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- What happens if I accidentally swallow a bug?
- Do flies feel pain?
- Do flies sense death?
- Do flies feel love?
- What happens if you swallow a housefly?
- Do bugs fly in your mouth when you sleep?
- Can bugs live in your stomach?
- Can flies hear?
- How long do flies live for?
- What is the best home remedy to get rid of flies?
- What smell attracts flies the most?
- Can a fly kill you?
- Can bugs live in your mouth?
- Do bugs feel sadness?
- Can fly eggs hatch in your stomach?
- Where do flies go to sleep?
- Can humans eat flies?
- Do cockroaches crawl in your mouth when you sleep?
- Do bugs go in your ear when you sleep?
- Will eating a fly make you sick?
- Is swallowing a fly dangerous?
- What smells do flies hate?
- Why are the flies biting me?
- Do we eat bugs?
- Can flies bite you?
- What do flies taste like?
- Can you die from eating a cockroach?
- What bug can kill you?
- Do bugs fart?
- Why do flies bite me and not others?
What happens if I accidentally swallow a bug?
First, don't panic.
The good news is there's likely nothing to be afraid of.
"Most insects are totally harmless if ingested," said Dr.
On the other hand, if your child ingests a bug that is known to sting or bite, there may be some lasting discomfort if the insect stings the inside of the mouth or throat..
Do flies feel pain?
Over 15 years ago, researchers found that insects, and fruit flies in particular, feel something akin to acute pain called "nociception." When they encounter extreme heat, cold or physically harmful stimuli, they react, much in the same way humans react to pain.
Do flies sense death?
Time-Telling Flies The fly is extremely sensitive to odors associated with decomposition. Some biologists estimate that within 15 minutes of a person's death, the insect can detect the corpse—which serves as a potential incubator, hiding place, and feeding station all in one.
Do flies feel love?
Flies likely feel fear similar to the way that we do, according to a new study that opens up the possibility that flies experience other emotions too. The finding further suggests that other small creatures — from ants to spiders — may be emotional beings as well.
What happens if you swallow a housefly?
"Houseflies can mechanically transmit certain bacteria (Shigella) that cause dysentery," Anelli notes. The diarrhea, fever and stomach cramps that can show up after being infected with the Shigella bacteria usually clears up in five to seven days.
Do bugs fly in your mouth when you sleep?
Luckily for all of us, the "fact" that people swallow eight spiders in their sleep yearly isn't true. … The myth flies in the face of both spider and human biology, which makes it highly unlikely that a spider would ever end up in your mouth.
Can bugs live in your stomach?
Helicobacter pylori, a potentially nasty bacteria, somehow lives in one of every two human stomachs — no mean feat. Here's how the bug pulls it off.
Can flies hear?
Flies hear with their antennae. These are freely accessible for measurements, thus being especially well-suited for analyses. During the process of hearing, a sound receiver is set in motion by sound waves. … Downstream sensory cells in the fly's antenna are stretched by the deflection of the sound receiver.
How long do flies live for?
Housefly: 28 daysCulex pipiens: 7 daysFly/Lifespan
What is the best home remedy to get rid of flies?
A mixture of vinegar and dish soap can help you trap flies. To use this method, mix about an inch of apple cider vinegar and a few drops of dish soap in a tall glass. Cover the glass with plastic wrap. Secure the plastic wrap with a rubber band and poke small holes in the top.
What smell attracts flies the most?
When it comes to breeding, large flies need a substantial amount of decaying organic matter to be successful. The odors created by these breeding sources are usually very strong, putrid smells – decaying animal carcasses, rotting organic materials, etc. Most often, these breeding sources will be outdoors.
Can a fly kill you?
To make matters worse, several species of tsetse fly can transmit diseases. One of the most dangerous is a parasite that causes "sleeping sickness", or "human African trypanosomiasis"to give it its official name. Without treatment, an infection is usually fatal.
Can bugs live in your mouth?
Plaque Bugs are a type of Germ that live in everyone's mouth. When you get older you will hear them called "Bacteria". But for now it's just fine to think of Plaque Bugs as Families of Germs, with Youngies and Oldies and Baby Bugs too.
Do bugs feel sadness?
Most entomologists agree that insects do not feel emotion – at least, not in the same way that humans do. … There may be some level of awareness in insect consciousness but not to the extent of feeling attraction, or empathy or happiness or sadness or even the ability to feel joy or pain.
Can fly eggs hatch in your stomach?
Intestinal myiasis occurs when fly eggs or larvae previously deposited in food are ingested and survive in the gastrointestinal tract. Some infested patients have been asymptomatic; others have had abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea (2,3). Many fly species are capable of producing intestinal myiasis.
Where do flies go to sleep?
Some favourite places are on the undersides of leaves, twigs, and branches, or even in tall grass or under rocks. They need a comfortable place to sleep that will shelter them from the cold, rain and wind. Flies need good grip because they often sleep upside down.
Can humans eat flies?
How to Eat Insects. While there are more than 1,900 edible insect species from which to choose, not all are edible. … Pungent bugs, hairy bugs, bugs that bite or sting, and disease-carriers like flies, ticks and mosquitoes are also on the very generalized do-not-eat list, although there are exceptions.
Do cockroaches crawl in your mouth when you sleep?
In terms of creatures that crawl into your mouth while you sleep … likely zero. Insects are not that stupid. … Granted, some insects like roaches do occasionally crawl into ears and get stuck, but that's very rare.
Do bugs go in your ear when you sleep?
In most cases, a bug will enter your ear when you're sleeping while outdoors, like when you're camping. Otherwise, a bug may fly into your ear while you're awake, typically while you're working or running outside. The insect may die while inside your ear.
Will eating a fly make you sick?
But Tetro explained that while houseflies leave bacteria on surfaces, it's a minimal amount and not enough to make most people sick. 'The only way that you could come into problems is if you actually ate them, and while that may be a nice school children joke, most people I know don't eat flies," Tetro explained.
Is swallowing a fly dangerous?
According to Dr. Pritt, for the most part, eating a bug isn't cause for worry. In general, your body will digest arthropods, which include arachnids like spiders, mites, and ticks, and insects such as gnats, flies, mosquitoes, fleas, and bedbugs, "just like any other food," she says.
What smells do flies hate?
Cinnamon – use cinnamon as an air freshner, as flies hate the smell! Lavender, eucalyptus, peppermint and lemongrass essential oils – Not only will spraying these oils around the house create a beautiful aroma, but they will also deter those pesky flies too.
Why are the flies biting me?
They can be quite bothersome, buzzing around a person's head, especially where large numbers are present. Both deer flies and horse flies bite with scissor-like mouthparts that cut into skin, causing blood flow which the flies lap up. Because of this relatively crude means of obtaining blood, the bites can be painful.
Do we eat bugs?
Human insect-eating is common to cultures in most parts of the world, including Central and South America, Africa, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. Eighty percent of the world's nations eat insects of 1,000 to 2,000 species. In some societies, primarily western nations, entomophagy is uncommon or taboo.
Can flies bite you?
They don't always bite, but when they do, flies bite you for blood meals that provide them with nutrition or other benefits. Fly bites are more common than you might think. Unfortunately, they are also more dangerous than many realize.
What do flies taste like?
Having once accidentally tasted a housefly that flew into my mouth, I can say they taste bitter. Decidedly unpleasant, with a flat lasting bitterness that lingers after you spit it out.
Can you die from eating a cockroach?
Cockroaches can contaminate food with their waste and saliva which contains bacteria that can cause food poisoning, diarrhea, and Staphylococcus infections. … As far as the diseases that cockroaches can spread, they can pick up Salmonella on their legs and deposit it to food, which can cause food poisoning if ingested.
What bug can kill you?
7 poisonous insects and spiders you never want to meet (or eat)The Cow Killer. These aren't as far from


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Colleen Jackson is currently a post-doctoral fellow investigating electrocatalysts for hydrogen electrochemical compression, namely for the hydrogen oxidation and hydrogen evolution reactions.
Colleen obtained her PhD as part of a Newton Advanced Fellowship partnership between the University of Cape Town (RSA) and the University of Southampton (UK). She also holds a BSc and MSc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cape Town.
Her PhD thesis explored the use of silicon carbide and boron carbide as alternative electrocatalyst support materials for platinum nanoparticles, with the aim to develop more active and durable catalysts for PEM fuel cells through the oxygen reduction reaction. The use of advanced catalyst characterisation methods based on high energy X-rays (X-ray absorption spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy) allowed for a better understanding of catalytic performance testing, theoretical modelling and fundamental kinetic studies.

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Intercellular communication was examined with intracellular electrical techniques in primary and transplanted rat liver cancers. Normal liver cells communicate rather freely with each other through permeable junctional membranes. Cancer liver cells show no communication at all; their surface membrane is a strong barrier to diffusion all around the cell. Cancer cells induce alterations in membrane permeability in normal liver cells; communication among the latter is markedly reduced when cancer cells grow near them.
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National Aviation Day
Today is National Aviation Day!
National Aviation Day was first celebrated in 1939 to recognise the achievements and developments in the aviation industry. Today, the day represents much more with the vast developments, software and technology that is available to now enhance the aviation industry in a magnitude of ways.
Schools often take the opportunity to host school trips and activities that recognise aviation pioneers and historic achievements.
Over the years, Pennant has been involved in projects such as Tornado, Sea king, Hawk and Lynx, and recognises the achievements from its global workforce. Through modern technology and innovation, Pennant continues to support and offer solutions to the aviation industry, providing safe, reliable training and product support.


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A Pilgrim's Guide to the Journey
Julia Ross
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Julia Ross explores in depth Meher Baba's journey along the Trail of Tears, which culminated in his foretold car accident in America.
From the back cover: "Meher Baba, on his automobile journey across the United States in 1952, followed one of the routes of the Cherokee Trail of Tears to what is now Oklahoma. Meher Baba's journey ended in a cataclysmic automobile accident in the center of Oklahoma, where he shed his blood on American soil.
"Julia Ross documents in meticulous detail what is known of Meher Baba's route and the accident, which she began researching in the early 1970s. In the tradition of pilgrims' guides, she also traces the history and associations of the places Meher Baba visited. She focuses on the shadow side of American history, especially that of the American Indians."
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Large blocks of black are displayed instead of music notation symbols. How can I fix this?
If a Notation product displays large blocks of black instead of music notation symbols, then the explanation is very likely one of the following, for which each has a solution to the problem:
1. If you have had to uninstall and reinstall your Notation Software product, sometimes the Harmony. ttf file may not reinstall properly. To install the Harmony font, first you can download just the font from _URL_
2. Next, open the Fonts folder in the Windows Control Panel. Then copy and paste, or drag and drop, the Harmony font file to the Fonts folder. Windows will carry out the installation of the font automatically.
Also, Notation has a font problem under the following circumstances:
1. The score displays chord names.
2. The font size for the chord names differs from that of the music notation font.
You can work around this problem by making the font size of the chord names the same as that of the music notation font, as follows:
Choose the Font Size and Spacing command in the Score menu.
Choose the Font Setup command in the Font Size and Spacing dialog box.
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Mental health, emotional health and wellbeing
Manor Court Primary School, offers a happy, safe and caring environment. We foster and nurture a unique family atmosphere to ensure all children and staff are valued as an individual. We are committed to supporting the emotional health and wellbeing of our children and staff.
Through our supporting and caring ethos we ensure all children and staff are treated with respect and kindness, when discussing any areas of mental health. It is our aim for our children and staff to be aware and in control of their mental health to ensure that all have the chance to be happy and healthy mentally.
It is our belief as a school that all life experiences can have both and positive and negative effect on our mental health. We therefore offer all children and staff access to a range of additional emotional support strategies We take the view that positive mental health is everybody's business and that we all have a role to play in ensuring this is the norm for all pupils and staff.
Positive mental health and wellbeing in Manor Court is supported through principles defined in the simple acronym SOLE.
Self-esteem – We believe that mental health should be person (Child and staff) –centred and thus our ethos starts with the individual.
Often – We have a consistent and regular approach to talking about positive mental health and wellbeing.
Little – We believe that 'little and often' will encourage openness and transparency. If children and adults are struggling with their emotional health and wellbeing, or feel mentally well and secure, they will feel confident to share their feelings.
Everyone – Emotional health is everyone's concern and that everyone is entitled to this support whoever they are.
At Manor Court Primary School we:
- Help children to understand their emotions and feelings better.
- Help children to feel comfortable about sharing any concerns or worries.
- Help children socially to form and maintain positive relationships.
- Deal with and resolve conflict effectively and fairly.
- Promote self-esteem and ensure children know that they count.
- Encourage children to be confident and 'dare to be different' if they desire.
- Help children to develop emotional resilience and manage setbacks.
- Work and play cooperatively.
- Compete fairly and win and lose with dignity and respect for other competitors.
- Recognise and stand up for their rights and the rights of others.
- Understand and value the differences and commonalities between people, respecting the rights of others to have beliefs and values different from their own.
We promote a mentally healthy environment through:
- Promoting our school ASPIRE values (Ambition. Sincerity. Positivity. Integrity. Respect. Empathy) and encouraging a sense of belonging.
- Promoting pupil voice and opportunities to participate in decision-making.
- Celebrating academic and non-academic achievements.
- Providing opportunities to develop a sense of worth through taking responsibility for themselves and others.
- Providing opportunities on a regular basis to reflect on the principles of SOLE.
- Access to appropriate support that meets needs.
- Ensuring that a member of the Mental Health and wellbeing team is always available at play and lunchtime to talk to.
- Providing a quiet and'safe place' for all children to spend lunchtimes away from the playground.
- Providing individualised and group support for children based on the 'Nurture' principals.
Lead members of staff and responsible governor:
Whilst everyone has a responsibility to promote the mental health of children, staff with a specific, relevant remit include:
- Alan Clode – Deputy Head Teacher and Inclusion Leader/Designated Safeguard lead.
- Luke Talmage – Head Teacher and Deputy Designated Safeguard lead.
- Neil Pidgeon – PSHE and Mental Health and Emotional wellbeing lead.
- Laura Gregory – Early Intervention Officer and Deputy Designated Safeguard lead.
- Kirsty Guyett – Thrive lead.
- Sarah Burns - Children's safeguarding and wellbeing council lead.
- Sue Wakeman - SEN and Mental Health and wellbeing governor.


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Bittman's 4 Stages of Learning to Cook
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I saw a mention of this in another thread, looked it up, and found no chowhound discussion on the matter. Figured it might get some interesting responses.
The four stages:
"- First, you slavishly follow recipes; this is useful.
- In Stage two, you synthesize some of the recipes you've learned. You compare, for example, Marcella Hazan's pasta all'amatriciana with someone else's, and you pick and choose a bit. … You learn your preferences. You might, if you're dedicated, consult two, three, four cookbooks before you tackle anything.
- The third stage incorporates what you've learned with the preferences you've developed, what's become your repertoire, your style, and leads you to search out new things. What are the antecedents of pasta all'amatriciana? What's similar? … This is the stage at which many people bring cookbooks to bed, looking for links and inspiration; they don't follow recipes quite as much, but sometimes begin pull ideas from a variety of sources and simply start cooking.
- Stage four is that of the mature cook, a person who consults cookbooks for fun or novelty but for the most part has both a fully developed repertoire and - far, far more importantly - the ability to start cooking with only an idea of what the final dish will look like. There's a pantry, there's a refrigerator, and there is a mind capable of combining ingredients from both to Make Dinner."
From his essay in "Man with a Pan: Culinary Adventures of Fathers who Cook for their Families."
So... thoughts?
Where are you on the continuum? Are there some big jumps in between some of these stages? Does this accurately describe how you learned to cook? Is there a better way to progress?
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 1. I love to cook, cook all the time, have cooked seriously for 25+ years, wander the farmer's market to buy interesting stuff, read, watch, etc..... but alas, feel that I am only somewhere in stage 2! If I haven't made a dish before, I at least want to glance at a recipe (or two or three) to see the typical ingredients. Then I do it myself. I don't often just make stuff up, though I certainly feel comfortable going off script.
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 I like Mark Bittman, but that looks a little too pat to me.
 Like DCresh, I've been cooking since the beginning of time. I fall into each of the four categories at different times.
 If i am trying something totally new (like baking bread, for example) I pretty slavishly follow a recipe. Most of the time I rely on what looks good or is in season that I can throw together - like last night's pea shoot, squash blossom and grilled artichoke salad. Or I might check a recipe to check the recommended proportions that go into something or the time and temperature that something needs to bake. And I love to browse new cookbooks for ideas and inspiration.
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 I agree. It also depends on the source. There are two chefs I read more than any others -- Ina Garten and Rick Bayless. Ina I tend to follow to the letter, since her recipes are nearly always perfection. Bayless's are too, but I've cooked Mexican food enough that I know my own tastes and what works for me.
 Once my mom gave me a recipe for spaghetti sauce that she said was just horrible, and she asked me if I could figure out why it was so bad. I looked it over and immediately knew. One of the ingredients was beef broth. I made it using water instead of beef broth and it was light and delicious. At some point you can look at a recipe and just know what you would change in it.
 I've posted this before, but sometimes I'll assemble my own "Chopped" basket out of stuff from the pantry, fridge and freezer and force myself to make a dish using them all. Some have been pretty good, although I haven't come up with anything I'd cook for company. It's a good exercise, not just in being creative, but in understanding how certain ingredients affect a dish.
 I think Bittman is right, although it's a learning process, and you use and build on things you've already learned before. Just because you're taking algebra doesn't mean that you don't need basic addition and subtraction to balance your checkbook.
 2. I have been cooking since I was about 8, almost (ahem) half a century ago.
 Initially, I learned to cook from my mother (a great cook). I basically made things exactly the same way she did, either from a recipe or from her head. Things like spaghetti with meat sauce, meat loaf, chili, pan fried pork chops and gravy, salads, casseroles, etc. She had favorite recipes on index cards, some were just memorized from her own childhood.
 Then, we started watching Julia Child on PBS and got Mastering the Art of French Cooking. No cultural ties to this food, we explored this cooking together, slavishly following Julia's recipes. Of course, we continued to make the standard family favorites. When I graduated from college I lived in France for a year, and started cooking from memory and tweaking recipes in the French manner.
 Once out of college, I had the good fortune to work with a crew of Mexican women who brought ingredients and made a communal lunch every day. I got to learn to cook Mexican just as I did American with my mom. Then I bought Diana Kennedy and learned more formal recipes.
 When I got interested in Chinese cooking I learned the basics from Ken Hom's Easy Chinese, then started experimenting.
 Now I do a lot of things from memory, and find new ideas on ChowHound, Cook's Illustrated, and Epicurious. But most weeknight meals come from my memory (or recipes I have entered in my own database) and are based on things like I have 2 zucchini, 2 tomatoes, and 2 cucumbers from the garden that need to be used. What can I do that will be tasty? Recipes are mostly used for weekends or company.
 1. I guess I would probably be somewhere between 2 and 3. I don't know if I'd ever get to 4 on a regular basis. I can sometimes come up with meals on the fly but for the most part I like to use recipes and maybe change a few things in them, but still follow for the most part.
 I also think I'm pretty good at picking good recipes just by reading them.
 1. I'm at the stage where I come up with ideas for things I want to cook, use the internet to see if anyone else has made something similar, and occasionally find out that my idea appears to be unique.
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 I'd say that makes you stage 4 for the most part.
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 If I google a combination and find it's unique, I figure I better not make it! :)
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 I'm like this.
 Sometimes I realize aftewards that my brilliant-unique-idea might very well have been a brilliant-unique-idea hundreds of times before but it tastes like crap so nobody wrote it down.
 (I made a chicken dish like this for Mother in law and kids a few weeks ago. Got home and everyone gave me stink eye...)


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The laser cutting machine itself uses a flying optical path system. During long-term work, the optical path will have a slight deviation, which will have a great impact on the cutting effect. Therefore, it is very necessary to check the light path and adjust it regularly. How to adjust the optical path of the laser cutting machine? Have you got these tips?
- 1. Check whether the laser can hit the first reflecting lens, if not, adjust the position of the first lens.
- 2. Check whether the laser can hit the second and third mirrors. If not, adjust the M1, M2, and M3 screws behind the upper mirror.
- 3. Move the laser head to the upper left corner and hit a laser spot to see if it is in the same position as the spot hit on the upper right corner. If not, adjust the M1, M2, and M3 screws of the second reflector to make the hit spot match The point in the upper right corner is in the same position.
- 4. Paste at least two layers of double-sided adhesive on the light entrance of the laser lens barrel, move the laser head to the upper right corner of the table and press the TEST button on the control panel to hit a laser spot.
- 5. Move the laser head to the lower left corner, observe whether the dot is at the same position as the upper right corner, and adjust the second reflector.
- 6. Repeat the adjustments described in 4 and 5 above, so that the three final laser dots hit the same position.
- 7. Check whether the focus is in the center: Put a mirror below the focusing lens, and place a transparent plastic machining sheet close to the lens barrel under the lens barrel (ie, hold it in hand) and press the TEST button to hit the laser to see if the laser spot hits the focusing lens. center of. Be careful of laser burns when holding the plastic sheet, and do not put your hands in the vertical plane of the lens.
Get the above seven tips to ensure that we adjust the optical path of the laser cutting machine. For us, the adjustment of the optical path of the laser cutting machine is very important, but his adjustment process is also very complicated, so we are setting It should be careful enough, only careful settings can ensure the accuracy of the fiber laser cutting equipment is the best.


Perioperative outcomes afterlaparoscopic cholecystectomy in the elderly patients: Asystematic review and meta-analysis (2020)
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Kew T.; Lin A.; Ekeozar C.; Bundred J.; Evans R.; Griffiths E.; Kamarajah S.; *Karri S.; Singh P.
British Journal of Surgery; Jun 2020; vol. 107 ; p. 5-6
Aim: The need to perform elective and emergency cholecystectomy in an ever ageing population increases yet these risks are poorly quantified. The study aims to review the current evidence to quantify further the postoperative risk of cholecystectomy in the elderly population.
Method(s): A systematic literature search of PubMed, EMBASE and the Cochrane Library databases were conducted and a meta-analysis was performed in accordance with the recommendations of the Cochrane Library and PRISMA guidelines.
Result(s): This review identified 99 studies incorporating 333,041 patients. Increasing age was significantly associated with increased rates of overall complications (OR 2.33, CI95%: 2.00-2.71, p<0.001), major complication (OR 2.32, CI95%: 1.52-3.54, p<0.001), risk of conversion to open cholecystectomy (OR 2.32, CI95%: 1.95-2.76, p<0.001), risk of bile leaks (OR 2.05, CI95%: 1.18-3.55, p<0.001), risk of postoperative mortality (OR 5.99, CI95%: 3.77-9.52, p<0.001) and was significantly associated with increased length of stay (MD 2.12 days, CI95%: 1.01-3.24, p<0.001).
Conclusion(s): Post-operative outcomes such as overall and major complications are significantly higher in all age cut-offs. There is six-fold increase in perioperative mortality which increases by nine-fold in patients >80 years old. This study confirms preconceived suspicions of risk in elderly patients undergoing cholecystectomy and will aid treatment planning and informed consent.
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The SIL Solver course is a one-day jump-start designed to energize new users in efficient use of SIL Solver to perform verification of the safety integrity level of safety instrumented functions. Experienced users will also benefit from awareness of new software capabilities and the structured review of examples. The morning lectures provide an overview of software use, discuss software constraints and assumptions, and explain how to use advanced features that make the calculations more efficient. Key topics are as follows:
- Identifying the required SIF functionality
- Variables affecting SIL
- Fail Dangerous/Fail Safe Failure Rate
- Testing Interval
- Mean Time to Repair
- Diagnostic Coverage & Diagnostic Interval
- Common Cause Factor
- Data sheets and Selection
- Basic and Advanced SIL Solver features
In the afternoon session attendees will receive a series of cases which they are required to execute. The cases allow the attendee to practice what was discussed during the morning lectures using examples from real-world applications. The course instructor will review each case with the attendees and explain how the cases should be modeled and what the results mean from a design and maintenance standpoint.
The course participants will gain an understanding of the following:
- How to define of a safety instrumented function.
- How SIL Solver executes the calculation.
- How to navigate in SIL Solver.
- Where the SIL Solver data comes from.
- How to build your own data sheets.
- How to backup your data sheets.
- How basic and complex safety instrumented functions are modeled using SIL Solver.
- How changes to the safety instrumented function design, operation, and maintenance affect the target SIL, reliability, and maintainability.
- How to efficiently update SIL calculations with SIL Solver.
- Report printing.
These objectives are achieved through workshop examples of SIL verification using SIL Solver Software. Since this is a hands-on course, participants must bring a laptop computer with an authorized version of SIL Solver installed.


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What does MHC mean in Physiology?
This page is about the meanings of the acronym/abbreviation/shorthand MHC in the Medical field in general and in the Physiology terminology in particular.
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What does MHC mean?
- Major histocompatibility complex
- The major histocompatibility complex is a cell surface molecule encoded by a large gene family in all vertebrates. MHC molecules mediate interactions of leukocytes, also called white blood cells, which are immune cells, with other leukocytes or body cells. MHC determines compatibility of donors for organ transplant as well as one's susceptibility to an autoimmune disease via crossreacting immunization. In humans, MHC is also called human leukocyte antigen. Protein molecules—either of the host's own phenotype or of other biologic entities—are continually synthesized and degraded in a cell. Occurring on the cell surface, each MHC molecule displays a molecular fraction, called epitope, of a protein. The presented antigen can be either self or nonself. On the cell membrane, the MHC population in its entirety is like a meter indicating the balance of proteins within the cell. The MHC gene family is divided into three subgroups: class I, class II and class III. Diversity of antigen presentation, mediated by MHC classes I and II, is attained in multiple ways: the MHC's genetic encoding is polygenic, MHC genes are highly polymorphic and have many variants, several MHC genes are expressed from both inherited alleles.


text: Marty Leeds has been writing songs and poetry for over 18 years and has had an interest in everything from philosophy, to esoterica, mathematics and the sciences. He was born and raised in southern Wisconsin and has lived in Washington, Oregon and Colorado. Marty returns to Red Ice Radio to discuss "mathemagics," Gematria and the English alphabet. In his new book, Leeds has constructed a cipher that is based on the phalanges of the hands, breaking down the English alphabet in two major sections, just as we have two hands and then assigning each letter with a number corresponding to the sections of the hand. He'll discuss the words that have a numerical value and significance according to Pi and speak about other mathematical constants. In the second hour, we discuss science, knowledge, perception, the potential of mankind and people's convictions of their own beliefs. Later, Marty deconstructs Skull and Bones. He talks about mirroring, opposition, games and rituals.


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Meet our Communications and Public Information Director
City of Oak Park
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Oak Park, MI 48237
Boards and Commissions:
Communications & Public Information
The central mission of the Communications and Public Information Department is to serve as an effective communication and engagement conduit between the City of Oak Park and its community members, including residents, the business community, community stakeholders, and the media. The department creates a streamlined process that opens and invites lines of communication and interaction through the creation, development, implementation, and evaluation of communication initiatives. Department objectives include:
- Strengthening the City's brand;
- Effectively managing and maximizing the quality of the City's existing communications;
- Increasing engagement, support, and participation in City initiatives, programs, services, and activities;
- Helping the City earn favorable and supportive media coverage; and
- Helping the City earn exceptional customer service ratings in providing communication support.
The Communications and Public Information Department maximizes opportunities to:
- Inform and educate the public – Gain awareness, interest, and knowledge of the City's programs, activities, and services through the efficient dissemination of information that is accurate, relevant, easy to understand, appealing, timely, and appropriate. The ultimate goal is to foster an informed, supportive, and knowledgeable public.
- Encourage engagement and participation – Seek to open dialogue, create communication networks, and build relationships with the community. The ultimate goal is to create greater involvement and improved two-way communication between the City and its constituency that not only builds more support for government policy, process, and initiatives, but builds more supportive service to the community at large.
- Mobilize resources – Increase participation, volunteerism, sponsorship, and support through individuals and businesses that wish to become more active in the City's initiatives, economic development, boards and commissions, events, activities, and sponsorships.
The Communications and Public Information Department uses communication tools, opens networks, and builds relationships through five, community engagement channels:
- Print, Production, and Publication – Produces and disseminates print materials such as the City's annual report, calendar, newsletter, flyers, Community Resource Guide, and Resident Handbooks.
- Online Production – Manages, builds, and promotes the City's web content, online communications, social media communities, and marquee announcements.
- Media Relations – Builds relationships with the media, serves as frontline triage for media inquiries and crisis communications, and disseminates press materials.
- Community Relations – Actively participates in the planning, promotion, and implementation of City initiatives, programs, services, and events.


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The Cree Board of Health and Social Services would like to recognize and celebrate our medical laboratory technologists in Chisasibi and Mistissini during the week of April 10 - 16, 2022. Their tireless efforts have helped keep Eeeyouch and Eenouch safe by detecting illnesses, uncovering clues to help physicians determine a diagnosis, and providing an essential service in our fight against COVID-19.
What do lab technologists do?
Medical laboratory technologists study and examine samples (from our blood, saliva, etc.) that provide clues about a person's health. They work in different specialties, including:
- microbiology (like detecting strep throat infections)
- biochemistry (like determining glucose dosage in diabetes, detecting heart attacks, etc.)
- hematology (like testing to detect anemia)
- blood bank (testing and preparing blood for safe transfusions)
- virology (testing for COVID-19 or other viruses)
Medical laboratory teams are often invisible to our clients, but they are essential to ensure the well-being of our communities.
The team processed nearly 310,000 tests during 2020 and 2021, which demonstrates their incredible work. We would like to thank the entire team for their dedication and commitment.
As we enter the third year of the pandemic, the laboratory team continues to have a key role in determining if a client is positive or negative for COVID-19. COVID-19 screening tests help us all by giving a clearer picture of if and how the virus is spreading in the community.
The most recent Omicron outbreak was especially demanding. The team adjusted quickly and worked additional hours to process the increase in COVID-19 PCR tests in the region.
"The COVID-19 pandemic has made us realize the importance of these lab heroes and heroines, who work tirelessly behind the scenes to help diagnose, treat, and prevent disease.
The technicians and technical assistants of our laboratories deserve all of our gratitude for all the time, effort, and hard work they have done, are doing, and will continue to do for the well-being and health of our communities. For all of this we say: THANK YOU.
Through their effort and teamwork, they have been able to face the different waves [of COVID-19], demonstrating team values and self-sacrifice, no matter the challenge.
The laboratory teams have always been able to count on the unfailing support of the Assistant Head of Laboratory Services, their managers, and our medical specialists.
Once again, THANK YOU!" - Ida Pedro, Coordinator of Clinical Services


by Dr. Jan Garrett
This page revised March 30, 2005
On the face of it, the economy seems to be an arena of uninhibited deal-making, buying and selling, goods, services, and money exchanging hands. The impression arises that just so long as sellers tell the truth about their products and services and actually deliver what they promised, everything will be ethically all right.
Is the Moral Basis of the Market Up for Sale?
What is not always clearly realized is that not everything can be put up for sale. If the market system is morally justified all things considered, then one cannot morally justify violating it. And that, I suggest, is the fundamental mistake of bribery. The recipient of the bribe acts as if he is free to make a deal which he is not morally permitted to make. He is not morally permitted to make it because of prior morally governed transactions What is more, the very rule that the bribe taker sees as linking himself to the briber--the rule that one should act as one has promised to act--is a rule which the bribe taker violates in taking the bribe in the first place.
Principal and Agent
We need to introduct two related concepts--the concept of principal and agent. A principal in this sense is the person (or organization) from whom an agent's authority derives; an agent, then, is a person empowered to act on behalf of another, i.e., the agent's principal. (A real estate agent is an agent of the seller of the real estate, the seller is the principal relative to the realtor.)
Why Bribe-Taking Is Wrong
In bribery cases, the bribe taker is already an agent for a principal before he accepts the bribe. The person is already contracted to perform duties for the principal, such as a corporation or government. The one who accepts a bribe in exchange for a favor is violating his or her contractual duty towards his principal. This contractual duty excludes precisely the sort of favor which the briber seeks. The receiver of the bribe does not inform her principal, on behalf of whom she is supposed to be acting. The agent is, in effect, violating her contractual duty to the principal, to whom she has made a prior commitment.
Why Offering a Bribe Is Wrong
I have been discussing the bribe taker and his principal only, up to now. Why is the action of the briber wrong? Quite clearly, the briber, the one who pays the bribe, acts wrongly in tempting the potential bribe taker, or in providing an incentive for the potential bribe taker to violate her preexisting contractual duties. If there were no bribers, there would be no bribe takers.
Why Bribery Is Conducted in Secret
Bribery, then, is a payment which creates a bond of precisely the sort made morally wrong by prior contractual relationships. Yet bribery could not occur unless prior contractual commitments had been made and the principal assumes agents are still loyal to them. A salesman for A would not bribe the purchasing agent of corporation B buy A's products if the salesman thought that the B corporation believed that the purchaser's primary loyalties were to the salesperson for A. In that case the purchaser would probably find himself fired tomorrow and the purchase order would be invalidated before payment was made. This is the reason that bribery is typically conducted in secrecy. A "successful" bribery requires that the bribe taker appear to act on behalf of one entity while really, at the moment, being loyal to another.
Why Bribery Is Not a "Normal Business Transaction"
A bribe, therefore, is not simply a material inducement to get someone else to act in your favor. When we buy things in a straightforward way, we are giving the receiver a material inducement to part with those things. But a bribe is a material inducement, paid under the table, or secretly, that establishes a relationship which violates particular contractual duties that already exist. Moreover, it violates the general rule of fidelity, that is to say, that "a person ought to keep compacts made." The bribe taker's principals, whom he has betrayed, falsely believe that he is not a bribe taker and that he has not betrayed them; therefore, a bribe involves a misrepresentation or failure to disclose on the part of the bribe taker in relation to his principals.
The bribe taker no longer acts in the interest of his principal. He may in fact be acting contrary to the interests of his principal. Moreover, his principal does not realize that it would be in its (or his or her) legitimate interests to fire the bribe taker and hire someone who will be more loyal to them. For all these reasons, bribery not only violates contractual duties, but often implies a injury to the welfare of the principal.
Subtle Long-Term Social Consequences of Bribery
Finally, though particular acts of bribery often escape detection, wherever bribery is widely practiced, specific cases of it are soon discovered. People reasonably assume that for every such activity uncovered, there are many that escape detection. There is a multiplier effect: a single proven act of bribery creates a significant erosion of trust. Every such discovery contributes to the breakdown of social order necessary for a good business climate and future confidence in contracts. Bribery violates the very fabric of community. (For more on this, see the Critique of the Fallacious Defense #2.)
Factors that Possibly Encourage Bribery
I suspect that one reason many people allow themselves to be bribed is that their obligations to their firm or society are not often clearly and explicitly stated. In fact, most people take these obligations for granted and would almost be insulted if an employer, upon hiring them, spelled out in detail, in the employment contract, the corporate ends for which the employee is expected to act. When faced with the prospect of extra income, the weak-willed potential bribe taker temporarily forgets those not often stated obligations and deceives himself into thinking that he is free to make a deal to do someone a special favor. But weakness of will is a character flaw; it almost always involves self-deception and not ignorance of what is morally required.
Another reason that people permit themselves to be bribed is that the practice of friendship and informal associations coexist with the more formal and impartial systems of duty, rights and justice. The elementary rule of friendship is that we should do favors for our friends to the extent that they are our friends; you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. One problem with this rule is that it can easily degenerate into egoism, in which person A helps person B only if A reasons that helping B is to A's advantage. Another, more ethically serious, problem is that, taken by itself, it endorses the creation of cliques or factions which pursue the interests of a minority, as that minority understands their interests, at the expense of the common good. Historically, formal rules of justice and duty were developed in an attempt to restrain precisely this kind of occurrence.
The Contract Argument Summarized
1. One should keep one's contracts. (Thou shalt keep thy covenants.)
2. Bribery involves a contract committing the bribe-taker to break his/her (prior) contract.
3. Taking a bribe is wrong. (1,2)
4. To offer a bribe is to deliberately tempt another to take a bribe.
5. It is wrong to deliberately tempt another to do wrong.
6. Offering a bribe is wrong. (3,4,5)
The Utilitarian Argument from Markets Summarized
1. It is right to act so as to produce the greatest net benefit for all affected. (Utilitarian principle.)
2. Compared with other kinds of markets, perfectly competitive markets produce the greatest net benefit for all affected. (Utilitarian judgment regarding PCM's.)
3. It is right to operate in a PCM, and in the absence of a PCM, in a market that approximates a PCM as closely as possible. (1,2) Markets that are not PCM's are characterized by market imperfections.
[1-3] summarizes one interpretation of Adam Smith's argument for free markets.
4. PCM's involve many sellers, none of which can dominate the market.
5. Monopoly markets (MM's) are characterized by just one seller.
6. The bribery of a purchaser by a seller reduces a (more) competitive market to a MM. (It creates a market imperfection.)
7. It is wrong to bribe.
Objection to this argument: In fact, even without bribery, many markets are far removed already from perfectly competitive markets. Before Lockheed paid bribes to secure its sale of jumbo jets to Japan, there was only one other major competitor, McDonnell-Douglas. And it so happens that there were serious flaws in McDonnell-Douglas's planes (the extent of which become known only later). Perhaps Japanese consumers would have been better off with Lockheed's planes. In other words, if the market is already highly restricted, it's not clear that a bribe will reduce social utility of the market for those who participate in it.
But there may well be negative non-market consequences, such as the suffering caused by the breakdown of social trust and the decline of the sense that government officials are honest public servants.
The Liberty Argument for PCM's and against Bribery
1. Whatever reduces effective liberty, compatible with equal liberty for others, is wrong.
2. Compared to other market types, PCM's are characterized by greatest ease of entry to and exit from markets.
3. The bribing of a purchaser by a seller reduces a more competitive market to a MM.
4. MM's are characterized by having just


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The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006
12. Marriage of a minor child to be void in certain circumstances.-
Where a child, being a minor-
a. is taken or enticed out of the keeping of the lawful guardian; or
b. by force compelled, or by any deceitful means induced to go from any place; or
c. is sold for the purpose of marriage; and made to go through a form of marriage or if the minor is married after which the minor is sold or trafficked or used for immoral purposes, such marriage shall be null and void.


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Sequentially compact space
In mathematics, a topological space is sequentially compact if every infinite sequence has a convergent subsequence. For general topological spaces, the notions of compactness and sequential compactness are not equivalent; they are, however, equivalent for metric spaces. A metric space X is sequentially compact if every sequence has a convergent subsequence which converges to a point in X.
Examples and properties
If a space is a metric space, then it is sequentially compact if and only if it is compact. However in general there exist sequentially compact spaces that are not compact (such as the first uncountable ordinal with the order topology), and compact spaces that are not sequentially compact (such as the product of copies of the closed unit interval).
- A topological space X is said to be limit point compact if every infinite subset of X has a limit point in X.
- A topological space is countably compact if every countable open cover has a finite subcover.
There is also a notion of a one-point sequential compactification—the idea is that the non convergent sequences should all converge to the extra point. See
- Willard, 17G, p. 125.
- Steen and Seebach, Example 105, pp. 125—126.
- Engelking, General Topology, Theorem 3.10.31
K.P. Hart, Jun-iti Nagata, J.E. Vaughan (editors), Encyclopedia of General Topology, Chapter d3 (by P. Simon)
- Brown, Ronald, "Sequentially proper maps and a sequential compactification", J. London Math Soc. (2) 7 (1973) 515-522.
- Munkres, James (1999). Topology (2nd ed.). Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-181629-2.
- Steen, Lynn A. and Seebach, J. Arthur Jr.; Counterexamples in Topology, Holt, Rinehart and Winston (1970). ISBN 0-03-079485-4.
- Willard, Stephen (2004). General Topology. Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-43479-6.
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- Simple, yet challenging, drills that stress fundamentals and improved skills
- Develop quick, sharp passing to maintain possession of the puck
- Learn to teach the little things that can mean the difference between a win or a loss
with Mark Carlson,
Cedar Rapids Roughriders (USHL) Head Coach;
2005 Clark Cup Champions;
2x U.S. Junior Select Team Head Coach ('08 and '09),
Back-to-Back World Junior A Challenge Champions ('08 and '09);
2008-09 United States Olympic Committee Development Coach of the Year
In this two-part instructional hockey DVD, Mark Carlson presents simple, yet essential drills that are at the heart of player development and team success.
Drills for Puck Possession
Learn eight drills to develop these critical puck possession skills:
- Quick, player to player puck movement
- Agility skating and passing in tight spaces
- No-handle passing while skating at full speed
- D-to-D rear diagonal passing
- Center support
- Transition skill development
- Indirect passing off the boards
Carlson concludes the segment with a full ice drill that combines these skills in a game-like, high speed setting.
Drills for Improving the Details
Carlson presents seven drills to teach and refine the finer points of the game:
- Stick-in-hand discipline to cut down on stick and hand penalties
- Shot blocking that keeps your players in a ready-to-play position
- Shooting the puck at the optimal height making it difficult to defend
- Stick skills for forwards
- Skills and strategies to screen the goalie
- Small, confined area competitive play to simulate game-like chaos
- Accountability, responsibility and detail
Carlson introduces each drill with a maker board diagram and follows with on-ice demonstration. On the ice, Carlson narrates the drill and offers valuable tips on how to best achieve the goals that each drill presents.
Carlson stresses the simplicity of each drill and how through repetition and reinforcement, each drill can be very beneficial to your player development and team success!
52 Minutes. 2010.Hockey Videos


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The Australian defense ministry has launched a new project that will explore options for the acquisition of a ground-based space electronic warfare (EW) capability.
Dubbed Project 9358, the endeavor is being launched several months after Australia announced its intention to establish a dedicated space force unit within the Royal Australian Air Force by early 2022. The new space division headquarters would be composed of personnel from all areas within the defense department.
One of the conclusions of Australia's 2020 Defence Strategic Update was that assured access to the space domain was critical to warfighting effectiveness. This is why a space EW capability is now being established to allow the Australian Defence Force to detect and deter attempts to interfere with, or attack, Australia's space assets.
The 2020 Force Structure Plan called for the development of options to enhance ADF space control through capabilities to counter emerging space threats to Australia's free use of the space domain.
The defense ministry noted that space EW is a capability that does not create debris or damage the space environment.
"This capability would help assure Australia's continued access to space-based communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance," the ministry said.
Following its evaluation, the defense ministry plans to provide recommendations for a decision by the government.


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TN 29 (05-01)
GN 00305.105 Accidental Death
A. Policy — accidental death
An accidental death is a death: (1) resulting directly from bodily injuries, independent of all other causes, which were received solely by violent, external and accidental means; and (2) occurring within 3 months after the day on which the injuries were received.
2. Death Certificate
A death certificate generally indicates the cause of death; i.e., natural, accidental, homicide, or suicide. However, entries on the death certificate are not necessarily controlling. Evidence may establish that the cause of death was misclassified or that the circumstances of the particular case justify a finding that the death was accidental.
3. Issues and Resolutions
To decide whether the NH's death meets the statutory requirement of accidental death for purposes of excepting a mother/father, widow(er) or stepchild from the 9-month duration of relationship requirement, address and resolve the following issues. The issues and guidelines for their resolution are:
a. Issue #1
Did the deceased worker receive "bodily injury" through "violent, external, and accidental means"?
b. Resolution #1
A "bodily injury" occurs whenever the outside force or cause affects the body sufficiently to interfere with its normal function.
The cause of the bodily injury is:
"external" if it originated outside the body. An external force can include an injury suffered due to weather conditions or exertion.
NOTE: By exertion we mean an activity that involves at least moderate effort for the average person. Routine activities, e.g., standing, do not constitute exertion for purposes of finding accidental death. Circumstances which more readily lend themselves to a favorable finding of accidental death include:
an unexpected heart attack occurs during moderate exertion;
an unforeseen event negates the voluntary nature of an activity, e.g., an exercise machine breaks down while exercising;
some unintended, unexpected, and unforeseen result occurs during exertion, e.g., a fall or slip while running; or
a crisis or sudden peril requires strenuous exertion.
"violent" if it is a force, however slight. The injury does not have to be inflicted by a blow or physical contact with something outside the body. NOTE: If the external force is determined to be exertion, the requirement of "violent" is met; and
"accidental" if the result is unforeseeable or unexpected.
c. Issue #2
Did the deceased lose his/her life as a direct result of the accidental bodily injury…independent of all other causes? That is, did the deceased die solely through violent, external, and accidental means?
d. Resolution #2
The resolution involves the concept of proximate or primary cause of death which is defined and analyzed below with guidelines for its application.
The proximate or primary cause of death is either: (1) the direct cause of death; or (2) the initiating event in an unbroken chain of events, each causing the next, that leads to and ultimately causes death.
The pivotal question is: "But for this accidental injury, would the deceased have died at this particular time?
SSA must determine the cause of death in the context of the statutory requirements. Use of the term "accident" on the death certificate does not compel a finding of accidental death under the Act.
Where a pre-existing disease exists, SSA must decide which factor (the accidental injury or the pre-existing disease) was primarily responsible for causing death at the particular time that death occurred. A preexisting disease (or illness) does not, necessarily, preclude a finding that the accidental injury was the proximate cause of death.
In deciding whether the injury or the disease is the proximate cause of death, SSA must determine which is the more substantial contributing factor. The injury is the proximate cause of death if the medical evidence "to a reasonable degree of certainty" shows that pre-existing conditions were under control at the time of the accident, even if they were active and capable of ultimately causing death. That is, the disease was not the direct or concurring cause of death.
In conjunction with the above discussion, use the following guidelines for determining the proximate cause.
If an accident causes or initiates a disease or infirmity from which death results, consider the accident to be the sole cause of the fatality.
If the worker has a disease or infirmity, which is not, in and of itself, expected to endanger life, and an accident aggravates it to fatal proportions, consider the accident to be the sole cause of the fatality.
If the worker had an active, progressive disease, which, in and of itself, could have caused death more than 9 months after the date of the marriage, and an accident aggravated it so that death resulted before 9 months of marriage elapsed, consider the accident to be the sole cause of the fatality.
If the worker had an active progressive disease, which in and of itself, was expected to cause death before 9 months after the date of the marriage, and an accident aggravated it so that the death resulted at a particular time, do not consider the accident to be the sole cause of death.
If the worker has an active progressive disease which, in and of itself, was expected to cause death before 9 months after the date of marriage and an accident initiates an unrelated disease or infirmity directly causing death, do not consider the accident to be the sole cause of death.
If as a direct result of an accidental bodily injury the worker was unable to maintain his/her own life and therefore, placed on life support, consider the accidental injury, not the termination of the life support pursuant to a living will, to be the sole cause of death. A living will, also called an advance directive or advance medical directive, may be oral or written.
4. Credible Evidence Rule
If after obtaining all available evidence there is still doubt about whether the death was accidental, or more than one conclusion is possible, but there is:
credible evidence to support a finding of accidental death; and
no evidence of a sham marriage, exempt the widow(er) or stepchild from the 9-month duration of relationship requirement.
B. Procedure — accidental death
1. Development -- Exception
If the death certificate shows accidental death, assume that it was independent of other causes unless the death certificate clearly indicates that an ordinarily fatal illness was a contributing factor or unless other facts in the case indicate that death may not have been caused solely by the accident. In the absence of evidence to the contrary, assume that the worker was reasonably expected to live 9 months.
2. Development — All Other Cases
Thoroughly develop all cases involving allegations of accidental death not excepted in GN 00305.105B.1. while recognizing the sensitive nature of the development. This includes obtaining a death certificate in all cases, see GN 00305.105A.2., as well as hospital, doctor's, and, in the case of a homicide, police or coroner records and any other pertinent information and statements; e.g., a newspaper account of the death.
Of significant probative value, except in the case of a homicide, is a statement from the NH's treating physician about the NH's condition prior to the accident, including any pre-existing disease (or illness), the status of the disease and its future impact on the NH's health. If the claimant alleges that the accident resulted from surgery, request the treating physician's assessment of the risk and the NH's likelihood of recovery.
3. Development -- Center for Disability
Contact the staff physicians in your RO's Center for Disability Programs if you need assistance with medical evidence or findings obtained in alleged accidental death cases. Limit your contacts to requests to:
Translate unfamiliar medical jargon or terminology;
Provide guidance about what assumptions the factfinder can draw from the medical evidence submitted; and
Explain or clarify the content of a piece of evidence.
4. Development -- Special Focus
In addition to the death certificate, obtain full information as to the worker's mental condition immediately before death. This includes eyewitness accounts, expert medical findings, and lay opinions based on factual observations.
Death by suicide is not accidental if the act of suicide was an intentional and voluntary act. Death by suicide is accidental only if at the time of death the deceased was so mentally impaired/ill as to be incapable of acting intentionally or voluntarily. The mere fact that an individual committed suicide does not automatically permit a finding of accidental death. To establish accidental death by suicide, the development must show that:
the worker's reasoning facilities were so impaired that he/she did not realize that this act would naturally and probably result in death; or
the worker was acting under a delusion which overpowered his/her understanding and will.
In addition to the death certificate, obtain the police or coroner reports. Death by homicide is not accidental if it resulted from an assault or other gross provocation initiated by the deceased.
If there was action by the decedent that might be considered a provocation, the controlling factor is whether the deceased could have reasonably expected that the incident would result in death. Thus, even where an individual is an aggressor, if he/she could not reasonably anticipate bodily injury resulting in death at the hands of another, the death is accidental.
Prepare an informal special determination in all awards and disallowances using the RPOC screen. Briefly describe the evidence requested, the evidence received, sequentially what events occurred, and your analysis that led you to accept or reject the allegation of accidental death.
C. Examples — accidental death
1. Example 1 — Preexisting Disease Which Is Under Control
The NH was anesthetized for dental surgery, had a stroke, and died 3 days later due to complications from the stroke. The


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An Energy Efficient Strategy for Grid-Based Data Dissemination Supporting Mobile Sinks in Wireless Sensor Networks
Wireless Sensor Networks are made up of small sensor nodes with sensing capability. These sensor nodes have limited power supply, computational capability and storage. Due to constrained energy source in wireless sensor nodes, the design and implementation of energy efficient protocols is one of the most important challenge in Wireless Sensor Networks. Mobility of sink in wireless sensor networks brings new challenges in the form sink location maintenance, continuous data delivery, avoiding/reducing detour problem but reduces the hotspot problem. In this paper, the authors propose an Energy-Efficient strategy for Grid-based Data Dissemination supporting Mobile sinks (EEGDD) in wireless sensor networks which is more energy efficient in data dissemination to the mobile sink.


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Friday, November 16, 2012
How to Make a Number Line in Excel
1. Open the Excel spreadsheet that needs to have a number line. Click the 'Insert' tab at the top of the window.
2. Click the 'Shapes' button inside the 'Illustrations' heading. Select the image of a line with an arrow at either end inside the 'Lines' heading.
3. Click the bottom line of the cell that needs to be the far left end of the number line. Drag across to the last cell that needs to the far right end of the number line. For example, click the bottom line of 'D6' and drag across to the end of the 'N6' cell to make a number line that spans from the 'D' column to the 'N' column of row 6.
4. Click the second cell in the range, such as 'E6.' Select the 'Home' tab and click the 'Borders' icon inside the 'Font' heading. Click the 'Left Border' button to add the first vertical line on the number line.
5. Repeat the process with each other cell in the range that needs to have a vertical line to designate an entry on the number line.
6. Click one of the cells below the horizontal number line that needs to have a number inserted. For example, click 'E7' if you want the first number to appear in row 7.
7. Navigate back to the 'Insert' tab and click the 'Text Box' button in the 'Text' heading. Click the cell again and drag until the text box is the size you want for the first number. Type the number in the box and then select the font size in the 'Font' drop-down menu.
8. Click the left edge of the text box and drag the number to a different location if it doesn't appear exactly where you want it on the number line. Repeat the process of creating text boxes for any other numbers that need to appear on the line.


text: Structural honeycomb is widely used as both an impact limiter and rigid structural support in applications which require a high specific strength and highly characterized energy absorption profile. Structural honeycomb is an anisotropic material with limited strength in directions perpendicular to the cells and features mechanical properties that are largely driven by the materials of construction and structure density. As a result, the mechanical properties of honeycomb are sensitive to the specific geometry, orientation, and reinforcement of the honeycomb structure. This study evaluates the effects of these characteristics on stainless steel structural honeycomb to account for the complex loading conditions experienced during radioactive material package regulatory testing. This material is intended for use in applications where organically bonded honeycomb cannot be used.


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What Happens to LCD Display Modules When they Become Cold?
- Published on Monday, 02 August 2010 21:34
- Written by admin
What happens to LCD's when they become cold?
Liquid crystal displays are just like their name… they contain a liquid between two layers of glass. Liquids begin to freeze as the temperature drops. As the display freezes their response time slows down. In other words, it takes longer for the numbers and letters on the display to change (Turn ON or Turn OFF).
Above is a graph showing the response time of a display at -30°C (-22°F).
The best way I can think to explain this is a ceiling fan. When you turn off the ceiling fan the blades continue to turn for a few minutes, even though the power if OFF. When you turn ON a ceiling fan the blades will be at full speed in a shorter period of time. At most the blades will be at their max speed within 30 seconds. When talking about an LCD, we talk about when the display is ON (the characters can be seen) or OFF (the characters cannot be seen).
On the graph above there are two measurements. The left side is how dark the letters are; the larger the number the darker the letter. Along the bottom of the graph is the amount of time it takes to go from ON to OFF, or to go from OFF to ON. (Note: 1000mS is the same as 1 second).
Line 'A' displays the amount of time it takes for a character or segment on the display to turn OFF. That is, once you turn OFF the segment, how long does it take before it disappears? The graph above shows that the character actually 'disappears' 3500 milliseconds (3.5 seconds) after the display is turned OFF.
Line 'B' displays the amount of time it takes for the character or segment to turn ON. In the above graph the segment is only 55% 'ON' at 8000 milliseconds (8 seconds). That means the character is only ½ (half) ON. It will look grey and not very dark. It requires more time for the display to turn ON than to turn OFF… just the opposite of a ceiling fan.
We do not recommend operating our wide temperature (extended temperature) displays below -20°C (-4°F). This is true for all segment displays (static displays or glass displays), 7 (seven) segment, 14 (fourteen) segment and 16 (sixteen) segment LCD's.
Alphanumeric LCD displays such as: 8×1 LCD Display, 8×2 LCD Display, 16×1 LCD Display, 16×2 LCD Display, 16×4 LCD Display, 20×2 LCD Display, 20×4 LCD Display, 24×2 LCD Display, 40×1 LCD Display, 40×2 LCD Display, 40×4 LCD Display will react the same way.

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Reflection allows individuals to critically review different perspectives through serious thought or consideration. This badge represents focused faculty development to learn about how to integrate critically reflective activities and reflective practice as learning opportunities in their course material or as a reflective practitioner in higher education.
Recipient has learned about and implemented practices for Reflection to the extent that she/he can influence the learning of others inside or outside the Park University community. He/she has shared their expertise on the topic of Reflection in one or more Park-sponsored or FCI-sponsored events (such as presenting an FCI Innovation Exchange, creating an FCI "Two-Minute Mentor," presenting at a Department, School, or College meeting, facilitating a session at the Annual Assessment Institute or a similar University-wide event).
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You can use the preview pane in Windows Explorer to see the contents of most files. If you select an e‑mail message, text file, picture, or video for example, you can see a preview of its contents without opening it in a program. The preview pane is turned off by default in Windows 7.
This will show you how to turn the Preview pane off on all Windows Explorer windows in Windows 7
To Turn "Preview Pane" Off in Windows Explorer
1. Open Windows Explorer (explorer.exe).
2. On the toolbar, click on Organize and Layout. (see screenshots below)


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Nour: Play With Your Food's sous chef: an interactive soundtrack
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No two dishes made in Nour: Play With Your Food are alike. A delicious interactive exploration into the aesthetics of food and drink, Nour lets you play with your food in ways your mother told you not to. This beautiful, chaotic yet comforting game demanded a soundtrack that reflects each player's unique preparations and plating. What started as a soundtrack ended up as an instrument.
Play sweet melodies and manipulate the environment via random acts of cookery, rhythmic prowess, or even your singing voice. Beginner or expert, reckless or meticulous, every chef creates a song to match their pièce de résistance.
I'm Maximilian C Mueller, a musician and designer – and today, your maître d'Nour's music. James Morrison (aka Fluke Nukes) and I cooked up a feast for the ears to accompany this feast for the eyes.
Ambience: Season to Taste
Adaptive background music to complement your dish.
The music heats up, cools down, rises, mixes, and melts. What you hear is a unique combination of ingredients cooked per ever-changing specifications set by the way you play; no two play-throughs will sound the same. Wreak havoc, show restraint, and so too will the audio.
Adaptive game music is often categorized as "horizontal" (e.g. the music changes when entering a room), or "vertical" (e.g., tempo increases or an instrumental element is added when entering combat). Nour's music is diagonal and has a cherry on top. Player actions and their frequency comprise a measure of chaos used to generate a cohesive song from a large pantry of ingredients. Together with a dash of stochasticity and a pinch of salt, this fluctuating measure acts as a conductor, guiding the scene sound. Put simply, the dish you create creates the song.
Have a listen to some evolving music captured in-game while you read:
Marshmallow Flutes and Noodle Harps
Conjure food and make a melody, create a dish and make a song.
Each time a food is introduced into the scene, a sound comes with it. What does a marshmallow sound like? An airy flute! An ice cube? The high notes of a grand piano played staccato of course! It was great fun choosing these sounds and even more fun subjecting those sounds to the trials of gameplay. Don't worry about playing sour notes; every button press is always in tune. Once in the scene, the foods act as percussion instruments, singing the sound that announced them on impact. I love setting up a pile of ice cubes and slamming something into them to create an icy physics music explosion.
Perhaps the best example of physical instrumentation in Nour is the noodle harp. Make some noodles, arrange them to form an elegant slope (or monster) using the magnet, and freeze them. While there are many ways you could choose to play the harp, one of my favorites is simply letting a gyoza tumble down the sculpture to create a descending melody.
Making a beat in Toaster using a combination of "broken" and working toasters.
Each scene in Nour has some unique gameplay mechanics and musical mechanics to match. In Toaster, make toast and conduct an orchestra at the same time. Bread takes to the air upon a swell of violins, bassoons, and timpani. Burn your toast to the degree that the toaster breaks…and what was once a bassoon is a BASS. Appliance destruction triggers a change of temperament in your musicians, turning the smoldering toasters into 808's, snares, hats, and kicks. Create a fiery beat – but be sure to leave one or two toasters unbroken for a nice orchestral accompaniment.
Fire dances to the beat when night falls in Toaster.
In Meat Grinder, each food is spawned into a calm but foreboding environment. Things really take a turn when the player rotates the handle to grind a food – not only is the food ground, but its sound is extruded too. There may or may not be heavy-metal involved.
Players can look forward to both macro and micro manipulation of game audio via changes they make to the environment. This relationship is reciprocal: they'll also have the power to change the environment through music.
A jazz cover of the Miso Soup music hidden in an easter egg – happy hunting!
Sonic Controller: Audio-as-Interface
Use music to manipulate food.
Music in Nour acts not just as a soundtrack, but an interface. Players can exert influence over the scene and its contents in both familiar and new modes of musical gameplay.
The mechanics aim to encourage and reward the exploration and experimentation central to Nour. Fittingly, its rhythm system has no grid. User input is instead processed relatively, allowing the game to recognize and reward melodies ranging from rigid to adventurous.
Rhythmic play generates a resource that can be used to activate special powers: freeze foods to create a sculpture (or plate), turn day into night, or compel your food to dance to the music.
Combining these effects creates a dizzying number of musical (and physical) possibilities. Lock some dancing sugar cubes in a cage of frozen oranges to create a dynamic physical instrument – the sugar pulses to the music, knocking into itself and the walls confining it. Then activate night mode to really get things bopping! I'm so excited to see what players come up with and hear the sounds they're able to coax out of the scenes.
Secret rhythmic sequences (combos) offer another way to control the game – I'll give away one to get you started: try slowing down time by playing 4 quarter notes, 2 halves, and a whole. And for balance, an anti-sequence: button mash as fast as your can to activate Warp Mode!
We hope such rhythmic mechanics will be fun, familiar, and legible to those who have stomped, shredded, or ocarina-ed their way through a virtual space. The DualSense controller,
Sequence effects are triggered by specific note sequences. This sequence, (4, 4, 4, 4, 2, 2, 1), prompts a key change and slows down both the music and gameplay.
however, furnished an opportunity for something new. Not only can you play with your food, you can yell, sing, blow, and slurp at it. Sing the root note of the song to levitate objects upon a field of golden energy for as long as you can hold it. Blast away objects with a gust of wind blown into the microphone. Yell to charge up a food and plate it with force! After all that you'll likely need to take a sip of refreshing soda – just produce a rising pitch with your voice, a cello, or…?
Left: Using voice to levitate citrus in Soft Drinks // Right: Blowing a gust of wind in Diner
Panic's previous title, Untitled Goose Game, was praised for its reactive score, so from the start we knew Nour would have to push the audio envelope. This is our first time working on a game, so we didn't really know what was possible in the key of C# – it turns out a lot is! It's been a wild ride up a steep learning curve – a big thanks to our very talented, supportive, and patient team for sticking with us while we skilled up.
We're all so excited for you to experience Nour: Play With Your Food this summer.
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EPA May Finally Release Final Ozone Standards
EPA says it will release in late July 2011 its final primary and secondary standards for ground-level ozone. The standards were initially scheduled to be released in August 2010, then October 2010.
The agency is issuing new standards after it determined that the ones approved during the George W. Bush administration weren't grounded in science, didn't protect public health with an adequate margin of safety, and didn't protect the environment. The primary standard is intended to address human health concerns, and the secondary standard is supposed to address environmental impacts.
When released, the final standards should be available at:
For much more information on the standards, see the TipSheet of Oct. 27, 2010.


text: Thermal stress can induce birefringence in a laser medium, which can cause depolarization of the laser. The depolarization effect will be very severe in a high-average-power laser. Because the depolarization will make the frequency doubling efficiency decline, it should be compensated. In this paper, the thermal characteristics of two kinds of materials are analyzed in respect of temperature, thermal deformation and thermal stress. The depolarization result from thermal stress was simulated. Depolarization on non-uniform pumping was also simulated, and the compensation method is discussed.


Best answer: What is the meaning of unfortunately the process com Android phone has stopped?
The error "Unfortunately the process com. android. phone has stopped" can be caused by faulty third-party apps. Booting into safe mode disables all third-party apps which you have installed on your phone. So you can check that if the problem is in third-party apps or pre-installed apps.
How do I get rid of unfortunately the process com Android phone has stopped?
 1. Click on Settings to access apps.
 2. Select Apps.
 3. Click on Sim Toolkit.
 4. Click on CLEAR DATA as well as CLEAR CACHE.
 5. Finally, reboot the Android smartphone and then check whether the Unfortunately, the process com. android. phone has stopped error has been resolved.
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How do I fix unfortunately the process android process media has stopped?
Method 1: Clear Cache & Data
 1. Go to Settings > Applications > Manage Applications and make sure to look under the 'all' tab. …
 2. After doing that, scroll down and find Google Play. …
 3. Now press the back button and choose Google Services Framework from all apps > Force stop > Clear cache > OK.
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Why does my phone say unfortunately phone has stopped?
Due to the problem with the Android firmware. An incomplete update of software can also be a result of error message or Phone keeps stopping issue. Data crash can also lead the error. When your device is infected through virus then this can cause Phone app crashing issue.
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What does Android process has stopped mean?
process. media has stopped error still occurs. Clear the cache and data of Google Framework and Google Play. There are instances when corrupt data within the Google Framework app and Google Play can cause this problem. If this is the culprit then you will need to clear the cache and data of both app.
How do I enable media storage on Android?
To enable Media Storage on Android: Step 1: Go to "Settings" > "Apps" (> "Apps"). Step 2: Click the three dots in the top-right corner and choose "Show system processes". Step 3: You can search for "Media Storage" and click the option.
What is Android process?
How can I reboot my Android phone?
Hold the power button on the side of the phone. A menu will pop up, giving the option to Shut Down or Reboot. If the phone's unresponsive, press and hold the power button and volume up for up to 20 seconds.
Why is my phone stopping?
Hence, the next solution you should try when Phone app keeps stopping is to clear the cache. … Open "Settings" in your device and go to "Application" or "Apps". Now from the list of all applications, go to "Phone" and tap on it. Now, click on "Storage" and choose "Clear Cache".
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Voice Command Error Android
 1. "Unfortunately, Voice Command has stopped working."
 2. Uninstall Recently Installed Updates.
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- Dandelion roots can be roasted as a coffee-substitute, or boiled and stir-fried as a cooked vegetable.
- Dandelion flowers can be made into a wine.
Dandelions are a rich source of vitamins A, B complex, C, and D, as well as minerals such as iron, potassium, and zinc. And in traditional medicine, dandelion roots and leaves were used to treat liver problems. Native Americans used dandelion decoctions (liquid made by boiling down the herb in water) to treat kidney disease, swelling, skin problems, heartburn, and stomach upset.
My musings: It makes sense that, at the end of winter, when our ancestors were probably hungry and vitamin deficient, that Nature would see to it that they had a great source of vitamins proliferating all around them! No one had to seed them or turn over the soil...the Dandelions appeared just for the picking! and today we spend so much money just to make them go away....something is wrong here....
Just make sure to avoid harvesting near roads, since road salt and/or toxins may be present. Likewise, you obviously shouldn't harvest from a lawn where herbicides have been used.
Here is a great medical reference book for all health practitioners:


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Introduction: How to Interface With Active Buzzer Sensor Module
This tutorial is going to teach you some basics on using Active Buzzer Sensor Module.
Step 1: Introduction
An active buzzer sensor module has a built-in oscillation circuit, thus the sound frequency is fixed. It is able to generate the sound itself. So, you can simply turn it on and off with an Arduino pin, just like the way of turning on and off a Led which is connected to Arduino board. Besides, this sensor starts beeping when it is being supplied with DC power supply.
- Operating voltage: 3.3V to 5V
- Active low sensor module
- Driver transistor: S8550
- Size: 3.2cm x 1.3cm
Step 2: Pin Definition
Step 3: Sample Hardware Installation
Step 4: Sample Source Code
To get the result, please download the sample source code attached below and upload it into Arduino.
After uploading, listen to the sound that is produced by Buzzer. Have Fun!


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, etc. For example, if a bruk with løpenummer 10 was subdivided, the old bruk would be numbered 10a, and the new bruk that was created would be numbered 10b. The 1838 matrikkel also introduced a new way of measuring the real estate tax, using the skylddaler. 1 skylddaler was set equal to 400 speciedaler (an old currency), and 1 skylddaler was divided into 5 ort or 120 skilling so that an accurate tax could be assessed on each farm. The 1838 matrikkel contained both the old and the new numbering system for each farm, and thus serves as a cross-index between the new and the old numbering system.
The matrikkel from 1886 also contains such a cross index. The 1886 matrikkel once again changed the numbering system: each farm was assigned a gårdsnummer (farm number)and a bruksnummer (bruk number). This matrikkel has been made available on the Internet by the
Registreringssentral for Historiske Data (RHD) at the University of Tromsø (in Norwegian only). In addition, RHD has scanned in a
sample page from the 1886 matrikkel. On the top left hand side of that page you can see how the 1886 matrikkel cross references the new gårdsnummer and bruksnummer with the old matrikkelnummer and løpenummer:
(Gaards-No. = Farm number, Brugs-No. = Bruk number, Tidligere= Earlier/Prior, Matr. No. = Matrikkel Number, Løbe-No.= Løpenummer, and Gaardens Navn = The name of the farm)
The 1886 matrikkel also changed the way the tax was calculated. Instead of using skylddaler, the 1886 matrikkel set the total real estate tax for all farms in Norway equal to 500,000 skyldmark, and set 1 skyldmark equal to 100 øre. The value of each farm was then determined in terms of skyldmark.
The husmann and the husmannsplass
As I mentioned earlier, a farmer who owned his own farm, i.e., a selveier, did not have to pay any landskyld, but he did have to pay real estate property taxes. A leilending, on the other hand, did not have to pay any real estate property taxes, but instead had to pay landskyld to the jorddrotte (the owner of the farm). There was one person, however, who paid neither landskyld nor real estate property taxes, and that was the husmann - a person who rented a husmannsplass.
The best way to define a husmann is by reference to the matrikkel. A husmann was a person who leased a small cottage on someone else's farm, where the small cottage did not have its own matrikkel nummer i.e., it was not assessed separately from the farm for real estate tax purposes. The husmann could rent just a small cottage without any land, in which case he was referred to as a husmann uten jord (a husmann without land), or he could rent a small cottage with a small plot of land, in which case he was referred to as a husmann med jord (a husmann with land). In eastern Norway it was common for a husmann to pay his rent by providing a few hours of labor (arbeid) each month to the farmer. This type of husmann was therefore called a arbeidshusmann. On the west coast of Norway, on the other hand, it was common for a husmann to pay his rent in cash, and this type of husmann was called a bygselshusmann, and the place he rented was called a bygselsplass. Frequently the bygselshusmann on the west coast of Norway was a shoemaker or perhaps a tailor, whose occupation gave him a source of income with which to pay rent for his little bygselsplass. (Along the coast of Norway you can also find references to a strandsitter. This was a husmann who earned his living from the sea and who rented a cottage down by the shoreline).
Although a typical husmann was not wealthy, this did not necessarily mean that he was worse off than a farmer who owned his own farm. As the historian Hans Try has pointed out:
There were large differences both regionally and also within a community. A husmannsplass could be much larger than some of the smaller farms in a community. In fact, a husmann could even have more farm animals than the farmer from whom he was leasing the husmannsplass. This could be the case if the husmannsplass lay at the edge of the farm where the husmann had easy access to grazing land that was owned and used in common by the various local farms. As for regional differences, in Søndeled in Nedenes the average farm in 1875 had only 2.9 cows, while in Dovre in the same year the average husmannsplass had 4.2 cows. For the entire country, however, the average farm had 6.7 cows, while the average husmannsplass had only 2.1 cows.
The Inderst or Losjerende One other term you may find as you search through old Norwegian records is Inderst or Innerst. This term was used to refer to a lodger - a tenant who rented a room or a bed in the home of a leilending or a husmann, but who did not receive board, i.e., not room and board, but room only. You may also see this person referred to as a losjerende or logerende (a lodger). The inderst could be a seasonal worker on the farm or could be self-employed as a tailor, shoe-maker, etc.
Conclusion Reading old Norwegian census records, probate records,and real estate records requires us to have some background information about how the ownership of farms in Norway changed during the centuries. Genealogy is not only about collecting as many names and dates as possible, but also learning more about how our ancestors lived. I hope this article has provided some information that helps you in your quest to learn more about your Norwegian ancestors.
1. Mykland, Knut [Ed.] Norges Historie, Bind 11, To Kulturer en Stat, _PHONE_, p. 253 (Oslo: J.W. Cappelens Forlag,A/S, 1979) (quote translated by John Follesdal)
2. Nordnes i middelalderen (mellomfagsoppgave), Universitetet i Bergen, 1997, _URL_ translated by John Follesdal)
3. The landskyld was in 1626 1 laup 2 1/2 pund butter and 1 sheep.
4. Kjelland, Anfinn Bygdebok for Lesja, Gardsog slektshistoria, Bd.1. Innleiing
_URL_ translated by John Follesdal)
5. Ravnanger, Helen, supra
6. Mykland, Knut [Ed.] Norges Historie, Bind 7, Gjennom Nødsår og krig, p. 221 (Oslo: J.W. Cappelens Forlag, A/S, 1979) (quote translated by John Follesdal)
7. Ibid, page 221-222 (quote translated by John Follesdal).
8. Dyrvik, Ståle Overgangen til sjøleige i Norge. Nokre nye data for 1700-tallet in Historisk tidskriftbd. 56. Oslo (1977)
9. Mykland, Knut, supra at p. 229 (quote translated by John Follesdal)
10. Mykland, Knut, supra at p. 341 (quote translated by John Follesdal)
This page was created on 04 September 1998
Last modified: 12 August 2000
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IB Biology Practical Investigations/Cells/Population growth of yeast cells
Background information for teachers
(This practical is placed here more as a bookmark than as a real example of work. I am still testing out this wiki idea. Steve).
This simple practical is good in the early stages of the DP Bio course as an introduction to the IA methods and write-up procedure. Students are given a culture of yeast cells in sugar and water, a microscope and a haemocytometer. The method is given to them, so it is not suitable for Planning (a) or Planning (b).
AIM: To produce a population growth curve of yeast cells in liquid nutrient medium.
MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT:
- Activated yeast culture
- Microscope and haemocytometer
- Dropping pipettes, distilled water, 1 x 100ml beaker.
METHOD IN BRIEF:
- Instruct students in use of the haemocytometer and calculations required.
- Cell counts are made on a daily basis for 1 week, and recorded on a population growth curve.
 Teachers' Reflections
Having tried this practical a number of times, I have found it useful for diagnosing new DP students' lab skills, approaches to the write-up procedure and graph-drawing skills. Naturally, as a first 'assessed' practical, it wouldn't normally be considered for moderation, though in some cases it has been completed to a high standard. Steve


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Literally meaning: "under the cartilage of the breastbone"
Origin: Anc Greek
υπό/hypo (prefix meaning "under", "beneath", "less")
+ χόνδρος/chondros (=thick, coarse salt, soft bone, carilages in the region between the ribs and navel)
In ancient Greece there was the belief that the viscera of the hypochondria were the seat of melancholy.
Hypochondria or hypochondriasis is is a long-term condition in which a person without cause has an excessive preoccupying fear of having a serious or life-threatening disease.


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This article includes suggestions and workarounds. Content may not be accurate for all use cases or represent best practices for the latest release.
Are there any characters that cannot be used for account, level, and dimension names?
The pipe character (the vertical line symbol | ) should not be used in used in element names or memo/note fields because it is a reserved character in the Adaptive Insights API that acts a delimiter to separate data. Pipe characters are not supported in the Integration for Planning tool, and their inclusion in element names or source data can cause columns to be delimited incorrectly resulting in values being posted to the wrong columns.
We recommend completely avoiding/removing the use of pipe characters from the fields in your source system that you will be importing into Adaptive Insights.
To remove pipe characters in your data source, you can create a SQL column that removes pipe characters from the staging table. Please see an example SQL expression below which may need to be modified depending on your integration setup.
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9 Ghost Sightings From Reddit That Will Creep You Out
In a recent paranormal Reddit discussion, parents shared stories about their children maybe, possibly, almost undeniably seeing ghosts. Like cats and dogs, children just seem to be more in touch with the other side than adults. Horror movies may have planted that idea into our minds, but these anecdotes totally back it up.
While a few Redditors offered stories of their children encountering friendly or well-meaning ghosts, others shared stories that could be the premise for one of those aforementioned horror movies. From kids seeing red-eyed men to toddlers giggling at dark, seemingly empty corners, these eerie tales will surely keep you up at night. At the very least, they'll reignite your childhood urge to check under your bed before going to sleep.
Come to think of it, if these kids aren't seeing ghosts, we shudder to think what they are seeing.
Click through to read some seriously scary ghost stories, courtesy of the parents, siblings, and babysitters of Reddit. And if creepy kids aren't your thing, maybe these terrifying ghost stories from R29ers are more your style.


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An institutional investor is an entity that trades securities in such large volumes that it qualifies for transactional discounts. This entity typically trades on behalf of its members. An institutional investor may have an in-house research staff, and may also rely on the advice of outside specialists in making investment decisions. It is more likely to engage in sophisticated trading strategies than retail investors. Examples of institutional investors are:
Labor union funds
Life insurance companies
Because of the high trading volumes initiated by these entities, their transactions comprise a large part of the total traffic flowing through the various stock exchanges. Given their high trading volumes, institutional investors typically avoid purchasing the securities of smaller companies, in order to avoid significant ownership percentages.