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Research England's second iteration of new and enhanced KEF dashboards, passes another major milestone as it builds on positive feedback on the first version.
Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF) is already regarded positively in higher education, improving the status of knowledge exchange, driving strategic and evolved approaches, and helping to improve data. It is also generally regarded as a sound approach, with new features introduced today.
These new features provide even better public information on the rich and diverse ways English universities continue to engage with society and our economy, locally, nationally, and internationally.
KEF2 uses updated data and an evolved methodology to examine the performance of English higher education providers (HEPs) from a variety of different perspectives.
New features for KEF2 further demonstrate that regardless of the type of activity that a university may specialise or excel in, this is reflected in their final results.
KEF2 provides a more accurate picture of how universities perform across the sector while preserving the considered and tested model developed alongside the sector.
The new dashboards are available on the KEF's interactive website.
Delivering economic and social impact
Building on the successes of the first iteration of the KEF, KEF2 continues to demonstrate the range of valuable activities universities conduct with external partners across seven perspectives. These perspectives include:
- public and community engagement
- working with partners ranging from big businesses to small local firms
- how they commercialise home-grown research.
It also demonstrates the diversity of universities that support the government's key national and global priorities through these activities.
The KEF is recognised by the government as 'valuable to capture contributions to economic growth, such as place and civic contributions' and plays an important part in driving forward these agendas.
David Sweeney CBE, Executive Chair of Research England, said:
Knowledge exchange is integral to the mission and purpose of our universities, and its importance in contributing to societal and economic prosperity is strongly supported by the government.
Today's new version of the KEF takes further forward the vision and potential of KE activity, providing richer evidence to demonstrate universities' strengths in different areas when set alongside their peers.
This technical evolution of the first iteration of KEF dashboards includes:
- an evolved methodology
- updates to the current metrics
- enhanced presentation of the results.
These changes were designed following a deep-dive review of the first iteration with the sector to further improve the robustness of the results. KEF1 dashboards were published in March 2021.
For the first time, KEF2 includes university activity conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic.
It takes into account the KEF's underlying data and insights from the UCI Policy Evidence Unit at the University of Cambridge. And its results highlight the remarkable resilience of the English higher education sector during a period of disruption and instability.
In particular, activity levels have been maintained across a breadth of KE in order to support the UK's economic and societal recovery from the pandemic.
In KEF2, encouraging signs of growing success are emerging particularly in the perspectives for intellectual property and commercialisation and research partnerships.
The core principles underpinning KEF2 however remain largely unchanged, drawing on the successes of the first iteration as a novel framework in KE.
Significantly, the KEF compares institutions on a like-for-like basis, with similar institutions being grouped together with their peers in 'KE clusters'.
This is a fair and balanced approach that avoids making unhelpful comparisons between incomparable institutions.
Clustering has been instrumental in demonstrating the value of universities of all sizes and specialisms and their contributions to the UK economy.
KEF results are determined by taking data covering a wide range of a university's activities and using this to form a series of metrics.
These then go into seven perspectives, and updated for the second iteration, a university receives a quintile score for each perspective displayed in relation to the average for its cluster.
The KEF website continues to show the detailed, qualitative information submitted by HEPs for the first iteration about how they build community engagement and promote growth in their local areas.
For more information about the KEF, including about clusters, perspectives and metrics, please take a look at the technical notes on the KEF website.
The majority of the data that form the metrics of the KEF continues to comes from the long-standing HESA Higher Education Business and Community Interaction survey, supported by:
- narratives provided by the institutions for the first iteration that inform the local growth and regeneration, and public and community engagement perspectives
- data provided by Innovate UK
- data provided by Elsevier.
All institutions in receipt of a Research England Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF) allocation in 2021 to 2022 are included in the exercise.
Some institutions who were eligible for HEIF but did not meet the threshold for an allocation have still elected to participate in the KEF. The clusters are not ranked, and the KEF is not a league table.
Research England will continue to develop future iterations of the KEF annually. The KEF is not currently used to inform funding.
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How to Remove Write Protection From Pendrive in Windows?
Today RFD is going to Provide a Solution For "The Disk is write Protected. Remove the Write-Protection or use another Disk" Error.
1. Editing the Registries to Remove write protection from USB drive Follow the steps one after another to more write protection from the Pen drive.
1. Press CTRL + R to open the RUN box.
2. Type REGEDIT and hit enter.
3. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > Control > StorageDevicePoliciesand hit enter.
4. Give a double click on the WRITE PROTECT and a box will open in that enter the Value as 0 and press OK button.
5. Now restart your PC and again connect your USB pen drive to your computer and verify. That's it hopefully it will work.
Note: – In case you can't find the "StorageDevicesPolicies" in the Registry settings follow the steps below
1. Open your Notepad and copy the below code to it
CurrentControlSet\Control\ StorageDevicePolicies" /t Reg_dword/v WriteProtect /f /d 1
2. Now save this as add.bat (it should be with.bat extension or else it won't work) and run it.
3. Now continue the above process and it will work fine.
2. Formatting the Pen drive before OS boots to Remove Write protection Follow the below steps carefully to remove write protection from the USB storage drives
1. Shut down your PC/LAPTOP
2. Connect your USB drive to your PC/LAPTOP and turn it ON. While the system is booting press F8 continuously and advanced booting option screen will open.
3. In that select Safe mode with command prompt.
4. After the files loads, in the command prompt navigate to the drive of your pen drive.At first it will look something like this C:\windows\system32>now let your drive letter is"H". Then you have to type C:\windows\system32>H:and hit enter.
5. Now type H:\>format H:
it will again ask you for confirmation of Yes or No (Y/N). Type Y and hit Enter. By doing this your pen drive will get completely formatted, which will remove the write protection from it.
3. Using Command prompt to remove Write protection from Sandiskpen-drive Follow the below mentioned steps to remove write protection from the PEN DRIVES
1. Press CTRL + R and open the RUN box.
2. Type CMD to open the command prompt window
3. In the command prompt type DISKPART and hit enter
4. A new command window will open, in that again type LIST DISK and hit Enter
5. Now again type "Attributes disk clear read-only" and hit enter You can even try this method to format your Pen drive completely and remove write protection from it.
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When subscribing to a product, the core problem to solve is that of granting the subscriber permission to use nodes created by the product publisher. For good reason, Metrici does not allow a user from one account to permit a user from another account to access their nodes, other than as an anonymous user. A special approach is therefore required for a publisher to make their product available to a subscriber.
Product publication utilitises a special feature in the permissions in which anyone can grant permissions to their account authority, i.e. the user who created their account (or, precisely, the user who is the owner of their account node), and the account authority can in turn grant those permissions on to other users that they have created. Specifically, the publisher grants the node-grant-use permission to the account authority, which permits the account authority to grant read and link type permissions (node-read, node-read-member, node-read-all-members, node-use-type, node-link, node-use-draft, package-read, package-read-all-members, package-link, package-use-draft, node-grant-use), but not update, package use or administration permissions.
Identifying what permissions are required and granting them to the account authority is complicated, and is looked after by instances of Product, which are generated by instances of Product Builder. The salient parts of this are:
- The publisher lists packages that contain the nodes that make up the product in the Package List member type.
- From this, the derivation script in Interpret Product Descriptor creates a manifest in Offer Manifest Items that describes the permissions that the subscribers to the product need.
- From this, the derivation script in Grant Publish creates a standard permission manifest in Manifest Items that describes the permissions that the account authority needs in order to grant permissions to the subscriber, and then gives the account authority permission to use the manifest and also to access the product node. This means that the account authority now has authority to grant permissions on the product nodes.
- Product installation is carried out by executing a method on the subscriber's account. This creates a subscription node with is an instance of Subscription.
- The subscription node links back to the product using the Product member type, and uses the Derive Subscription Manifest derivation to create a standard Manifest Items manifest from the Offer Manifest Items from the product.
- The account authority grants node-use-manifest on the subscription node to the subscriber's primary user group and node-grant-use-manifest to the subscriber. This means that any of the primary users in the subscriber's account can use the product, and that the subscriber can grant permissions to other user groups also. (Question - why not let all of the primary users grant use of the manifest?)
The permissions are all granted using manifests, and the manifests are all created using derivation. The permissions that the subscriber has can therefore be updated by the publisher, for example when a new version of the product is released.
The approach above dictates the core structure of product packaging, subscription and installation. It involves instances of the following:
- Product Builder which is used to describe the product.
- Product which is generated from the product builder, and which is used as the basis for installation.
- Subscription which is created by the account authority and is used to grant permission on the product to the subscriber.
As well as their core role in managing permissions, these types are used to manage other aspects of product packaging, subscription and installation. They are examined in more detail in the following sections.


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When we in NYC talk about 'the Holidays', we mean the period from late November to New Year's Day.
'Holiday' in the singular can refer to anything from Easter to 'Talk Like a Pirate Day', depending on the person.
'Vacation' usually means a trip of at least a week away from your home base. As I understand it, the term came into being during the 19th century. During the hot months, wealthy people would close down their town houses. Women and children would be sent off to cooler, relaxing places such as the Catskills or Eastern end of Long Island. men continued to see to business. During the week they boarded at their Clubs and visited their families on the weekends.
This was the time that major repairs and cleaning could be done to the city house without discomfort to the family. Because the house was vacated. The summer became known as 'Vacation' and the term filtered into general use.

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When a food writer can't taste.
I read a headline this past weekend "When a food writer can't taste" which got me thinking about brand strategy and marketing strategy. How does a food writer approach an assignment when s/he can't actually taste the food? (How did Beethoven compose after losing his hearing?) Had the food writer the ability to taste prior to losing the sense, the experience would be muscle memory-driven. Of course the writer would need to know how the meal was prepared, the ingredients and the amounts. And watched preparation technique. It would also help to watch people eat the food to understand tastes, aromas and textures.
Sadly, a good deal of strategic work in the market today is perfunctory. It lacks the hand and design of someone who has actually tasted the product or product experience. Often there is a reliance on the muscle memory of other assignments. A reliance on demographics — and then the work is driven by nothing more than a media insight. jean-georges
Just as creatives know when the work is done, so do planners. Planners need enough time to mine insights, experience those insights and learn deeply about their meaning. Put that level of learning into your brand plan and you are, then, ready to start tasting. Peace.


Distance Murmansk Mainz. Directions, total distances, average speed, travel time, calculate cost and fuel consumption
Road distance Murmansk Mainz
The total distance represents the road distance in km or miles between Murmansk and Mainz. Initially this is displayed in km but you can always change it using the settings (by selecting the distance in miles or the distance in km):
Average speed
The average speed for the route Murmansk - Mainz is calculated by taking into account the speed limit on each road segment as well as their length.
Travel time
The time required for a car to travel the distance between Murmansk and Mainz, taking into account the speed allowed for each road segment.
Time of arrival
The time of arrival in Mainz is calculated considering that you are departing immediately from Murmansk It takes into account the total travel time.
Fuel price
Total consumption
It represents total fuel (in liters or gallons) needed to travel the road distance from Murmansk to Mainz.
Calculate a new route
Addresses containing a street number: - 10 Street Name, Murmansk
points of interest: - ATM Murmansk or Hotel Name, Mainz
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Making SYMLINK without any parameters using MKLINK command
Making SYMLINKD using MKLINK /D command
Making HARDLINK using MKLINK /H command
Making JUNCTION using MKLINK /J command
When you are using this command you should know that …
- When using without any parameters it makes symlink between two files … Files are accessible only localy on same machine.
- When using with /D parameter it creates symlinkd link between two folders … linked folder is accessible only localy.
- When using with /H parameter it creates hardlink between two files … This file is normaly accessible over the network and localy.
- When using with /J parameter it creates so called Directory junction that makes folder accessible using different name… It works localy and over the network.
So now you are able to share a folder in which you can put Directory junction folders, that normaly are not shared…


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Have you just decided to switch to healthy eating? Chances are, you must have heard of the two famous healthy alternatives to traditional cooking – Air Fryer and Steam Fryer.
While both appliances can largely reduce the oil usage in foods, they work and taste differently. So what should you opt for if you wish to enjoy a variety of foods without feeling guilty or bloated?
The main difference between an air fryer and a steam fryer is that a steam fryer is just another air fryer with a steam setting. This way, you can both air fry and steam food in your steam fryer.
What is the difference between an Air Fryer and a Steam Fryer?
The primary difference between an air fryer and a steam fryer is the cooking process itself; circulation of hot air vs. circulation of steam.
As the name suggests, an air fryer cooks the food by circulating hot air across the chamber. The hot air traps the moisture within most foods to cook them without losing any flavor.
A steam fryer, on the other hand, is basically an air fryer that uses a built-in steam generator to steam the food, which results in a crisp outside with a moist inside. It also doesn't dry out the food.
What is an Air Fryer, and how does it work?
An air fryer is a kitchen appliance that can be extremely useful for people wanting to make their diet healthier. The appliance uses minimal oil and hot air to cook the food. The hot air flows through and around the food allowing it to be thoroughly and evenly cooked.
Some air fryers also come with features such as timers, temperature controls, and cooking pre-sets for different foods.
What is a Steam Fryer, and how does it work?
A steam fryer or a steam air fryer is an excellent alternative to conventional deep frying and uses steam to cook the food.
Unlike air frying, which uses little oil, no oil is used in the steaming. Instead, a steam air fryer uses a built-in steam generator to steam food without it losing its moisture. The high temperature of the steam cooks the food and also gives it a slightly crisp texture similar to deep frying.
The main differences between an Air Fryer and a Steam Fryer
We have enlisted the differences between the two appliances below for you to have a better understanding of them:
|Air fryers use hot air to circulate around the food, which results in a crispy texture similar to deep-frying, but with much less oil.
|Steam air fryers use a steam generator that releases steam to cook food, which is a healthier method than deep-frying or even air frying, since it doesn't use any oil.
|If you prefer crispy, fried-style foods and don't mind using a little bit of oil, an air fryer might be a good choice.
|If you want a healthier cooking method that's great for vegetables and delicate foods, a steam fryer could be the way to go.
|Air fryers are great for cooking foods like French fries, chicken wings, and fish fillets. Air fryers are also generally quicker than traditional ovens.
|Steam frying is great for cooking vegetables, fish, and other delicate foods since it cooks them gently and preserves their nutrients.
Air fryer vs. Steam Fryer: Which one to choose?
Before deciding on which appliance to choose, there are several factors to keep in mind before settling on either an air fryer or the steam fryer. Here are a few things to keep in mind:
Both appliances are extremely healthy alternatives to traditional deep-frying. But since steam fryers do not use any oil in the steaming process, steam fryers can be considered healthier.
Taste-wise, an air fryer is clearly a winner as it retains the flavor and the texture of the food quite well during the cooking process. A steam air fryer using a steam function will make the food taste similar to boiled food and may dull out the flavors.
Air fryers are more widely available than steam air fryers rendering a large variety of models available at different price points.
Steam air fryers, on the other hand, are less popular than normal air fryers and may cost more. As they are air fryers that come with a built-in steam generator, they will obviously add more to the cost.
While the cooking time mainly depends upon the type of food being cooked, the air fryer is generally known to have shorter cooking times than steam fryers, as an air fryer uses a high-powered fan to regulate and thoroughly cook the food.
Steam fryers, on the other hand, use steam that can take longer to penetrate the food and cook it.
Both appliances are quite safe for daily use and come with features such as cool-touch handles and automatic shut-off in addition to safety features. Make sure you handle both devices with care, as both devices come with the risk of burns.
Both the air fryer and steam fryer are considered easier to maintain as they come in several parts that can be removed for a thorough cleaning. Moreover, their surface is non-stick, making them easier to wash and clean.
A steam air fryer is definitely more versatile than an air fryer as it gives you two different options to cook your food.
You can use the air fryer function when you want to achieve a deep frying touch on your food, or you can simply use the steam air frying option to steam your food. The taste and texture of the foods will vary depending on the cooking method you use.
Final verdict on Air Fryer vs. Steam Fryer
Both an air fryer and a steam fryer are healthier alternatives to deep-frying and conventional cooking. While an air fryer may be used to cook a variety of foods with a crisper texture and a flavorful taste, a steam fryer is the healthier option as steaming uses no oil.
Buying a steam air fryer gives you the best of both worlds, as you can use two different cooking methods in the same appliance.
Ultimately, the choice between an air fryer and a steam fryer depends upon your personal preferences and the types of foods you wish to cook.


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Research partnership may transform lives of vulnerable children
This year, after a highly competitive process, the Melbourne School of Population Health (MSPH) was awarded one of three 'Research and Evaluation Partnerships' with the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD).
The partnership is a unique collaboration between government policy makers and public health and education researchers that could transform the lives of many vulnerable Victorian children. The two other partnerships were also awarded to the University of Melbourne.
The partnership is a new way of doing business for the department and involves researchers and policy makers sharing their respective areas of expertise, with the aim of developing strong evidence-based policies – policies that could enable children to develop to their full potential.
Associate Professor Andrea de Silva-Sanigorski, of the McCaughey Centre at MSPH, says the close partnership between DEECD and three University of Melbourne entities is one of many innovative aspects of the program.
The program's combined efforts will develop a multi-dimensional picture of children's lives, she says, starting from very early childhood, through school years and entry into the workforce, examining a range of outcomes spanning health, well-being, development and learning.
MSPH is focusing on early childhood through three projects that will:
- Link and analyse existing data
- Generate new evidence through innovative research and
- Strengthen the use of evidence in making decisions and policy.
The ambitious, three-year program started in July 2011 and unites DEECD with the Melbourne Graduate School of Education, the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, as well as MSPH. Associate Professor Andrea de Silva-Sanigorski is partnership director and Professor Terry Nolan and Professor Elizabeth Waters lead the MSPH partnership.Dr Peter Kremer is also part of the project team.
Project 1, 'Establishing an integrated data platform for monitoring and assessing child health, wellbeing, development and learning', is the first of three projects in the first phase of the partnership. "A key aspect of Project 1 by MSPH is making better use of monitoring and surveillance data sets that the Government already collects through sources like the maternal child health service and schools, which are used for the reporting of top line measures that the Government requires," she says. "But these are rich data sources that could be better utilised for planning, resource allocation, and research, evaluation and population monitoring."
Project 2, 'A detailed, prospective cohort study of early childhood factors and child outcomes', will expand two existing early childhood research cohorts to investigate health and development issues. It will examine the contribution of early life risk and protective factors on outcomes throughout childhood.
Project 3, 'Early childhood services which shape primary school educational outcomes', will focus on the service sector. "It will investigate questions such as 'what impact does the quality of kindergarten teachers or child care staff have on learning outcomes as a child gets older?', as well as other services such as health and welfare."
"Alongside this data work is a comprehensive program of activities to enhance research and evaluation capacity with government," she says. "Each of the research partners will provide training and support for policy makers on how to gather and interpret research evidence.The policy and decision makers in turn will guide researchers in relation to how policies are developed and what format we need to provide the research evidence to them for it to be used in policy-making processes."
"We are laying the groundwork for improving the lives of children in the years ahead," she says. "That's our hope. That by creating an evidence base that can inform decision-making processes we will have better outcomes for children, families, settings, services and the wider community," she says. "Through this approach we can try to reduce developmental health inequalities that, once established, are hard to change and can have lifelong impacts on children's trajectories."


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Giorgi Saakadze (c. 1570–1629) was a Georgian politician and military commander who played an important but contradictory role in the politics of the early 17th-century Georgia. He was also known as Grand Mouravi (დიდი მოურავი, didi mouravi) in Georgia, Mūrāv-Beg in Iran and Maghraw-Bek in the Ottoman Empire for having served as a mouravi (appointed royal official which can be rendered by seneschal or bailiff) of Tbilisi.


text: Structural honeycomb is widely used as both an impact limiter and rigid structural support in applications which require a high specific strength and highly characterized energy absorption profile. Structural honeycomb is an anisotropic material with limited strength in directions perpendicular to the cells and features mechanical properties that are largely driven by the materials of construction and structure density. As a result, the mechanical properties of honeycomb are sensitive to the specific geometry, orientation, and reinforcement of the honeycomb structure. This study evaluates the effects of these characteristics on stainless steel structural honeycomb to account for the complex loading conditions experienced during radioactive material package regulatory testing. This material is intended for use in applications where organically bonded honeycomb cannot be used.


Apple finally joined Google and Amazon in the home assistant race, with their latest release, the Apple HomePod. If you're an Apple person, and you swear by all Apple products, then this device is for you!
This Siri speaker is said to offer the best sound quality, when compared to other devices. The HomePod is equipped with spatial awareness, allowing it to tune its seven speakers and automatically adjust to produce the best sound quality. Apple's goal was to eliminate background noise and effects that might be created from the room the HomePod is placed in. What does all this mean? It means that the Apple HomePod will sound richer and fuller than most speakers.
Not only do the speakers deliver superb sound quality, but the microphone is also amazing. The Apple HomePod's microphone can detect the "Hey Siri" command over loud music, from other rooms, through behind closed doors, and even rooms with echoes.
Other Features of Apple HomePod
The Apple HomePod can handle everything from giving you the latest news, traffic, and weather updates to controlling your smart home products. Because the device is heavily integrated with Apple Music, Siri will learn your taste in music, and become your own, personal DJ. You can even ask Siri for more information about any of the songs that are playing on the pod.
Some other features include:
 - Sending and receiving text messages
 - Changing the device's voice. If you don't feel like using Siri, you can choose either a male or female voice that has a British, American, or Australian accent.
 - Using the HomePod as a speakerphone. While you can't make phone calls, you can use the HomePod as a speakerphone. Once the call is in progress, you can transfer it from your phone to your pod.
 - Disabling Siri. While the point of this device is to have Siri readily available, you can tell Siri to stop listening. Once you're ready, you can easily reactivate her.
 - Writing and editing notes. It may not seem like much, but this skill sets the HomePod apart from other devices. If you'd like to write a note, just say Hey Siri, create a note," then dictate whatever you need.
If you'd like to get the most out of your HomePod, it's best to have an Apple Music subscription and your smart home devices integrated with the Apple HomeKit platform.
You can purchase the Apple HomePod at Apple, starting at $349.99
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January 22, 1879
James Shields: Senator from Illinois, Minnesota, and Missouri
Many men and women make politics a career and have been elected to Congress three or more times. None, however, have outdone Senator James Shields.
Shields was living in Illinois when he was elected to his first term in the US Senate in 1849. He later moved to the Minnesota Territory. When Minnesota was admitted to the Union in May 1858, Shields was elected one of the state's first two US Senators. After the Civil War, Shields settled in Missouri. On January 22, 1879, Shields was again elected to the US Senate.
To date, James Shields is the only person ever elected the the US Senate representing three different states.


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Adjective: polemic pu'le-mik
 1. Of or involving dispute or controversy
 "Preaching and exegetical literature might also have a polemic purpose";
 - polemical
Noun: polemic pu'le-mik
 1. A writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology)
 - polemicist, polemist
 2. A controversy (especially over a belief or dogma)
Derived forms: polemics
See also: controversial
Type of: arguing, argument, author, contention, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation, tilt, writer
Encyclopedia: Polemic


Munagi: Cloud now available for Android
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Martian Iron
Live electronic music song/jam called Martian Iron. All synthesized, no samples or loops.
Fang Synth, the motion modulated Android synth app now available
Fang Synth is now available. Download:
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Fang is a synth app based on motion modulated control through accelerometer information. Each parameter can be linked to different directions of motion. Contains presets, wav recording, a stepped arpeggiator with diatonic scale locking, a multi-pattern sequencer, wave shaping oscillators, resonant filter with envelope and pitch following, and an effects rig (including formant (vowel) filter, pitched delay, reverb, down-sample, bit reduction.) Capable of strange sonic textures, complex evolving arpeggios, or classic sequenced synth sounds.
Notes are generated with a sequencer and keyboard. The sequencer works by moving a step at the rate specified. There are four patterns that can be played and edited independently.
The keyboard has a set of notes that can be played or buttons which hold notes. Held notes can be cut off by sequencer notes and play notes of the same pitch.
The arpeggiator receives notes from the sequencer and keyboard. Its rate is controlled by both synced time and ms that are added together. It has variable steps, step transpose and gate. The steps and timing can be reset periodically with the optional arp reset. There is optional diatonic scale locking as well, allowing you to select a root note and scale from major, dorian, phyrygian, lydian, mixolydian, minor, and locrian.
The synth's sounds are generated with five voices, each with two oscillators that modulate between triangle and saw. Modulation is effected by an envelope. There is a pitch envelope that effects both oscillators. The oscillators are capable of fm (osc B modifying osc A.) Both oscillators can have their signals sent to the filter or directly to the amp envelope. A white noise signal can also be added to the filter or directly to the amp envelope.
The filter is a 4 pole resonant band-pass whose frequency can follow the pitch. It is also effected by its own ADSR envelope. The filtered and unfiltered signal is sent to a per voice down sample and per voice delay under synth menu. All voices are sent to an effect rig with a formant (vowel) filter, pitched delay, reverb, and bit reduction. Presets and wav files are stored at /device root/fang/.
Save and load presets
Export audio as wav (exported to /device root/fang/)
4 pattern 8 step sequencer with adjustable rate
Stepped arpeggiator with sync and ms rate control
Diatonic scale lock
5 voice polyphony
Pitch envelope
Oscillator B to A frequency modulation (fm)
White noise generator
Per voice delay
Per voice down-sample effect
Amplitude controlled by ADSR envelope, number box, and pitch
Formant (vowel) filter
Delay with re-pitched feedback
Bit reduction


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Fixing the World, Bang-For-The-Buck Edition: A New Freakonomics Radio Podcast Leave a comment
Summary: Return on Investment (ROI) analyzes at the most efficient way to spend money. An example given is the difference between curing malaria and HIV/AIDS. To cure malaria, it would cost about $1,000 per person, while it would cost ten times that to cure HIV/AIDS, and it is decided that they would rather save 10 people from malaria before they save one from HIV/AIDS. The United Nations, with their Millennium Development Goals coming to a close, will be looking to set new goals in 2015, to be completed by 2030. One of the issued they will focus on is how they are setting goals, and how to be more efficient with the help of the Return on Investment analysis.
Original Air Date: October 2, 2014
Length: 43 minutes 34 seconds
Prompt / Discussion: You are a member of the United Nations, and are put in charge of coming up with new development goals for 2015. You have $100 billion to invest in various development aid. Discuss how you would prioritize between an important, expensive goal (such as getting all kids into school, which was one of the Millennium Development Goals), and something that might not be seen as highly important, but cost effective.


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Heating mats are convenient forms of increasing the temperature, if your grow area needs it. As opposed the conventional heater, mats distribute heat evenly, gently warming your cannabis plants from the bottom.
Though it might be used wherever a reliable source of heat is necessary - in cold attics, basements or abandoned factories, or to gently warm the hydroponics nutrient vat - it is especially recommended for handling of seedlings and clones. The sizes of available heating mats are usually corresponding to the most popular propagators - some are even integrated with one, and constitute a part of most advanced germinating kits.
Heating cables fulfil the same role, of providing heating from the bottom, where even distribution is important (i.e. almost always in cannabis cultivation). These are available with build in thermostats, allowing for temperature to be controlled automatically, adjusting to the changing conditions inside the grow area.


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Individual differences |
Methods | Statistics | Clinical | Educational | Industrial | Professional items | World psychology |
Developmental Psychology: Cognitive development · Development of the self · Emotional development · Language development · Moral development · Perceptual development · Personality development · Psychosocial development · Social development · Developmental measures
A comfort object is an item used to provide psychological comfort, especially in unusual or unique situations or at bedtime for small children. Though many toddlers prefer a teddy bear or doll, a stuffed animal, a favorite blanket, or even a toy such as a dump truck could be a comfort object at some stages, as the notion is that the familiarity of said object will help the child feel better, go to sleep faster, or feel less stress in a new situation.
Comfort objects are very common among toddlers and preschool aged children, and while some give them up soon after entering school, the age at which one no longer needs a comfort object varies, as does the time one might need one. Some teenagers have been known to still sleep with comfort objects, though they will probably not talk to them as a small child might. Even adults can use comfort objects at times, as elderly people in nursing homes have been known to be comforted after being given a stuffed bear or doll. The theory is that this reminds them of the more serene moments of childhood.
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Animations I: Preset and custom animation
List of effects for a bulleted list, shown collapsed and then expanded in the task pane
Fig. 1 A collapsed list of effects.
Callout 1 In the task pane, the effect for a bulleted list shows with the list collapsed. Changes apply to the entire collapsed list.
Callout 2 Expand arrows: Click them to expand the list.
Fig. 2 An expanded list of effects.
Callout 1 The four effects in an expanded list. Click a specific effect to make changes only to it.
Callout 2 Collapse arrows: Click them to collapse the list.
The quickest way to animate a bulleted or numbered list is to click the list on the slide, and then add an effect from the Custom Animation task pane. The result is that the entire list gets the effect, and the bulleted items animate one by one (technically, paragraph by paragraph, since each bulleted item is a new paragraph).
The effect you've applied to the bulleted list shows up in the task pane effects list as a collapsed list (Figure 1). The list contains the same effect applied to each bulleted item. Work with these collapsed effects in a couple of ways:
 - Keep the list collapsed to make changes or apply options to all the effects at once.
 - Use the expand arrows to display all the effects and select individual effects to modify them.
Figure 2 shows the collapsed list expanded, and you see each effect.
Other ways to animate lists
 - Apply effects to the list one bulleted item (paragraph) at a time. This could make sense if you wanted a different effect for each bulleted item. To select a bulleted item, select any letter or word in that paragraph. When you apply the effect, it will apply to the whole paragraph. Do this for every bulleted item. The items animate in sequence.
 - Animate the bulleted items all at once. If you select all the text in the bulleted list and apply the effect, the whole list animates at once.
Note The behavior described applies to lists within default placeholders (the hatchmarked boxes for text that appear in the slide layout). But if you create a list in a shape you've applied, such as a text box, the results vary. For instance, if you just click the list in a text box and apply an effect, the whole list animates at once instead of line by line. To get items to animate in sequence, you have to select each one and apply an effect.
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Assistant Professorship tenure track in Remote Sensing Fundamentals and Methods
We are seeking candidates in the field of remote sensing with a focus on fundamentals and methods. The aim of the new professorship in Remote Sensing Fundamentals and Methods is to respond to the substantial and rapidly evolving needs for scientific remote sensing theory, method development, sensor experimentation and data pro-cessing, and to complement existing expertise at the Department of Geography and the University of Zurich UZH). The successful candidate will bring a strong emphasis on geographically focussed remote sensing theory and methods enabling the development and exploitation of existing and novel remote sensing sensors, data acquisition and processing, physical-based/hybrid methods, and diversifying applications of remote sensing to geography and earth systems research. The professor will be expected to teach at the bachelor and master level in English and German (the latter after three years).
UZH provides generous research support, including dedicated funds for personnel, running expenses and competi-tive start-up packages. Additionally, the successful applicant is expected to acquire external research funding. Zur-ich's scientific environment encompasses a rich spectrum of diverse activities in remote sensing. Assistant professors tenure track are typically evaluated for tenure after 6 years. The employment conditions for this position follow UZH's legal regulations including part-time options. UZH is an equal-opportunities employer, and the Faculty of Science, in particular, strives to increase the percentage of women in leading positions. Therefore, quali-fied female researchers are particularly encouraged to apply. Care-time interruptions are considered during the eval-uation of applicants of all genders.
The open-minded and family-friendly city of Zurich combines the vibrant cultural scene in a modern European city with the convenient accessibility to its beautiful natural surroundings.
Applicants are kindly invited to submit their applications, which should include:
The evaluation processes at UZH and its Faculty of Science follow the DORA recommendations for assessing research quality and impact. Applicants are thus asked to refrain from referring to non-personal measures such as impact factors.
Please upload your application to _URL_ by 24th July 2022.
For further information, please contact the head of the Department of Geography, Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert (_EMAIL_).


text: 1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data The wavelength treshold for photoelectric emission from a sodium surface is 683 nm. Calculate the energy of the electrons which are ejected when a sodium surface is illuminated by light of wavelength 500 nm. If the intensity of the light is 2.0 W/m^2 and if 1 per cent of incident photons produce photoelectrons, estimate the number of electrons emitted per second from a sodium surface of area 2*10^-4 m^2 when it is illuminated by light of the wavelength 500 nm. 2. The attempt at a solution The treshold wavelength corresponds to a treshold frequency of 6E14 Hz, which in turn corresponds to a electron binding energy of 2.91E-19 J. This means that the energy of the electrons which are ejected is K = 1.1E-19J. Next, we observe that since the surface area is 2E-4 m^2, the total effect is 4E-4 W, and hence 4E-4 J of energy hit the surface each second. Since 1 per cent of this energy produces photoelectrons, the total photoelectron energy per second is 4E-6 J. Since each photoelectron has energy 1.1E-19, my estimated number of photoelectrons is 4E-6/1.1E-19 = 3.6E13 photoelectrons. My book says 1.0E13. What have I done wrong?


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In electric power system, disturbance detection has become an important part of grid operation and refers to the detection of a voltage and current excursion caused by the wide variety of electromagnetic phenomena. This paper proposes a computationally efficient and robust algorithm for synchronized measurement technology (SMT) supported online disturbance detection, suitable for AC and HVDC grids. The proposed algorithm is based on the robust median absolute deviation sample dispersion measure to locate dataset outliers. The algorithm is capable of identifying the disturbance occurrence and clearance measurement sample based on the dynamic criteria, driven by present power system conditions. The effectiveness of the proposed algorithm is verified by real-time simulations using a cyber-physical simulation platform, as a co-simulation between the SMT supported electric power system model and underlying ICT infrastructure. The presented results demonstrate effectiveness of the proposed algorithm, making it suitable for an AC and HVDC online disturbance detection application or as a pre-step of backup protection schemes.
- Online disturbance detection


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What does VW mean in Military?
This page is about the meanings of the acronym/abbreviation/shorthand VW in the Governmental field in general and in the Military terminology in particular.
Find a translation for VW in other languages:
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What does VW mean?
- Vietnam War, Vietnam(noun)
- a prolonged war (_PHONE_) between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States


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Definitions of voice:
- noun: a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated
Example: "The voice of the law"
- noun: the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
Example: "A shrill voice sounded behind us"
- noun: the ability to speak
Example: "He lost his voice"
- noun: the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract
Example: "A singer takes good care of his voice"
- noun: something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression
Example: "The wee small voice of conscience"
- noun: a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance
Example: "The noisy voice of the waterfall"
- noun: (metonymy) a singer
Example: "He wanted to hear trained voices sing it"
- noun: (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
- noun: the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
- noun: expressing in coherent verbal form
Example: "I gave voice to my feelings"
- noun: an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
- verb: give voice to
Example: "He voiced his concern"
- verb: utter with vibrating vocal chords
- name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #48781)
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Definitions for "berry"
a juicy fruit with seeds immersed in pulp
Old province which has now become the department of Cher and the department of Indre. This region has an internationally renound status thanks to its wines: Sancerre, Ménetou-Salon, Quincy and Reuilly.
Berry is a region located in the center of France. It was a province of France until the provinces were replaced by dÃ©partements on March 4, 1790.
Keywords: hillock, mound
A mound; a hillock.
Keywords: went, summer, pick, gather
Keywords: nominative
Keywords: ova, eggs, fish, one
One of the ova or eggs of a fish.
Keywords: singer, born, rock, united
United States rock singer (born in 1931)
Keywords: bean, coffee
The coffee bean.
berry is a XML-based interpreted language for many purposes
Keywords: bear, produce
To bear or produce berries.


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|Castle Wall Offsets
Ben E. 30 VIII 06
This article will outline various techniques of creating offsets from castle walls.
Offsets help us create the architectural details that give character to castles.
First it is important to understand the units that each brick can be divided into.
The brick below has the height to width ratio of 6 to 5.
One plate is two units high.
Jumper Tiles: The jumper tile is the most common method of creating an offset.
This 1x2 tile has a stud centered on it's width.
It allows offsets of 2.5 units, or half of a stud.
This can be used effectively to create details such as window and door surrounds, stairs, buttresses, and parapets.
Check out the window surround instructions below.
Technic and Tiles: You may want even smaller offsets on your walls.
Using tiles rotated 90 degrees is very effective.
Tiles are 2 units thick.
They can be attached to headlight bricks or technic bricks with half pins.
Steve DeCraemer effectively used this technique at BrickFest 2005 and 2006 in his stone castles,
one of which is pictured below.
The only disadvantage of this technique is that all offsets are 5 units tall instead of 2 units found in plates.
Panels: I discovered the latest offset technique by accident this year by noticing the units of a common 1x2 panel.
The back of each panel is a 1/5 of a stud wide.
This allows us to offset details by one unit.
Instructions of my White Tower corbel's below show how panels can be stacked and locked into place by other bricks.
It creates small but very stable projections for the tower parapet.
Discussion of the tower and technique can be found in this
The final result is a creation with more depth and detail than using traditional brick methods.
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About Feature Type Attributes
Feature type attributes are categorized into one of the following three groups:
Format Attributes
A feature may have one or more associated format attributes. A format attribute represents an attribute that is specific to a format (for example, autocad_block_name). Format attributes are specific to your format's schema. They are not generically supported by FME and will change when translating to a different format. In general, format attributes are designed for translations to and from the same format, although advanced users may find them useful for writing to other formats when using customized workspaces.
User Attributes
A feature is also associated with one or more associated user attributes, which represent custom attributes that hold domain information about a feature, such as: parcel_identifier, owner_name, date_surveyed, etc. User attributes are always part of the feature no matter which format they are stored in, and hence persist when translating from one format to another.
FME (generic) Format Attributes
A particular set of Format Attributes has the prefix fme_. These attributes represent the data as it is perceived by FME and are sometimes also known as FME attributes or generic FME attributes.
How FME Processes Feature Attributes
When a translation is carried out, the following occurs:
 - FME reads the source data and stores information about its features in format attributes. These format attributes reflect the data that is stored in the original source data.
 - FME converts the source data's format attributes into FME Attributes. These FME attributes reflect the source data as it is perceived within FME.
 - FME writes the destination data by creating a second set of format attributes. These writer format attributes reflect the information as it will be stored in the destination data.
This is why, when a user inspects data, there are two sets of attributes.
Using this method, FME can convert from one format to another, without having to separately map the source format attributes to the destination format attributes for every format.
FME simply converts everything to an FME standard, and then from there to the Writer Format.
The benefit of using generic attributes over format-specific attributes is that they have the same meaning in all the readers and writers that support them. For example, the fme_color and fme_fill_color feature attributes represent the red, green, and blue intensities of a feature. If a format has generic color support, the reader will add both the generic FME color attributes and the format-specific color attributes to features. Writers that support generic color will give precedence to the format-specific color attributes if they are present in addition to the generic attributes.
The most important generic attributes are fme_type and fme_geometry. Both of these relate to the geometry of a feature. The Geometry class represents a feature's positional information. Feature geometry may consist of points, lines, or areas. Features that contain multiple geometric parts are said to have an aggregate geometry. Features with no geometry are also supported.
The distinction between fme_type and fme_geometry is an important one: fme_geometry indicates the geometry type of the actual coordinates, whereas fme_type specifies how that geometry is to be interpreted. For example, a point geometry type can be interpreted as one of the following FME types: point, arc, ellipse, or text. For more information about the valid combinations of fme_type and fme_geometry for features, see the FME Geometry Model.
Additional Format Attributes
Contains a dataset's filename without the path or extension. For example, if you read two files, image1.tif and image2.tif, two features are produced: one with an fme_basename value of image1, and one with a value of image2. If these two features were then written to a PNG writer when fanning out on fme_basename, two new files would be produced: image1.png and image2.png.
Contains path of the dataset, a URL, or the name of a database.
Note: In order for attributes fme_basename and fme_dataset to be read, they must be explicitly exposed in the reader feature type or the FeatureReader transformer.
Contains a dataset's original features (for example, a file, feature class, database, or table).
Controlling Features with Format Attributes


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Homei Miyashita from the Miyashita Lab at Meiji University in Japan has created the Norimaki Synthesizer, a lickable "taste gadget" or electronic flavor saver. The device is a part of the broader study of human-centered computing or human-computer interaction (HCI).
The novel taste display uses ion electrophoresis. It has five gels that contain electrolytes that supply controlled amounts of five basic tastes: magnesium chloride is bitter, citric acid is acidic, glutamic sodium is umami gel, sodium chloride is salty, and glycine is sweet.
The device applies different tastes to the user's tongue that roughly correlate to colored lights, sort of in a way that Jolly Rancher colors represent "natural flavors."
When applied to the tongue without voltage, the user tastes all five flavors. When an electric potential is applied, the cations in the gel move to the cathode side and away from the tongue, so that the flavor is suppressed.
The taste display can reproduce arbitrary tastes by individually suppressing the sensation of each of the five tastes. The synthesizer uses electric current for electrophoresis rather than electrically stimulating the tongue. The user also doesn't have to swallow to deliver the flavor.
The project builds off of previous work trying to augment taste using devices. For example, chopsticks and straws that alter flavor by conducting electricity, changing soup with electric spoons, applying electrodes to the face, and even inserting a device into the mouth and generating power using chewing force.
Electronically altering your palette may sound weird, but how many of you still go heavy on the salt? You could make your food taste saltier without shocking the ticker, or consider margaritas with a virtually salted rim.
If anything, the device could open up an entirely new multimedia experience, such as in virtual reality environments or as a part of 4D theme-park attractions.


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A fried egg is a food made from an egg fried whole with minimal accompaniment. They are traditionally eaten for breakfast, lunch or tea in English-speaking countries, but may be eaten at other times of the day in other cultures. Fried eggs are distinguished from other forms of eggs cooked in a frying pan, such as scrambled eggs and omelettes, in that the white and yolk are kept distinct rather than beaten or mixed together.
In 1991, Harry Potter was in charge of frying the eggs for Dudley Dursleys birthday. In 1992, Vernon Dursley had remains of fried eggs in his moustache while he was yelling at Harry. Later that year, Ron commented "You could have fried an egg on your face. You'd better hope Creevey doesn't meet Ginny, or they'll be starting a Harry Potter Fan Club," after seeing Harry's reaction to his singing Valentine from Ginny.


Largest Art Gallery in the Universe
The largest art gallery
The Louvre in Paris is the largest art gallery museum in the world. The building began as a twelfth-century fortress and became a museum at the time of the French Revolution in the late eighteenth century.
Housed in the Louvre are some of the world's most outstanding artworks, including the Mona Lisa. Visitors number over nine-million per year. If you visit the Louvre, you will be overwhelmed by the enormous building and the vast number of paintings and statues.
Similarly, as we look at the enormous universe around us, we are overwhelmed by the galaxies, stars, and planets–and the life we see on this planet. Rice Broocks, in his book "God's Not Dead," writes, "There is evidence for an intelligent Creator everywhere you look. To say that there is no evidence for this Creator is like saying the thousands of paintings in an art museum couldn't have been painted because there are no artists visible in the gallery."
Nobody would visit the Louvre and make such a ridiculous statement. How can anyone look at the amazingly complex universe and not recognize that they are seeing the largest art gallery displaying the work of the greatest Artist? Some examples are butterfly wings, colors, structural color, and beauty in Earth's diversity. The largest art gallery in the universe is the universe.
— Roland Earnst © 2020


A guide to deposit protection schemes
As a landlord there are plenty of different rules and regulations that you need to think about in order to rent out your property. One of the biggest of these are Deposit Protection Schemes (DPS) but what are these schemes and why is it so vital that you have an awareness and understanding of how they work?
What is DPS?
When you rent a property, whether privately or through a letting agent, then you will have most likely been asked to pay a deposit. This deposit will depend on the property that you are renting as well as the agreement that you have with the landlord or agent. The important thing is the way the deposit is handled.
Any property that has been rented after the 6th April 2007 requires the landlord to place the paid deposit it a tenancy deposit scheme which is government backed.
There are a variety of different schemes out there that the landlord can decide to use, however, it has to be recognised and backed by the Government. As a landlord, you are also responsible for advising the tenant where their deposit is held and how they can raise a dispute should they require it later on in the process.
Why do you need it?
The idea behind a deposit is that it is a sum of money paid by the tenant to ensure that they look after and maintain the property whilst they rent it from you. If there are any problems when they leave the property such as overdue rent or damage, then the deposit can be withheld in order to meet the costs paid out by the landlord or the letting agent.
Without a deposit being paid into a DPS the landlord is liable, not the tenant. A tenant can seek legal advice as to whether or not their landlord has acted correctly, and if they haven't then regardless of the situation the landlord will need to either repay the deposit back to the tenant or find a DPS that they can place it into.
In some circumstances, a landlord may also find that the court order them to pay out as much as three times the deposit that the tenant paid, back to the tenant, all within 14 days of them making the order.
If this wasn't enough to convince you, then it is important to remember that you always want to be seen in a good light. Whilst being a landlord isn't a job as such, it is something that you should approach seriously and want to do properly. Not only will this help you along the way but will also ensure that your tenants see you as a landlord that they want to continue to rent with.
As you can see, DPS is an incredibly important part of letting out a property and is a part of the process that you should never ignore. Not only does it protect you, but also your tenants too, making sure that you are taking the first steps towards being the very best landlord that you can be.
Need further info on this or any letting related matter? Please contact Cooper Adams


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Audit Terminal Server (RDSH) Configuration
XIA Configuration Server automatically documents and audits your Terminal Server (Remote Desktop Session Host) configuration on Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2012 R2 including general settings, connections (terminals), connection (session) broker and RemoteApp applications configuration.
Below are a few examples of how XIA Configuration's Terminal Server capability can be used to benefit your organisation:
- Locate which user accounts are permitted to connect to a Remote Desktop Host.
- Locate where RemoteApp applications are being hosted.
- Ensure that all Terminal Servers within a farm are configured identically.
All of XIA Configuration Server's features are supported when documenting Terminal Server configuration, including version control, production of professional documentation, reporting, change tracking and XML output.
Terminal Server Documentation - Sample PDF Output
An example document produced by XIA Configuration Server can be viewed by clicking the image below:
Terminal Server documentation sample PDF output (click to open)
- Windows Server 2012 R2
- Windows Server 2012
- Windows Server 2008 R2
- Windows Server 2008
- Windows Server 2003 R2
- Windows Server 2003
Information documented by XIA Configuration Server
Find our more about the Terminal Server information documented by XIA Configuration Server below:
Terminal Server Settings
A Terminal Server (known as Remote Desktop Session Host (RD Session Host) server on Windows 2008 and above) is a server that hosts Windows-based programs or the full Windows desktop for Remote Desktop Services clients. Users can connect to a Terminal Server to run programs, to save files, and to use network resources on that server. Users can access an RD Session Host server by using Remote Desktop Connection or on Windows 2008 and above by using RemoteApp.
XIA Configuration Server audits the following Terminal Server settings:
- Delete temporary folders on exit
- Active Desktop
- Licensing Name
- Licensing Description
- License Servers
- Operating System Name
- Permission Compatibility
- Remote Desktop Users
- Restrict each user to a single session
- Use temporary folders per session
Connection (Session) Broker
Remote Desktop Connection Broker (known as Terminal Services Session Broker in versions of Windows prior to Windows 2008 R2) provides several functions: Allows users to reconnect to their existing sessions in a load-balanced Remote Desktop or Terminal
Services Session Host server farm. This prevents a user with a disconnected session from being
connected to a different server in the farm and starting a new session; Enables you to evenly distribute the session load among Remote Desktop Session Host servers; In Windows 2008 and above provides users access to virtual desktops hosted on Remote Desktop Virtualization Host servers and to RemoteApp programs.
XIA Configuration Server documents the following connection broker information:
- Server Name
- Cluster Name
- Load Balancing Participation
- Load Balancing Weight
XIA Configuration Server provides the following information about connections:
- General Settings
- Logon Settings
- Session Settings
- Environment Settings
- Remote Control
- Client Settings
- Network Adapter
RemoteApp Applications (Windows 2008 and above)
RemoteApp is a technology available from Windows 2008 that enables you to make programs that are
accessed remotely through Remote Desktop Services appear as if they are running on the end user's
local computer. Instead of being presented to the user in the desktop of the Remote Desktop Session Host server, the
RemoteApp program is integrated with the client's desktop. The RemoteApp program runs in its own
window, can be dragged between multiple monitors, and has its own entry in the taskbar.
XIA Configuration Server audits the following RemoteApp applications information:
- Command-line arguments
- Icon File
- Virtual Path
- Path Exists
- RDP File Contents
- RemoteApp program is available through Web Access
- Restrict to specified domain users and domain groups (Windows 2008 R2 only)
XIA Configuration Server automatically detects Terminal Server relationships including the host machine and RemoteApps
Find out more about XIA Configuration Server, request a free trial, or buy online.
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Definitions for vincetoxicum
This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word vincetoxicum
Vincetoxicum, genus Vincetoxicum(noun)
genus of chiefly tropical American vines having cordate leaves and large purple or greenish cymose flowers; supposedly having powers as an antidote
Vincetoxicum is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae. Although the species in Vincetoxicum have sometimes been included in Cynanchum, chemical and molecular evidence shows that Vincetoxicum is more closely related to Tylophora. Species include: ⁕Vincetoxicum funebre ⁕Vincetoxicum hirundinaria ⁕Vincetoxicum linifolium, Balf.f. ⁕Vincetoxicum nigrum ⁕Vincetoxicum rossicum
The numerical value of vincetoxicum in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
The numerical value of vincetoxicum in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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In some cases users may find it useful to show the x axis for just a portion of the plot, so by default Grapher does not clip the plot to the axis limits. The plot can easily be clipped to the axis limits by following these steps:
- Select the plot in the Object Manager.
- Click on the Data Limits tab in the Property Manager.
- In the Clipping section, click on None in the X minimum field and select Axis from the dropdown list.
- Repeat step 3 for the X maximum field, if desired.
The axes limits will automatically update to the clipping limits and the plot will adjust to only show the portion that is within those limits.
If this is something you will be doing often and you don't wish to change the clipping individually each time, you can update the default settings by:
- Click File | Defaults.
- In the pane on the right, select the plot type you want to change.
- In the pane on the right, click on the Clipping tab.
- In the X minimum field, click on None and select Axis from the dropdown list.
- In the X maximum field, click on None and select Axis from the dropdown list.
- Repeat steps 2-5 for any other plot types you would like to clip in this way.
- Click OK to save the changes.
*Note - You will not want to do this for Math Plots or XYZ-Vector Plots because they will not display properly with Axis clipping applied.
Updated March 9, 2020


Marginal Gains – A powerful tool to achieve your goals
In our blog, How To Beat Your Brain, we mentioned a concept called marginal gains. As promised, here's a quick run down of what marginal gains is and how you can use it to break down your goals and make more progress than conventional methods.
The concept of marginal gains was thrust into the spotlight after the London 2012 Olympics when GB Cycling performance director, Dave Brailsford, spoke about how he used the concept to improve GB Cycling performance so much that they dominated international cycling for over a decade. Dave Brailsford summed the concept up by saying "The whole principle came from the idea that if you broke down everything you could think of that goes into riding a bike, and then improved it by 1%, you will get a significant increase when you put them all together," (Source:
This summation is pretty spot on! Essentially you can break down a problem or in our case, your goals/performance into as many sub-categories as you wish and improve on each of these parts individually. When you then look at these sub-parts as a whole, you will have a larger overall increase/improvement on your performance. In the case of GB Cycling, they were aiming for gold medals so they may have gone into more details than is necessary for some people – take sleeping in the right position for example. Yes, it may work towards achieving your goals, but it probably isn't as important as just getting 8 hours of decent sleep if you're currently getting 5.
Below is a simplified version for someone who is trying to loose 10 lbs of fat in 5 weeks.
Goal – Loose 10 lbs of fat
Duration – 5 weeks
Higher level factors that affect fat loss
 1. Activity Levels
 2. Food quality
 3. Food intake
 4. Sleep quality
 5. Positive mind set
So here we have 5 higher level factors that will influence this goal of burning 10 lbs of fat in 5 weeks. Now, you can stop here and get going or you can break down each of these 5 factors into more sub-factors within each one. Below is the breakdown for one of these factors.
Activity Levels
 1. Exercise 4 times/week.
 2. Exercise for at least 1 hour for each session.
 3. Walk to work and back 3 times a week.
 4. Stand up every 30 minutes whilst at work (shown to significantly increase metabolism).
 5. Do 10 squats, 10 press ups and 10 star jumps every morning.
So from picking 1 higher level factor, here you have 5 lower level factors you can focus on to reach your goal. You see how this could go on and on!
My advice would be to pick 5-10 higher level factors and really nail them. If you want to you can go deeper, but this can make things a bit over whelming to start with, which is totally the opposite of what this aims to do. 10 higher level factors with 5 lower level factors will total 50 points for you to improve on, which is quite extreme!
The take away message should be to take what seems a complex problem and break it down into smaller chunks so you can focus in and achieve your goals. If you improve by 1% on 10 factors you will have an overall increase of 10%! Which is significant!
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A Feature is used to package a group of plug-ins together into a single installable and updatable unit.
Features have a manifest that provides basic information about the feature and its content. Content may include plug-ins, fragments and any other files that are important for the feature. A feature can also include other features. The delivery format for a feature is a JAR, but each included plug-in will be provided as a separate JAR.
Once you have created your plug-ins and fragments you can create a new feature by creating a New Feature Project.
You can also create Feature Patches in PDE. A feature patch is developed in the same fashion as a normal feature, but is used to edit an existing feature rather than create a new one.
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The Student Ranking per Attendance ranks students according to their attendance during a specific period. At the top of your dashboard, click the module access icon > Academics > Examination > Reports center > Student Ranking per Attendance.
 1. Select the batch, date range and then click the View button. Click on a column header to sort the information.
 1. In the top right, click the PDF report button to generate a PDF report or click the CSV report button to generate a CSV report.
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Inter Alia
The phrase inter alia is a term commonly used in legal writing to mean "among other things." It may be used, for instance, in referring to a court decision, to indicate that there were other rulings made by the court, but only a specific part is being cited. To explore this concept, consider the following inter alia definition.
Definition of Inter Alia
in-ter ah-li-ah
 1. – among other things
1665 Latin
The Use of Latin in Legal Writing
Ancient Rome is considered to be the father of many languages spoken on Earth today, as is their system of law. The English language is full of words, phrases, and idioms that have their roots in the Latin language, though they have certainly evolved over the centuries. British colonists of the United States brought their system of law, and the Latin terms, with them.
Modern times find law professors and legal professionals alike replacing Latin, which is incomprehensible to most laypeople, with plain English in their writings. This began in creating contracts and agreements, as these are meant to be read and understood by laypeople, who are the parties to the agreements. Gradually, legal professionals have largely left the Latin behind. It is, however, still taught to most law students, as law schools teach 19th and 20th century case law, which is filled with Latin terms.
How is Inter Alia Used
When using Latin phrases in English writing, they are usually inserted where another common English phrase might be used, though they are commonly italicized. The phrase inter alia is used in sentences in place of the phrase "among other things," to indicate that what is being discussed is just one of a number of items or possibilities.
For example, "The judge said, inter alia, that the original contract did not appear to be valid." This would indicate that the apparent invalidity of the contract is just one issue brought up by the judge.
What is Inter Alios
While inter alia refers to "other things," the term is modified when speaking about people or entities to "inter alios." One might say, "John's favorite flavors are, inter alia, chunky chocolate banana, and French vanilla." If, however, the sentence refers to John's favorite actors, it would more properly be said, "John's favorite actors are, inter alios, Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise."
In a legal context, one might say, "Anita Smith has filed lawsuits against, inter alios, Maxwell Electronics." This indicates that Ms. Smith is not only suing the Maxwell Electronics company, but other people or entities as well.


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The objective of the proposed SBIR Phase I program is to develop novel laser absorption-based instruments that provide rapid, in situ, simultaneous measurements of gas temperature, velocity and mole fractions of several important species in pulsed detonation flows. Based on laser absorption spectroscopy techniques, the instrumentation will employ room temperature novel mid-IR lasers to determine the concentrations of several combustion products and reactants with high sensitivity and capture the spatiotemporal evolution from deflagration to detonation. The Phase I instrument will be demonstrated in combustion flows at Los Gatos Research and at Stanford University. The fast response of the instrument will enable engineers and scientists to record precise measurements gasdynamic parameters in engine flows to identify temperature and species nonuniformities, combustion instabilities and to refine and improve computational models. BENEFIT: Instrumentation for measurements in rocket engine and gas turbine flows will enable Air Force scientists and engineers to monitor gas concentrations, temperatures and velocities under realistic rocket engine operating conditions. The instrument may also be used for measurements, control and thus optimization of generic combustion-powered flows (gas turbines, waste incinerators) to maximize efficiency and reduce unwanted pollutants.
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8 in 10 Greeks believe in conspiracy theories
A large percentage of Greeks have a negative view of immigrants, according to a study conducted by research centre "DiaNOesis".
The findings 62.1% of those polled attributed the economic crisis to internal failings, with only 9.7% responding the faults lies outside Greece. 76% responded that Greek society was at fault saying Greeks had become used to living beyond their means.
A very revealing, and somewhat strange finding, was the fact that 8 in 10 Greeks believed there were secret organisations that were "pulling the strings" behind the scenes.
Another striking finding is the 26.5% who believed planes were leaving chem-trails in the skies. 88.3% of the respondents agreed or partly agreed that the number of immigrants in Greece over the last 10 years was larger than should be, with 64.4% saying they believed immigrants contributed to a rise in crime.


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If you're planning any sort of commercial demolition or renovation project within the state of Wisconsin, state law requires you to follow four steps to protect the public from asbestos exposure: inspection, notification, removal, and disposal. Permit exemption review and compliance inspection fees range from $135 to $1,350 and are calculated mainly depending on the size of the project.
The owner or operator must use a licensed inspector to thoroughly inspect the affected area or part of the area where demolition/renovation will occur, to check for the presence of asbestos.
Any demolition project that contains any material that contains asbestos, regardless of how small the amount, is subject to state regulations outlined in Chapter NR 447, Wisconsin Administrative Code.
Under the state regulations, you must:
Provide written notice of intent to demolish or renovate, either through the U.S. Postal Service, a commercial delivery service, or by hand. The notice must be delivered at least 10 working days before any removal work begins, and at least 10 working days before the end of the calendar year preceding the year for which notice is being given. It should be given as early as possible, but no later than the following day if the operation is an emergency demolition.
The notice must include the following information:
- Whether the notice is an original or a revised notification
- The name, address, and phone number for the owner and the removal contractor owner
- Whether it's a demolition or renovation
- Description of the facility or the affected part of the facility, including the square footage, number of floors, age, and present use
- Procedures and analytical methods to detect the asbestos.
The facility must be subject to federal asbestos NESHAP regulations, as well.
Examples of these facilities include, but are not limited to:
- Multi-family units with four or fewer dwellings created as part of a Wisconsin Department of Transportation road project
- Indoor malls
- Amusement Parks
- Parking garages
A single, isolated residential structure with four or fewer dwellings is exempt, unless the project involves more than one single structure, or where the structure is part of a larger planned demolition project.
You must need to remove at least:
- 260 linear feet of pipe insulation;
- 160 square feet, or 5,580 square feet of total area, of asphalt roofing removed with a roofing saw; or
- 35 cubic feet off of facility components (you should only use this measurement if you are unable to determine how much asbestos is on a component, such as the floor, ceiling, or pipes.)
Contractors are required to wet the asbestos-containing material to prevent visible emissions of fibers. Simply not seeing fibers is not enough to determine the material is wet enough. If wetting the material would substantially damage equipment, this is not required, so long as the owner can provide a sufficient explanation. In situations where wetting is not possible, an exhaust/ventilation and collection system will be required to collect the particulate, and should not show any visible emissions. Written approval from the state must be obtained before the contractor begins the project.
All asbestos containing material must remain wet enough while it is collected, contained, and treated for disposal and transported. It must be stored in air-tight containers to prevent leakage. Any materials too large to fit in a container without breaking it down further can be wrapped in an air-tight wrap.
As soon as possible after collection, the material should be taken to a state-approved waste disposal site. Any materials that contain at least 1% asbestos, regardless of size or original source are subject to this requirement.
Disposal within the city of Milwaukee, depending on the amount, may also require a city permit.
Failure to comply with these regulations represents a public health hazard, and places the owner at risk for citations. Citations can range from $500 to $5,000 per violation. Repeat offenses within five years are grounds for double penalties.
If you have any questions or you'd like to avoid the asbestos hassle all-together, contact Wing Three asbestos removal services. We handle any size residential or commercial asbestos removal job.


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Evaluation of National Influenza Sentinel Surveillance System in Nigeria, Jan-Dec 2014
National Influenza Sentinel Surveillance (NISS) was established in Nigeria in 2006 to monitor influenza occurrence in humans in Nigeria and provide a foundation for detecting outbreaks of novel strains of influenza. The evaluation was conducted to assess the performance of the surveillance system from January to December 2014 and identify factors affecting the performance. The system was determined to be useful, flexible, acceptable, and simple. However, timeliness and stability need to be strengthened.


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and accounted for the next time the queue is serviced. Beginning with Cisco IOS Release 12.1, you need not be as accurate in specifying byte counts as you did when using earlier Cisco IOS releases that did not take deficit into account.
Note Some protocols, such as Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX), will negotiate the frame size at session startup time.
Determining the Byte Count
To determine the correct byte counts, perform the following steps:
Step 1 For each queue, divide the percentage of bandwidth you want to allocate to the queue by the packet size, in bytes. For example, assume the packet size for protocol A is 1086 bytes, protocol B is 291 bytes, and protocol C is 831 bytes. We want to allocate 20 percent for A, 60 percent for B, and 20 percent for C. The ratios would be:
20/1086, 60/291, 20/831 or
0.01842, 0.20619, 0.02407
Step 2 Normalize the numbers by dividing by the lowest number:
1, 11.2, 1.3
The result is the ratio of the number of packets that must be sent so that the percentage of bandwidth that each protocol uses is approximately 20, 60, and 20 percent.
Step 3 A fraction in any of the ratio values means that an additional packet will be sent. Round up the numbers to the next whole number to obtain the actual packet count.
In this example, the actual ratio will be 1 packet, 12 packets, and 2 packets.
Step 4 Convert the packet number ratio into byte counts by multiplying each packet count by the corresponding packet size.
In this example, the number of packets sent is one 1086-byte packet, twelve 291-byte packets, and two 831-byte packets, or 1086, 3492, and 1662 bytes, respectively, from each queue. These are the byte counts you would specify in your CQ configuration.
Step 5 To determine the bandwidth distribution this ratio represents, first determine the total number of bytes sent after all three queues are serviced:
(1 * 1086) + (12 * 291) + (2 * 831) = 1086 + 3492 + 1662 = 6240
Step 6 Then determine the percentage of the total number of bytes sent from each queue:
1086/6240, 3492/6240, 1662/6240 = 17.4, 56, and 26.6 percent
This result is close to the desired ratio of 20/60/20.
Step 7 If the actual bandwidth is not close enough to the desired bandwidth, multiply the original ratio of 1:11.2:1.3 by the best value, trying to get as close to three integer values as possible. Note that the multiplier you use need not be an integer. For example, if we multiply the ratio by two, we get 2:22.4:2.6. We would now send two 1086-byte packets, twenty-three 291-byte packets, and three 831-byte packets, or 2172/6693/2493, for a total of 11,358 bytes. The resulting ratio is 19/59/22 percent, which is much closer to the desired ratio that we achieved.
The bandwidth that a custom queue will receive is given by the following formula:(queue byte count / total byte count of all queues) * bandwidth capacity of the interface
where bandwidth capacity is equal to the interface bandwidth minus the bandwidth for priority queues.
Window size also affects the bandwidth distribution. If the window size of a particular protocol is set to one, then that protocol will not place another packet into the queue until it receives an acknowledgment. The CQ algorithm moves to the next queue if the byte count is exceeded or no packets are in that queue.
Therefore, with a window size of one, only one frame will be sent each time. If your frame count is set to 2 kilobytes, and your frame size is 256 bytes, then only 256 bytes will be sent each time this queue is serviced.
Why Use CQ?
You can use the Cisco IOS QoS CQ feature to provide specific traffic guaranteed bandwidth at a potential congestion point, assuring the traffic a fixed portion of available bandwidth and leaving the remaining bandwidth to other traffic. For example, you could reserve half of the bandwidth for SNA data, allowing the remaining half to be used by other protocols.
If a particular type of traffic is not using the bandwidth reserved for it, then unused bandwidth can be dynamically allocated to other traffic types.
CQ is statically configured and does not adapt to changing network conditions. With CQ enabled, the system takes longer to switch packets than FIFO because the packets are classified by the processor card.
PQ allows you to define how traffic is prioritized in the network. You configure four traffic priorities. You can define a series of filters based on packet characteristics to cause the router to place traffic into these four queues; the queue with the highest priority is serviced first until it is empty, then the lower queues are serviced in sequence.
For information on how to configure PQ, see the "Configuring Priority Queueing" module.
How It Works
During transmission, PQ gives priority queues absolute preferential treatment over low priority queues; important traffic, given the highest priority, always takes precedence over less important traffic. Packets are classified based on user-specified criteria and placed into one of the four output queues—high, medium, normal, and low—based on the assigned priority. Packets that are not classified by priority fall into the normal queue. Figure 3 illustrates this process.
Figure 3 Priority Queueing
When a packet is to be sent out an interface, the priority queues on that interface are scanned for packets in descending order of priority. The high priority queue is scanned first, then the medium priority queue, and so on. The packet at the head of the highest queue is chosen for transmission. This procedure is repeated every time a packet is to be sent.
The maximum length of a queue is defined by the length limit. When a queue is longer than the queue limit, all additional packets are dropped.
Note The priority output queueing mechanism can be used to manage traffic from all networking protocols. Additional fine-tuning is available for IP and for setting boundaries on the packet size.
How Packets Are Classified for Priority Queueing
A priority list is a set of rules that describe how packets should be assigned to priority queues. A priority list might also describe a default priority or the queue size limits of the various priority queues.
Packets can be classified by the following criteria:
-Protocol or subprotocol type
Keepalives sourced by the network server are always assigned to the high priority queue; all other management traffic (such as Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (IGRP) updates) must be configured. Packets that are not classified by the priority list mechanism are assigned to the normal queue.
Why Use Priority Queueing?
PQ provides absolute preferential treatment to high priority traffic, ensuring that mission-critical traffic traversing various WAN links gets priority treatment. In addition, PQ provides a faster response time than do other methods of queueing.
Although you can enable priority output queueing for any interface, it is best used for low-bandwidth, congested serial interfaces.
When choosing to use PQ, consider that because lower priority traffic is often denied bandwidth in favor of higher priority traffic, use of PQ could, in the worst case, result in lower priority traffic never being sent. To avoid inflicting these conditions on lower priority traffic, you can use traffic shaping or CAR to rate-limit the higher priority traffic.
PQ introduces extra overhead that is acceptable for slow interfaces, but may not be acceptable for higher speed interfaces such as Ethernet. With PQ enabled, the system takes longer to switch packets because the packets are classified by the processor card.
PQ uses a static configuration and does not adapt to changing network conditions.
PQ is not supported on any tunnels.
RSVP, CBWFQ, LLQ, IP RTP Priority, Frame Relay IP RTP Priority, and Frame Relay PIPQ can all reserve and consume bandwidth, up to a maximum of the reserved bandwidth on an interface.
To allocate bandwidth, you can use one of the following commands:
-For RSVP, use the ip rsvp bandwidth command.
-For CBWFQ, use the bandwidth policy-map class configuration command. For more information on CBWFQ bandwidth allocation, see the section "Class-Based Weighted Fair Queueing" in this module. For LLQ, you can allocate bandwidth using the priority command. For more information on LLQ bandwidth allocation, see the section "Frame Relay PVC Interface Priority Queueing" in this module.
-For IP RTP Priority, use the ip rtp priority command. For more information on IP RTP Priority bandwidth allocation, see the section "IP RTP Priority" in this module.
-For Frame Relay IP RTP Priority, use the frame-relay ip rtp priority command. For more information on Frame Relay IP RTP Priority, see the section "Frame Relay IP RTP Priority" in this module.
-For Frame Relay PVC Interface Priority Queueing, use the frame-relay interface-queue priority command. For more information on Frame Relay PIPQ, see the section "Frame Relay PVC Interface Priority Queueing" in this module.
When you configure these commands, be aware of bandwidth limitations and configure bandwidth according to requirements in your network. Remember, the sum of all bandwidths cannot exceed the maximum reserved bandwidth. The default maximum bandwidth is 75 percent of the total available bandwidth on the interface. The remaining 25 percent of bandwidth is


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Users may notice that phone numbers and email addresses are missing from the Raiser's Edge Mobile App when viewing a constituent record. When viewing the same constituent record in the database the phone numbers and email addresses are listed.
We are currently evaluating this issue and will update this article when we have more information
Steps to Duplicate
1. Log into the Raiser's Edge Mobile App 2. Select Menu (three horizontal lines) 3. Select Search 4. Enter Constituent Name 5. Click Search button on phone (Magnifying Glass) 6. Click on Constituent Name 7. No Phone Numbers or Email Address listed


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This qualitative study explored the interactions between social class background and the professional identity development in the lives of 10 working class graduate students pursuing their doctoral degrees in community and or clinical psychology. The rationale for this study was based on three assumptions. First, social class is a primary feature in the development of a professional identity. Second, social class is a primary determinant in who will pursue a doctoral degree as well as how this goal will be pursued and achieved. Third, social class is a primary influence on how and where an individual will choose to practice psychology after graduation. Theliterature review examined research
and literary works related to the objective and subjective experiences of early social class membership and its effects on personal, social, and professional identity development. The narrative data gathered from both individual and group interviews was examined utilizing qualitative analysis; Seven primary themes emerged from the data illustrating family relationships, formative class-based familial beliefs, attitudes, and values, community relationships, experiences of social marginalization and belonging, experiences related to the decision to pursue a higher education, experiences related to class background within the system of higher education, and class-based character, values, and life skills that remain primary to the participants' personal and professional identities. Social class background was found to be a primary factor in the participants'
professional identity development. Class-based character attributes, values, and
interpersonal skills were sited by the participants as central to their initial attraction to and fit within the discipline of psychology. Differences in class culture experienced both in graduate school and in the work environment were experienced most intensely in terms of language, communication styles, and social awkwardness related to different social norms and mores. The assumption that social class background is a primary determinant in the pursuit of a doctoral degree was complimented by the life stories of the study's participants. Class-related experiences in the lives ofthe participants also served as a powerful influence on their career choices.
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