text: Closed-loop decoder adaptation (CLDA) is an emerging paradigm for achieving rapid performance improvements in online brain-machine interface (BMI) operation. Designing an effective CLDA algorithm requires making multiple important decisions, including choosing the timescale of adaptation, selecting which decoder parameters to adapt, crafting the corresponding update rules, and designing CLDA parameters. These design choices, combined with the specific settings of CLDA parameters, will directly affect the algorithm's ability to make decoder parameters converge to values that optimize performance. In this article, we present a general framework for the design and analysis of CLDA algorithms and support our results with experimental data of two monkeys performing a BMI task. First, we analyze and compare existing CLDA algorithms to highlight the importance of four critical design elements: the adaptation timescale, selective parameter adaptation, smooth decoder updates, and intuitive CLDA parameters. Second, we introduce mathematical convergence analysis using measures such as mean-squared error and KL divergence as a useful paradigm for evaluating the convergence properties of a prototype CLDA algorithm before experimental testing. By applying these measures to an existing CLDA algorithm, we demonstrate that our convergence analysis is an effective analytical tool that can ultimately inform and improve the design of CLDA algorithms.


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Run QBASIC on Android
QBASIC is a simple programming language. It was made and launched in 1964 by John G. Kemenny and Thomas E. Kurtz. QBASIC is now owned by Microsoft. QBASIC stands for Quick Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. It has simple commands like CLS, Input, Print, Let, GOTO, IF…THEN etc. QBASIC has Characterized User Interface (CUI). It is similar to MS-DOS. Almost all the Microsoft OS can run QBASIC.
Android is a Linux-based Mobile Operating System. It is found in many Samsung phones like Samsung Galaxy Series. Nearly all the PC Tabs use Android OS. Android users enjoy many advanced features that are not found in PCs. What if they could create small programs in their phones? Yes, they can by using QBASIC.
But, there is no QBASIC application on Google Play. How will they create programs? It's simple with aDOSBox. It is an Android DOS Emulator.
Let's start programming!
- The first thing you will have to do is download aDOSBox (Android DOSbox) to your Android Device. Here is the URL: _URL_
- After it is installed, you can open it and explore the app. The font maybe too small, but it is readable. Some phones have small screen, so there might be a problem understanding the texts.
- Now, the final thing you need is the QBASIC application. This is a Windows application, not Android. You might have the QB.EXE or qbasic.exe file on your computer.
- Copy it to your SD Card. Make a folder called "QBASIC" and move the QBASIC application to it.
- Open aDOSbox.
- Type the command 'CLS' and press enter.
You'll be seeing this:
- Then, type the following:
mount d /sdcard/qbasic
- Note that there is a space between d and /
- After that, /sdcard/qbasic will be mounted as local directory.
- Type d:
- You will be taken to D: directory i.e. SD Card. C: is Phone Memory and D: is the SD Card.
- Type the name of the QBASIC application present inside the QBASIC folder. If it's QB.exe, then type QB.exe and press enter
- After a second or two, the QBASIC screen appears!
You will have to learn how to move mouse pointer yourself. It's not that difficult. You first need to enable Mouse Emulation feature. When you slide your finger to right, the mouse pointer moves right. Take it to the desired place and press anywhere on the screen to click on the menu or area. My phone screen is small, so the font size is small and the graphics are not clear. However, QBASIC works the same way on your phone as in the computer. You can save programs, run them, change background color, create subs etc. If you want to exit QBASIC, then click on File and then Exit. The experience is amazing in a Tablet.
Check out some screenshots:
Check out some QBASIC programs here: _URL_
Share your experiences on comment. Thank you. Have fun!

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How To: Request One-Time Payment
Who does this? Stanford Payroll Administrators
When? Additional required or discretionary pay is due to an employee.
How? By entering a Supplemental Pay Webform (recommended) or by submitting a One-Time Payment form to add the pay to the employee's next regular paycheck
Request One-Time Payment (5 steps)
Gather employee information for the payment:
- Employee name
- Employee ID Number
- Employee Pay Group from PeopleSoft
- Employee Record # from PeopleSoft
Note: This information is available on the Gross Pay Report. Reference How To: Verify Employee Pay.
Gather payment information:
- Amount to be paid
- PTA to charge for the payment
- Earn code for the payment
- BON – Bonus
- SIG – Signing bonus
- HNR – Honorarium
- SUP – Supplemental Pay (for faculty only)
- TAR – Temporary Acting Role
- RTS – Missed payment of salary
- RTH – Missed payment of hours
- RTO – Missed payment of overtime
- For descriptions of appropriate usage of earn codes for one time payments, see the Earnings Code Usage document.
Note 2: The employee's withholding allowances on file are used for other types of payments.
Select from one of the following form options:
- To submit a Supplemental Pay Webform (recommended), see Step 4.
- To submit a One-Time Payment Form (when you do not have access to the Supplemental Pay Webform), see Step 5.
Prepare a Supplemental Pay Webform:
- Follow step-by-step instructions on Supplemental Pay Webform Job Aid to complete the form.
Note 1: Webforms must be fully approved and loaded by an Expert User by the PeopleSoft entry deadline for the pay period.
Note 2: For specific entry deadlines for each pay period, see Resources: Payroll Schedules & Deadlines.
Submit a One-Time Payment Form to Payroll:
- Download and print the One-Time Payment Form.
- Using the information collected in Steps 1 and 2, complete all relevant fields on the One-Time Payment Form.
- The signed original copy of the form should be submitted to Payroll.
What Happens Next?
- The One-Time Payment is added to the employee's next regular direct deposit or paycheck. Bonus payments receive a separate direct deposit or paycheck from the employee's regular pay.


qBank - transferable academic language (TAL)
IB English B: qBank - transferable academic language (TAL)
.The qBank is a software system which enables you, quickly and easily, to compose grammar exercises and drills, targeted on specific language elements..The exercises and drills can be made available to the students in either an online version or as a print-out. Each format has specific advantages :-Online : individual students can be given access to particular exercises, to do at the their own pace and in their own...


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published on June 28, 2017
The Contractualist Dilemma
In moral and political philosophy many contractualist views appeal to hypothetical consent when justifying their proposed normative contents. In this paper I argue that all of them fail. In particular, I defend three claims. First, I consider and develop what I call the common objection to contractualism: that the stipulation of a hypothetical consent adds nothing to the independent reasons offered in contractualist procedures in favor of the normative content in question. Second, I hold that this objection gives rise to what I call the contractualist dilemma. Third, in light of the dilemma, I argue that contractualism should be understood in a non-justificatory way. These three claims might sound familiar to readers versed on the contractualist tradition. It is striking, however, how many contemporary authors continue to defend contractualism as a method of justification despite these arguments. This paper is thus a strong invitation to finally abandon the justificatory interpretation of this view.


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Simple Digital Library Index
Simple Digital Library Index (SDLI) is designed to make it quick and easy to assemble digital libraries for schools in a format that is accessible, fast and easy to add content in bulk, and can be easily replicated to make it accessible in multiple locations even if there are asynchronous or very slow connections. It provides a GUI for the library maker that makes it simple to build the library. Does not need server side components and generates a master index XML file.
- Generates a plain old HTML browsing interface - no MySQL, PHP, etc. required
- Generates an index of all the meta data and files in the library - you can download this and use it the same way as a repository
- Very simple to add content - just assemble folders of content and tag the files using their own format if required.
- Very easy to replicate - static HTML files are generated; therefor it can be easily copied to any medium, made accessible by being put into a webserver (e.g. Apache) directory
- Suitable for offline use or use on a school server that does not have an internet connection.
- Can be simply localized by using an XML dictionary file. Will look and see if this can be generated from po files etc. HTML pages will be automatically generated for each language as specified in the config file.
- Can be made full text searchable by feeding the index page to Nutch
This is under active development - the key things we're working on:
- Adding HTML 5 Manifests to each generated entry page so selecting it for offline use would download all required components
- Adding to the reader activity so that one can browse the index and then select downloads
- Add Ogg Video support
- Add ODF document support
- Add wizard for tagging HTML content / offline websites
 Getting Started
You can download the distribution _URL_ Make sure you have JRE installed and then just double click the Jar file (on windows) or cd to the directory and run java -jar SimpleLibraryIndexSystem.jar
Source available from: _URL_
 Website Downloads
Recommend to use Webdump / httrack to download the website - then make a dummy page with the meta data as per the sample files.
 File Formats
- Ogg Audio - will extract meta data (Title, Subject from Genre)
- PDF - Will extract title, subject, etc.
- HTML - Looks through dublin core meta data.
- Ogg Video - Work in progress
Adding File formats is easy - there's a Java interface that defines what needs done - see existing ones in dcxmlgenerators
 Sample of Dublin Core XML File used
 Library Base Folder Mathematics Physics Audio Folder of stuff en ps fa ERTV
- Run the index creator by going to the file with the jar and running java -jar SimpleLibraryIndexSystem.jar (where this is the name of the jar file)
- Open up the generated index.html in the browser
Greenstone seems to be the most famous; however this was quite complex / non standard to setup on Linux, required quite some effort to tag all the data into a collection, and finally the search system didn't include the text being searched for... This could have been quite nice for one big online collection; but for distributed collections it didn't seem quite what we were looking for. Nevertheless some very nice content is being made available this way.
Various systems have ways of making galleries etc. - but most require PHP, MySQL, or some server stack. We wanted something as simple as possible to replicate and copy by any means.
Moodle was more designed as a learning management system - not as a library...

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Mary Dixon Kies
Born 1752 - Died 1837
Weaving Straw with Silk or Thread
Patented: May 5, 1809
Mary Dixon Kies was the first woman to apply for and receive a U.S.
patent in her own name. Her patent, issued May 5, 1809, was for a
process for weaving straw with silk that was adopted by the New England
Kiesís invention was praised by President James Madison's wife Dolly for
helping to improve New England's economic situation, which had been hurt
by an embargo on goods imported from Europe. New England's hat industry
was one of the few industries that continued to prosper during the War
Kies's patent, which was destroyed in the Patent Office fire of 1836,
was one of only 20 issued to a woman before 1840
Kies was born in South Killingly, Connecticut. Very little is known
about her life or her accomplishments beyond her patented weaving
process, which was widely used for over a decade.


Most radiomic features depend on the data acquisition settings, including the scanner brand, the imaging and image reconstruction, and voxel size settings. It is therefore recommended to study radiomic features from images that have been acquired using the exact same scanner and protocol settings. If this is not possible, and if you want to combine radiomic features obtained using different settings in a single analysis, some feature harmonization should be performed.
For PET and CT data, we suggest to harmonize radiomic features using the ComBat approach, that we previously validated (,, and that is freely available as a R routine :
We provide below an example of R script and two sample files (before and after ComBat) involving 3 features, 30 regions of interest for scanner 1 and 30 regions of interest for scanner 2. The code corresponds to using ComBat without any covariate. Before ComBat, the statistical distributions of the 3 features are quite different between scanner 1 (pink) and scanner 2 (cyan) (top row), while after ComBat, the distributions from the two scanners better match for the 3 features.
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Oil filter cartridges - modern constructions
For modern I.C. engines ECO oil filter cartridges are often applied instead of spin-on filters. One of the reasons is that they do not contain any metal elements. These cartridges, similar to the traditionall ones, are installed in dismountable casings, which are an integral part of the engine. The replacement of an used filter cartridge requires more experience than the replacement of a spin-on filter. There is a greater potential risk of leaving the gathered contaminats in the housing or getting them into the oil system during improper proceedings. However, the advantages of using ECO cartridges being mainly the easy utilization, encourage the engine constructors to use them more often.
Modern oil filter casing
Filtration cartridge made in ECO technology
The application of modern materials and construction optimization considering the load analysis of particular elements allowed the elimination of the need for metal parts. They were replaced by elements made out of modern plastic. As a result, the filter cartridge mass have been reduced by even 90%, which is not to be neglected as far as utilization is concerned. Elimination of metal parts allows easy utilisation in incinerator plants, without time consuming and expensive dismounting and segregation so characteristic for spin-on filters and traditional cartridges. The advantages of this solution encouraged filter manufacturers to implement ECO cartridges also for older types of engines, where traditional cartridges with metal bottoms were originally applied.
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Last week I wrote about my cracked iron and a desire for a tapered iron for my miter plane and J asked the following question:
I got similar queries from a few other people and the answer deserves a proper explanation:
A plane iron can be parallel, tapered so that the thick end is near the mouth, or tapered so that the thinner end is near the mouth (See picture).
If the iron is parallel the iron will stay put provided the force on the iron is less than the wedge force or the frictional force caused by the wedge bearing down on the iron. In general the friction force is going to be a lot less than the wedge force and depending on the iron and the fit of the wedge (very important) you might have to bang the wedge in pretty hard to keep the frictional force high enough so the iron stays put in use. The same force is needed to slide the iron in or out.
Japanese planes have a tapered iron with the cutting edge at the thin end. The iron is held by wedging it into notches at the side of the plane and it's the grain of the oak body that keeps the iron in place. This method of holding an iron in a plane is completely different from the Western approach.
The Western tapered iron is thicker at the cutting edge and works well because the iron is held in place by a mechanical interference between iron and wedge. There is no chance of the iron sliding so the force holding the iron in is purely a taper against the body of the plane, not parallel to the iron and is very strong. Most importantly the forces required to back off the iron are far greater than the force required to advance the iron. So a tap, tap on the back of the iron will advance the iron, and only a small tap on the wedge will lock it. Pushing back the other way takes more force. Try this and see - how hard it takes to advance a tapered iron vs the force needed to back it out.
Wedged infill planes pretty much disappear after the invention of the lever cap by Fenn in 1844. This allowed for using less expensive parallel irons, and it is far easier to fit a lever cap to a plane than a wedge. However I think adjusting a wedged plane is far easier. This changes again in 1913 when Norris introduced their adjuster. There is also an argument that a properly fitting wedge helps dampen vibration by clamping the iron over a much greater area than a lever cap. I want to think this is true but the thicker the plane iron is the less effect the wedge dampening would have.
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Prior Criminal Convictions as a Bar to Employment
Can an Employer use a person's prior criminal convictions as a bar to employment? The answer to that question requires further thought. In some situations, an Employer can use a person's prior conviction as a bar to employment. However, in some situations, the Employer is not allowed to. The reason an Employer is allowed to consider prior convictions in certain circumstances is because of the Pennsylvania Criminal History Record Information Act Handbook ("CHRIA"), also found at 18 Pa. C.S.A. §9101 et seq.
A preliminary background of CHRIA shows that Chapter 91 of the Crimes Code of Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Annotated was adopted in January of 1980. The purpose of this Act is to protect criminal history information for all persons in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This Act says when an Employer may or may not bar employment to a person when such person has a prior criminal background.
18 Pa. C.S.A. §9125 is the Section that allows Employers to use a person's criminal record information in the hiring process. Section 9125 specifically states:
Felony and misdemeanor convictions may be considered only to the extent to which they relate to the applicant(s) suitability for employment in the position for which he has applied.
Id. (emphasis added)
The key to Section 9125 is that a prior conviction may only be considered to the extent to which it "relates to the applicant's suitability for employment." Id. Therefore, the prior convictions have to relate to the applicant's ability to perform the specific job/position to which he/she has applied. To illustrate, my firm recently filed two employment discrimination cases (Ripley v. Sodexo and Gaston et al v. Sodexo) in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania alleging that the Defendant's use of the Plaintiffs' prior convictions as the main factor for termination was improper. In those two cases, the Plaintiffs' prior convictions (from over 10-30 years ago) did not relate to their suitability to perform their jobs in the food industry, which is why our firm filed employment discrimination suit alleging violation of CHRIA.
However, it is also important to note that there are certain situations where Section 9125 doesn't factor into an Employer's decision to refuse employment to a person with prior convictions. In some professions, an Employer is legally prohibited by law from hiring persons with certain offenses. CHRIA does not even factor into an Employer's decision whether to hire a potential applicant.
For example, aircraft/airport positions (including those with direct access to airplane or secure airport areas) have restrictions. Under 49 U.S.C. §44936, an Employer MAY NOT hire individuals for the above positions if:
The individual, within the last ten (10) years, has been convicted of federal hijacking or other air crimes, murder, assault with intent to murder, espionage, treason, sedition, kidnapping, rape, extortion, armed robbery, weapons convictions, distribution (or intent to distribute) a controlled substance, of felonies involving: a threat, willful destruction of property, information or manufacture of a controlled substance, burglary, theft/fraud, possession or distribution of stolen property, aggravated assault, bribery, or illegal possession of controlled substance punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of more than one year.
Another example is a childcare position. 23 Pa. C.S.A §6344(c) states that an Employer MAY NOT hire an individual if:
The individual has founded child abuse reports within the last five (5) years or with convictions for homicide, aggravated assault, kidnapping, rape, various sex crimes, prostitution felonies, concealing death of child, endangering welfare of child, or pornography ever, or for drug felonies within the last five (5) years.
There are many more examples of professions where, regardless of how qualified an individual is, an Employer literally has their hands tied and cannot hire an individual because of prior convictions. Other professions include, but are not limited to, bank employees, nursing home workers, police, port workers, school employees, etc. These are examples where an Employer is legally bound by law to refuse employment.
However, if an Employer is not legally required to exclude an applicant and the Employer does exclude an applicant because of a prior conviction that has no bearing on the applicant's ability to perform the job in question, the Employer may be facing an employment discrimination lawsuit in violation of CHRIA and various other employment statutes.
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Claim Event Flow
This document was designed to show our Claim Administrators several scenarios that may occur throughout the life of a claim and what EDI transactions would be required for each scenario. This document covers the following:
 1. Claim Event Flow (as defined by the IAIABC)
 2. Establish or Acquire Claim
 3. Initial Payment or Equivalent
 4. Partial Suspension
 5. Suspension of all Indemnity Benefits
 6. Resumption of Benefits
 7. Suspension of Resumed Benefits
 8. File Any Time After First Report


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Is there any way to concentrate the magnetic field of magnets like a bar magnet at a point?
Permeable (ferrous/ ferromagnetic) materials can guide magnetic flux to a point, but magnetism works better with area. The only way I can think of "concentrating" magnetic flux is to create a coil of wire with electricity flowing through it. Permanent magnets have a set flux strength. They will never get stronger (by themselves), but they could lose flux strength over time and under certain conditions.
No, if you had a universe with just one magnet in it, there would always be a magnetic field at every point in space no matter what you did.
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Essential information during timeline analysis
During a forensic analysis, especially during timeline analysis, you deal with MAC timestamps, so it's important to know and understand the concept of time resolution.
The MAC(b) times are derived from file system metadata and they stand for:
- Changed ($MFT Modified)
- Birth (file creation time)
The (b) is in parentheses because not all file systems record a birth time.
Where are they stored?
Into two attributes, $STANDARD_INFO and $FILE_NAME:
$STANDARD_INFO ($SI) stores file metadata such as flags, the file SID, the file owner and a set of MAC(b) timestamps.
$STANDARD_INFO is the timestamp collected by Windows explorer, fls, mactime, timestomp, find and the other utilities related to the display of timestamps.
The $File_Name attribute contains forensically interesting bits, such as MACB times, file name, file length and more.
Timestamps are only updated with the attribute is changed.
Files can have either one or two $File_Name attributes depending on how long the file name is:
- Short file names ("file.txt") has only one $File_Name attribute.
- Long file names ("extremelylongfilename.txt") will have two $File_Name attributes.
- One for the long file name, and one for the DOS-compatible short name (EXTRE~1.TXT).
What are the differences?
- $STANDARD_INFO can be modified by user level processes like timestomp.
- $FILE_NAME can only be modified by the system kernel. (There are no known anti-forensics utilities that can accomplish this.)
There are general rules when it comes to files being moved, copied, accessed or created.
Each operation alters different metadata, here a table of time rules related to $STANDARD_INFORMATION:
While examining the $FILE_NAME timestamps the rules are pretty different:
How to detect Anti-Forensics Timestamp Anomalies?
Tool such as timestomp allow attackers to backdate a file to an arbitrary time in order to trying to hide it in system32 or other similar directories.
So, during analysis you can use analyzeMFT.py in order to check if the $FILE_NAME time occurs after the $STANDARD_INFORMATION Creation Time.
If this anomaly occurs, it is likely that an attacker has been alterated timestamps in $STANDARD_INFO using timestomp.
MAC times are pieces of file system metadata which record when certain events pertaining to a computer file occurred…en.wikipedia.org
Timestomp cannot be used directly to modify all (on average) 8 timestamp values in the MFT entry; 4 in…_URL_
The term MAC times refers to the timestamps of the latest modification (mtime) or last written time, access (atime) or…_URL_


e Post Office - eMO FAQ
1. What is eMO?
eMO is a web based rapid money transfer service offered by India Post between two individuals within India.
2. How fast is the money transfer?
Money booked through eMO can be disbursed within 24 hours.
3. How much money can be sent through eMO?
A minimum of Rs.1/- and a maximum of Rs. 5000./- can be sent through eMO.
4. Is the money paid in cash?
Receiver can receive the payment in cash upto Rs. 5000/-.
5. How is money sent through eMO?
Money can be sent from any eMO center. A simple "To Remit Payment" form is to be filled up and submitted along with the remittance amount and commission at the eMO counter. A printed receipt is issued to the remitter. If the money is being sent through the e Post Office, then the remitter is to go online, register the account and fill in the online booking form. After the online booking form is completed the customer should press submit and this will take him then to the payment gateway site where online payment will be processed. Thereafter the receipt will be generated and the reference number on the receipt can be used for further correspondence if required.
6. How does the payee collect money?
The payee can receive money at home. Therefore Pincode of the delivery address is essential.
7. What can be presented as proof of identity by the remittee?
The payee can prove his /her identity by presenting any of the following photo-identity documents:
(a) Voter's I-Card
(b) PAN Card
(c) Ration Card with photo of receiver
(d) Post Office Identity Card
(e) Driving License
(f) Passport
(g) Approved/Recognized Central Government/ State Government/ PSU/Office/College/University ID Card
8. Is eMO expensive?
eMO tariff has been kept same as that of ordinary MO though electronic transmission has been introduced..
9. Can message be sent along with money through eMO?
Yes, along with money you can also send a message. Choose any one from a list of standardized messages and it will be delivered along with the money at no extra cost.
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text: A SciDB binary file represents a 1-dimensional SciDB array. The 1-dimensional array is dense; it has no empty cells (although it can have null values for nullable.With Igor Pro's Load General Binary dialog and GBLoadWave external operation, you can import a wide variety of binary data file formats. Load General Binary dialog Igor Pro 7 is available in both 32 and 64 bit versions. The 32-bit version,.The Binary File Reader block reads multichannel signal data from a binary.Description. Reads an on-disk or in-memory binary file (such as an executable or image file) on the server, into a binary object parameter that you can use in the.Nov 9, 2010 When pCLAMP does not recognize the format of a binary file, it launches a tool called the Binary File Converter (BFC). The usual reason why.


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because it has infinite linearly dependent elements? is that right?
You need to be more formal. If (continous functions) were to be a finite dimensionsal vector space then every subspace would be finite dimensional also, with a smaller degree (this is a theorem). But then (polynomials functions) would be finite dimensional. But that is impossible. Why?
because P is a subspace of C and P is infinite so C has to also be infinite dimensional? Thanks by the way
Again, why is P[0,1] infinite? You need to be more formal. Here is how you show it cannot have a finite basis. Suppose that P[0,1] has a finite basis where are polynomials. Then it would mean any polynomial in P[0,1] can be expressed in the form. Let be a polynomial with a larger degree then all of the polynomials. Then is impossible because polynomials can only be equal if their have the same coefficients and the same degree, but it is impossible since the degree of f(x) exceedes the RHS.


text: These are one time action methods as defined by the Resource Management API specifications. The sample implementation included with the DSDL does not illustrate the use of these methods. However, all the facilities in the DSDL are available to these methods as well, should a resource type developer have a need for these methods. Typically, the Init and the Boot methods would be exactly the same for a resource type implementation to implement a one time action. The Fini method typically would perform an action which undoes the action of the Init or Boot methods.


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Below are new features in NVDA 2018.1, released March, 2018. This is a part in NVDA's documentation.
Highlights of this release include support for charts in Microsoft word and PowerPoint, support for new braille displays including Eurobraille and the Optelec protocol converter, improved support for Hims and Optelec braille displays, performance improvements for Mozilla Firefox 58 and higher, and much more.
- It is now possible to interact with charts in Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint, similar to the existing support for charts in Microsoft Excel.
- In Microsoft Word: When in browse mode, cursor to an embedded chart and press enter to interact with it.
- In Microsoft PowerPoint when editing a slide: tab to a chart object, and press enter or space to interact with the chart.
- To stop interacting with a chart, press escape.
- New language: Kyrgyz.
- Added support for VitalSource Bookshelf.
- Added support for the Optelec protocol converter, a device that allows one to use Braille Voyager and Satellite displays using the ALVA BC6 communication protocol.
- It is now possible to use braille input with an ALVA 640 Comfort braille display.
- NVDA's braille input functionality can be used with these as well as other BC6 displays with firmware 3.0.0 and above.
- Early support for Google Sheets with Braille mode enabled.
- Support for Eurobraille Esys, Esytime and Iris braille displays.
- The HIMS Braille Sense/Braille EDGE/Smart Beetle and Hims Sync Braille display drivers have been replaced by one driver. The new driver will automatically be activated for former syncBraille driver users.
- Some keys, notably scroll keys, have been reassigned to follow the conventions used by Hims products. Consult the user guide for more details.
- When typing with the on-screen keyboard via touch interaction, by default you now need to double tap each key the same way you would activate any other control.
- To use the existing "touch typing" mode where simply lifting your finger off the key is enough to activate it, Enable this option in the new Touch Interaction settings dialog found in the Preferences menu.
- It is no longer necessary to explicitly tether braille to focus or review, as this will happen automatically by default.
- Note that automatic tethering to review will only occur when using a review cursor or object navigation command. Scrolling will not activate this new behavior.
- Browseable messages such as showing current formatting when pressing NVDA+f twice quickly no longer fails when NVDA is installed on a path with non-ASCII characters.
- Focus is now once again restored correctly when returning to Spotify from another application.
- In Windows 10 Fall Creaters Update, NVDA no longer fails to update when Controlled Folder Access is enabled from Windows Defender Security Center.
- Detection of scroll keys on Hims Smart Beetle displays is no longer unreliable.
- A slight performance improvement when rendering large amounts of content in Mozilla Firefox 58 and later.
- In Microsoft Outlook, reading emails containing tables no longer causes errors.
- Braille display gestures that emulate system keyboard key modifiers can now also be combined with other emulated system keyboard keys if one or more of the involved gestures are model specific.
- In Mozilla Firefox, browse mode now works correctly in pop-ups created by extensions such as LastPass and bitwarden.
- NVDA no longer sometimes freezes on every focus change if Firefox or Chrome have stopped responding such as due to a freeze or crash.
- In twitter clients such as Chicken Nugget, NVDA will no longer ignore the last 20 characters of 280 character tweets when reading them.
- NVDA now uses the correct language when announcing symbols when text is selected.
- In recent versions of Office 365, it is again possible to navigate Excel charts using the arrow keys.
- In speech and braille output, control states will now always be reported in the same order, regardless whether they are positive or negative.
- In apps such as Windows 10 Mail, NVDA will no longer fail to announce deleted characters when pressing backspace.
- All keys on the Hims Braille Sense Polaris displays are now working as expected.
- NVDA no longer fails to start on Windows 7 complaining about an internal api-ms dll, when a particular version of the Visual Studio 2017 redistributables have been installed by another application.


Question: Do Tomatoes Scream When You Cut Them?
Does a plant feel pain when you cut it?
Do tomatoes cry?
Drought-stressed tomato plants emitted about 35 ultrasonic squeals per hour, on average, while those with cut stems made about 25. Drought-stressed tobacco plants let out about 11 screams per hour, and cut crops made about 15 sounds in the same time.
Does grass scream when you cut it?
Scientists have discovered that grass blades scream when cut with a lawnmower. … While human ears can only hear sounds up to about 16,000 Hz, scientists have now measured vocalizations of 85,326 Hz emanating from grass blades cut by a power lawn mower.
Do cucumbers scream when you cut them?
Although not audible to the human ear, the secret voices of plants have revealed that cucumbers scream when they are sick, and flowers whine when their leaves are cut [source: Deutsche Welle]. There's also evidence that plants can hear themselves being eaten. … This network helps plants propagate, grow and survive.
Do trees have genders?
Lots of trees are hermaphroditic — that is, their flowers contain both male and female reproductive parts. Other species have male trees and female trees, which you can tell apart by looking at their flowers: The male reproductive parts are the pollen-laden stamen; the female parts their egg-holding pistils.
Do plants die if you yell at them?
Marini does admit that sound waves can have an effect on plants because they make them vibrate, and that vibration causes the plants to create ethylene, stunting their growth, but adds that sound would not cause them to wilt and certainly wouldn't kill them.
Do plants feel love?
Plants Really Do Respond to The Way We Touch Them, Scientists Reveal. It's something that plant lovers have long suspected, but now Australian scientists have found evidence that plants really can feel when we're touching them.
What happens if you never cut grass?
After long periods without mowing, the grass may go to seed, causing the blades to look more like weeds than grass. In addition to decreased curb appeal, excessively tall grass puts the homeowner at risk for complaints. Many cities require homeowners to keep the lawn mowed.
Why does grass smell when it's cut?
What's the secret behind the sweet smell of cut grass? … Chemically speaking, that classic lawn smell is an airborne mix of carbon-based compounds called green leaf volatiles, or GLVs. Plants often release these molecules when damaged by insects, infections or mechanical forces — like a lawn mower.


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Black history month
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One of the more popular landmarks in Palm Beach County is the Little Red Schoolhouse, the first in southeast Florida (1886), which was restored and sits in Phipps Ocean Park in Palm Beach.
But Martin County has its own landmark: the New Monrovia One-Room Schoolhouse, believed to be the only remaining one on the Treasure Coast.
Built around 1930, the 25-by-30 wood-frame structure was one of the first schools built in Martin County to educate black children.
On March 9, county officials, former students and historians cut the ribbon on the newly-restored structure.
The schoolhouse is in what is now Port Salerno. Plats called it Salerno Colored School, but students remembered it as Mrs. Williams' School, for Costella Hannibal Williams, who moved to the area in 1929 and taught at the school until around 1960.
Warmed by a pot-belly stove, their way lit by kerosene lamps, black children looked to Williams as a mother figure.
Those children include retired Indian River Community College administrator David "Doc" Anderson, the first black elected to the Martin County School Board. He served 32 years on the panel, including stints as its chairman.
Anderson was a student in first through fourth grades, 1946 to 1950.
He said the four grades shared the one room, and one teacher: Williams.
"She was something else. She was quite a person. I don't know how she did it," Anderson said.
Williams — described as the "Matriarch of New Monrovia" in the 2000 Palm Beach Post book Our Century — retired from Martin County Schools in 1975. According to the Stuart News, she died at 97 in Palm City on April 19, 2003.
The schoolhouse eventually closed and the county used the building as a community center, then closed that in 1998 after building a civic center next door that bore Williams' name.
The schoolhouse fell into disrepair and was damaged by hurricanes Frances and Jeanne in 2004.
Martin County spent $115,000 to restore the schoolhouse; it received a roof, floor and ceiling, windows and doors, and a fresh coat of paint.
Three of the original walls were saved.
Inside, green chalkboards hang from the original locations on the wall, and replicas of the students' original wooden desks, built by South Fork High School carpentry students, line the room.
And there's even a potbelly stove.
Visitors view the interior of the renovated Monrovia One-Room Schoolhouse during its re-dedication March 9. The building, believed to be Martin County's last surviving one-room schoolhouse, was one of the first schools built in the county for black children. (Photo courtesy Martin County)
Tags: African Americans, Martin County, schools
Valentine's Day isn't the only thing around here that's red. Palm Beach's "Little Red Schoolhouse," the only school in all of southeast Florida when it opened March 1, 1886, reopened this month after being closed for nearly a year.
Once again, the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach will host its "living history" program, which takes fourth-graders back in time for a mini-day in a one-room school of the 1890s.
The schoolhouse, in Phipps Ocean Park, was closed during a yearlong soil-remediation project in the park. The Foundation took advantage of the down time to renovate and update it.
When it opened, it was the only schoolhouse in what was then Dade County, which was a swath of scattered settlements stretching north to Stuart and covering an area the size of Massachusetts.
A county grant of $200 paid for lumber for the 22-by-40-foot building. Laborers donated time.
The Ladies Aid Society raised another $200 from the sale of embroidery and quilts to pay for furniture and supplies.
The first class had seven students ranging from 7 to 17 years old.
The teacher was Hattie Gale, from Kansas. She was all of 16, younger than some of her charges.
She was the daughter of the Rev. Elbridge Gale, a minister, educator and professor of horticulture, who retired to the area from Kansas in November 1884 and became one of the first to build a cabin on the west side of Lake Worth (the Intracoastal Waterway).
Hattie, who arrived in 1885, taught for only three months before the area hired a teacher for $100.
In 1901, the schoolhouse closed and a boat ferried the children to the new four-room school at Clematis Street and Poinsettia Avenue, now Dixie Highway, in West Palm Beach.
The original building was moved to Casa Bendita, the Palm Beach estate of John Phipps. It sat there for four decades, where it was used as a potting shed.
In 1960, shortly before Casa Bendita was razed, the schoolhouse was dismantled and moved to Phipps Ocean Park. In 1990, the Preservation Foundation restored the building to look like a one-room schoolhouse.
The building is closed to the public, except for the "living history" program.
The first schoolhouse (left) in Palm Beach County is shown in 1886 in Palm Beach. The first school teacher was 16-year-old Hattie Gale (in doorway). (Courtesy of the Historical Society of Palm Beach County)
Tags: buildings, Palm Beach, schools
This is Black History Month. More than one person over the years has wished for a time when we don't need a special day to single out one ethnic group's accomplishments. Until then, this column will endeavor to point out the long struggle of all minority groups — and to honor that struggle's many heroes.
One of our most unsung heroes might well be Charles H. Stebbins, Jr. Here's more from columns in 2004 and 2007:
His legacy was continued partly through the accomplishments of his niece, Freddie Lee Stebbins Jefferson, an educator, community leader and Palm Beach Post columnist who died at 71 in October 2007. And through Freddie's husband, retired educator and activist James Julius "Jeff " Jefferson, who died at 80 in 2011.
Charles Stebbins wanted to be paid the same as white teachers. But he never benefited from the victory he helped achieve. Long since fired from his teaching job, he was waiting tables in New York the day in 1941 when a federal judge's ruling set a stunning precedent. It was a step toward the landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision.
White teachers with five years of experience had received a $25 raise. Furious black counterparts, who got no raise, founded the Palm Beach County Teachers Association and about 85 percent of the county's 115 black teachers joined.
The group brought in Thurgood Marshall, later the Supreme Court's first black justice. They needed a name to put on the lawsuit against the county school board. Charles Stebbins volunteered.
The Arcadia native taught social studies at West Palm Beach's Industrial High School until he was fired. A school board official offered him $500 and his job back to drop the case. His wife was ill — she would die in a year and a half — but he declined.
"He was blackballed throughout the state," Freddie Jefferson said in 1999. "He was the troublemaker." Also, the black union failed to honor a promise to pay him a year's salary if he was fired.
Stebbins moved to New York, then served in the Navy, where he filed two discrimination suits. He worked 32 years for the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, where he sued for promotions, but failed. He never returned to education, and died in 1991.
Charles Stebbins, Jr. (Palm Beach Post file photo)
Freddie Lee Stebbins Jefferson (Palm Beach Post file photo)
Tags: African Americans, Black history month, schools
Thanksgiving and football may mean watching the NFL on TV today, but Palm Beach County fans of a certain age will recall when THE Thanksgiving game was Palm Beach High vs. Lake Worth — a long-time rivalry played on the eve of Thanksgiving. The annual holiday game began in 1928 and continued through the 1960s, when the Forest Hill Falcons stood in for the Lake Worth Trojans.
The 1964 game has been described as the one of the most publicized football games in Palm Beach County history. Both teams — the Palm Beach Wildcats and the Forest Hill Falcons — were unbeaten. The preview story in The Palm Beach Post began, "Tonight's the night when the hopes and dreams of an unbeaten-untied football season are wrapped up in 48 violent minutes of combat."
The Palm Beach High football team as pictured in the Nov. 25, 1964 game preview story in The Palm Beach Post.
The Wildcats won that 1964 game 25-6.
The 1946 game between Palm Beach and Lake Worth drew what The Palm Beach Post called "the largest crowd in the history of Palm Beach County football," with estimates ranging up to 10,000.
The cover art on the program from the 1946 game was by Lon Keller, an artist from Pennsylvania whose work was featured on high school and college football game-day programs from 1938-70.
The 1946 Palm Beach High football team, from the annual Thanksgiving game program.
The 1946 Lake Worth Trojans, as pictured in the annual Thanksgiving game program


Non-local response in a lattice gas under a shear drive
Tridib Sadhu 1 Satya N. Majumdar 2 David Mukamel 3
Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, Institute of Physics: Hybrid Open Access, 2014, 47, pp.505005
In equilibrium, the effect of a spatially localised perturbation is typically confined around the perturbed region. Quite contrary to this, in a non-equilibrium stationary state often the entire system is affected. This appears to be a generic feature of non-equilibrium. We study such non-local response in the stationary state of a lattice gas with a shear drive at the boundary which keeps the system out of equilibrium. We show that a perturbation in the form of a localised blockage at the boundary, induces algebraically decaying density and current profile. In two examples, non-interacting particles and particles with simple exclusion, we analytically derive the power-law tail of the profiles.
 - 2. LPTMS - Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Modèles Statistiques
 - 3. Weizmann Institute


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Desaturate an image -- without JavaScript + client side + cross browser
so how to grayscale an arbitrary image at client side?
in Internet Explorer it's a one CSS liner:
_TAG_ { filter: gray }
In webkit and firefox there is currently -- in 2010 -- no way to desaturate an image solely with CSS.
So for a client side solution there is only 2 ways left: canvas and SVG. While the canvas solution is perfectly valid i feel the SVG solution to be more elegant, because with the SVG solution it's only html and css thus only markup language.
The solution
so how do i use SVG to desaturate my image?
basicaly it's only the following 3 snippets of code:

 0.3333 0.3333 0.3333 0 0
 0.3333 0.3333 0.3333 0 0
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and following CSS code:
_TAG_ { filter:url(_TAG_) }
put the SVG filter element at any position in your html code, but be sure that it's displayed. so amongst others don't use "display: none". in order to hide the SVG element you can use height="0" and width="0" instead.
for firefox becarefull to use the right namespace for your SVG elements. hence be sure to use xhtml or to use the functions createElementNS and setAttributeNS.
If you go the xhtml way don't forget to:
-add following attributes to your html element:
-set the extension of your html file to.xhtml
Arbitrary SVG effect on arbitrary html element?
what about using an arbitrary SVG effect on an arbitrary html element?
in firefox you can simply style any html element with any svg effect using CSS, see _URL_
in webkit you could use the element but unfortunately not all SVG effects works on embeded objects, e.g. see _URL_
in internet explorer use the CSS filter property.
in webkit and firefox use a SVG filter element for the desaturation then use a SVG image element to load your image and finally apply the filter on the image with CSS.
for firefox and webkit you can see a live example on dooity.com -- look at the twitter and facebook icons in the footnote.
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 I put together a tutorial that explains how to do this using only CSS/HTML. It makes use of the opacity and transition style declarations. With this, two images can create a "transition illusion" between themselves using the :hover pseudo-selector.
 Check it out and let me know what you think. You can find the tutorial here.
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What does the name Diesel mean? The meaning of the name Diesel is Diminutive Form Of Matthias Or Dietrich. The origin of the name Diesel is German. This is the culture in which the name originated, or in the case of a word, the language.
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Reactivity Effects of Differences Between JEFF-3.1 and ENDF/B-VI.8 in Analysis of Six MASURCA Cores of the R-Z Program
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Reactivity contributions of differences between JEFF-3.1 and ENDF/B-VI.8 were analyzed for six early MASURCA cores of the R-Z program using ERANOS 2.1. These cores were designed such that their neutron spectra would emulate that of an oxide-fueled sodium-cooled fast reactor, some containing enriched uranium and others containing depleted uranium and plutonium. Effects of modeling assumptions and solution methods both in ECCO lattice calculations and in BISTRO Sn flux solutions were first evaluated using JEFF-3.1 cross-section libraries. Comparisons were made between calculated and measured values for reactivity and several spectral indices. Reactivity effects of differences between JEFF-3.1 and ENDF/B-VI.8 were also quantified using perturbation theory analysis. The most important nuclide with respect to reactivity differences between cross-section libraries was 23Na, primarily a result of differences in the angular dependence of elastic scattering, which is more forward peaked in ENDF/B-VI.8 than in JEFF-3.1. Differences in 23Na inelastic scattering cross sections between libraries also generated significant differences in reactivity, more due to the differences in magnitude of the cross sections than to the angular dependence. The nuclide 238U was also found to be important with regard to reactivity differences between the two libraries mostly due to a large effect of inelastic scattering differences and two smaller effects of elastic scattering and fission cross sections. In the cores that contained plutonium, 239Pu fission cross-section differences contributed significantly to the reactivity differences between libraries.


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- Archaic form of amalgam.
- They divided this their amalgama into a number of incoherent republics.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
- third-person singular present indicative of amalgamare
- second-person singular imperative of amalgamare
- IPA: /a̠ma̠lˈga̠ma̠/
amalgama f (plural amalgamas)
- amalgam (all senses)
amalgama (infinitive amalgamar)
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of amalgamar.
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To prevent parallax problems, panographers often use a tripod or monopod in conjunction with panoramic heads to place the no-parallax point of the camera at the centre of rotation. A cheaper and more portable alternative is to shoot handheld and use a philopod to keep the camera in position.
Philopods are named after Philippe Hurbain who describes the Philopod technique on his website.
A philopod is basically a piece of string tied around the no-parallax point on the lens, a weight at the other end of the string allows the camera to be positioned over a feature on the ground.
This may not be quite as accurate as a properly calibrated panoramic head, but there are other advantages:
- Speed of set-up.
- No tripod that needs to be painted out of the nadir.
- Ability to use small variations in pitch angles to capture the entire scene without separate zenith and nadir shots.
This last technique should be a separate tutorial, but the simplest variation is to shoot four portrait fisheye pictures around at 90 degrees apart. If the first and third images are tilted down by 10 degrees or so, they capture the nadir with a good overlap - The second and fourth images can be tilted-up similarly to capture the zenith.


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Click here to download the full lesson with attached handouts. Green Book Travels
The Negro Travelers' Green Book, known simply as the Green Book was a travel guide that listed lodgings, tailors, beauty parlors, restaurants, gas station and other businesses that welcomed African American clients during the Jim Crow era.
Author, Victor H. Green was a Harlem, New York, postal worker and community leader. The book became so popular that Green created a publishing office in Harlem and hired a staff to keep up with demand. By the 1940's 15,000 copies were produced annually, which were sold to both the white marketplace and black-owned businesses. In 1947 Green established a Vacation Reservation Service to book reservations at places listed in the book. His travel bureau operated at offices at 200. W. 135th Street in Harlem, New York.
In his introduction, Green wrote: "There will be a day sometime in the near future when this guide will not have to be published. That is when we as a race will have equal rights and privileges in the United States."
After passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Green ceased publication.
South Carolina Standards
3-5.6 Summarize the key events and effects of the civil rights movement in South Carolina, including the desegregation of schools (Briggs v. Elliott) and other public facilities and the acceptance of African Americans' right to vote.
8-7.4 Explain the factors that influenced the economic opportunities of African American South Carolinians during the latter twentieth century, including racial discrimination, the Briggs v. Elliott case, the integration of public facilities and the civil rights movement, agricultural decline, and statewide educational improvement.
- Students will investigate traveling patterns of African Americans during the civil rights era.
- Students will create a travel itinerary through the United States for an African American family using the Green Book as a guide.
- Students will explain the effects of racial discrimination on African Americans as they traveled throughout the United States during the civil rights era.
Time Required Recommended Grade Level
3 class periods Elementary/Middle/High
- Digital images of The Negro Traveler's Green Book
- Sample Itinerary
- Green Book Google Map
- Map of the United States (attached)
- Elementary Question Guide (attached)
- Crayons, pencils or markers for elementary students
- Organize students into pairs. Arrange one class period for students to work in the computer lab.
- Bookmark the Green Book page for younger students.
- Print copies of the United States map, Itinerary, and Question Guide as needed.
- Begin by displaying the front page of the Green Book from the Digital Collections site.
- Ask students to connect to the image on the front cover by asking the following questions.
- Why do you think this image was created?
- When was it made?
- What questions can you develop to help you learn more about this book?
- Next give students ten minutes to explore the book on their own. As they search they will need to jot down questions they have and note interesting information.
- Ask students: Why was it necessary to have a guide like this for Blacks traveling throughout the United States? Which states seemed to have more accommodating locations for African Americans? Why do you think this was the case?
- Discuss questions above and student generated questions with class.
- Next explain to students that they will need to create an itinerary for a Black family traveling by car from Chicago, Illinois to Biloxi, Mississippi. Students will need to use the Green Book, a blank map of the United States, the itinerary sheet and guidelines included in this lesson, and the Green Book Google Map. (You can substitute your own destination or starting point.)
- Allow one full class period to plan the itinerary. Students will need to keep track of their notes and questions for discussion afterward.
- Have students trade their itineraries with a different group. Each group will critique itineraries for practicality, ask questions and discuss the idea of traveling for African Americans during the civil rights era.
- Groups will collect their own itineraries and use it to draw a route map (using the blank copy of the United States map) that outlines their travels.
- After itineraries have been completed, reconvene to discuss the planning process with students. Ask: What complications did you encounter while planning your trip?
- Explain why doing something simple like traveling to visit a family member during the civil rights era may have been a complex process for most African Americans.
- Check out a copy of the book Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey at your school or local library. Read this book aloud to your students.
- Ask students the following questions: How did the Green Book help Ruth and her family? Allow time for student responses.
- Pass out question sheet and U.S. map to students.
- Assist students in using the Green Book Google Map to locate the places listed in the Green Book.
- Have students write one paragraph that explains why the Green Book was an important book for African Americans during the civil rights era.
Digital Collections Information
This lesson plan is based on images and/or documents derived from the Green Book Collection available from the University of South Carolina's Digital Collections Library.


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Job Description: Resident Assistant
A significant amount of the education one receives while a college student takes place outside the formal classroom setting. Gonzaga University believes strongly in this fact and is thus committed to providing an intentional and significant residential experience for students. For students in University residence halls, this learning is influenced much of the time by the personal relationships, the environment, and the programs developed in one's hall. Residence Life staff members are selected based on their maturity, leadership qualities, experience and interest in maximizing the experience of GU students and staff.
As a part time member of the Division of Student Development, the residence hall staff member is the representative of the University who interacts most directly with campus students. The role of each staff member is to work collaboratively to develop an environment in their assigned community, block, and across campus which is conducive to academic achievement, good scholarship and intellectual stimulation while promoting the integration of social, emotional, life-planning, political, identity, cultural, and spiritual growth. To do all this requires energy, self-discipline, the ability to observe, a knowledge of resources to assist in performance of the job, effective communication skills, the ability to establish good rapport and a sense of commitment to the mission and goals of the University, Division of Student Development, Office of Housing and Residence Life and their particular staff team.
The residence life staff position is part job and part campus leader. Persons selected to become RAs bring abilities in the areas of 1) Interpersonal Skills, 2) Personal Leadership Development, 3) Cognitive Complexity, and 4) Intercultural Competence. Additionally they can expect to be challenged to grow in these areas. Students selected to become RAs will be expected by their colleagues, supervisors and the Department to fulfill the duties of the position. Conversely, RAs can expect to receive ongoing training and support in order to be as successful as possible for themselves and for their residents.
The following position description outlines specific expectations of RAs and defines them within each of the above mentioned areas.
This is defined by a sense of personal self-awareness and an understanding of how an individual impacts others in their circle of influence (including supervisors, team members, residents, the GU community, and persons outside the campus). Expectations in this area include:
1. Effective verbal, non-verbal, and written communication
a. Meeting regularly in 1-1 setting with supervising RD and ARD
b. Building personal relationships with a diverse population of residents
c. Responding articulately and promptly to email communication
2. An understanding of and an ability to implement positive and respectful conflict resolution techniques
a. Working proactively to mediate roommate and interpersonal conflicts among residents
3. The ability to actively reflect on and propose solutions to complex problems
a. Confronting violations of the Ethos statement and Code of Conduct in an unbiased and caring manner
b. Working collaboratively with students in actual and perceived crisis and communicating with appropriate persons
4. A developed "welcoming spirit" that exudes approachability to all persons in all situations
a. Demonstrate a personable and confident attitude toward others
b. Encourage the building of relationships between residents and among community members
Personal Leadership Development
This is defined by having the ability to articulate one's leadership style and how that may impact roles on staff, in class, and in future vocational opportunities. Expectations in this area include:
1. Effectively managing time commitments and successfully navigating the expectations of each of these commitments whether they are academic, personal, co-curricular, or position related
a. Committing to less than 10 hours per week in non-RA leadership positions or outside employment
b. Maintaining a 2.5 cumulative GPA throughout time on staff
c. Prioritizing required campus-wide staff meetings, block meetings, 1-1 meetings, and responsibilities with block council and RHA
d. Complete rounds on designated duty weekday and weekend nights
2. An ability to maintain personal balance in mind, body, and spirit
3. An acute sense of self-awareness that reflects the ability to identify how ones personal strengths and weaknesses may positively or negatively impact relationships and work situations
4. An ethical congruency between stated personal values and actions.
a. Role modeling community standards, strong personal values, and positive relationships
5. A servant leadership approach to the on-campus residents, the greater GU campus, the Spokane community, and the world in which we live.
a. Encourage resident participation in hall, building, Gonzaga and Spokane communities
b. Develop programs using the Residence Life model of YOU, YOU and Your Community, YOU and Your World, YOU and Your Spirituality
This is defined by the capacity to comprehend complex systems and follow logical progressions to desired outcomes. Expectations in this area include:
1. Understanding and being able to navigate systems
a. Brainstorming, developing, implementing and evaluating a minimum of 8 programs per semester
b. Assisting RD and other staff in building openings and closings each semester
c. Maintaining in-semester resident check-in and check-out information as needed
d. Overseeing hall facilities and amenities during the academic year
2. Comprehending training exercises and being able to apply knowledge to correctly follow departmental and university procedures
a. Actively participating in weekly staff meetings, development opportunities and evaluative processes
b. Enrolling in RA Class in Spring Semester prior to 1st semester on-staff
c. Attending mandatory Fall Training in August and Winter Retreat in January
3. A developing ability to identify and utilize internal and external resources for discovering additional information, learning new skills and solving problems
a. Recognizing students in crisis or those who exhibit concerning behaviors
b. Synthesizing and reporting student issues or building wide concerns to appropriate University officials
This is defined by an acceptance of, an appreciation for, and an ability to communicate with people different from oneself. Expectations in this area include:
1. Searching for one's own spirituality and a recognition of the role that spirituality plays in the lives of others
a. Gaining an understanding of the Jesuit history, legacy and mission of Gonzaga University
2. An openness to diversity of all kinds and a willingness to engage others in dialogue about issues of diversity
a. Showing a curiosity and desire to know residents of all backgrounds, experiences, beliefs or culture
3. A growing understanding of cross-cultural concerns and how cultural differences affect understanding, patterns of thinking, and personal behavior
a. Ensuring that students from different backgrounds, experiences, belief systems or cultures understand Gonzaga, its ways, systems and beliefs.
4. An ability to challenge biased and other unacceptable behavior toward others
a. Actively confronting and reporting all incidents of bias
* Maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.50 or higher while on staff
* Live in assigned on-campus residence for full academic year (excluding Winter Break).
* Be enrolled as a full-time student (12 undergraduate credits or 6 graduate credits)
* Follow all guidelines and expectations found in the GU Student Handbook, Housing Contract, RA Contract and RA Manual
* Complete 2 semester as a residential student at Gonzaga or other University prior to beginning work as a RA.
* Hold less than 10 hours of extracurricular leadership activities or outside employment per week (candidates who will be student teaching, have an off-campus academic internship or practicum may apply, however the significant time expectations of these experiences will be taking into consideration during the hiring process)
A designated Residence Director (RD) or Graduate Residence Director (GRD) supervises each RA staff member. There are set number of blocks on campus that have a corresponding RD, Assistant Residence Director (ARD), and Resident Assistants (RAs). The RD and ARD work collaboratively in the management and supervision of facilities, residents, and RAs. Because each block has different needs and different people bring unique skills and passions to the position, the duties of a RA may vary slightly across blocks.


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The Loyal Order of Ancient Shepherds (Ashton Unity) was founded in Ashton-Under-Lyne, England, in 1826 as a "sick and burial club". It's popularity grew swiftly and the movement crossed the border into Scotland in 1868. The first lodge, the "Pride of Leven Lodge No1335" was founded in Dumbarton in 1868, in Glasgow in 1870 and in Edinburgh in 1876. In the 1990s, the society changed its name from the Loyal Order of Ancient Shepherds (Ashton Unity) to The Shepherds' Friendly Society and the society is still trading under this name.
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How did the inflation targeting policy of Norges Bank impact the 2008 financial crisis?
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The present thesis analyzes the impact of the Norwegian inflation targeting regime on the 2008 financial crisis. A series of macroeconomic indicators are used to evaluate the usefulness of inflation as a proxy for economic activity. I find that a combination of rapidly increasing prices in housing and stock markets, combined with increasing export prices and declining import prices have led to an exceptionally large gap between pressure in the economy and the inflation rate. Consequently, the central bank ought to have pursued a tighter monetary policy, to limit vulnerability to new shocks.


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HVAC Procedure and Performance Guide
TASK: Determine circuit breaker and wiring sizes
STANDARD OF PERFORMANCE
Circuit breaker and wiring must be sized according to job specifications, manufacturer's specifications and codes. Wire size and breaker rating must be adequate to carry connected equipment current load.
- Review job specifications, manufacturer's specifications and codes.
- Identify equipment that is connected to each circuit.
- Determine manufacturer's nameplate amperage requirements for each piece of equipment on circuit.
- Determine circuit voltage.
- Select correct size and type of wire and specified circuit breaker using tables in electrical code or other approved publication.
- Repeat Steps 3 through 5 to size wire and circuit breakers for remaining circuits.
- Document information on job specifications.


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At the end of your training module, we'd recommend adding a link to a survey with a specific Call to Action (CTA).
The last Conclusion task in your training module looks something like this:
Let's go over the steps to adjust your conclusion task information to support your campaign, including how to add a survey link with a specific Call to Action (CTA).
Step 1 - Find the Conclusion Task
Go to the Conclusion task in the TIQ Builder
Step 2 - Add your conclusion text
Add your text into the text field labeled Description.
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Wristwatch gives remote control of computer
October 10, 2001 | Source: New Scientist
A new high-tech watchstrap that gives its wearer remote control over a wearable computer has been demonstrated in Switzerland.The GestureWrist, developed by Jun Rekimoto of Sony's Computer Science Laboratory in Tokyo, Japan, uses sensors embedded into a normal watch strap. These track a wearer's arm movements and the opening and closing their hand, relaying this information to a computer kept somewhere on their person.
GestureWrist uses a tilt sensor beneath the wrist watch to measure directional movement and acceleration and "capacitance sensing" to detect different hand shapes, such as open and closed.


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, ABS can normally be landfilled (cf. ABS safety data sheets). In Germany, ABS wastes are classified under Waste Code No. 57129 (other solidified plastic wastes). Under the German waste monitoring regulations, solidified plastic wastes of this type do not require any special disposal measures. As far as we are able to determine, ABS wastes are inert in landfill. ABS is classified as presenting no threat to ground water.
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The history of mazes and labyrinths goes back to ancient times and the Minotaur and Labyrinth from Greek mythology. From there, mazes were built in pebbles, earth and more, and in 1690 the oldest surviving hedge maze was created – the Hampton Court Maze in Greater London
Who invented the corn maze?
The history of mazes in corn fields goes back to 1993. Don Frantz and Adrian Fisher worked together to design and build the first corn maze in the United States, at Lebanon Valley College, in east-central Pennsylvania. The first corn maze was only on 3 acres and had 1.92 miles of pathway, and was officially certified by Guinness as the world's largest corn maze (though others have long since surpassed that record)
One difference of corn mazes in the US as compared to traditional hedge mazes is the addition of puzzles or other brainteasers that are often needed to be solved in order to complete the maze. Typically a corn maze will also be cut in a particular shape, whereas traditional hedge mazes were generally in geometric patterns
The first corn maze was titled "The Amazing Maize Maze" (see what I mean about those puns?!) and was shaped in the form of "Cornelius, the Cobasaurus"


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Coconut shells have in modern days been put into different uses ranging from jewelry boxes to flower pots. Coconut shells can also be used as oil burning lamps, since they are easy to get, cheap and Eco friendly, and here is how to make one.
- Hard glue
- cotton string
- two coconuts.
- metallic bottle topProcedure
DIY for Oil burning lamps
- Cut the two coconut using the hacksaw into two halves thus having four halves
- Use the knife to remove the flesh
- Remove all the fibers to a smooth surface using the sand paper.
- hold together the two clean halves using the hard glue.
- make a hole on one side of the half big enough to place the glued shell on to serve as a stand
- using the knife make a hole on the bottle top and put through the string.
- place some oil in the shell and place the string in and close.
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What is the time duration after which you can have sexual intercourse following a hymen repair surgery?
Intercourse After hymen repair surgery is actually surgically repairing the hymen, which is a thin, pink colored membrane that closes a vaginal opening partially. In many religions and cultures, an intact or unbroken hymen is considered traditionally a proof of a female's virginity.
The hymen may get ruptured or torn due to certain other reasons apart from sexual intercourse, including insertion of a tampon or doing strenuous or vigorous exercise. Under these circumstances, many females may want their hymens to be reconstructed, which may be accomplished via a hymen repair surgery.
How long after the hymen repair surgery can you have intercourse?
You have to abstain from sexual intercourse for at least six weeks after having hymen repair surgery. Immediate sexual activity may worsen any soreness and pain due to the surgery.
What are the reasons to have a hymen repair surgery?
There are multiple reasons for a female to consider an Intercourse After hymen repair surgery. Some of these reasons are:
Religious or cultural reasons: In certain cultures, an intact or unbroken hymen is considered a signifier of a female's chastity or virginity. A female's hymen may tear during sexual intercourse or otherwise. A female may get hymen repair surgery to restore her virginity.
Psychological healing: A female's hymen may get torn if she has suffered sexual abuse or rape. Certain females choose to undergo hymen repair surgery to repair both the psychological and physical damage caused by the trauma.
Injury to hymen: For certain females, it is very important to have their hymen broken during a first sexual encounter after marriage. However, the hymen can become torn due to reasons other than intercourse such as using tampons and strenuous exercise. In all such cases, Intercourse After hymen repair surgery offers a solution to repair the hymen.
Revirgination: In case a female starts a new relationship with a different partner, but her hymen is already torn during intercourse with the previous partner, she may want to have surgical reconstruction of her hymen.
Who is a candidate for hymen repair surgery?
The best candidate for a hymen repair surgery is a healthy female who has realistic expectation from the surgery. Hymen repair and reconstruction may provide a female an appearance of being a virgin or satisfy cultural or religious requirements.
For females who are undergoing the procedure for revirgination, it should be done at least six weeks before the wedding day. Since the surgery is not required medically, the female who is undergoing the surgery should possess a very strong personal wish to get her hymen restored.
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January 06, 2013
- zany (noun)
- What does it mean?
- 1 : clown2 : a silly or foolish person
- How do you use it?
- "And what a zany an old chap must be, to light a bonfire when there's no youngsters to please." (Thomas Hardy, _Return of the Native_)
- Are you a word wiz?
Who do you think first used the word "zany" in English?You may be more familiar with the adjective "zany," but "zany" was first introduced to English by William Shakespeare as a noun. In Shakespeare's play _Love's Labour's Lost_ (written around 1594), one of the characters looks for a zany who "knows the trick to make my Lady laugh." That was the first known use of "zany" in English, but the word had been part of Italian plays long before that. In Italian plays, the "zany" was a character who mimicked everyone else on stage. That goofy pest was always called "Zanni," a nickname for "Giovanni," the Italian form of "John." When English speakers adopted the character, they took his name too, and gradually transformed it into the modern word "zany."


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Friends of Kootenay Blog
Access stories and photos about the natural and human history of Kootenay National Park and Columbia Valley Includes highlights about the Friends of Kootenay National Park activities and programs.
Redwall Fault & Hot Water
The Redwall Fault by Larry Halverson
The iron-rich cliffs of this dramatic park entrance are known as the "Iron Gates". They were formed by intense heat and pressure during the building of the Rockies. It is the best example of fault breccia (shattered and reconsolidated rock) in the Rocky Mountain parks.
The Radium Hot Springs Pools can thank the Redwall Fault for its source of water, which originates from the fault's depths. Normal rain water filters down into the earth's crust continuously. Since the temperature rises one degree Fahrenheit every eighteen meters we go into the earth, the water must percolate down at least 2.5 km below the surface in order to encounter rock that is hot enough to turn it to steam. As the steam is forced to rise, it condenses back to water, and like water everywhere, it follows the path of least resistance. In the case of Radium Hot Springs, the easiest path is through the shattered zone where the rock is broken up.
Radium Hot Springs - A place to take the chill off this time of year.


General Information
History of The Court
Monterey County Courthouse Completed 1878
The military and social capital of Alta California during Spanish and Mexican rule, the town of Monterey naturally became the county seat when the 27 original counties were formed in, 1850. But when it was learned that the railroad was to go through the valley and not along the coast, the government center was moved to Salinas. After the house used as a courthouse burned, this much larger brick Victorian building was commissioned. The courthouse remained in use while the current one was being constructed around it, and then was demolished. Today a courtyard, lily pond, and commemorative sculpture occupy the site.
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Adjective: echoing e-kow-ing
 1. (of sounds) repeating by reflection
 "a hotel with echoing halls";
 - reechoing
Verb: echo e-kow
 1. To say again or imitate
 "followers echoing the cries of their leaders";
 - repeat
 2. Fill for a short time with sound and echoes
 "the hall echoed with laughter";
 - resound, ring, reverberate
 3. Call to mind
 "His words echoed John F. Kennedy";
 - recall
See also: reverberant
Type of: emit, go, let loose, let out, resemble, sound, utter
Encyclopedia: Echoing
Echo, Ontario


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This book was the chosen book for the Celebration of Reading campaign, 2012
A Dog Named Worthless:
A Hero Is Born Children's Book
for K-6th Grade Humane Education
A Dog Named Worthless: A Hero Is Born
Written and illustrated by Rocky Shepheard
Welcome to Dogs Deserve Better's first Fantasy Action/Adventure Fiction picture book for kids and adults alike! Disney-esque in tone, the book is beautifully illustrated and written by Rocky Shepheard, a long-time supporter and advocate for chained dogs. The book is full color, hardback for better protection and sturdiness, and comes to life on 32 pages.
Worthless is a chained dog who has never lived inside the house. He suffers through cold winters and hot summers only with the help of his two friends—Otto and Sly Fox. His friends plot to free him and they set off on an adventure to look for a new life somewhere where there are no chains.
They search for days in snow and ice until they find a place on the edge of a pond to hunker down for the winter.
But fate intervenes and presents an opportunity for Worthless to finally prove to himself that he is worthy of love and a good home. Will Worthless have the courage to face his fears and become the dog he has always wanted to be?
About Worthless: Worthless was the name of a real dog, he was the reason that Dogs Deserve Better was founded and that's why the book was named after him. Someone actually named their dog Worthless, can you believe that? Read about his rescue here. It was fitting that the winning contest model for the book was another black lab named Maggie, beloved companion of Joe Maringo of SPARRO.
Dan Piraro - Internationally acclaimed cartoonist and creator of Bizarro:
"'A New Name for Worthless: A Hero is Born' is, like it's title character, anything but worthless. This is an exciting story with a full range of emotions that kids will love and adults will take pause to think about.
The same story that is lovingly illustrated within plays itself out in communities all over the world and the lessons learned from this story are simple but so important. This book will lead readers of all ages to more fully understand the true nature of "man's best friend" with a common-sense, compassionate approach that can change the world for the better."
– Dan Piraro, creator of "Bizarro"
Cia Bruno, Esq. - New York Animal Rights Advocate:
"A masterfully captivating illustrative theme! In A New Name for Worthless: A Hero is Born, the author skillfully introduces several elements of conflict and resolution that are rich in
opportunity for mutual exploration between parent and child.
The dominant message being that 'all' sentient creatures are worthy of our respect for their needs and existence."
— Cia Bruno, Attorney at law and advocate for all sentient creatures at _URL_
Lorraine Chittock -Photographer and Author:
"Wow. I love it. Finally a book appears which addresses a pressing dog
issue, but doesn't come across as preachy or pandering. From the first
page to the last, the reader is drawn into the troubles of Worthless,
and captivated by a wonderful story juxtaposed with exquisite
paintings. For children this book is a must. For adults, it signifies
hope and the progress being made for the lives of chained dogs all
over the world."
Travel books exploring our unique bond with animals
DDB Founder Tamira Thayne:
"When Rocky presented his idea, I was instantly intrigued by a story that is less about the reality of everyday chaining, and more a fun fiction tale featuring animal friends and foes. I was delighted with his storyline, and even more enamored with his illustrations. I hope that A New Name for Worthless: A Hero is Born ends up on every dog lover's bookshelf, because that's where it deserves to be!"
– Tamira C. Thayne, founder and CEO of Dogs Deserve Better _URL_
Robin Helfritch Co-founder of Open The Cages Alliance:
"Rocky Shepheard's inspiring and delightful book, "A New Name for Worthless: A Hero is Born" will warm your heart and leave you smiling. Beautifully illustrated, it tells the tale of "Worthless," a neglected dog who is callously left by his uncaring human "owner" to live his life chained to a rickety wooden box in extreme temperatures. This is, unfortunately, the fate for far too many dogs. Luckily for Worthless, he has good friends, Sly Fox and Otto the Otter. Through teamwork, bravery and a little luck, Worthless's life takes a turn for the better!
This book teaches the importance of compassion, friendship, collaboration, acceptance, and the fact that all deserve freedom from oppression. It is perfect for children and adults of all ages, and the life lessons learned in this book will resonate within all who read it."
– Robin Helfritch
Co-founder, Open the Cages Alliance
Catherine Hedges founder of Dont Bully My Breed, Inc.:
"A New Name for Worthless; A Hero is Born, is a wonderful combination of fantasy and reality, and a reminder that no dog is born "Worthless" but, any dog, in the hands of the wrong person, can be treated as worthless. The book shows children everyone has worth and is a great lesson in self esteem, as well as emphasizing the importance of loyalty and friendship and what can be accomplished when friends work together. It shows the importance of compassion and love and should inspire kids to ask questions about animal cruelty and neglect. It is evident in Shepheard's heartwarming story and stunning illustrations that he is a person with a great heart and one hopes that his message will impact every adult or child who reads it."
– Catherine Hedges
Founder of Dont Bully My Breed, Inc.
Nikki Brown - The UK DOG WHISPERER from Canine Angel:
"'A New Name for Worthless: A Hero is Born' is just such a delightful book with a really simple yet powerful message about how these creatures that we humans call "Dogs", can teach us all the important lessons of forgiveness, love, devotion, courage, bravery, living in the moment and never holding a grudge.
The story is about how this dog views his world after being chained up to a dog house all his life suffering all weather conditions and being given the name of "Worthless " by his human owner, reminding us all that neglect and cruelty still exists in today's world.
The beautiful illustrations help to ignite your imagination and take you into this dogs world where all he ever wants is the opportunity to show he can be the dog that he was born to be, and show that even though he has been mistreated he can still find it in his heart and soul to forgive, love unconditionally and become man's best friend.
A great read for kids and adults, and every dog owner or potential dog owner needs to have this in their book collection."
– Nikki Brown – The UK DOG WHISPERER – Canine Angel
Leigh-Chantelle -Australian Vegan Activist/Singer Songwriter:
"Worthless the Dog is much more than his namesake. His friends Sly the fox and Otto the sea otter unite to free him from his unbearable life chained to a rickety wooden box, all Worthless has known as a home.
Beautifully illustrated by Rocky Shepheard and written in the first person from Worthless' point of view, A New Name for Worthless: A Hero is Born is a wonderful story of courage, friendship and bravery.
Families can read this wonderful book together and learn lessons in patience, humility, forgiveness and respect, all taught by Worthless the dog.
This is a great resource book for Humane Education released by the not for profit organisation Dogs Deserve Better who believe in respecting, freeing and enhancing the freedom of all chained animals."
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Viva La Vegan _URL_
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Veterinarian / Activist Dr. Armaiti May:
"What an inspiration! Engaging as it is educational, this children's book brings to light the little-known problem of dogs being neglected and left to languish on the end of a chain rather than with their family inside the home.
This dog's story of hardship, collaboration with his fellow animal friends, and ultimate freedom from unfair confinement warms the heart. It is beautifully told and fills the reader with empathy for the dog's predicament as well as admiration for his determination to free himself and find a more loving home."
– Armaiti May, DVM
Using age-appropriate messaging,
this book targets the following Humane Education
aspects for coursework and can be used to stimulate discussion
about these issues with students and children:
- Dog Chaining
- Importance of friends
- Working as a team
- Wildlife education
book follows the success of Puddles On The Floor, by Lorena Estep and illustrated by Tamira C. Thayne, and is only the second children's book created specifically for Dogs Deserve Better. It can be bought in package with Puddles at a discounted price, see below for package deals.
book is perfect for family fun reading, and for humane
education from kindergarten-through 6th grades. If
you're a nonprofit who would like to buy wholesale for fundraising
purposes, please call us at _PHONE_ for pricing options.
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Agency for statistic of Bosnia and Herzegovina is publishing data on innovation activity of enterprises referring to the period 2016-2018, obtained through the biennial survey on innovation activities of enterprises in Bosnia and Herzegovina (INOV). The Survey was carried out on the sample consisting of 3.116 enterprises, with the response rate of enterprises, which completed the questionnaire of 67.8%.
Innovation-active enterprises are those that, in the observation period, have had completed product or process innovation activities and/or ongoing innovation activities at the end of 2018 and/or abandoned innovation activities and/or in-house research and development activities and/or contract-out research and development activities. Innovation activities in the observation period may result in innovation, be ongoing, delayed or abandoned
Out of the total number of enterprises, 35.6% introduced at least one of the above innovation activities in the observation period 2016-2018. In the same observation period, 64.4 % of enterprises have not implemented innovative activities.
Innovation activity of enterprises increases as their size increases. Thus, 59.4% of enterprises in the observed number of large enterprises (250 employees and more) were innovation-active, 46.6% in the observed number of medium enterprises (between 50 and 249 employees), while 31.5% of enterprises in the group of small enterprises (between 10 and 49 employees) were innovation-active
By section of the Classification of Economic Activities 2010, which in its content and structure fully complies with the Statistical Classification of Economic Activities of the EU, NACE Rev.2, the largest number of innovation-active enterprises was recorded in the section Information and communication, 63.9%, and the least innovative enterprises was recorded in the section Mining and quarrying, 17.


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Year 7 - Autumn Term 2015
Pupils will explore:
What do we mean by Signs and Symbols?
How useful are signs and symbols in everyday life
Religious symbols and their meanings
The importance of symbols to religious believers
Food and symbolism
A local church – St Oswalds at Bidston
Visit from the local vicar to talk about his role and the place of the Church in the community
The nativity story and its symbolism
Christmas celebrations around the world
Activities will include food tasting, exploring religious artefacts, making a Christingle, ICT research on Christmas traditions and drama.
Year 8 Religious Education – Autumn Term 2015
Pupils will explore three World Religions this year. In the first term, they will focus on the religion of Judaism. They will find out about:
Jewish beliefs about God
Abraham - the founder of Judaism
The importance of Moses to the Jewish religion
The festival of Passover
The Seder meal and symbolic foods
The ten commandments
The Torah and its importance in everyday life
Objects associated with prayer
The Synagogue and Worship
Activities to include storytelling, acting out a seder celebration, tasting symbolic foods, designing their own Passover plate and making their own Torah scroll.
Year 9 Religious Education – Autumn Term 2015
Students will study Festivals and Celebrations this term. They will explore:
What is a Festival?
Research special days and festivals from around the world
Consider the importance of special days to us as individuals and as a community
Interview someone about their special day, find out how they celebrate and why it is special
Chinese New Year
The Jewish festivals of Purim and Hanukkah
Harvest and Sukkot
Activities will include ICT research, class presentations, conducting interviews, puppet play, craft activities and designing a Jewish Sukkah.