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If you are looking for information on Learning Communities, please visit the Learning Communities website.
In addition to choosing a program of study, you can also enroll in a certificate. A certificate provides a thematic area of concentration to complement your program choice and can add greater coherence to your General Education and program learning. Examples of certificate themes include Women's and Gender Studies and Decolonization and Indigenization Studies – see the full list below.
Certificates at Dawson include the following elements:
- Course work and opportunities for linked activities rooted in an interdisciplinary field of study;
- Accessible pathways to meet certificate requirements;
- Students and teachers engaged in a learning community that addresses contemporary issues;
- A focus on three learning outcomes: knowledge, application and agency.
Enrolling in a certificate adds value to a student's academic and life experiences at the college in several ways. Certificates engage students in a learning community of fellow students and teachers who share a passion for thinking about and finding solutions to specific contemporary issues. They foster deep learning by creating opportunities for integrative learning across General Education requirements, program courses, and activities – and also suggest new options for university degrees and future careers. Finally, certificates foster a sense of social responsibility and community engagement as students find ways to respond individually and collectively to complex social issues.
For more information, speak directly to an academic advisor.
The Certificate of Decolonization and Indigenization Studies offers students the possibility of exploring Canada's settler-colonial relationship to the diverse Indigenous peoples who have been here for millennia. They will also learn about the many ways that Indigenous peoples have continued to strengthen their cultures amidst the challenges of settlercolonialism.
The certificate provides students with the opportunity to participate in activities and events that aim to build relationships with local Indigenous communities. Indigenous resurgence, cultural and language reclamation, land rights and stewardship, and Indigenous science, are a few of the potential areas of exploration.
Upon completion of the certificate, students will be able to better understand the diversity and contributions of Indigenous peoples, across Turtle Island and globally. They will be able to critically connect the history of Indigenous communities to contemporary issues that frame the lived experiences of Indigenous peoples today, and to be a part of a dynamic, innovative and growing community of practice.
For more information, visit the Decolonization and Indigenization Studies website.
This is an interdisciplinary grouping of courses designed to help students develop an understanding of Greek language, traditions and history, which are at the root of Western civilization. Students take specially selected courses and participate in the varied activities of the Hellenic Studies Centre. Those who complete the prescribed number of these courses are awarded the Hellenic Studies Certificate upon graduation.
For more information, visit the Hellenic Studies website.
Peace Studies is an interdisciplinary, engaged, values-based field of study that integrates theory and practice. The Peace Studies Certificate invites students to reflect critically and creatively on the complex roots of violence, nonviolence, and peace, their consequences, and their roles in our world. The Peace Studies Certificate aims to prepare students to work for justice and to build peace in any context, whether in their personal or professional lives, their communities, in society, or on a global scale.
For more information, visit the Peace Studies website.
This interdisciplinary field of study explores the history of the women's rights movement around the world, gender roles and how they shape our culture. Students discuss topical issues such as abortion rights, queer identities, sexual violence and equity. Courses offered may address women's experiences throughout history and in many cultures, constructions and representations of gender in the media, sexual identities, community and cultural perspectives of gender, women's history and the politics of feminism. Students in any program of study can take courses in Women's/Gender Studies. The Women's/Gender Studies certificate comprises courses offered in disciplines as diverse as English, Humanities, History, Cinema/ Communications, Religion, Sociology, Psychology and French, among others
For more information, visit the Women's / Gender Studies website.
The SPACE: Arts and Sciences Certificate will guide students in making connections across the arts and sciences, in particular in understanding issues, concepts and experiences contextually and in applying their knowledge and skills through the development of interdisciplinary creative and/or technical projects, activities and presentations. Students will complete the certificate through individualized pathways and be given the opportunity to participate in workshops, research collaborations, excursions, hackathons and other learning activities. Participants in the certificate will also have the opportunity to share their work through articles, podcasts and other media formats on the SPACE website as well as through talks, conferences, exhibitions and annual public programming. To support their explorations, students will have access to mentorship in specialized learning environments such as makerspaces, through virtual platforms and at regular SPACE meetings.
Through a broad holistic learning experience that integrates the sciences with the arts, humanities and social sciences, the SPACE certificate will prepare students with the intellectual flexibility and adaptability to navigate our rapidly evolving world.
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ActivistTM: Conspicuous Consumption and Social Change
Sophie van den Elzen
What does the good fight smell like? For the 2019 holiday season, well-known cosmetics franchise The Body Shop has laid claim to the answer and has bottled a "lasting warm and spicy scent" under the name ActivistTM. I recently came across this product during my Christmas shopping and had difficulty picturing what ethically-sourced pine tree this present might fit under.
The Body Shop's new fragrance is 'on brand'. It conveys an image that the company has cultivated for years: of being a 'revolutionary' cruelty-free and sustainable cosmetics producer. At the same time, it points to a wider consumer trend inspired by the waves of protest that have captured popular imagination in the past decade, from which brands like The Body Shop and Pepsi seek to benefit. The incorporation of conspicuous elements of activist counterculture into the mainstream is not just visible in retail. It is also seen in large-scale pop culture events such as the 2016 Superbowl half-time show, in which Beyoncé put on a Black Panther-inspired performance and Coldplay staged a marriage-equality rainbow wave. In 'high culture', one sees it reflected in curatorial decisions that are captured under the umbrella term 'museum activism'. Where does 'genuine' activism end and consumer behaviour begin? Is their entanglement a sinister new development of late stage capitalism or a fluctuating fixture of political activism? Looking back at the nineteenth-century movements I study for my PhD research may suggest some answers to this set of questions.
At the turn of the twentieth century, English suffragettes and their sympathisers could signal their allegiance to the cause by wearing suffrage accessories in purple, white and green, the official colours of the Women's Social and Political Union. These ranged from simple buttons to elaborate jewelry for wealthier aspirants, like the silver 'Holloway Brooches' Sylvia Pankhurst designed in 1909. In some cases, purchase of these products supported the cause of female suffrage. In others, however, profits went to high-end retailers. London jewelers Mappin and Webb, for instance, included "Suffrage Jewelry" in their 1908 Christmas catalogue, as a Vogue article inspired by the 2015 feature film Suffragette tells us (an example of a layer cake of activism and consumerism).
The suffragettes' strategic merchandise drew on older traditions of women's social engagement through display, production and consumption. The campaigns to end slavery and the slave trade involved conspicuous production and consumption beyond the halls of the charity bazaar. Some adherents chose to wear abolition jewelry, such as the 'Slave Medallion', a cameo which was mass produced by British pottery manufacturer Josiah Wedgwood. The popular demand for this symbol (accessory?) brought the famous movement motto (slogan?) "Am I Not A Man and a Brother?" to wide audiences. Astoundingly, late eighteenth-century British campaigns to convince women to boycott sugar from the West Indies produced a range of abolitionist crockery, bringing antislavery arguments to that European altar of colonial consumption: the family tea table.
The blurring of the lines between consumer culture and social engagement has drawn considerable criticism over the last few years. In his typically bleak 2014 opinion piece, Slavoj Žižek considers the commodification of social engagement to be a way of integrating the legacy of 1968 into capitalism. But even though anti-consumerism may have been a pillar of many hippie and student movements of the sixties, conspicuous consumption has been a component of social reform since the development of modern activism in the late eighteenth century.
What is more, the significance of production and consumption for social movements goes beyond short-term political and fundraising goals. Imagery and design features that are aimed towards broad audiences have left lasting traces in cultural memory. They produce mobile visual icons through which we often recall these movements and exert their influence on the visual language of other movements across time and space (see, for example, the wide reuse of Frank Cieciorka's 1967 woodcut of the clenched fist salute across both serious and poppy domains).
The Body Shop's recent allspice article, of course, has none of this expressive potential. It speaks only to the appeal of a certain self-image or species of fuzzy feeling associated with believing oneself ally to a worthy cause. The design of its plain, matte black bottle conveys a sense of laser-focused commitment, while conveniently avoiding the risk of alienating customers with reference to any cause in particular. Clever. To my mind, ActivistTM points to the curious heights the consumption-side of what seems to be an old activist-consumption seesaw, has recently taken.

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Quantum Attacks on Public-Key Cryptosystems
The cryptosystems based on the Integer Factorization Problem (IFP), the Discrete Logarithm Problem (DLP) and the Elliptic Curve Discrete Logarithm Problem (ECDLP) are essentially the only three types of practical public-key cryptosystems in use. The security of these cryptosystems relies on the three infeasible number-theoretic problems; no polynomial-time algorithms exist for these three problems. However, quantum polynomial-time algorithms for IFP, DLP and ECDLP do exist, provided that a practical quantum computer exists.
Quantum Attacks on Public-Key Cryptosystems introduces the basic concepts and ideas of quantum computing and quantum computational complexity. The book discusses quantum algorithms for IFP, DLP and ECDLP, based on Shor's seminal work. It also presents some possible alternative post-quantum cryptosystems to replace the IFP, DLP and ECDLP based cryptosystems.
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Oxford Companion to Family & Local History
Date of publication: February 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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This Companion is an essential book for anyone wanting advice on how to research their English, Irish, Scottish, or Welsh origins and ideal for all those with an interest in social history.
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World Environment Day Celebrated at Ekal - Tezpur, Assam
The Balipara Sanch and other Sanch centres in Assam celebrated the World Environment Day. The event was marked by planting trees and organizing programs to educate people on rain water harvesting methods at home and hazards of using plastic bags to the environment. Saplings of Neem and other trees were distributed to the participants. Several dignitaries graced their presence on the occasion.


Smart Meters for Tackling Flow of Electricity : Kapil Mohan, Director, Ministry of Power,Government of INdia, India
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ICT occupies and important role in the distribution sphere. It primarily has two roles to play – to carry out electricity audit and accounting linked with GIS to track electricity fl ow to the distribution grid, and secondly to improve the consumer experience.
Please throw some light on the over
all scenario of the power industry in
The generation of the electricity in
the country is met by the setting up of theUltra Mega Power Projects (UMPP). Even with having a regulatory commission/ statutory authority in each state, the government is unable to plan the clear distribution of the power supply for the citizens because of the unclear picture of the number of consumers in the power sector, in addition to the unannounced load shedding and the poor quality of power.
Electricity audit and accounting is
useful to determine the electricity losses, which account for one-third of our power generation. Power is either wasted due to bad technology and bad state of the distribution grid or most of it is stolen. Electricity audit and accounting helps us determine where the unaccounted power is going. Data collected through the metering and billing module,' which oversees the electricity and cash fl ow, can determine the amount of unaccounted electricity. As far as services for our consumers are concerned, ICThas enabled a host of citizen centric services like knowing the status of their applications, online payment of bills, checking their power consumption, etc.
Government of India has planned
'Power for All by 2012'. How do you see the role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
towards achieving this goal?
'Power for All by 2012' is the fl agship programme of Government of India which aims to provide electricity to all the villages in the country by 2012. The programme Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) was launched by Government of India in April 2005, which aims to provide all the rural households the access to electricity along with giving suffi cient amount of electricity.In the 'Power for All' project, the capacity addition project and the RGGVY are the two main programmes which the government is currently working on.
In providing electricity to all the main
focus is on the grid management, whichmeans better power facility for all. The other focus is on equitable distribution of power which ensures the quality of power being supplied to the customers.
How do you see the role of ICT in generation, transmission and distribution of electricity? What is the outlook of the Indian power industry in transmission and distribution?
ICT plays a major role in Transmission and Distribution (T&D). With the help of the use of ICT, the government is able to track the energy fl ow, how much energy is going where and to which all places. It also helps in keeping a track of the point where the energy is being lost, helps in able to identify the lacunae. With the help of the ICT the government is also able to keep a track of which particular areas are consuming more electricity than what is allotted to them. The overconsumption of electricity results in grid collapse. It is important to monitor how much electricity is being drawn and in which areas.
ICT plays a role in maintaining the amount of electricity being used by particular states. The distribution sector has to deal with the losses in the power sector as they are the ones who deal with the consumers directly in the fl ow of the electricity. With the help of ICT the ministry of power can track the fl ow of electricity. All this information can be linked to GIS so that it becomes easy to know the exact situation of what is happening where, how much electricity is being used by whom. Effi ciency which is the core in the distribution sector is ensured.
How would the national grid resolve
the issues of transmission and distribution losses (T&D)?
To resolve the problem of load shedding, ICT plays a major role in the digitisation and the distribution of the grid. It will facilitate setting up of the basic electricity audit and the accounting system on the electricity grid. This will be helpful in giving a clear understanding of the consumption pattern on a real-time basis. With the use of the automated meter reading (AMR) at regular intervals, the data can be maintained and can be checked where the electricity is being lost, so that the measures of tackling the problem of electricity is taken up and worked upon. The automation of the meters is called smart grids or the smart meters which is a symbolic tool. It benefi ts both the consumers and the suppliers as it helps in managing the electricity and reduces the losses. The
consumption of electricity has to be done in a planned way so as to reduce the problem of the shortage or the collapse of the grid. To avoid the collapse in the grid, which can bring the daily life to a halt, real time intelligent grid is required which would shift the load of the peak hours during the non-peak hours and manage the infrastructure. Also with the help of customer relationship management (CRM) system, meter-cash process can be improved.
ICT plays an important role here
too, not only in the monitoring but also in predicting and planning of the operations. The work on energy accounting and distribution management system and the building up of smart meters has begun. Pilot projects in few cities have started. The aim is to reduce the T & D losses from 30% to 15% in the next 5 years.
Can you briefl y tell us about the Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme (R-APDRP)? Please name some states which are leading in R-APDRP implementation.
The Restructured Accelerated Power
Development and Reforms Programme (R-APDRP) focuses on improving fi nancial viability of state utilities and sustained reduction in losses. It seeks to reduce the level of electricity supplied and the monetary loss incurred by the government. R-APDRP intends to intensively use Information and Technology (IT) to enforce power reforms.
The schemes which come under RAPDRP
are renovation and modernisation of substations, transmission lines and distribution transformers, augmentation of feeders and transformers, feeder and consumer meters, high voltage distribution system (HVDS), consumer indexing, Supervisory Control and Data
Acquisition/ Distribution Management System (SCADA/ DMS) solution, computerised billing, etc.
SCADA/ DMS solution has been
implemented for real time monitoring and control of the distribution system. With this the remote infrastructure management of the grid can be done, sitting in a substation.The states which
have shown a noticeable success under R-APDRP are Rajasthan, West Bengal,
Gujarat and Bangalore. In other states, the work is in progress.
The Eleventh Five year plan focuses
on 100% electrifi cation in rural India. How close are we in achieving this goal and why is it still a challenge to provide electrifi cation in rural areas?
Currently, the electrifi cation of 76,000 villages have been done out of 1.18 lakh villages in the country. The whole programme will be completed by 2012. The critical focus is on the accessibility of the 'electricity to all' in the entire villages of the country.
The major challenge faced in the electrifi cation of the rural areas is the lack of proper infrastructure, which makes it diffi cult to do the wiring in the remote areas and the interiors of the villages. Also the load in the rural areas is quite low because of which, the major chunk of the village electricity load comes on the government as the villagers have to be charged a nominal price for the electricity. From the rural areas the revenue is very low, hence at the moment the supply of the electricity is very limited.
How signifi cant is the Public
Private Partnership (PPP) in the power sector? How welcome is the privatisation of the Delhi Power Distribution by the Government after a not so good experience in Orissa?
In the generation of the electricity, the private companies have been activelypromoted. In the next fi ve year plan which will be the 12th plan, the private sectors will have much more capacity than the public sector or the government. In transmission, initially, Power Grid Corporation of India was the major PSU in transmitting the electricity. But now the high voltage transmission lines have been given out on bid to the private sector. The Power Grid no more has the monopoly in the transmission of the electricity.
Though in the distribution phase of the electricity Government of India facilitates privatisation but it is not very actively promoted. Input based franchise which is the half privatisation of the government assets is promoted.
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Intergenerational Housing
"Let's face it, we don't have expensive housing in Australia, we have expensive land. The average cost of residential land overtook the median cost of constructing a dwelling, across all Australian capitals, about five years ago. The difference between the two is now considerable and growing."
Michael Matusik
Intergenerational Housing
We are finding that more and more people are considering property development for the purposes of bringing families together in a completely different way to the traditional housing models of previous generations.
In part, this shift is a response to land costs and the inability of adult children to purchase property in the neighbourhood in which they grew up.
There seems to be a new way of addressing the issues confronting both older and younger generations using subdivision as a way to shift wealth.
Most commonly, these arrangements are around the gift of land from one generation to the next. In simple terms, this means mum and dad agree to subdivide the land on which the family home sits so that their children can build a home.
However, there are many different ways this can be done, and the benefits can be great.
Scenario One
Let's say a family grows up in a middle ring suburb on an "average" 700m2 allotment with a traditional detached dwelling of three bedrooms and plenty of backyard to exercise the lawnmower.
Now mum and dad are older, maybe retired – or soon to be – the kids have gone to university and are now a little bit over the share house thing and are looking to settle down. They would like to settle back into the old neighbourhood but the cost of land is prohibitive.
In this scenario we are finding that the solution may be the subdivision of the family home into two or more allotments. In this way, mum and dad can downsize without leaving the area they know and love, and can give the children a 'leg up' on the property ladder.
Scenario Two
Recently we took on a project that essentially covers three generations and is all due to a family legacy.
The project brief was to retain and modify the existing dwelling and build two additional dwellings on a large (approximately 950m2) suburban allotment.
In this case the original house was left to the children after the parents passed away.
The house was sound and had sentimental value so it was decided it should be updated and retained. The two siblings to whom the house was left decided to also introduce a third generation (an adult child of one of the siblings) to also be part of their project.
So, that which started as a family home on a generous suburban allotment, will now house three families.
Scenario Three
It is becoming more common for families, and sometimes friends, to pool their resources to buy and develop land for the purpose of creating a viable housing option. It may be that by putting their lot in together they can afford to live in a location that is otherwise out of reach.
Let's say three families or friends are looking to buy in the same area. They set down their goals and can then target the type of property they need in order to suit these needs.
For example they might each desire a three bedroom dwelling in a certain neighbourhood close to certain amenities.
They form an entity to purchase the property (or perhaps purchase as tenants in common) and they develop the allotment into three dwellings on three new titles.
Scenario Four
An intergenerational shared investment where mum and dad own an investment property and would like to help the kids out while providing for their own retirement income needs.
In this scenario the parents and their children come together to purchase and develop a three unit-development, or a dual occupancy project.
With the intentions clearly agreed at the start of the project, ultimately mum and dad end up with an investment and the children have a house of their own, with each securing their property for significantly less than they otherwise would.
 1. Pooling resources is becoming more common in making a project more viable.
 2. Needs have changed and many people are happy with less land as long as they are close to the amenities that are important to them.
 3. We are living longer and the transfer of wealth is more commonly occurring between generations by agreement rather than by inheritance.
 4. Subdivision and design can help shift wealth from generation to generation.


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The Comprehensive Evaluation of Electronic Learning Tools and Educational Software (CEELTES)
Volume 14, Issue 2 (2015), pp. 243–264
Pub. online: 13 October 2015 Type: Article
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Despite the fact that digital technologies are more and more used in the learning and education process, there is still lack of professional evaluation tools capable of assessing the quality of used digital teaching aids in a comprehensive and objective manner. Construction of the Comprehensive Evaluation of Electronic Learning Tools and Educational Software (CEELTES) tool was preceded by several surveys and knowledge obtained in the course of creation of digital learning and teaching aids and implementation thereof in the teaching process. The evaluation tool as such consists of sets (catalogues) of criteria divided into four separately assessed areas - the area of technical, technological and user attributes; the area of criteria evaluating the content, operation, information structuring and processing; the area of criteria evaluating the information processing in terms of learning, recognition, and education needs; and, finally, the area of criteria evaluating the psychological and pedagogical aspects of a digital product. The specified areas are assessed independently, separately, by a specialist in the given science discipline. The final evaluation of the assessed digital product objectifies (quantifies) the overall rate of appropriateness of inclusion of a particular digital teaching aid in the teaching process.


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Configuring the Nickname Database
Every instance of Legal Server comes with a nickname database that the searches use to help find related names. There are two lists: a list of names and a list of nicknames. Both can be edited to add more examples.
For example, clicking on the name Robert will show the following screen:
You can add a new nickname for Robert, or edit any of the existing nicknames by clicking on the Edit this Name link on the right.


text: Efficient mRNA transport in eukaryotes requires highly orchestrated relationships between nuclear and cytoplasmic proteins. For oskar mRNA, the Drosophila posterior determinant, these spatio-temporal requirements remain opaque during its multi-step transport process. By in vivo covisualization of oskar mRNA with Staufen, its putative trafficking protein, we find oskar mRNA to be present in particles distinct from Staufen for part of its transport. oskar mRNA stably associated with Staufen near the posterior pole. We observe oskar mRNA to oligomerize as hundreds of copies forming large particles which are necessary for its long range transport and localization. We show the formation of these particles occurs in the nurse cell nucleus in an Hrp48-dependent manner. We present a more refined model of oskar mRNA transport in the Drosophila oocyte.


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With the expected rise in space tourism, we think that there may become a time when we're building a Moon Hotel, but we're a bit stuck on what we think it might look like. We'd love to see your pupils' ideas on what a Moon Hotel could look like, what weird and wacky features they might include and how they will overcome the environmental issues on the Moon.
Using the list of facts about the Moon below and children's own knowledge and research, we'd like them to design a poster or pamphlet. We'd like pupils to think about food, water, air, gravity, and how people will get there. How would it be different from hotels on earth? What would people need to survive? How would they get around? What cool things would there be inside for people to do?
Children must draw a poster or write a pamphlet explaining their hotel, the features they have added to it and why they have chosen to do certain things e.g., build a greenhouse to grow food.
The poster or pamphlet should be aimed at attracting people to visit your Moon Hotel by advertising the features of the establishment.
Facts About The Moon
1. The Moon orbits the Earth and is the only natural satellite
2. The same side always faces the Earth, meaning we have never seen the far side from our planet (although there are pictures taken from satellites that have gone all the way around). This is called tidal-locking and happens because the Moons rotation is the same speed as the Earths.
3. The temperature is -233°C to +123°C
4. The Moon's orbit controls the Earths tides
5. The Moon is moving away from the Earth at a speed of 3.8cm a year
6. You would weigh less on the surface of the Moon because it has less gravity and would also mean lighter objects might float away into space
7. There is no atmosphere on the Moon and therefore no protection from outer-space or things like the suns rays, comets, and high winds
8. There are many moonquakes, causing fractures and ruptures that happen every week
9. It takes 3 days in a spaceship to get to the Moon
10. There are sources of oxygen on the Moon, but the lack of atmosphere means that there is no way of keeping it near the surface (like it is on Earth) meaning you can't breathe the air
Lower KS2: Draw a poster to attract people to visit a new hotel on the Moon
Upper KS2: Design a pamphlet to explain a new hotel on the Moon and attract people to visit
Start date: 26th March 2019
Close date: 14th June 2019
Winners announced: 28th June 2019
What we're looking for in the winning entry: Clear link between the environment on the Moon and the hotel features, i.e. a 0-gravity room for entertainment, a greenhouse to grow food, cylinders to make water, oxygen pumps etc.
Clear descriptions of their ideas, explaining why they have chosen certain things and what the purpose of everything is.
Extra points to children who consider the journey to the Moon.
There will be only one winner from both upper and lower KS2.
The prize for pupils: Selection of goodies from the European Space Agency and a selection of activities and investigations they can do at home
The prize for school: 1 year's free subscription to Empiribox
HOW TO ENTER
Download templates for pupils' to use.
You can enter by submitting your pupils' posters and pamphlets via post;
FAO Sam Saul
Rutherford and Appleton Laboratory
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By email: Upload your posters to dropbox, google docs or another shared folder and send a link to _EMAIL_. Please ensure that digital entries are scanned in full colour with all pages clearly visible.
To allow us to contact the lucky winners quickly, every entry must have the school name, the school postcode, the pupil's name and year group clearly marked.
*Entries must be received before 4pm on the 14th June 2019 by either of the above methods with children's first name, year group, school name and postcode clearly visible on each entry. Entries received after this date or without the correct information displayed will be discounted. The templates supplied do not have to be used. The winning school will be required to allow images, quotes and other forms of media to be published by Empiribox on social media, our website and in press releases in local papers and education magazines. By submitting your entry you are agreeing to these terms and can provide us with media consent from pupils parents and guardians. For more information, please contact _EMAIL_. For a free lesson box, please sign up using the form below.


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At first glance, the Museum's stunning Nautilus Cup looks like an impractical way to drink. Tankards and beakers, which are also on display in the Museum's Gallery #2, make sensible drinking vessels. In comparison the nautilus cup, a chambered nautilus shell mounted with elaborate metal work, perhaps could function as a drinking vessel, but seems more convincing as an aesthetic object.
Because it is gorgeous.
Would anyone use this stunning object to serve beverages? If not, why would anyone have this kind of odd-shaped cup? What did it mean?
In directly combing man's art with God's nature, a nautilus cup was the type of treasure that would have been housed in a Renaissance Wunderkammer.
Wunderkammer were privately-owned collections that are considered the predecessor of the modern museum. German for "room of wonder" or "cabinet of curiosities," Wunderkammer developed in mid-16th-century Europe and celebrated man-made arts and also natural arts, with minerals, ivory, ostrich eggs, coconut shells, nautilus shells, and other exotic objects.
The Museum's own American Galleries on the Lower Level are installed as a type of Wunderkammer.
Some noblemen commissioned pieces of furniture that displayed smaller collections of specimens. One example is the Augsburg Cabinet, which you can explore in this interactive site by the J. Paul Getty Museum.
You can see the creative blending of nature and art below, in the 1655 print of the cabinet of curiosities compiled by Ole Worm, a Danish physician and scholar. (The term "cabinet" was originally used in the way we use the word "room.")The Renaissance and Baroque period was the Age of Exploration in Western Europe, when things from foreign lands held great fascination and spurned the imagination. Shells from the chambered nautilus are a perfect example, since they come from a sea creature that lives in the Pacific and Indian oceans. (The people of the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean use nautilus shells as every day drinking cups.) When the outer skin is removed, the shell shines magically, and when cut in half, the construction is mysteriously mathematical. The shells, in fact, were believed to have special powers and reflect the order of the universe.
To enhance a prized shell, a goldsmith would add stunning and protective mounts of gilt bronze, copper, silver, and precious and semiprecious gems.
Other examples of Nautilus Cups are in the British Museum (which has a turtle base just like Milwaukee's); The Royal Collection; the Los Angeles County of Museum of Art; the Hermitage; the Victoria and Albert Museum; the Art Institute of Chicago; and the Baltimore Museum of Art.
As the shells come from the sea (the word nautilus itself comes from the word for "boat" or "sailor" in Greek), it is appropriate that the figures on the Milwaukee Art Museum's mount relate to water, including gods from the Classical past so important during the Renaissance.
See the shells, sea monsters, turtles, and snails:
From the top we have Poseidon, god of water (missing his trident) astride a sea-monster with glowing red jeweled eyes. Together they ride a wave up over the curve of the pink shell, a great aesthetic combination of form and subject matter.
Below, a charming snail sits at the center of the shell. In the lower part of the shell a tritoness (a sea goddess very much like a mermaid) blows her conch shell.
The stem of the cup is a figure of Hercules, leaning on his club and wearing his lion skin cloak, who struggles to hold up the cup while balancing on another marine creature, the turtle. The turtle's head, legs, and tail even move!
Nautilus cups were often used in still life paintings because they were exotic and beautiful. The 17th-century Dutch artist Willem Kalf (1622-193) used a nautilus cup in a number of his still life paintings. In his 1662 Still-Life with a Nautilus Cup in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum of Art, Kalf depicted a nautilus cup with other highly esteemed objects such as a Chinese Ming bowl, a wine glass, and a Persian carpet. The combination of metal and shell allowed the artist to experiment with light and shadow, challenging him with metallic reflections and translucent materials. The shell itself appears to be the body of the fantastic sea monster—which, in fact, is the Biblical whale that swallowed Jonah. You can just make out the figure of Jonah trying to avoid the teeth, almost as if he is going to dive into the nautilus for safety.
Today, there is the environmental concern that the chambered nautilus is disappearing due to over-harvesting. Because of its shiny surface, the shell is used in jewelry and other ornamentation, and fisherman are killing them at great rates to fill the demand.
The fascination with the nautilus has not waned in the past 500 years!
The next time you are in the Milwaukee Art Museum galleries, take a moment to look at the Nautilus Cup in person. The lighting makes the shell glow from the inside—and it is easy to think that it really is magical!
Catherine Sawinski is the Assistant Curator of Earlier European Art. When not handling the day-to-day running of the European art department and the Museum's Fine Arts Society, she researches the collection of Ancient and European artwork before 1900.


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This live investigation broadcast is a great way of learning about how extensive the issue of microplastics is. Scientists have already identified microplastics in the Arctic, but how much is there? Students will consider how to appropriately answer this question by exploring the sampling techniques needed to conduct a fair test.
Print Microplastics Sampling Student Sheet (or Advanced version depending on the ability of students), one per student. Both these Student Sheets can be found in the What you'll need section for this activity.
Arrange students into groups, organise all resources needed for the experiment, found here.
You will need to create trays of ice with simulated 'microplastics' to represent a 'region of the Arctic'. Your students will be challenged to sample and quantify the amount of 'microplastics' in that 'region of the Arctic sea ice'.
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1. Introduction (5 mins)
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Jamie will then proceed to speak about the emergence of microplastics in the environment and the importance of working scientifically to better understand where these microplastics are and what impact they may have on whole ecosystems.
Jamie will focus on why coming up with an appropriate sampling strategy is important and discuss factors to consider to obtain the most accurate results.
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Students will be challenged to design their sampling strategy and think of ways to separate microplastics from ice samples, which can be thought of as impure mixtures.
Jamie will demonstrate a method to separate the 'microplastics' from the ice and how they will record their findings using a data table.
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A media type is a way to describe the format of a media stream. In Media Foundation, media types are represented by the IMFMediaType interface. Applications use media types to discover the format of a media file or media stream. Objects in the Media Foundation pipeline use media types to negotiate the formats they will deliver or receive.
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|Audio Media Types||How to create media types for audio formats.|
|Video Media Types||How to create media types for video formats.|
|Complete and Partial Media Types||Describes the difference between complete media types and partial media types.|
|Media Type Conversions||How to convert between Media Foundation media types and older format structures.|
|Media Type Helper Functions||A list of functions that manipulate or get information from a media type.|
|Media Type Debugging Code||Example code that shows how to view a media type while debugging.|
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I'm working on Windows 7 and I have installed Strawberry. I would like to run a perl skript (test.pl):
open OUTPUT, ">test.txt";
print OUTPUT "This is a test\n";
by just clicking on the file or redirect with left mouse click to Perl-program (open with/perl.exe). When I do this a console opens for less than a second and disappears but the file test.txt is not created. If I go to the MS command and enter
> C:\myplace>perl test.pl
it works. I never had this experience before (WinXP, other Windows 7 PC with ActivePerl and Windows 8 with strawberry). I would be very happy if somebody could give me a hint how to solve this problem.
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There are two problems here:
 1. Creating the file where you want it. When double-clicking a perl script to launch it, it is not executed in the context of the folder you have opened in Explorer. If you want to specify an explicit context, do the following near the top of your script:
 use FindBin; # This is a module that finds the location of your script
 BEGIN { chdir $FindBin::Bin } # set context to that directory.
 When you then create a new file without an aboslute path, the path is considered relative to that directory.
 You do not have the problem when running the script from the command line, because you have specified the correct path. But if you run it from C:\ like
 C:\> perl myplace/test.pl
 then you have created the file in C\test.txt. The FindBin solution fixes this.
 2. When running a script by double-clicking it, the command line exits before you can inspect the output. This "problem" is shared by all programming languages on Windows. You can force the window to stay open by waiting for some input. You can either do
 system("PAUSE"); # not portable to non-Windows!
 warn "Press enter to exit...\n";
 ; # Read a line from the command line and discard it.
 # Feels akward when launching from the command line
 to wait until an Enter ⏎ is pressed.
 The other solution is to always use the command line for your scripts, which is what I'd actually suggest.
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Thanks for the answer. I didn't know about FindBin. Very useful. But why this simple test-code above works on all various computers and OS but in one it does not behave in this way? I just wonder... – giordano Sep 3 '13 at 20:03
Check what is your script executing folder, as it might differ from C:\myplace
use Cwd;
print getcwd();
sleep 7;
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Thanks for answer. Yes, it differs (C:\strawberry\perl\bin). But is this a problem? The environment variable is included. Usually, I never had such kind of problems. – giordano Sep 2 '13 at 15:13
_USER_ to be sure, you can try absolute path when writing, ie. open OUTPUT, ">", 'C:\myplace\test.txt'; – Сухой27 Sep 2 '13 at 15:19
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The common planigale is a nocturnal marsupial, sheltering during the day in a saucer-shaped nest lined with dry grass, eucalypt leaves or shredded bark (2) (3). An avid predator at night, it hunts for insects and small vertebrates to feed on (3). Its main diet consists of insects, spiders, small lizards and small rodents such as Leggadina species. Astonishingly, the common planigale is able to catch and kill grasshoppers practically its own size, and although terrestrial, it is also a capable climber (2).
This marsupial has demonstrated an ability to adapt to the invasion of the toxic cane toad (Bufo marinus) across northern Australia. This toad is thought to be the cause of many population declines of native predators in the area. The common planigale uses chemical cues to distinguish and therefore avoid this toxic prey, or kills and eats it snout-first in order to avoid the toad's toxic glands (5).
To attract a mate, the female common planigale produces a courtship call of repetitive clicks, described as 'tstitts'. The male may then respond with a similar call, initiating a duet (6). Females are able to give birth to more than one litter each year. The gestation period of the common planigale is 19 to 20 days, and its litter size ranges from 4 to 12 young, averaging at 8 (2). Repeated reproduction throughout the year and efficient dispersal of individuals may contribute to this species' ability to survive in environments that are not habitable all year round (6).
The common planigale is well adapted to live in soil cracks due to its unusually flattened skull and body. Survival of this species in harsh environments is ensured by its low energy requirements and its behavioural adaptations to reduce energy and water expenditure, such as basking and short-term hibernation. The common planigale's insectivorous diet is also advantageous to its survival, due to the high water content of insects (7).


Animals Feel Pleasure
Animal behaviorist Jonathan Balcombe argues that one reason we should radically alter the way our society treats animals is their capacity for pleasure.
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HuffPost caught up with Balcome not long after HSU's recent conference on the science of animal thinking and emotions, to find out about more about what we now know, and don't, about our furry friends and their scaly counterparts — and what he sees as the "enormous" implications of these findings.
Do animals feel pleasure? How do we know one way or another?
Animals certainly do feel pleasure! We can tell they do by observing what happens on the outside — how they behave. And by observing what happens on the inside — how their physiological states change. Skeptics sometimes claim that we can't "know" if an animal feels pleasure because their feelings are private, but the same can be said of our fellow humans yet we don't conclude that we therefore might not be able to feel pleasure.
What are the most recent discoveries about animal pleasure? Are there animals who people used to think didn't feel pleasure, but who we now think do?
Here's a scientific one and an anecdotal one. A research team in Portugal found that surgeonfishes who are feeling stressed spend more time up against a mechanical wand that strokes their skin than do fishes who have not been stressed. This was not presented as pleasure, per se, but my interpretation is that the soothing, pleasure of being touched is what helps to relieve stress. Anecdotally, one can watch monkeys "cliff-diving" off a large rock on the coast of Thailand here.
This is just one of many examples of monkeys leaping into water, and I think it conveys the same sort of thrill we get when we dive from a perch, speed down a slope, etc.
Are there any animals who don't feel pleasure?
This is really a question of where do we draw the line on animal sentience — the capacity to experience feelings. As science reveals ever greater feats of cognition and emotion in an expanding range of animals, we have had to discard old beliefs that denied feelings to most animals. Currently, the evidence is strongly supportive that all vertebrate animals have feelings that should include pleasure. And evidence is building that at least some invertebrates, including cephalopod mollusks (octopus, squid, etc.) and crustaceans (crabs, lobsters, etc.) can experience pain. If an animal can feel pain, then I believe it is equipped also to feel pleasure.
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In physics, thermalisation (in American English thermalization) is the process of physical bodies reaching thermal equilibrium through mutual interaction. In general the natural tendency of a system is towards a state of equipartition of energy or uniform temperature, maximising the system's entropy.
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Giacomo Albert: E-sketch analysis: Marco Stroppa's Chroma between the late '80s and early '90s 28:54
- Saison 2015-2016 - None - None > TCPM 2015 : Analyser les processus de création musicale / Tracking the Creative Process in Music
- Oct. 9, 2015
- Program note: TCPM 2015
- Giacomo Albert (conférencier)
This paper aims at deepening the relationship between digital technology from the one side and compositional thought and techniques from the other, focusing on Marco Stroppa's music of the late 1980s and early 1990s. This relationship will be investigated through the analysis of both the compositional techniques, and the computer aided compositional tools, that Marco Stroppa developed during the creation of Traiettoria and Proemio. By this way, a correlation between the architecture of the programs and the dramaturgic and musical structures of the works will be stressed.
During his career Marco Stroppa developed many Computer Aided Compositional (CAC) tools, also thanks to the help of IRCAM's assistants as Serge Lemouton. Many of these programs have been collected in a package, engendering a programming environment: Chroma – OmChroma (partially made public as Open Music's library).
Chroma's evolution paralleled the variations and the development of Stroppa's compositional thought and techniques. During the late '80s and early '90s the composer ported both Traiettoria's (1982-84; rev. 1988) sound synthesis programs and Spirali's (1987- 88) "Vertical Pitch Structures" (VPS) – a chord managing method based on constraint programming –, from Fortran's based Music V, to LeLisp (and to Common Lisp immediately afterwards), giving rise to Chroma. Once these programs have been joined into a single environment, the composer developed them further, and employed them for the composition of Proemio (1990-91), a radio opera based on a text written by Adolfo Moriconi.
In the paper, I will study this transition, analysing both the programming environment and the compositional techniques, i.e., from the one side Chroma and from the other side the most important Traiettoria's and Proemio's music structures. In order to better understand the connection between technology and compositional thought and techniques, I will compare Proemio's computer aided sound synthesis programs to Traiettoria's. In particular, I will focus my attention on the third section (from 7'57" to 11'10") of the second movement/module of Traiettoria's score, and on Proemio's episode devoted to the "character" Maria Goretti. Looking at both the architecture of the programs and the way they have been employed during the compositional process, and, from the other side, looking at the music structures, it will be possible to stress that the different programs mirror the difference between a processual, developing conception of form in Traiettoria (based on the conception of the superposition and juxtaposition of multifarious developing "OIMs"), and a static structure in Proemio, a kind of formal organisation well-suited for depicting characters (based on the idea of "sonic potentials"). Highlighting the use of different programs in relation to different sections of the work, I will theorize a connection among the architecture of the programs and the dramaturgic and musical structures of the works.
Both Traiettoria and Proemio have been investigated by many researchers; thus, many features of the two works and of their creative process have already been analysed and developed. In particular, Traiettoria's compositional process has been studied by Stefano Marcato – both in his MA dissertation and in a later article –, by myself in my MA dissertation, and by Noémie Sprenger-Ohana and Vincent Tiffon in four recent articles; Giordano Ferrari studied Proemio in three articles and I dealt with some aspects of this same work in my MA dissertation. In this paper I will carry on these studies further, through the comparison of the two works and the concentration on the analysis of the relationship among computer aided compositional tools and music structures.
In order to pursue this topic I will deal with sketch study and work analysis, trying to establish a link between them, well aware of both potentials and problematics of this enterprise, as also theorized by Gianmario Borio in "Sull'interazione fra lo studio degli schizzi e l'analisi dell'opera". In Stroppa's case, sketch material includes many different kinds of sources: handwritten notebooks, music sketches and drafts, versions of the libretto, prints of computing algorithms, software interface and sound files. Analysing Brian Ferneyhough's work Ross Feller has outlined many of the main problems that a researcher faces working on e-sketches, particularly on music composed between late Eighties and early Nineties: a historical phase where computer and handwritten sketches were usually combined. Moreover, printed e-sketches document only a tiny part of the creative process, tend to preserve only what the composer explicitly wanted to conserve, and usually convey only the final step of the compositional process.
In order to study Stroppa's computer aided compositional tools, I will concentrate on three aspects: first of all, I'll individuate and analyse the primitive expressions, i.e. the implicit knowledge entailed in the different programs and in their interfaces, that is, both the representation of the compositional parameters that the programs convey and the possibilities of interaction that the programs allow. Furthermore, I'll also give a look at a second aspect: the fundamental architecture of the environment. Finally, I'll try to understand how primitive expressions can be combined in order to create compound elements.
My main goal is to relate these analyses to the compositional strategies, and to highlight the correspondence between Stroppa's new and different programs from the one side and the underlying musical strategies and compositional techniques from the other. So, the goal of this paper is to identify the link between digital implicit knowledge and music structures, through a systematic analysis of the computer aided compositional tools and, in general, of the procedures and techniques that Stroppa developed.


What Is Hodophile?
What do they call a person who travels a lot?
What does Nemophilist mean?
Noun. nemophilist (plural nemophilists) (rare) One who is fond of forests or forest scenery; a haunter of the woods.
What is a globetrotter?
Who is the most Travelled person in history?
Charles VeleyCharles Veley is an American claimant to the title of the world's most-traveled person. Veley was one of the founders of Microstrategy.
Who is the first Traveller to India?
Megasthenes, ambassador of Seleucus Nikator was the first foreign traveller to India.
Which Traveller is known as Globe Trotter?
Ibn Battuta was the traveler for whom the term, globe trotter is used. Explanation: He was a 'Muslim Berber Moroccan traveller'.
What does Solivagant mean?
: rambling alone : marked by solitary wandering.
How do you use Hodophile in a sentence?
Examples of Hodophile in a sentence "A total hodophile, she spent her free time seeing as much of the world as she could." "The odometer on a hodophile's car may shock you — the miles add up when you're constantly on the road."
Who is the youngest person to travel the world?
Lexie AlfordOn May 31, 2019, a 21-year-old American woman named Lexie Alford stepped foot in North Korea, becoming — as she claims — the youngest person to travel to every country on earth.
Who is the world best Traveller?
How do you spell Globetrotter?
Globe-trotter definitions A person who travels often to faraway places. Alternative spelling of globetrotter.
Where is fernweh?
"Fernweh" is a German word for "farsickness," the opposite of homesickness. Scotland received high scores in surveys where people were asked to name the places for which they felt fernweh. You know when you've been away too long.


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What does it mean? There are many definitions but the most compact one I have found in the Oulu Space Physics Textbook says: "Space physics is interested in the natural plasma environments found close enough to the Earth to be studied by in situ measurements." Today, these in situ measurements onboard spacecraft cover most of the heliosphere. However, majority of the spacecraft orbits around Earth. Space Physics studies plasma that has significantly different properties at Sun, in the solar wind, or in planetary environments including Earth.
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text: A truck loaded with cannonball watermelons stops suddenly to avoid running over the edge of a washed-out bridge (see figure). The quick stop causes a number of melons to fly off the truck. One melon rolls over the edge with an initial speed vi = 8.0 m/s in the horizontal direction. A cross-section of the bank has the shape of the bottom half of a parabola with its vertex at the edge of the road, and with the equation y2 = 14x, where x and y are measured in meters. What are the x and y coordinates of the melon when it splatters on the bank? How do you find the angle out of Y2=14x?


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Emotional Memory clinical trials at UCLA
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open to eligible people ages 18-90
Anxiety disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) affect a large number of individuals with a significant portion of patients failing to improve with current treatments. The purpose of this study is to understand the brain mechanisms that produce fear and anxiety in humans. To accomplish this goal, we will measure the brain activity along with the heart rate and skin perspiration of patients while they are completing tasks on a computer. Some of the tasks will also use a virtual reality headset and transport the patient in a video game-like environment. These tasks will expose the participants to various levels of fear-provoking images.
Los Angeles, California
Our lead scientists for Emotional Memory research studies include Nanthia Suthana.


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Xylophis captaini was probably originally an inhabitant of the rich rainforests of the western foothills of the Western Ghats mountains. It is still found in remaining patches of rainforest here, but it is mostly encountered in the plantations and gardens that have largely replaced forest in this region.
X. captaini hides (and perhaps feeds) in the soil and was only described in 2007, so little is known of its ecology. During the daytime the snake is generally found only by digging and turning over surface soil and leaf litter in rich, shady and moist habitats.
As with many other burrowing snakes, the scales of X. captaini are iridescent, which seems to be a by-product of having scales with minute ridges adapted to easily shed moist soil.
The details of its diet are not completely known, but includes at least small earthworms.
No reports of predation are known, but predators probably include other burrowing vertebrates.


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8 Stifling Myths About Studio Recording
For the neophyte, the studio can be a place of myth and legend. It's complicated and takes many years of learning and hands-on experience to become a talented studio engineer or producer. It's not at all helped by the amount of misinformation that has been distributed about studio recording, unfortunately; let's clear up a few of these myths.
1. There's a "right way" to do things
You can record your vocals through an SM58 or let clipping go unchecked if you want; there's really no hard and fast right way to do things in the studio. There are guidelines and best practices, but at the end of the day you have to go with what your ear says sounds good, and more importantly, sounds right for the track.
2. Studio magic can fix a bad performance
Studio magic can make a good performance great, or a great performance stunning. But the only way to get something that sounds good is to make sure the instrument sounds good in the room and the performer is nailing it. The proverb in the studio is you can't polish a turd. If it sucks, it sucks.
3. Record on tape, it sounds better
There is a marked difference in the sound you get from a track recorded on tape and all analogue gear and a track that was recorded using Pro Tools. There's a myth that tape sounds better, but it's not true; digital recording means higher fidelity (or accurate representation) to the original sound source, which means cleaner, better quality recordings.
There's a certain warmth to analogue recordings because of a mild level of distortion. So, that quality people look for in tape is actually caused by a lack of quality. I don't mean to say the tape sound isn't desirable and appropriate for some recordings, but don't be suckered for your money by one of the tape fan boys.
The next myth is related…
4. Every time you copy an audio file, it loses quality
True enough for tape: every time you make a copy onto another reel, a miniscule level of quality is lost. But when you're copying digital files, you don't lose anything. Binary digit for binary digit, every last detail remains perfectly intact even if you copy the same file a hundred times over.
This myth is perpetuated by people who don't really understand digital technology, and by the same crowd who insists that tape is inherently "better."
5. Digital technology means any musician can make a hit recording
Just because you've paid a whopper of a price to rent the studio out doesn't mean you can make a hit recording. Sure, digital technology makes recording easier in so many ways, but you need to know how everything in the studio works to pull a great sound and make an excellent, radio-ready record. If you're dishing out for the studio, make sure you dish out that bit extra for a decent engineer—you won't regret it.
6. You must use a click track
Granted, it's almost impossible to edit your drums up or do any shuffling around later on if you don't use a click track, but it's not a necessity. If you and your band can't or don't want to work with one, there's no reason why you have to. If it kills your vibe, ditch the click—some things are, of course, more important than others.
7. You need outboard processors to get a good sound
Some people say you have to use an outboard compressor or reverb unit to get a decent sound. Not true: you can get sounds that sound smashing using good plug-ins. It's hard to tell the difference between the BombFactory BF76 and the outboard it was modeled after unless you've been listening to both for years.
That said, outboard is almost always better; that's no myth at all. The myth is that you need them to get a good sound.
8. The best vocal tracks are a mash-up of a million takes
The best tracks sound great because they sounded great in the room. This doesn't just apply to the room itself and the instrument, but the performance of the instrument in the room. If you get a vocalist to do one good take, it's going to sound better than having the vocalist do twenty average takes and mashing up the greatest moments from each.
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The accuracy of genomic prediction partly depends on the genetic correlation between the reference population and the population of selection candidates. This correlation can be lower than 1 due to interactions between genes, such as dominance and epistasis. Wageningen researchers investigated the relationship between gene-interactions and the genetic correlation between populations. They published their results in the journal G3.
Genomic prediction and importance of genetic correlations between populations
Animal breeders aim to improve the average performance of their populations. They achieve this by selecting individuals with the highest breeding values as parents of the next generation. The breeding values can be estimated with a technique called genomic prediction. This technique makes use of a reference population that consists of animals that have both phenotypes and marker genotypes available. The data of the reference population is used to estimate breeding values of selection candidates that only have marker genotypes available. The accuracy of estimated breeding values is lower when the genetic correlation between the reference population and the population of selection candidates is lower than 1.
Publication: Gene-interactions and genetic correlations
Interactions among genes, such as dominance and epistasis, can cause the genetic correlation to be lower than 1, thereby reducing the accuracy of the genomic prediction. Researchers from Wageningen University & Research investigated how gene-interactions affect the genetic correlation between populations. They simulated two diverging populations with different types of gene-interaction. Their results showed that the genetic correlation decreased when populations had diverged for a longer time, and when interaction effects were larger. With dominance, genetic correlations did not drop below 80%, whereas with epistasis, values dropped to as low as 45%. These insights may contribute to the understanding of genetic differences in trait expression between populations, and may help in explaining the inefficiency of genomic prediction across populations and generations.


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Showing 3D Directional Sensitivity¶
The 3d_dtcwt_directionality.py script in the examples directory shows how one may demonstrate the directional sensitivity of the 3D DT-CWT complex subband coefficients. It computes empirically the maximally sensitive directions for each subband and plots them in an interactive figure using matplotlib. A screenshot is reproduced below:
There are some points to note about this diagram. Each subband is labeled sich that '1' refers to the first subband, '5' the fifth and so forth. On this diagram the subbands are all four apart reflecting the fact that, for example, subbands 2, 3 and 4 are positioned in the other four quadrants of the upper hemisphere reflecting the position of subband 1. There are seven visible subband directions in the +ve quadrant of the hemisphere and hence there are 28 directions in total over all four quadrants.
The source for the script is shown below:
#!/bin/python """ An example of the directional selectivity of 3D DT-CWT coefficients. This example creates a 3D array holding an image of a sphere and performs the 3D DT-CWT transform on it. The locations of maxima (and their images about the mid-point of the image) are determined for each complex coefficient at level 2. These maxima points are then shown on a single plot to demonstrate the directions in which the 3D DT-CWT transform is selective. """ # Import the libraries we need from matplotlib.pyplot import * import numpy as np from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.art3d import Poly3DCollection from dtcwt import dtwavexfm3, dtwaveifm3, biort, qshift # Specify details about sphere and grid size GRID_SIZE = 128 SPHERE_RAD = int(0.45 * GRID_SIZE) + 0.5 # Compute an image of the sphere grid = np.arange(-(GRID_SIZE>>1), GRID_SIZE>>1) X, Y, Z = np.meshgrid(grid, grid, grid) r = np.sqrt(X*X + Y*Y + Z*Z) sphere = (0.5 + np.clip(SPHERE_RAD-r, -0.5, 0.5)).astype(np.float32) # Specify number of levels and wavelet family to use nlevels = 2 b = biort('near_sym_a') q = qshift('qshift_a') # Form the DT-CWT of the sphere. We use discard_level_1 since we're # uninterested in the inverse transform and this saves us some memory. Yl, Yh = dtwavexfm3(sphere, nlevels, b, q, discard_level_1=True) # Plot maxima figure(figsize=(8,8)) ax = gcf().add_subplot(1,1,1, projection='3d') ax.set_aspect('equal') ax.view_init(35, 75) # Plot unit sphere +ve octant thetas = np.linspace(0, np.pi/2, 10) phis = np.linspace(0, np.pi/2, 10) def sphere_to_xyz(r, theta, phi): st, ct = np.sin(theta), np.cos(theta) sp, cp = np.sin(phi), np.cos(phi) return r * np.asarray((st*cp, st*sp, ct)) tris = rad = 0.99 # so that points plotted latter are not z-clipped for t1, t2 in zip(thetas[:-1], thetas[1:]): for p1, p2 in zip(phis[:-1], phis[1:]): tris.append([ sphere_to_xyz(rad, t1, p1), sphere_to_xyz(rad, t1, p2), sphere_to_xyz(rad, t2, p2), sphere_to_xyz(rad, t2, p1), ]) sphere = Poly3DCollection(tris, facecolor='w', edgecolor=(0.6,0.6,0.6)) ax.add_collection3d(sphere) locs = scale = 1.1 for idx in xrange(Yh[-1].shape): Z = Yh[-1][:,:,:,idx] C = np.abs(Z) max_loc = np.asarray(np.unravel_index(np.argmax(C), C.shape)) - np.asarray(C.shape)*0.5 max_loc /= np.sqrt(np.sum(max_loc * max_loc)) # Only record directions in the +ve octant (or those from the -ve quadrant # which can be flipped). if np.all(np.sign(max_loc) == 1): locs.append(max_loc) ax.text(max_loc * scale, max_loc * scale, max_loc * scale, str(idx+1)) elif np.all(np.sign(max_loc) == -1): locs.append(-max_loc) ax.text(-max_loc * scale, -max_loc * scale, -max_loc * scale, str(idx+1)) # Plot all directions as a scatter plot locs = np.asarray(locs) ax.scatter(locs[:,0], locs[:,1], locs[:,2], c=np.arange(locs.shape)) w = 1.1 ax.auto_scale_xyz([0, w], [0, w], [0, w]) legend() title('3D DT-CWT subband directions for +ve hemisphere quadrant') tight_layout() show() # vim:sw=4:sts=4:et
2D Image Registration¶
This library includes support for 2D image registration modelled after the 3D algorithm outlined in the paper Efficient Registration of Nonrigid 3-D Bodies. The image-registration-2.py script in the examples directory shows a complete worked example of using the registration API using two sets of source images: a woman playing tennis and some traffic at a road junction.
It will attempt to register two image pairs: a challenging sequence from a video sequence and a sequence from a traffic camera. The result is shown below.


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What You Should Know About Pfiesteria
During the spring and summer of 1997, there have been numerous reports from the Delaware Bay, Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay of diseased finfish. One type of fish skin virus, called Lymphocystis, has been identified in Delaware. It causes reddened, bumpy skin and sometimes a milky coating. It is not harmful to humans and many fish recover from the problem. But it can weaken fish leading to other infections.
A second possible problem is called Pfiesteria, a toxic marine microorganism (sometimes confused with lymphocystis) which can cause red sores or lesions on any fish species and can lead to sudden, large fish kills.
The organism has been active in North Carolina for several years and may be a source of problems in other Mid-Atlantic states. Throughout the region, the news media has paid much attention to fish diseases, making Pfiesteria (pronounced feast-eer-ee-ah) an almost household name. We do know in Delaware that Pfiesteria has been identified in our Inland Bays and that it may have been responsible for a major fish kill in Indian River in June, 1987. And we know that is persists in the environment in a dormant state and can come alive again at any time, though it rarely does. Here's what else we know about Pfiesteria:
What is Pfiesteria?
Like many other organisms that inhabit our estuaries, Pfiesteria can be cause for concern. But, it is not cause for alarm or panic. It is a dinoflagellate—a microscopic organism that sometimes behaves like a plant and sometimes like an animal. It is a complicated organism, with at least two dozen life stages. In several stages, it produces neurotoxins that attacks fish. This organism has been found as far north as Indian River in Delaware and as far south as the Gulf of Mexico.
Pfiesteria appears to thrive in nutrient-rich waters. That's why it could be a problem in Delaware's Inland Bays. In those areas, there are too many nutrients going into the bays from a variety of sources -- including runoff from developed areas, lawns, golf courses, farms and failing septic systems and discharges from wastewater treatment plants. The state is working with all citizens to try to clean up the Inland Bays, but those problems were not created overnight, nor will they disappear quickly.
When is Pfiesteria a Problem?
In North Carolina, Pfiesteria has only been a problem in the summer and fall and only in some locations. It is not a problem in the state's inland fresh waters there and is not expected to be a freshwater problem here.
How do I know Pfiesteria if I see it?
One good indicator is open bleeding sores on coastal fishes. If 20 percent or more of the fish in a given area have sores, then that's a good indication that Pfiesteria is active.
How does Pfiesteria
There is ongoing research on whether Pfiesteria affects the quality of seafood. Until that research is completed, you shouldn't eat seafood with bleeding sores or peeled skin. You also shouldn't harvest fish from an area where fish are sick or dying. Seafood from restaurants and retailers is carefully inspected before sale and is considered safe!
Does Pfiesteria make
There are no substantiated cases of humans who have been made ill by Pfiesteria, except for researchers who were breathing the toxins in a closed environment without proper protective equipment. The jury is still out on whether Pfiesteria can make people in "real world" situations ill. There is medical research underway to answer that question. Delaware's coastal waters are safe for folks to visit and recreate in, if you take proper precautions. You should avoid swimming or recreating in waters where fish have sores or are dead, or dying.
Signs of Pfiesteria
in Tidal Waters
1) Dead or dying fishes:
a) are there a large number of dead or dying fish? (too many to have been dumped from a bait bucket? or more than a few dozen?)
2) Dead or dying invertebrates:
b) are there more than one species?
c) do any of the dead or dying fish have lesions or sores on their bodies?
a) If there are a large number of mature dead crabs or other shellfish, are you sure they weren't dumped there?
3) Abnormal fish behavior:
a) do the fish appear disoriented?
4) If you answered yes to any of the above questions:
b) are they swimming erratically or beaching themselves?
c) are they at or near the surface?
d) do they lack normal fear?
e) do abnormally behaving fish have any sores or lesions?
a) is the water in the vicinity an unusual color? milky white? mahogany or reddish? any other unusual color?
If the answer is "yes" to Questions 1, 2, or 3, call the Delaware Department of Natural Resources Fish Kill Coordinator immediately! On weekdays, between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., call _PHONE_. On weekends or after hours, call the DNREC Communications at _PHONE_ and stress the urgency of the problem.
b) are there any strange smells, besides dying fish?
As a precaution, until the cause of the fish kill can be determined, it is recommended that you avoid direct body contact with the water in the fish kill area; including swimming, water skiing, personal watercraft operation, fishing, clamming, crabbing or other recreational water activites. If you fall into the water, change any wet clothing and wash with soap and clean water. Keep pets from affected areas. Avoid touching any sores or lesions on the dead or dying fish and do not eat dead or dying fish or fish with sores. If you experience any illness that you think could be related to the fish kill, contact your physician promptly.
For more information:
For environmental information, call the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Office of Information and Education at _PHONE_. For public health information, call the Delaware Division of Public Health at _PHONE_.
The information in this brochure was developed by the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services and the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control.


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A recent report from the Psychologists Against Austerity collective directly links cuts to public services with mental health problems.
Well-established psychological research that explains these links already exists. However, this knowledge has been missing from the debate on austerity so far.
Psychologists are often in a position to see the effects that social and economic changes have on people. We also occupy a relatively powerful position as professionals and therefore have an ethical responsibility to speak out about these effects.
The Coalition government since 2010 has implemented a program of cuts to public services and welfare that has disproportionately affected the most vulnerable people in our society in the name of 'Austerity'. Measures like the bedroom tax, cuts to disability benefits, the introduction of Universal Credit and cuts to local government, social services and NHS budgets have been presented by the Coalition as necessary to the UK's economic recovery.
Ideas like 'the nation has maxed out its credit card' and austerity as a painful but necessary medicine have been used to frame these policy choices as unavoidable and moral.
We argue that recent cuts are both avoidable and immoral. As psychologists we are often in a position to see the effects that societal and economic conditions have on people.
Psychologists also occupy a relatively powerful position as professionals with access to resources like theory and research and therefore have an ethical responsibility to speak about these effects. Indeed, according to the British Psychological Society (BPS) code of ethics, part of the standard for competence is sensitivity to developments in our social and political context.
It is imperative to take into account the psychological costs of austerity for individuals and communities. Psychological impacts of recent austerity policies have been little discussed in media and policy debates, yet there is clear and robust research linking recent austerity policies with damaging psychological outcomes.
Work at an epidemiological level on social determinants of health like the Marmot Review and The Spirit Level shows robust evidence for the effects of social inequality on health, including emotional well-being. Mental health problems are associated with markers of low income and social economic status in all the developed nations, no matter which indicator is used. There are indications of higher levels of mental health problems following austerity, with a rise in antidepressant prescriptions, and GPs reporting increasing numbers of mental health appointments, and a rise in male suicides.
Since the financial crisis, suicides have increased in European countries that have adopted austerity policies (UK, Greece, Spain and Portugal), but not in those who have protected their welfare state (Iceland and Germany). In this paper, we assume that the emotional well-being of societies and individuals is determined by multiple factors that interact with each another. These include economic, societal, familial, psychological and biological influences.
We use the terms 'emotional well-being', 'distress' and 'mental health problems' rather than 'mental illness'. This is because there is disagreement about whether emotional difficulties are best understood as a product of individual pathology, or a consequence of toxic environments and difficult life experiences. We use diagnostic terminology as a proxy for a wide range of experiences of distress, which are biographically unique. As psychologists, we believe that the diagnostic and medical understanding of 'mental illness' often neglects socioeconomic context.
As Lynne Friedli says:
"Mental health is produced socially: the presence or absence of mental health is above all a social indicator and therefore requires social, as well as individual solutions."
Psychological research provides evidence for some of the wide range of pathways by which increasing social inequality and austerity increase emotional distress. In this paper, we have outlined well-established pathways to short and long term psychological damage from austerity policies; we have called these 'austerity ailments'.
- Humiliation and shame
- Fear and distrust
- Instability and insecurity
- Isolation and loneliness
- Being trapped and powerless
Austerity policies have damaging psychological costs. Mental health problems are being created in the present, and further problems are being stored for the future.
We have identified five 'Austerity Ailments'. These are specific ways in which austerity policies impact on mental health. These experiences have been shown to increase mental health problems. Prolonged humiliation following a severe loss trebles the chance of being diagnosed with clinical depression. Job insecurity is as damaging for mental health as unemployment.
Feeling trapped over the long term nearly trebles the chances of being diagnosed with anxiety and depression. Low levels of trust increase the chance of being diagnosed with depression by nearly 50 per cent.
These five 'ailments' are indicators of problems in society, of poisonous public policy, weakness of social cohesion and inequalities in power and wealth. We also know what kind of society promotes good health.
Key markers are that societies are equal, participatory and cohesive.
Some important indicators of a psychologically healthy society are:
Mental health isn't just an individual issue. To create resilience and promote wellbeing, we need to look at the entirety of the social and economic conditions in which people live.
Implications and recommendations
The evidence presented in this report indicates that a range of key psychological experiences can be directly linked to public policy, and are sensitive to macro social and economic changes.
It is therefore crucial that policy makers and service developers consider the psychological impacts of current and future policies. Creating the conditions for wellbeing and resilience directly helps to prevent distress in the short and long term, thereby saving resources and reducing suffering.
We call for:
- Social policy that works towards a more equitable and participatory society, to facilitate individual well-being, resilient places, and strong communities.
- Policy makers to take into account the psychological impacts of macro social and economic changes.
- A social security system that empowers and supports, rather than punishing people in times of need.
- Public services to increase focus on preventing distress, improving citizen participation and social justice, as well as help facilitate the five positive indicators above.
- Co-production to be one such model of public service reform. This approach harnesses individuals' and communities' assets and expertise rather than viewing them just as passive recipients of and burdens on services.
- A community-led approach to mental health and emotional wellbeing that develops collective responses to individual needs and by doing so works to strengthen communities and build on communal resources.
You can read the full briefing paper here.
I don't make any money from my work. I'm disabled through illness and on a very low income. But you can make a donation to help me continue to research and write free, informative, insightful and independent articles, and to provide support to others. The smallest amount is much appreciated – thank you.


text: This helmet comes from a small group of closely related Spangenhelme (strap helmets). The sites where they have been found are widely scattered, ranging from Sweden to Germany, the Balkans and Libya. The Metropolitan Museum's helmet was found in the Saône River near Trévoux, France. The quality of the helmets and their diverse find sites suggest that they were made as diplomatic gifts to foreign rulers, perhaps sent from the Byzantine court or from the Ostrogothic kingdom in Italy.All the helmets originally had metal cheek pieces, a mail neck defense, and often an integral nasal. As on this helmet, the decoration typically consists of patterns punched into the radiating straps and birds amid an undulating grapevine embossed on the brow band. Some examples include crosses and other Christian symbols.


Appendix B: SMS to MMS Conversion
Overview #
The Lark Router gives marketers the ability to send Multimedia Messages (MMS) messages as SMS. The SMS is converted to MMS according to the following rules:
 1. The gateway scans the MT SMS for URL links. Each link found is accessed and the content downloaded and classified (i.e. image, text, video, etc.). The rest of the text in the SMS is gathered together to be used as the text part of the MMS.
 2. The gateway selects the correct content conversion template based on the kind of content downloaded. That is if only an image (URL) was provided in the SMS (i.e. no text), the "Image Only Template" is selected if an image was provided with some additional text, the "Image+Text Template" is selected, etc.
 3. The gateway uses the SMIL template to build the MMS
 4. The gateway routes the MMS to the relevant supplier bind.
Configuration #
Lark Router is configured to receive MMS messages from your Message Campaign via SMPP (Native to most Campaign Managers) or any of the HTTP SMS API methods and converts those SMS messages to MMS, which is then sent to the supplier via MM7, MM1 or MM4 protocol. The client bind for sending the SMS must be configured as an SMPP or HTTP SMS bind. Your aggregator MMS connection is set up in the Lark Router as a standard MMS supplier bind.
Example Photo
Adding a URL to a Graphic allows the lark router to convert and deliver a Multimedia message to your customer. You can even add a clickable URL. Supported formats are JPG/JPEG, GIF, and PNG.
What is delivered:
Example Video
Adding a URL to a Video allows the lark router to convert and deliver a Multimedia message to your customer. Mp4 format is supported and video files should be under 1 meg or other limits set by your provider.
What is delivered:
Technical Notes #
If installed on Premise, the Lark Router will connect to on port 443 to verify the license key/registration credentials and provide message counts each hour for billing purposes. No message or other connectivity data is transferred to the lark registration server.


Things afoot
Australia, 1952
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Envisages a world without shoes to prove how footwear is indispensable in modern everyday life. A visit to a shoe factory illustrates the many complicated machines used in the manufacture of footwear. Scenes at a technical school show how the young apprentice receives theoretical and practical training in the manufacture of shoes. The concluding section of the film lists the advantages of employment in the shoe trade; stability of employment, welfare schemes, recreational facilities, wages etc.
Roy A. Driver
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Herschells Films
Black and White
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I'm aware about the difference between _URL_-title and _URL_-article1-title. In my application I have the following type of urls: my_domain.com/2015/december/my-article1-title
Since the month is a word, not a digit, is there any downside for SEO? Will it be treated as a keyword and thus will be confused with the title of an article? Or is a search engine smart enough to realize that "december" is a part of a date?
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 You are seriously over thinking this. The short answer is No. Ontologies understand that 12 is December. – closetnoc Dec 24 '17 at 2:44
 - _USER_ the question is whether a search engine is able to do so – Kakki Dec 24 '17 at 2:45
 - Yes. Of course. Ontologies are used to understand meaning. Ontologies know 12, Dec, December, etc. So is there an issue with SEO? The answer is No. Both are the same. Cheers!! – closetnoc Dec 24 '17 at 3:55
 - _USER_ the question is whether a search engine is able to do so – Kakki Dec 24 '17 at 5:50
 - Google use only those keywords which is matched with user query, rest of keywords, google does not care. If someone type 12 on their query then first URL will be great, and if someone type december on their query then second URL will be great. Google does not confuse here, yes google consider it as dates, but they also consider it as keywords as well. – Goyllo Dec 24 '17 at 9:28
I would use the digits, as it makes your url shorter and easier to read for your users.
 - How is this answer helpful beyond what had already said by other users? – John Conde Dec 25 '17 at 21:27
 - added the user's perspective to the discussion. It's not really important if Google understands it as december or not. I would use the short version because of a better user experience > easier to read the url. – p3sn Dec 26 '17 at 9:31
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Films and Video
Viewing and discussion programs that present documentary or independent films related to the Building Common Ground themes, followed by a facilitated discussion can bring audiences together to explore meaningful issues and understand and relate to each other.
The following video galleries contain an array of viewing materials that range from video shorts to full-length documentary films. Libraries are encourage to incorporate video content into their program plans to create multi-media elements to Building Common Ground series.
Libraries may use the provocative video shorts provided as added texture to book discussions or context setting for facilitated discussions; the weighty feature length Forgiveness documentaries as a centerpiece for additional multi-format programming, and other video content, such as Krista Tippet's TED talk as springboards to larger discussions of community issues. Libraries are encouraged to explore the wealth of film and video content recommended in the Video Galleries to create their multiformat Building Common Ground program series.