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Have you ever worried that your child may be injured when not in your presence and Emergency Personnel won't have the vital information necessary to perform? The MY ID CLUB card:
- Provides an avenue that any critical medical information can be passed to First Responders in case of injury to the child, including existing medical conditions or allergies
Have you ever lost track of your child while in a crowded mall, city fair or carnival? The MY ID CLUB card:
- Can be given to security personnel immediately, by the child or by the guardian, if they are temporarily lost or separated to ensure a speedy recovery.
How many times have you had to write down critical information about your child to pass along to the babysitter, Grandma or Aunt when they are caring for your child? The MY ID CLUB card:
- Can be given to another trusted adult who may be caring for the child
- Allows parents to feel more secure when their child is being cared for by another trusted adult
Has your child ever expressed fear about Police Officers or other Emergency Personnel? The MY ID CLUB card:
- Bridges the gap between children and Law Enforcement
We have found through the years that the MY ID CLUB card encourages children to be more responsible for their safety, helping them to make better decisions.
According to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC):
- 797,500 children (younger than 18) are reported missing in a one-year period
- 2,185 children are reported missing each day
- 203,900 children were the victims of family abductions
- 58,200 children were the victims of non-family abductions
- 115 children were the victims of stereotypical kidnapping
The NCMEC also advises:
- Checking with your local law enforcement agency to locate opportunities in your neighborhood.
- Only parents and/or guardians should store and have access to the information on the card. The information should not be stored in a central database
- The NCMEC encourages every family to have a current head and shoulders color photograph for their child(ren)'s identification in which the face is clearly visible. Photographs and descriptive information should be updated every six months or more often if the child's appearance changes due to loss of tooth, a change in hairstyle, etc.
Being actively involved in the community we were able to see first-hand the numerous challenges faced by parents and guardians when trying to keep their children safe in today's rapidly evolving world. The MY ID CLUB program was created in 1997 in Seattle, WA as a community service program of the King County Police Union to address these concerns. Our goal was to issue photograph/fingerprint identification cards to all children under the age of 16, FREE of charge. Since then, we have completed over 1,700 events in 55 different cities, issuing over 400,000 ID cards.
The enormous popularity of the program, the genuine need for its existence, as well as the numerous requests we've received, has prompted us to offer this program to other Law Enforcement or Fire Department agencies interested in assisting the families in their communities.


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Private collector
Spink & Son Ltd., London, to 1999
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Spink & Son Ltd. in 1999
 According to Curatorial Note 3 in the object record.
- Previous Owner(s)
Spink & Son Ltd.
Popular tales and lively images played a role in transmitting beliefs and values to the Jain community. The Shripalarasa is a narrative that recounts the wondrous adventures of the Jain Prince Shripala, who travels to distant lands in search of trade and wealth. In this unusually large and vivacious painting, the artist represents the Prince's ship as a British vessel. The inscriptions scattered across the painting, which repetively identify parts of the ship, indicate a fascination with seafaring. The depiction of the Union Jack lends immediacy to a story that took place long before the British came to India.
- Published References
- Pratapaditya Pal. The Peaceful Liberators: Jain Art from India. Exh. cat. New York and Los Angeles. cat. 120, pp. 256-257.
- Lincoln Paine. The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World. New York..
- Collection Area(s)
- South Asian and Himalayan Art
- Web Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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Intellient Lens Memory?
So does this actually re-scale the video from the source to use the entire panel, or as I would suspect just zoom the image to fit the screen?
In other words, the 2.40:1 image is zoomed to fit the screen but there is no increase in the number of pixels being used as in a true anamorphic compression/lens set up.


, and then a list of characters
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φ # Push the golden ratio constant (1.618033988749895)
 ░▒ # And convert it to a list of characters as well
 ^ # Zip the two lists together to create pairs
 ╞╞ # Remove the first two pairs (leading "1.")
m # Map over each remaining pair,
 Å # using the following 2 commands:
 ▀ # Uniquify the pair
 £ # And pop and push its length
 2= # Then get the first (0-based) index of a 2 in this list
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The /░▒φ░▒^ could alternatively be /░φ░^2/ for the same byte-count, where the zip will create a single string and we split it into pairs with 2/.
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.41667 octave:5> volume = (houseside_length + creekside_length) * width * height volume = 13.333
The compost box is 6' x 4' and currently holds eight inches of usable compost.
octave:6> box_width = 6 box_wight = 6 octave:7> box_depth = 4 box_depth = 4 octave:8> compost_height = 8/12 compost_height = 0.66667 octave:9> compost_volume = box_width * box_depth * compost_height compost_volume = 16
Oh no, we have just dug our own grave. We have got enough compost! What about taping the match on the VCR?
Until now we have not exploited where computers are really good at: repetitive work.
Say we got a long receipt from the grocery store. [Your ad here!] How can we get the VAT in Dollars on each item given the gross amount and the VAT rate in percent? The formula
vat_percent / 100 vat = --------------------- * gross_amount 1 + vat_percent / 100
is trivial, but we want to save us repeated typing.
The list of all gross amounts in the receipt forms what numerical programs call a vector. Vectors are built from values by enclosing these values in square brackets and separating them with commas like this:
octave:1> gross = [1.49, 4.98, 0.79, 5.49, 0.96, 0.96, 0.96, 0.96] gross =
1.49000 4.98000 0.79000 5.49000 0.96000 0.96000 0.96000 0.96000
The vector is built from left to right using our supplied numbers in the same order that we enter them.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if we simply wrote:
(vat_percent/100) / (1 + vat_percent/100) and get the VAT of each item?
It really is that simple.
octave:2> vat_percent = 7 vat_percent = 7 octave:3> a = (vat_percent/100) / (1 + vat_percent/100) a = 0.065421 octave:4> vat = a * gross vat =
0.097477 0.325794 0.051682 0.359159 0.062804 0.062804 0.062804 0.062804
Wow -- it works! For the first time we have really gained convenience and expressiveness: a single multiplication sign performs eight multiplications in a row.
What has happened?
vat_percent is a single value, which is
called scalar in numerics to distinguish it from vectors. Well, if
vat_percent is a scalar, then
1 + vat_percent/100, and
a are scalars, too.
a must be multiplied with vector
gross. What we wanted and what happened was that
multiplied in turn with every element of
gross. This holds for
every operator, not only multiplication! In general
vector op scalar
scalar op vector
apply scalar to every element in vector according to operation op. In our example, this is as if we had written the following
vat(1) = a * gross(1) vat(2) = a * gross(2)... vat(8) = a * gross(8)
where we have introduced a new piece of syntax: vector indexing. Each
element (a scalar) of a vector can be accessed by its index, which is
the number of it's place in the vector. The index is written in parenthesis
after the vector. For example, to get the second element in
gross, we write
octave:5> gross(2) ans = 4.9800
Elements in vectors can be assigned to with the same syntax. Just place the
indexed vector to the left of the assignment sign, for example,
What else can be thought of as a vector of numbers besides our receipt? Any series of values! Most of the time the values will be related, like the temperature measured each day at 8am, the diameters of a batch of metal rods, the velocities of all westbound traffic across Buffalo Street at the corner of West Clinton Street on Wednesday April 18, 2001. As we are living in the Digital Age, many more series of data fit the notion of a vector: every piece of music on a CD is a vector of sound amplitudes and the indices mark discrete moments in time.
sin, can be used on vectors.
v = [0.12, 0.89, 0.78, 0.10] sin(v)
sin([0.12, 0.89, 0.78, 0.10])
gross = #(1.49, 4.98,..., 0.96).
gross. Warning for C programmers: Though the square brackets look like C, the lowest index always is 1.

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Hippocampal volume loss in depression reflects glial loss
Depression has been associated with reduced volume of the hippocampus in magnetic resonance imaging studies in humans. A new study now clarifies the cellular basis of these volumetric changes, which have been unclear until now. Beginning in the 1980s, a series of studies in rodents suggested that an area of the hippocampus, a brain region implicated in mood and memory, was particularly vulnerable to stress. When analyzing the brain tissue in detail, they reported loss of nerve cells called neurons with stress.
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Generally, there are many reasons for overheating of bearings in automatic wire crimping machines. Among them, there are several common reasons. The wire crimping machine manufacturer introduce several reasons as below:
Because the axis of the axle and the axis of the mechanical equipment driven by the terminal machine are not on the same line, or because of the inaccurate processing, the inner circle of the bearing cap is eccentric, so that the bearing cap and the axle are friction with each other. Light bearings heat, serious smoke, large high-speed motors will soon rub red. At this time, the machine should be stopped immediately, otherwise the automatic terminal machine will be burnt down.
3. The unbalance of inner and outer rings of steel ball bearings is one of the causes of heating.
The unbalance of inner and outer rings of terminal machine may be caused by machining. Because the seat and cover of automatic terminal machine are processed separately, sometimes the bearing holes on the two end caps are not coaxial (that is, the center line is not on one line). In addition, poor assembly, uneven tightness of the screw on the end cover, dust and dirt on the stop, etc., may also make the inner and outer rings unbalanced. If the inner and outer rings of the bearing are unbalanced, the steel beads and the inner and outer rings will be scraped, and the friction will increase and heat up. If there is no other reason, wipe the nose clean and reinstall, screw tighten one by one in diagonal order. A small amount of errors in processing can be improved by gradual automatic adjustment.
4. Too much or too little lubricating oil is also the cause of heating.
Bearing is used for a long time, the internal lubricant gradually reduces, resulting in insufficient lubrication, increased friction loss, so that the bearing heating, long-term oil shortage operation will cause bearing damage. Too much oil or too thick oil can also cause bearing overheating. In addition, if the lubricating oil is mixed with hard impurities, the bearings are not cleaned, or the bearings are cleaned with dirty oil, so that there are sand particles and iron chips in the bearings, the mechanical friction of the bearings will be increased and the bearings will be heated, and the bearings will be easily damaged due to the role of impurities.


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Quimby - what does Quimby surname mean?
Recorded in the various spellings of Quimby, Quinby, Quenby, and Quemby, this is a locational English surname which originates from a village called Quenby in the county of Leicestershire. The village name and hence the surname is of 7th century Olde English origins, but with a later Danish-Viking overlap. The translation is from the words 'Cwene-berg' and means 'The Queen's Manor', although the 'berg' was later transmuted to the Danish 'bi' meaning farm. The first known official recording is that in the 1086 Domesday Book when it appears as 'Queneberie' becoming Quenby in the records of the year 1242. Who the original Queen was who held this manor is unknown, but no doubt it was associated with the kingdom of Mercia. The recordings of the surname are much later and like most locational surnames refer initially to the lord of the manor. Whether the later nameholders are decended from him or whether they assumed their name when they moved elsewhere from the village, can only be decided by a full genealogical survey. Early examples of the surname recording include Jane Quenby, who married William Beech at St George's chapel, Hanover Square, London, in 1791, but the first known all recordings is that of Ralph de Quenebi, in the Hundred Rolls of the county of Huntingdon, in the year 1272. This was during the reign of King Edward 1st, 1272 - 1307.
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Researchers at the University of Kansas say that people can accurately judge 90% of a stranger's personality by simply looking at their shoes.
"Shoes convey a thin but useful slice of information about their wearers," the authors wrote in the new study published in the Journal of Research in Personality. "Shoes serve a practical purpose, and also serve as nonverbal cues with symbolic messages. People tend to pay attention to the shoes they and others wear."
Medical Daily reports that the number of detailed personality traits detected in the study include a person's age, their gender, income, political affiliation, and other personality traits, including someone's emotional stability.
Lead researcher Omri Gillath said the judgments were based on style, cost, color, and condition of someone's shoes. In the study, 63 University of Kansas students looked at pictures showing 208 different pairs of shoes worn by the study's participants. Volunteers in the study were photographed in their most commonly worn shoes, and then filled out a personality questionnaire.
So, what do your shoes say about your personality?
People with higher incomes wore expensive shoes, and flashier footwear was typically worn by extroverts. However, some of the more specific results are intriguing. For example, practical and functional shoes were generally worn by more "agreeable" people, while ankle boots were more closely aligned with "aggressive" personalities. The strangest of all may be that those who wore uncomfortable looking shoes tend to have "calm" personalities. There was also the political calculation that liberals wear shabbier and less expensive shoes.
"Shoes have a wide variety of styles, brands, looks, and functions. Because of this variety, shoes can carry individual difference information, but do they? We suggest the answer is yes," the study authors wrote.
And if you have several new pair of shoes or take exceptionally good care of them, you may suffer from "attachment anxiety", spending an inordinate amount of time worrying about what others think about your appearance.
The researchers noted that some people will chose shoe styles to mask their actual personality traits, but researchers noted that volunteers were also likely to be unaware that their footwear choices were revealing deep insights about their personalities.
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Device for establishing a horizontal plane. It consists of a small, sealed glass tube containing liquid and an air bubble; the tube is fixed horizontally in a block or frame with a smooth lower surface. When the bubble is in the middle of the glass tube, the device is on a level surface; adjustment to the horizontal is indicated by movement of the bubble. The glass tube is slightly bowed, and the level's sensitivity is proportional to the radius of curvature.
This entry comes from Encyclopædia Britannica Concise. For the full entry on level, visit Britannica.com.


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Un-acid the rain.
Tell polluters: Refrain!
Help the rain forests gain, not grow smaller.
From "Prayer of the Good Green Boy" in Sad Underwear and Other Complications
By Janice Harayda
Children's books about rainforests are too much with us. Trees are dying for these books at an alarming rate, creating a literary Robin Hood effect.
But children's poems about rainforests are harder to find, perhaps because poets of yesteryear wrote about "jungles" instead. One the few I've found that would suit grades 3 and up is "Rainforest," by the late Australian poet and conservationist Judith Wright, which appears in Classic Poems to Read Aloud (Kingfisher, 256 pp., $8.95, paperback, ages 8–12), an excellent anthology compiled by James Berry.
"Rainforest" consists of 12 lines of iambic tetrameter that celebrate the interdependence of the creatures in natural world. Wright makes an implicit plea for biodiversity in the poem, which begins: "The forest drips and glows with green. / The tree frog croaks his far-off song. / His voice is stillness, moss and rain / drunk from the forest ages long." The most unusual aspect of this poem is that Wright has arranged its lines in the shape of a tree trunk. This is a subtle example of what's known as a pattern poem, a poem in which the words or letters form a typographical picture that relates to the subject.
Apart from that device, "Rainforest" works better as an environmental manifesto than as art. Judith Viorst has more success with "Prayer of the Good Green Boy," found in Sad Underwear and Other Complications: More Poems for Children and Their Parents (Aladdin, 80 pp., $6.99, paperback, ages 7 and up). This witty and ironic poem puts a child's love for the environment in the context of his other concerns, using spirited anapestic lines: "Un-acid the rain. / Tell polluters: Refrain! / Help the rain forests gain, not grow smaller." The poem ends: "And — oh yes — one more thing. / Could you please make me four inches taller?"
Many good poems, if not specifically about rainforests, deal with creatures who may inhabit them. Classic Poems to Read Aloud also has a section of poems about fish, birds, animals, or insects, including some found in jungles. Among them: William Blake's ""The Tiger," Ted Hughes's "The Jaguar" and Randall Jarrell's "Bats." Then there George Macbeth's "Insects," which laments the perils of sharing a household with flies, mosquitoes and other winged creatures. Any rainforest explorer might identify with lines like: "I swat at my forehead, I scratch at my ankles, / Mole and wart, and a rash that rankles."
You may also want to look at a picture book for slightly younger children, Over in the Jungle: A Rainforest Rhyme (Dawn, 32 pp., $8.95, paperback), by Marianne Berkes and by Jeanette Canyon, which I haven't seen it. It begins: "Over in the jungle / Where the trees greet the sun / Lived a mother marmoset / And her marmoset one."
You can also follow Janice Harayda (_USER_) on Twitter, where she often writes about books for children or teenagers.
© 2008 Janice Harayda. All rights reserved.


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Scientists at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters have designed a new fuel cell inspired by the bronchial structure of the lungs. The new design requires less of the expensive platinum catalyst while also boosting efficiency.
The fuel cell features channels modeled after bronchial tubes that supply hydrogen and oxygen to their respective electrodes. This system spreads the gases more uniformly across the electrodes, which boosts the cell's efficiency and creates greater surface area so that less platinum is required.
Hydrogen fuel cells are still too cost prohibitive (among other things) for mass production and a lot of that has to do with the platinum catalyst. This design is pretty exciting because it would lower the cost of the fuel cell while also boosting output. That's a win-win.
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John Joseph Lynott
Born August 25, 1921 - April 20, 1994
Direct Access Magnetic Disc Storage Device
Patent #: 3,503,060
John Lynott and William Goddard, together with Louis Stevens and a team of engineers, invented a unique magnetic disk storage device at the IBM Lab in San Jose in the 1950s. The magnetic disk drive replaced data stored on punch cards and magnetic tape with almost instant, direct access storage and retrieval.Invention Impact
The magnetic disk drive consisted
of a stack of closely spaced, magnetically-coated disks mounted on a
rotating shaft, with read-write heads which did not physically touch the
storage surface. Lynott and Goddard key contribution was the air-bearing
head, which "floated" very close to the rotating disks without actually
touching, greatly increased the speed of access.
Born in Johnson City, New York, Lynott attended Syracuse University. He earned 25 patents for his work in mass-data storage during his 27-year career at IBM.


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Let us consider a 2D irrotational flow, such that $\nabla\times\boldsymbol u =\boldsymbol 0$. Defining the stream function such that $\boldsymbol u =\nabla\times\psi \boldsymbol n$ where $\boldsymbol n$ is the unit vector perpendicular to the plane of the motion. The incompressibility condition implies $\nabla^2\psi =0$, so $\nabla^2 \boldsymbol u= \nabla^2 \nabla\times\psi \boldsymbol n=\nabla\times\nabla^2\psi \boldsymbol n=\boldsymbol 0$. From this follows that in the Navier-Stokes equations the term $\nu\nabla^2\boldsymbol u=0$ vanishes, no matter the viscosity.
Now, does this allow us to say that the fluid is inviscid? Or, after considering the nature of the inertia, we can say that:
if inertia can be neglected, the equation of the motion is $\nabla p=\boldsymbol 0$.
if inertia is important, the flow is at high Reynolds number.
My problem is: Is every irrotational flow inviscid? This is kind of counter-intuitive. But I think my error is in the "no matter the viscosity"...


Devil's curve
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Devil's curve for a = 0.8 and b = 1.
Devil's curve with a ranging from 0 to 1 and b = 1 (with the curve colour going from blue to red).
In geometry, a Devil's curve is a curve defined in the Cartesian plane by an equation of the form
y^2 (y^2 - a^2) = x^2 (x^2 - b^2).
Devil's curves were studied heavily by Gabriel Cramer.
The name comes from the shape its central lemniscate takes when graphed. The shape is named after the juggling game diabolo, which involves two sticks, a string, and a spinning prop in the likeness of the lemniscate. The confusion is the result of the Italian word diavolo meaning 'devil'.[1]
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BENSOLVE is a solver for vector linear programs (VLP), in particular, for the subclass of multiple objective linear programs (MOLP). It is based on Benson's algorithm and its extensions.
BENSOLVE is a free software published under the terms of the GNU General Public License. It utilizes the GNU Linear Programming Kit (GLPK). BENSOLVE (from version 2) is written in C programming language.
BENSOLVE provides the following features:
- arbitrary pointed solid polyhedral ordering cones
- primal and dual algorithms
- primal and dual solutions
- support of unbounded problems
- 3D graphics format output


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to_categorical()' function so that column will be 'one-hot encoded'. Currently, a patient with no diabetes is represented with a 0 in the diabetes column and a patient with diabetes is represented with a 1. With one-hot encoding, the integer will be removed and a binary variable is inputted for each category. In our case, we have two categories: no diabetes and diabetes. A patient with no diabetes will be represented by [1 0] and a patient with diabetes will be represented by [0 1].
_TAG_ that target column has been converted train_y_2[0:5]
_TAG_ model model_2 = Sequential()
_TAG_ number of columns in training data n_cols_2 = train_X_2.shape
_TAG_ layers to model model_2.add(Dense(250, activation='relu', input_shape=(n_cols_2,))) model_2.add(Dense(250, activation='relu')) model_2.add(Dense(250, activation='relu')) model_2.add(Dense(2, activation='softmax'))
The last layer of our model has 2 nodes - one for each option: the patient has diabetes or they don't.
The activation is'softmax'. Softmax makes the output sum up to 1 so the output can be interpreted as probabilities. The model will then make its prediction based on which option has a higher probability.
_TAG_ model using accuracy to measure model performance model_2.compile(optimizer='adam', loss='categorical_crossentropy', metrics=['accuracy'])
We will use 'categorical_crossentropy' for our loss function. This is the most common choice for classification. A lower score indicates that the model is performing better.
To make things even easier to interpret, we will use the 'accuracy' metric to see the accuracy score on the validation set at the end of each epoch.
_TAG_ model model_2.fit(X_2, target, epochs=30, validation_split=0.2, callbacks=[early_stopping_monitor])
Congrats! You are now well on your way to building amazing deep learning models in Keras!
Thanks for reading! The GitHub repository for this tutorial can be found here.


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Part of Speech: Verb, transitive
Meaning: 1. To fish by pulling a line through the water. 2 To try to lure or incite someone by passing something where they can see it. 3. (Obsolete) To sing in the manner of a round or simply merrily.
Notes: We have reduced the 14 meanings of today's Good Word to the three central ones in the Oxford English Dictionary. Most of this word's meanings are obsolete, like No. 3 above, and as you can see from the three we selected, they are quite disparate.
In Play: About the only time you will hear the third meaning of this word is when you (or someone else) is singing the Christmas carol, Deck the Halls:
"Don we now our gay apparel
Fa la la la la la la la la
Troll the ancient Yuletide carol
Fa la la la la la la la la."
Otherwise, you will hear it used in its second meaning: "Hackers troll the Internet looking for computers they can crack into."
Word History: Today's Good Word's origin is as mysterious as the disparity of its meanings. It can be traced back only as far as two Old French words, troller "to go hunting" and trôler "to meander, wander about". The latter may have originated in Germanic trollen "to roll", but the two later merged and finally disappeared from most dialects. You can see how the senses of the French words might be related to the first two meanings of today's word, but where the third meaning came from is anybody's guess. The verb has no relation to the noun troll, which was borrowed from Norwegian. (Let us all troll a melody of Yuletide thanksgiving to Peggy Nielsen for suggesting this elderly member of the English vocabulary for today's Good Word.)
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Workshop with students from Bombay International School
The students were first acquainted with the exhibition-'The Journey is the Destination'. They were briefed about the eight artists who featured in the exhibition, the possible contexts for each work and the various sources of inspiration. The children were given an understanding of the development of the artist's practice over time as the exhibition displays two works each-one earlier work juxtaposed with a recent work dating from 1970 up to 2016.
Following this, each child was asked to brainstorm about his/her journey and create a mind map that included objects that had influenced their lives. They then picked five objects/ words from their maps and tried to find suitable images relating to them bringing it all together finally in a collage. Each student got one minute to talk about their storyboard representing their journey and what their collage represented.


How do i insert electrical symbols in autocad?
The icon menu lets you insert a symbol by selecting the symbol type, for example a NO push button, or 3-position selector switch. Once the symbol is inserted you can annotate it with descriptions, catalog information, and so on.
Where is the symbols in AutoCAD?
Press Right click on the text window,then find Symbol. You are going to see some regular symbols there like Degrees,Plus/Minus,Diametar. Just click on symbol which you want and it will appear in your text window. On the bottom of the dropdown from symbol you can see Other,click that.
How do I insert a section symbol in AutoCAD?
To Draw a Section Line and Marks
 1. On the default tool palette set, click the Design tab, and then click the Vertical Section tool. …
 2. Specify the start point of the section line.
 3. Continue to specify points to define the section line, if needed. …
 4. Specify the endpoint of the section line, and press Enter.
How do you make symbols in AutoCAD?
Click Symbol Builder tab Edit panel Palette Visibility Toggle. 2. Select the Convert Text to Attribute tool to open the dialog box. All the attributes and text objects contained in your non-AutoCAD Electrical block are in the left-hand list.
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What is Ø in engineering?
In engineering drawings that symbol is used to denote diameter of circles in whatever the length unit of the drawing is (typically inches or mm) Form Wikipedia: Diameter symbol[edit ] Sign ⌀ in a technical drawing.
How do I create a level in AutoCAD?
Use this procedure to add levels to a building.
 1. On the Quick Access toolbar, click Project Navigator.
 2. Click the Project tab, and under Levels, click.
 3. If you want each new level to take its floor elevation from the height of the level below, click Auto-Adjust Elevation.
 4. Add a level using one of the following methods:
How do I draw a section in AutoCAD?
To Create a 2D or 3D Section
 1. Draw a section line in the drawing.
 2. Select the section line, and click Building Section Line tab Modify panel Generate Section.
 3. Select the type of section object you want to create: …
 4. For Style to Generate, select a style for a 2D section.
How do you add a cutting plane in AutoCAD?
To Create a Section Line (AutoCAD Mechanical Toolset)
 1. Click Home tab Detail panel Section Line. …
 2. Select a starting point for the section line.
 5. Press ENTER.
 6. Move the cursor to select the side of the cutting plane.
What symbolizes surface roughness?
– The mean arithmetical value "Ra" in μm is assumed for roughness measurements. Surface Texture is the variation in the surface in the form of roughness, waviness, lay, and flaws. In practice, both the words – "Surface Texture" and "Surface Roughness" are used to explain common meaning of surface roughness symbols.
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How do you make surface finish symbols in AutoCAD?
To Place a Surface Texture Symbol as a Majority Symbol (AutoCAD Mechanical Toolset)
 1. Click the Annotate tab Symbols panel Surface Texture. …
 2. Click the position you want to place the symbol and press ENTER 2 times.
 3. In the Symbol tab, specify the surface texture requirements as required. …
 4. Select Place as majority symbol.
How do you type the surface finish symbol?
Click Insert > Surface Finish. The GET SYMBOL menu appears.
How do you type a diameter symbol?
To easily insert the diameter symbol (Ø) on Word: using the keyboard, press Ctrl+/, then press Shift+O. This should give you the diameter symbol or O with slash through it. Alternatively, press down the Alt key, then press the symbol's Alt code – 0216. Use the numeric keypad for the Alt code.
What are AutoCAD blocks?
In AutoCAD, a block is a collection of objects that are combined into a single named object. The following are some sample blocks at various scales. Some of these blocks are realistic representations of objects, some are symbols, and one of them is an architectural title block for a D-size drawing.
Where are AutoCAD blocks?
Using the 'block' command generates a block that is saved in the file you are working in only. You can view a list of all blocks in a drawing by selecting 'insert' under the insert tab (far left). Then expand the window that drops down and scroll through. The last created block will be at the bottom of this list.
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Course Intro and Overview
Azure Active Directory Authentication
Access within the Database
The course is part of this learning path
Authentication and access control are two crucial factors in securing databases and their servers. One, authentication, controls who can access the data resource, and in what capacity, while the other, access control, specifies what a user can do once they have been authenticated.
Historically, authentication and access have been managed entirely by SQL Server, but Azure has enabled integrated password and multi-factor authentication courtesy of Azure Active Directory, along with built-in SQL DB roles.
This course looks at various ways to integrate Azure SQL with Azure Active Directory and how to best manage user privileges once logged into the database.
If you have any feedback relating to this course, please contact us at _EMAIL_.
- Get a basic understanding of the history and context of SQL authentication
- Understand how to to use Azure Active Directory to authenticate users with a SQL database
- Learn how to use database roles to customize access
- Understand the principle of least privilege and how to apply it
- Learn how to fine-tune access to database objects
This course is intended for database administrators using Azure, or anyone who wants to understand more about using Azure Active Directory to authenticate a user to access a database.
To get the most out of this course, you should have a basic understanding of databases and the Azure platform.
In terms of connecting to an Azure database, Azure Active Directory adds several options to long-established SQL Server and Windows Integration methods. Just to recap, SQL Server or Mixed Mode is authenticating with a login that has been set up within the Azure SQL server or the SQL or Managed Instance, or a user contained within a database on the server instance.
Windows Integration mode is authenticating with a verified Windows domain user. That domain can be a single Windows computer of an Active Directory. The authentication can be through an SQL client application like SQL Server Management Studio or via an application using a connection string.
In the SQL Server authentication example, the connection is being made to a database hosted on Azure, so nothing has changed from connecting to an on-premise SQL server, no matter if you're connecting to a PaaS database, a managed instance, or an instance running on a VM.
To achieve the Azure AD Integration, there are 3 additional methods for authenticating. Universal with multi factor authentication implements a 2 step authentication, meaning the user is sent a confirmation request through another channel like email, an SMS message, or an authentication app.
Password is similar to SQL Server password from a user's perspective, in that they are entering a password, but their login name will be their Azure Active Directory login. Integrated is pretty much the same as Windows integrated, in that the user has already authenticated with Azure Active Directory, so their credentials have been verified.
Let's now see how to implement Azure Active Directory authentication with an Azure SQL server and database.
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Natural weapons are weapons that are physically a part of a creature. A creature making a melee attack with a natural weapon is considered armed and does not provoke attacks of opportunity. Likewise, it threatens any space it can reach. Creatures do not receive additional attacks from a high base attack bonus when using natural weapons. The number of attacks a creature can make with its natural weapons depends on the type of the attack—generally, a creature can make one bite attack, one attack per claw or tentacle, one gore attack, one sting attack, or one slam attack (although Large creatures with arms or arm-like limbs can make a slam attack with each arm). Refer to the individual monster descriptions.
A creature's primary natural weapon is its most effective natural attack, usually by virtue of the creature's physiology, training, or innate talent with the weapon. An attack with a primary natural weapon uses the creature's full attack bonus, and its damage includes its full Strength modifier (1-1/2 times its Strength bonus if the attack is with the creature's sole natural weapon). Attacks with secondary natural weapons are less effective and are made with a –5 penalty on the attack roll, no matter how many there are, and add only 1/2 the creature's Strength bonus to damage. (Creatures with the Multiattack feat take only a –2 penalty on secondary attacks.) This penalty applies even when the creature makes a single attack with the secondary weapon as part of the attack action or as an attack of opportunity.
Natural weapons have types just as other weapons do. The most common are summarized below.
The creature attacks with its mouth, dealing piercing, slashing, and bludgeoning damage.
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The creature rips with a sharp appendage, dealing piercing and slashing damage.
The creature spears the opponent with an antler, horn, or similar appendage, dealing piercing damage.
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The creature batters opponents with an appendage, dealing bludgeoning damage.
The creature stabs with a stinger, dealing piercing damage. Sting attacks usually deal damage from poison in addition to hit point damage.
The creature flails at opponents with a powerful tentacle, dealing bludgeoning (and sometimes slashing) damage.


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txfonts – Times-like fonts in support of mathematics
Txfonts supplies virtual text roman fonts using Adobe Times (or URW NimbusRomNo9L) with some modified and additional text symbols in the OT1, T1, and TS1 encodings; maths alphabets using Times/URW Nimbus; maths fonts providing all the symbols of the Computer Modern and AMS fonts, including all the Greek capital letters from CMR; and additional maths fonts of various other symbols.
The set is complemented by a sans-serif set of text fonts, based on Helvetica/NimbusSanL, and a monospace set.
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Bloodfin tetra information:
Scientific name: Aphyocharax anisitsi
Common name: Bloodfin tetra
Max. size: 5.5 cm / 2.2 inches
pH range: 6 – 8
dH range: 30
Temperature range: 18 – 28°C / 64.5 – 82.5°F
The Bloodfin tetra is easily recognized on its colourful fins. The caudal fin, anal fin, ventral fins and dorsal fin are of a vivid red colour that contrasts brightly against the silvery body. This fish species is however not only appreciated for its beauty; it is also an active and sturdy fish that can live for over 10 years in captivity. The Bloodfin tetra is recommended for beginners and is an alternative to the more famous Neon tetra.
Bloodfin tetra common name:
Aphyocharax anisitsi is not the only fish species commonly known as Bloodfin tetra; a close relative named Aphyocharax alburnus is also sometimes referred to as Bloodfin tetra. Both species are characins belonging to the genus Aphyocharax in the subfamily Aphyocharacinae. Aphyocharax alburnus is however more commonly known as the Goldencrown tetra and using this name is preferred, since it decreases the risk of confusion. Both species are very similar and appreciates roughly the same conditions, so if you are unable to find specified information regarding Aphyocharax alburnus you can often glance at care recommendations, breeding information etc regarding Aphyocharax anisitsi instead.
Bloodfin tetra habitat and range:
The Bloodfin tetra is a benthopelagic freshwater species native to the Río Paraná basin in South America. Río Paraná runs from Brazil via Paraguay to Argentina, before it empties into the Atlantic Ocean. This habitat is subtropical and the water temperature stays between 18 and 28° C (64.5 – 82.5° F).
Bloodfin tetra behaviour:
The Bloodfin tetra is a shoaling fish and you should therefore keep at least five specimens together. When a Bloodfin tetra is kept alone, or in a very small group, it will usually become very shy and spend most of its time hiding. In a shoal, they are much more bold and active and spend a lot of time out in the open. A Bloodfin tetra can sometimes leave the group and explore the aquarium on its own, but it will always return to the safety of the group as soon as it feels threatened.
The Bloodfin tetra shoal will spend most of its time in the upper and middle water layers. In a shoal, the Bloodfin tetras are very active and entertaining to watch. Since this is a peaceful species, it will work well in a community aquarium with other non-aggressive species of similar size.
Bloodfin tetra setup:
The recommended minimum aquarium size for Bloodfin tetras is 60 cm (24 inches). Try to mimic the natural Bloodfin tetra habitat when you arrange your tank and include a lot of plants. If you have no previous experience with planted aquariums, you can use sturdy plant species like Java fern. Java fern will thrive without any special light; standard aquarium light is enough. It will also help controlling excessive algae growth since it will compete for nutrients with the algae. Leave a large open area unplanted in the aquarium to give the active Bloodfin tetras some space to swim around in. Many aquarists used a blue background in the aquarium to bring out the colours of their Bloodfin tetras. Including broad leafed plants in the set up is recommended if you want your Bloodfin tetras to spawn.
Bloodfin tetra care:
Caring for Bloodfin tetras is not difficult, but just as with most other fish species, regular water changes must be carried out. The tolerated pH range is 6-8 and the dGH should be kept between 2 and 30. The water temperature can vary from 18 to 28° C (64.5 to 82.5° F), but you should never allow the temperature to shift rapidly between these two extremes. Since the Bloodfin tetra can endure such low temperatures, it is commonly found in unheated aquariums. Low temperatures can however cause its colouration to become less vibrant. If you take good care of your Bloodfin tetra it can live for 10 years or more in the aquarium.
Bloodfin tetra feeding:
Wild Bloodfin tetras are omnivore and feed chiefly on crustaceans, worms and small insects. Keep them on a varied diet in the aquarium that contains carnivore food as well as plant or vegetable matter. This species will usually accept flake food and a high quality tropical food is a good and convenient staple food. Supplement the flake food with other food types, such as live/fresh, frozen or freeze-dried products. Bloodfin tetras are known to appreciate brine shrimp and bloodworms. Since they are active they will need quite a lot of food, but you should never feed them more than what they can consume within 3 minutes.
Bloodfin tetra breeding:
The Bloodfin tetra is a prolific species with a minimum population doubling time under 15 months in the wild. The Bloodfin tetra is also easy to breed in captivity.
Male Bloodfin tetras are a bit more colourful than the females and feature a small hook on the anal fin. The female have a plumper body shape.
Bloodfin tetras will often spawn spontaneously without any coaxing from the aquarist. Their natural instinct is to release the eggs among broad-leaved plants, but if no such plants are present they will sometimes release the eggs over aquarium glass. The eggs are not adhesive.
During the spawning, the Bloodfin tetra will leap out of the water and the eggs will drop down. One female will usually produce between 300 and 500 eggs during each spawning.
Since it is an egg-shattering species that do not engage in parental care, it will not hesitate to eat its own offspring. A lot of eggs and fry will therefore be eaten by the parents, or by other fish in the aquarium. You can increase the chance of fry survival by keeping the aquarium densely planted. Do not only use broad leafed plants in your Bloodfin tetra aquarium; include fine-leaved species as well since they provide better protection. You can also spread beads over the substrate to create hiding spots for eggs and fry. Professional Bloodfin tetra breeders usually set up separate breeding aquariums from which the adult fish is removed directly after spawning. This will promote a much higher fry survival rate.
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Goodnestone is a grade II* park and garden near Canterbury, famous for its association with Jane Austen. It also has a celebrated walled garden and an equally good woodland garden. As part of the restoration of the historic landscape and the development of the site as a visitor attraction, acta restored a walk leading from the garden, around the park boundary, past the façade of the restored ice house and back to the mansion. This required detailed tree and shrub specification, preparation of contract documents and site supervision. The walk is now a popular feature of visits to the park. In a later piece of work we established a new 500m-long plane tree avenue, leading from the mansion to the village.
Client - Lord Julian Fitzwalter
 1. Substantial sections of the walk have abundant daffodils, probably planted between the wars in a previous version of the walk
 2. The walk takes its name from a formal section laid out in the eighteenth century as a sequence of regular curves. This could not be traced on the ground and our alignment followed a straightened-out later version
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The Trigger Man is a unique trigger/gate sequencer module with a revolutionary interface that enables you to create any sequence with just two knobs.
There are 8 outputs and each sequence consists of up to 8 steps per output. It has 8 pattern memories (sets of 8X8 sequences), which can be played back in any order and chained into a series of patterns up to 100 patterns long. There are even two CV input jacks to control the sequences, patterns, or tempo. All of this fits in a very compact 8 HP wide module.
The Trigger Man is a great companion to the Delptronics LDB-2e Analog Drums Eurorack Module.
The Trigger Man is now even more powerful with the Version 2 firmware update! We added tons of great new features in the same hardware. There are so many new features, the user manual is twice as long. And yet, we kept the basic functionality the same. So you can explore the more advanced features at your leisure.
If you already own a Trigger Man, find out how to get the update.
Trigger Man Firmware Update
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- 8 HP wide, 30mm deep
- 8 trigger / gate outputs
- 8 patterns, each consisting of 8 outputs, each with its own sequence of up to 8 steps
- Each output has individually configurable options:
- Number of steps per sequence (1 to 8) V2
- Clock divider (divide by 2, 3, or 5) V2
- Randomization V2
- High or low randomization of shift or complexity V2
- Full or weighted randomization of the sequence V2
- Voltage control of shift, complexity, or sequence
- Trigger/gate length:
- 1 Millisecond V2
- 10 Milliseconds
- Clock-based, output is on when clock signal is on, and off when clock signal is off
- Full, output is on for the full length of the step, consecutive "on" steps produce no "off" time between the steps
- Multi-function clock input jack can be configured as:
- External clock ticks: In this mode, the tempo knob acts as a clock divider
- Voltage controlled tempo
- Reset V2
- Gate V2
- Multi-function control voltage input jack can be configured as:
- Voltage controlled pattern select (in pattern play mode)
- Voltage control of complexity, shift, or sequence, configurable for each output
- Reset V2
- Gate V2
- Three modes of operation
Algorithmic Edit: A revolutionary pattern editing interface wherein one knob controls the complexity of the sequence (number of "on" steps and rests between the steps), and another knob shifts the steps right and left•••
Step Edit: A traditional mode in which each step is turned on or off individually The shift knob still functions in Step Edit mode∞
Pattern Play: Select which pattern is currently playing, or create a chain of patterns up to 100 patterns long The shift knob shifts the patterns in the chain
- Edit a pattern while other patterns are playing V2
- On-demand randomization: fully random, or weighted based on the current sequence V2
- Pattern copy function (now easier in V2)
- Sequence and Pattern clear functions
- Internal clock with tempo knob (40 - 295 BPM)
- Run/Stop button controls the internal clock, or resets to the first step if using an external clock
- Non-volatile pattern and configuration memory. Data is saved even when powered off
- Current draw is 56mA on +12V, -12 and +5V are not required
Indiates a Firmware Version 2 Feature
- Trigger Man User Manual
- Single Page Quick Reference
- Firmware Update Instructions
- Version 1 User Manual
- Version 1 Quick Reference
There are two ways to get the latest firmware update for your Trigger Man:
1. Send your module to us.
- There is no charge for the upgrade. You pay only shipping costs.
- Package your module securely so that it is safe for the trip. Your packing materials will also be used to ship the module back to you.
- Include your return address on a piece of paper inside the box. Sometimes return addresses on the outside of the box get obscured during shipping. Also, please include your email address in case we need to contact you.
- Ship your module to:
11709 Larch Valley Drive
Austin, TX 78754
- Pay for the return shipping. You can include a check drawn on a US bank, or an international money order in the box with your module. Or, you can send the funds via Paypal to _EMAIL_. Shipping rates are as follows:
United States: $8 for priority mail
Canada: $10 for First Class mail, $28 for Priority Mail
All other countries: $18 for First Class mail, $38 for Priority Mail
- It's easy. These instructions explain how to do it.
- If you already own a PIC microcontroller programmer, and you know how to use it, then just download the HEX file, and update your module.
- If you do not have a PIC programmer, you can purchase one fairly cheaply. Details are on the next page.
- Note that if you live outside the United States, it will be cheaper and faster to buy a PIC programmer and do the update yourself, rather than to pay and wait for international shipping.
How do I know which version firmware I have?
If you purchased your module before December 1st 2014, then you have V1.
To verify, you can go into Action Mode (press and hold the Mode button), and turn knob 1.
You have V1 if the step LEDs change from 1 to 4 to 8 illuminated LEDs in 3 clicks.
You have V2 If the step LEDs change from 1 to 2 to 3 to 4, etc to 8 illuminated LEDs in 8 clicks.
This patch was built entirely around the Delptronics Trigger Man which is a unique trigger/gate sequencer module with a 8HP format. The idea was to take 8 different patterns consisting of 8 steps for each of the 8 outputs. Then run the trigger man in pattern play mode using the VC input to determine the currently playing pattern. The 8 patterns where programmed to flow into each other in sort of a quasi random string...


Monday, February 6, 2012
Mao Zedong. Good? or Bad?
Derek DiPiet
 Mao Zedong. Good? Or Bad?
Chairman Mao is a bad person to many people in china. Mao is a bad ruler because he does not give everyone their own freedom. Mao treats people the way he want and didn't care what they thought of it. People would complain but they couldn't or there would be consequences from Mao and or the Red Guard.
A main reason why Mao is a bad ruler was because he and the Red Guards searched peoples homes and belongings. Even though it was to destroy the four olds and get rid of the past it was destroying people's memories and what was close to them. What happened was the Red Guards would search through people's house if they heard any rumors around if people hid stuff from the past and if they found it they would be put into a type of jail. Yong chew got his house searched even though he wasn't hiding anything "The Red Guards busted into my house and said where are you hiding it"? That is very wrong of Mao to order people to search through people houses or even go through anything that's not there's without permission. Also because they were destroying peoples past and memories and they made everyone get rid of everything from the past which was very wrong.
Mao is also a bad ruler because he prohibits people from practices and their own beliefs and he made people believe in Maoism. "Maoism is the political, social, economic, and military theories and policies advocated by Mao Zedong, as those concerning revolutionary movements and guerrilla warfare". If someone didn't believe in Mao's rules they were be punished and humiliated and people made up names and that's what they were known for. Ling Ling go humiliated for practicing Buddhism "The Red Guards made me put a sign around my neck saying counter revolutionist".
Some people may disagree and say Mao is a good ruler, but there wrong because people who wanted to believe in what they want and to be free were not allowed to be. Everyone had to follow Mao's rules and whatever he said went. Also he told people to break into your house and search it and you had no say and couldn't stop it. Even though there were some times where he was a good ruler, most of the time he was a bad and mean one.
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120,000 Endangered Sturgeon Released into Yangtze
13 April 2012, at 1:00am
CHINA - Around 120,000 endangered Chinese sturgeons have been released into the Yangtze River in the latest move to boost the species' flagging number in the wild.
The prehistoric sturgeons, along with 2,000 rare mullets, were set free in the river's section at Yichang City of central China's Hubei province, where the world's largest hydroelectric project, the Three Gorges Project is located, reports ChinaView.
The fish, 16 centimeters long on average, were raised in captivity by the Chinese Sturgeon Research Institute, under the China Three Gorges Project Corporation.
The institute was founded in 1982 to study the artificial propagation of the Chinese sturgeon, which is believed to be on the verge of extinction. Since then, five million such fish have been released to the Yangtze River
Xiao Hui, chief engineer at the institute, said the fish freed Thursday were hatched in November last year and the timing of the release determined by a group of experts would maximize the fish's viability in the wild.
The institute would release more sturgeons in April, with an average length of 30 centimeters, Mr Xiao added.
The Chinese sturgeon is known as "living fossil" because it is one of the world's oldest vertebrates - dating back to 140 million years ago.
Less than 300 wild sturgeons are reported to live in the Yangtze River. They can reach up to five meters and weigh up to 500 kilograms.
The fish's decline has been largely due to pollution and illegal fishing. The fish usually gather at the mouth of the Yangtze River in east China and every Spring swim upstream to spawn.


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Star Trek Adventures: Developers' Blog 001
By Nathan Dowdell, 2d20 System Developer
Basic Rules: Characters
The Star Trek universe is one ripe for exploration, and Star Trek Adventures is designed to allow you to do exactly that, whether you do it via the Starfleet-themed core rulebook or The Klingon Empire core rulebook. But, if you've never played a roleplaying game, or if you've only encountered one or two other RPGs before, getting to grips with how Star Trek Adventures works can seem daunting. So, we've decided to produce a series of short articles to help explain the basics of the game.
The first place to look is the character sheet which you can download for FREE here. It's what you'll be looking at most often during a game, so knowing what the important parts mean is helpful.
There are six main things that make up a player character:
- Traits, such as your character's species, are the central defining facts of who and what the character is. Traits are a bigger subject which we'll discuss in a later article.
- Values are a set of short phrases or statements which show what a character believes. When your values go against your actions, it can make things more challenging, but when your values support your actions, you can achieve far greater degrees of success.
- Attributes are a series of scores that reflect what the character is good at and how they approach problems. There are six attributes—Control, Daring, Fitness, Insight, Reason, and Presence. Each attribute has a score from 7 to 12, and they're used when performing tasks.
- Disciplines are a series of scores that represent a character's skills and training, and they each reflect a different division of Starfleet: Command, Conn, Security, Engineering, Science, and Medicine. Each discipline is rated from 0 to 5, though every player character has at least 1 in each discipline as they're assumed to have at least basic training in all fields. Along with a character's attributes, they're used to perform tasks.
- Focuses are subjects, areas of expertise, and specialties which your character is especially good at. Every engineer knows how a warp drive works, but some are true experts with a focus in warp drive.
- Talents are special tricks and techniques a character knows. They're special abilities that your character possesses which give them an advantage on their adventures.
Attributes and Disciplines
A character's attributes can illustrate what they're like, and how they tend to approach challenges.
- A character with a high Control is likely to be precise, detail-oriented, or highly disciplined.
- A character with a high Daring is bold, courageous, and highly effective under pressure.
- A character with a high Fitness is physically healthy, with high endurance and a good understanding of how to apply physical force.
- High Insight reflects keen instincts, a good understanding of body language and other interpersonal cues, and someone who trusts their gut during difficult situations.
- A high Reason represents a character who is analytical and methodical, highly observant, and good at piecing together the evidence.
- A character with a high Presence is likely to be able to command attention and has a powerful personality. They're probably strong-willed and self-assured.
Meanwhile, a character's disciplines represent their skills and training.
- Command covers leadership and interpersonal skills, an understanding of diplomacy, and coordinating others during a crisis.
- Conn covers the operation and piloting of a starship or other vehicle, as well as interstellar navigation, extra-vehicular activities, familiarity with spacecraft, and knowledge of the protocols, procedures, and traditions of spacefaring.
- Security naturally covers fighting in personal and starship combat, but also criminal investigation, espionage, stealth, wilderness survival, and identifying threats.
- Engineering deals with machines and technology, ranging from operating and repairing complex devices, to inventing new machines and adapting technologies to do things they cannot normally do.
- Science covers all fields of scientific inquiry and study, as well as application of the scientific method, performing research, and generally being observant.
- Medicine covers the theory and practice of medicine, from simple first aid to complex surgery, as well as psychology, genetics, pharmacology, and other fields relating to health and well-being.
We'll look at how you use your attributes and disciplines to attempt tasks during the game in a future article.
A character's focuses may reflect their professional specialties, their personal interests, or their hobbies. A character may be recognized as an expert or master of some of their focuses, or they may be amateur enthusiasts. If the character is a scientist, a doctor, or engineer, they may have published academic papers. A character with a focus in a martial art or athletic discipline may have medals or trophies from competition.
Not all of a character's interests are important enough to be focuses, but a character's focuses are the things they are most deeply interested in and knowledgeable about. We'll dive into more detail on focuses in a future article.
A character's values depict what a character believes, and these beliefs help shape the way a character behaves during play. Values are heavily tied into how you use and gain Determination, and they're a subject that deserves their own article.
A character's talents are a selection of special abilities. Each talent provides a distinct benefit, option, or exception from the normal rules. As talents vary so much, they can't really be summarized here, so we'll examine talents in more detail in a later article.
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Since quintessential means "representing the perfect example of a class" is it correct to use "the quintessential example" as in this sentence:
"Electrons are the quintessential example of (apparently)-elementary particles."
or is it better to write:
"Electrons are quintessential (apparently)-elementary particles."
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I would tend to think the word quintessential would not apply in this case as 'elementary particles' are a well-defined, factual and concrete concept.
When a class has certain, and usually multiple, subjective traits associated with it, then the best exemplar of those traits would be the quintessential member of that class.
If the class does not have a variable 'essence' then quintessential will not apply. Membership in the 'elementary particle' class is binary - either something is a member of the class or not. There is nothing variable about the essence of being an elementary particle.
You can say that the Higgs boson is the quintessential elusive particle that keeps modern physics interesting. Note that the words 'elusive','modern' and 'interesting' have added a subjective gradualism for which the search for the Higgs boson is the perfect exemplar.
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Several dictionaries (eg, Collins, MacMillan, Cambridge) essentially agree with the definition of quintessential mentioned in the question. Thus quintessential example is effectively equal to most exemplary example, which from a pedantic point of view is a bit redundant. However, aside from those pedants who recoil in horror from quintessential example as a monstrosity, most English speakers will have no trouble understanding what is meant.
As suggested in akberc's answer, it is slightly perverse to refer to the electron as the quintessential apparently-elementary particle, when most of the 31 elementary particles are representative only of themselves, rather than being representative of elementary particles in general. But that is a semantic-content issue, rather than an English-language question. From a language point of view, your alternative wording is better than the first. However, the parentheses around apparently are a noisome distraction and should be dropped. Or in some other sentence explain that wherever you write elementary you actually mean apparently-elementary, or elementary according to theory X, etc.
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I agree with you, about the "apparently-elementary" but it is not my writing, it is from this blog _URL_-posts/…. I am actually writing a comment about that exact point, that it is one of Aristotle's 13 sophistries, the Accent sophistry changingminds.org/disciplines/argument/fallacies/accent.htm. – Zeynel Feb 24 '13 at 0:49
Thank you. Your answer made me think. Perhaps the writer is forced to use 'example' with 'quintessential' and had the usage been more appropriate, it would not require 'example' with it. – user32135 Feb 24 '13 at 1:01
There's also something quite jarring about using a word originally meaning "a fifth element that exists along with the four elements" and anything held to be elementary by modern physics. – Jon Hanna Feb 24 '13 at 1:42
I have no problem with electrons being identified as the quintessential elementary particle (out of the 31 that could have been chosen). NOAD defines the word as representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class (emphasis mine). I think electrons could be considered the most "typical" elementary particles; if we surveyed 100 people on the street, and asked: "Name an elementary particle," I'd guess that more than half – assuming they understood the question – would reply with the electron. Moreover, electrons seem to be put to good use more than quarks. – J.R. Feb 24 '13 at 8:57
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In both object and in word form, pins enter our world many times a day. Pins may well not be used as much as other items such as paper or pens, or even thrown around as much as the words 'the' or 'a', but in their various forms pins are vital to industries such as the tailoring or the cooking industry.
This entry attempts to look into the various uses of pins but in no way claims to be completely comprehensive.
Pins of the Fastening Variety
Pins are small, usually metal objects which can attach one object - such as a piece of cloth - to another, similar object. There are many different kinds of pins and they are made in many different shapes and sizes. You should be very wary of pins as most are very sharp and can pierce the skin causing pain (nerve stimulation) and blood loss1. There are several kinds of these types of pins and they are used for different purposes. These pins leave 'pin holes,' which are small perforations.
Drawing Pins
These are short pins that are often made of brass. They have a disc made of the same material as the pin at one end, which enables a person to push the pin into a semi-solid surface. The other end of the pin is a sharp point. Drawing pins are used to secure notices and other similar documents to walls or notice boards: pressure is applied to the disc causing the point at the other end to penetrate the surface. A disadvantage of using drawing pins in this way is that they can become bent when unevenly-distributed pressure is applied to the disc to make the pin stick into a wall. This makes the pin useless, the person angry, more perforations in the surface punctured and less drawing pins to utilise. Drawing pins are often used to display the many greetings cards received on various festive occasions, posters that allow you to ogle your latest pin-up2 and useless paper decorations. Drawing pins are also known as thumbtacks.
Dressmaker's Pins
These are longer than drawing pins, usually about 3cm long. They are usually made of hardened and polished steel. They have a very small head and a sharp end, which is used widely in tailoring industries to hold pieces of material (cloth, leather and so on) together. These are the pins that one would use to tack up hems and cuffs while performing alterations on a piece of clothing.
Safety Pins
These pins are considerably different in appearance to drawing pins as they are used for different purposes. A safety pin consists of two parallel pieces of metal wire held together at the ends with stronger, round-ended pieces of metal. To fasten this pin to various materials, the parallel metal wires must be squeezed together, causing the end of one of them to separate from the round-ended metal piece at one end. The wire is very sharp, so care must be taken to ensure that you do not puncture your skin. The pin may now be pushed through the material, and the separated wire then replaced to secure the pin and material.
Safety pins are used commonly attached to the back of ornaments to facilitate the pinning of these decorations onto clothes, bags, and other articles of clothing. These pins are then known as brooches.
Hat Pins
Hat pins are usually made of metal and have a round head. They are used to secure a hat to a lady's head. They usually used to have decorative heads as they were one of the accessories women used to wear. The pins are about 22cm in length.
Clothes Pins
Clothes pins are formed from two pieces of wood or plastic which have been bound together with a wire. Acting as a sort of pincer, they are used to pin wet clothes onto the laundry line. The groove on each side of the pin allows the clothes pin to clasp tightly to the wet apparels and not fall off the line when a strong gust of wind blows. Clothes pins are also known as clothes pegs.
Pins of the Non-fastening Variety
Rolling Pins
The function of the rolling pin does not conform to the standard 'fastening together' role we may normally expect from pins. The rolling pin is used for flattening and stretching dough or other mixed ingredients as part of the preparation/cooking method. Rolling pins are usually made from wood, although nowadays they are often made from plastic. They are cylindrical in shape and are typically around 12 inches long, although length can vary. Some persons may decide to use a rolling pin in the manner of a club (for hitting other persons over the head). This is not considered very polite or nice.
Bowling Pins
These pins are used in the game of ten-pin bowling and other variants. They are shaped like a baseball bat but with a flat end so that they will be able to stand on the floor. They can be found in bowling alleys or in children's bedrooms, as toys. In the bowling alley, they are usually knocked down by a bowling ball and a score is obtained based on the number of pins scattered.
Knitters' Marking Pins
These pins are used to mark off important points in ones knitting or to pin on patterns onto the knitting. They are common tools for any seasoned knitter. They are usually about six centimetres long with a blunt point and a colourful heads that may or may not be shaped like petals.
Other Pins
 - Legs are also, peculiarly, known as pins. Perhaps this can be best illustrated in the sentence, 'Wow, she has great pins.'
 - An electrical plug that can be plugged into a socket can be described as having three or two pins depending on the variety3.
 - Pin money is a term for the allowance of money, normally given by the husband to his wife, for her personal expenditure.
 - Pins are also the devices by which we are able to tune various stringed instruments such as violins, guitars and cellos. They are the pegs at the end of these stringed instruments that aid in the securing of the strings and help to determine the pitch of the note played by regulating the tension of the string.
 - The acronym PIN stands for 'Personal Identification Number'. This is the personalised number that one uses when using an cash machine4 to withdraw money from a bank. This number should only be known to the holder of the card (unless he/she would like to see a dramatic drop in their bank balance the next day).
 - Pin-stripes are a pattern of parallel lines which can be found on fabric. These lines are usually very thin – like that of a pin, and are usually against a contrasting background. This design of fabric has become popular in the making of suits.
 - A pin cushion is a small cushion or pad that is used for jabbing in needles and pins so that you do not leave them around and get pricked by them. They came in many different shapes and sizes nowadays and are also considered as ornamental objects.
 - A pinwheel has vanes usually made from material such as paper, foil or plastic. These vanes are pinned in the centre to a stick. A pinwheel will revolve when it is blown by the breeze. Pinwheels are also fireworks that rotate and throw off wheels of colour as they spin. These fireworks are also known as Catherine Wheels.
 - Pinworms are worms that will enter your body via their eggs and will live off the nutrients in your body. They usually live in the intestine and as they grow will make their way to the anus. They can be easily treated by over-the-counter worm tablets.
 - A person who has 'pins and needles' is experiencing a tingling sensation in a limb. This occurs after a long period of sitting cross-legged or kneeling, as an individual's legs try to recover from resulting numbness. This can occur to arms as well - for example by lying on them.
Usage of the Word 'Pin'
Apart from all of these types of pins, there are the many varied uses of the word pin such as:
 - 'The lady was pinned down by the boulder.'
 - 'The crime was pinned on the old man who lived by the woods.'
 - 'They don't care a pin about the scandal.'
1Although luckily this is usually short-lived and the puncture wound will heal fairly quickly (depending on the depth of the wound).2Your latest crush or perhaps the person you admire.3British plugs tend to be three-pinned, whereas most of Europe uses two-pinned plugs.4Also known as an ATM.
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Often I have campaigns that are inspired by things that are outside of genre and easily recognizable.
Lets take Vikings in Space for example. I could have a race of blond haired people with helmets on longboat shaped ships and laser axes raiding nearby settlements and praising Thor, but that would be campy, and would break immersion in most science fiction games.
How do you blend your inspiration or idea seamlessly into the destination environment, in a way that's not campy and doesn't break immersion? How do you know when you've gone far enough?
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The seamless integration of inspiration requires an inspiration's deconstruction into tropes, each trope being fitted into the narrative framework of your setting, given a surface gloss to match the elements that are not being innovated, and then the consideration of the combination of characterizations, motifs, narrative devices, plots, settings, and spectacle to insure that it makes sense.
In more detail, a discussion of literary elements:
Looking at the elements of the narrative from Tv Tropes, the GM is control of the following:
"Inspiration" can inform any and all of the above narrative elements. Genres are formal groupings of the above.
Noir, for example, has requirements of Characterization (gritty detectives, femme fatale dames, angry captains) Motifs (stranger in a strange land (for the back-from-the-war feel), desperation, etc..) And so on and so forth.
The term "viking" (those people from camps across the bay) informs (or inspired) each of the narrative elements differently.
For example, in a hard sci-fi genre, we can apply the idea of vikings:
 - Vikings as characterization:
 - A race of travelling pirates
 - Looters
 - From a resource poor land, taking our stuff
 - Our brave warriors
 - They go out in ships, and fight for what's ours
 - We live in small space-stations (villages) and those people on the planets won't support us
 - Norse
 - Pale-skinned race
 - Use axes instead of swords because axes are way cheaper and last way longer. (The wood breaks, you replace the wood. Very hard to break an axe-head compared with a sword.)
 - Mapping the idea of axes v. swords onto space could be a "they use slow orbits instead of torching the whole way" (conserving fuel and reMass)
 - It could be a "force fields instead of metal" idea
 - It could be a ceramics v. metal (as seen in the Reaches books by Drake)
 - Quick to anger
Here, all of these are tropes that can be applied to characterization. They are things that inform how certain NPCs behave, look, etc... The chosen tropes then echo into motifs (oh no, not energy ships again!) spectacle "The raiders flew across the sky, their shining green force-ships igniting the atmosphere behind them..." setting, etc..
You seamlessly apply inspiration into your setting (of which the actual setting is only a component) by breaking down the inspiration into useful tropes, then applying the gloss of your setting to those tropes.
Vikings is a header for a huge host of tropes. If you try to apply all of them, your setting will either have to give, or you get the cognitive dissonance (which camp celebrates) of having tropes that don't fit the setting inside the setting.
If, instead, you look at the interesting tropes of the viking, then apply them one at a time to your "setting as a whole" you can seamlessly blend inspiration.
For an excellent example of Space Vikings, I suggest Space Viking by H. Beam Piper. The central theme is barbarism v. civilization (destruction v. creation) and the rest of the book explores that idea. By deciding on a motif first, "barbarism v. civilization" and then using the theme of vikings to elaborate on that motif, Piper combines the ideas.
There are many instances of low-tech and resource poor raiding foreigners in sci-fi, and all of those are inspired by various forms of the viking idea. By considering the different tropes involved, they can be mapped back to real-world tropes. If the raiders sell to merchants, then they're pirates. If they keep what they take, they are vikings (very broad generalization, there.) Applying a "gloss" means fitting setting-appropriate elements to the innovative trope introduced, such that the presence of the trope reinforces the setting, rather than distracts.
The Soetti from Retief! are an excellent example of the viking tropes being heavily glossed. The desperate need for resources is there as is the danegeld trope, but they exist within the setting quite neatly. It is only after thorough reflection that the Soetti can be given the "Viking" label, rather then casting them as blond-haired berserkers in a proud warrior tradition.
In both books, we have vikings. In Space Viking, they inform the whole setting. In Retief! they inform some of the antagonists, quite seamlessly. By comparing and constrasting the two books (and getting awfully decent reads out of both of them) I suspect the differences and similarities will offer inspirations to you that don't need to be re-glossed to fit into your sci-fi setting.
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I really don't like it when something borrows "too much" from source material. It destroys immersion. I've sat through many adventures where some clever author thought "Oh, I'll just do X in D&D!" and it usually ends up sucking. I remember an early third party 3e adventure which was an Aliens rip-off, and some modern adventure that was Dean Koontz' Phantoms. The German word for this is "abklatsch," which means "a low quality copy/ripoff." Oh, or the Alternity Living Verge adventure where you fought a thinly disguised Pac-man, Donkey Kong, and Dig-Dug. That bordered on the retarded.
Sure, if you are running a high camp campaign, Marvel Super Heroes style, it's fine. But for any kind of serious game, especially a simulation or immersion oriented game, you do need to file off the serial numbers.
When I use inspiration, I use little bits and a light hand. And try to stick to source material my players may not be expecting or super familiar with. "Oh, I'll borrow that from the hit movie we all went and saw last month" is bad; "Oh, I'll borrow that from an obscure nonfiction book I just read" is good.
An example. In our super serious Pathfinder campaign, I loosely based some NPCs on characters from the Disney movie "The Princess and the Frog."
First, I didn't take the whole plot and frog-transformation schtick - just two characters, the bad shadow voodoo man and the helpful voodoo mambo lady who lived up in a boat in a tree. And when the voodoo man's shadow demon talisman took his soul, I was somewhat inspired by the villain's death scene. That's the most I'd ever take from one source at once.
Second, I knew that most of the other players are single-no-kids and likely had not seen the movie, even though it was recent.
Third, I didn't use the same names and mixed in other inspirations - for the mambo, I used a heavy dose of Mami Wata and didn't base descriptions or dialogue exactly off the movie.
The best use of source material is when no one knows that you borrowed or what you borrowed it from. Unless you want an analogue - fantasy human societies are a good example where you can get away with a "Viking-like" group and it's more of a conceptual convenience for people to use, but make sure and spice them up - like the Ulfen in the Land of the Linnorm Kings in Paizo's Golarion, which are Vikings but have trouble with Baba Yaga and kill dragons to become kings...
In the "Space Vikings" adventure the question is what are you trying to convey, what role do they play? Is it that you want raider types for the PCs to fight? In that case, they don't need to be blond or have spiky helmets or anything, you just want them to be distinctive. Take the part of the metaphor that is important to you and change the aspects that are not important to you. Even if you change one thing they alter - like if they're from a high-G world and therefore short and then people don't think "Viking" as much (though in the Viking example, that unfortunately makes them into dwarves, but you get the idea).
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Yeah, You want to break it down. First, do you want them to be mnis-guided allies or enemies? Second, What part of the idea (in this case, space vikings) do you dig? for instance, if it is the religion, then just port that. If it is the savagery, then use that. If it is the cunning (trading with strong foreigners, raiding the weak), the go with that. Or is it just the aesthetic? In this case, you can fabricate a whole new culture, and then just make them look like vikings. Finally, use that concept to make a culture, NPC, faction, etc. that you dig. It may seem like diluting the idea