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Analyzing the dynamic hydrologic conditions of the Sandhills is critical for water and range management, sustainability of the Sandhills ecosystem as well as for dune stability. There are complex models available to quantify both surface and subsurface hydrological processes. However, we present in this study an application of a relatively simple model to arrive at best estimates of the water balance components. Using the Thornthwaite-Mather (TM) model, water balance components were estimated for 4 Automated Weather Data Network (AWDN) weather monitoring stations. Estimated averages of the water balance components suggested that mean annual precipitation of these four sites was only about 420 mm but water loss through plant evapotranspiration (ET) was 861 mm, with PET of about 1214 mm. Our investigation shows that there was surplus of water between December and March and a deficit occurs at the start of the growing season in May and extends through senescence in September-October. This study also suggests that the High Plains aquifer possibly met the plant water requirement during this deficit period as well as during the soil water extraction period, from May through September.
Sridhar, Venkataramana and Hubbard, K. G.. (2010). "Estimation of the Water Balance Using Observed Soil Water in the Nebraska Sandhills". Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 15(1), 70-78. _URL_

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Calculations of illuminance for a given interior include the portions of Luminous Flux contributed by all simultaneously illuminated luminaires plus the light reflected from the room perimeter (walls, ceiling, floor). Illuminance can be calculated for any given point from the Luminous Intensity of a light source and the Distance between the light source and the illuminated surface.
Horizontal or vertical Illuminance at a given point (point illuminance) can be calculated from Luminous Intensity and the relevant geometrical conditions from the following formulae:
Horizontal illuminance Eh
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Cylindrical Illuminance Ez is the average of vertical illuminance in all directions (usually 4) around a point (on a vertical axis).


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Educational ELA Tablet Game for iOS
Sentence Sensibility is a word game that encourages players to learn varied, complex grammatical structures. The game has two modes. In the first mode, players are given a set of words with which they must form as many sentences as possible within a time limit. Players score more points for longer, more complex sentences. In the second mode, players use a set of words to recreate a quotation from a great work of literature. Both modes encourage experimentation with word order and syntax while providing immediate, corrective feedback to hone grammar skills
Role: Creative Direction
Published by Amplify
Developed by Schell Games
Available in the App Store.

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text: Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) have been introduced into wireless communications systems due to their great potential to smartly customize and reconfigure radio propagation environments in a cost-effective manner. Despite the promising advantages of IRSs, academic research on IRSs is still in its infancy. In particular, the design and analysis of IRS-assisted wireless communication systems critically depend on an accurate and tractable modeling of the IRS. In this article, we first present and compare three IRS models, namely the conventional independent diffusive scatterer-based model, physics-based model, and impedance network-based model, in terms of their accuracy, tractability, and hardware complexity. Besides, a new framework based on partitioning the IRS into tiles and employing codebooks of transmission modes is introduced to enable scalable IRS optimization. Then, we investigate the impact of the three considered IRS models on system design, where several crucial technical challenges for the efficient design of IRS-assisted wireless systems are identified and the corresponding solutions are unraveled. Furthermore, to illustrate the properties of the considered models and the efficiency of the proposed solution concepts, IRS-assisted secure wireless systems and simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) systems are studied in more detail. Finally, several promising future research directions for IRS-assisted wireless systems are highlighted.


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von Heyking, A.J. Creating Citizens: History and Identity in Alberta's Schools, _PHONE_. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2006.
How does one learn to be a good citizen? A good Canadian? Creating Citizens looks at the role schools have played in creating and sustaining a sense of Canadian identify for generations of Alberta students. History and social studies classes, more than others, are designed to prepare young students for meaningful citizenship and address issues of identity by interpreting the country's and the region's past. By examining history and social studies curricula and textbooks used in Alberta schools from 1905 to 1980, author Amy von Heyking shows how these materials helped shape the ways in which Albertans have identified themselves and their place in the world around them. The complex processes of curriculum development is also explored; by clarifying how the framework of decision-making regarding school content was created, von Heyking provides valuable insights into current debates about the purpose and content of public education. By tracing the evolution of this curriculum over the course of seventy-five years, Creating Citizens gives the reader a unique opportunity to analyze the images of the nation and the region as they were taught to generations of Alberta schoolchildren.


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Low Stress Training or LST for short involves bending a cannabis plant to grow in a way that will improve yields. You perform LST by gently bending plants, using low levels of stress to encourage the plant to grow laterally and form a bushy canopy. This improves canopy control and promotes the development of large, thick independant shoots with uniform buds. LST can increase harvests by up to 200%, and who doesn't like free cannabis?
LST works by redistributing auxin, the hormone that is responsible for so called "apical dominance", which is a scientific term to describe the "dominant" or "main" cola. By taking away the dominance of the main cola, a cannabis plant will develop side branches more rapidly. In practical terms this means the plant will focus its energy on growing a wide, bushy plant. Once the tied down primary branch becomes the highest point of the plant again, this hormone will start accumulating in the top and restart vertical growth.
This might sound complicated, but in reality LST is one of the easiest techniques you can use to massively increase your yield! In the following infographic we explain how to LST in 6 easy steps.
step 1 low stress training
STEP 1 – Practice bending the part you will tie down with your hands to test how flexible the stem is and how safely you can work with it.
step 2 low stress training
STEP 2 – Tie or pin down the tallest shoot so it is lower in height than the lower branches. Check if the stem is comfortably bending and is flexible to touch.
step 3 low stress training
STEP 3 – Hand train the canopy and allow the smaller new shoots to grow upwards as small independent branches.
step 4 low stress training
STEP 4 – The tied down shoot will start growing upwards as normal, but remains below the other branches.
step 5 low stress training
STEP 5 – Wait for the canopy to grow back as a uniform bush structure and continue to grow.
step 6 low stress training
STEP 6 – As the plant flowers, there will be many equally large bud sites.
The well trained cannabis plant in this overview has 10+ good tops, rather than the 1-4 good tops an untrained plant would have. LST is profitable, easy, cheap and fun to do, give it a shot yourself!
F.A.Q.'s Regarding LST
Because every LST grow is different we get a wide range of questions on this subject. The questions below are by far the most common ones to ask, so we took the liberty of answering them in advance!
Q: What Material Do I Use?
A: The goal of LST is to maximally manipulate a cannabis plant without stressing it. This usually means you'll end up using some kind of rubber-coated metal wire that is specifically made for tying down plants without damaging them. You can use anything that's not too sharp, things like clothing hangers and pipe cleaners are very popular alternatives for example. Thinner materials like string and chicken wire are usually too sharp and can cut right through your cannabis plant.
Scrog netten
Trellis nets also work wonders for LST, but are not your best option if you want to start training straight away.
Q: What Do I Attach My LST Strings/Wires To?
A: Whatever you use to perform LST, you need to attach these materials to the pot as well. Many bendable metal wires will do their job if they are simply stuck in the soil, but you can also drill holes in the side of your pot or tie a band around it.
2 Plants in scrogger
Or you can buy specialized products like this patented "SCROGGER" if you don't feel like getting creative.
Q: When Can I LST?
A: LST is so low stress that it can essentially be performed throughout the lifecycle of a cannabis plant. By starting in the seedling stage, you have maximum control over your plant from the get go. LST is "done" when a cannabis plant starts stretching, about half way through flowering. While you can still bend and manipulate the plant all you want for light penetration, LST during flowering will not cause any other growth.
lst during flowering
LST works throughout the grow, but once you're this far into flowering it won't do nearly as much as during vegetative growth.le time.
Q: Can I Combine LST With Other Techniques?
A: Yes! LST works very well with practically other technique you can use to bush out a cannabis plant. Topping early will give you two branches to work with instead of one, you can repeat this multiple times. The use of screens or nets is also very practical as LST'd cannabis plants will often require support towards the end of flowering.
topped and lst cannabis plants
Topping and LST are a great combination. This cannabis plant was topped 4 times before flowering and one time at the beginning of flowering, LST was performed the whole time.
Q: Which Strains Are Best For LST?
A: LST works for every strain, there are only very minor differences. You might use LST for different reasons with different strains, but the workflow remains the same. LST helps to greatly improve the quality of the side buds in indica strains, whereas sativa strains mostly benefit from the reduced height and much more even canopy. LST does tend to work best with naturally bushy strains, as a shorter internode space will keep new colas closer together.
Lst With Tomatoes
LST works for most plants, let alone strains. Tomatoes, beans and grapes are usually grown using some form of LST to boost yields.
Q: Does LST work on autoflowering strains?
A: Yes. Autoflowering strains are generally bred to produce one main cola and a few small, nearly negligible side buds, but this is not necessarily the most optimal way to grow. LST can be used to give these side buds more light and really beef them up. Autoflowering strains still have a short vegetative period during which training will not bother them at all, so LST is fine as long as you start really early.
LST on Autoflowering
Even with autoflowering and fast-flowering strains like this Sweet 'N Sour Outdoor, you will have at least a few weeks to perform LST.
In this article you have seen many different styles of LST used in cannabis cultivation, which we hope has made it clear that no two grows are the same when it comes to this technique. Because of the "low stress" this technique lends itself perfectly to experimentation without risking a whole crop. Give it a shot, we wish you and your cannabis plant all the best!


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Tree spinach (Chenopodium giganteum), also known as Purple Goosefoot or Magenta Spreen, is a large leafy annual, which can grow up to 2 metres tall, living up to its 'tree' nickname.
Originating from India, and commonplace in Mexico, tree spinach happily grows in the UK, and is a relative of amaranth and quinoa.
The younger leaves and growing tips, which are splashed with vivid pink, can be eaten raw in salads and larger leaves can be cooked as spinach. Cooked it tastes similar to spinach, with a nuttier taste, and some people say with a hint of asparagus. Cook as you would spinach: either steam for a few minutes, or sautee with a splash of oil (and salt and pepper) or with melted butter.
It can also be substituted for greens in many recipes. These patties sound good.
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The plant has edible seeds which can apparently be cooked or ground into flour, perhaps an experiment for us in the future!
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flavoured polo was first manufactured in the United Kingdom
in 1948. The name 'Polo' is reportedly from the word 'Polar' and is to symbolize the cool and fresh feeling one gets from sucking a Polo.
Polo mints were introduced by Rowntree in 1948, and Polo fruits followed soon after.
Polo is still Britain's number one mint brand with approximately 20 million mints produced every day and an average of one hundred and fifty Polos eaten every second.
Over the years Rowntree and Nestlé
have come up with variations of the Original Polo mint. Some of these have been successes, whereas others have flopped. However, none have been as successful as the Original Polo mint.
- Spearmint: These Polos have a strong spearmint flavour and aroma. The original design of the sweets had turquoise flecks on them, however now they are simply clear white to reduce E numbers.
- Fruit: These Polos are fruit flavored and come in several flavours, all in one tube. These Polos are not mints but boiled fruits. Flavours included are strawberry, blackberry, orange, lemon, and lime.
- Polo Gummies: Fruit-flavoured soft gummy sweets in the polo shape.
- Sugar free: This is the sugar free version of the Original Polo containing sorbitol
- Polo Holes: Nestlé experimented with this variation for a while. It was the original Polo flavour in the shape of the hole from the middle of the sweet.
- Mini Strong Polos: These were tiny Polos (about 1 cm in diameter) with a strong minty flavour. They were packaged in a box shaped like a Polo Mint. They were also available in a not so successful orange flavour which is no longer available
- Smoothies: These creamy sweets came in flavours such as blackcurrant, sunshine fruits and strawberry.
- Citrus: Lemon flavoured Polos
- Butter Mint Polos: These were butter mint flavoured
- Ice: These flavour Polos came in a shiny blue wrapper, and had a cooler mint taste.
- Cinnamon flavoured Polos
- Paan flavoured Polos (Previously available in India)
- Mint O Fruit: (available in Indonesia). These come in the following flavours: Raspberry Mint, Blackcurrant Mint, Peppermint, Lime Mint and Cherry Mint. These polos come with the following slogan "Think Plong! Masih Ada Bolong!" These are also sold in the UK in some Poundland stores.
Prior to this Rowntree had already experimented with different polos in the 1980s. The boiled fruit ones were always available but they briefly made:
- Lemon: Similar to the citrus flavour that Nestlé put out around 10 years later, but not identical.
- Orange: Similar to the lemon, but in an orange packet.
A Polo is approximately 1.9cm in diameter, 0.4cm deep and has a 0.8cm wide hole. The original Polo is white in colour with a hole in the middle, and the word 'POLO' embossed twice on one side around the ring, hence the popular slogan The Mint with the Hole
Ingredient of the main variety include: sugar, glucose syrup, modified starch, stearic acid (of vegetable origin), lubricant(570) and mint oils.
Packing and look
Polos are found in all major and minor newsagents, sweet shops, and supermarkets. They are usually sold separately in tubes that are about 10cm tall containing 25 Polos, but can be found in multi-packs ranging from 3 to 8. The tube of Polos is tightly wrapped with silver foil backed plastic. A green and blue paper wrapper, with the word 'POLO', binds the foil wrapper. The Os in 'Polo' are the images of the sweet. For the spearmint flavour, the paper wrapper is a darker green also the Extra Strong flavour is in a black paper wrapper.
In 1994 when the new Trade Marks Act was introduced in UK, Nestlé applied to register the shape of the Polo mint. The application featured a white, annular mint without any lettering. This application however was opposed by Kraft Food, the current owner of Life Savers
, and Mars UK because of the lack of distinctive character of the mint in question. Nestlé's application was allowed to proceed if it agreed to narrow the description of the mint i.e. the dimensions of the mint were limited to the standard dimensions of the Polo mint and that it was limited to 'mint flavoured compressed confectionery'.
Kraft Foods and Swizzels Matlow (owner of British Navy Sweets) have made similar applications for annular sweets bearing the mark LIFESAVERS or NAVY. Nestle has tried to oppose these trademark applications but have failed as the court ruled that customers would be able to distinguish between a Polo, a Lifesaver and a British Navy mint as all of them have their marks boldly and prominently embossed on the mint.
- "Polo, the mint with the hole"
- "The Mint,The Hole Mint and Nothing But The Mint!"
- "Holy Moly Minty!"
- "HOLE-Y REFRESHING"
- "Life's a Hole Lot Cooler!"
- "People Like Polo!"
Media & Entertainment
- Polo mints are mentioned in the song "Low Budget" by The Kinks. "We're all on our uppers were all going skint I used to smoke cigars but now I suck polo mints".
- The Polo mints are an important visual theme throughout the BBC Three comedy television programme The Mighty Boosh. They can be seen on many of the costumes and props (as well as in the opening graphics), and are directly referenced to on several occasions, most notably during the Hitcher's song ("creeping in your room in the dead of night / with my solo Polo vision" - the character of the Hitcher has a big Polo over one of his eyes.).
- A recent advertisement claims that Polos are now 13.063% mintier.
- Polo mint has become rhyming slang for skint(a slang term meaning to have no money) and for bint(slang for "woman").
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What do "parergonal" and "parergon" mean in the following sentence? Can anybody suggest some synonym?
Thus, the figurative signification of structure does not escape but instead confirms the parergonal and supplemental status of ornament. If structure in its metaphorical sense is the fully conceived structured idea of the building, then ornament becomes the parergon that reifies the underlying essential idea, the recessive unseen structure. (Source: "Structure/ornament and the Modern Figuration of Architecture" by Anne-Marie Sankovitch)
I checked them out in American Heritage Online English dictionary and Wikipedia, but I wasn't able to figure it out, and I'm struggling because I'm actually not able to understand what Anne-Marie Sankovitch said.
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closed as general reference by Marthaª, MετάEd, TimLymington, tchrist, Mahnax Aug 27 '12 at 17:18
Did you try "define: parergon" using Google, a method that was suggested to you in the answer to a different question of yours? Also, Wikipedia is not a dictionary, so if you are looking for definitions, it is not a good source. You might try Wiktionary instead. Also, since you are reading academic articles, you should probably consult a more sophisticated dictionary. – KitFox Aug 27 '12 at 17:02
Also, "parergon" is defined earlier in that very article. – KitFox Aug 27 '12 at 17:06
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From the OED's entry for parergon:
parergon /pəˈrɝːgɒn/.
Pl. parerga (in 7 erron. parergas).
Etymology: L. parergon an extra ornament in art, a. Gr. πάρεργον by-work, subordinate or secondary business, etc., sb. use of neuter of πάρεργος beside or in addition to the main work, f. παρά beside + ἕργον work.
 1. In Painting: Something subordinate or accessory to the main subject; hence, generally and fig., ornamental accessory or addition, grace, embellishment.? Obs.
 2. By-work, subordinate or secondary work or business; work apart from one's main business or ordinary employment. Also a work, composition, etc., that is secondary to or a derivative of a larger or greater work; an opusculum.
 3. † A supplemental work. (As title of a book.)
Note that senses 1 and 3 are both considered obsolete.
I suggest you gain access to an unabridged dictionary. You aren't going to be happy with all the words that these so-called "learners" dictionaries leave out, like oh maybe... opusculum.
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Asset building organizations use Money Habitudes as a teaching tool, instructional game, conversation starter, and money personality assessment. Asset building is the process of supporting and encouraging low-income and moderate-income (LMI) earners, and those living in poverty, to accumulate, develop, and preserve all types of assets (including credit, savings, housing and education).
Organizations using Money Habitudes in an asset building context include:
- Housing agencies (pre-purchase, post-purchase, foreclosure prevention, transitional housing)
- Tax preparation organizations (EITC, VITA)
- Unemployment agencies, job readiness, welfare-to-work (and those involved with TANF and SNAP)
- Credit counseling and credit repair agencies
- Parenting programs: Head Start, Social Services, and Healthy Marriages and Responsible Fatherhood grantees
- Microloan, microenterprise and entrepreneurship programs
- Prison re-entry programs
- Community financial educators, including Cooperative Extension and universities
- Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) and other matched savings accounts
- Are easy to learn and to use as a facilitator.
- Are non-threatening.
- Provide countless helpful conversation starters.
- Appeal to men and women. They are tactile and hands-on format. People associate cards with fun and being social.
- Are a way to get couples to talk about finances and make joint financial decisions. This leads to them managing their money better. This may mean feeling comfortable to make a budget, share duties like paying the bills or meeting with a financial planner.
- Work across the spectrum of age, income and education to fit most asset building programs.
- Complement other skills programs (e.g., communication, budgeting, saving, etc.) and can be used as an icebreaker, integrated module or standalone activity.


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Kenn Heydrick, President-Elect for the Science Teachers Association of Texas.
What does STAT stand for?
STAT stands for Science Teachers Association of Texas
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We have 92 other meanings of STAT in our Acronym Attic
- Staatssicherheitsdienst (State Security, former East Germany)
- Software for Ambient Semantic Interoperable Services
- South Tidewater Association of Ship Repairers
- Short Term Air Supply System (emergency breathing system)
- South Tyneside Assessment of Syntactic Structure (language assessment tool)
- Standard Training Activity Support System (Navy-CNET)
- Submarine Towed Array Surveillance/Sonar System
- Surveillance and Target Acquisition Aircraft System
- Science and Technology Assistance Team
- Scientific Test and Analysis Techniques (various organizations)
- Security Test and Analysis Tool
- Security Threat Avoidance Technology (Harris Corporation)
- Short Term Assessment and Treatment
- Short Turn-Around Time
- Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription
- Situation Triage and Assessment Team
- Slotted Tube Atom Trap
- Small Transport Aircraft Technology
- Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique
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10 /PRNewswire/ -- The Science Teachers Association of Texas (STAT) presented its "1995 Recognition of Service to Science Education by a Business" award to Exxon Corporation (NYSE: XON) today in honor of Exxon's million dollar Texas Exxon Energy Cube program.


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Why is advocacy and policy change an important part of our work?
Food security is impacted by many different factors. Long-term, holistic, and systemic changes are needed. That's why advocacy and policy change at multiple levels are important strategies and can be found at the core of FoodARC's objectives and work.
Our projects and activities are all oriented towards building capacity for individuals, organizations, and communities in order to be able to influence food security policies:
- by better understanding the policy environment around food security and testing policy change approaches to help guide action;
- by increasing the knowledge and skills of all partners through mutual learning about participatory action research, food security, and strategies for policy change; and
- by working together to share the knowledge and insights gained, to increase awareness of both the issues and possible solutions, build capacity for advocacy, and identify opportunities for change.
FoodARC's Make Food Matter toolkit has pulled together over 10 years of our research and collective experiences into a set of resources to support advocacy and policy change. Visit Make Food Matter to check out the five action streams of the toolkit – community dialogues, policy, advocacy, social innovation and effective communication.


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Definitionssexual intercourse, as between a spouse and an unmarried person or between two married persons who are not married to each other.
3. To engage in indiscrimitate and/or promiscuous sex.
Etymology: First recorded in Middle English about 1300. From the Latin fornax, meaning oven, kiln or fumace, and from fornix, meaning arch, vault or vaulted room, from the shape of Roman ovens, later the arched underground vaults of Rome, and finally a brothel, because the Roman vaults were used by poor, unskilled prostitutes.
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The history of Lodgepole has been closely associated with railroad development and overland travel in western Nebraska. It was originally established as a station when the Union Pacific Railroad was completed to this point in 1867. A company of U.S. soldiers from nearby Sidney Barracks camped here to guard the railroad against Indian attack, and during the early 1860's a Pony Express Station was located a few miles to the east.
Lodgepole derives its name from Lodgepole Creek where Indians reportedly secured timber for their tipi poles. Little permanent settlement occurred until the early 1880's, and the town was platted in 1884. By 1886 it had a population of about 200 people. Stock raising was an important early industry, and many of the state's pioneer ranches were located in the region.
This depot was constructed by the Union Pacific Railroad in 1887 on a site adjacent to the tracks. It replaced an earlier section house and was in use until 1968. In 1971 a gift from Mrs. Doris Bates Rowan in memory of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Bates, made possible its preservation at this location, where it now serves as the Lodgepole Depot Museum.
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Pre-mortem exercise
Identify the worst case scenarios earlier on to prevent future headaches
The context
Pre-mortem exercise offers a way to reflect on a project that just finished, discuss what went well and what didn't, and identify learnings for the future. What if the exercise was done before, to anticipate and discuss potential issues earlier on?
Co-design session - Educational Farms project with Regione Lombardia
Suggested approach
Pre-mortem exercise can be used to run a session with the core team of stakeholders at the beginning of a project, ideally during the initial kick-off meeting. The goal of the activity is to project the participants at the end of the project and collaboratively try to answer a simple question: "what went wrong?" by imagining to write the project epitaph.
Value added
Identify possible obstacles and problems at the beginning of the project is a way to avoid or reduce potential catastrophes. The playful approach of the epitaph gives the opportunity to voice unspoken risks and concerns; force the participants to use the past tense to refer to the project helps creating a distance that allows to more easily raise hidden worries.
Thinking ahead
A second step of the session could focus on ideas and recommendations to try to avoid the identified risks, creating a sort of manifesto for the project work that can accompany the team throughout the whole journey.
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Tim Scott (R–S.C.) and Mark Warner (D–Va.) introduced the Long-Term Care (LTC) Pharmacy Definition Act of 2020. This bipartisan legislation, if passed, will ensure seniors requiring long-term care have access to the medication and treatments they need. This bill would also codify an adaptable definition for "long-term care pharmacy" to enhance clarity and consistency across diverse programs and agencies. Without adding new costs to the healthcare system, a clear federal definition for LTC pharmacy would provide policymakers and regulators with the tools needed to facilitate the unique supports that these pharmacies offer, within both current models and the innovative models of the future.
"This commonsense legislation would ensure clarity and consistency for our long-term care pharmacies without adding costs to our healthcare system," shared Senator Scott. "I urge my colleagues to support this bipartisan bill, which will make it easier for this important sector to navigate regulatory confusion and allow them to care and provide for our nation's seniors."
"Long-term care pharmacies are essential to providing quality care to millions of our nation's seniors. Unfortunately, under existing rules, they are regulated in the same way as more traditional retail pharmacies, which has created unnecessary bureaucracy around providing life-saving medication and services for a vulnerable population," said Senator Warner. "That's why we're introducing legislation that will create a distinct definition for long-term care pharmacies to better reflect the specialized care they provide for the senior population they serve."
"Long Term Care Pharmacies provide critical services for seniors, who often require multiple prescriptions to maintain their health. Because there is no statuary definition for LTC Pharmacies, they must negotiate a patchwork of vague, inconsistent provisions, which could disrupt services and impact care for seniors. This commonsense legislation will help agencies give more consistent regulatory direction as well as streamline services to residents," said Rep. Mullin.
"The personal services that long term care pharmacies provide seniors, many who take upwards of 10 medications per day, are critical for the health and wellness of millions of Americans," said Rep. Schrader. "COVID-19 has had a disproportionate effect on this vulnerable population and now more than ever a consistent regulatory framework that defines long term care pharmacies is crucial. This bipartisan legislation will offer greater governmental oversight and create regulatory consistency across multiple federal agencies."
"Now more than ever, as the nation's LTC community copes with the unprecedented impact of COVID-19, establishing a clear and consistent regulatory framework for LTC pharmacies is essential," said Alan G. Rosenbloom, President and CEO of the Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition. "We commend Senators Scott and Warner as well as Congressmen Schrader and Mullin for recognizing the unique value proposition LTC pharmacies offer seniors in nursing homes and other LTC facilities by introducing this much-needed legislation. The patient care services LTC pharmacies provide, including the 12 prescriptions per day per person on average, are crucial to the health and safety of our most vulnerable citizens."
Congressmen Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) and Kurt Schrader (R-OR) introduced companion legislation in the House of Representatives.
Full text of the bill is available HERE.
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Dictionary of Wisconsin History
Search Results for: the letter 'N'
Term: North Freedom [origin of place name]
Definition: Village located in the northern part of the town of Freedom, hence North Freedom. Where the roads meet in the center of the section was originally called Hackett's Corners from the families residing there. When the railroad was built two plats were made, one called Bloom for George W. Bloom and one called North Freedom. Afterwards, Bloom station was changed to North Freedom. Iron ore used for paint was later discovered and the name became Bessemer in honor of Sir Henry Bessemer, who invented the process of reducing iron ore. The name of North Freedom was later decided upon.
[Source: Cole. Baraboo and Other Place Names of Sauk County.]
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Nabob [origin of place name]
Nabob, Washington Co.
Nagawicka Lake, Waukesha Co.
Nagawicka [origin of place name]
Nager, Edward 1927
Naleid, Roy E. 1901
Namakagon [origin of place name]
Namakagon, Town of, Bayfield Co.
Namekagon (town and river) [origin of place name]
Namekagon River (Historic Marker Erected 1967)
Namekagon, Bayfield Co.
Namekagon, Town of, Bayfield Co.
Namekagon-Court Oreilles Portage (Historic Marker
Namur, Door Co.
Nancy, Town of, Washburn Co.
Naples, Town of, Buffalo Co.
narrow gauge (railroads)
Narrows Creek, Sauk Co.
Nasbro, Dodge Co.
Nasewaupee [origin of place name]
Nasewaupee, Town of, Door Co.
Nash, Charles Dennis 1819 - 1897
Nash, Charles W. 1864 - 1948
Nash, Philleo 1909
Nash, William Francis 1847 - 1916
Nashotah (Town) [origin of place name]
Nashotah Lakes, Waukesha Co.
Nashotah Mission (Historic Marker Erected 1968)
Nashotah, Village of, Waukesha Co.
Nashotah, Waukesha Co.
Nashville, Forest Co.
Nashville, Town of, Forest Co.
Nasonville [origin of place name]
Nasonville, Wood Co.
Nass, Stephen L. 1952
Nation's First Cooperative Generating Station (His
Nation's First Watershed Project (Historic Marker
National Soldiers' Home (Historic Marker Erected 1
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National Women's Party
Nattestad, Ole Knudsen 1807 - 1886
Natural Bridge, Richland Co.
Naugart, Marathon Co.
Navarino, Brown Co.
Navarino, Town of, Brown Co.
Nebagamon, Town of, Douglas Co.
Necedah [origin of place name]
Necedah, Juneau Co.
Necedah, Town of, Juneau Co.
Necedah, Village of, Juneau Co.
Neda, Dodge Co.
Neenah Guards (Civil War)
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Neenah [brief history]
Neenah [origin of place name]
Neenah, Town of, Winnebago Co.
Neenah, Winnebago Co.
Neillsville [origin of place name]
Neillsville, Clark Co.
Nekimi [origin of place name]
Nekimi, Town of, Winnebago Co.
Nekoosa Junction, Wood Co.
Nekoosa [origin of place name]
Nekoosa, Wood Co.
Nelma, Forest Co.
Nelsen, Betty Jo 1935
Nelson Dewey-First Governor of Wisconsin (Historic
Nelson [origin of place name]
Nelson, Adolphys Peter 1872 - 1927
Nelson, Buffalo Co.
Nelson, Gaylord A. _PHONE_
Nelson, George Bliss 1876 - 1943
Nelson, John Mandt 1870 - 1955
Nelson, Town of, Buffalo Co.
Nelson, Village of, Buffalo Co.
Nelsonville (historical), Eau Claire Co.
Nelsonville, Portage Co.
Nelsonville, Village of, Portage Co.
Nemadji River [origin of place name]
Nemahbin, Town of, Milwaukee Co.
Nemodji, Town of, Douglas Co.
Nenno, Washington Co.
Neoclassical Revival (architecture)
Neopit, Menominee Co.
Neopit, Menominee leader,?-1913
Neopope, Sauk warrior, dates unverified
Neosho [origin of place name]
Neosho, Dodge Co.
Neosho, Village of, Dodge Co.
Nepeuskun, Town of, Winnebago Co.
Neptune, Richland Co.
Nerike, Pierce Co.
Neshkoro [origin of place name]
Neshkoro, Marquette Co.
Neshkoro, Town of, Marquette Co.
Neshkoro, Village of, Marquette Co.
Neshonoc [origin of place name]
Neshonoc, Town of, La Crosse Co.
Neshoto, Manitowoc Co. [origin of place name]
net tonnage (maritime)
Neubauer, Jeffrey A. 1955
Neuern, Kewaunee Co.
Neumann, Mark W. 1954
Neva Corners, Langlade Co.
Neva township [origin of place name]
Neva, Langlade Co.
Neva, Town of, Langlade Co.
Nevada, Green Co.
Neville, Arthur Courtenay 1850 - 1929
Nevin, James 1854 - 1921
Nevins, Clark Co.
New Amsterdam, La Crosse Co.
New Auburn [origin of place name]
New Auburn, Chippewa Co.
New Auburn, Village of, Chippewa Co.
New Berlin, Town of, Waukesha Co.
New Berlin, Waukesha Co.
New Boston, Town of, Brown Co.
New Buffalo [origin of place name]
New Buffalo, Town of, Sauk Co.
New Cassel [origin of place name]
New Chester (historical), Adams Co.
New Chester, Town of, Adams Co.
New City (historical), Trempealeau Co.
New Denmark, Town of, Brown Co.
New Dexter, Town of, Wood Co.
New Diggings, Lafayette Co.
New Diggings, Town of, Lafayette Co.
New Fane, Fond du Lac Co.
New Franken, Brown Co.
New Glarus (Historic Marker Erected 1962)
New Glarus [origin of place name]
New Glarus, Green Co.
New Glarus, Town of, Green Co.
New Glarus, Village of, Green Co.
New Haven [origin of place name]
New Haven, Town of, Adams Co.
New Haven, Town of, Dunn Co.
New Holstein [brief history]
New Holstein, Calumet Co.
New Holstein, Town of, Calumet Co.
New Hope, Portage Co.
New Hope, Town of, Portage Co.
New Lisbon, Election precinct of, Grant Co.
New Lisbon, Juneau Co.
New London [origin of place name]
New London, Waupaca Co.
New Lyme, Town of, Monroe Co.
New Mason, Town of, Bayfield Co.
New Milladore, Town of, Wood Co.
New Miner, Juneau Co.
New Munster, Kenosha Co.
New Paris, Sheboygan Co.
New Post, Sawyer Co.
New Prospect, Fond du Lac Co.
new red sandstone (mining)
New Remington, Town of, Wood Co.
New Richmond Cyclone (Historic Marker Erected 1997
New Richmond tornado (1899)
New Richmond, St. Croix Co.
New Rome (historical), Adams Co.
New Rome, Adams Co.
New Rudolph, Town of, Wood Co.
New Seneca, Town of, Wood Co.
New Sigel, Town of, Wood Co.
New Vesper, Town of, Wood Co.
New Wood, Town of, Wood Co.
New York Indians
New York Recording Laboratories
Newald, Forest Co.
Newald, Town of, Forest Co.
Newark Valley, Town of, Adams Co.
Newark, Rock Co.
Newark, Town of, Rock Co.
Newark, Town of, Washington Co.
Newbold, Oneida Co.
Newbold, Town of, Oneida Co.
Newburg, Village of, Washington Co.
Newburg, Washington Co.
Newhall House fire (1883)
Newhall, Daniel 1821 - 1895
Newman, Alfred William 1834 - 1898
Newport [origin of place name]
Newport, Town of, Columbia Co.
Newry, Vernon Co.
Newton Corners, Jefferson Co.
Newton [origin of place name]
Newton, Manitowoc Co.
Newton, Town of, Manitowoc Co.
Newton, Town of, Marquette Co.
Newton, Vernon Co.
Newtonburg, Manitowoc Co.
Newville


text: A Croatian legend is that the Croatian king Suronja beat the Venetian doge in a chess game for a number of Croatian islands. The Croatian coat of arms was supposed to have been evolved from the chess board of 64 squares. The first written trace of chess in Croatia dates to 1385. A Croatian merchant had an inventory of a small table and a chess set. Correspondence chess was being played between Croatian and Venetian merchants as early as 1650. The first Croatian chess column appeared in 1875. The first chess tournament was played in Zagreb in 1886. The first Croation chess club was founded on March 11, 1886. The first chess book published in Croatia occurred in 1893. The first book in Croatian was published in 1909.The Croatian Chess Federation was formed in 1912.


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This case study explores how Mongolia rebuilt its education system, focusing particularly on the substantial progress in extending higher levels of schooling. Four key factors are seen to have driven improvements in post-primary education: the high societal value placed on education and qualifications; major investment by the Government of Mongolia in education; governance reforms in the sector; and, finally, external support from development partners.
Challenges of course remain. The principal one is that progress on education quality has failed to match the progress made on enrolment – a major stumbling block for students making the transition from school to work. Even so, Mongolia's progress on extending secondary and tertiary education can provide important lessons to other countries facing similar pressures of economic shock, demographic transition and rural-to-urban migration.


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A 12 inch long string with a 0.5 mm diameter and is composed of a 10GPa modulus
material is fixed at one end and loaded by a 100 g mass at its other end. What is the length
of the string when it is under load? (Note that the length is necessarily greater than 12
LInitial = 12 in =.305 m
A = ∏r2 = ∏(.00025)2 = 1.96 * 10-7 m^2
E = 10 N/m2
F=.1 * 9.8 =.98 N
The Attempt at a Solution
Basically I'm just not sure which length to use for finding the spring constant k, the final or initial length?
So should be solving something like this for final length?


Ever Wondered How Long Eggs Are Produced? Here You See!
1. In Their Natural State
The initial step, the eggs are first opened and divided into two halves.
2. High-Efficiency Egg-Cellence
Egg white and egg yolk are being separated by the help of a special machine.
3. Taking Out The Center
In a newly created hole, the inner part of the egg is removed and the yellow part is filled in.
4. Things Are Getting Hot
The egg yolk is then boiled in a beaker until it becomes hard.
5. Packing Up
After the yolk becomes hard, the production is complete, and the eggs are packed.
6. Going Into A Deep Freeze
At low temperatures, the eggs are then frozen.
Here is a video for a visual demonstration:
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Langdon Bay, Kent
Langdon Bay is a bay in east Kent, England. It is two miles east of the town of Dover, and is named after the nearby villages of Langdon, East Langdon and West Langdon. The cliffs around it are known as the Langdon Cliffs, there is a prominent zig-zag path that leads from the cliff top to the beach, this is visible from the sea.
The bay is known for the Langdon Bay Hoard - a collection of Bronze Age scrap metal found nearby in 1974. This includes bronze axes of a French type and is thought to represent the cargo of a boat that was caught in a storm just after leaving the English coast, either jettisoned to lighten and save the boat or sunk with it (if there was a wreck, it is now lost). This demonstrates that cross-channel trade was already occurring in the Bronze Age, if not earlier. It is owned by the British Museum but on long-term loan and display in Dover Museum in Market Square, Dover.
Three searchlight batteries - known as the Langdon Lights - were built into the base of the bay's cliffs during World War II, so that any ship trying to enter the bay could be illuminated while it was checked, though one has been destroyed by a cliff fall.
The area above the cliffs is now a chalk downland nature reserve owned by the National Trust, looking down on Dover Harbour and the Channel, and centred around the 'Gateway to the White Cliffs' Visitor Centre. Large parts of this reserve, and of this section of clif ftop in general, is an SSSI, AONB and Heritage Coast. Another nearby historic site is the South Foreland Lighthouse, also an NT property.
- Hourly Met office weather observations from the Bay
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Christopher Columbus House Museum
Christopher Columbus House Museum
Christopher Columbus House Museum is located in Porto Santo island.
Porto Santo
Christopher Columbus
Columbus House Museum of Porto Santo is located on Porto Santo Island.
The navigator Christopher Columbus lived in this house, during his passage through the Golden Island, in 1478, after his marriage to Filipa de Moniz, daughter of Bartolomeu Perestrelo, first Captain Donatory of Porto Santo.
The museum opened in 1989, having had several interventions over the years regarding its museum content.
The museum is divided into two floors: the ground floor, which has a shop and a temporary exhibition room on themes of Portuguese maritime expansion, and the first floor, which has three thematic rooms.
The first is dedicated to the Portuguese Expansion, where the strategic position of the island of Porto Santo and the archipelago of Madeira is presented in the context of the Portuguese maritime expansion.
The second room exposes elements related to the importance of the Spanish crown in world expansion and as a financier for the Christopher Columbus expedition in 1492; this space gathers a summary biography of the navigator and his family relations with Porto Santo, as well as some notes of reference to his trips to the American continent.
The third is dedicated to the Dutch colonial empire that was shown in the exhibition of part of the collection of the galleon of the Dutch East India Company "Slot ter Hooge", sunk in 1724, north of the island of Porto Santo.
The entrance ticket costs about 2 €.
sunday - 10:00 to 13:00;
tuesday - 10:00 to 12:30; 14:00 to 17:30;
Additional info:
Telephone: (+351) 291 983 405
Travessa da Sacristia 2 e 4, Porto Santo
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asked in category: General Last Updated: 1st March, 2020
How do you play the game washers?
When playing a game of washer toss players, stand directly next to the box. Your foot should be in line with the cup inside the box. To determine who will "pitch" first, both players will line up and pitch a washer at the opposite box. Whoever gets closer to the box will be the first to toss; this is called the diddle.
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Simply so, what are the rules for the game of washers?
The game field consists of two washer pits, each containing one recessed cup of 4 inches in diameter. The distance from the cup centers is 25 feet. Each player throws three washers toward the opposite cup. Players are not allowed to step in front of the box.
Furthermore, how do you score in washer toss? TOSSING TALLIES Points are scored based on how close to the cup or hole the washers are thrown. Once all eight washers are tossed, the points from the round are added together. However, only one team will finish with points in each round because of cancellation scoring.
Also to know, how many washers do you throw?
What is a washers tournament?
Washers is a game of skill, similar to Horseshoes, in which individuals or teams compete against one another in an effort to be the first to reach a winning score of 11, 17 or 21 points. The game consists of two washer pits located opposite one another, each with a recessed cup.
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As a consequence of the Grenfell Tower fire, a building safety revolution is underway for construction and property professionals. This book analyses prior significant building fires and explains the new building safety regime including the Building Safety Act 2022 and the Building Safety Regulator. The aim is to provide an explanation of the Building Safety Regime. To that end, coverage includes:
- The Grenfell Tower fire: the Hackitt Review and Public Inquiry
- Remediation of existing buildings
- Legal Framework: the Fire Safety Act 2021 and Building Safety Act 2022
- Building Regulations: Part B Revisions and the Combustible Material Ban
- The Building Safety Regulator
- Guidance and Consultations
Change has arrived for construction and property professionals in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire. This book is for readers who have responsibilities in the Built Environment or Real Estate to take the first steps towards implementation and compliance with the new regime.


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Liquid fuel creation from inexhaustible sources could be utilized as a part of transportation now that there is an expanding request worldwide because of constant consumption of petroleum derivative and developing worry for natural security. The objective is to produce liquid fuel from cassava peel, determine the quantity of the liquid fuel produced from cassava peels and make necessary recommendations. The materials used for the production of the liquid fuel are Cassava peels, H2SO4 (Tetraoxosulphate (vi) acid) and Water and the cassava peels that was collected in a polythene bag from cassava market, waste dump site at Orita Challenge Ibadan, Oyo State was washed with cleaned water thoroughly and all extraneous materials were removed, samples of cassava peel were then weighed on weighing balance to determine the weight of each quantity after peeling which were chopped into smaller pieces and were transferred into pretreatment chamber where volume of tetraoxosulphate(vi) acid was added and were thoroughly mixed for about 30 minutes before heating was applied in the fermenter chamber after the slurry have been pumped into the fermenter chamber. The heating process took place for another one hour, and then the steam passing through the condenser was cooled before collection at 78oC. Afterwards, its mass and volume of the liquid fuel produced were determined. At the end of this study, the Mass of cassava peels increase ranges from 1kg to 5kg sample, volume of water ranges from 5000ml to 9000ml, amount of concentrated H2SO4 ranges from 35.00ml to 55.00ml, moisture content ranges from 24.00% to 28.00%, temperature ranges from 74.50oC to 78.50oC, which shows that increase in the mass of cassava peels, volume of water, amount of concentrated H2SO4, moisture content and temperature leads to increase in the quantity of liquid bio-fuel produced. The result above shows that the lowest volume of the liquid fuel was obtained from 0.91kg of the sample in 1hr 30 minutes while the highest volume of bio-fuel was obtained from 4.85kg of the sample, at 1hr 50 minutes and time of production leads to increase in the quantity of liquid fuel produced. It is then concluded that the more liquid bio-fuel is produced when the fermentation process of cassava peels are done using concentrated Tetraoxosulphate (VI) acid than making use of cultured living organism as enzymes to speed up the rate of chemical reaction which may occur for days before fuel can be produced and recommended use of pilot scale plant for biomass production of liquid fuel instead of using laboratory methods for bio-fuel production which takes longer time.
This work by European American Journals is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License


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Date of Award
Master of Public Health (MPH)
School of Public Health
Stigma persists through systematic exclusion of black persons from mobility and resources in society (i.e., structural racism). Residential segregation, like other forms of structural racism, may impair health by hindering access to important resources such as housing, food, health insurance coverage, and governmental benefits. Recent literature has proposed that stigma be considered a fundamental cause of population health inequalities.
We examined the relation between county-level residential segregation dissimilarity indices and various social determinants of health outcomes within Indiana using generalized estimating equation (GEE) modeling. Primary outcomes included housing instability, food insecurity, health insurance status, and enrollment in governmental assistance programs (i.e., Medicaid and SNAP). We used social determinants of health data provided by the Indiana Department of Health collected by Indiana 2-1-1 and residential segregation dissimilarity indices calculated by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.
The GEE models, adjusted for county based on the assumption that subject responses within the same county are correlated, regressed SDOH outcomes against segregation indices. In the adjusted models, we controlled for race and income level. Interactions between residential segregation and race were tested. Residential segregation was significantly associated with housing instability (OR = 1.2916, 95%CI (1.0877, 1.5338), p = 0.0035), food insecurity (OR = 1.1294, 95%CI (1.0292, 1.2394), p=0.0103), and SNAP benefits (OR = 1.1640, 95%CI (1.0559, 1.2831), p = 0.0023). Residential segregation was not significantly associated with health insurance status or Medicaid enrollment.
Structural racism is a fundamental cause of some social determinants of health inequalities. People living in counties with higher residential segregation were found to have significantly higher odds of being food insecure, housing insecure, and receiving SNAP benefits. Insurance status and type were not found to be significant outcomes. State and federal governmental programs and policy changes, paired with anti-stigma campaigns, can be implemented to decrease structural racism and subsequently racial health inequities.
Good, Madelyn, "Structural Racism: A Fundamental Cause Of Social Determinants Of Health Inequalities In Indiana" (2020). Public Health Theses. 1939.


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1) Hint to use with Like clause
If your SQL contain a LIKE clause then you could consider using a hint on the column where an index exists on this column.
Use the /*+index(table index_name) */ hint. The LIKE clause may prevent the use of the index. If the index is physically smaller than the table then it will likely be faster to use the index rather than the table.
Append only works with Insert into table1 select * from table2;
It really doesn't make sense for a single-row insert


Remove the value from a variable. The value will become NULL (empty) but Clear-Variable will preserve the data-type of the object stored in the variable.
 Clear-Variable [-name] string[]
 [-include string[]] [-exclude string[] ]
 [-scope string] [-force] [-passThru] [-whatIf]
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 -name string
 The name(s) of the variable to be cleared, required.
 Wildcards are permitted.
 -include string[]
 Clear only the specified items, wildcards allowed e.g. "ora*"
 -exclude string[]
 Omit the specified items, wildcards allowed e.g. "*ms*"
 -scope string
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Standard Aliases for Clear-Variable: clv
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In the presented study an analysis of the irrigation regime (IR) and the obtained yield from the economic point of view was done, i.e. whether the applied irrigation regime was economically reasonable or not. The most important indicators characterizing the economic efficiency in celery production are: production (kg), production costs (lv), rate of profitability (%), production cost (lv/kg) and profit (lv/ha). The experiment was carried out in several variants under disturbed irrigation regime during 2010-2012 in the region of Plovdiv. From the economic point of view it is recommended celery to be grown under irrigation conditions and the irrigation application to be 130% ofm (optimal irrigation rate). The obtained production cost for that variant was the lowest – 0.60(lv/kg). The reduction of the irrigation rates was not profitable because with the reduction not much money could be saved. The obtained yield was vastly reduced and hence the profit per hectare as well. The profit earned under non-irrigated conditions was even negative – an amount equal to 2/3 of the spent production costs.
Celery – a profitable crop under irrigation


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The First People
MN Historical Society
The first people to occupy the lands now designated as Voyageurs National Park arrived nearly 10,000 years ago during the Paleo-Indian Period.
Groups entered the area as the waters of glacial Lake Agassiz receded. This ancient lake once covered 110,000 square miles of Minnesota, North Dakota, Manitoba, Ontario and Saskatchewan in Canada.
During the Archaic Period (8,000 B.C. - 100 B.C.) people followed a mobile, hunting and gathering lifestyle. Fishing was a major source of food, although the gathering of plants continued to be important as well.
During the Woodland Period (100 A.D.- 900 A.D.) people increased their use of the wild rice that is native to this area. They began to use ceramics to fashion small, side-notched triangular projectile points.
Over 220 pre-contact archeological sites have been documented within the park, including sites that are now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Please remember while exploring the park that all archeological and historic resources are protected by law. Do not destroy or collect any items that you find; instead enjoy looking at the items and leave them where you found them.
Did You Know?
You can make a voyageur trinket, stamp a track or try on voyageurs clothing at a children's corner in a park visitor center.


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The Solling is a range of hills up to 527.8 m above sea level high in the Weser Uplands in the German state of Lower Saxony, whose extreme southerly foothills extend into Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia.
Inside Lower Saxony it is the second largest range of hills and the third highest after the Harz (Wurmberg; 971 m) and the Kaufungen Forest (Haferberg; 581 m).
The Solling is a cultural landscape consisting mainly of spruce and beech forests.Oak also grows in some areas. The Solling forest is home of a number of animals and birds, for example Red deer or Common Chaffinch. They can best be observed in the Neuhaus wildlife park.
Together with the smaller and lower Vogler range and the little Burgberg to the north, the Solling is part of the Solling-Vogler Nature Park.
The main hills in the Solling include the following (heights given in m above Normalnull):
- Große Blöße (527.8 m)
- Großer Ahrensberg (524.9 m)
- Moosberg (513.0 m) – with Hochsolling observation tower
- Vogelherd (ca. 505 m)
- Dreiberg (493.5 m)
- Großer Steinberg (493 m) – with "Harzblick" observation tower
- Tünnekenbornstrang (490.1 m)
- Langenberg (484.6 m)
- Bärenkopf (473.0 m)
- Wolfsstrang (468.7 m) – with Gaußstein
- Schönenberg (457.1 m)
- Hasselberg (also called the Schrodhalbe; 452.5 m) – with TV tower
- Hahnenbreite (452.0 m)
- Alte Schmacht (447.5 m) – with transmission facility
- Eisernstieg (446.3 m)
- Strutberg (444 m) – with "Sollingturm" observation tower
- Großer Lauenberg (442.6 m)
- Wildenkiel (ca. 441 m)
- Auerhahnkopf (ca. 440 m)
- Hengstrücken (424 m)
- Buchholz (421.7 m)
- Sonnenköpfe (414.6 m; western peak)
- Sonnenköpfe (407.0 m; eastern peak)
- Junge Schmacht (388.0 m)
- Platte (379.7 m)
- Sommerberg (364.5 m)
- Kahlberg (224.7 m)
Villages and towns
Villages and towns in the Solling are:
Johannes Krabbe: Karte des Sollings von 1603, herausgegeben und eingeleitet von Hans-Martin Arnoldt, Kirstin Casemir und Uwe Ohanski, Verlag Hahnsche Buchhandlung Hannover 2004.
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At the most case scenario, companies migrate leads from RD Station to Pipedrive when attends certain aspects of a MQL. This automation create or update a lead on RD Station every time that you create a new deal on Pipedrive.
- 1. Pluga keeps an eye on every deal created on your Pipedrive.
- 2. When this occur, we will create or update the lead on RD Station.
- 3. Remember: when you create your automation, you can define the event name of the lead converted. [example: "novo_deal_pipedrive"], what helps you to include this lead in a certain automation pipeline on RD Station!


styled system, variants, overrides
June 28, 2020
creating and overriding variants in styled system
Styled System offers some robust tools to build out a themeable component library based on design tokens simply by using a unified theme object. In this post, I want to think about how to set up reusable component variants -- components that are functionally the same but visually different -- and how to override these default values when necessary.
styled system and design tokens
One reason to use something like Styled System is an adherence to design tokens. A design token is a value that's used to construct components. It can be a color (primary, secondary, light), a size (small, medium, large), or an array of values for spacing (2px, 4px, 8px, etc.). Using design tokens makes building out a component library or design system easy and consistent because it reduces the number of variables you could use (an infinite number) to a limited set that you can use. This constraint leads to consistency in design.
Styled System, and other packages floating in this ecosystem, use a theme spec for consistency across projects. It's just an object with values that can be used to build out components.
theme = {
colors: {
text: '_TAG_',
background: '#464452',
primary: '#28B4AD',
secondary: '#4926F6'
space: [0, 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8]
We can grab our hex values from the theme.colors object, or use the array to get a rem value for defining padding or margin.
With these values, it's easy enough to go out and build a simple component by importing the theme object. But we can also use Styled Component's Theme Provider to give use access to these variables within our styled components
import React from'react';
import styled, { css, ThemeProvider } from'styled-components';
import theme from './theme';
const StyledButton = styled.button' ${({ theme }) => css' background-color: ${theme.colors.primary}; padding: ${[2]}rem ${[3]}rem; '} ';
function Button() {
return (
In a real world use case, you'd hoist the ThemeProvider up to whatever the app's entry point is, allowing all styled components access to the theme variables. This eliminates the need to import the theme object into every component and allows for on the fly theme switching based on what you pass to the ThemeProvider.
building a variant
Buttons ask us to think in variants. The difference between a submit and a cancel button on a form is largely about design rather than functionality. What I ultimately want is to be able to abstract that visual difference away by just passing a prop to change the color.
Cancel
Styled System has a built in variant function that makes this abstraction really easy. Here's an example:
import React from'react';
import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
import styled from'styled-components';
import { variant } from'styled-system';
import { alpha, darken } from '_USER_-ui/color';
const StyledButton = styled.button' ${({ theme, color }) => variant({ prop: 'type', variants: { default { color: 'background', bg: color, '&:hover': { bg: darken(color, theme.opacity.hover) } }, outline: { color, border: '${theme.borders[1]} ${theme.colors[color]}', bg: 'transparent', '&:hover': { bg: alpha(color, 0.1) } } } }) } ';
function Button({ children, color, type,...props }) {
return (
Button.propTypes = {
* content of button
children: PropTypes.string,
* takes one of 'primary','secondary', 'accent','muted'. corresponds
* to theme colors
color: PropTypes.oneOf(['primary','secondary', 'accent','muted']),
* takes one of 'default', 'outline'
type: PropTypes.oneOf(['default', 'outline'])
Button.defaultProps = {
children: null,
color: 'primary',
type: 'default'
export default Button;
At the top of the styled component, we're deconstructing the props object to get access to the theme that is passed down from ThemeProvider and the button's props, specifically color. We then use the variant function by providing a prop string of 'type', so they styling will depend on the type we pass to the button. These are two basic examples, and your milage may vary, but type will determine the text color, the background color, and how to handle the hover state. In both cases, we use the button's color prop to determine which color variable to use for the different css properties.
Because our color variables line up with the variables in our theme object, the variant function takes care of assigning the variables for us. With the outline variant, we can even use color as a shorthand for explicitly defining color: color. This eliminates additional theme destructuring, taking the color prop and finding the corresponding value in the theme object, which we have to do for the outline's border.
overriding a variant
At some point, you're going to want to override these variants -- the design might call for it or you need something like a one-off CTA button. Without a token in the theme object that matches what you need, you'll need a little more granular control over how to style the thing. In this example, we can pass props into the styled button and override default values by using a styled component. The above button could be overridden like this:
const RedButton = styled.Button' color: red; ';
function Page() {
return (
I'm red now
Rather than getting a button with the default primary color, we'll get a red button. This is a basic example, but you could use the same principle to do more complicated overrides.
further thinking
In general, I like this pattern/system because it's, on the one hand, rigid and tied to the design tokens and, on the other, extendable beyond those values if you're in a pinch. Continuing to work some of this out for an in-house design system, my next thoughts would be about extending the above -- what other props would I want the component to take? What other states would be useful here? Additionally, I want to think about what other helper or getting functions might make defining css properties that aren't explicitly in the theme object -- what's the best way to programmatically generate borders or box shadows? The color functions I'm using could be extended to do more, but there are surely other ways to make syntax a little legible and friendlier.
An additional problem to consider is what overriding values this way gets you beyond an easy one-off: this won't generate a new hover state -- I'd have to do that myself. What becomes important, I think, is thinking about the theming system a bit more holistically or systemically in the way I'm asking in the questions above.
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Sort your items using the Automatic Chest Sorter.
The Atlas chest sorting system works using storage minecarts and is able to move entire inventories instantly.
The storage cart can be put into one of three modes by having the cart pass over a powered activator rail with a wool block under it.
The color of the wool will change the mode of the minecart.
- Red Wool = Chest to Cart mode - Take items out of chests and put them into the minecart. (Note: currently to reduce abuse, the chest MUST be named "Input")
- Blue Wool = Cart to Chest mode - Take items out of the cart and put them into the chests.
- White Wool = Disabled mode - Returns the cart back to vanilla bahavior.
There are other settings that you can use:
- Green Wool = Leave one of each item type behind.
- Orange Wool = Don't leave any items behind.
- Yellow Wool = Leave one of each stack behind. (not implemented yet)
- Magenta Wool = Only transfer if the target already contains the same type of item.
- Brown Wool = Transfer regardless of what is in the target.
- Pink Wool = Top up existing stacks in the target. (not implemented yet)
Once you have configured the cart using the wool blocks, when the cart passes over a powered activator rail it will scan for nearby chests (2 blocks up, 2 blocks down, 1 block east, west, north, & south) and will put or take items as you have configured it.
Right click the minecart to view the current config.
It is possible (and recommened) to have a single cart in your base that performs all sorting activity,
== NEW FEATURES - NOT YET ON SERVER ==
Activator rail on Black Wool - Will search for a sign attached to the back wool block, and perform one of the following actions:
- "SetName" will rename the cart to the name specified on the second line of text on the sign.
Detector rail on Black Wool - Will search for a sign attacked to the wool block, and perform one of the following actions:
- "NameEquals" - Will activate if the carts name matches the one on the second line of the sign
- "NameContains" - Will activate if the carts name contains the text on the second line of the sign
- "NameStartsWith" - Will activate if the carts name starts with the text on the second line of the sign
- "NameEndsWith" - Will activate if the carts name ends with the text on the second line of the sign
- "CartType" - Will activate for the cart types on the second line of the sign: "Rideable", "Storage", "Explosive", "Hopper", "Spawner", "Powered"
- "HasPassenger" - Will activate if the cart has a passenger
Adding the word "not" to the thrid line on the sign will cause the output to be the opposite of what it would be normally.
Avoid having multiple signs near the wool block as it may get confused.
Activator rail on a hopper will cause minecarts to be 'killed' and deposited into the hopper.


text: The objective of this NASA Phase I SBIR program is to leverage lightweight, durable materials developed by NanoSonic for use within extra vehicular activity (EVA) space boots to provide the following benefits: weight reduction, increased durability/longevity and thermal protection/comfort. NanoSonic will collaborate with ILC Dover, the manufacturer of the EVA space boot, to develop next-generation designs employing the adaptive thermal control materials described herein. Next-generation designs will increase the comfort and productivity while reducing fatigue and injury risks provided to crew members. Further, these next-generation EVA boot materials shall also provide enhanced instep support and enable better boot sizing as indexing. To address the comfort and thermal concerns within the EVA boot, NanoSonic will work with ILC Dover, the world's leader in EVA spacesuits, who was recently awarded the contract by NASA to develop the Z-2 advanced spacesuit. In addition to providing enhancements for foot indexing and thermal comfort, NanoSonic will work with ILC to ensure that the solutions developed herein provide weight savings and increased durability such that the EVA prototype boots developed in the Phase II effort will afford crew members increased comfort and productivity while reducing fatigue and injury risk. The proposed program would start at TRL 5 and end at TRL 8 after a Phase II effort.


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This very bright "localized" sundog was formed in ice fog among trees along the Bow River in Calgary on a very cold winter day recently. The remarkable feature of this sundog is that trees are profiled against it. The equivalent sundog on the opposite side of the Sun was almost as bright. These sundogs varied in brightness as ice-fog density varied. Individual ice crystals show up as transient bright points.
Author: Alan Clark, Canada


idbr: access the US Census Bureau International Data Base in R
Today's post is by Kyle Walker, a professor of geography at Texas Christian University. I've been a fan of Kyle's work for a while. When I saw that he wrote a package for accessing the Census Bureau's International Data Base, I asked him to write a guest post about it.
The US Census Bureau's International Data Base (IDB) is one of the best resources on the web for obtaining both historical and future projections of international demographic indicators. I've long used the IDB in my teaching, generally using its web interface to download data extracts. However, the Census Bureau also makes the IDB accessible via its API, which makes it much more convenient for programmers to access the data. Earlier this year, I wrote the R package idbr ( to help R programmers use the IDB in their projects.
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In this post, I'll go over the basics of the idbr package and illustrate its functionality with animated GIF visualizations of IDB data using ggplot2 and gganimate.
idbr is available on CRAN, and can be installed with the command install.packages('idbr'). Once installed, start up your idbr session with the following code:
idb_api_key('Your API key goes here')
To use the US Census Bureau API, you'll need to get an API key from It is free and doesn't take long for you to get the key. Supply the key to the idb_api_key function to set your API key as an environment variable in your R session; you only need to do this once per session.
There are two main functions in idbr: idb1 and idb5. idb1 taps into the 1-year-age-band IDB dataset; this dataset includes population counts for single years of age, optionally for specific age ranges or by sex. At its simplest, a user can request data for a given country in a given year. Countries are identified by their FIPS 10-4 codes, which can be looked up with the countrycode package if you don't know the code for your country of interest.
countrycode('Canada', '', 'fips104')
[1] "CA"
The country code for Canada is "CA"; this can now be supplied to the idb1 function.
ca <- idb1('CA', 2016)
Source: local data frame [6 x 6]
(dbl) (dbl) (chr) (dbl) (chr) (dbl)
1 0 _PHONE_ Canada 361796 CA 2016
2 _PHONE_ Canada 361650 CA 2016
3 2 _PHONE_ Canada 361299 CA 2016
4 3 _PHONE_ Canada 360863 CA 2016
5 4 _PHONE_ Canada 360321 CA 2016
6 5 _PHONE_ Canada 360143 CA 2016
The function returns a data frame with the default variables available in the 1-year dataset.
More demographic indicators are available via the idb5 function, which includes population data by 5-year age bands as well as measurements of birth, death, and migration rates. Variables are accessible by supplying a variable name or a concept, which refers to a group of variables. To get a list of available variable and concept names, call idb_variables() or idb_concepts().
For example, we can specify the concept "Fertility rates" to get all of the fertility variables for Canada in 2016:
idb5('CA', 2016, concept = 'Fertility rates')
Source: local data frame [1 x 12]
ASFR15_19 ASFR20_24 ASFR25_29 ASFR30_34 ASFR35_39 ASFR40_44 ASFR45_49 GRR SRB TFR FIPS time
(dbl) (dbl) (dbl) (dbl) (dbl) (dbl) (dbl) (dbl) (dbl) (dbl) (chr) (dbl)
1 13.8 53.3 101.9 101.4 41.7 7.1 0.3 0.7767 1.0563 1.5972 CA 2016
The idb5 function as called above returns age-specific fertility rates for five-year age bands, as well as the gross reproduction rate, sex ratio at birth, and total fertility rate.
These demographic indicators are even more useful, however, when you can compare them across countries or over time. You can supply a vector of years to the idb1 function to get single-year-of-age population counts over multiple years; idb5 accepts both a vector of country codes and a vector of years. From here, you can design analyses or data visualizations to examine these temporal or cross-country comparisons.
Two animated examples with code are below. The examples use the gganimate extension to ggplot2 which wraps the animation package, so to reproduce the examples, you'll need ImageMagick installed on your machine and on your system PATH.
Animated population pyramid of Nigeria, _PHONE_ (projected)
idb_api_key("Your key goes here")
male <- idb1('NI', 1990:2050, sex ='male') %>%
 mutate(POP = POP * -1,
 SEX = 'Male')
female <- idb1('NI', 1990:2050, sex = 'female') %>%
 mutate(SEX = 'Female')
nigeria <- rbind(male, female)
g1 <- ggplot(nigeria, aes(x = AGE, y = POP, fill = SEX, width = 1, frame = time)) +
 coord_fixed() +
 coord_flip() +
 geom_bar(data = subset(nigeria, SEX == "Female"), stat = "identity", position = 'identity') +
 geom_bar(data = subset(nigeria, SEX == "Male"), stat = "identity", position = 'identity') +
 scale_y_continuous(breaks = seq(-_PHONE_, _PHONE_, _PHONE_),
 labels = c('5m', '2.5m', '0', '2.5m', '5m'),
 limits = c(min(nigeria$POP), max(nigeria$POP))) +
 theme_minimal(base_size = 14, base_family = "Tahoma") +
 scale_fill_manual(values = c('#98df8a', '#2ca02c')) +
 ggtitle('Population structure of Nigeria,') +
 ylab('Population') +
 xlab('Age') +
 theme(legend.position = "bottom", legend.title = element_blank()) +
 labs(caption = 'Chart by _USER_ | Data source: US Census Bureau IDB via the idbr R package') +
 guides(fill = guide_legend(reverse = TRUE))
gg_animate(g1, interval = 0.1, ani.width = 700, ani.height = 600)
Life expectancy at birth by sex in the former USSR, _PHONE_ (click the image for a clearer version)
ctrys <- countrycode(c('Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Belarus', 'Moldova', 'Georgia', 'Kazakhstan',
 'Uzbekistan', 'Lithuania', 'Latvia', 'Estonia', 'Kyrgyzstan',
 'Tajikistan', 'Turkmenistan', 'Armenia', 'Azerbaijan'),
 '', 'fips104')
idb_api_key("Your API key here")
full <- idb5(country = ctrys, year = 1989:2016,
 variables = c('E0_F', 'E0_M'), country_name = TRUE)
tmp <- full %>%
 filter(time == 1989) %>%
ord <- as.character(as.vector(tmp$NAME))
dft <- full %>%
 mutate(diff = E0_F - E0_M, ease = 'cubic-in-out') %>%
 select(-FIPS) %>%
 rename(Male = E0_M, Female = E0_F) %>%
 tween_elements(time = 'time', group = 'NAME', ease = 'ease',
 nframes = 500) %>%
 gather(Sex, value, Male, Female, -diff, %>%
 mutate(.group = factor(.group, levels = ord))
g <- ggplot() +
 geom_point(data = dft, aes(x = value, y =.group, color = Sex, frame =.frame),
 size = 14) +
 scale_color_manual(values = c('darkred', 'navy')) +
 geom_text(data = dft, aes(x = value, y =.group, frame =.frame,
 label = as.character(round(dft$value, 1))),
 color = 'white', fontface = 'bold') +
 geom_text(data = dft, aes(x = 80, y = 1.5, frame =.frame,
 label = round(dft$time, 0)), color = 'black', size = 12) +
 theme_minimal(base_size = 16, base_family = "Tahoma") +
 theme(panel.grid.major.x = element_blank(),
 panel.grid.minor.x = element_blank()) +
 labs(y = '',
 x = '',
 color = '',


Monitor whether outside doors and windows are closed during cold weather
5 Detective KS1, KS2
Activity summary
Getting the temperature right in the classroom is important; too hot and everyone falls asleep and doesn't learn, too cold and we shiver, and must put extra jumpers on. Sometimes teachers open windows or doors when the classroom gets too warm and stuffy during the winter months. Instead we should try to turn down the heating to reduce energy use and save the school money. Opening windows or doors means we are letting all the heat out of the building, and wasting money.
Pupils can complete this activity to identify where heat is being wasted in school. Are thermostats and radiators turned too high?
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Miguel Bruns Alonso, a student from the Netherlands' Delft University of Technology, has conceived a prototype pen that can measure and reduce the level of the user's stress.
The anti-stress pen features motion sensors and built-in electromagnets that react to the person's nervous system and detect stress. The pen was able to reduce the rate of heart fall by an average of five percent in an experiment performed on various persons.
Miguel Bruns Alonso's anti-stress pen is truly an important accessory in the busy modern world.


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Horticultural therapy is the use of professionally directed plant, gardening, and nature activities for the purpose of optimizing the physical and mental health of its participants.
Have you noticed how a walk in the forest or being around plants makes you feel better, or how happy you are when you pick the season's first vine-ripe tomato? How about when you share a favorite perennial with a friend or see someone admiring your garden?
When people are engaged in appreciating or tending plants, their sense of well-being increases. A trained horticultural therapist fosters this benefit. Stress exacerbates every physical or emotional ailment; counteracting stress has a positive impact on attaining good health.
Horticultural therapy maintains or improves physical health by providing unlimited opportunities for exercising, increasing flexibility, improving coordination and balance, and building physical strength. Multiple studies have demonstrated that physiological indicators such as respiration, pulse, and blood pressure respond positively to engagement with plants.
Horticultural therapy elicits positive psychological and emotional responses by relieving stress, providing a nonthreatening atmosphere, alleviating depression, and helping people connect with nature. Research studies confirm these and many other psychosocial benefits when people interact with plants and nature.


I got a problem when calculating the out-of-sample performance of my model. I have the following settings:
 1. I have daily data.
 2. I use a rolling window of 1 week.
 3. I use the previous six months of data to estimate my model parameters.
Thus, the model parameters are estimated every week using the previous 6 month of data. Each time the parameters are estimated the investment control remains fixed for 1 week (I do not rebalance) until the parameters are next updated.
My question is: How do I calculate performance/return including transaction cost? When I have estimated the parameters and make a trade to rebalance at day 1, do I then need to
 1. Calculate the daily return of the portfolio in the 1 week window and sum it to get the return for the week.
 2. Compute the new positions from the new estimated parameters.
 3. Compute the total expected trading cost from step 2).
 4. Subtract the total expected trading cost from the portfolio return calculated in 1.
 1. Holding period return would be more appropriate. Calculate your one week return by using your ending portfolio NAV. The easiest way to do this would to be to store number of shares in each position and multiply by price after one week to obtain your new NAV.
 2. Yes.
 3. Yes.
 4. No, subtract it from your ending portfolio NAV. The process is as follows:
 - Estimate parameters/train model
 - Determine positions through model
 - Calculate trades by netting new portfolio with current portfolio.
 - Determine position sizes in terms of % of pre-trade NAV. Add trading costs as % of pre-trade NAV. The total sum of the pre-trade position sizes will now exceed 100%. Proportionally resize such that the new positions plus trading costs sum to 100%.
 - Execute trades. Recalculate NAV at end of the week and restart.
Total period return minus trading costs is obviously $ \cfrac{{NAV}_{end}}{NAV_{start}}-1$. It's easier to keep everything in terms of NAV until you want to calculate a period return, since your trades will be calculated off of NAV.
Your Answer


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Practical Leadership is an interactive seminar where students receive repeated coaching and real-time feedback on their own leadership capabilities from their peers and the instructor. The course is structured around a set of readings. However, the key component is each student's own self-assessment. These self-assessments are done by the students in the first week of the semester. The areas for improvement that the students identify are then targeted in the weekly role plays that are customized for each student in the class. The goal of the class is for each student to increase his or her own leadership abilities through an ongoing cycle of practice, feedback and reflection.


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Q: We have several 'Natchez' crapemyrtles and want to plant a red one between the white ones.
What crapemyrtle blooms red at same time or close to 'Natchez'?
A: 'Dynamite' has a terrific red flower color and is a tree-form crapemyrtle, like 'Natchez'. As you know, crapemyrtle varieties assume several shapes, from the dwarf 'Chica Red' to the large shrub 'Tonto'. I've collected references for the various varieties and shapes at xrl.us/CRAPECULTIVARS
Tags For This Article: crape myrtle


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How to Create Interactive Scenarios in Articulate Storyline
Date: Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Time: 10:00AM Pacific / 1:00PM Eastern (60 Minute Session)
The more relevant you can make the training to the learner's needs, the better it will be. One way to do so is by crafting decision-making scenarios. They are engaging and interactive. The challenge is that often we're pressed for time or we don't have the technical skills to create interactive content.
Join Tom as he shares his simple 3C model where you challenge the learner to make a decision, offer some choices, and produce consequences that provides relevant feedback or additional challenges. Then he'll show you how to quickly create them using Articulate Storyline.
In this session you'll learn:
- To use the 3C model to build decision-making scenarios
- Build interactive models using states, layers, and triggers in Storyline
- Craft interactive branched scenarios
- Discover how to create, share, and re-use what you build
About Tom Kuhlmann
Tom Kuhlmann is as close as we get to a rock star in e-learning. He is the VP of Community at Articulate and author of widely popular "Rapid e-Learning Blog" with over 50,000 readers. While that may not be as many readers as Oprah has viewers, for e-learning, it's HUGE!
He's passionate about learning and technology and has over 15 years experience in the training industry where he's developed hundreds of hours of elearning and managed elearning projects at Capital One, Washington Mutual, and Weyerhaeuser. Tom has a Master's in Education Technology from Pepperdine, where he researched how to cultivate communities of practice through the development of personal expertise.
Tom's core focus is on helping people succeed and grow. He is known throughout the industry for his practical, no-nonsense approaches to e-learning, and tips for making PowerPoint do things its creators didn't envision.
Click here for an interview with Tom Kuhlmann:_URL_


_TAG_: The historical dark side of Sweden's Lucia tradition
_TAG_: The historical dark side of Sweden's Lucia tradition
Swedish Lucia celebrations of the past were characterized by evil spirits, naughty pranks, and a bit of cross-dressing. Photo: Henrik Montgomery/TT
Behind the calm serenity, twinkling candlelight, and hauntingly beautiful music of a traditional Swedish Lucia procession is a far more complex and varied history than many people may realize. And though the procession may seem like an ancient tradition, it is actually a relatively modern practice that replaced centuries of more hedonistic traditions.
At the centre of this history is, of course, Saint Lucia, a 4th century Italian martyr whose feast day falls on December 13th. In Sweden, she has long been a bearer of light on what was, under the old Julian calendar, the longest night of the year. According to Lena Kättström Höök, curator at Stockholm's Nordiska Museet, in her book, Lucia i nytt ljus, Lucia day has been recognized on the Swedish calendar since the 1100s.
Once in Sweden, however, the Catholic tradition of Saint Lucia was blended with both Nordic paganism and Scandinavian interpretations of the Bible. According to each of these traditions, there was a darker side to the name Lucia and December 13th.
The Stockholm Lucia in the 1930s. Photo: Pressens Bild/TT
As noted in yesterday's article on lussebullar, lusse is an old Swedish form of ljus (light) that is connected etymologically with both Lucia and Lucifer, a fallen angel whose name later became synonymous with Satan. In Sweden, this connection between the Lucia tradition and Satan is furthered through the Nordic tradition of the Biblical creation myth, in which another Lucia was Adam's first wife who illicitly cavorted with Satan.
In an article for Nätverket, a journal published by Uppsala University, ethnologist Katarina Ek-Nilsson explained how these traditions contributed to making Lucia day something completely different to what we know today: "The Lucia tradition is also a 'lusse' tradition that is linked to the night before Lucia day. This was a dangerous night when evil forces were about and evil creatures played their pranks against those who dared to go out. Some wise men announced that you never celebrated Lucia because you did not want to celebrate 'the evil'."
The evil creatures, known by names like lussegubben (Lucia fellow) and lussekärring (Lucia old woman), did actually exist. That is, as Ek-Nilsson explained, they existed in the form of young people who dressed themselves up in wild and frightening costumes or in the clothes of the opposite sex and spent the night going door-to-door singing raucous songs and begging for food and drinks.
This exuberant tradition survived in some form for centuries, lingering until the early 1900s, when it was effectively replaced by the wide acceptance of the more "civilized" tradition of the Lucia procession.
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