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Early History of Calflora
started in 1994 by Ann Dennis while at the US Forest Service to
help assess how management practices might affect wildlife, plant
diversity, and forest health. Originally an 8-character DOS filename,
Calflora was a database of species information that could be downloaded
and used on a personal computer. Subsequent versions made the taxon
table a web-searchable database, and tested the three table concept
of taxon, synonymy and occurrence data.
An important early collaborator was the Texas A&M University Bioinformatics Working Group.
In 1997, Calflora began
collaborating with the UC
Berkeley Digital Library Research Project to unite the Calflora
database with a collection of wildflower images. Digital Library
Project staff members including Ginger Ogle, Joyce Gross, Jeff Anderson-Lee,
and Loretta Willis provided invaluable assistance in advising
and developing the original CGI-based technical infrastructure of Calflora.
of the CalPhotos wildflower image collection was formed by a donation
of scanned slides from photographer and amature botanist Brother Alfred Brousseau
of St. Mary's College.
This was upplemented by additional major photo donations from the California
Academy of Sciences, California Department of Food and Agriculture,
and many private individuals. Calflora has worked with
to expand their collection of California native plant photos and weed photos.
Tony Morosco also joined
Calflora in 1997 to begin assembling a library of observation data
on California plants.
In January of 2000 Ann
Dennis, Tony Morosco, John Game, Emily Roberson, and Dean Taylor
founded the public benefit corporation The Calflora Database
to ensure the future of Calflora's services.
Calflora is an
independent organization dedicated to providing scientific information
about California plants for research, conservation, and education.
Calflora is supported by a mixture of funding from government agencies,
grants from foundations, and private donors. Many other individuals
and organizations also contribute data, expertise, and technical
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Working with CNPS Chapters.


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A coded transponder frequency, or transponder code, was a system of identification used by starships in the 24th century. Once deciphered, a vessel's transponder code would allow other ships in the vicinity to pinpoint its precise location.
In 2367, Gul Macet asked Captain Picard to transmit the transponder code of the USS Phoenix to one of his warships. Picard acquiesced, as it was the only way to prevent the renegade Phoenix from destroying a Cardassian supply ship. Macet was interested to learn later that Starfleet had already acquired Cardassian transponder codes. (TNG: "The Wounded")

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Washing, conveying and milling
Voran's machines can significantly reduce the time spent on different processes and increase the efficiency of production. The cleaning and sorting table is a combination device for cleaning and manual sorting of fruit and vegetables that helps to prepare fruit for milling process more efficiently.
Washing-elevating-milling systems help to save time on transporting fruits and vegetables from washer to the mill and allow higher throughput. These Voran machines are washing fruits and vegetables and also shred them in the same device right after washing process. After milling process the fruit pulp is ready to be pressed.


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Definitions of thrust:
- noun: verbal criticism
Example: "He enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians"
- noun: the act of applying force to propel something
- noun: a thrusting blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument
- noun: the force used in pushing
Example: "The thrust of the jet engines"
- noun: a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
Example: "He made a thrusting motion with his fist"
- verb: press or force
Example: "She thrust the letter into his hand"
- verb: push upward
Example: "The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air"
- verb: geology: thrust (molten rock) into pre-existing rock
- verb: push forcefully
Example: "He thrust his chin forward"
- verb: impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably
- verb: penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
- verb: place or put with great energy
Example: "Thrust the money in the hands of the beggar"
- verb: make a thrusting forward movement
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Let and be circles with unequal radii. Prove there exists an inversion that maps onto.
So my idea was this:
Choose an axis that passes through both centers of the circles (so that the axis contains the diameters of and ). Without loss of generality, let the radius of be smaller than the radius of. Choose a point on the constructed axis so that is between point and and that, where is the diameter of and is the diameter of, both of which are the diameters we chose to lie of the constructed axis (where lies between and and lies between and ). Then we can verify that maps onto. Q.E.D.
This seems to make sense to me, but I want to know if this is a viable proof or if I have left some aspects or cases out. If the circles share a common center then the proof for that case is easy so I omitted it. Thanks.

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buyers, plural;
 1. A person who makes a purchase
 2. A person employed to select and purchase stock or materials for a large retail or manufacturing business, etc
 1. a person who buys
 2. A buyer is any person who contracts to acquire an asset in return for some form of consideration.
 3. In the retail industry, a buyer is someone who decides what items will be stocked in a store, based on his or her predictions about what will be popular with shoppers. Retail buyers usually works closely with designers, and attend trade fairs and fashion shows to observe trends....
 4. (BUYERS) [], a name for the sailing-smacks that took herrings purchased from the fishing-luggers to sell again. Such as carried fresh herrings were called' fresh buyers' to distinguish them from the vessels that carried cured salt herrings. See Fresh-buyer.
 5. (Buyers) Financial institutions including asset-based lenders, Banks, Hedge funds, Venture Capital firms, private Equity Firms, and Corporations that have applied and been approved to bid on Receivables Market on receivable(s) offered for sale.
 6. (Buyers) Who are major buyers of the raw material, good, or service in question?
 7. (Buyers) refers to individuals who undertake transactional procurement and exercise purchasing responsibility only for easily-secured goods and services at low values and low risk....
 8. One who purchases or acquires property.
 9. A market participant who takes a long futures position or buys an option. An option buyer is also called a taker, holder, or owner.
 10. A member of the travel trade who reserves room blocks from accommodations or coordinates the development of a travel product.
 11. The person or group representative who signs the contract and pays for the speaker.
 12. Retail store employee who purchases clothing from the manufacturer; models show the line of clothing to store buyers
 13. Individual that would like to purchase Taxpayer's Relinquished Property.
 14. The acquirer of products, services, or results for an organization.
 15. This is the person that is buying the Property, sometimes also known as the Purchaser.
 16. The person(s) or entity purchasing Real Property.
 17. means the person who accepts a quotation or offer of the Seller for the sale of the Goods or whose order for the Goods is accepted by the Seller;
 18. most commonly means a professional purchasing person in a business; can also mean a private consumer. Buyers are not usually major decision-makers, that is to say, what they buy, when and how they buy it, and how much they pay are prescribed for them by the business they work for....
 19. The principal in the export transaction that purchases the commodities for delivery to the ultimate consignee. The buyer and ultimate consignee may be the same.
 20. A professional purchaser. Buyers typically specialize in a given group of materials or services and are responsible for market analysis, purchase planning, and coordination with users.
 21. People, when purchasing, make choices then pay money for what they are buying.
 22. A purchasing agent within a public-sector organization. Buyers can include procurement officers from the Federal and Provincial governments (including their respective ministries, departments, crown corporations and agencies), the MASH-sector, and other publicly-funded organizations who must...
 23. The procuring organization. For an internal project the buyer could be the marketing department.
 24. The person who purchases or procures a product or service. This person may also be the decision maker, but not necessarily.
 25. A wholesale or retail employee who analyzes, selects and buys an appropriate product mix in a category.


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In the Star Trek normal universe, almost all of Starfleet's starships were named with the prefix USS: Count from list. Some popular ones: USS Enterprise - series, USS Stargazer, USS Exeter, USS Defiant, USS Excelsior, USS Voyager, USS Titan, USS Reliant, USS Equinox, USS Grissom, USS Relativity, etc.
In the mirror universe, Starfleet's starships were named with the prefix ISS. We don't have a big list, but we do see these: ISS Enterprise NX-01, ISS Enterprise NCC-1701, ISS Avenger.
What's the full form of USS & ISS in Star Trek canon?
In the real world, the US Navy uses USS in ship names, which is reasonable as "United States Ship", but why is it used in Star Trek canon (in which there's no US to control starships)?
In the mirror universe, USS is replaced with ISS. Why? Does ISS have a meaning opposite from that of USS?
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USS has had several meanings.
From an article on TheGeekTwins exploring the same question:
In three episodes of the original series it was called by the name "United Star Ship." In the "The Cage," the Enterprise is refered to as the "United Space Ship Enterprise." Captain Kirk also used the term in "Elaan of Troyius" and Dr. McCoy did in the episode "Space Seed."
To confuse you even more, in the UK comic series it's known as "Universe Star Ship."
"United (Federation) Star Ship" is the most common definition you often see cited through other sources, linking the designation with the United Federation of Planets, however as pointed out by one researcher, the United Federation of Planets did not exist at the time the USS Enterprise NX-01 was first commissioned.
ISS doesn't seem to have explicit, high level canon to support it's definition, however in the game Starfleet Command (and its sequels) as well as within "The Mirror Universe Saga" (DC Star Trek comic, 1984-85), ships bearing this moniker make up the Imperial fleet and therefore carries a strong indication that it means "Imperial Star Ship."
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What you lately added as United (Federation) Star Ship is fully mis-leading because there wasn't any United Federation of Planets when first Warp 5 ship USS Enterprise NX-01 was launched.. – SS-3.1415926535897932384626433 Mar 17 '12 at 13:36
_USER_ Not my intent. I wanted to include that definition as counter-part as a form of United Star Ship as it's become somewhat "generally accepted", though without canon to my knowledge and obviously not correct historically as you pointed out. I've modified that paragraph to, I think, more clearly address the original intent, using your comment. – Josh Mar 17 '12 at 23:03
the United Federation of Planets did not exist at the time the USS Enterprise NX-01 was first commissioned - No, but United Earth did, just barely (the last few holdouts joined in 2150). It almost certainly still means United Star Ship, with "Earth" replacing "Federation" in parentheses. – Izkata Aug 9 '12 at 22:53
_USER_: NX-01 is not "USS Enterprise". It actually doesn't have a prefix, though in pre-broadcast promotions it was advertised as the "SS Enterprise". – Lightning Racis in Obrit Jan 28 at 0:46
This was a practice that originated from the "United States Ship" designations such as USS Enterprise (CV-6), a carrier in the United States Navy. Star Trek was emulating and referencing the military of its time period (the 1960's) and the USS designations and the Naval Construction numbers on the hulls were thought to be a way to show how naval traditions had migrated into space.
 - The USS part of the ship designation - United Space Ship
 - They included registry numbers - Naval Construction Contract numbers (NCC-1701 for example) to designate versions and variations to add further distinctive identifications.
 - In the Mirror Universe, ISS stood for (Imperial Space Ship).
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Any reason to add last paragraph in answer? – SS-3.1415926535897932384626433 Mar 16 '12 at 22:39
I noticed that trend in Star Trek, to use "Imperial Empire." They use that in ST:TNG when talking about Klingons. I wonder if it ever occurred to them that it's redundant. – Tango Mar 16 '12 at 23:38
"In the mirror universe, USS is replaced with ISS. Why? Does ISS have a meaning opposite from that of USS?" This question explains the second paragraph. – Thaddeus Mar 17 '12 at 2:35
I have noticed a preponderance of answers seem to get the nod as the answer of choice if the answer references a previous wiki. What exactly is the value add if all we do is list a reference to a previous wiki? I can do that with ease with 90% of the questions here. I thought we were trying to do more than repeat other wikis. If I am wrong let me know... – Thaddeus Mar 17 '12 at 2:37
There is no reference to "Imperial Empire" in Mirror, Mirror, so your last paragraph has major flaws. – aramis Mar 17 '12 at 8:25
The origin of the term "U.S.S." is originally "United States Ship," a form commonly heard by persons dealing with US naval vessels in any capacity. This is one of a great many such terms used in the real world wet-navies. Even in the original proposal, just such a term was used in the "excerpted orders" - "SS Yorktown"
The following is a non-exhaustive sampling of real world ship name prefaces:
FV: Fishing Vessel, Factory Vessel
MV: Motor Vessel
RMS: Royal Mail Ship {UK}
SS: Steam Ship
RV: Research Vessel
USS: United States Ship
IJN: Imperial Japanese Naval (ship)
JDS: Japanese Defense Ship
HMS: His/Her Majesty's Ship {UK}, Hans/Hennes Majestäts Skepp {Danish}
HMAS: His/Her Majesty's Australian Ship {Australia}
USCGC: United States Coast Guard Cutter {US, rarely used except formally}
RFS: Russian Federation Ship {used for Russian vessels, but not by the Russians!}
The Writer's Guide for Star Trek gives "United Space Ship" on page 1 (3rd visible page in the PDF). It should be noted that this appears to be the guide for season 2 - it makes no reference to Checkov, but does reference season 1's success.
ISS would be "Imperial Star Ship" - imperial being the adjectival form indicating ownership by an Empire; in the case of Star Trek's Mirror Universe, the Terran Empire. While this is not specified in TOS's Mirror Mirror, Enterprise's In a Mirror Darkly, Part 1 has Hoshi saying, "Another Terran Empire? Another Starfleet?" This implies that the Empire referred to in the ISS is the Terran Empire in whose Starfleet the Mirror Hoshi speaking serves.
IKV is used for Klingon Vessels in fannon; it means "Imperial Klingon Vessel" and does not appear on screen.
IKS is used in DS9, standing for "Imperial Klingon Ship." Both are used as name prefixes in DS9's The Sons of Mogh, tho not for the same ship.
As an aside: We also know that the Terran Empire has fallen by the time of DS9 doing a mirror universe episode. DS9 and Voyager would therefore not be dealing with the Terran Empire.
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USS was simply a mistake. At the time the first script came in the script writter didn't realize that us was no longer valid for the film since UFP would be more appropriate but the public was more familiar to associate uss with a vessel name than U FP so in order to keep up with the best marketing practices they (the producer's) kept USS instead of UFP.
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Wow... That's a nice information. But, do you have any citation? – SS-3.1415926535897932384626433 Jul 6 '14 at 0:38
What script? What first film? You really need to back up any dramatic assertions like this... – Richard Jul 6 '14 at 0:54
I don't see how "UFP" would be an appropriate ship prefix. You don't use "USA" in the States, or "GB" in the UK. Furthermore, you make wild assertions with absolutely no evidence! – Lightning Racis in Obrit Jan 28 at 0:50
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Giant Marble Harvests Energy From Sun And Moon
It looks like a giant, glass marble. But this globe is no game. It's a sun-tracking, solar energy concentrator created by Barcelona-based architects Rawlemon and, according to the designers, is able to collect not just sunlight but moonlight as well. The weatherproof sphere is designed to rotate and follow the sun across the sky. It's so sensitive to light that at night, it can even harvest moonlight and convert it into electricity.
Andre Rawlemon, the architect and designer, says his spherical, sun-tracking glass globe is able to concentrate sunlight and moonlight up to 10,000 times and that the system is 35 percent more efficient than photovoltaic designs that track the sun. One of Rawlemon's idea is to build these globes into the exterior walls of buildings and use them to generate electricity.
Other products to invest in when this technology reaches full commercialization potential: Bounty and Windex.
Seriously though, the ability alone to convert moonlight to electricity could be a game changer for the manufacturers of photovoltaic cells where typical solar panels offer a range of 8 to 12 hours of usable daylight for the generation of electricity.
Coupled with products that offer greater efficiency and other simple behavioral aspects like turning off computers and monitors (or at least put in stand-by) when they're not being used could add up to significant savings and longer-term environmental benefits.


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Well I've had it both ways on the same car, and my experience differs from what you are saying.
It's likely a trained eye will see the scratches no matter what the condition of the paint, but for the average enthusiast they will appear less visible when orange peel is present.
Trained eye or not, there's no technical explanation for what you're saying. Orange peel texture is like the picture below. With orange peel, swirls follow the curvature of the ridge lines, but there's no masking effect in this instance. Miniscule variances in height of the clear coat have no effect on the appearance of surface defects. If the surface was flat (no orange peel), the scratches would still follow the same pattern, only without the slight variances in height. Either way, there's no masking effect like what you're suggesting.
On the other hand, orange peel DOES have an effect on the way light is refracted against the surface. That's a whole other topic though. The image reflected by the orange peel-laden surface is distorted by the variances in the paint's height, whereas a flat surface evenly reflects light and thus no distortion. Think of a mirror's reflection vs. the reflection of rippling water.


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High-Performance Diode Lasers for Computer-To-Plate (CtP) Applications
Diode lasers with high reliability and outstanding performance
Computer-to-plate (CtP) is an imaging technology used in modern printing processes. In this technology, an image created in a Desktop Publishing (DTP) application is output directly to a printing plate. This is different to the older technology, computer-to-film (CTF), where the computer file is imaged onto a photographic film. This film is then used to make a printing plate, just like to a contact proof in darkroom photography.
CtP methods differ according to the construction type of the imagesetter and the light source used to expose the plate surface. In terms of construction type there are three different kinds: internal drum, external drum and flat-bed imagesetters.
The two main light sources used to expose the plate are ultraviolet light lamps and laser diodes. The wavelength and energy of the laser diodes depend on the type of plate that is used. This technology is mainly used in newspaper and magazine printing.
TOPTICA's diode lasers provides the required wavelength from 375 nm to 785 nm with a power up to 300 mW. Our iBeam smart laser are already used in many CtP applications and knows for their reliability and the outstanding performance, where quality products are required.


George Nissen obituary
Eccentric American gymnast and acrobat who invented the trampoline
George Nissen
George Nissen
George Nissen, who has died aged 96, was an inveterate and sometimes eccentric inventor. He registered more than 40 patents, but his name is synonymous with his first invention, the trampoline. His life-changing idea was formulated when, as a child, he visited touring circuses. Watching the trapeze artists drop into the safety nets and bounce up and flip, he imagined how exciting it would be if they could keep bouncing and flipping.
Nissen called the concept "rebound tumbling" and built his first bouncing rig while he was a student. He registered the trademark "trampoline" – naming it after el trampolín, the Spanish for diving board – and in his first year of production, in the late 1930s, he sold about 10 to YMCAs and schools. That did not impress his father, who suggested that he had already satisfied demand. But Nissen was not so easily deterred, and by the mid-60s the trampoline had become so popular that he no longer tried to enforce the patent.
Nissen was born in Blairstown, Iowa, one of four children of Franklin and Catherine Nissen, Danish immigrants. The family moved to Cedar Rapids when he was young, and he took up gymnastics and diving at the local YMCA. In 1933, he started at the University of Iowa and during his time there, with the gymnastics coach Larry Griswold, set about building the first trampoline. Griswold would later partner Nissen in the Griswold-Nissen Trampoline and Tumbling Company, set up in 1941, and write the first instruction manual the following year.
Nissen had experimented in the family garage, using angle irons from the local junkyard for the frame and canvas from a tentmaker, with strips of inner-tubes from old car tyres to attach the canvas to the frame. With Griswold, he worked on a more sophisticated model with coiled springs, which had its first public appearance at the local YMCA camp. The bouncing rig proved hugely successful and Nissen began to believe that it could have a commercial future.
After graduating in 1937 with a business degree, he toured with his friends Jack Brown and Xavier Leonard as The Three Leonardos. They performed their acrobatic act at fairs in the US and in Mexico, where Nissen discovered the future name for his bouncing rig. When they returned to the US, they incorporated the trampoline into their act and toured schools. As intended, it generated commercial interest, but the second world war intervened. Nissen, ever adaptable, persuaded the US forces that the trampoline had training applications and sold them about 100.
The postwar development of the trampoline was marked out by a publicity stunt with a kangaroo, which Nissen hired for a photoshoot in Central Park, New York. He knew that by bouncing at one end of the trampoline, he could start the kangaroo bouncing at the other. The trick was for Nissen to time his jumps so that a picture could be taken of both himself and the kangaroo in mid-air.
The shoot was a huge success and the picture went round the world. Nissen did too, selling his product in Europe (the trampoline was particularly popular in eastern-bloc countries), Japan, South Africa and South America. However, there was chequered progress for trampolines in the US. They were hugely popular, but the "jump centres" that sprang up were unregulated, and injuries – and legal action – ensued.
Nissen tried to develop his invention by creating bouncing games, but the trampoline was developing organically. As well as being an invaluable training aid for many sports – it was de rigueur for divers – it was taking off as a sport in its own right.
The first world championships took place at the Royal Albert Hall, London, in 1964. A year later, the International Trampoline Federation was formed. Griswold and Nissen formed the US Tumbling and Trampoline Association in 1971. But Nissen had to wait until 2000 for his lifetime goal to be achieved. That year, the sport was accorded ultimate respectability when it was included in the Sydney Olympic Games.
Nissen himself was the best advertisement for the health benefits of his product. A brilliant gymnast and tumbler in his youth, he could still do handstands into his 80s and yoga headstands in his 90s.
He is survived by his wife, Annie, a Dutch acrobat whom he met in 1950 while she was performing for the Cole Brothers Circus in the US, and two daughters, Dagmar and Dian.
- George Peter Nissen, inventor and gymnast, born 3 February 1914; died 7 April 2010
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Join us for a fun, family friendly opportunity to learn more about bees!
James Nieh, Professor of Ecology, Behavior and Evolution at UC San Diego, whose research focuses on the evolution of foraging communication and behavior in social bees, as well as honey bee health, will give us some insight into the inner workings of these busy critters.
This learning opportunity in collaboration with the San Diego Festival of Science & Engineering is all about the senses—not only will you learn about bees, you'll probably see and hear a few buzz by during your visit to Wild Willow Farm & Education Center in South Bay San Diego. This sustainable farm and education center is home to 20 buzzing honeybee hives, which you'll be able to take a peek at during 15-minute guided tours of the hives at 2:30 and 2:45 p.m.
Last but not least, you can taste what honey production is all about with some delectable treats featuring honey and pollen produced on-site at Wild Willow Farm.
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Tobacco and alcohol use are established risk factors for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). We sought to determine whether these factors act synergistically to increase the risk of ESCC.
We performed a systematic literature search in multiple electronic databases regardless of language. Eligible studies were population-based case–control or cohort studies of ESCC that assessed the effects of tobacco and/or alcohol. Departures from multiplicative effects were quantified by the synergy factor (SF); SF >1 indicates positive synergy. Meta-analyses were performed to estimate summary-adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and the summary crude SF using random-effect models. Heterogeneity was defined by Cochrane's QP<0.10 and the inconsistency index.
Systematic review identified 7,629 unique citations, of which 5 were eligible. Either tobacco or alcohol use was associated with a 20–30% increased risk for ESCC compared with nonuse, but the use of both was associated with an approximately threefold risk for ESCC; the summary-adjusted OR for combined alcohol and tobacco use was 3.28 (95% confidence interval (CI)=2.11, 508; Cochrane's QPvalue=0.05;I2=55.3%). The summary SF for ever-use of both tobacco and alcohol was 1.85 (95% CI=1.45, 2.38; Cochrane's QPvalue=0.49;I2=0.0%).
There is a positive synergistic effect of alcohol and tobacco use for ESCC. The observed combined effect of the two factors is almost double if there were no synergy. Efforts for controlling the burden of ESCC should focus on individuals who use both alcohol and tobacco.


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There's an interesting piece in New Scientist today about how non-governmental organization Medecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is exploring the potential of using satellite images to estimate population counts for international medical and disaster relief efforts.
Currently, non-governmental organizations delivering humanitarian aid to war-torn areas, locations gripped by famine or regions battling epidemics rely on the "quadrat" approach to estimate population size. Using this method, a sample of individual households are surveyed and the data are used in calculating town or refugee camp populations. The process requires an ample number of samplers and careful post-survey analysis, which tends to make it slow.
So MSF partnered with London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine researcher Chris Grundy and colleagues to develop a way to use satellite images to speed up the population count process and tested it for a project in Am Timan in Chad. Andy Coghlan writes:
Preliminary results presented last week in London at the annual research meeting of MSF revealed that the satellite method matched the quadrat method for accuracy. Also, it took about half the time to deliver an answer, although Grundy says that with refinement it has the potential to be much faster.
Surveyors … still had to visit households in Am Timan to estimate how many people typically lived in each kind of building, but they could then make a city-wide estimate by counting the total number of each type of dwelling in the satellite image, either through a computer automated analysis or by manual counting.
The quadrat method, which required sampling visits to 1160 dwellings, gave a population of 49,722. The satellite technique, which required sampling visits to only 348 dwellings, gave estimates of 46,625 for the manual and 45,400 for the automated method.
"These results are very good, and there's no doubt they'd be good enough for what MSF wants to do," says Grundy. But the team hopes to make it faster still, potentially eliminating the need to sample dwellings first.
Researchers are continuing to test the satellite method at 11 global refugee camps.


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Abstract: Let $V$ be a finite dimensional vector space over a field $K$ with a non-degenerate symmetric, alternating, or hermitian scalar product. We characterize the orbits of $m$-tuples of vectors of $V$ under the group of isometries of $V$ by the Gram matrix and an additional subspace of $K^m$. This characterization will then be applied to determine all $m$-point invariants of real euclidean, spherical, hyperbolic, and de-Sitter geometries.
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What is the CA 19-9 Radioimmunoassay (RIA) test? What does the CA 19-9 test measure?
The CA 19-9 Radioimmunoassay (RIA) is a simple blood test that measures the level of tumor-associated antigens found in the blood serum of a person who has pancreatic cancer. Antigens are substances that cause the immune system to make a specific immune response. CA 19-9 antigens are foreign substances released by pancreatic tumor cells.
The normal range of CA 19-9 in the blood of a healthy individual is 0-37 U/ml (Units per milliliter). CA 19-9 associated antigen levels are elevated in the blood of many patients with pancreatic cancer. It is important to note that not every patient with pancreatic cancer will have an elevated CA 19-9 level and some non-cancerous conditions can cause high CA 19-9 levels. For these reasons, the CA 19-9 test cannot be used as a diagnostic or screening test for pancreatic cancer.
When is the CA 19-9 test performed?
After the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer is confirmed and if the individual's CA 19-9 level was elevated before treatment, the CA 19-9 test is used periodically to judge the effectiveness of various treatments.
What do the values or numbers of a CA 19-9 test mean?
In general, if CA 19-9 values increase, then progression or growth of the tumor is indicated. If the values remain the same, then the disease is stable. Finally, if CA 19-9 values decrease, then a response to treatment is indicated. A decline in CA 19-9 levels after treatment for pancreatic cancer followed by a rise later may suggest tumor recurrence.
Why is the CA 19-9 test performed?
Changes in CA 19-9 levels help determine if the tumor is progressing, remaining stable or responding to treatment. This test helps doctors decide if treatment should be changed or if additional tests or scans are necessary.
How is the CA 19-9 test performed?
A blood sample is taken from the patient and then sent to a laboratory for testing to determine the level of CA 19-9 present in the blood. This blood sample is measured using a radioimmunoassay, or RIA, test. Radioimmunoassay is a laboratory technique that can identify specific substances in the blood.
How often is the CA 19-9 test performed?
The doctor will determine how frequently the CA 19-9 tests should be performed. If the tumor seems to be growing despite treatment efforts, the CA 19-9 test may be repeated weekly or after each round of treatment is completed. In a patient who is not currently receiving treatment, the CA 19-9 test may be used periodically over time to determine if that patient should resume treatment or undergo additional testing. People who had their tumors surgically removed might have periodic CA 19-9 tests as part of their follow-up care.
Can conditions other than pancreatic cancer cause an elevated CA 19-9?
Yes. While a high CA 19-9 is most commonly associated with pancreatic cancer, other cancers, such as colorectal, lung, and gall bladder cancers, can also cause elevated levels. High CA 19-9 levels can also be caused by non-cancerous conditions such as gall stones, pancreatitis, cystic fibrosis, and liver disease.
During radiation therapy, CA 19-9 levels might be elevated due to the dying cancer cells releasing CA 19-9. Since the results of a CA 19-9 test are not accurate, the test is not performed while the patient receives radiation treatment.
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EVFD Meaning - What does EVFD mean?
EVFD meaning is Eastland Volunteer Fire Department and other full form of EVFD definition take part in below table. There are 14 different meaning of EVFD acronym in the table which are compilation of EVFD abbreviation such as Ambulance service, Fire, Maryland, Minnesota, Texas etc. terminologies. Unless you can not find the meaning of EVFD acronym which you look for in 14 different EVFD meaning table, please search again as using question model like "What does EVFD mean?, EVFD meaning" or you can search by typing only EVFD abbreviation in the search box.
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- Eastland Volunteer Fire Department Ambulance service, Fire
- Easton Volunteer Fire Department Maryland, Minnesota, Texas
- Edgecliff Village Fire Department Ambulance service, Fire, Texas
- Edgewood Volunteer Fire Department Ambulance service, Fire, Pennsylvania, Texas
- Edinboro Volunteer Fire Department Ambulance service, Fire, Pennsylvania
- Edinburg Volunteer Fire Department Mississippi
- Efland Volunteer Fire Department North Carolina
- Elberta Volunteer Fire Department Alabama
- Elk Volunteer Fire Department California
- Ellenboro Volunteer Fire Department Ambulance service, Fire, West Virginia
- Ellington Volunteer Fire Department Connecticut, Missouri, New York
- Emporium Volunteer Fire Department Ambulance service, Fire, Pennsylvania
- Evans Valley Fire District Oregon
- Evergreen Volunteer Fire Department Louisiana, Minnesota
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What does EVFD meaning stand for?EVFD meaning stands for Elberta Volunteer Fire Department.
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What does EVFD mean?EVFD mean that "Edgecliff Village Fire Department".
What is EVFD acronym?EVFD acronym is "Ellington Volunteer Fire Department".
What is shorthand of Evans Valley Fire District?The shorthand of "Evans Valley Fire District" is EVFD.
What is the definition of EVFD acronym?Definitions of EVFD shorthand is "Emporium Volunteer Fire Department".
What is the full form of EVFD abbreviation?Full form of EVFD abbreviation is "Ellenboro Volunteer Fire Department".
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EVFD Abbreviation in Astrology
- EVFD (letter E)
Amiable, feed with love and compassion people. E person is not fast since energy is consumed easily for them. However they are fond of freedom. Therefore, they can show rebellious movements. Mercury and the twins have a bearing on this letter, communication and intelligence are most distinct character of them.
Their imagination is so powerful. They live reality and dream in the same time. Sadness and cheerfulness are live together with them. They are compeller and they want to get benefit from opportunities immediately, they can make wrong due to hurriedness.
- EVFD (letter V)
The letter V is represented with 4 number. Merge means beginnings. They keep desire to have own ways with affection of director Planet Uranus. They have surprising personalities which their next steps are unpredictable.
V is the first letter of the name can sometimes show ruthless attitude. They like to behave individualistically. They are willing to innovations.
- EVFD (letter F)
F letter refuses energy which comes to itself. People who has F letter are responsible, helpful, calm and creative people. Even if they are prone to depression and melancholy, often struggle tirelessly for the sake of ideals. In Love and romance are oppressive. They like to direct something.
Since numerological F corresponds to 6 number, these people symbolizes love. They are like sun; they irradiate to environment. However, sometimes they can be destructive, they are willing to fulminate suddenly.
- EVFD (letter D)
D people who get energy from universe and use it for themselves only, are quite helpful also. Numerological D corresponds to 4 number and D symbolizes balance. Besides, it is affected under Moon and it keeps energy of the Moon. Therefore, their emotions are so changeable and they are fond of family life.
Love and compassion are significant terms for them. Being stubborn are worst character of them. They are off for strong communication and they do not change easily what they know true. They go their own way.


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Those entitled to relief must be:
- Resident within the parish in which application is submitted for enrolment.
- Wholly destitute of means of subsistence.
- Unable to work and earn a living due to mental and physical causes or both.
- In need of temporary relief due to drought, epidemic disease, fire, flood or other disaster.
- Anyone in or out of the parish who has emergency needs which he cannot meet. This assistance is usually refundable.
Any citizen who, due to circumstances beyond his / her control, finds himself in need of assistance can apply to the nearest Poor Relief Office for temporary assistance. The individual must undertake to repay the Poor Relief Department as soon as he/she is able.


California Residents: Trophy Hunting & Live Market Cruelty Must End
California Residents: Trophy Hunting & Live Market Cruelty Must End
 A bill that would ban cruel live animal markets and the possession of hunting "trophies" from certain species of African wildlife in California has recently passed the Senate, and moved on to the Assembly for consideration.
This bill, SB 1175, would ban the sale of frogs, turtles, and certain bird species in live animal markets, as well as the importation of live wild animal species that pose a zoonotic disease risk. Additionally, a section of the bill entitled the Iconic African Species Protection Act would ban the possession of body parts from African elephants, black rhinoceros, white rhinoceros, two species of zebras, and several other species. Now is your chance to ensure this bill is passed to protect animals!
This bill was introduced in February by California State Senator Henry Stern and co-sponsored by Social Compassion in Legislation and the Center for Biological Diversity. The bill was originally in response to the federal government's refusal to protect African species from the cruelties of trophy hunting, but in May, it was amended to address the spread of global pandemics — which have been linked to selling and butchering wildlife, particularly those animals who are trafficked from the wild and sold in live-animal markets.
Animals endure harrowing journeys to these markets and are held in cramped, often unsanitary cages for long periods of time. In the markets, they may be within sight of other animals being slaughtered. These places can be so stressful for animals that they become immune-compromised, which can lead to increased risks of disease transmission to humans.
Trophy hunting is the barbaric practice of gunning animals down, sometimes in front of their families, only for them to endure painful, often prolonged deaths. Hunting traumatizes those elephants who witness the tragic, violent deaths of their beloved family members and because of their extraordinary memories, they can be haunted by these gruesome images for the rest of their lives.
By and large, trophy hunting allows wealthy, mostly white men from Western nations like the United States to have privileged access to African wildlife, at the expense of not only the animals themselves, but local people, and is therefore considered a form of neocolonialism, or systematic resource control through outside influences. Banning the possession of hunting trophies is intended to reduce the incentive to kill animals for their body parts.
If this bill is passed into law, individuals, corporations, partnerships, and associations would all be banned from possessing body parts originating from elephants, giraffes, black rhinoceros, white rhinoceros, Jentink's duikers, two species of zebras, hyenas, baboons, pangolins, hippopotamuses, African lions, and leopards.
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Yates' correction for continuity, or Yates' chi-square test, adjusts the formula for Pearson's chi-square test by subtracting 0.5 from the difference between each observed value and its expected value in a 2 × 2 contingency table. This reduces the chi-square value obtained and thus increases its p-value. It prevents overestimation of statistical significance for small data. This formula is chiefly used when at least one cell of the table has an expected frequency less than 5.
Other sources say that this correction should be used when the expected frequency is less than 10.
Yet other sources say that Yates corrections should always be applied.
Yates, F (1934). Contingency table involving small numbers and the χ2 test. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society (Supplement) 1: 217-235.
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FFC #70 - Why math is not like writing
Posted April 26th, 2021 at 09:40 PM by The Grim Reaper's Friend
TGRF's Fan Fiction Chronicles - Entry #70
I'm beginning to see why some people like math. In math the rules are absolute. The goals are plain. The obstacles are clear. There is a right way to solve every problem.
I admit to not being a mathematician. Therefore my interpretation of the field may not be entirely accurate.
Writing is like the opposite of math. Some things have rules, some do not. What rules there are must be followed, bent, or broken depending on the situation. There are usually several goals, and defining them is not easy. You also never know if you have the right goal or if you're working towards something else. The obstacles are hard to find for the same reason. If the goal is wrong, the obstacle is too. Often there are multiple obstacles. There are a multitude of right ways to solve every problem, each of which offer varying levels of success. Sometimes solutions create more problems.
It's easy to wish for the unchanging rigidity of math.
I would like to note that this feeling quickly vanishes when faced with such things as math tests.
Why am I saying all this? You can probably guess why: once again, TGRF is stuck somewhere in the writing process.
Some things never change.
I wanted to explain what's going on, since it's been awhile since I've given you a true update. And as is usually the case, updating you involves relating why things aren't working the way I wish they were.
Way back in FFC #61, I figured out (or thought I did) one of my biggest issues with writing: the absent middles.
In summary: I was trying to use character change to find a story, rather than using character change to structure an existing story. The issue is that character arcs have a beginning, midpoint, and end. Everything else comes down to: the character changes. That's not a story, that's an outline. Thus, by trying to use character arcs to create stories, I was coming up with stories with no middles.
In the above-linked FFC, this finally dawned on me. To prove to myself that this was in fact the case, I created an arc-less pure plot story. It worked great, until I got to the end, and realized why we need character arcs (things just kind of resolved, with no reason why they resolved). But the point is, it didn't have an absent middle. The middle was the biggest part (which is as it should be).
So I happily reported my findings and went on my way.
And now here we are again, staring at absent middles.
It turns out saying you know how to do something and actually doing it are two very different things.
Once again, I've been trying to create stories from character arcs. I need to stop trying to do that. What I need to do is to find a story that I'm interested in, and start there. Now, You might ask how I can start with a character arc and not a story.
I'm probably the only one asking this, but whatever. I need to think out loud here.
Take one of my more recent failed ideas for fan fiction. This idea started with a simple premise: Aquilla has just joined the alliance, and now must race to protect her amulet before Utgar's armies arrive. What's the first thing I did once I had that basic idea? I started creating an arc. Other problems aside, this created the issue where the beginning, end, and midpoint are fleshed out, but the middle comes down to: Aquilla changes.
I need to change that first step. Instead of going straight to a character arc, I should have done... something else. But what that something else is... that I don't know. That's where my issue is. I need to get a story, but at the same time I need to somehow make a character arc central to it (as I learned with the plot-based story), somehow without starting with a character arc.
It's like looking at an algebra problem with lots of variables, where more than half of them have nothing to do with the problem. And also where I don't know what the answer is supposed to be. Or how to solve for it.
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I guess you could try making a "stuff happens" plot first (you know, the kind you wrote when you were 9) and then see if you can fit a character arc into it
The pitch you give is a very plotty scenario to me, and I off the top of my head wonder what the character arc in it could be. You could probably give me a minute to think of a plot involving racing to hide the amulet from Utgar with lots of battles and a side-plot involving Drake's group in Aquilla's territory. Then you could tell me after the outline was done what the character arc was and I'd probably find a way to graft it onto the outline made (a few needed changes notwithstanding). The main problem with that would likely be that the arc wouldn't be the focus, just another element to the story.
I did that a few times in the fanfic competition to be honest, because you are often already given your plot in the form of a prompt. The arc I added after getting an idea, simply to give the story a bit more personality.
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_USER_ Adding the arc in after the plot was created was indeed what I tried to do. And technically I could have done it, but it didn't feel... I don't know. Organic? Like it fit? It wasn't the focus, and maybe my problem is that I'm so unused to arcs not being the focus that it didn't feel right to me, but I don't know. It was definitely an interesting exercise if nothing else.
However, I'm researching how other authors go about making their stories. Hopefully this will help. I found a college class taught by Brandon Sanderson which he kindly put on YouTube which seems promising...
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As a math teacher, I just need to push back on one thing here:
The first parts are right, but the last isn't always true. In math, there is a right way to solve a problem -- and there are probably several other right ways to solve the same problem. It's a common misconception about math, and I often tell my students that there may be one correct answer to the problem, but there are multiple ways to get there.
But yes, solving problems in math is different than solving them in writing.
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_USER_ True. I fear my experiences with algebra have faded to the back of my mind, but your words bring back certain... memories. I remember taking issue with the answer book several times when an answer was marked wrong because I hadn't solve it the right way Who cares how I solved it? I got the right answer, didn't I?!?
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The Spanish phrase "refrigeradores usados" translated to "used refrigerators" in English. "Refrigeradores" is the plural term for "refrigerador," meaning refrigerator. "Usados" comes from the verb "usar," meaning "to use."
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Vincetoxicum, genus Vincetoxicum(noun)
genus of chiefly tropical American vines having cordate leaves and large purple or greenish cymose flowers; supposedly having powers as an antidote
Vincetoxicum is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae. Although the species in Vincetoxicum have sometimes been included in Cynanchum, chemical and molecular evidence shows that Vincetoxicum is more closely related to Tylophora. Species include: ⁕Vincetoxicum funebre ⁕Vincetoxicum hirundinaria ⁕Vincetoxicum linifolium, Balf.f. ⁕Vincetoxicum nigrum ⁕Vincetoxicum rossicum
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The Political Economy of Sugar in Southern Africa – Introduction
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In this introductory paper we review historic and contemporary development of sugar cane production across the southern Africa. We argue that the region's sugar industry provides a useful lens through which to understand current dynamics of corporate capital and agricultural production in Africa. We identify three distinct elements of political-economic analysis: first, the operation of logics of capital investment in different settings; second, the nature of state policies and politics in different national contexts; and third, local processes of production, accumulation and livelihoods, including effects on labour and social differentiation. The paper draws on the empirical cases from seven southern African countries presented in this collection. It highlights the rapid concentration of corporate control by three South African companies over the past decade, but also a diverse set of outcomes contingent on local context. This is particularly evident in the nature of 'outgrower' sugar cane production which is found in all cases but constituted in different places by quite different social categories in terms of wealth and scale of production. We argue that common stereotypes of corporate investment as either 'win–win' or as a 'land grab' rarely apply. Rather, the nature and outcomes of 'outgrower' systems needs to be understood as a manifestation of context-specific political-economic relationships between corporate capital, national governments and a variety of local holders of capital, land and labour.
CitationAlex Dubb, Ian Scoones & Philip Woodhouse (2017) The Political Economy of Sugar in Southern Africa – Introduction, Journal of Southern African Studies, 43:3, 447-470, DOI: 10.1080/03057070.2016._PHONE_
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HIDALGO FALLS. The Hidalgo Falls are on the Brazos River five miles northwest of Washington-on-the-Brazos in Washington County (at 30°24' N, 96°11' W). The Hidalgo Cliffs rise above the falls, twenty feet above river level. They are surrounded by rolling hills that support post oak forest. The falls are a series of exposed limestone shoals that were formed by the erosion of the adjacent Hidalgo escarpment. They mark the dividing line between the middle and upper reaches of the Brazos River. Riverboats headed above Hidalgo Falls had to wait for a rise in the water level before proceeding upstream; if a boat's navigator misjudged the length of time the river would remain above normal level, the riverboat was trapped above the falls until the river rose again. The Brazos River above the falls offered limited access to upriver points during most of the year.
Pamela A. Puryear and Nath Winfield, Jr., Sandbars and Sternwheelers: Steam Navigation on the Brazos (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1976).
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article."HIDALGO FALLS," Handbook of Texas Online (_URL_ accessed May 23, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.


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An explanation of the mechanics of control line and its advantages compared with other kinds of flying model aircraft.
A control line model aeroplane is one that is tethered by fine wires or cables (the lines) so that it is forced to fly in a circle, and fitted with elevators that can be moved by a pilot holding a control handle attached to the ends of the lines in the centre of the flying circle.
Variations on this theme providing control by one or three lines also exist, but are nowhere near as common as the two-line form described here:
Diagram adapted from one in the Aeromodeller Data Book published by Model & Allied Publications.
Aerobatic models are normally fitted with large wing flaps which move in the opposite direction from elevators. There are a few ways of achieving this, some providing a differential action that applies more flap to the wing nearest the flying circle centre, but a common arrangement is shown in the following diagram:
Diagram from the Control Line Manual by R.G. Moulton, published by Model Aeronautical Press Ltd.
The control lines themselves are usually made of a twisted cable about 0.3mm diameter consisting of three or more fine strands of wire soldered together,
Cable has a several advantages over piano wire: it is less prone to kinking (hence the trade name Laystrate); its soldered construction protects its steel strands from rusting; and it does not have the tendency for lines to cling together magnetically, occasionally a source of sticky controls when using piano wire.
Very small models have also been flown successfully on cotton button thread or carpet thread, but modern threads containing lots of polyester are more flexible and result in rather vague control.
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Simple Digital Library Index
Simple Digital Library Index (SDLI) is designed to make it quick and easy to assemble digital libraries for schools in a format that is accessible, fast and easy to add content in bulk, and can be easily replicated to make it accessible in multiple locations even if there are asynchronous or very slow connections. It provides a GUI for the library maker that makes it simple to build the library. Does not need server side components and generates a master index XML file.
- Generates a plain old HTML browsing interface - no MySQL, PHP, etc. required
- Generates an index of all the meta data and files in the library - you can download this and use it the same way as a repository
- Very simple to add content - just assemble folders of content and tag the files using their own format if required.
- Very easy to replicate - static HTML files are generated; therefor it can be easily copied to any medium, made accessible by being put into a webserver (e.g. Apache) directory
- Suitable for offline use or use on a school server that does not have an internet connection.
- Can be simply localized by using an XML dictionary file. Will look and see if this can be generated from po files etc. HTML pages will be automatically generated for each language as specified in the config file.
- Can be made full text searchable by feeding the index page to Nutch
This is under active development - the key things we're working on:
- Adding HTML 5 Manifests to each generated entry page so selecting it for offline use would download all required components
- Adding to the reader activity so that one can browse the index and then select downloads
- Add Ogg Video support
- Add ODF document support
- Add wizard for tagging HTML content / offline websites
 Getting Started
You can download the distribution _URL_ Make sure you have JRE installed and then just double click the Jar file (on windows) or cd to the directory and run java -jar SimpleLibraryIndexSystem.jar
Source available from: _URL_
 Website Downloads
Recommend to use Webdump / httrack to download the website - then make a dummy page with the meta data as per the sample files.
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- Ogg Audio - will extract meta data (Title, Subject from Genre)
- PDF - Will extract title, subject, etc.
- HTML - Looks through dublin core meta data.
- Ogg Video - Work in progress
Adding File formats is easy - there's a Java interface that defines what needs done - see existing ones in dcxmlgenerators
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 Library Base Folder Mathematics Physics Audio Folder of stuff en ps fa ERTV
- Run the index creator by going to the file with the jar and running java -jar SimpleLibraryIndexSystem.jar (where this is the name of the jar file)
- Open up the generated index.html in the browser
Greenstone seems to be the most famous; however this was quite complex / non standard to setup on Linux, required quite some effort to tag all the data into a collection, and finally the search system didn't include the text being searched for... This could have been quite nice for one big online collection; but for distributed collections it didn't seem quite what we were looking for. Nevertheless some very nice content is being made available this way.
Various systems have ways of making galleries etc. - but most require PHP, MySQL, or some server stack. We wanted something as simple as possible to replicate and copy by any means.
Moodle was more designed as a learning management system - not as a library...


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Example for creating a Device Cloud Task - Upload Python File
The following example shows how to create a task on Digi's Device Cloud to upload a Python file to a device connected to the Device Cloud.
Login to your Device Cloud account and select Device Manager > Schedules > New Schedule.
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Type in a description at the top of the screen for the task.
On the left menu select Upload Python files.
Browse to the file you wish to upload.
Uncheck the "Allow Offline" field.
Select "Save as" at the bottom and assign a name for the task.
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Once configured, click Run Now or click Cancel if you do not wish to run the task.
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The Chiphen Rigpel Project was conceived to aid the Kingdom of Bhutan in achieving its vision of transforming itself into a Knowledge based Society, with employment and advancement of opportunities in the knowledge sector and skilling of population that is fully equipped to take advantage of these opportunities. The project was designed to create a large impact by directly touching more than 50% of the population of Kingdom of Bhutan in a short span of five (5) years. The encompassing Project is designed to train or educate or introduce to education all strata of the Bhutanese people.
1. Ministers, administrators and government employees who make and implement education and related policies, are benefitting through the Enabling e-Governance Project.
2. Teachers, who are the backbone of the education system and play a key role in building the knowledge capability of Bhutan are being trained through the Empowering the Teachers Project.
3. Youth and tertiary students, who are at the brink of entering the job market and professionals in the labor market who wish to improve their skills, are getting aided through the Employable Education for a Knowledge Based Society Project, Tertiary Institutes Go High Tech Project and The Mass IT Literacy Project.
a. Entrepreneurs, change agents or public leaders who may have a stake in preserving Bhutan's ecological heritage and balance are being provided special training for the identification of e-waste from IT hardware and management of e-waste generated from the Chiphen Rigpel Project.
4. School students and teachers in government schools are benefitting from the Taking ICT to Schools Project.
5. The drop outs or citizens who have not received formal education are being brought into the fold of the educational processes. Learning is being made more accessible to them through the Reaching the Unreached Project and IT literacy for vulnerable youth initiative.
Prime Ministers of India and Bhutan at the Launch of Project Chiphen Rigpel along with Rajendra Pawar, Chairman of NIIT Ltd.
The NIIT team with the Prime Minister and his entire cabinet after the successful completion of the training.


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Emily Walker, Co-Editor-In-Chief
For years, schools in our district have used a six-week grading period. However, FISD has decided to shift secondary schools into a nine-week schedule in hopes to better students' education experience starting in the 2019-2020 school year.
There are a few changes that will happen to the school year. Each school year will have two nine-weeks per semester, with a total of four grading periods for the year. Another change is that IPR (Interim Progress Reports) will still come out every three weeks but now there will be two every grading period before the final grade.
This change in schedule will have no effect on school day length, holidays, or STAAR/other state and national testing.
FISD has stated the reason for this change is to allow students more time to learn the material before they are tested. This will also allow more time and flexibility for teachers to teach lessons and input grades.
Overall, this change is meant to benefit students and create a smoother learning environment.


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Definition of Tuber
Tuber: A lump or bump. For example, the backward protrusion of the heel is called the tuber calcanei or, alternatively, the tuberosity of the calcaneus. Small tubers are a characteristic finding in tuberculosis, and tubers in the brain are seen in tuberous sclerosis.
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Which is more grammatically correct in this sentence:
Ich gehe abends meiner Uni um Deutsch zu lernen.
Ich gehe meiner Uni um Deutsch zu lernen abends.
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The correct version of your sentence would be
Ich gehe abends an meine Uni, um Deutsch zu lernen.
It means that you usually go to the university in the evening. This could be a simple statement or an answer to Wann gehst du zur Uni, um Deutsch zu lernen? (When do you go to the university to learn German?)
You could also use this word order
Abends gehe ich an meine Uni, um Deutsch zu lernen.
The latter sentence could be an answer to the question: Was machst du abends? (What do usually do in the evening?)
abends is a temporal adverb and means zur Zeit des Abends; depending on the context it can also mean jeden Abend.
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Can you say "Ich gehe abends zu meiner Uni, um Deutsch zu lernen." too? – Johannes Schaub - litb Mar 25 '12 at 15:17
_USER_-litb yes, an / zu / in are all Common prepositions you can use with Universität. – splattne Mar 25 '12 at 15:36
Without abends, the main clause of your sentence is
Ich gehe an meine Uni.
You want to say that you do this in the evening, so you have to put abends into this main clause. splattne already answered that you can put abends after the verb, and then add the subordinate clause:
Ich gehe abends an meine Uni, um Deutsch zu lernen.
You could also put abends at the beginning for emphasis; then you can to invert "ich gehe":
Abends gehe ich an meine Uni, um Deutsch zu lernen.
It is not possible to put abends at the end of the main clause, as you can do it in English:
I go to my university in the evening to learn German.
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A more general answer:
Germans like to have their time information as soon as possible. Place is what we care least about. To a certain degree there is freedom.
..., um Deutsch zu lernen.
This part answers to "what for" or "why". It is still possible to give that information before the time as in:
Um Deutsch zu lernen gehe ich abends in die Uni.
But putting place before time will sound really strange. It might be correct but think of it as shining a very bright spot on your sentence... you need to have a GOOD reason to say it that way because every German will be highly irritated. A possible example would be if someone says:
So... usually you go to university during daytime right? (Also... du gehst normalweise tagsüber zur Uni, richtig?) Nein, zur Uni gehe ich ABENDS. Am Tag bin ich auf Arbeit.
You pick up the local information and say it right away with the effect that you have a better connection to the sentence of the other person said. If you were to start with "Nein, abends..." there would be no real reason to say the place again and it would be a little tiny bit superfluous. The stress in both version will be on abends and it will be indicated by a strong emphasis on it in melody, rhythm and volume.
Bottom line: Do say time asap, place alap (as late as possible), unless you have a reason to do otherwise... simply putting a stress on the place won't be enough.
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Agreed. Typically the word order is taught as time, place, and then manner (such as with whom, etc.). – Kevin Mar 25 '12 at 19:43
Oh usually it should be time-manner-place... in the example above the manner-info is a subordinate clause. Those are kind of not covered by the rule as they tend to be before or after the main clause... or inside if they are relative sentences of if both slots in front and after the main clause are already used. A time subord sentence can very well be at the end of the whole thing without evoking any special attention. The main reason for that is that it is easier to comprehend when the main sentence is not split... especially when it is short – Emanuel Mar 25 '12 at 19:49
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How can i find the ones digit for the number $$2^{98}$$
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Do you mean the number of ones in the decimal representation of 2^98 – Amr Nov 15 '12 at 14:29
Hint : find $mod 10$ – Theorem Nov 15 '12 at 14:29
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$2^6=8^2 = 64$.
$2^{12} = 64^2 = \ldots6$.
$2^{24} = (\ldots6)^2 = \ldots6$.
$2^{48} = (\ldots6)^2 = \ldots6$.
$2^{49} = 2\cdot(\ldots6) = \ldots2$.
$2^{98} = (\ldots2)^2 = \ldots 4$.
So the answer is 4.
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$2^{1+4}=32=2\pmod{10}$ hence $2^{1+4n}=2\pmod{10}$ for every $n\geqslant0$ hence $2^{1+4\cdot24}=2^{97}=2\pmod{10}$ hence $2^{98}=2\cdot2^{97}=2\cdot2=4\pmod{10}$.
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Hint: Try finding the ones digit of the first few powers. You should see a pattern that you can prove. If you just want the specific answer, a spreadsheet with A1=1, A2=mod(2*A1,10), copy down 97 times gets you there.
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1873 Colt Single Action Army (SAA) Revolver
1873 Colt Single Action Army (SAA) Revolver
You've no doubt seen them on TV westerns and on the big screen. They are such a part of our history and culture in the United States that a lot people probably hardly ever notice anymore. I'm talking about those revolvers. A large number of these are the legendary Colt Single Action Army revolvers. Easily the most famous pistol in all of American history. In 1873, the US Government was conducting tests on a new military service revolver. Having just come out of the age of the old percussion revolvers that used nitrated paper or linen cartridges and fulminate of mercury percussion caps, they were moving into the future of firearms technology by switching over to the new all-in-one self-contained cartridges that we are familiar with today. They did not really come into being until 1860, when Benjamin Tyler Henry perfected the invention of Daniel Wesson (yes, of Smith and Wesson fame) and put it to work in his wonderful new lever-action repeating rifle, which later came to be the legendary Winchester Rifle. Unlike the old percussion firearms, these could be used in any weather or conditions, and were more reliable and less prone to errors. What made things really work for the legendary Colt Single Action Army (SAA) revolvers was the fact that the cartridges were compatible in both rifles and pistols, which certainly helped to launch Colt to great heights. The SAA is still made, and in demand as much as ever. A true working pistol that helped to "Win the West" and cleaned it up afterward. As an example, take a look the old Wild West, especially places like the old Arizona and New Mexico Territories. What used to be dangerous and lawless places are now much easier to live in, thanks to the taming of those territories. The Colt revolvers played a major part in that. Famous lawmen like William Barclay "Bat" Masterson and Wyatt Earp, soldiers like TE Lawrence (as in Lawrence of Arabia) were fond of the famous Colt revolvers. So were the outlaws such as William Bonney, better known as Billy the Kid.
The guns that truly won the West are represented here. There are acutally two firearms that get credit for winning the West. The Colt was the PISTOL that won the West, and in the rifle department, that honor goes to the Winchester. While the SAA was originally chambered for over 30 different calibers, the ones most people associate with are the well-known.45 and the Smith and Wesson SW.44. Later Colts had the cylinders lengthened to accept longer cartridges. The longer cartridges hold more powder, and thus have a higher velocity. I could go on and on about the most legendary revolver in American history, but if you wish to read more, please visit GunClassics.com, where you can also find my "Gun Pages" a resource with information and stories of many other legendary firearms throughout history.
For authentic non-firing and blank-firing replicas of the most famous firearms of all time, please visit GunsOfOld.com, where you'll also find a large selection of accessories, re-enactor gear from many different periods of history and more.
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Ho-Ho-Ho, Where Did My Specimens Go?
Some days it may feel like we're living in the land of misfit toys, with customers complaining about lost specimens, admins attempting to track down couriers on their routes or fielding angry calls from physician offices wondering when your courier is going to come by for pick-up. In this article we'll explore why specimens go missing, how to handle the situation, and how to move beyond those challenges.
Why specimens typically go missing
Like anything else, specimens can get misplaced. In the course of a busy day when a courier has multiple stops and dozens of bags and boxes to pick-up/drop-off, there may be a situation where something was misplaced. Perhaps a specimen fell out of the cooler and into the car? Or maybe the courier came by for pick up and was distracted by something else (like mail or other packages), and completely forget about the specimens, or maybe the physician staff forgot to place a specimen in the bin. It's human nature, and when processes are manual, accidents can happen.
Handling lost specimens
Attempting to track down a lost specimen can sometimes be like trying to find a needle in a haystack. It's a he-said, she-said situation and accountability comes into play, if processes are largely manual. So, what do you do if a specimen goes missing? Most importantly, stay calm. Speak with the courier about their route, help them run through the course of the day with a series of questions to see if it can jog their memory. Always check the vehicle first to rule out the possibility of a specimen falling out of a bag or cooler.
Fear not! These challenges can easily be overcome.
MCE was designed specifically for labs to help them track couriers and specimens as well as alleviate the burden of manually scheduling routes. In fact, there are a number of measures and checkpoints in place to reduce instances of lost specimens that can be utilized on a real-time basis. For example:
 1. MCE will notify the courier at the drop-off point if a specimen wasn't scanned.
 2. Signature capture at the pick-up point creates accountability for the customer and courier.
 3. Courier pickup from physician offices, and specimens delivered to the lab, are easily tracked and recorded to validate courier stops.
 4. When scanned, pick-up time is recorded, and the specimen is entered into MCE's system for tracking delivery.
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With MCE we understand the complexities of courier management and specimen tracking, and in large part have developed MCE based on the feedback and input we've gathered over the years from lab customers. When couriers are armed with a mobile computing device like the Honeywell CT40, they can easily scan a barcode of the specimen and enter specimen count and sample identification to start the tracking process. Along with the information gathered by the courier, key information such as pick-up time is recorded automatically by the system, and routes are optimized through GPS built into the system.
When MCE is implemented, it creates a chain of custody that is not labor intensive to manage and what takes hours or days to handle manually, takes just a few minutes with MCE.
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Do you need to check the connectivity between your server and your customers? Do you have different customers with different OS? Take a look to iperf.
- Measure bandwidth
- Report MSS/MTU size and observed read sizes.
- Support for TCP window size via socket buffers.
- Multi-threaded if pthreads or Win32 threads are available. Client and server can have multiple simultaneous connections.
- Client can create UDP streams of specified bandwidth.
- Measure packet loss
- Measure delay jitter
- Multicast capable
- Multi-threaded if pthreads are available. Client and server can have multiple simultaneous connections. (This doesn't work in Windows.)
- Where appropriate, options can be specified with K (kilo-) and M (mega-) suffices. So 128K instead of 131072 bytes.
- Can run for specified time, rather than a set amount of data to transfer.
- Picks the best units for the size of data being reported.
- Server handles multiple connections, rather than quitting after a single test.
- Print periodic, intermediate bandwidth, jitter, and loss reports at specified intervals.
- Run the server as a daemon.
- Run the server as a Windows NT Service
- Use representative streams to test out how link layer compression affects your achievable bandwidth.
There are pre-compiled binaries for a lot of platforms.
Perhaps you want to leave a daemon running in your server. Great!.
- EPEL repository installed.
- yum install iperf
- Open a port in your firewall.
- Save this init script in /etc/init.d:
- chmod 755 /etc/init.d/iperfd
- chkconfig add iperfd
- chkconfig --on iperfd
- And you don't forget to change the port variable in the script ;)


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The island of Hashima, off the coast of Nagasaki, Kyushu, is enjoying another moment in the spotlight due to its appearance and use as the model for villain's lair in Skyfall, 007, the 50th anniversary feature of the famous movie franchise.
Also known as Gunkanjima (Battleship Island) because of the island's distinctive profile, Hashima has always held a place in Japanese history. In the late 19th century, the island was purchased for a major coal mining industry. It soon had the highest population density due to the huge influx of people working in mines and related areas. Hashima is also known for its unique concrete architecture, and first rooftop garden in Japan. In the mid-1970s, however, the island became a ghost town, because of the world's energy shift from coal to petroleum. In 2009, the island was reopened for tourism, and now is a must-see on the lists of travelers to Nagasaki.
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Fractal Generation with Unity
A was hanging out with my awesome friend Anatomecha in one of Seattle's new super awesome, super hip, super gentrified edison-bulb-and-a-million-beers-on-tap bars. He showed me a system he had been working on to create l-system fractals with Unity using very simple properties of how Maya and Unity represent 3D models in 3D space.
I like beer and fractals because they are both awesome, what can I say?
For the uninitiated an L-system fractal is basically where you take a shape, lets call it an "axiom", then you replace the axiom with another shape, let's call that a "generator" which just so happens to be made up of a bunch of axioms.
Rinse and repeat until you have created a self-referential fractal of pure awesomeness. Each rinse and repeat is called an "iteration."
So axiom, and generator:
which, in the cases of these pyramids creates what's called a Sierpinski Pyramid.
For those of you FRACTAL EXPERTS out there there is nothing new yet.
Here is the awesomesauce.
Maya will let you create a model which contains named compenents in a hierarchy. Unity can import the model and preserve the hierarchy and the components. If you create a hierarchical model in Maya which is meant to be a generator, and you pick some of the components in that model's hierarchy to be axioms, then when you load it into Unity all you have to do to make an l-system fractal iteration on it is to find the leaf nodes and replace them with freshly instantiated generators.
Piece of cake right?
Note there are always details. The position, scale, and rotation of the models needs to be preserved. Notice how the Sierpinsky Pyramid replaces a large pyramid with four smaller ones at various offsets?
Yes, these offsets and scale factors (and rotation as well) can be encoded in the Maya model trivially which will be explained now.
Maya representation of a generator
So we are going to create this:
By creating the following two generators:
Left: end branch, right: middle branch.
We then load them up in Unity and create a script that iterates n times over a GameObject looking for leaf nodes with a name that corresponds to the name of a generator.
So have a look at what this looks like in Unity, with an attached script:
Notice the Transform in the Inspector. It contains the relative position, rotation and scale of an axiom. This means when you replace that axiom with a newly instantiated generator you will need to set the generator's Local Scale, Local Rotation and Local Position to these values so it will be in the right spot.
Note the script has two
generators listed, the
middle_branch_generator. These are references to the models in the project, so during an iteration when a node is found with a name like
LSystem.cs script knows to replace it with a
You may notice the leaf nodes have names like
end_branch__0 with a double underscore - this is because Maya requires unique names for it's scene nodes so the script simply discards the
__ and everything after it during the iteration process.
So there is a lot you can do with this.
Essentially you can build a model in Maya, name nodes, and then replace those nodes with other models that have the same name (or, if you prefer, by any more sophisticated replacement algorithm you choose) to recursively create and define a more interesting creation.
Use your imagination and think on that for a minute, it's pretty huge.


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Can Walking Through Doorways Prompt Memory Loss? Researchers Say, Yes
Have you ever felt slightly insane, or perhaps a little old, when you get to a room and then can't remember what you went in there for, even though you had just thought about it? It's not just you. New research shows that you're not losing your mind; it's just being compartmentalized.
A recent study conducted by the University of Notre Dame focused on the phenomenon known as an "event boundary" and concluded that we all experience them. The results of the study showed that walking through doorways causes the memory to lapse.
Researcher Gabriel Radvansky explained, "Entering or exiting through a doorway serves as an 'event boundary' in the mind, which separates episodes of activity and files them away."
This means that forgetting what you went to the kitchen for is not an issue of faulty memory or the effects of age, but rather a normal function of your brain. Radvansky said, "Recalling the decision or activity that was made in a different room is difficult because it has been compartmentalized."
So before you start questioning your sanity or brain function and loading up on ginkgo biloba, consider that there's probably nothing wrong with your mind. Rather than a "senior moment," what you have just experienced is an "event boundary."


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What: The Atomium
Where: Square de l'Atomium, B-1020 Brussels, Belgium
In northern Brussels a structure named 'Europe's most bizarre building' is a permanent reminder of the Cold War's utopian vision of the future. The Atomium was constructed for Expo 58, the Brussels World's Fair of 1958, and was originally intended only to survive the months of the Fair. But such was the popularity of this unusual part-building part-sculpture that over half a century later it remains the Belgian capital's most popular tourist destination.
The 335ft-high stainless steel building was designed by engineer André Waterkeyn with architects André and Jean Polak. The shape represents a single molecule of iron magnified 165 billion times. Five of its nine spheres house permanent and temporary exhibition spaces, while the connecting tubes enclose escalators and staircases. The top provides a panoramic view where on a clear day visitors can see as far as Antwerp.
Built at the height of the Cold War, when scientific developments were at the forefront of confrontations between competing nations, the Atomium recalls the idealistic dreams of the Space Race and ambitions on both sides of the Iron Curtain for an ultra-modern and super-technological future.
Images: Exterior and interior of The Atomium, designed by André Waterkeyn, André Polak and Jean Polak, 1958. Photos courtesy Shed Expedition


Understanding Operations Management
Operations management is a field of management that deals with the planning and design of a company's manufacturing process and redesigning operational procedures in order to produce better products or services, or both. As a result of this, it often involves coordinating all aspects of a company's production, distribution, and sales in order to ensure that the right processes are implemented, in a timely manner. In a number of ways, operations management can be likened to management in the workplace.
Operations management also has an important role in ensuring that operations and inventory systems are in place in order to support a company's daily operation. When you hear the word "operations," what usually comes to mind is simply "production." However, in many cases, the definition of operations does extend beyond production. A company's manufacturing process can include operations like packaging, transportation, and sales, among other things.
In addition to these operations, there are various kinds of processes involved in running the business. These can be described as "disciplines," which can include research, accounting, human resources, marketing, or even financial management. While operations can be defined as the various facets of a company's operations, the goal of operations is not just about the company, but about the entire world. Therefore, this term may also be used to refer to the whole world-wide operations of a company.
As mentioned above, there are many different types of operations and they are categorized by the functions that they perform. In fact, there are also different types of operations that fall under several specific categories, such as product creation, design, development, and distribution. As a result, operations can be divided into numerous sub-types. For example, manufacturing operations would consist of the processes of producing products in different stages, while distribution would include everything from packaging and shipping to retail and sales.
The various different sub-types of operations that are typically found in a company include engineering, design, research, and production. Each category of operation focuses on a certain aspect of a company's production process or function. Engineering includes everything from software design and development to production processes and the production process itself. Design is the field of arts and aesthetics, while production is the scientific aspect of manufacturing, including everything from production lines and machines to finished products.
Operations can also fall under the umbrella of research. Research encompasses the basic aspects of a company's operations, including processes, systems, and tools. Finally, operations include everything from human resources to customer service. Because each type of operation focuses on a specific aspect of the company's business, some organizations might focus on multiple areas of operations, while others concentrate on just one.
Operations management can also encompass the idea of the importance of processes. Processes can be categorized as being either "consumer-centric"worker-centric," depending on the level of control they provide over consumers. Consumer-centric processes include accounting, marketing, human resources, and supply chain management, while worker-centric processes include manufacturing, design, quality control, and production.
In order to become an operations manager, however, you must first complete a program in management at an accredited college or university. These programs will prepare you to work in an environment focused on the concepts and methods of operations management.
Before you take any courses in management at an institution of higher learning, however, it is important to know what your job is going to entail. You must first determine the specific job profile for each level, including planning, organizing, and controlling. This information will help you identify which skills you will need to develop during your employment as an operations manager.
Operations managers have specific duties that include managing the daily operations of the company. They must also have a plan for handling problems that arise in their workplace and ensure that everyone is on the same page.
For those who want to advance in their career, there are other career options available. Many people find that taking courses in operations management gives them the tools they need in order to excel in other fields or start their own company. As an example, many companies that have operations in manufacturing and design do not have the capacity to handle all aspects of these types of businesses on their own. In other words, they hire operations managers with backgrounds in business, finance, marketing, or technology, as well as experience in management.


text: The aim of this research was to explore why workers in health and social services embarked on a Certificate in Community Care Practice and the extent to which they felt knowledge learnt related to their every‐day work practice. The objective was to indicate how useful more academic courses are for health and social care staff, and to find out the kinds of barriers to practicing theory learnt in the classroom students face in their 'real world' of work. Data was collected from 25 mature students (over half were between the ages of 41–50 years), 3 of whom were men from a range of professional backgrounds including; support staff working in residential and domiciliary services and informal (unpaid) carers for people with learning disabilities, mental health difficulties as well as older people. Quantitative (an adapted questionnaire) and qualitative (focus group session which was an integral part of classroom learning about research methodology) methods were employed. Data was analysed using SPSS and thematic analysis. Findings indicated that the main motivators for study was to gain a qualification and for personal development. Students reported their increased desire to link theory learnt which they found highly relevant to their everyday practice, but organisational barriers sometimes precluded them from doing so. The paper ends with policy and practice recommendations.


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In the Illusion of Sex, two faces are perceived as male and female. However, both faces are actually versions of the same androgynous face. One face was created by increasing the contrast of the androgynous face, while the other face was created by decreasing the contrast. The face with more contrast is perceived as female, while the face with less contrast is perceived as male. The Illusion of Sex demonstrates that contrast is an important cue for perceiving the sex of a face, with greater contrast appearing feminine, and lesser contrast appearing masculine.
Russell, R. (2009) A sex difference in facial pigmentation and its exaggeration by cosmetics. Perception, (38)1211-1219.


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The Inter-Ministry Co-ordinating Committee (IMCC) co-ordinates national activities amongst relevant ministries and institutions to ensure smooth implementation of national efforts which keep in line with regional directions and objectives.
Role of the IMCC
The IMCC reviews work plans that National Working Groups (NWGs) prepare and provides them with guidance for improvement when necessary.
- Prepare, on behalf of the government, national positions on policy issues for the Interim Commission Council to consider and present the positions to the Council through the IMCC chairperson;
- Nominate regional environmental managers and science and technical experts for inclusion in the Management Advisory Roster;
- Establish the NWGs with leading experts in the country in line with the requirements, focal areas, and activities of the RWGs;
- Appoint the NC and the NWG chairpersons based on nominations by the GEF National Focal Agency (i.e., NFP) and the GEF National Implementing Agency;26
- Review and co-ordinate national activities under the NSAP implementation, that the NWGs propose;
- Provide the NWGs with guidance and suggestions to improve the national activities to meet national and regional environmental concerns and priorities;
- Secure technical and financial resources necessary to implement the national and regional activities;
- Monitor the progress of the national activities and ensure the quality of outputs;
- Facilitate co-operation with relevant national organisations and projects to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the national activities;
- Report to the MSTP through the NC on the progress of the national activities;
- Facilitate the participation of the private sector and NGOs in SAP/NSAP implementation; and
- Disseminate the findings and results of NSAP implementation to broad audiences, nationally, regionally, and internationally.
- Government executive officials at the GEF National Focal Agency (i.e., GEF National Operational Focal Point [NFP]), the GEF National Implementing Agency, and all the other relevant ministries that have responsibilities in marine and coastal issues in the Yellow Sea
- National Working Group (NWG) chairpersons
- Representatives from private sector organisations actively engaged in NSAP implementation
- Representatives of NGOs actively engaged in NSAP implementation
The IMCC chairperson serves as a member of the Council and the IMCC reports to the MSTP through the NC. The National Co-ordinator (NC) serves as a secretary to the IMCC.
Please refer to Architecture of the Interim YSLME Commission for more details.