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Did you know that newborn babies have the most water? An average newborn is roughly 75% water, a level that decreases as we age, dropping to about 50% for an elderly person.
The amount of water inside the body throughout the course of its life also varies depending on what shape that body is in. The more muscular a body is, the more water it contains. Conversely, the more fat there is in a body, the less water there is, because the water-content of fat is low. Our vital organs, like the brain, lungs, heart, liver, and kidneys, contain between 65% to 85% water*, while bones contain around 30%.

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The HCGC is a gospel music choir whose mission is to bring diverse audiences together through life affirming roots and gospel music. Through performance, workshops, and other community-based activities, we seek to uplift, enrich, and educate.
The HCGC has but one primary purpose: To carry an uplifting message of the love, hope, strength, and joy of Jesus Christ to diverse audiences and communities, bringing us all closer together to understand the true meaning of peace, equality, respect, unity, and justice. For over a century Gospel music have been there as a source of strength, hope, and encouragement. It is our hope that by bringing this music to the disenfranchised in our own communities, we can continue to keep that source of strength alive.


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The Sickle Cell Disease Implementation Consortium (SCDIC) is the first research program to use Implementation Science to identify and address barriers to quality care in Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). Implementation science examines study methods that promote the adoption of research findings into healthcare. Therefore the broad scope of implementation science is particularly suited to address healthcare in SCD. SCDIC is a cooperative research program that will promote the development and evaluation of strategies that take a multi-modal, multi-sector approach to 1) conduct a needsbased community assessment of the barriers to care for subjects with SCD, 2) design implementation research studies that address identified barriers to care and 3) participate in the development of a SCD Registry, in collaboration with clinical centers and the NHLBI. Each Clinical Center is expected to enroll and follow at least 300 adolescents and adults with SCD into the SCD Registry.
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- NSDISketchLib: Enabling Efficient Sketch-based Monitoring on Programmable Switches (to appear)Hun Namkung, Zaoxing Liu, Daehyeok Kim, Vyas Sekar, and Peter SteenkisteIn Proceedings of 19th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI), 2022.
Sketching algorithms or sketches enable accurate network measurement results with low resource footprints. While emerging programmable switches are an attractive target to get these benefits, current implementations of sketches are either inefficient and/or infeasible on hardware. Our contributions in the paper are: (1) systematically analyzing the resource bottlenecks of existing sketch implementations in hardware; (2) identifying practical and correct-by-construction optimization techniques to tackle the identified bottlenecks; and (3) designing an easy-to-use library called SketchLib to help developers efficiently implement their sketch algorithms in switch hardware to benefit from these resource optimizations. Our evaluation on state-of-the-art sketches demonstrates that SketchLib reduces the hardware resource footprint up to 96% without impacting fidelity.
- SIGCOMMRedPlane: Enabling Fault-Tolerant Stateful In-Switch ApplicationsDaehyeok Kim, Jacob Nelson, Dan R. K. Ports, Vyas Sekar, and Srinivasan SeshanIn Proceedings of ACM SIGCOMM conference, 2021.
Many recent efforts have demonstrated the performance benefits of running datacenter functions (e.g., NATs, load balancers, monitoring) on programmable switches. However, a key missing piece remains: fault tolerance. This is especially critical as the network is no longer stateless and pure endpoint recovery does not suffice. In this paper, we design and implement RedPlane, a fault-tolerant state store for stateful in-switch applications. This provides in-switch applications consistent access to their state, even if the switch they run on fails or traffic is rerouted to an alternative switch. We address key challenges in devising a practical, provably correct replication protocol and implementing it in the switch data plane. Our evaluations show that RedPlane incurs negligible overhead and enables end-to-end applications to rapidly recover from switch failures.
- SOSRTelemetry Retrieval Inaccuracy in Programmable Switches: Analysis and RecommendationsHun Namkung, Daehyeok Kim, Zaoxing Liu, Vyas Sekar, and Peter SteenkisteIn Proceedings of ACM Symposium on SDN Research (SOSR), 2021.
Sketching algorithms or sketches are attractive as telemetry capabilities on programmable hardware switches since they offer rigorous accuracy guarantees and use compact data structures. However, we find that in practice, their actual implementations can have a significant (up to 94x) accuracy drop compared to theoretical expectations. We find that the delays incurred by pulling and resetting the data plane state induce accuracy degradation. We design and implement solutions to reduce the delays and show that our solutions can help eliminate almost all the inaccuracy of existing sketch workflows.
- SIGCOMMTEA: Enabling State-Intensive Network Functions on Programmable SwitchesDaehyeok Kim, Zaoxing Liu, Yibo Zhu, Changhoon Kim, Jeongkeun Lee, Vyas Sekar, and Srinivasan SeshanIn Proceedings of ACM SIGCOMM conference, 2020.
Programmable switches have been touted as an attractive alternative for deploying network functions (NFs) such as network address translators (NATs), load balancers, and firewalls. However, their limited memory capacity has been a major stumbling block that has stymied their adoption for supporting state-intensive NFs such as cloud-scale NATs and load balancers that maintain millions of flow-table entries. In this paper, we explore a new approach that leverages DRAM on servers available in typical NFV clusters. Our new system architecture, called TEA (Table Extension Architecture), provides a virtual table abstraction that allows NFs on programmable switches to look up large virtual tables built on external DRAM. Our approach enables switch ASICs to access external DRAM purely in the data plane without involving CPUs on servers. We address key design and implementation challenges in realizing this idea. We demonstrate its feasibility and practicality with our implementation on a Tofino-based programmable switch. Our evaluation shows that NFs built with TEA can look up table entries on external DRAM with low and predictable latency (1.8-2.2 μs) and the lookup throughput can be linearly scaled with additional servers (138 million lookups per seconds with 8 servers).
- NSDIAdapting TCP for Reconfigurable Datacenter NetworksMatthew Mukerjee, Christopher Canel, Weiyang Wang, Daehyeok Kim, Srinivasan Seshan, and Alex C. SnoerenIn Proceedings of 17th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI), 2020.
Reconfigurable datacenter networks (RDCNs) augment traditional packet switches with high-bandwidth reconfigurable circuits. In these networks, high-bandwidth circuits are assigned to particular source-destination rack pairs based on a schedule. To make efficient use of RDCNs, active TCP flows between such pairs must quickly ramp up their sending rates when high-bandwidth circuits are made available. Past studies have shown that TCP performs well on RDCNs with millisecond-scale reconfiguration delays, during which time the circuit network is offline. However, modern RDCNs can reconfigure in as little as 20 μs, and maintain a particular configuration for fewer than 10 RTTs. We show that existing TCP variants cannot ramp up quickly enough to work well on these modern RDCNs. We identify two methods to address this issue: First, an in-network solution that dynamically resizes top-of-rack switch virtual output queues to prebuffer packets; Second, an endpoint-based solution that increases the congestion window, cwnd, based on explicit circuit state feedback sent via the ECN-echo bit. To evaluate these techniques, we build an open-source RDCN emulator, Etalon, and show that a combination of dynamic queue resizing and explicit circuit state feedback increases circuit utilization by 1.91x with an only 1.20x increase in tail latency.
- NSDIFreeFlow: Software-based Virtual RDMA Networking for Containerized CloudsDaehyeok Kim, Tianlong Yu, Hongqiang Harry Liu, Yibo Zhu, Jitu Padhye, Shachar Raindel, Chuanxiong Guo, Vyas Sekar, and Srinivasan SeshanIn Proceedings of 16th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI), 2019.
Many popular large-scale cloud applications are increasingly using containerization for high resource efficiency and lightweight isolation. In parallel, many data-intensive applications (e.g., data analytics and deep learning frameworks) are adopting or looking to adopt RDMA for high networking performance. Industry trends suggest that these two approaches are on an inevitable collision course. In this paper, we present FreeFlow, a software-based RDMA virtualization framework designed for containerized clouds. FreeFlow realizes virtual RDMA networking purely with a software-based approach using commodity RDMA NICs. Unlike existing RDMA virtualization solutions, FreeFlow fully satisfies the requirements from cloud environments, such as isolation for multi-tenancy, portability for container migrations, and controllability for control and data plane policies. FreeFlow is also transparent to applications and provides networking performance close to bare-metal RDMA with low CPU overhead. In our evaluations with TensorFlow and Spark, FreeFlow provides almost the same application performance as bare-metal RDMA.
- SIGCOMMHyperLoop: Group-Based NIC-Offloading to Accelerate Replicated Transactions in Multi-Tenant Storage SystemsDaehyeok Kim, Amirsaman Memaripour, Anirudh Badam, Yibo Zhu, Hongqiang Harry Liu, Jitu Padhye, Shachar Raindel, Steven Swanson, Vyas Sekar, and Srinivasan SeshanIn Proceedings of ACM SIGCOMM conference, 2018.
Storage systems in data centers are an important component of large-scale online services. They typically perform replicated transactional operations for high data availability and integrity. Today, however, such operations suffer from high tail latency even with recent kernel bypass and storage optimizations, and thus affect the predictability of end-to-end performance of these services. We observe that the root cause of the problem is the involvement of the CPU, a precious commodity in multi-tenant settings, in the critical path of replicated transactions. In this paper, we present HyperLoop, a new framework that removes CPU from the critical path of replicated transactions in storage systems by offloading them to commodity RDMA NICs, with non-volatile memory as the storage medium. To achieve this, we develop new and general NIC offloading primitives that can perform memory operations on all nodes in a replication group while guaranteeing ACID properties without CPU involvement. We demonstrate that popular storage applications can be easily optimized using our primitives. Our evaluation results with microbenchmarks and application benchmarks show that HyperLoop can reduce 99th percentile latency ≈800x with close to 0% CPU consumption on replicas.
- HotNetsGeneric External Memory for Switch Data PlanesDaehyeok Kim, Yibo Zhu, Changhoon Kim, Jeongkeun Lee, and Srinivasan SeshanIn Proceedings of the 17th ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks (HotNets), 2018.
Network switches are an attractive vantage point to serve various network applications and functions such as load balancing and virtual switching because of their in-network location and high packet processing rate. Recent advances in programmable switch ASICs open more opportunities


text: The gastrointestinal helminth parasites of 170 common wallaroos or euros, Osphranter robustus (Gould), collected from all mainland states in which the species occurs as well as the Northern Territory, are presented, including previously published data. A total of 65 species of helminths were encountered, including four species of anoplocephalid cestodes found in the bile ducts and small intestine, and 61 species of strongylid nematodes, all but two of which occurring in the stomach, and with the remainder occurring in the terminal ileum, caecum and colon. Among the mainland subspecies of O. robustus, 52 species of helminths were encountered in O. r. robustus, compared with 30 species in O. r. woodwardi and 35 species in O. r. erubescens. Of the parasite species encountered, only 17 were specific to O. robustus, the remaining being shared with sympatric host species. Host-specific species or species occurring in O. robustus at a high prevalence can be classified as follows: widely distributed; restricted to northern Australia; restricted to the northern wallaroo, O. r. woodwardi; found only in the euro, O. r. erubescens; found essentially along the eastern coast of Australia, primarily in O. r. robustus; and species with highly limited regional distributions. The data currently available suggest that the acquisition of a significant number of parasites is due to co-grazing with other macropodids, while subspeciation in wallaroos as well as climatic variables may have influenced the diversification of the parasite fauna.


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TUITION FOR 2019
Where does my tuition go?
Tuition covers the following:
- The actual lesson time spent with the student.
- The time preparing for each student.
- An individualised plan for each student's course of study.
- Student incentives, prizes, and certificates
- Teacher's training and experience.
- Teacher's continuing education to keep the teacher current on methods and techniques.
Other fees throughout the year may include:
- Studio Binder
- Lesson books ($50-$100 per year)
- Examination fees, if student & parent are to take part in the program (price depends on grade)
- Recital fees
Billing and Payment
- Lessons are billed monthly. This will be the tuition fees per month, not per 4 lessons.
- Invoices are sent on the 1st of each month and payment is due by the 7th of each month.
- Invoices may be sent via hardcopy or e-mail as PDF attachments.
- Payment can be made by bank transfer, cash, cheque and PayNow.
- Books and materials will be provided for purchase by the teacher and included in a separate invoice.


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Noun: positivism 'pó-zu-ti,vi-zum
 1. The form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation)
 - logical positivism
 - positivity, positiveness
Derived forms: positivisms
Type of: empiricism, empiricist philosophy, phenomenalism, quality, sensationalism
Encyclopedia: Positivism


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The Tin Can Cooker is a homemade outdoor stove that really works. Generations of Scouts have learned to make and use "Buddy Burners" for camping and emergencies. Instead of wood or liquid fuel, the Tin Can Cooker burns a small can of wax and cardboard. A larger can fits over it and holds your cooking pot. Each wax can should burn an hour or more. Make several so you always have one on hand.
1. Curl up strips of cardboard and fit them loosely inside each of your small cans. Leave enough space for wax. Or you can cut short strips and arrange them to form a star that divides the can into pie-shaped slices. The cardboard will act as a wick to get the wax burning across the top of the can. Set the prepared cans on a protected surface, such as a cookie sheet covered in newspaper or aluminum foil. Place it close to where you'll be melting the wax.
2. Break up wax or candles to fit into the top pan of the double boiler. Fill the bottom pan about halfway with water. Fit the top pan into it so it sits above the water. If you don't have a double boiler, set a medium-sized saucepan so it sits over a larger saucepan of boiling water. Turn the stove on medium to heat the water to a steady boil. Let the wax melt until it is completely liquid.
3. Carefully pour the melted wax into the prepared cans. Leave the top edge of the cardboard sticking up above the level of the wax. If your wax starts to harden as you're pouring it, just reheat it to melt it again. Let cool until hardened.
4. Take the large can and remove the entire top with a can opener.
5. Hold the large can with the open end pointing away from you. Take the church key can opener and make 3 or 4 openings at the closed end, around one side, about 1″ apart.
6. Turn the large can so the opening is toward you. You have two options for letting air in at the bottom to feed the flames:
If you don't have tin snips: Use the church key can opener to punch holes all around the open end of the can, about 3″ apart. Take a pair of pliers and fold up the sharp points of metal created by each hole and squeeze them flat.
If you do have tin snips: Create a flap that acts like a fireplace damper to control the airflow. The more oxygen, the higher the flames. Put on heavy work gloves to protect your hands from sharp metal edges. Use the tin snips to cut 2 slits into the side, about 3″ inches long and 3″ apart. Then grab the edge of the can between the slits and bend it outward to make the flap.
7. To use your stove, place the wax can on a flat, nonflammable surface, like a stone paver. Light the cardboard strips, like lighting the wick of a candle. You want the flame to cover the entire top of the can.
When the wax can is lit, adjust the flap on the large can and place it over the smaller can so the holes on the top are facing away from you. (This keeps smoke from blowing in your face.) Now you can cook on top!
Safety Tips for Tin Can Cookery
Tin Can Cookers use an open flame. They can be dangerous, so be sure to follow these safety rules!
- Adult supervision is needed to make and use a Tin Can Cooker.
- Wear heavy gloves when handling cut-metal edges.
- Always keep an eye on melting wax and on the lit cooker. Do not leave them unattended.
- Do not melt wax in the microwave or directly on the stove. Always use a double boiler (or make one from two saucepans).
- Always use hot pads or oven mitts to handle hot pots. Use metal tongs to adjust the cooking can or the wax burner.
- Make sure to use your Tin Can Cooker on a level, fireproof surface, such as a flat paving stone. Watch out for hot liquid wax in the burner — avoid spilling it.
- Do not pour water on burning wax. Use a brick or a metal lid to cover the wax can and smother the flames.
- Tin can cookers can blacken cooking utensils with soot from the burning wax, so don't use them with your best pots and pans.
- Pick up a camping skillet and spatula or small, sturdy garage sale pots and pans and save them just for outdoor cooking.
- Use nonflammable oven mitts and a pair of pliers if you need to adjust the flap while the stove is in use.
- The entire tin can stove gets hot, so never touch it with bare hands while it is lit!
Your Tin Can Cooker is perfect for traditional outdoor fare like grilled cheese and egg-in-a-hole. Find those recipes and more in my book Edible Inventions: Cooking Hacks and Yummy Recipes You Can Build, Mix, Bake, and Grow.


Benefits of Building a Small Home
Benefits of Building a Small Home
If you are shopping for a home, you have most likely walked through some of the 'McMansions' that are currently on the market. During the most recent housing boom, thousands of these track-built monstrosities were 'thrown-together' and sold for top dollar.
With the economic collapse of the late 2000's came a wave of foreclosures and plummeting real estate prices, in effect lowering the selling prices of these lavish homes and making them a viable investment for the average American.
Now that these large homes, which have become the 'American Dream', are finally within your reach, should you consider buying one? Do you really want to commit to living in a home that is 2,500 SF or more and the financial burden that comes with it?
The 'Small Home' movement has been growing rapidly in the aftermath of the recent economic decline and the benefits of this movement have been championed by best-selling author Susan Susanka beginning with her book "The Not So Big House".
While the popularity of this movement has grown in recent years, the concept is far from new. Historically, smaller homes were the norm in the United States and have always been the norm in Europe and Asia. The average American home in 1950 was just less than 1,000 square feet, while in 2004 the average was about 2,400 square feet. This gigantic increase in living space is a direct result of the rapid rise in wealth that blanketed the US during the economic boom. Recent data proves that the average size of new homes is dropping once again and it makes you ask yourself, should I buy a smaller home?
The Benefits First you must analyze the benefits of building a smaller home and determine whether they outweigh your 'need' for space. The list of benefits is long and they are definitely worth contemplating. Let's take a look:
1. Cheaper to Build
Higher Quality The fact of the matter is that the cost to build a home is relative to the size of the dwelling. Not only is it cheaper to build a smaller home, but also the money saved on raw floor space can be incorporated into the finishes of the home.
When building a large home, homeowners often have to sacrifice quality for quantity. Building a small home allows you to incorporate efficient, healthy and high-quality materials into your house that you otherwise wouldn't be able to consider with a larger floor plan.
Your siding, flooring and finish materials will increase in quality, increasing both the character and durability of your home. In other words, luxury is more attainable and your options increase by ten fold.
In addition, your loan amount could be smaller and the percentage of your down payment will increase, affording you a lower mortgage payment and a better interest rate, saving you tens of thousands in the long run.
2. Lower Property Taxes
With building a smaller home comes the benefit of lower property taxes. A smaller footprint often translates into your home being viewed at a lower value, offering you a more favorable assessment on your property than neighbors with larger homes.
3. Energy Cost & Consumption
With a smaller space, come lower energy bills. Studies show that heating and cooling costs alone are 13-20% lower in a home that is 1,500 square feet compared to a home that is 2,500 square feet.
4. Environmental Impact
A small home simply uses fewer natural resources in construction, maintenance and energy consumption. The efficiency of a small home helps the environment and helps you live responsibly.
5. Maintenance & Cleaning
The smaller the home, the less maintenance you have to worry about. Think about the cost to replace siding on a 2,500 SF home compared to a 1,500 SF home or the amount of money that can be saved when installing new flooring or tile. There are fewer windows to replace, walls to paint and gutters to clean.
Regular household chores will be cut in half and if you hire a cleaning service, their rate will be lower.
6. Less Clutter Less space.
equates to less room for items that aren't necessities. We all know that the more space we have, the more 'junk' we accumulate. Having a smaller home forces you to become more organized and avoid the accumulation of unneeded possessions. Think of all the unused items you'll be motivated to donate to charity or sell on eBay and Craig's List.
7. More Financial Freedom
When living in a smaller home, the savings you'll accumulate from having a smaller mortgage, lower utility bills and overall reduced consumption will add up quick. You will be able to free yourself from unneeded expenses and become more financially secure.
Summary This is just a small glimpse at some of the benefits of building a smaller house. As a PA home builder, I am a huge advocate of the 'Not So Big House' and I highly suggest that individuals interested in building a small home buy one of Susan Suzanka's best-selling books.


Rights Respecting School
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Hackney New Primary School receives the Rights Respecting Silver Award a prestigious Unicef UK Award
HNPS promotes the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and we are working towards being a UNICEF recognised Rights Respecting School.
This means that we place the language of rights and responsibility at the heart of our behaviour policy and Personal, Social, and Health Education lessons.
Examples of rights from the Convention and how we apply this in school include:
 1. Article 6
 every child has a right to life, to survive and develop
 This is the key to understanding why we have certain rules at school.
 2. Article 12
 every child has a right to a say in matters affecting them
 This is the key principle of our school council.
 3. Article 28
 every child has the right to education
 We use this right to explain the importance of not calling out and working together in the classroom.


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Pod Overhead
FEATURE STATE: Kubernetes v1.18 [beta]
When you run a Pod on a Node, the Pod itself takes an amount of system resources. These resources are additional to the resources needed to run the container(s) inside the Pod. Pod Overhead is a feature for accounting for the resources consumed by the Pod infrastructure on top of the container requests & limits.
In Kubernetes, the Pod's overhead is set at admission time according to the overhead associated with the Pod's RuntimeClass.
When Pod Overhead is enabled, the overhead is considered in addition to the sum of container resource requests when scheduling a Pod. Similarly, Kubelet will include the Pod overhead when sizing the Pod cgroup, and when carrying out Pod eviction ranking.
Enabling Pod Overhead
You need to make sure that the PodOverhead feature gate is enabled (it is on by default as of 1.18) across your cluster, and a RuntimeClass is utilized which defines the overhead field.
Usage example
To use the PodOverhead feature, you need a RuntimeClass that defines the overhead field. As an example, you could use the following RuntimeClass definition with a virtualizing container runtime that uses around 120MiB per Pod for the virtual machine and the guest OS:
kind: RuntimeClass
 name: kata-fc
handler: kata-fc
 memory: "120Mi"
 cpu: "250m"
Workloads which are created which specify the kata-fc RuntimeClass handler will take the memory and cpu overheads into account for resource quota calculations, node scheduling, as well as Pod cgroup sizing.
Consider running the given example workload, test-pod:
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
 name: test-pod
 runtimeClassName: kata-fc
 - name: busybox-ctr
 image: busybox
 stdin: true
 tty: true
 cpu: 500m
 memory: 100Mi
 - name: nginx-ctr
 image: nginx
 cpu: 1500m
 memory: 100Mi
At admission time the RuntimeClass admission controller updates the workload's PodSpec to include the overhead as described in the RuntimeClass. If the PodSpec already has this field defined, the Pod will be rejected. In the given example, since only the RuntimeClass name is specified, the admission controller mutates the Pod to include an overhead.
After the RuntimeClass admission controller, you can check the updated PodSpec:
kubectl get pod test-pod -o jsonpath='{.spec.overhead}'
The output is:
map[cpu:250m memory:120Mi]
If a ResourceQuota is defined, the sum of container requests as well as the overhead field are counted.
When the kube-scheduler is deciding which node should run a new Pod, the scheduler considers that Pod's overhead as well as the sum of container requests for that Pod. For this example, the scheduler adds the requests and the overhead, then looks for a node that has 2.25 CPU and 320 MiB of memory available.
Once a Pod is scheduled to a node, the kubelet on that node creates a new cgroupA group of Linux processes with optional resource isolation, accounting and limits. for the Pod. It is within this pod that the underlying container runtime will create containers.
If the resource has a limit defined for each container (Guaranteed QoS or Bustrable QoS with limits defined), the kubelet will set an upper limit for the pod cgroup associated with that resource (cpu.cfs_quota_us for CPU and memory.limit_in_bytes memory). This upper limit is based on the sum of the container limits plus the overhead defined in the PodSpec.
For CPU, if the Pod is Guaranteed or Burstable QoS, the kubelet will set cpu.shares based on the sum of container requests plus the overhead defined in the PodSpec.
Looking at our example, verify the container requests for the workload:
kubectl get pod test-pod -o jsonpath='{.spec.containers[*].resources.limits}'
The total container requests are 2000m CPU and 200MiB of memory:
map[cpu: 500m memory:100Mi] map[cpu:1500m memory:100Mi]
Check this against what is observed by the node:
kubectl describe node | grep test-pod -B2
The output shows 2250m CPU and 320MiB of memory are requested, which includes PodOverhead:
 Namespace Name CPU Requests CPU Limits Memory Requests Memory Limits AGE
 default test-pod 2250m (56%) 2250m (56%) 320Mi (1%) 320Mi (1%) 36m
Verify Pod cgroup limits
Check the Pod's memory cgroups on the node where the workload is running. In the following example, crictl is used on the node, which provides a CLI for CRI-compatible container runtimes. This is an advanced example to show PodOverhead behavior, and it is not expected that users should need to check cgroups directly on the node.
First, on the particular node, determine the Pod identifier:
# Run this on the node where the Pod is scheduled
POD_ID="$(sudo crictl pods --name test-pod -q)"
From this, you can determine the cgroup path for the Pod:
# Run this on the node where the Pod is scheduled
sudo crictl inspectp -o=json $POD_ID | grep cgroupsPath
The resulting cgroup path includes the Pod's pause container. The Pod level cgroup is one directory above.
 "cgroupsPath": "/kubepods/podd7f4b509-cf94-4951-9417-d1087c92a5b2/7ccf55aee35dd16aca4189c952d83487297f3cd760f1bbf09620e206e7d0c27a"
In this specific case, the pod cgroup path is kubepods/podd7f4b509-cf94-4951-9417-d1087c92a5b2. Verify the Pod level cgroup setting for memory:
# Run this on the node where the Pod is scheduled.
# Also, change the name of the cgroup to match the cgroup allocated for your pod.
 cat /sys/fs/cgroup/memory/kubepods/podd7f4b509-cf94-4951-9417-d1087c92a5b2/memory.limit_in_bytes
This is 320 MiB, as expected:
A kube_pod_overhead metric is available in kube-state-metrics to help identify when PodOverhead is being utilized and to help observe stability of workloads running with a defined Overhead. This functionality is not available in the 1.9 release of kube-state-metrics, but is expected in a following release. Users will need to build kube-state-metrics from source in the meantime.
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Recent archaeological findings highlight the fact that the long-established history of the Sri Lankan Tamils should be reviewed. This archaeological result and the pertaining new perspective are of significance in two respects.
1. Though the belief of employing archaeological evidences in chronological studies is in cause for a time-consuming in Sri Lanka, there has been a propensity to associate the archaeological emblems pertaining to Tamils with the Tamils from Tamil Nadu who used stay Sri Lanka then and on rather than relating them with the Tamils living in Sri Lanka.
2. While these archaeological findings serve to support that the conventional history of Sri Lankan Tamils was subjected to the sway of Tamil Nadu and evolved, they help to prove that an individual background of theirs originated and flourished in Sri Lanka.
Yaudheya coinage of Punjab (300-340 AD): Karttikeya footing in front of, holding scepter; peacock on right. In Brahmi: 'Yaudheya Ganasya Jaya' (Victory to the Yaudheya people). Reverse: Goddess footing with hand on hip, wearisome translucent item of clothing.
Gupta Age coins deporting peacock image
A coin from Akkurugoda in southern Sri Lanka registers the figure of a mayil (Skt. mayura) 'peacock' on frontage and the name mahācattan in Brahmi character on reverse.
Coin issued by the Tamil rulers of Nallūr in Jaffna who ruled during 13th-17th century A.D. The obverse shows the figure or head of a king and the reverse illustrates a Nandi (bull vehicle of Siva) with a peacock facing the Nandi and the word setu, appearing below the bull.
Murukan replaces the peacock.
Coin on the observe illustrates a moon above with a peacock facing to the right below. The reverse shows in addition to the letters 'kan' the emblem of javelin and the feet of a man.
Coin showing a snake along with the peacock, both emblems of Murukan. The human figure may indicate the donor-king or Murukan himself.

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Clinical Evaluation of the ExoDx Prostate (IntelliScore) in men presenting for initial biopsy: impact on decision-making and health economics
1.1. Primary Objective 1.1.1. Evaluate impact of the ExoIntelliScore Prostate on the decision to perform an initial prostate biopsy for men presenting with an elevated PSA (2-10 ng/mL). 1.2. Secondary and Exploratory Objectives 1.2.1. Assess physician satisfaction with the ExoIntelliScore Prostate report including test result presentation, graphics and interpretation. 1.2.2. Assess patient satisfaction for ease of understanding test results and role on decision process to have a biopsy. 1.2.3. Determine the medical economic impact of the ExoIntelliScore Prostate in the prostate biopsy decision process. 1.2.4. Correlation of the ExoIntelliScore Prostate score with the actual biopsy result. 1.2.5. The goal of this study is to evaluate how the urologist will utilize the ExoIntelliScore Prostate score in the decision process to perform an initial prostate needle biopsy for men presenting for an equivocal PSA.


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The vast movement of people that followed the Norman Conquest
of 1066 brought the Whatlie family name to the British Isles. They lived in Somerset
, at the village of Whatley.
Early Origins of the Whatlie family
The surname Whatlie was first found in Somerset
in the village and manor of Whatley near Frome, where they are conjecturally believed to be descended from the possessor of those lands, at the taking of the Domesday Survey
in 1086, John the Usher, from Glastonbury Abbey. The Wheatley variant can be found throughout England
, specifically: Wheatley, Oxfordshire; Wheatley Lane in Lancashire; and North and South Wheatley in Nottinghamshire
. The two latter villages are listed in the Domesday Book
as Watelei and Wateleie. CITATION[CLOSE]
Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
Literally, Wheately means "clearing where wheat is grown," from the Old English "hwaete" + "leah." CITATION[CLOSE]
Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Early History of the Whatlie family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Whatlie research.Another 259 words (18 lines of text) covering the years 1330, 1582, 1768, 1686, 1742, 1747, 1801, 1753 and 1784 are included under the topic Early Whatlie History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Whatlie Spelling Variations
Anglo-Norman names are characterized by a multitude of spelling variations
. When the Normans
became the ruling people of England
in the 11th century, they introduced a new language into a society where the main languages of Old and later Middle English had no definite spelling rules. These languages were more often spoken than written, so they blended freely with one another. Contributing to this mixing of tongues was the fact that medieval scribes spelled words according to sound, ensuring that a person's name would appear differently in nearly every document in which it was recorded. The name has been spelled Whatley, Whatly, Whately, Wheatley, Whetly, Whettell and many more.
Early Notables of the Whatlie family (pre 1700)
Another 43 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Whatlie Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Migration of the Whatlie family to the New World and Oceana
For many English families, the political and religious disarray that plagued their homeland made the frontiers of the New World an attractive prospect. Thousands migrated, aboard cramped disease-ridden ships. They arrived sick, poor, and hungry, but were welcomed in many cases with far greater opportunity than at home in England
. Many of these hardy settlers went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Among early immigrants bearing the name Whatlie or a variant listed above were: Richard Whately, who settled in Barbados in 1670; David Whatley settled in Pennsylvania in 1772; J. D. Whatley settled in San Francisco, Cal. in 1850.


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How Leaders Create Winning Streaks
Executive summary of a Harvard Business School Publishing Virtual Seminar presentation by Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter, on "Confidence: How Leaders Create Winning Streaks (and Avoid Losing Streaks)."
Presentation date: November 2, 2004
The following is a summary of the virtual seminar covering:
- The definition, levels, and cycles of confidence.
- How leaders prevent losing streaks and instill organizational confidence.
- The keys to building an organizational culture and foundation of confidence.
Confidence in an organization is more than just a spirit of "We can do it." It is the foundation, systems, and culture involving positive behaviors such as open communication, self-scrutiny, respect, teamwork, accountability, collaboration, and initiative that result in winning. In turn, winning breeds greater confidence and raises the company to an even higher level.
Building organizational confidence, especially in turnaround situations where organizations have been on losing streaks, is the work of leaders. Leaders must instill confidence by combining short-term "bold strokes" to quickly mobilize the organization, with initiating a "long march" that changes systems and habits. Leaders must start by building credibility and confidence in the organization through small wins. This can occur by fixing the work environment that people see every day and investing in people even prior to the achievement of results.
Using examples from sports and business, and responding to numerous listener questions, Professor Kanter discussed her research and conclusions from her most recent book, Confidence: How Winning Streaks and Losing Streaks Begin and End, regarding the importance of confidence as a driver of business and organizational success.
1. Confidence, or lack of it, is not just a characteristic of individuals, but applies to organizations and their external stakeholders. Defining confidence is simple: positive expectations for success. But, achieving and maintaining confidence is not as simple. Confidence falls at the midpoint between despair, which results in feelings of hopelessness and helplessness, and arrogance, which triggers complacency and a sense of false entitlement. Confidence produces peak performance: a willingness to invest, commit, work hard, persist and persevere, making confidence a highly desirable trait.
There are four levels of confidence, with each level building on the prior one:
- Self-confidence: This is what most people associate with confidence. This is a personal attitude of high aspirations and expectations; it is the belief that "I can do it."
- Team confidence: This is having confidence in each other, counting on each other, giving and receiving respect and support, and giving and taking responsibility.
- System confidence: This entails organizations having confidence in the organizational structures and routines for accountability, collaboration, and initiative.
- External confidence: This is confidence that external stakeholders, based on their positive expectations produced by the previous three levels of confidence, will invest to provide resources (money, time, energy, etc.).
2. Confidence and winning is a cyclical process that feeds off of itself, as does lack of confidence and losing. These cycles involve both internal and external confidence. Internally, a good mood and positive work environment lead to positive behaviors such as open communication, self-scrutiny to continuously improve, respect, and cooperation. Positive behaviors lead to good problem-solving based on information and facts, teamwork and speed, and creativity and courage; in turn, good problem-solving leads to disciplines and practices that take organizations to a higher level of accountability, collaboration and initiative. Each of these factors lead to winning, and winning reinforces the actions and leads to greater confidence.
This holds for external confidence as well. Winning yields positive attention from the press and stockholders, which further increases the resources available to the company—this includes attracting the best people who like to work for winners. Winners get better deals and are left alone by others who don't want to disrupt the winning.
Losing is the exact opposite. The culture of losing is one of bad organizational mood; low energy, and self-doubt; dysfunctional behaviors with blame and infighting; lack of information and less teamwork that results in poor problem-solving; and disciplines and practices that are eroded. These losing behaviors in turn cause the organization to lose even more, which also translates into a decline in external confidence. Negative attention and bad press lead to fewer and less loyal fans and to declining external resources; losing teams get less favorable deals; and the effects of losing cause disruptions and distractions.
3. Maintaining a winning streak, and preventing a losing streak, does not entail having no troubles, but overcoming them. The secret of winning streaks is obvious—not to lose; avoiding losing streaks is just as obvious—not to lose twice in a row. Streaks are about confidence and momentum. No organization or situation is perfect; troubles are inevitable and include natural disasters, strategic threats, fumbles ("dropping the ball") and fatigue. The key to winning is recognizing that troubles will occur, and finding a way to win even when experiencing problems and making mistakes. This can occur by anticipating the troubles that are likely to occur, and by practicing harder and working harder. (The example was shared of the University of Connecticut's women's basketball team, which has its starters practice not against five other players, but against eight, to simulate the most difficult circumstances imaginable, and therefore making the actual game easier.)
Winning streaks end when organizations move away from and neglect the cornerstones and basics that led to winning. This includes denial in seeing apparent problems, lack of open communications, and panicking, which results in anxiety, abandoning the plan, and throwing the organization into chaos.
4. Building organizational confidence, and turning losing streaks into winning streaks, is the work of leaders. Great leaders build winning streaks, prevent losing streaks, and in turnaround situations, they focus on changing the momentum. Turnarounds are always worse than the new leader thinks because the organization is depressed and skeptical because previously promised changes have not come to fruition. And there are problems under the surface that haven't even been discussed.
Leaders have to combine "bold strokes" that have an immediate impact with initiation of a "long march." Bold strokes coming from the top of an organization can result in fast and specific changes, but the changes are likely to be short-term, and the organization's systems and habits will remain unchanged. The long march, which will be slower, fuzzier, and where the leader has less control, creates sustained long-term momentum by changing the systems and habits to build organizational confidence.
The work of leaders is to build confidence in others, even prior to achieving positive results; the confidence that is created will actually lead to the intended positive results. Two actions that leaders can take which have a positive symbolic value include:
- Fixing what people see every day. This is a small and simple step that creates a good mood and positive behaviors. It can include cleaning up the work environment and solving basic problems that workers find annoying. Also, it is a small win that builds the credibility of the leader. Confidence and winning streaks are built through small wins.
- Investing in people to show them that they are worth it. As opposed to holding out a reward for achievement of results, a strong sign can be an investment in people before results are achieved. By showing that the leader thinks that the organization merits the investment, it boosts organizational confidence. Just the slightest glimmers of confidence in losing organizations can get the ball rolling.
5. Leaders create a culture of accountability, collaboration, and inspiration.
- Assure accountability: Make information transparent and accessible, by fostering straight talk and communicating the facts, which builds trust and prevents denial.
- Cultivate collaboration: Create conversations across the organization; talking is required to solve problems and to reinforce respect and inclusion. Define goals that define success and that signal how each person contributes to achieving the overall goals.
- Inspire initiative: Encourage new ideas and treat people with respect as experts in their work. Encourage small wins that make a difference and build momentum.
The example was shared of Continental Airlines. Prior to 1994, Continental had been on a ten-year losing streak, having been through ten CEOs during this time. The culture was dysfunctional with secrecy and infighting. When Gordon Bethune became CEO, he set a goal of becoming one of the top four airline carriers based on on-time performance, and offered to share equally with all employees 50 percent of the cost savings achieved by better service. Employees were motivated to achieve this goal and showed initiative in taking actions that helped the company achieve it. Results were communicated through regular voicemail messages sent to all employees.
The result: Continental changed its culture, energized employees who felt, "We are all in this together," and achieved its goal within one month. The company then raised the bar on its goals year after year. During a difficult time for airlines, Continental consistently outperformed the industry. The company's culture was on display during the power grid failure of September 2003, when two of Continental's three hubs went dark and other airlines grounded their fleets. Continental's employees, displaying initiative and confidence, assured safety and kept flying, even adding flights for stranded passengers from other airlines. During the two-day blackout, Continental generated an extra $4 million, while all of the other airlines lost money.
Other Important Points
- Optimists versus pessimists. Winners tend to be optimists who seek out information, even if negative. Pessimists are often in denial and don't want to know the truth so they don't seek information.
- Practice. For athletes to practice is clear, but how do business people practice? By refining the technical skills that they use in their profession, and by tackling difficult problems that stretch them.
- Honesty. Companies need honest assessments of reality. These can be gained through anonymous surveys.
- Higher standards. For organizations on neither winning or losing streaks, but


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Is it possible to calculate pressure at a point in a pipe, where a solenoid valve shall be placed, given that
 - the pipe carries water (utility supplied, regular water)
 - from an overhead tank (at a certain height from ground)
 - height of tank (i.e. max water column height, although not sure if vertical pipe-length should be added to it?)
 - water is flowing purely under the effect of gravity (and atmospheric pressure)
 - value is installed at a certain height from ground
 - pipe material is PVC
 - pipe diameter is say 1.5inches.
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Bernoulli's law will get you quite close to the actual value. – Bernhard Jan 15 '12 at 18:43
Thanks _USER_. Care to elaborate a little? Would be an understatement to say that my high-school physics is a bit rusty. – icarus74 Jan 16 '12 at 18:45
The result of this is already given in the answer by Martin (without mentioning Bernoulli's law. Basically, neglecting v-terms, giving dp=g dz – Bernhard Jan 18 '12 at 8:53
Thanks _USER_... better late than... – icarus74 Dec 8 '14 at 6:43
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If the fluid is pretty incompressible, the flow rate isn't high and the pipe is wide enough that there aren't surface effects. Then the pressure is simply the height of the head of water above the point multiplied by the density of the fluid.
eg. Water is 0.0361 lbs/cubic inch, so a head of 1ft = 12 inches = 12 * 0.0361 = 0.43 psi
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The fluid happens to be water. Is it compressible? Pipe is either 1" or 2/3" dia, wonder if it is "wide enough"? Here's a picture. I wonder if the height of the head of water is the length AC, or AB? – icarus74 Jan 16 '12 at 18:44
It's AC, for water in ordinary plumping then just the height is fine. – Martin Beckett Jan 16 '12 at 19:58
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Which are the Rarest Dog Breeds in the World? VOSD
The rarest dog breeds in the world
The Rarest Dog Breeds in the World
For a long time, people have been absolutely fascinated by different breeds of dog, especially unique dog breeds. While we are still trying to figure out what the rarest dog breed is (we think it's the New Guinea Singing Dog), dog breeds rarely make the news these days for being one of a kind. In a way, the focus on breeding can cause medical issues because of unethical methods, inbreeding, and bad treatment meted out to dogs in puppy mills. But it still helps to know about ancient and rare dogs to understand the rich and diverse history of the canine species.
We talked about the new guinea singing dog here, and the fascinating story behind its rediscovery. But people have been breeding dogs for centuries, and now there are certain breeds that have become rare dogs and hard to spot. We give you the lowdown on some unique dog breeds here. Take a journey with us to understand rare Ridgebacks, Sighthounds, Spaniels, Terriers, and other cool dog breeds.
The Basenji actually looks very much like an Indian breed of dog! It is one of the most ancient breed of dog, originating in the Congo. The Basenji was used for hunting. It is named after the original pygmy tribes that bred and raised them. One of the most interesting facts about the Basenji is that it has maintained certain "primitive" characteristics, like being unable to bark. Colonisers from England (where else?) were interested in bringing the dog and widening its gene pool to England, but they were unsuccessful for a long time because all the dogs started to suffer from distemper.
Basenjis have short coats, are of medium height, and are lean. They are extremely active (usefulf for hunting) and need to be physically and mentally stimulated often. They can be stern and aggressive. (source: _URL_
Bedlington terrier
This adorable and distinctive breed of dog is originally from Northumberland, in the English countryside. These terriers look like lambs, with a curved back and a gentle face. They love to run around and play, but are also gentle and sweet in disposition. Bedlington terriers were the possible result of crossing a few other breeds – the Rothbury terrier, the Dinmont terrier and the Whippet. Bedlingtons are some of the cutest dogs in the world and have been bred since 1825. They are popular in dog shows. Bedlingtons have been used for dog sports, dog racing, and to hunt for vermin like rats, mice, rabbits, small foxes, and other pests that are considered harmful to farms.
Tibetan mastiff
One of the most interesting histories belongs to the Tibetan Mastiff. These large, hairy, shaggy dogs with somber faces may have originated anywhere, but somehow ended up in Central Asia after traveling with invading armies. According to petfinder, there has been evidence of the existence of these rare dogs from as far back as 1100 BC, which is really cool! They could have also come to China with the legendary invader, Gengis Khan, or even Attila the Hun.
Tibetan mastiffs then ended up in Tibet, near the Himalayas, and became effective guard dogs for the mountain folk. During British Raj, the Viceroy of India is said to have gifted Queen Victoria with a Tibetan Mastiff.
This Mastiff is large and thick, and has a double coat that allows it to endure extreme weather conditions from cold to warm. They are quiet and reserved dogs but can be friendly towards their families, human or otherwise.
Related Article – Know Your Indian Dog Breeds
Thai ridgeback
Firstly, a ridge on the back of a dog is a line of hair that grows against the general direction of the rest of the hair on a dog's body. The Rhodesian Ridgeback has this feature and is more well known than the Thai Ridgeback. The Thai Ridgeback possibly originated in Thailand, as the name suggests, and is said to have been bred on the Asian island in the 17th century. They are medium-sized dogs with short, dark hair, and are very agile and athletic. They have a skinny, upward-curving tail. The Thai Ridgeback is great for guarding and hunting due to its athletic nature. It is one of the more rare breeds of dogs in the world.
Lagotto Romagnolo
This little cutie is super-rare and one of the best known Italian breeds of dogs in the world. The Lagotto Romagnolo is also known as the Italian Water Dog and was bred to hunt for waterfowl in the marshlands of Italy (specifically Romagna). They are hairy with thick coats, and have an extremely keen sense of smell. Today, they are used to spot truffle for Italian restaurants! They are small (growing up to a height of about 15 cms). An interesting fact: Lagotto Romagnolos might have been around for centuries, and are found in a few Italian paintings. Could they have been a part of Italian royal families? Hopefully someone will find this out for us!
Norwegian lundehund
The catchily named Norwegian Lundehund is a type of Spitz, and is medium sized. These dogs are found in Norway. "Lundehund" means "puffin hound" or "puffin dog". They are flexible, agile, and clever dogs, able to climb into the ridges of cliffs and caves in Norway to hunt for puffin birds. How are these dogs adapted to this role you might ask? The Norwegian Lundehunds have some evolutionary genetic traits that allow this to be possible – they have two extra toes (one on each foot) and are so flexible they can flex or bend their head in order to touch their back. The Lundehunds are highly independent dogs, and could be difficult to train. They also have two less teeth than other dogs.
New guinea singing dog
We already spoke about the return of the New Guinea Singing Dog here, and yes – they might be making a comeback. These dogs are known for their distinctive "singing" sound and the way they synchronize with other dogs from their pack. Efforts have always been made to breed these dogs in captivity, but now there are signs that they might be around and thriving in the wild! It is closely related to the Australian dingo, and is considered one of the most unique dog breeds in the world.
Czechoslovakian wolfdog
Bear with us while we try to pronounce this mouthful. The Czechoslovakian wolfdog is a beautiful, graceful dog that looks like a wolf, with grey fur and light eyes. They make great guard dogs, and are strong, agile, and intelligent. The breed is relatively new, having been bred in the 1950s to guard the Czechoslovakian border. They are now imported to the United States for similar border patrol duties and other active roles.
These sighthounds look like proper royalty, with their tall, lean, and dignified presence. They are thin dogs, and have high back and long legs. The Azawakh originated in West Africa, in the Azawagh Valley near the Sahara desert. The Azawakh was bred by nomadic tribes and has been around for many centuries. These tall dogs can grow up to a height of 75 cm and look regal when they hunt or walk or do anything, really. The Azawakh is dark brown or fawn in colour, with a white belly. But they or their cousins, are seen around Africa in different colours as well. The Azawakh is also related to the Basenji (see above) and pariah dogs from the African continent.
Bergamasco shepherd
Another Italian breed, the Bergamasco Shepherd dog is one of those beautiful breeds that resemble sheep. They are, as a result, used to guard flocks of sheep and can often disappear into that role! They are medium sized dogs with fur that becomes matted up into clumps. These Shepherd dogs are muscular and broad, and are strong enough to withstand cold winters. These rare dogs are related to German Shepherds, and could have originated in the 1800s, in order to perform herding tasks.
Brazilian mastiff/ fila brasileiro
The Fila Brasiliero is one of the largest dog breeds in the world. They are huge, energetic, and make great guard dogs. It is likely that they were bred from Bloodhounds, the English Mastiffs, and Bulldogs in the 17th century. Brazilian Mastiffs are banned in several countries because of their potential aggressive nature, but just like all dogs, early socialization can help the dog get along with humans and other dogs. They are mostly found in Brazil and can be brown, fawn, or black in colour. They are suitable to large, open spaces. These dogs are instinctively guarded and wary, so it might take a while to socialize them.
There you go! Some of the world's rarest breeds in the world are definitely also the most fascinating. It's strange to think that many of them might not exist in a few years, which is why it's important to conserve their genetic traits (without inbreeding and other unethical methods). Still, as they say, "adopt don't shop" and if you come across these rare breeds and want one, don't purchase


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Mumbai: In a recent development, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has revised the syllabus for classes from IX to XII during the academic session 2020-21 in view of the post created by COVID-19.
CBSE said in a circular issued to the heads of all the institutions associated with it that the syllabus has been resumed due to the extraordinary conditions spread in different parts of the country and the world.
"Keeping in mind the importance of achieving the level of learning, the curriculum has been rationalized to the extent possible to maintain the core concepts," it said.
CBSE stated that efforts to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, along with the prevailing health emergency in the country and in various parts of the world, have resulted in the loss of classroom teaching due to the closure of schools.
"Therefore, the board has decided to revise the syllabus for IX-XII classes for the academic session 2020-21. The changes in the syllabi have been finalized by the respective course committees with the approval of the curriculum committee and the governing body of the Board," the circular said.
It states that the heads of schools and teachers can ensure that the subjects that have been reduced are explained to the extent necessary for students to connect different subjects.
"However, the reduced syllabus will not be part of the subjects for internal assessment and year-end board examinations," said the circular.
It stated that NCERT's input on transferring the curriculum using alternative academic calendars and various strategies could also be part of teaching-learning.
Schools for primary classes (I-VIII) may follow the alternative academic calendar and learning outcomes specified by the NCERT.


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Kokinshu Commentary 6
Book One – Spring 1
6. Monk Sosei. On fallen snow clinging to a tree
Now that spring has come,
Does he mistake them for flowers –
The warbler singing
Among branches deep-laden
With mounds of snowy white flakes?
Comment: This is the first example in the Kokinshu of a technique that the reader will encounter frequently. The technique is called "elegant confusion". The technique allows the poet to draw a comparison, using the pretense that the observer is confused. In this Tanka the elegant confusion is the mis-identification of snowflakes for plum blossoms, or spring blossoms. Here, I think, the translator may be off somewhat. The previous Tanka, Number 5, specifically mentions plum blossoms, while this Tanka, Number 6, uses the generic "flowers". However, the deliberate linking here is, I think, supposed to guide the reader to inferring that the flowers in question are plum blossoms, and not just any kind of blossom. It is rather like flowers/"hana" functions as a kind of pronoun, or place holder, for the plum blossoms of Tanka 5. This kind of usage was later encoded in Renga where the word "blossom"/"hana" was understood to mean cherry blossoms unless otherwise specified. This is still the rule in traditional Japanese Haiku. However that may be, the linkage to Tanka 5 would lead the reader to infer plum blossoms if the two Tanka are read together as a single, longer, poem.
But back to elegant confusion; this is a technique that was inherited from Chinese poetry. Elegant confusion was, at one time, widely used. It has fallen into disfavor in modern times because it seems to us to be too affected. Who ever really confuses snowflakes and blossoms?, our realistic approach to the world asks.
I think this misunderstands the technique. My sense is that elegant confusion was a form of structured metaphor. In East Asian poetry in general, and Japanese poetry in particular, explicit metaphor is not a widely used, or admired, technique. One does not often come across the deliberate comparison through a linguistic structure of "X is like Y", or "X is Y". Elegant confusion, however, provided poets a means for stating a metaphor which would be accepted by the canons of their poetic culture. If we look at elegant confusion as "elegant metaphor" I think we can be more accepting of what the poet is offering. We do not blanche when the poet says, "My love is like a red, red, rose." We accept this because it is part of the structure of western poetic culture. Similarly, we can be accepting of "X looks so much like Y that I got confused between the two when I saw them..."; such an approach is similarly a means for making a metaphorical statement within the acceptable range of Japanese poetic culture. In other words, the elegant confusion between the plum blossoms and snowflakes draws our attention both to how they are alike and how they differ; this is exactly the beauty and function of metaphor.
The author of this Tanka was the Monk Sosei, a famous Tanka poet who lived from 816-910. His work appears in many Tanka/Waka anthologies. He has been elevated to one of the Thirty-Six Poetry Immortals in Japan; in other words he has been deified in the same way that many living figures have become deified following Japanese Shinto custom. An earlier example would be Sugawara no Michizane, who became the deity Tenjin. A recent example would be the great Renga and Haiku poet, Basho.
I find it instructive that the editors of the Kokinshu placed this famous Tanka poet between two anonymous Tanka; both Tanka 5 and Tanka 7 are Anonymous. I think this achieves several purposes. First, it allows Sosei's Tanka to stand apart somewhat. Second, I think it is a signal to the reader that the editors may have particularly liked this Tanka and may also reflect their admiration for Sosei.
The links to the previous Tanka are: the warbler, the setting of spring flowers/plum blossoms that are blooming in the snow. The shift is one of perspective. Tanka 5 is a simple landscape. Tanka 6 is more introspective and takes us into the mind of the poet, in this case Sosei. Here the poet is explicitly speculating, wondering, thinking about, the scene. It is this speculation that gives rise to elegant confusion.
In closing I'd like to say a few words about "topic". After the author attribution the Kokinshu has a brief phrase. Sometimes it is "topic unknown", and sometimes there is a statement of topic, and at other times there is a brief description of the circumstances under which the Tanka was written. When there is a specific topic that indicate to the reader at the time that the Tanka was likely written during a poetry meeting in which the gathered poets were given an assigned topic upon which to write their Tanka. This was a widespread custom in Japan for many centuries; perhaps it is still done, I'm not sure. The idea is that someone, the host, would gather the poets together and then at the gathering the topic would be announced. All the assembled poets would then compose a Tanka on that theme. The poems would then be judged and the winner receive accolades. If the gathering was put on by a high aristocrat there might be considerable material rewards. Teachers would use such gatherings for their advanced students to hone their students' abilities. Topics were not spontaneous; there were lists of appropriate topics. Certain subjects were off-limits among which were explicitly erotic or pornographic subjects, political commentary, or subjects that might endanger the participants in the highly volatile world of Japanese politics. Acceptable topics were the seasons, love, travel, parting, impermanence in all its manifestations, religion (which meant Buddhism and Shinto), occasional Tanka that were usually laudatory of the sponsor or the sponsor's family and/or clan affiliation, etc. Though there were numerous examples of acceptable topics, they all fell under a few headings. For example, there were many topics that fell under the category of Spring, or under the category of Love. Poets practiced writing Tanka on these specified topics so that they would be prepared for poetry gatherings.
So when we read that the Tanka was written on a specific topic it is likely that this particular Tanka won at whatever gathering it was written at. When the editors say "topic unknown" the inference is that they think that the Tanka was written at such a gathering, but they are not sure; perhaps it has folk origins outside of this kind of refined poetic culture. "Topic unknown" is a signal to the reader of the time that the source of the Tanka may lie in the wider public sphere, beyond the refined aristocratic pursuit of poetic excellence in accord with specific canons. When the situation under which the Tanka was written is explicitly described, this is done because the circumstances are meant to show the reader the talent and ability of the poet and give us a context under which it was written.
In this particular instance the topic was "On fallen snow clinging to a tree". We do not know how many others were gathered at this poetry gathering, or when exactly it took place. But we do know that Sosei's Tanka carried the day, eventually ending up in this anthology.


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The 1.3MP 25MM SWIR lens is part of the 1.3MP 1/2" SWIR lens series. This series offers a variety of focal lengths to ensure the ideal working distance for your application. The focal length of this LCM-SWIR-MP-25MM-F1.8-2-ND1 lens is 25MM, and its F-number is 1.8. Our SWIR C-mount lens series is intended for sensors with pixel sizes of 3.45µm and larger, and it covers the wavelength range of 400nm–1700nm.
SWIR C-Mount lensesVisible-SWIR lenses, also known as SWIR lenses, are designed especially for SWIR machine vision cameras. Visible light is defined as having a wavelength between 400 and 780 nm, while infrared light has a wavelength between 780 and 1000 µm. The infrared light type that most closely resembles visible light is called short-wave infrared (SWIR) light. Specifically made for Sony's IMX990 and IMX991 SWIR image sensors, among many others, is the 1.3MP 1/2" SWIR lens series. Light spanning from the visible to the SWIR spectrum can be captured by these sensors. They have the capacity to record extensive image data at wavelengths between 400 and 1700 nm. The conventional "Visible light camera + SWIR camera" dual camera detection scheme is replaced by our SWIR cameras. They also provide a low-cost solution, increase the detection range, and speed up processing.
There are several uses for the 1.3MP 25MM SWIR lens when paired with a monochrome SWIR camera:
- Semiconductor inspection: To find flaws that do not show up in the visible spectrum.
- Examining the moisture and humidity content of products: Water turns opaque at 1450 nm. The water absorbs the light at this wavelength.
- Material detection: Although materials such as metals and plastics may appear similar to one another when viewed in visible light, their differences in wavelength-dependent infrared reflectance and absorptance allow for the identification of a particular material among others.
1.3MP 25MM Short-Wave Infrared lensThis 1.3MP 25MM SWIR lens has adjustable iris and focus, and screws are available to secure them. The LCM-SWIR-1.3MP-25MM-F1.8-2-ND1 SWIR lens also has a C-mount for simple machine vision camera mounting. Our C-mount SWIR lenses are made to withstand the rigors and dependability required in industrial settings. They are designed to survive demanding industrial environments. The entire construction of the 1.3MP 25MM SWIR lens is made of metal and glass components.
SWIR lens for Sony IMX Sensors CompatibilityThe common C-mount thread of the 1.3MP 1/2" SWIR lens series makes it compatible with a wide range of industrial cameras. The following camera sensors are frequently used with this 1.3MP 25MM SWIR lens:
- IMX991 (Expected in 2024)
- IMX992 (Expected in 2024)
- IMX993 (Expected in 2024)
Resolving power of the 1/2" SWIR lens seriesFor industrial cameras with SWIR sensors, like the Sony sensors mentioned earlier, the 1.3MP 1/2" SWIR lens series is advised in order to produce crisp images in the Short-Wave Infrared field. For this series, 3.45µm pixel size is advised for cameras. It can resolve 160 line pairs per millimeter (lp/mm). The number of black and white line pairs that can be distinguished per millimeter of image space is known as the resolving power. A higher spatial resolution, or the ability of the camera or lens system to resolve finer details in the image, is indicated by a higher number of line pairs per millimeter. See our Download page for a detailed list of all our other lenses along with their corresponding resolutions.
Product Life Cycle ManagementThe SWIR lens series is well-liked and will continue to be made for a considerable amount of time. Since our launch, we have added almost every lens model to our collection, and the majority of them are still in stock. Furthermore, we promise to keep you updated if the LCM-SWIR-1.3MP-25MM-F1.8-2-ND1 lens gets closer to its End of Life (EOL). For their final purchase, each of our customers will receive a final notification. Additionally, we guarantee that a new production run of the 1.3MP 25MM SWIR lens can always be started with a Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ) of 300 pieces following End of Life (EOL).
Quality control & warrantyThe quality control process for lens production is based on a number of deliberate steps. The process for making SWIR lenses, like the 1.3MP 25MM SWIR lens, begins with a quality inspection of the incoming raw materials and production line setup, which includes inspecting the personal protective equipment (PPE) worn by the employees and cleaning the equipment. Every stage of the production process adheres to a rigid protocol that is monitored by tool-assisted or visual inspections. A final inspection is performed on each product to ensure that all mechanical and optical requirements have been met. Furthermore, inspections for sample control are carried out prior to shipment.
Comprehensive reports covering every facet of production are produced by this process. The 1.3MP 25MM SWIR lens will be labeled as abnormal if it ever fails to meet the specified quality standards. To ensure the procedure and batch quality, a measure will be implemented. From the raw materials to the final product, quality is maintained through continuous monitoring.


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THE XÈTÁN ANGELS
The Xètán Angels are a magnificent group of human beings who reside in the Kingdom of Xètá situated in the outer regions of the Universe. The Kingdom of Xètá is a very large planet that is home to multiple groups of Angels known as 'Angels of Light'. They are an ancient civilization that pre-dates the Universe who are known for their magical abilities and for their enchanting history.
The Xètán Angels are responsible for the introduction of several children's fables to this planet and these are Aladdin, Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves all of which are loosely based on actual events that took place on Xètá over a thousand millennia ago. The Xètán Angels are also responsible for introducing several breeds of cats to our planet and they are Persian, Siamese and Egyptian Mau.
There are several Xètán Angels who will soon be acknowledged for their significant contributions to this planet and they are Xètán Angels Zé, Jorat and Phillyda.
The Xètán Angels have a pivotal role in our planet's enlightenment transition alongside the Andromeda Angels, the Árian Angels, the Fárian Angels and the Ômega Angels.
Reference: The Age of Enlightenment
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Is it necessary to warm up the car engine in winter before driving?
Motorists are divided into three camps. The first ones assert, that warming up to working temperatures is necessary at idling. The second are sure – it is necessary to warm up for 2-3 minutes. The third ones are sure, that it is not necessary to warm up. But everyone is sure of one thing: if the car is badly broken, it should be recycled rather than repaired:
In the past, most cars were equipped with carburetor engines. Heating was necessary for several reasons. For instance, the engine could not regulate the fuel supply, and there was no electronic adjustment system, which was done manually.
The oil composition was different from the current one, so starting without warming up was detrimental to the mechanisms. In addition, there was a question of comfort – the car had no window heating and air conditioning.
Manufacturers of modern cars with injection power system explicitly indicate in the instruction manual that the engine should not be warmed up when the car is stationary. Engines of new cars are equipped with a fuel injection system and process controllers. The additives in automotive fluids ensure efficient operation at all temperatures, and air conditioning and all sorts of heating systems allow you to start on the road immediately.
Advocates of a quick start, who are familiar with mechanics, claim that long warming up at idling speed leads to formation of soot on spark plugs and in the combustion chamber. It happens due to the inflow of over-enriched fuel-air mixture.
The main argument of the manufacturers is an appeal not to waste fuel and not to pollute the air with exhaust gases.
It is worth remembering that cars made abroad, are designed to operate in conditions, far from Russian. The manual also takes into account the realities of the country of manufacture. Including the laws, according to which, in many European countries, it is forbidden to park the engine while it is running.
What happens to the engine when starting it cold
To understand whether it is necessary to warm up the car engine in winter, let's understand in more detail the processes that occur in the mechanism when starting it in the cold.
It is known that the engine consists of metal parts, and metals, when heated, tend to expand. Mechanisms are fitted with a minimum gap. This is necessary to reduce the loss of energy released from the combustion of the fuel-air mixture.
Before the metal elements of the system are heated up to operating temperature, the motor runs under high load conditions.
Even in summer it takes half a minute for the grease to disperse into the mechanisms and start working. In the cold season even the use of additives does not save oil from thickening. It takes much longer for the oil to reach operating temperature and lubricate evenly.
Thickened oil cannot pass through the filter, which is designed to clean the fluid from sludge and other wear elements. The bypass valve opens and oil enters the engine without going through the filter. The engine is under-lubricated plus there are debris particles coming in along with the thick lubricant. By starting to drive, the driver accelerates the wear and tear and risks serious damage to the engine.
Specialists believe that to reduce oil viscosity, you should warm up the car for at least 10 minutes, if the air temperature reaches minus 10 and below.
Piston rings, hydro-compensators and tensioners experience an increased load at driving with unheated motor. Uniform lubrication and heating of the metal to working temperatures is necessary for the operation of these mechanisms.
In addition, motorists often encounter oil sensor failure, which deforms under the pressure of thickened oil.
Thus, warming up is the key to long and trouble-free operation.
How to warm up the engine properly?
Warm-up time depends on the air temperature.
From plus 10: requires a minimum warming time of 1 to 3 minutes.
Plus 10 – minus 10: requires 5-7 minutes.
At minus 10 to 30 degrees, the engine should be warmed up for 8 to 10 minutes.
Below 30: requires a long warm-up for 10-15 minutes.
If for some reason there is no time for a long warm-up, stick to the rules:
Start driving after 2-3 minutes when RPMs start to drop.
Do not overload the engine, watch the level of revolutions.
Drive slowly, remember that the oil in the gearbox, transmission also requires warming up. Insufficient warming up is symptomatic in mechanics – difficult shifting, cars with automatic transmission shift jerks.
Increase speed gradually as the engine reaches operating temperature.
Warming up the diesel engine
The main difference between a diesel engine and a gasoline engine is the smaller gap between the cylinder and piston. Therefore, it is important for the oil to be at operating temperature for proper functioning. Uniform lubrication is even more important for turbocharged engines. Therefore, it is necessary to warm up the diesel at idle speed.
The recommended warm-up time is a couple of minutes in summer and 5-10 minutes in winter.
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A Mini Locomotive
A train has a locomotive that pulls the train with its many passenger coaches. If the locomotive breaks down, there is no way to pull the train. Therefore, the office of railroads decided to distribute three mini locomotives to each station. A mini locomotive can pull only a few passenger coaches. If a locomotive breaks down, three mini locomotives cannot pull all passenger coaches. So, the office of railroads made a decision as follows:
1. Set the number of maximum passenger coaches a mini locomotive can pull, and a mini locomotive will not pull over the number. The number is same for all three locomotives.
2. With three mini locomotives, let them transport the maximum number of passengers to destination. The office already knew the number of passengers in each passenger coach, and no passengers are allowed to move between coaches.
3. Each mini locomotive pulls consecutive passenger coaches. Right after the locomotive, passenger coaches have numbers starting from 1.
For example, assume there are 7 passenger coaches, and one mini locomotive can pull a maximum of 2 passenger coaches. The number of passengers in the passenger coaches, in order from 1 to 7, is 35, 40, 50, 10, 30, 45, and 60.
If three mini locomotives pull passenger coaches 1-2, 3-4, and 6-7, they can transport 240 passengers. In this example, three mini locomotives cannot transport more than 240 passengers.
Given the number of passenger coaches, the number of passengers in each passenger coach, and the maximum number of passenger coaches which can be pulled by a mini locomotive, write a program to find the maximum number of passengers which can be transported by the three mini locomotives.
The first line of the input contains a single integer t (1 <= t <= 11), the number of test cases, followed by the input data for each test case. The input for each test case will be as follows:
The first line of the input file contains the number of passenger coaches, which will not exceed 50,000. The second line contains a list of space separated integers giving the number of passengers in each coach, such that the ith number of in this line is the number of passengers in coach i. No coach holds more than 100 passengers. The third line contains the maximum number of passenger coaches which can be pulled by a single mini locomotive. This number will not exceed 1/3 of the number of passenger coaches.
There should be one line per test case, containing the maximum number of passengers which can be transported by the three mini locomotives.
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Introduction: Paraquat is a commonly ingested poison especially in Southern India. There is no antidote for paraquat poison and consumption is often fatal. The usual cause of death is either acute lung injury or multi-organ failure. Aim: To evaluate the role of early haemoperfusion as a therapy in paraquat poisoned patients. Materials and Methods: This study was a retrospective analysis of patients admitted to a Tertiary Medical College Hospital between January 2012 and December 2015 with history of paraquat consumption, comparing outcomes in those who received only gastric lavage and symptomatic treatment with those who received haemoperfusion as a therapy. The role of early haemoperfusion (≤ 6 hours) vs late haemoperfusion (> 6 hours) in paraquat poisoned patients was also compared. The data of these patients was extracted and analysed with respect to age, sex, mode of treatment, the outcome in patients who received early and late haemoperfusion. results: A total of 101 patients were studied out of which 62 died. Deaths were more in those patients who received only gastric lavage with symptomatic treatment as therapy compared to those who received haemoperfusion i.e., 92.1% vs 42.9% respectively. We also found that, the survival rate was better in patients who received early haemoperfusion. conclusion: Early haemoperfusion was helpful in the management of severe paraquat poisoning and improved the survival rate in these patients.
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Falling for Folly
Posted on July 21, 2017
The idea of a folly is inherently fun. Follies were built for pleasure and recreation, in a way the interacts with its environment and creates a way to travel to places far away if only in your imagination. Recently, I came across a great book in our library called Chinoiseries by Andrew Zega and Bernd H. Dams. As historians and watercolorists, they tell a great story by recreating many Chinoserie styled follies in watercolor. They call these follyies "The Architecture of Joy", by looking at these inspired structures and their diminutive scale I can imagine them in situ with all their splendor. Here are a few that I particularly liked, it was hard to choose.
Not much was known about Chinese architecture in Europe during the 1700's, but people were intrigued from wild reports, imaginative imagery, and secrecy. the term Chinoiserie is defined as "the imitation or evocation of Chinese motifs and techniques in Western art, furniture, and architecture, especially in the 18th century". The definition of folly has a fascinating arc, while in architecture and theater it is associated with "whimsical" it also has darker meanings. From the dictionary:
- The state or quality of being foolish; lack of understanding or sense.
- A foolish action, practice, idea, etc.; absurdity: the folly of performing without a rehearsal.
- A costly and foolish undertaking; unwise investment or expenditure.
- Architecture. A whimsical or extravagant structure built to serve as a conversation piece, lend interest to a view, commemorate a person or event, etc.: found especially in England in the 18th century.
- Follies, a theatrical revue.
- Obsolete. Wickedness; Wantonness.
I like seeing these architectural watercolors on a blank canvas because I can imagine the moving world around them with more detail than a photo, but here are a few photos that give a sense of how they look in gardens.


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Encyclopedia - Creeping Barrage
Although considered as a battlefield tactic as early as 1915 (and initially deployed by Bulgarian artillerists during the Adrianople siege of March 1913) the so-called 'creeping barrage' was not actually deployed until August 1916 by the British (Sir Henry Horne) during the Battle of the Somme on the Western Front.
Until this point artillery barrages preceded infantry attacks for periods ranging from hours to days. Once the infantry attack began in earnest supporting artillery would typically be promptly switched against pre-determined secondary targets.
A creeping barrage however was designed so as to place a curtain of artillery fire just ahead of advancing infantry, a barrage which would constantly shift - or creep - forward directly ahead of attacking troops. The innovation was successful, although chiefly against sharply defined and localised targets. Subsequently the combined use of artillery, infantry, tanks and aircraft would greatly assist the efficacy of larger-scale breakthrough attacks.
French Commander-in-Chief Robert Nivelle placed over-reliance upon the merits of the creeping barrage as a primary form of attack during his disastrous Second Battle of the Aisne in April 1917, the failure of which led to widespread mutiny in the French Army.
Such a method of artillery fire necessarily required very careful planning by both artillery and infantry commanders, particularly with regard to timing if an army's own troops were not to be caught (or held back) by their own artillery barrage. As a rough rule of thumb a creeping barrage would progress at the rate of approximately 50 metres per minute once an attack began.
Variations upon the creeping barrage included the so-called 'fire waltz' whereby a hail of artillery fire would ravage a position and move onwards, only to then reverse course in order to catch defensive forces rushing to the devastated line.
A howitzer is any short cannon that delivers its shells in a high trajectory. The word is derived from an old German word for "catapult".
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A trust is a legal arrangement where management of property is separated from the benefit of that property. This is created when someone (the settlor), entrusts property into a trust (managed by trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary).
Trust administration refers to the management of assets within the trust. The trustee is responsible for trust administration, and holds the duty of fiduciary. The trustee must protect the assets of the trust, and ensure they are used according to the trust setup. The duties of trust administration will vary according to the nature of the trust.


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Citrus College has a long history of supporting student leadership development and has recently added this academic program to its leadership development programs. Currently LEAD 103, Foundations of Leadership, a three-unit transferable course, is offered.
This course surveys the foundational theories and applications of leadership from an individual standpoint, in a team-based environment, and within a large organizational structure. Special attention is paid to practical application of theory and is focused on the development of the student as a leader. This course is required either as a preor co-requisite to holding a leadership position in the campus' student government association, ASCC. This course is approved for transfer to UC and CSU.
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to do the following:
1. Differentiate between leadership and management skills
2. Analyze leadership and ethics in diverse contexts
3. Synthesize both the positive and negative attributes of contemporary and/or historical leaders


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Process Monitor is an incredibly useful tool that will report on just about everything your PC applications are doing: the files they're accessing, Registry keys they're viewing, processes they're launching, and much more.
At its simplest, you can use the program simply to figure out why your hard drive is thrashing, even when you're not at the PC. Just launch Process Monitor, click File > Capture Events (if it's not already listing PC activity), and watch the process names listed on the left hand side. These will tell you which processes are opening and closing files, checking the Registry and so on. If you spot some unnecessary programs, perhaps an application running in the system tray, then removing it should cut any associated activity and speed up the rest of your PC.
Process Monitor is even better when it comes to troubleshooting misbehaving applications. Suppose you're trying to run a program called app.exe, for instance, only it crashes immediately, and you don't know why. What's going on? Run Process Monitor first and it can show you exactly which files and Registry keys that app.exe is looking for. If there's a missing file then you'll see it here; you could also explore the Registry keys it's viewing, just to confirm that any settings are configured correctly.
And if you're a geek who just likes to explore, then Process Monitor can give you hours of fun. Windows applets have many undocumented Registry settings, for instance, offering new ways to customise them - Process Monitor can help you spot these, and many other Windows secrets.
- includes a /runtime switch for terminating monitoring after a specified amount of time
- when in hexadecimal mode shows process tree process IDs in hexadecimal
- fixes a bug in automated boot log conversion
Process Monitor can help you fix many PC problems that simply couldn't be solved in any other way. An essential component in every troubleshooting toolkit