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Villanova Launches Sustainable Engineering Research Center
The new center of research will aim to bring concepts of sustainability within the study and practice of engineering to life.
Villanova's College of Engineering has launched a new center of research that brings concepts of sustainability within the study and practice of engineering to life. The new Villanova Center for the Advancement of Sustainability in Engineering (VCASE) will house multi-disciplinary research and teaching in a number of emerging areas and seeks to protect and restore the environment through the systems-based integration of sustainability principles into engineering solutions.
"In the 21st century, engineering innovations will be judged not only on how effectively they solve a particular problem, but also on the net impact they leave on the planet. The importance of working across disciplines to mitigate that impact, while respecting the complexity of our environment, cannot be overstated," says Dr. Robert Traver, professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of VCASE. Traver is also the director of the Villanova Urban Stormwater Partnership and recently served on the National Academy of Sciences panel tapped to review the White House Council on Environmental Quality's proposed revisions to federal principles and guidelines for water resources planning.
VCASE draws together faculty and students from the college's four academic departments (chemical, mechanical, electrical and computer, and civil and environmental), whose research efforts are organized into five main research focus areas:
- Biomass resources and conversion technologies,
- Alternative and renewable energy,
- Environmental sustainability,
- Infrastructure materials and transportation systems, and
- Villanova Urban Stormwater Partnership, which has promoted a partnership approach to sustainable stormwater management for more than 10 years
In addition to the college of engineering's laboratories, VCASE student and faculty researchers also leverage Villanova's campus infrastructure, which serves as a living laboratory for conducting real-world experimental studies. The on-campus research sites include: stormwater wetlands; bio-infiltration and bio-retention basins; bio-swale; green roof; geothermal wells; rain barrels; pervious concrete and porous asphalt; and solar panels.
Recent VCASE research initiatives include:
- Continuing studies on the long-term performance of stormwater control measures funded through Pennsylvania's Growing Greener and 319 NonPoint Source Pollution program.
- Converting wastewater byproducts such as fats, oils, and grease into renewable energy sources such as methane gas for the Philadelphia Water Department.
- Design of extremely efficient micro-scale heat exchangers to keep electronics, such as computer chips, cool.
- Three university studies into the science of bioretention funded by The Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology.
- An exploration of how pervious concrete and porous asphalt – both alternatives to conventional paving materials – can reduce negative stormwater runoff effects.
- An investigation of the long-term performance of mature stormwater abatement systems to determine how well they reduce the toxicity of stormwater runoff and how long these systems can properly remove contaminants before maintenance will be required for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
In addition to conducting research, VCASE faculty researchers also host industry and community outreach activities, collaborate across Villanova's other colleges, and build partnerships with other universities, engineering firms, and manufacturing organizations. In addition, VCASE members also serve in a counseling capacity to Villanova's facilities management office as it stewards changes according to the campus master plan. A recent result of this partnership was the retro-fitting of Fedigan Hall, an 80-year-old residence hall, which now boasts green amenities such as geothermal wells, porous asphalt, rain barrels, and rain gardens, among other environmental upgrades.


text: The mid-Piacenzian is known as a period of relative warmth when compared to the present day. A comprehensive understanding of conditions during the Piacenzian serves as both a conceptual model and a source for boundary conditions and means of verification of global climate model experiments. In this paper we present the PRISM4 reconstruction, a palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the mid-Piacenzian (~ 3 Ma) containing data for palaeogeography, land and sea-ice, sea-surface temperature, vegetation, soils and lakes. Our retrodicted palaeogeography takes into account glacial isostatic adjustments and changes in dynamic topography. Soils and lakes, both significant as land surface features, are introduced to the PRISM reconstruction for the first time. Sea-surface temperature and vegetation reconstructions are unchanged but now have confidence assessments. The PRISM4 reconstruction is being used as boundary condition data for the Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project, Phase 2 (PlioMIP2) experiments.

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In order to effectively solve the problems of low prediction accuracy and calculation efficiency of existing methods for estimating economic loss in a subway station engineering project due to rainstorm flooding, a new intelligent prediction model is developed using the sparrow search algorithm (SSA), the least-squares support vector machine (LSSVM) and the mean impact value (MIV) method. First, in this study, 11 input variables are determined from the disaster loss rate and asset value, and a complete method is provided for acquiring and processing data of all variables. Then, the SSA method, with strong optimization ability, fast convergence and few parameters, is used to optimize the kernel function and the penalty factor parameters of the LSSVM. Finally, the MIV is used to identify the important input variables, so as to reduce the predicted input variables and achieve higher calculation accuracy. In addition, 45 station projects in China were selected for empirical analysis. The empirical results revealed that the linear correlation between the 11 input variables and output variables was weak, which demonstrated the necessity of adopting nonlinear analysis methods such as the LSSVM. Compared with other forecasting methods, such as the multiple regression analysis, the backpropagation neural network (BPNN), the BPNN optimized by the particle swarm optimization, the BPNN optimized by the SSA, the LSSVM, the LSSVM optimized by the genetic algorithm, the PSO-LSSVM and the LSSVM optimized by the Grey Wolf Optimizer, the model proposed in this paper had higher accuracy and stability and was effectively used for forecasting economic loss in subway station engineering projects due to rainstorms.
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Tire and Car Contribution and Interaction to Low Frequency Interior Noise
A joint study was conducted between BMW and Goodyear with the objective of analysing the cause and identifying methods to reduce the structure-borne interior noise in a vehicle driving on rough road surfaces. A vibro-acoustic characterization of the car was performed by measuring the car vibro-acoustic transfer functions and by using a transfer path analysis technique to identify the main suspension parts affecting the interior noise at target frequencies. The vibration transmissibility characteristics of the tire were measured and also simulated by Finite Element in [1-200Hz] frequency range. The vibro-acoustic interaction between the tire and car sub-systems was examined. A Finite Element sensitivity analysis was used to define and build new prototype tires. A 3dB(A) interior noise improvement was obtained with these new tires at target frequencies.


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The first known serial killers in American history were the Harp boys. During the years of the Revolutionary War, the two cousins went on an indiscriminate killing rampage, killing anyone who got in their way. They killed infants, including their own, children, women and numerous men. They killed for the sake of killing.
by Doris Lane
Harp's Hill is near the Pond River in western Muhlenberg County, Ky., not far from Highway 62. There is a crossing in the road near Dixon named Harp's Head and one of the crossing roads is named Harp's Head Road. Some miles away, the precise location lost to time, there is a cave known as Harp's House. To tell how these places earned their names is to tell the story of Micajah (Big) and Wiley (Little) Harp, America's first known serial killers.
They passed for brothers, but were cousins, sons of brothers John and William Harpe, Scottish immigrants to Orange County, N.C. The boys were named William (Micajah/Big), son of John, and Joshua (Wiley/Little), son of William. Big Harp and Little Harp left home as young men in 1775, aiming to become overseers of slaves in Virginia. Career plans diverted by the American Revolution, the Harps instead became Tory outlaws in a gang that roved the North Carolina countryside, raping farmers' daughters, pillaging livestock and crops, and burning farmhouses. In the attempted kidnapping of one young girl by a Tory rape gang, Little Harp was shot and wounded by local Patriot Captain James Wood.

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High House to Stafford Castle Doorstep Walk
 Length of walk: Approx 4 miles
 Duration of walk: Approx 2-4 hours
 Good place to start: Ancient High House, Greengate Street
 Notes: Can be muddy
 1. Turn left down St Mary's Lane, cross the road and walk towards the railway station. However, immediately after crossing the River Sow take the path, left, down under the bridge and follow the riverside path in the direction of Broadeye Windmill.
 2. When the river bends right, use the ramp on the left to reach the road. Turn right, then left at the junction and pass over the railway bridge by. Detour left if desired to the new lake.
 3. Otherwise walk straight on along the tarmac path to the gate, then turn right and walk along the perimeter road of Castlefields estate to reach a farm lane. Go forward along the lane for about 150m, then join the cycle track which follows the former Stafford - Wellington railway line.
 4. At the next barrier rejoin the farm lane, on your left, and pass an old farmhouse. Continue uphill for 50m or so, turn left along a green lane to reach a wooded area on your right.
 5. Turn right here, pass a pool on your left and walk directly uphill along the field boundary towards the Castle.
 6. On reaching the edge of Castle Woods, turn left over a stile and follow the path round to the Visitor Centre. From this point take the recommended route round the Castle trail.
 7. Head back down the main drive of the Castle. At the gate turn left and follow the path along the edge of the wood to the stile near the sunken way. Then bear slightly right to a stile by trees at the top of the golf course. Return to town along the path beside the Golf course. Retrace your steps through Castletown to the river and continue along the riverside path through Victoria Park.
 8. Cross Mill Bank at the pedestrian crossing, walk up Water Street and then Church Lane. Turn right past St. Mary's Church to return to the High House.
 If you notice any changes with the walk, please make a note of the number and what the change is and email it over to us so we can make sure the directions are up to date.
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100mm Dia Driven Cased Piles 50 – 60KN
100mm diameter driven cased piles are the smallest piles that we install. There load capability is 60KN. We use this size of pile for conservatories, garage bases and other lightly loaded structures where access is restricted. The pile casings range from 1.0m to 2.0m sections. This enables the casings to be manually handled through doorways and into even into cellars.
The piles are driven internally with a grundomat (shown below). The grundomat is powered by compressed air. Our compressors can be located outside and air line run inside thus preventing any build up of fumes and minimising distruption.
The following is how each steel cased concrete filled pile is driven:
 1. 100mm nominal diameter "starter" casing is placed at pile the position complete with 500mm concrete / stone bung in toe.
 2. The grundomat 95 piling hammer, air driven is placed inside the starter.
 3. The grundomat and tube is raised into position of the pile and held virtically.
 4. the compressor is started up and the air tap gradually opened allowing hammer action of the grundomat to drive the casing.
 5. Once the casing if firm and aligned, open tap for maximum drive, and drive the starter to approx 300mm from ground level.
 6. The next length of casing "follower" is fillet welded to the starter via a spigot and socket joint.
 7. Driving contiues addeing more "followers" if required until the required resistance is reached.


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Tropical Forest Insect Pests
A comprehensive resource providing a clear, theoretical understanding of pest population dynamics and forest insect outbreaks. Tropical Forest Insect Pests promotes a better theoretical understanding of pest population dynamics, and causes of forest insect outbreaks in the tropics. Covering pests of both natural forests and plantations, it examines the diversity of tropical forest insects, their ecological functions, the concept of pests, and the incidence of pests in natural forests, plantations, and stored timber. General issues on which foresters and forest entomologists hold strong traditional views, such as the severity of pest incidence in plantations vs. natural forests, in plantations of exotics vs. indigenous tree species, and in monocultures vs. mixed plantations are discussed. The final section looks in detail at specific insect pests of the common plantation tree species across the tropics, with recommendations for their control. This is a comprehensive resource suitable for graduate students and researchers in forestry and tropical forest entomology, and for forest plantation managers in the tropics.
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Battle of Calderón Bridge
Part of the Mexican War of Independence
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Plan of the Battle of Calderón Bridge
Date 17 January 1811
Location Calderón Bridge, Zapotlanejo, Jalisco, Mexico
Result Spanish victory
 Mexico Spain Monarchy of Spain
Commanders and leaders
Miguel Hidalgo Félix María Calleja del Rey, 1st Count of Calderón
100,000 6,000
Casualties and losses
13,000 1,200
The Battle of Calderón Bridge (Spanish: Batalla del Puente de Calderón) was a decisive battle in the Mexican War of Independence, fought on the banks of the Calderón River 60 km (37 mi) east of Guadalajara in present day Zapotlanejo, Jalisco. Almost 100,000 Mexican revolutionists contributed to the attack, commanded by Miguel Hidalgo, Ignacio Allende, Juan Aldama and Mariano Abasolo. The Royalist forces, made up of little more than 6,000 professional soldiers, and fighting for the King of Spain, were led by Félix María Calleja del Rey, a Spanish military officer and (later) viceroy of New Spain. He was later given the title of conde de Calderón for the victory.[1]
The battle owes its name to the adjoining bridge, and the combatants' objective. The Battle of Calderón Bridge was the last militant episode of the first stage of the War of Independence.
Following Hidalgo's failed attempt to take Mexico City in October 1810, insurgent troops retreated toward Guanajuato, pursued by Royalist forces led by General Félix María Calleja. Unable to defend positions at Aculco, where Calleja's army intercepted the insurgents, Hidalgo decided to continue his army's retreat towards Guadalajara.[2]
The insurgent army, numbering approximately 100,000,[3] took up a defensive position at the Bridge of Calderón, where the road from Guanajuato to Guadalajara crossed the Calderón River. Ignacio Allende commanded the troops at the position. Calleja's forces, which numbered only 6,000 but were better equipped than the insurgent forces, arrived at the Bridge on January 16.
As the battle ensued, Royalist artillery struck an insurgent ammunitions wagon, which caused it to explode. The explosion dispersed much of the insurgent force, giving victory to the much smaller but better disciplined and equipped Royalist forces. Insurgent forces fled northwards after losing the battle with Royalist troops following them.
The insurgents' defeat in this battle effectively was a turning point in the War of Independence and resulted in a ten-year delay before insurgent victory and independence could be achieved.
The battle marked the end of the first stage of the war and was noted for the fact that the insurgents fought with more passion than strategy. The insurgent forces were devastated and the events that followed would lead up to the capture and ultimately the sentence of Hidalgo.
The insurgents fled north where, near Zacatecas, Hidalgo was divested of his military command in favour of Allende.[4] In March they received an invitation by the New Leonese general Ignacio Elizondo to meet at the Wells of Baján (Norias de Baján) in Coahuila, from where they would buy armaments in the United States. The first contingent arrived on March 21 with Allende, Aldama, Jiménez and Indalecio, son of Allende. They were welcomed and in an act of ambush, immediately taken prisoner. When the second contingent arrived with Abasolo, they were also captured and taken prisoner. Hidalgo ultimately arrived on horse and was personally apprehended by Elizondo.
The prisoners were taken to Chihuahua where they were tried. Allende, Aldama and Jiménez were shot on June 26, Hidalgo on July 30 and Abasolo was sentenced to life in prison in Cádiz, Spain, where he died in 1816.
Calderón Bridge was declared a Mexican historical monument in 1932.
 1. ^ (Spanish) "Calleja del Rey, Félix María," Enciclopedia de México, v. 2. Mexico City: 1996, ISBN 1-56409-016-7.
 2. ^ Meyer, Jean (1996). Hidalgo (in Spanish). Mexico: Editorial Clío.
 3. ^ [1]
 4. ^ Krauze, Enrique (August 1, 2002). Siglo De Caudillos (Trilogia Historica de Mexico) (in Spanish) (1 edition ed.). Barcelona: TusQuets. ISBN 970-699-048-8.
This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Spanish Wikipedia.
 - Velázquez, Rogelio (2000). Historia de México (in Spanish). Mexico City: Editorial Castillo. ISBN 970-20-0019-X.
 - Nieto López, José de Jesús (1998). Historia 3 (in Spanish). Mexico City: Editorial Castillo. ISBN 970-642-214-5.
 - Fuentes Mares, José (1984). Historia Ilustrada de México (in Spanish). Mexico City: Editorial Océano. ISBN 968-491-045-2.
 - Zárate, Julio (1889). Mécico a Través de Los Siglos (in Spanish). Mexico City: Editorial Cumbre.
 - Villalpando, José Manuel (2002). Miguel Hidalgo (in Spanish). Mexico City: Editorial Planeta D'Agostini. ISBN 970-726-050-5.
 - Hernández, Maite (2003). Miguel Hidalgo (in Spanish). Madrid: Editorial Dastin. ISBN 978-84-_PHONE_-5.
 - Young, Philip. History of Mexico, Her Civil Wars, and Colonial and Revolutionary Annals.
 - Bancroft, Hubert Hugh. History of Mexico, Vol. 4.
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Windows Task Scheduler will run applications that do not need human interaction.
- Nothing needs to be clicked,
- there is no text to be entered.
It's perfect for when you want the data to be downloaded before you arrive at work.It can also be used to refresh data without using Excel on your computer.
Windows Task Scheduler lets you choose which programs to run, and when to run them.
You can use a program provided by NEXT Analytics named NXACMD2017 which does two things for you:
- Opens puts fresh data in Excel spreadsheets
- Puts fresh data into Google Sheets
The business benefit is that any reporting system can be assured of having up to date information being reported.
- The advantage of using NXACMD2017 is that it doesn't require human interaction.
- It connects directly to the data service, downloads the data, and then puts the data into the spreadsheet. Because it connects directly from your computer, there is no quota applied by NEXT Analytics. Download as many gigabytes as you want, and you can do that at no extra cost or quota penalty.
- It does all this in background, without tying up your computer or making you have to do anything with a spreadsheet.
To learn the steps how to use this useful program, view this PDF document:


Re: Finite verbs
Date: Fri May 10 1996 - 10:39:45 EDT
Marion Fox here:
I have asked several questions about finite verbs and two persons responded
to my questions. I am grateful to those who responded to my questions. I
should like to trouble you some more on this subject.
In Romans 8:27 the subject of the sentence is HO...EREUNON...(The one
searching) is it not?
The finite verb OIDE (He knows) is something the subject is doing is it
not? By this I mean is the subject of this finite verb "The one searching"
the hearts?
Question: What is the subject of the finite verb ENTUGCHANEI (He makes
intercession-verse 27)? What rule of grammar/syntax have you used to
determine the subject of this verb?
Question: Is there a difference between ENTUGCHANEI HUPER (He makes
intercession in behalf of-verse 27) and HUPERENTUGCHANEI (He makes
intercession in behalf - verse 26)?
It would be helpful if a list of standardized transliteration would be
published on B-GREEK. I hope I have used the standard form for B-GREEK.
Marion R. Fox
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Devices (Device Usage metric)
The number of Visitors or Sessions by Device Type metric tells you the type of devices used by visitors to your website in a specific time range.
This information helps you optimize your website design, experience, content, and optimize your content for advertising campaigns.
What is the device type usage in your analytics dashboard?
Device type in your analytics refers to the visitors who use a mobile phone, desktop, or tablet. Some analytics tools display the device brand, as well.
As you might know by now, visitors to a website come from all around the globe and from all sorts of devices. While some industries are more keen to have visitors using a specific device in a high percentage, sometimes you have to declutter your statistics and see what type of device do people use when they visit your site.
Why is the Device Usage essential for you and your site?
Knowing the devices your website is accessed from helps you optimize your design and content for the devices that your customers use and display a consistent experience to your customers no matter the device they use. This means a higher chance to convert your visitor into a customer.
 Once you start to analyze the data (e.g., each visitor activity combined with device types), you will see the number of visitors by device type in a specific time range. This helps you observe and analyze trends in your traffic, identify opportunities, and easily see the problems that have an impact on your users based on the device type.
 Here a few examples of actions influenced by device type:
 1. Visitors who use a mobile device (e.g., smartphone) to check a site that's not mobile-friendly will:
 - Bounce fast and spend less time on the site
 It is easier to quit a site using a mobile device, and people are used with short content (mobile copywriting) and easy to use websites and apps - if your site lacks these, there is an extremely high chance to lose these customers.
 - Be less likely to perform purchases or fill forms
 If you have a non-mobile-friendly site, but you want your visitors to buy a product or sign-up to something, there is a low chance for this to happen if the user experience is not smooth.
 1. visitors who use a desktop device (computer, notebook)
 While we know for a fact that mobile devices are the leading source of internet traffic in the US and Europe, the highest percent of people spending/buying something online was coming from visits made through a desktop device. Here are a few facts to know about desktop device visitors:
 - They are familiar with long-form content, so if you have a more complex checkout or form, you may want to target desktop users with your ads. However, keep in mind that most of the research is done via mobile devices and the purchase via laptops/notebooks and desktop devices.
 - They spend a higher amount of time watching videos. This, again, helps you optimize the product video of your site (make it lengthier or shorter, based on your target group and stats) and optimize your video ads as well!


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What Do People Ask Online About Pole Dancing?
What do People Ask Online About Pole Dancing?
Remember that time you witnessed pole dancing for the first time and your jaw dropped?
Learning a new hobby appealed to you. You watched a few online videos and pictured yourself spinning on a pole. Maybe you planned to perform for your special someone.
And then someone close to you said something untoward, and you hesitated. Did you enroll in your first trial class? Or were you held back by fears?
Well, you're not alone! We've curated top questions asked on Reddit, Quora, and Twitter. Results suggest that first-time polers are afraid of how hard it can be or of negative judgment.
Read on to satiate your curiosity and overcome your objections:
How hard is pole dancing?
Quora How Hard is Pole Dancing?
Anyone can pole dance. There aren't pre-requisites to get started, like a former dance background, or developed a group of muscles from years at the gym or specific skill sets at a height like rock climbing. Pole dance isn't an activity that discriminates based on what body type you have, or what your physical training has been.
However, pole dancing requires consistent hard work to make progress at. If you have access to a good studio and teachers that's already half the battle won. You must practice at least three to four times a week to build core strength you need to execute aerial tricks, suspend upside-down on the pole and hold your poses through minutes-long routines. The good news is, practice pays off.
You also must work on your flexibility. Classes start with 20 minutes of warm-ups and stretch so you don't get injured. They design pole moves and routines so that everything you learn is cumulative; once you master the basics, in just two to three terms you could execute complicated aerial stunts in the air, upside down, and with showmanship!
Will people judge you for learning to pole dance?
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I learned pole in a private women-only studio with black-out curtains and a very discrete instructor, so I wasn't afraid of prying eyes or judgment. My family and friends told me over and over not to tell anyone else, but with time I lost a lot of fear around this.
People will always a judge, and they will judge you out of context. Especially if they never liked you in the first place, or if they're dissatisfied with their own lives.
I'd be wary of radio-announcing your newfound hobby around the workplace, or communities involving young kids or parents of young kids. As with nudity, so with pole dancing. You want to give them an option to not see you strutting your stuff if it's offensive to them. If they're not ready for it yet, it's their loss, it doesn't have to affect your ability to practice it within your own space.
Instead of negative judgment, I've only ever encountered praise and awe from both men and women. They're impressed by the feats I accomplish on the pole, they compare it to gymnastics and exclaim 'wow, you must have core strength!' or 'how do you do that with your body? You're so flexible!' Mostly I get positive feedback on how brave I must be to do this whenever I perform.
Pole dancing has become my prime passion, my body an instrument to spread body positivity to other women. That's so important, this year has seen a lot of debate around social media causing negative body image issues. How can I possibly keep such a thing quiet when I believe in healthy body perspectives?
Bruises – does it get better?
The answer is, yes! This too, shall pass. Everyone who starts a beginner class in pole complains about bruises. The first time you come home from a class looking bruised like a banana, you worry that your family may think you have an abusive boyfriend! The truth is, antibruise creams don't work as advertised.
Getting back on the pole, and practicing often, does. Bruising happens, in my opinion, in the early stages when you're too reliant on the touch points between your limbs or your joints and the pole to keep you aloft. Once you develop proper techniques and learn to engage your whole-body strength, you shouldn't bruise so easily.
Warm up in thick volleyball kneepads to protect your knees. You can use these during exotic pole, too. Wear more coverage, like yoga pants and long-sleeved shirts, when you practice floor work (for those pesky shoulder rolls, shoulder stands, and legwork on your back).
Is pole dancing a sport?
Pole dancing can be a sport. I know there are those trying to get it accepted by the relevant committees to make it an Olympic sport. But I see it more as an art form. I don't think it has to be a sport to be touted as something 'acceptable' or 'mainstream' that many people can do for either fitness or as a hobby.
It's such a close-ended question to ask. Like asking, 'is ballet a sport'? The idea of making it seem like a sport instead of a dance or art form makes it sound so competitive. Like we need to have X medals in pole dance competition or Y qualifying rounds of elimination to determine who is fit to pole dance and who is not. Like there are certain 'organizations' who have to govern over it and put it on a billboard or provide a place for it in a stadium for us to accept it.
I much prefer a pole dance community that is open and not judged. Where we get to wear our sexy high heels and star-studded bikinis and celebrate one another's showmanship, grace, lines, techniques, and styles. Pole dancing is beautiful when we come at it from a place of acceptance — of everyone's diversity in expressing themselves through this art form.
Now we've answered your burning questions, come join PoleCon 2019 and get pole dancing!
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Te Waha Nui report by Skye Wishart
Hikers in the Waitakeres can expect track closures in July to limit the spread of kauri dieback disease.
The closure of 27km of the Waitakeres' 260km of tracks is to be approved imminently, says principal biosecurity advisor for the Auckland Council, Nick Waipara.
The goal is to create disease-free sanctuaries and cut off areas infected by the kauri-killing water mould Phytophthera taxon Agathis, or PTA.
The disease, commonly called kauri dieback, is thought to be spread by soil movement.
The decision comes after surveys showed that the 100 or so boot-washing stations put in place were largely ignored by the public who did, however, respect track closures when they were trialled in spring over the past two years.
"We had a much higher compliance with track closures than with cleaning stations," said Waipara.
Helicopter and ground surveys suggest that 13 per cent of the kauri in the Waitakeres is visibly infected with PTA. Almost 70 per cent of these diseased trees are located near tracks.
Infected trees develop yellowed leaves, dying branches and a thick, sticky "pus" oozing from rotting bark. Moving up from the base of the tree, the rot can advance at 9cm per year.
PTA spores can sit dormant in the soil for years. When it rains, they release little mobile "zoospores" that can move around in the soil and invade susceptible roots.
Time until the trees' death varies, but in the lab, young potted kauri can die three weeks after infection.
Waipara says despite the track closures, there are still many options for hiking — on alternative tracks.
"You can still get to the Tom Thumb tree [for example] by other tracks.
"Closing one track in southern Huia didn't work, because fishermen use it, and they weren't going to bush-bash.
"We know there are limitations [to which tracks we can close]…when there are no alternatives."
The president of the Auckland Tramping Club, Graeme McGowan, says most trampers are very environmentally aware and will support further closures if they are kept informed on their effectiveness.
"If there's evidence that [the disease] is spread through people's movement then the vast majority would respect it," he said.
"But we need the [dieback management] team to say 'Yes, it's really making a difference'. We need communication.
"Close the tracks, but once every 12 months, or whenever, come back and tell us what's happening.
"I hope that it will be combined with a good public awareness campaign because tramping clubs only make up part of the total number of people [using the tracks]."
Waipara says pigs are another risk in the spread of PTA, and the council has trebled pig-culling contracts in the Waitakeres since 2009.
"[Pigs] move a lot of soil just through their feeding behaviour."
Pigs may also spread the disease if they eat infected roots and move to another area.
Plant pathologist Stanley Bellgard, of Landcare Research, says the sooner more areas are closed off, the better.
"As we accumulate evidence, we're losing trees. We don't have the luxury of gradualism."
He is working on the problem with other scientists from Landcare Research, Scion and Plant & Food Research.
Today, kauri dieback is found in the Waitakeres, Omahuta plantations, Glenbervie, Russell Forest, Okura, Albany, Pakiri, Trounson Kauri Park and Waipoua Forest.
The Kauri Dieback Management Team is a joint agency response team made up of DOC, MAF, the four regional councils of Northland, Auckland, Waikato and the Bay of Plenty, and the maori group Tangata Whenua Roopu. The team contracts the scientific research institutes.


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SplitterContainer control with a fixed panel is resized due to the DPI setting, the
SplitterDistance value is not changed. This may result in the fixed panel appearing either too small or too large, depending on whether the DPI setting was increased or decreased.
For example, a Form with
AutoScaleMode set to
ScaleMode.DPI, and a
FixedPanel set to
SplitterDistance set to 140 appears as follows at it's native DPI (100%):
This is how it appears when run at a higher DPI (125%):
All the controls were resized, but
SplitterDistance was left unchanged at 140.
Note that this is only a problem when
SplitterContainer.FixedPanel is set to
Panel2. If it was set to
SplitterDistance would be adjusted to match the resizing.
The solution to adjust
SplitterDistance during the
Form.Shown event handler. The resizing does not work properly if performed in the constructor or the
Form.Load event handler.
Using the code
Include the following code snippet in your Form-derived class:
private SizeF scale = new SizeF(1.0f, 1.0f);
protected override void ScaleControl(SizeF factor, BoundsSpecified specified)
scale = new SizeF(scale.Width * factor.Width, scale.Height * factor.Height);
private void Fix(Control c)
foreach (Control child in c.Controls)
if (child is SplitContainer)
SplitContainer sp = (SplitContainer)child;
private void Fix(SplitContainer sp)
float sc = (sp.Orientation == Orientation.Vertical)? scale.Width : scale.Height;
if (sp.FixedPanel == FixedPanel.Panel1)
sp.SplitterDistance = (int)Math.Round((float)sp.SplitterDistance * sc);
else if (sp.FixedPanel == FixedPanel.Panel2)
int cs = (sp.Orientation == Orientation.Vertical)? sp.Panel2.ClientSize.Width :sp.Panel2.ClientSize.Height;
int newcs = (int)((float)cs * sc);
sp.SplitterDistance -= (newcs - cs);
Remember to call
Fix(this) from the Form's
Shown event handler. For Example:
private void Form1_Shown(object sender, EventArgs e)
Points of Interest
I am puzzled as to why the SplitterDistance values must be adjusted during the
event handler, and not during
Form.Load or the constructor. If anyone can explain this, please leave a comment.
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World War II
New Forest Remembers - Untold Stories of World War II
Few people realise the important role that the New Forest played in World War II. Its strategic location on the south coast meant that the New Forest was crucial in a range of operations and was home to a wide range of World War II installations. Whilst some of these are still visible today, many have been hidden by soil and vegetation or lost during land management activities.
It is estimated that the current archaeological records provide details of only a small proportion of the actual sites and artefacts that are present in the Forest. Similarly, at present there is a wealth of untapped information about the World War II activities in the memories of those who were living in the New Forest at the time, whether they be evacuees, local residents, or military personnel either from this country or from abroad. These people are now reaching their 80s and 90s and so it is critical to capture these memories during the next few years, to ensure that they can inform the understanding of future generations.
Current interpretation and general communication about World War II in the New Forest is also limited to a number of well-known sites, which further increases the bias in knowledge about our recent past. So despite a resurging interest in local history and information about World War II, the important role that the New Forest played during the period remains generally unknown by both visitors and residents alike.
The New Forest Remembers Project intends to address the lack of survey work, knowledge and understanding about the New Forest's role in World War II and aims to bring the war years alive for a wide range of people including residents, visitors, school children and community groups, offering a wide range of volunteering opportunities for those who might wish to be further involved.


text: Multilayered power-ground (PG) planes are commonly used to supply power to circuits in high-speed electronic packages and printed circuit boards (PCBs). In this paper, we propose an efficient integral equation equivalent network method to simulate the interference produced by the rerouted return currents of signal traces inside such PG planes. The integral equation is created based on the geometrical features of the PG planes. Therefore, it could reduce the computing time and will be maintaining good accuracy. By discretizing the integral equation, a multiport equivalent network model is derived for each layer of the PG planes. Their [ ] matrices are then obtained. These [ ] matrices can be smoothly integrated with signal traces and other circuit models of lumped components mounted in the package and on the PCB, so that the system-level signal integrity and power integrity can be simulated efficiently.


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In the following jQuery, the.each() method takes two arguments: 'ul li a' and menu. What do these two arguments mean?
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The second parameter to the jQuery function is the context. This tells jQuery to only search for elements that are in that context
So for your example:
This will only search for anchors within li's within a ul, that are also located inside of menu.
This can be a very useful optimization since it can significantly cut down the amount of space jQuery has to search.
To possibly make this a bit clearer (as jfriend00 points out), your particular example, $('ul li a', menu), is equivalent to $('.menu ul li a')
The context parameter is explained here in the docs
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To clarify: $('ul li a', menu) is the same as $('.menu ul li a') in this particular case. – jfriend00 Dec 31 '11 at 5:53
really clarifieed – Istiaque Ahmed Dec 31 '11 at 5:57
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Hello Brother Assalamu Alaikkum,
The explanation is as follows,
The first parameter is 'ul li a' It means that it searches for the anchor tag within the list item tag which in turn present inside the unordered list tag. This first argument is the sub context.
The second parameter menu which is the main context. That is jquery searches for the elements with the class name as "menu".
Finally jquery searches the sub context within the main context. So the jquery searches for the main context "menu" first and then it searches the sub context within the main context. The keyword "each" denotes all the sub elements to be searched within the main element.
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WHITEHALL – The White Lake area is turning a corner in its environmental history as work moves from cleaning up hazardous materials to restoring the area's wetlands to their natural condition.
Excavation of the wetlands at the former Occidental Chemical site will start in June, Muskegon Conservation District Executive Director Jeff Auch said. Most of the work will be to remove earth and concrete placed into the wetlands to push the usable shoreline further into the lake for docking during the area's industrial period.
Once the foreign material is removed, the seeds of native plants will begin to regenerate the wetland, Auch said.
"That site is actually very clean," he said.
Other work will include removing black locust trees, which are not native to Michigan and were likely planted when the property was a religious retreat, Auch said.
The worst of White Lake's contamination from the days of tanning leather and manufacturing chemicals is cleaned up, Auch said, though groundwater remediation continues at some sites. Since there are no immediate plans to redevelop the sites, the companies that owned them have mostly decided to return them to prairies or wetlands, he said.
"It either stands as a wasteland or they choose to do something beneficial with it," he said. "And they've decided to do something beneficial with it."
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Making Reusable iPhone Widgets with Interface Builder
One annoying thing about Interface Builder, at least for the iPhone, is that there is not a direct way of making reusable widgets that are both made *in* Interface Builder and *for* Interface Builder. I came up, though, with a set of instructions and helpers that make the process fairly painless. The class is called IBView, and should be used as the parent class for your reusable widget.
Here's how to create the widget:
 1. Create a class for your new widget, called MyWidget. Inherit from the IBView class (code provided below). Create all of the IBOutlets you want for your widget.
 2. Create a view with the same name as your widget class in Interface Builder. If your widget was named "MyWidget.m" then your interface should be called "MyWidget.xib". DO NOT set the class of this view or any subview to be of the MyWidget (or whatever class you are create) type. DO NOT do it.
 3. Set the "File's Owner" of your interface in Interface Builder to be the name of the class that you are creating - MyWidget in this case.
 4. Set up any connections you want between your IB view and File's Owner (i.e. your widget).
Now, your widget is created. You can now use the view in any IB panel by doing putting in a generic UIView, and setting the class name to your new class (MyWidget in this case).
Important caveat - one consequence of creating the view in Interface Builder is that there will be an extra view between the main view represented by your class and the rest of the elements of your class. Basically, your custom view acts as a generic view, and then *loads in* your Interface Builder file as a subview, meaning that the toplevel view in Interface Builder will sit under your MyWidget view. This is usually unimportant if you are just using IBOutlet stuff, but if you do advanced view management, it would be important to know that a view sits between you and the rest of your sub-widgets.
Okay, here is the code for IBView.m - just very simple code, with a tiny bit of Objective-C magic thrown in:
_TAG_ "IBView.h"
_USER_ IBView
-(void) loadViewsFromBundle {
NSString *class_name = NSStringFromClass([self class]);
NSLog(@"Loading bundle: %@", class_name);
UIView *mainSubView = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:class_name owner:self options:nil] lastObject];
[self addSubview:mainSubView];
-(id) initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)coder {
self = [super initWithCoder:coder];
if(self) {
[self loadViewsFromBundle];
return self;
- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame {
self = [super initWithFrame:frame];
if (self) {
[self loadViewsFromBundle];
// Initialization code.
return self;
And IBView.h is super-simple:
_TAG_
_USER_ IBView : UIView {
And that's all there is to it!


until a switch back to the first tree is necessary. The alternative is the coroutine or cofunction of the current traversal function.
 Cont = element -> Cont -> List of element
 merge tree1 tree2 =
 let rec
 traverse tree cont switch alternative =
 if null tree then
 cont switch alternative
 traverse (left tree) (travright tree cont) switch alternative,
 travright tree cont switch alternative =
 if null tree then
 cont switch alternative
 else if elt tree <= switch then
 (elt tree).(traverse (right tree) cont switch alternative)
 alternative (elt tree) (travright tree cont ), --- [*]
 m tree1 cont1 tree2 cont2 =
 if not null (left tree1) then
 m (left tree1) (travright tree1 cont1) tree2 cont2
 else if not null (left tree2) then
 m tree2 cont2 tree1 cont1
 else if elt tree1 <= elt tree2 then
 travright tree1 cont1 (elt tree2) (travright tree2 cont2)
 travright tree2 cont2 (elt tree1) (travright tree1 cont1),
 fin switch cont = cont maxint halt,
 halt switch cont = nil
 if null tree1 then
 traverse tree2 halt maxint halt
 else if null tree2 then
 traverse tree1 halt maxint halt
 else m tree1 fin tree2 fin
 fin, halt :Cont
 traverse, travright :Tree of element -> Cont -> Cont
 m :Tree of element -> Cont -> Tree of element -> Cont -> List of element
 merge : Tree of element -> Tree of element -> List of element
A continuation simulates a coroutine. Its element parameter is a parameter of the resumption. The Cont parameter is the other coroutine, itself to be resumed at a later date. When the alternative is resumed [*] it is given a switch parameter and the "current" coroutine. Note that travright is not a continuation but
 travright t c :Cont, if t:Tree of element, c:Cont
If one of the trees is empty, traverse the other tree. Otherwise'm' finds the least element of tree1 (and later tree2) while building a continuation to traverse tree1. When the continuation for each tree is built, the appropriate one is started and the two of them swap control as necessary.
Pascal and Algol.
The treemerge function cannot be programmed in Pascal because this language does not allow recursive function types such as 'Cont'. However it can be programmed in Algol-68 which does allow such types.
McVitie and Wilson give an Algol-60 program for the stable marriage problem [McVi71, algorithm 2 and sec3.2]. It uses recursive procedure calls in a way that mimics continuations. Coincidentally, it appeared at about the same time as Mazurkiewicz's paper [Mazu71]. The stable marriage problem has a natural solution by coroutines [Alli83].
The use of continuations allow a function to govern the flow of control into and out of what would normally be considered a subsequent computation. This allows unusual control regimes such as non-determinism and coroutines to be simulated in functional programming. In particular, non-deterministic grammars can be parsed by simple recursive descent plus continuations and functions can be made to cooperate as coroutines.
[Alli83] L. Allison. Stable marriages by coroutines. Information Processing Letters 16 pp61-65 Feb 1983.
[Carl84] M.Carlsson. On implementing Prolog in functional programming. 1984 International Symposium on Logic Programming pp154-159.
[Cloc81] W.F.Clocksin, C.S.Mellish. Programming in Prolog. Springer Verlag 1981.
[Jone84] N.D.Jones, A.Mycroft. Denotational semantics of Prolog. 1984 International Symposium on Logic Programming pp281-288
[Mazu71] A.W.Mazurkiewicz. Proving algorithms by tail functions. Information and Control 18 p220-_PHONE_.
[McVi71] D.G.McVitie, L.B.Wilson. The stable marriage problem. CACM 14(7) pp486-490 July 1971, and algorithm 411 CACM 14(7) pp491-492 July 1971.
[Miln76] R.Milne, C.Strachey. A Theory of Programming Language Semantics. Chapman Hall 1976 (2 vols).
[Nich85] T.Nicholson, N.Foo. A denotational semantics for Prolog. Basser Dept. Computer Science, University of Sydney 1985.
[Stra74] C.Strachey, C.P.Wadsworth. Continuations, a mathematical semantics for handling full jumps. PRG-11 Oxford University 1974
See [treemerge.a68], [Pascal] and also [1990].
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Learning Discriminative Stein Kernel for SPD Matrices and Its Applications
Stein kernel (SK) has recently shown promising performance on classifying images represented by symmetric positive definite (SPD) matrices. It evaluates the similarity between two SPD matrices through their eigenvalues. In this paper, we argue that directly using the original eigenvalues may be problematic because: 1) eigenvalue estimation becomes biased when the number of samples is inadequate, which may lead to unreliable kernel evaluation, and 2) more importantly, eigenvalues reflect only the property of an individual SPD matrix. They are not necessarily optimal for computing SK when the goal is to discriminate different classes of SPD matrices. To address the two issues, we propose a discriminative SK (DSK), in which an extra parameter vector is defined to adjust the eigenvalues of input SPD matrices. The optimal parameter values are sought by optimizing a proxy of classification performance. To show the generality of the proposed method, three kernel learning criteria that are commonly used in the literature are employed as a proxy. A comprehensive experimental study is conducted on a variety of image classification tasks to compare the proposed DSK with the original SK and other methods for evaluating the similarity between SPD matrices. The results demonstrate that the DSK can attain greater discrimination and better align with classification tasks by altering the eigenvalues. This makes it produce higher classification performance than the original SK and other commonly used methods.


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Two years ago Providence followed a national trend and became one of the first urban areas in Rhode Island to legalize raising small backyard chicken flocks. Residents for the first time were able to raise up to six chickens and have the benefit of eating fresh eggs. Recently, Cranston's Mayor Allan Fung vetoed an ordinance similar to Providence's that would allow residents to raise small backyard flocks, posing the question: should backyard chickens be legal in urban areas? What are the benefits and concerns about backyard chickens?
There are several good reasons why you should look into raising your very own backyard chickens.
- Eggs from backyard chickens are healthier.
- Eggs from backyard chickens are tastier.
- Chickens are natural defenders against insects: they will protect your yards!
- You know where you're getting your eggs from!
- Chicken compost (high in nitrogen) is awesome for your yard and garden!
- Children can learn the responsibility of raising chickens
- They're fun to raise, learn about and even watch in the yard!
With these reasons and more, there is enough evidence to see why many urban areas are hopping on the trend of making it legal to raise backyard chickens. Now on to the concerns of raising chickens not only in urban areas but in general.
- Noise (If you have a rooster you know how this feels.)
- Damage to soil or garden
These can be pretty big concerns, and I didn't even list why Cranston vetoed the ordinance. Cranston has had a rat problem over the last couple of years, and many residents are concerned that with more backyard chickens, the bigger the rat population could get. Three major factors found that residents and the mayor thought would be deal-breakers were: rats, noise and property values.
Noise is an obvious complaint of neighborhoods and this would only happen if owners raise roosters. The last argument is property values of homes and whether or not it deters buyers from owning a home next to one that raises chickens. Warren and Barrington both passed ordinances recently allowing owners to raise chickens. Many other house markets in Rhode Island allow the ownership of chickens. As stated in the Providence Business Journal, "The fact that chickens are legal in many of the state's hottest property markets would seem to point to flocks now being considered desirable by potential buyers."
So what do you think? Should they be legal? Please comment and let us know what you think of the issue!


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Lobster, Caribbean spiny – Florida
Caribbean Spiny Lobsters grow fast, are highly fecund (very fertile), and can live up to 20 years.
Centered in Florida, fishing pressure on Caribbean Spiny Lobsters in U.S. waters is heavy.
Caribbean Spiny Lobsters in Florida waters exhibit a truncated size structure, meaning that so many have been caught at a young age that the average size of a Spiny Lobster has declined, and commercial catches in recent years have been below the long-term average.
Fishers use traps to catch Caribbean Spiny Lobsters, resulting in minimal bycatch. Concerns exist, however, about the widespread use of undersized Spiny Lobsters, in lieu of other bait, in Spiny Lobster traps, which is illegal.
This fish may have high levels of mercury that could pose a health risk to adults and children. More mercury info here.


The Technique Behind Frosted Glass
Frosted glass doors offer a great deal of privacy, while still maintaining the flow of your home or business and letting light come into rooms, even when the door is closed. They are an excellent option for smaller homes where extra light makes the space look and feel better. They are great for businesses, allowing light into what could otherwise be a drab workspace, while still giving employees the privacy they need to work. Of course, these are just two ways to use frosted glass doors; many people choose them for their showers, pantries, closets, entry ways, and bedrooms.
Frosted glass is made using one of two methods – acid etching and sandblasting. Both processes evenly roughen up the surface of the glass, creating a uniform color and smooth surface that still allows light in. Acid etching uses strong acids to cut into the surface of the glass. Typically, this process is used when a design is being etched into the glass. Sandblasting blows tiny, rough particles like sand at the surface of the glass. These particles hit the glass at high speeds causing tiny microscopic scratches to appear on the surface of the glass. Eventually, enough scratches appear that the glass looks like it has been covered in the frost of an early winter morning.
Like a morning frost, frosted glass doors have a delicate beauty that is undeniable. Unlike the frost found in nature, however, when you buy frosted glass doors from The Sliding Door Company, your doors will be around for much more than a morning. Our frames and glass are highly durable and are made to last for years to come.
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Configuration as code
decK can be, or rather should be, used in a CI pipeline to push out configuration
It is advisable to store configuration of Kong in a Git repository (or any other
Version Control System, or VCS) and then perform GitOps on Kong's configuration:
- Any time a change needs to be performed, ask the developer to open a
Pull or Merge Request, which can be reviewed by other humans.
You should use
deck validate and
deck diff commands in the CI to validate
and see if the target changes will be performed or not.
Although unlikely, it is possible that a
deck sync command might fail
even if the above two pass. If this happens, a human has to intervene and
resolve the conflict or error manually.
- Once the configuration change is merged in, the CI should execute
again (to have a log of what is changing), followed by
You should also have a
cronjob in your CI or any other system, which verifies
if the source of truth, meaning Kong's database is in the exact same state as
you want it to be (the state file in VCS repository).
Unless you do this step, you do not have a truly declarative configuration
as your are configure Kong but are never verifying. The system could be
out of sync and can go undetected until another change is performed.
Any time you use decK within an automated environment, including a
deck ping command in the beginning of your script can ease debugging
in the future, as it usually rules out connectivity issues between decK and Kong.


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Friday, 7 December 2018
Kurokami sama
What is Kurokami Sama?
It is the name of a ritual as well as of a god.*1
This ritual can be done when you have received unfair treatment, such as bullying and power harrassment*2, from others.
How to do it
1. Pull out a strand of your hair.
2. Holding the strand of your hair in your hand, intone the name of the person you want to get revenge on and what deeds this person has done to you. And say, "May my wrongs be avenged."
3. Go up to a high place like the top of a building, and say "Kurokami sama, please avenge my wrongs," and let go of the strand of the hair.
Make sure you tell no one about the ritual
There was once a girl called K who was being bullied at school. As soon as she performed the ritual, those who were bullying her met with misfortunes one by one; some had their families broken up, some fell victims to incurable disease, and others suffered severe mental breakdown. The bullying to her stopped, but one day K came across another bullying done to another girl, and she taught the girl about Kurokami sama ritual. Right after that, the fortunes of K's bullies gradually began to rise, and instead K's fortune quickly declined. K eventually disappeared. No one knows where she is now.
When is Kurokami sama active?
It is said that Kurokami sama begins to be active around two after midnight to fulfil the wish of those who seek the god's help. Kurokami sama appears in the form of "something that is covered competely by hair." If a "good person" happens to encounter Kurokami sama, it will bring luck to the person, but if a "bad person" encounters Kurokami sama, it will bring misfortune to the person. There has been sporadic reports of sightings of Kurokami sama in Kanto region. *3
*1Kurokami sama - Kuro (黒) means black, kami (髪) means hair and sama is a horonific for someone of a higher rank than yourself or for deities (Wikipedia).
*2 5 facts about Power Harassment: Workplace Bullying in Japan
*3 Kanto Region - an area encompasing Tokyo (Wikipedia)
Friday, 30 November 2018
Announcement from Saya (AGAIN)
Thank you everyone for your kind messages yesterday.
I'm not trying to create a confusion here, but yesterday I had a very, very, VERY bad day.
But today I feel better and I realise I want to keep this blog going and it's not such a good idea to leave it unupdated for too long.
So I have decided to update something next week.
I'm sorry to have confused you.
I love you all,
(P.S. I will reply to your comments soon)
Thursday, 29 November 2018
Announcement from Saya
Hi everyone! Thank you always for your support!
I would just like to let you know that I may not be updating the blog until Christmas.
I'm too busy and too tired right now. If I change my mind, I will let you know!
Take care and be happy! :)
Much Love,
Tuesday, 27 November 2018
Notsuke Peninsula, Hokkaido
Notsuke Peninsula in Hokkaido is Japan's longest sandspit, extending for 26 km (about 16 miles) in length. Withered pine trees stand all around on the wetland, giving the landscape a bleak and otherworldly appearance.
Todowara, Notsuke Peninsula, aka "The End of the World"
But it is rumoured that on a foggy day, this place truly becomes a gateway of anotherwold.
On such a day, people are warned not to walk towards the direction from which the sound of bells comes, or not to follow after a little girl wearing red dress.
Sunday, 25 November 2018
Emergency Shelter
(Translated by Saya)
This is a cryptic story! :)
A certain countryside region was hit by earthquake.
I headed to the nearest elementary school building, which was a designated emeregency shelter, and decided to spend a night in there; but as turned out, it was too crowded and therefore too noisy and too warm.
When I went outside to get some fresh air, I noticed there was another building with the lights out on the same premises.
I walked over to it and went inside. It was cool, quiet and a lot of people were lying down on the floor.
I felt so lucky to have found the place and lay down in the same way as the others to go to sleep. But after a while I realised there was something wrong with the place. It was far too quiet.
I dashed out of the building.
Monday, 19 November 2018
Yokai or Ghost? A Creepy Woman Appears in Hokkaido, Japan
 A creepy woman appears in Sapporo, Hokkaido, who stands in the middle of a pedestrian crossing and keeps staring ahead even after traffic lights have changed.
(Translated by Saya)
1: Anonymous 2018/11/11(Sun) 23:12:14.45 ID:jBrM7swNd
Pure horror
3: Anonymous 2018/11/11(Sun) 23:12:55.85 ID:HwScmoOB0
OK scary
6: Anonymous 2018/11/11(Sun) 23:13:31.28 ID:PPuJ216O0
Frightened the living daylights out of me!
8: Anonymous 2018/11/11(Sun) 23:13:53.64 ID:8D5sQ8j50
This is like a materialised ghost
12: Anonymous 2018/11/11(Sun) 23:14:21.56 ID:bQohlaqe0
I thought she was going to attack the car, but she just keeps standing there. That makes it even creepier.
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
The Suspension Bridge
(Translated by Saya)
This is a true story that really happened to my friend, although he never told me the exact location where it took place.
The incident caused two deaths, and he himself had to be quesitoned by the police over and over again.
I heard the story in question from my friend while we were still at college...
It happened when my friend and his six coworkers at his part-time job went for a drive to a suspension bridge in a certain prefecture in the Chugoku region.*1
They split off and drove separately in two cars.
My friend was the driver of the second car.
In the first car which drove ahead of him, there were the manager and a couple, and in his own car there were the remaining four people including himself.
Although they set off in the morning, due to the many stops they made on the way, the sun was already setting when they arrived at the suspension bridge.
The suspension bridge ran across a deep valley in the middle of a mountain.
As they approached the bridge, it began to drizzle, and fog started swirling around them.
There was an open space in front of the bridge, and if the weather were fine, they would have parked their cars in there and crossed the bridge to the other side on foot and come back.
(The other side of the bridge was a dead end. The bridge was left there for sight-seeing.)
However, the moment they reached the open space, the first car came to an abrupt halt.
"What are they doing...?"
The four people, who were inside the second car which also stopped about 10 metres behind the first car, had no clue as to why the manager stopped his car. For some minutes, those in the second car just sat there looking on.
Sunday, 11 November 2018
Full Moon
(Translated by Saya)
The following is the account of my mother's experience...
Five years ago, my mother was working for my father's business partner.
Her boss, the company director, would become very irritable at times, and lose his temper at the slightest provacation.
Someone would tell him, "please make sure you look through these documents," and he would somehow blow up, and start taking his anger on the objects around him, and sometimes even start throwing them around.
One day, my mother was on her way home thinking "he was in a bad mood today too," when she noticed the full moon in the sky.
The same thing happened the following month, and the month after that; and she realised that when her boss became irritable it was invariably on a full moon day.
In time, she started thinking, "I don't want to go to work tomorrow because it's a full moon day."
But the boss died suddenly, and it was not because of illness or an accident. He had seemed perfectly robust and healthy up until the time of his death.
Apparently, he had a heart attack. People conjectured that perhaps he had been working too hard.
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The motivation behind the world's fastest electric ice cream van
What motivates an inventor and entrepreneur to design the world's fastest ice cream van? Edd China, a British inventor and TV presenter from Surrey, has broken the Guinness World Record by creating an ice-cream that clocked up speeds of 73.921 mph. Although he doesn't sell ice-cream for a living, he is on a mission to decrease carbon emissions and demonstrate that businesses aren't negatively impacted by embracing electric vehicle technology.
This is Edd's seventh Guinness World Record title centred around speedy motorised vehicles, but the project was never about just breaking records. After Edd discovered that ice cream vans were being banned in some London boroughs due to their harmful emissions, he decided to create a special engine conversion kit that can run on electricity rather than diesel. He hopes to roll it out as a business, and in doing so, to future-proof ice cream vans as a key part of the British summer.
The van originally ran on a Mercedes Sprinter diesel engine. After two years of modifications the record was broken at Elvington Airfield in Yorkshire with a speed which would have warranted a speeding ticket on a motorway.
What's next for the inventor? He has his sights set on breaking the record for the fastest motorized shopping trolley currently held at 70.4 mph and to make it street legal.
Other notable records involving automobiles include:
The longest journey by a coffee-powered car
In 2010, a Volkswagon Scirocco was driven 337 km from London to Manchester powered by coffee. The modified car works by heating coffee granules in a charcoal fire, which break down into carbon monoxide and hydrogen. 'Car-puccino' can reportedly reach 60 mph and achieved 1 mile per 56 espressos. The process works because coffee granules contain a small amount of carbon.
The fastest police car in service
To help them keep up with rich businessmen in their speeding sports cars, police in Dubai decided to invest in one of the most powerful production cars on the planet: a Bugatti Veyron. With a blistering top speed of 253 mph and a US$1.6 million price tag, the Dubai police parked the Veyron alongside a Lamborghini Aventador that they already owned. The Veyron, however, was renowned in 2016 as the second fastest street-legal car in the world, only pipped by the 301 mph Hennessey Venom GT.
Guinness World Records 2021 book has just been released.


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Problem : SAP Material documents associated with goods movements can be tracked via SAP Document Flow. Material documents generated via other processes like initial entry of goods into SAP, stock input into SAP cannot be viewed via document flow.
Solution : Use Transaction code MB03. The menu path for the same is [ SAP Easy Access -> Logistics -> Material Management -> Physical Inventory -> Environment -> MB03 Material Document ]
Step 1 : Enter SAP tcode MB03 and Enter/ Search the material document number and Fiscal year
Step 2 : SAP will display the material document number which includes
- The materials associated with the material document
- Quantities, Plants etc
- Also the Accounting documents ( By clicking on the Accounting Documents button in the toolbar) associated with the material movement if any.
This post is also useful for SAP MM training and SAP PP Training students. If you have issues with SAP IDES Access, like expired user id or locked user id, please contact us and mention your SAP ID and name.
Question 1 : What is the significance of "Posting Date" in the material document?
Question 2 : Can you change the material document after it is being posted?
Question 3 : Find out some (random) material documents generated for material M-01 in the FY 2003 and write them down here
Question 4 : Do Material Document types have a Document Type? ( Similar to SAP Sales Document type )


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The four main types of bandages are gauze, compression, triangular and tube. The bandages made from cloth or from paper, these are exceptionally versatile. All Safety Products sells several types of bandages such as medical gauze, shoe covers, bandages, and other types of disposable medical supplies online.
Types of bandages
Gauze bandage (common gauze roller bandage)
The most common type of bandage is the gauze bandage, a simple woven strip of material, or a woven strip of material with a Telfa absorbent barrier to prevent adhering to wounds. A gauze bandage can come in any number of widths and lengths, and can be used for almost any bandage application, including holding a dressing in place.
The United States Pharmacopeia lists it as a form in which Absorbent Gauze may be provided. It is prepared from type 1 Absorbent gauze in various widths and lengths.
The term 'compression bandage' describes a wide variety of bandages with many different applications. Short stretch compression bandages
are applied to a limb (usually for treatment of lymphedema or venous ulcers. This type of bandage is capable of shortening around the limb after application and is therefore not exerting ever-increasing pressure during inactivity. This dynamic is called resting pressure and is considered safe and comfortable for long-term treatment. Conversely, the stability of the bandage creates a very high resistance to stretch when pressure is applied through internal muscle contraction and joint movement. This force is called working pressure.
Long stretch compression bandages have long stretch properties, meaning their high compressive power can be easily adjusted. However, they also have a very high resting pressure and must be removed at night or if the patient is in a resting position.
Also known as a cravat bandage, a triangular bandage is a piece of cloth put into a right-angled triangle, and often provided with safety pins to secure it in place. It can be used fully unrolled as a sling, folded as a normal bandage, or for specialized applications, as on the head. One advantage of this type of bandage is that it can be makeshift and made from a fabric scrap or a piece of clothing. The Boy Scouts popularized use of this bandage in many of their first aid lessons, as a part of the uniform is a "neckerchief" that can easily be folded to form a cravat.
A tube bandage is applied using an applicator, and is woven in a continuous circle. It is used to hold dressings or splints on to limbs, or to provide support to sprains and strains, and it stops bleeding.
The information on All Safety Products First Aid resource section details information that can further assist you in selecting the correct First Aid products to ensure ANSI compliance as well as other applicable codes.
Contact All Safety Products today to locate the types of bandages that best meet your needs or request a quote for medical gauze, shoe covers, bandages, and other types of disposable medical supplies online


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from inside; from within.
Intervs Intra-What's the difference between the interstate highway and the intrastate highway? Interis a prefix that means between two groups, and intrais a prefix which means within or inside one group. Interand intraare both prefixes, which are groups of letters that are placed at the beginning of a word in order to change its meaning. InterInter- is a common prefix that …
English Words From The PharaohsMost people recognize Ancient Greek and Latin as the primary donors to the English language. However, some of the most ancient words in English actually trace back to Ancient Egypt.
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d3o Bullet-Proof Gel Could Lead To Safer Cars Of The Future
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Have you ever seen the experiment using custard to demonstrate increases in viscosity with force? When you run your hand through the substance it acts like a liquid, but quickly apply a force and it hardens.
Fill a swimming pool with custard and you could feasibly run across without sinking in. Wet sand has similar properties. They're known as dilatant materials.
Running across custard swimming pools sounds like a fun way to demonstrate a physical process, but it can also have practical applications. Indeed, it can also save lives, and d3o, developed by British chemical lab d3o Lab, is designed to do just that. Equally as importantly, it could be used to save lives in serious car accidents too.
d3o gel, a putty-like substance, has the ability to harden almost instantly when subjected to a strong shear force, such as the impact of a speeding bullet. This has led to the material being considered as a lightweight and flexible alternative to materials such as kevlar in armored vests. It's also already in use in items such as ski jackets, cell phone protectors and motorcycle gloves, all of which are subject to impact shocks.
Mazda is one of the automakers now interested in exploring the possible benefits of using d3o gel in cars. Mazda's European R&D chief, Peter Birtwhistle, told Carsguide that innovations such as d3o were "fascinating" and presented "glimpses of future design".
"It has unlimited applications in a car to protect its occupants", reasons Birtwhistle. The technology could be used in a vehicle's seats and baby seats, or as a flexible cargo barrier that then offers protection in an accident.
We look forward to seeing whether the technology begins to filter into vehicles in the near future. In the meantime though, we advise against filling your car with custard...
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Creating checkpointsLast Updated: 12/03/2015 Introduced in Verision: 2.0
This example creates a checkpoint for a flow. The concept is the same across all entities. Creating a checkpoint simply creates a backup of the entity in its history folder. This makes it possible to restore from the checkpoint backup file. The difference of a checkpoint vs. a normal or auto-save is that a checkpoint backup file has a specific name. Manual and automatic saves have generated names.


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This series of factsheets sets out the 10 key characteristics of good nutritional care in healthcare environments.
Care providers should:
- Deliver food service and nutritional care safely.
- Maintain an environment conducive to people enjoying their meals and being able to safely consume their food and drinks. (In hospitals this is known as 'Protected Mealtimes'.)
- Support a multi-disciplinary approach to nutritional care, and value the contribution of staff, service users, carers and volunteers.
- Include guidance on food service and nutritional care in service delivery and accountability arrangements.
- Screen all patients and service-users to identify malnourishment or risk of malnourishment.
- Design facilities and services which are centred on the needs of the people using them.
- Create a personal care or support plan for each patient or service-user, and give them input to identify their nutritional care and fluids needs.
- Ensure that staff and volunteers have appropriate skills and competencies, and receive regular training.
- Involve patients and service-users in planning and monitoring arrangements for food services and drinks provision.
- Create a policy for food service and nutritional care which is centred on the needs of users.


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Teachers from Invisible Children Uganda partner schools were given an opportunity to acquire new computer knowledge, skills and working methods through a one week computer training at Sacred Heart School. The training, conducted this week by Schools for Schools (S4S), is designed to support teachers and build their capacity to help students. Computer applications like Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint presentations, Word and internet use were the main topics of the training.
Opening presentations and graphs he created during the training, Okot Peter, a teacher of agriculture at Anaka Secondary School, tells how the training has been beneficial to him.
"My work is going to become much easier," he says. "I am now able to produce and conduct my lessons using PowerPoint, design the class list and present graph illustrations of how my students are performing."
By equipping teachers with this knowledge, they can use it to raise academic standards in the classroom. S4S partners with 11 schools in northern Uganda to build and renovate school structures while also improving the schools' educational climate through career guidance and teacher training.


Pronunciation of Shoe
English Meaning
 2. A horseshoe.
 3. A part or device that is located at the base of something or that functions as a protective covering, as:
 4. A strip of metal fitted onto the bottom of a sled runner.
 5. The base for the supports of the superstructure of a bridge.
 6. The ferrule on the end of a cane.
 7. The casing of a pneumatic tire.
 8. A device that retards or stops the motion of an object, as the part of a brake that presses against the wheel or drum.
 9. The sliding contact plate on an electric train or streetcar that conducts electricity from the third rail.
 10. A chute, as for conveying grain from a hopper.
 11. Games A case from which playing cards are dealt one at a time.
 12. Informal Position; status: You would understand my decision if you put yourself in my shoes.
 13. Informal Plight: I wouldn't want to be in her shoes.
 14. To furnish or fit with a shoe or shoes.
 15. To cover with a wooden or metal guard to protect against wear.
 16. the shoe is on the other foot Informal The circumstances have been reversed; an unequal relationship has been inverted.
 17. wait for the other shoe to drop Slang To defer action or decision until another matter is finished or resolved.
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ലാടം തറയ്ക്കുക - Laadam Tharaykkuka | Ladam Tharaykkuka ;ലാടം - Laadam | Ladam ;പാദരക്ഷ - Paadharaksha | Padharaksha ;നടുക്കുന്ന - Nadukkunna ;ചെരിപ്പുകൊണ്ടടിക്കുക - Cherippukondadikkuka ;ചെരുപ്പ് - Cheruppu ;
ചെരിപ്പിടുക - Cherippiduka ;പാപ്പാസ് - Paappaasu | Pappasu ;തൊടുതോല് - Thoduthol ;പാദുകം - Paadhukam | Padhukam ;ചുറ്റിടുക - Chuttiduka ;ചെരിപ്പ് - Cherippu ;ലാടം തറയ്‌ക്കുക - Laadam Tharaykkuka | Ladam Tharaykkuka ;ഷൂലാടംചെരിപ്പിടുക - Shoolaadamcherippiduka | Shooladamcherippiduka ;ഷൂ (ചെരുപ്പ്) - Shoo (cheruppu) ;ഷൂ - Shoo ;ഞെട്ടിക്കുന്ന - Njettikkunna ;
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Effect of helium on irradiation-induced hardening of iron: A simulation point of view
Irradiation-induced hardening and loss of ductility of ferritic/martensitic materials envisaged for future fusion reactor is still difficult to understand. In particular, helium (He), produced by transmutation by the fusion neutrons of 14 MeV, is known to impact mechanical properties, but its effect at the microstructural level is still unclear. Molecular dynamics simulations of the mobility of an edge dislocation in iron (Fe) are performed to study the effect of He, either as a gas in solid solution or in cavities. Obstacle to the dislocation, the cavity, in the form of a void or a He bubble, is compared to a ao dislocation loop, all being 2 nm in size. Results show that He in solid solution up to 1.0 at.% has a little effect on the dislocation mobility. Conversely, the cavities and the ao [10 0] dislocation loop are strong obstacles to the passage of the edge dislocation. Interestingly He bubbles present a lower obstacle strength than voids for low He contents, while for high He content the bubble promotes loop punching, which induces a strong resistance to the passage of the dislocation. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.


timeline controlled audio video show and mapping software
Mapstard is a timeline controlled, multi-input and multi-output, audio/video show and VJ software, available for Windows, Mac-OS and Linux.
With mapstard's video output features any type of video device can be controlled: projectors, HD-monitors, ledand video walls, DMX lighting equipment.
Mapstard's advanced mapping function includes highly customizable soft-edge, which allows to draw seamless projection surfaces on architectural objects, using multiple projectors of different type.
Multiple media types such as videos, audio files, images, custom text, camera input, 3D models can be loaded and playback simultaneously on multiple projection surfaces trough different video output devices.
With the timeline controlled keyframe animation feature an AV show can be planned and rendered beforehand, or played back live using presets and OSC remote control.
With the built in DMX functionalities, multiple DMX universes can be timeline controlled to include lighting in your AV-Show.
Multiple projects can be grouped into playlists which in turn can played back timeline controlled.


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Job Vacancy For E-Commerce Manager At Arik Air Nigeria
- Responsible for designing, developing, implementing, maintaining and managing all electronic commerce (EC) channels.
- Control all aspects of company's online business.
- Develop websites that will promote the brand and generate revenues.
- Define company's objectives for using electronic commerce and decide what computer applications are needed to achieve them.
- Develop marketing plans that explain how the e-commerce proposals will increase the company's business.
- Monitor the company's e-commerce strategies as they are being implemented
- Staying up to date on any software or data management trends.
- Constructing and maintaining Web back-end systems and ensuring the currency, quality, and integrity of information on the sites.
- Track online sales progress by analyzing sales statistics, conducting online traffic studies, and analyzing site data.
Desired Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, Operations Management, or equivalent experience. MCSE+Internet and PMI certifications are pluses.
- Minimum of 7 years of information systems and business unit experience, 5 of which are in increasing levels of responsibility in a technical management capacity and program management.
- Must have a strong ability to lead with a very strong understanding of what it takes to develop a successful ecommerce operation.
- 4 or more years of team/project leadership responsibilities in a web/e-commerce environment, developing project plans and managing web-based solution delivery from implementation through to completion.
- Must possess a broad but thorough knowledge of EC and IT systems as well as comprehensive knowledge of relevant business functions and their interdependencies.
- Thorough knowledge of Web technology and solutions, and experience delivering through third-party providers.Must have advanced knowledge of Visual Basic.
- Basic knowledge of networking protocols, configuration, network administration
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Experience in a large organization and experience developing successful vendor relationships.
- Experience with relational databases and object oriented and event driven techniques.
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History of DAISY
The DAISY study - The D iabetes A uto I mmunity S tudy in the Y oung - started in July 1993. The primary goal of DAISY is to learn how genes and the environment interact to trigger the onset of type 1 diabetes, the third most common chronic disease in children. In order to do this, the study follows two unique groups, children with a diabetic relative (either a sibling or parent), and children at an increased genetic risk (without a diabetic relative). While investigators have been able to find some of the most important genes which may increase the chances of developing the disease, the environmental factors and their interaction with these genes is still in question. Areas of interest are viruses, dietary factors, immuniztions, and social stressors. Continued follow-up through the child's important developmental stages will help us to gain a better understanding of the nature of diabetes, which may eventually lead towards prevention.


CUBRID Q&A CUBRID Q&A en Fri, 21 Oct 2011 02:37:10 +0900 Mon, 09 Nov 2015 18:29:29 +0900 XpressEngine Can I deserialise OBJECT types using java.sql.SQLData? lukaseder From what I've learned here, I understand that CUBRID tables (classes) can have columns (attributes) of an OBJECT type, where the concrete OBJECT type is in fact another table (class). This can be visualised with the following query:
select class_name, attr_name, domain_class_name
from db_attribute
where data_type = 'OBJECT';
Which outputs (for instance):
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How to interpret trigger meta data? vbergmann Hi,
when querying for trigger meta data, e.g. issuing
SELECT * FROM db_trigger
strange codes are returned for db_trigger.owner (e.g. _USER_|1|0) and target_class (e.g. _USER_|8|0). What do they mean?
And more important: How to find out which class/table name the trigger relates to?
Regards, Volker.
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How can I resolve OID's in SQL? lukaseder I've seen that serials have an owner similar to classes, i.e. db_serial.owner seems to relate to users, just like db_class.owner. Unfortunately, db_serial.owner returns an OID, unlike db_class.owner, which shows the user name. How can I resolve that OID in a SQL statement? Or in other words, how can I join db_serial with db_user?
Note, I have seen, that the cubrid manager can do it:
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Current Restoration Project
In 2016, FWRI researchers began a 10-year project to restore bay scallops to self-sustaining levels in Florida's Panhandle. The project is funded by restoration money set aside after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and is intended to increase recreational fishing opportunities in the Florida Panhandle. The goal of the project is to both increase depleted scallop populations in some bays, and reintroduce scallops in other suitable areas from which scallops have disappeared. Restoration efforts are focused on coastal estuaries within the Florida Panhandle that have been divided into 5 regions, as shown on the map.
FWRI scientists are using a 3-pronged approach to enhance bay scallop populations within targeted restoration areas in the Florida Panhandle:
- Install cages holding groups of 50 adult bay scallops
Since the project began, FWRI scientists have worked with community members in Port St. Joe to collect scallops prior to the opening of the scallop season and place them in cages in an exclusion zone in St. Joseph Bay that is protected from harvest. In addition, every year adult scallops are transported from St. Joseph Bay to a hatchery which then provides scientists with juvenile scallops the following year. There are currently about 50 cages holding both wild and hatchery-produced scallops in an exclusion zone in St. Joseph Bay. Placing scallops in cages protects them from predators and scalloping humans while also increasing the likelihood that scallops will successfully produce offspring during spawning season. In addition, FWRI scientists are currently asking the communities around St. Joseph and St. Andrew Bays to help restore scallops. If you are a member of these communities and you are interested in helping to restore scallops in these bays, you can help by volunteering to become a 'scallop-sitter'.
- Release of hatchery-reared bay scallop larvae
Scientists work with a commercial hatchery to spawn adult scallops collected from Florida waters. Bay scallop larvae will then be collected from the hatchery and released into the areas targeted for restoration. Bay scallop larvae are typically vulnerable to predation, starvation, and may drift away from ideal settlement areas. This process will help to increase the number of larvae that survive to settle and eventually develop into adults.
- Release of hatchery-reared or naturally-harvested juvenile bay scallops (spat)
Some bay scallop larvae from the hatchery will be held until they develop into juveniles. These juvenile bay scallops, or spat, will then be released into areas with low densities of bay scallops. Researchers will also collect juvenile scallops using settlement collectors (described in the "Juvenile Monitoring" section). The spat from the underwater collectors will also be released into areas targeted for restoration. This process could potentially reduce predation pressure on small scallops until a minimum size of ~25mm is achieved.
Evaluating harvest of bay scallops
The recreational harvest of bay scallops will be assessed by FWRI researchers to help them evaluate harvest pressure and the population size of bay scallops in the Florida Panhandle. The scientists will use 2 primary methods during the 3-month recreational harvesting season to evaluate recreational use:
Scientists will count boats in areas open to bay scallop harvest by conducting both aerial surveys and visual surveys on the water. Additionally, researchers will count trailers in the parking lots of marinas near areas open to bay scallop harvest.
- Surveys of scallopers
Surveying scallopers will help FWRI scientists understand how many people are able to enjoy the experience of scalloping in Florida. Reports by scallopers will also help biologists generate population models and identify long-term trends. Scientists will use shore-based surveys, which are conducted at the dock as people come back after a day of scalloping. They will also use online surveys to make public participation as easy as possible.
How will FWRI scientists know if these restoration efforts work to help enhance bay scallop populations in the Panhandle?
Researchers will need to continually monitor bay scallop populations within the Florida Panhandle to determine whether their restoration efforts are succeeding. They will monitor both adult and juvenile bay scallops in the targeted restoration regions using two different methods. To check on the status of adult bay scallop populations, researchers conduct annual swimming surveys in the seagrass areas in which bay scallops are typically found. They will use the same methods described in the "Population Monitoring" to determine the abundance, distribution, and resilience of bay scallop populations in the restoration areas. Juvenile scallops will be monitored monthly using the settlement collectors described in the "Juvenile Monitoring". This will enable scientists to measure recruitment rates and the health of bay scallop populations.


Introduction to costing in the NHS
20 January 2021
Online (10:15-14:00)
About this event
This event will provide delegates with an introduction to costing, why we cost and will provide some insight into the costing process. You will hear about the National Cost Collections (formerly the Costing Transformation Programme) and the importance of accurate costing information to the wider NHS. The day will conclude with a case study example of how costing information can be used to help inform strategic decision making.
Why should you attend
Delegates will learn about costing in the NHS, the NCC and hear how costing can support in making improvements to patient care. The event has been designed specifically for those new to costing or those that will benefit from an overview of costing and its role in the NHS.
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— July 2002
|This popular port is a living museum and a window to America's seafaring past.|
Mystic's lifeblood has been the sea since its settlement in the 1600's. Some 600 vessels were built on its shores between 1784 and 1919, and most of its citizens were shipwrights who worked their farms in the summer and spent the rest of the year building the sloops and schooners that plied the rich New England waters as well as those of the southern states and the Caribbean.
Long an important fishing and whaling port, Mystic changed in 1838 when George Clark and Thomas Greenman set up their shipbuilding business on what would become the site of the Mystic Seaport Museum. Over the next 40 years, the Greenman yard launched almost 100 vessels, including sloops, clipper ships, and steamboats. The nearby Mallory shipyard, now the museum's restoration yard, also built clippers and steamboats.
American's inexorable tie to the sea is nowhere more evident than in Mystic. It's one of my favorite destinations while cruising in New England, and after you stop by, it will surely become one of yours.
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This article originally appeared in the January 2003 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.