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. Actions 140 define the next step to be followed for each of the possible replies. Of course, when more than one reply 134 is allowed for a particular query 132, actions 140 would define the procedure to be followed for each of the possible allowed combinations. Alternatively, default actions 140 may be assigned within a dialog 100 for that reply 134 to which no action 140 has been defined. For instance, one such default action would be to go to the next query. Further, more than one action 140 may be assigned to a particular reply 134.
Possible actions 140 includes next function 142, jump function 144, newdialog function 146, database function 148, playfile function 150, alert function 152, measure function 154 and terminate function 156. When Next function 142 is applied to a particular reply 134, the next query is put to the user. Jump function 144 instructs the program to go to specified query 134 within dialog 100. Newdialog function 146 instructs the program to terminate the present dialog and download another dialog 100 from communication network 50 or that stored at remote terminal 72. Database function 148 instructs the program to make amendments and additions in profile database 44 and tasklist database 46. Playfile function 150 instructs the program to download and run a specified datafile 136 from communication network 50 or that stored at remote terminal 72. It is of particular value where multimedia components such as digital audio and video streams containing health related messages may be played to individual 70.
Alert function 152 instructs the program to send an alert message to healthcare provider 60 informing him/her of the receipt of specified reply 134 to query 132. Alert function is intended to be used in case a given combination of replies received from individual 70 is likely to lead to a poor health status in the near future, and/or when immediate intervention is required and/or the healthcare provider 60 would need to be informed about the reply 134 urgently. Measure function 154 contains instructions to remote terminal 72 to collect measurements from monitoring device 74. Health related parameters may be collected from individual 70 and sent to remote health management system 10 by this function.
Terminate function 156 instructs the program to terminate the execution of specified content 130. Terminate function 156 additionally includes an arithmetic or logical method for computation of the results of a specified group of queries 132 and replies 134. For example, dialog content 130 can include a number of queries, with each of the replies being assigned a score 158. Terminate function 156 may be used to instrict the program to compute arithmetically the final score 159 for a given set of queries 134. Alternatively, logical methods may be used to derive score 159 for each of one or more combinations of replies 134. Alternatively, any of actions 140 may be assigned to final score 159. An advantage of terminate function is that long standardized questionnaires for risk determination in a variety of conditions may be applied to individual 70 in their original format and scored automatically, and the final score 159 be further used to execute action 140. It will be obvious to anyone versed in the art that a number of methods and programming languages are available to write programs that can interpret dialog content 130 and perform any of the above functions.
The provider who has access to create new content does so using a simple dialog composer as embodied in
The same steps 388 are repeated for each of the follow up queries, till all the queries and follow up queries within the dialog 100 have associated actions 140 assigned to them. By clicking on customization icon 390, the provider activates customization dialog box 392. Customization dialog box 392 allows the user to customize the dialog to different kinds of remote terminals 72 and monitoring devices 74, and make additions to the output over and above the baseline dialog. For instance, the provider can include specific multimedia components to be served on individual 70 in addition to/lieu of any of the actions 140 wherever the remote terminal 72, monitoring device 74 and communication network 50 support it. The advantage of customization dialog box is that it allows the provider to make additions to existing dialogs and add multimedia and other components without changing the basic structure of the queries that are applied to individual 70. In this manner, a 'master dialog' can be initially created that includes data components of all supported remote terminals 72. As and when newer and enhanced versions of remote terminals 72 become available, the corresponding components may be selectively appended and modified within dialog 100.
By clicking on the output icon 394, the provider activates the output dialog box 396. At any time during or after the dialog creation process, the provider can review the dialog created, using a simulation interface to an appropriate appliance, or alternatively the provider can review the actual dialog content in a text only overview window.
Once all the follow up queries, replies and output dialogs are formulated and put onto the construction platform 370, the newly created dialogs are stored in a dialogs library 48 from where it may be incorporated by provider 60 and content assignor 28 in care management programs and for future updating and editing.
In the preferred embodiment, dialog library 48 stores hundreds of dialogs 100 in various languages relating to possible health conditions of individual 70, such as asthma, diabetes, nicotine addiction, etc. To narrow the focus of registration dialog 100R, dialog generator 30 communicates with content assignor 28, which tailors an interview dialog 100I in dependence upon language 81 and current and co-morbid health conditions of individual 70. For example, in
Registration dialog 100R is illustrated in greater detail in
Registration dialog 100R further includes a second category of queries 166 for determining the motivational drivers of individual 70. Category 166 is divided into six subsets of queries including longevity 168, quality of life 170, family life 172, social responsibility 174, social acceptability 175 and economy 176 for determining a value placed by individual 70 on various motivating factors for modifying his or her behavior. Subset 168 is for determining the value placed by individual 70 on longevity. For example, where individual 70 is a smoker, subset 168 includes queries to determine if the prospect of living a long life would provide sufficient motivation to quit smoking.
Subset 170 is for determining the value placed by individual 70 on the quality of his or her life. In the smoking example, subset 170 includes queries to determine if an improvement in smoking symptoms, such as no longer suffering coughing fits, would provide sufficient motivation to quit smoking. Subset 172 is for determining the value placed by individual 70 on family life. In the smoking example, subset 172 includes queries to determine if an improvement in family life, such as no longer harming relatives with second hand smoke, would provide sufficient motivation to stop smoking. Subset 175 is for determining the value placed by individual 70 on social acceptability. In the smoking example, subset 175 includes queries to determine if an improvement in social acceptability, such as no longer offending people with bad breath, would provide sufficient motivation to quit smoking.
Subset 174 is for determining the value placed by individual 70 on social responsibility. In the smoking example, subset 174 includes queries to determine if an improvement in social responsibility, such as not burdening society with the cost of Emphysema treatment, would positively motivate individual 174 to quit smoking. Subset 176 is for determining the value placed by individual 70 on economy. In the smoking example, subset 176 includes queries to determine if the cost savings associated with no longer purchasing cigarettes would provide sufficient motivation to quit smoking.
Registration dialog 100R also includes a third category of queries 178 for determining the comprehension capacity of individual 70. Category 178 is divided into four subsets of queries including age 180, language skills 182, reading habits 184, and educational background 186 for determining various comprehension capacity factors. Subset 180 is for determining an age of individual 70 and subset 182 is for determining language skills of individual 70. Similarly, subset 184 is for determining reading habits of individual 70 and subset 186 is for determining the educational background of individual 70.
A fourth category of queries 188 is for determining a media preference of individual 70. Category 188 is divided into three subsets of queries including picture 190, text 192 and video games 194 for determining if the individual 70 prefers pictures, text, or video games, respectively. Of course, these types of media are just examples of possible media choices and other media, including mixed media selections, are possible in alternative embodiments. Registration dialog 100R and educational fulfillment bank 22 may offer other media choices in alternative embodiments, such as computer videos, musical lyrics, or hyper-text links.
Content assignor 28 is designed to parse through data contained within profile database 44, and selects those dialogs 100 from profile database 44 that are most appropriate to the health condition, profile, and needs of individual 70. The selected dialog(s) 100 are exported to script generator 32 that individualizes the dialog to individual 70, stores it in the dialogs library 48, and converts it to a format that is recognized by remote terminal 72 and sends it over communication network 50 via modem M1. The communication network 50 exchanges data between the monitoring device 74 and the individual 70 through the remote terminal 72 and the modem M2.
While a considerable amount of health related data may be available regarding an individual 70, in the interest of the health provider's productivity,


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What is the difference? With VHDs, it is a classification of virtual drive. The other two types have already been covered and now it is time to briefly cover what makes the difference VHD disk interesting.
Why does it exist? Perhaps the most obvious answer is that it could save space. The difference disk is actually linked to a parent disk. The parent disk represents a read-only copy of a VM. Technically it does not need to be a full copy but let's assume that it is to make it easy. Once the parent and child (difference disk) are bound, the parent VHD is no longer allowed to change. The child VHD has pointers to the parent VHD by using various name markers (relative/absolute, UNICODE/UTF-8). The link is not guaranteed and obviously it is possible for an admin/user to break the connection. It would be an easy mistake to make. The difference file could be moved to another system which has no access to the parent file.
What lives in the child disk? Only the written changes are kept in the virtual disk. Also, the changes are marked on a sector bitmap which shows which sectors are coming from the child and which ones are coming from the parent. From the operating system point of view, this is transparent. However, the VM player is responsible for splitting up the requests between the two virtual disks (parent and child). This also means that the two disks need to be opened when the VM is running.
The sector bitmap is actually at the front of the blocks in the VHD. In a dynamic disk, the sector bitmap shows which sectors have been written. For a difference disk, it shows the ownership of the sectors between child and parent.
I have been playing with difference disks over the last couple of weeks and now understand the nature of how this fits together. One key point is that this is happening at the sector level which would make it very hard to figure out which files had changed.
An annoying aspect of the sector bitmap is that it does not align with clusters. Because the first volume sector happens at 0x3F, the first eight sector cluster happens from 0x3F to 0×46. So, cluster zero maps to bits in three different bytes of the sector bitmap. Life would have been a bit easier if the clusters aligned with the sector bitmap bytes. Nevermind, this is really only annoying for people trying to correspond volume clusters to low-level sectors.
It is worth noting that the difference VHD disk has no intelligence about what is being written. In other words, it is highly likely that data written which happens to be the same as before will still trigger usage in the difference disk. Also of interest is that all VHD disks have no sense of what has been freed. This means that even if written data is freed by the file system, it will still be retained in the VHD. And finally, all data is treated equally so this means that even if the data is not worth keeping (temporary content) the VHD will do its best to hold onto it blindly. It appears that the pagefile fails into this category.
The greatest value of the difference disk would come from a template model. An admin could create a dynamic VHD disk for the work environment and then use the difference disk to create user copies. The benefit would be space savings and potentially faster transfer for remote use (assuming the template is already there). The missing piece is being able to update the template and have it take affect on the user difference disks. By the current definitions/standards, this will not work. The simple reason why is that it would be nearly impossible to merge the two together based on blocks changing on both the child and the parent. Since the VHD format has no knowledge of files and directories, it has no way of knowing what to merge.
The difference disk seems similar to linked clone technology. However, linked clone uses versioning which allows for the parent to move forward. Unfortunately, even linked clones have no knowledge of how to merge with an updated parent.

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Cultural norms and trends are often reflected in patterns of language use. This article explores cultural perceptions of Palestine and Palestinians in the Englishspeaking world, through two analyses of large linguistic datasets. The first analysis seeks to uncover current conceptions of participants in the Israel-Palestine conflict, by identifying words that are distinctively associated with those participants in modern English usage. The second analysis asks what historical-cultural changes led to these current conceptions. A general theme that emerges from these analyses is that a cultural shift appears to have occurred recently in the English-speaking world, marked by greater awareness of Palestinian perspectives on the conflict. Possible causes for such a cultural shift are also explored.
Terry Regier is a professor of linguistics and cognitive science at the University of California, Berkeley. The ideas in this article were first presented in December 2013 at the Disputed Words: Palestine, Language and Political Discourse conference, organized by the Institute for Palestine Studies and the American University of Beirut. The author wishes to thank the organizers, participants, and audience of that workshop for their helpful feedback.

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Relationship between positive-negative affect and performance in a golf competition
The first objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between positive and negative affect at three phases of a golf competition and performance in the competition. The second objective was to investigate the relationship between changes in positive and negative affect during the competition and performance in the competition. Thirty golfers who belonged to university golf clubs participated. The golfers answered the PANAS questionnaire immediately prior to the competition, immediately after the first half 9 holes, and immediately after the latter half 9 holes of the competition. Their performance in the competition was calculated by the mean score of the last 10 rounds of golf minus the score of the competition. Correlation coefficient showed that the performance in the first half 9 holes was significantly related to the positive affect immediately after the first 9 holes (r =.38), and the negative affect immediately after the first 9 holes (r =-.35). In addition, the correlation coefficient between the increased positive affect in the first 9 holes and the performance in the first half 9 holes (r =.46) and that between the increased negative affect in the first 9 holes and the performance in the first half 9 holes (r =-.38) was significant. These findings indicated that the positive and negative affect during a golf competition changed depending on the golfers' performance in the competition.
広島大学大学院総合科学研究科紀要. I, 人間科学研究
Copyright (c) 2006 Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University. All rights reserved.


IOM (ESM) removed
An IOM has either been removed from the drive shelf or is present but is being reported as removed because it is not seated correctly.
 - Although the drive shelf is still operational, you should correct this failure as soon as possible. If the other IOM or its communication path fails, all I/O to that drive shelf will fail.
 - Both IOMs in the same drive shelf must have the same firmware version and be of the same hardware type.
Risk of data loss
Make sure you correctly identify the affected IOM. Removing the remaining optimal IOM or disconnecting drive shelf cables to it while I/O is in progress can cause data loss.
Possible loss of data accessibility
Before proceeding, ensure that the OK to remove field in the Details area indicates Yes. If No is displayed, it indicates that there is another component that must be serviced first. Always select Recheck prior to and after servicing a component to ensure that there aren't any new problems that may affect the component you plan to service.
Electrostatic discharge can damage sensitive components
Always use proper anti-static protection when handling components. Touching components without using a grounding wrist strap may damage equipment.
Recovery Steps
 1. Is the affected IOM shown in the Location field in the Details area still in the drive shelf or has it been removed?
 - If the IOM is still in the drive shelf, go to step 2.
 - If the IOM has been removed, go to step 5.
 2. Without removing the cables, remove the IOM.
 3. Check the connectors on both the IOM and inside the shelf that housed the IOM for any problems such as bent or dirty pins and fix if necessary.
 4. Reinsert the IOM, and then go to step 6.
 5. Reinsert the IOM or, if necessary, replace it with a new one.
 6. Wait 40 seconds, then select Recheck to ensure the problem has been resolved.


Swan Thieves (Kostova)
The Swan Thieves
Elizabeth Kostova, 2010
Little, Brown & Co.
564 pp.
ISBN-13: 9781607886693
Author Bio
Birth—December 26, 1964
Where—New London, Connecticut, USA
Rasied—Knoxville, Tennessee
Education—B.A., Yale; M.F.A. University of Michigan
Awards—Hopwod Award for Nove-in-Progress; Quill Award;
 Book Sense Award
Currently—lives in Michigan, USA
Elizabeth Johnson Kostova, an American author, is best known for her debut novel The Historian. Swan Thieves, her second novel, was released in 2010.
Kostova's interest in the Dracula legend began with the stories her father told her about the vampire when she was a child. The family lived in Ljubljana, Slovenia in 1972, while her father was teaching at a local university; during that year, the family traveled across Europe. According to Kostova, "It was the formative experience of my childhood."She "was fascinated by [her father's Dracula stories] because they were...from history in a way, even though they weren't about real history, but I heard them in these beautiful historic places." Kostova's interest in books and libraries began early as well. Her mother, a librarian, frequently took her and her sisters to the public library — they were each allowed to check out 30 books and had a special shelf for their library books.
As a child, she listened to recordings of Balkan folk music and became interested in the tradition. As an undergraduate at Yale, she sang in and directed a Slavic chorus. In 1989, she and some friends traveled to Eastern Europe, specifically Bulgaria and Bosnia, to study local musical customs. The recordings they made will be deposited in the Library of Congress. While Kostova was in Europe, the Berlin Wall collapsed, heralding the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe, events which shaped her understanding of history.
Five years later, in 1994, when Kostova was hiking in the Appalachian Mountains with her husband, she had a flashback to those storytelling moments with her father and asked herself "what if the father were spinning his Dracula tales to his entranced daughter and Dracula was listening in? What if Dracula was still alive?" She immediately scratched out seven pages of notes into her writer's notebook. Two days later, she started work on the novel. At the time she was teaching English as a second language, creative writing, and composition classes at universities in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She then moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, and finished the book as she was obtaining her Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of Michigan. In order to write the book, she did extensive research about Eastern Europe and Vlad Tepes.
Kostova finished the novel in January 2004 and sent it out to a potential literary agent in March. Two months later and within two days of sending out her manuscript to publishers, Kostova was offered a deal—she refused it. The rights to the book were then auctioned off and Little, Brown and Company bought it for US$2 million (US$30,000 is typical for a first novel from an unknown author). Publishers Weekly explained the high price as a bidding war between firms believing that they might have the next Da Vinci Code within their grasp. One vice-president and associate publisher said "Given the success of The Da Vinci Code, everybody around town knows how popular the combination of thriller and history can be and what a phenomenon it can become." Little, Brown, and Co. subsequently sold the rights in 28 countries. The book was published in the United States on 14 June 2005.
The novel blends the history and folklore of Vlad Tepes and his fictional equivalent Count Dracula and has been described as a combination of genres, including Gothic novel, adventure novel, detective fiction, travelogue, postmodern historical novel, epistolary epic, and historical thriller. Kostova was intent on writing a serious work of literature and saw herself as an inheritor of the Victorian style. Although based on Bram Stoker's Dracula, The Historian is not a horror novel, but rather an eerie tale. The novel is concerned with questions about history, its role in society, and how it is represented in books, as well as the nature of good and evil. As Kostova explains, "Dracula is a metaphor for the evil that is so hard to undo in history." The evils brought about by religious conflict are a particular theme and the novel explores the relationship between the Christian West and the Islamic East.
Heavily promoted, the book became the first debut novel to land at number one on the the New York Times bestseller list and as of 2005 was the fastest-selling hardback debut novel in US history. In general, the reviews of the novel were mixed. Several reviewers noted that she described the setting of her novel well. However, some reviewers criticized the book's structure and its lack of tonal variety. Kostova received the 2006 Book Sense award for Best Adult Fiction and the 2005 Quill Award for Debut Author of the Year. Sony bought the film rights to the novel for $1.5 million.
In May 2007, the Elizabeth Kostova Foundation was created. The Foundation helps support Bulgarian creative writing, the translation of contemporary Bulgarian literature into English, and friendship between Bulgarian authors and American and British authors.
Kostova's second novel, The Swan Thieves, was released in 2010. (From Wikipedia.)
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The field of ecology and evolution represents an area of interdisciplinary research that is focused on understanding the biodiversity of Earth, how evolution generates biodiversity, how a diversity of species interact with each other and the environment, and the impact of humans. Understanding ecology and evolution is critical because many of the world's most pressing issues are environmental issues. Global warming, acid rain, water resources, chemical pollution, invasive species, emerging diseases, and declining biodiversity are just a few of the environmental issues that students from our program will be trained to address.
Our research focuses on many of these most pressing issues including the effects of contaminants and invasive species on aquatic communities, the ecology of microbial communities, disease ecology, the evolution of phenotypic plasticity, and climate change. Additional resources include research and educational opportunities at the Darrin Fresh Water Institute (DFWI) located on Lake George in the Adirondacks. The DFWI conducts a diverse array of programs in freshwater biology and environmental sciences and is actively involved in the Jefferson Project.
The Jefferson Project at Lake George was established in 2013 as a strategic partnership between Rensselaer, IBM, and the FUND for Lake George with the overarching goal to understand and manage complex factors that threaten one of the world's most pristine natural ecosystems. Rensselaer students and faculty are directly involved in the Jefferson Project using an unprecedented array of new tools which will fuse monitoring, modeling, simulation, experimentation and forecasting to inform and compel decisionmaking for lasting protection of Lake George. This powerful model will deliver ecological benefits that will be felt throughout the U.S. and globally.


Power to the Power Users: Advancing Your Use of Smart Lists
Barista pouring coffee into tea. Represents combining filters in Marketo smart lists.
Welcome back to another session of Power to the Power Users! In this series, we explore some common questions that pop up when taking the next step beyond becoming a Marketo Certified Expert and becoming a seasoned architect.
Last time around, we started talking about filter-level steps you can take to make your Smart Lists faster and more efficient. The natural follow-up question to that, though, is: how do I use that knowledge with multiple filters?
Filter combinations are one of the harder skills to master when it comes to using Marketo, because it's often not something we have to think about—after all, as long as you have all your criteria set out, you should be fine, right? Unfortunately, slow Smart Lists come back to haunt you when doing complex work. At the same time, this topic can be difficult to talk about, so I've grabbed a couple of examples from real-world users; we'll take a look at these and see how we can apply what we've learned to make speedy queries.
Combining Filters
Once you've determined how to most effectively select your individual filters, you'll need to combine them together—after all, how often do you have just one filter in a Smart List? However, we'll want to take some of the same concepts from SQL best practices and use them here as well to maximize performance.
When you use multiple filters together, they're evaluated in order to constrain down to the list you're looking for. For example, if I have three AND filters for:
 1. Mailable Segment is Mailable
 2. Region Segment is LATAM
 3. Annual Revenue is greater than 100,000,000
This will, in turn, cause the query to:
 - Select every record that has the Mailable segment as Mailable
 - From that first selection, select the subset that has their Region Segment as LATAM
 - From that subset, select the second subset that has Annual Revenue over 100,000,000
This makes the order that you place your filters in important, even if you're selecting ANY or ALL in your logic—because this will define how big or small your subsequent subsets are, and thus how long they'll take to evaluate. That generally means you'll want to:
 - Place your fastest filters at the top of your filter lists, since they'll narrow down records faster than your slower filters.
 - Choose fast filters that will narrow down more records first. For example, if you want to target people whose first name is Marina and live in Latin America, it makes more sense to go "First Name is Marina, Region Segment is LATAM", because statistically, there are probably fewer records with the first name Marina than are in your LATAM segment. Let's say you had 100 LATAM records, 8 Marina records and 4 Marinas in LATAM. Going from 8 Marinas to 4 Marinas in LATAM takes less time to process than going from 100 Latin Americans to 4 Marinas in LATAM.
 - Avoid using nested Smart Lists whenever possible. A nested smart list is a filter using "Member of Smart List is [your list here]", and is a non-SARGable filter on steroids: first, Marketo must process everything in that Smart List to proceed to the next filter in your Smart List. Instead, either try to recreate the Smart List's criteria inside your Smart List or look at using segmentation or a special field if it's a recurring audience.
 - Try to avoid using a lot of filters or complex groupings of filters when possible. While there is no hard and fast rule of "over X amount of filters will cause issues," it's worth examining why complex filters are being used—and if such combinations would be better served with static lists, segmentations, special fields, or other ways of consolidating who you're looking for.
 - Custom objects are handled a bit differently in Marketo's architecture than other core Marketo items—person data, company data, activity data, and such—and as a result, have different performance levels than standard items being queried. The closest analog these filters have to traditional queries are inner joins in SQL, and so some of the same cautions apply. These should be treated as the slowest filters and placed as the last part of your filter criteria.
With all these rules in mind, how do you translate them into a faster Smart List? Let's take a practical look at this example:
Marketo smart list filter example
Now, if we apply our rules here, we notice a few things immediately:
 - There are "Member of Smart List" filters inside this filter, which causes slowdown
 - There are Smart Lists that are mutually exclusive and could be broken down to an ongoing segmentation--Mailable and Bounced
 - There are "Member Not in List", which is not a SARGable filter
 - The filter order is inefficient
How would we fix this?
 1. Make a Mailable Segmentation (which removes Filters 2 and 4, as well as optimizes them from being Smart Lists).
 2. We can convert the criteria for "Newsletter Subscribe", which checks for people filling out newsletter subscription forms, into a Marketo-only field.
 3. Suppliers and HR Candidates likely can also be grouped into a Segmentation or share a field called "Record Type" to streamline the search
 4. We can reorganize this list to constrain records more effectively
The resulting Smart List would look something like:
 1. Mailable Segmentation is Mailable
 2. Newsletter Subscription is false
 3. Record Type is not Suppliers, HR Candidates
 4. Member of Program is False for "Make the Case for Content" with certain progression statuses
 5. Member of Program is False for "Active Play in Engagio" with "Added to Play" status
This setup is faster with the side effect of being easier for the marketer to read/understand as well as being simpler to create and iterate as needed. However, this is a straightforward example. What happens when we apply these same rules to a more complex query? Let's take a look at another example:
Complex Marketo smart list example
There's a lot to unpack in this list, but the following actions can be taken:
 1. Commit to good data hygiene and standardize Billing Country/Country values to consistently be some form of "United States" or "US" based on naming conventions.
 2. Group Job Category and Job Title together in a segmentation or in one field, as in this company's case the two are never conflicting values—they're just stored in different places and not every record has one or the other filled out. Again, this may also be solved with data hygiene.
 3. The filters for Corporate Activity Products and Company Name have multiple values, but can actually be distilled to use "Does not Start with" for 2-4 values each rather than the lists of "Is Not".
 4. The filter order is unoptimized, especially with a custom object "Has Sponsored Asset" and a Mailable segmentation out of order.
As this Smart List is today, it takes 49.86 seconds to process.
When we adjust this list to the following:
Advanced Filters: 1 and (2 or 3) and (4 or 5) and 6 and 7 and 8 and 9
 1. Mailable Segment is 'Mailable'
 2. Country is 'United States'
 3. Billing Country is 'United States'
 4. Job Title or Category Segment is 'IR'
 5. Corporate Activity Products is in (12)
 6. Vertical is 'Corporate'
 7. Account Type is not 'Consultant'
 8. Company Name is not (29)
 9. Has Sponsored Asset is false
This takes the Smart List performance down to 15.68 seconds—less than a third of the time of the original lists. If you do further optimization by changing the Corporate Activity Products is in (12) to start with "Share" and Company Name to not starts with (4), this takes the search down to 7.57 seconds.
That's over 85% faster than the original Smart List. Ultimately, the list retrieves the exact same records, but it does so in a much more database-friendly way. You can see how this sort of tweaking and optimization can really add up over time—as these rules can apply to anything needing a Smart List, and thus all sorts of programs you build throughout Marketo.
I'd encourage you to take these practices to heart when building your own Smart Lists in the future. Start small—apply one or two concepts—then iterate from there to optimize your work.
Have any best practice questions you'd like us to tackle? We're here to deep-dive on subjects that give you definitive answers to the questions you've got on day-to-day work. Just shoot us an email at _EMAIL_ or contact us here and keep an eye out—you may just find the answers here!
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Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Lake Indians
Called by themselves SENIJEXTEE and possibly identical with the LAHANNA of Lewis and Clark in 1805, a small tribe of Salishan stock, originally ranging along Columbia River in northeast Washington from about Kettle Falls to the British line. In 1820 Fort Colville trading-post was established by the Hudson Bay Company in their country, but they remained almost unchanged until Christianized in 1846, chiefly through the efforts of the Jesuit Father Adrian Hoecken, who in that year established the summer mission of St. Paul at the Falls. In 1870 they were officially described as living entirely by hunting and fishing, selling their furs to the traders, well fed and clothed, peaceable, friendly, independent, and Catholic in religion. They numbered then 239. In 1872 they were collected with other kindred tribes upon Colville Reservation in the same territory. With the other confederated tribes they are now attached to the mission of Saint John Francis Regis, at Ward, in charge of the Jesuit Fathers, assisted by the Sisters of Charity of Providence. They numbered 283 in 1908, a considerable increase over earlier figures. (See also KALISPEL INDIANS.)
BUREAU CATH. IND. MISSIONS, Reports (Washington), Reports of Commissioner of Indian Affairs (Washington); MOONEY in Handbook Am. Inds., I (Washington, 1907), s. v. Missions; SHEA, Catholic Missions (New York, 1854); DE SMET, Oregon Missions (New York, 1847); WINANS in Report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs (Washington, 1870).


Can a Disabled Person go to Jail
Can a Disabled Person go to Jail?
For the past five decades, America has fallen in love with the idea of mass incarceration. The prison population in this country has skyrocketed since the beginning of the drug war, and one of the main reasons the numbers have gone down recently is because of COVID-19.
We lock up a greater share of our citizens than any other developed nation on Earth, and we spend more than $80 billion annually to do it. When people are behind bars, they aren't prepared for their eventual release, and that has led to a recidivism rate of more than 60 percent.
America's criminal justice system has impacted every community across the country, and those hit particularly hard include communities of color, residents in high-poverty neighborhoods, and members of the LGBTQ community.
What is not often recognized is the impact of our failed criminal justice system on Americans with disabilities. All of this leads me to today's blog topic: Can a disabled person go to jail?
In this blog post I will cover the following topics:
 - Disabled individuals and the criminal justice system
 - Can someone in a wheelchair go to jail?
 - Can someone who is mentally handicapped go to jail?
Disabled individuals and the criminal justice system
As the prison population has continued to rise over the past fifty years, a number of state mental hospitals and other institutional facilities that serve people with disabilities have closed. This shift is commonly referred to as "deinstitutionalization," and it has resulted in the number of Americans in these kinds of facilities dropping from approximately 560,000 in 1955 to about 70,000 in 1994.
While this drop might appear to be a good thing, the closing of these facilities was not accompanied by the investment needed to make alternatives available, especially for those who suffer from mental health conditions.
According to the Center for American Progress, the result has been that people with disabilities are no longer living together in large numbers inside an institution, and they are instead being swept up into the criminal justice system. Oftentimes, it can be for an infraction as small as sleeping on a sidewalk.
The population of individuals with mental health conditions inside of America's prisons and jails is three times higher that those in state mental hospitals.
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, people in prison are nearly three times as likely to report having a disability as those in the free world, while those in jails are more than four times as likely.
Cognitive disabilities—such as Down syndrome, autism, dementia, intellectual disabilities, and learning disorders—are among the most commonly reported. According to the Bureau of Justice statistics, one in five prison inmates has a serious mental illness.
Can someone in a wheelchair go to jail?
In addition to those with mental health issues, there are also inmates in jail who are confined to a wheelchair. Many with terminal illnesses or chronic diseases are placed in a prison hospital where they have better access to medical care compared to a regular prison.
Inmates who are in wheelchairs don't get any kind of special treatment. However, at the prison I was in, a person in a wheelchair was assigned a "pusher," which was an inmate who had the job of pushing the inmate in the wheelchair to their medical appointments, the chow hall, and anyplace they needed to go.
I can't speak to whether or not all facilities are ADA compliant (I will assume they are not). But, I do know that inmates in wheelchairs are assigned a bottom bunk, and they have access to special restroom and shower facilities.
Inmates who can't take care of themselves get assistance from staff when it comes to things like taking showers, getting dressed, receiving medication, visiting the commissary, and utilizing the library.
According to the ACLU, recent court cases have "brought to light the serious violations of the rights of prisoners with physical disabilities. In March 2015, the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department settled a lawsuit brought by the ACLU of Southern California, agreeing to provide mobility devices and physical therapy for prisoners with mobility disabilities after horrifying incidents of neglect and abuse."
Neglect is only part of the story. Prisoners with physical disabilities are also at constant risk for placement in solitary confinement because of logistics, not for punishment.
Can someone who is mentally handicapped go to jail?
As I mentioned earlier, someone who is mentally handicapped can go to jail. And, it is becoming more and more common for those with mental issues to end up behind bars than in a hospital where they can receive treatment.
In a 1999 study for the California Policy Research Center, Professor Joan Petersilia concluded, "If a culture is measured by how it treats its weakest members, then the handling of people with cognitive disabilities in our criminal justice system reveals American justice at its basest."
A Bureau of Justice Statistics report also revealed that 30% of jail inmates reported having a cognitive disability. That's quite a huge jump compared to the general public, where less than 5% of people self-report a cognitive disability.
One of the theories as to why those with cognitive disabilities are getting locked up at a higher rate is that people with low IQ and other developmental disabilities can engender suspicion because they lack the necessary social cues that other adults understand. This can result in inappropriate responses from law enforcement.
Do you think disabled people should be incarcerated? Let us know in the comments below.
Disabled Behind Bars
Prisoners with disabilities are forgotten and neglected in America
Our Weakest Members: Developmentally Disabled People in the Criminal Justice System
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Monday, May 30, 2011
Shapes in our everyday world!
Shapes are everywhere! A few basic shaped include a rectangle, circle, triangle and octagon. There are many more than just these four but in this lesson we will focus on how often you see these four shapes!
1) A RECTANGLE is a 4 sided figure with 4 right angles. The sides are not all the same length, the two sides parallel to each other are the same length and the other 2 parallel sides are also the same length. If all the sides were the same, it would be a square.
A window in an example of a rectangle we see everyday!
2) A CIRCLE is a shape with a set of points in a plane that are a given distance from a given point (the center of the circle).
 A tire is an example of a circle we see everyday!
3) A triangle is a 3 sided figure with 3 corners or vertices.
The peak of a house is a triangle we see everyday!
4) An OCTAGON is a polygon with 8 sides of the same length and 8 angles the same size.
A stop sign is an example of an octagon we see everyday!
 I hope you learned a lot about four of the basic shapes we see each and every day and next your outside, see how many shapes you can find!


Doctor plans global trek to explore how Japanese got here
A Tokyo surgeon and explorer plans to embark on a five-year journey Thursday to trace the origins of the Japanese people.
Yoshiharu Sekino, 55, of the western Tokyo suburb of Kokubunji, begins his new adventure roughly two years after completing a 50,000-km trek to trace the "great journey" that humans are believed to have taken as they migrated from Africa to other parts of the world millions of years ago.
He plans to trace what he calls the three possible paths that the ancestors of the Japanese are believed to have taken about 30,000 to 40,000 years ago to reach Japan.
The "northern" route is believed to have brought people to Japan from Siberia via Russia's Sakhalin Island, the "continental" route from China via the Korean Peninsula, and the "kuroshio" route from Southeast Asia along the Japan Current.
Sekino also plans to explore an additional sea route, which people are believed to have taken to reach Pacific islands.
During his previous journey, Sekino traveled to 35 countries between 1993 and 2002 to trace the "great journey" in reverse, from the southern tip of the American continent to Tanzania.
Like his previous trip, Sekino plans to travel only on foot or by bicycle without relying on vehicles.
He plans to trace the four routes on an intermittent basis through fall 2009 and to study the traditional cultures in different locations that might be linked to Japanese culture.
"This time, I want to focus on the paths that the Japanese are believed to have taken," he said.
"I want to explore the various origins of 'Japaneseness' that still exist among peoples who live in different locations."
Sekino, who has taught at Musashino Art University for the last two years, travels abroad about three to five months a year.
He plans to start his journey from the "northern" route, which will take him to Mongolia and Russia in the summer and to the estuary of Amur River in winter. He also plans to walk the frozen Mamiya Strait on foot to reach Sakhalin.
Sekino's exploring spirit dates back to his time at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo, where he set up an exploration club and covered the entire length of the Amazon to explore the life of indigenous peoples.
During his travels to the Amazon, Sekino became acutely aware of the shortage of medical services for indigenous peoples.
After graduating from Hitotsubashi, he entered Yokohama City University and became a surgeon.
In 1999, he received the Naomi Uemura Award, named after the famous explorer who was the first in the world to conquer the highest peaks on five continents and disappeared on Mount McKinley in Alaska in February 1984.


Marva - Meaning of Marva, What does Marva mean?
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Marva - Meaning of Marva
What does Marva mean?
Meaning of the name MarvaMeaning of the name Marva
[ 2 syll. mar-va, ma-rva ] The baby girl name Marva is pronounced as MAARVaa- †. Marva is used mostly in the English language, and its language of origin is Aramaic, Old French, and English. From Old French roots, its meaning is miracle. Its meaning is derived from the element'merveille'.
In addition, Marva is a derivative of the English, German, Greek, and Scandinavian name Martha.
Marva is also a derivative of the English name Marvina.
The English Marvella, the English Marvina, and the English Marvis are derivatives of the name. Another variant of Marva is the English pet form Marvie.
Marva is unusual as a baby name for girls. Its usage peaked modestly in 1936 with 0.032% of baby girls being given the name Marva. Its ranking then was #334. The baby name has since markedly declined in popularity, and is currently of sporadic use. Among all girl names in its group, Marva was nonetheless the most commonly used in 2012.
Baby names that sound like Marva include Maarva, Manroop, Marav, Marfa, Marvie, Maurvi, Mayrav, Merav, Merphy, Merva, Morfudd, Murfi, Murfie, Murfy, Murphee, Murphey, Murphi, Murphie, Murphy, and Manerva.
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A Brief History – Over 90 Years of Tradition and Excellence
Kenilworth Elementary opened in 1920 during the first major growth spurt for the new City of Phoenix. During this period, it was fashionable for public buildings to reflect a community's hopes for the future. Kenilworth was meant to be a statement that a small town would become a major force in the history of Arizona and of the United States. Named after a novel written by Sir Walter Scott, Kenilworth continues to be a shining beacon of educational excellence within the community.
In the early 1970s, when the state began to map the course of the I-10 freeway, Kenilworth was briefly scheduled for demolition, along with many homes. It was saved by a committee of prominent citizens, neighborhood activists, and parents.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the oldest school in Maricopa County, Kenilworth continues to serve students. Extensive improvements were made to the Kenilworth campus and building in 2010


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Apple's iPhone Naming Scheme Could Lead to Confusion
With the introduction of the iPhone 4, Apple changed the naming scheme for its popular smartphone yet again, possibly leaving some eager consumers confused about what kind of device they'll actually be getting.
To be clear, iPhone 4 refers to the fourth-generation iPhone to be released since the first model in 2007. It does not refer to the fast "4G" data network.
Apple's first smartphone was known simply as the iPhone. It was followed in 2008 by the iPhone 3G, with "3G" referring to the phone's ability to work on 3G networks (the previous iPhone could only get online on slower, EDGE networks).
In 2009, Apple announced the iPhone 3GS, which was virtually identical to the iPhone 3G, with the main distinction being a faster processor (the "S" stood for speed). [Read "11 iPhone 4 Features You Need to Know About."]
Because of Apple's previous naming scheme, consumers unfamiliar with the iPhone might assume the 4 in the new iPhone's name refers to the faster 4G network currently available from a few carriers such as Sprint.
That's not the case: Like the 3G and 3GS models, the iPhone 4 can only get online using Wi-Fi and 3G networks.


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Which of the following is more grammatically correct?
a. John's performance on the test shocked the teacher.
b. John's performance in the test shocked the teacher.
Performance really depends on the object: You perform IN a play but you perform ON a stage so:
So really your question comes down to: do you perform on a test? Do you perform in a test? I would lead towards "on" because of other usage:
Then again, if we are really talking about an implied "performance in taking" the test, suddenly this could be correct:
However I would also go ahead and call both of them "awkward". I would avoid entirely and use
Or best of all, use K.I.S.S. and avoid the problem altogether:
I think if it is a written test, we most often say performance on the test (maybe because we "put our ideas down on paper"), but if it is measuring abilities in an environment, e.g. response times, or skill comparisons (before and after, etc) we use performance in the test.


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Name: TT45 [View in context] Type: Subroutine Category: Text Summary: Print a letter in lower case
This routine prints a letter in lower case. Specifically: * If QQ17 = 255, abort printing this character as printing is disabled * If this is a letter then print in lower case * Otherwise this is punctuation, so clear bit 6 in QQ17 and print Arguments: A The character to be printed. Can be one of the following: * 7 (beep) * 10-13 (line feeds and carriage returns) * 32-95 (ASCII capital letters, numbers and punctuation) X Contains the current value of QQ17 QQ17 Bits 6 and 7 are set
.TT45 \ If we get here, then QQ17 has bit 6 and 7 set, so we \ are in Sentence Case and we need to print the next \ letter in lower case CPX #255 \ If QQ17 = 255 then printing is disabled, so return BEQ TT48 \ from the subroutine (as TT48 contains an RTS) CMP #'A' \ If A >= ASCII "A", then jump to TT42, which will BCS TT42 \ print the letter in lowercase \ Otherwise this is not a letter, it's punctuation, so \ this is effectively a word break. We therefore fall \ through to TT46 to print the character and set QQ17 \ to ensure the next word starts with a capital letter


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The next abstract class of interest is ClpMatrixBase. CLP encapsulates its knowledge of how a matrix is stored in this class. The default instance of this is the ClpPackedMatrix class. This is identical in format to CoinPackedMatrix. Below is a diagram summarizing the hierarchy of the most important matrix classes:
The important new methods implemented are for filling a basis, checking validity of elements and faster "times" and "transposeTimes" when the input array is sparse and/or we have a row copy of the matrix. Advanced users should note that not all methods have to be implemented. In particular, scaling need not be implemented and reverseOrderedCopy can return NULL if a row copy does not make sense.
In addition to the default class, there are two others at present: ClpPlusMinusOneMatrix and ClpNetworkMatrix. As the name implies, the first one is useful when all elements are ±1. In this case multiplies are not needed and more importantly less memory is used and there are fewer cache misses. A class for a matrix where all elements are +1 would be trivial to create. If there were fewer than 64000 rows one could even store row indices as shorts etc.
The use of ClpPlusMinusOneMatrix involves some work as one cannot simply read-in an MPS file. The key is to use loadProblem to pass in a matrix. So if matrix was a CoinPackedMatrix one could do the following:
ClpPlusMinusOneMatrix plusMinus(matrix); assert (plusMinus.getIndices()); // would be zero if not +- one model.loadProblem(plusMinus, lowerColumn,upperColumn,objective, lower,upper);
ClpNetworkMatrix is similar, but represents a network, thus may only have one element per column. Fortunately, using is is very easy. Given head and tail, one could do the following:
ClpNetworkMatrix network(numberColumns,head,tail); model.loadProblem(network, lowerColumn,upperColumn,objective, lower,upper);
Actual code is in COIN/Clp/Test/unitTest.cpp. A quick glance at the output of this program shows that use of ClpNetworkMatrix gives much faster run times. This is not because of storage issues, but because CLP recognizes the network and uses a network basis factorization which is much faster. However, in this mode CLP is not a genuine network code as it does not take full advantage of the structure by combining operations but it does have the advantage of flexibility.
Other instances are possible. In particular, it should be possible to use the abstract class for column generation or for dynamic matrices which change over time. Minor modifications may be needed but it should work quite smoothly (there is already a dummy "refresh" method which would be used).


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Aspects of Camera Lenses: Anterior Surface
Camera lenses are complex pieces of machinery composed of autofocus motors, mechanical rings, a few lenses (to create a compound lens), an aperture and lots more. Lenses function according to the physical law of optics. When we refer to our lenses, such as a 50mm or a zoom lens, we are referring to the whole lens unit.
The Anterior Surface
Anterior surface refers to the outer most piece of glass on the lens. This is the part of the lens that is furthest away from the photographic medium. It is through here that the light first enters through the lens on it's journey to becoming a photograph. This piece of glass is also most susceptible to damage and should be protected.
If it becomes scratched, it may become necessary to replace the entire lens, as the scratch will be visible in all the photographs that are taken. To help prevent the anterior surface from being scratched, one can purchase a UV filter for about $15 to cover the lens. Thus, any damage sustained happens to the filter and not the lens.
Anterior surface is a name that comes from anatomy. It refers to the cornea, the outer most layer of the eye.


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The Saints: St. David of Wales
c. 520 - 589 / Feast - March 1
Known in Welsh as Dewi, this abbot-bishop is the patron of Wales. According to legend, he was born to a Cardigan chieftan and St. Non, and founded 12 monasteries. Community life was austere, with monks doing manual labor, speaking only when necessary, eating bread and vegetables and drinking water. David's nickname was "man of water." He participated in two Welsh councils, was recognized as primate of Wales and moved the see to Mynyw. His story comes entirely from a single biography written in 1090.


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error recovery support. Functional coverage refers to the system's ability to provide some reasonably simple and fast Method to accomplish every Goal. After the users' Goals are determined, typically all GOMS Methods can provide functional coverage. Functional consistency refers to the system's ability to provide similar Methods to perform similar Goals. NGOMSL is the most appropriate technique to use for functional consistency because it employs a consistence measure. This measure is based on learning time predictions in which a consistent interface uses the same Methods throughout for the same or similar Goals, resulting in fewer Methods to be learned.
Operator sequence refers to whether a technique is capable of predicting the sequence of Operators a user must perform to accomplish a task. CMN-GOMS and NGOMSL can predict the sequence of motor Operators a user will execute while KLM and CPM-GOMS must be supplied with the Operators. The ability of CMN-GOMS and NGOMSL to predict the sequence of Operators is useful in deciding whether to incorporate a new Method into a system. It is also useful in determining how to optimally incorporate training in the use of the new Method. Although CPM-GOMS does not predict Operator sequence for parallel processes, it can be used to examine the effects of design modifications which may alter Operator sequence.
Execution time can be predicted by any of the GOMS techniques given that the user is well practiced and makes no errors throughout the task. Due to the restrictions of thoroughly experienced users and no error performance, the predicted times are actually predictions of optimal execution times for a task. Many predictions of execution times with GOMS techniques have been documented and suggest that further empirical validation is unnecessary.
Learning time is only provided by NGOMSL. This technique measures the time to learn the Methods in the model and any information required by long-term memory to accomplish the Methods. Since absolute predictions of learning time include many complexities, NGOMSL should be limited to learning time predictions for appropriate comparisons of alternative designs.
Error recovery support refers to helping users recover from an error once it has occurred. GOMS typically recognizes whether the system offers a fast, simple and consistent Method for users to apply when recovering from errors. Any of the GOMS techniques can be used to measure the error recovery support of a system.
A table that can be used to help choose the most appropriate GOMS technique based on the type of tasks the users perform and the types of design information is shown in
CPM-GOMS stands for Cognitive, Perceptual, and Motor. It performs at a level of analysis in which the user's cognitive, perceptual, and motor activities are included as simple primitive Operators. This GOMS technique allows for parallel processing, unlike the other three GOMS models. Thus, cognitive, perceptual, and motor activities can be performed in parallel as the task demands.
CPM-GOMS uses a schedule chart (PERT chart) to display the Operators. PERT charts clearly present the tasks which occur in parallel. CPM-GOMS also stands for Critical-Path Method because PERT charts calculate the critical path (the total time) to execute a task. The PERT charts serve as quantitative models as they tell how long certain activities take, and may assign numerical values to tasks. These charts are used by the system interface designers, along with the qualitative models, to design the user interface.
CPM-GOMS is based on the Model Human Processor (MHP). In the MHP, the human is modeled by three processors, namely, a perceptual processor, a cognitive processor, and a motor processor. Although each processor runs serially, processors can run in parallel with each other. CPM-GOMS directly utilizes the MHP by recognizing each of the processors that perform the Operators. It also recognizes the sequential dependencies between the processors. Because CPM-GOMS assumes that the user can perform as fast as the MHP can process, the user must be thoroughly experienced in the task. CPM-GOMS does not model novice users.
For the service representative embodiment, the CPM-GOMS technique will be chosen as the basis for the modeling technique to be used. The CPM-GOMS technique was chosen because it can most appropriately represent the parallel activities that service representatives engage in while performing their tasks for this embodiment.
As previously indicated, CPM-GOMS performs at a level of analysis in which the user's cognitive, perceptual, and motor activities are included as simple primitive Operators. Since GOMS, in general, includes only the level of detail necessary to analyze the design problem, simple primitive Operators will only be examined when necessary for this project. It is expected that discrete groups of users will show behavioral and performance differences in the accomplishment of a task at a level of analysis higher than simple primitive Operators.
The CPM-GOMS technique will incorporate the perceptual and cognitive processes together as one general processor. Thus, any internal Operators will be labeled as general mental Operators. The combining of perpetual and cognitive Operators into one classification was developed to simplify the models and to maintain a level of analysis higher than primitive Operators.
Since the CPM-GOMS uses a PERT chart to display the Operators, it can calculate the critical path of the task. The critical path is the sequence of Operators that produce the longest path through the chart. The sum of the sequence of these Operators equals the total time to execute the task. Empirical data from actual performance of observable motor Operators will be used in the PERT chart. Both empirical data and data from cognitive psychology will be used to determine execution times of the mental Operators.
These execution times are helpful to determine the overall time of execution per processor/category for each task. For example, in a hypothetical task, the service representative's execution time may be divided into 48% talking (motor operators: verbal responses), 39% listening (mental operators), 8% waiting for the system (system response), and 5% typing (motor operators: hand movements). The execution times are also instrumental when comparing different tasks, the same task in a different system, or the performance of different types of users.
Another reason CPM-GOMS technique was chosen relates to its ability to compare alternative designs that aren't currently built or prototyped. The CPM-GOMS models of the existing system can determine the effects of changes to current tasks, which in turn can facilitate the development of the proposed system. The models can also be used as baseline models for the proposed (redesigned) system. The models can be compared with models of the proposed system to examine the efficiency and consistency of the proposed system and the ability for users to convert to the proposed system.
The CPM-GOMS technique can also be used to help develop the documentation and training material. Typically, documentation should be task-oriented. GOMS provides a theory-based empirically validated, and systematic approach to determine the necessary content of task-oriented documentation and training material. In addition, since CPM-GOMS can predict execution time differences between different Methods, the most efficient Methods and Selection rules could be highlighted in the documentation and users could be educated and encouraged to adopt these in training sessions.
The CPM-GOMS technique used will document four major categories, namely, system response, customer response, mental operators, and motor operators. Mental operators include perceptual and cognitive Operators. Motor operators are divided into manual movements, verbal responses, and eye movements.
All aspects of each user's task will be sequentially categorized into cells during the task analysis. A cell is a categorized event at an appropriate level of detail. Customer response, motor operators, and system response will be recorded in the cells when the user is performing the task. Mental operators will be recorded in the cells after the completion of the task. Mental operators will be added based on empirically validated theories in cognitive psychology and input from the users.
After the task is broken into cells and all of the cells are determined and categorized, the cells are connected to each other based on their precursor needs. Next, execution times are included for each cell and then the CPM-GOMS model emerges.
There will be three levels of detail in task analysis: A, B, and C. The level "A" task analysis will be when design team members are trained to capture observed behavior while sitting and recording the service representative's actions. The level "B" task analysis will be captured primarily through videotape and keystroke data. The level "C" task analysis will be by capturing key strokes, user attention through eye tracking, and through video tape.
Task analysis detail, level "A", is focused on team members capturing behavior that can be observed while sitting next to the service representative and recording their actions manually. The steps of this level are shown in
Task analysis detail, level "B", is focused on team members capturing behavior that can be observed and recorded on video while the service representative is in their normal environment or while in a laboratory environment. The recorded information will be video and audio. The steps of this level are shown in
Task analysis detail, level "C", is focused on team members capturing behavior that can be observed and recorded on video and, most importantly where the service representative is looking or searching, while the service representative is in a laboratory environment. Although the recorded information will be video and audio, the focus for this level is on the eye tracking information and data. The steps of this level are shown in
The information and data that is gathered during this level of task analysis can be very useful during the design phase of systems development. One particular eye tracking data set is the characteristic search patterns of the users. How the users search the screen provides some excellent insights into how the users process the information being presented on the screen. This information and data from the eye tracking analysis assists in describing how users (actually groups or categories of


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basic knowledge which will allow them to treat and protect themselves from illness. This information is important for ordinary people, so the Linked Open Data based herb system is valuable. It will help people to reduce the costs of healthcare. Therefore, these information focus on the medicinal properties of the plant (i.e., what illness can it be applied to, which body part does it affect/ cure, the preparation mode, and the plant part to be used). Due to unstructured and scattered herb information published in majority of herbal portal nowadays, the design of ontology is one of the best techniques to organize the herbal research information. Therefore, development of Nepalese herb information system as a linked database for herbal research domain will be crucial for a feeling of social participation. The proposed system is for providing linked information about herbs that are required by herb researchers and those that researchers are willing to share. Furthermore, new technologies have been brought into this system as well. Resource Description Framework (RDF) is used to define all entities of herbs, all of which are conveniently changed entities. Furthermore, RDF is also useful for linking herbs to external datasets by using the Linked Open Data (LOD). On the other hand, this system can retrieve information about herbs from LOD which corresponds to the binomial name of the herb in the system.
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Title: A Framework for Information and Communication Technologies Adoption at Small and Medium Enterprises in a Context of Nepal
Abstract: ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) Adoption at SMEs (Small and Medium sized Enterprises) in developing countries has always been a field of challenge and area of interest to address on various factors determining the key issues affecting adoption of ICT. This study has been a theoretical contribution by proposing a conceptual framework for SMEs ICT readiness and adoption, on the basis of the investigating factors affecting ICT Adoption and Maintenance in SMEs and identifying key components, and practically providing significant multifaceted in-depth study on selected ICT adopted SMEs in developing countries in a context to Nepal, which would assist on further research and making strategies and regulatory for ICT professionalism.


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With "cell" I mean the value of a particular column in a particular row. I'm not sure if its called just "cell" or this is a spreadsheet thing.
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It's called a field when on a database: _URL_ also _URL_(database)
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In SQL terminology, we have Tables, Rows and Columns. The term Column is applied to the table as a whole, and also within a single row.
In relational theory, we have Relations, Tuples, and Attributes, filling similar roles.
(Going a bit Celko here): Generally, the term Field fits into the terminology of Files and Records, and doesn't fit within DB naming.


10 Reasons Why Le Guin's Earthsea Books Can Still Change Your Life
Le Guin's Earthsea books consist of a trilogy, published between 1968 and 1972, and then two other novels, from 1990 and 2001, plus a short story collection. You can read just the original trilogy, and get a rich, bracing saga — but if you choose to read the two later books, you'll find Le Guin turning a lot of the themes of the original trilogy on their heads. So here's why these books, even in the midst of so much fantasy bounty nowadays, are still essential and amazing:
1) They offer three very different takes on the heroic journey
We live in a time when the "Hero's Journey" rules popular culture, in the wake of Star Wars. But years before George Lucas decided to distill Joseph Campbell into a simple space Western, Le Guin had already come up with two versions of the "rise to heroism" story, which turn a lot of your expectations on their heads. First the wizard Ged becomes a hero mainly by facing his own darkness and fixing his own awful mistakes. And then the young priestess Tenar comes into her own, reclaiming her identity with Ged's help, and they wind up rescuing each other. Later, in Tehanu, Le Guin gives us still a third heroic origin story, of a girl who turns out to have a unique connection to dragons.
2) They're about life in an Archipelago
and that's something that could be very relevant to a lot of us in the future — many futurists believe that with rising sea levels, coastal cities will become archipelagos. So the fact that the Earthsea books take place in an archipelago, made up of hundreds of islands with cities and settlements on them, is helpful to those of us coast-dwellers who want to imagine our own futures.
3) They're about facing up to the reality of death
Without giving major spoilers, as the series goes on, Le Guin deals more and more with the idea that accepting your own death is one of the keys to sanity and goodness. When one character tries to become immortal, he nearly wrecks the entire world — and later, in the final book, we learn that the afterlife itself wasn't what we thought it was, in a philosophical masterstroke.
4) Le Guin has the best dragons
As Campbell Award-nominated writer Max Gladstone (Three Parts Dead) argues over at The Ranting Dragon:
LeGuin's dragons set the gold standard. Ancient, wise, capricious, beautiful, mighty, and sometimes sad, she salts Tolkein's profoundly Western dragons—for all his majesty, Smaug the Terrible is a clear descendant of the "St. George" and the species of dragon—with elements of the Chinese demigod. LeGuin's dragons, especially in Earthsea, are selfish and terrifying in a way that Chinese dragons don't tend to be, but their power and wisdom is of a kind. Her dragons point to the wonder and the danger of her world and its magic—which is to say, the wonder and danger of the truth, beyond and beneath all transformation and evasion.
And he argues that Le Guin's influence on more recent dragons, including Temeraire, is massively underestimated.
10 Reasons Why Le Guin's Earthsea Books Can Still Change Your Life
5) It's like the anti-Narnia
Le Guin creates a fantasy world that appeals to a lot of fans of C.S. Lewis' Narnia books — it's another secondary world where there are fantasy creatures and legends that feel timeless. But in a 1982 interview, Le Guin said "the view of life and death in Earthsea is not only non-Christian but anti-Christian." Le Guin has said the spirituality in Earthsea is largely based on Daoism. So if you want an antidote to the Christian allegories in Narnia and other works, Earthsea is a great alternative.
6) It's fantasy where you can feel the interaction of cultures
And this is one reason why attempts to adapt the series, including Syfy's widely criticized miniseries, fail so badly. In Earthsea, Ged and the other wizards are dark-skinned, and we get to see a lot of their interaction with other groups, including the light-skinned Kargs, who have a very different approach to magic and their own set of gods. People pay lip-service to the idea of "multicultural fantasy" — but this is a series where cultures interact in a meaningful way, much like in Le Guin's other great anthropological novels like The Left Hand of Darkness.
7) It's one of the few series that gracefully ages its characters.
Even just in the original trilogy, Le Guin shows Ged moving past "coming of age" into confident adulthood and then into real maturity — but when she returns to the series in Tehanu and The Other Wind, she gives us older versions of Ged, Tenar and other major characters, who have aged in real time and have very different perspectives than their younger selves. But also, Le Guin manages to show us a youthful romance between Ged and Tenar, and then a romance in old age — which is one of the great pleasures of a series that allows its characters not just to grow up, but to grow old.
8) A really good system of magic.
Long before Hogwarts, Le Guin gave us a great wizard academy on Roke — and there's a terrific system of magic in Earthsea, which is based on knowing the true names of things and using them to shape the world. But also, Le Guin's fantastic worldbuilding integrates magic into every part of Earthsea, so that we see statecraft and social interactions through the lens of magic. The whole thing feels like something you could learn yourself, if you could only make the trip to Roke.
9) A fantasy series with a feminist message
When you get to the final two Earthsea novels, Le Guin revisits the patriarchal society she created in the first trilogy, and shows how a lot of the things we thought were iron-clad laws were only rules made by the men in charge. And going hand in hand with the revelations about death and the nature of magic, these books turn the whole of Earthsea into a brilliant narrative about discovering that the world is bigger, and more amazing, than any hierarchy can encompass.
10) It will teach you to become a good person
The first book, A Wizard of Earthsea, doesn't just show Ged going through a rite of passage — some scholars argue that reading this book could serve as a rite of passage for children reading it. But with the later books, especially Tehanu, write Laura B. Comoletti and Michael D.C. Drout in their essay "How They Do Things With Words":
Le Guin demonstrates that after the rite of passage is completed the child must settle into the difficult, frustrating chore of being an adult, fighting the endless tiny existential social battles — be they struggles against gender oppression, inequities of power, illegitimate domination, and the enforcement of ideology on unwilling minds, or the crises of conscience, losses of motivation, and fears of failure — that make up adult life.
In these books, growing up isn't something you do until you reach adulthood, and then stop doing — it's a process that continues for the rest of your life.
Thanks to Annalee, Liz, Michael Ann and Amber for the feedback and suggestions! Additional sources: Ranting Dragon, Tor.com, Children's Literature, Planet of the Hats


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Updated: Jun 30, 2020
What does Old World Wine mean? Find out the differences between New World and Old World wine and how wine-making practices and regional climate significantly affect the taste of wine.
The spread of wine-making and Vitis vinifera grapes from the Middle East into Europe defines what areas are part of the Old World (in terms of wine). Public Domain Map by Anonymous circa 1570
New World vs. Old World Wine
Old World Wine
Old world wines are from countries or regions where winemaking (with Vitis vinifera grapes) first originated.
Old world wine countries include France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Austria, Hungary, and Germany. Based on the definition, countries like Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, and Moldova are also able to be considered old world wine regions!
New World Wine
New world wines are from countries or regions where winemaking (and Vitis vinifera grapes) were imported during (and after) the age of exploration.
New world wine countries include: the United States, Australia, South Africa, Chile, Argentina, and New Zealand are New World wine regions. Also, based on the definition, China, India, South Africa, and Japan are new world wine regions.
Do Old World Wines Taste Different Than New World Wines?
Yes, they often do. The differences in Old World and New World wines come from winemaking practices (tradition) and the effect of the land and climate on the grapes (the "terroir").
 - Old World wines are often described as tasting lighter, having less alcohol, having higher acidity, and tasting less fruity.
 - New World wines are often described as tasting riper, having higher alcohol, having less acidity, and tasting more fruity.
Despite these common descriptors between New and Old World wines, there are plenty of exceptions to the rule. This is because winemakers have a fair amount of control when it comes to affecting how a wine will ultimately taste. Call it a winemaking preference if you want. Many Old World regions have rules and regulations that dictate winemaking practices, which decides a wine's style.
For example, if you made Malbec with the same winemaking methodologies in Mendoza, Argentina, and then in Cahors, France, the wines would taste similar but not the same. In this case, The difference is in the conditions (the climate, the microfauna, etc.) of the two regions.
Two Examples
Bordeaux Merlot vs. California Merlot
2008 Rombauer Merlot California Critic Review
"This elegant, focused version delivers currant and floral herb aromas and appealing cherry, caramel, and spice flavors. Drink now through 2017." -Wine Spectator ANALYSIS Wine Spectator is quick to announce the fruit characteristics of this wine first and also discuss "Caramel" and "Spice," which indicate oak aging. "Floral Herb" is mentioned as an aroma but not a flavor, saying that this wine may smell complex but tastes more fruity. Rombauer has long been known for making very fruit-forward wines in the past, and Wine Spectator says this one is not as bold or lush as the others with the word "Elegant."
2009 Chateau Siaurac France Critic Review
"Attractive truffle, graphite and plum notes intermixed with mocha and black cherry cascade from the glass of this supple, chunky, fleshy wine. There is good glycerin, purity, and overall character to this wine, which can be drunk over the next decade." -Robert Parker ANALYSIS Robert Parker reveals the most prevalent flavors of this wine first in his description of Chateau Siaurac. By saying the words "Graphite," "Truffle," and "Chunky," he is telling us that the wine is more earthy. The indication of its expected age-worthiness of a decade, Parker is saying that the wine has the 4 components that make a wine age-worthy. This does not mean that the wine will necessarily drink well now.
Loire Sauvignon Blanc vs. New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc
2011 Brancott Sauvignon Blanc New Zealand Critic Review
"Brancott sets the style for clean, oceanic Marlborough sauvignon with this mouthwatering wine. There's a touch of flint in the aroma, bright passionfruit flavors, and fresh acidity to balance it." -Wine & Spirits ANALYSIS Wine & Spirits suggests that the wine has a unique mineral aroma, but says that overall it tastes of passionfruit. "Passionfruit" in Sauvignon Blanc is a ripe flavor, whereas flavors like "Lemon" and "Pepper" indicate a less ripe grape.
2011 Les Roches Touraine Blanc France Critic Review
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When presenting projects in competitive design environments, how you say something is as important as what you're actually saying. Projects are increasingly complex and designers are working from more sources, and many designers are familiar with the struggle to harness this information and craft a meaningful and engaging story from it.
Telling the Design Story: Effective and Engaging Communication teaches designers to craft cohesive and innovative presentations through storytelling. From the various stages of the creative process to the nuts and bolts of writing for impact, speaking skills, and creating visuals, Amy Huber provides a comprehensive approach for designers creating presentations for clients. Including chapter by chapter exercises, project briefs, and forms, this is an essential resource for students and practicing designers alike.
Amy M. Huber is an Assistant Professor at Florida State University, teaching in areas of Advanced Computer Applications, Advanced Visual Communications, and Design Studios. She has presented on the topic of Design Communications at both national and international conferences, and her research has been published in the Journal of Interior Design and the International Journal of Architectural Research. Previously, Huber was a Senior Designer with Gensler in Denver. There, she played an instrumental role in projects that have been recognized on state and national venues, including a 2014 AIA National Merit Award. She has interviewed for projects and presented ideas in settings ranging from elevators to auditoriums.
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I am trying to draw an ellipse in Qt and the border on the edges goes thin in some places.
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When painting a shape with an outline, you have to factor in the width of the pen. So in your case, change to this:
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- Lift your finger, and then tap the tap sensor rather firmly.
- If you do not put the headset's units on both of your ears, you can't adjust the volume, even if you tap the tap sensors.
- If the tap sensors are disabled, you can't adjust the volume. Use the following procedure to reactivate the tap sensors.
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I would like to control my dc motor using the Arduino Uno WiFi Rev2 using an html range slider. Now I can control the motors speed and direction using push buttons just fine. My code is posted below of what I've done so far.
client.println(".class-name{writing-mode: bt-lr; webkit-appearance: slider-vertical;width: 8px;height: 175px;padding: 0 5px;}");
client.println("");
This code below is the current button code. I need the below code to be used by the slider code above:
if (currentLine.endsWith("GET /MONFWD")) {
digitalWrite(MOTOR_A_ONE, HIGH); // Establishes forward direction of Channel A
delay(1000); // DELAY BEFORE RELEASING BRAKE
digitalWrite(MOTOR_A_TWO, LOW); // Disengage the Brake for Channel A
analogWrite(MOTOR_A_ENGAGE, 255); // Spins the motor forward on Channel A at full speed
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 And what is your question? You didn't ask one. Please describe, what exactly your problem is in writing the needed code. – chrisl Oct 18 '19 at 1:05
Here's an example of slider that changes a Servo speed, In html page code you have to add this:

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var slider = document.getElementById("myRange");
var output = document.getElementById("demo");
output.innerHTML = slider.value;
slider.onchange = function() {
 output.innerHTML = this.value;
function pwm_change(val) {
 var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
 xhttp.open("GET", "setPWM?PWMval="+val, true);
In arduino you have to define handler like this:
void handle_pwm() {
 String pwm_val = server.arg("PWMval"); // reading from slider on html pagae
 Serial.print("slider val: ");
int pwm_value = map(pwm_val.toInt(), 0, 1023, 0, 180);
server.send(200,"text/plane","0"); // handling the webpage update
And define servo and handler in Setup() section:
void setup(void){
server.on("/setPWM", handle_pwm);
 - I'm not using the servo.h library...I'm using a motor shield which already works with the push buttons....if I ignore the servo.write and servo.attach arguments the code should work fine correct? – PilotinControl Oct 18 '19 at 18:14
 - Also the above code is not compatible with the Arduino Uno WiFi Rev 2. It does not use server.on or server.arg – PilotinControl Oct 18 '19 at 20:44
 - no difference, you can follow the above example for both motor shield and Uno WIFI board, just replace servo.write() command with motor.setSpeed() for changing DC motor's speed in motor shield.just need to map slider value (0-1023) to your motor speed range,that is usually (0-255). And by using libraries like WiFiNINA, you can have server.xyz arguments for Uno Wifi board so. – M sayeh Oct 18 '19 at 21:46
 - I am using the WiFiNINA library and there are no equivalents for server.arg and server.on except for client.read and client.println. Also no matter where I put the function handle_pwm it throws errors. The slider works fine as I did change the values there. Its getting the function to line up with the slider that its not working. I currently have 3 push buttons that work. Motor FWD, MotorREV and MotorBrake those work fine. I just need a slider to control the motor speed smoothly – PilotinControl Oct 18 '19 at 23:04
 - the above example is originally written for Nodemcu board,It enjoys much easier libraries to parse http requests,like ESP8266 WebServer lib including server.arg command and etc... for Arduino Uno WiFi Rev 2,it is not seemingly as various as nodemcu,so,you should deal with the http requests with commands like client.read(), currentLine.endsWith() and equivalents like this. – M sayeh Oct 19 '19 at 0:00
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Nuclear body seeks new technology
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The UN agency aims to keep an eye on nuclear plants across the world
The computer systems used to monitor the world's nuclear power installations are so outdated that they are hampering the work of inspectors.
A spokesman for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said its current technology could allow key information to be overlooked as it was more than 20 years old.
Such systems are the only method of tracking nuclear material worldwide.
The agency has appealed for more funds to update its hardware and software.
"A major overhaul of the system is needed to allow inspectors immediate, secure online access to information," said project manager Livio Costantini.
Inefficient search
IAEA inspectors make around 3,000 visits a year to more than 900 nuclear facilities worldwide.
They are there to verify official reports of activities in the plants, to carry out environmental checks, and also to look for any signs that nuclear material is being smuggled in or out of the facility.
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Hundreds of nuclear facilities worldwide are inspected
The computer system inspectors currently use for comparing data from earlier visits, for instance, was built in the 1970s and largely paper based.
An IAEA spokesman said this was extremely inefficient and makes searching for anomalies like searching for a needle in a haystack.
The organisation is aiming to start a system upgrade in November, aiming to provide inspectors in the field with secure online access to previous inspection data, design blueprints of nuclear facilities, even satellite images of the plant.
Where possible, it hopes to link the system with national records of the import and export of nuclear materials.
Further analysis of these could help spot potential smuggling activities or illicit technology transfers between countries, according to a spokesman.
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Computer specialist at the IAEA, Peter Smith, would like to be able to incorporate state of the art visualisation techniques, more familiar to video games players, into the inspector's toolkit.
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The IAEA estimates the total cost of the four-year project to upgrade its technology will be $40m. So far it has only received $11m from the US and the UK.
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