This tool allows an RT 3.x instance to integrate with a Subversion revision control system. To install the package in your RT instance, run the following commands: perl Makefile.PL make install To configure your subversion server to talk to an RT instance, you'll need to do a bit of setup. In your RT::SiteConfig, set up the following variables: Set($PathToSvn, '/usr/bin/svn'); # or wherever your svn(1) binary lives Set($SvnRepository, ''); # or Set($SvnRepository,'svn://'); You also need to add a "post-commit" hook to your svn repository so that it knows how to talk to RT. Basically, it does a simple HTTP "GET" request to tell RT to query the svn server for an update. We use this provoked poll method so that RT doesn't need to trust arbitrary incoming pings. RT is careful to only apply each commit once. Create a _privileged_ RT user for the svn integration to use. It doesn't matter if that user has no specific rights; they just need to be able to log into RT's web interface. Add the following line (assuming you use curl) to your repository's hooks/post-commit script: curl "$REV" & To tell RT which ticket a commit is associated with, put an RT-Ticket: line in your commit message. if there's no RT-Ticket: line, rt will ignore the commit message. If you put "rtname#" before the ticket id, RT instances whose rtnames don't match what you've put in will act as if they haven't seen a ticket id. This can be useful if you use svk to move subversion commits between repositories and want to track commit history across multiple RT instances. The other recognized commands are RT-Status and RT-Update. RT-Action is an alias for RT-Update, if preferred. Commands are case-insensitive and may occur in any order, at any point in the commit message. A couple simple examples: =====cut here====== RT-Ticket: RT-Ticket: RT-Ticket: RT-Status: resolved RT-Update: comment This is a simple comment. ======cut here======= OR ======cut here======= RT-Ticket: 123 RT-Status: open RT-Update: correspond We've commmited a fix to your problem. Is it fixed in -HEAD? ======cut here=======


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Windfinders are Sea Folk women who advise Sailmistresses, Wavemistresses, and the Mistress of the Ships in plotting a course based on the wind and currents. Windfinders can be found on every ship the Sea Folk inhabit. Many Windfinders can channel, using their ability in the One Power to change the weather to avert storms and speed their ship along to its destination. The Sea Folk call this Weaving of the Winds, which is another name for Cloud Dancing This contributes to the Sea Folk's already well-deserved reputation of speed on the water.
As Weaving of the Winds manipulates the weather with flows of Air and Water, most Windfinders are particularly skilled in those weaves. In fact, Windfinders typical channel powerful flows of Air and Water that are much thicker than most Aes Sedai would dare to attempt. Conversely, many Windfinders have little to no skill with Fire or Earth, even less than most female channelers, since due to the nature of their society's need, they do not cultivate those skills.
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For years, no Sea Folk ship would allow passage of an Aes Sedai on their ship for fear the Aes Sedai would discover their Windfinders could channel, and take them to the Tower to be trained. To allay suspicion among Aes Sedai, the Sea Folk usually send their weakest channelers to the White Tower to give the impression that the One Power does not flow strongly among the Sea Folk and to stop a possible investigation by the Aes Sedai into potential channelling abilities among the Sea Folk.
Although it is the higher ranking Sailsmistress who usually decides who is allowed passage on her ship, the Windfinder is given the right to specifically refuse passage to a passenger who can channel. This long lived tradition of denying passage to Aes Sedai ended when Elayne Trakand and Nynaeve al'Meara requested passage on a Sea Folk raker on business for the Dragon Reborn and Windfinder Jorin din Jubai White Wing granted their request.
During the Last Battle the Windfinders and the Sea Folk fought heroically in Thakan'dar valley, near Shayol Ghul. In particular the channellers rotated in groups of 13 to use constantly the Bowl of the Winds against Shai'tan manipulation of the weather in the valley. Also when a group was busy with the Bowl the others were constantly occupied against the attacks of Dreadlords.
- Jorin din Jubai White Wing - Windfinder of Wavedancer.
- Shalon din Togara Morning Tide - Windfinder of clan Shodein.
- Taval din Chanai Nine Gulls - Windfinder of the White Spray.
- Renaile din Calon Blue Star - Windfinder to the Mistress of the Ships.
- Dorile din Eiran Long Feather - Windfinder of Windrunner.
- Caire din Gelyn Running Wave - Windfinder to Pelanna.
- Tebreille din Gelyn South Wind - Windfinder to Mareil.
- Shielyn - Windfinder to Zaida din Parede Blackwing
- Senine - Windmistress to the former Mistress of the Ships
- Nestelle din Sakura South Star
- Chanelle din Seran White Shark

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Will an institution participating in a Child Nutrition Program (such as a school) that shares their income eligibility information with a CACFP institution (such as a center) later determine a different eligibility for that child?
No, households are no longer required to report changes in circumstances, such as an increase in income, a decrease in household size or when the household is no longer certified eligible for Food Assistance or FIP. Once properly approved for free or reduced price benefits a household will remain eligible for those benefits until the application expires (usually September 30). To ensure a child is properly approved for benefits, the center may wish to request a copy of the income application and not simply rely on a list from the school that includes the date, child's name, and eligibility. If the center discovers an application they receive from a school is not correctly approved, the center is responsible to make the correction and claim the child at the correct benefit level.
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Can An Eye Exam Detect Leukemia?
Can an eye doctor tell if you have cancer?
Many different types of cancer can be detected during comprehensive eye exams.
Brain tumors can be detected based on vision changes.
Your eyes can also indicate if you have skin cancer and retinal bleeding can indicate leukemia..
What do eye doctors see when they look in your eyes?
Ophthalmoscopy is an exam eye doctors use to look into your eyes and evaluate their health. With this exam, your eye doctor can see the retina (which senses light and images), the optic disk (where the optic nerve takes the information to the brain) and blood vessels.
What does leukemia joint pain feel like?
After bone pain begins, you may also feel joint pain and swelling of large joints — like the shoulders and hips. Depending on the area, when asked what does leukemia pain feel like in the bone, many patients mention a sharp pain or a constant dull ache.
What can be mistaken for leukemia?
Leukemia is commonly misdiagnosed as the following conditions:Influenza.Fever.Pathological fracture.Bleeding disorders.Immune thrombocytopenic purpura.Trypanosomiasis.Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome.
What diseases can be detected in an eye exam?
During a comprehensive eye exam, an Ophthalmologist or Optometrist will test your eyesight through the use of a refraction eye exam….11 Health Risks That Comprehensive Eye Exams Can DetectDiabetes. … High Blood Pressure. … High Cholesterol. … Cancer. … Multiple Sclerosis. … Thyroid Disease. … Lupus. … Rheumatoid Arthritis.More items…•
What were your first leukemia symptoms?
Early symptoms of leukemiaLoss of appetite or sudden weight loss.Bone or joint pain.Headaches.Shortness of breath.Frequent infections.Easy bruising or heavy bleeding.
What do doctors see when they shine a light in your eye?
Light Response Pupil Test A light will be shone into your eyes from each side. Your doctor will watch your pupils closely to determine whether or not your pupils constrict in response to the light, making note of the size and shape of your pupils.
Can leukemia be mistaken for something else?
Can Leukemia Be Misdiagnosed? In many cases, cancer of the blood does not show any symptoms until the disease has progressed, which can lead to a misdiagnosis or a failure to diagnose. The symptoms of this disease can often be indicative of other illnesses.
Does leukemia affect the eyes?
Leukemia is a systemic disease that can involve the eyes. It occurs in both children and adults. In that the eyes can be a relative sanctuary (a place to hide from systemic chemotherapy) for leukemic cells, intraocular recurrences have been reported after both total body irradiation and systemic chemotherapy.
Can leukemia cause blurry vision?
Leukemia cells can spread to other parts of your body and cause symptoms like these: Balance problems. Blurred vision. Bone or joint pain.
Can you have leukemia for years without knowing?
What was your first sign of leukemia?
Signs and symptoms of leukemia that I experience were high platelet counts, unknown bleeding, swelling legs, aching at the soles of my feet, general weakness, loss of potassium and a high fever.
What do Leukemia spots look like?
If you're wondering what does petechiae look like in leukemia, it tends to resemble a rash and can come in the form of small purple, red, or brown spots on the skin. It's often found on the arms, legs, stomach, and buttocks, though you might also find it on the inside of the mouth or the eyelids.
How long can you live with leukemia without knowing?
More than four out of five children live at least five years. The prognosis for adults is not as good. Only 25% to 35% of adults live five years or longer. AML: With proper treatment, most people with this cancer can expect to go into remission.
What are the signs of an eye stroke?
Most people with eye stroke notice a loss of vision in one eye upon waking in the morning with no pain. Some people notice a dark area or shadow in their vision that affects the upper or lower half of their visual field. Other symptoms include loss of visual contrast and light sensitivity.


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Chalta or elephant apple is a fruit that is said to be native to China. The fruit thrives in swamps and semi -tropical forests in deep soil and humid atmosphere. The fruit is also said to possess tonic and laxative properties, and is used for abdominal pains. The bark and leaves are astringent. Dried leaves are used as a substitute for sand paper in polishing ivory and horn. Ripe fruits are gathered at maturity.
Fleshy sepals form the edible portion. Though the fruits contain enough sugars, still these taste pleasantly sour due to predominance of acid. These are seldom eaten raw and are mostly used as flavouring in curries and are also made into jams and jellies. The fruit contains carbohydrates and proteins. It is also rich in beta-carotene, vitamin B, vitamin C, thiamine, and riboflavin.
Rubbing the fruit's gummy substance in the scalp is believed to treat dandruff and hair shedding. The fruit of the elephant apple tree is enclosed in a hard husk, which must be cracked to get at the fruit. This can be accomplished by hurling the fruit at a hard surface or by using a hammer to crack the husk open. The natives of Ambikapur and Jashpur region confirmed that the Elephants are fond of this fruit.
These regions have wild population of Elephants. Although Chalta is a common tree in different parts but it is a matter of surprise that the traditional healers are not much aware of its traditional medicinal uses and properties. Besides fruits, they use its leaves and bark in treatment of common diseases.
In Indonesia, chalta is mixed with honey and eaten for breakfast. In Thailand, they eat the leaves in salads while in India the pulp is used in savoury chutneys. The thiamine, riboflavin, and beta-carotene make it an important ingredient in medicines for the heart and liver. An infusion of the bark and stem can reduce heart palpitations and hypotension.


Using MsBuild tasks to build SSIS packages
In a previous blog post, I explained how to recompile the MsBuild task for SSIS 2016. Now that we've this task, we'll see how to use it.
First,let define a new file (here named Build.proj) in our SSIS solution
Then, we'll need to define our headers and namespaces:
The last attribute DefaultTargets is defining the part of the xml file that will be used when this file will be executed. In our case we'll just have one version of the Target but it's better to already correctly define it.
We also have to specify to MsBuild that an external assembly will be used (the community tasks to build SSIS packages).
It's now time to create a kind of variable to host the name/path of our SSIS project. Within MsBuild you achieve this task by using the following syntax:

SSISProjPath is the name of the variable and the value is defined in the Include attribute.
Now, let's focus on the Target itself. The target is named SSISBuild and will display a message before using the task to compile the SSIS project. The second step is performed by invoking the task DeploymentFileCompilerTask

The first parameter of DeploymentFileCompilerTask is the name of your project, you can safely use your variable by specifying the @() syntax. The second parameter is the configuration, personnaly I never change it and use Development but up-to-you. The protection level will override the corresponding property of your project.
If you want to compile, your project you can call MsBuild and specify Build.proj as the parameter, it will do the job! But it's more interesting if you can include this in your build steps. I'll just show you how you can include this in your TeamCity configuration:
 1. Create a build step
 2. Define the runner type as MsBuild
 3. Specify the MSBuild property for version as Microsoft Build Tools 2015 and ToolsVersion as 14.0
 4. Don't forget to specify the name of your target
 as SSISBuild
Once you've this setup in place, you can trigger your TeamCity project to get the following message and your build ready.
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The Top 5 Reasons Your VA Disability Claim Was Denied
It can be incredibly frustrating when the VA denies your disability claim! Here are the top five likely reasons your claim was denied and how you can overcome them:
1. There's no proof of your injury or condition in service
A veteran must show that their disability is related to an in-service event for direct service connection to be granted. If VA said that there was no proof of what happened in service then you need to find something to back up what you say happened. The most common evidence to prove your incident in service is service records. These can be either medical records or records of your duty stations or performance evaluations. If VA said it could not find these records and you believe that they exist then it is worth writing to the National Personal Record Center to obtain them.
Even if the records are missing, proof of an in service incident can be found through other means. Find others who served with you and have them write buddy statements describing the incident. These statements count as evidence. Also, you can look for unit records through the National Archives or records of your base, ship or unit on the internet.
2. You don't have a current disability
To obtain service connected disability benefits your disability must have a current diagnosis. . If a Vietnam veteran is exposed to Agent Orange and then develops ALS then that is a diagnosis.
3. Your condition isn't related to service
To get service connected benefits, you have to show that there is a link, also known as a nexus, between what happened in service and the current diagnosis. If VA says that they are not connected then it probably did so based on an exam from its own doctors, the C&P exam. If the C&P doctor says that there is no connection then you should go get an opinion from your doctor or an independent medical exam from outside doctor. You should give them the service records and medical records that explain how your current disability is related to service. You can also submit lay statements that explain the history of your condition and how it affects your daily life.
4. The VA doesn't accept your doctor's opinion
If you got your doctor to write a favorable opinion for your claim and VA rejected it then you need to go back and look at the opinion to see if it is thorough enough. VA routinely rejects medical opinions from treating doctors, both VA and private doctors. There are certain areas that VA always looks to in dismissing your doctor's opinion.
Your doctor must review your VA claims folder. The doctor does not have to review the whole file, just the part relevant to your claim and state they did so in their report. An opinion that states the doctor discussed the claim with the veteran statements and nothing else will be rejected. Your doctor should use also use VA's language that the disability is 'it is likely as not' related to service. Lastly, your doctor absolutely must include a rationale that states why they believe that your condition is service connected
5. You did not show up to your C&P exam
The veteran gets an automatic denial if the veteran does not attend the C&P exam. In this case, you should write VA and state why you were unable to attend the C&P exam and ask for another one. If you do not hear back from VA within two months then you should ask for a reconsideration or file an NOD and appeal the decision.
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Business Case Models
Presents a conceptual framework for quantifying cost and benefits of investments in secure coding techniques. Guidance for implementing the framework will include the variables and data elements to focus on and means to measure and quantify them. With these measurements, one can calculate the economic benefits (cost) of these investments. Details are also provided on current practices and current research on the case for secure coding techniques.


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- Paper plate, thin cardboard, brad, scissors, markers
Some things are best left to fate… and other things are best left to fortune-tellers. Here's an easy way for your child to make a fortune-telling device that's guaranteed to be somewhat accurate, some of the time.
Attach a spinner to the center of a paper plate using a brad, making sure that the spinner can spin freely. (The spinner, which you can cut out of thin cardboard, should measure about 4 inches by ½ an inch and end in a point.)
Divide the plate into various answer zones. Each zone should have a label (Never, Sometimes, Tomorrow, In 5 minutes, Twenty years from now, and so on). Then ask a time-related question. Your child can close his or her eyes, spin the spinner, and read the future. Now let your child ask a question and you can take on the fortune-telling role.
So when will you get a pet dinosaur? Twenty years from now? We'll have to see a picture of that!
From 365 TV-Free Activities You Can Do With Your Child Copyright © 2007, F+W Publications, Inc. Used by permission of Adams Media, and F+W Publications Company. All rights reserved.
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ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE COORDINATOR
Reports to: Direct Reports
Date: August, 2022
The Accounts Receivable Coordinator will aim to maximize the collection efforts at Chair-man Mills (CMM) while building a long-term business relationship with clients. The successful candidate will play a vital role in credit and collection activities of a rapidly growing company and will be responsible for coordinating with Finance team for effective cash management. He/she will ensure that all clients' issues are resolved in a timely fashion to expedite the collection. The candidate must be comfortable in a rapid decision-making environment and will understand the factors that drive the changes and potential growth within the business.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.
- Responsible for creating and maintaining credit history files.
- Analyzing and assessing the creditworthiness of account/client using external credit risk management reports/tools.
- Supporting the collection efforts/calls for accounts receivable portfolio.
- Documenting daily collections activities.
- Researching account disputes, billing discrepancies and resolve them in timely fashion.
- Performing account/payment reconciliations.
- Updating all contact information on an ongoing basis.
- Responding to credit inquiries from external and internal clients.
- Identifying delinquent accounts requiring external collection efforts.
- Identifying bad debt or financial exposure.
- Perform other duties as required or assigned from time to time
- Owns shared responsibility to create and maintain a safe, healthy workplace culture and a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect dignity, and where workplace violence, harassment and bullying are not tolerated from any person in the workplace by acting in compliance with applicable legislation and company safe work procedures and practices, as required by applicable company policies.
- Ability to adapt to a changing environment and meet deadlines.
- Ability to analyze business process and maintain internal controls.
- Intermediate knowledge of MS Office – Excel, Outlook.
- Proven ability to influence change and effectively lead collection activities.
- Capability to lower the company DSO.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and time management skills.
Required education and experience
- Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance
- 1-2 years credit and collection experience
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.


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Wellbeing in New Zealand: a reliability and validity study of the New Zealand Sovereign Wellbeing Index
Reid, Amanda Kate
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Background Measurement tools that evaluate personal, social and occupational life domain wellbeing are increasingly being used to measure how people are feeling and flourishing. The New Zealand Sovereign Wellbeing Index (NZSWI) is a measure specifically developed to evaluate the wellbeing of New Zealanders, and to track how their wellbeing is changing over time. Best practice in psychometric measurement requires sound assessment in order to be useful for those interpreting and utilising the results of wellbeing measures, and the NZSWI's reliability and validity has yet to have been investigated. The aim of this research was to determine the test-retest reliability, internal consistency, and construct validity of the NZSWI. Methods The aim of this research was to determine the test-retest reliability, internal consistency, and construct validity of the New Zealand Sovereign Wellbeing Index. Seventy-one adults aged 18 years and over completed a survey battery, including the New Zealand Sovereign Wellbeing Index and additional validated wellbeing measures at two time points, one week apart. Test-retest reliability between the two time points was analysed by calculating an intraclass correlation coefficient. Internal consistency was assessed at time point 1 using a Cronbach's alpha correlation coefficient. Construct validity, both convergent and discriminant, was evaluated against validated psychometric tools using Spearman's rank correlation coefficient. Results With regard to test-retest reliability, 78 items (89%) displayed substantial reliability (Cronbach's coefficients between 0.61 and 1.0). Ten items (11%) had moderate reliability (coefficients between 0.41 and 0.60). For internal consistency, five of the twenty total topic headings (25%) had coefficient alphas above 0.70, eleven (55%) had coefficient alphas between 0.50 and 0.69, two (10%) had alphas between 0.40 and 0.49, and two (10%) had coefficient alphas under 0.25. With regard to convergent validity, all items measured within the 15 topic tables displayed strong validity with Spearman's coefficients above 0.50. For discriminant validity, one topic (11%) returned a small correlation, six topics (67%) returned medium correlations, and 3 two topics (22%) returned strong correlations, therefore demonstrating variable validity in this aspect. Conclusion On the whole these results suggest that the New Zealand Sovereign Wellbeing Index is a reliable and valid psychometric measurement tool for assessing wellbeing constructs in a New Zealand adult population.


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This Book Just Ate My Dog!
Written and Illustrated by Richard Byrne
When her dog disappears into the gutter of the book, Bella calls for help. But when the helpers disappear too, Bella realizes it will take more than a tug on the leash to put things right.
Primary Source Pairing:
Create a two-for-one lesson by teaching parts of a book and reading this fun, engaging story about a missing dog. ISAIL standards include mastery of parts of the book. Scott E. Franson's website also includes a 32-page page picture book template that could be paired with this title.
Questions for Discussion:
- Describe what you see.
- What do you notice first?
- What words do you see on this image?
- What can you learn from examining this image?
Book Cover and Summary: Follett
Picture Book Basics image from Scott E. Franson's website (visit his website to download a large version of the image)


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Committed to Student Success
Peel board trustees advocate for their communities
Public school trustees are the critical link between communities and school boards. They are elected by taxpayers during municipal elections every four years and are directly accountable to the community. The current 12 trustees have been elected to serve from Dec. 1, 2010, to Nov. 30, 2014.
Working together, trustees:
· govern and establish policies
· set budgets and govern the provision of curriculum, facilities, human and financial resources
· advocate for the needs of their communities, and explain the policies and decisions of the board to residents
· work with all levels of government to help ensure student success
Trustees are available to help taxpayers, parents and others address any issues they may have about the public school system.
Trustees meet as a board on a regular basis and also participate on organized standing committees. The meeting schedule lists public meetings.
Student trustees serve an important role for the Peel District School Board. They represent the voice of students in decisions about education in Peel, and they help keep students informed about important decisions that affect them. The Peel board has two student trustees—one representing schools north of Highway 401 and one representing schools south of Highway 401.


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Basic School Facilities
Bugabira School aims to create a clean and pleasant environment for staff and students. The school buildings are designed to maximise air flow for ventilation; an important concern in the tropical Ugandan climate.Recently installed solar panels provide electricity to the boarding school dormitories. Other basic needs are met with simple and economical means, with good hygiene practices being of the utmost importance.
- Concreted and covered pit latrines, with ventilation to prevent smell. Separate facilities exist for boys and girls.
- A Tippy-Tap. This is a hand washing system where a foot pedal is used to move a jerry can, releasing water in a stream that is then captured in a shallow stone-lined pit. The no-touch system minimises germ proliferation.
- A wooden drying rack to store eating utensils off the ground, away from dirt and insects.
- Covered and well-ventilated cooking area for all-weather food preparation
- An energy saving stove. This simple mud and grass mound is designed to direct heat towards pot-sized openings, allowing numerous dishes to be prepared at one time, with the fire wood normally used for just one pot.
- Plates and cups for each students
Bugabira School has developed agricultural facilities in order to improve the nutritional value of the school meals provided each day to all students. Ensuring that the children receive sufficient amounts of vitamins, protein and carbohydrate is important when many go hungry at home and therefore struggle to concentrate on their studies!
We have planted a vegetable garden to produce cabbage, peppers, eggplant, onions, carrots and tomatoes.We have also recently acquired has a milking cow and a chicken house (with 250 egg-laying hens) meaning that students will soon be able to regularly consume milk and eggs. Remaining produce will be sold in order to finance free school places for needy students. You can read more about this initiative on the Current Projects page.


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The impact of sudden or unexpected bereavement: a research study of the impact of sudden bereavement on the everyday life of young adults.
The UCL Bereavement Study was funded by a Medical Research Council Population Health Scientist Fellowship to Dr Alexandra Pitman. Its aim was to investigate the impact of sudden bereavement on the emotional health and social functioning of young adults.
Why we decided to do this study
We felt that there was insufficient research describing the impact of sudden bereavement. Even though grief is a normal response to loss, we were aware of clinical concerns that the unanticipated death of a loved one can be a particularly difficult adjustment for some people. A 2007 Lancet review had suggested that sudden deaths left the bereaved more vulnerable to mental health problems, but that more research was required to confirm this. We noticed that NICE guidelines addressed bereavement only in the context of anticipated deaths (ie. end-of-life care), and that Department of Health guidelines on developing bereavement services in the NHS lacked information on how to respond to sudden deaths. There was clearly a need to improve our understanding of the needs of people who experience sudden loss, with which to inform policies to address identified needs.
Our systematic review, published in the Lancet Psychiatry in 2014, summarised research findings from 57 studies comparing groups of people bereaved by sudden natural deaths, sudden unnatural deaths, suicide, and anticipated natural deaths. The study found that experiences of shame and feeling stigmatised by the death were common to all these groups, but that this was particularly characteristic of those bereaved by unnatural or violent causes. We also noted that people bereaved by suicide had an increased probability of psychiatric admission and of depression, and that there were many similarities in the mental health problems experienced after bereavement by sudden unnatural causes and by suicide. We highlighted evidence showing an increased probability of suicide in mothers bereaved by a child's suicide and partners bereaved by a spouse or cohabitee's suicide. However, we felt that there was a lack of studies making specific comparisons between people bereaved by different causes of sudden death. This is why we chose to conduct a national UK-wide study of people bereaved by sudden natural causes, sudden unnatural causes, and suicide, to describe the specific problems they might face in terms of mental well-being and everyday functioning.
The UCL Bereavement Study involved email sampling and an internet-based survey to collect quantitative and qualitative data from people bereaved by sudden deaths by natural causes (for example a cardiac arrest) and unnatural causes (for example a road crash, manslaughter, or suicide). In 2009-10 the questionnaire was piloted in bereaved people of all ages via national organisations providing bereavement support: Cruse Bereavement Care, Samaritans, Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide, and Widowed by Suicide. The revised questionnaire was then sent out to over 635,000 staff and students at 37 British universities and colleges, inviting participation from people aged 18-40 who had experienced a sudden bereavement. The age group chosen does not imply that that bereavement has a lesser impact in other age-groups, but allowed us to focus on a specific sub-group which has tended to be under-represented in work of this kind.
The on-line questionnaire collected information on each respondent's relationship with the deceased, the length of time since their death, and measures of the effect of the bereavement on their social relationships, education or employment, and emotional well-being. In the second half of the questionnaire we collected free-text responses to specific questions about issues such as stigma, attitudes to death, and support accessed, to allow qualitative analysis of important themes.
We also conducted qualitative interviews with a sub-sample of 27 participants to allow further in-depth qualitative analysis of the issues of stigma and support.
Read our article describing the strengths and limitations of internet-based survey methods in mental health research.
Our survey went out by individual email to 659,572 staff and students at 37 colleges and universities across England, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland in 2010. As there are no national estimates of the number of people affected by sudden bereavement it was not possible to forecast how many would be eligible. However we had an overwhelming response, with 5,085 people opening the online questionnaire and 4,630 consenting to participate. We collected quantitative (fixed choice) data from over 3,400 people and qualitative (free text) data from over 2,700 people.


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Color Atlas and Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology: Common and Serious Diseases
"Should serve as a standard against which all future atlases will be measured."--New England Journal of Medicine, on a previous edition. This trusted, best selling color atlas presents a wide array of skin conditions, from the most common to life-threatening melanoma and HIV/AIDS. Retains its easy-to-use format that depicts each disease entity, then thoroughly describes the disorder with a brief overview: epidemiology and etiology; history; physical exam; differential diagnosis; laboratory findings; diagnosis; and management. Now features dozens of new and improved illustrations, current management strategies, an updated two-color design, and case reports where appropriate. Unsurpassed for its low price, extensive use of superb color illustrations, and ease of use by health care professionals at all levels.
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Sandra asked: How can I get rid of a horrible smell in my carpet? A big storm went through and knocked out our power for a couple of days. I took all the meat out of the deep freeze, but didn't even think about it defrosting until it was too late. In the middle of the night, the water ran out of the freezer and onto the floor. The deep freeze is in the laundry room, so there was no problem cleaning the floor there. However, the laundry room sits next to my closet wall, and the water ran under the wall into the closet carpet. I have steam cleaned the carpet, put baking soda on it and let it set overnight. The smell is better, but it still stinks! Any suggestions?
Carpet seems to capture odors and hold onto them for dear life. These odors can be removed, and the time and effort will depend largely on the type and intensity of the odor. If the odor is strong, be prepared to use several applications and repeat the ones that work. Persistence is key. When possible, adding fresh air always helps to expedite the process. Below are several different applications, all of which will battle odors. Try each one until the odor is removed or lessened. When you find one that is effective for your particular odor type, repeat the applications until the smell is gone.
You Will Need:
- Baking Soda
- White vinegar
- Spray bottle
- Soft cloths
Steps to Remove the Odor:
- Baking soda is well known for removing odors. It's easy to use and effective for removing odors from carpeting.
- Sprinkle the area liberally with baking soda. For odors that go beyond the surface, brush the area lightly with a broom to work the baking soda down into the fibers.
- Sprinkle an additional layer of baking soda on top of the carpet. Thin layers of baking soda will not work as effectively. Do not be afraid to use enough to get rid of the odor.
- Allow the baking soda to set at least overnight on the affected area. Two days is even better, if possible.
- After 1-2 days have passed, sweep the top layer of baking soda into the dustpan with a stiff broom. If the baking soda was placed on a rug, it can be shaken off outdoors.
- Vacuum the remaining baking soda from the carpet with a strong vacuum. Do not vacuum the top layer first, as this can damage the vacuum.
- Smell the area to see if there is improvement. If there is, reapply another layer of baking soda and repeat the process. Baking soda does not damage the carpeting, so the process can be repeated as often as necessary.
- If the odor is not removed, vinegar can be applied to the carpet. It can be sprayed on the surface or blotted on with a soft cloth. If the odor is from a liquid that has been absorbed by the carpet, it will be necessary to apply enough vinegar to reach the source of the odor (keep in mind that it may have soaked into the padding as well), but avoid saturating the carpet.
- Allow the vinegar to set on the carpet for 15 minutes or so. The acid in the vinegar can work through the odor-causing bacteria in the carpet.
- Blot with a clean cloth to remove.
- Rinse by spraying and/or blotting the area with clean water.
- Press with a clean cloth to absorb any remaining water.
- Allow to air dry completely.
- Repeat as necessary until the stain is removed.
Additional Tips and Ideas
- Hydrogen peroxide can also be applied to odor-filled areas. Check a small area first to ensure there is no damage to the color of the carpet.
- If the rug is small enough that it can be placed in the washing machine, it may be fastest and easiest to wash it as normal. Adding a cup of vinegar to the wash cycle will offer additional odor-fighting power.
- Steam cleaners can be rented at most grocery and department stores and can be used to clean the carpets more deeply than blotting. There are also odor-fighting cleaning solutions that can be added to the water for extra cleaning.
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ERLKONIG, or ERL-King, a mythical character in modern German literature, represented as a gigantic bearded man with a golden crown and trailing garments, who carries children away to that undiscovered country where he himself abides. There is no such personage in ancient German mythology, and the name is linguistically nothing more than the perpetuation of a blunder. It first appeared in Herder's Stimmen der Volker (1778), where it is used in the translation of the Danish song of the Elf-King's Daughter as equivalent to the Danish ellerkonge, or ellekonge, that is, elverkonge, the king of the elves; and the true German word would have been Elbkonig or Elbenkonig, afterwards used under the modified form of Elfenkonig by Wieland in his Oberon (1780). Herder was probably misled bÿ the fact that the Danish word elle signifies not only elf, but also alder tree (Ger. Erle). His mistake at any rate has been perpetuated by both English and French translators, who speak of a "king of the alders," "un roi des aunes," and find an explanation of the myth in the tree-worship of early times, or in the vapoury emanations that hang like weird phantoms round the alder trees at night. The legend was adopted by Goethe as the subject of one of his finest ballads, rendered familiar to English readers by the translations of Lewis and Sir Walter Scott; and since then it has been treated as a musical theme by Reichardt and Schubert.
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Understanding the Importance of Safety
When it comes to operating crack filling machines, safety should always be a top priority. These machines are powerful tools that require careful handling to prevent accidents and injuries. By following the necessary safety measures and regulations, you can ensure a safe working environment and minimize the risk of accidents. In this article, we will discuss some important safety guidelines that should be followed when operating crack filling machines.
1. Wear the Proper Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
One of the first and most important safety measures is to always wear the proper personal protective equipment (PPE). This includes safety glasses, gloves, and appropriate footwear. Safety glasses will protect your eyes from any flying debris or chemicals. Gloves will prevent your hands from coming into direct contact with hot asphalt or other potentially hazardous materials. And appropriate footwear will provide a stable grip and protect your feet from any accidental spills or falls.
2. Familiarize Yourself with the Machine
Prior to operating a crack filling machine, it is essential to familiarize yourself with its operation and features. Read the manufacturer's manual and understand how each component works. Pay special attention to any safety instructions provided by the manufacturer. Knowing how to properly operate the machine will reduce the risk of accidents and ensure optimal performance.
3. Follow Proper Maintenance and Inspection Procedures
Regular maintenance and inspection of crack filling machines are crucial for their safe and efficient operation. Make sure to follow the manufacturer's recommended maintenance schedule and conduct inspections before each use. Check for any damaged or worn parts that may affect the machine's performance. By keeping your machine in good condition, you can prevent malfunctions and breakdowns that could lead to accidents.
4. Secure the Work Area
Prior to starting any crack filling operation, it is important to secure the work area. This means blocking off the area with appropriate signage and barriers to prevent unauthorized access. Secure any loose objects and debris that could pose a tripping hazard. It is also important to ensure proper ventilation in the work area if you are working with chemicals or hot asphalt. Adequate ventilation will help to dissipate any fumes or odors.
5. Proper Handling of Materials
When operating a crack filling machine, it is essential to understand how to handle the materials being used. Whether it's hot asphalt, sealant, or other chemicals, proper handling can prevent spills and burns. Always follow the manufacturer's instructions for mixing and heating materials. Use appropriate containers and tools for handling these materials, and be cautious of their temperature to avoid burns or other injuries.
6. Practice Safe Operating Techniques
When operating a crack filling machine, it is important to practice safe operating techniques. This includes using the machine at a safe speed and avoiding sudden starts or stops. Maintain a firm grip on the machine's handles and keep a stable footing. Be aware of your surroundings and avoid potential hazards such as uneven surfaces or obstacles. By practicing safe operating techniques, you can minimize the risk of accidents or injuries.
Operating crack filling machines can be a challenging task, but by following the necessary safety measures and regulations, you can ensure a safe working environment. Always wear the proper personal protective equipment, familiarize yourself with the machine, and follow proper maintenance and inspection procedures. Secure the work area, handle materials properly, and practice safe operating techniques. By prioritizing safety, you can prevent accidents and injuries, and ensure a successful and efficient crack filling operation. Learn even more about crack filler machine in this external resource.
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Current perpendicular to plane magnetoresistive sensor with reduced read
A magnetoresistive sensor having a greatly reduced read gap. The sensor
has a pinned layer structure formed above the free layer. A layer of
antiferromagnetic material (AFM layer) is formed over the pinned layer
structure and has a front edge disposed toward, but recessed from the air
bearing surface. An electrically conductive, magnetic lead is formed over
the pinned layer and AFM layer such that the lead fills a space between
the AFM layer and the air bearing surface. In this way, the read gap is
distance between the outermost portion of the pinned layer structure and
free layer. The thickness of the AFM layer and capping layer are not
included in the read gap.
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Get Example source ABAP code based on a different SAP table
garbage collector Deletes objects that are no longer referenced by heap references or field symbols and for which no method is registered as an event handler. The garbage collector is called periodically by the ABAP runtime environment. It tracks the reference variables of deleted objects. See also weak reference.


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Rule 1: State Your Grain
Make sure you have a statement of grain for each fact table or cube in your dimensional design.
I receive lots of questions from people who are working through an issue with a star or cube. Most of the time, I must counter with a question of my own: "What is the grain?" Without this basic information, it is usually impossible to comment on whatever design issue the person is facing.
Being able to state grain is important, and not just for its value as a conversation starter. Here's a brief look at what grain is, how to define it, and what happens if you don't.
What is Grain
A statement of grain identifies what is represented by a single, granular row in a fact table (or an un-aggregated measure in a cube.) Each and every row in the fact table should meet this definition, with no wiggle-room.
When grain is not explicitly defined, or is defined in an ambiguous way, all manner of problems may arise. In addition to hampering your ability to talk about the design with someone else, ill-defined grain can cause to severe technical challenges in the reporting process. It may even lead to reports that are just plain wrong.
Defining Grain
There are two ways to state the grain of a fact table. The first way is to use business language, referencing a specific, well-understood artifact of the activity described by the star. For example, a star that describes orders may have the following grain: "Order measurements at the order-line level of detail." That sums things up pretty well. Each row of the fact table corresponds to a single order line.
Sometimes it is not easy to state grain in this manner. When that's the case, you use the dimensions in a star to indicate what each unique row in the fact table represents. For example, a star that tracks the processing milestones of mortgage applications might have the following grain: "Processing measurements by application and status." This fact table will have a new row each time an application (one dimension) undergoes a change in status (another dimension.)
When using dimensional terms to define grain, do not simply rattle off all the dimensions present in the star. Instead, list only those that are necessary to define a unique row. In the mortgage status change example, it is not necessary to mention that the star will also contain dimensions for date, customer, mortgage officer, mortgage product, and so forth.
Business definitions of grain are usually used for transaction fact tables. Dimensional grain definitions are commonly used for snapshots, accumulating snapshots, derived schemas and aggregates.
Fuzzy Grain
Poorly defined grain can lead to trouble. Ill-defined grain can mask a situation where a fact table is actually being used to track two or more processes. It can also lead to situations in which the fact table contains two or more levels of aggregation. In the former case, single-process reporting will be hampered. BI developers will be bending over backwards to focus on the relevant subset of data. In the latter case, double-counting, triple-counting or worse is possible.
This is why "sate your grain" is rule #1 in any dimensional design.
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Are you what your actions make you
Shaka Senghor is a man who spent a lot of time in prison for killing a man. He was a smart kid, an honor roll student. Then, at age 17, he was shot on his street. From that moment on, he made many bad decisions and did illegal things. He was a drug dealer and he ran black markets. In prison, he went through a transformation. He started to become a better man, and did things to make him a better person, like reading literature, writing, and learned from other inmates a better way than the way he was going. He talks about how his actions don't make him a bad person nor shape his future. Now, he helps others go through the transformation he did. He helps others live better lives than what they have been living.
This relates to 12 Angry Men because Shaka grew up in a way similar to the boy who was accused of murdering his father. The difference is, Shaka did commit the crime he was accused of, but the boy in 12 Angry Men did not. The court originally blamed the boy's past for the potential murder. They thought because of his past actions, he was a bad man. Shaka's experience proves otherwise.


text: Nanometer-thick liquid lubricant films are useful for the lubrication of miniaturized mechanical systems, such as hard disk drives or microelectromechanical systems. However, there are no established methods for measuring the mechanical properties of such thin films, which can be an obstacle to the optimal design of lubrication systems. We previously developed a highly sensitive method for measuring shear forces, which we called the fiber-wobbling method (FWM). In the FWM, we used a ball-ended optical fiber to probe shear and we measured the friction force acting on the probe tip by detecting the deflection of the fiber. By this means we succeeded in measuring friction forces in nanometer-thick liquid lubricant films. However, we could not evaluate the mechanical properties of the films quantitatively because the contact area between the probe tip and lubricant film was unknown. Here, we developed a method for measuring the contact area during shearing of nanometer-thick liquid lubricant films in the FWM.


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SOOT STICKS soot combustion catalyst is a combination of efficient combustion catalysts to remove fireside deposits at a controlled rate. The severity of fireside deposits is mainly dependent on the ash and carbon residue content of the fuel and overall combustion efficiency. Controlled fireside deposit removal permits burning to take place without the hazards of soot fires which occur when oxidation is too rapid.
SOOT STICKS combustion catalyst reacts with combustible carbonaceous deposits in the soot, breaking down the combustible binders that hold the deposits together and cause its adhesion to boiler screen and superheater tubes. The loose, dry ash resulting from the action of SOOT STICKS combustion catalyst is then carried out with the stack gases or is broken up and eliminated during normal soot blowing operation. SOOT STICKS combustion catalyst helps reduce fireside corrosion by removing the binders of corrosion deposits. Generally, in order for untreated soot to ignite and burn, the temperature must reach approximately 593° C. SOOT STICKS combustion catalyst acts to reduce the ignition temperature of the carbonaceous combustibles in the cooler areas of the boiler so that they will burn off and release the incombustible ash for easy removal by the soot blowers.
SOOT STICKS combustion catalyst start to work at temperatures in the cooler parts of the boiler as low as 150°C and is suitable for all higher temperatures (e.g., 200°C to 600°C) in other areas of the boiler.
Formation of excessive fireside deposits is often the result of correctable conditions that encourage incomplete combustion. Proper fuel preparation and correctly adjusted equipment will promote optimum combustion. SOOT STICKS soot combustion catalyst helps to prevent problems when these conditions are not being met.


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Fixed tenon and single mortise: A tenon was shaped from the end on one timber and inserted into the mortise of the other. When the tenon of a large vertical timber was left unlocked, as in masts, and sternposts, it was said to be stepped.
Free tenon and two mortises: The most common method of edge-joining planking in ancient and early medieval vessels in the Mediterranean area, it also was used to secure adjoining surfaces of parallel timbers, such as stems and floor timber chocks. Corresponding mortises were cut into each planking edge; a single hardwood tenon was inserted into the lower plank and the adjacent plank fitted over the protruding tenon. In many instances, the joint was locked by driving tapered hardwood pegs into holes drilled near each strake or timber edge.
Free tenon and three or more mortises: Used in superstructure fabrications or places where hull planking was too narrow to provide sufficient seating for the desired tenon length. Al through small planking joints whose tenons are unpegged and contribute no structural strength are essentially coak joints, the term mortise-and-tenon joint has become universally accepted for all such forms of edge joinery.


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Smartphones have been around for at least several years now, but they still have certain limitations. Despite having a plethora of wireless technologies built-in--Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 3G, etc.--there's no simple way to transfer "clippings" of data from one device to another. But a new research project at MIT called Sparsh is aiming to fix that oversight.
Sparsh (the Hindi word for "touch") isn't an app, at least not in the way we generally use the word. It's a tool that's supposed to be part of a mobile operating system, like "undo" or "select all," running within apps at all times. It creates a virtual cloud-based clipboard where any data, like a phone number or photograph, can temporarily live until it's "pasted" to another device.
For it to work, at least two devices need to be Sparsh-enabled. A user wanting to share data becomes, in concept, an avatar for a copy-and-paste-like function. The person touches data on a device, such as a photo or text, and Sparsh sends it to the cloud. The same person then touches another device, and presto! The relevant information is pasted in as if it had been copied from the same machine.
Sparsh isn't the only tool for transferring small amounts of device-to-device data on the scene. Indeed, a popular iPhone app called Bump allows people to trade photos, apps, contact info, and even music from one phone to another simply by bumping the devices together.
Bump is very cool, but it requires both the sender and recipient to be running the app. In addition, it's not open with what it can send or where it can send it--it only works from phone to phone, and while there are many options for things it can send, there are more things it simply can't. Sparsh aims to live in the devices we use at the operating-system level, meaning it would seem intuitive to use and be available within any app for almost any type of data. … Read more


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Botanical Name: Acacia lasiocarpa
Flowering Period: June to October
Native to: Western Australia, from Kalbarri to Mandurah in coastal sand dunes and sandy gravel woodlands.
This small (0.3 to 1.5m) hardy Wattle has leaves with edges that fold under and often single spines on the stems. It gets its name from its habit of growing well in coastal sand dune areas. Its profuse flowers are small yellow balls produced on slender, hairy branches. When grown in a domestic garden it can provide a safe haven from predators for small birds.
Location in Zoo: Australian Bushwalk in the fenced garden opposite the rock paintings.


How do you keep pothos from getting leggy?
There are five main ways to help a plant to look less leggy:
 1. Stake them up
 2. Cut them back
 3. Give them more light
 4. Propagate them
 5. Plant multiple plants together
Yeah, yeah, it's a philodendron in the picture. They get leggy too.
I go back and forth when it comes to leggy plants. I like them when they're hanging because I think the legginess gives a nice silhouette, whereas a fuller plant can well, get in your way and block out all the light.
But when they get leggy on shelves and on the floor, they can look a bit…sad and unloved, which isn't really the vibe I'm after.
If your plant is leggy, it doesn't mean it's unhealthy, or that you're a bad plant parent. It's just natural.
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What does leggy mean?
Leggy just means that your plant is growing and growing and growing but not producing that many leaves. You sometimes hear plants being referred to as spindly, which is the same as being leggy.
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Why do plants get leggy?
Vining plants vine because they're trying to grow towards the light. As they get further up, they grow bigger leaves closer together on the vine to take advantage of all the light.
If a plant is trailing, they'll receive less light, and consequently will grow smaller leaves further apart and look leggy. There's no advantage to them growing a lot of big leaves because the energy expended the growing a massive leaf won't recouped by the light received.
It's a way for the plant to grow without expending unnecessary energy.
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So how do we stop plants from getting leggy?
Stake them up
If you give a plant a moss pole, trellis, or even bamboo cane to grow up, you can replicate the conditions under which it'll grow bigger leaves.
In the wild, vining plants wind around trees to get to the light, so by providing it with a 'tree' to grow up, you can convince it to grow bigger leaves more closely together.
This does work, but it's obviously not a quick solution. If you don't like the look of leggy plants and you're not after the trailing look, introducing a stake early on will lead to bigger, fuller growth in the future.
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Cut them back
This is another long term approach to creating fuller plant,s so if you're after a quick fix look further down the article.
If you cut back the leggy growth not only will you er, not have a leggy plant any more, but the plant will be able to put its energy into growing bigger leaves, rather than sustaining the leggy growth that's not getting enough light.
I know it sounds counterintuitive to cut a plant back to make it fuller, but it works, promise.
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Give them more light
The main reason plants grow leggily (what you mean, that's not a word?) is that they're not getting enough light.
Therefore, it stands to reason that if you give a plant more light, it'll grow less leggy.
You know what I mean.
The easiest way to do this is to move your plant to a brighter spot. Just make sure you don't move from a low light position to full sun, because you'll be dealing with the opposite problem, which is leaves burned to a fookin' crisp.
And whilst legginess is a personal preference, only psychopaths prefer their plants dead.
Grow lights are another option. Have a look at my resources page for the ones I recommend. I replaced a reading light in a dark corner with a grow light and I have a couple of philodendra (I will never accept that word, NEVER) that live there and seem quite happy.
There seems to be a lot of noise in the online world about buying lightbulbs that produce grow light-style spectrums (spectra??), but I'm not one for unnecessarily replacing perfectly serviceable light bulbs, so expect a review in about a decade.
Which is apparently how long our eco-friendly bulbs will last.
Oh well.
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Propagate them
This is following on from cutting them back, but it's a great way to reduce waste.
You can propagate the cuttings you snipped, and then plant them back in the soil for an immediately bushier plant. Yay!
Actually, I wouldn't recommend that because I'm a killjoy that doesn't want you to have full plants it's easier to check on the progress on propagations if you put the cuttings in water.
When you cut the plant back, be sure to have a few leaf nodes. If you're not sure if you have a node, remove a few leaves and make sure the point you removed at least one leaf from is in the water.
(Also be sure to put your cutting in the right way up. Sounds obvious, but I've accidentally dunked a few cuttings in head-first in my time, and then wondered why I'm not seeing roots)
Once your cuttings have roots an inch or so long, pop them back in with the mother plant, being sure to keep the soil moist whilst the cutting transitions.
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Plant multiple plants together
Right, rich people, this one's for you.
Instead of buying one plant, buy a few of the same type and whack them all in a pot together. Hey presto! Instant big-ass plant!
A few tips though:
 - Don't re pot straight away. Give them all time to acclimatise to your home. Not so instant I suppose. Read up on repotting here.
 - You can pot up different types of pothos or philodendron together for a really cool display. Just make sure they all require the same care.
 - Be vigilant about pests. You don't want to bring home one infested plant and spread it to the others
 - Some plants grow big roots and won't really like this approach in the long run – monstera deliciosa aren't fans, and I feel like ZZ plants would struggle.
I don't actually know if monstera deliciosa, in particular, don't like to be potted together, or if they're just always mentioned as a cautionary tale because so many people try to get fuller plants by potting up loads of cuttings together.
I'm worried because I have three monstera potted up together. They'recurrently in a pot that's far too big for them, but in 20 years or so I may regret my decision 😂😂😂
It's best to go with plants that have small root systems – pothos and calathea are good options.
two calathea beauty stars
I was plant shopping at the weekend and found these two Calathea Beauty Star at Dean's garden centre in York. They're teeny tiny, but I'm going to plant them together so by the end of the year they'll hopefully be the size of one normal plant. For £5.98 for two, you really can't complain.
Let them get leggy
If you like the trailing look, absolutely go for it. I think it creates a gorgeous, soft effect, but personally I only have one trailing plant. Not because I don't like how they look or anything, but because they're a ballache to water.
I have a MASSIVE philodendron scandens over my fish tank and it's a pain. I have to get it down and soak it because I don't want to get water in the fish tank electrics, and the thing has attached itself to its pot (the roots coil out of the bottom), so repotting isn't really an option.
It's a menace. Looks cool as hell though.
And so concludes my tips on leggy plants. IF you have any questions, then either leave me a comment or email me here.
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9 thoughts on "How do you keep pothos from getting leggy?"
 1. Ha! Thank you for this hilarious read!! Who knew an article about plants would have me cracking up.. Thank you for sharing, great info, please keep posting :]
 2. Hi, Your post is so entertaining. Glad to have stumbled by it when I was looking for some tips for my leggy pothos. BTW, i feel so guilty each time one of my plants die for various reasons. Any tips about how to overcome it?
 3. Errrr…practice?
 Jokes aside, I also feel awful if my plants die, but I tell myself that I'm trying my best to learn how to care for them. If you try to learn from every plant death, you can reduce the chance of the same mistake being repeated. And you can help other people with their plants and avoid more deaths.
 Oh, and if pests eat your plant, think of how much fun they had eating it. I've provided many delicious Calathea to support spider mite mothers!
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Trees are the tallest and oldest plants, and the Blean is the largest ancient woodland in Kent. However, it is the smaller plants we would like to celebrate here, as we take a closer look at some of the typical woodland flowers seasonally found beside the paths, rides and amongst the trees. One of the great pleasures of walking through the Blean is seeing carpets of flowers in the spring. However wild flowers provide so much more, including information!
How old is the Blean?
Bluebells, wood sorrel, wood anemone and yellow archangel rarely grow outside of ancient woodlands (woodland that has existed on a site since 1600 or before).
What lies underground?
Wildflowers tell us about site conditions, soils and the underlying geology. For example lesser celandines are found in wetter areas, and bluebells and primroses in the brighter coppiced areas. Acidic soils have produced the right conditions for heather and gorse to thrive in Church Woods.
Who needs wildflowers?
Well apart from their beauty, native wildflowers are an important part of the incredibly rich biodiversity of the woods. They provide food and habitat for a wide range of insects and other creatures, including the nationally rare heath fritillary butterfly that feeds on the common cow-wheat growing on the wide rides and coppiced woodland of the Blean. Bats and birds feed on the insects, and the nightjar, a rare wonderful bird of southern heaths and open woodland glades, nests in between the clumps of heather in specially created and managed heathland areas.
Flowers we don't need!
Sadly not all flowers are a welcome sight. A number of vigorous non-native species have escaped gardens or mistakenly been introduced into woodland areas. In parts of the Blean plants such as rhododendron and Spanish bluebells threaten to overwhelm our native species and so reduce biodiversity.
Please enjoy the flowers with your eyes, noses and cameras only! It is for all of the above reasons that it is a criminal offence to pick or dig up native wild flowers without express permission from the owners.


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If you have a bunch of commands that you use frequently, you may want to keep them more accessible within PowerPoint 2016 by customizing your Quick Access Toolbar. You populate the QAT with commands you use often. Over a period, these customizations may become a valuable asset you want to save or share. Let us explore these scenarios:
- What do you do if you need to change your computer, and rather than customize again from scratch, you wonder if there's a way to move your existing customizations?
- Or if you want to replicate your QAT customizations on another existing computer? Maybe you want the same customizations on both your desktop and laptop.
- You may also want to share your QAT customizations with your friends and colleagues.
- You may want to make a backup of your customizations, just in case!
- On the other hand, you probably want to go into the reverse direction because you need to hand over your computer to someone else, so you may want to reset your QAT to the default state, devoid of all your customizations.
Yes, you can do all this and more. If you want to reset, export, or import your QAT customizations, follow these steps:
- Launch PowerPoint 2016 and access PowerPoint Options dialog box. There are two ways to access these options. The easiest way is to right-click anywhere on the Ribbon or the QAT, and choose the Customize Quick Access Toolbar option, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 1.
Figure 1: Customize Quick Access Toolbar option
- Alternatively, access the File menu and choose Options (highlighted in blue within Figure 2).
Figure 2: Options within File menu
- Either way, this opens the PowerPoint Options dialog box, as shown in Figure 3. Make sure you choose the Quick Access Toolbar option within the sidebar. This shows the relevant options on the right side of the dialog box (refer to Figure 3 again). All the options we will explore in this tutorial are within the Customizations area, highlighted in red within Figure 3, below.
Figure 3: PowerPoint Options dialog box
- Let us first explore how you can import and export the QAT customizations. To do so, click the Import/Export button (highlighted in red within Figure 4, below). From the resultant drop-down menu, select the Export all customizations option (highlighted in blue within Figure 4) to export your QAT customizations.
Figure 4: Export all customizations option is selected
- This brings up the File Save dialog box, as shown in Figure 5. Provide a name and location, and click the Save button.
Figure 5: File Save dialog box
- You import customizations in the same way. Access the drop-down menu as explained in Step 3, and choose the Import customization file option, as shown highlighted in blue within Figure 6.
Figure 6: Import customization file option to be selected
- This opens the File Open dialog box, as shown in Figure 7. Here, navigate and locate your (.exportedUI) file, and select it. When done, click the Open button.
Figure 7: File Open dialog box
- This will bring up a Microsoft Office window, as shown in Figure 8. Click the Yes button to replace all existing Quick Access Toolbar customizations.
Figure 8: Microsoft Office window
- This will change all the customizations to match the ones taken from the imported file.
- To reset, click the Reset button (highlighted in red within Figure 9). The resultant drop-down menu provides two options to reset any customizations done, as shown highlighted in blue within Figure 9.
- The Reset only Quick Access Toolbar option will only reset the customization of the QAT.
- The Reset all customizations option resets all the customization done for your Ribbon tabs as well as the QAT. This is like restoring the Ribbon tabs and QAT to the state when you used PowerPoint the first time after installation.
Figure 9: Reset drop-down menu
- Click the OK button to apply changes made within the PowerPoint Options dialog box, and go back to the PowerPoint interface. Alternatively, press the Cancel button to go back without making any changes.
Reset, Export, and Import QAT Customizations in PowerPoint 365 for Windows
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The 1st millennium in North American history provides a time line of events occurring within the present political boundaries of United States (including territories) from AD 1 through 1000 in the Gregorian calendar. Although this time line segment may include some European or other world events that profoundly influenced later American life, it focuses on developments within Native American (and Polynesian) communities. Because the indigenous peoples of these regions lacked a written language, we must glean events from the admittedly very incomplete archaeological record and place them in time through radiocarbon dating techniques.
Because of the inaccuracies inherent in radiocarbon dating and in interpreting other elements of the archaeological record, most dates in this time line represent approximations that may vary a century or more from source to source. The assumptions implicit in archaeological dating methods also may yield a general bias in the dating in this time line.


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Social media\'s influence on 'hate crime\'
Social media\'s influence on 'hate crime\'
The Internet and social media networks are not under any sort of inspection against racist ideas, hate or abusive speech in the name of freedom of surfing the Web.
Whilst the rise of the Internet and social networking websites has, in many ways, presented many positives for society, particularly in terms of freedom of speech and communication, it has also created a platform on which abusive and threatening opinions can be more easily voiced, in particular against certain individuals or groups of people, which is often referred to as hate speech.
Despite hate speech being restricted to the act of verbal abuse, some experts are worried by its tendency to develop into something more serious, falling under the bracket of hate crime.
A hate crime is a criminal offense motivated by hostility or prejudice based on a victim's race, ethnic origin, religion or beliefs, sexual orientation or disability.
This kind of crime may include robberies, threats, harassment, intimidation or actual acts of physical violence such as physical assault, sexual assault, rape, torture, attempted murder or murder.
Hate crimes are unique as they have a social undertone in their aim. They are intent on sending a message to entire groups or individuals, as well as to their families and other supporters, that they are unwelcome in particular communities. What sets hate crimes apart from other acts of violence is the psychological damage that they leave behind.
Although any type of victimization carries with it psychological consequences, certain types of emotional reactions are more frequent among survivors of hate crimes. These feelings include depression, anxiety, fear, stress and anger.
The news that features on media outlets are getting onto social networking websites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, where hate speeches are added and uploaded.
Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, who was fatally shot in front of the headquarters of the bilingual Armenian weekly Agos in 2007, was one of the biggest victims of hate crime in Turkey as he was killed only because of his "Armenian" identity.
Forty-eight Roma from 13 families were forced to leave Selendi in Manisa, where they had lived for many years, after clashes erupted between the district's Roma population and other locals. These two examples show how serious these hate crimes can be.
An organization named the Association for Social Change (ASC) is currently the only association that solely deals with every aspect of hate crime. Their slogan is "Hate Crimes Kill."
In an interview with Cihan new agency, ASC's secretary-general, Fikret Levent Şensever, stated that there are various organizations that are working against hate crimes, such as the International Hrant Dink Foundation.
Şensever said that hate speech on online community and social networking websites strongly influences hate crimes. "We have to differentiate hate crime and hate speech first.
Hate crimes are physical crimes against individuals or groups of people, based on many aspects, such as ethnic origin, religious belief and so on. Hate speech is normally only in the form of verbal attacks; however, they can sometimes lead to hate crimes, too."
Currently there is no legislation about hate crimes in the Turkish Constitution. Though there are some articles in the Turkish Penal Code (TCK), as they do not directly cover hate crime or hate speech, criminal cases on such issues are not solved as they are in European countries and criminals generally get away with what they have done.
Hate speech does not only declare one's hate or anger, but also sets a premise for hate crime. Şensever stated that the Turkish government should take immediate action in creating legislation on hate crime and inform and train judicators, attorneys, police officers and civil societies.
Şensever told Cihan news agency, the government in the United Kingdom trains media personnel on discrimination issues to prevent any sort of racism or hate crimes, and they also provide booklets and newsletters concerning hate crime.
Şensever said the ASC was founded on Feb. 26, 2009 by activists in order to carry out various campaigns on social, cultural and environmental issues, and to support such efforts through projects and campaigns. He also mentioned that there were not many organizations that are dealing with hate crime in Turkey.
"In Western countries, especially in the United States, the government produces reports on hate crime every year. However, this is not the case in our country. So far there have been no reports on hate crimes in Turkey, so we do not know which segments of society are victims of hate speech," he said.
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Milestones:Alexanderson Radio Alternator, 1904
Alexanderson Radio Alternator, 1904
The plaque can be viewed at the General Electic Company, at 1 River Road in Schenectady, New York.
The development of the Alexanderson 200kW transmitter was a major breakthrough for wireless communication and was responsible for:
The formation of the first American controlled important wireless communication company, the Radio Corporation of America, in 1919.
Dependable day and night wireless contact with our allies in WWI by way of the Navy operated American Marconi station at New Brunswick, NJ.
Our only reliable contact with Germany towards the end of WW1 as Germany's cables had been cut.
RCA setting up a worldwide communication system that superseded British Marconi's "Imperial Chain" of 300 kW timed spark transmitters.
In 1904 Reginald Fessenden ordered from General Electric a unit to generate AC at a frequency of 100 kHz. This order was given to E.F.W. Alexanderson to design. He has joined the A.C. Engineering Department of General Electric in 1902.
Alexanderson made tests on special Swedish iron strips 1 1/2 mils thick in strong magnetic fields at frequencies up to 200 kHz. He found the iron would operate satisfactorily at 100 kHz and therefore designed the alternator with an iron core. Fessenden rejected the design, insisting that his machine be built with a wooden core as he was sure iron would be melted in a strong field at such a high frequency.
GE built the machine with a wooden core that generated 1 kW at 50 kHz frequency in 1906. Fessenden used this for his famous tests made at Brant Rock, Massachusetts Christmas Eve, 1906, when he broadcast voice and music heard as far away as Norfolk, Virginia.
Dr. Alexanderson (_PHONE_) was an electrical engineer with GE from 1902 to 1948. He received 322 patented, the most awarded to any GE engineer. To learn more about Dr. Ernst Alexanderson, click here!
- ↑ Excerpts from Wireless Communication in the United States: The Early Development of American Radio Operating Companies, Thorn L. Mayes, The New England Wireless and Steam Museum, Inc., 1989.


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I would like to create randomly oriented planes. This is how I'm attempting to do that:
 1. I create a 2 random unit vectors, $\mathbf{v}_1$, and $\mathbf{v}_2$, in the $x$-$y$ plane
 2. I assume that if I rotate these two vectors around a random vector (in $x$-$y$-$z$) called $\mathbf n$, the plane on which the two vectors lie is random and uniformly distributed over the sphere.
 3. So I randomly pick $\mathbf n$, keeping in mind the issues of random point picking on spheres.
 4. I then use RotationMatrix[α, n].v1 (and same for v2) to get the new vectors on the rotated and supposedly random plane. There is some question on what to choose for the angle $\alpha$ which gives the angle of the rotation.
 - If I choose $\alpha<\pi/2$, the vectors do not encompass the entire sphere.
 - If I choose $\alpha=\pi/2$, I get a bunching of vectors at the poles.
 - If I choose $\alpha>\pi/2$, there is bunching at various latitudes. I cannot get a uniformly random distribution over the sphere!
Is there a fix to the current method I am implementing? Is there another way to do it?
My real goal here isn't creating random planes. My goal is to take two vectors with some arbitrary magnitude and direction in $x$-$y$ and then randomly orient them over the sphere while maintaining their relative positions with respect to one another. The steps I have taken above seem like the logical way to do that.
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Isn't this the same as re-orienting $\mathbf{v}_1 \times \mathbf{v}_2$ to some arbitrary direction? – rcollyer Feb 2 '12 at 19:09
_USER_ I thought the same – Rojo Feb 2 '12 at 19:37
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Why don't you pick a random vector on the sphere to be your first vector, instead of $\mathbf{n}$, and then pick a random uniform number between $0$ and $2 \pi$ to orient the second vector aronud the first?
Something like this, assuming you have your function randomVectorOnUnitSphere[] already (haven't tested it)
generateRandomPositioning[v1_, v2_] :=
 With[{angle = VectorAngle[v1, v2], mag1 = Norm[v1], mag2 = Norm[v2],
 rvec = randomVectorOnUnitSphere[]},
 Module[{v1out, v2out},
 v1out = rvec mag1;
 v2out =
 Cross[rvec, v2] //
 (* this just gives a particular vector perpendicular to v2out,
 assuming they are not colinear *)
 RotationTransform[angle, #][rvec] & //
 (* now I have a particular vector at the corresponding angle of v1out *)
 RotationTransform[RandomReal[2 Pi], rvec]//(* now it's distributed uniformly *)
 Normalize[#] mag2 &;
 {v1out, v2out}
Ok, here's my test
randomVectorOnUnitSphere[]:=With[{θ = RandomReal[2 π], φ = ArcCos[RandomReal[{-1,1}]]},
 {Cos[θ] Sin[φ],Sin[φ] Sin[φ],Cos[φ]}
ListPointPlot3D[Table[randomVectorOnUnitSphere[], {10000}], AspectRatio -> 1]
enter image description here
In[28]:= v1 = {0, 1, 1}; v2 = {0, 3, 0.4};
test = Table[generateRandomPositioning[v1, v2], {500}];
In[13]:= arrowCouple[{pt1_, pt2_}] := {Arrow[{{0, 0, 0}, pt1}],
 Arrow[{{0, 0, 0}, pt2}]};
In[30]:= Equal @@ VectorAngle @@@ test
Out[30]= True
In[31]:= VectorAngle @@ First@test == VectorAngle[v1, v2]
Out[31]= True
 0.2], {RGBColor[RandomReal[], RandomReal[], RandomReal[]],
 arrowCouple[#]} & /@ test}, Boxed -> False]
enter image description here
Graphics3D[{Black, arrowCouple[{v1, v2}],
 arrowCouple[#]} & /@ test[[;; 3]]}, Boxed -> False]
enter image description here
I know, these aren't proper tests, nor am I sure this is what you want to accomplish.
If I think about it more formally, and I remember well, you need to have a clear idea of how you measure sets of "pairs of vectors of given magnitude and angle between them", so that you can talk about uniform distribution. It would mean that the probabilty of the final pair of vectors being in a certain subset is proportional to the subset's measure... But if we assume that your measure is invariant to rotations, which makes sense, then probably it's all the same
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thanks. I will try this. The reason I was trying it my original way was that the vector magnitudes have a normal distribution and it was easiest to assign them in the x-y coordinates. I will have to worry about that later for the time being. – BeauGeste Feb 2 '12 at 19:34
Let me see if I understand what you did: So you start with the two vectors v1 and v2. You assign v1out to a random vector on the sphere. To get v2out you take cross product of v2 and random vector. v1out and Cross[rvec, v2] form the new plane. Now you transform Cross[rvec, v2] in such a way that it reestablishes its orientation with v1out in the new plane. What is the second RotationTransform doing? – BeauGeste Feb 2 '12 at 21:15
_USER_ Cross[rvec, v2], that rvec is the same I used to assign the v1out. So it gives a vector that's normal to v1out. I then use that vector to rotate v1 over a perpendicular axes to itself, the angle wanted... so as to get a vector that is at the proper angle... Finally, i rotate that vector on the v1out axes to get v2out randomly distributed, while keeping the angle – Rojo Feb 3 '12 at 8:47
If all that was really wanted was to randomly orient a plane spanned by two vectors while preserving the angle between them, then the simplest way is to generate a Haar-distributed pseudorandom orthogonal matrix, and use that to perform the random orientation. The code for generating a $3\times 3$ random orthogonal matrix is surprisingly simple:
ranOrt := Orthogonalize[RandomVariate[NormalDistribution[], {3, 3}]]
(For more than three dimensions, this isn't the most efficient method, but it works nicely here and the code is nicely short.)
Try it out:
arrowCouple[{pt1_?VectorQ, pt2_?VectorQ}] := {Arrowheads[{-.04,.04}],
 Arrow[{pt1, {0, 0, 0}, pt2}]}
 Table[Prepend[With[{m = ranOrt}, arrowCouple[{m.v1, m.v2}]],
 Hue[RandomReal[], 1, 1, 0.2]], {100}], Boxed -> False]
randomly oriented planes spanned by arrows
(I know I can use GeometricTransformation[] for this, but I prefer the explicit approach here.)
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When calculating electrical circuits, including for modeling purposes, Kirchhoff's laws are widely applied, which make it possible to completely determine the mode of its operation.
Before moving on to the very laws of Kirchhoff, we give a definition of the branches and nodes of an electric circuit.
A branch of an electric circuit is such a section of it that consists only of series-connected sources of EMF and resistances, along which the same current flows. An electric circuit node is a place (point) of connection of three or more branches. When going around branches connected in nodes, you can get a closed circuit of the electric circuit. Each circuit is a closed path passing through several branches, with each node in the circuit under consideration occurs no more than once.
The first Kirchhoff law is applied to nodes and is formulated as follows: the algebraic sum of currents in a node is zero:
∑i = 0,
or in complex form
∑I = 0.
The second Kirchhoff law is applied to the circuits of an electric circuit and is formulated as follows: in any closed circuit, the algebraic sum of the voltages at the resistances included in this circuit is equal to the algebraic sum of the EMF:
∑Z ∙ I = ∑E.
The number of equations compiled for an electric circuit according to the first Kirchhoff law is Nn – 1, where Nn is the number of nodes. The number of equations compiled for an electric circuit according to the second Kirchhoff law is Nb – Nn + 1, where Nb is the number of branches. The number of equations to be compiled according to the second Kirchhoff law is easy to determine by the type of circuit: for this it is enough to calculate the number of "windows" of the circuit, but with one clarification: it should be remembered that the circuit with the current source is not considered.
Let us describe the methodology for compiling equations according to the laws of Kirchhoff. Consider it on the example of the electrical circuit shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 1. Consider the electrical circuit
To begin with, you need to specify arbitrary directions of currents in the branches and specify the directions of circuit paths (Fig. 2).
Fig. 2. Setting the direction of the currents and the direction of circuit bypass for the electrical circuit
The number of equations compiled according to the first Kirchhoff law is 5 – 1 = 4 in this case. The number of equations compiled according to the second Kirchhoff law is 3, although the "windows" in this case are 4. But we recall that the "window" containing the source current J1 is not considered.
Compose the equations according to the first law of Kirchhoff. For this, we will take the currents "flowing" into the node with the "+" sign, and the "leaky" ones with the "-" sign. Hence, for the node "1 n." The equation according to the first law of Kirchhoff will look like this:
I1 – I2 – I3 = 0;
for the node "2 n." the equation according to the first law of Kirchhoff will look as follows:
–I1 – I4 + I6 = 0;
for the node "3 n.":
I2 + I4 + I5 – I7 = 0;
for the node "4 n."
I3 – I5 – J1 = 0
The equation for the node "5 n." you can not make.
We compose the equations according to the second law of Kirchhoff. In these equations, positive values for currents and EMF are selected if they coincide with the direction of the circuit. For the "1 c." circuit, the equation according to the second Kirchhoff law will look like this:
ZC1 ∙ I1 + R2 ∙ I2 – ZL1 ∙ I4 = E1;
for the "2 c." circuit, the equation according to the second Kirchhoff law will look as follows:
-R2 ∙ I2 + R4 ∙ I3 + ZC2 ∙ I5 = E2;
for the "3 c." circuit:
ZL1 ∙ I4 + (ZL2 + R1) ∙ I6 + R3 ∙ I7 = E3,
where ZC = – 1/(ωC), ZL = ωL.
Thus, in order to find the required currents, it is necessary to solve the following system of equations:
In this case, it is a system of 7 equations with 7 unknowns. To solve this system of equations, it is convenient to use Matlab. To do this, imagine this system of equations in matrix form:
To solve this system of equations, we use the following script:
>> syms R1 R2 R3 R4 Zc1 Zc2 Zl1 Zl2 J1 E1 E2 E3; >> A = [1 -1 -1 0 0 0 0; -1 0 0 -1 0 1 0; 0 1 0 1 1 0 -1; 0 0 1 0 -1 0 0; Zc1 R2 0 -Zl1 0 0 0; 0 -R2 R4 0 Zc2 0 0; 0 0 0 Zl1 0 (R1+Zl2) R3]; >> b = [0; 0; 0; J1; E1; E2; E3]; >> I = A\b
As a result, we obtain a column vector I of currents from seven elements, consisting of the sought currents, written in general form. We see that the Matlab software package can significantly simplify the solution of complex systems of equations compiled according to the laws of Kirchhoff.
- Zeveke G.V., Ionkin P.A., Netushil A.V., Strakhov S.V. Fundamentals of circuit theory. Textbook for high schools. Ed. 4th, revised. M., "Energy", 1975.


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The Spiritual Life - What is spiritual health?
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What is spiritual health?
Spiritual health is not usually named as a thing. Human beings are much more likely to talk about physical health, mental health, financial health, public health, community health, and the health of various systems.
One of the components of the UU A Way Of Life is to improve spiritual health. Before we can improve spiritual health we have to have a baseline, a reference point from which to compare. To ascertain a baseline we have to have a description of its components and indicators of the presence and strength of those components we can measure. What are the components of spiritual health? Here's a suggested list to start:
 1. Peace and joy
 2. Kindness
 3. Forgiveness
 4. Attunement to the nondualistic Oneness
 5. Unconditional love
 6. Mindfulness
 7. Felt connection to the interdependent web
 8. Freedom from and freedom to
 9. Self efficacy
The way these components can be measured simply is to answer the question, "To what extent has this factor been present in your life in the past several months or year on a scale of 0 -10 with 0 meaning 0% of the time, 10 meaning 100% of the time and 5 meaning 50% of the time?" This is meant to be a self report, and it may be helpful to get a best friend or trusted other who knows you very well like a spiritual director, a therapist, a life partner to rate their perception of the presence of these factors in your life as well.
Once a rating has been identified, this is your baseline. The next question is how can you kick it up a notch over coming months or year?
You can use this model right now to rate your level of spiritual health. Let's say over the last six months to what extent has each component been present in your life?
After you give yourself a rating on each component determine one component you'd like to work on for the next month or so and make a plan to practice. Start small, review frequently, learn as you go, and re-rate in a month's time.
In subsequent articles we will provide more detailed descriptions of each component and ideas for improvement.
 1. Truly helpful. It's a wonderful model you are developing. As I picked an indicator like peace and joy, over the last six months I gave myself a 3 especially with the Covid-19 stuff, impeachment, police murders of black citizens, political corruption, etc. How do I not let these things destroy my peace and joy?
 2. The United States is one of the most spiritually sick nations on earth. Its inequality, racism, materialism, unrestrained military might, and unjust criminal justice system make it evil.
 The fact that they would elect a psychopath like Donald Trump and tolerate and enable his moral turpetude tells you a lot about the spiritual health of the country.


It is all very well putting names on family trees, but do they stack up, what is the evidence?
Following are records and images of James Ford's birth from the Old Parochial Records and the certified document from the Scottish Archives. James' name is squeezed in at the end.
James Ford offical birth certificate.
James Ford OPR birth certificate.
The ten children born to Samuel Ford and Margaret Wright are spread over two pages of the Old Parochial Records (OPR), five children on each page.
The OPR give more information that mere names and dates. For instance we learn that Samuel Ford was a quarrier. We may also note that despite the fact that ten children have been born that Samuel's birth place has never been completed. It is evident that the handwriting skills of the recorder, generally the parish priest, often makes the inscription difficult to decipher. But it should be remembered such difficulties as writing and spelling confirm the authenticity of the record something which present-day government computer records cannot provide.
The OPR of James Ford birth showing the full page of entries.
Unfortunately I cannot trace the parents of Samuel Ford. We can assume, following the traditional naming pattern, that his parents were probably named Robert and Mary but here the trail goes cold.
On the other hand we can trace the ancestors of Margaret Wright back to the mid 1600s. Commencing with John Wright who married Janet Allen the follow OPRs confirm Margaret's ancestry.
John Wright is born 19 March 1672 in Kilmarnock to John Wright (b. 1640) and Janet Allen (b.1640).
William Wright is born 22 April 1705 to John Wright who married Marion Tannahill,.
Alexander Wright is born 7 June 1730 at Kilmarnock to William Wright who married Mary Greg.
Robert Wright is born 29 May 1762 in Kilwinning to Alexander Wright who married Margaret Cowan
Margaret Wright is born 30 April 1792 in Millport to Robert Wright who married Janet Gillies.