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To check the specific gravity of the electrolyte, it is possible to use a hydrometer (also called an "aerometer") or a digital density meter (also called a "digital hydrometer").
Using a hydrometer
A lead acid battery hydrometer is a special type of hydrometer which looks like a syringe with a bulb. Inside the bulb there is a float which is calibrated for measuring the Specific Gravity (SG). To use the hydrometer, you suck some of the battery acid (H2SO4) out of the battery up into the bulb and read off the value indicated by the float floating in the sample.
Using a digital density meter
A digital density meter (sometimes called a digital hydrometer) can be used to measure the specific gravity of the sulfuric acid electrolyte as long as the measuring cell withstands aggressive acids. The result is typically converted into the right temperature and displayed in the desired unit like SG (Specific Gravity) 80/80 on the digital display.
Density meters (or digital hydrometers) have some advantages over hydrometers: As well as being quicker and giving the result on a digital display already converted to the temperature, cleaning is simpler. Between measurements with a digital density meter cleaning of the cell is not required because the samples are similar, only a rinsing prior to the next measurement is performed. Density measurement on a density meter only requires handling of a small volume of 2 mL.
By following a few simple guidelines it is possible to ensure good density measurement results.


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Rare clouded leopard cubs born at Nashville Zoo
Back in March, the National Zoo's Conservation and Research Center announced the birth of two clouded leopard cubs. The cubs' birth was big news, in part because clouded leopards are severely endangered and in part because the species presents unique problems to those attempting to breed it in captivity. (Male clouded leopards are prone to behavior so aggressive that they often wind up killing their potential mates. Females are known for, whether intentionally or accidentally, killing their cubs shortly after they're born.)
The National Zoo's cubs represented the first successful breeding of clouded leopards in any North American zoo in six years. Their parents, Hannibal and Jao Chu, were one of two breeding pairs imported from Thailand last year. The other breeding pair went to the Nashville Zoo, where three cubs were born May 30!
The cubs -- two males and one female -- are in good health, as are their parents, Jing Jai and Arun. Like the National Zoo's clouded leopard cubs, they are being hand-raised by keepers rather than by their parents. Hand-raising the cubs is, in part, for their own protection. It's also expected to make things simpler down the line, when the cubs reach maturity and become part of the breeding program designed to save their species from extinction.
"We've learned how to reduce fatal attacks by hand-raising cubs and introducing males to mates at a young age," Nashville Zoo President Rick Schwartz explained.
Plans are already underway to introduce the Nashville Zoo's female cub to one of those born at the National Zoo (both of those are males) when she's about 6 months old.
-- Lindsay Barnett
Photo credit: Jim Bartoo / Associated Press

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Recurrent neural networks have become popular models for system identification and time series prediction. Nonlinear autoregressive models with exogenous inputs (NARX) neural network models are a popular subclass of recurrent networks and have been used in many applications. Although embedded memory can be found in all recurrent network models, it is particularly prominent in NARX models. We show that using intelligent memory order selection through pruning and good initial heuristics significantly improves the generalization and predictive performance of these nonlinear systems on problems as diverse as grammatical inference and time series prediction.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Signal Processing
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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5 Fantastic Health Advantages of Cabbage
The health advantages of cabbage go a lengthy method to enhancing the healthiness of human and animal alike. It's believed by a few that cabbage has couple of equals with regards to healing power.
As you can tell already, cabbage is wonderful. There are lots of health advantages of cabbage, but individuals such as the following are five of the greatest.
 1. Prevent cancer, particularly cancer of the colon. Nowadays, many people are conscious that fruits and vegetable possess the capacity to prevent cancer. With regards to cabbage, our prime fiber content plays a role in good digestive health. What this means is regular journeys towards the loo along with a healthy colon. Large research has also discovered that use of cabbage will mean you get less cases of cancer of the colon.
 2. Slow aging. Cabbage is packed with ascorbic acid and beta-carotene (originates from vit a), making among the health advantages of cabbage a potential to deal with aging. If you would rather look more youthful for extended (that is practically everybody), try to consume more cabbage.
 3. Lower serum cholesterol. The mixture of negative and positive cholesterol within your body is called serum cholesterol. Whenever it's at an advanced, you're understandably in a greater chance of heart-related disease. Fortunately, doctors believe another of the health advantages of cabbage is being able to lower serum cholesterol.
 4. Relieve muscle soreness. This really is choice for you gym-junkies. All individuals sore muscles following a heavy workout could be relieved with cabbage. It will this by providing a good way to obtain lactic acidity which disinfects the colon and energizes you.
 5. Boost energy. Because the vitamin b complex is assimilated from your body, you will get an all natural hit of one's. You're ready to achieve more and revel in existence like there is no tomorrow.
Cabbage is super-effective, and could be likened to some warehouse of nutrients. It is able to perform a realm of good for you. To nibble on cabbage, whether in salads and soups however an simpler strategy is with juicing.
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Parenting Coordination is a problem-solving service offered to parents raising children between homes who seek professional assistance in working together to keep their children free from the parents' conflicts. Parenting Coordination is a child-centered dispute resolution service that assists parents in developing and implementing workable parenting plans when they are unable to do so on their own. Our parenting coordination process uses an education based model utilizing one male, Bradley S. Craig, LMSW-IPR, CFLE serving as the parenting facilitator and one female professional serving as the communication coach. The professional team works to educate parents, meet jointly with both parents to develop an ongoing plan, monitor communications through Our Family Wizard, and assign tasks for parents as needed such as homework. Unlike parenting facilitation, parenting coordination is confidential.
In order to begin services with families, the following 8 fully completed intake forms must be on file for each adult along with their retainers:
- a fully completed data form
- a completed service form
- a copy of the court order (click here for a sample)
- a consent form
- a signed copy of the advisement form with initials on each page
- $600.00 retainer from each parent made out to Bradley Craig and mailed to the mailing address. Please include a cover note with the last name of the child(ren), service you are paying for, cause number, and name of the person the check is for if it does not match the name on the check. Post dated checks and credit cards are not accepted for the initial retainer.
Please deliver each form separately via.pdf scan to _EMAIL_ or fax _PHONE_. Once all the forms are fully completed and on file by both parents and the retainers have been paid, an initial appointment letter will be sent to the parents to schedule the initial joint appointment. Because of the nature of high conflict families, it is important for us to maintain a written paper trail so phone calls will not be returned. If you have questions, please send questions in e-mail.
Please do not send paper copies of information as we maintain digital files and your PF will charge for time spent scanning documents. You may fax or scan documents to Mr. Craig.
Do not e-mail or otherwise communicate with Mr. Craig regarding the history of your case, your concerns regarding the other parent, or other relevant information prior to your initial session though you are encouraged to address your concerns on your personal data form.
For some parents, conflict continues to create distress for them and their children beyond the divorce. Problems may arise over issues that are not specifically addressed in their parenting plan. For example, the parenting plan may say that parents decide together on extra-curricular activities for their children but may not indicate how to deal with disagreements about these activities. When a conflict arises, children often feel caught in the middle. This situation may put them at greater risk for emotional and behavioral problems—e.g., poor school performance, anxiety, uncontrollable anger, and depression.
While divorce itself places children at risk for various psychological difficulties, research has shown that the strongest predictor of child maladjustment after divorce is exposure to high levels of inter-parental conflict, particularly when the conflict is hostile, aggressive, poorly resolved, and focused on issues pertaining to the children. In approximately 10% to 15% of families of divorce, such conflict continues at a high level for several years following the formal divorce decree, and it typically causes the children and the parents to suffer significant and prolonged psychological distress.
Intense and prolonged inter-parental conflict can also cause problems for children indirectly. It can impair the ability of each parent to deal effectively with the children. It can draw the children into the conflict and disrupt the children's relationships with one or both parents. In addition, it can lead to a reduction in financial support of the children by one or both parents, due to the financial costs of repeated litigation and one or both parents becoming less willing to contribute financially.
Even parents who have been able to protect their children from divorce-related conflict may encounter problems when new situations arise—e.g., remarriage.
Parenting coordinators help parents by:
- raising parents' skill level in collaborative planning and decision making for their children
- educating parents on co-parenting techniques and issues related to children growing up between two homes.
- identifying sources of conflict between them and consider ways to address them
- facilitating communication between the parents and between parents and others who relate to the children—e.g., grandparents, school personnel, and therapists
- reducing chronic litigation (and preserve family resources)
- using mediation techniques to deal with specific issues
- assisting the parents in compliance with court orders
The parenting coordinator may do this by reviewing written evaluations and reports, and talking with other significant individuals involved with the family (doctors, therapists, school personnel, lawyers, etc.) The parenting coordinator will meet with the parents jointly, and communicate by fax and email. Home visits may be made if requested by the court. A parent coordinator as defined by the law can not testify in court or submit a report into evidence. The only form of communication that is allowed with the court is for a Parent Coordinator to report if the process is succeeding and if it should continue.
Costs and Payment
The rate for Parenting Coordination is $200.00 per hour rounded up to the nearest 15 minute increment. This includes all services of the Parenting Coordinator including reviewing documentation, meetings, correspondences, phone contact, email, court time, legal expenses, and consultation with other family service providers.
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The Cult of Che
Knowing what we know, why do we still celebrate him?
In 1821 Napoleon was murdered--he was poisoned--while in the hands of his enemies, far away from home, just as Che was murdered in 1967. It took 19 years to bring Napoleon's remains back to France, compared to 30 years for Che. Napoleon's reburial took place on Dec. 15, 1840. People who should have known better found the ceremony moving. Victor Hugo, who stood among the crowd, dutifully recorded, in a poem on the occasion, that Napoleon had been wrong--that Napoleon had tried to conquer with the sword instead of with the mind. Yet a few lines later, Hugo wrote, his Bonapartist blood pounding:
May the people forever keep you in their memory, Day as beautiful as glory, Cold as the tomb!
So in the Cuban tropics, too, there has just now been a day as beautiful as glory, cold as the tomb. And because the cult of glory feeds on defeat and not on victory, we can be sure that, like the passion for Napoleon in the last century, the passion for Che will disappear no time soon. Not in this generation, not in the next.
Paul Berman, a writer in residence at New York University, is the author of Power and the Idealists.


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The 1.3-m telescope dome of MDM Observatory on Kitt Peak in Arizona
The 1.3-m (54-inch) cassegrain telescope of MDM Observatory located on Kitt Peak in Arizona. An
offset guider and CCD system are attached.
At the 2.4-meter telescope of the MDM Observatory with the CCD system that the author helped to
design and build at The University of Michigan
A CCD exposure of the field containing the second brightest galaxy in the cluster Abell 1656,
also known as the Coma cluster, and displayed in false color.


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Do you know why ragi Nutrition should be a part of your diet? Know 5 healthy benefits of ragi nutrition food and how to add ragi to your diet.
Ragi, scientifically known as Eleusine Coracana, is a cereal crop vastly found in tropical regions such as Africa and Asia. Being densely rich in nutrients, ragi provide valuable health benefits. Here are five major health benefits of consuming Ragi Nutrition Food and how you can add this wonderful cereal to add to your diet.
Ragi or Finger Millet or Foxtail Millet is a valuable grain that is packed with multiple nutrients such as calcium, fiber, potassium, iron, and many other essential components that help to aid diabetes, indigestion, obesity, etc. It is a traditional food of South India and widely consumed by many South African countries.


School History
In late 2008, Heather Fish began discussing the idea of founding a new martial arts school within her community of friends and martial artists. The founding members came together to create and support a new community where individual martial artists could not only train together, but actively support each other as they grew as a martial artists and as people.
Polaris Fellowship incorporated as a Michigan Nonprofit in 2009.
Polaris is named for the North Star. This symbolizes that as we study and learn together, we develop the tools which allow us to better find our individual paths. Polaris is deeply rooted in fellowship and the school actively works to build a supportive martial arts community for its members.
The school's symbol, the pole star, was designed by Scott Wilhelm.


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In 1715 Margrave Georg Wilhelm (reigned 1712-26) began extending the deer park laid out in 1664 to create a Hermitage, with a summer palace as the focal point. The four-winged complex by Johann David Räntz was originally surrounded on three sides by rows of linden trees which met overhead to form an enclosed corridor. In front of the Festival Hall was a parterre, followed by a cascade which ran down to the Red Main river.
Paths led across the wooded north slope to scattered huts built as retreats for the "hermits". The palace drive terminates at an artificial hill, the Parnassus and a pergola turning off at right angles to the drive leads on to the palace. The Hermitage was conceived by Margrave Georg Wilhelm as a setting where the margravial court could imitate the "simple life" of a hermit order.
The extensive woodlands of the Bayreuth Hermitage, contained within the bend of the Roter Main river, were laid out with winding paths, which were a typical feature of the subsequent English landscape garden style but highly unusual in an early 18th-century baroque garden.
The location of the seven hermitages for the court hermits indicate that these paths existed right from the beginning: the buildings were scattered irregularly across the north slope, with no axial relationship between them or between all of them and the palace. Every hermitage had a different, and apparently random orientation and the paths leading up to them also formed no pattern.
All of this had very little in common with French garden design, and instead reflects the new and revolutionary principles of the English landscape garden. What is so surprising about it is how early the main ideas of the landscape garden thus made their first appearance (almost at the same time as in their country of origin, England).
The subsequent development of the Hermitage was largely the work of Margravine Wilhelmine, who received the Hermitage as a present from her husband Margrave Friedrich in 1735. The Old Palace was enlarged and a number of new garden areas were created with water and architectural features, such as the Lower Grotto and the Orangery (today the New Palace) with the Large Pond.
Wilhelmine used traditional elements of garden design such as boskets, pergolas and fountains for the enlarged park. With the free arrangement of the individual garden areas, the absence of a dominant, central axis and the independence of the various sections from one another she departed noticeably from baroque garden traditions. This, together with the artificial ruins, such as the Ruin Theatre and the Margrave's Hermitage, makes the Hermitage one of the most unusual gardens of the 18th century.
After the margravine's death in 1758 and especially after the margraviate came to an end in 1791, the elegant park was neglected. The formal garden areas, treillage, vases and other decorative features were removed. Parts of the park were sold. From 1823 to 1837 Duke Pius von Bayern spent the summer months at the Hermitage and resurrected the hermit idea for a short time, building the Hermitage Chapel near the Ruin Theatre. King Ludwig II lived at the Hermitage when he visited Richard Wagner's festivals.
After the Second World War, during which the New Palace was badly damaged, comprehensive restoration work was begun. It was possible to buy back most of the areas that had been sold, and restore features of the park that had disappeared. The Canal Garden was thus reconstructed, the Cascade that had been filled in in around 1800 was dug out and restored and the treillage at the Large Pond was rebuilt. With the summer flowerbeds designed according to 18th-century principles and the numerous tub plants, the 46 hectare garden is now largely in its original form.


INA Urinj Case Study
INA Urinj Case Study
January 2020 Spotsie helped track progress and provide insights during a reconstruction project at a local oil refinery. Construction workers were given beacons to wear.
Work was divided between three separate areas. Zone A was an on-site container area, zone B a flat open work space and zone C was in the heart of the refinery where the bulk of the work was done. All three locations were covered with our gateways, placed on strategic locations to maximize signal coverage. As work in zone C had been done on multiple height levels, we placed gateways so to cover the whole height of the structure.
This meant we were able to track vertical displacement as well. During the project we tracked worker circulation between the three different areas and at each instant we knew the exact number of people on each of those sites. This is crucial information in an emergency situation where evacuation is needed, as the rescue and disaster control teams knew exactly where to send help.
Spotsie Cloud continuously performed safety checks on all individual beacons. For example, we tracked suspicious vertical displacements which could indicate a construction worker fall from significant height. Also, we measured continuous inactivity time which is a strong indication of a worker being injured.
All failed safety checks would automatically raise an alarm and notify the health and safety department. From a project management perspective, the number of man-hours at each area is related to the amount of work done.
So by looking at the trends calculated by the Spotsie Cloud, the management team could easily track the project progress and pace. Enabling them to react quicker to potential delays and help them achieve set timelines.
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Some procedures or expression forms have no need for a result value. For example, the display procedure is called only for the side-effect of writing output. In such cases the result value is normally a special constant that prints as #. When the result of an expression is simply #, the REPL does not print anything.
The void procedure takes any number of arguments and returns #. (That is, the identifier void is bound to a procedure that returns #, instead of being bound directly to #.)
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A constant that prints as # is used as the result of a reference to a local binding when the binding is not yet initialized. Such early references are not possible for bindings that correspond to procedure arguments, let bindings, or let* bindings; early reference requires a recursive binding context, such as letrec or local defines in a procedure body. Also, early references to top-level and module-level bindings raise an exception, instead of producing #. For these reasons, # rarely appears.


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Ben Franklin Political Cartoons
On this day back in 1754, Benjamin Franklin's now-famous "Join or Die" woodcut cartoon was first published in his Pennsylvania Gazette newspaper. The cartoon, which showed a snaked severed into eight segments each representing a British American colony or region, was meant to inspire unity among the colonies before the French and Indian War. Later, it became an important symbol of colonial freedom during the Revolutionary War.
Interestingly, Franklin chose to represent all of New England as one segment, as opposed to the four colonies it was at the time. He also omitted Delaware and Georgia completely. Even back in the 18th century, space was tight for cartoons.
It's also a learning lesson for editors about the power of cartoons. Along with the cartoon, Franklin wrote an editorial about the "disunited state" of the colonies to drive home the importance of colonial unity. Over 250 years later, Franklin's column is long forgotten, but his cartoon is still as popular as ever.
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For you to understand why do dogs bury bones, it's necessary to have a glimpse on the way in which wolves hunt in the wild.
Small preys including mice are chased, stalked, and pounced upon by single wolves working for themselves. These pounces trap the prey under the front feet. Then, it seized and bitten quickly after which it's gobbled down.
Bigger preys like rabbits are treated in the same manner. If preys of this size are hard, these might be shaken vigorously, yet typically some bites are all that's needed to subdue this. Medium-sized preys like small deer and sheep are killed through throat bites.
The burying process consists of digging holes with the front feet while clasping the meat in jaws. When the cavity is huge enough, the wolf opens its jaws and allows the meat drop into it. Then, they use their snout to push the soil back on top.
Once the hole is already covered, they make some pressing down movement with their snout and wander off. They will return the following day, digging up the meat with their front feet, then grab that using their jaws to eat.
Why Do Dogs Bury Bones?
When it comes to dogs, it's now clear to assume what conditions should be present to encourage them to bury food. First and foremost, there should be food surplus. Hungry dogs eat everything they could. Only if there's something left over that couldn't be eaten would be carried into the backyard and buried.
Commercial dog foods even in homes where dogs are overfed by their owners are impossible to hold and carry in the jaws while digging a hole. That is why dogs that are fed only with soft food in dog bowls won't have the chance to bury anything. However, if they're provided with big bones they do have something they could hide in the hole.
The main reason why bones are famous as the burying object is that though the dogs in question aren't overfed and don't have any food surplus, a big bone that's impossible to break up and eat, has about the essential quality of the food object that can't be eaten easily. It has a leftover quality that persuades even hungry dogs to bury bones.
Several pet dogs that are overfed with soft foods may be seen performing a strange remnant of burying foods. They know a dish of surplus food is great food, yet they're not hungry, so they attempt to just bury the whole food in a room.
See dog bury bones in action:
Stop Your Dog From Burying Bones
If you don't like your dog to bury bones in your backyard, there are some options you can consider to stop them. One of these is training him properly and disciplining him that it's not good to bury bones. If you do not have more time to train your dog, you can always hire someone to do it for you.


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APDF/APRO aims to:
- Enroll all National Dental Associations in the Asia Pacific region, irrespective of size, as members of the Asia Pacific Dental Federation/Asia Pacific Regional Organisation (APDF/APRO)
- Encourage all National Dental Associations in the Asia Pacific region to become members of the World Dental Federation (FDI) of which APDF/APRO is the regional organisation
- Recommend Policies and Programmes for the promotion of good oral health, continuing dental education and advancement of dental education
- Develop resources for dental education and the promotion of oral health
- Conduct activities and continuing dental education programmes in order to upgrade the quality of dentistry in the region
- To upgrade the skills, expertise and knowledge of dental practitioners so that they may serve the general population better
- Develop the International College of Continuing Dental Education (ICCDE) as the APDF/APRO's integral and effective educational component of APDF/APRO
- Seek cooperation with industry in oral health and dental education
- Ensure that all national dental associations are equal members in the Federation/Regional Organisation.
For more information about APDF please click here.


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|Origin:||Latin gradus'step, degree'|
grade1 S3 W3 [countable]
a particular level of quality that a product, material etc has:
The best grades of tea are expensive.
industrial grade diamonds
low grade products
a particular level of job:
There are lots of jobs in junior grades.
a mark that a student is given for their work or for an examination:
mark in schoolSES
He got a grade A in maths.
Tim worked hard and got good grades.
to succeed or reach the necessary standard:
What does it take to make the grade as a top golfer?
one of the 12 years that students are at school in the American school system, or the students in a particular year
second/eleventh etc grade
My brother is in sixth grade.
a fifth-grade teacher
a slope or a degree of slope, especially in a road or railway [= gradient British English]


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Accession Number : AD0872856
Title : Theory of Intrinsically Strain Broadened Line Shapes for Magnetic Resonance Absorption Within a Non-Kramers Doublet.
Descriptive Note : Technical rept.,
Corporate Author : ARMY MISSILE RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING LAB REDSTONE ARSENAL AL PHY SICAL SCIENCES DIRECTORATE
Personal Author(s) : Bowden, C. M. ; Meyer, H. C. ; Donoho, P. L.
Report Date : 27 APR 1970
Pagination or Media Count : 58
Abstract : A theoretical model was calculated for the line shape of magnetic resonance absorption for transitions within a non-Kraers doublet for the point group symmetries C(3V) and O(h). This was done for both the acoustical paramagnetic resonance and the electron paramagnetic resonance line shapes. The asymmetric broadening of the absorption distribution is interpreted on the basis of the spin-lattice coupling. For the case of C(3V) symmetry, the calculation was done for both electric radio frequency field and magnetic radio frequency field induced transitions, the necessary condition for the former being a lack of inversion symmetry. (Author)
Descriptors : *MAGNETIC RESONANCE), (*CRYSTAL LATTICES, CRYSTAL DEFECTS, IMPURITIES, IONS, PHONONS, PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE, SYMMETRY(CRYSTALLOGRAPHY).
Subject Categories : Solid State Physics
Distribution Statement : APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE


Article ID : 00122515 / Last Modified : 11/04/2018
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text: Have some fun making some puppets out of paper bags! Just print these out, color them if you wish, then cut them out and glue them to a paper bag. Kids will have hours of fun talking and playing with their new animal friends. Here you can print out a color version or a black and white version so you can color them yourself. Use some thick paper or card stock for a sturdier puppet.


The history of Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm begins in the mid 1760's when the Depper family left their home in the Palatinate region of Germany to begin a new life in America. They sailed from Rotterdam to Philadelphia on the English ship The Betsy, arriving in 1765. After a year or two in Philadelphia they began to make their way north looking for land that they could farm. They settled in Quiet Valley near modern-day Stroudsburg.
In 1780 the Depper's only child, Katherine, married Johann Ludwig Meyer. Meyer was originally brought to America as a Hessian soldier during the Revolutionary War. Katherine and Johann passed the farm to their son John Simon Meyer who was a carpenter and farmer by trade. He, in turn passed it to his daughter, Hannah, and her husband, Peter Marsh. Their son Horace and his wife, Emma, lived on the farm until it was sold outside the family to Thomas and Ann Hess. The Hess's rented rooms during the summer to people looking to escape the heat of city.
In 1958 Alice and Wendell Wicks purchased the property from Ann Hess. They intended to develop the property. When they began to look around the farmhouse and barn they realized the historical and cultural significance of the site. From the 1890's modifications to when the Wicks purchased the farm in 1958, little modernization on the property had taken place; there was no indoor plumbing or electricity. Much of the house remained the same as it was during the late 1700's and early 1800's along with artifacts and furnishings.
Alice and Wendell Wicks along with their daughter and son-in-law, Sue and Gary Oiler, restored the original farmhouse. On July 13th 1963, they opened to the public as Quiet Valley Farm Museum. The first years the farm was only open during the summer for tours. Over the years, additional farm buildings were renovated or reconstructed to present a more in-depth interpretation of life on the farm and the impact of technological change through the centuries. These include a 'granddaddy' cabin, outdoor bake oven, ice house, smokehouse, dry house, and various smaller barns and sheds. Later as the farm was used more and more for educational purposes, additional storage was built, along with a modern education building and picnic pavilion. In 1994 construction was completed on a one-room schoolhouse circa 1893.
The original portion of the farmhouse, known today as the 'Cellar Kitchen' was dug into the side of a hill and dates from the late 1700's. It served as the original home. Soon after, a ground-floor bedroom and a loft for the children were added above the cellar. Around 1890, the house saw its next big addition. Part of the wraparound porch was enclosed and became a parlor, and a new kitchen was constructed and furnished with a wood-burning cook stove. Up until that time, the cooking for the family was done at the open hearth in the original cellar of the house. The barn that stands today was built during the 1850's and it is believed to be the third barn constructed on site. It is a beautiful example of a traditional, early American bank barn. The upper barn is made of wood with a mortise-and-tenon construction, and the lower level where the animals are housed is made of stone.
Interpreters in period clothing use first-person interpretation to portray family members and reenact life on the farm during three time periods to show how technology impacted the lives of farmers: 1820's in the granddaddy cabin, cellar kitchen, and bedroom, 1850's in the barn, and 1893 in the new kitchen, parlor, and school house.
Since 1974 Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm has been owned and operated as a 501 (c )(3) non-profit, educational corporation governed by a board of directors. Until her retirement in 2001 at the age of 85, Alice Wicks remained actively involved in the management of the museum. Sue and Gary Oiler remained farm managers until their retirement in 2005. Today the farm is open Tuesday through Sunday throughout the summer and for special events throughout the year. These include our major fundraisers of Farm Animal Frolic, Pocono State Craft Festival, Harvest Festival and Old Time Christmas. We host thousands of school aged children throughout the school year and thousands of domestic and international visitors throughout the summer.
At Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm we strive to educate, engage, and inspire our visitors as we interpret the culture of 19th century farm families, helping them better understand the past and the way it connects with the present and the future.


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Calculates a Spearman rank-order correlation coefficient and the p-value to test for non-correlation.
The Spearman correlation is a nonparametric measure of the linear relationship between two datasets. Unlike the Pearson correlation, the Spearman correlation does not assume that both datasets are normally distributed. Like other correlation coefficients, this one varies between -1 and +1 with 0 implying no correlation. Correlations of -1 or +1 imply an exact linear relationship. Positive correlations imply that as x increases, so does y. Negative correlations imply that as x increases, y decreases.
Missing values are discarded pair-wise: if a value is missing in x, the corresponding value in y is masked.
The p-value roughly indicates the probability of an uncorrelated system producing datasets that have a Spearman correlation at least as extreme as the one computed from these datasets. The p-values are not entirely reliable but are probably reasonable for datasets larger than 500 or so.
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Normalization is the SPM term for inter-subject registration - transforming a brain to better match a brain of another subject or template.
There are several possible ways to do this.
The methods split into those that use the structural image for warping, and those that use the EPI.
Using the structural image for warping
Methods that use the structural image for warping rely on having good matching (ProcessingCoregistration) between the structural and functional images, and practically this means you will have to use EPI undistortion.
Our current preferred option is to use the method that is now standard in SPM5, which is to segment the subject's structural image to get an estimate of the position and probability of gray matter voxels and then warp this gray matter image to match SPM's gray matter template. In SPM2, this involves a less automated process than SPM5 - following what used to be known as the optimized VBM protocol.
Our previous standard practice was to use the skull-stipped structural image for normalization.
Using the EPI for warping
Another method is to use the functional mean image and warp it directly to the SPM EPI template. This works reasonably well. You may need to use cost function masking to remove the effects of the susceptibility artefact holes in the EPI images; see the masked EPI to EPI normalization page.


Easiest Way to Make Perfect Cabbage Dumpling
Cabbage Dumpling. Low-Carb Cabbage Dumplings skip the flour wrapper and opts for a crisp-tender cabbage wrapper: all of the same flavors you love in an Asian-style dumpling cradled in a bite of veggie! The dumplings (which I doubled to have enough for the cabbage) were very heavy and bland. The dumplings need to be tiny.
Cabbage Dumpling Chop cabbage into large chunks and steam until clear in color; drain. In same pan melt butter, sauté onions, add seasonings and cabbage. Dumplings: Measure flour in to a deep bowl. You can have Cabbage Dumpling using 6 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Cabbage Dumpling
 1. Prepare of Cabbage.
 2. You need of Minced chicken.
 3. Prepare of Dried shrimp.
 4. You need of Black fungus.
 5. You need of Eggs.
 6. Prepare of Dumpling wrapper.
Make well in middle of flour. Start beating eggs and gradually mix flour into eggs; will make a stiff dough. If too dry add a little milk. Seasonings for pork and cabbage dumplings.
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 1. Chop all the ings into tiny pieces..
 2. Mix all then add egg, white pepper, sesame oil, salt..
Pork and cabbage dumplings can have a few variations on what is in them, although some soy sauce and sesame oil are generally in all as part of the seasoning. I opted for a little cilantro and ginger to give a nice fresh flavor and the result was certainly really tasty. The soup, simply place the butter into a large saucepan and melt on a medium heat, add the shredded cabbage and stir until lightly golden. Place the chicken mince, garlic, chives or spring onions, egg, salt and pepper into a bowl and mix until combined. Make the dumpling wrappers: In a medium bowl, mix together the flour and salt.
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Understanding Fine Art and Stock Photography
Stock photography and fine art photography are two different topics. The former is defined as the supply of photographs that have been licensed for defined uses. These are a cheaper and more convenient alternative to hiring a photographer and organizing a shoot. There is an agreement between the owner of the photograph and the buyer on how the image can be used. This is different from fine art photography. Photographs of this type are more comparable to paintings where each image or photograph is a work of art. As works of art, they are produced in limited quantities, more expensive and should not be altered even when purchased.
Stock Photography
Stock photographs often depict a general topic. More general shots of landscapes, portraits, people, animals and so on are uploaded onto online directories where consumers can select and pay only for what they need. Much like a regular photo shoot, multiple shots of the same subject are taken. Being non-specific gives the consumer leeway in altering the images for their purpose.
Essentially, stock photographs are produced to be reproduced. Consumers pay for the licenses to use the images. Licenses such as royalty free (RF) and rights managed (RM) indicate the conditions for using the photographs. In a few cases, photographers give away their photographs for free in exchange for credit or recognition of their work
Factors that may affect the license type and pricing include the size or screen resolution, the industry where the image will be used, the number of times that the image can be reproduced, the area or territory and the duration of the use. With RM images the consumer may purchase for an exclusive or non-exclusive license while RF images are non-exclusive. Being non-exclusive gives the photographer the right to sell the same images to as many different consumers as he or she wants to.
Fine Art Photography
Fine art photography refers to a specific branch of photography where images are produced for more aesthetic purposes. Classifying a photograph as fine art is difficult as there is no standard factor, subjective similar to other forms of art. It is different from commercial photography as the latter is more concerned about promoting a product or service. Fine art photography is also different from documentary photographs as the latter are used to support a story or news.
Photographs of this type convey a higher level of intensity or emotion, presenting subjects in a different light. The elements are seen and appreciated for their form without promoting a specific brand or product. As such, art photographs can take a greater amount of time, money and effort to produce and get right. They can be found displayed in museums, art galleries and private collections.
In the case of stock photographs, the consumer pays for the rights to alter or reproduce the images bought from the photographers. With fine art photographs, consumers pay for the exact image. Much like an artwork, the value is retained or increases over time as long as the quality of the original is retained. With the limited quantity of fine art photographs produced, each image is more valuable and expensive as compared to stock photographs.


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Hugtandalf means 'fanged elf' in Dutch. The hugtandalfers originated in Palisphor, a secret eden for mythical creatures of all kinds. Hugtandalfers are able to use magic as an elf may use it, except their power isn't near as strong. Though they cannot harness the power of magic like an elf, no one knows the extent of hugtandalf magical ability. They have two pairs of fangs, one in the front of their mouths and one pair in back. The front fangs inject a powerful sleeping toxin which can knock out a human for several hours. The back fangs kill instantly. Each hugtandalf can morph into an animal of small, medium, and large size. For example, a hugtandalf's small animal may be a silver tabby house cat, their medium a lynx, and their large a white tiger. Hugtandalfs age much more slowly than a human, and can live for tens of thousands of years. The oldest hugtandalf on record was more than 40,000 years old. The first hugtandalf was born by a vampire father and an elf mother. Hugtandalfers are often mistaken for humans. The only physical difference is the fangs, and hugtandalfs' ears are slightly pointed. Their blood is a transparent, silvery color, and is thicker than that of humans. The most famous hugtandalfers include: Kylan, Marea, Alssa, and perhaps the greatest, Jace.
(Palisphor is another reality, untouched by human influence. It is refuge for all mystical creatures; excluding demons.)


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These papers are examples of the papers produced during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The predomnant characteristic of these papers is the limited color palette: red, blue, yellow and green. Other colors were used, but much less frequently. The Dutch and combed patterns remained very popular throughout the history of marbling, becoming known as the Nonpareil pattern when made with other colors during the 19th century.
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A resurgence of interest in qualitative approaches to research in online consumer behaviour studies has spawned a need for structured approaches in the use of appropriate research techniques. A mixed method approach to research questions can often lead to a greater clarity of answer as well as exposing the researcher to new 'tools of enquiry'. This paper describes a mixed method approach using qualitative techniques to pre-test software and task design for a field experiment and to pre-test a questionnaire for data collection. In the study, think-aloud protocol (TAP) sessions were adopted to test software.
Read more: Concurrent and retrospective think-aloud protocols for information systems research


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Pixels of Time, Pixels of Stitch
I'm struck by how stitching a cross stitch is like building an image in the form of pixels -- each little x is a point in space grabbed from our vision and transformed into a threaded pixel.
As I get back to work on the self portrait of my eyes, I'm reminded of the beauty in stitching. How it transforms our visual perception of the world by slowing everything down. Each tiny stitch turns our vision into a threaded moment.
Building the image of my eyes, stitch by stitch.
This is true in terms of the time it takes to translate imagery to stitch (the experience of capturing the image by putting the needle into the fabric) and in the tiny physical space of the stitch itself. For example, at burst of light in the contour of my eye socket becomes both a pixel of thread and a pixel of time -- the moment of time it takes to make the stitch.
Transforming a contour into thread.
I've only worked on one other x stitch -- Frame 11 for Aubrey Longley-Cook's RuStitch animation.
Wild Durham Springtime, 2014.
Very slowly getting back in the a groove with my art practice. Rebuilding it pixel by pixel in the green Springtime.
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 1. Thank you so much, Becky! It's nice to be back to stitching!


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A variation of 2cool4u. When someone acts like s/he is "too cool" for something/under a high-pressure situation, not necessarily school per se, but something deemed to be of importance, such as relationship, work, family, or even YOU.
Girl: I graduated from Y School! Are you an alum too?
Boy: I went to X School, then Y School, cuz I didn't feel like finishing my degree at X.. Then I transfered to Z School.. Can't remember anymore. Anyway, does it matter?
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Have taller women evolved to have more babies?
Behind the Headlines
Monday April 29 2013
Researchers looked into women's fertility rates, height and BMI
"Taller, skinnier women have evolved to have more babies than their shorter counterparts," the Mail Online website has claimed.
It reports on research examining the characteristics of women in two villages in the west African nation of The Gambia over more than 50 years.
Researchers were interested in whether recent trends for decreased mortality and fertility rates in human populations over time may influence natural selection on other traits. They analysed records of just under 3,000 women between 1956 and 2010 to find their body mass index (BMI) and number of births.
Initially, women who were shorter and with higher BMIs were more likely to reproduce successfully, but over time the reverse became true. The study did not investigate the reasons for this, but the researchers suggest that improvements in healthcare are changing the relationship between height, BMI and health in The Gambia.
Other factors could also play a role, including cultural changes (such as men's changing preferences for sexual partners). Due to the highly specific sample population in the study, we can't say whether these trends in height, BMI and adult fertility would be found in UK women.
The wider implications of the study are that it suggests that evolution, driven by natural selection, is not just something that happened to our ancestors. It can still have a significant influence on the human population.
However, due to the highly specific sample population in the study, it is difficult to assess whether the findings would relate to women in the UK. Analysis of similar data would be required to determine whether this was the case.
Natural selection
Natural selection is key to evolutionary theory. It means that traits that increase the probability of organisms (including humans) living in a particular environment reproducing, will, over time, become more common in the population in that environment.
For example, if you grow up in a culture where having blue eyes is seen as being sexually attractive, over time, the amount of people with blue eyes in that environment will tend to increase.
Where did the story come from?
The study was carried out by researchers from various research centres in Germany, the UK, The Gambia, and the US.
The collection of the data analysed in the study was funded by the UK Medical Research Council, and the researchers were funded by various bodies, including the Wellcome Trust and the European Research Council.
The study was published in the peer-reviewed journal Current Biology.
Despite this being a study conducted in The Gambia, the Mail Online illustrated the story with a picture of German model Heidi Klum (who has four children).
And the Mail Online's headline, "taller, skinnier women have evolved to have more babies than their shorter counterparts", is not strictly correct. The study did not find that being taller and having a lower body mass index are evolutionary adaptations that enable women to have more children. The fact that over time taller women with lower BMIs in the Gambia had a reproductive advantage over shorter women with higher BMIs is likely to relate to other factors such as what women's height and BMI say about their health.
What kind of research was this?
This was a longitudinal study looking at the evolutionary consequences of changes in the characteristics in a population over time, in this case in The Gambia.
The researchers say that human populations have recently shown declines in both mortality (death) and fertility rates and that the evolutionary consequences of this have not been extensively investigated. In particular, they looked specifically at how the changes influenced variation in the population in 'relative fitness' in evolutionary terms (essentially how able individuals are to reproduce successfully).
The researchers looked at how height and BMI might have influenced this ability to reproduce successfully.
What did the research involve?
The researchers used data that had been collected from women in two rural villages in one district in The Gambia between 1956 and 2010. They collected data for 2,818 women, who together provided a total of 51,909 years of follow-up in total.
The women's heights and weights had been recorded, and their BMIs calculated. Researchers used methods in their analyses that allowed them to take into account the fact that women's measurements had not all been taken at the same age, and some women provided more than one measurement at different ages.
Births and deaths were also recorded.
The researchers used an annual measure of 'fitness' in the population that assessed how many babies the women had each year. They also assessed how BMI and height related to 'fitness', and whether this relationship changed over time.
What were the basic results?
The researchers found that over time, variation in 'relative fitness' in the population declined. This was largely as a result of reduction in the variation in survival in early life – with a reduction in deaths among girls before they reached adulthood and had a chance to reproduce. As with most developing countries, child mortality was very high in The Gambia for much of the 20th century – a trend that gradually improved over time.
Survival among girls aged under 15 increased over time and variation in relative adult fertility increased at the same time.
There was a change in how height and BMI related to adult fertility in the Gambian population. Taller women initially had lower adult fertility, but over time they showed higher adult fertility. Women with a higher BMI initially had higher adult fertility, but by the end of the study period they showed lower adult fertility. So initially, up to 1974, women who were shorter and with higher BMIs (height less than 157cm and BMI greater than 21) reproduced more, after 1975 women who were taller and with lower BMIs (height greater than 158cm and BMI less than 21) reproduced more. The researchers' analyses suggested that the relationship may have been influenced by healthcare improvements that affected how health related to height and BMI.
How did the researchers interpret the results?
The researchers concluded that their findings show the changes in selective pressures on humans over time. They say that the findings suggest that changes in the characteristics of human populations and social, culture, medical and economic environment are likely to modify but not remove natural selection in humans. They say that this is likely to be increasingly driven by changes in culture – particularly in medical practice and public health measures.
This study provides insight into changes in how height and BMI have related to female reproductive fitness in The Gambia over a long period of time. While the general evolutionary principles identified in this study may apply to populations worldwide, the specific findings as they relate to height, BMI and reproductive fitness may not. Analysis of similar data from other populations would help to determine whether this was the case.
A key limitation of this research is that the women's heights and BMIs were not all measured at the same age or on a regular basis. The researchers note that if they had annual measurements of the women's heights and BMIs this would have allowed a more detailed look at the relationship between these factors and reproductive fitness.
Overall, the study provides interesting insight into how selection in humans changes as population characteristics and our complex social, culture, medical and economic environment changes. However, these findings are likely to be of more interest from an evolutionary perspective than a medical one. Shorter women with higher BMI should not be unduly alarmed by this news.
However, being underweight or overweight can affect your chances if you are trying to conceive.
Find out more about how to protect your fertility.
Analysis by Bazian
Edited by NHS Choices
Links to the headlines
Taller, skinnier women have evolved to have more babies than their shorter counterparts. Mail Online, April 26 2013
Links to the science
Courtiol A, Rickard IJ, Lummaa V, et al. The Demographic Transition Influences Variance in Fitness and Selection on Height and BMI in Rural Gambia. Current Biology. Published online April 25 2013
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DRIPA 2014—what are the most noteworthy changes?
DRIPA 2014—what are the most noteworthy changes?
How far does the controversial new Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 go? Graham Smith , partner at Bird & Bird LLP and expert in internet law considers the new provisions and changes to the existing law.
What is the context of DRIPA 2014 and what does it seek to achieve?
The immediate spur for the legislation was the decision of the EU Court of Justice (CJEU) decision on 8 April 2014 in the Digital Rights Ireland case (Digital Rights Ireland Ltd v Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources C-293/12, [2014] All ER (D) 66 (Apr)), invalidating the EU Data Retention Directive 2006/24/EC (the Directive) on grounds of non-compliance with the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and Liberties. The Directive was implemented in the UK by the Data Retention (EC Directive) Regulations 2009, SI 2009/859 (the Regulations). As secondary legislation under the European Communities Act 1972 those regulations were vulnerable to judicial review. The government decided to replace them with new primary legislation. It also took the opportunity to make amendments to RIPA 2000. It pushed both through Parliament as emergency legislation, going from first reading to Royal Assent in the space of four days. DRIPA 2014 is subject to a sunset clause, repealing it at the end of 2016.
How successful do you think DRIPA 2014 will be in achieving its aims?
The government has succeeded in obtaining new primary legislation. If the aim was to put an end to litigation challenges, that has not succeeded. Liberty has announced that MPs David Davis and Tom Watson will launch a judicial review challenging the data retention aspect of DRIPA 2014.
How effectively does DRIPA 2014 address the CJEU's specific grounds for invalidating the Directive?
The legislation does not purport to address fully every separate ground identified by the CJEU. Various documents issued by the government claim only to address the CJEU judgment 'where possible' and 'to the extent practicable', or to address 'elements' of the judgment. The impact assessment also acknowledges the 'risk of being perceived as ignoring the CJEU judgment'. To address every separate point in the CJEU judgment would have meant abandoning blanket mandatory data retention, which the government has stated that it will not do. There will no doubt be dispute about whether the objections listed in the CJEU judgment should be read to some extent cumulatively or as a list of self-standing separate objections, any one of which is sufficient to found non-compliance with the EU Charter.
Will there be any change in the current retention period requirements?
The fixed 12 months is replaced by a maximum 12 months. It is for the Secretary of State to consider necessity and proportionality and decide what periods of 12 months or less to specify in notices to operators.
What is the impact of DRIPA 2014 on the provisions in the RIPA 2000 dealing with interception warrants, interception capability and communications data access?
The supplemented definition of telecommunications services appears to be capable of being interpreted more broadly than the previous definition. It applies to RIPA 2000 generally. DRIPA 2014 also applies the supplemented RIPA 2000 definition to the data retention aspects, in substitution for the Communications Act 2003 definition previously used in the Regulations.
What impact will the provisions of DRIPA 2014 have on extra-territoriality under RIPA 2000 or other relevant legislation and how will this be applied in practice?
DRIPA 2014 makes three amendments—according to the government 'clarifications'—to the existing provisions concerning interception capability notices, interception warrants and communications data acquisition notices. These amendments are designed to ensure that non-UK providers are within the scope of these provisions.
The amendments state in terms that the notice or warrant may relate to conduct outside the UK. They state that the duty on a person to assist or comply with warrants or notices applies whether or not the person is in the UK. And, they provide three different schemes for serving warrants or notices within the UK on operators located outside the UK, graduated according to (presumably) the perceived intrusiveness of the warrant or notice. They also provide that, when considering under RIPA the reasonable practicability of a person outside the UK taking steps in a country outside the UK to give effect to a warrant, regard is to be had to any relevant requirements or restrictions under the law of that country and the extent to which it is reasonably practicable to give effect to the warrant without breaching them. DRIPA 2014 provides no specific mechanism for giving data retention notices (as opposed to interception capability notices, interception warrants and communications data acquisition notices) to operators located outside the UK.
Was the whole process sufficiently transparent?
The use of the emergency procedure was widely criticised, since the CJEU decision had been issued at the beginning of April and the circumstances that lent urgency to the RIPA 2000 amendments were opaque. The compressed timetable let to various supporting materials becoming available only at the last minute or during the expedited passage of the Bill.
Does DRIPA 2014 go further than just restating the law?
This is a contentious area. A number of UK academics certainly think that it does—see the open letter signed by 15 academics which describes the government's position that DRIP does not contain new powers as 'false' (_URL_
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Jean-Marie Lehn is a chemist who developed the synthesis of cage-like molecules known as cryptands, which mimic the vital chemical functions of molecules in living organisms. This research led to the new field of 'supramolecular chemistry', the study of molecular systems and organised matter design. Jean-Marie shared the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for this research.
The term cryptand was coined to reflect the 'burial' of a metal ion in a surrounding molecular 'crypt'. Able to bind otherwise insoluble salts into organic solvents, cryptands have enabled the synthesis of the alkalides and electrides. Jean-Marie's research on how molecules recognise and selectively bind an ion substrate is crucial to our understanding of biological processes such as cell development and vision, which rely on similar molecular interactions for structure and function.
Prior to receiving his Nobel Prize, in 1981 Jean-Marie received the Pius XI Gold Medal of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences for his research on the photochemical splitting of water and artificial photosynthesis.
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Most importantly, "There is no Frigate like a Book" is a celebration of the power of reading. Reading is great! Reading is fun! Reading is the best way to escape your dull, humdrum life, and go out and "see" the world! In fact, the poem even slyly suggests that reading might be better than actual travel – after all, it immediately announces that "There is no Frigate like a Book" (line 1), suggesting that a book even tops a real ship. This poem ecstatically shows us just how amazing books are, and reminds us that we shouldn't take reading for granted, even though it's just a simple, everyday activity. After all, whether you're just seeking a little escapist vacay, or longing to transport your soul to a distant, mystical realm, books are the only way to get there.
In "There is no Frigate like a Book," Dickinson mainly addresses literature from the perspective of readers, and does not address the role of writers. In doing so, she suggests that it is ultimately the reader who makes a book what it is.
In some ways, Dickinson is making fun of the act of reading.


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connection without putting any strain on the CPU. The trouble is that an app written this way can't do much of anything else - it needs to be ready to shuffle bytes around at all times.
Assuming that your app is actually supposed to do something more than that, threading is the optimal solution, (and using non-blocking sockets will be faster than using blocking sockets). Unfortunately, threading support in Unixes varies both in API and quality. So the normal Unix solution is to fork a subprocess to deal with each connection. The overhead for this is significant (and don't do this on Windows - the overhead of process creation is enormous there). It also means that unless each subprocess is completely independent, you'll need to use another form of IPC, say a pipe, or shared memory and semaphores, to communicate between the parent and child processes.
Finally, remember that even though blocking sockets are somewhat slower than non-blocking, in many cases they are the "right" solution. After all, if your app is driven by the data it receives over a socket, there's not much sense in complicating the logic just so your app can wait on select instead of recv.


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Including All Apps in a Service Plan
The disable-aps-filter operation is used to make all apps available to subscribers of a certain service plan.
Request Packet Structure
A request XML packet allowing plan subscribers to install all available apps includes the disable-aps-filter operation node:
The disable-aps-filter node is presented by type ServicePlanApsFilterInputType (
domain_template.xsd). Its graphical representation is as follows:
- The filter node is required. It serves to specify the criteria by which the necessary service plans will be selected from the database. Data type: DomainTemplateFilterType (
domain_template.xsd). See the Available Filters section for details on this node.
- The owner-id node is optional. It specifies the ID of the service plan owner. Data type: integer.
- The owner-login node is optional. It specifies the login name of the service plan owner. Data type: string.
Important: When creating request packets, put nodes and elements in the order they follow in the packet structure.
Response Packet Structure
The disable-aps-filter node of the output XML packet is of complex type (
domain_template.xsd) which has the following presentation:
- The result node is required. It wraps the response got from the server. Data type: resultFilterType (
- The status node is required. Specifies the execution status of the operation. Data type: string. Allowed values: ok | error.
- The errcode node is optional. Returns the error code when the operation fails. Data type: unsignedInt.
- The errtext node is optional. Returns the error message if the operation fails. Data type: string.
- The filter-id node is optional. Returns the parameter by which the service plan was filtered by in the request packet. Data type: anySimple.
- The id node is optional. Returns the identifier of the service plan specified in the request. Data type: id_type (
This packet makes available all apps to the service plan base_plan.


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Sounds interesting, but I do not quite get it yet. In the third displayed equality, the exponent should be $2/n$; correct? Could you explain why "$F$ maps conformally the exterior etc" (and what are the $a_i$s)? Exactly what do you mean by $F(z)\sim z$? What is the capacity in your context and why the assertion is equivalent to Dubinin's theorem? Thanks in advance for the explanations (and welcome to the MO)! – Seva Aug 4 '12 at 9:25
Seva, I corrected the misprint 2/n. $F(z)\sim z$ means as usual that $F(z)/z\to 1$ as $z\to\infty$. To see that it is a conformal map and to find the image, look how it behaves on the unit circle: the argument is constant on the arcs between any $z_j,z_{j+1}$. So these arcs are maped on some segments $[0,a_k]$. What are the $a_k$? Some complex numbers. $|a_k|$ is the maximum of $|F|$ on the corresponding arc. The angles between the segments are $2\pi p_j/n$. – Alexandre Eremenko Aug 4 '12 at 17:22
And what is the capacity of $K$? – Seva Aug 4 '12 at 18:11
You can look for various equivalent definitions of logarithmic capacity in any textbook, but for our purposes a connected compact has capacity $1$ if the conformal map of its exterior onto the exterior of the unit disc safisfies $F(z)/z\to 1$. Our map satisfies this. – Alexandre Eremenko Aug 4 '12 at 19:59
Not an answer, but maybe an useful reference:
Your statement reminds me of Schiefermayr's theorem:
If $p_n$ is a degree $n$ polynomial and $\Sigma\subseteq\mathbb{R}$. Then $$ \|p_n\|_{L^{\infty}(\Sigma)} \geq 2 Cap(\Sigma)^n $$ where $Cap(\Sigma)$ is the logarithmic capacity of $\Sigma$, e.g. $Cap([-2,2]) = 1$.
This is Corollary~5.7.7. in Barry Simon's book: Szego's Theorem and its decendents.
Unfortunately, this does not apply in your case, since it requires the work with subsets of the real line. However, you are close to this situation, since you require the zeros of your polynomial to be on the unit circle.
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Another problem seems to be that my product is not a polynomial in $z$. – Seva May 9 '11 at 5:24
Here is an observation that didn't get me very far. Let $p$ have degree $n$ and have $r$ distinct roots, all on the unit circle. Call these roots $e^{i \theta_j}$, where $\theta_k$ has multiplicity $c_j$.
Set $$q(u) = \frac{1}{n} \sum_{j=1}^r \left( c_j \left( u + e^{i \theta_j} \right) \prod_{\substack{1 \leq k \leq r \\ k \neq j}} \left( u - e^{i \theta_k} \right) \right).$$ Then $q$ is a monic polynomial of degree $r$, all of whose roots are on the unit circle. They occur at precisely the places where $|p(e^{i \phi})|$ has a local maximum. Your goal is to show that, at one of these local maxima, we have $|p| \geq 2^{n/r}$.
I had a detailed computation of this written out, but I couldn't find a way to make it useful, so I'm recording the formula in case it helps someone else. My plan was to show that $\prod_{\{\phi : q(e^{i \phi})=0\}} |p(e^{i \phi})| \geq 2^n$, but this inequality turned out to be false; if all the $\theta$'s are very close together, then one of the local maxima of $p$ is near $2^n$ but the other local maxima can be arbitrarily small.
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By the way, an interesting observation is that the product of the roots of $q$ is negative that of the roots of $p$. That also didn't help me, though. – David Speyer May 23 '11 at 22:20
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Suma Root and Powder Profile
Also known as
Pfaffia paniculata (and glomerata)
Suma is an indigenous plant to South America, most notably Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. Traditionally it has been used as a food product for many forest foragers and was occasionally administered for a variety of ailments, hence its nickname "para tudo," meaning "for all." Because of its rather Vanilla like flavor this botanical can be easily consumed for those with palatable sensitivities.
Rich in Amino Acids, electrolytes, trace minerals, pfaffic acid, Germanium, Sitosterol, Stigmasterol, Beta-ecdysone, and Saponins.
Western herbal medicine uses the dried root in whole, cut or powdered form. Fresh root seems to be fairly "tannic" for palatable consumption.
Tea decoction from the root, powdered root sprinkled on food or in beverages, as a liquid herbal extract, and capsules (non-standardized) from powdered root.
Not much research has been carried out for this particular botanical and to date there have not been any released notes on possible medicinal contraindications, side effects or potential health hazards.
This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.


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Using Diffusion Tubes
Many local councils use diffusion tubes to measure nitrogen dioxide as they are relatively cheap, easy to use, don't require any power supply and can give a good indication of air pollution levels. The low cost allows them to be used across a large area, so a picture of air pollution can be built up. Non-professionals such as environmental campaigners and schools are also using them, as the tubes require only limited attention and are easy to operate.
The tubes are small and made of plastic with a cap at each end. Inside the top end of the tube is a metal mesh disc coated with a substance that absorbs nitrogen dioxide. The absorbing substance used for nitrogen dioxide is triethanolamine (TEA). The tube is placed vertically in a holder, usually attached to something like a lamppost or drainpipe, and the bottom cap is removed allowing air to travel into the tube. When nitrogen dioxide in the atmosphere diffuses into the sampler it reacts with the TEA and is converted to nitrite. The nitrite remains in the TEA and more nitrogen dioxide diffuses into the sampler. The diffusion tube is left at the site with the bottom cap removed for a month. After this time the tube has the cap replaced and is taken to a laboratory for analysis. In the laboratory, the metal mesh is removed and washed with water. This water is collected in a small container and has special light shone through it called ultra violet light (UV). The amount of UV light the water absorbs is equivalent to the concentration of nitrogen dioxide measured in the air by the diffusion tube for that month.
In some areas, local communities are involved in positioning and changing the diffusion tubes every month. This allows the local residents access to air pollution measurements right where they live. In Sheffield, the information collected from the diffusion tubes that measure nitrogen dioxide can be found on the Sheffield Airmap website _URL_


The Simplified Modified Rational Method is a runoff method common to the USA, used to generate flows in place of a full hyetograph. This method benefits from easy confirmation of results by hand. This method should not be confused with the UK based Modified Rational Method used to generate peak flows during the Network Design.
Due to its static nature, this runoff method does not require dynamic rainfall, and a single or multiple IDF Table can be used. Most design storms can be used as well, as they hold or can generate IDF tables internally. User Defined rainfall or non-IDF deriving rainfall types (e.g. SCS, Long Term or Observed) cannot be used for static analysis.
In order to perform a sizing analysis using the Simplified Modified Rational Method, two conditions must be met:
 - Each inflow in the phases to be analysed must be using the Simplified Modified Rational runoff method.
 - The Analysis Criteria must be set to use Static method, and a suitable rainfall selected.
This method assumes that the rainfall intensity averaging period is equal to the actual storm duration. This means that the rainfall and runoff that occur before and after the rainfall averaging period are not accounted for. Therefore, the Modified Rational Method may underestimate the required storage volume for any given storm event.
The Simplified Modified Rational Method should normally be used in homogeneous drainage areas of less than 20 acres, with a Time of Concentration of less than 20 minutes.
Calculations are outlined in more detail in the Norfolk, Virginia Engineering Calculations document (pages 5-12 to 5-17).
The method involves the use of the standard rational method equation to generate a peak flow that is then converted into an inflow hydrograph using the following formula:
Q = Flow
Cf = Runoff Coefficient (Adjustment) Factor - Accounts for reduction of infiltration and other losses during high intensity storms
C = Runoff Coefficient
I = Rainfall Intensity – Selected from an IDF table based on the duration
A = Area
The hydrograph is then created using some additional parameter to describe the shape of the curve. These are:
 - Duration of Peak, or rainfall averaging period, Td – The duration to run the storm for before the start of the regression (drain down) limb. This must be greater than or equal to the time of concentration. Where equal the curve is a triangular hydrograph.
 - Recession Limb Multiplier - The time taken to drop back from the peak to zero after the duration of the event. This defaults to 1 to give a triangular curve, but may be increased to give a longer drain down. A value of 1.5 is commonly used as it better reflects the SCS runoff.
The graph starts at 0, 0 and then builds up to the peak flow for the Tc value. It will then remain at that flow rate until Td, at which point it will drop back to zero based on the recession multiplier * Tc.
Images taken from the Norfolk, Virginia Engineering Calculations, Figure 5-5


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Question 1. Let $R$ be a polynomial ring over a field $k$. Assume that $R$ is graded in the usual way (i.e., each variable has degree $1$). Let $I$ and $J$ be two ideals of $R$ such that $I$ is generated in degree $\leq a$ (that is, there is a set of generators of $I$ that have degrees $\leq a$) and $J$ is generated in degree $\leq b$. Is it true that the ideal $I \cap J$ is generated in degree $\leq a+b$?
When $R$ is a univariate polynomial ring, this is simply claiming that the lcm of two polynomials of degrees $\leq a$ and $\leq b$ is a polynomial of degree $\leq a+b$; of course this is correct. But this kind of logic does not generalize to more variables. (It is easy to see that Question 1 has a positive answer when $I$ and $J$ are monomial ideals.)
If true, Question 1 would give a new (inductive) proof for the following theorem (part of the Subspace arrangement theorem of Derksen and Sidman -- see Theorem 2.1 in their A sharp bound for the Castelnuovo-Mumford regularity of subspace arrangements, arXiv:math/0109035v1):
Theorem 2. Let $R$ be a polynomial ring over a field $k$. Assume that $R$ is graded in the usual way (i.e., each variable has degree $1$). Let $I_1, I_2, \ldots, I_t$ be $t$ homogeneous ideals of $R$ that are all generated in degree $1$ (that is, each $I_i$ has the form $I_i = V_i R$ for some $k$-vector subspace $V_i$ of the degree-$1$ homogeneous component of $R$). Then, the ideal $I_1 \cap I_2 \cap \cdots \cap I_t$ is generated in degree $\leq t$.
Some more questions suggest themselves:
Question 3. (If the answer to Question 1 is negative:) Does the answer to Question 1 become positive if we replace "ideal" by "homogeneous ideal"?
(This would still be enough to reprove Theorem 2.)
Truth be told, I'm less interested in the polynomial case than I am in the exterior algebra case:
Question 4. What if we replace the polynomial ring by an exterior algebra?
(You can assume $k$ has characteristic $0$ for simplicity.)
Finally, if all these questions have negative answers, here is what I am really looking for:
Question 5. Is there an elementary proof of the analogue of Theorem 2 for exterior algebras (which is part of Theorem 9 in Francesca Gandini, Degree bounds for invariant skew polynomials, arXiv:2108.01767v1)?
"Elementary" means no use of nontrivial commutative algebra for me (I'm actually fine with Schur functors, although I have a hunch that they too can be avoided).
I'm putting the invariant theory tag on this question because the ultimate use of Question 5 is in Francesca Gandini's proof of the analogue of the Noether bound for the exterior algebra, which I have asked about in Noether's bound for anticommutative invariant theory (diff. forms instead of polynomials)? and am now trying to understand...


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Fulton characterizes the multiplicity I(E∩F) with seven properties (§3.3). (Fulton calls it the intersection number. Also, he writes I(P,E∩F) for the intersection number at P. I'll usually assume P is the origin O, and omit writing it.) The last three properties stand out:
- I(E∩F) ≥ m(E)m(F), with equality if and only if E and F have no tangent lines in common. Here m(E) and m(F) are the multiplicities of E and F (explained below). As Fulton notes, all we really need is a much weaker property: I(x∩y)=1. That is, the lines x=0 and y=0 (the axes) intersect with multiplicity 1 at the origin.
- I(E∩FG) = I(E∩F) + I(E∩G).
- I(E∩F) = I(E∩(F+AE)) for any polynomial A.
The multiplicity of a curve at the origin O is the order of its polynomial, i.e., the degree of its lowest order term(s). Take our favorite E and F:
The multiplicity (at O) of E is 3, and of F is 4. We know from the pictures in the first post that E has three distinct branches at O, and F has four. Intuitively, property (5) says that every intersection of a branch of E with a branch of F contributes 1 to the intersection number when the branches intersect transversally, and more than one if they are tangent.
Property (6) seems obvious once you notice that FG=0 defines the union of the curves F=0 and G=0. Of course, F and G might have a common factor—a common component of the two curves. Property (6) then says that the component counts double when intersecting E with FG.
Fulton calls property (7) "the least intuitive". Let's see if the "level curve" idea sheds any light. Recall how this works: we parametrize a branch of E as (xE(t), yE(t)), passing through O when t=0; xE(t) and yE(t) are power series in t. We plug (xE(t), yE(t)) into the polynomial F(x,y), obtaining a function F(t). The order of F(t) gives the multiplicity of the branch-curve intersection.
Now, E is the level curve E(x,y)=0, and (xE(t), yE(t)) moves along a branch of it, so E(t)=E(xE(t), yE(t)) is identically zero. So
(F+AE)(t) = F(t)+A(t)E(t) = F(t)
So the order is the same for both F and F+AE, all branch-curve intersections have the same multiplicity, and therefore the curve-curve multiplicity is the same.
As Fulton notes, the seven properties imply an algorithm for computing intersection numbers. Fulton illustrates it for our favorite curves E and F (see p.40), incorporating some shortcuts. Let's see how it goes. He uses some auxiliary curves:
Here's the strategy: use property (7) to whittle down the higher-order part. For E, this is (x2+y2)2, and for F it is (x2+y2)3, so forming F′ = F–(x2+y2)E cancels it out. We're lucky that F′ factors as yG. Note the total degrees of F, F′, and G: 6, 5, 4.
We can't use (7) to reduce the total degree of G, so instead we target the degree of the x-part—what we get by striking out all terms involving y, i.e., G(x,0). This is –3x4. So we form G′ = G+3E (because the x-part of E is x4). Now we are lucky that G′ factors as yH.
The auxiliary curves G and H look like this:
Recall that F, the four-petal rose, has two branches tangent to the x-axis at O. G has only one, and H has none. Note that we remove a factor of y passing from F′ to G, and from G′ to H.
The full computation of I(E∩F) looks like this:
I(E∩F) = I(E∩F′) = I(E∩yG), by (7)
I(E∩yG) = I(E∩y) + I(E∩G), by (6)
I(E∩G) = I(E∩G′) = I(E∩yH), by (7)
I(E∩yH) = I(E∩y) + I(E∩H), by (6)
I(E∩H) = m(E) m(H) = 3×2 = 6, by (5)
I(E∩y) = I(x4∩y), by (7)
I(x4∩y) = m(x4) m(y) = 4×1, by (5)
I(E∩F) = I(E∩y) + I(E∩y) + I(E∩H) = 4+4+6 = 14
—the same result we've seen before.
I'll look at Fulton's other definition in Post 7.


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Nube De Oro - Leaf Writing Sys Test
In order to allow the agave to express his relation to light, and time, the piccolo (piccolo.cc) is used for agave leaf "writing". The simple 'drawing' is based on the data from a hibiscus glass solar cell acting as a light sensor that is transformed via arduino. The power system consists of sixty six natural dye sensitized glass solar cells -shaped after the seeds of teosinte (the mother of maize)- and two supercapacitors.
As soon as the growing agave stalk starts flowering, the agave will start writing on its leaves, as long as the cells provide sufficient power.


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Kurhanewicz Research Program
Kurhanewicz Research Program
Kurhanewicz Lab: Prostate Cancer Imaging Research Group
Mission Bay campus
Byers Hall Building, Suite 203
1700 4th Street
San Francisco, CA 94158
Funding sources: NIH and DOD.
UCSF Prostate Cancer Imaging Program
The accurate characterization of prostate cancer is a major problem in the management of individual prostate cancer patients and in monitoring treatment effects. The UCSF Prostate Imaging Program was established by John Kurhanewicz, PhD and Daniel Vigneron, PhD to address this pressing need. This research program develops new magnetic resonance imaging methods to improve the assessment of prostate cancer. Kurhanewicz has directed the UCSF Prostate Imaging Program since 1998; the group has applied their advanced imaging techniques in over 6,500 research and clinical exams.
Utilizing Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in Patient Care
The program's translational multidisciplinary research projects range from basic magnetic resonance (MR) development to the implementation of what are now routine usages of MR imaging tools in the clinic. The program has developed a commercial multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging staging exam for prostate cancer patients, and with NIH funding, is optimizing and clinically validating this exam. This FDA-approved, non-invasive exam involves a combination of anatomic, metabolic, diffusion and perfusion imaging designed to better detect and characterize prostate cancer in individual patients. Program members are investigating the ability of multiparametric MR to detect and characterize the extent and aggressiveness of prostate cancer prior to therapy, to improve radiation treatment planning, to detect residual disease early after therapy and to predict clinical outcome.
Developing New Biomarkers of Prostate Cancer Presence, Aggressiveness and Response to Therapy
The NIH defines a biomarker as biological molecule found in blood, other body fluids, or tissues that is a sign of a normal or abnormal process, or of a condition or disease. A biomarker may be used to see how well the body responds to a treatment for a disease or condition. There is a growing amount of published data demonstrating that metabolic biomarkers can significantly improve the clinical assessment of cancer in patients and the development of new biomarkers is a focus of the Prostate Imaging Program. The program uses multiparametric MR data to locate cancer tissues in prostate cancer patients who undergo a biopsy and/or radical prostatectomy. The resulting prostate tissue is then analyzed using a non-destructive spectroscopic technique (1H HR-MAS) that enhances spectral resolution and provides the concentrations of all of the metabolic biomarkers in the prostate tissue. The same tissue can then undergo pathologic, genomic and proteomic analysis, providing a unique platform for new biomarker discovery. With NIH funding, the program is interested in establishing new biomarkers of cancer aggressiveness and androgen sensitivity as well as companion biomarkers for new therapies. The success of the above biomarker discovery projects has resulted in the establishment of the UCSF Biomedical Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility, directed by Dr. Kurhanewicz, dedicated to biomarker discovery and clinical translation.
The Future of MRI of Prostate Cancer
A new direction for the program is the development and clinical translation of an extraordinary new molecular imaging technique utilizing hyperpolarized 13C labeled metabolic substrates that has the potential to revolutionize the way we use MR imaging in the risk assessment of prostate cancer patients. Hyperpolarized (HP) 13C MR allows rapid and noninvasive monitoring of dynamic pathway-specific metabolic and physiologic processes. Hyperpolarization, achieved through the dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) technique, can provide unprecedented gains in sensitivity (10,000 – 100,000 fold increase) for imaging 13C-labeled bio-molecules that are endogenous, nontoxic, and nonradioactive. Metabolically active HP 13C -labeled compounds can be delivered to living systems where the substrate is metabolized and the products can be imaged in real time. The ability to detect down-stream metabolism, specifically the metabolic flux of HP 13C-pyruvate to lactate catalyzed by lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), has shown great potential for not only detecting prostate cancer, but also for assessing the aggressiveness (pathologic grade) of the cancer and response to therapy. The first DNP polarizer for human studies has been sited at UCSF, and we have successfully completed the first clinical trial of 13C MR metabolic imaging in patients with prostate cancer. Future clinical studies of HP 13C MR in patients with advanced prostate cancer are planned to investigate the clinical value of this technique, and new technical developments are underway to allow the assessment of metastatic prostate cancer.


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Connect with an established Eagle
A mentor or coach who's recently been where you are now in your FGCU career can help you find resources critical to academic success, stay on the path to your degree and enrich your campus experience.
Peer Academic Leaders: SLS 1501 - Effective Learning course
Peer Academic Leaders are assigned to each section of SLS 1501. The mentees in the course are First Time In College (FTIC) students who have an academic hold following the fall semester.
The Peer Academic Leader Program is:
- To aid students in their own personal and academic success
- To integrate students in the social and educational FGCU community
- To engage students in academic activities to improve college performance
As a result of having a Peer Academic Leader, students will be able to:
- Develop an interpersonal relationship with an upper level student
- Formulate new academic strategies and skills to increase involvement in learning
- Utilize curricular and co-curricular campus resources to form a FGCU support network
- Evaluate academic obstacles to take responsibility for personal development and growth
As a result of serving as a Peer Academic Leader, students will be able to:
- Develop cooperative relationships with peers, faculty, and staff
- Recognize their ability to play an active role in the learning process of others
- Employ academic strategies and mentor skills to their personal and professional aspirations
- Identify appropriate campus resources and opportunities that contribute to their educational experience
The mission of the Center for Academic Achievement (CAA) Peer Academic Leader (PAL) Program is to enrich the academic performance of students at Florida Gulf Coast University by connecting an upper class student to a first year mentee group. Peer Academic Leaders serve as a mentor, support, and coach to optimize student self-awareness, academic involvement, and knowledge of campus resources in and beyond the classroom.
Our vision is that every FGCU student will achieve his/her fullest academic potential to attain academic excellence and lifelong learning.
A CAA PAL is a student mentor who enriches the academic performance of mentees in and beyond the classroom. As a mentor the PAL will facilitate the development of mentees' self-awareness as a means of both personal and academic success. The PAL is trained to provide guidance, structure, and accountability for mentee students.
The Center for Academic Achievement will select a group of undergraduate leaders to serve as mentors for the spring semester. The selected PALs will be assigned to an SLS 1501 - Effective Learning course to enrich the academic performance of mentees in and beyond the classroom. As a mentor the PAL will facilitate the development of mentees' self-awareness as a means of both personal and academic success. The PAL is trained to provide guidance, resources, structure, and accountability for mentee students.
Questions or concerns regarding the PAL position or selection process should be directed
to the Center for Academic Achievement
Contact Information: _EMAIL_


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Shivers. Glows. Bows.: Reflexive Performance as Public Scholarship
[Disclaimer: I wrote a paper abstract for a panel on "Theorizing the Personal in Musical Ethnography" for the SEM (Society of Ethnomusicology) annual meeting in November 2011. I see this paper as the beginning of my _TAG_-ac or _TAG_-ac career as a scholar-performer and performer-scholar. Feedback is welcome!]
What is the relationship between scholarship and performance? What is the difference between scholar-performer and performer-scholar? This paper explores my experiences with practicing—in performance—intellectual ideas developed in my dissertation about Asian American participation in independent rock music. Compelled by the sounds and stories shared by the musician-colleagues during my 24-month close ethnographic engagement with members of two dozen bands of partial or whole Asian American membership, I started my band Dzian!. In this band, I work alongside my band mates to adapt and perform rock music from 1960s and 1970s Asia. With a mission to challenge the Anglo-American hegemony of rock music, and to inscribe Asia and Asian America into the rock music discourses, we introduce and make visible this obscure body of music to the local and regional popular music scenes.
I consider Dzian! a post-fieldwork, post-academic project of public scholarship. The band is a playground for me to experiment with the critical concepts related to race, ethnicity, and the postcolonial conditions that I formulated in my dissertation. In my presentation, I will offer a set of narratives that highlight my performative engagement with my dynamic and ambivalent (dis)identification as one-point-five-generation Taiwanese American. In a deeply reflexive manner, I will reflect on how I perform music to negotiate my struggle with orientalism and racial melancholia, as a constant minority outsider in the scene. I will describe how performing music has generated personal and collective reparations for the Asian American loss of cultural heritage and national belonging. Privileging the act of performing and music-making in the public, I argue for a fruitful manifesto for the role a scholar-performer, rather than a performer-scholar, enacting the ethics of scholarship as a social practice.
Is this scholarship?


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If a recipe calls for barley, should you use hulled or pearl? Can you substitute one for the other? What's the difference?
Hulled barley, also known as barley groats, is the whole grain form of barley, with only the outermost hull removed. Chewy and rich in fiber, it's the healthiest kind of barley. However, it takes longer to cook than pearl barley, about an hour or more.
Pearl barley is the most common form of barley. It's still chewy and nutritious, but less so than hulled barley because the outer husk and bran layers have been removed. The polished grains are also softer and take less time to cook, about 40 minutes.
Most recipes call for pearl barley or intend for cooks to use this type even if they don't specify. However, it is usually fine to substitute hulled barley. Just be aware that you may need to adjust the recipe cooking time.
Here are a few recipes from the Kitchn archives:
Related: Good Question: How Do I Cook Barley?
(Image: Emily Ho)