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[Administrative Systems Status]
Student Data Inquiry (305)
Student Data Inquiry displays the basic personal information about a student.
To access the Student Data Inquiry:
A blank selection screen will appear:
To select a student:
To access a student not otherwise available to you:
Note: All data entered, student number, social security number, student name, and birthdate must agree. To avoid the common error of mismatching keys, use only the student number, and if access to the student is normally denied you, PAC number in the birth date field (with leading zeros if necessary).
After selection of a student or if you have retained student information, the Student Data Inquiry screen will appear, as shown below:
The Student Data Inquiry provides basic registration and personal information for each student. A student may be registered, cancelled, or withdrawn, and the date of the status will be displayed. Thus, Ms. Small was last registered in the spring of 1987. If a student has been cancelled or has withdrawn, the last quarter that the student had attended the university will be displayed.
Resident status is used to determine tuition costs. A student may be RESIDENT or NONRESIDENT in the State of Washington; a student is also a US citizen, an immigrant, or on student visa for immigration purposes.
The screen has room for several special programs to be shown. The most common of these are the Educational Opportunity Program and Intercollegiate Athletics. There is also room for three majors to be shown.
Emergency contact is an important piece of data that is often overlooked by students at registration. Encourage your advisers to keep this datum current.
Besides providing the basic personal information for a student, SRF305 shows two important control fields.
The first, not shown on this example, tells whether the student has a hold, and what that hold is. If the student has a hold, a message will show in the top half of the screen.
The second, in the middle of the screen, tells whether the student has authorized release of directory information. Note the wording in the above example "STUDENT AUTHORIZES RELEASE OF DIRECTORY INFORMATION:YES."
If release is "YES" then you may release limited directory information to off-campus inquirers (See the section on Student Data Base Security for exactly what information you may release.) If release is "NO" then Admissions and Records has asked that you state:
"We have a record, but the student has requested that we not release any information."
Other Topics in this Guide:


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Ancient Platiana (Tipaneai or Aipy)
(37.57 km – approx. 45 mins from Katakolon)
The remains of the ancient city (Tipaneai or Aipy) are located on a hill of the Lapitha Mountain, South of the village called Platiana (district of Olympia). This fortified, oblong city (max length: 600m, width: 200 m) is surrounded my walls, which probably date to the 4th or 3rd century BC and are preserved in quite good condition (reaching 5m in height in some places). Three large gates are set in the North-West, South-West and East side of the walls-the latter being the main gate. There are also several square or trapezoidal defensive towers. The walls are built of large blocks in polygonal masonry.
One of the terraces is occupied by the theatre, whose stage-building and cavea are partially preserved. On the other terraces one can see: a) the "Acropolis", b) the "Agora" with a large cistern carved in the natural limestone rock, c) the retaining wall of the "Temple". In the East part of the city are the foundations of several different buildings, which may be houses of distinguished persons of the city.
Systematic works at the acropolis were conducted during 2002-2003 by the 7th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities.

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9 HDD JBOD enclosure – computer to see them all as separate drives
This is what I want and can't find: A JBOD enclosure to house all my orphaned, upgraded HDDs. I am not really looking for a RAID, just a box to power them all and provide a single connector and cable to my iMac. But I want the computer to see them all as separate drives, not an aggregated whole.
Is there such an animal?
9 HDD FROM 500GB – 6TB = 31.5TB
Yes, you can. We tested Qnap Thunderbolt Expansion unit on a MAC and all drives were appearing nicely. Also, any Synology NAS will allow you to create a single drive volume. I have prepared a quick manual on how to achieve it.
Select one disk at the time.
Create a basic pool of one drive.
Then go to the Volume tab and choose from the dropdown disk. Repeat this with every drive.
How to connect network drives?
Map with Windows Explorer
 1. Open a Windows Explorer window and go to Computer.
 1. Click Map network drive. This action makes the Map Network Drive window appear.
 1. On the Map Network Drive window, choose a drive letter from the Drive drop-down menu.
 1. In the Folder field, enter the server name of your Synology NAS and shared folder name preceded and separated by backslashes. For example, if the server name of your Synology NAS is "DiskStation," and the name of your shared folder is "Share1," then you should enter "\\DiskStation\Share1." Click Finish when ready.
 1. Enter your DSM username and password.
Can't Access the Shared Folder? The user account you enter here must have access privileges for the shared folder you wish to access.
 1. Finally, a Windows Explorer window appears. Your shared folder will now be mapped and accessible under Computer.
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Liquor or liqueur. What is the difference?
The question seems simple enough and, in fact, there is a relatively simple answer…. sugar.
Both liquor and liqueur contain alcohol. Liquor is a distilled spirit made from a fermented mash of either grains, vegetables or fruits and is not sweet. Gin, vodka, tequila, rum and brandy are examples of liquor.
A liqueur begins with a base spirit such as brandy or rum, is sweetened with sugar, honey, syrup or beet and often infused with fruits, herbs, spices, flowers, seeds, and even roots and barks for flavor. Liqueurs generally have short aging periods (ie, they're ready to drink quite quickly), but may have resting periods during their production to allow flavors to blend. Examples of liqueurs are Chambord, Grand Marnier, Amaretto, creme de menthe, triple sec and Frangelico.
Points of interest:
- Liqueurs are generally thought to be descendants of herbal medicines often made by monks as early as the 13th century (Chartreuse, Benedictine). However, as early as 800 BC the Chinese were using crude distillation methods to produce fortified spirits from fermented rice wine, and Egyptians and Greeks were distilling grape wine in 400 BC that they sweetened with honey. So it's more likely that the brothers of yore simply introduced the art to Europe.
- In the USA, liqueur is generally pronounced lick-coor. Elsewhere the pronunciation is lik-yur.
- Liqueurs must contain at least 2.5% sugar by weight, though some have thirty five percent or more, to distinguish them from spirits. Creme liqueurs must have 40% sugar content.
- The term creme, when applied to a liqueur, refers to one flavor, not to any milk product. For instance, creme de menthe is flavored only with mint, creme de cacao with chocolate bean.
- Liqueurs may also contain dairy products, in which case they become cream liqueurs (not creme).
- Most liqueurs have a lower alcohol content than liquor, though that is not always the case.
- The term cordial is generally synonymous with the word liqueur although in Europe cordial can also refer to a sweet, non-alcoholic syrup such as Rose's lime juice cordial. Another, little-used term is ratafia.
Of course, we have to have a slight complication to throw in to the mix. Now-a-days there are many flavored liquors: vanilla vodka, saffron gin, for instance. These are not sweetened and the flavor is generally added by a steeping process after distillation.
OK, now you have all the information you need to confidently distinguish between a liquor or liqueur. So go out and use it.
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The grammatical term case refers to a marker of the function a noun, or noun phrase, performs in a clause. In Present-day English, there are three cases. These can only be seen in a few pronouns which inflect for case. (Other languages can have up to fifteen cases, and nouns and adjectives may also inflect for case. In these languages - but not in English - adjectives tend to agree with the nouns they qualify.)
The three cases in English are listed below, with examples from the 1st person singular personal pronoun, I, me, my.
 - The subjective (traditionally 'nominative') case. This is the case for the Subject of a clause - the 'do-er' of the verb. Example: "I' did it."
 - The objective (traditionally 'accusative') case - the case used for the Direct Object of a Clause: the person on whom the action of the verb was performed. E.g. "The dog bit me."
 - The possessive (or 'genitive') case - the case that marks the 'possession', or ownership, by the person. E.g. "My family."
Case in English is only marked in the pronouns. For some examples and common problems that arise, see:
You are unlikely in ordinary use to hear of many of the other cases. Three exceptions apply when academics may be talking about Latin or Greek, or many other more modern languages.
 - the vocative case marks the person to whom you are speaking. (It is sometimes shown, in older English, with the syllable 'O!' or 'Oh!' before it.)
 - the dative case, which marks the Indirect Object - the person to whom something has been given, or said, etc. This has not existed in English for a thousand years.
 - the ablative case, which was used to mark the cause, instrument or agent of a passive verb; and various other relations of time and place. (Etymologically it means'motion from [a place]', being derived from the root ablātus, the past participle of the Latin verb auferre 'to carry away' (there is a rare English verb 'to ablate', meaning 'to take away').) The ablative is known particularly for its use in an absolute construction.
For those who are studying foreign languages and find the concept of case difficult - particularly in languages such as Finnish, which has 15 cases - it may help to think of a case marker as having the same essential function as a preposition, only as an inflection rather than a separate word.
See also case for other meanings of the word.


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What's Blooming Now
Spatterdock-also known as cow lily-is a yellow-flowered water lily native to the backwaters, swamps and ponds of the Southeast. In Southwest Florida, it blooms throughout the year. The leaves, which can be up to 12 inches in diameter, vary greatly in shape, from rounded and heart-shaped to long and spear-shaped. Sometimes spatterdock float on the surface; other times they stand above it on slender stalks. Their flowers are easy to recognize-one-inch-diameter, rounded yellow buds that never open in the broad display of color we expect of other water lilies. A spatterdock flower in full bloom resembles a bud just beginning to open.
Spatterdock grows in shallow water and provides shelter for fishes and invertebrates. But when high levels of fertilizer from lawns and agricultural fields get into the water, they can become a nuisance, slowing flow in canals, increasing siltation, and sometimes growing in such dense aggregations that other plants are excluded. Spatterdock seeds were eaten by Native Americans; today their flat-topped seedheads are often used in dried flower arrangements.
-Jerome A. Jackson, Florida Gulf Coast University


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Definition: – Synchronizing Power is defined as the varying of the synchronous power P with respect to vary in the load angle δ. It is also called Stiffness of Coupling, Stability or Rigidity factor. It is represented as Psyn.A synchronous machine, whether a generator or a motor, when synchronized to infinite Busbars has an inherent tendency to remain in Synchronism.
Consider a synchronous generator transferring a steady power Pa at a steady load angle δ0. Suppose that, due to a transient disturbance, the rotor of the generator accelerates, resulting an increase in the load angle by dδ.
The operating point of the machine shifts to a new constant power line and the load on the machine increases to Pa + δP. The steady power input of the machine does not change, and the additional load which is added decreases the speed of the machine and brings it back to synchronism.
Similarly, if due to a transient disturbance, the rotor of the machine retards resulting a decrease in the load angle. The operating point of the machine shifts to a new constant power line and the load on the machine decreases to (Pa – δP). Since the input remains unchanged, the reduction in load accelerates the rotor. The machine again comes in synchronism.
The effectiveness of this correcting action depends on the change in power transfer for a given change in load angle. The measure of effectiveness is given by Synchronizing Power Coefficient.
Power output per phase of the cylindrical rotor generator
The synchronizing torque coefficient
In many synchronous machines Xs>> R. Therefore, for a cylindrical rotor machine, neglecting saturation and stator resistance equation (3) and (5) becomes
For a salient pole machine
Unit of Synchronizing Power Coefficient Psyn
The synchronizing Power Coefficient is expressed in watts per electrical radian.
Since, π radians = 180⁰
1 radian = 180/π degrees
If P is the total number of pair of poles of the machine.
Synchronizing Power Coefficient per mechanical radian is given by the equation shown below.
Synchronizing Power Coefficient per mechanical degree is given as
Synchronizing Torque Coefficient
Synchronizing Torque Coefficient gives rise to the synchronizing torque coefficient at synchronous speed. That is, the Synchronizing Torque is the torque which at synchronous speed gives the synchronizing power. If Ʈsyn is the synchronizing torque coefficient than the equation is given as shown below.
- m is the number of phases of the machine
- ωs = 2 π ns
- ns is the synchronous speed in revolution per second
Significance of Synchronous Power Coefficient
The Synchronous Power Coefficient Psyn is the measure of the stiffness between the rotor and the stator coupling. A large value of Psyn indicates that the coupling is stiff or rigid. Too rigid a coupling means and the machine will be subjected to shock, with the change of load or supply. These shocks may damage the rotor or the windings. We have,
The above two equations (17) and (18) show that Psyn is inversely proportional to the synchronous reactance. A machine with large air gaps have relatively small reactance. The synchronous machine with the larger air gap is stiffer than a machine with a smaller air gap. Since Psyn is directly proportional to Ef, an overexcited machine is stiffer than an under excited machine.
The restoring action is great when δ = 0, that is at no load. When the value of δ = ± 90⁰ the restoring action is zero. At this condition the machine is in unstable equilibrium and at steady state limit of stability. Therefore, it is impossible to run a machine at the steady state limit od stability since its ability to resist small changes is zero unless the machine provided with special fast acting excitation system.


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Table of ContentsOverviewIntroductionMaterials and MethodsDLS of Silica SamplesResults and DiscussionConclusionsAbout Horiba
The applications of silica nanoparticles are often determined by the particle size. Dynamic light scattering provides quick, precise and repeatable nanoparticle size data and therefore is an essential tool for the nanoparticle technologist. Here, two different size silica particles are characterized with the Horiba SZ-100 in order to demonstrate the precision and utility of the instrument.
One may comfortably sip on a cold beer while listening to a MP3 player without pausing for a moment to think about those miniscule silica nanoparticles that were used to clarify the beer. Also note that the silicon wafers that constitute critical components in the mp3 player were polished flat using silica chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) nanoparticle slurries. In both these applications and many more, the size of the silica nanoparticles is a critical factor. In beer clarification, the silica is used to bind suspended haze-creating particles such as protein or yeast together forming large flocs that can be removed by settling or filtration resulting in a clear liquid. It is important that the silica particles used for CMP are not very large so as to scratch the delicate silicon wafers. However, they must be large enough to remove material quickly and cost-effectively.
Dynamic light scattering (DLS) is a preferred method for studying particles in the nano size range. Characteristics of the technique include:
- Rapid measurements, typically taking just a few minutes
- High repeatability
- Coefficient of variation on the z-average size is higher than 5% for a large number of samples
- High accuracy and is able to discern shifts in the z-average size of only a few percent
In this application note, the particle sizes of two different silica dispersions are studied to demonstrate the utility of the Horiba SZ-100 for both suppliers and users of such materials.
Figure 1. SZ-100 Nanoparticle Size Analyzer.
Materials and Methods
The samples used for the experiment include the following:
- Sample 1 used was Ludox TM 50, colloidal silica of nominal size 30 nm (narrow size distribution).
- Sample 2 was a more broadly distributed and larger-sized (nominal 500 nm) aqueous SiO2 suspension. Both materials were obtained from Sigma Aldrich. Each suspension was diluted with 10 mM KCl (aq) prior to measurement.
Figure 2. Fumed silica. The small size, hardness and inert nature of silica make it a very versatile and useful material for a wide range of applications and ideal for size analysis by DLS with the SZ-100.
DLS of Silica Samples
Dynamic light scattering information was gathered and studied with a SZ-100 particle size analyzer. Measurements were repeated five times in order to calculate the coefficient of variation, the standard deviation and mean of the measurements.
Figure 3. Sand dune. These larger silica particles, while beautiful in the aggregate, are typically analyzed by laser diffraction (HORIBA LA-950) or image analysis (HORIBA PSA300). Image courtesy of Florence Devouard and Wikimedia Commons.
Results and Discussion
The z-average diameters obtained with the SZ-100 are listed in Tables 1 and 2.
Table 1. Measurement of the Ludox TM50 colloidal silica. Here, results from two different laboratories are compared. The agreement is excellent showcasing the measurement reproducibility of the SZ-100 providing the user with confidence in multiple site installations. The SZ-100 has standardized measurement protocols which automate measurement and calculation to ensure maximum operator-to-operator and site-to-site reproducibility.
||Mean determined z-average size (nm)
Dynamic Light Scattering with SZ-100, laboratory 1
Dynamic Light Scattering with SZ-100, laboratory 2
Table 2. Measurement results for nominal 500 nm silica suspension. The two different techniques agree to within 5%, which is very good. Evident from the COV values, the measurement repeatability of the SZ-100 is superior to that the disc centrifuge.
||Particle Diameter (nm)
Manufacturer certificate (by disc centrifuge)
Dynamic Light Scattering with SZ-100
The results of these measurements show that the Horiba SZ-100 dynamic light scattering particle size analyzer can be used to characterize silica and other nanoparticle materials.
HORIBA Scientific is the new global team created to better meet customers' present and future needs by integrating the scientific market expertise and resources of HORIBA. HORIBA Scientific offerings encompass elemental analysis, fluorescence, forensics, GDS, ICP, particle characterization, Raman, spectral ellipsometry, sulfur-in-oil, water quality, and XRF. Prominent absorbed brands include Jobin Yvon, Glen Spectra, IBH, SPEX, Instruments S.A, ISA, Dilor, Sofie, SLM, and Beta Scientific. By combining the strengths of the research, development, applications, sales, service and support organizations of all, HORIBA Scientific offers researchers the best products and solutions while expanding our superior service and support with a truly global network.
This information has been sourced, reviewed and adapted from materials provided by Horiba.
For more information on this source, please visit Horiba.


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- announce officially or publicly
(e.g: they proclaimed that housing shortages would be solved within ten years)
- indicate clearly
(e.g: his high, intelligent forehead proclaimed a strength of mind that was almost tangible)
late Middle English proclame, from Latin proclamare 'cry out', from pro- 'forth' + clamare 'to shout'. The change in the second syllable was due to association with the verb claim
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Unifying Variational Approach and Region Growing Segmentation
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Region growing is one of the most popular image segmentation methods. The algorithm for region growing is easily understandable but criticized for its lack of theoretical background. In order to overcome this weakness, we propose to
describe region growing in a new framework using a variational approach that we called Variational Region Growing
(VRG). Variational approach is commonly used in image segmentation methods such as active contours or level sets, but is rather original in the context of region growing. It relies on an evolution equation derived from an energy minimization, that drives the evolving region towards the targeted solution. Here, the energy minimization and the VRG robustness to the initial seeds location are performed on gray-level and color images. (pdf)
Jean-Loïc Rose(a), Thomas Grenier(b), Chantal Revol-Muller(b), Christophe Odet(b)
(a)LIRIS, CNRS UMR5205, Université Lyon 2, 69676 Bron cedex, France
(b)CREATIS, CNRS UMR5220, Inserm U630, Université de Lyon, INSA de Lyon, France
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It is possible for virtual machine guests to bypass the software expiration timers for paid software. This example shows one way to do this on VMWare. A simpler method is for the user to "revert to snapshot".
How can a software publisher still protect their content and enforce the expiration of the software installed on virtual machines? What can be done to maintain the state of elapsed time in spite of attempts by the user to modify the system time?
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DRM is a notoriously difficult problem to solve. One should always assume that whatever code is in the hands of an uncontrolled client can never be fully protected.
One solution to the simple "rollback snapshot" bypass will be to have the client "dial home" to a server once in a while. Another good method can be to tie the license key to a user account and have the user authenticate whenever he wants to use the software.
However, this can still be bypassed by reverse engineering the binary and removing the portion of code that dials home. This is an unavoidable problem unless you want to host the bulk of the application on your servers and simply let the client be a "dumb client" that displays whatever the server tells it to. If this is acceptable to you, you might want to looking into providing a SaaS business model.
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text: ||Like many other herbivores, in a natural environment equids feed on rather evenly distributed resources. However, the vegetation in their vast habitats constantly changes. If food is plentiful only little competition occurs over food, and in non-competitive situations domestic horses tend to return to the same feeding site until it is overgrazed. In contrast, they compete over limited food for which the social status of the individuals appears to be important. Especially in ruminants several studies have proved an influence of social organisations, rank, sex and the depletion of feeding sites on the feeding behaviour of individuals. However, it is not yet understood whether and how social aspects affect horses" feeding decisions. Curiosity about the influence of social rank on the horses" feeding decisions between two, equally with high-quality surplus food-filled buckets placed in different social feeding conditions, led us to create the test below. The observer horses were alternately tested with a dominant and a subordinate demonstrator placed in one of the three different positions. We conclude that domestic horses use social cognition and strategic decision making in order to decide where to feed in a social feeding situation. When possible they tend to return to the same, continuously supplied feeding site and switch to an "avoidance tendency" in the presence of dominant horses or when another horse is already feeding there. Thus, the social rank and the position of conspecifics affect the feeding strategy of horses.


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What Is A Sluice Room?
When we consider the question of 'what is a sluice room', the first response should be 'very important indeed!' But what exactly does a sluice room do, and why is it so critical?
The sluice room is a closed area found in hospitals, care homes and special needs schools; it may also be present in other extended care facilities, too.
When properly planned and equipped, the sluice room allows for the safe and efficient disposal of human waste. In turn, the spread of infection is prevented.
A sluice room can also be called a 'dirty' or 'soiled' utility room. No matter how a medical facility chooses to name it, the function is much the same – and of great significance to clinical operations.
What happens in a sluice room?
When a clinician enters a sluice room, they will most likely be handling some kind of enclosed human waste after providing care to a patient or resident who may either be bedridden, can't safely use a traditional toilet, or have special needs which leave them incontinent.
This waste will need to be hygienically disposed of in a way that won't expose clinicians to harmful bacteria or spread it around the area. Similarly, the vessel holding the waste will need to be cleaned if it is reusable, so it's sanitary for the next user.
If the vessel isn't reusable, it'll most likely be made of medical pulp, and need to be safely discarded. The same will apply to single-use incontinence products, such as pads and nappies.
None of these items can be thrown into a regular bin, as they pose a serious risk to human health.
Pulpmatic Ultima being loaded
Why are sluice room activities so important?
It's vital for sluice room operations to be well-planned and orchestrated, so that the working environment (and as a consequence, the entire medical facility) remains safe.
If the sluice room is badly designed, with poor equipment and insufficient procedures, disposing of human waste can be slow and inefficient. In turn, clinicians can risk spreading dangerous pathogens (inside and outside of the sluice room), as well as spending too long dealing with auxiliary tasks.
If bacteria are allowed to spore, it could result in a major outbreak of infection in your facility. Illnesses such as C. difficile are extremely distressing for patients and can even be life-threatening; the pressure on clinicians during outbreaks is also significant, with a major extra demand on their already limited time. The extra cost to your facility, in terms of deep cleaning, extra staff and ward closures can be devastating – and that's before the damage to your reputation is considered.
It's in everyone's best interest, therefore, that excellent sluice room practices are properly considered, supported and upheld.
How do sluice rooms control infection?
A sluice room contributes to good infection control, straight from the design stages; it should have a clear workflow, where clinicians can easily travel from one workstation to the next, without spreading germs.
Care should also be taken to provide crevice-free worksurfaces, so bacteria can't hide; using stainless steel furniture is an effective way for this to be achieved. Similarly, walls should be easy to wipe clean, and floors simple to mop, with no cracks or indents.
Alongside the architecture of a sluice room, the equipment it contains is critical to controlling infection. The correct equipment should be provided for each task, to suit the kind of care that your facility is providing to service users.
If your facility relies on re-usable bedpans, having a bedpan washer disinfector in the sluice room is absolutely vital.
Far safer than washing bedpans by hand, a washer disinfector will sanitise multiple utensils at a time, and far quicker than a clinician could achieve manually. It's also a more effective method, which ensures the chamber and its contents are heated to the correct temperature to kill bacteria.
For facilities which favour single-use pulp products, a macerator will provide sanitary disposal of soiled bedpans, urinals and commode pots.
Cutting pulp into a fine paste, macerators flush their contents through the normal sewerage system. A disinfectant rinse after the process ensures the macerator itself remains sanitary, as well as smelling fresh.
Both processes are far more hygienic than attempting to clean a bedpan with running water, gloves and scrubbing tools; even with the best intentions, these can spread bacteria through splashback, steam or human error.
If your facility needs to regularly dispose of incontinence pads and nappies, a macerator designed specifically for incontinence products will provide the same service. Soiled items are safely disposed of, without the clinician needing to be hands-on and spreading bacteria in the process.
Bedpan washer hands-free opening in action
DDC Dolphin can help you to ensure that your sluice room is fulfilling its infection control obligations, from every angle.
With over 25 years of experience, DDC Dolphin are sluice room experts, offering an all-encompassing solution to ensure that your human waste disposal requirements are met.
From ensuring that newly built facilities are sufficiently planned, to equipping your sluice room with the most suitable technology, DDC Dolphin can advise you every step of the way.
Once your sluice room is installed, DDC Dolphin will continue to support you. Offering comprehensive service and maintenance packages, maximum uptime is guaranteed; preventable issues can be stemmed, while the unexpected can be dealt with quickly and efficiently, with minimum impact on your clinicians and service users.
DDC Dolphin can even provide training to your staff, so everyone can maximise the use of critical sluice room machinery and prevent breakdowns by misuse.
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Rad-X is a chem in Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas.
Rad-X is an anti-radiation chemical that can significantly reduce the danger of irradiated areas. When combined with an advanced radiation suit, Rad-X can create near-immunity to radiation, even at moderate medical skill levels.
Rad-X is reasonably common and can be used frequently. Like stimpaks and RadAway, Rad-X is non-addictive, and its effectiveness is controlled by the Medicine skill. Taking multiple doses of Rad-X does not increase the total radiation resistance (the effects do not stack). Instead, the drug's active time is lengthened (the effective time stacks).
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Busy-Wait Protocol ================== process P1; loop enter1 := true; { wants to enter } turn := "P2"; { but yields priority } while enter2 and turn = "P2" do skip; Critical Section; enter1 := false; { exits } Non-critical Section; end; end; process P2; loop enter2 := true; turn := "P1"; while enter1 and turn = "P1" do skip; Critical Section; enter2 := false; Non-critical Section; end; end; Mutual exclusion: ================= When P1 enters its CS, we know that enter1 = true and that either (1) enter2 = false, or (2) turn = "P1". (1) If enter2 = false, then P2 has entered its non-CS, will set enter2 = true and turn = "P1". Since enter1 = true, it will then busy-wait till P1 leaves its CS. (2) Else, if turn = "P1", then we know that P2 set turn = "P1" *after* P1 set enter1 = true and turn = "P2". So P2 must be busy-waiting! Fairness: ========= If P1 is busy-waiting, then enter1 = true, enter2 = true and turn = "P2". Eventually P2 will go around the loop and set turn = "P1", letting P1 proceed and forcing P2 to busy-wait. Similarly, if P2 wants to get into its CS, P1 will eventually let it do so, as long as its CS and non-CS eventually terminate.


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Capri Leone
Comune di Capri Leone
Capri Leone is located in Italy
Capri Leone
Capri Leone
Location of Capri Leone in Italy
Coordinates: 38°5′N 14°44′E / 38.083°N 14.733°E / 38.083; 14.733Coordinates: 38°5′N 14°44′E / 38.083°N 14.733°E / 38.083; 14.733
Country Italy
Region Sicily
Province Province of Messina (ME)
 - Total 6.6 km2 (2.5 sq mi)
Elevation(Rocca di Capri Leone: 30) 420 m (1,380 ft)
Population (Dec. 2004)
 - Total 4,240
 - Density 640/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Demonym Caprileonesi o capritani
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 98070
Dialing code 0941
Capri Leone (Sicilian: Capri Liuni) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about 120 kilometres (75 mi) east of Palermo and about 70 kilometres (43 mi) west of Messina. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,240 and an area of 6.6 square kilometres (2.5 sq mi).[1]
The town was originally called just "Capri". The "Leone" was added only in 1862 after the formation of the Italian federation so as to distinguish it from other Italian Capris. It was apparently founded only in the medieval times and it is known in 1320 to have been in the fiefdom of Count Vitale de Aloysio. It subsequently passed through the hands of several Baronial families, including those of the Lancellotto di Larcan, the Filangeri di Mirto, the Balsamo, the Branciforte, and the Cordona. In 1620, it again passed into the hands of the Filangeri di Mirto family. It apparently remained in their possession until the reforms of the early 19th century.
Capri Leone sits in the foothills of the Nebroli mountains and is about 2000 kilometers above the coastal plain. It's coastal outpost, Rocca di Capri Leone ("Rocca" means fortress in Italian), was originally established to guard the approaches to the town. It is separated from Capri Leone by several kilometers, but is administered as an integral part of the municipality. Rocca di Capri Leone has come to have the majority of the population of the combined municipality.
Capri Leone borders the following municipalities: Capo d'Orlando, Frazzanò, Mirto, San Marco d'Alunzio, Torrenova.
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Lankelly Chase Foundation has commissioned Queen Mary University of London, the University of Manchester and Words of Colour Productions to establish an independent centre of excellence on ethnic inequalities, severe mental illness and multiple disadvantage.
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Lankelly Chase is an independent foundation working in partnership with people across the UK to change the systems that perpetuate severe and multiple disadvantage. Originally formed in 1962, Lankelly Chase's work is now focused on creating an environment where people have the skills, motivation and freedom to help create a system that effectively responds to the interlocking nature of severe disadvantages, such as homelessness, drug misuse, violence and abuse, extreme poverty and mental ill health. Lankelly Chase is driven by a belief that people are resourceful and have strengths, and that collectively we can find solutions and create a fairer society where we are all able to thrive.


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Implementing Motivational Interviewing for Exercise with Depressed Adults
PublisherThe University of Arizona.
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AbstractBackground: Depression can negatively impact all aspects of life including physical health, financial stability, and job security. Motivational Interviewing (MI) reflects a counseling style based on five general principles: reflective listening, developing a discrepancy between the patient's goals, values and their current behavior, avoiding argument and direct confrontation, adjusting to client resistance instead of opposing directly, and finally, supporting self-efficacy and optimism. Exercise can improve mood, lessen the course of depression, and can provide benefits in addition to antidepressants. However, many with mental illness do not get enough exercise and this can compound their illness. Objective: The purpose of this DNP project was to determine the barriers and facilitators of employing Motivational Interviewing (MI) for exercise in an outpatient mental health clinic in Northern Arizona Methodology: Patients were interviewed pre and post MI intervention, as well as administered PHQ-9 pre and post MI intervention. Written responses were analyzed for commonalities in their survey questions. Setting: West Yavapai Guidance Clinic in Prescott Valley, AZ. Participants: There were five patients that met project guidelines for depression during the convenience sampling period. Results: Response rate among participants was 60%, with 80% female and 20% male. The PHQ-9 scores was lower at the one month follow up after the MI intervention for two participants and stayed the same for the third. Commonalties that were identified were "relaxed," "peaceful," and "nature," as well as "dogs." Barriers were "time" and "weather." Conclusion: The five participants reported depression and were identified as having depression on the PHQ-9. The three who followed up reported that they thought of exercise more frequently, and linked it to their mental health. With this small sample size there exhibited a positive association between targeting people's behavior via MI on exercise, and subsequent improvement in PHQ-9 scores, as well as positive thoughts regarding mental health and exercise.
Degree ProgramGraduate College


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How do I have vim and a console in the same window? For example, I am splitting up the vim window into multiple windows (vertically or horizontally). What I want is to have the code window on the left side, and the interpreter or console or whatever on the right side, so I can easily switch between them. How does that work? Is there something there for this?
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You probably are looking for GNU Screen.
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This is the most powerful of them all, as you can do n-way splits of any console application in both horizontal and vertical panes. – Mies Nov 21 '09 at 0:43
Oh yeah, for a vertical split, press Ctrl+a |. It follows the same behavior at horizontal splits. – Mies Nov 21 '09 at 0:45
Thanks, this is exactly what I wanted. – hyperboreean Nov 21 '09 at 1:50
Is there a way to actually tell to screen to resize it 70-30 or 60-40%? – hyperboreean Nov 21 '09 at 1:54
You can press Ctrl+a, then :, then type resize N or resize +N where N is the number of lines you want the height to be or +N is the number of lines you want to add to the current height (or -N to decrease). – Dennis Williamson Nov 21 '09 at 3:07
Don't forget the vim quickfix commands for the edit-compile cycle (see :help quickfix and :help make).
Maybe it's a radical suggestion but consider using a tiling window manager. In the following screenshot you can see vim in the left column, with the quickfix window opened, and on the right an xterm used to launch and test the application. The window manager used is called wmii.
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+1 for wmii, best... window manager... ever :). It's like being on the command line with windows. – chmeee Apr 15 '10 at 12:33
You can also try tmux, which is an alternative to GNU screen and is actively developed. You can set screen like shortcuts and have a nice configurable status bar.
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Check the nice configurable status bar with tmux powerline – Atropo Nov 30 '12 at 8:07
You can use the VIM-Shell patch. This way, you don't have to remember to create a screen session for Vim before editing.
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Instead you just have to remember to patch Vim... – womble Nov 21 '09 at 0:47
Yes, but one usually edit files more often than compiling Vim. – Mikael S Nov 21 '09 at 1:10
Or just reflexively run everything in screen -- it's how I work now. If I'm not in a screen session, it is highly unusual. – David Mackintosh Nov 21 '09 at 1:29
If you don't use vim-specific features (but rather use only vi-compatible commands), you might try vile, a vi clone with intelligent multiple buffer handling, more similar to emacs.
This also has the advantage of allowing you to use your editor inside a screen session without removing your use of any other screen windows.
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You could try the Conque Shell plugin. Haven't tried this yet myself but it's got a high (1:3) rating-to-download ratio, and claims to do just what you want. The actual rating is pretty decent, especially since it's only been around since 2009-09, and only hit version 1.0 in February. The advantage of using this over the VIM-Shell patch is that you don't have to patch vim; you just install the plugin in your ~/.vim directory.
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You may also be interested in trying the Dynamic Virtual Terminal Manager. It does something similar to the screen features highlighted in a previous answer, but is in my opinion easier to work with. Here are some of the default keybindings:
Ctrl+G C Create a new shell window
Ctrl+G X Close focused window
Ctrl+G J Focus next window
Ctrl+G K Focus previous window
Ctrl+G G Organize windows in a grid layout
Ctrl+G T Organize windows in a vertical stack tiling layout
Ctrl+G B Organize windows in a horisontal stack tiling layout
Ctrl+G M Maximize current window (display one window at the time)
Ctrl+G. Minimize current window (show only window title)
DVTM also supports mouse integration; simply click on a terminal window in order to select it. Screenshots are available at the website linked above.
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Correctness by Construction
Correctness by Construction is a radical, effective and economical method of building software with high integrity especially for security-critical and safety-critical applications. It produces software with extremely low defect rates – fewer than 0.1 defects per thousand lines of code – with good productivity – up to around 30 lines of code per day.
At Praxis Critical Systems Anthony Hall and colleagues developed Correctness by Construction to unify a number of ideas:
It brings these strands together into a process framework and a set of principles for developing software intensive systems. It has been applied successfully in several projects such as the MULTOS CA, and is cited by the National Cyber Security Partnership as one of only three methods that are capable of producing software with the low defect rates needed for secure systems.
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IZA DP No. 4108: The Gender Education Gap in China: The Power of Water
We investigate girls' school dropout rates, bringing forward a novel variable: access to water. We hypothesise that a girl's education suffers when her greater water need for female hygiene purposes after menarche is not met because her household has poor access to water. For testing we use data from rural villages in the China Health and Nutrition Survey. We find that menarche is associated with an increase in the school dropout rate, and indeed the effect is weaker for girls who have good access to water. Water engineering can thus contribute significantly to reducing gender education gaps in rural areas.


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Buy a Foaling App for Sale to Monitor Maternal Behaviour Remotely
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Horses go through various stages of pregnancy before giving birth after 11 to 12 months, and it's crucial to provide the right care to ensure a healthy foaling. You might be able to tell when your mare is approaching labour due to signs such as an enlarged udder and dripping beads of wax from the teat. However, udders can shrink back to near original size during the daytime when your horse is active, and not all mares secrete a waxy substance before giving birth. Some behavioural signs can give away a mare that's within days of foaling, but you can't monitor or remain close your horse 24 hours a day, and they save the best indicators for when you are watching them. Fortunately, technologies such as transmitters and radios can help horse owners monitor their mares remotely, and they're high-value because you can use them time and time again. However, a common problem with many models concerns interference, especially when the horse lies down. You need a device that guarantees to remain functional and provides comprehensive data relating to your mare's activity, and you need to find a provider that takes measures to prevent its transmitters from sustaining damage or experience signal problems. At Smart Foal, we spent two years developing our cutting-edge foaling app, which lets you monitor your mare's activity around the clock. The transmitter collects data for the app to make sense of and display in an easily-to-read format on your laptop or device, letting you know when your horse is pacing, laying down or otherwise acting out of character. The transmitter fastens to the mare's halter with a Velcro strap, ensuring that horses can break away should they ever become entangled. Plus, thanks to being manufactured with high-grade materials, it can stand up to tremendous pressure, making it highly stomp-proof.
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By purchasing our new monitoring system, you can secure peace of mind regarding your mare's well-being always, and in the unlikely event that something prevents the transmitter from functioning, the app will notify you immediately so that you can take fast action. The app presents data from the transmitter on your laptop screen in the form of a graph, where spikes represent changes in your horse's activity. You can disable the alarm feature when the mare is sleeping, and even if the app fails at the critical moment, you still won't miss a thing because you also receive email notifications. If you look at getting our foaling app, you'll benefit from being able to quickly tell when your horse is agitated, pacing around the stable or in any distress. Plus, even though the transmitter is hardwearing, long-lasting, entirely safe and comprehensive, it's one of the most competitively priced solutions on the market. Learn More about Our Revolutionary Foaling Web App We're passionate about the industry we serve and have injected our years of training, experience, and research into developing a monitoring system that won't let you down. Plus, because it's an app, we can upgrade, update, and improve it continuously without you having to invest in a new system. If you want to find out more about our products or buy a foaling app for sale, don't hesitate to contact one of the friendly professionals at Smart Foal.


Can You Get a Cold in Your Back?
Many people complain of having a cold in their back. That is, they have pain, stiffness, soreness, and an overall general cold-like feeling that comes from their back. This can actually happen. Your lungs have a double lining called pleura. A cold virus can get into the double-lining, causing adhesions between the two linings. One can experience severe aches and pains when breathing in and can have excruciating coughing fits that lead to back pain and discomfort. If you are concerned about this, you should contact your family doctor immediately.
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text: Thorfinn.au sends along big physics news: magnetic monopoles have been detected at low temperatures in "Dirac strings" within a single crystal of Dysprosium Titanate. Two papers are being published today in the journal Science and two more on arXiv.org, as yet unpublished, provide further evidence. "Theoretical work had shown that monopoles probably exist, and they have been measured indirectly. But the Science papers are the first direct experiments to record the monopole's effects on the spin-ice material. The papers use neutrons to detect atoms in the crystal aligned into long daisy chains. These daisy chains tie each north and south monopole together. Known as 'Dirac strings,' the chains, as well as the existence of monopoles, were predicted in the 1930s by the British theoretical physicist Paul Dirac. Heat measurements in one paper also support the monopole argument. The two, as yet unpublished, papers on arXiv add to the evidence. The first provides additional observations, and the second uses a new technique to determine the magnetic charge of each monopole to be 4.6x10-13 joules per tesla metre. All together, the evidence for magnetic monopoles 'is now overwhelming,' says Steve Bramwell, a materials scientist at University College London and author on one of the Science papers and one of the arXiv papers."


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The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne (novel)
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne is a 1905 British novel written by William John Locke. A young woman is kept in a Turkish harem with an arranged marriage to a man she does not love. Instead she escapes with a British adventurer and goes to live in London. Along with his next book, The Beloved Vagabond, it was a major success.
In 1907 the novel was adapted by Locke into a play. In 1915 the first silent version was made with Marie Doro who starred in the 1907 play. In 1921 a silent film adaptation was made. In 1935 Miles Mander directed The Morals of Marcus, with Ian Hunter in the title role.


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So you hate Nukes and like to use brute force to get somewhere? Than the Ares is the right ship for you.
Ares is a VTOL chraft with about 5800 d/v. It is able to land and takeoff from Duna.
The Lifter is reusable but needs support of the engines for landing.
A small Duna landing guide:
- Bring your Pe down to about 10.000 meters.
- Use your main engines to reduce horizontal velocity.
2.1 Use VTOL engines zu reduce vertical velocity. (this is important when your tanks are full,
the main engines have not enough TWR)
- Deploy the Parachutes.
- Use the VTOL engines to land.
- Let the F9 button cool down.
Due to weight restrictions at launch, center of mass does not align with center of thrust of VTOL engines.You need to refuel at Minmus and land with your main engines.
1 toggle main engine
2 toggle VTOL engine
3 VTOL control mode
4 normal control mode
6 toggle Airlock and ladder
7 toggle Scanner
8 toggle Rdiator and Solarpannel
9 toggle Survace harvest
0 toggle Drill
Fortot to update pictures. Frontal Fins are replaced with thrusters.
- Type: VAB
- Class: ship
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Your youth record does NOT automatically disappear when you turn 18. Instead, the law sets out a period in which the record is open and can be accessed by people that are authorized by the law, like the Crown Attorney, before it is sealed. The relevant law is called the Youth Criminal Justice Act
How long your record will lasts will depend on:
 - 1. The seriousness of the crime you committed
 - 2. The sentence you were given, AND
 - 3. Whether you commit another crime while you still have an open youth record for a previous crime.
If you get an Absolute Discharge, then your record for this offence will be open for one year after being found guilty of the offence. If you receive a conditional discharge, then your record for this offence will be open for three years after being found guilty. If you get EJS (extrajudicial sanctions) then this will be on your record for two years from the date you agree to do EJS.
For more serious sentences (like probation and custody), the length of time your record is open depends on the seriousness of the crime. For instance, if you were found guilty of a summary conviction offence, which is a lower level offence, then your record will be open for three years after you complete your sentence. But if you are found guilty of a more serious offence, known as an indictable offence, your record will be open five years after your sentence is completed.
And if you committed a really serious offence, like murder, manslaugher, attempted murder or aggravated sexual assault, your record may be open indefinitely.
If you have an open youth record and then are found guilty of a new crime while charged as a youth, then the time period starts fresh: this means that the original offences will be open until the retention period for the new offences is complete.
Finally, if you have a youth record that is still open when you turn 18, and you commit another offence before it is sealed, your youth record will become part of your permanent adult record.
For more on youth records, go to
To talk to a lawyer about your own record and questions you have about when it will be destroyed, please call JFCY at _PHONE_ if you are in Ontario.
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What Is an EDS File?
How to open, edit, and convert EDS files
A file with the EDS file extension is an Electronic Data Sheet file, also called a Rockwell Automation DeviceNet or ControlNet file.
This plain text format is based on the CANopen standard and is used to specify various descriptive and communication data for hardware devices, usually those within industrial automation systems.
The EditStudio video editing program uses EDS files, too, for EditStudio Project files; as does the Ensoniq SQ10 sound synthesizer, as Ensoniq SQ80 Disk Image files.
EDS files in Windows 10
EDS also stands for electronic dip switch, but it has nothing to do with a file format.
How to Open an EDS File
A free command line program, called CANchkEDS, is also available that can check the validity of the file. CANchkEDS is included as part of the free CANeds tool.
You can also add the file to FactoryTalk Linx (formerly RSLinx) for use with the Logix5000 controller family.
If your EDS file is associated with Mediachance's EditStudio software, then it can, of course, be opened with that application.
The only software we know of that should open Ensoniq SQ80 Disk Image files is called Ensoniq Disk Tools, but we can't find a valid download link. The Ensoniq company was founded in 1982 and was then purchased by Creative Technology Ltd. in 1998, after which they discontinued that division of the company and ended support for its products.
Since there are multiple programs that can open the file, one of them might be used when double-clicking or double-tapping it, but it might not be the one you would like to have open the file. Fortunately, you can change which program opens EDS files.
How to Convert an EDS File
Remember that an EDS file is different than an ESD file. Another similar abbreviation is EDT, which stands for Eastern Daylight Time—convert between time zones (EDT to EST, etc.) with TimeBie.
Still Can't Open the File?
If you've tried the EDS file viewers from above, or even ran it through a converter tool and it still doesn't open, you might be misreading the file extension.
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Taruna College Education Principles
Two over-arching terms characterise education at Taruna College:
Holistic education; and Learning as a life journey
- Student diversity in all its facets is a strength that underpins everything we do at Taruna.
- Study at Taruna enables students to:
- Understand and engage with their field of study in a holistic way.
- Develop a deep reflective understanding of the creative human being; and
- Shape their own life journey through reflective practice.
- All members of the Taruna community – students and staff – show mutual respect, are curious, have integrity, act professionally, care for each other, and are prepared to challenge each other.
- Learning at Taruna is intellectual, experiential, spiritual and emotional.
- Programmes offered by Taruna are informed by Rudolf Steiner's image of the human being and are grounded in and respond to a bicultural and multicultural Aotearoa/New Zealand.
- Teaching at Taruna facilitates learning, and is inclusive, strength-based, and inspires and challenges students.
- Every teacher at Taruna knows and values each learner as a whole person; is responsive to the holistic needs and goals of the students; knows their field of study and how to teach this; and is a lifelong learner.
- Enrolment guidance at Taruna is well-informed and appropriately tailored to the individual's needs and goals.
- Pastoral support at Taruna is safe and professional.
- Every programme at Taruna has rhythm and structure; has clear aspirational goals which are aligned with contemporary professional practice; is designed to enable teaching and learning as defined above; and empowers students to explore further pathways.
- Taruna college as an organisation supports the above through;
- Visionary and inspiring leadership;
- Adequate and contemporary resources;
- Effective administrative support; and
- Nurturing a culture of learning for all.


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Today's level of IT technology allows cooperation between the various local authorities in charge of governing the territory, providing standard operating platforms, a high level of communicability and information sharing.
In particular, as regards the user, the municipal level can activate interoperability and application cooperation, with the non-secondary objective of optimizing the costs of installation and management of the Municipal Information System (SCI), also promoting processes and services. addressed to citizens.
This logic, dropped in the local reality, can achieve high quality results at low cost and, in particular, produce acceptable results avoiding the redundancy of data and the tools produced by individual local administrators.
The objective, pursued at the municipal level with the creation of the SIC, is to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of its institutional activities with a guarantee of transparency. This is possible thanks to the activation of a series of sector procedures that access common data, in which each sector is responsible for the production and updating phases, thus guaranteeing quality and validity for all municipal sectors.
his goal is achieved through the identification, design, implementation and management of:
- A broadband communications network infrastructure suitable to support local activities and relationships with local citizens and businesses and professionals
- A knowledge system based on technical and thematic maps, unique, reliable, certified, updated and accessible
- Operational tools for the dissemination and use of information, as well as information flows between the SIC and various municipal offices
- Models and procedures for requesting access to data and their use for activities in the sector, defined to meet municipal needs, in compliance with IT standards
- Operational and training support, for local administrations, aimed at allowing the technical staff the basis for a correct use of the tools and services offered
- SIC objectives, dedicated to territorial management integrated with administrative procedures, with the aim of giving the various departments of the local government of last generation effective tools to support their specific activities. All this in a logic of information sharing and active cooperation between different offices.
The activities necessary for the establishment of SIC are manifold and involve multidisciplinary skills that must be organized with a unified vision with the following objectives:
- Technological innovation: introduction of IT products for the integrated management of processes
- Constitution and management of the territorial knowledge framework: to provide the set of data necessary for the various activities in each municipal sector
- Integration procedures: logical cooperation and data sharing, both managerial and geographical
- Security: To ensure correct access to the data set and to avoid unauthorized use of information that may compromise the integrity of the data
- Redesign of operational processes: use of technologies to reorganize municipal activities, optimizing management time and costs
- Staff re-qualification: organization of training courses at different levels, to work independently, in the best possible way
Below the software created by ARCADIA SIT for the Municipal application:
- GIS MAPS: Organization of the desktop and mapping of Web data
- CATASTO: Module of production and management of the land registry database integrated with the Geoportal web
- TOPONOMASTICS: Module for the management of municipal toponymy And building identification number
- URBAN PLAN: module for the management of the Municipal Urban Plan integrated with the Geoportal, together with the analysis and interrogation of urban rules
- CDU: module for the production of the CDU, (Building permit certificate), integrated with the Geoportal
- CIVIL PROTECTION: GET LINK module to manage civil protection plan and risk events management
- PRACTICAL BUILDING: Integration of external applications for the management of building practices
- CITY REGISTER: Management platform for the integration of the register of citizens
- TAXES: integration of the management platform for various taxes


Sri Lankan Expatriate Catholic Community is a vibrant cultural group in the Province of Ontario contributing to the prosperity of the province and the Canadian Nation even as it is an important cultural community with its own indigenous heritage, culture and identity in the social fabric of multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and multi-religious Sri Lanka.
As such, expatriate Sri Lankan Catholics have expressed a genuine desire and a need to form an organization that would represent them and become their voice in the Province of Ontario and in the Canadian Nation to impress their identity as a cultural community that merit the attention of both provincial and federal authorities.


Installing Puppy Linux to a Live CD is easy. You will need:
- a CD/DVD (+R, -R, +RW or -RW)
- a CD/DVD burner (a CD burner can only burn CD's, but a DVD burner can burn both)
- a Puppy Linux ISO
If you are running Puppy Linux, you can use Pburn to burn an ISO to disk.
1. First, make sure you have a burnable CD/DVD in your disk drive, and that your disk drive is NOT mounted.
2. Run Pburn from the menu. (Menu -> Multimedia -> Pburn)
3. If this is the first time you have used Pburn, it will ask for your disk drive that you wish to use. Select it and click OK.
4. Select "Burn ISO-image" in the top left, and browse to where you downloaded the ISO.
5. Unless, for some reason, you have to have a closed disk, select "Multisession".
6. Click the burn icon in the bottom right.
If you are running Windows, you can use ImgBurn to burn an ISO to disk.
 1. Run ImgBurn from the start menu.
 2. Click "Write image file to disk".
 3. Beside "Please select a file", click the "Browse for a file..." icon (a folder with a magnifying glass) and browse to the ISO you downloaded.
 4. Select your CD/DVD burner in the drop down menu, and make sure "Verify" is checked.
 5. Make sure the "Write Speed" is 1x, and "Copies" is 1. (unless you want more then 1 copy)
 6. Insert a CD or DVD into your drive
 7. Click "Write" (the big button).
 1. Make sure the CD/DVD is in the drive, and that the computer is off.
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What is the role of a Title Examiner?
Title ExaminerThe primary task of a Title Examiner, also known as an Abstractor, is to search and summarize title records of real estate. The legal documents and insurance records have to be summarized for a variety of purposes. It's because, for land or building to be sold, its title has to be clear of liens or legal issues. Any buyer who wishes to buy a property would get its title checked before beginning the purchasing process. Only when the title is clear will the buyer be able to get a loan sanctioned to by the property by a financial institution.
Other names for Title Examiner also include Title Officer, Commercial Title Examiner Abstract Clerk, Data Abstractor, Escrow Officer, etc. They all perform similar tasks of compiling, searching and scrutinizing the lists of contracts, mortgages and other instruments related to property titles. For this, they have to go about searching public and private records for at the county offices, law firms, or title insurance companies. Here are the tasks performed by Title Examiner.
 - Analyzing search requests to determine the type of title evidence required
 - Obtaining the descriptions of properties as well as the names of parties involved
 - Preparing lists of legal instruments pertaining to a property
 - Examining the documentation related to the title that includes, liens, mortgages, judgments, plat books, legal agreements easements, maps, contracts, etc.
 - Verifying factors such as the legal descriptions, ownership, or restrictions related to the property
 - Preparing and issuing title insurance policies and title commitments based on information compiled from title searches.
 - Summarizing recorded documents, such as trust deeds, vesting contracts, etc., that can affect the property's title
In addition to the above tasks, a Title Examiner might also be required to:
 - Prepare legal documents
 - Investigate relevant legal materials to aid decision making
 - Evaluate legal information in public or personal record
The Title Examiner profile is suitable for people who consistently follow a given routine, and have the following skillsets:
 - Attention to Detail
 - Independence
 - Analytical Thinking
 - Time Management
 - Critical Thinking
 - Active Listening
Thus, a Title Examiner needs to be quick and precise at verifying the accuracy and completeness of land-related documents. They are also required to have a working knowledge of real estate procedures and legalities, as well as summarize the pertinent legal or sections of statutes from reference books, needed to prepare real estate closing statements.


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Learn how to work with materials in Blender Internal, Cycles and Luxrender in this 4-part tutorial by BlenderDiplom.
Gottfried Hofmann writes:
The new BlenderDiplom author Frederik Steinmetz has created a tutorial series that covers materials in Cycles, Luxrender and Blender Internal by example. You start with a model of an Orchid Mantis and all required texture maps so you can focus on the materials and lighting in each of the renderers.
- Part 1: Overview of the model - Frederik shows you the various parts of the Mantis and explains how he solved various dificculties that can come up when modeling insects.
- Part 2: Cycles materials - Frederik creates a rather complex material in Cycles to make the Mantis look awesome!
- Intermission: Introduction to lighting in Luxrender - Frederik shows how lighting in Luxrender is different from Blender Internal and Cycles.
- Part 3: Luxrender Materials - Organic materials in Luxrender tend to be difficult, Frederik shows his solutions
- Part 4: Materials in Blender Internal - Regarding organic materials, Blender Internal still shows!


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How do you derive Darcy Weisbach equation?
Derivation of Darcy Weisbach EquationStep 1: Terms and Assumptions. Consider a uniform horizontal pipe with fixed diameter d and area A, which allow a steady flow of incompressible fluid. Step 2: Applying Bernoulli's principle. Step 3: Find frictional resistance. Step 4: Net force acting on the fluid at section S1 and S2.
What is Darcy Weisbach formula for head loss due to friction?
Darcy-Weisbach Friction Loss Equation: g = acceleration due to gravity = 32.174 ft/s2 = 9.806 m/s2. Major loss (hf) is the energy (or head) loss (expressed in length units – think of it as energy per unit weight of fluid) due to friction between the moving fluid and the duct. It is also known as friction loss.
How is Darcy friction factor calculated?
The shear velocity V* is defined as: V * = τ o / ρ. In equation (7.1), the Darcy friction factor is a function of the Reynolds number VDH/v and relative roughness ks/DH, where ks is the equivalent roughness height and DH is the hydraulic diameter1 (Appendix A, Section 7.6).
How do you calculate head loss?
Determining the pipe diameter when the pipe length and flow rate are given for a specified pressure drop. hf = f L d v2 2g = 0,0225 500 0.2 6,42 2·9,81 = 117 m For inclined pipe the head loss is hf = ∆p ρg +z1 −z2 = ∆p ρg +Lsin10o.
What is the formula for pressure drop?
Pressure-loss form , the mean flow velocity, experimentally measured as the volumetric flow rate Q per unit cross-sectional wetted area (m/s); fD, the Darcy friction factor (also called flow coefficient λ). μ is the dynamic viscosity of the fluid (Pa·s = N·s/m2 = kg/(m·s));
How do you calculate pressure from flow rate?
The flow rate, in turn, at a known pipe cross-sectional area, determines the fluid's flow rate. Subtract static pressure from the total pressure. If the pipe has a total pressure of 0.035 kilopascals and a static pressure of 0.01 kilopascals: 0.035 – 0.01 = 0.025 kilopascals.
What is head loss in Bernoulli's equation?
Thus, Bernoulli's equation states that the total head of the fluid is constant. The head loss (or the pressure loss) represents the reduction in the total head or pressure (sum of elevation head, velocity head and pressure head) of the fluid as it flows through a hydraulic system.
What is pressure loss in pipe?
In fluid flow, friction loss (or skin friction) is the loss of pressure or "head" that occurs in pipe or duct flow due to the effect of the fluid's viscosity near the surface of the pipe or duct.
How do you calculate Reynolds number?
The Reynolds number (Re) of a flowing fluid is calculated by multiplying the fluid velocity by the internal pipe diameter (to obtain the inertia force of the fluid) and then dividing the result by the kinematic viscosity (viscous force per unit length).
How do you calculate the friction factor?
The friction factor for laminar flow is calculated by dividing 64 by the Reynold's number.
What is frictional factor?
1. Definition of friction factor. The friction factor is representing the loss of pressure of a fluid in a pipe due to the interactions in between the fluid and the pipe. f/2=friction factor – fanning. D=Pipe diameter in m.
How do you calculate pressure in a pipe?
Square the pipe's radius. With a radius, for instance, of 0.05 meters, 0.05 ^ 2 = 0.0025. Multiply this answer by the pressure drop across the pipe, measured in pascals. With a pressure drop, for instance, of 80,000 pascals, 0.0025 x 80,000 = 200.
What is K in head loss?
Introduction. The K-value, Resistance Coefficient, Velocity Head, Excess Head or Crane method allows the user to characterise the pressure loss through fittings in a a pipe. The K-value represents the multiple of velocity heads that will be lost by fluid passing through the fitting.
What is head loss and how is it calculated?
Head loss refers to the total pressure losses sustained by the fluid as it flows from the suction point to the discharge point. Head loss is caused when the liquid loses momentum as it flows, and depends upon fluid viscosity, pipe diameter, pipe length and accessories such as valves and elbows within the pipework.


text: The social facilitation effect describes the change in the performance of the task under the influence of the presence of observers. The effect itself consists of two components: social facilitation in simple tasks and social inhibition in complex tasks. In the context of the dynamic development of new technologies, the question of the possible influence on human behavior by virtual characters gains importance. We attempted to critically describe and summarize current research on social facilitation in order to answer the question of whether it occurs in virtual environments. We found 13 relevant studies, 3 of which demonstrated social facilitation, 4 social inhibition and 1 demonstrated the whole effect. The conclusions drawn from the analysis are ambiguous. Firstly, we identified that 12 out of 13 analyzed studies failed to show the whole effect. Secondly, we encountered several shortcomings of the summarized research that further complicated its interpretation. The shortcomings: presence of the researcher, unclear usage of "agent" and "avatar", evaluation of activation, no pilot tests of observers and no description of how their characteristics are generated, among others, are discussed. Furthermore, we investigated the effect sizes and their variability. The average effect size for social facilitation was g = 0.18, CI [-0.28; 0.64] and for social inhibition g = -0.18, CI [-0.40; 0.04]. In social facilitation, a substantial level of heterogeneity was detected. Finally, we conclude that it is still too early to provide a definite answer to the question of whether social facilitation exists in Virtual Environments. We recommend limiting evaluation activation to the lowest possible level, conducting pilot tests prior to the experiment, avoiding the presence of the researcher in the experimental room and a clear distinction of "agent" and "avatar", as measures to achieve a better quality in future research.


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Effects of polydextrose on different levels of energy intake. A systematic review and meta-analysis
Ibarra A., Astbury NM., Olli K., Alhoniemi E., Tiihonen K.
© 2014 The Authors. Introduction: Dietary fibers help to control energy intake and reduce the risk of developing obesity. Recent studies show that the consumption of polydextrose reduces energy intake at a subsequent meal. In this systematic review and meta-analysis we examine the subsequent effects of polydextrose on different levels of energy intake (EI). Method: The review followed the PRISMA methodology. Meta-analyses were expressed as Standardized Mean Difference (SMD). A linear regression approach was used to model the relationship between the polydextrose dose and the different levels of EI expressed as a relative change (%). Results: All the studies included in this review administered polydextrose as part of a mid-morning snack. Six studies were included in the analysis of EI at an ad libitum lunch; and three were included in the analysis of EI during the rest of the day, as well as total daily EI. The meta-analysis showed that the consumption of polydextrose is associated with a reduction in EI at lunch time (SMD = 0.35; P < 0.01; I 2 = 0). The dose of polydextrose consumed correlated significantly with this reduction in EI, EI Lunch (%) = -0.67 Polydextrose (g/day) (R 2 = 0.80; P < 0.01). The meta-analysis of EI during the rest of the day and daily EI did not show any difference. Nevertheless, the regression equation indicates that there is a dose-dependent effect on the reduction of daily EI, EI Daily (%) = -0.35 × Polydextrose (g/day) (R 2 = 0.68; P < 0.05). Sex-specific results are consistent with results for the whole group. Conclusion: The studies included in this meta-analysis support the notion that the consumption of polydextrose reduces voluntary energy intake at a subsequent meal. Furthermore, this reduction in energy intake occurs in a dose-dependent manner.


What does it do?
The Placeholder perk allows you to add HTML5 placeholders to your Gravity Form fields. What are placeholders? They're short hints that display inline in form input fields (and textareas) that help users fill out the fields with the correct data. They look like this:
Once the user starts filling the fields out, it would look like this:
How does it work?
This perk adds a new field setting for fields that support the placeholder property. More on that below. After you've specified the placeholder for a field, the Placeholder perk handles updating the field's input HTML to include the placeholder attribute. For browsers that support placeholders (like Firefix, Chrome and Safari), this functionality will work natively. That means no special scripts!
But alas, not all browsers support placeholders just yet. For these browsers (like Internet Explorer), the Placeholder perk loads a little jQuery Placeholder script by Daniel Stocks. This script adds support for the placeholder attribute to older browsers so regardless of the browser, the user receives a uniform experience.
How do I enable this functionality?
First step, as always, is to activate the Placeholder perk. Once activated, supported field types on all forms will automatically display the "Placeholder" setting right below the "Field Label" setting.
For single input fields (like the Single Line Text field and the Paragraph Field), there is only a single input for the Placeholder setting. For multi-input fields (like the Name field and the Address field), there will be an input to specify the placeholder for each input of that field type.
Enter whatever text you would like to appear as the placeholder for each field on your form. Save your changes and you're good to go!
Anything else I need to know?
Nope! That's pretty much it. If you have any questions on this functionality or just want to say how much you love it, make sure you come back to and leave us a comment.
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BNP and NT-proBNP - Normal Range
B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) is a hormone produced by your heart. N-terminal (NT)-pro hormone BNP (NT-proBNP) is a non-active prohormone that is released from the same molecule that produces BNP. Both BNP and NT-proBNP are released in response to changes in pressure inside the heart. These changes can be related to heart failure and other cardiac problems. Levels goes up when heart failure develops or gets worse, and levels goes down when heart failure is stable. In most cases, BNP and NT-proBNP levels are higher in patients with heart failure than people who have normal heart function.
BNP and NT-proBNP are measured as a simple blood test to help diagnose and monitor heart failure. BNP and NT-proBNP test results provide different values.
A normal level of NT-proBNP is:
 - Less than 125 pg/mL for patients aged 0-74 years
 - Less than 450 pg/mL for patients aged 75-99 years
 - Higher than 450 pg/mL for patients under age 50
 - Higher than 900 pg/mL for patients age 50 and older
A normal level of BNP is:
 - Less than 100 pg/mL
*pg/ml stands for picograms/milliliter


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Date of Award
Program or Major
Doctor of Philosophy
The structure of a finite group is investigated through a geometry induced by the splitting systems of the group. The method is based on the one used to induce a geometry on a finite dimensional vector space over a finite field and as a result, concepts related to the special and projective linear group are extended to arbitrary groups. One major by-product is the classification of solvable multiprimitive groups of arbitrary derived length. This leads to a necessary and sufficient condition for a solvable nC-group to be multiprimitive.
Kirtland, Joseph, "Finite groups as a generalization of vector spaces through the use of splitting systems" (1992). Doctoral Dissertations. 1697.


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RTTP applicants should apply and pay directly through the ATTP website: _URL_ by providing documentation which evidences the three requirements below:
1. KE/KT/TT Experience
You must be able to demonstrate that you have been in a relevant role for at least three years.
To be eligible to apply for RTTP, you must submit a CV showing you have been in the KE/KT/TT profession or in a role using similar skills for at least 3 years and be a Member of an Alliance Association (listed on home page).
2. KE/KT/TT KEY SKILLS
You must be able to demonstrate that you have gained the key skills required to be effective and to perform your role independently
This is demonstrated by:
EITHER: 60 RTTP CE points achieved in accredited KE/KT/TT training programmes, meeting development needs (with at least 45 points received in relevant face to face training – i.e. not via conferences or webinars)
(This route provides the most straightforward and rapid assessment)
At least two of the following:
(These routes require more complex assessment and evidence and therefore may take longer to process)
You must be able to demonstrate that you have applied your knowledge and skills to lead a complex KE/TT project
This is achieved through a 1000 word Achievement Overview which is endorsed by your manager and submitted for assessment by your peers. The Achievement Overview can describe one or more of the following:
RTTP applicants should describe their skills and achievements relevant to these five competencies. These core competencies have been developed in collaboration with existing national frameworks in several key countries. The core competencies assessed for RTTP are:


The American Psychological Association alluded recently to a study by Debi Roberson from Essex University who compared how English children learned colours with Himba tribe children, who come from northern Namibia in South West Africa. What was discovered was that Himba children may use one word for a colour while English children would use words that would divide a single colour word into several different colours.
Language Change Colour
For example, in Himba language, the word "serandu" for a single colour would be described as several different colours notably orange, red or pink. Additionally, the word "zoozu," which represented several dark colours would by English children be divided up into dark red, dark brown, dark blue, black and dark green. Notably, English has 11 words for the most basic colours, which are red, green, orange, yellow, white, black, purple, grey, pink, brown and blue, while Himba only has 5, which cover a broader spectrum of colours under one name.
The Himba's colour classification is ordered into 5 basic colours which are:
 - Serandu is pink, red and orange
 - Zoozu is black and darker shades of green, blue, red and purple
 - Vapa is white with some yellow
 - Borou is greens and blues
 - Dumbu is other greens, brown and red.
The way the Himba language view colours are different from western languages and it actually influences how they see things in the world.
In a BBC documentary called Horizon, the Himba people easily and quickly picked out colours which they had names for but if they were given 2 colours which shared the same name in their language they found it difficult to decide on a name for one they were asked to pick because they had no specific name for it.
The green / blue distinction is of particular significance, as the Himba have different ways of describing these colours so it shows that how we see the world is totally different from the way the Himba view it. Basically, if we as westerners use our version of blue or green to describe say a tranquil bush like setting, the Himba will see it totally differently because of the way they classify and label colour in their language.


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The English Textura and Great Primer Uncials
Textura, known more commonly as "blackletter," is the oldest form of European movable type: it was this style of letter which appeared in the 42-line bible printed by Johann Gutenberg in Mainz around 1455. The subject chosen for this digitization is the English Textura cut by Henric Pieterszoon Lettersnijder before 1492, which emerged as the most common type for Dutch books of the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. Amazingly, the brass "matrices" from which this type was cast still survive, in the collection of the Enschedé Museum in Haarlem. They may be the oldest set of matrices in the world.
Accompanying the textura lowercase is a set of "uncials," a medieval analogue of the modern drop cap, also cut by Pieterszoon around 1508. Both faces are reproduced from Sixteenth Century Printing Types of the Low Countries, by H. D. L. Vervliet and Harry Carter, Menno Herzberger & Co, Amsterdam, 1968. The textura's lowercase a has been borrowed from the a-macron sort, the hairlines of its lowercase o have been thinned, and its lowercase d has been widened. As with the other faces in the Historical Allsorts package, characters that postdate the original source have been fabricated; it is otherwise authentic.


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Homer's "Odyssey" may have historical fact
Homer's possible reference to a solar eclipse helped scholars date Odysseus' return from the Trojan War.
It was on April 16, 1178 B.C. that the great warrior struck with arrows, swords and spears, killing those who sought to replace him, a pair of researchers say in Monday's online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.
Experts have long debated whether the books of Homer reflect the actual history of the Trojan War and its aftermath.
Marcelo O. Magnasco of Rockefeller University in New York and Constantino Baikouzis of the Astronomical Observatory in La Plata, Argentina, acknowledge they had to make some assumptions to determine the date Odysseus returned to his kingdom of Ithaca.
But interpreting clues in Homer's "Odyssey" as references to the positions of stars and a total eclipse of the sun allowed them to determine when a particular set of conditions would have occurred.
"What we'd like to achieve is to get the reader to pick up the "Odyssey," and read it again, and ponder," said Magnasco. "And to realize that our understanding of these texts is quite imperfect, and even when entire libraries have been written about Homeric studies, there is still room for further investigation."
Their study potentially adds support to the accuracy of Homer's writing.
"Under the assumption that our work turns out to be correct, it adds to the evidence that he knew what he was talking about," Magnasco said. "It still does not prove the historicity of the return of Odysseus," he said. "It only proves that Homer knew about certain astronomical phenomena that happened much before his time."
Homer reports that on the day of the slaughter the sun is blotted from the sky, possibly a reference to an eclipse. In addition, he mentions more than once that it is the time of a new moon, which is necessary for a total eclipse, the researchers say.
Other clues include:
- Six days before the slaughter, Venus is visible and high in the sky.
- Twenty-nine days before, two constellations -- the Pleiades and Bootes -- are simultaneously visible at sunset.
- And 33 days before, Mercury is high at dawn and near the western end of its trajectory. This is the researchers' interpretation, anyway. Homer wrote that Hermes, the Greek name for Mercury, traveled far west to deliver a message.
"Of course we believe it's amply justified, otherwise we would not commit it to print. However we do recognize there's less ammunition to defend this interpretation than the others," Magnasco said.
"Even though the other astronomical references are much clearer, our interpretation of them as allusions to astronomical phenomena is an assumption," he added in an interview via e-mail.
For example, Magnasco said, Homer writes that as Odysseus spread his sails out of Ogygia, "sleep did not weigh on his eyelids as he watched the Pleiades, and late-setting Bootes, and the Bear."
"We assume he means that as Odysseus set sail shortly after sunset, at nautical twilight the Pleiades and Bootes were simultaneously visible, and that Bootes would be the later-setting of the two," Magnasco explained.
"It is a good assumption because every member of his audience would know what was being discussed, as the Pleiades and Bootes were important to them to know the passage of the seasons and would be very familiar with which times of the year they were visible. Remember the only calendar they had was the sky."
Since the occurrence of an eclipse and the various star positions repeat over different periods of time, Magnasco and Baikouzis set out to calculate when they would all occur in the order mentioned in the "Odyssey."
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World's slowest shark has to hunt sleeping seals
Being chased by a shark is the stuff of nightmares, but you wouldn't need to worry if it was this one - it's the world's slowest shark!
Scientists have tagged the Greenland shark and found they 'cruise' at just 34cm per second, which is slower than most people's walking speed.
They discovered the big fish were far too slow to catch a seal, their main source of food.
So researchers reckon the sharks have to sneak up on them while they sleep!
It's thought that these sharks swim this slowly because they want to save energy.
They live really far north where temperatures are near freezing - around 2 degrees Celsius.


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1. The Zoroastrian religious texts state that the mode of disposal of death should have the following four criteria:
(a). The mortal remains of a departed person be taken to an elevated place. (b). It should be as much away from habitation as possible. (c). The corpse should be exposed to carrions (corpse eating birds) like vultures, kites and crows. (d). The corpse should be exposed to the rays of the Sun (khurshed nagirashni)
- Since ancient times, even before prophet Zarathushtra, the Mazdayasnis used this system of disposal of the dead. Later prophet Zarathushtra too accepted this system and fortified it further. Throughout the Shahnameh there are references of kings desiring to be exposed in the dakhmas, and the Iranian kings giving the benefit of Dokhmenashini even to their adversaries.
- Since ancient times, Zoroastrians have been vehemently against any other system or mode of disposal of the dead like burning, burying or keeping in water, as each of the other modes not only use up a lot of natural resources, but also pollute one or the other element of nature.
- The Dakhmas of ancient Iran were not like the Dakhmas that we know of now. In pre-Zoroastrian times, though the four above mentioned criteria were observed, there was no surrounding wall. Gradually a surrounding wall was built.
- The earliest Dakhmas were very elementary stone structures with a platform inside and a pit in the centre. In Iran, after every few decades, the place of the Dakhma was shifted.
- The Dakhmas prepared with elaborate rituals that we have in India now, were developed in India when it was realised that it would not be possible to regularly shift the position of Dakhmas.
- The Dokhmenashini system is the most ecological and nature friendly way of disposing the corpse. Dokhmenashini is essential even from a spiritual point of view, as the spiritual constituents of the body need to be re-united with their natural constituents like air and sunlight.


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Glossary of Korean Cooking Terms and Ingredients
Definition and translation of Namul
Translation of the Korean word "cha" into English
Translation of Pojangmacha
Definition of Pojangmacha in Korean
Definition and translation of Hwe in Korean food
Definition and translation of Daenjang in Korean food
Definition and translation of Gogi
Definition of Anju in Korean food
Definition of Jun in Korean food
Definition and translation of banchan, Korean side dishes.
Definition and translation of Korean kimchi, one of the most important parts of Korean cuisine.
Definition and Translation of Dubu in Korean food, a soft beancurd which is also known as Tofu in the West
Definition and Description of Korean kaenipperilla leaves, also used in Japanese (shiso) and Vietnamese cooking.
Translation and Definition of Namul.
Translation of Gui as used in Korean cooking.
Bap or Bop
Translation of Bap
Definition of Korean kochukaru.
Definition for Korean kochujang.
Definition of Chigae (Korean stew)