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breaker rebate of $500 ($6,500 minus $6,000, which is 6 percent of $100,000).
- Kate usually makes $65,000 a year and pays $1,000 in property taxes (1.5 percent of her income) on her Gainesville home, but she loses her job in February. With unemployment insurance, her total income for the year is $20,000. Although she would not usually be eligible for a circuit breaker, she now qualifies for a $200 rebate ($1,000 minus $800, which is 4 percent of $20,000).
Who Would Receive the Benefit?
If this circuit breaker had been in effect in 2005, the following groups of Floridians would have been eligible for a credit:
- About 53 percent of households earning less than $60,000;
- About 12 percent of households earning between $60,000 and $100,000; and
- About 6 percent of households earning between $100,000 and $150,000.
How Much Would a Circuit Breaker Cost?
A circuit breaker of the design illustrated above would likely cost significantly less than $1 billion a year in the first several years after implementation.
Experience from other states suggests that a strong outreach campaign is necessary to inform eligible households about the program and encourage them to apply. The state, localities, or nonprofit organizations can engage in such outreach. If outreach is particularly successful, costs could increase in future years.
Can Florida Administer a Circuit Breaker?
States typically use one of three mechanisms to deliver property tax circuit breakers: a direct rebate check, an income tax credit, or a credit for future property tax bills. Since Florida does not have a personal income tax, the program would have to be administered as a direct state rebate. Half of the states with circuit breakers administer their programs through a direct state rebate. In these states, applicants must either attach a copy of their federal tax returns or other income-related documents, or sign an affidavit stating that their income information is true and correct. Florida could require similar documentation.
Florida legislators should use a circuit breaker to create a fair and targeted property tax system and to address property tax discord. Such a program can provide meaningful assistance to lowand middle-income Floridians.
 CBPP analysis of 2005 Census American Community Survey data. Since the legislature rolled back property taxes to their 2005 level, this data is a reasonable reflection of the current situation.
 CBPP analysis of 2005 Census American Community Survey data.
 These states are Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia.
 For more information, see Karen Lyons, Sarah Farkas, and Nicholas Johnson, "The Property Tax Circuit Breaker: An Introduction and Survey of Current Programs," Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, March 21, 2007, _URL_
 Please note this information reflects Census American Community Survey data from 2005. Property taxes in Florida have increased somewhat since then. This is the most recent available data on individual property tax payments. This is the most recent available data on individual property tax payments. Since the legislature rolled back property taxes to their 2005 level, this data is a reasonable reflection of the current situation.
 According to the 2005 American Housing Survey, 31 percent of all households in the U.S. are renters, while 57.4 percent of households in poverty are renters. Table 2-1, 2005 American Housing Survey, US Census Bureau (_URL_
 CBPP analysis of 2005 Census American Community Survey data.
 If every eligible household had successfully applied for this circuit breaker credit, the program would have cost roughly $2 billion dollars in 2005. However, participation in programs such as these rarely reaches 100 percent. In fact, participation often reaches only 50 percent a few years after the program's inception. This does not mean such a program is ineffective, but rather that it can be improved. It is extremely important to those households that do claim it. If the circuit breaker is used in conjunction with other property tax relief mechanisms, such as an expanded homestead exemption, its cost would be lower than the $1 billion estimate.


for use with brass?
6. Explain the type of job for which a round file would be used.
7. Name one or two jobs where a half round bastard file would be very useful.
8. What type of file should be used to finish off the surface of a 3" x 4" steel block level and smooth?
9. For what purpose is a square file generally used?
10. What are two safety rules to follow when using a file?
11. What effect does oil have on the correct use of a file?
12. Explain the cause of "pinning", the results, and how to prevent it.
Fitting a Key
The word KEY is the name given to a piece of metal, usually steel, which is employed to lock two parts of a machine together as solidly as though the job was made out of one piece. Fig. 91 is an end view of a coupling and a motor shaft showing how the keyway is half in the hub and half in the shaft. Note carefully that the keyway position and size are always given on the blueprint and must be strictly followed.
Fig 91
Fig. 91
Keyways are usually cut in the machine shop. The parts to be keyed together are brought to the ship with the key or keys partly fitted to the job. Keyways can be, and at times are, cut by hand but this is unusual. In either case the fitting of the key is about the same.
Keys may be straight or tapered. See Figs. 92 and 93. A tapered key drives in more tightly and of course is a little easier to fit than a straight key. Some keys are fitted tightly on all four sides and others are fitted on three sides. The fitting is done with a mill file. See the leader for full details.
Fig 92, Plain Key
Fig. 92
Fig 93, Gib Key
Fig. 93
Keys may be any size from 1/4" up to 1" square in ordinary jobs. Larger keys are installed in heavy units such as a propeller and propeller shaft.
Some keys have a head as shown in Fig. 93. This makes it easier to remove the key by driving a drift behind the head and drawing the key out. This feature is found on many tapered keys.
1. Remove the sharp corners from the key.
2. Remove any burrs that may be on the edges of the keyway.
3. Try the coupling on the shaft for fit. If' not satisfactory, check with the leader. If the fit is correct, proceed.
4. Try the key in place to check the fit.
5. Dress high spots on the key, if any.
6. Check with the leader.
7. Apply white lead to the key and keyway when correctly fitted.
8. Check the coupling for correct position on the shaft, endwise.
9. Drive the key home to the correct location. Check with leader.
1. To what extent is the keyway prepared to receive the key when the job is delivered to the yard?
2. What tools are needed to fit ordinary keys?
3. How can the correct fit of a key be determined?
4. Explain the difference between a square key and a taper key.
5. What is the advantage in using a taper key?
Miscellaneous Hand Tools
The mechanic does not use all of his tools on any one job; nor does he use them all in any one day. The tools should be at hand to use when necessary. The tools which have been mentioned in the instruction material so far are probably used more than any others in the tool kit or tool crib. A few general instructions on how to use various other tools will be considered in this section.
Fig 94, Square Head, Protractor Head, Center Head
Fig. 94
Figure 94 shows a tool which consists of four parts. The square head, Fig. 95, may be used with the blade to scribe lines at right angles with an edge or surface. When the blade is used with the protractor head, Fig. 96, lines may be laid off from a straight edge or surface at any angle up to 180 degrees. When the blade is used with the center head, Fig. 97, a line may be scribed exactly across the center of a piece of round stock like a shaft end.
Fig 95, Squaring an Edge
Fig. 95
Fig 96, Checking an Angle.
Fig. 96
The blade is a scale which may be used for measuring as with any other scale. The size of the combination square depends on the length of the blade. The heads of the tool are made in proportion to the length of the blade. Combination sets usually have a 12" or 18" blade. Do not drop the tool, for a fall or blow will destroy its accuracy.
Fig 97
Fig. 97
Hack saw frames are made adjustable to take blades 8, 10, 12, and 14 inches long. See Fig. 98. Al2" hack saw blade is usually a
convenient length for ordinary use. The teeth are spaced either fine or coarse and are designated according to the number of teeth per inch.
Fig. 98
Fig. 98
NOTE: Some hack saw handles are made with a "pistol grip".
1. Keep the blade under the correct tension. Ask the leader how the first few times, to avoid breaking the blade. He will help adjust the tension.
2. Hold the saw straight across the work and make even strokes from toe to heel. (The instructor will demonstrate this.)
3. Do not saw fast. Fourteen strokes to the minute are plenty.
4. Do not bear down too much. Too much pressure will "strip" the teeth or "bow" the blade until it breaks.
5. Ease up slightly on the return stroke. The work is done on the "push" stroke.
6. When sawing thin stock or tubing, use a fine-toothed saw.
7. Coarse-toothed saws are better for soft stock or wide material. Fine-toothed saws plug up in soft material.
8. Do not allow the saw to "bind" in the cut. Follow a vertical line when sawing downward. If the saw is not held "easy" in the cut, it is easily broken.
These are only a few of the many precautions to observe when using a hack saw.
The tin snip is really a sheet metal worker's tool, but it is very useful on many outside machinist jobs. See Fig. 99. Some of the
Fig 99, Tin snips with hardened edges.
Fig. 99
principal uses for tin snips are cutting gasket material, sheet metal templates, soft wire, copper screening, etc.
Never cut hard wire, large nails, or small rods. Tin snips lose their "shear" when employed on work that is too heavy. The instructor will explain what is meant by "shear". Hard wire nicks the cutting edges, making it impossible to cut thin materials satisfactorily. Tin snips come in several sizes and styles. Use the correct type and size for the job.
An ordinary pocket knife is a very useful tool for trimming gaskets, cutting packing, trimming wooden packing sticks, etc. Keep the knife sharp. A dull tool is a nuisance. See your leader for the best type of knife to buy.
Tool steel is necessary for a good scriber. See Fig. 100. The point must be kept sharp at all times. Using the scriber is like using a pencil. The difference is that a scriber will make a fine line, no larger than a hair. A dull scriber is worse than none. Close work can be done only when a fine line is used to do the marking. The scriber point is sharpened on an oil stone. Never use an emery wheel. (The instructor will demonstrate some of the ways to use a scriber.) A pocket scriber with a reversible point can be carried in the pocket.
Fig 100
Fig. 100
The outside machinist uses a level (See Fig. 101) on many jobs, but only while the ship is on the ways. Some of the jobs set with a level are:
Setting deck stands; leveling the "horse" on the after end of the eye in the stern frame when running a line; and setting overboard discharge castings in correct position on sea chests.
Fig 101
Fig. 101
When the bubble is exactly between the two hair lines on the glass, the surface upon which the level rests is level. Some levels have three
"glasses" and the level may be used to plumb a perpendicular. (The instructor will demonstrate the uses of a level.)
There is a level glass in the square head of a combination square. The head and blade may be used for a plumb, or the head alone may be used for a level on short surfaces of a job. Always use the longest level possible, for accuracy. Levels are made from 6" to 24" long.
In long, vertical distances where a point several feet below must be lined up with a fixed point above, a level is out of the question. In this case we use a long chalk line, which is a heavy cord, with a weight on the bottom end to hold the line taut. See Fig. 102. The weight is called a "bob", and the line is then known as a "plumb line". As the illustration shows, the plumb bob is pear-shaped with the small end hanging down. The small end is pointed, and in using the plumb


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The Hardware Support Lab of RIM, the company that manufatures Blackberry yeaterday published a series of videos demonstrating the series of stress tests they do on their devices. These inclide bending the devices past their known breaking point, dropping them on hard floor and also dropping them in water.
Device manufacturers usually do this to show users what the devices they purchase can withstand.
The videos go a notch further by doing slow motion so that a viewer can see the actual bouncing or bending the device goes through during the durability test. See the videos below:

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الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية
The basic impulses and instincts which govern one's actions
A feeling of enmity, animosity or ill will
The current row arose swiftly, sparked both by historical animus and jockeying over future power and place in Asia - and it surprised many observers in the depth of antipathy on both sides. — Christian Science Monitor, April 22, 2005.
The masculine aspect of the feminine psyche or personality
The masculine side of a woman
a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
The basic impulses and instincts which govern ones actions
{i} animosity; resentment; hostility; masculine part of the female personality (according to Jungian psychology)
If a person has an animus against someone, they have a strong feeling of dislike for them, even when there is no good reason for it. Your animus towards him suggests that you are the wrong man for the job. = animosity. a feeling of strong dislike or hatred = animosity, hostility hostility animus against/towards
Animating spirit; intention; temper
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 /ˈanəməs/ /ˈænɪməs/
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 [ 'a-n&-m&s ] (noun.) 1816. From Latin animus ("the mind, in a great variety of meanings: the rational soul in man, intellect, consciousness, will, intention, courage, spirit, sensibility, feeling, passion, pride, vehemence, wrath, etc., the breath, life, soul"), closely related to anima, which is a feminine form; see anima.
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One thing that scientists still can't fully explain is why a fruit or vegetable grown in one place can taste so different to one grown a few miles up the road.
Pink rhubarb stemsI've just written a piece about a taste test I conducted on rhubarb for the November issue of Gardeners' World magazine, which includes a Top 10 of the best varieties for flavour. One of the things my editor had asked me to write about is how we taste fruit - the elements that go to make up the experience, which got me thinking about taste buds.
Does age affect taste? Do smokers taste more or less than non-smokers? It was a fascinating subject to research.
One thing that scientists still can't fully explain is why a fruit or vegetable grown in one place can taste so different to one grown a few miles up the road. There are so many variables that come in to the equation. I have found the taste of strawberries can actually differ depending on what time of day you pick them (mornings are definitely best!). And I can now tell you that I've eaten enough rhubarb to be able to conclude that Yorkshire-grown rhubarb really is the very best.
Taste is also a highly subjective thing, because it's our brain which does the processing, and therein lies the difference in perception.
So what of the humble taste bud? Apparently the number of taste buds we have (and therefore the extent to which we can taste food) is genetically determined. Nature may not have given you the eyes or hair you wanted, but there is an easy way to check if you score high on the taste bud lottery.
Food writer, Glyn Christian's fascinating book How to Cook Without Recipes, gives a fun way to check on the number you have. He says you should take a paper file-hole reinforcer, some dark food colouring, a tissue, a magnifying glass, then a mirror or a friend:
1. Dab food colouring on the tip of your tongue
2. Rinse off and pat dry
3. Put the paper file-reinforcer no further than 5mm from the tip of your tongue
4. Count the colour defined taste buds with the help of a magnifying glass and a friend (or mirror)
According to Mr Christian, "super tasters have more than 25 small evenly clustered taste buds within the circle". It seems that "slower tongues have bigger but fewer taste buds". Women tend to score higher than men. This will test your receptors for sweetness, you can try the same thing on other parts of the tongue for other types of taste like'salty' or 'bitter'.
There are a few other good tests in the book if you want to go down this road.
Not included in our Top 10 Rhubarbs for Taste, but certainly worth an honourable mention is a heritage variety called 'Cawood Delight'. It is not easy to grow for beginners, being somewhat temperamental and I didn't care for its floury texture at all (though our Chef taster, John McClements, thought highly of it for serving with meat dishes). I loved this variety of rhubarb because it was such an extraordinarily beautiful, dark beast. It is probably the most handsome of the rhubarbs I've ever seen and still looked good when it was cooked. An acquired taste perhaps.
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Gardeners' World Web User 03/09/2010 at 22:47
Taste buds do seem to deteriorate with age, my 90 year old mother has complained all year that the vegetables grown in her garden, have no flavour, whilst everyone else thinks they are great. In the case of rhubarb, I truly believe it is the nastiest thing one could grow in the garden, and maybe taste bud failure could be an advantage when consuming it.
Gardeners' World Web User 04/09/2010 at 22:19
Replanted a rhubarb crown which was'nt doing well. Was able to pull half a dozen stalks and made some rhubarb crumble. Ate it with homemade custard lovely treat. Think you are missing out HeavyHourse.
Gardeners' World Web User 30/01/2011 at 17:33
This is really NOT about HOW to grow Rhubarb. Gotta find it somewhere else. DISAPOINTING
Gardeners' World Web User 04/06/2011 at 14:45
I have had the same rhubarb plant growing in my garden since I moved in 18 years ago, but this year, just as I was planning to lift and split the crown, it flowered! If I lift and split it, will the crown continue to flower, or can I expect to harvest my rhubarb next year?
Gardeners' World Web User 07/08/2011 at 17:19
My comment yesterday seems to be lost in the ether-so here it is again! Can anyone tell me whether I can put large rhubarb leaves in my compost bin, as I have read conflicting advice,and wonder whether oxalic acid would be a problem. My bin works well and is heaving with THOUSANDS of small pink worms so I wouldn't like to poison them! Does Monty Dom put these leaves in his super compost system, I wonder?
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Several phase III clinical studies have shown significantly better results in treating certain cancers when hyperthermia therapy was added to radiation therapy, as compared to radiation treatments alone. At this year's ASCO conference, the results of a 340-patient randomized phase III clinical trial testing the benefit of adding hyperthermia therapy to chemotherapy were reported (abstract 10009).
"This is the first randomized phase III clinical trial ever conducted on the use of regional hyperthermia therapy in combination with standard chemotherapy," said Rolf D. Issels, MD, PhD, who presented the results. "It showed an approximate doubling of disease-free survival and local progression-free survival for high-risk soft-tissue sarcoma patients when hyperthermia therapy was added to chemotherapy, as compared to the results for patients treated with chemotherapy alone."
All hyperthermia treatments performed in the study were conducted using BSD-2000 hyperthermia systems developed and produced by BSD Medical Corp. The use of precision-focused hyperthermia therapy during chemotherapy treatments opens cancer cells to better absorption of chemotherapy drugs by improving blood flow as well as by other biologic mechanisms of action. Hyperthermia therapy also kills cancer cells directly and can be used to improve chemical reactions of some chemotherapy drugs.

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Profesionales is a communicative course for adults and young adults, beginners and false beginners, who wish to learn Spanish for business purposes. Real-life situations introduce language items using task-based teaching. Real-life situations introduce language contents using task-based teaching. Each lesson is presented in a three-page spread that work independent one from each other. Each double page presents a situation that is going to take place in the company. There is a Final task at the end of each lesson. A Final Project integrates all the learned contents in each section and encourages students to work in groups and simulate the real world of a company. -This material includes a grammar appendix and a plurilingual glossary at the end. Complementary materials: Vocabulary workbooks for Law, Economics or Medical purposes. Each lesson has a part related to business culture in Spain and Latin America.
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Map of the Month – Imaging Mouse Intestine
Welcome to Edinburgh Instruments monthly blog celebrating our work in Raman, Photoluminescence, and Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging. Every month we will highlight our pick for Map of the Month to show how our spectrometers can be used to reveal all the hidden secrets in your samples.
Two-photon excited fluorescence (2PEF) and second harmonic generation (SHG) are complementary multiphoton imaging techniques for studying biological samples, for example mouse intestine. Mice and humans are similar anatomically, therefore scientific models using mice are frequently applied to human research.
Multiphoton images employ femtosecond pulsed infrared excitation light to generate shorter wavelength light to image the sample. In 2PEF, two infrared photons are simultaneously absorbed by a fluorophore promoting it to an excited state which then radiatively relaxes emitting shorter wavelength fluorescence. In contrast, SHG is not an absorption and emission process and instead the two infrared photons combine in a non-linear optical material with a particular symmetry to generate a new photon with exactly half the wavelength of the incident photons. The versatility of the RMS1000 Raman Microscope allows external lasers to be coupled to the system for multiphoton imaging.
Figure 1: Two-Photon Excited Fluorescence vs Second Harmonic Generation.
2PEF and SHG signal from the sample can be obtained simultaneously on the CCD camera. The resulting multiphoton image is shown in Figure 2(a). 2PEF at 630 nm from the Alexa Fluor® 568 dye is shown in teal and reveals the structure of the intestinal villi. The area shown in pink is SHG at 520 nm from fibrillar collagen near the intestinal wall. Collagen build up in intestine wall is indicative of many health problems such as Chron's disease and colon disease. SHG only occurs from molecular structures that are non-centrosymmetric and fibrillar collagen is a common biological structure with this property, eliciting a strong SHG response.
Figure 2: (a) 2PEF and SHG image of mouse intestine section stained with Alexa Fluor® 568 and (b) extracted spectra from two points in the image.
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Activist Women's Documentary Biopics â€" Angela Davis
The documentary biopic uses archival footage, witness or expert (friend, family, colleague, historian) testimony, news reports, her own words/image â€" to tell the story of a notable woman's life and work. Like the fictionalized biopics that we've seen, it also tells a story and promotes a particular vision of the woman. It often refutes a conventional narrative about her.
Women's biopics have a tendency of deifying the woman â€" Queen Christina and Selena are depicted as goddesses through lighting, angles, surrounded by worshippers, use of triptychs, or of making her very flawed or a complete victimâ€"but how does a film depict an intellectual-revolutionary-activist like Angela Davis who is still around to contribute to her own story?
Angela Davis (1944 – ), a professor at UCLA who belonged to the Communist Party, suddenly gained world notoriety when guns she owned were used in a courtroom shootout in Marin County. After going underground for three months as one of the FBI's ten most wanted suspects, she was arrested and put on trial for three capital crimes. She became an icon of the '60s, embodying people's perceptions of Communists, intellectuals, feminists, Black Power and prisoner activists and revolutionaries.
Again, ask these basic questions to come up with common elements of a documentary women's biopic:
 - Why and how is the childhood of the subject introduced, if it is?
 - What is the subject's legacy (family and ethnic origin, parental issues, previous tragedy, socioeconomic background)?
 - What stage(s) of the subject's life does this biopic emphasize most?
 - How is the subject's appearance, and maintenance of it, significant to the film?
 - How does the film show that the subject is remarkable, different from the rest?
 - Is the subject cursed or burdened by some recurring force?
 - What is the role of music in the woman's life, whether it's a defining element or just used in the film?
 - What is the basic plot of this biopic? How are the events of her life narrated into a story?
 - Who are the most important members of the subject's inner circle (family, friends, associates)?
 - [documentaries] Who are the most memorable witnesses of the woman's life and actions?
 - What is the subject's relationship with her public, if there is one?
 - What objects, symbols, animals, people, words recur in this biopic?
 - What is the role of romantic love in the subject's life? The role of sexuality?
 - Does the film trace the subject's transformation? If so, what kind?
 - How do other characters fight over the subject, and for what reasons?
 - What is the takeaway about this woman's life?
 - How strong are traces of other genre filmsâ€"epic, war, romantic comedy, melodramaâ€"in this biopic?
View Free Angela and All Political Prisoners (USA: Shola Lynch, 2012; Amazon Prime Video, YouTube$, Vudu, Google Play, DVD1958)
A) Ask 3 discussion questions of your own regarding the film. The questions can be about specific techniques used in specific scenes such as camerawork or voiceover narration, the characters, what being an intellectual or activist entails, the plotline of her life, the way performances or speeches or trials are rendered, unexpected outcomes, montage sequences, the ending.
B) Answer 3 discussion questions posed by other students.
other students post for part B ( should answer his three questions):
A. My Questions
1. This movie uses a lot of archival footage to tell Angelaâ€™s story as well as the story for the struggle of civil rights, do you find this more impactful than other documentary movies that would only use reenactments/reconstructions of events?
2. Quite a few of the interviewees were journalists, but not historians. Why do you think journalists were used for their stories instead of historians in this documentary?
3. Whatâ€™s the effect of the music during the montage 28 minutes into the movie, during the shootout images?
In the Ben Marks article, itâ€™s mentioned that political figures or icons of powerful movements tend to have their images take on a life of their own and eventually become removed from the root cause that created the original imagery. Itâ€™s a problem that persists in societies and cultures today, where if you arenâ€™t seen supporting the imagery itâ€™s assumed youâ€™re against it. It creates a problem where people â€œsupportâ€ issues they donâ€™t understand, and then try to speak of them, and only perpetuate misinformation. An interesting conversation would be for all the people that own Angela Davis merchandise, or even items relating to other movements, if they truly understand what theyâ€™re supporting, and if theyâ€™re doing anything else to support than just owning a poster or shirt. The key component of the word activist is active.
In Professor Lodenâ€™s article itâ€™s said that director Lynch was waiting for marketers to ask her to change the title of the documentary, but that it never happened. This poses a great conversation about Angela Davis and the struggles of people of color in general: why is it that when their stories are told they consistently face issues with censorship and suppression, even today? Think about BLM, and how suddenly there were all lives, or blue lives. Censorship of struggles and power from non-whites have been prevalent in journalism and history for centuries, and it would be an interesting conversation to talk about how it persists now, especially in conjunction with Angelaâ€™s story and how not everyone was taught it or knows about it.
C) Respond to at least one other student's response with polite agreement or disagreement, giving evidence for your point of view.
students's post for part C:(should reponse to this ):
1. Why do you think that even in counter cultural movements, women continue to take a back seat to the male leaders (which is why Angela Davis didn't like the Black Panther party and other parties she volunteered at)?
2. How come communism was (and still is) such a controversial topic and actually got Angela Davis in trouble with UCLA for trying to teach because she was a member of the communist party?
3. Why did the law makers project the "imaginary enemy" onto Davis? Why do individuals to that and thus dog pile onto one individual?
Ben Mark's article talked about how the graphic designs for Davis took on a life of its own and how that made her into an icon. In the end, Mark talked to Davis and she both regards her icon status as both a blessing and a burden. This is very true when an image of a celebrity takes on a life of its own and they cannot control it. At the end, the article says "the phrase on her posters evolved from â€œFree Angela Davisâ€ to â€œFree Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners.â€ So I would say that message is for the better. However, in some cases a political poster can be parodied, even sometimes for an even worse, bigoted message, rendering it more of a joke and trailing it off from the original message.
Frako Loden's article talks about how the film has a "gaze is firmly on Davis herself and explores the complex woman inside the icon." Documentaries really do have a gaze, like film, as you can see in this documentary. The audience sees a lot of archival footage on Davis and there is a lot of interviews with Davis herself. So, documentary and narrative filmmaking are not so different at all in that they both have a gaze, tone and focus of some kind, which is so important in telling a story and making sure the story is not too biased in the case of a documentary.
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- First explain the 3 systems and provide examples of each system
- Explain how the systems influence goal attainment
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- Apply this theory to a potential practice quality improvement initiative within your clinical practice.
- How could a quality committee align outcomes with King's Conceptual System Theory?
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If I don't specify the number of mappers, how would the number be determined? Is there a default setting read from a configuration file (such as mapred-site.xml)?
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Adding more to what Chris added above:
 1. The number of maps is usually driven by the number of DFS blocks in the input files. Although that causes people to adjust their DFS block size to adjust the number of maps.
 2. The right level of parallelism for maps seems to be around 10-100 maps/node, although this can go upto 300 or so for very cpu-light map tasks. Task setup takes awhile, so it is best if the maps take at least a minute to execute.
 3. You can increased number of Map task by modifying JobConf's conf.setNumMapTasks(int num). Note: This could increase the number of map tasks, but will not set the number below that which Hadoop determines via splitting the input data.
Finally controlling the number of maps is subtle. The mapred.map.tasks parameter is just a hint to the InputFormat for the number of maps. The default InputFormat behavior is to split the total number of bytes into the right number of fragments. However, in the default case the DFS block size of the input files is treated as an upper bound for input splits. A lower bound on the split size can be set via mapred.min.split.size.
Thus, if you expect 10TB of input data and have 128MB DFS blocks, you'll end up with 82k maps, unless your mapred.map.tasks is even larger. Ultimately the InputFormat determines the number of maps.
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seems like a direct copy of the hadoop wiki. maybe this answer should be paraphrased or you can make it more specific to the question. – jayunit100 Nov 6 '12 at 1:36
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It depends on a number of factors:
 - Input format and particular configuration properties for the format
 - for file based input formats (TextInputFormat, SequenceFileInputFormat etc):
 - Number of input files / paths
 - are the files splittable (typically compressed files are not, SequenceFiles are an exception to this)
 - block size of the files
There are probably more, but you hopefully get the idea
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Thanks Chris. If I specify a number, it isn't necessarily going to be honored by Job tracker? – kee May 15 '12 at 1:30
With the new (.mapreduce packaged) API, this is completely ignored. The old API may do - look through the source for o.a.h.mapred.FileInputFormat.getSplits() (for the release of hadoop you are using) – Chris White May 15 '12 at 1:45
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Casey at the Bat by Ernest Thayer
Casey at the Bat
A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888
by Ernest Thayer
Vintage baseball photo; public domain.The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Mudville Nine that day;
a sickly silence fell upon the patrons of the game.
clung to that hope which springs eternal in the human breast;
But Flynn preceded Casey, as did also Jimmy Blake,
so upon that stricken multitude grim melancholy sat,
it rumbled through the valley, it rattled in the dell;
it knocked upon the mountain and recoiled upon the flat,
for Casey, mighty Casey, was advancing to the bat.
five thousand tongues applauded when he wiped them on his shirt.
Then while the writhing pitcher ground the ball into his hip,
defiance gleamed in Casey's eye, a sneer curled Casey's lip.
and Casey stood a-watching it in haughty grandeur there.
Close by the sturdy batsman the ball unheeded sped–
With a smile of Christian charity great Casey's visage shone;
but one scornful look from Casey and the audience was awed.
he pounds with cruel violence his bat upon the plate.
the band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light,
and somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout;
Comedian DeWolf Hopper recites "Casey at the Bat" in 1909
DeWolf Hopper's comedic recitation of "Casey at the Bat" helped make the poem famous. According to Wikipedia, Hopper "was often called upon to give his colorful, melodramatic recitation, which he did about 10,000 times in his booming voice, reciting it during performances and as part of curtain calls, and on radio. He released a recorded version on phonograph record in 1906."
James Earl Jones recites Casey
The incomparable James Earl Jones provides a more contemporary dramatic recitation of "Casey at the Bat." If you're planning to memorize and recite this, Jones's rendition is an ideal model.
Ernest Thayer (1863 – 1940) was an American writer and poet who wrote the poem "Casey At The Bat." According to Baseball Almanac, Thayer's poem is "the single most famous baseball poem ever written" and "the nation's best-known piece of comic verse."
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What happens when home becomes your workplace? Join author and broadcaster Emma Gannon for actionable advice on how to create a work-life balance that works for you, no matter where you are.
Many of us enjoy the advantages of working from home, but it's easy to let go of work-life boundaries and find ourselves blending our work life and personal life more than we'd like. In this audio class, Emma tackles the challenges that can come along with working remotely, providing tips, tricks, and clear frameworks for optimizing your work environment and setting yourself up for long-term success.
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1. Introduction: I'm Emma Gannon, an author and broadcaster. Today's class is all about how to keep your mental well-being in check while working remote. My podcast, Ctrl Alt Delete, is all about creative careers and unconventional career paths, and the topic of mental health and burnout comes up a lot in those conversations about modern work. In this class, I'll be talking about tackling burnout, creating psychological boundaries, and remote work etiquette. This class is for anyone who's currently working from home or working remotely and is also struggling with how to maintain their well-being while working and living and doing everything else in the same space. Before, we would leave our front door and go to work. We would have a physical boundary automatically there. Now that we don't have that, this is how to create boundaries in our minds, how to really distinguish between our home self and our work self and how to take care of ourselves better. But it's safe to say that when we look after ourselves and we look after our well-being and really focus on it and take it seriously and take more breaks throughout the day, we're fundamentally happier and we feel like we can take on more, which actually results in more productivity. Working constantly and then burning out is one of the most unproductive ways of working, because ultimately, what burnout means is sometimes in the most extreme cases, being signed off from work for months at a time. That's extremely unproductive for our work, life, and overall well-being. We should take the daily steps to check in with ourselves and really make sure we're doing okay. The one major takeaway I would love students to take note of in this class is how to really look after yourself during the working day and making just tiny steps, tiny bits of more time for yourself to really make sure that you're checking in with how you genuinely feel and not just distracting yourself by constantly working. This class is all about not ignoring any warning signs that you need to change things up. I'm really excited about bringing you this class. It's a really important topic. It's very close to my heart because I've had to learn to adjust how I worked during this time and make peace with maybe doing less, and I think it's relevant for pretty much all of us, whatever we're dealing with at the moment. We would love to hear from you so please do share your experiences in the Project Gallery and ask us any questions in the Discussion section below. 2. Tackling Burnout : In this lesson, I'm going to be talking about tackling burnout. What it is and why it's happening more often when we're working from home and when it tends to feel like and how we can spot some of our own warning signs. Let's discuss how to tackle burnout. In an office, we might be more aware of ourselves and our surroundings and even the time of the day, but when we're working from home, we can have a tendency to overwork and be lost our own heads, and not look up for hours. Because most of the time it's just us working remotely, away from our colleagues and away from the outside world, away from our office and we're not having that interaction that we're used to. People say the open-plan working is quite distracting and there's definitely some truth in that. But at least then we had something to break up our day even for me going to a cafe and then coming home. It means you're getting up and maybe having a chat with someone or making a cup of tea. When we're working in an office or somewhere away from home, we're more likely to take in our surroundings, have more variety to the day, see different things, walk different places, have a commute, or just look around more often and take in a bit more of the world. It's important to be aware of how we're spending our days at home and how we can be productive while also nourishing our minds and our bodies too. As a writer who sits and works from the same desk every day, I'm definitely tempted to ignore the signals and just push through without taking stoke. When we're working from home, sometimes we're just going from our bedroom to the kitchen or to the desk and it can be quite samey every day. Sometimes we jump straight into work, whether that's on our beds, just opening our laptop, or being on our phone that's constantly buzzing, and we're suddenly at work when we haven't really guyed ourselves up for work, who got ourselves in that frame of mind. It's really important for us to have these boundaries around working from home and I'm going to talk more about that in this next section about creating these boundaries. It's really important to notice our moods and our patterns, to notice our surroundings, to go outside, to look out of the window, and factoring time for ourselves and make sure that we're not just constantly working. It's also a great idea to make your mornings count and start the day off well, even if you could just spare 15 minutes in the morning to listen to your favorite song, or lie down on a yoga mat, or make yourself a coffee and sit with it before jumping straight into work. One read good tactic that I love is from Julia Cameron, which is asking yourself, HALT, H-A-L-T. Am I hungry? Am I angry? Am I lonely? Or am I thirsty? If you have one of these that you can take off, then make sure you rectify it. If you're lonely, give someone a call, if you're hungry, go and make yourself some proper nourishing food. It's really important to hone these things, these smaller bumps in the road as you go along. Just feeling a little bit tired or a little bit hungry can actually lead to feeling more overwhelmed, more tired, and not able to do your work properly, and these smaller things can ladder up. Just noticing that you need a glass of water or noticing that you need to go and have a little stretch or even a lie-down, because if we don't spot these early signs, they can lead to burnout. Burnout is what happens when we're not listening to ourselves and that


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Sweet granadilla or grenadia is a highly nutritious and flavorful fruit, with an orange to yellow skin when ripe. It is native to countries in Central and South America, including Mexico. Today, sweet granadilla grows in Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Costa Rica, and Argentina. It is also an exotic fruit to tropical regions in Australia, Africa, the United States, New Zealand, India, Southeast Asia, Israel, Brazil, and Papua New Guinea. Sweet granadilla is scientifically referred to as Passiflora ligularis and is a close relative of the passion fruit (purple granadilla).
The fruit is not as popular as purple passion fruit. Sweet granadilla somewhat resembles the yellow passion fruit on the outer shell in terms of color. However, sweet granadilla and yellow passion fruit are completely different fruits based on their species and pulp characteristics. Besides, the skin of a sweet granadilla is thick and leathery, with white specks or spots.
A whole sweet granadilla and two halves displaying a sweet transparent pulp with black seeds
Sweet granadilla pulp and black seeds
Health benefits of sweet granadilla
Sweet granadilla is a less known species of passion fruits. People do not consume it for its good flavor alone. Sweet granadilla is certainly a nutritionally-dense fruit with many health benefits.
Sweet granadilla has a high nutritional value
Sweet granadilla is rich in calcium, potassium, phosphorus, and iron. The fruit is also a source of vitamins A, B1 (thiamine), B2 (riboflavin), B3 (niacin), B9 (folate), C, E, and K. Sweet granadilla is a high-fiber fruit, with a significant amount of antioxidants and proteins. These nutrients contribute to the various health benefits associated with consuming sweet granadilla.
Sweet granadilla promotes red and white blood cell production
Sweet granadilla is a valuable source of the vitamin B complex, iron, phosphorus, and potassium, all of which play a crucial role in boosting the manufacture of red and white blood cells in the body. Thus, sweet granadilla can help maintain a normal blood cell count, promoting health and preventing diseases such as anemia. Besides, the nutrients found in a sweet granadilla might help improve platelet count, thus preventing thrombocytopenia.
Sweet granadilla improves cardiovascular health
Sweet granadilla contributes to better heart health when consumed regularly. The fruit contains minerals and vitamins that play a vital role in regulating heart rate and blood pressure. For instance, potassium, a nutrient available in high amounts in sweet granadilla, helps regulate the heartbeat and prevents cardiovascular diseases when consumed in adequate quantities.
Sweet granadilla leads to better gut health.
Sweet granadilla has a high fiber content that accelerates digestion and improves bowel movements. Thus, sweet granadilla can help reduce and prevent constipation. Additionally, this fruit's fiber provides a substrate for good stomach bacteria that eradicate the harmful ones that cause gastrointestinal diseases. Sweet granadilla is also beneficial for people with ulcers and hiatal hernia due to the wound-healing properties attributable to its high vitamin C content.
Sweet granadilla improves visual health
Sweet granadilla nourishes the body with vitamin A, which helps promote eye health and vision. On this note, the fruit can serve as a good source of vitamin A for people with poor eyesight and vision problems.
Sweet granadilla relieves anxiety and insomnia
Sweet granadilla is a known natural relaxant. The calming properties associated with this fruit help reduce anxiety. Sweet granadilla also induces sleepiness due to its mild sedative properties. As a result, consuming this fruit can help alleviate insomnia in people with sleep disturbances.
Sweet granadilla prevents cancer
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Sweet granadilla improves immunity
Eating sweet granadilla makes the immune system stronger by providing essential vitamins and minerals to the body. Specifically, the fruit is a good source of vitamin C, a micronutrient known to boost immunity when included in the diet.
How to eat sweet granadilla
Scoop the soft sweet-tasting pulp and seeds of sweet granadilla after cutting the fruit or breaking the thick leathery outer shell. You can eat the pulp right from the shell. Sweet granadilla is sometimes added to ice-cream, pavlova, and yogurt to provide a distinct flavor and improve the nutritional profile.
How does sweet granadilla taste?
Sweet granadilla has a transparent jelly-like pulp, with hard black seeds. The fruit is aromatic, with a distinctive soft sweet taste. Sweet granadilla also has a better and less acidic flavor than other varieties of passion fruits.
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I have been using a BNO055 sensor (9° dof IMU) for a project which will use angular velocity to move the mouse cursor on a PC screen.
So far, I have gotten quaternion output from the sensor and been able to convert it to angular velocity in a couple of ways. The first, multiplying 1 quaternion sample by its conjugate in the next sample, and then converting the quaternion Delta in Euler angles. The second, converting from quaternions to Euler angles and then finding the change in those between samples.
Both methods result in angular velocity measurement, but each with their advantages and disadvantages. E.g. Quaternion Delta between samples does not suffer from gimbal lock, but it's difficult to isolate pitch from roll.
I know that you can ask the sensor for angular velocity data directly, but apparently that's less precise due to the Gyro drift and it's relative orientation only, which is why I opted to work with quaternions.
Is there a better way to go about this?
My code included below for reference with the 2 approaches in case it's helpful/interesting. It uses the Adafruit repository for BNO sensor.
void quaternion_Delta () {
 // Quaternion data 1
 imu::Quaternion quat = bno.getQuat();
 // Euler 1
 imu::Vector<3> euler_one = quat.toEuler();
 //delay between samples
 // Quaternion data 2
 imu::Quaternion quat_two = bno.getQuat();
 // Euler 2
 imu::Vector<3> euler_two = quat_two.toEuler();
 // quaternion comparison
 imu::Quaternion quatDelta = quat_two * quat.conjugate ();
 imu::Vector<3> euler = quatDelta.toEuler();
 Serial.print(" X: ");
 Serial.print(euler.x()*radius_to_degrees, 2);
 Serial.print(" Y: ");
 Serial.print(euler.y()*radius_to_degrees, 2);
 Serial.print(" Z: ");
 Serial.print(euler.z()*radius_to_degrees, 2);
 // Euler comparison
 imu::Vector<3> euler_comparison = euler_two - euler_one;
 Serial.print(" x: ");
 Serial.print(euler_comparison.x()*radius_to_degrees, 2);
 Serial.print(" y: ");
 Serial.print(euler_comparison.y()*radius_to_degrees, 2);
 Serial.print(" z: ");
 Serial.print(euler_comparison.z()*radius_to_degrees, 2);
Edit: demonstration for quaternion Delta.
When quaternion current * quaternion home and transforming to Euler angles, we get the angular velocity between the 2 quaternions. Please imagine the sheet of paper to be the earth reference frame and to the watch the sensor's reference frame. With no yaw rotation, if with tilt the sensor up that causes a positive change in the y (pitch) axis. With 90° rotation of the sensor in the X (yaw) axis, however, a tilt of the sensor results in a change in the z (roll) axis instead.
My understanding is that this happens because quaternions are a representation of absolute orientation. So with any angle of rotation in the yaw axis we get a mixture of change in the pitch and roll axis whenever we tilt the sensor up or down.
This is what I mean that a change in sensor tilt (moving it up or down) results in a change in either/both the Y and Z axis.
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 - \$\begingroup\$ Are you trying to do the reverse of this operation? The link shows the formula connecting quat_two, quat and angular velocity. \$\endgroup\$ – AJN Apr 22 at 13:27
 - \$\begingroup\$ From what I can understand, which is not everything, I believe it slightly different from that post. Thank you for taking the time to respond. \$\endgroup\$ – Zhelyazko Grudov Apr 22 at 16:45
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 \$\begingroup\$ Can you show an example where it is difficult to isolate pitch from roll? I would also like to know why drift is an issue when using the rates directly from the IMU. \$\endgroup\$ – AJN Apr 23 at 12:59
 - \$\begingroup\$ I will edit my post with some pictures and explanation. With regards to the gyroscope drift, I'm not exactly sure if that happens or not. I just read that it is an issue if using only the gyroscope to detect angular velocity and that is why you would prefer to have sensor fusion. Maybe that is not the case and I misunderstood something? \$\endgroup\$ – Zhelyazko Grudov Apr 23 at 13:30
... which will use angular velocity to move the mouse cursor on a PC screen.
It is not clear if the angular velocity will control the cursor velocity or the cursor position. If the angular velocity is controlling the cursor velocity, then the cursor position will be affected by drift (due to the integration operation performed). However, this can be solved in software by passing the sensed angular velocity through a threshold operation (dead zone). The threshold is chosen to be more than the expected drift.
quaternion current * quaternion home and...
The first statement gives the impression that the IMU output is sampled with small time intervals and you are using the adjacent samples of quaternion. If this is the case, the angle between the two quaternion will be a small angle and the pitch/roll mixing problem doesn't arise (for sufficiently small sampling interval).
The second statement gives the impression that the current quaternion is multiplied with the very first sampled quaternion or a fixed home quaternion and not the immediately preceding sample. The angles between the quaternion can be large and pitch/roll mixing will occur.
... quaternion current * quaternion home and transforming to Euler angles, we get the angular velocity between the 2 quaternion.
No. we get the angle (or rotation) between the two quaternion. If we took the difference between two displacements, the result is also a displacement and not a linear velocity. If the two displacements were measured a very very small time apart and if you divided the difference by the time, then, that quantity is a (instantaneous) linear velocity. If the time gap was large, the quantity is average velocity.
For rotations, when the angle difference is large, we can still compute the average angular velocity by imagining the shortest rotation which will take one quaternion to the other. However, due to the inherent properties of rotation, you cannot avoid mixing between the channels.
Reconstructing the angular velocity from quaternion
Using the quaternion to reconstruct the angular velocity may still be a good idea since the IMU software might have used the accelerometers or magnetometers to cancel the drift in the angular velocity measurement.
From the linked answer, we have, by rearranging,
$$ \left[\begin{matrix} -q_x(t) & -q_y(t) & -q_z(t) \\ q_w(t) & q_z(t) & -q_y(t) \\ -q_z(t) & q_w(t) & q_x(t) \\ q_y(t) & -q_x(t) & q_w(t) \end{matrix} \right]^{-1} \frac{2}{\delta t} \left( \left(\begin{matrix}q_w(t+\delta t) \\ q_x(t+\delta t) \\ q_y(t+\delta t) \\ q_z(t+\delta t) \end{matrix}\right) - \left(\begin{matrix}q_w(t) \\ q_x(t) \\ q_y(t) \\ q_z(t) \end{matrix}\right) \right) = \left(\begin{matrix} \omega_x(t) \\ \omega_y(t) \\ \omega_z(t) \end{matrix} \right). $$
If I am not mistaken (be careful about the quaternion convention. Some use frame representation, some use rotation operator representation), the result will be in the frame of the IMU platform. You can convert this vector to the home axis frame by using the vector rotation formula.
 - \$\begingroup\$ Thank you for the detailed answer. I'll have a look through it and try to implement. \$\endgroup\$ – Zhelyazko Grudov Apr 23 at 18:30
 - \$\begingroup\$ I've been working on this project for the last couple of months. Just went over this answer again and realized how much of it went over my head. Thank you for taking the time. I'm still having trouble reconstructing the angular velocity from quaternions, or finding a way to work around pitch/roll mixing. Not sure if appropriate, but would you be willing/available for a paid consultation? \$\endgroup\$ – Zhelyazko Grudov May 18 at 8:48
 - \$\begingroup\$ Thanks for responding. I will post a new question, and see how it goes. \$\endgroup\$ – Zhelyazko Grudov May 18 at 13:03
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Biography: John Lyman
Born in Biddeford, Maine, 29 September 1886
Died Barbados: Christ Church, 26 May 1967
Collection of the Library and Archives, National Gallery of Canada
" The real adventure takes place in the sensibility and imagination of the individual"
(John Lyman, May 1932)
John Lyman played a key role in the development of modern art in Canada, not only as an artist, but also as a theorist, professor and as the founder in 1939 of the Contemporary Arts Society.
Apart from trips to Canada in 1913 and 1927, Lyman spent the years 1907-31 in Europe. He attended the Académie Julian in Paris, and met the Canadian artist James Wilson Morrice. In 1909, he attended the Académie Matisse. The contacts with both Morrice and Matisse were crucial to John Lyman's art. Their devotion to a pure art of colour, line, and form, an art devoid of all anecdotal details or 'non-artistic' concepts, remained with Lyman throughout his life.
Lyman returned to Montreal permanently in September 1931 and tried to improve the artistic conditions in Canada. From 1936 to 1940, he was an author for the monthly art column in The Montrealer, where he commented on the Canadian art scene, promoted international trends, and offered some of the most intelligent writing on art in Canada. He co-founded the short-lived Atelier and introduced the students to French art. He was opposed to what he felt to be the xenophobic nationalism of Canadian art. To those who feared the taint of foreign art, Lyman replied, " The talk of the Canadian scene has gone sour. The real Canadian scene is in the consciousness of Canadian painters, whatever the object of their thought." The Montrealer, 1 February, 1938
In 1939 Lyman established the Contemporary Arts Society in Montreal. In 1949, Lyman became an art professor at McGill University in Montréal and, three years later, was appointed director of the Fine Arts Department.


text: OBJECTIVE: To assess maternal, newborn, and obstetric risk factors associated with anal sphincter tear in multiparous women. METHODS: This case-control study identified 18,779 multiparous vaginal deliveries from 1992 to 2004 from an obstetric automated record database at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Two hundred eighty-four patients were selected, 145 cases and 139 controls. Variables from the index pregnancy and prior pregnancies were analyzed, and multivariable logistic regression models were constructed to determine significant predictor variables for anal sphincter tear in multiparous women. RESULTS: One hundred forty-five multiparous women with no history of cesarean delivery sustained a sphincter tear. Multivariable logistic regression showed a significant association with episiotomy (odds ratio [OR] 16.3, 95% confidence interval [CI] 7.7-34.4), shoulder dystocia (OR 7.9, CI 1.6-38), forceps delivery (OR 4.7, CI 2.0-11.2), and being married (OR 2.2, CI 1.1-4.6). A second exploratory model that included variables from previous pregnancies, showed that in addition to episiotomy (OR 34.6, CI 8.8-136), shoulder dystocia (OR 11.1, CI 1.3-95.2), forceps delivery (OR 6.1, CI 1.6-23.5), previous sphincter tear (OR 7.7, CI 1.2-48.7), and second stage of labor greater than 1 hour (OR 6.7, CI 1.1-42.5) were associated with tear. CONCLUSION: The strongest clinical risk factors for anal sphincter tear in multiparous women are episiotomy, shoulder dystocia, previous sphincter tear, prolonged second stage of labor, and forceps delivery. © 2006 by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.


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"Skin hyperpigmentation: a rare presenting symptom of nitrous oxide abuse".
Clinical Toxicology. 2019 Sep 16.
Context: Recreational nitrogen oxide (N2O) abuse can cause nervous system damage. There was a sharp increase in the number of patients with neurological disorders associated with recreational N2O use in China, as recreational N2O use became popular in young people nationwide. Among cases with neurological disorders caused by N2O abuse, a few showed skin hyperpigmentation, which has rarely been reported. We explored the characteristics of hyperpigmentation in N2O abusers to draw the attention of clinicians to this rare cutaneous symptom related to N2O abuse.
METHODS: We retrospectively collected data of patients with neurological disorders related to recreational N2O abuse in Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University from January 2014 to June 2019. Detailed clinical data were gathered from patients who manifested skin pigmentation, including the history of N2O abuse and characteristics of neurological lesions and skin pigmentation.
RESULTS: In total, 66 patients (average age: 22.7 ± 4.5 years, 36 males) with neurological disorders due to N2O abuse were included; four of them (17–23 years old, 1 male) manifested skin hyperpigmenta-tion. The duration of N2O abuse of the four patients ranged from 2 to 24 months, and they all had peripheral neuropathy; the two patients also had subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord. One patient exhibited significant hyperpigmentation throughout the body (trunk, limbs, and face), with no abnormalities in cortisol and other biochemical tests. One patient presented with punctuate pigmentation throughout the trunk. Two patients presented with finger skin pigmentation, especially in the distal phalanxes. Pigmentation after N2O use remitted slowly with vitamin B12 supplementation.
CONCLUSIONS: Skin hyperpigmentation is a rare symptom in N2O abusers, which can distribute locally in hands or diffusely throughout the body. Therefore, attention should be paid to a history of N2O abuse and serum vitamin B12 level should be tested.
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Much is made about the accuracy of Wikipedia, but normal books can be a challenge, especially if they're written for grade school students.
I was looking at the third version of a book written in 2000, "The Euro for Europe" last week. It was meant to be a High School introduction to the Euro as it came into existence. One of the things it gave was a small history of attempts at combined European currency.
The first illustration the book gave was "An Appeal by Esperanto users for a single currency in Europe." It showed a photograph of a completely readable postcard. Underneath the postcard it says, "Translated from Romanian, this reads:" It then gives an accurate English translation of the postcard.
How do I know its an accurate translation? every single word on the postcard, with the exception of most of the handwritten address, is in perfect Esperanto. There is not a single Romanian word on the entire card. The address is in French, with the exception of the recipient's title, which is Esperanto.
This was the third revision of the book!


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ASTM International - ASTM D4226-09
Standard Test Methods for Impact Resistance of Rigid Poly(Vinyl Chloride) (PVC) Building Products
|Publication Date:||1 November 2009|
|ICS Code (Thermoplastic materials):||83.080.20|
significance And Use:
The impact strength values obtained on the flat sections of a building product profile are relevant only to the flat section that has been tested and these values do not necessarily indicate the... View More
The impact strength values obtained on the flat sections of a building product profile are relevant only to the flat section that has been tested and these values do not necessarily indicate the impact resistance of the whole product, which is affected by the configuration of the profile (that is, corners, ribs, etc).
Constant weight and variable height, employed in these test methods, allow the velocity of impact to vary and, therefore, by Procedure B, can determine the energy of ductile-to-brittle transition, which cannot be determined if a variable weight is dropped from a constant height.
These test procedures have been found to be useful elements in rigid poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) building product characterization. Compound qualification, finished product quality control, environmental and weatherability research and development studies, and fabrication tolerance prediction constitute useful applications.
Choice of the specific impactor head configuration used is related to a variety of product attributes, such as specimen thickness and product toughness as well as abstract factors, such as the anticipated mode of failure in a specific application. The geometric uniqueness of the impactor head configurations prevents any comparison or correlation of testing results on samples tested with differing impactor head configurations. In general, the conical impactor, C.125, is useful to ensure failure of thicker specimens where the H.25 impactor caused no failure.
Note 2-Equivalent surface conditions are more likely to occur when specimens are prepared by compression molding or extrusion than by injection molding.
When comparing different samples tested with the same impactor head configuration, impact resistance shall be permitted to be normalized for average specimen thickness over a reasonably broad range (for example, 1 to 3 mm). However, this should only be done when the surface conditions listed in 6.1 are essentially equivalent.
FIG. 2 Impact Tester
1.1 These test methods cover the determination of the energy required to crack or break rigid poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) plastic sheeting and profile flat sections used in building products, as well as extruded or molded test samples, under specified conditions of impact from a freefalling standard weight striking an impactor with either of two configurations in contact with the specimen.
1.2 Two test procedures are included:
1.2.1 Procedure A, used to determine minimum impact energy required to cause failure (hole, crack, split, shatter, or tear).
1.2.2 Procedure B, used to determine minimum impact energy required to cause brittle failure.
1.3 The values in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard.
Note 1-There is no similar or equivalent ISO standard.
1.4 The text of this standard references notes and footnotes which provide explanatory material. These notes and footnotes (excluding, those in tables in figures) shall not be considered as requirements of this standard.
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. Specific precautionary statements are given in Section 8.


Coexistence of humans and mobile robots
Pedestrian movement is considered to be influenced by the environment, the pedestrian's own intentions, and other pedestrians. Taking these effects into account, we aim to accurately predict the movement of pedestrians.
Prediction of pedestrian movement considering the relationship with others in the vicinity
Pedestrians move under the influence of others around them, and the degree of this influence depends on the relationship between the pedestrians. We propose a method for learning such interactions with others in the vicinity using machine learning approaches to predict pedestrians.
 - Jiaxu Wu, Hanwool Woo, Yusuke Tamura, Alessandro Moro, Stefano Massaroli, Atsushi Yamashita, and Hajime Asama: Pedestrian Trajectory Prediction Using BiRNN Encoder-Decoder Framework, Advanced Robotics, Vol.33, No.18, pp.956-959, 2019. doi:10.1080/01691864.2019._PHONE_
Detection of "smartphone zombies" from a mobile robot
With the spread of smartphones in recent years, smartphone zombies have become a major social problem. When someone's attention is focused on his/her smartphone, he/she lose attention to his/her surroundings and run the risk of colliding with others. We have proposed a method to detect such high-risk pedestrians by using a LiDAR mounted on a mobile robot.
 - Jiaxu Wu, Yusuke Tamura, Yusheng Wang, Hanwool Woo, Alessandro Moro, Atsushi Yamashita, and Hajime Asama: Smartphone Zombie Detection from LiDAR Point Cloud for Mobile Robot Safety, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Vol.5, No.2, pp.2256-2263, 2020. doi:10.1109/LRA.2020._PHONE_
Prediction of pedestrian movement based on environmental information
For example, when walking down a straight corridor, a human walks in an approximate straight line along the direction of the corridor. In this way, humans move in a way that is influenced by the shape of their environment. Also, when you walk in an office, for example, the meaning of the environment is greatly influenced by what rooms are in the vicinity, where the elevators are, where the restrooms are, and so on. Therefore, it is important to consider this environmental information in order to accurately predict the movement of pedestrians.
We have proposed a method to accumulate the movement characteristics of pedestrians in the environment by using sensor information installed in the environment, and use it for movement prediction.
 - Shunsuke Hamasaki, Yusuke Tamura, Atsushi Yamashita and Hajime Asama: Prediction of Human's Movement for Collision Avoidance of Mobile Robot, Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, pp._PHONE_, Phuket, Thailand, December 2011. doi:10.1109/ROBIO.2011._PHONE_
Pedestrian behavior model considering intention
Humans are thought to be walking while switching their intentions, such as avoiding or following others in the vicinity, depending on the situation of others and the environment around them. We extend the Social Force Model1 and propose a model that generates behaviors while generating sub-goals according to the switching of such walking intentions.
 1. A model in which pedestrians are regarded as a point mass and move according to virtual forces from the environment, others, and destinations acting on them. (Helbing & Molnár, 1995)。


Kilnave Cross and Chapel
Bridgend, Islay OS Map
Early Christian Cross; Chapel Canmore
Also known as Cill Naoimh; Cill Neimh
Kilnave stands on the west shore of the sandy estury of Loch Gruinart at the northwest of Islay. There's a ruined chapel here which is probably late-mediaeval in date within a Victorian enclosure. But much older is the free-standing cross which is held in a modern concrete base. RCAHMS date the cross to either the 5th or the 8th century.
The cross has been badly weathered over the centuries and much of the surface has flaked off, leaving very little of any original decorative carving to be seen.
The burial ground also contains gravestones that are modern and dated stones going back to the 1700s
Tradition has it that the chapel was burned down in 1598, whilst inside were the fugitives from a local battle.
Images ©2014 Martin McCarthy, Theasis Photography
Nearby Sites
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Definition of nonchalant
a. - Indifferent; careless; cool. 2
The word "nonchalant" uses 10 letters: A A C H L N N N O T.
No direct anagrams for nonchalant found in this word list.
Adding one letter to nonchalant does not form any other word in this word list.Words within nonchalant not shown as it has more than seven letters.
All words formed from nonchalant by changing one letter
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It differs. For in some languages, such as in Italian, dialects are complete different languages, running parallel to the country's language.
Doesn't it depend on whether they are derived from the standard form or not?
not in italian, except tuscan which is the standard italian, all other are diffrent languages.
to say it is different is to suggest that there is another form of standard language, standard to the group of users. to say it a deviation is to suggest that dialects are not the norms but something inferior to that which is standard. What is standard, howeve, is relative to time and place.
'Differ' seems less judgemental. To the dialect speaker, standard language seems strange. I'd use 'differ'.
The standard language is itself a dialect.
Sometimes a particular dialect can be standardized but after being being standardized it wont be a dialect any more.


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There are many ways how to change whole character color. I want edge color to be different from body color of character. How to do it?
It is possible to make character not from one color? (To make effects like "shadowed" character.)
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marked as duplicate by Harish Kumar, Kurt, Werner, clemens, azetina Dec 6 '12 at 3:07
I just found effect trough pstricks or tikz, it could help. – boucekv Dec 5 '12 at 7:49
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You can use the contour package for this. If you load it with the outline option, you'll get "proper" outlines (as opposed to several offset copies of your text).
\textcolor{yellow}{\contour{blue}{Some Words}}
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Another alternative is package pdfrender:
 - It needs pdfTeX or LuaTeX in PDF mode.
 - It works for Type 1 fonts by changing their rendering mode, thus PK fonts or rules are not supported.
 - Paragraphs, line breaks and even page breaks are supported.
 - Works with LaTeX or plain TeX based formats.
 - Available both as switch \pdfrender and as macro \textpdfrender similar to \textcolor.
Example file:
}{Hello World}
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Oh, that looks interesting! Three questions: 1. Is there a way to put the stroke behind the text (thick strokes will otherwise drown out the fill colour)? 2. It seems that \pdfrender acts as a switch, changing the drawing style for all text that follows. Is there a way to apply the style only to a selected text segment? 3. Do you see a way of applying the pdfrender style to things like fraction lines (see tex.stackexchange.com/questions/8602/…)? – Jake Dec 5 '12 at 13:47
_USER_ (2) Use \textpdfrender instead of \pdfrender... – Paul Gaborit Dec 5 '12 at 13:48
_USER_ Even with \textpdfrender, the effect of clip actions (as TextRenderingMode=7) overflows the given text segment... May be a bug. – Paul Gaborit Dec 5 '12 at 14:19
_USER_ Thanks, answer fixed. – Heiko Oberdiek Dec 5 '12 at 14:23
_USER_ Ad 1.: You could put the fill variant over the stroke variant. But this looses line and page breaks. Ad 2.: Mistake, fixed, use \textpdfrender. Ad 3.: No, the feature works with glyphs from Type 1 fonts. Other things like rules or PK fonts are not supported. – Heiko Oberdiek Dec 5 '12 at 14:33
pst-text (part of the pstricks bundle) has some text-manipulation capability, including turning text into paths:
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\usepackage{pst-text}% _URL_
\pscharpath[linecolor=red,linewidth=.4pt,fillstyle=solid,fillcolor=green]{\Large Some text}
More (illustrative) examples are contained within the pst-text documentation.
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And here comes a ConTeXt example using the effect feature with the outer setting.
\startcolor [green]%
\hbox to\zeropoint{Hello World!}%
\startcolor [blue]%
\hbox to\zeropoint{%
 \starteffect [outline]%
 Hello World!
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What is Salt Spray Testing? Introduction by Wewon Technologies
Salt spray testing is an environmental test which mainly use the artificial simulated salt spray environment conditions created by salt spray chamber to evaluate the corrosion resistance of products or metal materials.
Salt spray testing divided into two categories: one is the natural environmental exposure test, and the other is the artificial accelerated simulation of salt spray environmental test. Artificial simulation of salt fog environment test is to use a certain volume space of the test equipment – salt fog chamber, in its volume space with the artificial method, create salt fog environment to test the quality of product corrosion resistance to salt fog performance.
Compared with the natural environment, the salt concentration of chloride in the salt fog environment can be several times or dozens of times higher than that in the general natural environment, which greatly improves the corrosion speed and shortens the time for the product to be tested by salt fog.
Copper + nickel + chromium or nickel + chromium plating on steel surfaceApplication of Salt Spray Testing
Nickel + chromium plating on copper or copper alloy surface
300 series or 400 series stainless steel surface plated with nickel + chromium
Copper + nickel + chromium plating on aluminum or aluminum alloy surface
Zinc alloy surface copper + nickel + chromium plating
Plastic electroplated parts
The Artificial Simulated Salt Spray Testing Includes:
A. The neutral salt spray test (NSS) is the earliest and most widely used accelerated corrosion test method. It use 5% sodium chloride brine solution, the PH of the solution is adjusted in the neutral range (6 ~ 7) as the spray solution. Salt spray test temperature is 35 ℃, requirements of sedimentation rate in 1～2ml/80cm2.h
B. The acetate fog test (ASS test) is developed on the basis of the neutral salt fog test. It is to add some glacial acetic acid in 5% sodium chloride solution, so that the PH value of the solution is reduced to about 3, the solution becomes acidic, and finally the formation of salt fog from neutral salt fog into acidic. It corrodes about three times faster than the NSS test.
C. Copper salt accelerated acetic acid salt spray test (CASS) is a newly developed a kind of foreign fast salt-fog corrosion test, test temperature is 50 ℃, salt solution to add a small amount of copper salt, copper chloride, strongly induced corrosion. It corrodes about eight times faster than the NSS test.
Salt Spray Testing
Salt Spray Testing Standard and Test Result Determination:
A. Salt spray test standard is the salt fog test conditions, such as temperature, humidity, sodium chloride solution concentration and PH value to do a clear and specific provisions, in addition to the salt spray chamber performance put forward technical requirements. The salt spray test standard for the same product shall be selected according to the characteristics of salt spray test, the corrosion speed of the metal and the sensitivity to salt spray.
B. The purpose of salt spray test is to evaluate the corrosion resistance quality of products or metal materials, and the judgement of salt spray test result is just the judgement of product quality. Whether the judgement result is correct and reasonable is the key to correctly measure the corrosion resistance quality of products or metal.
C. The judging methods of salt spray test results are: rating judging method, weighing judging method, corrosion occurrence judging method, corrosion data statistical analysis method.
The rating judging method is to divide the percentage of corrosion area to total area into several levels according to a certain method.
Weighing judging method is to weigh the weight of samples before and after the corrosion test, calculate the weight of corrosion loss to evaluate the corrosion resistance quality of samples, it is especially suitable for a certain metal corrosion resistance quality assessment.
The corrosion occurrence judging method is a qualitative determination method. It determines whether the product will produce corrosion phenomena after the salt spray corrosion test to determine the sample. Generally, this method is adopted in most product standards.
The method of statistical analysis of corrosion data provides a method for designing corrosion tests, analyzing corrosion data and determining the confidence of corrosion data. It is mainly used for analyzing and statistical corrosion conditions, rather than for the quality determination of a specific product.
Definition and Introduction of Salt Spray Testing
Introduction of Salt Spray Corrosion: Salt spray corrosion is the destruction or deterioration of a material or its properties under the action of the environment. Most corrosion occurs in the atmosphere, which contains oxygen, humidity, temperature changes, pollutants and other corrosion components and corrosion factors.
Salt spray corrosion is one of the most common and destructive atmospheric corrosion. Here the salt fog refers to the atmosphere of chloride, its main corrosion component is the Marine chloride salt – sodium chloride, it mainly comes from the ocean and the inland saline-alkali region.
The corrosion of metal surface by salt spray is caused by the electrochemical reaction of chloride ions which penetrate the oxide layer and protective layer on the metal surface and the inner metal.
At the same time, chloride ions contain a certain hydration energy, which is easy to be adsorbed in the pores and cracks of the metal surface to squeeze out and replace the oxygen in the chlorinated layer, turn the insoluble oxides into soluble chlorides, and turn the passivated surface into an active surface. Cause extremely bad adverse reaction to the product.


decelerates at DIPs per millisecond.
 - RotationBehavior - decelerates at degrees per millisecond
 - InitialVelocities is read-only; it gives you the velocities calculated from the previous stage of the manipulation. You can use these values to calculate your own behaviors.
 Here is the code to add our desired behaviors for inertia:
 void canvas_ManipulationInertiaStarting(object sender, ManipulationInertiaStartingEventArgs e)
 // Decrease the velocity of the Rectangle's movement by
 // 10 inches per second every second.
 // (10 inches * 96 DIPS per inch / 1000ms^2)
 e.TranslationBehavior = new InertiaTranslationBehavior()
 InitialVelocity = e.InitialVelocities.LinearVelocity,
 DesiredDeceleration = 10.0 * 96.0 / (1000.0 * 1000.0)
 // Decrease the velocity of the Rectangle's resizing by
 // 0.1 inches per second every second.
 // (0.1 inches * 96 DIPS per inch / (1000ms^2)
 e.ExpansionBehavior = new InertiaExpansionBehavior()
 InitialVelocity = e.InitialVelocities.ExpansionVelocity,
 DesiredDeceleration = 0.1 * 96 / 1000.0 * 1000.0
 // Decrease the velocity of the Rectangle's rotation rate by
 // 2 rotations per second every second.
 e.RotationBehavior = new InertiaRotationBehavior()
 InitialVelocity = e.InitialVelocities.AngularVelocity,
 DesiredDeceleration = 720 / (1000.0 * 1000.0)
 e.Handled = true;
 - You may notice I did not override the ManipulationContainer. This is not required; it will reuse the ManipulationContainer we set during the ManipulationStarting event.
 2. [Optional] Now, we could add code at our ManipulationDelta event handler for inertia.
 This is optional, if you run the code at this point, inertia is already working, but you will notice there is no boundaries (the images fly off the screen). So, just as an example, I will add code to handle the boundaries and stop the inertia when we reach the boundaries.
 void image_ManipulationDelta(object sender, ManipulationDeltaEventArgs e)
 // …. this is the same code as above, in our manipulation delta..
 ((MatrixTransform)element.RenderTransform).Matrix = matrix; e.Handled = true; // Here is the new code.
 // We are only checking boundaries during inertia in real world, we would check all the time
 if (e.IsInertial) { Rect containingRect = new Rect(((FrameworkElement)e.ManipulationContainer).RenderSize); Rect shapeBounds = element.RenderTransform.TransformBounds(new Rect(element.RenderSize)); // Check if the element is completely in the window. // If it is not and intertia is occurring, stop the manipulation. if (e.IsInertial &&!containingRect.Contains(shapeBounds)) { //Report that we have gone over our boundary e.ReportBoundaryFeedback(e.DeltaManipulation); // comment out this line to see the Window'shake' or 'bounce' // similar to Win32 Windows when they reach a boundary; this comes for free in.NET 4 e.Complete(); } } } }
 That is it. Our image viewer now has inertia support, and we have full control on the deceleration, rotation ratios, etc.
 A sample application for Manipulation and Inertia:
 Image Viewer. Manipulation
 This sample uses the code above to manipulate the images on the canvas.
 Download the source code
 The viewer supports scaling, translating, and rotating the images, using multitouch gestures. There is also inertia support as you execute any manipulation.
 Mixing and matching approaches:
 In WPF 4 raw-touch and manipulation are not mutually exclusive –this is different from Win32.
 You can enable both raw touch and manipulation at the same time on any UI Element.
 The table below explains how logic is handled for scenarios with different options enabled.
 Manipulations Enabled
 TouchDown is Handled
 GotTouchCapture is Handled
 User Logic
 WPF Logic
 Promoted to Mouse
 Handled as Touch by user
 Handled as Touch by user
 1. Handled by Manipulation logic, TouchDevice is Captured,
 2. Manipulation logic will handle GotTouchCapture event and manipulation events will be reported
 Handled as Touch by user. User has to explicitly capture the touch device.
 Manipulation logic will handle GotTouchCapture event and manipulation events will be reported
 1. Handled as Touch by User.
 2. User has to explicity capture the touch device.
 3. GotCapture handled by user, user has to explicitly AddManipulator to invoke manipulation
 This tutorial provided a basic introduction to multitouch in WPF. As you have seen, WPF supports both raw-touch and manipulation (with inertia) for all WPF UI elements.
 Using WPF's new touch support, you can accomplish quite a bit with just a few lines of code. The support compliments and integrates quite well with the platform.
 - Jaime Rodriguez
 WPF discussions, 091101
 As usual, raw, unedited, useful info from the Microsoft's internal WPF discussions lists.
 Subject: All keys don't work in a WPF window when it is calling from a WinForm project.
 We had a big project developed in WinForm. Now I'm adding a new window to the project using WPF. The WPF window is now part of the project, i.e. it is not a separate project or dll. What happened now is any control that is supposed to accept keyboard inputs, such as textbox, does not respond to my keyboard input. The window only responds to mouse.
 You must use call the
 EnableModelessKeyboardInterop method for keyboard to work.
 Subject: Precision on WPF animations
 This question was from a partner. they have some synchronization issue between their own animation and WPF animation. The difference of ~0.2 can happen because WPF animation precision depends on rendering timing, doesn't it?
 That's right - we do a number of things to sync with rendering.
 Time only "changes" at the start of a render pass, which is scheduled differently based on a number of factors (Desktop Window Manager present and enabled? Monitor refresh rate, desired framerate for animations, etc), and then too the time chosen is actually "in the future" a bit because we're trying to produce a set of changes that will be correct when they hit the screen. To do this, we estimate the future presentation time for a given UI thread's render pass. My guess is that this is what they're seeing in this case
 Subject: Using Blend Behavior in Style?
 Why am I getting an error when setting a Behavior in a style. Isn't Blend Interaction an AttachedProperty?
 Blend's behaviors are an attached property, but publicly they are not exposed as a DPyou can do attached properties that are not DP's by having just the static GetProperty/SetProperty.
 We use this syntax to keep the behavior syntax smallerby not using a real DP here we were able to default the collection to having a value and remove 2 lines of XAML. If this were a real DP then you'd have to add the collection to the XAML as well:
 In addition behaviors cannot be used inside of styles; the core issue is that we intentionally made behaviors not sharableyou can't apply the same behavior to multiple elements. The reason is that if you use the WPF animation API as an example that it adds a ton of complexity to make the types sharable and it really detracts from the level of simplicity that we were looking for in Behaviors.
 In WPF, everything applied through a style is shared across each element that it's applied to. To get around this in early prototypes I used a trick with Freezables and the CoerceValueCallback to clone the behaviors every time they're applied to an element and are already applied to something else, but none of this is present in SL and it can lead to some unexpected runtime behavior.
 Subject: Best Match for ICO in WPF?
 Is there a built-in way in the WPF 4.0 imaging classes to get a "best match" for a multi-frame ICO?
 We don't have any automatic selection logic. You can iterate over all of the frames and find the one you want based upon each frame's properties. You should be able to get them all from a frame by doing frame.Decoder.Frames. Alternatively, you can just do BitmapDecoder.Create and read the frames that way rather than indirectly through BitmapFrame.Create.
 Note: pre-Win7 WIC does not support Vista's PNG icon frames. If you hit a PNG frame you will get an exception on Vista and XP.
 Subject: Binding and Custom Type Descriptors
 In WPF we're binding an object that has a custom type descriptor and are wondering if there is a way to get around a couple issues:
 1. Is there a way to get WPF to listen to these changes given that WPF does not appear to subscribe to change events via PropertyDescriptor.AddValueChanged?
 It appears that WPF will bind to the properties offered through the type descriptor, but WPF does not monitor that type


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This is Why Santa Feans Don't Recycle!
Santa Fe Recycling Flowchart
My mother in law lives in Sonoma County, California and they have Single-Stream Recycling carts. This means that all recyclables go into one cart, all green waste goes into another cart and all trash into a third cart. That's it. No sorting glass from everything else, no selecting only certain types of plastic, no bundling paper and corrugated cardboard. Sonoma County's waste diversion (recycling) rate is over 60%.
Take these two counties with two different recycling systems. The county with a complex recycling system (see the official brochure for how-to recycle guidelines) has a 9+% recycling rate (which is low for New Mexico). The county with single-stream recycling has 60+% recycling rate. I know there are other differences between these two counties, yet there are enough similarities for this comparison.
My next question: Why is recycling in Santa Fe so complicated?
More Info:
NM Environment Dept: Solid Waste Bureau Recycling Information
Santa Fe Solid Waste Management Agency
Santa Fe City and County Residential Recycling Brochure
Recycling and Diversion Rates for Counties in New Mexico
Single-stream recycling
Sonoma County Waste Management Agency - What Goes in the Cart
Sonoma County Waste Management Agency - Waste Stream Profiles


10 Keys to a Successful Cultural Transformation
10 Keys to a Successful Cultural Transformation
1. Top-Down
Must be initiated, sponsored and lead by the CEO and carried by the leadership team.
2. Measurement
What you don't measure you can't manage, measure and track regularly.
3. Alignment
Ensure strategic, cultural and structural alignment.
4. Addressed concerns
Understand the fears and concerns that will cause resistance in order to find ways to overcome them.
5. Committed Leaders
Leaders must be committed to transform themselves as well as their teams, which includes setting clear expectations, giving regular candid feedback and having crucial conversations when people don't contribute.
6. Developing Leaders
Support leaders by developing their capability to execute the plan.
7. Engagement
Create high engagement, involvement and identification with the transformation to reach the tipping point.
8. Supportive system
Install rhythms, rituals and high levels of communication to bring the new culture alive
9. Accountability
Create a culture of personal accountability to ensure fast implementation.
10. Celebrate success
Celebrate successes and reward and recognise stewards of the desired culture
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