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Lieutenant Colon had just completed a reconnaissance-in-force mission with his platoon from Company B, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry, and was awaiting extraction when his men came under heavy rocket, mortar, automatic weapons and small arms fire from an estimated 400 Viet Cong. Colon quickly positioned his men to repel the advancing enemy. During the initial attack, his radio operator was wounded and the radio damaged. Colon secured another set to direct artillery fire and air strikes on the Viet Cong, sometimes to within five meters of his position. Colon killed five enemy soldiers who tried to overrun the platoon's perimeter. As the firing subsided, he supervised the evacuation of casualties, made sure the rest of his men were extracted, and insured all weapons and equipment were recovered. His leadership was directly responsible for routing the numerically superior Viet Cong.
FOR EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM - Secretary of the Army Stanley R. Resor presents the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant Hector E. Colon during ceremonies at Cu Chi. Colon's leadership was directly responsible for routing an estimated 400 Viet Cong in War Zone C.


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Marketing Cloud recommends using an HTTPPost callback to return the results of asynchronous API requests, rather than receiving the results in an email.
To secure your public callback URL:
- Submit the HTTPPost using HTTPS.
- Allowlist Marketing Cloud IP addresses.
Retrieve the call's status using one of these actions:
- Set the asynchronous calls to return an HTTP POST or email message after processing.
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To use an HTTPPost callback to return the results of asynchronous API requests, set
HTTPPost and specify a publicly accessible URL for
SendResponseTo.ResponseAddress. The callback URL receives a standard HTTPPost request with the
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Unlike synchronous API calls, all successful asynchronous calls return a status of OK. This status indicates that the API received the call and it was queued. The callback does not indicate whether the call executed or failed or include unnecessary fields. For example, StatusMessage or ErrorCode values aren't included for successful calls.
If an HTTPPost throws an exception, the system logs an error and stops the process. The system does not retry the call.
The callbacks you receive correspond to the number of calls you make. If you send 500 async SOAP calls, the callback URL is called 500 times. To receive fewer callbacks, you have a few options:
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- To get a callback only if an error occurs, modify the RespondWhen setting to be RespondWhen.OnError.
- To capture only successful callbacks, perform a retrieve on the ResultItem and ResultMessage objects, and return only the RequestID and OverallStatusCode.

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In 2012, the global ecommerce market surpassed $1 trillion, and it has not slowed down. Projections estimate that in 2015 Americans will spend $338.9 billion online, which represents an ever increasing percentage of the total US retail sales1. Customers are also turning to the internet when they are interested in learning about products, relying on digital media for nearly every stage of the sales funnel.
As customers increasingly appear online, sales teams must be able to meet them in digital media, responding to their needs and processing the sale seamlessly and effectively. Sales productivity in the upcoming year will depend upon sales teams learning how to effectively manage lead acquisition and conversion using digital tools and techniques.
How digital will impact sales productivity tools
As the sales world becomes intertwined with the digital world, several fantastic tools and apps have been developed to help sales teams better manage their tasks to improve their conversion rates. To be effective, these digital sales tools must be able to help sales teams improve their lead cultivation through online sources.
Some new tools that will likely become increasingly popular in the upcoming year include:
FunnelFire helps companies make more money by empowering their salespeople to sell more effectively. By combining a sales best practices framework with a robust data platform, sales teams can effortlessly research, monitor and contact their accounts in a proactive, value-added manner.
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Marketing above the noise and to the right people revolves around building relationships with potential customers and their go-to sources. This relationship capital platform helps sales teams discover existing relationships with key decision makers at target firms so they can better leverage their relationships to close the sale.
This software gives the team the tools they need to analyze messages and sales-driven data to improve the marketing and sales automation process.
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 1. Jun 8, 2005 #1
 I have recently completed my mid-year chemistry exam and came accross a question that i cannot find an answer to. Me and my friends completely disagree and i was wondering if anyone could help me?
 -The question showed a simplified diagram of a train around a circular section of a track, and the question asked-"draw an arrow representing the force exerted on the wheels of the train by the track while the train is decelerating".
 Does the braking of the train have any effect on the forces present between the track and the train?
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 So you can't actually help me, i just thought that i may have posted in the wrong section!
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 wouldnt the braking create a greater magnitude of friction or create friction if there wasnt any initially present?
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 See thats my main problem. Does the braking affect the interection between the track and the wheels, the question seemed to be quite specific. Is the brake force applied to the wheels or the track?
 7. Jun 8, 2005 #6
 There are actually two forces: the normal component F_cent of the reaction force of the track (providing the centripetal acceleration), and the backward pointing frictional force f_k that arises during braking. So the resultant force that the track applies on the wheel points somewhere between the center of the circular track and the backward direction.
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 Wow this forum is great, thanx for the speedy replies.
 See thats the answer i would give if asked for the net force on the system, however if it singled out the force ON THE WHEELS EXERTED BY THE TRACKS, is the answer still the same?
 9. Jun 8, 2005 #8
 It's the same thing. The weels have the same acceleration as the whole system. The difference is that the acceleration is multiplied with the mass of a single wheel, rather than the mass of all the train system.
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Objectives: To investigate the clinical importance of paraureteral diverticulum in the management of vesicoureteral reflux by analyzing the relationship between paraureteral diverticulum and recurrent urinary tract infections. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 131 children diagnosed with vesicoureteral reflux. We diagnosed vesicoureteral reflux and paraureteral diverticulum by initial voiding cystourethrography and defined "delayed ureteral drainage" as the presence of contrast media in the upper urinary tract on delayed films after voiding. We analyzed the relationships between paraureteral diverticulum, delayed ureteral drainage and recurrent urinary tract infections. Results: The mean age at diagnosis of vesicoureteral reflux was 20.7 months. Of the 202 refluxing ureters, 55 (27.2%) had a paraureteral diverticulum. Of the 55 ureters with paraureteral diverticulum, 51 (92.7%) showed delayed ureteral drainage of refluxing contrast, which was significantly higher than the percentage of delayed ureteral drainage in ureters without paraureteral diverticulum (P < 0.001). On multivariate analysis of the effect of reflux grade or paraureteral diverticulum on delayed ureteral drainage of refluxing contrast, the odds ratio of paraureteral diverticulum was 11.47 (P < 0.001). In addition, the risk of recurrent urinary tract infections increased in ureters with paraureteral diverticulum (P = 0.020). Conclusions: In patients with vesicoureteral reflux and paraureteral diverticulum, the risk of recurrent febrile urinary tract infections seems to increase. Therefore, more progressive surveillance and treatment protocols should be considered in these patients.
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If you had never seen the word abrelatas before, you might be able to figure out what it means by breaking it into two words: abre (it opens) and latas, cans. Un abrelatas, then, is a can opener. Spanish has dozens of compound words that are formed in the same way, and many of them are quite clever.
The lesson linked to above has most of my favorites, but here are a few more, just for fun: mondadientes, toothpick (it peels teeth); matambre, a type of South American meat dish (it kills hunger); matasuegras, a type of horn that may be blown at a celebration (it kills mothers-in-law); soplamocos, a strike to the nose (it blows mucus); and tirachinas, slingshot (it throws pebbles).
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ָּדַל", (definition) in Nehemiah 13:3 as "separated out", instead of "divided" or "identified". B.) As a result, this answer represents views of "ethnical purity" - which does not seem to be supported by the text. Though perhaps, it does apply to the Levites and Priests. – elika kohen Apr 25 '17 at 21:50
 - Why is the answer incorrectly asserting that the definition of בדל is "separation" when the bible constantly uses it in such context? (see for example Genesis 1:4) Your novel idea of Nehemia purifying the priesthood "only" is completely unfounded, and wholly lacking; and you have not brought enough proof to support it. My interpretation on the other hand is simple and straightforward and based on the Bible itself! – Bach Apr 25 '17 at 22:11
 - Bach : בדל does mean "separate / divide / identify" but it does NOT mean "separate out, exclude". My objection is against applying Deuteronomy 23, and Nehemiah 13 generically, as a general ban on ethnical or international marriage. These are very specific prohibitions against Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab from "joining the Assembly" - not simply about marriage. And yes, the text very clearly states that Nehemiah "purged | וְטִֽהַרְתִּ֖ים" the Levites and Priests of these nationalities. He was able to do this, because Israel had been "separated and divided" the rest of Israel - beforehand. – elika kohen Apr 27 '17 at 19:50
 - Also, "our novel idea of Nehemia purifying the priesthood "only" is completely unfounded, and wholly lacking;" If this had been done, how could the Messiah be born, since David - of Judah - was a Moabite? – elika kohen Apr 27 '17 at 19:53
1. Question Restatement :
Deuteronomy 23:1-8 lists some people that are forbidden to enter "the assembly of the LORD". What does "the assembly of the LORD" refer to?
Note: Other answers might indeed show how "Assembly of God" came to be understood. This answer is only suggesting what it originally meant.
2. Context and Translation :
"Assembly of God", and "Church of God" are linguistically the same exact thing - notwithstanding theological differences.
Deuteronomy 23:1-8, in Hebrew, is translated by the Greek Septuagint Deuteronomy 23:3 : קהל יהוה and ἐκκλησίαν κυρίου.
See also : other examples of "Assembly of God" in the Hebrew texts.
The context of Deuteronomy 23:1-14 contains prohibitions to keep Israel away from anything unclean, and is specifically addressing health issues:
NASB, Deuteronomy 23:9 "When you go out as an army against your enemies, you shall keep yourself from every evil thing.
Deuteronomy 23:1 "No one [whose testicles are swollen, crushed, or cut] shall enter the assembly of the Lord.
Note: See also Leviticus 21:20, Leviticus 22:24 regarding "male" health.
Deuteronomy 23:2 - Nor a Eunuch, or his descendants to the 10th generation...
Notes:(See θλαδίας definition and also LXX Deuteronomy 23:2 defining "מַמְזֵ֖ר (Mamzer)" as a sterile person, a Eunuch). Also, see Zechariah 9:6 regarding a sterile nation. Perhaps significantly Acts 8:27, the Ethiopian Eunuch.
Deuteronomy 23:3-6 - Nor Ammonite, or Moabite, [because they are cursed].
If God was making prohibitions to perhaps safeguard Israel from peoples with disease - then it is understandable that prohibitions safeguarding Israel from cursed peoples would be in the same context.
3. Answer - The Multitude of People made Holy by God :
The "Congregation of the Lord - קהל יהוה", in Scripture, was understood as the multitude of peoples that are sanctified, (made holy), by God. It is the people where the presence of God is. It was NOT a reference to an ethnically pure Hebrew race.
Note: King David is a third generation Moabite, (Ruth 4).
"Holy", (קָדַשׁ definition) - is to separate something, from another - for one specific purpose.
NASB, Exodus 19:6 - And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.'
Temple Period Jews Held this "Holy Nation" View :
NASB, Acts 20:28 - Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God, (ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ κυρίου καὶ θεοῦ) which He purchased with His own blood.
Note: This is a Passover reference, as Exodus.
NASB, 1 Peter 2:9 - But you are a chosen generation, a [kingdom of priests], a holy nation,
The Assembly of God was a Mixed Multitude :
NASB, Exodus 12:37-38 Now the sons of Israel..., about six hundred thousand men on foot, aside from children. 38 A mixed multitude also went up with them...
NASB, Numbers 15:15 - As for the assembly, there shall be one statute for you and for the alien who sojourns with you,
Conversion Ritual was Irrelevant :
NASB, Joshua 5:5 - For all the people who came out were circumcised, but all the people who were born in the wilderness along the way as they came out of Egypt had not been circumcised.
Note: Circumcision / Conversion was separate from being a part of the "Assembly of God".
4. Nehemiah 13 is not about a single ethnicity in Israel :
Nehemiah is cited in another answers in ways that affirm "ethnical purity" interpretations of Deuteronomy 23. And certainly, Rabbinicism has used texts like this to justify "Mamzer" prohibitions against inter-marriage.
But Nehemiah 13 - in Context - is a specific prohibition against people from the nations of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab - not simply against any of the ethnicities in those nations.
NASB, Nehemiah 13:3 - So when they heard the law, they [divided (בָּדַל) all the multitude] from Israel.
Note: Nehemiah 13:3, in Hebrew, does not at all say that Israel cut-off or kicked out foreigners from Israel. (See Hebrew occurrences of "בָּדַל".) In Nehemiah 13:30, "טָהֵר | purge", is used. In this case, "בָּדַל" conveys the idea that certain Israelis were "identified".
NASB, Nehemiah 13:23 - In those days I also saw that the Jews had married women from Ashdod, Ammon and Moab.
In Nehemiah 13:3, Nehemiah refers to dividing Israel and the "Multitude", but increases specificity to "The Jews" and then eventually to "The Levites and Priests". But, why does Nehemiah inconsistently reference "The Jews" instead of "Israel" as he had before? This may have been a Euphemism for "Religious leaders" - as perhaps in Nehemiah 2:16, Interlinear, (where Nehemiah didn't report to any authority). Also seen in the Gospel of John many times. Also, Nehemiah is explicitly comparing them to King Solomon, (Nehemiah 13:26). Regardless, in the end - it was the Levites and Priests that were purified, not merely divided.
Nehemiah 13:29-30 - Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites. 30 Thus I purified them [the priests] from [every foreigner] and appointed duties for the priests and the Levites, each in his task
Note: Nehemiah took action against the Levites and Priests. Many translations render the Hebrew - "מכל־נכר, (interlinear)", as: "everything foreign" rather than "every foreigner". But, the context is clearly about Nehemiah purifying "foreign peoples" from the priesthood, and not "foreign things".
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The double satellite GRACE (Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment) is a project for exact determination of earth's gravitation field in a low orbit. On account of their correlated orbit, they got the nickname "Tom" and "Jerry". The two EADS Astrium-built satellites, each weighing just 480kg, were launched on 17 March 2002 by a Rockot launcher for a five-year mission. They are orbiting in tandem, flying at about 220km apart, but the exact distance between them is altered by the influence of the Earth's gravity. A microwave connection between the two satellites enables this fluctuating distance between them to be constantly determined to within a few thousandths of a millimeter, thereby'mapping' the Earth's gravitational field with unprecedented accuracy. It has been possible to detect minor gravitational changes, which result from revolving magma in the interior of the earth or from melting glaciers or shifting ocean currents, for the first time. The Grace satellites are the follow-on to the Champ mission, which was launched in 2000. They are based on EADS Astrium's Flexbus concept, enabling the satellites to be built very quickly at extremely low cost.
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Doctrine 2 is an object-relational mapper (ORM) for PHP 5.4 that provides transparent persistence for PHP objects.It uses the Data Mapper pattern at the heart, aiming for a complete separation of your domain/business logic from the persistence in a relational database management system.These trigger types are referred to as "Schema-level triggers". Performing conditional actions in triggers (or testing data following modification) is done through accessing the temporary Inserted and Deleted tables. The following functionality in SQL:2003 was previously not implemented in Postgre SQL: Firebird supports multiple row-level, BEFORE or AFTER, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE (or any combination thereof) triggers per table, where they are always "in addition to" the default table changes, and the order of the triggers relative to each other can be specified where it would otherwise be ambiguous (POSITION clause.) Triggers may also exist on views, where they are always "instead of" triggers, replacing the default updatable view logic.(Before version 2.1, triggers on views deemed updatable would run in addition to the default logic.) Firebird does not raise mutating table exceptions (like Oracle), and triggers will by default both nest and recurse as required (SQL Server allows nesting but not recursion, by default.) Firebird's triggers use NEW and OLD context variables (not Inserted and Deleted tables,) and provide UPDATING, INSERTING, and DELETING flags to indicate the current usage of the trigger.
What we often stumble across, though, is the naiive approach of synchronizing both data storages.
My SQL is the most popular database system used with the PHP language.
My SQL is one of the most popular relational database system being used on the Web today.
It boils down to: The problem with this approach is, as in any distributed system, that both the first and the second write will fail at some point.


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I am working with a network object where the nodes are different events in molecular biology.
Specifically; Catalytic activity of X, RNA expression of X, GTP-bound activity of X, Kinase activity of X, Oxidoreductase activity of X, Phosphatase axtivity of X, Transcriptional activity of X, Phosphorylation at residue Y.
What is the difference between RNA expression and Transcriptional activity? And which is the one that an Affymetrix microarray is measuring? eg.; transcriptional activity of KLF2, transcriptional activity of ATF2 RNA expression of HSPA1A RNA, and expression of CYP1B1
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I'm not familiar with what you're doing, but off the top of my head I'd say that the RNA Expression might be referring to everything post-nucleus in that the Introns are missing. The Transcriptase would show more activity because it would still Transcribe both Introns and Exons. – MCM Feb 20 '13 at 12:55
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In your case, RNA expression and transcriptional activity probably differ in the stage of processing. Transcriptional activity refers to the binding and processive activity of RNA polymerase. There are different ways to measure this experimentally, but with a microarray you are measuring the amount of actual transcripts relative to the control array.
RNA expression usually refers to the amount of mature transcripts but is often used interchangeably with transcriptional activity. The distinction is made at the sample extraction stage and whether or not the RNA was selectively recovered using poly-A selection or other methods that isolate mature transcripts.
What your microarray will measure depends on the probe library constructed on the array and whether you are applying total RNA or selective RNA. Probes matching mature transcripts report for RNA expression. Probes matching immature or nascent transcripts can be used to measure transcriptional activity.
Careful probe design is required to distinguish between the different levels of processing.
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Retraction of filament is the opposite of filament extrusion. Slicer software allows for specification of a retraction length, which in effect is a negative length. Retraction of filament can be required to minimize the oozing of the hotend during travel moves. This is explained by the relaxation of the pressure build-up in the hotend.


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text: Abstract. We study the design of protocols for set-operation verification, namely the problem of cryptographically checking the correctness of outsourced set operations performed by an untrusted server over a dynamic collection of sets that are owned (and updated) by a trusted source. We present new authenticated data structures that allow any entity to publicly verify a proof attesting the correctness of primitive set operations such as intersection, union, subset and set difference. Based on a novel extension of the security properties of bilinear-map accumulators as well as on a primitive called accumulation tree, our protocols achieve optimal verification and proof complexity (i.e., only proportional to the size of the query parameters and the answer), as well as optimal update complexity (i.e., constant), while incurring no extra asymptotic space overhead. The proof construction is also efficient, adding a logarithmic overhead to the computation of the answer of a set-operation query. In contrast, existing schemes entail high communication and verification costs or high storage costs. Applications of interest include efficient verification of keyword search and database queries. The security of our protocols is based on the bilinear q-strong Diffie-Hellman assumption.


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Thermal energy storage (TES) using phase change materials (PCMs) is being widely considered as one of the alternative solutions for effective use of solar energy. This paper presents a multi-objective optimisation strategy for TES systems using PCMs for solar air systems, in which two performance indicators of average heat transfer effectiveness and effective PCM charging time were used as the conflicting objectives. The influence of the key design variables on the performance of an air-based PCM TES system was first experimentally investigated using Taguchi method, and the results were used to develop two performance models for optimisation. A genetic algorithm was used to search for an optimal Pareto front and a multi-criteria decision-making process was employed to determine the compromise optimal solutions. The results showed that the average heat transfer effectiveness of the PCM TES system can be improved from 44.25 to 59.29% while the effective PCM charging time increased from 4.53 to 6.11 h when using the solutions identified by the proposed strategy with the weighting factors of 0.5/0.5 for both objectives, in comparison to a baseline case. A further comparison showed that the optimal design identified by the proposed strategy outperformed the two designs identified using Taguchi method.
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What is Correlation length?
 1. What is "Correlation length"?
 Hi everyone,
 I want to know meaning of "correlation length".
 Correlation function is usually used in statistics, so I think correlation length also similar meaning.
 But some paper used correlation length to explain roughness factor.
 Plz, anyone reply this message who is know about correlation length meaning or useful links.
 Thanks a lot to read this message. :)
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 3. Cthugha
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 Consider a sample with a surface that is not perfectly flat, but somewhat rough. If you want to analyze the surface roughness, you can just measure the thickness of your sample at many positions, say every micrometer. Now, you have the mean sample thickness and the deviation from the mean for every point on the surface where you did a measurement. For a real surface, the deviation from the mean will not change randomly on every micrometer, but there will be some extended "hillls" and "valleys" on your sample. So, if you check the deviation from the mean at one sample position and have a look at the deviation at an adjacent position, it is very likely that both will be similar, while it is very unlikely that one is a large positive deviation and the other is a large negative deviation. If you have a look at the deviation from the mean thickness at one end of the sample and the deviation from the mean at the other end of the sample, the two values should be completely uncorrelated. They may be large, small or zero - completely independent of each other. Now somewhere in between, there must be a typical length scale on which the deviations from the mean stop being similar. That is the correlation length. It gives you some information on how large these "hills" and "valleys" on your sample typically are.
 Needless to say, you can apply the same principle to other quantities as well, with applications ranging from surface roughness to the optical coherence of light fields.
 4. Thanks your reply,
 If correlation length is short it means surface fluctuation is strong, so rough surface, otherwise fluctuation is week, so flat surface. Is my understanding correct?
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 In practice, rough surfaces usually have short correlation lengths, while smooth surfaces have a long coherence length. However, that is only a rule of thumb and not necessarily always true. For a detailed analysis one typically also takes the RMS of the surface height into account. This is more or less just the standard deviation of your measured thicknesses. This quantity gives you the amount of roughness you have and the correlation length gives you the typical length scale over which it decays.
 However, as you said, in most real cases short correlation length indeed also means strong fluctuations.
 6. Think of a sine modulated surface. The amplitude of the sine gives you the roughness, and the spatial frequency the correlation length.
 In practice you will have the superposition of many sine waves...
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 Correlation in this context means "given the height of point A, how well do I know the height of point B?".
 Given the height at A, the correlation length is the maximum distance B is from A, that yields a reasonable* estimate of the height at B.
 *definition of reasonable may vary.
 Correlation length is linked to the power spectrum of the surface noise. Shorter correlation length means higher spatial frequencies dominate (steeper hills etc).
 Correlation length is distinct from the amplitude (amount) of surface roughness.
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Beam Emission Spectroscopy, BES
Beam Emission Spectroscopy measures plasma turbulence. It registers the light emitted from the neutral particle beams which are injected into the plasma for heating or diagnostic. These particles collide with plasma particles, get excited and emit light. The intensity variations of these emissions reflect the local density fluctuations, from which plasma turbulence can be measured.
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How to Raise Chickens for MeatThe Cornish Cross Chicken
Updated on April 30, 2019
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Chickens can easily be raised to supply meat in addition to eggs.
Chickens can easily be raised to supply meat in addition to eggs. | Source
With all of the additives, preservatives and chemicals that have started showing up in our food, many people have decided to turn to raising their own. Chickens are the easiest meat to raise because they require less space and less food than other animals that humans eat.
Raising meat chickens is a rewarding experience from start to finish. The meat does taste different and has a denser texture than the bird you purchase from the grocery store. This is because it is all natural without the broth or water injections that are so commonly added to the bird in commercial processing plants.
If you are considering raising meat chickens, there are quite a few things that you need to know. It is the old way of doing things and can reconnect us with where our food actually comes from. Unfortunately, for the most part, we have become disconnected from where our food comes from which has resulted in a broken and unsafe commercial food system.
It is important to not treat your meat chickens as pets because come processing time, that can create a problem with the psychological side of the processing because for most of us, this isn't an easy thing to do. There is no enjoyment on processing day. The enjoyment comes later when the chicken is eaten.
Chicks Start Their Lives in a Brooder
Chicks in their brooder.
Chicks in their brooder. | Source
Supplies You Need for Brooding Meat Chicks
This list can vary slightly depending on if you are raising Cornish Cross chickens or not and the number of chickens you are planning to raise. Brooding materials are an up front cost of raising chickens for meat and most of the items will only have to be purchased or built once.
You will need:
 - A source of heat such as a heat lamp. Chicks need to be kept at a certain temperature for their first few weeks and a source of heat is a must have.
 - Chick drinker and feeder.
 - Litter for the bottom of the container. It can be newspaper, straw or wood chips (anything but cedar).
 - Some sort of large container to keep them in. A large plastic tote will work for less than 10 chicks for a couple of weeks but after that, you'll need something larger as the chicks grow until they are fully feathered. Some people find watering troughs work well as brooders. You will also want to have something that will work to cover the top as a lid.
 - Feed
How to Set Up a Brooder
It doesn't have to look perfect or be perfect. Since it is now fashionable and trendy to raise chickens for backyard coops and so many people are doing it, there's a lot of equipment to choose from for brooding chicks. This information is the same whether you are brooding laying hens or meat birds.
 1. Choose the right area for brooding your chicks. You want to stay away from high draft areas around doors and windows. It is personal preference whether you want to brood the chicks in the house, in the garage or outside but all will work if done correctly. I keep my chicks in the kitchen for the first two weeks then move them to the garage until they are ready to go outside.
 2. Fill the bottom of your container with either a layer of newspaper or 1 inch of the material you are going to use for litter.
 3. Attach the heat lamp either to the brooder container or somewhere that it will hang over the top of the container. You will want to keep the lamp to one side so the chicks can get away from the light and the heat if they need to.
 4. Fill the water container and the feed container and put them inside the brooder. I always advise to put the water in the side of the brooder box that doesn't have as much light and heat. That way their water doesn't get heated up from the lamp.
 5. Add the chicks and put the lid on it.
You are done with setting up your brooder.
A 4 Day Old Chick
Raising chickens for meat can be a rewarding experience.
Raising chickens for meat can be a rewarding experience. | Source
Raising Chicks
There are a few important things to remember when raising chicks.
Brooder Temperature: For the first week of the chick's lives they need to be kept in a 90 degree environment. After the first week, the temperature inside the brooder can be brought down about 10 degrees per week and the light removed once the nighttime temperatures don't require the use of the light.
It's a good idea to use a red colored heat lamp bulb when the brooder light is being used at night so the chicks aren't disturbed by lighting when trying to sleep. You wouldn't like trying to sleep with a bright white light shining down on you and neither do they! The red color does not disturb normal sleeping patterns and when their eyes are closed, the light doesn't shine through the eyelids.
Changing the Litter: Depending on what breed of meat chicken you are brooding, plan on changing the litter as often as every other day to at least twice a week. If you are raising Cornish Crosses, the litter will have to be changed a lot more often.
Feed and Water: Change the water twice a day and keep the feeder full. Chicks grow extremely fast and will eat more than what you would expect. They can also be messy. Even though they are babies, they will scratch in the litter which means they will toss litter up into their food and water. Some people set their water and feed containers on bricks or blocks of wood to elevate them and help keep the litter problem to a minimum.
Handling the Chicks: Even though these are meat birds and you won't want to treat them as pets, it is important to have the chicks used to being handled. You will want to pick each chick up daily for a few seconds so they will be used to being handled when they are bigger.
When to Put the Chicks Outside: Just like laying hens, meat chickens are ready to go to an outside pen or coop when they are fully feathered out. They can be allowed to free range or be outside in a fenced in area during the day after they are a couple of weeks old but since they require a certain amount of heat to keep them warm, only allow them to go out when the outdoor temperature is even or higher than their current temperature requirement.
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Choosing the right feed for meat birds is extremely important.
Choosing the right feed for meat birds is extremely important. | Source
Feed and Food for Meat Chickens
Chickens are like miniature garbage disposals and they will eat almost anything. This is true when they are chicks too. Feel free to introduce your meat birds to all foods that chickens love like fresh vegetables, seeds, bugs and fruits. These foods are all nutritious for the chicken which will lead to a healthier chicken and a better bird on the table.
Chick feed is different than chicken feed. They are similar but the difference is similar to a child's vitamin and an adult vitamin. At different stages in our lives, we have different needs. If you choose to use feed, make sure to use chick starter feed for the first few weeks if using the Cornish Cross or about twelve weeks for other meat chickens.
Poultry grit is a necessary additive in both laying hens and meat chickens. The grit is reserved by the gizzard and helps the chicken digest their food. It can be mixed into feed or offered in a separate feeder for the chickens to eat as they need it. Poultry grit is simply small rocks and chickens that are not allowed to free range will need to be offered grit in order to be able to digest their food properly.
When it gets closer to processing time, a lot of people start upping the amount of corn that their meat chickens eat. This adds more bulk to the meat and "fattens" the chicken up before processing. The corn can be given fresh on the ear, in feed form or even out of a can.
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Chicken Breeds to Raise for Meat and Where to Get Them
Chicks are usually available for purchase at feed stores in the spring. Sometimes they are sexed and sometimes they aren't but if you are raising chickens for meat, sexing really doesn't matter.
Hatcheries are also a good option for purchasing meat chickens. You place your order and they will send your chicks to you through the mail. You will need to pick up your chicks at your local post office in person. Chicks are surprisingly resilient and can survive being sent through the mail.
The breeds that you want to look for when choosing your meat birds are the ones that are called "heavy breeds." These breeds include the Jersey Giant, Rhode Island Red, Plymouth Rocks and Orpingtons to name a few. Heavy breed chickens are ready for processing at different times depending on the breed, feed and desired size.
The most common breed of chicken that is raised for meat is the Cornish Cross. These chickens grow quickly and can be ready for processing in as little time as 8 to 12 weeks. This is the same breed


Local man makes statue for site of 1942 Liberator plane crash
Ireland's worst wartime air crash remembered
Local man makes statue for site of 1942 Liberator plane crash
A local man has made a plaque in honour of the crew and passengers aboard a plane which crashed on the Cooley Mountains in 1942.
Brendan Connolly from the Alphonsus Road made a statute to mark the spot of the crash of the RAF B-24 Liberator and the 15 people who died when it slammed into boggy ground on the side of Slievenaglogh Mountain, in the Rock Marshall Mountains near Jenkinstown during the Second World War.
Brendan also found pieces of what he believes to be parts of the crash, which he had blessed by a priest in StPatrick's Cathedral.
He made a concrete base using bottles of water that he took up the mountain to make the concrete plinth.
A top the plinth he made a concrete cast modelof the Liberator bomber.
Brendan was sponsored by the Greenore Railway Saloon, Quay Sports, Dundalk Plumbing Limited, The Windmall Bar and Lounge, Life Pharmacy, Staunton Office Supplies and Devenney's Print, Stationary and Art Supplies.
The RAF B-24 Liberator crashed into the mountain after getting lost in thick fog while making a trip from Egypt to RAFHurn in Dorset.
The flight crew were told before they reached the half way point in their journey to turn around due to extreme weather conditions.
However - nearing the point of no return - they decided instead to continue on their fateful journey.
Sadly it left its course and running low on fuel, the crew saw the lights of a city which they understood to be Dublin.
The crew decided to attempt a landing at Greencastle Airfield, County Down. However thick mist hampered visibility, resulting in the aircraft crashing into Slieve-na-Gloc and breaking apart on impact.
The alarm was raised by a local man by the name of McKevitt who heard a plane overheard before a loud crash.
After he witnessed the scene he got medical help, and miraculously there were five survivors.
Accounts vary, but ultimately 15 people died as a result of the crash.
Writing in 2006 in the Democrat, former editor and current columnist Peter Kavanagh wrote: "In spite of this, it is my own memory of the times is that many people from Dundalk went out to the scene of the crash in the days and weeks that followedhunting for souvenirs.
"The wreckage of the plane was scattered over a wide area and I recall that at about that time we got a load of turf from the mountain delivered to our homein Dundalk.
"Fuel was very scarce at the point in the war and we burned anything we could get to keep us warm in cold weather.
"Later, when the bottom of the turf pile was reached, my brother found several aeroplane parts, including some heavy ammunition cases, buried in the mould."
David Tolson - a brother of the one of the airmen killed - visited the site with family in 2002.
Brendan statute is not the first memorial on the mountain of course.
Previously Noel Roddy erected a metal plaque near the site.
The plane was one of the three to crash during the war.
A British Hudson bomber crashed killing 3 in 1941 and a P-51 Mustang fighter of the US Army Air Forces crashed in September 1944 killing its pilot.


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How Did Japanese Women Peace Activists Interact with European Women
as They Negotiated between Nationalism and Transnational Peace Activism
to Promote Peace, _PHONE_?
Before the 1920's, Japanese feminism lagged behind similar movements in the West. Gendered policies implemented by the Meiji government and public attitudes that supported those policies impeded women from developing a strong women's rights movement. However, interwar women's social activism promoted by contact with western feminists catalyzed the development of the women's rights movement in Japan. This project focuses on the interwar women's peace movement in Japan that emerged as a product of the contradictory influences of contact with the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and of Japanese nationalism and militarism. It argues that Japanese women created a unique women's movement by negotiating the tensions between nationalism and transnationalism.
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Use fake eggs to make fluffy Easter chick decorations by following this super simple tutorial.
I really wanted to make some egg chicks for Easter, using my huge stack of fake eggs. Pickle asked why there was no Daddy chick (I'd made one big and two little ones). Thinking fast, I told him that Daddy chick was at work!
To make egg chicks for Easter, you will need:
- polystyrene or papier mache eggs
- yellow tissue paper & PVA glue (if using polystyrene eggs), or yellow paint (if using papier mache eggs)
- a paint brush
- yellow, or orange feathers
- orange foam, or card
- googly eyes
- a hot glue gun
- thread and a needle (if you want to hang your finished chicks up)
COST: a few quid
AGE: toddlers and up (with help!)
TIME: 20-30 minutes (plus drying time)
How-to make egg chicks for Easter:
- Paint your egg yellow (if using papier mache eggs), or cover them in yellow tissue paper using watered-down PVA glue and leave to dry.
- Use your hot glue gun to stick a folded diamond of orange foam (or card) to the smaller end of your egg, making a beak.
- Stick your googly eyes above the beak.
- Use your hot glue gun again to stick feather wings to either side of the egg chick and a smaller feather sticking up at the back to make a tail.
- OPTIONAL: If you want to hang your finished chicks to make an Easter display, use a needle to thread a loop and tie the ends together.
So that's how we made our egg chicks for Easter (by the way, I'm linking up with the _TAG_ challenge _TAG_ _TAG_ _TAG_)!


text: Segmentation of abdominal organs from magnetic resonance data sets is an essential task for several medical procedures and analysis. When this process is done manually, it requires an expert radiologist's time and experience. Classification of organs by using several features for segmentation is a known technique. In recent years, for different application fields it is shown that hierarchical classification systems are more successful than composite feature-single classifier systems. The success of hierarchical systems in medical image segmentation is directly related to the reduction of false positive error in every level of the hierachy. In this paper, 3 different algorithms of Adaboost (Adaptive Boosting) method: Real, gentle and modest are compared in terms of their false positive error performance. Performance metrics are obtained for each organ and the dependence of false positive error on the selected algorithm is examined.


Bees were conditioned to collect food on natural and artificial flower beds, parts of which could be set into rotation or side to side movement. Through the relative motion of the flowers the number of alternating stimuli upon the bee's eye is increased. Due to the fact that bees show a strong reaction to intermittent optical stimulation, the proportion of bees settling on the moving section of the flower bed is increased. It seems probable therefore that the visual reaction of bees to flowers in nature is largely due to the flicker effect produced through the motion of the bees relative to the flowers.
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Exosome Therapy
You've got the bees, what about the honey?
The bee and honey metaphor is an extension of the one made by Douglas Spiel, MD. in which stem cells are portrayed as bees and harborers of their valuable product, honey - portrayed as exosomes. Exosomes are small vesicles that contain various cargo - proteins, RNA, cytokines, interferons, etc. to be delivered the target tissue. Exosomes also exert their effects by triggering quiescent, tissue-specific resident stem cells to become active and involved in the healing process. The exosomes we use are from placental mesenchymal stem cells, which contain immunomodulatory and migratory signals, among others, which have potential benefit in a great many systems, from musculoskeletal to neurological. Exosomes' unique size profile allow them to be delivered practically anywhere in the body - injured joints, tissues, intravenously, and even in the spinal cord.


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Community Action brings local vegetables to low-income families through Farm to Preschool program
View full sizeSarah Cooper usually buys her groceries from a low-price supermarket, where she says produce is cheapest.
The 26-year-old Beaverton woman has a 2-year-old daughter and a tight budget. But recently, she and her family have been eating organic vegetables grown by local farmers as participants of the new Farm to Preschool program.
"I don't usually get a chance to get local produce," she said. "It tastes a lot better. I feel like I'm getting my vitamins better, too."
Farm to Preschool is run by Community Action, a nonprofit organization that strives to alleviate issues of poverty in Washington County, through its Home Based Early Head Start program. That program prepares Hillsboro and Beaverton children, age 3 and under, for kindergarten and focuses on parent involvement.
The 79 families enrolled in Home Based Early Head Start receive $10 worth of fresh produce from local farmers once a month for six months. The program, which started in May, is funded by a $7,860 federal Child Care Wellness Grant.
Home Based Early Head Start is designed for families with an annual income at or below the federal poverty level of $23,050 for a family of four. The program operates at no cost to participants and is full, although applications are accepted year-round.
Kathy Zane, the program area supervisor for Early Head Start, said she had been trying for years to start a program that brings local food to low-income families.
"We are trying to improve the diets of children, especially with what we know about the epidemic of obesity," she said. "That's what this is about — transforming our food culture."
As part of the program, a registered dietician provides monthly low-budget recipes and activities for teachers to show the parents and children during home visits. The activities are easy, such as making a salad, so that children can be included.
Teacher Monica Oyola said the program has provided parents with a fun approach to getting their children to eat more vegetables.
"When the children were involved in the preparation part," she said, "they were more willing to eat it."
Ana Laura Gaona, 40, of Beaverton, said she tried to use her Farm to Preschool shares as a way to introduce her children to cooking.
"They learned to make a salad," she said. "It is an activity that they liked a lot because they learned how to use tongs, how to squeeze a lime and how to add salt."
Gaona said she could distinctly tell the difference between the farm-fresh shares she has been receiving and store-bought vegetables. "They have more taste and color," she said. "Even the smell is different."
The program is also an avenue to introduce families to new types of produce, Zane said. In July, the families received golden beets, rainbow chard and French sorrel.
Florence Jessup, a farmer with Artisan Organics in Hillsboro, said buying fresh food that's in season and preparing it at home is far less expensive than buying fast food.
Americans spend a smaller percentage of their income on food than any other country in the world and eat more than people in most countries, she said, "yet we still have nutrient-deficiency diseases, because we're getting calories but we're not getting nutrition."
Teacher Lindsey Walsh said one of the program's goals is to show families that buying local is easier than most people think.
"I feel like sometimes our families hear the word organic and think 'oh, that's too fancy' or 'I can't afford that,'" she said, "but at the farmers markets you can get a pretty good deal."
– Andrea Castillo


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Marie Curtis, the Australian photographer behind My Captured Life, is known for her ability to show depth and emotion in the images she takes of everyday life. The result is photos that are clearly artistic while still capturing the essence of daily life and childhood.
Marie explores her approach in-depth in her Beyond the Wanderlust workshop Art & SouI: Adding Depth and Emotion to Storytelling Images. When Marie refers to "depth," she is describing images with three different kinds of depth: great visual or spatial depth; emotional depth showing the ability to engage and connect with the viewer; and creative depth.
Here Marie shares her top five tips for creating depth in images:
Capturing 'the moment' and fostering connection
Emotional depth comes from the ability to convey a feeling to the viewer. The most important step in making meaningful images is to capture honest, raw and emotive moments. Whether it is a tender embrace between a mother and child, the moment the cold water hits your subject's feet, or the moment a giggle turns into a belly laugh – capturing that moment that will elicit an emotional response that will engage the viewer. There are a number of things photographer can do to help themselves recognise the 'moment' but the most important thing is to exercise patience and use the power of observation to watch people's posture, facial expressions, body movements and body language to help anticipate what will happen next. In addition, photographers need to remember that people are complex, multi-faceted human beings so it's important to remember that 'the moment' doesn't just have to be one of joy. While it's wonderful to catch a bursting smile, to tell the full story of a person's individual character, we should not shy away from capturing a range of emotions in our photographs.
Composition is a very important aspect to consider when striving to make images with greater depth. Unlike capturing "the moment," composition is one area that photographers do have control over. By making intentional decisions about how photographs are put together, photographers can add spatial and emotional depth. Photography is essentially taking a three dimensional scene and replicating it on a two dimensional medium. So how do photographers take something that is essentially a rectangle and give it the illusion of spatial depth? Firstly, they can compose photographs by layering them so that the important elements fall within the foreground, middle ground and background of the scene, drawing the viewer's eye into the photograph. Photographers can also use leading lines within the scene to draw the viewer's eyes into the photograph and use framing to bring a greater focus to the subject. Photographers can utilize negative space to give a feeling of isolation and help the subject stand out, or change perspective by shooting from below, shooting from above, or shooting at eye level to change the feeling that is conveyed.
Light and how you use it is one of the major determining factors for the mood and emotional depth of an image. Light and mood are intimately connected in our minds – the emotional unease you feel walking through a dark area at night differs from the feeling of comfort and nostalgia that is summoned by the golden light of the setting sun. Photographers can use light in photographs to tap into the emotional connection we all have with it. The fall of light and shadow doesn't just tell us how we should feel looking at the image but also gives us visual clues about the spatial dimensions and depth of the frame. To best utilize light in images, photographers first need to constantly observe how and where light and shadows fall within a frame and adjust their position (or the subject's position) and exposure accordingly. Whether you are shooting into the light, using low light, soft window light, harsh middle-of-the-day, or golden light at sunrise and sunset, light it is all just a matter of training the eye to notice the subtleties of each kind of light. And don't forget to crank that ISO if and when you need to!
Using movement to help tell a story is a great way to add depth to an image. Photography is all about capturing a still image – freezing that tiny fraction of a moment forever. The way photographers use movement in their images can not only make them more compelling and dynamic but also alter the mood of the image entirely. Ultimately, photographers want the viewer to feel as much a part of the scene as possible. Photographers can enhance the viewer's engagement and experience simply by utilising a fast shutter speed to freeze motion. This is a unique way of seeing rapid, fleeting moments, such as an enthusiastic child mid-jump or the splashing of water droplets, in the kind of detail you wouldn't be able to take in in real time. In contrast, by utilising a slow shutter speed photographers can cause the source of the movement, such as a fast moving child, to be intentionally blurred giving a sense of chaos and motion.
Embracing creativity, breaking the rules and imperfection
Artistic perfection happens when an emotional response is elicited from the viewer and this can be achieved despite of, or even because of, a lack of technical perfection. Being able to embrace creativity and let go of expectation by simply focusing on the best way to convey a mood can go a long way in connecting on an emotional level with the viewer. Adding creative depth to an image can be done in any number of ways. By carefully observing our environment and embracing points of interest, such as sunbursts, sunflares, shadows, patterns and reflections, and incorporating them into our compositions photographers can add another layer of intrigue and depth to our images.


Events Marketing
Examples of SMART Goals for Event Planners
So why are SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Timely) goals needed for events? Event marketing is one of the most complex, expensive, and risky activities. This means that each event should have its own goal and should solve certain problems. Setting SMART event goals will help you to succeed.
What is an event goal?
If an event is a house, your event planner goals are the foundation. The event planner is the one who benefits the most by creating SMART event objectives because they can incorporate all key reasons for developing the event plan.
What is a SMART goal?
A SMART goal is aimed at long-term results. The main and final goal of a marketing event is to create favourable conditions for the promotion of events and to attract customers or attendees. A SMART goal is used to help guide the goal-setting process.
Benefits of SMART goals for your events
Communication time is cut in half when people have a clear set of guidelines and achievable goals. They will always know what to do if something goes wrong. Everyone must be on the same page when planning an event. Having a set of SMART goals to continually be able to refer to acts as an added security blanket. SMART goals for event planning are your safeguard when organising your event and also measuring the results afterwards.
SMART goals vs. traditional goals
According to conventional wisdom, goals should be specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-bound. But SMART goals undervalue ambition, focus narrowly on individual performance, and ignore the importance of discussing goals throughout the year. so, there are adherers to rather FAST than SMARt goal planning.
FAST goals
Examples of SMART goals
When organising an event for a client, knowing how to define goals that are SMART goals can be considered part of building relationships. When it comes to an event for employees, the goal may be to increase staff loyalty, increase business efficiency, and build relationships within the team as well as facilitate communication and develop unity between company divisions. As a result of such an event, an employee should feel like a part of a larger group, or it does not work.
How to use SMART goals
Set SMART goals to clarify your ideas, focus your efforts, use your time and resources productively, and achieve what you want for your event. It's fundamental to set objectives and goals for yourself, but don't generalise your goals. Use examples of SMART goals for an event to help you get started. Remember that SMART goals work, but you need a few additional points to maximise their achievability. This guide will help you set SMART goals and actually reach them.
How to set SMART goals
If you are not sure how to set SMART goals for your events, you should apply our examples of SMART goals for event planning.
The task should be relevant not only for the company but also for employees and attendees. This is a significant task if your goal is team development. Employees become motivated to work better, and you will become a more qualified specialist. In the future, this will benefit your event business.
To make sure any task meets the SMART criteria, you must do the following:
 - State what needs to be done and what results should be achieved.
 - Write down a statement of the problem on paper or in the appendix to show to your employees.
 - Make sure that the whole team understands the task correctly and is looking for the same result.
 - If the task is not clear, keep changing the wording until it is no longer ambiguous.
 - Set the criteria for evaluating the task.
 - Make sure that the team has all the resources they need to complete the event task.
 - Give the team the resources they need, or hand over the task to someone who already has them.
 - If there are no resources available, the task will need to be reviewed.
 - Verify that the task is important to the project, team, or individual. If not, there is no need to carry it out.
 - Demonstrate the importance of the task to employees as this will increase their motivation.
 - Set the exact deadline for your goal achievement so that the whole team knows what is expected.
 - Set the time period when the result should be measured.
 - Provide feedback to all event participants and gather their feedback as well.
You also need to consider that when the significance of the task is obvious, employees put more effort into its implementation. Therefore, it is important to explain to the team why they should attain a particular goal.
Mistakes to avoid
First of all, the goals and objectives should be determined by the client. However, if the goal set by the client is vague or not well formulated, the organiser's task is to help him or her come up with a clear definition and wording. At this stage, the help of marketers and other specialists may be needed. Ideally, the event organiser should have all the qualities and resources available to help the client in this matter. Only after the SMART goals and objectives of the event are well defined can you begin to implement them.
Always have a contingency plan for events as a part of your SMART goal. Consider all possible threats to an event or possible risks in advance. Include them in your event budget and strategy. Insurance and useful contacts with local security, municipal administrations, and other support will also be helpful if they can be arranged.
Tips for setting event goals so you can maximise the event's impact
Use these simple tips to set event goals so you can maximise the event's impact:
 - Understand the purpose of the event.
 - Set real event objectives.
 - Know your target audience.
 - Select the right venue.
 - Set appropriate timing.
 - Create content that attracts your target audience.
 - Come up with a message you want to share throughout the event.
 - Choose the lead capture mechanism.
 - examples of SMART goals for event planners.
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Event managers often seek useful ideas and apps for event planning, such as SMART goals for an event manager, because this significantly simplifies their difficult task and increases event attendance. Use our useful resources to make your event successful.
Event organisers are responsible for observing the events and creating the necessary conditions for the personal safety of participants and spectators to ensure safe and high-quality events. Planners are responsible for everything from the event's organization to health care, trade, communications, transport, consumer services, and mass media. Organisers should set SMART goals and follow the best SMART goals for event planners examples
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What is the difference between receptors and ion channels of the plasma membrane? Also, can you state the function of each?
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Receptors are membrane bound proteins which receives signals in form of hormones and other chemical messengers.
Ion channels are integral or intrinsic proteins present in membrane of all cells.These help in transportation of ions and molecules of a definite size to pass the membrane either actively or passively


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Let's Focus on the Pope, the Vicar in Rome
Invite children to think about the Pope and the qualities it takes to shepherd over one billion Catholics worldwide.
To complete this activity have learners write the name of a Pope or words to describe his holiness on each of the alphabetized lines provided on the worksheet.
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Ever Wondered How Long Eggs Are Produced? Here You See!
1. In Their Natural State
The initial step, the eggs are first opened and divided into two halves.
2. High-Efficiency Egg-Cellence
Egg white and egg yolk are being separated by the help of a special machine.
3. Taking Out The Center
In a newly created hole, the inner part of the egg is removed and the yellow part is filled in.
4. Things Are Getting Hot
The egg yolk is then boiled in a beaker until it becomes hard.
5. Packing Up
After the yolk becomes hard, the production is complete, and the eggs are packed.
6. Going Into A Deep Freeze
At low temperatures, the eggs are then frozen.
Here is a video for a visual demonstration:
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In Use or abuse we queried the meaning of 'significant' in the context of Paragraph 112 of the NPPF, which relates to the loss of agricultural land.
An inspector dealing with an appeal against the refusal of planning permission for 28 dwellings in Leicestershire has given us the answer (DCS Number 200-006-606).
"The proposed scheme would result in the loss of 2.58 hectares of grade 3 agricultural land to development" the inspector recorded. "Land within grade 1, 2 and 3a is defined in the glossary to the Framework as being the best and most versatile agricultural land. In preference to the development of this type of land the use of land of poorer quality is encouraged by paragraph 112 of the Framework. This government policy though relates to proposals involving the development of significant amounts of such land. The view of the Council, expressed in its Development Control Report on the application, is that the development of less than 20 hectares of such land is a low amount of land. I agree with that position."
So there we have it. 'Significant' in the context of Paragraph 112 of the NPPF means 20 hectares. For the time being.
The following DCP section is relevant: 4.145


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How to do a DRDT
A DRDT, or a Daily Record of Dysfunctional Thoughts, is a very useful CBT task designed to uncover and challenge automatic/negative thoughts.
The main goals of a DRDT are:
1- To help the client gain greater insight on what is motivating their negative feelings, such as those commonly related to low self-worth and/or anxiety, as well as unproductive behaviours.
2- To challenge negative and biased thinking.
It is quite common not to be aware of the reasons why you feel "so bad" or demotivated, for instance. With the help of a DRDT, you can target errors in thinking that are fuelling your emotional discomfort. Biased and distorted thoughts are analysed objectively, allowing you to problem-solve more confidently, while adopting a more productive attitude.
Step 1: Create a DRDT
A DRDT or Thought Journal/Record traditionally comes in 6 columns: "Date", "Situation", "Feelings", "Automatic Thoughts", "Alternative Responses" and "Outcome". As a DRDT is used to monitor your thoughts on a regular basis, it is worth keeping it light and small so you can carry it around with you.
Step 2: Fill in a DRDT
A DRDT is to be filled in when you notice a change in your mood. If you are watching TV and suddenly start feeling a bit low, get your DRDT out and start filling in the 6 columns with the appropriate information asap. The later you write down your thoughts from the moment you have them, the more likely you are to forget all those important details. It takes little time to do it, not more than a few minutes.
Date: write down the exact date of you thought.
Situation: describe where you were and what was happening/what you were doing when you had your thought.
Feelings: record your emotions, rating them from 0 to 100%.
Automatic Thoughts: write exactly what you were thinking, word by word. If your thought was an image, describe it in detail.
Alternative Responses: add an objective response that challenges the veracity of your automatic thought. The alternative response represents the more rational you, the person you are when you react in a sensible, logical and reasonable manner.
Outcome: detail how you felt and what you did after identifying and challenging your automatic thought.
Step 3: Analyse your DRDT
After you have a completed a Daily Record of Dysfunctional Thoughts for 7 days, sit down and take some time to read through all your automatic thoughts.
Are you able to find a common theme?
What cognitive errors can you identify?
What do your automatic thoughts say about you?
Which automatic thoughts affected you the most?
Which alternative responses caused the greatest change in your feelings and behaviours?
For a free DRDT sample, click here


Storytelling program 'combats child abuse'
Posted December 18, 2012 21:07:27
A Federal Government department has found a pilot program based around storytelling has been remarkably effective at helping children to protect themselves from abuse.
The National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect program, which began at an all-Indigenous school in New South Wales, was aimed at children aged between five and eight.
It used stories about local wildlife to explain a deeper message to children on how to deal with child abuse and neglect.
Green Hill primary school principal Sandra Ross began to implement the program after having difficulty with children deliberately lighting fires.
Audio: Listen to Tom Nightingale's report (The World Today)
"I tried everything. I put in special programs, I had the fire brigade come along to no avail," she told The World Today.
"But then when I was planning something else I came across a legend about an eagle [that] comes and looks for people who light fires and immediately the fire-lighting stopped."
Together with local Dhangatti elders, teachers at the school then adapted the program for a wider purpose.
"The message there is that you always need to have communication, and so several children needed to come and talk about things, which once was something that they never would have done," Ms Ross said.
Angela Walsh from the National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect says the program sought to teach children from a young age what was safe and unsafe in order to prevent implications that could run into adult life.
"To actually be able to have kids [realise], when they get butterflies in their stomach, when their hands are trembling, when they feel all these emotions rushing through their body that they're actually feeling unsafe, and that when they're feeling unsafe they need to do something about that and need to talk to someone and they can get help," she said.
"I think we've had more incidental comments about bullying, for example, so a lot of the kids will come up to teacher in the playground and say 'that boy's behaving like the dingo, and I feel unsafe'.
"I think that's an area that would be great to measure."
The Tamworth program has just been evaluated by the Department of Community Services.
It found questionnaire results showed children did have more awareness of protective behaviours including identifying emotions, identifying people who could protect the children and learning to speak out about problems.
Associate Professor Jenny Hudson, from Macquarie University's Department of Psychology, says there was evidence that programs like the Tamworth program increased children's knowledge about risk and protective behaviours.
"This pilot program shows that children's knowledge did increase, which is a good thing," she said.
"There was no particular control group, which raises some problems, we know that all the children in the program actually did increase their knowledge.
"Whether or not they would have increased that knowledge otherwise, we cannot tell from this particular study."
The program has since been expanded to other schools in Sydney and on the mid-north New South Wales coast.
Topics: schools, primary-schools, child-abuse, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, australia, tamworth-2340, nsw


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The Mayor's Vision for Cycling in London is a strategy document which sets out the plans and priorities for revolutionising cycling in London.
It explains the key infrastructure developments and planning guidance for fully integrating cycling into the London transport network. Created following the enormous growth in cycling in London over the past decade, the Mayor's Vision for Cycling describes some of the flagship measures currently being developed and introduced.
Vital to improving the quality and safety of cycling in London is the network of Cycle routes. Improvements planned or currently being implemented include:
- 'Crossrail' for the bike: inspired by the new express underground route running from Reading and Heathrow in the West to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the East, the Vision includes proposals for a fast, segregated cycle superhighway designed to speed-up east-west travel by bike.
- A network of safer, connected routes for cyclists across central London known as the Central London cycling grid. It will be comprised of a mixture of Quietways and Superhighways in the City and West End. A map of the proposed Central London cycling grid is available on the TfL website.
- Cycle Superhighways will in future be produced to higher design standards.
- Cycle routes will mirror tube lines and bus routes, making navigation simpler. This will rely on better, more frequent signage using consistent typology across London, with grading of routes so that cyclists know what conditions to expect.
Outer London boroughs see a large proportion of journeys that could be completed by bike, but only comparatively low levels of cycling. To address this, major cycling infrastructure in the form of 'Mini-Hollands' will be created:
- Mini-Hollands are areas of Dutch-style best practice cycling infrastructure, where cycling is given priority.
- This may include altering junctions, segregating cycle lanes and greater cycle parking provision.
- Funding has been awarded to Enfield, Kingston and Waltham Forest.
Key to realising an increase in cycling is safety. Though cyclist safety has increased as more people cycle, the Vision recognises that there is always more to be done, and places cyclist safety at the core of each change.
- Safer junctions.
- Safer HGVs.
- Increased use of 20mph speed limits.


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Title: Cognitive Constraints on How Economic Rewards Affect Cooperation (PDF)
Authors: Ellen E. Furlong and John E. Opfer
Publisher: Psychological Science, vol. 20, no. 1
Date Published: January 2009
Understanding how the brain processes numerical information can provide valuable insights for marketers, contract negotiators, and executives. In this paper, the authors highlight an interesting quirk in human perception: People tend to value multiple-digit numbers more than numbers with fewer digits (for example, 300 cents vs. $3), even if the underlying economic value is exactly the same.
In a series of experiments, the authors asked a group of undergraduate students to engage in a test known as the Prisoner's Dilemma, in which participants are given different rewards for working with or against other participants. When the students were offered 300 cents if they would work together, up from the original offer of 3 cents, cooperation rates went up considerably. But when the reward was increased from 3 cents to $3, despite the same increase in value, cooperation rates did not increase. Finally, supporting their hypothesis that people unconsciously put the greatest emphasis on numerical value, the researchers saw an increase in cooperation when participants were offered 300 cents, after first being offered $3.
Bottom Line: People unconsciously place more emphasis on numbers that have more digits, even when the economic value is the same or less. Executives and marketers can use this knowledge to help them create smart pricing strategies or emphasize value more effectively in marketing campaigns.
- Bridget Finn is the Web editor of strategy+business.
- Michal Lev-Ram is a freelance journalist based in the San Francisco Bay area. She is a former reporter for Fortune and has covered technology and business news for Fast Company, Business 2.0, and _URL_, among other publications and Web sites.


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Cross-correlation clarifies the relationships between PID control loops. With accurate measurement of process signals, loops can be compared against each other using a time-shift to identify those loops that are correlated. The resulting detail indicates whether one loop leads or lags another, and it enables production staff to quickly zoom in on the source of control loop performance issues.
PlantESP's correlation matrix graphically displays the many relationships on either a unit operation or plant-wide basis. Its use of color-coding provides a clear indication of leading loops that are upstream in the process (Red) versus lagging loops located downstream (Blue). PlantESP also specifies the timing of that relationship.
PlantESP makes it easy to switch from one advanced forensic tool to another. Control loops selected in the Cross-Correlation matrix can be evaluated in the Power Spectrum viewer with the touch of a button.


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TESSA Secondary Science
This is an exciting project, started in August 2010, which aims to extend TESSA education resources to teachers in secondary schools within 5 countries: Uganda, Kenya, Ghana, Zambia and Tanzania.
The project has received initial funding from the Waterloo Foundation to concentrate on the science curricula in the first 2 years of secondary school in the participating countries. 15 study units in the science curriculum (5 modules made up of 3 units) are to be created, incorporating common themes and content present in the countries' national curriculum. Five institutions are collaborating with the Open University in this venture. They are the following institutions:
- College of Education, University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
- Makerere University, Uganda
- Egerton University, Kenya
- University of Zambia
- University of Education, Winneba, Ghana
Since 2005 TESSA has been hugely successful in creating and disseminating primary school Open Educational Resources to teachers across 9 African countries. Approximately 300,000 teachers benefited from engagement with TESSA resources in 2010. Through the introduction and growth of the Secondary School Science Project it hoped that this figure will increase and benefit both secondary school teachers and pupils.
For more information on the TESSA Secondary Science Project and to download the briefing note please see here.
TESSA Secondary Science Materials
We have not been able to cover the whole of the lower secondary curriculum, but we have chosen topics that are common to all five countries. The units are grouped into five pedagogical themes, which reflect the skills and attributes of an effective teacher. If the topic that you are teaching is not covered, then we hope that you will be able to adapt one of the units to the context that you require.
Good luck! We hope you enjoy using TESSA Secondary Science units.
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A transposition is an operation that exchanges two adjacent substrings. When it is restricted so that one of the substrings is a prefix, it is called a prefix transposition. The prefix transposition distance between a pair of strings (permutations) is the shortest sequence of prefix transpositions required to transform a given string (permutation) into another given string (permutation). This problem is a variation of the transposition distance problem, related to genome rearrangements. An upper bound of n-1 and a lower bound of n/2 are known. We improve the bounds to n-log8 n and 2n/3 respectively. We also give upper and lower bounds for the prefix transposition distance on strings. For example, n/2 prefix transpositions are always sufficient for binary strings. We also prove that the exact prefix transposition distance problem on strings is NP complete.
Dr. Bhadrachalam Chitturi and Sudborough, I. H., "Bounding Prefix Transposition Distance for Strings and Permutations", in Proceedings of the 41st Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2008), 2008.


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We have also learned about composting, which is a very important idea for scientists who are studying how to grow plants in space. Remember, there is not much room in space. That means there is not much room for scraps and trash, either. The great thing about plants is that they can be turned into compost and used over and over to replenish the nutrients in the soil. This practice would help cut down on the waste in space. What a great way to recycle.
Last, but not least, plants provide other benefits to the astronaut crew. The astronauts are in space for a long time, and having green, growing plants helps them to stay happy and excited about their work. Can you imagine not seeing grass, trees or plants for months, or even years?
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Louis Riel: A Comic Strip Stage Play
Louis Riel. A Comic Strip Stage Play. Louis Riel. A Comic Strip Stage Play.
The triple META-winning play, LOUIS RIEL: A Comic-Strip Stage Play is being remounted for 8 shows only, Sept. 6 to 10, in Hudson, Quebec before it goes to other cities in Canada.
Sinj Karan from Montreal Rampage caught up with the director of the show Zach Fraser:
Sinj Karan: What inspired you to work on this project?
Zach Fraser: As a kid growing up in Eastern Canada, I had an awareness about Louis Riel. He was a rebel, a hero, possibly a bad guy. People have contradictory views on who this guy was. But we never dwelled much on certain aspects of Canada's past, or more particularly, say, the Métis people in Western Canada. I kind of knew who he was, but I had no real history lessons about his work and his contribution. As an adult a few years ago, I came across the graphic novel by Chester Brown, when I was studying puppetry at UQAM and I was immediately intrigued. What is most interesting between Brown's work and puppetry, is that he tells his stories using comic-strip techniques, which are so similar to puppetry as a language that is used, by going to the essential visuals and the essential words. It often goes to the heart of the story. Also, the complexity of the ideas that Brown's work brings forth, I thought this was such an interesting match.
SK: Why did you think it was interesting?
ZF: The work examines complex issues at many levels. Several other comic strips also explore history, but Brown's work is based on a lot of research. Though he writes in graphic genre, it is supported by hard facts. Of course, he consolidates people in his writings, but he is true to the essence of the events that occurred. Brown's graphic novel is even included in numerous university history courses. It can be hard to make history interesting, right? Most people faze out when taught dates and names, but Chester Brown's work makes history sound so much more engaging.
SK: Are you presenting Chester's work as a straight adaptation or is there Zach Fraser in the show?
ZF: It is a living breathing creation. It takes a different form and quality and is surely playful and yet still retains its profound core. I wanted to hold on to Chester's artistic style, the way he interpreted the characters. He interprets people's characters, imagining their dialogues, and there is a subtle commentary in the way he draws them too. Chester's work is very factual, but we allow ourselves to bring a bit of irony to the work. Louis Riel is mythic as a character in some ways. The man beneath the myth is what we try to explore. He was a representative of his people and their cause. Some days he loved that role, the political role, and then other days the responsibility that fell on him was perhaps burdensome. And I think when someone takes a position of power, it's a delicate balance to keep a sense of perspective.
What is important to me is that I'm intrigued by a community that is trying to protect their identity and as we know identity is messy. But it's interesting to see how this community is trying to co-exist with all that is around it. It also allows us to be critical, critical of the decisions we have made in the past. Certainly, in hindsight those decisions can be seen as bad decisions, but that reflection is very important. On the one hand, it seems like this story is so specific to Manitoba, to Western Canada, but then there are so many aspects of history and our contemporary discourse that are influenced by this.
SK: Was it important for you to work on something that would bring to light an issue that speaks to the Métis people? How much of that played into your decision to work on this?
ZF: As I get older, all the work I do and more and more of the energy I spend, I want to apply it to something important. There is public money spent in the arts. When I I'm fortunate enough to access those resources, I want to create something that stirs debate and feeds debate. And to be honest, I have struggled with this piece. The discussion publicly around the history of this country has evolved and is not the same as when I started this project. I am a white Anglophone from Eastern Canada; Chester Brown is an Anglophone Quebecer so there are so many questions that stem from this in terms of a 'White' perspective.
I am a craftsperson who works in theatre, and I am not telling this story alone. There is an entire team that put it together. It's a story about Anglophones versus Francophones, Catholics versus Protestants, Settlers versus Indigenous peoples, East versus West, big government versus local communities. And the essence of this is that while it speaks of this one community and their struggle to preserve their place in Canada, it has such universal themes. It can be a story from anywhere.
SK: What's important for me as a person of colour to know is how do you respond to, or navigate issues when you're faced with the question that a story like this is perhaps not your story to tell?
ZF: As an artist, I go through a time of reflection, thinking about my/our place in the world. I want to work on projects that force me to explore, understand and acknowledge something that is outside of me. And while I am the leader of this project, I am working with a very diverse group of people and everyone has a voice. I am not sure if this is appropriation, but I don't believe so. I am still chewing on that one. I believe there are ways that we can create together. I'm a big fan of cross-pollination, and I believe it's healthy for society as we move forward together.
SK: Last question, what got you interested in puppetry?
ZF: I started as an actor, directing sometimes, and then when I was introduced to puppetry, I was immediately interested in how it is used as an artistic tool which is not used often enough.Quebec has a vibrant puppetry community. There are puppetry traditions in South America, Africa, Asia and Europe. What puppetry does is it helps us remember the magic simplicity and poetry of storytelling. Puppetry can visually go anywhere and it embraces a low-tech approach to storytelling, which makes it so rich and vibrant.
I perhaps am a bit old fashioned and I love good old-fashioned ways in which objects come to life to capture the audience. Audiences are able to invest immediately in what is evolving and being revealed in front of them. They connect with it directly, become a part of its life for a couple of hours. This is a two-dimensional show. After the first few minutes of the performance, as the audience gets accustomed to the convention of the show, they become invested in the story, and they become a part of the emotional journey of the characters. Puppets have a different power than an actor, as we are averse to giving over ourselves, our emotions, to an actor. A puppet seems vulnerable and thus we don't feel hesitant to connect and invest.
The review by Montreal Rampage of the original 2016 production can be found here: _URL_
The show has been reworked and is being remounted at the Hudson Village Theatre between September 6th and 10th. Tickets can be found here. The show has 2 p.m. matinées on September 6, 7, 9, 10 and 8 p.m. on Sept. 6, 7, 8, and 9. $39.94 including tax & service charges _PHONE_. Group rates available.
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