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Natural Areas Registry
Natural Areas Registry
The Mississippi Natural Areas Registry is founded on our state's strong belief in the rights of private property owners and our pride in Mississippi's rich natural heritage. It is designed to honor and recognize the owners of outstanding natural areas for the commitment to preservation of our state's most unique remaining habitats. Since more than two thirds of Mississippi is in private ownership, our citizens hold the keys to the future health of these habitats. Remnants of prairies, longleaf pine savannahs, pitcher plant bogs, woodland ravines, streamside forests of mixed beech and magnolias are just a few of the special habitats that need to survive into the next century and longer so that our generation won't be the last to know these special places.
The registry simply encourages the voluntary preservation of
important natural lands in private ownership. It works by asking
landowners to make non-binding agreements with the Museum of
Natural Science that they will manage the land to protect what is
special about it. The landowner can cancel the agreement at any
time with notice to the Registry Program.
If the landowner wants to go farther than registry and give a binding conservation agreement, such as a tax deductible conservation easement, or a negotiated dedication to public use with ad valorem tax relief, the staff of the Natural Heritage Program can guide this process.
How Does the Mississippi Natural Areas Registry Work?
Who Operates the Registry?
The Natural Areas Registry was created by the Legislature in 1976 as part of the Mississippi Natural Heritage Program. Ours was one of the first three nationally, and was started as a partnership between The Nature Conservancy and the Mississippi Park Commission (now the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks or MDWF&P). Natural heritage programs now exist in all 50 states. Our mission is to maintain an inventory of the natural communities of plants, animals, and fishes in the state, including endangered species, geological features and fossil records. Employing both printed and electronic records, it acts as a repository for Mississippi's natural history. The Heritage Program now is housed in the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science which is part of MDWF&P.
How does an area qualify for the Registry?
To qualify as a Mississippi natural area eligible for registration, a property must contain one or more of these characteristics:
- habitat for rare, threatened, or endangered plants or animals.
- plant communities characteristic of the native vegetation of Mississippi.
- outstanding natural features such as old-growth forests, caves or wetlands.
How does inclusion on the Registry protect a natural area?
Registration effectively encourages conservation of important natural lands in private or public ownership. By informing landowners of the uniqueness of particular sites, registration reduces the chance that significant natural values may be inadvertently destroyed. The same recognition will discourage others, such as government agencies and utilities from disturbing the area.
What say does the landowner have in the registration process?
The registration of a natural area is totally up to the landowner. It is a voluntary decision, and will not occur without his or her approval.
What recognition does a property owner receive for including his or her land in the Registry?
In honor of the commitment to protect the land, the owner receives a framed certificate of appreciation from the director of the Museum bearing the landowners name and the name of the area, and a subscription to Natural Newsline, the Museum's quarterly newsletter With approval from the landowner, his or her participation in the Heritage Program can be publicized in the newsletter or in Mississippi Outdoors. The directions to the area are not published.
What commitment does the owner make with a registry agreement?
- preserve and protect the area to the best of the landowner's ability.
- Notify the Museum of Natural Science Natural Heritage Program of any threats to the area such as pollution, rights of way, changes in drainage.
- Allow the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife Fisheries and Parks a first option to purchase the natural area so that if the landowner should ever decide to sell it, a purchase offer can be made if funds are available.
Is the registry commitment binding on the owner of a registered natural area?
No. The commitment is non-binding and may be cancelled by the landowner at any time, with a 30-day written notice to the Natural Heritage Program. If the landowner fails to protect an area, with the result of destruction or degradation of the important natural features meant to be protected, the area will be removed from the registry and the landowner will receive written notification. There are no penalties for removal of an area from the registry.
Does the registration of a site permit public access to private property?
No. Registration of a natural area provides no rights of public access to private property. As with any private land, visitors must receive permission from the landowner before entering the property.
Is management assistance available to the owner of a registered area?
Yes. An owner of a registered area may receive management advice from the staff of the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science or from the Nature Conservancy.
What are the other options for
protection of natural areas?
There are two binding options by which a landowner can preserve natural areas found on his or her land.
1. The gift of a conservation easement is a binding legal agreement that a natural area will be spared from development in perpetuity. These are filed in the courthouse records, and will bind future purchasers or those who inherit the land. Easements are said to "run with the land." Easements are sometimes called deed restrictions, rights of way, or servitudes and are rights less than full ownership that a landowner can sell or donate. The landowner still pays property taxes on lands on which a conservation easement has been granted. The services of an attorney, and a land appraiser are needed to negotiate a conservation easement.
Income Tax Features
A donated conservation easement, know as a qualified conservation contribution, is a special kind of donation that works as an itemized deduction applied to individual or corporate income tax. Section 170 (h) of the Internal Revenue Service Code contains all the requirements for these specialized tax deductions. They must meet the "conservation purposes test", must be perpetual, and must go to a qualified holder or charity. The Nature Conservancy, a Mississippi land trust, and various state agencies all qualify as holders. A deduction of up to 30% of Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) is allowed. This deduction may be spread over a period of six years.
Estate Tax Features
A conservation easement under 170 (h) can also be used as an estate tax reduction and is one tool that a landowner can use in estate planning to lighten the inheritance tax load on his or her heirs. This gift can occur during the lifetime of the landowner or it can be made shortly after death by the administrator of the landowner's estate.
2. Dedication of a natural area to the Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
This is a dedication to public use of some or all of the property ownership interest and exempts a landowner from paying ad valoremtaxes (county property taxes) on the part of his or her estate granted away. The assessment of taxes is reduced by the amount of the value of the interest in the property which is conveyed to the Commission. The landowner and the Commission together negotiate the portion of the landowner's rights to be transferred to the Commission for the people of Mississippi. The transfer can be a sale, or a donation and can be made during the landowner's lifetime or in a will as a devise or bequest.
This option for land preservation is best understood as comparable to the dedication of a public park by a private landowner. Except for the dedication of Clark Creek Natural Area in Wilkinson County, which was a sale, the Natural Heritage Program has not arranged one of these dedications by donation in its 26 year history. It is likely that a conservation easement could accomplish similar preservation goals as a dedication, but the tax relief features are different. For the right landowner, a dedication may be an attractive option.
If your interested in participating in the Mississippi Natural Areas Registry Program please contact the Natural Heritage Program staff at the address listed below.
Mississippi Natural Heritage Program
Mississippi Museum of Natural Science
Miss. Department of Wildlife, Fisheries & Parks
2148 Riverside Drive
Jackson, Mississippi 39202-1353
Phone _PHONE_


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Fundamentals and Metals Futures
The fundamental analyst will look at certain factors to determine where the price of metals like gold and silver might move in the future
There are a few unique factors that the fundamental analyst will use to evaluate trades in the metals futures market, including investment and manufacturing demand.
Uses and Movement of Metals
Many of the metals traded in the futures market are sought after for investment purposes and industrial applications.
The supply and demand of metal futures will be influenced by people using metals as a speculative investment, and those using metals as an input in manufacturing processes. For metals like gold and silver, there is also strong demand from ETFs and other investment funds, as investor appetite for precious metals increases.
For example, gold is used as a speculative investment and in the manufacturing of goods like jewelry and electronics. Gold has always been a unique metal, used as a currency and as a store of value to combat inflation.
Contrast that to copper, where investment demand is virtually non-existent, but the industrial demand is high. The fundamental analyst in this case will look at demand coming from the construction and other industries rather than focusing on copper as an investment.
The demand from each of these sources might move in the same direction at times and in opposite directions at other times.
For example, if the economy is growing rapidly and inflation is increasing, the investment demand for gold might increase as investors buy gold to hedge against inflation. At the same time, the growing economy will most likely create increased demand for industrial gold as consumers buy more products that contain gold.
But, if the economy is contracting, demand for investment gold is likely to increase as investors purchase gold as a stable investment as the equity markets show signs of weakness. At the same time, industrial demand may decrease as consumers demand fewer products in a weakening economy.
Supply is important for metals, but typically demand is the primary driver of price. The overall supply of metals is limited, but the fact that metals can be melted and reused increases the available supply as existing metals are re-melted, lessening the reliance on new production and smoothing out the supply cycle.
For example, once corn is fed to livestock, it is removed from the supply chain and new corn must replace it. But since metals can be reused virtually forever, the metals market supply comes from existing and newly mined inventory.
The main factors effecting demand for metals are economic. Factors such as GDP, inflation and interest rates all play a factor in both industrial and investment demand for metals.
Each of these factors will affect a particular metal differently. Some metals, like gold, will be impacted by all of these economic factors, whereas other metals will not be impacted in the same way. The demand for gold will respond to different factors than the demand for platinum.
Fundamental analysts evaluate a variety of factors, to determine which factors hold more weight than others, and then make trading decisions based on these opinions.
Peter Knight Advisor

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What Happens If You Get Hurt in Basic Training?
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The physical stress of recruit training in the U.S. military often leads to injuries and illnesses in all branches of service. While medics and corpsmen can treat most of these with no appreciable time lost from training, some injuries are more serious and take more time to heal. In these instances, several options are available to the military.
1 Rehabilitation
Some injuries require time to heal. This includes musculoskeletal injuries such as severe strains, sprains and broken bones. If a recruit is deemed unable to continue training with one of these injuries, they are sent to a rehabilitation platoon, where they are given physical therapy to help them recover from these injuries, limited training and motivation to continue their full recruit training.
2 Evaluation
Some injuries or illnesses may arise during training that require additional testing, civilian consultations and evaluation on a recruit's training potential. These include asthma, heart murmurs, hemophilia, diabetes and other similar medical conditions that might not have been ascertained in a pre-enlistment screening. Evaluation platoons serve many of the same functions as rehabilitation platoons --training and medical supervision -- but generally serve more as holding areas while the future of a recruit is decided.
3 Medical Separation
Recruits whose injuries or medical conditions are too severe may be unable to continue training. In this case, they are given a medical separation. This informs future employers and recruiters that the recruit was separated from the military because of injury, and not through any fault of their actions. Although medical treatment may continue to be provided by the military, this separation ends the recruits contract.
4 Recycling
If an injury is deemed recoverable following a stay in a rehabilitation or evaluation platoon, a recruit may be sent back to training upon recovery. Due to the length of time involved in most rehabilitation stays, recruits are unable to return to their previous training units, who have typically moved forward, if not completing recruit training altogether. Instead, recruits are recycled, joining training units that are in the same phase of training that they were when the injury occurred.


text: Book Description: Childhood and Child Welfare in the Progressive Era examines a central focus for reform efforts between 1870 and 1930: children. Progressive-era reformers, holding the middle-class childhood as ideal, found the lives of poor urban children especially troubling. Using the methods of the social sciences, they studied this population and sought government action to remedy what they saw as poor children's deprivations. In this volume, James Marten first introduces these issues and then presents a collection of documents and images from books, social surveys, and social work journals that describe the conditions of urban children, track the development of "a right to childhood," and explain programs to improve children's health, promote juvenile justice, and prevent child labor. A final section presents children's experiences in their own words, as they reflect on the perils and fun of their young lives. Document headnotes, a chronology, questions for consideration, and a selected bibliography help contemporary students understand why the Progressive era was so crucial in the development of ideas about the nature of childhood and government's responsibility for child welfare.

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Author: Alison Wray, Cardiff University
Author: Aileen Bloomer, York St John University College
Paperback: ISBN: _PHONE_ Pages: 320 Price: U.K. £ 19.99
Projects in Linguistics is a unique and essential guide to anyone doing a research project in language and linguistics. It has been updated to include a new section on how to avoid plagiarism using the internet. This book presents overviews of the main areas of inquiry typically targeted by students and offers practical help in identifying a topic, finding background reading, planning and designing a study, collecting and analysing data, and writing a convincing account. With over 300 practical ideas that can be used directly or adapted to suit different contexts and interests, this textbook will be an invaluable resource to undergraduates, pre-university and postgraduate students.


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Labradorite, which is named after a major discovery in Labrador, is found in volcanic deposits, also known as spectrolite. Its attractive blue and green iridescence, when viewed at certain angles, makes it suitable in jewellery and as a glaze for ceramics. This stone can be used to assist in accessing the subconscious. It banishes fears and insecurities, and strengthens faith in the self and trust in the universe.
Pendulums have been used for ages for divination and determining the answer to any question which the rational mind cannot perceive. This is accomplished by allowing the body, through a process known as "muscle testing," to determine the outcome. Simply ask a question to which you know the answer to determine which circular or horizontal/vertical "+" motion is yes or no. Get relaxed, then ask your question!
Included: Gemstone pendulum, pendulum chain (attached)
Please note that due to natural variations in gemstone deposits, the pendulum you receive may not be identical to the one pictured.


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In its National Infrastructure Assessment, the Commission recommended that Ministers provide new powers and £43billion funding on top of current spending levels between now and 2040 to city leaders, including Metro Mayors, to develop long-term strategies for improving transport links. The Assessment also highlighted the need for these strategies to be unlocking job opportunities and delivering much-needed new homes.
Following the National Infrastructure Assessment, the Commission launched a partnership programme for cities and city regions across the country, to share knowledge and expertise and to help local leaders develop long-term strategies that link transport, housing and job opportunities.
On 11 September 2019 the Commission brought together metro mayors and city leaders from across the country for a Cities Summit to make the case for greater autonomy on transport decisions and longer-term funding. You can read Commission Chair Sir John Armitt's speech to the summit here and a short summary of the discussion.
Case studies of developing infrastructure strategies
Five cities and city regions have been selected to work with the Commission to benefit from expert advice as they develop strategies to improve local transport connections, unlock job opportunities and deliver much-needed new homes. The five cities and city regions will become case studies to demonstrate what cities across the country can do in this area, and of the difference that the long-term funding certainty recommended in the UK's first-ever National Infrastructure Assessment can make. The case study cities are:
- West Yorkshire Combined Authority
- Liverpool City Region
Knowledge sharing programme
The Commission is holding a series of knowledge sharing events to answer the important infrastructure questions at the forefront of city leaders' minds. These events are bringing together colleagues from a wide selection of cities, providing access to leading experts and cutting-edge ideas on these questions. Each event is focusing on a specific topic, providing an opportunity for cities that have already achieved success in that area to share their experience of how they tackled the problem and why it worked.
The events are taking place across England, from the North East down to the South West, and started by looking at the fundamentals of designing an effective infrastructure plan, covering some of the key strategic and economic considerations needed to underpin any successful integrated planning work. Below are links to summaries of those which have already taken place:


I am new to Solidity, and have a question, that may sound silly, but I can't really figure it out. So, I have this simple function:
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I thought, the max value for uint256 is 2**256, however, the function does not work for input numbers that have more than 16 digits, and in Remix, throws an "assertion failed" error. I can't understand why.
The max value is 2^256-1. The assertion you're hitting is in Remix. The full error message is:
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The issue is that Remix uses JSON to parse the argument list, and JavaScript only supports numbers up to 2^53-1. The reason you're seeing the issue where you do in terms of number of 9s is because
999999999999999 < 2**53-1 < 9999999999999999
To fix the issue, just put double quotes around the number you're passing in. It's safe to just always wrap your numbers in quotes to avoid such precision issues.
The reason 2^256 is not the correct number is that one of the possible values needs to be reserved for the zero value.
Imagine a 2 bit number - the max value is not 2^2 (= four) but rather 2^2-1 (= three). Brute forcing it:
00 = zero 01 = one 10 = two 11 = three
There are no more possible combinations of 2 bits - so there's no way to express the number four.
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Rural and remote social welfare practice: Differences and similarities in the Australian context
Professional distance and social work
The development of 'expert-ness': Rural practitioners and role boundaries
Understanding male domestic partner abusers
Whispers on the wind : The small quiet voice of rural health and welfare practice
Key influences on rural health and welfare service delivery : Lessons from the literature
Too close for comfort? : personal and professional role boundaries in rural health and welfare practice
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Why Aren't Angels Scary Anymore?
Episode 5 | 10m 22s | Video has closed captioning.
As beings that mediate between heaven and earth, angels have been the focus of both fascination and fear for centuries. In the past, they've been described as fireballs, forms without substance, or massive beings that collect blood or trumpet the end of time. Where did these archetypes come from and why has that of the winged cherub endured?
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Welcome to Bay Church's Online Giving
Online giving is a safe, easy, and secure way to support the ministries of Bay Church. This system enables you to support the church by making a one-time contribution or establishing a recurring contribution. Thank you for supporting the ministries of Bay Church!
For Clover account users: We have switched over to Planning Center for our online and text to give services to save on fees and for administrative reasons. Anybody who setup an account with Clover will have to create a new account with Planning Center if you want to setup recurring contributions. Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for understanding.
Three Simple Steps
1. Enter your personal contact info.
2. Provide bank or credit card information.
3. Indicate the amount, frequency (one-time or recurring) and designation for your gift.
We are also offering the option to Text-to-Give. Text 84321 to give. Below is a video and step by step directions to Text-to-Give.
- Send an amount (example: $5 or $1.00) to the short code 84321.
- If the number isn't set up for text-to-give, a setup link will be sent back. Tap the setup link be guided to the next step.
- Select your church
- Enter your email address and, if prompted, your name.
- Enter the payment method you'd like to use for text-to-give. If you're already a donor and you've added a payment method before (say, a bank account for ACH or a credit card) then you can optionally log in to access your saved payment methods.
- Complete your initial setup donation. The initial donation, in most cases, will go to the default fund (usually the "General" fund). However, donations can be directed to more specific funds.
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Wiggle Your Toes
In light of National Wiggle Your Toes Day, I thought I would share some exercises to help get those toes wiggling and feet moving. Why is it important to wiggle your toes and move your feet? The majority of shoes are not designed to allow your feet to function to their full potential, which can impact how the rest of your body moves. High heels cause calf tightening, narrow toe boxes squish your poor toes together, and rigid soles restrict your foot's motion. These are a few of the problems associated with the modern shoes we wear today. Hence, why we need to exercise our feet outside of our shoes!
Can you wiggle your toes? It can be surprisingly difficult because it is not something we do every day. And not to mention, the foot is pretty complex (there are an astonishing total of 28 bones and 33 joints in the foot!) Take 5 minutes per day to give your feet some TLC with the following exercises. Try these simple and effective exercises and you will be…. off on the right (and left) foot :).
1) Short foot: lift your medial arch (think of it like a suction cup) without curling your toes. By activating your medial arch, you will help strengthen some of the smaller muscles in your foot in order to better support the rest of your lower extremity.
2) Independent toe movements: try to lift your big toe without lifting your other 4 toes and vice-versa. For an added challenge, use the Nadora Total Body Band for resistance.
3) Bear crawls with big toe extension and adduction: loop band around knees and then loop it around either big toe, assume a high bear position and load the base of the big toe so your heels are elevated, exhale and push knees out against band to engage your glutes.
4) Toe Flexors Stretch: with heel down, spread and flatten toes against the wall and bend your knee towards the wall keeping it aligned with your 1st and 2nd toes, hold 30 seconds, repeat 2-4x.
Incorporating these exercises can help you move better from the ground up! Let me know what you think by commenting below. And of course, Happy National Wiggle Your Toes day!
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 - Ali
 Oh my gosh, I'm obsessed with the Toe Flexor Stretch! Feels like the arch of the foot benefits so much from that one – especially for people who spend a lot of time on their feet!
 - Kaity M
 This is such a great reminder to care for our feet! So important, yet often neglected. Just did these quick exercises and will be sure to build them into my workout routine. Thank you!
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Your link to Wisconsin's land, air and water resources
Only 2% of household medicine is safely disposed
Wisconsin's voluntary take-back program for household pharmaceuticals is "insufficient and unsustainable" and succeeds in collecting only 2% of all the available waste medicines in Wisconsin, a new report says.
With little medicine recycled, the report said much of the rest is getting flushed down toilets, thrown in the trash or left in cabinets.
The report by the University of Wisconsin Extension and the Product Stewardship Institute estimated that 13.1 million pounds medicines were sold in 2010, ranging from aspirin to prescription narcotics.
The study was commissioned by the Department of Natural Resources.
In the 2010 analysis, 4.38 million pounds went unused because their use dates had expired or the pharmaceuticals were no longer needed.
Only 2% of household pharmaceuticals – or 93,500 pounds – were collected through voluntary take-back programs in 2011.
"I think the key thing is that we have done a lot to address the program, but we're only scratching the surface," said Steve Brachman, a waste reduction specialist with the extension and one of the authors of the report.
The medicine return program is estimated to cost $275,000 annually, with most of the money coming from local governments and federal Drug Enforcement Agency.
Wisconsin's per capita cost of $8.05 to $10.07 per pound is far more expensive than in Canada ($3.50 per pound) and France (23 cents per pound.)
Canada and France are among a group of countries that have programs where the pharmaceutical industry manages take-back programs.
The steady accumulation of medicines in households means unknown quantities are getting flushed down the toilet or thrown into landfills, which can lead to water contamination.
The study noted that the a U.S. Geological Survey study in 1999 to 2000 found that 80% of streams tested revealed the presence of at least one pharmaceutical, personal care product or other organic wastewater contaminant.
"It's not just an environmental issue – it's a public health issue too," said Brad Wolbert, a section chief at the DNR in solid waste and recycling. "The medicine that isn't used – that's sitting around in medicine cabinets – is ripe for abuse."
The study said there are several roadblocks in the program.
One is that there are limits on where and how the drugs can be disposed. Incineration is generally required, but with a few exceptions, utility and industrial boilers are not currently allowed to dispose of the waste.
Brachman said that government funding is not viable and won't spur widespread participation of a drug take-back program.
"The model we see as having the most promise is where the industry takes the primary responsibility," he said. "The community model has increased awareness, but it's not a long-term solution."


Becoming an ethical researcher
Becoming an ethical researcher
Free course
Becoming an ethical researcher
1 Being held accountable
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Figure 2 What does successful undertaking of research look like?
Being called to account or held accountable can be defined as:
to answer for responsibilities and conduct; required or expected to justify one's actions, decisions, etc.; answerable, responsible
(, 2020).
In terms of research, this means researchers need to be aware:
 - of their responsibilities – both in terms of what is required of them (things they must do) and what is expected of them (things others think they should do)
 - that their conduct and behaviour is a key measure by which others are likely to judge their success in meeting their responsibilities
 - that they should be prepared to justify their decision-making.
Having identified that there are a range of stakeholders to whom the researcher will be responsible and accountable, it is also evident that researchers themselves will have their own expectations and hopes for the research. This means that the success of the research could be measured in different ways, which might lead to tensions as the research proceeds. Differences will depend on the agendas, interests and assumptions of others mediated by their knowledge and understanding of the research being planned.
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RGB color can be converted into Pantone by using a graphics program such as Photoshop or Illustrator. Pantone color options are approximate and may not exactly match RGB colors.Continue Reading
Color can be converted from RGB to Pantone in Illustrator using the following steps:
Open the document and select the color that needs to be converted.
Go to the "Window" tab and select the "Color Guide."
Select the icon that appears in the bottom left corner of the screen. From there, scroll to "Color Books" and choose "Pantone solid coated."
The color that is to be converted should be indicated with a black arrow. Click on the color to convert it to Pantone.


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Champion of England
A person whose office it is to ride up Westminster Hall on a Coronation Day, and challenge any one who disputes the right of succession. The office was established by William the Conqueror, and was given to Marmion and his male descendants, with the manor of "broad Scrivelsby." De Ludlow received the office and manor through the female line; and in the reign of Richard II. Sir John Dymoke succeeded through the female line also. Since then the office has continued in the Dymoke family.
These Lincoln lands the Conqueror gave, That England's glove they might convey To knight renowned amongst the braveThe baron bold of Fonteney.
An Anglo-Norman Ballad modernised.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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How a microwave oven works
Ever wondered exactly how a microwave oven heats your food? EngineerGuy Bill Hammack has you covered.
A professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Illinois, US, Hammack goes by the moniker "EngineerGuy" online, demystifying complicated mechanical concepts.
His explanation of the microwave oven, below, is fascinating, breaking down the components that drive the machine and then describing exactly what happens on a molecular level.


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Place holder for a son found in the entry for "Stephen Philips" in East Bethlehem in 1840. Age is shown as 5-10, so he would have been born in the early 1830s.
The name here is a real long shot, and is based solely on finding a John Phelps, b. PA age 21, in Monroe Co, by himself, working on a farm. There are no other Phelps families in the counties around Monroe Co in 1840, so he would have to have been imported from elsewhere. This county is roughly on the national road route from Washington Co, PA to Muskingum Co, OH. I am lowering the confidence to "tentative" because of this.
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This function will zip (compress) your data and open your email client (eg. Outlook Express) for the purpose of sending your data to a specified recipient. By default, this function will send the data to _EMAIL_. However, you can send a dataset to anyone, effectively becoming another means of backing up your data off site.
- From the Data Manager screen, select your database (single click).
- Click on Support in the menu and select Zip and Email.
- Your database will be zipped. This may take a minute or two.
- The To field will already be populated with _EMAIL_. If you wish to send the database to another address, overwrite the support address with your desired email address. Your email address will automatically be displayed.
- Write a description of the problem or any other message you wish to send to the email recipient in the main text field.
- Click on Send (this can take anywhere from 2 minute to 30 minutes depending on the size of the database).
When the database has been successfully sent the following message will appear: "A backup copy of your Sportzware Central database has been created and emailed to SportingPulse."


The screenshot shows the Execute Configuration Scripts window. At the top is the text 'The following configuration scripts need to be executed as the "root" user in each cluster node.'
There is a table in the middle of the window titled Scripts to be executed. It lists one script. The script location is /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/
Below the Scripts to be executed table is the following text: 'To execute the configuration scripts:
1. Open a terminal window
2. Log in as "root"
3. Run the scripts in each cluster node
4. Return to this window and click "OK" to continue.'
At the bottom of the Execute Configuration Scripts window are two buttons: Help on the left, and OK on the right.
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SONAR (an acronym for SOund Navigation And Ranging) is a technique that uses sound waves to navigate, communicate or detect other objects underwater.
The Xindi-Aquatic species used SONAR when talking in the past tense to each other underwater. (ENT: "The Council")
- RADAR; a similar technique that utilizes radio waves projected through the air.
- LIDAR; a similar technique that utilizes light waves projected through space.


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Two Nations: Black & White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal (Paperback)
Product Descriptionby Andrew Hacker
"A telling portrait of American life...The numbers are stark and irrefutable."
Why, despite continued efforts to increase understanding and expand opportunities, do black and white Americans still lead separate lives, continually marked by tension and hostility? In his much-lauded classic, newly updated to reflect the changing realities of race in our nation, Andrew Hacker explains the origins and meaning of racism and clarifies the conflicting theories of equality and inferiority. He paints a stark picture of racial inequality in America - focusing on family life, education, income, and employment - and explores the current controversies over politics, crime, and the causes of the gap between the races. Illuminating and oftentimes startling, Two Nations demonstrates how race has defined America's history and will continue to shape its future.


Definition of Institutionalization:
 1. The state of being placed or kept in a residential institution.
 2. The action of establishing something as a convention or norm in an organization or culture.
 3. Process which translates an organizations code of conduct, mission, policies, vision, and strategic plans into action guidelines applicable to the daily activities of its officers and other employees. It aims at integrating fundamental values and objectives into the organizations culture and structure.
How to use Institutionalization in a sentence?
 1. People with a history of long-term institutionalization.
 2. They remain committed to the institutionalization of democracy.
 3. The institutionalization of the memorandum was part of the large scale shift in the cultural values that were newly adopted by the firm.
 4. We were looking into institutionalization and if it would be a good choice to put my brother in a place where people would help him.
 5. Sometimes you need to make a strong message so that everyone will follow the INSTITUTIONALIZATION that you are trying to keep in tact.
Meaning of Institutionalization & Institutionalization Definition


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Browse on keywords: grass grass barriers
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8645. Black, A.L. and F.H. Siddoway. 1971. Tall wheatgrass barriers for soil erosion control and water conservation.. J. Soil Water Cons. 26:154-157.
100. Aase, J.K. and L.L. Reitz. 1989. Conservation production systems with and without grass barriers in the northern Great Plains.. J. Soil and Water Conservation 44:320-323.
Double rows of tall wheatgrass (Agropyron elongatum) were planted as barriers 48 ft apart near Culbertson, MT. The greatest soil water gain occurred during the harvest to spring period, with a precipitation storage efficiency ranging from 41-57 %. Annually cropped wheat and spring wheat following fallow responded positively to barrier protection. Yields were highest in the annual crop rotation of wheat-barley-safflower, followed by the 3-yr rotation with fallow. The traditional fallow-crop system had the lowest yields. Net returns paralleled yield results, and in most instances there was an economic benefit from the barriers. Also, safflower had a high net return and appears to have potential as an alternative crop in Montana.


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.- Catholics and Muslims meeting at the Vatican this week discussed the responsibilities of religious leaders during times of crisis, agreeing that their most important responsibility is to faithfully live out their beliefs through "teaching, good deeds and example."
The religious leaders met as part of the 11th Colloquium organized by the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and the World Islamic Call Society (WICS) in order to discuss the responsibilities of religious leaders during times of crisis.
After meeting with the Holy Father briefly after today's general audience, the participants agreed upon the following conclusions:
First, the most important responsibility of religious leaders during times of crisis is to faithfully live out their religious beliefs through "teaching, good deeds and example, thus serving their communities for the glory of God," participants in the colloquium decided.
Religious leaders should also have a "cultural and social role to play in promoting fundamental ethical values, such as justice, solidarity, peace, social harmony and the common good of society as a whole, especially the needy, the weak, migrants and the oppressed," they continued.
The leaders also came to the conclusion that they cannot overlook their special responsibility toward the youth, so they "do not fall victim to religious fanaticism and radicalism, receiving rather, a sound education thereby helping them to become bridge builders and peace makers."
Finally, the religious leaders noted that they must pay particular attention to interreligious relations on both the national and international level to avoid religious violence. "This requires a mutual respect and reciprocal knowledge, both cherishing personal relations and building confidence and mutual trust, so as to be able to confront together crises when they occur."


Is Gelatin Halal? What about Bovine sources?
"Is gelatin Halal? What if it is from a bovine source but not slaughtered according to shari'ah"
Gelatin, as far as my research has shown,
does not go through a chemical or molecular change in which it is modified into another substance.
Gelatin is an irreversibly hydrolysed form of collagen, without any chemical or molecular transformation. Basically the collagen of the animal is washed (with peptides and other substances added), and through this process the collagen is broken down and processed into another form, whether that be liquid or solid. There is no transformation that renders it into a totally different and separate substance.
Looking at Gelatin Sources
Based on this, you have to look at the source:
 1. Naturally, fish and vegetable sources are completely acceptable.
 2. Bovine sources (as well as any other animal with is Halal to eat) are acceptable
 - if that animal was slaughtered in a manner acceptable to the Shariah.
 - If the gelatin is from an animal slaughtered or killed incorrectly, then it is not permissible.
 3. If it is from Porcine sources, it is categorically forbidden.
and Allah knows best
updated 09/30/2012
To add a little more context, I thought I'd add this from the above linked Wikipedia article:
While there are many processes whereby collagen can be converted to gelatin, they all have several factors in common. The intermolecular and intramolecular bonds which stabilize insoluble collagen rendering it insoluble must be broken, and the hydrogen bonds which stabilize the collagen helix must also be broken The manufacturing process consists of three main stages:
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Black colt, 1936 - 1957
By Pharos - Carissima by Clarissimus
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Pharos His sire, Pharos
Pharis was a superb racehorse and champion sire in France. His career on the turf and in the breeding shed was seriously affected by World War II: the outbreak of war in 1939 put an end to his planned fall season on the racecourse in both France and England, and he lost almost five seasons as a stallion in France when he was confiscated by the Nazis and taken to Germany.
Pharis' dam, Carissima (1923), bred by Marcel Boussac, was out of an Irish-bred mare, Casquetts (by Captivation), and by Clarissimus, a winner of the Two Thousand Guineas that was sold to France after three years at stud in England. Clarissimus got a good winner in Nino, who took the prix du Cadran and was later a pretty good sire in France, and the Italian Guineas winner Delleana, later a superior brooodmare. But Clarissimus was most known as a broodmare sire whose grandchildren included Pharis and the French stallion Brantôme.
Carissima was a moderately successful winner of three races, the Prix de Sablonville and Prix de Malleret at Longchamp, and the Prix de Minerve at Evry, and was second, by five lengths, to Dorina in the Prix de Diane. She bred eight winners from twelve foals for Boussac, some of which were born in England after the start of the war. In addition to Pharis she bred Carius, a winner of some races, including the Prix Berteux; Caprifolia (winner of eight races and later dam of The Solicitor); Torissima, a winner of seven races and second dam of Tetrarch Stakes and Zetland Gold Cup winner Tale of Two Cities and of Djenne (later dam of the U.S. handicapper and stallion Olden Times); and Libération, that became the dam of Emperor (Prix Robert Papin and Dewhurst Stakes) and the outstanding stayer Elpenor (Prix du Cadran and Ascot Gold Cup).
In 1935 Boussac put Carissima to Pharos, a superior middle-distance horse at age four in England that stood at stud at Haras d'Ouilly in France after several years as a stallion at Woodland Stud in Newmarket. The year Carissima was bred to Pharos, a mare owned by Federico Tesio dropped a handsome bay colt to the cover of Pharos named Nearco, who was, like Pharis, a champion runner, and was to become one of the most influential stallions of the twentieth century. Pharis, while a very successful stallion in France with sons that went to every continent, would, in the long run, not prove as important in thoroughbred breeding.
Pharis eventually reached 16.2 hands in height. Although listed in some sources as "brown or black," a contemporary turf writer who visited described him as black "as a crow." This same writer, who interviewed Boussac's stable manager while gazing at Pharis, was very impressed by his presence and calm temperament, although Pharis had been known to nip a groom when he removed a water bucket too quickly "to his liking." He spent some time in a mild restraint to prevent him from chewing at his flanks, but was calm and professional on the racecourse. Pharis had a good, sloping shoulder and powerful hind end, but was long in the back and slightly back in the knees.
Pharis on the Turf
Pharis was placed in training with Boussac's private trainer, A. Swann. He did not run as a juvenile, a strategy Boussac and Swann seemed to follow for big, growthy colts, including several of Pharis' offspring in later years. He ran only three times in his life, and was unbeaten, at age three. What would have been his fall season was interrupted by the war: the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, slated for October 8th, was cancelled, and the Doncaster St. Leger in England, where Pharis would have met the champion English colt Blue Peter, was also abandoned that year. The interruption by war of the brilliant career of a French racehorse recalled the champion Sardanapale's career a little over twenty years before.
Pharis started his season in late May by easily winning the Prix Noailles at Longchamp (1-1/2 miles), beating the favorite, Foxhound, by three lengths. In early June he ran with thirteen others in the Prix du Jockey Club. The race started in a heavy rain downpour, and Pharis' pacemaker, Horatius, went to the front, while Pharis lay back at the tail of the field. As he moved up he was checked when he ran into interference, and as the horses passed the stands he turned on his amazing speed, successively passing each horse, and running down the leader, Galérian, to win by two and one-half lengths. It was a brilliant, thrilling race that made Pharis a hero and gave Boussac his fifth Prix du Jockey Club win.
Pharis' final performance was his dramatic win of the Grand Prix de Paris at Longchamp on June 15 (15 furlongs) in heavy, holding ground due to rain. There were seventeen colts and two fillies in the field, including Horatius, who set the pace at the start; Pharis was at the end of the pack for the early part of the race, and then four hundred meters from the post, was boxed in behind already beaten horses and nearly went to his knees, but as soon as an opening appeared on the rail, his jockey, C. Elliott, sent him through and Pharis came thundering down the stretch, "liked the winged horse of the Arab legend," putting away his opponents by two and one-half lengths. This was Boussac's first Grand Prix du Paris triumph. Pharis was acclaimed the champion of his year, and many compared him to the great French hero, Gladiateur.
Pharis in the Stud
Pharis was retired to Haras Fresnay-le-Buffard, where he was a successful, versatile stallion. He got four winners of the Prix du Jockey Club (French Derby), champion juveniles and champion three-year-olds of both sexes in France, terrific stayers that won the Doncaster St. Leger (two), the Prix Royal-Oak (French St. Leger), the Prix de l'Arc deTriomphe, the Prix Kergolay, and other distance races, a champion filly in Germany, and more than one winner in England of the Champion and Hardwicke Stakes. He was the leading sire of juveniles in France four times, and topped the general sires list in 1944, was third four times, and fourth once (when one factored in his winners beyond France, he was leading sire in 1944, 1950, 1951, and 1952). He was second on the list of leading broodmare sires twice, in 1955 and 1956.
Boussac bred and raced most of Pharis' successful offspring, and contingents of Pharis youngsters regularly made the channel crossing to run and win in England, where purses were much higher than in post-war France, and the glory certainly more prestigious at the time. Their successes, both in England and France, contributed to Boussac's placing at the top of the breeders lists in France for years, and to his reputation as the most successful of French breeders of the twentieth century. Up until Pharis' death at Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard in February of 1957, he had bred 47 stakes winners and a total number of 108 individual winners of 285 races valued at £308,000, despite losing 4-1/2 years of breeding in France when he was confiscated by the Nazis and taken to Germany. Pharis was seldom put to outside mares (except for his time in Germany), in fact he was most often bred to daughters of Boussac's stallions Astérus (hugely contributing to his reputation as a broodmare sire) and Tourbillon, and one does wonder what he might have effected had that not been the case.
Pharis sons were extremely popular as stallions, and they spread his genes all over the world. They went to stud in Great Britain, South Africa, South America, Italy, New Zealand and Australia, the United States, and eventually, Japan. Although most were only moderately useful, some became champion sires that established long-lived tail male lines to Pharis. Not one of his sons that remained in France ever made the top ten in the sires list, but Pardal, who went to stud in England, was several times in the top ten there, and second in 1961, and he, along with Ardan,


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ARTS EDUCATION TEACHER HANDBOOK
ELEMENTARY LESSON PLANS
Submitted by Jan Adams, Winston-Salem/Forsyth Schools
Grade Level or Course
4th Grade Dance (can be adapted for 5th grade)
Targeted Goals and Objectives from the 2000 North Carolina Arts Education Standard Course of Study and Grade Level Competencies, K-12:
4.01 - Create and explore multiple solutions to a given movement problem.
5.02 - Investigate aspects of dance in various cultures and historical periods.
7.01 - Identify concepts which occur between dance and other content areas including English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Music, Theatre Arts, and Visual Arts.
7.02 - Create a dance sequence that demonstrates understanding of a concept or idea from another content area.
Targeted Goals and Objectives from the North Carolina Standard Course
of Study and Grade
Level Competencies, K-12 for other content areas.
Mathematics (Spatial sense, measurement, and geometry)
-Identifying points, lines and angles in the environment
-Using representations and appropriate vocabulary (sides, angles, and vertices) to identify properties of plane figures
Using forward, back, and lateral Latin dance steps, students will create "Perimeter" dances in which they dance in a square or rectangle and calculate the perimeter and area of their dances. As an extension, students will analyze the relationship of perimeter and area, creating multiple dances with the same area.
With this lesson, the students will be able to :
extend their understanding of Latin dance steps,
apply this dance knowledge to further their understanding of the concepts of perimeter and area,
use problem-solving strategies to create multiple dances of the same perimeter.
CD or tape player with examples of Latin dance music.
Optional: Video player and video of Latin dances such as "Latin Dances for Beginners" by Teachers Video Company (item _TAG_).
(Pre-lesson activities: students need to be familiar with a variety of Latin dance steps: mambo, rumba, meringue, etc. These could, however, be replaced with any line dance steps.)
Warm up, reviewing a variety of Latin dance steps that move forward, back, or laterally.
Discuss the idea that different dances use space in different ways, and explain that we are going to use these Latin dance steps to create a dance in a rectangle.
Demonstrate for the students, having them follow you in a rectangular dance.
Ask students to sit down and recall the shape of the dance. Draw it on the board, and label the number of steps on each side. Then ask what the term "perimeter" means. Tell them that the unit of measure that we are using is "dance steps." Have the students calculate the perimeter of the dance they just danced. Repeat with another teacher-led dance.
Ask the students to create, with a partner, their own Latin perimeter dance. After they have danced it, supply pencil and paper for each couple to draw and calculate the perimeter of their dance.
Discuss area, and ask students to calculate the area of the dance they have created.
Ask all students to create a dance with the perimeter of 24. Before beginning, have them predict whether the dances will all have the same area. Have them create, draw, then calculate the perimeter and area.
Discuss, as a class, the different ways they solved the problem (i.e. guess and check, draw the dance, create a chart and find a pattern, etc.) Also, discuss the different areas that were calculated.
Assessment:(See Assessment Item that aligns with this Lesson)
Knowledge of Latin dance steps can be observed.
The creation of a perimeter is a performance assessment task that can be assessed both by observation and by the drawn figure with the calculation of perimeter and area.
This is a great opportunity to create, with the teacher, a checklist assessment or rubric for a successful Latin perimeter dance.
This is an example of a technique I call the "up, down, up, down class," which starts with active involvement of dance concepts and includes several interludes of discussion or analysis. It has been a successful way for me to integrate the dance curriculum into other areas.
Supplemental resources/ information for teachers:
A variety of Latin dance videos are available from Teach Video Company - Dance (_PHONE_).
Problem Solver is a publication of math solving strategies for students.


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We report on the preparation of capacitive-type relative humidity sensors incorporating plasma-activated multi-wall carbon nanotube (p-MWCNT) electrodes and on their performance compared with existing commercial technology. Highly open porous conductive electrodes, which are almost impossible to obtain with conventional metal electrodes, are fabricated by spray-depositing MWCNT networks on a polyimide layer. Oxygen plasma activation of the MWCNTs is also explored to improve the water adsorption of the MWCNT films, by introducing oxygen-containing functional groups on the CNT surface. Polyimide humidity sensors with optimized p-MWCNT network electrodes exhibit exceptionally fast response times (1.5 for adsorption and 2 s for desorption) and high sensitivity (0.75 pF/% RH). These results may be partially due to their percolated pore structure being more accessible for water molecules, expending the diffusion of moisture to the polyimide sensing film, and partially due to the oxygenated surface of p-MWCNT films, allocating more locations for adsorption or attraction of water molecules to contribute to the sensitivity.
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- Mechanics of Materials
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The complex system which causes a hammer to strike a string when you press a key is called the piano's action. It is a marvel of engineering composed largely of wood and wool felt. This mechanism needs to be responsive to every nuance of the pianist's touch - from loud, thunderous chords to soft, delicate passages.
Action regulation is the adjustment of each of its parts to a tolerance of a few thousandths of an inch. Because the wood and felt parts of the action change due to wear and humidity, the action must be serviced occasionally to maintain its responsive qualities.
All About Finish Care
The piano is unique among musical instruments because it also serves as fine furniture for the home. In fact, the term "piano finish" has traditionally been used to describe the highest standards in wood finishing. Properly maintaining that fine finish will enhance your home's decor and preserve the value of your piano.
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What is Voicing?
Voicing is the adjustment of a piano's tone or quality of sound. Voicing gives more brilliance or softness to individual notes or entire sections of the scale.
A piano's tone changes with use. As the piano is played, the hammer felt compacts and develops string cuts, causing a harsh uneven tone, robbing the pianist of the ability to produce a sweet sound. Voicing can restore the pleasing tone of your piano.
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Study Design: Allocation: 2 arms Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment Detailed Description The utilization of a Foley catheter for induction of labor is well established. There are two techniques readily used for placing a Foley catheter. The most common method is under direct visualization of the cervix during a sterile speculum examination and the other method is to place a catheter during a digital cervical examination. Studies have reported the use of a rigid stylette (a thin wire inserted into a catheter to maintain rigidity) to guide the insertion of the Foley catheter decreases failure rate. The Foley catheter plus rigid stylette technique seems to be an efficient and safe method for labor induction. However, to our knowledge there is no study that assesses the difference between the standard digital placement of a Foley catheter versus the digital placement of a Foley catheter with stylette.


(Result_, Params_...) {
 alias Result = Result_; /// the type of the object to be provided.
 alias Params = Params_; /// the type of provider parameters.
 /// Call the provider.
 final const(Result) opCall(Params params) {
 return delegate_(params);
 /// Call it with a structure or class as the argument (expanding its members into arguments
 /// in order).
 final const(Result) call(S)(S s) const {
 return callMemberFunctionWithParamsStruct!(this, "opCall", S)(s);
 /// The abstract virtual function used to create the provided object.
 abstract const(Result) delegate_(Params params);
 alias DelegateType = const(Result) delegate (Params params);
 /// Returns 'delegate_' as a delegate.
 final _USER_ DelegateType provider() {
 return &delegate_;
So Provider is a class template with type arguments Result_ and Params_ which specify correspondingly the provided object type and provider's parameter types list.
The most important member function is opCall() which returns the provided object. It can be called like object = provider.opCall(3, 7.2, otherObject) where provider is the provider object. opCall is a special method name in D, so it can be called instead with this syntax: object = provider(3, 7.2, otherObject) (that is object provider is a callable object).
The actual creation (or retrieval) of the provided object is accomplished by the delegate_() method. (It is called this way because delegate is a keyword in D.) This method has the same signature as our opCall method, that is receives some parameters and returns the object.
The property provider returns a reference ("delegate" in D terms, don't confuse with delegate providers in the Python library) to the delegate_ method (note that the delegate also contains a reference to the provider object). Not sure how to use it, but I provide it for completeness. Example: provider.provider.
The call method template can be used to call the provider with a struct (or class) as its only argument. The members of the struct are "expanded" in order of their declaration and passed to opCall method. This uses my struct-params library. Example:
struct Params {
 int x;
 float y;
MyProvider provider;
Params theParams = {x: 3, y: 7.4};
MyObject obj = provider.call(theParams); // suppose MyProvider has (int, float) Params argument.
ReferenceProvider is the same as Provider except it uses a reference type (ref keyword) for methods returning the provided object.
Callable and ReferenceCallable
Callable is probably the most often used kind of providers. It simply calls an user-specified function to obtain the provided object. This is useful mainly for non-singleton objects (or singleton objects provided by some other library or an OS).
class Callable(alias Function) : Provider!(ReturnType!Function, Parameters!Function) {
 override const(ReturnType!Function) delegate_(Params params) {
 return Function(params);
So, it is a class template receiving a function as its template argument. It is inherited from Provider with the function return type as the provider type and function parameters as the provider arguments.
Note it uses the templates ReturnType and Parameters from the module std.traits of D standard library.
struct Complex {
 float real, imaginary;
Complex polarForm(float radius, float angle) {
 Complex result = {real: radius * cos(angle), imaginary: radius * sin(angle)};
 return result;
PolarFormProvider provider = new Callable!polarForm; // not necessary to use a provider in this simple example, but that's just an example
Complex ourComplex = provider(3.2, 1.24);
ReferenceCallable is similar except that it returns the provided object by reference.
Singletons are objects which are created (in our case by our singleton provider) only once. If the provider is called again, the same object is returned. It is useful in such situations as to read and parse a configuration file only once, to create no more than one dialog window per document window, to do some complex computations only once, etc.
BaseGeneralSingleton and ReferenceBaseGeneralSingleton
class BaseGeneralSingleton(Base) : Provider!(Base.Result, Base.Params) {
 private Base _base;
 /// Create the singleton with given base provider.
 this(Base base) {
 _base = base;
 /// Get the base provider.
 _USER_ Base base() { return _base; }
BaseGeneralSingleton is a class template with an argument Base which should be another provider class.
The abstract delegate_() method is supposed to create an object by calling Base provider (but do it only once).
The constructor of BaseGeneralSingleton receives a provider of class Base. This provider is returned by base property of our singleton provider like singletonProvider.base.
ReferenceBaseGeneralSingleton is analogous.
In this version of the library all singleton provider classes are inherited from BaseGeneralSingleton or ReferenceBaseGeneralSingleton, but this is not the most efficient implementation and may change in a future version. A patch is welcome.
Three kinds of singletons
There are three kinds of singletons in my library:
 - thread-unsafe singletons (You must not call one such a provider simultaneously in more than one thread of a multi-threaded program to avoid hard to debug bugs, but if you use it properly it is probably the most efficient of the three kinds);
 - thread-safe singletons (You can call it in multi-threaded programs);
 - thread-local singletons (thread safe and also creates/obtains a single provided object per thread a provider is called in, instead of single object per provider, also efficient).
Below I will describe only thread-safe singletons, as API of the two other kinds is quite analogous.
ThreadSafeSingleton and ReferenceThreadSafeSingleton
class ThreadSafeSingleton(Base) : BaseGeneralSingleton!Base {
 this(Base base) { super(base); }
 override const(Result) delegate_(Params params) {
 return synchroizedMemoizeMember!(const(Base), "delegate_")(base, params);
This class just overrides the abstract delegate_() method with an appropriate implementation for a thread-safe singleton. The implementation uses my memoize library.
ThreadSafeCallableSingleton and ReferenceThreadSafeCallableSingleton
class ThreadSafeCallableSingleton(alias Function) : ThreadSafeSingleton!(Callable!Function) {
 this() {
 super(new Callable!Function);
It is a thread-safe singleton provider with the same API as Callable provider (but singleton).
FixedObject and ReferenceFixedObject
These provider classes return some already existing object (or reference to an object).
class FixedObject(alias obj) : Provider!(typeof(obj)) {
 override const(Result) delegate_() const {
 return obj;
float obj = 3.2;
auto provider = new FixedObject!obj;
auto referenceProvider = new ReferenceFixedObject!obj;
assert(provider() == obj);
assert(&referenceProvider() == &obj);
It is recommended to use pure-dependency-injector together with struct-params library which allows to specify just a subset of (for example provider's) parameters and use default values for the rest.
import struct_params;
mixin StructParams!("S", int, "x", float, "y"); // declare parameters x of type int and y of type float
float calc(int x, float y) { // some example float object creator
 return x * y;
immutable S.Regular myDefaults = { x: 3, y: 2.1 }; // default values
alias MyProvider = ProviderWithDefaults!(Callable!calc, S, myDefaults); // modify Callable!calc to have default values
immutable S.WithDefaults providerParams = { x: 2 }; // set value for x
auto provider = new MyProvider;
assert(provider.callWithDefaults(providerParams) - 4.2 < 1e-6); // check that 2*2.1 == 4.2 (2 is an explicit parameter x, 2.1 is y default)
Note that because of a deficiency of the current version of D, it uses struct declarations to define default and particular arguments, not "inline" literals. See about struct-params for more details.
Why I can't call new from a template
In this blog post (TODO: link) it is explained why we can't call operator new from a template (provider template class in our case) to create an object of a specified type.
Use this workaround to create a provider which constructs objects with new:
class C {
 int v;
 this(int a, int b) { v = a + b; }
auto cFactory = new Callable!((int a, int b) => new C(a, b));
assert(cFactory(1, 2).v == 3);
Here we use the above described Callable provider together with lambda function (int a, int b) => new C(a, b) which constructs objects of class C using operator new.
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macauthlib 0.4.0
Latest Version: 0.6.0
This is a low-level library for implementing MAC Access Authentication, a simple HTTP request-signing scheme described in:
To access resources using MAC Access Authentication, the client must have obtained a set of MAC credentials including an id and a secret key. They use these credentials to make signed requests to the server.
When accessing a protected resource, the server will generate a 401 challenge response with the scheme "MAC" as follows:
> GET /protected_resource HTTP/1.1
> Host:
< HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized
< WWW-Authenticate: MAC
The client will use their MAC credentials to build a request signature and include it in the Authorization header like so:
> GET /protected_resource HTTP/1.1
> Host:
> Authorization: MAC id="h480djs93hd8",
> ts="_PHONE_",
> nonce="dj83hs9s",
> mac="bhCQXTVyfj5cmA9uKkPFx1zeOXM="
< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
< Content-Type: text/plain
< For your eyes only: secret data!
This library provices the low-level functions necessary to implement such an authentication scheme. For MAC Auth clients, it provides the following function:
 - sign_request(req, id, key, hashmod=sha1): sign a request using MAC Access Auth.
For MAC Auth servers, it provides the following functions:
 - get_id(req): get the claimed MAC Auth id from the request.
 - check_signature(req, key, hashmod=sha1): check that the request was signed with the given key.
The request objects passed to these functions can be any of a variety of common object types:
 - a WSGI environment dict
 - a webob.Request object
 - a requests.Request object
 - a string or file-like object of request data
A typical use for a client program might be to install the sign_request function as an authentication hook when using the requests library, like this:
import requests
import functools
import macauthlib
# Hook up sign_request() to be called on every request.
def auth_hook(req):
 macauthlib.sign_request(req, id="", key="")
 return req
session = requests.session(hooks={"pre_request": auth_hook})
# Then use the session as normal, and the auth is applied transparently.
A typical use for a server program might be to verify requests using a WSGI middleware component, like this:
class MACAuthMiddleware(object):
 #...setup code goes here...
 def __call__(self, environ, start_response):
 # Find the identity claimed by the request.
 id = macauthlib.get_id(environ)
 # Look up their secret key.
 key = self.SECRET_KEYS[id]
 # If the signature is invalid, error out.
 if not macauthlib.check_signature(environ, key):
 start_response("401 Unauthorized",
 [("WWW-Authenticate", "MAC")])
 return [""]
 # Otherwise continue to the main application.
 return self.application(environ, start_response)
0.4.0 - 2012-09-31
 - Allow the main API functions to accept a WebOb Request object, a requests Request object, or a WSGI environ dict as first argument. This should make it easier to implement client programs.
 - macauthlib.sign_request() now returns the Authorization header value, which is useful if you pass it something immutable as the request to be signed.
 - Hide functions from macauthlib.utils that were previously available directly from macauthlib. This will ensure users import them from the canonical location.
0.3.0 - 2012-07-11
 - Simplify API of the NonceCache class; it now provides a single method check_nonce() rather than separate is_fresh() and add_nonce() methods.
0.2.0 - 2012-06-01
 - Fix a race condition bug in NonceCache.
0.1.0 - 2012-02-27
 - Initial release.
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Definitions for "Aperture"
The act of opening.
Modification of the exine of a pollen grain or spore that is the site of exit for the contents (e.g., laesura, colpus, pore).
(adj. aperturate) (( Erdtman, 1947) A specialized region of the ( sporoderm, that is thinner than the remainder of the sporoderm and generally differs in ornamentation and/or in structure. Comment: Apertures are described as simple if they are present in only one wall layer, or compound if they affect more than one layer of the wall. In compound apertures the shape of apertures may differ between layers. Ectoapertures occur in the sexine/ ectexine, endoapertures in the nexine/ endexine, and mesoapertures are sometimes found in an intermediate position between an ectoand endoaperture. Various types of apertures are recognised on the basis of their shape (see, colpus, laesura, porus, sulcus, ulcus), position (see, ana-, cata-, zona-, zono-) or fusion (see, syn-). In living pollen grains or spores the apertures usually function as sites of germination, they may also provide routes for transfer of water and other substances, and play a part in harmomegathy. The term is often used in conjunction with a prefix or suffix, as for example in, ectoaperture, endoaperture, inaperturate, omniaperturate, pseudoaperture, triaperturate.
Apertures are very small spots on the walls of a pollen, where the wall is thinner and/or softer. For germination it is necessary that the pollen tube can reach out from the inner of the pollen and transport the chromosomes to the egg deep down in the pistil. The apertures are the places where the pollen tube is able to brake through the elsewhere very tough pollen wall.
The effective cross-sectional area of the antenna. The larger the aperture, the stronger the signal the antenna receives or transmits.
In a directional antenna, the portion of a plane surface very near the antenna normal to the direction of maximum radiant intensity, through which the major part of the radiation passes. In an acoustic device that launches a sound wave, the passageway, determined by the size of a hole in the inelastic material and the wavelength.
The cross sectional area of an antenna. Also called "Capture Area".
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Aperture is a quarterly photography magazine based in New York, New York, USA. The magazine is published by Aperture Foundation, a non-profit organization devoted to fine photography. The foundation also publishes books on fine art photography.
Keywords: azm, paz, handbook, auto, push
The total range (in percentage) of full scale capacity over which a digital weight indicator's "Automatic Zero Maintenance" (AZM) and "Push-button Auto Zero" (PAZ) functions will operate; Handbook 44 maximum is ±2% of full scale.
Aperture Visual Information Manager, a software program for Microsoft Windows, is developed and marketed by Aperture Technologies, Inc, Stamford, CT. Aperture Visual Information Manager combines a high precision drawing system (CAD) with database connections, enabling users to create sophisticated information systems for such applications as office space planning, data center floor planning, etc. Originally developed for the Apple Macintosh in 1990, it is now runs on the Microsoft Windows operating systems.
In general: The smallest elementary Spatio-temporal area addressable by the process of scanning With application to filtering: The configuration and weights of taps defining the filter function in spatio-temporal domain
Keywords: usu, expelled, nozzle, gun, cavity
The cavity where water is expelled from the water gun, usu. a nozzle.
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Aperture is a software program for Mac OS X announced by Apple Computer at a New York media event on October 19, 2005, designed to assist professional photographers in post-production work. It became available in November 2005.
Keywords: parabolic, dish, collection, area
The collection area of a parabolic dish.
Keywords: dial, watch, date, displays, hour
Window that displays the date within the dial of the watch
Where the date is displayed within the dial of the watch
The dials of some watches have apertures in which certain indications or the watche's movement are shown (e.g. the date, the hour)
The space between contiguous parallel wires, expressed in millimeters.
Aperture is a Java framework for extracting and querying full-text content and metadata from various information systems and the file formats occurring in these systems.
Keywords: cpu, ram, rom, chips, hardware
An aperture is a portion of the computer-addressable physical address space which is associated in hardware with a particular device or memory unit. Apertures may reach external devices such as ROM or RAM chips, or internal memories on the accessing CPU itself.
A hole or seam in an electronic equipment enclosure through which internal or external electromagnetic fields may couple.
Vertical, horizontal and depth measurements of facings.
numerical, a measure of the resolving power of the power of an objective respectively.
Keywords: aspect, ratio
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ISBN: 0-7695-1874-5
Liang Qin, Carleton University
Thomas Kunz, Carleton University
Most existing on-demand mobile ad hoc network routing protocols continue using a route until a link breaks. During the route reconstruction, packets can be dropped, which will cause significant throughput degradation. In this paper, we add a link breakage prediction algorithm to the Dynamic Source Routing (DSR) protocol. The mobile node uses signal power strength from the received packets to predict the link breakage time, and sends a warning to the source node of the packet if the link is soon-to-be-broken. The source node can perform a pro-active route rebuild to avoid disconnection. Experiments demonstrate that adding link breakage prediction to DSR can significantly reduce the total number of dropped data packets (by at least 20%). The tradeoff is an increase in the number of control messages by at most 33.5%. We also found that the pro-active route maintenance does not cause significant increase in average packet latency and average route length. Enhanced route cache maintenance based on the link status can further reduce the number of dropped packets.
Liang Qin, Thomas Kunz, "Increasing Packet Delivery Ratio in DSR by Link Prediction," hicss, vol. 9, pp.300a, 36th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'03) - Track 9, 2003


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Blow molding is a method of printing hollow workpieces by blowing air into a molded material. From the results of the process, the specification of a product must be met by the manufacturer in fulfilling orders from the customer. The thickness of the bottle wall and the snap dimension is one of the most difficult specifications to be controlled on a 500 ml chemical bottle product. This will be resolved if the machine operator knows the optimal combination of parameters at the time of operation. In this experiment the method used is Design of Experiments with Taguchi Gray Relational Analysis method approach to get the combination between two responses taken to obtain optimal parameters. By doing a total of 27 experiments,the experimentd were implemented on a 500 ml chemical bottle product as per specified specification. Data were collected using a digital microscope for wall thickness and dimensions vernier to snap. The result of analysis with Taguchi Gray Relational Analysis method shows that the parameters which have significant effect on wall thickness and snap bottle dimension are blowing pressure and blowing time. While the parameter of melt temperature and stop time have less significant effect. The optimal parameter setting is blowing pressure of 9 bar, melt temperature of 260 ° C, blowing time for 7 seconds and stop time for 2 seconds.


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Soy sauce has become one of the most popular condiments in people's daily diets. The soy sauce of traditional brewing process in our country is incomparable in the color, aroma and taste of soy sauce produced in some developed countries. However, most of the brewing process is exposed to natural spaces, accompanied by the growth and reproduction of multiple microorganisms. So, how can we effectively remove bacteria from soy sauce? Here is a description of membrane separation technology.
In general, the solid content and viscosity of soy sauce are high, and it is very important to pretreat. Hollow fiber components should not be used. In this way, the processing flow is simplified, the production cost is reduced, and relatively considerable economic benefits are brought about. After the soy sauce is filtered, the color is improved, the soy sauce is clear and transparent, and the value is high. The retention rates of salt-free solids, reducing sugars, and pigments are all around 98%, and are in line with national product standards.
Process advantages of membrane separation
1. It has a simplified process flow and reduces operating costs.
2. It is automatically controlled, reliable in operation and balanced in product quality.
3. It has a long service life. The equipment has low comprehensive cost and high cost performance.
4. It has good acid resistance, alkali resistance, good anti-pollution performance and high separation precision.


TRIVIAL PURSUITS: What is the difference between a green olive and a black olive?
One may think that green and black olives are two different fruits (or vegetables?).
First of all, according to the Oxford dictionary, an olive, just like a plum or a cherry, is a fruit. The olive is the small, bitter-tasting fruit of the olive tree, Olea europea. Olives are classified as fruit because they're formed from the ovary of the olive flower, and they're seed-bearing structures—the pits could grow into trees if you planted them. In culinary terms, however, olives are like those other fruit, tomatoes, and are treated as a vegetable.
Green olives are not from a different tree than black olives, they are just picked before they are ripe.
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- Colombian Black and White, T. teguixin
- Blue, T. teguixin sp.
- Gold, T. nigropunctatus
- Argentine Black and White, T. merianae
- Red, T. rufescens
Tegu is the common name for a species complex of large lizards. The name comes from the Nahuatl (Aztec) tecoixin
, meaning lizard. Tegus are large, carnivorous lizards indiginous to South America. They are the ecological equivalents of the varanid
family, and are an often-cited example of convergent evolution
The Black and White, Gold and Blue tegus are all smaller members of the genus, growing to a size of roughly 3 feet and weighing 7 pounds. They have similar diets and behaviour, and inhabit similar climates. These three species can be found as far north as Colombia and as far south as Argentina. They are almost exclusively carnivorous, and feed upon insects and other invertebrates when young, moving to frogs, lizards, snakes and all kinds of eggs as they reach adulthood.
The Red tegu, on the other hand, is larger than its congenerics (up to 4.5 feet and 25 pounds), and has a differnt diet. Its native range is restricted to northern Argentina. They prey upon small mammals, lizards and snakes in the wild, but their principle sustenance comes from insects and fruit.
Unlike monitor lizards, the tegus are capable of caudal autonomy (dropping their tail) and subsequent regeneration. They are hunted by South Americans in rural areas for their hides, putting the species under some pressure. Coupled with their attractiveness to herptoculturists, many populations of these species are at risk. They are also considered pests in many places in South America, as they have been known to hunt farm stocks (especially for eggs) and even go so far as begging for food in parks. The latter behaviour has put them in direct conflict with humans, especially since these animals are very powerful and can seriously hurt a human with either a bite or a lash of their tail.
* It should be noted that this taxonomic classification is in some dispute. Some herpetologists claim there should be only three species, others claim as many as six or seven. Until serious genetic work is done, consider this classification as only one of several equiprobable organizations.
** Mad props to JudyT for setting me straight on this. I had previously attributed the etymology to the Portugese.
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Can Bunnies Eat Grapes?
By Link the Bun December 14th, 2020
Red Grapes
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Everyone loves grapes, they are just too refreshing and sweet to resist. Grapes are packed with very important nutrients which makes them highly beneficial for health.
But can bunnies eat grapes? The answer is, yes they can! Bunnies love grapes, but they can only have it as a treat, once or twice a week.
Bunnies are extremely fond of having fruits, but you should also know that bunnies have really sensitive digestive systems.
You need to be cautious when feeding them and not make grapes a daily part of their diet as daily feeding of grapes may disrupt their digestion and be harmful for them.
Keep reading to find out about how grapes affect the health of rabbits.
What are the types of Grapes?
Grapes are the most loved fruits; they are the most nutritious fruits that are high in sugar.
Grapes are actually berries that have no stones; they just have a few seeds inside them. It is a sweet and delicious fruit.
There are three types of grapes:
 - Raisin grapes: These grapes are eaten after drying out.
 - Table grapes: These grapes are eaten fresh.
 - Wine grapes: These grapes go through the process of fermentation that produces wine.
Grape Nutritional Facts for Rabbits
Grapes are the most nutrient dense fruits; grapes include all the important vitamins, minerals, a good number of antioxidants and phytonutrients like catechins, beta-carotene and resveratrol.
The light colored grapes have less antioxidant than their dark colored varieties that have more antioxidants. All the colors are good for your rabbits health and rabbits diet.
You get the following in one cup serving of grapes:
 - 3 mg vitamin C
 -.1 mg vitamin B6
 - 288 mg potassium
 -.2 mg copper
 -.1 mg thiamine
 - 22 mcg vitamin K
 -.1 mg manganese
 -.1 mg riboflavin
Are Grapes Good for Rabbit Health?
Grapes contain the most important vitamins and minerals such as Vitamin C, Vitamin K and potassium etc which makes it really good and beneficial for the rabbit health.
Rabbits need good nutrition as well, they need lots of minerals and vitamins in their daily rabbit diet. But there's one downside, grapes contain lots of water and sugar.
Watery fruits can be harmful for the rabbits as it may cause diarrhea when it is fed in excess and too much sugar cause tummy troubles, that is why grapes should only be consumed in small amounts by the rabbit.
How many Grapes can rabbits have?
Gi Stasis in Rabbits
Rabbits love grapes, and having too little of it may not even satisfy one's sweet tooth. However, it is advised to feed only small amounts like one or two grapes to a rabbit as that is enough for them.
It is important to take such an approach as rabbit's digestive system is too sensitive and it may cause rabbit health issues like painful gas and diarrhea (Gi Stasis) which is a serious issue.
You should always wash the grape and cut it in half and then feed it to your rabbit. After feeding the grape for the first time, monitor your rabbit for the next few hours for any signs of discomfort.
If you notice any changes, then your rabbit should not have any grapes in the future as that confirms that your rabbit does not do well with grapes.
And if you don't notice any changes and everything remains normal, then you can go ahead and feed your rabbit one entire grape or half of a big grape.
When can Bunnies have Grapes?
When the bunny is more than 3 months old they can have grapes, you should not feed them any grapes if their mother had none while nursing them and if they're less than 3 months old.
You can feed the rabbits with plain pellets and hay if you don't know whether their mother had grapes while nursing them. Wait until 3 months and then you can introduce them to grapes in their diet.
Cons of feeding Grapes to Bunnies
As bunnies have really specialized digestive systems, the rabbit diet should primarily consist of hay. As the biggest con of grapes is its high sugar content, this can be harmful for them.
Bunnies rely on fibrous foods to maintain proper digestion, as foods with high sugar content are hard to digest and it may also trigger changes in the pH level of their intestines which results in stomach problems like pain, bloating and gas.
Rabbits should only have one or two grapes a week. This is a safe limit for them. Besides if we feed the bunnies with fruits, they may ignore their normal diet that consists of hay and leafy vegetables.
Grapes seem moderately sweet to us but for rabbits it's very sweet, which might make it quite addicting for them. You should always feed your rabbits with hay, and then feed it with grapes as a treat only.
Benefits of Grapes for Bunnies
Grapes are loaded with many important nutrients such as Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Vitamin E, phosphorous and potassium that are really beneficial for rabbit health.
Grapes also contain antioxidants like polyphenols; the most well-known is resveratrol which helps prevent cancers and heart diseases.
You can buy seedless grapes for your bunny to prevent them from choking or remove the seeds after cutting.
Grapes have a low GI (Glycemic Index) which tells about the ranking of carbohydrates in food and how it affects blood sugar.
The low GI number of grapes makes them a healthy fruit option than high GI fruits such as watermelons, as rabbits have low sugar tolerance than humans.
To conclude…
Bunnies can have grapes in small amounts, like one or two grapes in a week. Grapes should only be given to them as a treat only because of its high sugar content.
Bunny's diet should be supplemented with hay, pellets and vegetables. This is considered a healthy diet for the rabbits.
Some of the benefits of grapes are that it is packed with many nutritious vitamins and minerals and has a low GI number while some of the cons are that it has high sugar content and calories.
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The Habeas Citebook: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel (2nd Edition)
The Habeas Citebook by Brandon Sample
Paperback, 275 pages. Written by Brandon Sample and Alissa Hull
Prison Legal News Publishing (2016). ISBN 978-0-_PHONE_-4-7
The Habeas Citebook: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel is a neatly-organized resource designed to assist litigants in advancing claims of ineffective assistance of counsel, the most common claim presented in post-conviction, habeas corpus proceedings. Citing cases from the United States Courts of Appeals and United States District Courts, both published and unpublished, The Habeas Citebook breaks down ineffective assistance of counsel cases into 40 categories. From cases describing lawyers failing to investigate a defense, to conflicts of interests and misadvise on appeal, The Habeas Citebook is an essential resource for those examining former counsel's performance, as well as for the formulation of well-supported claims of ineffective assistance.
The Habeas Citebook also contains extensive resource information for the prisoner putting together a habeas petition or other collateral attack on their conviction, including various rules and procedural codes in their entirety, sample briefs, and informed advice on procedural matters.
As one would expect from a text published by Prison Legal News, The Habeas Citebook is a quality, well-researched resource for both prisoners and attorneys alike.
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Pardons and Commutations of Sentences: The Complete Guidebook to Applying for Clemency
Paperback, 259 pages. Written by David L. Mathis and Brandon Sample, Esq.
Pardons and Commutations of Sentences by Brandon Sample
Prisology Press (2019). ISBN 978-_PHONE_
The President of the United States and the Governor of each state are empowered to grant pardons and commutations. A pardon can eliminate the collateral consequences of a conviction. A commutation can reduce the length of a sentence. In general, a pardon is sought after release from prison. A commutation, on the other hand, is used by prisoners to lessen their sentence. This easy-to-read guidebook is designed to assist individuals who want to apply for a pardon or commutation of sentence. The guidebook gives practical information about the process for applying for clemency, what to include in your petition, and provides answers about executive clemency in general. The guidebook is a "must have" for any individual who wants to navigate the complex process of applying for a pardon or commutation of sentence.
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How To Make It Stick – CPD Book for Language Teachers
An extraordinary book discussing the theory and practice of making learning stick. It's a very insightful book, albeit quite a long read!
Memory plays a key role in our ability to carry out complex cognitive tasks, such as applying knowledge to problems never before encountered and drawing inferences from facts already known. The book discusses new insights into how memory is encoded, consolidated, and later retrieved. Research shows that more complex and durable learning come from self-testing, introducing certain difficulties in practice, waiting to re-study new material until a little forgetting has set in, and interleaving the practice of one skill or topic with another which makes complete sense!
I recommend this book wholeheartedly, as it gives proven examples and how different methods can help to make the learning stick. Perfect for teachers and trainers.
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