International differences: units and ingredients aims to help English speakers around the world who are interested in Swedish food by providing reliable, easy-to-follow recipes as well as some background information about Swedish food.
The problem
We may all speak English, but we use different units and sometimes we use different names for ingredients.
Choosing units for recipes
Swedes virtually only ever use electric ovens and measure temperatures in °C and they measure ingredients in grammes and decilitres. However, we thought it was important to use units that are more familiar to readers so we have adopted two sets of units:
- Modern British units, shown first,
- 'American' units, shown afterwards in brackets.
Where possible we recommend using the British units as all recipes on this site are tested using the British units and it is not always possible to find a convenient conversion.
Alternative names are given in brackets
Where we know a different word is used for an ingredient in another part of the world then we put the British word first and then the alternative word in brackets afterwards. For instance, what we in the UK call Rice Krispies are known as Rice Bubbles in Australia (they are used in one our recipes for a Midsummer Cake). Note: we don't bother if there is only a minor spelling difference.
We don't know what we don't know!
We don't know what we don't know! If you find any of our recipes use ingredients that have another English name where you live please let us know so that we can add the alternative name to the recipe to make it easier for other readers.
Our use of italics
We normally put Swedish names in italics after the title of a recipe as many readers are curious to know the Swedish name.
If you are curious to know how a word is pronounced in Swedish we recommend using the audio facility on a translation machine such as Google. When you paste Swedish words into the box a loudspeaker icon will appear, circled in red above. Click on the icon and you can hear the words pronounced. Although not perfect, we think it is better than a written pronunciation guide.
Ovens and temperatures
A lot of British cooks use gas or fan ovens so in the UK three sets of temperatures are normally provided in recipes. We are providing four sets because many of our readers measure temperatures in °F. To help readers we have produced a full conversion chart below for reference.
Conventional Electric °CConventional Electric °FGasFan °C*
110°C 225°F ¼ 100°C
130°C 250°F ½ 120°C
140°C 275°F 1 130°C
150°C 300°F 2 140°C
170°C 325°F 3 150°C
180°C 350°F 4 160°C
190°C 375°F 5 160°C
200°C 400°F 6 170°C
220°C 425°F 7 180°C
230°C 450°F 8 190°C
250°C 475°F 9 200°C
 *For fan ovens you should check the instruction manual that came with your oven.
Weights and volumes
In Britain most ingredients are measured by weight and not volume. Where appropriate we try to give both.
In the case of bread and cake recipes we recommend weighing the ingredients in grammes if you can as it is sometimes hard to determine an equivalent volume.
Some other practical conversions are given below:
1 tsp = 5 ml
1 tbsp = 15 ml
1 cup = 236 ml
1 pint = 550 ml
1 oz = 28 g
8 oz = 225 g
1 lb = 450 g
1" = 2.5 cm
In the UK there are four main types of cream, whereas in America there are three main types. The table below shows the main differences.
Butterfat content British name American name
10.5 -18% Not usually sold but can be made by mixing whole milk and cream Half and half cream
18 - 20% Single cream Single cream but sometimes called light cream
30% Not usually sold Whipping cream
30-40% Whipping cream Heavy cream (sometimes also called heavy whipping cream)
48% Double cream Not usually sold
55 - 60% Clotted cream Devonshire cream
In most recipes it won't matter if you substitute a different cream with a similar fat content. For example, you can easily substitute heavy cream for double cream. However, anything with less than 30% fat content is hard to whip.
Unless stated otherwise, recipes in the UK that refer to flour normally mean plain (all-purpose) wheat flour. This is a fairly soft flour, suitable for making cakes and biscuits. However, it is normally too soft for bread making. As a result we normally use imported Canadian or Russian flour for bread making and this is sold as strong flour, although occasionally we grow a Canadian variety of wheat in the UK specially for bread making. In American you can use all-purpose flour in place of strong flour, although it is probably better to use bread flour.
Swedes use a wide range of flours with most breads containing at least some rye flour. The availability of rye flour is improving, but you may need to go to a health food store to buy rye flour or you can buy it online.
Potato and cornflour
What we call potato flour in the UK is called potato starch in the America. Similarly what we call cornflour in the UK is called cornstarch in America.
Caster sugar
In the UK there are two types of granulated white sugar that are readily available: granulated and a finer granulated sugar called caster sugar, often called superfine sugar in America. In most recipes you can substitute granulated sugar for caster sugar.
Confectioner's/Icing sugar
Confectioners' sugar or powdered sugar are American terms. In the UK confectioners' sugar is called icing sugar. (For more information about sugars for Swedish food please click here.)
Despite the claims in some cookery books, fresh yeast is not readily available in many parts of the UK. Instead supermarkets and delicatessens tend to stock dried yeast. This comes in two forms but our recipes normally use fast-action, sometimes called 'Easy bake' yeast or 'quick yeast'. As that is the type of yeast that most people in the UK can buy easily it is the only type used on this site. (For more information about yeast for Swedish food please click here.)
Availability of ingredients
Where we know that ingredients are hard to obtain in the UK or in America we will try and suggest alternatives. If you have any suggestions to help please do not hesitate to let us know.
Different words
Where we know that Brits and Americans and/or Australians use different words for the same thing we will try to put the British word first and then the alternative name in brackets afterwards. The main differences are:
British word American or Australian word
Aubergine Egg plant
Beetroot Beet
Bicarbonate of soda Baking soda
Biscuit Cookie
Broad beans Lima beans
Caster sugar Granulated sugar
Chips Fries
Cling film Food wrap or cling wrap
Cornflour Cornstarch
Courgette Zucchini
Crisps Chips
Dark chocolate Bittersweet chocolate
Desiccated coconut Dry unsweetened shredded
Greaseproof paper Waxed paper
Grill Broil
Hare Jackrabbit
Icing sugar Confectioners' sugar
Jacket Potato Baked potato
Kipper Smoked herring
Mature cheese Sharp cheese or aged
Minced Ground
Muslin cloth Cheesecloth
Prawns Shrimps
Purée Paste
Rashers bacon Strips bacon
Rice Krispies Rice Bubbles
Scrape potatoes Scrub potatoes
Starter Appetiser
Streaky bacon Fatty bacon
Strong flour Bread flour
Swedes Rutabagas
Sweet Candy
Treacle Molasses
Unsalted butter Sweet butter
Vanilla pod Vanilla bean
As always, if you think there is any other differences which we need to clear up please email us.
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Very First King of England?
King Egbert of Wessex is considered to be the first king of England and came to power in 827AD. He ruled until 839 AD and is buried at Winchester. Egbert was succeeded by his son King Ethelwulf, who ruled from 839 to 858 AD as the second king of England.
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Q.13 You must have seen tarnished copper vessels being cleaned with lemon or tamarind juice. Explain why these sour substances are effective in cleaning the vessels
Copper reacts with moist carbon dioxide in air to form copper carbonate and as a result, copper vessel loses its shiny brown surface forming a green layer of copper carbonate. The citric acid present in the lemon or tamarind neutralises the basis copper carbonate and dissolves the layer. That is why, tarnished copper vessels are cleaned with lemon or tamarind juice to give the surface of the copper vessel its characteristic lustre.

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American cemeteries in france
How many American cemeteries are in France?
25 American military cemeteries
What is the name of the American Cemetery in France?
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
What is the largest American cemetery in Europe?
Lorraine American Cemetery
Is Normandy cemetery American soil?
Located in the French commune of Colleville-sur-Mer, the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial was the first-ever American cemetery to be established on European soil. France has granted the U.S. a concession to the land, meaning the cemetery is a U.S. territory within France.
Do they still find bodies from ww2?
Are US soldiers still buried on Iwo Jima?
This former war cemetery was established in February 1945 and once held the remains of almost 7000 U.S. soldiers of the Third and Fourth Marine Division.
Why are American soldiers buried in France?
The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial (French: Cimetière américain de Colleville-sur-Mer) is a World War II cemetery and memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, that honors American troops who died in Europe during World War II.
What does D Day stand for?
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Are there still bodies on Omaha Beach?
The 172-acre Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial overlooking Omaha Beach accommodated nearly 10,000 of the latter. Remaining in limbo were over 70,000 fallen servicemen whose bodies were not recovered, as well as the 10,356 remains that were unidentified.
How many American soldiers died in WWII?
Deaths in World War II In total, over 405,000 Americans gave their lives in the conflict. The military breaks out figures by state for the Army, which was the branch that contributed the most lives to the effort, by far. Nearly 235,000 soldiers were killed in battle during the war, with over 300,000 dying in total.
What is the largest cemetery in Europe?
These are the haunting pictures from a frosty, wintry day at Europe's biggest cemetery. Saint Lazarus cemetery, also called 'Doina', is located in Chisinau, the capital of the Eastern Europe's Republic of Moldova.
Where is the largest war cemetery?
Tyne Cot Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery and Memorial to the Missing is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) burial ground for the dead of the First World War in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front. It is the largest cemetery for Commonwealth forces in the world, for any war.
Is Private Ryan still alive?
Despite Private Richard Reiben revealing that they lost two men finding him, he still refused. He asked Captain Miller to pass a message to his mother stating that he is alive and with the only "brothers" he has left, his fellow soldiers.
Was Saving Private Ryan a true story?
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How to convert a value from nanoseconds to seconds?
Here's the code segment:
import java.io.*;
import java.util.concurrent.*;
class Stamper {
public static void main (String[] args) {
long start = System.nanoTime();
//some try with nested loops
long end = System.nanoTime();
long elapsedTime = end - start;
System.out.println("elapsed: " + elapsedTime + "nano seconds\n");
//convert to seconds
TimeUnit seconds = new TimeUnit();
System.out.println("which is " + seconds.toSeconds(elapsedTime) + " seconds");
The error is
Stamper.java:16: enum types may not be instantiated.
What does this mean?
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Well, you could just divide by 1,000,000,000:
long elapsedTime = end - start;
double seconds = (double)elapsedTime / 1_000_000_000.0;
If you use TimeUnit to convert, you'll get your result as a long, so you'll lose decimal precision but maintain whole number precision.


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Ask the Experts - Purpose of the Missions
- What is the main function of the mission and what specific trees were found on most missions?
- Who was in charge of building the missions? Who built San Luis Rey?
- Why did the mission system end?
- What is the purpose and location of Mission San Gabriel Arcangel?
- Can you tell me the real purpose for the Spaniards establishment of the missions?
- Why the Spanish built the missions and the purpose of the missions.
- Did San Luis Obispo produce any goods? Were they well-known for producing anything?
- Why were missions built in the first place?
- What was mission life like for the missionaries and why were the missions so important?

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The Japanese phone system is a rather colorful one, quite literally.
The Japanese term for telephone is denwa and the public phones are akadenwa. There are four kinds of public phones. The oldest and most common is the red phone which is used for local calls. A blue phone is used for both local and long-distance calls. A yellow phone accepts 100 yen coins and is also used for both local and long-distance calls. Finally a pink phone, found in restaurants, coffee shops and similar places, are for local and long-distance both but have a call-back feature that the others lack.
Although the actual use of the phones is inexpensive getting a phone put into your house or apartment is not.
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Bicycle Economic Issues
How Can We Make Bicycles Cheaper While Still Keeping Performance?
How Can we make bicycles cheaper? The answer is simple: decrease the amount of material used in producing the components of the bicycle. Most materials are purchased by the pound so therefore less weight= less money. The problem of doing this you decrease the structural integrity of the product. Follow this link to see an example of when accidents like this happen: This is why we can't take short cuts. People enjoy biking, and they use their bikes hard. Bicycles need to be quality products that can withstand large amounts of strain to its components. So let's recap. We need to maintain the performance of the bike, decrease the weight, and consequently decrease the price of the bike. Aluminum and steel are the typical favorites because they are cheap per unit weight and strong. The problem is you have to use a lot of this material so the price goes up quickly. Another choice is titanium. The problem with this material is that titanium ranges between $13-90 per pound! So what can be done to fix this problem?
Carbon Fiber As A Solution To This Problem
One solution is carbon fiber. It has a very high strength to weight ration and therefore we wouldn't have to use as much material to create our product. Another advantage to carbon is it's ability to be weaved with itself in order to add strength. Think of chain mail. Why did the knight's of old use this along with plate armor? It was flexible, and yet very strong. This is the principle of carbon fiber weaves. Here is an example of a new design of carbon fiber weaves that may change the design of bicycles forever because of its high strength to weight ratio. Because of this we are able to use less material and still create a quality product. Construction With carbon fiber is still a little expensive right now but as technology advances the price will drop, and carbon fiber will become the material of choice for bike construction. This is an Arantrix carbon fiber bicycle, and its frame weighs a mere 2.7 pounds!
Are There Any Other unique Solutions To This Problem
The Japanese build have built with bamboo for years. They even use it to build houses! It has been recorded that bamboo houses have stood firm in up to 9.0 magnitude earthquakes. If it is good enough to support the weight of a house even through an earthquake it definatly should be able to support the weight of a human being. Bamboo is one of the strongest building materials. Bamboo's tensile strength is 28,000 pounds per square inch versus 23,000 pounds per square inch for steel. So maybe Bamboo is an option for us to use. If it is stronger than steel and we have been using that for years, we should be able to easily be able to make bikes out of this material. Has anyone had this idea yet and created this type of bike yet? Calfee Design has a whole line of bamboo bicycles, and here is an example of their products.
Cost of Bikes vs. Cars
The debate of whether or not bicycles are less expensive to operate than automobiles is a complicated study. While many may immediately assume that bikes are less expensive to operate than cars, the result is still fuzzy. One analysis by David S. Lawyer suggests "the manufacturing and maintenance cost of a bicycle to be about 4 times as much as the auto per passenger mile." This is because the bicycle:
- Costs more to produce than a car per pound
- Has a lifetime approximately half that of a car
- Travels less miles than a car in a lifetime (appx. 1/380)
Created by Team Discovery Channel
This article discusses a bike designed by Matt Clark, an industrial designer from California, the frame of which is made entirely from recyclable polypropylene, which provides very low material costs. The design intent is for the bike to be made entirely of recyclable materials, and can be produced almost exclusively by machines, minimizing production costs. One of the production costs this bike will reduce is that of welding. Unlike metal frames which require time consuming and high energy welding techniques, this plastic bike can either be linear vibration or hot air welded. Both of these techniques are much faster and require less energy than traditional welding. The overall assembly of the bike is much simpler as well. Rather than the complicated tab system that Cannondale uses or the glues used by other manufacturers, this bike frame is two simple halves that are just joined together; thereby reducing the assembly costs and skill of the workers needed.
It is Matt Clark's hope that this plastic bike's low manufacturing and low materials cost will not only make bicycles more affordable in the U.S. but also allow developing countries to participate in the many benefits and uses of the bicycle. The environment will also benefit as Clark intends the bike to be not only made of entirely recycled materials, but also completely recyclable at the end of its life; thus reducing landfill space. Several biking enthusiasts and magazines have already shown great interest in the bike. Said Bicycle Design blog reader, Adam, "I even rode it and it works very well and isn't even the slightest bit flimsy!!!! It was stunning."
If this bike is as well received by the general public, the economic impacts could be very significant both in this country and in developing countries around the world as bicycling would be made even more affordable and environmentally friendly. Only time and society will tell.
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Bicycle Commuting in Pennsylvania vs the United States
Pennsylvania has 22,559 cycle commuters. Compared to the rest of the U.S. Pennsylvania is ranked 29th for the highest proportion of commuters traveling by bike. 15,560 (69%) of the commuters are males and only 6999 (31%) are females. Pennsylvania spends $3.39 per head of population per year on cycling and pedestrian projects. This ranks PA as the 15th highest spender per person on cycling and pedestrian projects. Click on this link to see how other states compare to Pennsylvania.
The states with the highest proportion of bicycle commuters are as follows:
- District of Columbia
This image shows the areas that had an increase in bicycle commuters in the past five years. The larger icons represent a larger increase.
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Report shows $1.5 billion annual impact of bicycling in Wisconsin
According to Wisconsin State Journal, recreational cycle generates a 1.5billion economic activity a year in Wisconsin. Those figures which includes dollars produced by the state's bicycle manufacturers, suggests that cycling has a significant economic impact as compared to fishing and snowmobiling. Lisa Marshall, spokeswoman for the state Department of Tourism, said the department doesn't regularly study the economic impact of single sports, however tourism officials are anxious to study the cycling report."Bicycling is an important part of the state's $13 billion tourism industry and drives the economy in many communities that cater to bicyclists," Tourism Secretary Kelli Trumble said in a statement. "We look forward to the opportunity to review the wealth of information this report provides." Facts have shown that Bicycle recreation in Wisconsin currently supports more than US$924 million in tourism and resident spending each year, of which nearly $533 million is direct impact occurring annually, such as travel, equipment sales and restaurant expenditures. Not many people are aware that biking can be a factor of economic growth in certain places. State Rep. Spencer Black, D-Madison who commissioned the study said "We make a lot more bikes here than we do cars." In places like Wisconsin, bicycle has become more than just a form of transport but more of business opportunity.
Terry Wilde walks down the ailes of Machinery Row Bicycles to check out the different prices of road bikes available in the shop Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010, in Madison. A UW-Madison report shows the economic impact of cycling in Wisconsin is comparable to that of deer hunting, bringing in an estimated $1.5 billion annually.
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Cost of Riding a Bike
There are many advantages and disadvantages of riding a bike compared to motor transportation. On the one hand, a bicycle is typically less expensive than a car. A bicycle does not require fuel, insurance, and is generally cheaper to maintain. On the other hand, it takes up much more time to travel to a destination on a bicycle than a car. One man who has switched to commuting by bike has calculated the cost of his trips. He has analyzed the cost of commuting by car, bus, and bike in terms of dollars per month. Of course, there are many subjective factors such as time, exercise, and entertainment value that have been taken into consideration, and rough estimation of dollar value has been added. He includes a breakdown of costs with and without these factors. In the end, without subjective factors, it costs $26.67 per month to commute by bus, $64 by bus, and $181.77 by car. You can read his story at the following link.
The Economic Opportunity of Bicycles
Bicycles have a major economical impact on societies. It is not an uncommon birthday present for many children at one point in their life. But bicycles also bring an economic opportunity for the society they are involved in. In a case study by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), Division of Bicycle & Pedestrian Transportation, many key points were mentioned, such as:
- Increased Retail to stores located on bike paths
- Increased Property value of land adjacent to bike paths
- Reduced Healthcare costs
- Improved transportation system, including less traffic, improved safety, and less road wear
- Improved air quality and energy conseravation
The economic appeal of bicycles has


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Come in, the water's just fine! Okay, you won't be hearing any alligators saying that, but as these amazing images show, these restricted reptiles are taking the cold snap in their stride – even if their swampy home has transformed into a glittering prison of ice.
Like snorkelers who picked a particularly bad time to take a dip, these alligators at Shallotte River Swamp Park in North Carolina are trapped in frozen waters – and in these hostile, icy conditions, an ancient survival mechanism is kicking in.
Ordinarily, these alligators would be spending their time sun-bathing or resting along the bottom of their swamp, but in a video captured by staff at the Swamp Park, we can see the animals adopting a very different pose on account of the punishing cold spell currently blasting the US.
What they're doing is called brumation, which is similar to hibernation, and involves the reptiles' metabolism slowing down dramatically and going into a lethargic state, in response to very cold temperatures.
Usually, these alligators would brumate at the bottom of their swamp, coming up at least once a day for air. These are not usual times, however.
In the aftermath of a bomb cyclone, it looks like the alligators are adopting a different survival strategy, positioning themselves – or at least their snouts – at the surface of their frozen swamp, giving them ready access to air while the bitter winter persists.
"It's an interesting behaviour because it's opposite of what most crocodilians do," retired ecologist James Perran Ross explained to Live Science.
"The normal response of most other crocs when it gets really cold is to come out of the water and try to bask to get warm again."
That might not be an option here, though – because of bomb cyclone weirdness generally, and the colder-than-usual air temperatures the US is currently weathering as a result, which could be dangerous to unsheltered alligators.
"They can sense temperature changes and will stick their noses out of the water to breathe," the Swamp Park's general manager, George Howard, told HuffPost.
"In that state, they are still alive, still moving, but very lethargic."
It's an incredibly cool (ahem) survival trick, but it's not something alligators can pull off indefinitely.
Alligators can live in water temperatures as low as 4 degrees Celsius (40 degrees Fahrenheit), but in icy conditions like this, Howard reckons the reptiles would only survive for about a week.
Luckily for all concerned, the ice you're seeing here ended up thawing a few days later, meaning this frosty crew can look forward to many warmer times ahead.
"It's 65 degrees [Fahrenheit] here today and the waters have melted," Howard said on Tuesday.
"They're out and doing their happy dance."


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Following a strand of narrative studies pointing to the living conditions of storytelling and the micro-level implications of working within fragmented narrative perspectives, this article contributes to narrative research on work stories by focusing on how meaning is created from fragmented stories. We argue that meaning by story making is not always created by coherence and causality; meaning is created by different types of fragmentation: discontinuities, tensions and editing. The objective of this article is to develop and advance antenarrative practice analysis of work stories by exploring how different types of fragmentation create meanings. This is done by studying the work stories of job and personnel consultants and by drawing on the results of a narrative, ethnographic study of a consultancy. The analysis demonstrates how work stories are social practices negotiated, retold, edited and performed by the storyteller in an ongoing process allowing tensions, discontinuities and editing between failures and achievements, between dreams and work realities and between home and work life. We argue that by including different types of fragmentation, we offer a new type of antenarrative practice approach that offers a contemporary method for exploring meaning creation in work stories.
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Goats, like most hoofed mammals, have horizontal pupils. The purpose of those elongated pupils is to allow them to scan the horizon for possible predators.
When a goat's head tilts up (to look around) and down (to munch on grass), an amazing thing happens. The eyeballs actually rotate clockwise or counterclockwise within the eye socket. This keeps the pupils oriented to the horizontal.
That seems impossible to believe. Eyeballs might be able to scan from side to side, or swivel up and down, but how could they actually rotate clockwise or counterclockwise?
To test out this theory, I took photos of Lucky the goat's head in two different positions, down and up. I then tilted one of the photos so that the slope of his forehead (marked by arrows) was constant. The photos prove that the pupils actually swivel about 25 degrees within the head.


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How Do Blind People Describe Different Colors?
Having been blind since birth, Tommy Edison is used to fielding questions about how he perceives the concept color. He finally sets the record straight in his recent YouTube video, "Describing Colors To Blind People," that's been making the rounds on the Internet.
"I've never seen color. I don't have any concept of what it is," Tommy says. "There's this whole part of vocabulary – of language – that just doesn't mean anything to me."
He faults sighted people on trying and not succeeding to explain color to him, finding that they often attempt to explain one sense with another sense. "That doesn't make any bloody sense at all!"
In his own words, Tommy tells us what the words "red," "blue," "orange," "black," and "white" mean to him, based solely on what he's heard about them and how they're used in everyday speech.


My Archive My Future:
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In order to promote the culture of archiving, documentation and preservation of personal possessions among young people at different academic levels, the National Archives launched a nationwide campaign entitled "My Archive My Future". The campaign aims at introducing students to the methods of archiving and documentation of personal credentials in a systemic and modern manner that will enable students to preserve their official and personal possessions using safer and easier modern methods.
Objectives of "My Archive My Future" Project:
 - To promote awareness among students of the value of Emirati identity, documents and heritage as well as the value of pictures and valuable items that are part of the history of the UAE and its culture.
 - To motivate students to value a sense of national and social responsibility and to ensure that these values are transferred to future generations.
 - To promote student awareness of the importance of documents that are not simply pieces of paper but which can be proud fingerprints belonging to the UAE.
 - To educate students from early childhood of the importance of properly archiving their own certificates for future jobs and the need to save them from damage and loss for when they are needed.
 - To promote to students that they are the link between the National Archives and their family and the need for them to be an effective catalyst to ensure their family's history is kept alive.
Activities of "My Archive My Future" Project:
- Organizing "My Archive My Future" Campaign: to promote the culture of preserving personal archives, including various aspects and photographs of the student's life, such as academic certificates and reports, important newsletters and press releases, identification papers and health cards.
- Organizing the "Educational Archive" Competition: to encourage students to participate in interactive competitions, which will ensure their continuous participation in transferring archival knowledge in the educational sector. Awards will be conferred in the following categories:
- The best personal archive award.
- The best school archive award.
- The best archival material award.
Target group:
School and university students in the UAE.


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The trick to programming Puppet is to remember first that it is not a typical imperial style language, it is a programmatic case logic block style. A good example is that at the end of each command, you must call notify to the next block that you'd like to run.
All the magic of Puppet comes down to Types and Providers, developed in Ruby they are what really makes the plain case logic of Puppet come alive:
The resource types provide the model for what you can do; they define what parameters are present, handle input validation, and they determine what features a provider can (or should) provide.
The core of Puppet's cross-platform support is via Resource Providers, which are essentially back-ends that implement support for a specific implementation of a given resource type. For instance, there are more than 20 package providers, including providers for package formats like dpkg and rpm along with high-level package managers like apt and yum. A provider's main job is to wrap client-side tools, usually by just calling out to those tools with the right information.


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Among the priorities of the Galen Cole Family Foundation, the first and foremost priority is to maintain the Cole Land Transportation Museum, which houses a collection of Maine's land transportation history, along with associated equipment, artifacts, and displays from which this and future generations may gain a lasting appreciation of the early pioneers of the state.
The Galen Cole Family Foundation also seeks to help the people of Maine by whatever means to attain their potential as human beings, members of society, and citizens. Of primary importance to the Foundation is lifting the aspirations of children, particularly those from financially distressed families.
The Cole Foundation currently offers support to:
- Scholarships at UMaine, Husson and EMCC
- The University of Maine Reading Recovery Program
- Literacy Volunteers of Bangor
- Bangor YMCA Youth camps and athletics
- Bangor Adult Education
- Good Shepard Backpack food program
- Girl Scouts of Maine
- Bangor Boys and Girls Club
- Local youth athletics


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a1 Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, P.O. Box 117305, Gainesville, FL 32611-7305 USA
The critical role of social or collective memory in ongoing processes of societal reproduction and transformation is well acknowledged by anthropologists and is being increasingly modeled in archaeological interpretations as well. Investigating how social memory impacted the materialities and historical trajectories of the Maya civilization has great potential for advancing archaeological methodologies as well as enlarging our knowledge of the Maya. In addition to the wealth of epigraphic, ethnographic, and early historical information available for the Maya, archaeologists are examining enduring architecture, representative imagery, and even mundane artifacts that constitute a "technology of memory" for clues to the interplay of recollection and forgetting in the operation and transformation of Maya societies. This commentary reviews issues and problems in archaeological studies of social memory and addresses the specific prospects for investigating social memory among the pre-Hispanic Maya, drawing upon the analyses provided by the papers in this special section.
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The Aberfoyle Park Primary School Campus is located in the Adelaide hills 18 kilometres south of the city. The concept of the Campus with State School (Thiele), Catholic Education Office (Nativity) and the Uniting Church System (Pilgrim) sharing facilities was new to South Australia and probably Australia when it was first developed.
After years of preliminary planning the joint project came to fruition at the beginning of the 1982 school year when the schools admitted their first students. The Shared facilities include an activity hall, resource centre, gymnasium and Campus staff room. Shared programs include Physical Education, Music, and Resource Based Learning. In 2001 the Aberfoyle Park Campus Preschool was opened by the Minister of Education and Children's Services. This relocated facility has a capacity of 45 children per session and is located in the grounds of the Campus. There is a strong vision and spirit of cooperation and collaboration between the four schools. Having the three schools on one site provides the following educational advantages:
- A degreeof choice for parents when deciding what kind of school they want their children to attend.
- Resources available for all three schools that could not be financed by three separate schools.
- Sharing staff expertise between the three schools
- Promoting tolerance and cooperation between the school community of children, parents and staff
The shared schools resources of the Campus community includes:
- the Central Administration
- an excellent gymnasium
- a large staff and community meeting room
- central resource area
- activity hall and canteen
- two ovals
- hard play areas
- a large central courtyard
Parents sharing on the Campus is at many levels
The parents cooperate and work together in these areas:
- Campus Conference
- Sports Teams
- Resource Centre
Parents are encouraged to be involved in decision making in the individual schools and to work with the teachers in the classroom situation. The children are encouraged to develop a sense of belonging to the Campus.
This is achieved by:
|• Wearing the same uniform
(Varied in the State Schools)
- Playing together in the playground
- Participating in Campus sports Teams
- Sharing organised activities such as Book Week,
an Arts Festival and a Science Exposition.
- Across Campus Educational Programs:
- Language other than English (LOTE)
There are many activities of an informal nature across schools:
- Going on excursions together
- School camps
- Classes working together on a shared project


text: A hot-water drill developed during the past 2 years at Alfred Wegener Institute was used to penetrate the Ekstrom Ice Shelf several times near the Georg von Neumayer Station. The drilling operation was successful, and the initial large diameter (>35 cm) allowed easy access to the ocean. One hole was used to install an ultrasonic echo-sounder which recorded the ablation at the ice-shelf bottom continuously. Another hole was used for emplacement of a thermistor string throughout the 237 m thick ice shelf for ice-temperature measurements. Several CTD profiles in the 175 m deepwater column, and the analysis of water samples, provided valuable data for the understanding of ice-shelf-ocean interactions.


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These red prawns come from fisheries managed strictly by the Argentinian government. They have a variable fishing season, with limitations in the number of vessels according to the situation in each fishing zone and catch area.
- Scientific name: Pleoticus muelleri
- Origin: Argentina
- Flavour: Slightly salty
- Characteristics: Soft prawns, white meat with a red structure
- Availability: Seasonal fishing, available all year round


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Part B Exam Content
The standard required in the OSPHE will be that which could be reasonably expected of a public health trainee with at least two years' (whole time equivalent) of service-based training left, and is normally achievable by someone in training after passing Part A MFPH.
The examiners will assess candidates' ability to use knowledge and skills appropriately in public health settings.
The OSPHE is a test of skills and attitudes relating to every day public health issues in commonly experienced settings. The examination is a role-play examination run to time to represent the practice of public health in everyday settings and are mostly based on the real experiences of question setting examiners in the workplace. You will not be required to be familiar with NHS procedures or practices. The OSPHE is a'show how' assessment rather than a 'knowledge' or 'know how' assessment, which will already have been completed in Part A.
The following skills will be tested:
- The ability to demonstrate presenting communication skills (verbal and non verbal) appropriately in typical public health settings: presenting to a person or audience.
- The ability to demonstrate listening and comprehending communication skills (verbal and non verbal) appropriately in typical public health settings: listening and responding appropriately.
- The ability to assimilate relevant information from a variety of sources and settings and using it appropriately from a public health perspective.
- The ability to demonstrate appropriate reasoning, analytical and judgement skills, giving a balanced view within public health settings.
- The ability to handle uncertainty, the unexpected, challenge and conflict appropriately.
The subject matter used in the examinations will draw on material from a wide range of topics encountered in everyday public health practice. The scenarios themselves will also be varied across the six stations of the examination.
- Health Protection (including Infection, Immunisation, Screening and Environmental subject matter).
- Health Promotion and Health Improvement (including lifestyle and behavioural interventions at individual and population level, partnership working and wider determinants of health).
- Quality healthcare: technical aspects of commissioning which require expert advice or assessment utilising public health skills. Examples include the application of technical material to health or health care provision.
- Quality healthcare: Implementation of health or healthcare interventions and working with patients, the public, professionals or organisations.
- Media/high profile 'public':
media - newspaper, radio pre-recorded;
member of parliament or local council leader;
press officer of NHS or partner organisation.
- Other non health service public health 'specialist'/key 'public health improvement' partner:
meeting with/briefing for senior professional (e.g. professional whose job focus has strong public health element such as Director of Children's Services or an informed chair of a non health or other organisation);
meeting with or briefing for new PH trainees or non-specialist staff;
meeting with other senior officer of council or other partner organisation to discuss PH actions.
- The Lay public:
meeting with local councillor/non-NHS health partnership chair or member;
meeting with member of the public on an issue pertinent to them;
meeting with representative of patient forum or pressure or lobby group.
- Healthcare staff - clinical and general management:
briefing to chair of NHS committee or board (non-clinical);
meeting with healthcare manager - commissioning or CE or other senior;
meeting with healthcare professional involved in care delivery - GP/Consultant/Nurse/ AHP.
In addition to the topic areas, there are four types of scenario reflective of mainstream public health practice:


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A connected farm is an architectural design common in the New England Region of the United States, and England and Wales in the United Kingdom. North American connected farms date back to the 17th century, their British counterparts have also existed for several centuries. New England connected farms are characterized by a farm house, kitchen, barn, or other structures connected in a rambling fashion. This style evolved from carrying out farm work while remaining sheltered from winter weather. In the United Kingdom there are four distinct types of connected farmsteads, all dissimilar to the New England style.
New England connected farm
The typical New England connected farm complex consists of the "big house", which acts as the standard family living quarters, connected to the Big House is the "little house", which contains the kitchen area. Next to it is the "back house", which was traditionally a carriage or wagon house. Connected to the back house is a standard livestock barn. This style was banned in many areas due to fire concerns, but the bans were lifted in the 18th century. Originally, all four buildings would have parallel roof lines. In later years (post-1800), when kitchens became more of a room of the house, the Little House became an ell off the Big House.
Connected barns describe the type of barn integrated into other structures on a farm in the New England region of the United States. The New England connected farmstead, as many architectural historians have termed the style, consisted of numerous farm buildings all connected into one continuous structure. Houses, ells, sheds, barns, and other outbuildings all were combined to form one long building. Architectural styles varied, from Greek to Gothic Revival. The connected farmstead is unique in not only its connection of house to barn to shed, and so forth, but also because the architectural style of the home was often used on the other structures, including barns, connected to it.
Noted historian and architect Thomas Hubka commented in his 1984 book, Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn, that:
"those who built connected farms changed their farms by extending the architectural style and order of the house to their barns. This was a truly radical development by New England farmers, and it is this characteristic, more than that of house and barn connection itself, that is one of the unique aspects of New England connected farm architecture."
Wilbur Zelinsky, an American geographer, undertook a survey of existing connected farmsteads in New England in 1958. Through his travels and survey he was able to determine, to some level of accuracy, the distribution of connected barns and farmsteads in New England. Zelinsky found that the connected farm was most frequently found in specific parts of New England. Namely in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, where connected barns frequently occurred almost over the entire states. Indeed, the style still persists in popular American architecture. Connected farms were also frequently observed by Zelinsky in southern Maine, eastern Vermont, and portions of northern Connecticut.
In the United Kingdom
Connected farm buildings are not confined to North America, connected structures have existed in England and Wales for centuries. The architectural historian Ronald Brunskill identified four key types of connected farm structures found in England and Wales. The longhouse is generally two connected buildings which result from the addition of more and more partitions, thus subdividing the structure, or from the outright construction of a new building adjacent to the original. Longhouses usually have cross passages and communication flows freely through the structures. The laithe house confines the family and the farm building under the same roof. However, there are no cross passages and no intercommunication between structures. Typical configurations include farm buildings used for both livestock and grain/hay storage. The bastle house is an arrangement which places the living quarters above the farm building and, usually, the farm animals. This type of connected farm was common as a defensive arrangement; living quarters were located high above for security reasons. In what Brunskill called the "simply connected arrangement" the domestic structure is connected to any type of farm building.
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- Zelinsky, Wilbur Fraser (October 1958), "The New England Connecting Barn", Geographical Review 48 (4): 274–293, ISSN 0016-7428, JSTOR.
- Hubka, Thomas C. "The New England Farmhouse Ell: Fact and Symbol of Nineteenth-Century Farm Improvement," (in Elements and Forms of Vernacular Buildings), Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture, Vol. 2. (1986), pp. 161–166. Retrieved 1 April 2007.
- Chase-Harrell, Pauline. Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn: The Connected Farm Buildings of New England, Book Review, (JSTOR), The New England Quarterly, Vol. 58, No. 3. September, 1985, pp. 477–479. Retrieved 10 February 2007.
- Lowry, Bates. Built in Maine, Blueprints Magazine, Summer 1985, p. 10, National Building Museum. Retrieved 10 February 2007.
- Liebman, Lisa. The Carlisle Project, Project Overview, This Old House. Retrieved 24 February 2007.
- Brunskill, R.W. "Houses and Attached Farm Buildings in England and Wales," (JSTOR), Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture, Vol. 1. (1982), pp. 159–165, 167–168. Retrieved 1 April 2007.
Further reading
- Hubka, Thomas C., Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn: The Connected Farm Buildings of New England, University Press of New England, Hanover NH 1984, ISBN 0-87451-310-3


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|Yves Ramseier||Semester project|
|Section Microtechnique, EPFL||June 1999|
This project aims to determine the movement in a echocardiographic sequence by image processing methods.
In the first part of the report, the methodology is detailed. The mathematics relations that constitute the basement of the process are enumerated and the way to determine the speed of every little window of a digital image is explained. The kind of image we deal with are 2D echocardiography with the time as x coordinate as showed in figure 1.
Fig. 1 2D echocardiography
Then, in the second part, we propose two different original algorithms providing the results showed in the figure 2.
Fig. 2 2D echocardiography with the movement showed with the red arrows
We have represented the speed by displaying a vector in the middle part of each little window considerated. The vector points in the direction of the movement and its norm is proportional to the value of the speed in this point.
The last part starts by comparing the results provided by the two different algorithms. Then the future of the project is discussed and it finishes with a conclusion.


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Ados E3 Epoxy Mortar is a two part silica based epoxy. Once mixed, the putty can be easily moulded to form permanent watertight repairs with a smooth finish to concrete, brick, mortar and plaster. It adheres well to wet surfaces and is suitable for most underwater repairs. In cured form ADOS E3 Epoxy Mortar is many times harder and more impact resistant than concrete, has a similar consistency and colour to new concrete, and has excellent chemical and UV resistance.
Features & Benefits
- Permanent watertight repairs – Concrete, brick, mortar and plaster
- Fast Cure – Cures hard within 3 hours at 30ºC.
- Permanent and super strong – Cures harder and more impact resistant than concrete.
- Cures watertight – Suitable for repairs to most submerged substrates.
- Adheres to wet surfaces – Can be applied underwater.
- Excellent cohesive properties in uncured state – Easy to work and mould, ideal when a smooth even finish is required.
- Appearance – Similar consistency and colour to new concrete.
- Non-slump – Suitable for overhead and vertical applications.
- 100% solids – No shrinkage when cured.
- Resilient – Excellent resistance to chemicals and UV rays.
- Convenient to use – 1:1 formulation, ensures correct mixing each time.
- NZ made
- ADOS EPOXY MORTAR IN CONTACT WITH DRINKING WATER.
ADOS Epoxy Mortar is a two part stoichiometric formulation comprising one part Epoxy Resin (Resin) and one part Epoxy Curing Agent (Hardener)
Once these two components have been mixed in equal volumetric proportions and allowed to cure for 48 hours all individual chemical species will have taken part in the condensation reaction and as such will have been cross-linked into the cured epoxy matrix.
The technical assumption is that following immersion in water the level of contamination is at a very low level and as such does not affect the taste or appearance of water, nor support the growth of microorganisms nor the release cytotoxic, mutagenic compounds or metals.
ADOS Epoxy Mortar is expected to pass the required tests to conform to: AS/NZS 4020:2005 Testing of products for use in contact with drinking water.
- Used to join manhole risers and repairs. For sealing concrete and most plastic pipes. Suitable for patching and forming concrete products, grouting and bedding. Repairing concrete paths and driveways. Patches to vertical walls, cracked bricks and blockwork. Use for starter bolts, concrete forms and ferro cement boats. Ideal for coving, ramps, pool repairs, fishponds, roof tiles.


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YouTube has an interesting comedy slam page where users can compare two videos and vote the one which appeals to them. YouTube slam, which is categorized into music, comedy, bizarre and cute, is sort of a never ending addictive game where you watch bizarre videos and vote the ones you find interesting, funny or humorous. You get nothing out of this, except a mention as a top voter on the slam leaderboards.
But have you ever wondered how Google measures which video is funnier, which one is bizarre and which one is cute? What are the signals Google counts when ranking videos in the YouTube slam page?
Unlike textual content, Google and other search engines can't "read" the content of a video or see through it. The only way a bot can have some clue about a video is its associated metadata, the title tags, description, anchor text, links from other domains, user comments and so forth. This mechanism is often, not so accurate and can be quirked for selfish reasons.
Coming to how YouTube ranks videos in slam pages, a Google researcher admitted that there is an algorithm which tries to measure the degree of laughter associated with a video. The algorithm is not entirely driven by view counts or mere votes because of the fact that human feelings are subjective in nature. What appears humorous to one age group might be a complete turn off for another.
The funny thing is that the algorithm tries to extract "textual laughter" from the comments section of a YouTube video. Words such as "hahaha", "hehehe", "jajaja", "kekeke" in user comments counts as a strong signal towards the humorous nature of a video. This algorithm also considers web acronyms such as LOL, ROFL or LMAO and emoticons e.g :D, ;-) xP.
Google trains classifiers to identify funny videos and finds the reason why this video is funny and to what category or genre this video may belong to. The ranking algorithm is strongly driven by human reaction and their emphasis on emotions e.g a looooooool is considered a stronger signal than a lol because of the elongation which reflects the viewer's emphasis. Here is what Google says:
We noticed that viewers emphasize their reaction to funny videos in several ways: e.g. capitalization (LOL), elongation (loooooool), repetition (lolololol), exclamation (lolllll!!!!!), and combinations thereof. If a user uses an "loooooool" vs an "loool", does it mean they were more amused? We designed features to quantify the degree of emphasis on words associated with amusement in viewer comments. We then trained a passive-aggressive ranking algorithm using human-annotated pairwise ground truth and a combination of text and audiovisual features. Similar to Music Slam, we used this ranker to populate candidates for human voting for our Comedy Slam.
Now they are judging candidates for YouTube slam by how many "lols" are written underneath a video? Like this video which got more than 3000 comments and 1,566,000 views but it's not funny!


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To determine the year and month when a spice was packaged, look for a series of black numbers and letters printed on the bottom or side of the spice container. This is not the UPC code and it is usually printed directly on the container, not the label.
On dry packet mixes, the numbers and letters are pressed or indented into the edge of the package. The first number indicates the year of the decade. For example, if the first number is 9, this means the product was packaged in 2009. The second letter refers to the month. "A" stands for January, "B" stands for February, "C" is for March, and so on. So, if an item was packaged in March of 2009, the code would begin with 9C. (Other numbers and letters will follow, but the first two digits indicate when the product was packaged).
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History Clipping in Event-driven Distributed Systems
The problem of managing event histories is at the core of distributed computing algorithms used for distributed run-time monitoring and distributed data replication using logs. As a distributed program executes, individual histories of process execution are diffused through the systems by a technique known as gossiping. In this way, each process has a view of the actions of other processes in the system and can monitor their behavior for correctness or security. Unfortunately, the size of the histories grows without bound. Bernstein originally proposed clipping the history of gossip messages when the history becomes known to every process in the system. However, when used in distributed monitoring, even though every process may know about an event history, it is not a sufficient condition to clip that part of event history, as it might still be useful to monitor future event occurrences. What is needed is a way to clip the histories only when they have both been disseminated through the system and the monitoring process no longer needs them. In this paper, we propose the concept of clipping histories in event-driven systems for the purposes of monitoring. The core of this work is the observation that event-driven systems transition through many semi-stable states, then periodically return to stable, recurrent states as each action is completed. We propose an algorithm to clip histories only when the system has returned to a stable, recurrent state and the monitor no longer has use for the collected histories. The effectiveness of the algorithm is demonstrated by the reduction of history size in monitoring an event-driven maneuver drawn from an automated highway system.
M. Chittajallu and B. M. McMillin, "History Clipping in Event-driven Distributed Systems," ISCA 13th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems, ISCA, Aug 2000.
Keywords and Phrases
Distributed; Events; History Maintenance; Monitoring
Article - Conference proceedings
© 2000 ISCA, All rights reserved.
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New Study Evaluates Drug-Related Harm Among Hospitalized Children Category: Child Health News
A study published in the April 2008 issue of Pediatrics found that a new "trigger tool" dramatically increased the detection of adverse drug events in hospital settings. With this tool, the authors found 11.1 adverse drug events per 100 admissions, a much higher rate than previous studies found.
Twelve children's hospitals, convened through the Child Health Corporation of America (CHCA), worked to adapt the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's Adverse Drug Event (ADE) Trigger Tool for adults to more appropriately and accurately detect adverse drug events in pediatric hospital settings. The new Pediatric Adverse Drug Events (ADE) Trigger Tool can be found on CHCA's site.
Experts from the National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality (NICHQ) provided both improvement and safety expertise in support of a CHCA collaborative improvement program to reduce the frequency of these events in pediatric hospitals.
Eliminating harm from pediatric care is one part of the bold agenda that NICHQ is leading to improve children's healthcare. Dr. Homer commented on the release of the study:
NBC - Medicine mix-ups put kids at risk (Article and Video)
Please note: Although stated incorrectly by some media reports, neither NICHQ nor Dr. Homer created the pediatric tool nor conducted the study. We applaud the efforts of the investigators and the leadership of CHCA in creating this pediatric tool. NICHQ endorses the widespread use of this tool to detect these events as part of a comprehensive pediatric safety program.


Energy – Efficiency
Efficiency tells us how much of the input energy is transferred in a useful way.
We have to pay for our electricity from our supplier, so wasted energy (not transferred usefully) is wasted money, so we are wanting to buy more energy efficient appliances that will save us money by wasting less energy.
Examples are LED bulbs and televisions, AAA+ rated washing machines, fridges and freezers.
The Essentials
You need to know the efficiency equations:
Efficiency = Total useful energy transfer / total input energy transfer
Efficiency = total useful output power / total input power
These both will give a decimal answer between 0 and 1.
To get a percentage efficiency we just multiply the decimal by 100.
E.g. 0.5 is an efficiency of 50%
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Chemists uncover new role of a key base in organic synthesis
By Carol Clark | eScienceCommons | Oct. 15, 2014
An international team of chemists has discovered a new piece to the puzzle of how a powerful base used in organic synthesis, cesium carbonate, plays a pivotal role during a catalytic reaction.
The research, published by the Journal of the American Chemical Society, was led by Jamal Musaev, a theoretical chemist at Emory University, and Ken Itami, an experimental chemist from Nagoya University in Japan. Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangzhou, China, also contributed to the findings.
Many organic chemistry reactions are acid/base reactions, involving the exchange of positively charged hydrogen atoms. Acids donate the positively charged hydrogen and bases accept it.
The current research focused on the use of cesium carbonate as a base. Cesium carbonate has recently been observed to accelerate a particular class of catalytic reactions, a phenomenon termed the "cesium effect."
The use of cesium carbonate base and carboxylic acids co-catalysts have been shown to be critical in a number of recent carbon-hydrogen (C-H) bond functionalization reactions. The full story behind the impact of this base was previously not clear. It was known that the cesium base removed hydrogen protons, or scavenged acidic acid, from the solution, and was also involved in the exchange of ligands during a reaction, but these two factors did not explain the acceleration seen.


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KATCHATHEEVU IS OURS – CONCRETE EVDIENCES
Even during the reign of ancient Tamil Sangam Kings, reign of King Sethupathy of Ramanathapuram, reign of East India Company, during the time of direct British rule and even after independence, Katchatheevu island remained with Tamilnadu. There are many more plentiful evidence and data to establish that Katchatheevu Island and the surround fish rich Sea belong to Tamilnadu.
1. During A.D. 1605, the clan of Ramanathapuram Sethupathy King was established by the Madurai Nayaks, incorporating 69 coastal villages and 7 Islands, of which Katchatheevu Island is one of the Island.
2. A copper plate plaque issued by King Koothan Sethupathy who ruled Ramanathapuram during the years 1622- 1635, depicts that the Sea upto Talaimannar belonged to Sethupathy Kings.
3. Coronation flowers which adorn the Goddess, Malai Valar Kathali Ammai of Rameswaram are grown in Katchatheevu Island. Similarly, cattle's that are donated to the Temple are cared for in Katchatheevu Island and the Milk and other items needed for pooja are brought only from Katchatheevu island.
4. In the Kingdom of Ramanathapuram, there existed a separate account section to maintain and audit the accounts of Kathatheevu Island.
5. In the plaque issued to Jamindarine Mangaleswari Natchiyar, who took over after the period of Ramanathapuram King Muthuramalinga Sethupathy (who was imprisoned for a long period for having opposed the British), it is clearly mentioned that Katchatheevu Island belonged to Ramanathapuram Zamin.
6. There is a clear document evidencing leasing out Katchatheevu Island to East India Company by Ramanathapuram Sethupathy in the year 1822.
7. In Queen Victoria's 1858 Proclamation whereby the powers got transferred to British Rule from East India Company, reference is made that Katchatheevu Island belong to Ramanathapuram Zamin.
8. P.P.Peris, who during the years of British Rule in 1936- 40, served as an Assistant Draftsman and later became a Ministerial Secretary after Sri Lanka attained independence, on 08.05.1966, made the following statement, confirming that Katchatheevu Island belonged to Ramanathapuram Kings. He says, "During the years 1936-40, when I served as Assistant Draftsman in the Land Survey Department, I was directed to survey the district boundaries of Ceylon. Therefore, I perused all records, documents, historical evidences and the Queen Victoria's proclamation, by which 1 found that Katchatheevu Island belonged to King Sethupathy, Therefore I drew the Northern District of Ceylon delineating Katchatheevu Island." This statement issued by the Ministerial Secretary on 08.05.1966, was widely reported in the then Daily Mirror published from Sri Lanka and thereafter reported in Indian Express in India.
9. There is a Registered Document (Registration No. 510/1880, Book 1, Volume 16) evidencing the fact that on 23.06.1880, eight coastal villages and four Island, including the Katchatheevu Island, belong to the Ramanathapuram Sethupathy's were given in lease by the District Collector, Madurai jointly to one Abdul Kadar Marakayar and Muthusamy Pillai.
10. By a document dt.04.02.1885 (Registration No. 134/1885), Muthusamy Pillai, has taken the Katchatheevu Island on an annual lease of Rs.15 per annum from the Estate Manager of Ramanathapuram Sethupathy for the purpose of procuring dye roots.
11. Under a pact entered into between the Dutch and Ramanathapuram Seethupathy during the year 1767, a clause was incorporated to permit ail those residing Ramanathapuram Zamin can always visit Katchtheevu Island.
12. Baskara Sethypathy of Ramanathapuram, has assigned a portion of Katchatheevu island to Poet Sundaram.
13. When Zamindari Abolition Act came into force, Katchatheevu Island is mentioned as 285 Acres of Government Poromboke land in Ramanathapuram Village.
14. In the Ramanathpuram Gazetteer, issued by S.A.Viswanathan, Assistant Revenue Officer, Madras (then Tamiinadu was called Madras) on 11.11.1958, in Register No.68, Katchatheevu Island is shown as comprised in Ramanathapuram Village.
15. On 01.07.1913, when few Islands were taken on a 15 year lease by the Government of Madras Presidency from Ramanathapuram Sethupathy, Katchatheevu Island is mentioned by the Secretary to Government, as a territory belonging to Ramanathapuram Zamin and situate on the North East of Ramanathapuram.
16. In the year 1947, one K.M.Mohammed Merasa Marakayar, took the Katchatheevu Island on lease from Ramanathapuram Sethupathy. In the documents which was then executed, Katchatheevu Island was shown as a territory situated between Talaimannar and Danuskodi and belonging to Ramanathapuram Suzerainty.
17. In the Land Document Register issued by the Government, firstly issued in the year 1957 and again reprinted and issued as an updated publication, in the year 1966, at page 107, Katchatheevu Island is mentioned as a uninhabited territory belonging to Danuskodi.
18. Between the years 1913 and 1928, many Islands including the Katchatheevu Island were taken on lease from Ramanathapuram Sethupathy Kings and were again sublet to fishermen.
19. On several occasion the Sethupathy Kings, have themselves directly leased out many islands including the Katchatheevu Island to fishermen. There are records to show that fishermen from Tondi and Nambuthazhai have taken such leases.
20. In all the Indian Land Survey Records issued between the years 1874 and 1956, Katchatheevu Island is depicted as an Indian Territory alone. The Indian Land Survey Department has mentioned Katchatheevu Island as, measuring 285 Acres and 20 cents comprised in Survey No.1250,
21. In all reports published in several medias, Katcha theevu Island is mentioned as belonging to Ramanathapuram Sethupathy. Thus it is very clear that Katchatheevu Island is a Tamil Soil, and it is a Tamil Land. Katchatheevu Island and the seas surrounding it belonged to Tamils through several generations. More particularly, it is the tamil fishermen community which enjoyed the land over the years. It is this ancestral Tamil home land which was ceded to Sri Lanka by Indira Gandhi in the year 1974. While gifting away the land, Indira Gandhi pointed out that Katchatheevu Island is being ceded not on the basis of records but for other political reasons. What ever be the reason for ceding the Katchatheevu Island, but it is ultimately our Tamil fisher womenfolk numbering above 500 who were widowed by the Sinhala Navy Goons, Retrieval of Katchatheevu Island, alone will put an end to the suffering of our fisher brethren.


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Bourbon's Journey
Just as refined as the beginning
While our bourbons are designed to bring an air of craft to any cocktail, a little technique can go a long way, as well. To help you learn the tricks and blending styles of our finest mixologists, we've created the handy guide below with six techniques to make you a better bartender.
Technique 1:
When crafting many types of cocktails, from the Bourbon Smash to the Mint Julep, you'll need to extract juice from fruit pulp and essential oils from herbs and citrus peels. In other words, muddling is a must. Before you begin, you'll need a muddler—a small metal or wooden pestle resembling a miniature baseball bat. Next, start by combining your fresh ingredients at the bottom of a mixing glass. Then use your muddler to press them together, releasing the flavors and allowing them to mingle with your other ingredients once added.
Technique 2:
In recent years, layering has become more and more popular, like in the Black Cherry Cooler. To layer a drink, individually pour the ingredients in a shot glass in order from heaviest to lightest. To prevent them from mixing together, carefully pour over a barspoon (or teaspoon). Because ingredients differ in density, the layers will stay separate. However, before you begin, you'll need to know how heavy your ingredients are in relation to one another. As a rule of thumb, the lower the proof of the alcohol, the heavier the ingredient is. For instance, grenadine (non-alcoholic) is heavier than Jim Beam Black® (86 proof/43% abv) which is heavier than Jim Beam® Bonded (100 proof/50% abv).
Technique 3:
Shaking came into prominence in the mid-1800s and has since become an undeniable trademark of cocktail society. Utter the phrase, "Shaken, not stirred." and everyone who's anyone will know exactly what you're referencing. A less well-known tidbit is that there are many types of shakers—the traditional three-part cobbler shaker, the more modern two-part Boston shaker and the French shaker, to name a few. No matter which kind of shaker you choose, start by pouring in your ingredients and then fill the shaker a third or halfway with ice. Next, seal the shaker and shake rhythmically until the outside feels cold enough. Finally, strain the shaker's contents into the proper glass. Just remember not to shake carbonated ingredients, except for in special circumstances.
Technique 4:
This is a less common cocktail mixing technique, but some drinks simply can't be made without an electric blender. Drinks calling for fresh fruit or ice pulp, like a Kentucky Margarita, should always be made this way. Simply add your ingredients to a blender with smashed ice. Then blend for about 10 to 30 seconds before pouring the blended cocktail directly into the proper glass.
Technique 5:
Ever made a Jim Beam®& Cola? That's building, and it's the simplest way to make a cocktail. To build your drink, carefully pour all the ingredients in the glass (generally over ice) and enjoy. Since carbonated ingredients like soda generally shouldn't be shaken, cocktails involving them will usually use this technique.
Technique 6:
Stirring is a classic method for mixing cocktails like the Manhattan. To begin, pour your ingredients into a Yarai mixing glass and then fill the rest of the way with ice. Next, stir well with a barspoon until your drink is well chilled and mixed. And finally, strain your cocktail into the proper glass.
practice makes damn good drinks
Now that you know the basics, you're all set to begin perfecting your methods on our extenisve list of cocktails or, of course, to try your hand at inventing few drinks of your own


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Q. How many times did God feed the Israelites quail in the wilderness?
A. Twice Exodus 16:13; Numbers 11:31
16:13 So it came about at evening that the quails came up and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.
11:31 Now there went forth a wind from the LORD and it brought quail from the sea, and let them fall beside the camp, about a day's journey on this side and a day's journey on the other side, all around the camp and about two cubits deep on the surface of the ground.
The first time the Israelites grumbled for food, God tolerated their grumbling and simply fed them. Things were different the second time. God had just finished consuming with fire some of them for complaining (Numbers 11:1). Others had the nerve to complain again and even express ingratitude for the manna He had been providing them (:4-6). He gave them their meat, but "While the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD struck the people with a very severe plague" (:33). God is a patient God, but His patience has its limits. Don't put Him to the test and find out what they are.
Have a great weekend in His service!


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MISSOULA — To go undetected for wildlife means survival but being small and well camouflaged doesn't make it easy to study an animal.
Small, hidden and well camouflaged are the traits many animals strive for in order to be able to go undetected if a predator is near or to avoid detection by potential prey.
Many of these animals are of conservation concern, and conservation efforts may be hampered by the lack of basic information on their ecological needs. Being small and obscure has its advantages in the animal kingdom but these traits make it challenging to detect and study these species in their natural habitat.
Two elements can give away their position through -- body heat and scent. Innovative methods such as thermal imaging and the use of wildlife detection dogs serve as a fitting means for the detection of such species.
With thermal imaging cameras using heat instead of visible light to create an image they provide accurate vision even when camouflage or darkness renders normal eyesight useless.
Thermal techniques to study wildlife is nothing new to research. White-tailed deer were first tested with this process in the late 1960s and have been used to detect a large array of animals since.
But smaller animals have always been difficult to find on the image. Now, new research and advancements in technology have allowed scientists to pick out those tiny details of heat emission and detect small mammals.
Even with advancements in technologies, there can be some drawbacks to using thermal cameras -- and that's where wildlife detection dogs come in. With their superior sense of smell, detection dogs serve as an alternative method to search for cryptic wildlife.
The hard-working dogs have usually been used to detect the feces of animals like grizzly bears, owls, and even koalas -- but less so to target animals themselves.
To be successful at this the dogs must find the target animal, indicate its find by showing a trained alert behavior and do all of these tasks without harming the target animal, itself, its handler, or any other human or animal.
Dense areas with lots of brush imply the needs for detection dogs while more open areas are considered suitable for thermal detection.
Applying one of these methods to field research can allow for the collection of data that just wasn't accessible before, and ultimately improve the ecological understanding of small camouflaged species.


Ubuntu / Linux news and application reviews.
When you install Linux on your computer and then install Windows, the Grub will be deleted and you won't be able to boot into Linux anymore.
Here is how to fix (restore) the GRUB after such a situation:
1. You will need a Live CD with any Linux distribution. Insert the live CD of Ubuntu for instance, and boot from the CD.
2. As soon as the computer boots and the Live OS starts, go to Applications > Accessories > Terminal.
3. Now you have to recover the Grub for which you need to write (or paste) the following commands into the terminal (only what's bold, the text between the brackets is just the explanation of the command):
sudo grub
find /boot/grub/stage1 (This searches for the boot partition. It will give you a result which you'll have to copy for the next command)
root (hd0,0) (Replace hd0, 0 with the value obtained in the previous command)
setup (hd0) (This will install the grub)
quit (to exit.)
The next time you reboot, you can access your Linux box again.
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Why Thunderon® fiber shows better performance compared with other material
1) Thunderon® fiber's conductive layer is a very thin layer incorporated on the outer surface of acrylic fiber which is already very fine in diameter among the available conductive fiber materials. Therefore, Thunderon® fiber is the finest conductive material available to promote Corona discharge.
2) Another factor is the physical property of Thunderon® fiber determined by the host acrylic fiber's characteristics. Compared with other widely used fibers like carbon or stainless fiber, the physical property of the Thunderon® fiber is much softer and has superior bend recovery if the fiber is in contact with charged material. Thus, Thunderon® fiber can be well maintained with original shape of brush compared to carbon fiber and stainless steel. This advantage prolongs the life of the brush.
Corona discharge is a very weak energy discharge from a static charged material to a fine conductive pin-like material near to the charged body. Corona discharge is improved if conductive material has the following characteristics:
- Fine diameter material with sharp point;
- High number of sharp conductive points;
- Each point should be separated from another point thus forming a pitch;
- Conductive point should be installed vertically to the surface of charged material.
3) The discharge capacity: In applications like printing or film roll processing, where static will be generated continuously, grounding is a must. When proper grounding is not provided, dissipation will drop significantly.
4) 5.85 x 10². cm
The numeric value is specific resistance. To convert the surface resistance/10 cm into the volume the method of calculation is as follows:
R x D
9 x 105 x L x d
P = Specific Resistance
R = Surface Resistance
D = Denier
L = Measure of Space
d = Specific Gravity


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Topic: Work-Life Balance
Publication: Journal of Management (2008)
Article: The moderating effect of work-family centrality on work family conflict, organizational attitudes, and turnover behavior.
Blogger: Benjamin Granger
Ever miss a child's ball game for work? The conflict between an employee's work role and family role is known as work-family conflict (WFC). When work interferes with the family role, this type of conflict is commonly referred to as WIF conflict (i.e., work is the originator of the conflict). Carr, Boyar, and Gregory (2008) present an article in the Journal of Management investigating the connection between WIF conflict and how much people value work versus family.
Although we know that conflict between work and family negatively affects both workers and organizations, the authors were interested in whether the value one places on work relative to family reduces some of the negative effects of WIF conflict. Carr et al.'s results show that employees who are family-centered (value the family above work) tend to have more negative attitudes toward their job (low job satisfaction and commitment) and are more likely to quit when faced with WIF conflict. Those who are more work-centered (value work above family) are not as negatively influenced
by WIF conflict.
It's important for organizations to recognize that employees value work and family in different
ways. It's dangerous for organizational leaders to assume that all employees value work equally or that all employees SHOULD value work equally (My subordinates should value work just as much as I
do!). If organizations fail to recognize and act on this knowledge, they may see higher quit rates and more employees with poor commitment and/or low job satisfaction, especially from those who are
Carr, J.C., Boyar, S.L., & Gregory, B.T. (2008). The moderating effect of work-family centrality on work family conflict, organizational attitudes, and turnover behavior. Journal of Management, 34(2), 244-262.


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Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of services running on remote hosts and local network infrastructure devices, including those that may be vulnerable to remote software exploitation. Common methods to acquire this information include port and/or vulnerability scans using tools that are brought onto a system.(Citation: CISA AR21-126A FIVEHANDS May 2021)
Within cloud environments, adversaries may attempt to discover services running on other cloud hosts. Additionally, if the cloud environment is connected to a on-premises environment, adversaries may be able to identify services running on non-cloud systems as well.
Within macOS environments, adversaries may use the native Bonjour application to discover services running on other macOS hosts within a network. The Bonjour mDNSResponder daemon automatically registers and advertises a host's registered services on the network. For example, adversaries can use a mDNS query (such as
dns-sd -B _ssh._tcp.) to find other systems broadcasting the ssh service.(Citation: apple doco bonjour description)(Citation: macOS APT Activity Bradley)


Why can PwC charge such superhuman fees? It's all in the power of bargaining
The liquidation of Carillion continues to feature prominently in the news.
Last week, the story was the fees being charged by PwC, the accountancy firm tasked with salvaging money from the wreckage.
It emerged that PwC's fees, which take priority in terms of being paid over the various creditors and pensioners, amounted to £20.4m for the first eight weeks' work. The special manager with overall responsibility has a rate of £865 an hour.
The fees were described in parliament as "superhuman".
We might reasonably ask how these rates are determined. Why are they not half their actual value? The remuneration would still be very substantial. Equally, why are they not double?
The answer from a basic economics textbook would be that it is a matter of supply and demand. The wage – if such a proletarian term is acceptable in these elevated circles – is set at a level which ensures that there are just enough bean counters to carry out the amount of work which exists.
But it is hard to sustain this argument. The Big Four accountancy firms in the UK take on around 5,000 graduates every year. They receive almost 100,000 applications. There is a long process of whittling down. Eventually, nearly 10,000 get to the final stage, an interview with a partner.
Clearly, many graduates have very strong qualifications. But the wage rate is not bid down by this over-supply.
The argument about how prices, in this case the hourly PwC rate, are set goes back a long way in economic theory.
In the decades just before the First World War, two highly accomplished mathematicians who occupied the top chairs in economics, Alfred Marshall at Cambridge and Francis Edgeworth at Oxford, wrangled over the issue.
Appropriately enough in the week following Cambridge's triumph in both the men's and women's boat races, Marshall was the victor at the time. But, to employ another sporting analogy very much in the news, there was a certain amount of ball tampering along the way.
Edgeworth thought that, in most situations, there was an inherent indeterminacy about the price which emerged. He wrote: "it may be said that in pure economics there is only one theorem, but that it is a very difficult one: the theory of bargain".
Marshall simplified matters dramatically. He assumed that there are so many economic agents in a market that no single one of them can influence the price. This enabled him to draw, in his own best-selling textbook, the supply and demand curve diagrams familiar to generations of students.
But it was a simplification too far. If no one can influence the price, how is it set?
A lot of modern economic theory is about developing Edgeworth's view that economics is essentially about bargaining. It makes it much more difficult, but more realistic.
There is no inherent economic justification for the hourly rates which the Big Four accountants charge. They have simply got the best of the bargaining process. Companies need to wake up and start to insist on lower fees.
Paul Ormerod
As published in City AM Wednesday 28th March 2018
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What do vegetarians use for the zeroa (shankbone) on the seder plate during pesach?
Dr. Naomi G. Cohen of Haifa University reports (1997)
Her husband's family has been vegetarian for over 70 years and that their Seder plate contains two hard eggs. "The logic of this: the bone on the usual plate stands for the Korban Pesach, and the egg for the Korban Hagigah which was eaten BEFORE the little piece of the Korban Pesach in order to get one's fill of food first. Well, if the Korban Hagigah can be symbolized by an egg, than why not the Korban Pesach as well?!"
This is an unusual and idiosyncratic solution.
Robert and Roberta Kalechofsky Haggadot
Many vegetarians, those who use the Haggadot of Robert and Roberta Kalechofsky, use a combination of "dry" barley or wheat (wrapped in plastic wrap) along with olives and grapes. This second option comes with a modern midrash as its prooftext.
As vegetarians, in place of the shankbone, we place olives, grapes, and grains of unfermented barley which symbolize the commandments of compassion for the oppressed, to be found in the Bible. We use olives to commemorate the commandment to leave the second shaking of the olive trees for the poor, we use grapes to commemorate the commandment to leave the second shaking of the grapevines for the poor, (Deut. 24:20) and we use grains of unfermented barley (or other unleavened or unfermented grains), to commemorate the commandment not to muzzle the ox when it treads out the corn in the fields (Deut. 25:4), in other words, to recognize the natural appetites of the animal and not interfere with them. This commandment is considered to be the oldest extant concept of "animal rights," and enshrines the dignity and rights of the animal.
Haggadah for the Liberated Lamb (1985 [the next to last unnumbered page before the Seder begins], 1988, page x) and Haggadah for the Vegetarian Family (1993).
This is truly "liberating" the lamb as it makes no mention of the lamb and has nothing at all to do with the role the lamb played in the Passover story nor the ancient biblical world.
The (first) Jewish Catalog
A more common practice referred to among vegetarians is the use of a beet on their Seder plate in place of a Zeroa. The earliest reference to this I have found is in The Jewish Catalog (1973), page 142 in the sidebar:
For vegetarians, who may object to using a lamb bone on the Seder plate (as a remembrance of the pascal sacrifice): it is halakhically acceptable to use a broiled beet as a replacement.
Those who use a beet refer to Pesachim 114b as their prooftext. I have read this passage numerous times. The only reference to a beet is:
What are the two dishes? –Said R. Huna: Beet and rice. Raba used to be particular for beet and rice, since it had [thus] issued from the mouth of R. Huna. R. Ashi said: From R. Huna you may infer that none pay heed to the following [ruling] of R. Johanan b. Nuri. For it was taught, R. Johanan b. Nuri said: Rice is a species of corn and kareth is incurred for [eating it in] its leavened state, and a man discharges his duty with it on Passover. Hezekia said: Even a fish and the egg on it. R. Joseph said: Two kinds of meat are necessary, one in memory of the Passover-offering and the second in memory of the Hagigah. Rabina said: Even a bone and [its] broth.
The only inference I see that this has to do with the Zeroa appears at the very end where the text states that "Two kinds of meat are necessary, one in memory of the Passover offering [the Zeroa] and the second in memory of the Hagigah [the Beitzah]."
Rabbi Scott Aaron offers this explanation (slightly edited):
Those who are referencing Pesachim 114b as the source are mixing issues. Pesachim 114b's citing of the beet and rice are to the two extra dishes on the table that are mentioned in the preceding Mishna as being required at a Seder table with matzah, maror and charoset. This was proof of the early practice that a seder should be a vegetarian meal so as not to give any appearance in a post-Temple world that we were attempting to replace or offer our own Zeroa without the Temple. The later additions of meat dishes as representing the Paschal sacrifice and the Hagigah in the Gemara are just that, later additions from a differing and apparently persuasive tradition. This is also where the addition of the Zeroa on our plate come from.
The Beet used today in veggie seders is actually meant to replace the Zeroa due to its blood-red color which also reminds us of the Paschal sacrifice. To my knowledge, it is not connected to Pesachim 114b but rather an innovation for modern-day vegetarians who may or may not have realized how connected to tradition they actually are through a veggie seder.
Cynthia Baker of the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Cornell University
Offers a different explanation for the beet:
"What is the meaning of the beet? It is here to remind us of an incident which occurred in 1945, when women slave laborers in Buchenwald concentration camp changed a negative definition to a positive one:
'It hit me suddenly that the Haggadah could have been written for us. If I only changed the tense from past to present, it was written about us…. At this time, the scene in the barracks was bad, there was really fighting, cursing, and yelling… so when I asked the women to be quiet it was like a miracle, this absolute silence in the barracks. I started the Seder by asking why is this night different. And I said that every night we quarrel and we fight and tonight we remember. There were close to a thousand women there. I picked up the slice of sugar beet and I said, this is the bread of our suffering…. And then we made a vow that if we survived, a beet was going to be on our Seder table.'"
I don't know where the account comes from, but it's the one I've seen and heard most often. Does anyone have more info on this?
While doing a bit of research to update this page I learned that the above material is available (with reference to the earlier, original ".html" version of this page at My Jewish Learning:
A Vegetarian Shankbone; How the beet ended up on the seder plate
In addition, the Buchenwald story was also picked up by Allison Jones in her blog LemonBasil in March of 2010: My Idiosynctratic Seder Table
At least since Pesach of 2000/5760 I have had a slight variant of the following paragraphs in my own Haggadah. In the body of the narrative, I explain the importance of the shankbone itself:
Young Jesse sat in the full moonlit, cloudless night. The plentiful rains had turned the sloping hillsides a verdant green. The pleasant fragrance of the grasses and flowers mingled with the pungent flock around him. Kids snuggled near their mothers beside the still waters at the foot of the hills, some still suckling, most asleep.
Once the days got significantly longer than the nights he would have to move the flocks to the summer pastures. Jesse had already used his staff to separate some of the new males he'd seen butting against each other, testing their strength. He could imagine and did not look forward to their fights if too many came along to the north. Behind him Jesse smelled the sweet aroma of roasting meat. He would soon share in the feast of the yearlings. He felt a pang of remorse that so many of these little ones, who had been in his care, could not live. So much of his life depended on them: for milk and cheese and for the wool garment he wore. But to let them join in the trek would only cause greater troubles as the grasses diminished.
The full moonlight would show which houses to avoid and pass over. They had to move swiftly and silently through the city in order to return to their families before dawn. Then they would leave their hovels as the redemption occurred. As the howl of Egyptian parents rose.
At the beginning of the Haggadah, where I explain what goes on the seder table (and plate) I share:
(shankbone), represents the Passover offering made in Temple times. It will be explained during the
Seder (page 27 in the 2010 edition of the PDF version of Haggadah). At vegetarian Seders it has become customary to use a red beet instead. No classic prooftext exists for the use of a beet. Some people refer to Talmud Bavli Pesachim 114b. However, this comment actually deals with rice (!) and beets as additional foods at the meal itself—not a symbolic food on the Seder Plate. Nonetheless, the blood-red color


Extended Common Events
This script replaces the way common events are created and managed. Instead of using the database to set up common events, you create a special "common event map" and all events on that map will be loaded as common events.
The advantage of using these extended common events include having multiple pages for a single common event and setting up complex common events using conditions.
These extended common events will replace the database common events, but you can still use the database common events to set the names so that you can reference them throughout your project.
Script: download here
In the script editor, place this script below Materials and above Main.
You should place this above other custom scripts.
Create a map for your common events, and then in the configuration set up
the filename of this common event map. Note that you don't have to use an
actual map in your current project: you can choose any name you want as long
as it is a map file. This means you can create the common event map in a
separate project.
By default, each event created on the map will be loaded as a common event
based on its ID. So for example, if the event's ID is 12, then it will replace
common event 12 in the database.
You can choose which common event an event will replace manually by writing
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 A compatibility patch with your scene interpreter script, perhaps?
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 Items can call common events. Is it also possible to use map-made common events the same manner as a regular common event?
 For an easier explanation: When I use an item 1 that calls common event 1, can I also set item 2 to call a map-made common event? If possible, how will it be set up?
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Database of Lithuanian Nominal Phrases Dictionary is the first corpus-based dictionary of Lithuanian multi-word units.
The lexicon reflects a big variety of multi-word units: collocations, phrasal combinations, longer pieces of text (sometimes even several sentences). The identification of the nominal phrases is based on gravity counts in the 100m words Contemporary Corpus of Lithuanian Languages. The corpus reflects the written Lithuanian in the period of _PHONE_. The list of automatically identified MWU's was edited by linguists, only leaving meaningful and grammatically correct phrases that include at least one noun. The dictionary comprises almost 69 thousand nominal phrases.


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Australian WWI fiction
 Press/Media: Expert Comment
 Invited guest on Radio National's The Bookshelf on Friday 9 November to discuss war poetry and fiction.
 World War I and literary representations of war, including a reading of a poem by my mother, Dorothy Hewett, and another poem written by me that is published in an anthology of war poetry.
 Period9 Nov 2018
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 - TitleAustralian WWI fiction
 Degree of recognitionNational
 Media name/outletRadio National, The Bookshelf
 Media typeRadio
 Duration/Length/Size30 mins+
 DescriptionAustralian writers and poets began writing about the First World War in 1914, and have never stopped. Historian Christina Spittel (ADFA/ UNSW) is tracking that century of fiction, noting the ways in which the story and emphasis has changed. She joined Kate Evans and poet and memoirist Rozanna Lilley to discuss those shifts in memory and the imagination.
 Rozanna Lilley's maternal grandfather fought in the First World War and her mother, the writer Dorothy Hewett, wrote a poem in 1960 that reflected on both his death and his war experience. The poem is called 'The Burial', and Rozanna read it for us.
 Poetry that responds to that war is still being written, and Lilley herself contributed to a very recent collection, To End All Wars (Puncher and Wattman), and read that piece for us.
 Producer/AuthorAustralian Broadcasting Corporation
 PersonsKate Evans, Rozanna Lilley