The spirit of the Mifuno Desert, Mifúno is one of the three most powerful spirits in the desert. She is also the only female among the triad. Both Tachìra and Chobìre fight for her affections because she is unwilling to choose one over the other.
In some stories, Mifúno is the mother of both Tachìra and Chobìre but the father is unknown. These stories occur more in the southern areas of the desert while the northern claim that all three spirits always existed and the stars are the direct children of the spirits.
There are no known people who claim to be part of Mifúno. Those who do frequently find themselves dead soon after touching the desert as she is violent and brutal in her judgment.
There are no clans that directly associate themselves with Mifúno.
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Problem code: MANYLEFT
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The classical game of OneLeft is played as follows. Some pegs are placed on an NxN grid. Initially, at least one cell is empty and at least one contains a peg (each cell contains at most one peg). A move consists of jumping one peg over an adjacent peg to an empty cell, and removing the peg that was jumped over. Formally, if there is a peg in cell (x1, y1), and cell (x2, y2) is empty, and (x1-x2, y1-y2) is one of (0, 2), (0, -2), (2, 0), or (-2, 0), and there is a peg in cell ((x1+x2)/2, (y1+y2)/2), then the peg in cell (x1, y1) may be moved to cell (x2, y2) and the peg in cell ((x1+x2)/2, (y1+y2)/2) removed. The coordinate (0, 0) indicates the top-left corner, (N-1, 0) indicates the top-right corner, (0, N-1) indicates the bottom-left corner, and (N-1, N-1) indicates the bottom-right corner.
The game continues until no more moves are possible. Normally the goal of OneLeft is to leave a single peg on the grid. However, in this problem the goal is to leave as many pegs as possible. Optimal solutions are not required, but solutions that leave more pegs will score more points.
Input begins with an integer N, the size of the grid. N lines follow with N characters each, representing the grid. A '.' character indicates an empty cell, and a '*' character indicates a peg.
For each test case, first output the number of moves in your solution. Then output each move in the form "x1 y1 x2 y2", which indicates a peg moving from (x1,y1) to (x2,y2). Any whitespace in your solution will be ignored.
Your score for each test case is the fraction of cells containing pegs after performing the moves in your solution. Your overall score is the average of your scores on the individual test cases. Invalid solutions will be judged as "wrong answer". In particular, if any legal moves exist after the moves in your solution have been performed, your solution will considered invalid.
Sample Input 1
6..*..* *..*.* ***.**.***.. ****.. **.*.*
Sample Output 1
13 1 3 1 1 3 3 1 3 0 5 0 3 0 2 0 0 3 5 3 3 5 2 3 2 5 0 5 2 3 2 3 0 2 4 0 4 0 3 0 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 2 5
Sample Input 2
5.*.*...*.. *...*...*..*...
Sample Output 2
The first sample output scores 8/36 = 0.2222.
The second sample output scores 7/25 = 0.28.
Recall that the goal is to maximize your score.
Test Case Generation
For each official test file, N is chosen randomly and uniformly between 10 and 30, inclusive. A real number D is chosen randomly and uniformly between 0.5 and 0.95, then each cell is independently chosen to contain a peg with probability D.
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A tiff is a minor, relatively unimportant argument or fight. A tiff with your brother might start over the subject of whose turn it is to take out the trash.
It's no fun to have a tiff with someone, but it's usually resolved or forgotten easily. When you have a tiff with a friend, it's inevitably a squabble over some silly topic, and if you bicker with your boyfriend, you can call it a "lovers' tiff." In the 1700s, a tiff was an "outburst of temper," from an unknown source. Some word experts suggest the word echoes the sound of a "puff of air or gas."


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King crabs march towards the Pole
By Alex Kirby
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Russian fisheries scientist and king crab
A shellfish released in the Arctic waters of the Barents sea in 1961 has taken a huge step to expand its range.
The species is the king crab, a native of the Bering sea and the area round Kamchatka in the Russian far east.
It was brought to western Russia in a bizarre experiment to provide a new catch for the Soviet fishing fleet.
Now, to the dismay of scientists, the crab has reached the Svalbard archipelago, an island group almost half-way to the North Pole.
The species can grow to 1.5 metres across (including its legs) and weigh up to eight kilogrammes, making it the world's biggest edible crab.
Vassily Spiridonov is a marine biologist working for the Russian section of WWF, the global environment campaign.
Lying low
He told BBC News Online: "For some years after their release in the Barents sea it looked as if the crabs had simply disappeared.
"Nobody heard anything about them until the late seventies. But during the nineties we had quite a big growth in the population in Russian waters."
The crabs had already begun migrating westwards from the point where they had been released, off the Kola peninsula, with Norwegian fishermen starting to report catches in the 1980s.
In 2002 the crabs were found 215 kilometres (115 miles) off the mainland of Norway.
But the news that they have reached Norwegian-administered Svalbard suggests their previously steady onwards march has now accelerated into more of a sprint.
The islands lie about half-way between northern Norway and the Pole, and the crab found this summer in a Svalbard fjord was probably carried there on the currents.
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But they are known to be making progress southwards down Norway's west coast as well. Scientists think they are advancing at about 50 km (31 miles) a year, though that could be an underestimate.
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Money on legs: King crabs are a valuable catch
Although the crabs are a commercially important resource which fetches high prices in Japan, and in parts of Europe, there is concern about their impact on their surroundings.
Dr Spiridonov said: "The population is now really huge, and they're fish predators - they can eat everything.
"They don't compete directly with any other species, as they're generalists, but they do alter the balance of the ecosystem.
"And the total biomass of fish that live near the bottom of the Barents sea is lower than in the sea of Okhotsk, the crabs' original home off Kamchatka."
The crabs can live for up to 25 years, and a single adult has been known to eat 400-700 grammes of scallops in two days.
Ironically, the king crabs' expansive behaviour in their new home is mirrored by a decline in their native far east.
The crabs are one of the most valuable catches in the west Bering sea, which lies between Kamchatka and the US state of Alaska.
Dr Spiridonov told BBC News Online: "About 100,000 crabs a year were caught legally in the far east during the 1990s, and there's a lot of illegal fishing too.
"They're now in severe danger there, and they could become commercially extinct across their entire range."
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Tarantella (Italian pronunciation: [taranˈtɛlla]) is a group of various folk dances characterized by a fast upbeat tempo, usually in 6
8 time (sometimes 18
8 or 4
4), accompanied by tambourines. It is among the most recognized forms of traditional southern Italian music. The specific dance-name varies with every region, for instance tammurriata in Campania, pizzica in the Salento region, Sonu a ballu in Calabria. Tarantella is popular in Southern Italy and Argentina.
In the Italian province of Taranto, Apulia, the bite of a locally common type of wolf spider, named "tarantula" after the region, was popularly believed to be highly poisonous and to lead to a hysterical condition known as tarantism. This became known as the Tarantella. R. Lowe Thompson proposed that the dance is a survival from a "Dianic or Dionysiac cult", driven underground. John Compton later proposed that the Roman Senate had suppressed these ancient Bacchanalian rites. In 186 BC the tarantella went underground, reappearing under the guise of emergency therapy for bite victims.
Courtship vs tarantism dances
The stately courtship tarantella danced by a couple or couples, short in duration, is graceful and elegant and features characteristic music. On the other hand, the supposedly curative or symptomatic tarantella was danced solo by a victim of a Lycosa tarantula spider bite (not to be confused with what is commonly known as a tarantula today); it was agitated in character, lasted for hours or even up to days, and featured characteristic music. However, other forms of the dance were and still are couple dances (not necessarily a couple of different sexes) usually either mimicking courtship or a sword fight. The confusion appears to arrive from the fact that the spiders, the condition, its sufferers ('tarantolati'), and the dances all have similar names to the city of Taranto.
The dance originated in the Apulia region, and spread throughout the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. The Neapolitan tarantella is a courtship dance performed by couples whose "rhythms, melodies, gestures, and accompanying songs are quite distinct" featuring faster more cheerful music. Its origins may further lie in "a fifteenth-century fusion between the Spanish Fandango and the Moresque 'ballo di sfessartia'." The "magico-religious" tarantella is a solo dance performed supposedly to cure through perspiration the delirium and contortions attributed to the bite of a spider at harvest (summer) time. The dance was later applied as a supposed cure for the behavior of neurotic women ('Carnevaletto delle donne').
The tarantella is a dance in which the dancer and the drum player constantly try to upstage each other by playing faster or dancing longer than the other, subsequently tiring one person out first.
Tarantism, as a ritual, has roots in the ancient Greek myths. Reportedly, victims who had collapsed or were convulsing would begin to dance with appropriate music and be revived as if a tarantula had bitten them. The music used to treat dancing mania appears to be similar to that used in the case of tarantism though little is known about either. Justus Hecker (1795–1850), describes in his work Epidemics of the Middle Ages:
A convulsion infuriated the human frame [...]. Entire communities of people would join hands, dance, leap, scream, and shake for hours [...]. Music appeared to be the only means of combating the strange epidemic [...] lively, shrill tunes, played on trumpets and fifes, excited the dancers; soft, calm harmonies, graduated from fast to slow, high to low, prove efficacious for the cure.
The music used against spider bites featured drums and clarinets, was matched to the pace of the victim, and is only weakly connected to its later depiction in the tarantellas of Chopin, Liszt, Rossini, and Heller.
While most serious proponents speculated as to the direct physical benefits of the dancing rather than the power of the music a mid-18th century medical textbook gets the prevailing story backwards describing that tarantulas will be compelled to dance by violin music. It was thought that the Lycosa tarantula wolf spider had lent the name "tarantula" to an unrelated family of spiders, having been the species associated with Taranto, but since L. tarantula is not inherently deadly, the highly venomous Mediterranean black widow, Latrodectus tredecimguttatus, may have been the species originally associated with Taranto's manual grain harvest.
The Balanchine ballet Tarantella is set to the Grande Tarantelle for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 67 (ca. 1866) by Louis Moreau Gottschalk, reconstructed and orchestrated by Hershy Kay. The profusion of steps and the quick changes of direction that this brief but explosive pas de deux requires typify the ways in which Balanchine expanded the traditional vocabulary of classical dance.
- Benjamin Britten wrote a tarantella as the third and final movement of his Sinfonietta, Op. 1.
- Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco wrote a Tarantella for solo guitar, Op. 87b.
- Frédéric Chopin wrote a Tarantelle in A-flat, Op. 43 with the characteristic 6
8 time signature. It was inspired specifically by Rossini's's song "La Danza".
- John Corigliano wrote a Tarantella as the fourth movement of his Gazebo Dances.
- Claude Debussy wrote a piece called "Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)."
- Leopold Godowsky transcribed Chopin's Etude Op. 10, No. 5 "Black Key" into a tarantella for the piano.
- Helmut Lachenmann's twelfth movement of Tanzsuite mit Deutschlandlied (1979–80) is Tarantelle.
- Franz Liszt composed a piece called "Tarantella, Venezia e Napoli" (No. 3 from Années de pèlerinage, 2nd Year: Italy), which is in a rapid tempo in 6
- Felix Mendelssohn wrote a piece called "Tarantella" in 1845 (Op. 102, No. 3). The final movement of his Symphony No. 4 "Italian" is in the form of a tarantella.
- Santiago de Murcia, a baroque Spanish composer and guitarist, wrote a tarantella for guitar.
- Albert Pieczonka, a pianist and composer who performed in Prussia, England, and the United States wrote a popular piano composition titled Tarantella in A minor.
- David Popper wrote a piece called Tarantella, Op. 33, written in 6
- The fourth of Sergei Prokofiev's twelve easy pieces for piano—Musique d'Enfants, Op. 65—is a Tarantella.
- Sergei Rachmaninoff's Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos, Op. 17, features a tarantella for its finale.
- Gioachino Rossini's song "La Danza" is a Neapolitan tarantella.
- Camille Saint-Saëns composed Tarantella, Op. 6 in A minor for flute, clarinet and orchestra, or for flute, clarinet and piano. He also transcribed this piece for two pianos.
- The last movement of the Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor by Camille Saint-Saëns is a tarantella.
- Gaspar Sanz wrote a tarantella.
- Pablo de Sarasate composed an Introduction and Tarantella for violin.
- Franz Schubert's Death and the Maiden Quartet uses a tarantella in the frenetic fourth movement.
- Franz Schubert's Piano Sonata in C minor, last movement, is a tarantella/rondo.
- The fourth movement of Schubert's Symphony No. 3 is also a tarantella, but following the Sonata form.
- Allan Small wrote Tarantella in A minor for piano.
- William Henry Squire wrote a tarantella for cello in D minor.
- The fifth movement of Igor Stravinsky's Suite italienne is a tarantella.
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Capriccio Italien ends in a frenzied variation of a tarantella. Also, one of his Pas de Deux in The Nutcracker features a tarantella.
- Mark-Anthony Turnage composed a violin concerto entitled Mambo, Blues and Tarantella in 2007.
- Henryk Wieniawski composed a well-known violin piece called Scherzo-Tarantella, Op. 16.
- Tarantella for Piano and Orchestra was composed by American composer Michael Glenn Williams for pianist Sean Chen.
- The last movement of Malcolm Williamson's Sinfonietta (1965) is a tarantella.
- Mily Balakirev has a Tarantella in B major.
- Karol Szymanowski wrote a Nocturne and Tarantella for violin and piano.
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History continues to play a role in conflicts. But what can historians do to prevent the abuse of history for political purposes? Historians without Borders in Finland aims to further public discussion about history and to promote the use of historical knowledge for peace-building and conflict resolution.
May 19-20 Historians without Borders organised an international networking conference 'Historians without Borders: The Use and Abuse of History in Conflicts' which constituted the starting point of an international network of Historians without Borders.
Martti Ahtisaari Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Bernard Kouchner Co-founder of Médecins Sans Frontières
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I have one longer string, longString, and a set $S$ of shorter strings {ss1,ss2,ss3,...}. I'd like to print out longString but where the positions of the shorter strings are indicated in some nice way. For example, perhaps we could color the characters in the longer string with a specific specified color for each shorter string. I.e. where would would have an array like {{ss1,'Red'},{ss2,'Green'},{ss3,'Blue'},...} and would then color words appearing in longString Red if the word is ss1, Blue if the word is ss2, and so forth. The idea would be to shade Brown / etc. overlap regions if they occur.
Is this possible?
One can use StringPosition to return the first and last character position for a set of substrings or words appearing in a larger string, for example:
StringPosition["TheBrownFox", {"Brown","Fox"}]
out: {{4, 8}, {9, 11}}
Now, one of the more interesting parts of this question, IMO, is how we handle overlaps between substrings / words (i.e. ss1, ss2, ss3, etc.). For example, if we add the nonsense word "wnFo" to the previous example, we have overlapping words:
testString = TheBrownFox;
StringPosition[testString, {"Brown","Fox","wnFo"}]
out: {{4, 8}, {7, 10}, {9, 11}}
So we need to do a kind of "surgery" on the output list for StringPosition s.t. there is never a situation where we have {..., {integerOne, intTwo}, {intThree, intFour},...} where it is NOT the case that intOne < intTwo < intThree < intFour.
Update: Please see Kuba's very slick answer to my question concerning how one might do this: Identifying and isolating sections of overlap in a set of integer intervals
I am inspired by this example _URL_ where words of a certain length are highlighted and bolded.
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 $\begingroup$ related: How to change the color of specified digits in a number? $\endgroup$ – Kuba Apr 1 '14 at 8:30
 - $\begingroup$ Second that link - very slick methods presented in Kuba's answer. $\endgroup$ – ciao Apr 1 '14 at 8:32
 - $\begingroup$ _USER_ Yeah, I'm going through it now! $\endgroup$ – Bob2Alice Apr 1 '14 at 8:34
 - $\begingroup$ _USER_ I really like your mark function - is there a good way to kind of map it over a large number of instances in the format given by StringPosition? What happens if there is a collision where two words specifying different colors overlap? $\endgroup$ – Bob2Alice Apr 1 '14 at 8:37
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 $\begingroup$ As I think the handling of overlaps is the demanding part of your question I'd suggest to make an example with overlaps to provide a good test case for that... $\endgroup$ – Albert Retey Apr 1 '14 at 8:45
Using the code for mark, from linked question:
f[string_, cases_] := Module[{pos, agg, res},
 pos = StringPosition[string, cases];
 agg = {Switch[#[[ 1, 2]], 1, Blue, 2, Brown, _, Red],
 #[[ ;;, {1}]]
 } & /@ GatherBy[Tally@Flatten[Range @@@ pos], Last];
 mark[string, agg]
f["TheBrownFox", {"TheBrown", "BrownFox"}]
f["TheBrownFox", {"The", "Fox"}]
f["TheBrownFox", {"The", "eBrownF", "eBrownFox"}]
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Detecting overlaps is based on my code from Identifying sections of overlaps in a set of integer intervals
 - $\begingroup$ Shouldn't this already handle any situation where there is an overlap between two or more of the substrings? $\endgroup$ – Bob2Alice Apr 1 '14 at 10:07
 - $\begingroup$ I see, so you were talking about assigning a different color if we have somwething like: f["TheBrownFox", {"The", "eBrownF", "eBrownFox"}] $\endgroup$ – Bob2Alice Apr 1 '14 at 10:11
 - $\begingroup$ That's really great. I also noticed that you can take the coloration specification, like Blue and write {Large,Blue} or {Bold, Blue}, which is quite nice. $\endgroup$ – Bob2Alice Apr 1 '14 at 10:17
 - $\begingroup$ _USER_ p.s. It is good to hold on with an accpet a day or two. Accept may discorage others, and there could be better ideas :) Yes, it's nice ;P $\endgroup$ – Kuba Apr 1 '14 at 10:18
 - $\begingroup$ Ok, I'm reluctantly unaccept, lol. If you wouldn't mind, could you add a brief descriptor for your algorithm for detecting the overlap? I'd just like to make sure I understand. $\endgroup$ – Bob2Alice Apr 1 '14 at 10:21
Here is another way to achieve what you want. It is neither very elegant nor very efficient, but should do what I think you try to achieve:
highlight[text_String, rules_List] :=
 Module[{positions, overlap = Underlined},
 positions = SortBy[
 Flatten[Thread[StringPosition[text, #1] -> #2] & @@@ rules, 1],
 positions = positions //. {
 {h___, {s1_, e1_} -> c1_, {s2_, e2_} -> c2_, t___} /;
 s2 <= e1 :> {
 {s1, Min[e1, s2] - 1} -> c1,
 {Min[e1, s2], Max[e1, s2]} -> overlap,
 If[e2 >= Max[e1, s2]+1, {Max[e1, s2]+1, e2} -> c2,Unevaluated[Sequence[]]],
 ToString[Style[StringTake[text, #1], #2], StandardForm] & @@@ positions,
 positions[[All, 1]]
 "The brown, brown fox with overlapping matches...",
 {"brown" -> Brown, "fox" -> Red, "app" -> Gray, "lap" -> Orange, "erlapp" -> Green}
The "difficult" part with the overlapping strings I tried to solve with a potentially inefficient pattern matching construct in a ReplaceRepeated (//.). Overlaps are unerlined in the above code but you could of course change that. If efficiency does matter or my approach turns out too be to naive you could try to combine my function with a smarter way to handle these overlaps...
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(A) "Access" as a noun means an instance of copying, viewing or otherwise perceiving whereas "access" as a verb means to copy, view or otherwise perceive.
(B) "Acquisition of a new computer system" means the purchase of a "computer system," as defined in this rule, that is not a computer system currently in place nor one for which the acquisition process has been initiated as of the effective date of the commission addressing requirements in section 1347.15 of the Revised Code.
(C) "Computer system" means a "system," as defined by section 1347.01 of the Revised Code, that stores, maintains or retrieves personal information using electronic data processing equipment.
(D) "Confidential personal information" (CPI) has the meaning as defined by division (A)(1) of section 1347.15 of the Revised Code and identified by rules promulgated by the commission in accordance with division (B)(3) of section 1347.15 of the Revised Code that reference the federal or state statutes or administrative rules that make personal information maintained by the commission mandatorily confidential.
(E) "Employee of the Commission" means each employee of the commission regardless of whether he/she holds an elected or appointed office or position within the commission.
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(K) "Personal information system" means a "system" that "maintains" "personal information" as those terms are defined in section 1347.01 of the Revised Code. "System" includes manual and computer systems.
(L) "Research" means a methodical investigation into a subject.
(M) "Routine" means commonplace, regular, habitual or ordinary.
(N) "Routine information that is maintained for the purpose of internal office administration, the use of which would not adversely affect a person" as that phrase is used in division (F) of section 1347.01 of the Revised Code means personal information relating to employees, potential employees or former employees, and maintained by the commission for internal administrative and human resource purposes.
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On December 14, 2023, the SEC published its review ("Review") of the accredited investor definition. Section 413(b)(2)(A) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act requires the SEC to review the accredited investor definition, in its entirety, as it pertains to natural persons, at least once every four years to determine whether the requirements of the definition should be adjusted or modified for the protection of investors, in the public interest, and in light of the economy. The Review does not contain any recommendations or proposals to change the accredited investor definition. Rather, the Review is a detailed consideration of whether the accredited investor definition is an accurate measure of the extent to which accredited investors have the financial sophistication and ability to sustain the risk of loss of investment, and access to information to "fend for themselves." This eUpdate highlights certain notable points from the Review.
Composition of the Accredited Investor Pool
According to the Review, the SEC estimates that the percentage of U.S. households that qualify as accredited investors has grown steadily in the four decades since the definition was adopted, from 1.8% of households in 1983 to more than 18% of households in 2022. This appears to be largely due to the fact that the natural person accredited investor thresholds have not been adjusted to reflect inflation. If the natural person accredited investor thresholds were adjusted to reflect inflation since their initial adoption through 2022 using the Consumer Price Index, the net worth threshold would increase from $1 million to $3,037,840, the individual income threshold would increase from $200,000 to $607,568, and the joint income threshold would increase from $300,000 to $911,352. The number of individuals who qualify as accredited investors has likely also increased as a result of the SEC's 2020 amendments to include as accredited investors individuals holding in good standing certain professional certifications or designations, as well as knowledgeable employees of certain private funds. Further, the Review noted that a significant percentage of investors' assets, for purposes of determining accreditation, are retirement savings, which was not the case when Regulation D of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 was adopted in 1982.
History of Suggestions to Revise the Accredited Investor Definition and Conclusion
The Review goes on to summarize the proposals and suggestions by the SEC and commenters to revise the accredited investor definition over the years. Many of these suggestions and proposals were focused on the financial thresholds of the definition, such as adjustments to the thresholds to account for inflation. The SEC concluded the Review by soliciting the public's views and feedback on the matters discussed in the Review.
While the Review does not contain any suggestions or proposals to change the accredited investor definition, it clearly expresses a concern that the financial thresholds of the accredited investor definition, which have not been adjusted in the four decades since the definition was adopted, may not be an accurate proxy for an investor's financial sophistication, and ability to sustain the risk of loss of investment and fend for themselves. Dorsey will continue to monitor and report on any developments by the SEC to change the accredited investor definition.
 "Review of the "Accredited Investor" Definition under the Dodd-Frank Act" (December 14, 2023) available at _URL_
 The SEC estimates that 31% of households would qualify as accredited investors by 2032 using the Consumer Price Index if the thresholds are not adjusted for inflation going forward.


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Toward a better understanding of task demands, workload, and performance during physician-computer interactions
Objective To assess the relationship between (1) task demands and workload, (2) task demands and performance, and (3) workload and performance, all during physician-computer interactions in a simulated environment.
Methods Two experiments were performed in 2 different electronic medical record (EMR) environments: WebCIS (n = 12) and Epic (n = 17). Each participant was instructed to complete a set of prespecified tasks on 3 routine clinical EMR-based scenarios: urinary tract infection (UTI), pneumonia (PN), and heart failure (HF). Task demands were quantified using behavioral responses (click and time analysis). At the end of each scenario, subjective workload was measured using the NASA-Task-Load Index (NASA-TLX). Physiological workload was measured using pupillary dilation and electroencephalography (EEG) data collected throughout the scenarios. Performance was quantified based on the maximum severity of omission errors.
Results Data analysis indicated that the PN and HF scenarios were significantly more demanding than the UTI scenario for participants using WebCIS (P <.01), and that the PN scenario was significantly more demanding than the UTI and HF scenarios for participants using Epic (P <.01). In both experiments, the regression analysis indicated a significant relationship only between task demands and performance (P <.01).
Discussion Results suggest that task demands as experienced by participants are related to participants' performance. Future work may support the notion that task demands could be used as a quality metric that is likely representative of performance, and perhaps patient outcomes.
Conclusion The present study is a reasonable next step in a systematic assessment of how task demands and workload are related to performance in EMR-evolving environments.
Mazur, L. M., Mosaly, P. R., Moore, C., Comitz, E., Yu, F., Falchook, A. D.,... Marks, L. B. (2016). Toward a better understanding of task demands, workload, and performance during physician-computer interactions. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 23(6), _PHONE_. DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocw016


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How Luer and Other Small-Bore Connectors are Used in Clinical Settings
Small-bore connectors are parts used to connect medical devices to tubing and accessories that deliver fluids and gases to patients. Small-bore refers to the small size of the opening of the connector.
One of the most commonly used small-bore connectors are Luer connectors—sometimes called Luer fittings or Luers.
There are two types of Luer connectors: slips and locks. In general, a Luer consists of a tapered "male" tip and wider-tapered "female" sleeve that either slide into one another (a Luer slip) or screw together (a Luer lock) to form a secure, yet detachable, leak-proof connection.
A Luer slip connector (left) and a Luer lock connector (right).
Courtesy of Beaumont Hospitals
Examples of Medical Devices that Use Connectors
Many different types of medical devices use small-bore connectors including:
- Blood pressure cuffs and other non-invasive blood pressure devices
- Breathing systems such as anesthesia machines and ventilators
- Enteral feeding tubes that deliver liquid nutrients or medicine to the stomach
- Intravenous devices such as intravenous (IV) lines used to deliver nutritional formulas and medicines
- Neuraxial devices, such as epidural catheters, used to deliver medicines to the epidural space
- Urinary tubing, such as catheters, used to empty the bladder
- Vascular access devices used to obtain blood or monitor blood pressure, gas levels and chemical balances inside a patient's body


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- Health Sector
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Counties Manukau in South Auckland is the fastest growing district in New Zealand. It is multi-ethnic, but minorities are severely under-represented in the health workforce.
- to create a seamless school to employment pipeline that supports and develops local talent
- to double the number of Maori and Pasifika people working within the organisation, across all health professions
- to create a workforce that better reflects the diversity of the communities they serve
Counties Manukau Health (CM Health) partnered with local schools, identified by expression of interest, to become Health and Science Academies (HSAs). The HSA program is designed around supporting students to gain direct entry into tertiary level sciences, through extra tuition in science, maths and English, and other activities, including hospital visits, panel sessions with health professionals and academic mentoring.
- CM Health has embarked on a number of equal opportunity initiatives to complement the HSAs.
- All Maori and Pasifika candidates are short-listed for priority workforces.
- A senior Maori or Pasifika representative is always included in interview panels for priority workforces.
- Workforce recruitment targets are set to ensure that the diversity of the workforce reflects the diversity of the local population by 2025.
- Initially three schools were selected to become HSAs.
- Initial funding to implement the HSAs was provided by a partnership with the Tindall foundation, a charitable foundation that operates across New Zealand. In 2016, CM Health agreed to fund the three colleges directly.
- A Grow Our Own Workforce Governance Group meets up to four times a year to provide strategic guidance and monitor the ongoing implementation of the academies.
- An operational leadership group was established between CM Health and the Principals of each of the colleges to improve collaboration and share best practice.
Program design strategies
- The academies support Maori and Pasifika students with an interest in, and aptitude for, careers in health. Selection is made on students evidencing commitment, alongside some academic ability.
- The HSA program is a joint endeavour between families, community and teachers and regular parent information events are held.
- To profile the wide range of possible health careers, CM Health provides events, hospital visits and talks with health professionals. The provision of hands-on experiences of health sector jobs, and opportunities to talk to Maori and Pasifika health professionals, helps to increase student motivation and sense of purpose.
- The HSA program is designed to support students to gain direct entry into tertiary level sciences. Compared to mainstream students in Year 11, who have five lessons of science in a six-day timetable, students in the HSAs have ten lessons.
- The program is recognised as a long-term strategy. Once the students transition into tertiary study, depending on their area of studies, they won't be ready for employment for a minimum of three years after that.
- Above-average school attendance rates are being maintained by Academy students.
- One of the students in the first cohort was inspired to study nursing and is now employed in CM Health. She is the first in her family to be university educated, and her story has been featured on local news networks in Auckland.
- The Pasifika workforce has increased from 9% to 11% since 2010.
- The Maori workforce has increased from 5% to 8% since 2010.
- It is essential to involve Maori and Pasifika leadership when designing and implementing Maori and Pasifika health workforce development programs.
- Ensure a clear vision and purpose.
- Ensure joint strategic and operational planning at the right level with a well-structured workforce plan.
- Occasionally family-support can turn into family-pressure when students are expected to pursue a career to which they do not have initial inclination.
- The innovations being generated by the Academies draw strongly on the advantages of being a small and focused learning community within the school.
- Students need to be able to see a workplace, and be able to actively imagine themselves doing the role.
- Without surrounding attention and encouragement from families and teachers, books and resources are not helpful on their own.
- have local schools with the capability and capacity to offer health science subject education?
- have access to transport for students?
- have culturally-appropriate and safe mentoring and tuition?
- have organisational understanding of and support for the importance of a culturally diverse workforce?
- have Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) programs that support nondiscriminatory employment practices?
- meet the specific cohort's training needs?
- champion and facilitate the program?
- provide culturally-appropriate and safe development opportunities and methods?
- offer extra tuition and mentoring?
CONSIDERATIONS FOR PROGRAM SCALING
- have realistic job opportunities and student numbers required to meet this?
- have the required financial and personnel resources?
- have sufficient interested student numbers?
- have host organisations, teachers and trainers who are supportive of diversity and can provide culturally-appropriate and safe environments?
- have sufficient placement and development opportunities?
- you don't have an organisational culture and practices that support diversity?
- the newly-qualified workforce seeks opportunities elsewhere (out of region or even country)?
- you aren't prepared for the length of time required to develop trainees to competence and fill roles?
- there are changes to funding or policy priorities?


In web3js, I can use below code to get private key and wallet address from mnemonic. But how can I get private key if user has mnemonic and extra-word from MEW
const ethers = require('ethers');
let mnemonicWallet = ethers.Wallet.fromMnemonic(mnemonic);
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The "Extra Word" is a BIP-39 passphrase. It looks like you're using Ethers.js, so you can do something like this:
const { utils, Wallet } = require('ethers');
const hdNode = HDNode.fromMnemonic(mnemonic, passphrase).derivePath(utils.defaultPath);
const wallet = new Wallet(hdNode);
The fromMnemonic function does not provide a way to specify a passphrase directly, but this essentially does what fromMnemonic does with the extra passphrase.
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Classes used in scattering and gathering sequences.
Scattering consists of partitioning a sequence and sending the various
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A class for partitioning a sequence using a map.
Returns the pth partition of q partitions of seq.
Partitions a sequence in a roun robin fashion.
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Re-Presenting Art History
Re-Presenting Art History: An Unfinished Process
Can reenactment both as reactivation of images and restaging of exhibitions be considered an alternative way of tackling the critical task to re-present art history (i.e., to present it anew) in the here and now, over and over and over again? The gesture of restoring visibility to something no longer present, reactivating or reembodying it as an object/image in and for the present, is here proposed as a (political) act of restitution and historical recontextualization. Examining the boundaries between past and present, original and copy (as well as originality and copyright), repetition and variation, authenticity and auraticity, presence and absence, canon and appropriation, durée and transience, the paper focuses on remediation, reinterpretation, and reconstruction as creative gestures and cultural promises in contemporary art practice, curatorship, and museology.
2022. re-presentation; contemporary art; postmodernism; curatorship; art history; Aby Warburg; museology
Interruptions and discontinuity are the very essence of Aby Warburg's conception of the temporality that affects art objects. Beneath the seemingly immobilized expressive gesture, the Hamburg scholar recognizes the vitality of the Pathosformeln that convey the intricacy of human multi-layered temporality, made of interruptions, resumptions, inversions, regressions, stops, accelerations, and survivals (Nachleben). In this sense, Warburg's idea of 'renewal', which he developed from his well-known investigation of the Italian Renaissance, does not quite overlap with the notion of rebirth: an expressive gesture can re-emerge and be renewed in a different time without dying and being born a second time with a different form.
2019. Aby Warburg; Pathosformel; Nachleben; Kreuzlingen; regression


Vietnam to restrict surging scrap imports
For decades, China was one of the largest importers of waste and scrap materials. However, in the last few years, it has restricted imports on various types of waste and scrap material to reduce pollution. This has led to shipments being diverted to countries such as Vietnam and Malaysia, causing congestion at major ports.
In 2017, the total volume of scrap imported in Vietnam including iron, steel, plastics, and paper was twice that of 2016. Plastic scrap import during the first five months of 2018 is almost double compared to the total volume of imports in 2017. The rapid growth in imports has led to congestion in all the major ports in Vietnam, with around 6 000 containers stuck in Cat Lai Port and Hai Phong Port.
Apart from port congestion and environmental concerns, the major reasons for restricting imports and increasing inspections include the growing use of false permits, mislabeling of imports, and illegal imports.
The Vietnam Steel Association (VSA) has requested the government to allow steel producers to import 1.9 million tons of scrap for their industry annually. In addition, they have also proposed to extend licences of existing importers if they meet the environmental standards.
The association has highlighted the fact that steel produced from steel and iron scrap is an environmentally friendly process and produces only a fifth of the emissions compared to iron ore. Furthermore, as the domestic supply of metal scrap only meets 40 per cent of the industry demand, imports are a major source for steel producers.


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Bore Repair Systems is an indispensable tool for any drilling contractor or company. They are used worldwide to repair many different types of drilling equipment and machinery. They will perform a wide range of services to make your drilling operation reliable and efficient. There are many benefits associated with using the right equipment to repair the damage caused by drilling. They can reduce your downtime and save you money that would usually be spent on new equipment.
When you find yourself needing a borehole to repair the performance of a drilling tool, there are some things to consider. The first is how damaged the equipment is, and what type of damage is it experiencing? The type of damage and the location of the damaged part are two things that will influence the cost of repair. For example, if the damaged component is underground, this will increase the cost of the repair job. The type of drilling holes that are used will also impact the repair price.
Different types of drilling equipment will need different repair methods. The type of drilling equipment will dictate what methods are used. Some equipment is better suited to repairing sandstone, whereas other equipment is better suited to repairing concrete. It is important to choose the correct method for the task at hand. This will ensure that the job is completed in the shortest period of time, and this is essential in today's world.
There are many different tools used for drilling. These tools include core rigs, which are used to test drilling holes and to determine if the hole has been effectively penetrated and is complete. Core rigs are used mainly in larger holes and will test out if drilling holes is successful and will give an indication of the costs involved in repairing the site. Drilling mud tubes are another type of drilling equipment. These mud tubes are used for testing the diameter of drilled holes and are good for completing some precision holes.
If the casing of a drilling machine has become damaged, it can sometimes be repaired using specialised drilling equipment. It is important to have proper safety procedures in place when operating this machinery, so that you can get the most out of the drilling process. If an operator does not follow safety procedures it could cause serious damage and injury to itself or others, so make sure you have a proper training program to perform this type of repair work.
One type of equipment that can be used for drilling is a mud trencher. These machines are normally used to dig holes for foundations, and can also be used for extracting soil and rock samples. They are also known as a digging trencher and they are operated via hydraulic pressure. Mud trenchers are a bit more complicated than the standard equipment, and it is vital that operators know how to use them properly and safely. When repairing a damaged mud trencher, it is vital that it is repaired in the safest way possible, to avoid further damage to the environment.
Once drilling has begun, the area needs to be sealed off from the outside world in order to protect it from any damage. This can usually be achieved by erecting a fence, either on the surface of the ground or within an underground mine. To protect the fence from being damaged by falling drilling equipment, concrete may need to be poured into the hole. To help maintain the integrity of the fence, steel may also need to be added. Maintainers also need to check that all bolts and screws are tightened, and that the machinery is kept in good working order.
If an operator suspects that a drilling operation may have an impact on the environment, there are some options to minimise this risk. It is important to keep the drilling equipment in good condition and clean it after each use. It is also important to remember to recycle any drill bit that has fallen to the earth. By carefully following these simple safety procedures, it can help to ensure that a bore repair can be carried out with minimal disruption to the local area. If you feel that you are unable to carry out the bore repair yourself, then it may be a wise decision to consult a professional.


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Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
The saw-whet owl is found throughout North America from southern Alaska and Canada to central Mexico. They inhabit dense coniferous or mixed forests, wooded swamps, and bogs. More migratory than most owls, they winter through and south of their breeding range, the migration being a general southward withdrawal to escape food shortages or extreme cold.
The saw-whet may be a more common winter resident in North Dakota than is believed due to their habit of roosting silently in coniferous trees and being difficult to flush. While a winter visitor for the most part, they have also been known to nest on rare occasions in North Dakota.
Strictly nocturnal, saw-whets prefer coniferous woods in swampy areas. They nest in abandoned woodpecker holes, often those of flickers, and also in natural tree cavities. When hunting, they float silently along edges of open parks and meadows, dropping on their prey in the grass. Their primary food is insects, but they will also eat mice, rats, small squirrels, chipmunks, and occasionally sparrows and juncos.


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Overheating / Heat Exhaustion
As the temperatures rise, so do a rabbit's chances of getting heatstroke. Though this is a legitimate concern for all rabbits, rabbits with thick or long coats of hair, overweight, and young or old are at an even greater risk. Temperature, humidity and air ventilation are all factors that contribute to heatstroke in a rabbit. Like people, rabbits are individuals and could respond to these conditions somewhat differently. It is important to check your rabbit consistently to insure they are comfortable and do not overheat. Early detection of heatstroke and proper corrective steps could mean the difference between life and death for your beloved companion.
Signs to look out for:
- Fast, shallow breathing
- Hot ears
- Wetness around the nose area
- Tossing back of head while breathing rapidly from open mouth.
Video of a rabbit suffering heatstroke:
NOTE this video was taken by a very concerned rabbit expert who was documenting the problem for the show organizers. She immediately took action to cool the bunny down, and he's now doing fine. She also demanded that the show organizers create much stricter policies for the health and safety of the rabbits.
What should you do if your rabbit shows signs of heatstroke?
Your first goal will be to relocate your bunny to a cool place away from any sun. Dampen the ears with cool (not cold) water as this will help to bring down his/her body temperature. Rabbit's ears are his/her air conditioner. Give your bunny plenty of fresh, cold water with a few ice cubes in it and call your rabbit savvy vet for further instructions.
The old adage "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of care" certainly applies to this. I keep soda bottles filled with water frozen at all times so that they are ready for the rabbits should the temperature of where they are being housed start rising above 75 degrees or I see an increased rate of breathing. These bottles not only help to keep their body temperatures down and the rabbit more comfortable, but also double as a toy I have found. Change out waters twice a day or more frequently if needed and be sure to drop in an ice cube or two when refilling. It's a good idea to have a bottle water feeder available as back up during the summertime just incase they run out of water or their bowl gets tipped over and you can add crushed ice to these. Be sure to clean water bottles thoroughly and regularly as they tend harbor bacteria in all the small spaces. Oscillating fans also help to keep your rabbit cooler during warm temperatures. When bunny is outdoors, make sure he/she has access to plenty of shade; wearing a fur coat in constant, direct sunlight is deadly. I stay away from using wet towels for cooling because of the risk of fly strike, which is another serious concern of summer.
Heatstroke is a very serious condition in rabbits, but can be prevented. Always consult your rabbit-savvy vet when in doubt.


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The PING Project
This map shows data reported by users of the mPING app during Friday's blizzard in the Northeast.
This map shows data reported by users of the mPING app during Friday's blizzard in the Northeast. The PING Project
If you love to talk about the weather — or want to help collect information about it — a new smartphone app may be for you.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the University of Oklahoma are giving regular folks an opportunity to fiddle with weather reporting. Using crowdsourcing, the mobile Precipitation Identification Near the Ground app collects geographic, winter precipitation data from users. The mPING app also links to a map showing weather reports sent in by locals.
The data collected by the app will help weather officials program radar to determine exactly what's falling near you. For example, is it hail or mixed rain?
The free app is currently available for the iOS and Android operating systems.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the University of Oklahoma's new mPING app helps forecasters capture a better description of falling precipitation.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the University of Oklahoma's new mPING app helps forecasters capture a better description of falling precipitation. Screengrab of mPING
Users anonymously update reports by selecting a variation of winter weather between "none" and "graupel/snow grains,"* their GPS location is noted, and information is sent in to NOAA. (It can also be done through NOAA's website, but an extra step of figuring out your longitude and latitude has to be completed.)
"The purpose of PING is to give us ground observations of precipitation types that are not well observed from automatic systems," Kim Elmore, a science researcher working on the project, told All Things Considered. He says the gathered information will be used to build algorithms for newly upgraded radars.
The data can also help officials and the public prepare for severe weather, he says.
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The PING project captures data from locals on its app or website. Users are able to choose from different types of precipitation.
The PING project captures data from locals on its app or website. Users are able to choose from different types of precipitation. Screengrab of mPING
"If we can better marshal our resources for dealing with it, then it may not cost quite so much and people may not be in quite such jeopardy," Elmore says. Throwing salt, buying sand, fixing wires and removing fallen trees can be constant expenses, he adds.
mPING is just the latest weather app to use crowdsourcing. Others include Weddar, which asks users to add a colorful description of the weather; and Metwit, a hyperlocal app that lets you pin photos to your weather reporting.
The app had a "soft launch" in December, but it has already become popular.
Elmore estimates about 20,000 people have downloaded the app and nearly 60,000 reports have been submitted. The project itself has been around since 2006, using different methods like cold-calling to verify falling precipitation.
Much of its popularity may come from the high level of interest in weather and science, Elmore says. The "real hook" is the data readily available for people to view on their phones.
So this app may not break the ice for your weather forecasting career, but it may someday help your local weatherman have an accurate picture of what's going on outside your window.
* In case you're wondering, NOAA's National Severe Storms Laboratory says graupel (aka soft hail or snow pellets) are "soft small pellets of ice created when supercooled water droplets coat a snowflake."
NPR Digital News intern Brian De Los Santos contributed to this report.


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The Missouri Sharecropper Protest of 1939, also known as the Missouri Sharecropper Strike, was a labor movement led by sharecroppers, tenant farmers, and agricultural workers in Missouri, United States. The protest was sparked by the poor working conditions and low wages faced by sharecroppers, who were primarily African American and lived in poverty.
The protest began in the summer of 1939 when sharecroppers and tenant farmers from across the state began to organize and demand better wages and working conditions from the large landowners they worked for. The demonstrators also demanded the right to unionize and have a voice in the conditions under which they worked.
The protest was met with fierce resistance from the landowners, who refused to negotiate with the sharecroppers and used intimidation and violence to break up the demonstrations. Despite this, the sharecroppers persisted and continued to organize, leading to strikes and protests throughout the state.
One of the most notable moments of the protest was the "March of the Sharecroppers," which took place in August 1939, when thousands of sharecroppers and tenant farmers marched to the state capital of Jefferson City to demand their rights. The march was met with a strong police presence, and many demonstrators were arrested or beaten.
The protest ultimately failed to achieve its goals, as the sharecroppers could not secure better wages or working conditions. However, it did bring national attention to the plight of sharecroppers and tenant farmers and helped to pave the way for future labor movements in the rural South.
The Missouri Sharecropper Protest of 1939 was a significant event in the history of labor and civil rights in the United States, highlighting the struggles and challenges faced by sharecroppers, tenant farmers, and agricultural workers, particularly African Americans, and their fight for fair treatment and rights, which was met with resistance and violence.


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Definition of Gain
- [n.] - A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.
- [a.] - Convenient; suitable; direct; near; handy; dexterous; easy; profitable; cheap; respectable.
- [v. t.] - That which is gained, obtained, or acquired, as increase, profit, advantage, or benefit; -- opposed to loss.
- [v. t.] - The obtaining or amassing of profit or valuable possessions; acquisition; accumulation.
- [n.] - To get, as profit or advantage; to obtain or acquire by effort or labor; as, to gain a good living.
- [n.] - To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition; as, to gain a battle; to gain a case at law; to gain a prize.
- [n.] - To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.
- [n.] - To reach; to attain to; to arrive at; as, to gain the top of a mountain; to gain a good harbor.
- [n.] - To get, incur, or receive, as loss, harm, or damage.
- [v. i.] - To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress; as, the sick man gains daily.


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The following briefly outlines what it means to be a small business and common terms used to describe them.
- A small business may be defined as a business with a small number of employees.
- The legal definition of "small" often varies by country and industry, but is generally under 100 employees in the United States while under 50 employees in the European Union.
- These businesses are normally privately owned corporations, partnerships, or sole proprietorships.
- Small businesses are common in many countries, depending on the economic system in operation.
- Typical examples include: small shops, hairdressers, tradesmen, solicitors, lawyers, accountants, restaurants, guest houses, photographers, small-scale manufacturing etc.
- The smallest businesses, often located in private homes, are called microbusinesses (term used by international organizations such as the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation) or SoHos.
- The term "mom and pop business" is a common colloquial expression for a single-family operated business without any hired labor, e.g., "mom and pop store".
- When judged by the number of employees, the American and the European definitions are the same: under 10 employees.


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People Who were Born in the 1950s
A list of famous people who were born in the decade of the nineteen fifties. The 1950s start from the 1st of January 1950 and finish on the 31 of December 1959.
Famous People Born in the 20th Century - 1900s - 1910s - 1920s - 1930s - 1940s - 1950s 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s
See also: Famous Peoples Birthdays, Famous Peoples Star Signs, Famous Peoples Chinese Zodiac Signs
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Famous People Born in the Decade of the 1950s
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South-south research consortium looks at the use of governance indicators
How are governance indicators actually used to strengthen democratic governance at the country level? A research consortium of African think tanks is now set to explore this question. Looking at Ghana, Mozambique and Rwanda, the consortium will explore specific cases of how governance indicators and evidence are used to influence policy. It is expected that answers will provide guidance to national stakeholders and donors alike on how best to strengthen national capacity for assessing governance reforms.
The research project calls for more attention to the use of governance indicators: Which national actors are using indicators successfully in pushing for democratic reform? There have been concerted efforts to increase the supply and quality of governance statistics over the past decade including the Third Roundtable on Managing for Development Results in 2007. The work of Paris 21, Metagora and the Trust Fund for Statistical Capacity Building (TFSCB) also focuses on the capacity for supplying statistics, including on governance issues. There have not, however, been equal efforts to strengthening the usage and application of statistical information.
By and large externally-driven governance assessments are not used by domestic actors to hold Governments to account. This is not because of a lack of political demand for reform from citizens at the country level. Rather, it is suggested that external assessments, such as donor assessments, lack ownership. These indicators are primarily used in negotiations between donors and the executive branch of the recipient country. For other national actors, such as parliament and civil society, these indicators are typically viewed as less relevant.
Similarly, indicators aligned with national policy processes that lack ownership seem to suffer the same fate. In countries where national development plans and poverty reduction strategy papers are not adequately owned, indicators aligned to these strategies fail to be used effectively by national actorsfor demanding reform and accountability.
The starting point for the consortium is therefore an understanding of the roles and political incentives of various national institutions and organisations, and how governance statistics can be used strategically in a national context to effectively push for reform. Based on a political economy analysis, recommendations to donors and national actors will be developed. Recommendations will seek to provide guidance on how country-led approaches to governance assessments can be strengthened to increase usage.
The country studies will provide examples of how governance evidence is used effectively by parliamentarians in legislation and or oversight, by civil society for advocacy, and by Government in monitoring of national plans. The use of APRM indicators will also be looked at, in addition to other country specific examples.
The consortium is led by the Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA) and include the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG) in Ghana, Institute for Research and Dialogue for Peace (IRDP) in Rwanda and the Centre for Studies on Democracy and Development (CEDE) in Mozambique. The Consortium is supported by the European Commission (EC) and UNDP in partnership.


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4/8/2015 | Trends in Specifications for Industrial Linear Actuators
Co-written by Chad Carlberg & Anders Karlsson
Product Specialist & Product Specialist
Thomson Industries, Inc.
Thomson Industries is seeing an increasing customer demand for higher ingress protection (IP) ratings within their industrial linear actuator product portfolio. At the same time there is also a greater interest in more advanced controls for this type of linear motion. What is driving these trends and how manufacturers are adapting their products in response?
Industrial actuators have been operating in harsh environments for many years. Recently, the minimum environmental requirements have become more rigorous for applications in agriculture, construction, garden, health and fitness, medical and industrial. The IP rating system remains the same: so what is changing and why?
The IP rating specifies the degree of environmental protection an electrical enclosure has against intrusion by foreign bodies and moisture. The first digit indicates the level of protection against solid objects and the second digit indicates the level of protection against liquids. Table 1 defines what each rating number means.
IP Rating
First Digit
Ingress of solid objects
Second Digit
Ingress of Liquids
No Protection
No Protection
Protected against solid objects over 50mm
Protected against vertically falling drops of water or condensation
Protected against solid objects over 12.5mm
Protected against falling drops of water, if the case is disposed up to 15 degrees from vertical
Protected against solid objects over 2.5mm
Protected against sprays of water from any direction, even if the case is disposed up to 60 degrees from vertical
Protected against solid objects over 1.0mm
Protected against splash water from any direction
Limited protection against dust ingress (no harmful deposit)
Protected against low pressure water jets from any direction. Limited ingress permitted
Totally protected against dust ingress
Protected against high pressure water jets from any direction. Limited ingress permitted
Protected against short periods of immersion in water
Protected against long, durable periods of immersion in water
Protected against close-range high pressure, high temperature spray downs
For dusty applications IP5X is usually the minimum rating as it offers limited protection against dust. However, in areas with more substantial detritus, such as woodworking or paper manufacture, IP6X may be suitable as it allows for complete protection against ingress of solid objects. For an outdoor application, IPX6 may be required to withstand heavy rain. However, if an actuator is going to see momentary immersion in water, IPX7 is required.
For applications where liquid ingress is more of a concern, an IPX9k rating may be appropriate. One good example would be the mobile off-highway vehicle industry. Many large farm and construction equipment manufacturers actually require IPX9k as their equipment is often subjected to high pressure, high temperature wash-downs.
A common misconception with IP ratings is that a higher IP rating number is automatically better. This is not necessarily the case as a device rated to IP69K does not automatically meet IP67. Equally, IP67 does not necessarily meet IP66. Each rating is designated by unique tests that are not cumulative. For example, an IPX6 test is carried out on a static product where water is sprayed directly on it, but it does not get tested for submersion like a test for IPX7 or IPX8 would. The intensity of the direct spray for liquid ingress tests can range from falling drops of water up to the equivalent of a fire hose directed at the product from specific angles. Tests for IPX7 and IPX8 involve complete immersion in water, which is unlike an IPX6 test that only test for direct spray.
One factor that is driving this enhanced environmental requirement is the fact that more intelligence is also being added locally to actuators and there is greater risk of exposing the electronic components to moisture.
More intelligent actuators
Actuators used to be controlled by changing the current direction to run the actuator in and out. Although simple, this method of control leaves a number of process difficulties such as: what happens if you do not switch the actuator at end of stroke; how do you know the position of the actuator, and the need to accommodate thick cables between the control and the actuator in heavy duty applications. Over the years these problems have been addressed with solutions such as limit switches, overload clutches and overcurrent trip mechanisms to save the actuator at the end of stroke. Positioning can further be controlled using a potentiometer or with encoder feedback for an absolute or calculated position. High current switching is also moved inside the actuator with low level switching outside.
Modern actuators are available with sophisticated control circuitry enabling optimized motion that is verified and safer. The intelligence within the actuator means it can provide features such as load monitoring, mid-stroke overload sensing, soft start and accurate positioning.
These intelligent actuators can be programmed internally to solve tasks, similar to a traditional actuator, or can be controlled over a communications bus by a central control system. A central control system gives great versatility and meets different application needs within the machine or machine range that may be driven by mechanically identical actuators.
Actuators connected to a communications bus provide the means for a control system to monitor position, status, speed and force. Diagnostic and error information is fed back to the control which can identify problems and warn the operator if the actuator needs replacing in the near future. The internal intelligence within the actuator also replaces ancillary items such as limit switches and removes the need for large cables to be routed through the machine. There is no need for relays and MOSFETs in the external control, no high current spikes, lower power demand and this results in lower energy used. This makes the installation more compact and gives engineers a greater freedom in design to improve areas such as ergonomics and add richer sets of features.
Having an actuator carefully controlled via a communications bus also means that it can be installed further away from the operator. This enables advanced control in harsh environments without exposing people to potentially hazardous conditions.
Manufacturing the modern actuator
As markets specify higher protection levels for actuators and require greater intelligence, what challenges does this present to manufacturers? Space is needed within the actuator to house electronics and moisture levels need to be considered with cycling temperatures, requiring a vent and seal system that can withstand necessary IP testing.
Actuators are most vulnerable when they are extended and the integrity of the seal between the housing and the rod must be tested to the most extreme scenario. A wiper cleans as the rod moves back and forth to prevent ingress of dirt into the housing and seals prevent from water ingress. Many specifications also call for wider temperature ranges and this impacts the choice of materials for the wiper and seal. It is difficult for manufacturers to achieve IP67 or IP69K, thus most products on the market place have a rating of IP65.
As well as tougher IP ratings, many OEMs in areas such as agriculture also require resistance to chemicals such as fertilisers, hydraulic fluids and brake fluids. These can be aggressive to plastics and metals and make the choice of seal material critical.
Manufactures like Thomson Industries offer actuators that meet IP66, IP67 and IP69K to suit such application needs. The Thomson product engineering team use extreme test conditions to verify the robustness of products such as their Max Jac® and Electrak® Throttle actuators that are designed to handle some of the harshest environments. They tests against the most commonly used chemicals to ensure seal and enclosure integrity and, especially for mobile applications; tests combine vibration, temperature cycling and chemical exposure. Thomson actuators may be customised to exact application needs, including the use of special paints or coatings to meet specific environment specifications.
Actuator manufacturers are challenged to respond to the modern requirements for more intelligent machinery and improved safety. Other trends that Thomson engineers see in combination with intelligent control and higher IP rating include requests for higher load capacities and more compact designs. These greater efficiencies further enable designers to offer more value within their machine design and a differentiated position in the market place.
Thomson actuator engineers have a 40 plus year track record of listening to customers and identifying important trends. Their response to customer needs is a continuous program of research and development focused on providing machine manufacturers with products optimised for modern market needs, without compromise on machine performance.
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Discussions elsewhere suggest that this happens and that smaller moons would tend to low inclination with respect to the planet's equator faster than larger ones.
For example, Mars' small moons are inclined only by 1° or so while Earth's moon's inclination varies between 23-5° and 23+5° with an 18.6 year period.
But this is not a good example because the origin and history of these moons is very different.
Question: So if we had two Earths around two Suns at 1 AU each, and each had a rocky moon like our own inclined at say 10° with respect to the Earth's oblate equator at the same distances except that one moon was big and one was small:
 1. Would they migrate to low inclination over time?
 2. If so, does the time it takes depend on the Moon's size?
 3. If so, which would tend to migrate to low inclination faster?
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"Scientists can finally track [ancient Rome's] economic booms and recessions—thanks to the exhaust of its massive coin-making operation, preserved for centuries in Greenland's ice sheet"
Why does the amount of lead in the atmosphere tell us something about the Roman economy? "It's a proxy for coin production. That's the biggest thing," said Seth Bernard, a professor of ancient history at the University of Toronto. When the Roman government needed to pay for something, it ordered the creation of new silver coins. These coins were produced, in part, in mines on the Iberian peninsula. But these mines didn't excavate pure silver: Instead, they unearthed an ore of silver, lead, and copper that had to be smelted into silver. This process filled the air with lead pollution.
Once in the air, these lead emissions did not stay in one place. Instead, it wafted with the winds, eventually blowing into squalls and storms over Greenland. When these storms deposited lead-tainted snow or sleet over the Arctic island, the precipitation fused with the ice sheet and became its newest layer.
When compared with other studies, research suggests that Western Europe may have seen higher lead emissions during the Pax Romana than at any time prior to the Industrial Revolution, nearly 1,800 years later.
This finding reverses a widely cited study from the 1990s that reached almost exactly the opposite finding.


Comprehensive National Power
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Comprehensive National Power (CNP) (Chinese: 综合国力; pinyin: zōnghé guólì) is a putative measure, important in the contemporary political thought of the People's Republic of China, of the general power of a nation-state. CNP can be calculated numerically by combining various quantitative indices to create a single number held to measure the power of a nation-state.[citation needed] These indices take into account both military factors (known as hard power) and economic and cultural factors (known as soft power).
A fairly simplistic and effective index was developed by Chin-Lung Chang. It uses critical mass, economic capacity and military capacity. Due to its indicators, it is often repeatable and easy to define, making it comparable to the Human Development Index in understanding and reliability.[1]
The book "Comprehensive National Power- A Model for India", a project of United Service Institution of India explains how CNP is calculated and also shows various methods of calculation with various tables, charts, diagrams.[2]
National Strategic Resources[edit]
Michael Porter lists five major resources, that is, physical, human, infrastructure, knowledge and capital resources. Accordingly, the national strategic resources are divided into eight categories, with 23 indictors.[3] Those categories constitute CNP:[4]
 - Economic resources
 - Natural resources
 - Capital resources
 - Knowledge and Technology resources
 - Government resources
 - Military resources
 - International resources
 - Cultural resources
Comparing the top 10 countries for each ranking in 2020
Rank Economic Natural Capital Knowledge and Technology Government Military International Cultural
1 United States Russia Singapore Japan Denmark United States United States Italy
2 China United States Japan United States Sweden Russia Russia France
3 India Saudi Arabia South Korea South Korea Norway China China Greece
4 Japan Canada Russia Russia Finland India Germany Russia
5 Germany Iran Finland Germany Australia France United Kingdom Spain
6 Russia China Ireland Israel New Zealand Japan France India
7 Indonesia Brazil Australia United Kingdom Netherlands South Korea Japan Mexico
8 Brazil Australia Canada Canada Austria United Kingdom Israel Turkey
9 United Kingdom Iraq Netherlands China Germany Turkey Saudi Arabia Thailand
10 France Venezuela Sweden Finland Japan Germany South Korea Japan
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Works cited[edit]
 - Bajwa, J.S (Summer 2008). "Defining Elements of Comprehensive National Power" (PDF). CLAWS Journal.
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Lunéville (Lorraine, France)
Lunéville is a city (population 20,200 in 1999; 19,065 in 1957) in northeastern France, known as the residence of Stanislaus Leczinski, King of Poland, when he was Duke of Lorraine. Peace was concluded here in 1801 between Austria and France. Luneville was the seat of a small Mennonite church. The Mennonites living here in the 18th century belonged to the Welschland congregation. On account of the distance between the members they divided, the local Mennonites formed the Luneville-Dieuze church (Mannhardt, Jahrbuch, 1888, 42), which met twice a month at the homes of the members. The congregation then consisted of fifteen families, with Christian Schweitzer as elder.
The Franco-Prussian war divided the congregation politically, but they continued to meet together until 1893, when border difficulties made it advisable to separate. The French families joined the congregation at Nancy. The German families continued to meet once a month in Dieuze. The number declined because of emigration and a low birth rate. Finally they joined the congregation at Morhange.
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Towards a digital and connected future: Singapore's C-suite
31/03/2021 In early 2020, Mazars decided to initiate a new C-suite barometer. We wanted to assess the views of C-suite leaders around the world on their activities and outlook for the coming year, understand how they manage and prioritise shortand long-term initiatives.
The most expected transformation to come in the next three to five years in Asia-Pacific is technology-related, according to our findings. Some 92% of respondents in Asia-Pacific are confident in their ability to respond to tech trends. Below, Kee Yin Lai, Head of the technology and digital consulting service at Mazars in Singapore, react to the findings.
Q1. Is technology disruption high on the agenda of the businesses you speak with?
Digital and technology disruption is high on the agenda of businesses across all sectors. In Singapore, one of the significant milestones can be seen in the Digital Government Blueprint initially introduced in 2018 with the vision of being "digital to the core". This is followed by defining the digital strategy and transforming public services augmented by emerging technologies.
Adoption of cloud services, big data, robotics process automation, and machine learning/artificial intelligence have been further accelerated as we recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. This is substantiated as 80 of the 100 tech firms in the world have a presence in Singapore, with FinTech, RegTech, MedTech industries evolving in the region.
Most large organisations (over USD 500 million in annual revenue) are already ahead of the game, having first-mover advantage in experimenting and adopting digital technologies into their business operations. They are now adjusting their strategy and operating models. Small and medium enterprises are rapidly adapting as well, recognising that inability to keep up will have a significant operational and financial impact on their businesses.
Q2. What can and should businesses in Singapore do to make the most of this transformation?
Developing high value and substantive economic activities continue to be high on the agenda in Singapore. To enable digitalisation and transformation, the Singapore government is offering incentives via its various agencies (e.g. Monetary Authority of Singapore, Economic Development Board, Enterprise Singapore) to accelerate the adoption of emerging technologies and business transformation.
Given the incentives provided, businesses should make a concerted effort in understanding the digital ecosystem and importantly evaluate how these technologies have an impact to organisation strategy and operations. For instance, how the arrival of 5G will create more demand in the development of tech platforms and unlock greater enterprise innovation. As 5G trials are in progress, we are already seeing use cases and impact it has on retail, healthcare, manufacturing, entertainment, energy and utilities and transportation industries.
Q3. Asia-Pacific respondents are confident in their ability to respond to tech trends: Why do you think the vast majority of respondents in Asia-Pacific are confident when it comes to tech?
I believe respondents in APAC are confident in responding to tech trends for a few reasons. First, you have a relatively young and tech savvy workforce in Asia – with the median age in being 30.7 years old. Asia accounts for half of the world's internet users, and a projected 50% of global consumption growth. This is a promising head start.
Second, with the 'tech war' happening between the US and China, the ASEAN region is particularly attractive for western companies who wish to expand into regional markets and form a new ecosystem – resulting in high influx of investments.
Last but not least, APAC is committed to creating a 'connected, digital future'. At the latest Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT) meeting, 32 members adopted a set of five strategic goals that foster digital trade and maintain digital trust. Singapore, Chile, and New Zealand have even signed the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA). Such partnerships are crucial in the digital economy because they help to build trust and reap the benefits of collaboration.
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Question: Is it safe to refreeze a partially thawed turkey? I started to defrost a frozen turkey for a holiday dinner, but now I've had a change in plans. Can I refreeze the turkey?
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If, on the other hand, you thawed the turkey in cold water or the microwave, the USDA advises that you should cook it immediately. That's because with either method, the turkey could have at least temporarily warmed up to a temperature higher than 40°F. At that point, harmful bacteria can begin to multiply and only further cooking will destroy it; simply refreezing the turkey won't do the trick.
Finally, if you thawed the turkey on the counter or in hot water, you shouldn't eat it at all. The USDA cautions that it's dangerous to eat any meat or poultry that's been thawed under those two methods, as the outer layer of the food would have been allowed to sit between the bacteria-breeding temperatures of 40° F and 140° F for far too long to be safe.


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