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This paper examines the drained bearing response of circular footings resting on structured soil deposits. Numerical simulations have been carried out using a finite element formulation of the Structured Cam Clay model. A parametric study was conducted by varying the parameters that govern the behaviour of structured soils and guidelines are given for designers to identify when effects of the soil structure are important. Under fully drained conditions, deformation within the structured soil supporting the footing usually occurs as a local or punching shear failure due to high compressibility of the structured soil and the mobilised bearing pressure increases with the footing movement, without reaching an ultimate value. A novel approximate method is presented to obtain the load–displacement response of a rigid circular footing resting on the surface of a structured soil deposit. This requires the properties of the soil in the reconstituted state and two additional parameters, which govern the natural structure of the soil. The proposed method has been applied to a published case study, where plate load test results are given for rigid circular steel plates resting on structured soil deposits. Fair agreement is observed between the computed and experimental results, suggesting the approximate method may be useful in design studies of foundations on structured soil deposits.
Computers and Geotechnics Vol. 36, Issue 3, p. 493-502


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Let's talk about vocation
As often happens, the most important things in life are difficult to define.
The concept of vocation lends itself to various interpretations and therefore can confuse. We can use the word vocation in different ways, at different levels. There are, for example, "vocational" schools; it is said that someone has "a lot of vocation" for some trade or profession; if a boy gets out of the seminary "he had no vocation". And we also talk about "marriage or religious vocation". What are we talking about?
The word vocation comes from Latin: Vocare, which means called. Feel a vocation is tantamount to saying that someone is calling me. Otherwise, it doesn't make sense.
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Finite Element Simulation of the Process of Aluminum Alloy Resistance Spot Welding
In this paper, an axis-symmetric finite element analysis (FEA) model for the resistance spot welding (RSW) of aluminum alloys is developed using the FEA software ANSYS. It accounts for the interactions of mechanical, electrical and thermal phenomena. The coupled analysis is accomplished through the cycles of contact analysis and electrical-thermal analysis. In order to perform the coupled mechanical-electrical-thermal analysis, the relationship for contact electrical resistivity as a function of contact pressure and temperature is proposed, and the phase change due to melting is also accounted for. At the same time, temperature-dependent variable material properties are used to the simulation. In addition, the coupled analysis also includes the effect of distortion on the electrical-thermal analysis.


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More than 25 companies operate commercial vessels in the Great Lakes-Seaway System. The largest Great Lakes freighters are massive and can carry more than 70,000 tons of cargo in a single voyage. Stood on end, these ships would be as tall as a 100 story building. Ships offer the most efficient means of transporting large quantities of cargo. For example, the largest Great Lakes vessels can transport the same amount of cargo as 700 rail cars or 2,800 trucks.
Lakers / Salties
- Lake Vessels
Most Great Lakes-Seaway commercial cargo ships are specially designed and constructed for use in the system. Known as "lakers," these vessels carry bulk cargo and have a unique configuration that enable them to fit through our navigation locks and operate under the weather and fresh-water hydrologic conditions in the Great Lakes.
- Ocean-going Vessels
The waterway is also served by ocean-going vessels designed to operate not only in the Great Lakes, but also in the harsh conditions of the world's salt-water oceans. For this reason, these vessels are known as "salties." Most salties are multipurpose in their design, able to carry bulk cargo, break bulk cargo and project cargo.
The Great Lakes-Seaway system is served by three distinct vessel operator communities:
- U.S.-flag operators are those companies whose vessels are documented under the laws of the United States. Generally these carriers operate between U.S. ports within the Great Lakes.
- Canadian-flag operators are those companies whose vessels are documented under Canadian law. These carriers generally operate between lower St. Lawrence River ports and Great Lakes ports, carrying both domestic and bi-national commerce.
- Foreign-flag operators are those carriers whose vessels are documented under the laws of a country other than the United States or Canada. These vessels operate between system ports and overseas destinations.


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abstract composition of Libya
hieroglyphic name Rebu
The Berber name Rebu in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics.
The Origin of The Name Libya:
There are several theories attempting to explain the origin of the name, but it is almost certain that it comes from the ancient Berber tribe known to the ancient Egyptians as Rebu or Ribu; from which the Greeks derived "Libya", and which the Arabs of today's Egypt know as Lubia, whence Lubians, in line with their relatives and neighbours the Nubians. The name "Libia", as found in the archaeological site of "Qaser Libia", in Cyrenaica, is widely thought to have been derived from the ancient village of Olbia. Some sources also derive the names "Libya" and "Lubda" (Leptis Magna) from Lewwa, one of the Berber ancestors given by Ibn Khaldun. However, the Greek form Leptis itself was derived from the Berber and Punic Libqi, which Bates linked to the Berber Ribu.
According to the Berber Leo Africanus (1600, p.13), it was called "Libya" by the Greeks, "Because it was in old time conquered by Libs the king of Mauritania. In the holie scriptures it is called Chamesis, by the Arabians and Ethiopians Alkebulam, and by the Indians Besecath." In the Bible the Libyans appeared as the Lubim, or Lebahim, the son of Mizraim; which Oric Bates was the first to identify with the modern variant Ta-Mazigh-t -- an appellation widely applied to the proud Berbers of North Africa.
The proposed etymology of 'Libya' being moisture has no support other than the "Libyan wind" which brought rain to Greek mainland; and as it is obvious that Greek Libu is the same as Egyptian Ribu one does not need to propose a Greek etymology for a name that is not Greek. The proper etymology must be sought in the mother language of the given word - the ancient Libyan language: Tamazight, others know as 'Berber'. Egyptian and Berber languages are both members of the Hamitic branch of the Hamito-Samitic linguistic family, and many of the ancient Egyptian and Berber mythical gods and goddesses are still represented on the rock art of the great Mother Sahara, in what is known as the largest collection of prehistoric art in the world: well over one hundred thousand sites.
ancient Libyans in Egyptian drawings
Ancient Libyans, as pictured by the ancient Egyptians.
The Mythology of The Name Libya:
Libya was also the name of the Goddess known to the Greeks as the Goddess Libya, and also of the whole continent before the Romans named it Africa after the Berber Goddess Afri. In mythology, the "Goddess Libya" had three sons by the Libyan Sea-God Poseidon: Belus, Agenor and Lelex. King Belus ruled at Chemmis or Chamesis of Leo Africanus, Agenor migrated to Cana'an (the Middle East), and Lelex became king of Megara. The wife of Belus Anchinoe, daughter of the Nile-god Nilus, bore him three sons: Aegyptus, Danaus and Cepheus, and one daughter: Lamia, the Libyan Snake-goddess. The myth relates an interesting "deception tale" in which Danaus was sent to rule Libya where he had fifty daughters, and Aegyptus, who had fifty sons, ruled over Egypt.
The Political Name of Libya:
The following map shows how the country looked like during the colonial periods. A look at the map of Egypt (bordered red) shows traces of the ancient Libya, as in the "Libyan Desert", the site of the Libyan Desert Glass, and the "Libyan Plateau". No much was left of Libya then; just an Italian-occupied regency called TRIPOLI.
Map of Libya
Map of Libya & North Africa in 1914, showing The Country Tripoli (in green).
From: Harmsworth's Atlas of The World And Pictorial Gazetteer With An Atlas of The Great War,
Edited by J. A. Hammerton, The Amalgamated Press, LTD., London, pp. 284-285.
In 1912 the Ottoman Turks surrendered control of Tripoli to Italy in accordance with the Treaty of Lausanne. In 1918 the Tripolitanian Republic was created to become the first ever republic in North Africa & the Middle East; only to be destroyed by the Italians a few years later. Following the Benyadem Peace Accord the constitution (known as The Primary Law) was created for the republic on May 1919, and an 8-member government was appointed for the Republic. Unfortunately the Tripolitanian Republic never gained the full support in the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, and subsequently it disappeared from the pages of history.
libya map during imperial military geography
1920's Italian Tripoli, from:
"Imperial Military Geography", by D. H. Cole, London, 1928, p. 78.
This map shows how Tripoli was enlarged by the colonial powers in 1919 to arrive at the current map of Libya: the area between the dotted lines and the actual borders (on the left) was given to Italy by France in accordance with the secret treaty of London; while the area between the dotted lines and the actual borders (on the right) was given to Italy by Britain. Note how the borders with Sudan were before 1935, when Italy received the "Aouzou Strip" as a result of the Mussolini-Laval agreement. The Libyans fiercely resisted the Italian takeover (from the Turks) and continued to fight the Italians until 1931, when the fascists hanged the leader of the resistance Omar Almukhtar, in humiliation before his conquered people.
libya map under Italian occupation in 1934
Libya under Italian occupation, 1934.
Image based on the image from: Administrative subdivision of Italian Libya, from "Atlantino storico" (1938),
by professor Arcangelo Ghisleri (_PHONE_),
via _URL_
The actual name "LIBYA" as a state (or a country) came into effect for the first time around 1934 when the provinces of Tripolitania and Cyrenaica were united during the Italian occupation; initially Fezzan was not included. In 1943 Italian Tripoli came under the control of the Allied forces: the British took Tripolitania and Cyrenaica (the British Military Administration of Libya), while France took Fezzan (the Military Territory of Fezzan-Ghadames). However, all the three provinces were united into one country (namely Libya) on the 24th of December 1951, when Libya was granted its (so-called) independence to become the United Kingdom of Libya.
Shortly after the installation of Colonel Mua'mmar al-Qaddafi (Gaddafi) in 1969, Libya became known as the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, where the last word became synonymous with Libya. Many Libyans feel the introduction of the term "Arab" by the government into the name of Libya does not democratically represent all the true populations of Libya, originally inhabited by the Berbers ('Imazighen'), and still is inhabited by the Berbers in various parts of the country, including most of Nafousa Mountain, Zuwarah, Ghadames, Jalo, Awjlah, and most of the Sahara, the home of the Berber Tuareg confederacies.
However, "Libya" is back as the official name of the country after the installation of the National Transitional Council (NTC) in 2011; only to be changed once more on the 8th of January 2013 by the GNC to: "The Country Libya", or "The State of Libya" (دولة ليبيا); until the final name is decided by the forthcoming constitution. No one knows why the word "state" was added to the official name - maybe to distinguish it from "The Goddess Libya"!
map of ancient Libya during the Egyptian empire
Map of Ancient Libya, showing the locations of the native Berber tribes of Ancient Egypt.
The above ancient map, which is over 2000 years older than the colonial map, shows there was no Egypt, just a huge expanse of land known to classical geographers and historians as Libya, to the extent that the name Libya also came to designate the whole continent of Africa. When the Romans arrived through the western gates (Tripolitania and Tunisia), they adopted the name Aprica or Africa, originally from the Berber name of the local tribes who inhabited the region, as in Yefren today, and thereafter Libya became known as Africa. This means that the names "Libya" and "Africa" are both Berber in origin.
Facts & Statistics
 - Name: Libya (ليبيا).
 - Nationality: Libyan (لیبی, ليبيية).
 - Capital: Tripoli.
 - Area: 1.759.540 sq. km.
 - Coastline: 1,770 km.
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National Estimates of Petitioned Status Offense Cases (Continued)
Judicial Decision and Disposition
In 1995, 50% of petitioned status offense cases handled by juvenile courts resulted in formal adjudication (figure 14).3 Ungovernability, truancy, and liquor law violation cases carried virtually the same likelihood of adjudication (figure 15). Proportionately fewer runaway cases were adjudicated. The proportion of petitioned status offense cases resulting in adjudication declined from 67% to 50% between 1986 and 1995 (table 55). There was some variation across status offense categories in the decline in the proportion of petitioned cases resulting in adjudication.
3 The remaining flow diagrams in this chapter present only proportions and not estimates of case counts because of the relatively low volumes of cases in many of the branches.
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The dart flight is one of the most essential parts of the dart. The flight helps to keep the dart stabilized, allowing it to keep a consistent flight path. It works by cutting through and dividing the airflow, reducing drag.
With such importance put on the dart flight, you'll want to ensure that your flights are kept in perfect condition. In which case, we'd recommend something called a dart flight protector.
We've highlighted some of the main features of dart flight protectors, below.
Why use a Dart Flight Protector?
The most pivotal role played by flight protectors is to keep your flights in their original shape. Although there isn't a perfect flight shape that is suitable for all types of darts, you must keep your flights free from becoming bent or damaged to maintain optimum performance.
This is the where your dart flight protectors come in. By using a perfect flight protector, you can maintain that the flight holds it's desired shape.
How to Use a Flight Protector
When fitting your flight protectors, it is essential to follow a set of standards, these include:
- Make sure to maintain the same flight shape with all 3 of your darts
- Avoid changing the flight shape frequently
- Try to spread the dart flight yourself before using a flight protector
Keeping the flights in the uniform 'X' shape guarantees the perfect flight of your dart. However, there are numerous shapes of flights, such as: Kite, Pear, and Electro. Flight protectors are easy to use. You just need to clip it around the flight.
Benefits of Using Flight Protectors
Using a flight protector can be beneficial in many ways. Firstly, it helps your flight to maintain a good shape, even after prolonged use. As a result, the dart will continue to fly with an aerodynamic shape, minimizing the chances of drag and air resistance.
Furthermore, using a flight protector will also reduce the unwanted movement of the dart, once it's airborne. Enhancing your chances of hitting the desired target.
Below are some other benefits of using flight protectors:
- Flight protectors prevent the flight from any damage
- Keeps the flight wings in their original shape
- Sticks to the dart flight securely
- Very cheap
No doubt, dart flights offer a wide range of advantages. Plus, they're cheap and really easy to install. Therefore, you'd be stupid not to purchase them to protect your own set of darts. Here's a cheap set we found on Amazon.


How much electricity do LED street lights use?
A high-pressure sodium street light can draw up to 1000 watts, and an incandescent light used in the 1900s needed 320 watts. Some LED street lights require only 73 watts and, according to the U. S. Department of Energy, produce a higher quality of light.
Do LED lights take up electricity?
LEDs consume far less electricity than incandescent bulbs, and decorative LED light strings such as Christmas tree lights are no different. … Safer: LEDs are much cooler than incandescent lights, reducing the risk of combustion or burnt fingers.
How much does it cost to run street lights?
Keeping this in mind, the running cost of the street light would be 40 x 100 x 0.12/1,000 = $0.48 an hour. On the other hand, if you use high-pressure sodium street lamps, halogen lamps, and metal halide lamps, the cost of running the street lights would be $1 an hour.
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How much does a street light cost to run UK?
How much energy does a street light use? Typically, lights on residential roads contain a 35 watt lamp, while those on main roads contain a 150 watt lamp. In simple terms, the electricity consumed by an 'average' light will cost between £25 and £65 a year.
Who pays for the electricity for street lights?
Essential Energy is responsible for the maintenance and billing of around 160,000 streetlights for 85 Councils across NSW and southern Queensland, from Bega Valley in the south to Tweed Heads in the north and Broken Hill in the west.
How much does it cost to run a 1000w LED light?
You need to divide your wattage by 1,000 (1,000 kilowats in 1 watt). So, if we were to run a 1000 watt grow light 18 hours a day with the kWh rate we gave earlier, our formula would be: 1 x $0.1559 x 18 x 30 = $84.186/month.
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How long does it take to install a street light?
On contrary, if you're going to do it by hand, this will take around 15-20 minutes. Beside this, you will also need at least four to five men to help you out in installing it properly. In short, the complete installation will not take longer than 2 hours if done properly and stepwise.
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How long do street light bulbs last?
With proper maintenance and renewal, most street lights will last 20 years or longer. The pole that supports a decorative street light can last 90 years with proper maintenance.
How do you calculate lighting consumption?
To find the total wattage of a fixture, add the wattage of each light bulb together.
 1. fixture watts = bulb watts × bulb quantity.
 2. kWh = Power(W) × Time(hrs) ÷ 1,000.
 3. monthly kWh = kWh per day × 30.
 4. price = kWh × cost per kWh.
How many kilowatts does a street light use?
2004. "The lamps used in streetlights vary in both size and consumption (typically between 35 and 250 Watts) depending upon whether they are lighting a residential area, main road or a town centre." "It is generally assumed that the average wattage of a streetlight is about 80 watts." Outdoor Lighting Handbook.
How many street lights are in the UK?
In that case, we will have approximately 2.8 million street lights. Final answer: 2.8 million street lights are there in London.
How many street lights are there in the world?
There are currently 304 million total streetlights in the world. This number will grow to 352 million total streetlights by 2025.
Why do we pay for electricity?
How do street lights turn on?
The most commonly used component in streetlights is called a cadmium sulphide photoresistor, or a CdS cell for short. … When it gets dark, then not much current can flow to the electromagnet so the switch closes and allows electricity to flow to the streetlight, turning it on.
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Does the government pay for electricity?
Renewable generation is supported by direct subsidies (money for electricity) while generation from fossil fuels is supported via indirect subsidies (tax preferences on fuel production). … Renewables-focused subsidies like the Production Tax Credit and the Investment Tax Credit offer clear benefit to wind and solar.
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Bad Debt overpayments are created when a receipt (CFFRP) that has issued to the custodial person (CP) or non-custodial parent (NCP) is later removed from the case or moved to a different balance type. The most common reasons for bad debts include:
- IRS take-backs
- Insufficient funds or stop pay for payment
- Incorrect Family Group Number (FGN)
- Incorrect balances and/or balance types
There are five types of bad debts:
- CP Bad Debt: These occur when a IV-D receipt that was previously issued to a CP is adjusted.
- Non IV-D CP Bad Debt: These occur when a Non IV-D receipt that was previously issued to a CP is adjusted.
- Interstate Bad Debt: These occur when a receipt is adjusted that previously issued to another state.The three types of bad debts above could occur when a receipt is moved to another case or another CP, refunded to an NCP, retained for state reimbursement, or a check returned from a bank unpaid (e.g., stop pays, insufficient funds).
- Miscellaneous Bad Debt: Miscellaneous Bad Debts occur when an overpayment is created against a party other than the NCP, CP, or another state. For example, if CSS received funds from an employer in error and refunded it back to them, but the funds to Child Support Services (CSS) are later revoked for reasons such as NSF, Stop Pay, etc.
- NCP Bad Debt: These occur when an NCP has received an issuance to which they were not entitled.
- Refunding a tax payment and then receiving an IRS take-back on the same payment
- Refunding a payment to an NCP and later realizing that it should have been logged to a different NCP's case.
For bad debt overpayments, send a Finance Action Request to adjust the receipt and issue the funds to the correct party. When the receipt is adjusted, a Bad Debt is automatically created.


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Instructions on How to Use a Swanson Speed Square
Today, we're taking about the Swanson Speed Square. A speed square is an essential DIY tool for woodworking. Invented way back in 1930, the popularity of the Swanson speed square has grown substantially over time.
The speed square is a rafter square, miter square, try square, scribing guide, protractor and, perhaps most usefully, a good saw guide.
Instructions to use a speed square:
As a Saw Guide: You simply hold the speed square base against the lumber and align the guide rail on your circular saw (being sure to keep your hands clear of the blade) to make clean straight cross-cuts.
As a Protractor: Simply hold the base against a flat surface and find the desired angle marking.
To Find Rafter Angles: The primary use is to find the angle for rafters. Calculating the correct angles for a rise to run ratio is simple with trigonometry, but the speed square eliminates the need for a calculator. First, set the pivot at the edge of the board. Next, rotate the square around that point until the edge of the board aligns with the mark you want on the common scale. Mark a line along the ruled side of the square.
The speed square also makes quick work of hips and valley rafters– same method as for common rafters, but use the Hip-Val" scale.
To scribe parallel lines: An often overlooked feature is the scribe feature. The tool provides a set of notches 1/4 inch apart. Set a pencil in the desired notch and slide the square along the board to mark a parallel line.
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Dolphin Pregnancy Is a Drag, Literally
A bottlenose dolphin.
CREDIT: Chris Johnson – earthOCEAN
The extreme physical changes that come during pregnancy may be most evident in humans, but they plague other animals as well. New research shows that pregnant dolphins are so hefty the increased drag on the body makes them swim slower.
"They have this huge body and that creates a large frontal surface area and that drag is going to pull at them," study researcher Shawn Noren, of the University of California, at Santa Cruz, told LiveScience. "Swim performance is lower as well."
It's possible that this extra effort to swim fast could have an impact on the species' survival. If the pregnant dolphins can't escape predators or keep up with their group when chased by tuna fishermen, it could explain why the population isn't rebounding as quickly as expected, Noren said. (Groups of dolphins and groups of tuna tend to live in close proximity, so tuna fishermen chase down dolphins to get to the tuna that usually live below them.)
Dolphins in action
Noren filmed two pregnant dolphins at Dolphin Quest in Hawaii. They were nearly full term. She compared these videos with video taken two years after the pregnancy and found that not only did the larger fully pregnant females produce more drag as they swam through the water, their swimming technique was also altered.
An analysis showed that by having a greater surface area due to their pregnant bellies, which meant more water for the dolphins to push out of their way as they swam, the drag on their bodies increased by about 50 percent compared with their svelte, non-pregnant state.
"When this animal is not pregnant it can swim exactly twice as fast and get the same drag," Noren said.
Because of where the baby dolphin sits (near the mama's tail) during development, the mothers also didn't have as much flexibility at near full-term. They couldn't flip their tails up and down as far as they could after giving birth, so they compensated by flipping their tails about 14 percent more often. [Infographic: How Long Are Animals Pregnant?]
"That whole second half of the animal's body is what the dolphins use to swim, and that fetus is sitting back there toward the back part of the tail," Noren said. "We measured the same animals after birth [of their baby], and they were moving their tail flukes higher when they weren't pregnant than when they were."
These weighed-down mamas might have more trouble outrunning predators (or tuna fishermen) in the wild. Noren notes that their wild predators, which include sharks and some whales, can reach speeds faster than these pregnant dolphins and so might be able to overtake them in a chase.
During these chases, fleeing either aquatic or human predators, young, sick or pregnant dolphins may lose their group, which, Noren said, "could explain why the population isn't recoveringat the expected rate."
This kind of pregnancy drag is likely present in every animal. Birds and land animals (and even insects) need to fight against gravity to keep moving, and as they grow larger this gets more difficult.
"Every animal has shown reduced performance [during pregnancy] and becomes quite sedentary," Noren said. Not many studies have been able to show exactly how much of a drag pregnancy can be.
The study was published Nov. 24 in the Journal of Experimental Biology.
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somewhere • country • further out
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 1. He is mostly an dog, but when it's really cold he stays in the house.
 2. We need to find close to sleep tonight.
 3. The bus is usually when people are going to and from work.
 4. The city is very noisy for me because I grew up in the.
 5. Every year we move of the middle of the city.
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Probably somewhere near Tokyo.
'Somewhere' is a non-specific place. In the example, we are talking about a place near Tokyo, but we don't know the exact location. We can use this word to give a general location. Notice the following:
 1. Do you want to go somewhere with beaches for vacation?
 2. She lives somewhere near the post office.
Would you buy a house in the city or the country?
'Country' is the opposite of the city. It is a place where there are animals, trees, farms, rivers, and many other natural things. Notice the following:
 1. He lived in the country until he was 15 years old.
 2. On the weekends, we go to our house in the country.
further out
Well, a little further out of the middle of Tokyo.
If a place is a greater distance away from the middle of Tokyo then it is 'further out.' We use this word to talk about distance away from something important, like a city. Notice the following:
 1. Every day she swam a little further out from the side of the pool.
 2. I thought you lived further out than this.
Some place not too crowded.
If a place is 'crowded' it has a lot of people in it. Usually in crowded places it is difficult to move because of all the people. Notice the following:
 1. The bar was too crowded and there was no place to sit.
 2. I thought the concert would be really crowded, but there weren't a lot of people there at all.
outside dog
Well, maybe a dog, but an outside dog.
An 'outside dog' is a dog that lives outside of the house, maybe in a small dog house or a kennel. This would be a dog that could live in different types of weather, rain or snow. Notice the following:
 1. Because our dog is so big he has to be an outside dog.
 2. We have an outside dog to protect the house.


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Can Ants Digest Chitin?
9) Ants(obviously) eat other insects, and I probably lack observation skills but do the ants also eat the exoskeleton also? Do they (or the larvae) have some way of digesting chitin? I did see that the ants pretty much leave MOST of the exoskeleton intact, and go for soft parts.
You have definitely got some challenging questions here. I'm going to give this one a try, but if anyone knows more about this, please jump in.
You probably have seen bug bits (discarded exoskeletons) littering the trash heaps around ant nests.
trash-heap3Many arthropods, including insects, have long chain polysaccharides in their cuticle known as chitin. (Chitin is also found in fungi, which was one of the lines of evidence that moved fungi into their own Kingdom.) The exoskeleton of insects is also made up of various proteins and waxes.
Chitin is known to be difficult to digest. It's long chain polysaccharide structure is similar to cellulose, which is also difficult for animals to use as food. The digestion of chitin requires special enzymes, chitinases, to break the strong bonds between the molecules. For a time it was thought that chitinases only occurred in a few bacteria, but evidence is showing up that certain animals have chitinases in their digestive systems, too.
It turns out that insects have chitinases able to break down chitin, but they aren't where you might expect them. The chitinases in insects are in the cuticle and are used to move chitin during molting.
We know that adult worker ants can't digest solids, so they can't digest chitin. What about larvae? It is highly unlikely, because the larval digestive system is also lined with chitin. When insects molt, they also shed most of their digestive tract, which is derived from the same tissues as the exoskeleton. Therefore, it seems larval ants probably couldn't digest chitin without digesting their own alimentary canal.
Many arthropod predators of insects suck out the insects fluid insides. Think about spiders, assassin bugs, lacewing larvae, etc. They are all feeding on fluids.
If it is true that insects can't digest chitin as a food source, this leads to some other questions. Leafcutter ants feed on special fungi, which they grow in their nests. Do the fungi they grow have chitin? Do the leafcutters have gut symbionts or some other means to digest that chitin?
If there are any chitin experts out there, it would be great to have some clarification.
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Marital and Family Therapy
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College of Communication and Fine Arts
Dr. Einat Metzl
The purpose of this research was to explore cultural similarities and differences that could be found from analyzing the images of the Kinetic Family Drawing and their accompanying narratives. The current literature on the Kinetic Family Drawing as an assessment tool and the literature on the role of culture in psychotherapy were examined. The researchers have collected Kinetic Family Drawing images and narratives from groups of college students from the United States and groups of college students from two different areas in Mexico. Participants were asked to perform the Kinetic Family Drawing, title the drawing, write a brief narrative about the drawing, and list any cultural affiliations that may aid in contextualizing the drawing. Researchers used the Kinetic Family Drawings and the accompanying narratives collected to look for similarities and differences in perceptions of family among the different cultures and the ways in which environment and culture may impact family and family perceptions
Baxter, Kathleen Deanna; Uy, Sharon Brooke; and Yun, Stella Mina, "A Cross-Cultural Exploration Into Kinetic Family Drawings" (2015). LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations. 146.


Set the Document Root Path
Tugboat does not try to guess where your document root lives in your repository. Likewise, it does not try to guess where a web server image expects to serve the default document root from. This means you are responsible for making this link in your configuration file
Each web server image expects the document root to be in a different location. This is a side effect of using the Official Docker Images. The images provided by Tugboat store this document root location in an environment variable named $DOCROOT for convenience.
Use this configuration to link the document root to a directory named /docroot in your git repository. This works for the following images provided by Tugboat: tugboatqa/httpd, tugboatqa/nginx, tugboatqa/php:apache
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Ark of Taste
Wild Gulf Coast Shrimp
The wild gulf coast shrimp are wild-caught – or free-range – from the Gulf Coast of the US, where they naturally exist. They can be distinguished into white shrimp, brown and pink shrimp. These shrimp are all warm water species recognized for their sweet taste, firm texture, crunchy meat. Aside from their color, the different varieties of the Wild Gulf Coast shrimp are very similar. The white shrimp have grayish-white shells that turn pink when cooked; the brown shrimp have light brown or tan shells that turn coral when cooked and the pink shrimp have light pink shells with a pearl-like texture that turn a deeper shade of pink when cooked.
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The Museum was created in 1772 by Charles III of Spain as the Gabinete Real de Historia Natural, changing names several times until its current denomination. The museum originally hosted a collection donated by a spanish merchant, Pedro F. Dávila. In 1867, some facilities were separated to give birth to other museums (Archeology, Botanic Garden, Zoologic Garden). In 1987 the museum was restructured and grown with funds from two smaller museums.
Some of the more relevant components of the Museum collections are:
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POLICY: Clean Up
PURPOSE: To ensure a safe working environment for all persons employed and/or visiting a Carter & Carter Construction jobsite and to improve efficiency through discipline and organization.
RESPONSIBILITY: The Superintendent
PROCEDURE: Carter & Carter Construction will not tolerate a failure by its subcontractors or employees related to daily clean up. To ensure total compliance, the following shall be followed:
1. The clean up strategy devised while the estimate is being assembled will specifically address the following:
Removal of debris:
- Trash chutes
- Dumpsters (location and number)
- Temporary roads required
- Hoist requirements and uses
- Trash buggy needs/purchases
- Temporary labor
2. During the buyout phase, the following shall be specifically addressed regarding each subcontractor's responsibility:
- Sweeping floors – daily in work areas
- Daily removal of debris
- Providing of dumpsters
- Coordinated use of elevators, cranes or hoists
3. During construction, the Superintendent shall monitor clean up daily to ensure total compliance.
4. In the event the Subcontractor or its employees fail to clean the site area, a 24-hour notice will be issued. If the site is still not in compliance after the issuance of the notice, the Subcontractor will be back charged.


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National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence 2013
Over 1400 schools across Australia have registered for the National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence, Friday 15 March 2013. What a fantastic response!
This annual day provides a focus for schools who want to say Bullying. No Way! and to strengthen their everyday messages that bullying and violence at school are not okay at any time.
The annual National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence is organised by all Australian education authorities through the Safe and Supportive School Communities Project.
Take a Stand Together 2013 Photo Gallery
Bullying. No Way! would love to see your school's National Day of Action photo in our new Take a Stand Together 2013 photo gallery.
For important information about consent forms and instructions on how to submit your photos go to Send a Photo to Bullying. No Way!


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At each location, placement of the cube (an actual cubic foot frame made of quarter-inch stainless steel rod) was critical—once it was in place it was not to be moved. Scientists specializing in each location assisted the photographer and his assistant in finding the best spot and identifying the creatures.
- Common Name: Eastern Gray Squirrel
- Scientific Name: Sciurus carolinensis
- Size: 7.09" (18 cm) body length.
- Location: Observed in the Central Park Cube


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Comparison of prevalence of schizophrenia among residents of hostels for homeless people in 1966 and 1992.
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the prevalence of schizophrenia among the homeless population of Edinburgh resident in hostels has changed between 1966 and 1992. DESIGN: Comparison of two cross sectional surveys. SETTINGS: Hostels for homeless people in Edinburgh. SUBJECTS: In 1966 a random sample of 98 residents of three common lodging houses. In 1992 a random sample of 198 residents of nine hostels. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Prevalence of schizophrenia. RESULTS: The prevalence of schizophrenia...Expand abstract
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Smart Career Development Program (SCDP) is a world-class, large-scale(Mass), comprehensive, customizable, cost-effective education programs (IT and non-IT). It builds the workforce skills with the aim of developing their careers. The program is always directed towards jobs required in the labor market.
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How Much Exercise Does a Horse Need?
American Paint Horse
Horses that are part of a herd and have a large pasture area will move around in order to find good grazing. Along with the benefits of moving and grazing, horses are able to socialize with each other.
In the wild horses will cover many miles, searching out new feeding grounds and water. They are assured lots of exercise in their travels.
Horses that graze alone usually remain in one small area without moving much. Horses need to move a lot for their health. Movement keeps blood and lymphatic fluid circulating in the legs. Horses that don't move enough, but stand still too much can develop what is called "filled legs." This means the lower parts of the legs fill with fluid which is usually corrected with exercise.
The best exercise for a horse is a slow steady movement which they do while grazing. Occasionally, they will break into a run, also good for them and it seems they get such pleasure out of it.
You can encourage your horse to move about by spreading hay over a wide area and placing the water on an opposite side. This forces the horse to move.
While grazing with other horses is an ideal situation, it is not available to everyone. Then it's up to you to see that your horse has proper exercise.
Working horses such as hunters and those that appear in shows and events need more exercise to keep fit.
If you can't exercise your horse daily, it's a good idea to hire or ask someone you trust to help out with walking your horse. Regular daily riding and/or walking keeps your horse healthy and you too.
The pasture, paddock or yard should always be checked to make sure it's safe for your horse.
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Meaning of (आगे निकल जाना) age nikal jana in english
Meaning of (आगे निकल जाना) age nikal jana in english
As verb : outstrip
Suggested : to move past go by a close-fitting covering for the head, usually of soft supple material and having no visor or brim to outdo surpass excel to catch up with in traveling or pursuit draw even with to give forth or glow with light shed or cast light
Exampleआगे निकल जाना का हिन्दी मे अर्थ
Word of the day 17th-May-2021
Usage of आगे निकल जाना: 1. Washing machine wears the shine off the colored clothes. 2. Following World War II Rome's economic growth began to overtake its rivals 3. New South Wales continued to outstrip Victoria as the centre of industry 4. Fez cap is generally worn by turkish people. 5. The hiker negociated the high mountain pass 6. You should overhaul your car engine 7. Timmy tried but failed to jump across the puddle. 8. Common methods of public outreach include press releases 9. You can not always catch up 10. Striving to outdo each other in magnificence
(आगे निकल जाना) age nikal jana can be used as noun or verb and have more than one meaning. No of characters: 13 including vowels consonants matras. Transliteration : aage nikala jaanaa
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Dissolution 19th century
Cadet branches House of Drago-Bučić
Country Kingdom of Serbia, Serbian Empire and Republic of Ragusa
Founded before 1308 (Serbian nobility) January 1336 (Ragusan nobility)
The Buća (in Italian Bucchia) was a noble family that served the Republic of Ragusa, and one of the most important families to come out of Kotor. A cadet branch was admitted to the nobility of the Republic of Ragusa, another branch moved instead to Šibenik.
The family is known in Serbo-Croatian sources as Buća (Cyrillic: Бућа), but also as Bućić or Bučić. In Latin, Italian and French sources they are known in a variet of forms, mostly Bucchia or de Bucchia, but also Buchia, Buche, Buchi, Buchie, de Bucha, de Buchia, de Bucho, de Buça, Boce o Buca. Other scarcely found versions in Serbo-Croatian include Buča and Bućin.
Origin and early history
The family name seems to derive from the medieval name Buchius or Bucchius reported both in Dalmatia and earlier in various Italian locations. The first Bučić to be in the archives is a Jakov Bučić present in Kotor in 1186.
Service in Serbia
The first known Buća was Tripe Mihov (Trifun Buća, Трифун Бућа). Kotoran families held high offices in the Serbian court, and the most notable was the Buča family, while the most notable individual was Nikola Buća. Nikola and Toma Pavlov, another notable Kotoran, traded in salt.
The Buća were among the wealthiest and most powerful of Kotor (Kingdom of Serbia and Serbian Empire). Founded later with the House of Drago, it gave rise to one of the most important families in the region: the House of Drago-Bučić.
Service in the Republic of Ragusa
A branch of the family moved to Sibenik in 1449, while another branch had earlier moved to Dubrovnik in the 14th century. The latter, between 1440 and 1640 counted 30 members of the Great Council, representing 1.36% of total. In these two hundred years, they also got 27 senatorial positions (1.36%), five Rectors of the Republic (0.21%), five members of the Minor Council (0.23%), but were never Guards Justice.
Kotoran branch became extinct in the 17th century, the Dubrovnik in the 19th century, but it seems that the branch from Šibenik still survives in Italy.
 - Nikola Buća (14th century), protovestiarios of Serbian Emperor Stephen Dušan (r. _PHONE_). It seems he was the first member of the family to be admitted to the Ragusan nobility, as requested by the Emperor.
 - Jeronim Bučić (16th century) - From Kotor, was Bishop of local diocese since 1581. He edited an adaptation of The Life of St. Tryphon, adding four hymns.
 - Vincenc and Dominik Bučić (16th century) - Brothers from Kotor, both Dominicans, were popular theologians, leaving several published and unpublished writings. The second was the confessor of Blessed Osanna of Cattaro and General Vicar for Dalmatia.
 - Vincenc Bučić (17th century) - Bishop of Kotor from 1622 to 1656.
 - References
 Buća Wikipedia
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 - ping pong balls
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How to do it
 1. First, get permission from a grown-up to use a hair dryer.
 2. Turn your hair dryer on cool and point it towards the ceiling.
 3. Put the ping pong ball in the stream of moving air. Watch -- it just floats there.
 4. Tip the hair dryer to the right or left and the ball still stays in the stream of air.
 5. You're probably wondering why the air doesn't just blow away the ball. The air from the hair dryer is blowing right on the ball and pushing it up. But did you know that gravity from the earth is also pulling the ball down? That's why the ball isn't blown right up into space.
 6. Do you know what keeps the ball from blowing off to the side? It's the fast moving air coming from the blow dryer. The ball doesn't fall because the air from the hair dryer is going really fast around the sides of the ball. This fast moving air pushes on the sides of the ball and keeps it from falling.
 7. What happens when you try this with two ping pong balls at the same time? What happens if you use a different kind of ball? Try it at home.
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- ImageAccumulate[image] pads the image with one row of zeros at the bottom and one column of zeros on the left of the image after accumulating the pixels and returns an image whose dimensions are 1+ImageDimensions[image].
- ImageAccumulate operates separately on each channel in an image.
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 1. A state of reduced excitement or anxiety that is induced by the administrative of a sedative agent
 2. The administration of a sedative agent or drug
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Integrating TypeScript with Sublime Text2
In this article we are going to focus on how to integrate the TypeScript with Sublime Text 2. For the basic introduction to TypeScript, TypeScript is a Super script of JavaScript and it is strictly typed language.
Assuming that we have Sublime Text 2 already installed on our windows machine.
Step 1: Go to the below link and then click on "TypeScript support for
Sublime Text". This will download the "" folder. Now unzip this folder.
Step 2: Now copy the "typescript.tmLanguage" TMLanguage file and paste it in the "C:\Users\NameofUser\AppData\Roaming\Sublime Text 2\Packages\User" folder.
In the above path Nameofuser is generally the user logged into the machine so replace it with your name as logged in.
Step 3: Now open Sublime Text2 editor -> Go to Tools -> Build System -> New Build System and paste the below instructions in the opened file.
Step 4: Now save this file in the same folder as above with the name "Typescript.sublime-build".
Step 4: Now create a new file and paste the below code. Save the file as "Demo.ts". Here is the typescript extension.
class Greeter {
msg: string;
constructor(message: string) {
this.msg = message;
greet() {
return "Hi, " + this.msg;
var greeter = new Greeter("Vaishali");
var button = document.createElement('button');
button.textContent = "Say Hi";
button.onclick = function() {
Step 5: Now press Ctrl + Shift + B to build the file. If the build is successful. It gives a Build Finished message.
Now lets see what happens if there is some error in the above code.
In the below code, Replace msg with msgd and Build the file.
return "Hi, " + this.msg;
replace with
return "Hi, " + this.msgd;
Then you should get a build failed error something as shown below:
C:/DemoApp/Demo.ts(7,30): error TS2339: Property'msgd' does not exist on type 'Greeter'.
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You can also observe that intellisense should also work as shown below:
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Having a finger or fingers, especially of a specific number, kind, or appearance. Often used in combination: four-fingered; rosy-fingered.
1. marked or dirtied by handling
a. having a finger or fingers
b. (in combination): nine-fingered; red-fingered.
3. (Music, other) (of a musical part) having numerals indicating the necessary fingering
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1. having fingers.
2. spoiled or marred by handling, as merchandise.
3. Zool., Bot. digitate.
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Adj.1.fingered - having or resembling a finger or fingers; often used in combination; "the fingered roots of giant trees"; "rosy-fingered"; "three-fingered cartoon characters"
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He discusses both traditional and innovative scale fingerings, explaining that scales are best fingered with the middle three fingers on black keys or their adjacent white keys.
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Kendo UI for Angular Sparkline Overview
The Sparkline is a tiny chart without axes, coordinates, legends, titles, or other chart-specific elements.
Generally, Sparklines are simple, word-sized graphics that can be embedded in tables, headlines, or chunks of text. The concept for their graphical representation was developed by Edward Tufte. The Kendo UI Sparkline is a version of the Kendo UI Chart, which is tailored for this specific application. While the standard Kendo UI Chart component behaves like a block element (due to its rendering inside a
div element to allow for an easy embedding in texts), the Sparkline behaves like an inline element due to its rendering inside a
While, typically, Sparklines are line charts, they can also be rendered as the following Chart types:
- Line (default)
- Bar (Data Bars)
The following example demonstrates the Sparkline in action.
- The Sparkline includes shortcuts for setting the
- Also, the Sparkline supports all configuration options that are applicable for the Categorical series type of the Chart.


Record-holder Dheeraj is a walking encyclopedia on famed elephants in Kerala
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Kumaranelloor: Meet Dheeraj S Nair who recently entered the India Book of Records for his exceptional knowledge about elephants.
In just 2 minutes and 58 seconds this Kindergarten student can recite the names of 109 elephants in Kerala. He learned about elephants from his grand-uncle, PN Sreekumar who was the Administrative Officer of the Devaswom Board. Dheeraj can also understand the body language of elephants, the name of the mascots as well as the ones who recently died.
Moreover, Dheeraj knows everything from the eye colour of a particular elephant, the length of its trunk, the ones who have the maximum number of nails and why they are considered great, the number of elephants at the Guruvayoor Devaswom, the significance of Guruvayoor Kesavan to Malayalam films, and also about the elephant owners.
Dheeraj will instantly tell you that the heaviest Asian Elephant is Guruvayoor Nandan who weighs 7,500 kg. Of course at times his mom, Divya Nair helps in recalling some of these answers. Dheeraj plans to buy an elephant when he grows up.
Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan, MLA, congratulated him. NSS local union administrators and elephant owners once came home with bouquets.


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Cost per order (CPO), sometimes called cost per acquisition, is the dollar amount spent on advertising or marketing in order to end with a sale. The cost per order is an important part of any web-based business, especially those which are just staring out, or have a very strict budget. The cost per order price is figured by dividing the marketing expenses by the number of orders that the company prepares, and can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of a certain type of marketing, as well as seeing what type of marketing is working well with the targeted consumer demographics.
Cost per order figures are used in decision making for Internet companies. It can have an effect on many different parts of the company, from the employee benefits to how much the products cost. Some of the decisions that can be made based on cost per order figures include:
How much to pay employees who put products together or get them ready to be shipped
What types of equipment for product production can be used or purchased
Shipping methods that can be used to get orders to customers in a timely manor
The price asked for a product
The types and amount of marketing that can be used and utilized
While cost per order is a very important part of Internet businesses, there are experts that also suggest taking cost per order information with a grain of salt. The numbers can be misleading because they do not take into account factors like decision making time on the part of the consumer.


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Blue Hills Nuclear Power Plant
The Blue Hills Nuclear Power Plant was a proposed commercial nuclear power plant 20 miles northeast of Jasper, Texas.Coordinates: 31°9′N 93°42′W / 31.150°N 93.700°W It was proposed in the 1970s by the Gulf States Utilities Company. One 918 MWe pressurized water reactor was ordered in 1973, and an additional 918 MWe reactor was ordered in 1974 from Combustion Engineering. The two unit power plant proposal was canceled in 1978.
- List of books about nuclear issues
- Nuclear power debate
- Nuclear power in the United States
- List of canceled nuclear plants in the United States
- D. F. Cope; H. F. Bauman (November 1977). Expansion Potential for Existing Nuclear Power Station Sites (PDF) (Report). National Technical Information Service. pp. 16–21. ORNL/TM-5927. Retrieved December 2014 – via Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Check date values in:
- Fred A Heddleson (June 1976). Design Data and Safety Features of Commercial Nuclear Power Plants (PDF) (Report). National Safety Information Center. p. 67. ORNL/NSIC-96. Retrieved December 2014 – via Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Check date values in:
- Nuclear Power Generation and Fuel Cycle Report 1997 Archived October 9, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. pp. 61-62.


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Bell Witch Haunting Ghost Caught on Video Tape
The Bell Witch haunting is one of the first, real, documented ghost hauntings in America, join us as get the Bell Witch Ghost Caught on Tape. Is it possible to communicate to the Bell Witch Ghost through ghost box, evp, and ouija? Join us tonight as attempt get evidence of the Bell Witch Haunting Ghost, caught on tape.
The paranormal haunting of the Bell Witch started with John Bell Sr., who made his living as a farmer, resided with his family in Adams, Tennessee in the early 1800s. In 1817, his family came under attack by a witch, who was believed to be a lady called Kate Batts. Various accounts written afterward, tell stories similar to other poltergeist legends. It began with noises in the walls and grew to include unusual sounds; people being slapped and pinched, objects being thrown, and animals being spooked without visible cause.
In the 1894 book An Authenticated History of the Bell Witch, author Martin Van Buren Ingram claims that the poltergeist's name was Kate, and that she frequently cursed the Bell family out loud. The activity centered on the Bells' youngest daughter, Betsy, and worsened after she became engaged to one Joshua Gardner.
Several accounts report that during his military career, Andrew Jackson was intrigued with the story and was frightened away after traveling to investigate. Other stories relate that the family was haunted by scratching noises outside their door after Bell found a half-dog, half-rabbit creature. Some stories end up with Bell being poisoned by the witch. Accounts vary about the witch being someone who had been cheated by Bell or a male slave whom Bell had killed.
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Tong Sun is Professor of Sensor Engineering and Director of Research Centre of Photonics and Instrumentation at City University of London in the UK. Key areas of her research, as reflected in her ~300 peer-reviewed international journal and conference publications, include innovative designs of a range of optical fibre sensors for physical, chemical and biological measurements, addressing challenges arising from the built environment, energy sector and transportation. Her breadth of research includes the development of a suite of optical fibre sensors and sensor networks for i) structural condition monitoring, ranging from concrete bridges, limestone buildings, through marine propellers, to railway current-collecting pantograph and electric motors for more-electric-aircraft; ii) environmental monitoring, from a sewer system, through automotive emission, soil contamination to nuclear waste condition monitoring; iii) enhanced safety and security through detection of drug/explosives,'smell of fear' and early fires.


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Tombs of the sacrificers?
A few tombs share the characteristic of containing a few very specific objects
: full warrior equipment including a sword in its sheath, spear, shield and also a knife or cleaver (butcher's blade) and an axe with an eye handle, together with one or more small buckets, a bronze pan, a toolbox, and fragments of amphorae. One or other of these objects may be missing, depending on the chronology, but the assembly is still remarkable
. The trilogy of weapon(s)-small bucket(s)-axe/cleaver is always found and the general destruction of the weapons is reminiscent of the Gauls' sacred sites.
One of the axes fits perfectly into the wound in the skull of the murdered man discovered at the settlement and this similarity, together with the specific sets of metal objects, could indicate the tombs of sacrificers
. The replacement of the axe with the butcher's cleaver, at a time when hundreds of ewes were ritually slaughtered at the settlement, is another argument for viewing these remains as those of men of religion.


Economic Value | NBWA: America's Beer Distributors
Independent distributors provide significant economic value to the communities they serve.
Distributors deliver direct economic benefit through quality local jobs, local business-to-business commerce, local investments and local tax revenue.
Distributors contribute indirect economic benefit by providing services that improve efficiency, choice and profits for trading partners, fair prices and broad product selection for consumers.
How Do Independent Beer Distributors Provide Economic Value?
1. Distributors provide excellent jobs and benefits. Distributors provide more than 130,000 quality full-time jobs and benefits, as well as thousands of additional part-time and seasonal jobs.
2. Distributors provide logistics and supply expertise. Distributors provide logistics and expertise that optimizes efficiency for trading partners, especially small brewers and retailers. Distributors also work to reduce the consumption of natural resources and use sustainable solutions whenever possible.
3. Distributors make significant investments in local infrastructure and capital assets. Distributors' investments in warehousing, equipment and other capital intensive services provide a sustained multiplier effect and stimulus for the local economy (business income, income taxes, property taxes, excise taxes and fees, consumer spending, etc.).
4. Distributors ensure economic balance in the marketplace. Distributors are critical to maintaining an economic balance, as well as a regulatory balance, among the three tiers (brewers and importers; distributors; and retailers). Balance among the tiers ensures that the business income produced by the community remains in the community in the form of jobs, investment, commerce, philanthropic activity and support of state and local governments.
5. Distributors are community leaders and philanthropists. Distributors provide leadership and financial support for local community, civic and philanthropic initiatives. Distributors support local and national charities, invest in educational programs and promote social responsibility programs for the benefit of their communities.
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The Bahrain-Explorer, developed in-house, is the Flagship of Geomatec online geo-spatial products. The system was completely developed in-house from data collection and integration, and all the way through to the website design. The mapping engine is based on ArcIMS and Arc/Info from ESRI. It is the first Internet-based mapping system in the Gulf region, which is built on ESRI software, and provides routing solution.
The Bahrain Explorer.com provides web clients with capabilities to search a comprehensive database of services and places of interest in the Kingdom, which ranges from the smallest laundry shop to five star hotels and apartments, pharmacies, restaurants, embassies, hospitals, schools and more. Some of the main features of Bahrain-Explorer are the following:
- A complete interface in Arabic (first of its kind in the region).
- Find and locate places of interest and services by category and key word entry.
- Comprehensive and detailed street maps of Bahrain with all administrative layers and census block boundaries.
- Interactive pan and zoom.
- Display the driving direction between any two selected points of interest.
- Display fastest or shortest routes between two locations.
- Spatial buffering (e.g. find nearest service to a given hotel). into the website not only provides simple point feature identification but also lets clients do proximity search, e.g. it allows user to find restaurants in 100m to 2km radius from the selected hotel or road.


Decapitaciones - Spanish to English Translation
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(n.) = decapitation ; beheading.
Ex: Decapitation did not represent the mode of killing but rather the gesture of taking the head off the already dead body as a trophy or relic.
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Goodbye in Spanish = Adiós!
You can pronounce is like = ah-dee-OS!
This is a word that once you use once, whether you're trying to speak Spanish or not, you'll end up using it the rest of your life in your normal language just because it's such a cool word! Saying Goodbye in Spanish is one of the easiest words for your brain to stick with and remember and the action of leaving a person, event, conversation, etc, is such a common everyday event that we just keep thinking of the word over and over. But did you know there are other ways to say goodbye in Spanish? In this lesson we're going to talk about a few different ways to say goodbye in Spanish and also few ways that folks from various countries specifically say goodbye in Spanish. This will help you understand what someone is saying when you're visiting various Spanish speaking countries.
Another really common way to say goodbye in Spanish is also a form of Italian. I actually use this word more than using the word adiós. This words is Chau! Its a great quick way to say goodbye in Spanish and it kinda mixes Italian into it which I like as well. You can always combine the either of those forms of saying bye with including the subject of your conversation:
"señor," "señora," or "señorita" and so on.
But I'm sure you've heard of phrases in Spanish that also mean goodbye in Spanish too, right? Often times you'll here folks say something that doesn't really mean goodbye in Spanish but it means something relational to your health, your luck, or seeing you again in the future. So how do you say all of those? Great question!
One of the most common words you'll here in the Spanish language is the word hasta. Hasta can actually be used to describe directions or a situation or a time that goes "up until" a certain point. You could think of the word hasta as up until. Here are some great examples of how to use the word hasta.
- Hasta mañana. (Until tomorrow.)
- Hasta luego. (Until later.)
- Hasta pronto. (Until soon, see you soon.)
- Hasta entonces. (Until then.)
- Hasta más tarde. (Until later.)
- Hasta siempre. (Until forever. Although well known, this phrase has a very strong connotation of permanence. It might be used when a couple is separated by death). We don't recommend using this phrase much since it might not sound sincere due to its strong meaning.
Another really common phrase that I use a lot, especially if I plan on seeing someone again that day or at a specific event, is the phrase nos vemos. The word "nos" stands for "we" and the word "vemos" if the conjugated form of "ver" which means "to see". Vemos is the conjugation of "us" so the phrase actually means "we see us" referring to a point in the future. I know, it sounds we're when you think about it in English because you're thinking it's missing a few words and things seem out of place. Welcome to Spanish 🙂 Don't think of phrases or sentence structures as wrong but just different and correct in their own way. Your best bet is to just accept it for what it is and then start to use it as much as possible until it sounds natural and your brain accepts it.
Hopefully this articled help you learn a little bit about the different ways to say goodbye in Spanish. If you're wondering about some other simple Spanish phrases, check out my other articles on how to say good morning in Spanish and how to say hello in Spanish.


Prof Wool: Firewall Management 201
Lesson 13: Zero-Touch Change Management with Checks and Balances
Firewall Management 201: Lesson 13
In this lesson, Professor Wool highlights the challenges, benefits and trade-offs of utilizing zero-touch automation for security policy change management. He explains how, using conditional logic, its possible to significantly speed up security policy change management while maintaining control and ensuring accuracy throughout the process.


Life in Caldwell in 1837-41, The Cleveland Years – Quiz
Life in Caldwell in 1837-41, The Cleveland Years
 1. How many people lived in Caldwell in 1840?
 2. 2000 b. 1436 c. 988 d. 250 e. 486
 1. Who else lived in Caldwell?
 2. Dutch Americans b. native Americans c. black Americans d. German Americans e. Irish Americans f. Asian Americans g. Hispanic Americans f Hawaiian Americans
 1. Who else lived in Caldwell?
 2. rabbits b. bears c. raccoons d. deer e. mountain lions f. foxes g. rats h. groundhogs i. squirrels j. moles k. bats, l. muskrats, m. minks n. opossums o. porcupines
 1. Where were stray domesticated animals kept until their owners picked them up?
 1. Each mature sheep today gives us about 30 lbs. Of wool. How many lbs did they give Caldwell farmers the 1830-40's?
 1. Why did Caldwell farmers and drovers like oxen so much?
 1. Grover's home in the old manse lacked which features?
 2. running water b. central heating c. electricity d. bathroom and toilet e. stove f. refrigerator g. washing machine h. screens i.telephone j. vacuum cleaner k. kerosene lamp.
 1. Which local social services did Caldwell have in 1840?
 2. police force b. fire department c. militia d. bank e. poor house f. hospital g. library h. board of health i. mayor and council j. sewer plant l. public school system
 1. What is a tannery?
 2. beach club b. leather factory c. paint store d. tea salon e. bakery
 1. What diseases did Caldwell residents have vaccinations for?
 2. small pox b. measles c. Whooping cough d. diphtheria e. tuberculosis g. cholera g. typhoid
 3. fever h. influenza i. tetnus j. polio k. malaria l. German measles
Life in Caldwell in the 1830-40s The Answers!
 1. 250 people, Caldwell included then all the surrounding towns as well.
 1. Hawaiian Americans are not recorded and the last names in the census suggest they were not present.
 1. Mountain lion; the last one was killed on Roseland Avenue in 1832. Almost all the predatory animals were hunted out and killed by the farmers to protect their live stock.
 1. Stray domestic animals were kept on the Green, now the corner of Roseland and Bloomfield Avenue. Until the 1870s domestic animals were fenced out of farms and gardens and not fenced in to pastures and farms and ranches. Most animals came home to be milked and fed.
 1. About 9 lbs for a mature ram; modern animal husbandry began in the 18th century without understanding genetics, just careful examination and selection of characteristics. Sheep doubled in weight on average from 1740-1840s. Also, crop rotation with winter crops, allowing animals to graze and fertilize the fields but not let them lie fallow every third year, meant that there was food for the animals all winter long (and for people), so all the animals did not have to be slaughtered each fall and could grow bigger and heavier (and wooly).
 1. Oxen, unlike horses, have cloven feet. Cloven feet meant they could walk on rocky ground without splitting their hooves and had good traction. Have you ever tried to dig a hole in Caldwell? Oxen can also walk at a steady pace for longer distances pulling their loads. Oxen do not, however, back up and need a wide space to turn around.
 1. Grover's mom and servant had none of those aides. Stoves to burn wood for cooking were invented by Benj. Thompson in 1833; improved and produced in 1834 by Philo Stewart (the Oberlin Stove) but were expensive and not readily available until a decade later. Kerosene lamps became available after kerosene was discovered in the 1850s.
 1. None of those services except the militia. Caldwell was incorporated in 1892; before the services if they existed were provided by the county or the larger Caldwell.
 1. Tanneries were "factories" where animal skims were treated to produce leather. The Caldwells had many trees to provide the bark, animals their hides, and seasonal labor. Tanneries tan hides by soaking the flesh off with acids made from tree bark. They stank. Tanneries were not permitted in cities whenever possible, the beginning of public health laws.
 1. Only one, smallpox. That vaccination was achieved by giving a person a mild case of cow pox. Jenner, the early advocate for small pox vaccination, was born in 1749 and died in 1796. There was no knowledge of germs just what appeared to be a better protection from the disease among workers with cows. Any large gathering of people, without social distancing, makes spreading disease easier. For example, Washington almost lost the continental army to smallpox; he made the army be vaccinated while in Morristown. During the Civil War Lincoln caught smallpox; the Confederate army was plagued with malaria and the Union army with measles. They were all deadly diseases at that time. Smallpox is the only one now very rarely experienced.
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Parallel Reasoning Strategies: Part I
Speak OutParallel Reasoning questions on the Critical Reasoning section of the GMAT are a type of "method of reasoning" question-type. These questions require you to focus on the author's logic. Parallel reasoning questions ask you to look for the answer choice that has the closest logical structure as the argument in the question stem. Ask yourself: which choice best matches the WAY the author moves from the evidence to his conclusion?
How can I tell if I'm looking at a "Parallel Reasoning" question? The question-stem will contain an argument, and the question itself will contain phrases like "method of reasoning," "parallel reasoning," "most similar," "similar reasoning," or "most closely parallel." You'll also see that each answer choice is its own argument, as opposed to an assumption, inference, or flaw.
Let's look at a simple example!
Argument #1: If someone has blonde hair, then they have blue eyes. My father has blonde hair, therefore my father has blue eyes.
The reasoning here is presented as a conditional A -> B, "blonde hair" means "blue eyes." This reasoning is then used to make a conclusion, using the exact same pattern: A -> B. Here's an example of a simple argument that uses parallel reasoning to Argument #1:
Argument #2: The best internet cafes have free wifi. All cafes with free wifi serve unlimited coffee. Therefore, the best internet cafes serve unlimited coffee.
It's the same reasoning because the logic moves in the same direction from A -> B, going from "wifi" to "coffee," then "best cafes" to "wifi." Don't worry that this argument is not arranged in exactly the same order as Argument #1, it's the method of reasoning that must be similar. A correct answer choice can be a little bit different from the question-stem. It's the LOGIC that counts!
Watch out for…
 - Answer choices that merely mimic the topic of the argument. The correct answer's argument usually focuses on an entirely different topic. It's not what is being discussed that matters, but how the reasoning is laid out.
 - Answer choices that have the same structure as the question-stem argument, but do not have the same logic! Just because an answer choice contains similar keywords, or has a similar number of sentences, doesn't mean its logic matches! The premises and conclusion can be rearranged, but the logic of an argument doesn't change.
 - Pacing! These question-types typically take longer than strengthen or weaken CR, because you have 6 arguments to break down, as opposed to 1 (whew!). Practice untimed at first, but as you gain more confident with this question-type, set a timer and try to do them in under 3 minutes, then under 2 minutes.
Look out for Part 2 of this series, where we'll look at what strategies we can use to break down Parallel Reasoning questions quickly and effectively, and get them correct every time.
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Asphalt Driveways Kilmore Big County Dublin
Asphalt is an inexpensive solution for large surfacing areas. When you use it for a smaller surface, however, it can cost a little more than usual.
While asphalt is often referred to as asphalt tarmac, the two things are not actually the same. The main difference between asphalt and tarmac is that asphalt is tremendously hard-wearing, but the main disadvantage is that it's not as hardy as tarmac in relation to continuous deterioration by car tires.
However, asphalt is less affected by extreme weather and requires less maintenance. Another difference is that asphalt is kinder to the environment than tarmac.
When the driveway gets old, you can recycle asphalt and reuse the material elsewhere fairly easily. For driveways you can also use asphalt concrete.
Find out more about our Asphalt Driveways Dublin service here.
What is asphalt concrete?
Asphalt concrete is a blend of asphaltic cement mixed with grit or sand which delivers a long-lasting and hard-wearing driveway. These driveways are more expensive again as they are harder to repair than asphalt or tarmac. Also, Asphalt concrete gets damaged more easily by fluctuating temperatures.
How Long Will An Asphalt Driveway Last?
The way you treat your driveway will determine the lifespan of asphalt. For instance, extreme weather conditions and heavy traffic can cause dents and cracks in the driveway. So, the eventual life expectancy of an asphalt driveway depends on several factors just like tarmac. However, the general life expectancy of an asphalt driveway is about 20 years.
The Differences Between Tarmac VS Asphalt driveways Kilmore Big County Dublin
While tarmac and asphalt are usually used for pavements, driveway surfaces, and roads, they aren't the same. Asphalt is a mixture of aggregates and bitumen that needs up to two days before it completely cures. On the other hand, Tarmac is a combination of crushed stone and tar that cures quickly.
Here are the main differences between tarmac vs asphalt:
- Asphalt offers a better finish and smoother surface than tarmac. This helps to increase tire grip and makes it a more suitable, safer option for driveways and roads. This is because tarmac consists of larger aggregates than asphalt.
- Asphalt is reusable but tarmac is not. You can scrape off the asphalt surface as well as reprocess the material to use for a different project. This makes asphalt a more eco-friendly choice in comparison with tarmac.
- Tarmac is likely to get damaged by diesel or petrol spills, while asphalt needs less maintenance.
- Asphalt is slightly more expensive material to use over small surface areas.
- Similarities Between Tarmac and Asphalt
- Both are used for a wide range of paving applications.
- Both paving materials have the same makeup.
- They each contain petroleum products, fillers such as sand, and aggregate such as stone.
- Both are suitable for large loads and heavy vehicles.
Both asphalt and tarmac are used for surface pavements, roads, and driveways, but they aren't the same material. Tarmac or tarmacadam is a blend of tar and larger aggregates, whereas asphalt is a blend of bitumen and smaller aggregates. Tarmac is easy and quick to install and a litte bit cheaper than asphalt for driveways.
Asphalt is slightly more eco-friendly than tarmac as you can break and reuse it at the end of life. Since asphalt tops are smoother in comparison with tarmac, they are safer to drive on because of better tire grip.
Where Are Tarmac And Asphalt Used?
Both asphalt and tarmac materials are extensively used for roads (such as motorways, highways, caravan parks, private roads, car parks, etc.,). They are also used on pavements and driveways. Contact Quality Driveways Dublin for Asphalt Driveways Kilmore Big County Dublin. Both elements are extensively used in domestic and corporate settings.
Which Product Is Cheaper?
Among the two materials, tarmac is a bit cheaper than asphalt.
What Are The Benefits Of Asphalt And Tarmac?
Both elements offer longevity, durability, and ease of installation compared with other surfacing such as Block Paving.
Which Product Is More Environmentally Friendly?
Asphalt is slightly more eco-friendly than Tarmac.


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La Jardinera de la Esperanza (The Gardener of Hope)
La Jardinera de la Esperanza, depicts a young girl lying on garden patio steps, cultivating a variety of plant pots. The sculpture is sited four metres beneath the surface Punta Nizuc, Cancun. The pots are propagated with live coral cuttings rescued from areas of the reef system damaged by storms and human activity. This technique, a well-established procedure in reef conservation, rescues damaged coral fragments by providing a suitable new substrate.
The sculpture, a synthesis between art and science, conveys a message of hope and prosperity, portraying human intervention as positive and regenerating. The young Girl symbolizes a new, revitalized kinship with the environment, a role model for future generations. The interaction between the inanimate and living forms highlights a potential symbiotic relationship with the life systems of the underwater world. Over the past few decades we have lost over 40% of our natural coral reefs. Scientists predict a permanent demise of 80% by 2050. The Gardner of Hope is designed to focus attention on this important, often forgotten, ecological issue.
Built into the base of the sculpture are specialized habitat spaces designed to encourage individual types of marine creatures such as moray eels, juvenile fish and lobsters.
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MAXINE HUNTE AND LEIGH-ANN WALDROPT BONAIR, UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Abstract: Crime represents a substantial development challenge in the Caribbean region. In Trinidad and Tobago, crime is a high priority issue that consumes public and government attention. Consequently, the government is confronted with increasing pressure to implement effective policy to respond to the escalating crime. This paper attempts to explore the changing nature and trends in crime in Trinidad and Tobago. It particularly focuses on the upsurge in violent (serious) crimes, with special emphasis on homicides and its 'juvenisation'. The paper also discusses the implications of these demographic changes and proposes appropriate crime reduction strategies.
Keywords: Crime, homicide, youth, crime reduction strategies, Trinidad and Tobago


Month-over-Month data in Splunk
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I've been working with Splunk Enterprise a lot lately (and it's very powerful and easy to use!). In many situations, it is useful to show some metric compared to the same metric a month ago (or some other time period).
One way to accomplish this is with the community-supported Splunk app, Timewrap. I couldn't get Timewrap to output the data as I wanted, so instead here's the approach that I used.
Here's my goal:
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Before we compare data from the current period to the previous period, we need to ensure the dates are consistent. This example compares data from the current day to a previous day. If you want to compare current month/year to previous month/year, refer to the Splunk documentation for the bin command.
index=foo | bin _time span=1d
Now we use the stats command to perform the comparison.
| stats count(eval(relative_time(now(), "_USER_")=_time)) as "Current Period" count(eval(relative_time(now(), "-30d@d")=_time)) as "Previous Period" by category
 - For "Current Period", count the events where the _time field is equal to midnight today. Remember, we just standardized all events to equal midnight of the respective day.
 - For "Previous Period", count the events where the _time field is equal to midnight 30 days ago.
If this is useful to you, or you have any more suggestions, please let me know in the comments below.


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Lasers to replace quartz technology
In a new discovery, researchers have found that lasers can safely replace years old quartz technology used in wristwatches or to transmit reliable signals to radios.tech reviews Updated: Jul 18, 2014 16:06 IST
In a new discovery, researchers have found that lasers can safely replace years old quartz technology used in wristwatches or to transmit reliable signals to radios.
In lieu of a crystal, researchers at California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have developed a method to stabilise microwave signals in the range of gigahertz using a pair of laser beams as the reference.
"Our new method reverses the architecture used in standard crystal-stabilised microwave oscillators - the 'quartz' reference is replaced by optical signals much higher in frequency than the microwave signal to be stabilised," explained Kerry Vahala, a professor of information science and technology and applied physics at Caltech.
Nearly all electronics require devices called oscillators that create precise frequencies.
For nearly 100 years, these oscillators have relied upon quartz crystals to provide a frequency reference.
Quartz crystals "tune" oscillators by vibrating at relatively low frequencies - those that fall at or below the range of megahertz, or millions of cycles per second, like radio waves.
However, future high-end navigation systems, radar systems and even consumer electronics will require references beyond the performance of quartz.
In the new method called electro-optical frequency division, the optical reference used by researchers is a laser that looks like a tiny disk.
"At only six mm in diameter, the device is very small, making it particularly useful in compact photonic devices - devices powered by photons instead of electrons," said co-author Scott Diddams, a physicist at Maryland-based the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
The study appeared in the journal Science.


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Instructional strategies that challenge dominant...
|Title||Instructional strategies that challenge dominant pedagogy|
|Author(s)||J. Countryman, L. Rose|
|Journal||Canadian Music Educator / Musicien Educateur au Canada|
|Abstract||The article presents a curriculum of equity, diversity and social justice in music education practice. A delineation of these terms is offered in order to emphasize and direct attention to the goals represented by these ideas such as an equity-educator is more concerned with who participates and who does not. It also offers prompts to help educators develop spaces that nurture independent music practitioners within a peer-oriented environment.|
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A conversation with NY based therapist and director, Molly Castelloe, about the concept of psychological projection and her documentary, 'Vamik's Room' about Vamik Volkan, a Turkish Cypriot psychiatrist, internationally known for his work bringing together conflictual groups for dialogue and mutual understanding.
We talk about group identity and how unresolved past traumas can be projected onto others, creating new traumasnamely perpetrated by power holders. What could healing historical traumas look like? Why is it important for all parties to engage in?
For more info on the film:
For an entry with Psychology Today:
Bloodlines: From Ethnic Pride to Ethnic Terrorism
by Vamık D. Volkan
-Another book exploring racialized trauma in the US:
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies
by Resmaa Menakem