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May 25, 2017
Galápagos Island Coffee: Why Altitude Isn't Everything
Welcome to the Galápagos Islands. 13 major islands, 6 smaller islands, and numerous islets that are full of unique biodiversity, some of which you canút find anywhere else in the world. It's such a unique island and it should defintely be on your bucket list. Flight details are very easy to find so it should be easy to plan your trip!
And while coffee may not be a plant exclusive to the Galápogos Islands, something about it here is unusual. It's widely accepted that coffee grown at higher altitudes is better quality â€" especially when it's close to the equator, like this archipelago is. Yet specialty-grade coffee is grown at surprisingly low altitudes here, from 200 to 300 m.a.s.l.
So I spoke to Wilson Gonzalez of Productora de Café Galápagos to find out more about coffee in the Galápagos Islands â€" and why altitude isn't always an indicator of quality.
Lee este artÃculo en EspaÃ±ol: Café de la Isla Galápagos: Por Qué la Altitud No lo es Todo
Coffee trees growing under shade on the Galápagos Islands. Credit: Expigo
What Does Altitude Have to Do With Coffee Quality?
Although coffee grows in hot climates, coffee grown at cooler temperatures will often be better quality. This is because the beans will ripen more slowly, developing more sugars and complexity as they do so.
Generally speaking, the higher the altitude, the cooler the temperature. However, this will vary depending on the country's latitude. The farther it is from the equator, the cooler the temperature usually becomes.
For this reason, a coffee grown at a lower altitude in Hawaii could have more sweetness than a higher altitude Venezuelan (or it could not â€" there are many factors that affect sweetness, including plant species/variety, production and processing methods, and roasting/brewing).
High-altitude coffee is also known as hard beans, or dense coffee, and it will affect how the beans need to be roasted. While roasters, baristas, and consumers all see high altitude as a sign of good coffee, it can result in decreased yields for producers.
SEE ASLO: Why Does Altitude Matter? Part II â€" A VIDEO Guide
So, given that the Galapágos Islands sit on the equator, why do they break the rules?
Galapagos Islands. Credit: with modifications by Michiel1972 via Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain
Coffee Production on The Galápagos Islands
First of all, a quick overview of coffee production on these islands: Wilson tells me that, around 135 years ago, the first coffee seeds were brought here from French colonies in the Caribbean (stopping in Panama along the way). These were Bourbon seeds, and Bourbon remains the main variety grown on these islands today.
Other varieties were introduced 40â€"50 years ago by emigrants from the Loja Province of Ecuador: Caturra, Typica, CatuaÃ, Sachimorâ€¦ You'll mostly find these these on Santa Cruz Island.
Wilson Gonzalez checks coffee trees. Credit: Expigo
Harvesting & Processing
The main producing islands are San CristÃ³bal and Santa Cruz; more than 90% of the archipelago's population lives on these islands. As of such, they account for 80% of the archipelago's coffee.
William tells me that most of the coffee is also hand-picked, and the vast majority is washed processed, with dry processing accounting for the rest.
What's more, the Galápagos Islands are one of those few regions with two coffee harvests a year: February to March and November to December. This is thanks to the Humboldt current.
Expigo's coffee mill on the Galápagos Islands. Credit: Expigo
Sea Currents & Altitude
The Galápagos Islands sit on the equator, meaning there's intense sunshine from 6am to 6pm, with little variation throughout the year. Add to that low altitude, and you'd expect poor-quality coffee.
Yet although the islands receive intense sun, they don't receive intense heat. In fact, William describes the climate as similar to what you'd expect at 1,200â€"1,300 m.a.s.l. Even in the hottest months, the temperature rarely reaches above 30/31Â°C. And in July to September, the dry season, it can drop below 20Â°C.
William explains that this because of the Humboldt Current. A low-salinity ocean current, it flows north along the west coast of South America from the Southern Cone up to northern Peru and out to the Galapágos Islands. It brings with it cool marine breezes that bring down land temperature.
This is part of the reason why low-altitude coffee from the Galápagos Islands can taste and roast like high-altitude coffee from other parts of the Americas.
Coffee trees growing on the Galápagos Islands. Credit: Expigo
What Does Coffee From The Galápagos Islands Taste Like?
William tells me that coffee from the Galápagos Islands is typically sweet, with a caramel flavor, medium body, high aroma, and nice acidity.
Part of the reason for this delicious profile is the unique microclimate, with the cool sea breezes and ocean current. It can also be attributed to the varieties; for example, Bourbon tends to be sweet. Then there's the careful processing and production methods.
Soil quality is another key aspect: the Galápagos Islands were created from the frequent eruption of volcanoes over time. The layering of these â€" at the time, underwater â€" volcanoes built up until they emerged from the ocean. Volcanic soil is rich in nutrients, such as nitrogen, which is particularly important for growing and harvesting coffee.
If you were to look at the low altitude of the Galápagos Islands, and their position on the equator, it would be easy to write them off as a bad region for coffee production. Yet many factors influence coffee quality: altitude, yes, but also ocean/air currents, geographic location, local microclimates, soil, processing, and more.
Whether it's from Brazil or Ecuador, it's important to always look at range of information available about a coffee. Or, even better, judge for yourself based on how it tastes in the cup.
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September - Sapphire
Mystical Properties
Sapphires are known as the stones of wisdom and serenity. They release mental tension and dispel depression. They facilitate meditation, calm the mind, and provide the mental clarity required to surmount obstacles. Sapphires align the physical, mental, and spiritual planes and restore balance within the body. When worn at the throat, they facilitate creativity and self-expression. Sapphires are used to develop the "third eye," and are often associated with out-of-body experiences, telepathy, and precognition.
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An Injector Component Model for Complete Microfluidic Electrokinetic Separation Systems
R. Magargle, J.F. Hoburg and T. Mukherjee
Carnegie Mellon University, US
Keywords: microfluidic, electrokinetic, cross, injector
This work presents a closed-form, numerically derived model of a key microfluidic electrokinetic separation system component, the cross injector. The model fits into a framework such that it can be combined with a network of other component models, such as a mixer, reactor, separation channel, and detector, to model a complete microfluidic separation system. The model is based on a reduction of the full 5-dimensional parameter space to a manageable 2-dimensional parameter space. The resultant model is valid for Peclet numbers ranging from 10 to 5000 and shows a worst case variance equal to the channel width squared.
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The Prostate Tumor Volume & Density calculator measures prostate tumor volume and PSA density. This is an unprecedented time. It is the dedication of healthcare workers that will, Calculating Prostate Volume BPH Volume of an ellipsoid (like the prostate, hematoma, etc.): Volume (mL) = L x W x H x pi/6 Volume (mL) ≈ L x W x H x Prostate Volume = 2 x 4 x 8 x π/6 = cc Tumor Density = 6 / = ng/mL/cc. 5/13/ · To estimate the volume of your prostate simply fill in its length, width and height. The formula to estimate prostate volume is as follows: Prostate volume = Length x Width x Height x π/6 How to calculate PSA Density and its meaningAuthor: Łukasz Białek.
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Perfect Fifth of Diversity: A framework for self-assessment
At two recent OC member convenings, Orchestras Canada welcomed conductor Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser to talk about equity in the orchestra. Daniel is a member of the OC board, chair of our Equity Committee, and Artist-in-Residence and Community Ambassador with Symphony Nova Scotia. At these events, Daniel presented the Perfect Fifth of Diversity, a discussion tool for orchestras to use in considering their equity work.
As Daniel noted, diversity is going to look different in different communities; but for all organizations, there is a real opportunity to engage with people who don't yet feel welcome at the orchestra in a way that benefits all involved. To help clarify the starting place, Daniel proposes five questions for orchestras to consider.
1. Who is playing?
This element concerns your musicians, soloists and conductors. Most professional orchestras have an audition process during which applicants for tenure track positions play behind a screen for several rounds before their identity is revealed. Selection processes for music directors, soloists, and per service musicians take various shapes. And smaller budget groups may have more flexibility in their modes of casting. No matter what, are we ensuring that our selection processes address conscious or unconscious bias?
We also know that pathways to a career in classical music rely on early exposure, access to instruments, and inspiring teachers and role models, along with the financial resources to pursue serious study over many years. Auditions present financial barriers, as well, such as paying for flights, hotels, and extra lessons. In the USA, the Sphinx Organization in collaboration with the League of American Orchestras and the New World Symphony have started the National Alliance for Audition Support, a program that provides financial support to Black and Latinx musicians attending auditions.
2. Who is being played?
Does our programming reflect the communities we want to serve, as well as the musical traditions and inspirations we have historically celebrated? Do we want to program music of diverse styles, by a more diverse range of composers, including living, women, and Indigenous composers, and composers of colour? Some audiences are curious to hear works they don't know, and others will stay away. How do we balance comfort, tradition, and challenge, in a sustainable and artistically sound way? This would see the orchestra of the future both continuing to present beloved classics, and becoming a library of sound that puts itself at the service of diverse styles, traditions and communities.
3. Who is listening?
Are our audiences reflective of the community we are hoping to serve? We need to consider what the access point is for tickets to our concerts, and whether we are programming and marketing our concerts in a way that appeals to a diverse range of audiences. This element looks at how we are making our orchestra accessible to communities that are not only culturally diverse, but also diverse in terms of age, socio-economic status or spectrum-linked diversity. This is important both as a means of better serving our communities, and as a means of growing our audience.
4. Who is deciding?
We need to look at who is in positions of power at our organizations – in artistic leadership roles, in staff leadership roles, and on the board of directors. As well, from whom do we seek input, to ensure diverse perspectives in the decision-making process?
5. How is this being done?
A lot of orchestras' work in community engagement projects involves collaborating with non-traditional artists and community partners, and these projects present many opportunities for reflection on orchestral culture and approaches. How is power distributed between the music director, soloists and other collaborators in rehearsal and performance spaces? How do we approach time, and how do we make space for exploration in the context of an orchestral service? How might we collaborate in a way that nurtures and gives power to voices outside of the orchestra's traditional hierarchy?
The questions that Daniel is raising are deliberately non-prescriptive: each orchestra will need to answer these questions in its own way, and reach its own conclusions. Orchestras Canada is excited to be part of the discussion, and we look forward to hearing your thoughts!


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A team of volunteers from WRc participated in the Earth Summit on 28th-31st May 2012.
The Earth Summit is an annual event organised by the National Trust. Its aim is for year 5 pupils across Swindon to learn about sustainable living. Approximately 500 children from 11 schools attend workshops on a variety of issues, from renewable energy to recycling, and from transport to fair trade.
WRc presented the workshop called Water Matters in conjunction with Thames Water. It included activities to encourage the pupils to think about where water comes from and the processes that are required to treat water. These discussions prompted ideas about what actions the children and their families could take to reduce their water consumption. They were also given the opportunity to make water filters to test different filtration materials and observe which ones were most effective.
The event took place at the National Trust Estate in Coleshill, which has acres of land in which the children could learn as well as enjoy the great outdoors and the event was a resounding success!
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Radioisotope-Powered Voltaic Cells
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AbstractSpire's program will develop a high energy density, long life power source for space applications such as Brilliant Pebbles and Brilliant Eyes. The essential element of the proposed device consists of a radioisotope powered indium phosphide voltaic cell that can achieve an energy density over ten thousand times greater than that of chemical batteries. In past attempts to develop radioisotope powered voltaic cells, the power attained was severely limited by radiation damage to the silicon semiconductor material used in the cells. This limitation has been removed by the recently discovered radiation damage resistance and annealing properties of indium phosphide. High energy beta and alpha emitters can now achieve high power and long life, and the use of alpha emitters can eliminate external radiation. Spire's voltaic cells represent a power source for remote or inaccessible locations such as space, ocean depths, arctic or mountainous regions, as well as for implantable power sources for cardiac pacemakers, insulin pumps, and ventricular assist devices.
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Symmetries of the Maxwell–Bloch Equations with the Rotating Wave Approximation
2014, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 548-555
In this paper a symplectic realization for the Maxwell–Bloch equations with the rotating wave approximation is given, which also leads to a Lagrangian formulation. We show how Lie point symmetries generate a third constant of motion for the dynamical system considered.


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A new quality assessment test was carried out to examine the relationship between the perception of audio and video resolutions. Three video resolutions and four audio resolutions were used to answer the question: "Does lower resolution video influence the perceived quality of audio, or vice versa?" Subjects were asked to use their own equipment, which they would be likely to stream media with. They were asked to watch a short video clip of various qualities and to indicate the perceived audio and video qualities on separate 5-point Likert scales. Four unique 10-second video clips were presented in each of 12 experimental conditions. The perceived audio and video quality ratings data showed different effects of audio and video resolutions. The perceived video quality ratings showed a significant effect of audio resolutions, whereas the perceived audio quality did not show a significant effect of video resolutions. Subjects were divided into two groups based on the self-identification of whether they were visually or auditorily inclined. These groups showed slightly different response patterns in the perceived audio quality ratings.
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Reflections from the Trademark Scholars Roundtable
In this volume are published works reflect the conversations from the Fourth Trademark Scholars Roundtable at DePaul University in 2012. The Trademark Scholars Roundtable participants discussed a wide range of approaches to understanding and limiting the ever-increasing sprawl of trademark rights.
Reflections on the Patent Scope Revisited Conference
This issue focuses on vehicles external to the patent system and the impact that they may have on determining scope of rights for patents. Included in this issue are conversations about the perceived formalistic behavior of the Federal Circuit and argument for courts to consider extrinsic evidence for interpretation of claim construction, giving way to policy considerations of productive directions for patent scope.


How Medicaid Recovers the Cost of Long-Term Care From Your Estate After You Die
If Medicaid pays for nursing home care, the state can try to collect reimbursement for these costs from the person's assets after he or she dies.
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Medicaid will often pay for nursing home care even for those who have assets that could be used to pay for care. This is possible because Medicaid does't count assets such as a house or car (these are called noncountable assets). But after the person's death, the state Medicaid program can try to collect medical costs from the deceased person's estate. This is called "estate recovery."
Medicaid Estate Recovery
The federal government has an established policy requiring that all states must try to recover the costs paid on behalf of those who received certain types of Medicaid coverage during their lifetime. All states attempt to recover long-term care costs, including home health services and hospitalizations while in long-term care, and some try to recover regular Medicaid costs as well (though they can generally only recover costs paid for those who were 55 or older or institutionalized when they received Medicaid benefits).
When an individual becomes eligible for Medicaid, federal law requires that the state send the individual a written notice describing the rights of the state to recover Medicaid-paid medical costs following the individual's death.
Ways States Recover Costs
While individual state laws on estate recovery vary, they all boil down to two different ways to recover costs paid: recovering from the deceased person's estate and putting liens on the person's property.
Recovering From the Estate
The first method states use is to seek repayment from the estate of a deceased Medicaid beneficiary. Each state defines the term "estate" -- meaning what type of property Medicaid will go after -- differently. Some states are fairly conservative about what they will try to take -- they have the right to recover costs from real estate, personal property, and other assets only if they are included within the deceased person's "probate estate." A probate estate includes only assets that were owned solely by the individual at the time of death, where there is no beneficiary or joint owner designated. Joint accounts, payable on death accounts, and contracts that have designated a beneficiary are not included in the probate estate.
Other states use a broader definition of the term estate that includes any assets an individual had legal title to or interest in at the time of death, including property that bypasses probate. In these states, the estate includes assets that the individual attempted to convey to a survivor, heir, or assign through an arrangement such as a joint tenancy, tenancy in common, survivorship, life estate, or living trust.
To recover expenses paid under the probate definition of estate, the state files a claim in the probate estate of the decedent just as would any creditor. Under the more expansive definition of estate, the state must enforce its rights by notifying heirs of its rights under state law.
Lien on Real Estate
The second method for recovering Medicaid costs paid is to place a lien on any real property owned by the person who received Medicaid coverage. During the person's lifetime, the state places a lien on the person's property. When the property is sold, either before or after the person's death, the state can collect repayment from its share of the sale proceeds, as would any other lienholder.
When States Can't Recover Costs
Even though the states must recover for costs paid when appropriate, there are certain prohibitions that states must follow. States cannot recover Medicaid-paid costs in the following situations.
 - Surviving spouse. The deceased person's spouse is still living, regardless of where that spouse lives.
 - Minor, blind, or disabled child. There is a surviving child under the age of 21, blind, or disabled, regardless of where that child lives.
In addition, states cannot recover costs from the former home of the deceased person in the following situations.
 - Sibling caregiver. There is a sibling who resided in the home for at least one year prior to the institutionalization of the deceased and who continues to reside in the home and has an equity interest in that home.
 - Child caregiver. There is a child who resided in the home for at least two years prior to the institutionalization of the deceased, who continues to reside in the home, and can demonstrate that the care they provided delayed the institutionalization of the deceased.
When States Can Forego Cost Recovery
One situation where a state may "waive recovery" (decide not to try to collect repayment) is when the deceased person's heirs can prove that recovery of Medicaid costs will impose an "undue hardship." Most states consider undue hardship to be when when the deceased person's inheritors have limited income and the estate is their sole income-producing asset (for example, a family farm or other family business that produces a limited amount of income).
The state must notify the deceased person's inheritors of its recovery rights and allow them an opportunity to claim an exemption from estate recovery (such as undue hardship or being a sibling caregiver).
A state can also waive estate recovery when it is determined that it would be too expensive to try to collect repayment from the estate. Each state is allowed to establish its own rules on what is not cost-effective.
Limit on Amount That Can Be Recovered
There is a limit on how much can be recovered by the state. States cannot recover more than the total amount spent by Medicaid on the individual's behalf at or after age 55. Also, states may not recover more than the amount remaining in the estate after claims of other creditors are fully satisfied. The order of payment by which creditors are paid is set forth in state law.
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NAS ViewPoint is a convenient and concise appraisal summary that assists with the identification of potential risks associated with property appraisals.Combining lender specific criteria, guidelines, property and market factors, NASViewPoint provides a score that indicates various risk levels.The ViewPoint simplifies the way an appraisal report is reviewed.
Recognizing the increased need for data analysis and emerging collateral management strategies among Financial Institutions, NAS developed and successfully implemented fully customizable online appraisal forms using industry-leading technology.The NAS Appraisal Score, using customized logic, automatically extracts key data elements to compute appraisal risk factors and presents them on a summary page.Clear upfront identification of risks can save significant time in the appraisal review process, while mitigating potential valuation risk. This process is fully automated, providing NAS' clients with the highest level of accuracy.
The NAS ViewPoint can connect public information such as previous sales, ownership history and assessment information where available to further identify potential risks and inconsistencies with the valuation.
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Connecting with Canadians
Teaching Aids for Civics Education in Canadian Schools
Who better to tell us how to engage our younger generation in democratic institutions than young people themselves? In workshops and dialogues, young participants have told CPRN that one of the best ways of hooking them into the democratic process is to provide a comprehensive civics education starting in the early grades. These young people also told us they want school to be a safe place to openly discuss challenging issues, learn about different points of view and develop skills for critical analysis and problem solving.
CPRN's landmark National Youth Dialogue and Summit brought together 144 young Canadians to talk about participation and citizenship. Two workbooks were prepared for the event to support discussion and to guide the dialogue. They are written in a style that is appealing to young people, and teachers appreciate them as a useful tool for their civics classes.
Click the download button at the left to access the introduction that explains how to use the workbooks.
To access the workbooks, click below:
National Dialogue for Young Canadians – Workbook – Section 1: Background
National Dialogue for Young Canadians – Workbook – Section 2: Dialogue Issues
Release Date: 17 May 2007
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How to delete a module from Vtiger CRM (5.0.4. to 6.x)
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Here I am showing an example of how to delete a module named as testModule from Vtiger 5.0.4.
Simply deleting the files from modules folder associated with a particular module won't delete it completely. But deleting the files is also required. The best way to realize that is, try to reinstall the module, you will get the message that the module exists. In order to delete a module follow the steps given below.
Create a file named delete_testModule.php and put it in the root directory of Vtiger CRM.
Paste the following code into that file delete_testModule.php:
 $Vtiger_Utils_Log = true;
 $module = Vtiger_Module::getInstance('testModule');
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Framework for scalable DeepLabCut based analysis including 3D tracking
Project description
Anipose is a framework for scalable DeepLabCut-based analysis. It supports both 2d and 3d tracking, handles calibration and processing all files within a group of folders.
The name Anipose comes from Animal Pose, but it also sounds like "any pose".
(NOTE: This is not yet ready for production, still some issues to fix to make the experience smooth )
Getting started
 1. Setup DeepLabCut by following instruction here
 2. Install Anipose through pip: pip install anipose
Input specification
Ideally someone who is collecting data should just be able to put all the videos into a single folder during a data collection run.
Different data collection sessions (e.g. on different days) are usually placed into different folders.
We'll need a config file to specify what to use for tracking and post-processing. However, it's cumbersome to remember to put a new config file for each new session, especially if the config doesn't really change from session to session.
It would be nice to be able to place a separate config file into each session though, to override the experiment config as needed.
It would be extra nice to reprocess the data if any of the config parameters change.
layout of folder for videos for 2d tracking
layout of folder for videos for 3d tracking
Example config file for 2d/3d tracking:
# Project name
project = "flypose"
# Change this to match deeplabcut folder (one with trained network)
model_folder = '/Data/Videos/DLC_Analysis/Running-Brandon-2019-01-29'
# How many folders are nested in structure?
nesting = 1
# Settings for a threshold filter
# Removes data outside threshold (probably errors in tracking), and interpolates
enabled = true
medfilt = 13
offset_threshold = 25
score_threshold = 0.8
spline = true
# labeling scheme...specify lines that you want to draw
scheme = [ ["head", "thorax", "abdomen"], ["thorax", "leg-1"] ]
Output specification
The output structure should match the input structure, with additional files resulting from the tracking.
The structure should be as follows:
Where FOLDER is a folder storing the output of a specific processing step.
It can be one of the following values:
 - videos-raw = input videos
 - pose-2d = 2d tracking for each of the input videos
 - pose-2d-filtered = filtered version of 2d tracking
 - calibration = camera parameters obtained from 3d calibration, along with calibration videos
 - pose-3d = 3d tracking for each group of input videos
 - angles = computed angles from 3d tracking
 - videos-labeled = videos labeled with the 2d tracking
 - videos-3d = 3d videos generated from 3d tracking
 - config = computed configuration for each session
Outline of processing plan
For each experiment, for each session
 1. Compress the videos into videos-raw
 2. Place the configuration files into config (based on defaults and session config)
 3. Perform the 2d tracking based on the configuration
 4. Label the individual videos with 2d tracking
 5. If 3d tracking is enabled
 1. Perform camera calibration
 2. Perform triangulation of 2d tracking
 3. Compute angles, if needed
 4. Generate 3d videos
Using the pipeline in the field
Ideally, there should be one repository with all the code, and the data is held separate. Each data folder should come with a configuration file of its own. The user should be able to invoke some pipeline script to process everything, and separate pipeline scripts for each step.
Perhaps something like:
anipose calibrate # run calibration of intrinsics and extrinsics
anipose label # label the poses for each video
anipose label-videos # create videos for each pose
anipose run-data # run only the data portion (no viz)
anipose run-viz # run only the visualization pipeline
anipose run-all # run everything (run-data then run-viz)
The program anipose should parse out the config within the folder, and figure out all the appropriate parameters to pass to the functions underneath.
Computing angle estimates
Although it's very useful to get 3D tracking estimates, we also need angle estimates.
However, not all angles make sense, it is up to the user to specify which angles she cares about.
This may be specified in the config.toml file as follows:
L1_CF = ["L1A", "L1B", "L1C"]
L1_FTi = ["L1B", "L1C", "L1D"]
L1_TiTa = ["L1C", "L1D", "L1E"]
The key above is the [angles] header, which specifies that whatever follows is an angle.
Next, each angle is specified by a name on the left, and by a list of 3 joints on the right.
Summarizing the data
After computing the whole pipeline for all videos, the final outputs of interest (the 3d pose coordinates and angles, possibly the 2d coordinates) are scattered across a lot of folders.
For further processing and analysis, it is often useful to have one central file with all the data. Hence, Anipose provides the command "summarize", which summarizes everything into a "summaries" folder. The output csv for each of angles, 3d, and 2d tracking coordinates has all the data from all sessions, and a few extra columns to show where the data comes from.
Configuring the standardized 3D pose
In order to properly compare across different trials, different animals, and different setups, the 3D coordinates must be standardized relative to a common reference frame.
Anipose should allow configuration of this by specifying 2 sets of points to use as axes, and which axes these should be.
The algorithm to determine the axes is as follows:
 - the first axis is taken as given
 - the second axis is orthogonalized with respect to the first
 - the third axis is the cross product of the first two axes
An axis is specified as a pair of points, with the axis going from the first to the second point.
Furthermore, it is often useful to set the zero to a standard reference point. Anipose allows this too.
An example configuration:
axes = [
 ["x", "L1A", "L3A"],
 ["z", "L1B", "L1A"]
reference_point = "L1A"
Calibration marker configuration
Anipose uses ArUco markers for calibration. They are superior to checkerboards in that they are more robust to blurring, rotation, and cropping. This makes them ideal for calibrating arbitrary camera setups.
In order to configure this, it should be possible to specify which ArUco board was used to calibrate the cameras. What should be configurable:
 - The type of board (ArUco / ChArUco)
 - the size of the board (number squares in X and Y directions)
 - ArUco marker dictionary (number of bits and number of markers in dictionary)
 - Length of marker side in appropriate unit (triangulation is set to this unit)
 - Length of marker separation (for ArUco) or square side (for ChArUco), in same unit
# aruco / charuco
board_type = "aruco"
# width and height of grid
board_size = [2, 2]
# number of bits in the markers
board_marker_bits = 5
# number of markers in dictionary (less is best)
board_marker_dict_number = 50
# length of marker side
board_marker_length = 4 # mm
# If aruco, length of marker separation
board_marker_separation_length = 1 # mm
# If charuco, square side length
# board_square_side_length = 8 # mm
Calibration: how to actually calibrate
TODO: Document how to calibrate cameras
TODO: Document where to place the calibration folder and how this is processed
TODO: document how to specify ROIs
TODO: provide example python/matlab code to automatically generate toml files
Here are some references for DeepLabCut and other things this project relies upon:
 title={DeepLabCut: markerless pose estimation of user-defined body parts with deep learning},
 author = {Alexander Mathis and Pranav Mamidanna and Kevin M. Cury and Taiga Abe and Venkatesh N. Murthy and Mackenzie W. Mathis and Matthias Bethge},
 journal={Nature Neuroscience},
 title = {DeeperCut: A Deeper, Stronger, and Faster Multi-Person Pose Estimation Model},
 author = {Eldar Insafutdinov and Leonid Pishchulin and Bjoern Andres and Mykhaylo Andriluka and Bernt Schiele},
 booktitle = {ECCV'16},
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Native Peoples Law Lawyers In Colcord Oklahoma
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n. - The large, hard-shelled nut of the cocoa palm. It yields an agreeable milky liquid and a white meat or albumen much used as food and in making oil. 2
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Demonstrate Empathy. Safeguard Loyalty.
Today, patients have many options for medical care, which is why making sure they are happy with their experience is critical in maintaining their loyalty. The patient billing process plays a critical role in that overall experience—and therefore should be monitored and evaluated to ensure your patients are receiving a positive result.
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But we don't just sit around and pat ourselves on the back for that number. We're continuously analyzing the feedback of patients who aren't 100% satisified to understand what we can do to improve their experience. We look at feedback based on payment channel, balance due, demographics and other characteristics to truly help us understand where improvements are needed for specific patient populations. Continuously asking patients for their feedback is an essential step in tailoring the billing experience for all, and inspires ideas for future solution enhancements:
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Summary of an Act
World Legislative Act #10
World Hydrogen Energy System Authority
1. Creates World Hydrogen Energy System Authority (WHESA).
2. Declares tasks of WHESA to administrate various tasks to replace existing fossil fuel system with Hydrogen Energy System.
2.1. Directs WHESA to organize short-courses, seminars, symposia and conferences in order to educate people and decision makers around world about benefits of World Hydrogen Energy System vis-à-vis fossil fuel system.
2.2. Directs WHESA to open World Hydrogen Energy Research Center (WHERC) for researchers from various countries to work on conversion of primary energy sources to hydrogen. Directs WHERC to do following:
2.2.1. Research and evaluate various methods of hydrogen production, such as electrolytic, photolytic, thermal, thermal-chemical, thermo-electro-chemical, and hybrid methods.
2.2.2. Investigate various methods of storage of gaseous and liquid hydrogen.
2.2.3. Determine and develop best ways of storage for different applications.
2.2.4. Investigate transmission and distribution of gaseous and liquid hydrogen.
2.2.5. Determine and develop best ways for different applications.
2.2.6. Research into utilization of hydrogen in residential, commercial, utility, industry and transportation sectors.
2.2.7. Research on safety and environmental effects of hydrogen, as well as on development of materials for hydrogen using systems.
2.3. Directs WHESA to assist in establishing Hydrogen Energy System Demonstration Projects wherever feasible.
2.4. Directs WHESA to assist each country to convert from present hydrocarbon/carbon fuel system to hydrogen energy system.
Declares limit of 50 years or less for transition to hydrogen energy production and utilization for equipment, plants and/or transportation
2.5. Directs WHESA to campaign compliance with uniform environmental surcharge legislation enacted by Provisional World Parliament or World Parliament. Authorizes Ministry of World Resources and Provisional Office of World Revenue to collect environmental surcharge.
2.6. Permits WHESA to define and develop other tasks.
3. Composes WHESA administration.
3.1. Directs Presidium or Provisional World Presidium to nominate WHESA Minister. Provisional World Parliament or World Parliament shall then elect Minister of WHESA. Declares three year provisional term for Minister. Permits Provisional World Parliament to re-elect Minister for successive terms.
3.2. Provisional Minister of WHESA may temporarily appoint Provisional WHESA Administrator, subject to approval of Presidium. Requires Minister of WHESA to nominate from civil service lists when lists are available, with nomination subject to approval from Presidium.
3.3. Requires Administrator to appoint General Directors for tasks enumerated under Article 2 of this Act subject to approval by Executive Cabinet.
3.4. Requires each General Director to propose technical and administration personnel, subject to approval by the Administrator. Requires Senior Administrator to use seniority lists of Civil Service Administration, if lists are available.
4. Activates WHESA as soon as Earth Federation obtains equivalent of minimum of &350,000 units of Earth credit or currency (approximately ten million 1987 U.S. dollars) from energy companies and/or philanthropic organizations, or national or sub-national governments, or as soon as world economic system can allocate adequate funds. Derives WHESA budget after activation as follows:
4.1. One quarter of one per cent of GNP of each country ratifying Earth Constitution.
4.2. Two and one half per cent of net income of each energy company, including energy mining, transportation, storing processing (to fuel and/or electricity), and marketing companies - both public and private – that take part in transformation process.
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Adopted as World Legislative Act Number 10 at third session of the Provisional World Parliament, meeting June 1987, at Miami Beach, Florida, USA, convened in conformance with the Constitution for the Federation of Earth. Formatting amendments were adopted at the eighth (2004) session of the provisional World Parliament.
Dr. Terence P. Amerasinghe, Barrister-at-Law
Secretary (1st & 3rd sessions)
Provisional World Parliament
Eugenia Almand, JD, Secretary
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WATER QUALITY AND
LOGGING SEDIMENT CONTROL ACT (LSCA)
LSCA and Water Quality go hand-in-hand, making sure the water you use is clean. Approximately 1.8 million West Virginians rely on clean water for drinking, cooking, bathing, swimming and fishing to name a few. To help ensure your water quality is safe before, during and after a logging operation, the West Virginia Legislature passed the Logging Sediment Control Act in 1992 (19-1B).
This law sets guidelines for logging companies to use when timbering. Part of the Act states logging operations be registered and supervised by individuals who have completed Division of Forestry certification program. The law also requires loggers to follow Best Management Practices (BMPs) that prevents useless soil erosion or run-off that could potentially cause problems in nearby ponds, streams, rivers or other bodies of water.
You as a citizen can do your part to ensure logging jobs and your water continues to be safe. If you or someone you know is planning on harvesting timber, please check to make sure the logging company you use is licensed to complete timbering operations in West Virginia. Download the Licensed Loggers for the most current list of available licensed loggers in the state. By using a properly licensed timber operator AND a certified logger, you know the workers will use BMPs that reduce both soil erosion and water pollution.
For a list of Licensed Timber Operators or Licensed Certified Loggers in West Virginia, download the appropriate form on this page.
Licensed Timber Operators and Certified Loggers
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Once you decide to cut, make sure the following criteria will be completed:
- Timber Operator is licensed with the West Virginia Division of Forestry.
- Obtained logger certification by completing a WVDOF training class.
- Filed a timbering operation notification with the WVDOF within three days of start up.
- Posted a sign with company name and timbering license number.
FORESTS AND FLOODS
In 2001, at the request of State Forester Randy Dye, an expert committee consisting of representatives of state, federal and private agencies prepared a report that reviewed and summarized scientific literature regarding the effects of timber management activities on flooding. This report concerns the storms of July 2001 in southern West Virginia. No effort has been made to polish this report for widespread publication; however, due to continual interest in the issue, the Division of Forestry is making this publication available to the public through its website. This.pdf document is 89 pages in length and can be downloaded using Adobe Acrobat.
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2003 McCutcheon Report
In February 2003, Steven C. McCutcheon, Ph.D. prepared a report for the Division of Forestry entitled "Hydrologic Evaluation of the
Curve Number Method for Forest Management in West Virginia." This report is 38 pages and available for download as a.pdf document. To download the McCutcheon Report, click on the link below.
On January 8, 2006, Dr. McCutcheon testified before the Forest Management Review Commission. Download the file below to read his seven page presentation.


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One of the most frequent questions I'm asked at Maker Faire is what the difference between Arduino and Netduino is. If you think it's that the Netduino is just an Arduino that has something to do with the internet, you'd be incorrect! While the Netduino is an open source microcontroller that looks like a black and blue Arduino, the key difference is that it's programmed using the Visual C#.NET programming language developed by Microsoft. This makes it perfect for people that are already familiar with.NET and don't want the hassle of learning another variation of code.
Thanks to the Maker Shed's Getting Started with Netduino Kit, learning to use this ARM based microcontroller is easy! This full featured package includes the Getting Started with Netduino book by Chris Walker, the creator of the Netduino platform. By following along in the book and using the included components you'll learn how to:
- Install the free Visual C# Express.NET Micro Framework and Netduino SDK.
- Turn an LED on and off.
- Increase the capabilities of the Netduino using shields.
- Interact with digital and analog signals using the MakerShield.
- Dim and brighten LEDs using pulse width modulation and control RGB LEDs.
- Use electrical pulses to play a song and control servos.
- Create an app to control your Netduino over the internet.
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Crystal actuator based on a thermal phase transition and photothermal effect
Yuki Hagiwara, Takuya Taniguchi, Toru Asahi, Hideko Koshima
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Mechanically responsive materials have been increasingly explored, mainly in terms of photoisomerization. Here, we report the bending actuation of salicylideneaniline crystals induced by a thermal phase transition and photothermal effect. Long rod-like crystals bent reversibly on repeated heating and cooling near the transition temperature. The bend motion was also induced by the photothermal effect under ultraviolet (UV) and visible light irradiation, with and without phase transition. The photothermal-based temperature rise at the irradiated site of the crystal edge resulted in localised elongation near the crystal surface and slight bending due to the temperature gradient in the thickness direction. This bending motion was amplified by tip displacement at the opposite end of the long rod-like crystal. Finally, high-frequency bending actuation of 25 Hz was achieved by pulsed UV irradiation. Thus, the results of this study demonstrate the potential and versatility for mechanical crystal development based on the photothermal effect.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4876-4884
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Materials Chemistry C
Issue number14
Publication statusPublished - 2020 Apr 14
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Animal Science Department Tour!
Animal Science programs at the University of Nebraska began with the establishment of the Department of Animal Husbandry by the Board of Regents in 1898. This came one year after the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station was created. The first reference to experimental work with livestock was in 1891. The Animal Husbandry staff was housed in two rooms of the south wing of Agriculture Hall until they moved into Animal Husbandry Hall in 1917. The Departments of Dairy Husbandry and Poultry Husbandry were established in 1902 and 1922, respectively. The Loeffel meat Laboratory which encompasses approximately 19,500 square feet of space, was completed and dedicated in 1954. In 1964 the Departments were renamed as Animal Science, Dairy Science and Poultry Science, and three years later the Departments of Animal and Dairy Science were merged. The dairy-processing faculty formed the core for a new Department of Food Science and Technology. Marvel Baker Hall, which included approximately 54,000 square feet of new space, was dedicated in 1969, and housed a portion of the expanding program. Poultry Science joined Animal Science in 1977. The construction of the current Animal Science Building and renovation of the Loeffel Meat Laboratory and Marvel Baker Hall were completed in 1988. The new construction of approximately 186,000 square feet added a covered livestock unit with an arena, an intensive animal use unit, laboratory, classroom and office space. The new building incorporates two former animal science buildings and was dedicated on April 22, 1988. Adjacent to the new building are four livestock holding pens and two pole barns for short-term housing of animals used in teaching or extension programs. One poultry building is also located nearby.
Major animal facilities used in teaching, research and extension are located away from the Lincoln campus.
Agricultural Research and Development Center at Mead: is a multi-unit facility including a working dairy with approximately 300 cattle, a 1,000-head capacity beef feedlot, a 325-sow swine farrow-to-finish unit, a 170-head purebred Angus and crossbred beef teaching heard, a 190 cow-beef physiology herd, an individual cattle feeding barn, two feed mills and approximately 3,000 acres of pasture.
Haskell Ag Lab affiliated with the Northeast Research and Extension Center at Concord: contains a 500-head capacity, 42-pen beef feedlot with processing facilities and a feed mill for beef research, four 144-head swine growing-finishing facilities, one 144-head swine nursery and one 256-head growing-finishing unit.
West Central Research and Extension Center at North Platte: has a beef physiology barn with processing facilities, calving barn, feeding barn, open cattle lots, 40 individual feeding crates, and 600 acres of pasture along with a feed mill and pelleting mill.
|Panhandle Research and Extension Center at Scottsbluff: includes a 42-pen beef feedlot, several larger pens, a dry-grain feed mill and bunker silos, and access to 800 acres of pasture.|
High Plains Ag Lab near Sidney: is managed by Panhandle REC. It includes access to 1,600 acres of pasture.
Dalbey-Halleck Research Farm near Virginia: is a 1,140-acre farm with 175 mature beef cows and 80 heifers used for beef cow-calf management research.
Gudmundsen Sandhills Laboratory near Whitman: is a 12,800-acre range ranch with about 1,200 acres of sub irrigated meadow and 11,600 acres of upland range with 360 March-calving and 200 June-calving beef cows used in nutrition and physiology projects.
Barta Brothers Ranch near Ainsworth: contains range and pasture for grazing research.


text: Apache Gossip is a system which can be used to build a distributed peer-to-peer network using the gossip protocol. Currently Apache Gossip is under its initial development stage where it supports basic data replication with CRDT, fault detection and multiple datacenter support. One of the requirement for this project is to support event based model to notify whenever the per-node data or shared-data get changed. Furthermore, the system is required support distributed locking mechanism in order achieve various tasks. For example dividing a task between nodes or electing a temporary leader. Therefore, the purpose of this project is to design and implement the above mentioned functionalities to Apache Gossip project.


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Effective nonverbal communication between patients and clinicians fosters both the delivery of empathic patient-centered care and positive patient outcomes. However, few efforts to develop tools for enhancing clinician communication have focused on nonverbal aspects of the clinical encounter. We describe a novel system that both uses social signal processing technology (SSP) to capture nonverbal cues in real time and displays ambient visual feedback on control and affiliation---two primary, yet distinct dimensions of interpersonal nonverbal communication. To explore clinicians' acceptance of and reaction to an ambient visual feedback from such a system, we conducted a Wizard-of-Oz lab study to simulate system use with 16 healthcare professionals. We further followed up with 7 of those participants and iterated on the design with a new visualization. Our results indicate that reflective visual feedback on nonverbal communication provides an acceptable way to provide clinicians with awareness of their nonverbal communication. Furthermore, we discuss implications for the design of visual feedback to encourage empathic patient-centered communication.
}, author = {Rupa A. Patel and A. Hartzler and M. Czerwinski and W. Pratt and A. Back}, month = {May}, publisher = {IEEE Pervasive Health}, title = {Visual Feedback on Nonverbal Communication: A Design Exploration with Healthcare Professionals}, url = {_URL_ year = {2013}, }


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Deakin University researcher Associate Professor Liz Eckermann is working to reduce the morbidity rates of mothers and infants in Lao PDR by gaining a better understanding of ancient customs called Yu Fai and Mother Roasting.
Yu Fai, literally meaning 'on fire', occurs in a number of countries throughout South East Asia when after giving birth, a mother lies on a bamboo bed either over a brazier containing hot charcoal embers or with the brazier located in the centre of the room.
Women remain on the hotbed throughout their confinement which can range from 10 to 45 days.
The hotbed is only left when the mother undertakes a cleansing ritual otherwise she remains there all day and all night, eats her meals on the bed and nurses her infant with the temperature usually exceeding 50°C.
Mother roasting is a separate activity within the Yu Fai ritual in which the mother exposes herself to high temperatures between 80-100°C generated by hot charcoal embers, either while seated on a chair, while standing crouched over the fire, or while reclining on the bed.
There are many cultural imperatives for women in South East Asia to practice Yu Fai. For them to be good mothers they must adhere to cultural beliefs and practices surrounding the new born infant.
There are also health benefits attributed to yu fai.
However, a high morbidity rate for both mothers and children also needs to be properly investigated.
"Lao PDR is well short of the 2015 targets for Millennium Development Goals in relation to maternal and infant morbidity," said Associate Professor Eckermann, a member of the Alfred Deakin Research Institute.
"It has one of the highest Maternal and Infant Mortality ratios in the Western Pacific Region.
"Furthermore the levels of maternal and infant morbidity, especially from pneumonia and other respiratory infections, are very high.
"A key likely contributor to post-parity maternal and infant deaths and morbidity is exposure, for both mothers and infants, to extreme heat, carbon monoxide and smoke pollution during the yu fai process which is practiced by over 90% of Lao families for up to 45 days after birth.
"No attempts have been made to examine the impact on the health of mothers and newborns."
So the key challenges in Associate Professor Eckermann's project are to:
1. Measure the levels of heat and smoke exposure during "yu fai" and the effects of such exposure on key indicators of health status.
2. Develop the technology to adapt the yu fai ritual such that it is smokeless and within an acceptable temperature range so that it causes no harm to mothers and babies.
3. Generate communication materials and networks to inform communities of the health advantages of smokeless and moderate heat yu fai technology which empowers women in their communities to make healthy choices for themselves and their children
4. Monitor heat and smoke levels with simple and cheap data-loggers and
5. Collate qualitative data on why yu fai is so central to postnatal care and identify what "safe" adaptations would be acceptable to communities unwilling to abandon it.
The world-class nature of Associate Professor Eckermann's research was recently recognised a when she was invited to Seattle In the United States to be among the 65 finalists in the international competition called Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development.
This challenge came about when USAID, the Government of Norway, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Grand Challenges Canada, and Britain's Department for International Development joined together to find the tools and approaches to help the mothers and newborns during their most vulnerable hours.
It seeks ground-breaking prevention and treatment approaches for pregnant women and newborns in poor, hard-to-reach communities around the time of delivery.
This is the period when the majority of maternal and newborn deaths occur and the population that has been the most difficult to reach.
"Melinda Gates and many other funding partners were very interested in the topic," Associate Professor Eckermann said.
"Many had never heard of yu fai.
"I have been invited back again with a prototype product - an adapted rocket stove with damper to control temperature.
"Other funders have also said they will be in touch, so overall, it was a great exchange and well worth the five days of concentrated effort."


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The Shadow Proclamation was an organization responsible for keeping order in the Milky Way Galaxy. It had several prisons within the galaxy, including Impel Down. Its operatives included Blackout (before he stopped working undercover), Artrix (before she died), and Sunstorm (before he left to join Blackout). It was commanded by the Shadow Architect until Blackout dismantled it.
Following the collapse of the Shadow Proclamation, its duties in the Milky Way Galaxy were assumed by the Galactic Government.


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The tallit katan ("small tallit") is a fringed garment traditionally worn either under or over one's clothing by Jewish males. It is a poncho-like garment with a hole for the head and special twined and knotted fringes known as tzitzit attached to its four corners. The requirements regarding the fabric and fringes of a tallit katan are the same as that of a tallit gadol. Generally a tallit katan is made of wool or cotton.
While all four cornered garments are required to have tzitzit, the custom of specially wearing a tallit katan is based on a verse in Numbers 15:38-39 which exhorts Jews to "remember[ance of] all the commandments of the Lord." Wearing a tallit kattan is not mandated in Biblical law, but in Rabbinic law the practice is strongly encouraged for men, and often considered obligatory or a binding custom.
The tallit katan is also known as arba kanfot (Yiddish/Ashkenazic Hebrew: arba kanfos), literally "four corners" or tzitzit.


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Employment law changes – 1st October 2015
Numerous employment law changes came into force today as a result of the Deregulation Act 2015. Key changes include:
- Sikhs will now have the right to wear a turban instead of a safety helmet across almost all workforces in Great Britain. Until now, this right was restricted to Sikhs within certain workplaces. It should be noted that there will be some limited exceptions, such as specific roles within the military and emergency services.
- The power of employment tribunals to make wider recommendations in discrimination cases will no longer be available.
In addition to the changes introduced by the Deregulation Act 2015, The National Minimum Wage Amendment Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/971) ("the NMW Regulations") came into force today. The NMW Regulations change the rates of national minimum wage in accordance with recommendations from the Low Pay Commission. The following rates will now apply:
- Standard adult rate (workers aged 21 and over) = £6.70 p/h
- Development rate (workers aged between 18-20) = £5.30 p/h
- Young workers rate (workers aged under 18 but above compulsory school age) = £3.87 p/h
- Apprentice wage = £3.30 p/h
Later in October 2015, it is expected that large businesses will be required to publish an annual slavery and human trafficking statement, setting out the action they have taken to ensure that their supply chains are free from slavery.
If your business is affected by any of the above changes or if you would like any further information, please do not hesitate to contact a member of our Employment Law team.Back to index


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Process networks in CHP do not have to be static. In fact, some of the more interesting examples are dynamic. To illustrate a dynamic process pipeline I will use the example task of generating prime numbers.
One way to find prime numbers is as follows. Start with an empty list of primes, and the integer 2. Check if the integer is divisible by any of the numbers in the list of primes. If yes, discard it. If no, add it to the list. Then try the next integer (i.e. add one), and continue indefinitely. A very simple, if inefficient algorithm. (This is not the Sieve of Eratosthenes — see this paper.)
Let's see how we can turn this algorithm into a CHP program. Every time we find a prime, we want to add it to our list of numbers to filter out in future. We can implement this list as a concurrent process pipeline — each process in the pipeline will be responsible for filtering out numbers divisible by a single prime. Such a process is quite straightforward:
filterDiv :: Integer -> Chanin Integer -> Chanout Integer -> CHP () filterDiv n input output = forever $ do x <- readChannel input when (x 'mod' n /= 0) $ writeChannel output x
Every time we find a prime, we need to add a new filterDiv process on to the end of our pipeline. This may sound difficult, but can be easily expressed with some concurrent recursion:
end :: Chanin Integer -> Chanout Integer -> CHP () end input output = do x <- readChannel input writeChannel output x (filterDiv x |->| end) input output
This process sits at the end of our pipeline and reads in a single value. Since our pipeline is filtering out all non-primes, any number that this "end" process receives must be prime. In response to receiving a prime, it sends it on (to whatever process is waiting beyond the prime pipeline to receive the primes). It then becomes the parallel composition of a new filterDiv process, connected to a new end process (the |->| operator expresses this composition). Thus every time a new prime comes out of the end of the pipeline, the pipeline grows by one more process. After the 100th prime, the pipeline will consist of 100 filterDiv processes executing concurrently, and one "end" process.
To complete our pipeline, we need a process at the beginning of the pipeline, supplying an ever-increasing stream of numbers on its output channel, starting at 2:
genStream :: Chanout Integer -> CHP () genStream output = mapM_ (writeChannel output) [2..]
We can now write a primes process that generates a list of prime numbers. Using another helpful operator from the CHP library, this is easy:
primes :: Chanout Integer -> CHP () primes = genStream ->| end
Observe that there is no mention of filterDiv. The pipeline starts out with the stream generator and an end process. All the filterDiv processes are added once the primes start coming out of the pipeline, beginning with 2, as shown in the diagram below:
Note also that the interface of primes is simply Chanout Integer -> CHP (); all the internal details of the expanding concurrent pipeline are hidden from the outside, leaving only an opaque box:
To make a complete program, we can compose this in parallel with a process responsible for printing the primes:
main :: IO () main = runCHP_ $ do c <- oneToOneChannel primes (writer c) <||> (forever $ readChannel (reader c) >>= (liftIO. putStrLn. show))
The expanding pipeline is not restricted to conceptual examples such as generating the primes, and the powerful idea of a process becoming the parallel composition of sub-processes is not restricted to pipelines — two things that I hope to explore in future.
A common feature of many Computer Science courses is the issue of sorting: you may recall the bubble sort, the insertion sort, the merge sort and the quick sort. You may also know their time complexity — bubble sort is O(N^2), meaning the time it takes is proportional to the square of the number of items involved. In contrast, quick sort can reach O(N*log N) in some cases, which — crucially — is better. These are all sequential algorithms though — what happens when we want to make a concurrent algorithm?
There is a parallel version of quicksort, where as you divide and conquer your list, you fork off the two divisions into separate threads, and there are probably other pure parallel sorting strategies too. With CHP we can approach the problem differently, using a concurrent sort pump. I want to explain the sort pump because I like its design, not because it is blazingly fast. We'll begin with a simple component process:
highest :: Ord a => Chanin a -> Chanout a -> CHP () highest input output = readChannel input >>= highest' where highest' x = do y <- readChannel input let (low, high) = if x < y then (x, y) else (y, x) writeChannel output low highest' high
This process starts by reading in a value to hold. Then it repeatedly reads in a new value, keeping the highest one and sending on the lowest one. So if you feed it a stream of values, it will keep hold of the highest value it has seen, and will pass on all lower values. Now let's consider what happens if you connect two of these processes together. The first process will keep the highest value, sending on all others. The second process will keep the highest value of these others — i.e. the second highest value of all of them. Connect three together, and the third will hold the third highest value. Connect N of these together, pass in N values, and the Mth process will hold the Mth highest value. Voila, a sort pump!
There is a problem with our sort pump though — it sorts the values, but we have no way of getting the result out! So we need to augment our component to permit the "flushing" of the pump:
data FlushOrNormal a = Flush [a] | Normal a highestFlush :: Ord a => Chanin (FlushOrNormal a) -> Chanout (FlushOrNormal a) -> CHP () highestFlush input output = empty where empty = do x <- readChannel input case x of Flush _ -> writeChannel output x >> empty Normal y -> full y full cur = do x <- readChannel input case x of Flush xs -> writeChannel output (Flush (cur:xs)) >> empty Normal new -> let (low, high) = if cur < new then (cur, new) else (new, cur) in writeChannel output (Normal low) >> full high
If the component receives a flush signal, it will prepend its currently held value to the list and send on the flush message. Because the first process has the highest value, and all processes prepend, the list ends up in ascending order. If a normal (non-flush) value is received, the component behaves as before. We can then wrap a pipeline of these processes in a tidy process that takes in a list of items, sorts them and sends them out again:
sorterFixedCapacity :: Ord a => Int -> Chanin [a] -> Chanout [a] -> CHP () sorterFixedCapacity n input output = do pumpIn <- oneToOneChannel pumpOut <- oneToOneChannel pipeline (replicate n highestFlush) (reader pumpIn) (writer pumpOut) <|*|> (forever $ do xs <- readChannel input mapM_ (writeChannel (writer pumpIn). Normal) xs writeChannel (writer pumpIn) $ Flush Flush xs' <- readChannel (reader pumpOut) writeChannel output xs')
This sort pump is fixed capacity — if you send the above process a list that is longer than its stated capacity, it won't work correctly. I will not go into the solutions in detail here, but there are are several — we could set-up and tear-down the list of processes each time if we wished, and we could also make the pump automatically expand.
Finally, let's think about the sort pump's time complexity. Each value will pass through half the pipeline on average (not counting the flush), so N/2 communications per item. This happens to N items, so N*N/2 communications (plus N for the flush, but that falls away) [Correction: this should be N*(N+1)/2 — see the comments below]. Each component will see on average N/2 items, and will thus perform N/2 comparisons, so N*N/2 comparisons [Correction: actually, this should be N*(N-1)/2, I think — see the comments]. Our time complexity is therefore O(N^2) overall, but importantly if you had N processors (and very fast communications), each process would run O(N) operations in parallel, and thus you would have an O(N) sorting algorithm. Although, as the corrections indicate, some of this can be a bit harder to calculate than it first appears!
While our theoretical bound is good, in practice the sort pump is only going to stand a chance of good performance if you have very few items that are very expensive to compare (so that the computation — i.e. the comparisons — outweigh the communications). The sort pump is really a concurrent version of the bubble sort, and shares many of its attributes: small, built on simple principles — but slow.


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This page describes how to use the Microsoft Print Migrator to move printer definitions from one server to another. This is especially useful if you want to update the test server with the printers defined on the production print server or if you are creating a new Print Server and want to define all of the printers quickly. This utility will copy the definitions and drivers to the new server.
Download the utility
The first step is to download the utiliy. You can find this on the Microsoft website by searching for Print Migrator or using the following URL:
Print Migrator 3.1
Download the utility and save it to a directory that you'll remember. This toll needs to be on each server you need to backup or restore printer definitions to.
Backing up the Printer Definitions
 1. After downloading the application, find the printmig.exe file you saved and double-click it. This will open the application and show the following summary:
 1. Select the "Actions" drop down and choose "Backup".
 2. Select the path that you'd like the CAB file saved to and name it appropriately. I typically recommend a clear name with a date of the backup.
 3. Once you've selected the location, the program will take a few minutes to create the backup file. Once it has finished, it'll say "Backup Completed". You are done with the backup.
 1. Copy the CAB file you created to the server that you'd like to restore the definitions to.
Restoring the Printer Definitions
 1. Connect to the Server that you'd like to restore the printer definitions to.
 2. Ensure that the CAB file created previously and the PrintMig.exe file exists on this server.
 3. Double-click the PrintMig.exe file.
 1. Select the "Actions" drop down and choose "Restore".
 2. This will ask you to select the CAB file you'd like to restore. Find the CAB file created previously and select "Open"
 3. The process will begin restoring the drivers and printer definitions.
 4. If you recieve the following error, you must Disable Kernal Mode Driver Blocking.
 1. If you receive this error, press OK to terminate the restore.
 2. Once the Restore process teminates completely, review the following article to adjust the setting:
Installing Kernel Mode Printer Drivers
 1. Once the setting is correct, rerun the restore following the steps above.
 2. When the process completes the application will say "Restore Complete".
 3. At this point, all of the printers should appear in the Windows Printer and Faxes page. They will need to be enabled in TouchWorks if they need to be used there, but it should reflect the full list of printers on the production server.


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Level Curves of a Hamiltonian System
 1. Apr 16, 2008 #1
 Various problems in my textbook ask me to sketch the level curves for a Hamiltonian system, but they don't suggest how to go about it. I know that I need to determine the eigenvalues for each equilibrium point in the given system, and these values hint at the behavior of solutions near each respective equilibrium point. Do I need to sketch a direction field to help me see how the curves behave? What else might I be missing?
 Also, do the Hamiltonian level curves only suggest what the solutions to non-linear systems look like, or can it somehow lead explicit solutions?
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Fuck a duck is a common cuss phrase which conveys anger, disappointment or even in some instances surprise.
The term implies a sense of frustration when something minor goes wrong.
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The first appearance in print of this term was in Henry Miller's novel, the Tropic of Cancer. It inspired entire phrases, such as 'Fuck a duck and give it a buck' or 'Fuck a duck and see what hatches'.
You might even hear the phrase 'I'll fuck a dead duck' which expresses the full extent of the surprise.
Linguistic experts believe that the phrase came from the word duckfucker, the person on board who was taking care of domestic animals.
This phrase entered America, and the world of stoner slangs and, it's now used for annoying idiots.
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The saw-whet owl is found throughout North America from southern Alaska and Canada to central Mexico. They inhabit dense coniferous or mixed forests, wooded swamps, and bogs. More migratory than most owls, they winter through and south of their breeding range, the migration being a general southward withdrawal to escape food shortages or extreme cold.
The saw-whet may be a more common winter resident in North Dakota than is believed due to their habit of roosting silently in coniferous trees and being difficult to flush. While a winter visitor for the most part, they have also been known to nest on rare occasions in North Dakota.
Strictly nocturnal, saw-whets prefer coniferous woods in swampy areas. They nest in abandoned woodpecker holes, often those of flickers, and also in natural tree cavities. When hunting, they float silently along edges of open parks and meadows, dropping on their prey in the grass. Their primary food is insects, but they will also eat mice, rats, small squirrels, chipmunks, and occasionally sparrows and juncos.


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This science fair project was done to investigate the effect of surface temperature on the quality of fingerprints obtained. The testing was done by extracting fingerprints from drinking glasses at various temperatures.
The fingerprint obtained from a surface with a lower temperature will be clearer.
The skin on the surface of our palm and feet has many ridges, called friction ridges. Every person will have a pattern of ridges that is unique only to them, and which will not change over time. The pattern of ridges on fingers is called the fingerprint.
These ridges help in amplifying the vibrations felt by our fingers, when rubbed over rough surfaces. They help us to feel and perceive the texture of a surface. Friction ridges also give us a better grip on smooth, wet, oily or slippery surfaces.
Fingerprints that are left on a surface are either patent or latent. Patent prints are left by substances like ink, blood, oil or paint, while latent prints are left on surfaces by skin secretions like oil or sweat. The latter is normally not visible to the naked eye. Forensic experts normally find and use the fingerprints found in a crime scene to identity the person or persons who had been present at the scene.
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Fingerprint, friction ridges, amplify, vibration, patent fingerprint, latent fingerprint
The materials required for this science fair project:
- 6 drinking glasses
- 1 bag of ice
- 1 hot plate
- 1 thermometer
- Tap water
- 1 bottle of cocoa powder
- 1 soft brush
- 1 roll of transparent cellophane tape (30mm width)
- A4 size paper
- 1 plastic glove
- 1 piece of cloth
- 1 black marker
1. For this science fair project, the independent variable is the temperature of the drinking glasses. The dependent variable is the clarity of the fingerprint made on the glass. This is determined by comparing powdered copies of fingerprints obtained on pieces of cellophane tape. The constants (control variables) are the drinking glasses, the finger used to create the fingerprints, the cocoa power as well as the softness of the brush used.
2. Label the 6 drinking glasses as 0°C, 10°C, 20°C, 30°C, 40°C and 50°C respectively with the black marker. Record the temperatures on a sheet of A4 paper, 50mm apart.
3. Wear the plastic glove and carefully clean the drinking glasses with a wet cloth, removing all stains and fingerprints.
4. Fill the 6 glasses with tap water till they are about 80% full. Adjust the temperature of the water in each glass to 0°C, 10°C, 20°C, 30°C, 40°C or 50°C according to the temperature marked on each glass. Lower the temperature of the water by stirring in ice cubes, and increase the temperature of the water by placing the glass on a hot plate and setting it to the appropriate temperature.
5. Check the temperature of the water in each glass using a thermometer. Once the temperature of both the water and glass has stabilized, remove the plastic glove. Press a finger firmly against the surface of the glass to create a fingerprint.
6. Wear the plastic glove again and pour the water out from the glass. Allow the temperature of the glass to return to room temperature.
7. Sprinkle some cocoa powder on the surface of the glass. Using the soft brush gently dust the powder off the glass surface.A fingerprint will appear. Place the adhesive side of the transparent cellophane tape over the fingerprint to collect it. Then, stick the piece of tape onto the A4 paper, under the appropriate label.
8. Once all 6 prints have been taken and placed on the A4 paper, make a comparison and rate them 1 to 6. 1 being the clearest fingerprint and 6 being the least clear fingerprint.
The results show that the fingerprint obtained at 0°C was the most clear., The quality of the fingerprint obtained becomes more unclear as the temperature increases.
Glass temperature 0°C 10°C 20°C 30°C 40°C 50°C
Fingerprint Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6
The hypothesis that fingerprints obtained from a surface with lower temperature will be clearer has been proven to be true.
Fingerprints are now used for identification of individuals and at crime scene investigations. Some banks even use fingerprint detectors to verify the identity of a person before financial transactions are permitted. Access to certain restricted areas may also be controlled by fingerprint scanning. Sometimes, crossing country borders also requires fingerprint identification.
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The science fair project may be repeated by using different types of surfaces like marble, PVC or wood finishing.
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Bath and North East Somerset have developed a set of standards for Universal and SEN Support, called the Graduated Approach. This is a tool for settings from Early Years through to Further Education to ensure consistency in the identification, support and review of those children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).
This Graduated Approach was trialed by a core group of SENCos across early years, primary, secondary and further education. We have also developed a Parent-Carer version to explain the Graduated Approach. The parent carer version can be found here or under downloads.
You can find the full Graduated Approach document under downloads. We have also broken down the document into sections (see hyperlinks below) to make it easier to view the most relevant section for you.
 1. Bath and North East Somerset - Universal and SEN Support: What are Special Educational Needs & What is a Disability?
2. Graduated Approach - What is a Graduated Approach?
3. Graduated Approach - Guidance
4. Graduated Approach Guidance - Identification of Need
5. Graduated Approach Guidance - Planning Support
6. Graduated Approach Guidance: Review
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Dalhousie University's Collaborative Health Education Building (CHEB) is designed to support a truly interdisciplinary approach to health education, where students of medicine, pharmacy, nursing and related professions will "learn with, from and about one another" and how to work together in collaborative healthcare teams. Facilitating this peer-to-peer learning process are interior spaces that encourage and support social interaction and informal collaboration, including a health science learning commons, clinical simulation laboratories and active learning classrooms with movable seating for impromptu group and individual study. A sheltered roof deck and outdoor terraces provide appealing social areas in good weather. Future-proof flexible planning allows rapid and cost-effective reconfiguration to accommodate changing pedagogical requirements.
CHEB houses the Centre for Collaborative Clinical Learning and Research. This program supports development of critical diagnostic and patient care skills through simulation-based learning and assessment methods. Purpose built for interprofessional learning, the building includes:
- A simulation centre for specialized clinical skills training in the health science professions.
- Simulated patient care labs, clinic rooms and seminar rooms.
- Specifically designed homecare, rehabilitation and hospital settings to enable realistic, simulation-based learning.
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Tang's nesting crows 2: Yes, whose eggs were those?
The three eggs in the crows' nest as seen in Tang's earlier image, also shown here, show similarity in colour and pattern. However, one of the eggs is of slightly different shape than the other two and smaller. And according to the literature, the Asian Koel's (Eudynamys scolopacea) egg is smaller than that of the House Crow's (Corvus splendens). Can the smaller egg then be that of the koel's? We need to monitor the situation and wait for the hatching. The nestling of the koel can easily be differentiated from that of the crow once feathers develop (see image of koel nestling, bottomj).
Angie found bluish shells with dark speckles as well as light cream ones at the base of the tree where the crows' nest was the day after koels attacked the nest (see image on left as well as earlier posting. Is it possible that either the crow or the koel laid eggs of two different colours? After all, as Lin Yang Chen pointed out, there are reports of egg dimorphism among certain species of birds. Unfortunately bird watchers have yet to pay much attention to such details.
Input by Hung Bun Tang, Angie Ng and Lin Yang Chen
Images (top to bottom) by HBT, Angie and YC


text: When a PT stands close to you or holds onto your hips when you walk so you don't fall, that's called guarding. PTs don't like it when their patient falls, that means a lot of paperwork and paperwork sucks. So I had dinner with my friend tonight and she uses a walker when she walks. Her dad follows closely behind her when she's walking. He was guarding(holding) her on the shoulder. Wrong. When you're guarding someone when they walk, you hold the hips, or keep your hands close to the hips. Not at the waist, at the hips. At the hips you can control the motion of the entire body. If you're holding onto the shoulders and their legs go out from under them, down they go. But if you're holding at the hips you can prevent the fall, usually. When guarding on stairs you should always be below the patient. If the person is going down the stairs you should be in front of them going down backwards – ready to catch them if they fall. If the person is going up stairs you should be behind them – ready to catch them if they fall.


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Q. Our organization has a position called "director's advisor." There are about sixteen such advisors. I am editing a human resources paper on this position, and I have to figure out what the plural should be. There is an argument for making it "director's advisors," on the grounds that the job title itself is immutable, so if the text refers to several of them, an s should simply be placed at the end of the title. However, if there is one farmer and he has a field, it is a "farmer's field." The fields of several farmers would be referred to as "farmers' fields." Any assistance you can give in resolving this issue would be much appreciated!
A. If there is more than one director, then your analogy to farmers' fields is apt, and "directors' advisors" will work. (There's nothing "immutable" about a title that prevents pluralizing it in this way.) If there is only one director, you don't multiply her by having more than one advisor; in that case, the plural is "director's advisors."


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