may be a ghostly vessel or a physical derelict found adrift with its crew missing or dead. The term is sometimes used for ships that have been decommissioned but not yet scrapped, as well as drifting boats that have been found after breaking loose of their ropes and becoming carried away by the wind or the waves.
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 Marine Insight has a nice article on these intriguing ships titled Top 10 Mysterious Ghost Ships and Haunted Stories of the Maritime World HERE. You eill also want to read the National Geographic article HERE.
Friday, September 25, 2020
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... COLORS and Kigo - grey
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The four colors of four haiku seasons
The five colors of Buddhism
. Colors and Haiku.
According to Henry Dreyfus, Japanese, in contrast with Westerners, grasp colors on an intuitively horizontal plane, and pay little heed to the influences of light. Colors whether intense of soft, are identified not so much on the basis of reflected light or shadow,
but in terms of the meaning or feeling associated with them.
The adjectives used to describe colors, like iki (sophisticated or chic), shibui (subdued or restrained), or hannari (gay or mirthful), tend to be those that stress feelings rather than the values of colors in relation to each other.
According to Henry Dreyfus, Black, sumi, is the color of mystery and solemnity; the color of the night. Black expresses the depths of the unknown, and encourages the imagination of a different world from that of daylight realities. Used by itself, black can represent bad luck or misfortune.
According to Henry Dreyfus, indigo blue, ai, mirrors the color of the vast ocean surrounding the Japanese islands. This shade of blue is very commonly seen in Japanese art and clothing.
According to Henry Dreyfus, gold, kin, can evoke the sensation of looking upon waving fields of ripened rice stalks. Gold is also associated with royalty. It represents the color of the heavens, and is used to decorate statues of the Buddha and religious temples.
According to Henry Dreyfus, green, midori is regarded as the color of eternal life, as seen in evergreens which never change their color from season to season. In the word midori, both trees and vegetation are implied. One characteristic of Japanese culture can be found in the fusion of life and nature.
According to Henry Dreyfus, the word for red and white, Kohaku, is pronounced as one word in Japanese. Ko means red, while haku translates as white. Their use together immediately signifies happiness and celebration to the Japanese viewer. The combination of red and white in the decorative ornaments used on wedding or engagement presents -noshi or kaishihas a compelling quality that suggests man's urge to create a bond between his own life and that of the gods. Red and white are also the colors of the uniforms that shrine maidens wear (denoting these colors divine nature.)
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Grey, Gray (hai-iro, hyaku nezu )
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for other colors, see below.
gray, grey, grau, nezumi-iro 鼠色
ash gray, hai-iro, kaishoku 灰色（かいしょく・はいいろ）
In the Edo period, when showing off was not allowed, the colors were given subdued names too, all hundred shades of grey, Edo Hyaku nezu 江戸百鼠.
These shades were very fashionable for kimono. They had very delicate shades of each color.
There were also 48 different shades of green and the 100 gray shades, in a famous saying: shijuuhatcha hyakunezumi 四十八茶、百鼠.
yonjuuhatcha hyakunezu
Look at them here.
Rikyu Rat Grey, Rikyu nezu
利休鼠（りきゅうねず） Rikyuu
. Sen Rikyuu, Sen Rikyū 千利休 Sen Rikyu, Sen no Rikyu .
Sen Rikyu, Sen Rikyū 千利休
1522 - April 21, 1591 (some dates give March 28.)
陰暦二月二十八日 28th day of the 2nd lunar month
the historical figure with the most profound influence on chanoyu, the Japanese "Way of Tea", particularly the tradition of wabi-cha. Rikyū is known by many names; for convenience this article will refer to him as Rikyū throughout.
There are three iemoto (sōke), or "head houses" of the Japanese Way of Tea, that are directly descended from Rikyū: the Omotesenke, Urasenke, and Mushakōjisenke, all three of which are dedicated to passing forward the teachings of their mutual family founder, Rikyū.
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If you have one pot
And can make your tea in it
That will do quite well.
How much does he lack himself
Who must have a lot of things?
Sen Rikyu
The Nature of Rikyu Grey
..... If one is going to name a certain sensation, formulate an outline of its features, trace its history or search for the origin of that sensation, it must inspire a profound sympathy yet awake a certain critical awareness. For me, such a sensation is "Rikyu grey." A long philosophical essay :
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Grau, mausgrau
Things found on the way
The Japan Architect, June 1979
If one is going to name a certain sensation, formulate an outline of its features, trace its history or search for the origin of that sensation, it must inspire a profound sympathy yet awake a certain critical awareness. For me, such a sensation is "Rikyu grey." The sensation of Rikyu grey represents an aesthetic of an ambivalent or multiple meaning.
Grey was generally considered a vile color conjuring up images of rats or ashes and had never been popular. But when it became known as Rikyu grey, it was better appreciated; in the latter part of the Edo period (_PHONE_) it gained tremendous popularity, along with brown and indigo (navy) blue, at the embodiment of the aesthetic ideal of iki. Iki in this period is a complex concept but may be simply described as "richness in sobriety."
As the cult of tea spread beyond the upper classes to be practiced in the homes of ordinary people, so did the taste for this grey color. People took pleasure in naming all manner of colors containing the element of charcoal grey such as Fukagawa grey, silver grey, indigo grey, reddish grey, lavender grey, grape grey, brown grey, dove grey and lentil grey. When various colors are mixed until no trace of any specific color remains, it is called simply "grey." All these colors have chromas of very low intensity and their subtle differences of tone had great appeal in that period. This taste in colors prevailed throughout Edo culture from the Genroku period beginning in 1688 and continuing throughout the eighteenth century.
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Rikyu gray, Rikyu nezu
Gray which the green of powdered green tea.
It continues drizzling. at the rocky shore of Jogashima.
---The rain of Rikyu gray.
Is the rain pearls, or fog of dawn, or my subdued sobbing.
A ship sails around the tip of a Toriya
--- Your ship which hoisted its wet sail.
I row a ship.
I pull an oar to a song.
The song is the captain's spirit.
It continues drizzling.
The sun hides in thin clouds.
The ship sails. The sail dims.
Japanese Color Names
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cherry-grey, sakura nezumi 桜鼠（さくらねずみ）
plum-grey, ume nezumi 梅鼠（うめねずみ）
willow green grey, yanagi nezumi 柳鼠（やなぎねずみ）
harbour grey, minato nezumi 湊鼠（みなとねずみ）
...........fukagawa nezumi 深川鼠 （ふかがわねずみ）
indigo grey, ai nezumi 藍鼠（あいねずみ）
wisteria grey, fuji nezumi 藤鼠（ふじねずみ）
dove feather grey, hatoba nezumi 鳩羽鼠（はとばねずみ）
grape grey, budoo nezumi 葡萄鼠（ぶどうねず ・えびねずみ）
red faded grey, beni keshi nezumi 紅消鼠（べにけしねずみ）
white grey, shiro nezumi 白鼠（しろねずみ）
bea8a7.. silver grey, gin nezumi 銀鼠（ぎんねずみ）
7b6d5b.. plain grey, sunezumi 素鼠（すねずみ）
513d39.. faded grey, dobunezumi 丼鼠・溝鼠（どぶねずみ）
and many many more colors:
e1642f.. 江戸茶（えどちゃ）looks more of a red shade
Edo Green, Edo Tea Color, edocha 江戸茶（えどちゃ）
a shade of grey
on my cherry blossoms -
. Gabi Greve, Introducing Shades of Gray.
03 shades of gray
sudden rain -
my world reduced to
shades of gray
The gray of this background is called Genji Nezumi Mouse Gray
More of my Info and Haiku about GRAY!
kitsunebi ya Rikyu ne no ame ga furu
fox fire -
the rain falls so gray,
Rikyu gray
(Tr. Gabi Greve)
Gendai Haiku Kyokai
Hakone yama


New model reveals forgotten influencers and 'sleeping beauties' of science
For centuries, scientists and scholars have measured the influence of individuals and discoveries through citations, a crude statistic subject to biases, politics and other distortions. A new paper led by the Knowledge Lab at the University of Chicago describes a different way to keep score in science—a more direct measure of how influential ideas ripple out across scholarship and culture.
The computational model throws the spotlight onto work that changed the path of science but has remained underappreciated. The same approach also can be adapted to trace influence in other areas where no culture of citation exists, such as literature or music, said the authors of the paper published last week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
"We're measuring how much scientists' and scholars' writings influence discussion of ideas in the future," said James Evans, director of Knowledge Lab and professor of sociology at UChicago. "Influence is a politicized process; those who get the influence, get the credit, and those who get the credit get the capital to do the next big thing. This is the first time we have a tightened ability to identify influence, and also to diagnose social and strategic influences on citing behavior."
The new paper complements previous Knowledge Lab research using computational and machine learning approaches on massive collections of text, grants, reviews, citations and scientific data to study how discoveries form, evolve and become widely accepted. Their work was recently featured in a review in the journal Science, co-authored by Evans, that described how data-driven methods have deepened understanding of the scientific process and offered new insights on how to more efficiently make future important discoveries.
Going beyond citations
In theory, references in an academic paper enable authors to credit their predecessors, the researchers and work upon which they built their new discovery. But in practice, citations are chosen for many reasons—authors are more likely to cite themselves, powerful colleagues in their field and researchers at prestigious institutions, and are often biased towards citing more recent or already highly-cited articles.
Despite these imperfections, many computational studies of scientific influence have used the citation record as a useful proxy. The new study, led by former Knowledge Lab postdoctoral researcher Aaron Gerow, demonstrates a novel, deeper approach, using both the full text of articles and external information such as author identity, affiliation and journal reputation.
Using a computational method known as topic modeling—invented by co-author David Blei of Columbia University—the model tracks "discursive influence," or recurring words and phrases through historical texts that measure how scholars actually talk about a field, instead of just their attributions. To determine a given paper's influence, the researchers could statistically remove it from history and see how scientific discourse would have unfolded without its contribution.
"We can not only find out how topics changed over time but can actually simulate the future without a given document from the past, and look at how discourse moving forward was different with and without a given document," said Gerow, now an assistant professor at Goldsmiths, University of London. "Citations are one kind of impact, and discursive influence is a different kind. Neither one is the complete story, but they work together to give a better picture of what's influencing science."
Training the model on massive text collections from computational linguistics, physics, and across science and scholarship (JSTOR), the authors quantify various biases and discern distinct patterns of influence. Scientists who persistently published in a single field were more likely to be "canonized" in a way that compelled others to cite them disproportionate to their papers' discursive contributions. On the other hand, discoveries that crossed disciplinary boundaries were more likely to have outsized discursive impact but fewer citations, likely because the "owner" of the idea and her allies remain socially and institutionally distant from the citing author.
Sleeping beauties and unknown influencers
One interesting subcategory of paper the model detected is known as "sleeping beauties," or papers that went relatively unacknowledged for years or even decades before experiencing a late burst of citations. For example, a 1947 paper on graphene remained obscure and forgotten until the 1990s with a resurgence of research interest in the material and an eventual Nobel Prize.
"Papers have a news cycle, when lots of people chat about them and cite them, and then they're no longer new news," Evans said. "Our model shows that some papers have much more influence than citations will typically demonstrate, such as these 'sleeping beauties,' which didn't have much influence early but come to be appreciated and important later."
The same model can also be used to trace influence in other areas, such as literature and music, the authors said. Text from poems or song lyrics, and even extra-textual characteristics such as stanza structure or chord progressions, could feed into the model to find under-recognized influencers and map the spread of new concepts and innovations.
"There's an enormous amount of literary culture which ends up influencing all kinds of things, but which simply does not have a technology of reference similar to citations," Evans said. "Though we developed and validated on this model on scientific text, now we can use it for anything and everything, especially cases where there are no traces of influence but patterns in the content itself. It's like trending on Twitter, but where everything is Twitter. That is what's most exciting to me."
Citation: "Measuring discursive influence across scholarship." Aaron Gerow, Yuening Hu, Jordan Boyd-Graber, David M. Blei and James A. Evans, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, March 12, 2018. DOI: 10.1073/pnas._PHONE_


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Serum Biocompatibility testing was developed to determine how much of an immune reaction a particular client will have to any given material.
A blood sample is drawn and spun on a centrifuge in order to separate the blood cells from the blood serum. The cells are discarded and the serum, which contains all of the free-floating antibodies and other blood proteins, is collected for testing. A small sample of the serum is then mixed with the individual chemical components that may be found in dental materials. If the chemicals would cause an immune reaction in the body, then the antibodies present in the serum will bind the chemicals and form an antibody complex making the mixture look cloudy.
This is known as a protein fallout reaction. A simple but elegant machine called a light densitometer is then used to measure the opacity of each serum-chemical mixture, and the chemical is then judged according to protocols originally developed by Dr. Hal Huggins and refined over decades of testing. For the dentist's convenience the classifications "Highly Reactive," "Moderately Reactive," and "Least Reactive," are used to aid in understanding the results. Each product on the test is then rated by the highest reactivity level among its component chemicals. This assures that only the products in which all components give the lowest reaction levels are termed "Least Reactive."


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How many Worksheets can I Create within one Workbook? Prior to the release of Excel 2007 users could only create 255 within one workbook. However, since the release of Excel 2007 users can now create as many worksheets within one workbook as the memory of the computer can handle. Even if the user does not have access to one of the newest versions of Excel such as Excel 2007 or Excel 2010, they can still make as many worksheets as they would like, but earlier versions of Excel will require more workbooks.
In 1986, mimeograph machines were (for the most part) replaced by digital copiers in elementary schools. Those of us teachers who experienced using mimeograph machines will forever remember the distinct smell of the still_damp, purple_ink worksheets that we handed out to our students _ by the ream full. (If you're like me, you can remember that smell right now!)


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A Thematic Approach to Integrating the Arts into the Curriculum
Barbara Beckwith, W. Thompson Garfield, Charles M. Holley, J. Curtis Jones, and Susan E. Porter
Tribal rhythms, an interdisciplinary arts program of Cooperative Artists Institute, acts as an educational strategy to help schools deal with problems facing children. The program uses a variety of teaching approaches that match students' learning styles and reflects the cultures and interests they have. The program is discussed in detail.
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When fitting an econometric model, it is well known that we pick up part of the idiosyncratic characteristics of the data along with the systematic relationship between dependent and explanatory variables. This phenomenon is known as overfitting and generally occurs when a model is excessively complex relative to the amount of data available. Overfitting is a major threat to regression analysis in terms of both inference and prediction.
We start by showing that the Copas measure becomes confounded by shrinkage or expansion arising from in-sample bias when applied to the untransformed scale of nonlinear models, which is typically the scale of interest when assessing behaviors or analyzing policies. We then propose a new measure of overfitting that is both expressed on the scale of interest and immune to this problem. We also show how to measure the respective contributions of in-sample bias and overfitting to the overall predictive bias when applying an estimated model to new data.
We finally illustrate the properties of our new measure through both a simulation study and a real-data illustration based on inpatient healthcare expenditure data, which shows that the distinctions can be important. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


SMSFs and your retirement horizon
Self-Managed Super Fund (SMSF) trustees often ask themselves, "What is the right mix of investments for my SMSF?" It's a very common question, and one that will need to consider individual preference and the time until retirement. The answer will not be the same for everyone, even for members within the same SMSF.
The 'right' mix will be based on things like tolerance to investment risk and various other factors such as the cash flow needs of the SMSF and the investment mix of assets held by members outside of the SMSF. First and foremost the mix of the investments within the SMSF must be in line with the SMSF's investment strategy. This is developed and reviewed by the trustees of the SMSF, and stipulates what types of assets the SMSF is allowed to invest in and over what timeframe.
Here we look at what to consider when deciding on the right mix of investments for your SMSF as you countdown the years to retirement.
40 years to go
Someone with a 40-year investment timeframe is likely to be at the accumulation stage of their SMSF. This person may generally have a higher appetite for investment risk (when compared to someone with a 10-year investment timeframe). This means they may invest larger parts of their SMSF in growth orientated assets such as shares and property. These assets generally have a higher rate of return over the long-term compared to defensive assets such as cash and term deposits.
30 years to go
Someone with a 30-year investment time frame (typically 50 years+) is likely to be at the wealth preservation phase. They generally have more working years behind them than ahead of them. They still need growth in their SMSF as they may potentially be retired for 30+ years and need an asset base to sustain them. At the same time, they do not have the same timeframes as they did previously to recoup large investment losses if there is a significant market downturn and they plan on retiring in the next few years. This is a stage where there needs to be a delicate balance between growth assets to address longevity risk (the risk of outliving your retirement savings) while having enough defensive and liquid assets (such as cash and bonds) to mitigate any potential capital losses from a market downturn and provide a regular income in retirement.
20 years to go
Someone with a 20-year investment time frame (typically 60 years+) is generally in the pension phase of their SMSF. They are looking for the asset base within their SMSF to provide them with regular and reliable income. Other issues may present themselves during this age. A member of an SMSF may become incapacitated and may need to liquidate assets of the SMSF to pay for large lump sum medical expenses or fund a bond to enter an aged care facility. Or it could be that it is the member's goal to utilise the SMSF to maintain lifestyle in retirement whilst leaving behind a legacy for loved ones.
At this stage it's really important to have liquidity, especially if instant and unexpected access to funds is required to fund large outlays such as a bond for aged care. Furthermore, given that members are expected to draw down income in regular intervals, this can become problematic when it comes to holding direct real estate.
All in all there is no one 'right' mix of assets when it comes to investing at different life stages for members of an SMSF. The right mix for you will not necessarily be the right mix for someone in similar circumstances. The right mix for you will be based on your unique circumstances, financial goals, investment timeframes, and your psychology towards investing and money.
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- Enter the case number.
Verify the case number and debtors' name(s). From the list of available events click on the appropriate title to select it:
- Installment Payment to be paid by attorney (Chapter 11)
- Installment Payment to be paid by attorney (Chapter 13)
- Installment Payment to be paid by attorney (Chapter 7)
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