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OLPC Friends/Australia's first deployment
Australia's first trial included 3 locations and connected up specialist teachers in urban Australia with children in rural and remote communities that needed specific education services including for literacy and behavioural issues. As such we believe this is the first trial in the world that has really connected up classrooms and people between remote locations, which we are really proud of! We are also looking at incorporating speech-to-text into the trial to assist hearing-impaired children in the classroom.
Below is the technical documentation and when we are able to make the further details public we will. This trial is being done in collaboration with both Government and Education partners and will be publicly announced in February 2009.
 Learning Activities
Although this is not a full list of the educational outcomes, as they are still being assessed and compiled, please find below a list of how the laptops are being used in the Australian classrooms of this trial. Please note these activities apply to all children ages in the trial, 6 - 12 years old:
- A diary activity - helps children with their spelling, grammar, creative writing and multimedia.
- Spelling and Literacy - helps with spelling, literacy and confidence.
- Making reports - great for students in their science and history lessons, for other general reports written by the children.
- Typing and Mouse skills - improving ICT literacy skills for the children.
 Videos with the teachers
Below are some videos of the teachers talking about how they are using the XOs in the classroom, and some of the benefits:
- Using the XO for spelling - great to expand the children's vocabularies.
- Making diaries with the XO - for general literacy benefits, spelling, creative writing and multimedia skills.
- Literacy benefits from the XO
- ICT skills gained from the XO
 Technical Documentation
Below is a breakdown of the general settings, and specialist configuration of the technologies used for this trial. If the technology was to be implemented in future schools, this documentation will greatly assist in creating consistency and rapid deployments, although more integration work would also simplify the process.
 Breakdown of services, software and hardware
Each school site plus the Specialist Centre have an XS (a "schoolserver") which is a normal PC with additional software, as well as a number of XO laptops. Below is a full breakdown of the software and hardware in this trial.
Teachers, counsellors and select children while onsite have access to XOs, main function is for teachers to connect with School 1 and School 2 children remotely
All 40 children in the K-6 primary school have laptops, as well as the teachers with 1 to 2 machines spare.
5 children from disadvantaged circumstances currently have XOs as well as several teachers. These children will communicate with the Specialist Centre teachers for special education.
The Education Agency have 5 machines for testing.
 Software XS (schoolserver)
Each schoolserver (XS) has the 0.4 version of the XS software as released by OLPC. Instructions for 0.4 general configuration can be found here _URL_ Below are the default software options turned on for this deployment as per the OLPC XS defaults:
- ejabberd – default setup, provides messaging between laptops, basis for collaboration services, and for remote site collaboration (by connecting a teacher at the Specialist Centre to the ejabberd service address of the supported child's school).
- Apache – serves basic page, ejabberd management (http://schoolserver:5280/admin) and the http://schoolserver/ds-restore webpages.
- DS-Backup – a tool to present the backed up journals from the laptops
- IDMGR – a tool to manage the registered users on the server
- DHCP – for the laptops only. A 172.18.x.x range which doesn't conflict with the network
- DNS – in this implementation DNS is set up with forwarders to the DNS server for each site
- SSHD – sshd is enabled on all schoolservers so they can be remotely logged into for maintenance, upgrades, troubleshooting and more
- SQUID – turned on by typing /etc/sysconfig/olpc-scripts/TURN_SQUID_ON
 Software XO (laptop)
Each laptop (XO) has the following software (including version details) for the final deployment:
- 8.2 OS image – specifically build 767 with firmware version Q2E18
- Chat-47 – Chat application – no limit on participants
- VideoChat-7 – for video chatting between laptops, locally or remotely
- Connect-21 – Connect Four – between two laptops
- Distance-13 – for measuring distance between two laptops (within hearing range)
- Maze-5 – Solve the maze and optionally play with friends
- Content applications
- WikiBrowse-9 – Mini wikipedia on the laptop for local use
- Browse-98 – A fast streamlined web and content browser for children
- Record-57 – For making video, audio or photos
- Firefox-6 – A more feature rich browser for older children
- Memorize-27 – card flipping game for memory and math. Create your own
- Help-8 – Provides comprehensive user documentation about how to use the XO
- License-4 – To learn about content licensing (basic) to encourage sharing
- Gnash - the Open Source free Flash player. Note: doesn't play swf files directly, although it plays them ** fine if they are embedded in an html page
- BlockParty-7 – Tetris
- Implode-5 – Getting rid of groups of balls
- JigsawPuzzle-3 – Solving Jigsaw puzzles, users can draw their own or use photos
- Simcity-4 – Just like the original
- Miscellaneous Tools
- Clock-2 – Digital or analog clock, you can also set an alarm
- Calculate-23 – Calculator – includes scientific options
- Read-51 – for reading PDF ebooks
- Ruler-2 – measuring devices including rulers, compass and other tools
- StopWatchActivity-1 – for timing
- Speak-9 – basic app that reads aloud what it is instructed
- Write-59 – basic application for individual or collaborative writing and tables
- Physics-0.2 – for playing with shapes and gravity
- x2o-5 – great extension to Physics, which sets specific challenges for students
- Measure-19 – For measuring sound waves, or anything plugged into the microphone which doubles as a basic voltage meter – great for science experiments
- Colors-3 – For drawing, and recording how to draw for sharing
- Paint-23 – Basic painting application
- CartoonBuilder-RC-1.7 – Basic animation tool for young children
- FlipSticks-RC-1.4 – For basic animation of a stick figure
- JokeMachine-8 – To build jokes and share with friends
- TamTamEdit-49 – Music editor
- TamTamJam-50 – Music player
- TamTamMini-48 – Music player
- TamTamSynthLab-50 – Music sound creator
- Development – games, animation, software
- Scratch-9 – Great drag and drop development of games, animation and more
- Pippy-26 – Python based development environment for children
- TurtleArt-10 – graphical logo – for creating art with turtle instructions
- Etoys-94 – animation and games development – for older children
- System tools
 Network diagrams
To be added (after implementation)
 Custom Configuration information
Below are all the changes made to the default 0.4 image for this deployment. These can easily be reimplemented with basic tweaks for future deployments using this image. It is recommended that deployments be kept up to date with the latest stable schoolserver releases of the XS from OLPC as new functionality is coming that will simplify and improve the schoolserver, particularly in the next version which is due out soon. Schoolservers can easily be upgraded from the command line
 DNS Forwarding
This implementation has internal DNS servers that we have to forward to.
- We added forwarders to the named-xs.conf at /etc/named-xs/
 DNS Resolution of Other Schoolservers
Because we had three sites that all needed to talk to each other (and the education specialists needed to connect to the jabber service on the schoolservers at each school) we had to manually add the DNS entries to the local zone on each server for the other two schoolservers.
 Static Network Addressing
We needed a static IP address for each server so we could confidently remotely ssh into the schoolservers.
- You do this by editing /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 (assuming that the network ethernet cable is plugged into the first network device). Then reboot the server for it to work and map everything correctly
 Proxy forwarding and authentication
Our sites have existing Proxy services that also require per user authentication (yes, even the 5 year olds have a username and password). This doesn't work with transparent proxying, so we did the following.
- We had to change the squid-xs.conf (note, not the squid.conf) file and added the following line:
cache_peer parent 8080 0 no-query no-digest login=PASS
Please note that transparent proxies (as this is set up by default) cannot do client-side authentication pass through, (the login=PASS bit doesn't work) so we had to:
Comment out the following line from squid-xs.conf:
_TAG_ 3128 transparent
Add http://schoolserver:3128 to all the clients Browse activity (via a config script that modified the js.all file) for them to get the authentication pop up.
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The John C. Phillips Memorial Medal recognizes outstanding service in international conservation and commemorates the life and work of Dr John C. Phillips, a pioneer of the conservation movement.
Born in 1876, Dr Phillips specialized in Medicine and Zoology and made significant contributions to science, particularly in taxonomy and genetics. He was vitally concerned with international cooperation for the conservation of nature being closely involved with developing the early wildlife treaties. In his memory his friends established a Memorial Medal and entrusted the awarding of this recognition to IUCN. The Medal has been presented at every General Assembly and Congress since 1963.
Distinguished recipients of the Award have included HRH The Prince of the Netherlands, Indira Gandhi, HM Sultan Qaboos Bin Said of Oman, Professor E. O. Wilson, Dr Luc Hoffmann (pictured on the right receiving his award from former IUCN President, Yolanda Kakabadse in 2004) and Dr José Aristeo Sarukhán Kermez, each of whom have contributed their vision, wisdom and perseverance to furthering the global conservation cause.
Sir David Attenborough was honoured with the John C. Phillips Memorial Medal at the 2012 IUCN World Conservation Congress. The prize was awarded by the IUCN Council, on the recommendation of an award jury consisting of five serving members of the IUCN Constituency Committee.
A British naturalist and broadcaster, Sir David has reached the masses with his captivating programmes on natural history, creating awareness of the natural world and its vulnerability, and, over the course of the last 50 years, inspiring generations to protect and conserve our planet.
"IUCN is an organisation of enormous importance for all of us who care about the natural world. There is no other international organization quite like it, none which is quite so scientifically based, none whose compliments I would value more highly", said Sir David in a video message to the IUCN Congress.

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Capital Investments – Improving Ontario's Schools
Since 2003, the Ontario government has invested $11.6 billion to make schools better places to learn. When students are in good learning environments, they can focus on learning and personal achievement.
Priority Capital Investments
In January 2013, the Ministry announced over $700 million in Capital Priority and FullDay Kindergarten funding to support school boards' Capital Priority projects needed in the next three years. These include building new schools and additions/retrofits to address enrolment growth, to support full-day kindergarten, to replace schools in poor condition and to support school consolidations.
A complete list of the 39 new schools and 48 additions/retrofits funded by this investment can be found here: New Schools and Additions
This funding is in addition to the more than $1 billion in new capital funding over three years that was announced in 2011-12. This included:
The government has provided just over $1.4 billion in capital funding since 2010 to support the full-day kindergarten (FDK) program. This funding is used by school boards to create the extra classrooms required to accommodate the program and to support the first-time equipping needs of new FDK classrooms. This funding supports the creation of close to 3,400 new kindergarten classrooms, in 3,675 schools, through additions and major retrofits.
FDK is scheduled to be fully implemented by September 2014.
Good Places to Learn
The Ontario government's Good Places to Learn program was launched in 2005 to address the backlog of urgent school renewal needs and the need for new schools around the province. Projects included building new schools and expanding and retrofitting existing school facilities. Highlights of this investment include:
As of fall 2012:
Greening Ontario's Schools
The government has provided $550 million to make schools more energy efficient, while supporting a stronger and greener economy. This Energy Efficient Schools investment included:
The government also invested $50 million for public school boards to reduce energy costs in schools by installing renewable energy technologies for heating or cooling schools or generating electricity. This investment is supporting 135 projects in 126 schools (PDF, 20 KB). The projects cover a range of renewable energy technologies, including:
These projects will help green the energy supply and help school boards save money on energy costs or earn revenue by selling electricity back to the grid. By reinvesting savings and revenue into local schools, boards will have more money to support student success. Solar panels and wind turbines can sell electricity back to the grid through the microFIT Program, an important part of the Green Energy Act.
In addition, the Green Schools Pilot Initiative invested $20 million in a variety of innovative green products and technologies in more than 150 Ontario schools. Learn more about these pilot projects across the province.


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objs <- splitBam(bamfile, tags=tags, outPath=outPath,
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2.4.6 Heatmap and coverage curve for nucleosome positions
By averaging the signal across all active TSSs, we should observe that nucleosome-free fragments are enriched at the TSSs, whereas the nucleosome-bound fragments should be enriched both upstream and downstream of the active TSSs and display characteristic phasing of upstream and downstream nucleosomes. Because ATAC-seq reads are concentrated at regions of open chromatin, users should see a strong nucleosome signal at the +1 nucleosome, but the signal decreases at the +2, +3 and +4 nucleosomes.
bamfiles <- file.path(outPath,
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cumulativePercentage(bamfiles[1:2], as(seqinfo(Hsapiens)["chr1"], "GRanges"))
TSS <- promoters(txs, upstream=0, downstream=1)
TSS <- unique(TSS)
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## splited/dinucleosome.bam splited/trinucleosome.bam
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NTILE <- 101
dws <- ups <- 1010
sigs <- enrichedFragments(gal=objs[c("NucleosomeFree",
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 downstream = dws)
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sigs.log2 <- lapply(sigs, function(.ele) log2(.ele+1))
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Queen Tarzi's legacy
We have all seen them: black and white pictures of 'liberated' Afghan women in miniskirts walking through the streets of Kabul. They challenge stereotypical depictions of women's oppression, and elicit a warm and nostalgic mirage of the old, 'free' Afghanistan. The western media might be familiar with these pictures, but for feminists in Afghanistan, one woman championed the battle for gender equality. Queen Soraya Tarzi is regarded by many Afghan women as the quintessential embodiment of Afghanistan's progressive golden age. She features upon the most important pages in Afghan history as the most prominent symbol of feminism, inspiring thousands of girls sixty years after her death.
Soraya Tarzi was born on November 24 of 1899 in Damascus, Syria. She was the daughter of the exiled Afghan intellectual Sardar Mahmud Tarzi. Habibullah Khan, the King of Afghanistan, issued a general pardon, and many exiled families returned to Kabul. The Tarzi family was one of them. Soraya Tarzi met Habibullah Khan's son Amanullah Khan and married him in 1913. Habibullah succeeded his father as King of Afghanistan in 1926. Soraya had studied in Syria and had received an honorary degree from Oxford University. She had liberal values; gender equality was a priority within her reform agenda, and so she accompanied the king in official visits and cabinet meetings, even travelling to conflict zones with him. During her official visits to Europe, she stunned many politicians with her intelligence and skills in marksmanship.
Queen Soraya shone like a star. In an era in which the Mullahs had banned photography – claiming that if a person took a picture for their passport, then a death would follow – Soraya was often photographed in black and white, wearing western cocktail gowns, luxurious fur coats and oversized, flattering hats. Her fashion taste was characterised by an eclectic mixture of western and traditional styles which even inspires women three generations later. One is Manizha Nabizada, founder of the lashes empire QueenTarzi®, a brand used by many beauty bloggers, vloggers and make-up artists. 'Queen Tarzi lashes represent royal, powerful and compassionate women with a mission. Just like Soraya,' she explains.
'Queen with a mission' describes Soraya well. Her life wasn't limited to the glamour and glitter of the Royal Palace. Progressive for her time, she spearheaded a turbulent feminist revolution. Described as a warrior princess, Soraya's courage was featured in the illustrated cartoon book Rejected Princesses by Jason Porath. Alongside her role as Queen of Afghanistan, she was also Minister of Education in a period when women couldn't vote in most parts of Europe. She worked to obtain women's rights to vote, run for office and to participate in nation building. Due to her efforts, women were granted voting rights when Afghanistan implemented universal suffrage. Queen Soraya also founded the first women's hospital and girl's school, and arranged for women to access higher education abroad.
Not everyone appreciated the reforms she introduced. The religious right had serious concerns about the rapidity of Westernisation, and the catalysing role of the Queen in this process. Their main concerns were co-education and suffrage. When the Queen whipped off her veil, and many socialites followed her example, the opposition grew. Her bold attempts towards social reforms were considered radical and anti-Islamic by many religious clerics. She was accused of blasphemy. The kingdom was toppled by a coup. Short thereafter Soraya and her husband left the country for Italy.
Feminism in Afghanistan stalled until the early '60s when a wave of feminists revisited her 1920s values. 'No doubt Queen Soraya had a huge impact on the education and emancipation of Afghan women. We continued her legacy years after her exile,' says Amilia Spartak, a prominent and outspoken pioneering feminist. who has spent more than 40 years in this field. 'The foundations of the second generation of feminism in Afghanistan were built in 1965 by Dr. Anahita Ratebzad. Anahita was Afghanistan's first medical doctor, first female MP and Ambassador, and later on she made history by becoming the first female Prime Minister of Afghanistan. She was the founder of the Democratic Association of Women of Afghanistan, and also a Tarzi by descent. Our generation fought against forced hijab and gendered inequalities, yet the golden era of our triumph is often ignored due to political marginalisation.'
Even though the progress of women's rights was halted during the civil war of the 1990s once again, Soraya's struggle was continued by the following generations. Other women were inspired by Soraya. Tahmina Arian is one. She wrote a book called 'Veil is not my Culture' and faced the same accusations that our queen did in the early 1920s. Despite the threats upon her life, Tahmina is determined to continue her fight against forced hijab. She told me: 'As a child, I attended many family parties where I discovered that women in Afghanistan live in a very restricted world. Gatherings, and conversations between Afghan women always raised strange questions in me. I had read about the tradition of slavery. Sometimes I imagine this is the actual life of Afghan women. Forced hijab is important part of this.'
A hard journey is ahead, but a new generation of Sorayas have blossomed. They represent our hope to protect her legacy – and lead Afghanistan to a more prosperous future.

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Each employee is expected to make an important contribution to the University. A formal performance review is conducted annually to discuss training and professional development needs and interests, to set goals for the coming year that support organizational goals, and to review job performance during the preceding twelve months. Newly hired employees will also receive a performance review within the first 90 days of their employment.
The performance of an employee is reviewed at least annually. To help departments with this process, Human Resources has developed an online performance review and goal setting form.
The electronic performance review form is maintained in the employee's portfolio and may be accessed any time.
The review form is often used as a tool for discussion. Topics for discussion should be both general and specific. Suggested topics include:
- Performance of core position responsibilities;
- Goals for current position;
- Individual strengths;
- Development and training needs;
- Setting and accomplishing departmental priorities; and
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Side 5 Loum was a space colony cluster located in front of the moon at Lagrangian Point L4 that belonged to the Earth Federation.
The cluster shared the Lagrangian Point with Side 2.
Side 5 was a colony cluster at Lagrangian Point L4. It witnessed the Battle of Loum that saw massive damage to the colonies, vessels and mobile suits. The resulting debris formed a shoal zone around the region.
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 - Industrial 7
 - Watohoat
The Texas colony was privately owned by the Yashima Group, led by Shu Yashima. It was the only remaining colony after the Battle of Loum. It was designed for agricultural purposes but the reflector mirrors malfunctioned due to the battle and the colony was abandoned.
Industrial 7
Industrial 7 was a closed-type colony owned by Anaheim Electronics. Half of the two million population on the colony were Anaheim staff and their families. The factory and harbour segments faced the Earth while the colony builder unit Rokuro faced the moon.
Side 5 was one of the first places to be attacked by the Principality of Zeon at the start of the One Year War.
Operation British
After Zeon forces successfully executed Operation British by dropping Side 2 Colony 8 Island Iffish on Earth, Zeon forces attempted to seize colony Watohoat from Side 5 to drop on the Earth Federation capital Lhasa.
Federation General Revil's 1st Combined Fleet intercepted the Zeon Space Attack Force commanded by Dolze Zabi. Both sides engaged in indiscriminate use of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons to bring a quick end to the war. Watohoat was completely destroyed.
Battle of Loum
The Battle of Loum caused the deaths of 3 billion people in the first week of war from 3 January to 10 January, later known as the One Week Battle.
Debris of colonies, vessels, and mobile suits from the battle led to the formation of a shoal zone around Side 5.
In UC 0090, a battle between anti-Federation group Colorde and the Federation's Arahas force broke out in the Texas colony.
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In contrast to known Raman-thermometric measurements of thermal conductivity (k) of suspended Si nano-membranes, here we apply Raman thermometry for k measurement of monoand nano-crystalline Si films on quartz, which is important for applications in thermoelectricity and nanoelectronics. Experimentally, we measure linear dependence of the laser-induced Raman band downshift, which is proportional to the moderate heating ΔT, on the laser power P. Then we convert the downshift to ΔT and determine the ratio ΔT/P. The actual power absorbed by the film is calculated theoretically and controlled experimentally by the reflection/transmission measurement. Then we calculate ΔTcalc/P for arbitrary film k assuming diffusive phonon transport (DPT). Film k is determined from the condition ΔT/P = ΔTcalc/P. We show that this method works well for films with thickness h > Λ where Λ is phonon-mean-free path, even for low-k films like nano-crystalline Si and SiGe. For h < Λ despite ballistic phonon transport contribution, this approach works when the in-plane DPT dominates, e.g. in Si films on quartz with h ≥ 60 nm. We also show that the influence of thermal boundary resistance on the determined k is negligible at this condition. The proposed method is simple and time efficient, as dozen of films can be examined in one hour.
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|Journal||International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer|
|Publication status||Published - 1 Aug 2018|
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Delbert carves primarily from Pillar (black) slate, Zia alabaster, also called "white buffalo turquoise," and catlinite (or "pipestone"). Pipestone, used for ceremonial smoking pipes, and representing the blood of the ancestors, is particularly sacred to the plains tribes,
Delbert use a specific carving ritual to invest his fetishes with the spirit and power of the stone. He starts by washing with sweet grass and offering prayers to the Creator, the ancestors and the stone people. He gives an offering of tobacco or other substance to Mother
Earth, thanking her for the precious minerals.
People ask how Delbert decides what animal to carve. His answer is typical of that given by most sculptors. The stone tells them what animal spirit is inside. But, for Delbert, the process is much deeper. Animal spirit is not just the evidence of the animal's presence. It is the animal itself, with all the power and support the animal can bring to the fetish owner.
He starts each carving by "blocking" the stone, removing its outer layer. Once that is done, the carving is placed in water, with a request to the water that it bless the stone. The surface of the stone fetish is smoothed and polished while it is underwater. This encourages the positive energy of the water to enter and be absorbed by the stone. When the smoothing is completed, the carving is held up to the Sun, with the request that the Sunboy drink water from the stone and bless the emerging fetish.
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text: you can use to convert from km 2 to mi 2. We have 2 Miele KM 552 manuals available for free PDF download: Operating And Installation Manual, Operating And Installation Instructions. Important kilometers to miles conversions are given below: 90 miles ÷ 5 = 18. Emily Dickinson. L = 1440 mm. Turned the miles number into four fifths and then doubled it to make eight fifths, or the reverse of five eighths. C program to convert Kilometer to Miles Convert Kilometers to Miles. From. The international mile is precisely equal to 1.609344 km (which is 25146 ⁄ … 72 x 2 = 144 kilometers. Oscar Wilde. 1 km = (1/1.609344) mi = 0.62137119 mi How far is 1 kilometer in miles? i am newbie and am trying to solve this function question in python: This function converts miles to kilometers (km). In the formula, "y" is the original unit of measurement, "x" is the quantity of that unit, and "z" is the unit of measurement you want to convert to. The conversion factor from kilometers to miles is 0.62137119223733, which means that 1 kilometer is equal to 0.62137119223733 miles: 1 km = 0.62137119223733 mi. Definition of mile. Miles To KM | How to convert miles to kilometers. Cooking … A mile is a unit of distance equal to 5,280 feet or exactly 1.609344 kilometers. A kilometer (abbreviation km), a unit of length, is a common measure of distance equal to 1000 meters and is equivalent to 0.621371192 mile or 3280._PHONE_ feet. The international mile is precisely equal to 1.609344 km (which is 25146 ⁄ … The following Java … The conversion formula plays an important role in writing the program. Python Program to Convert Kilometers to Meters. Python Program to Convert Kilometers to millimeter. = 24.86 Miles: 60 km = 37.29 Miles: 1000 km = 621.5 Miles Use username: Guest, Anonymous, Programmer. Definition: A mile (symbol: mi or m) is a unit of length in the imperial and US customary systems of measurement.It is currently defined as 5,280 feet, 1,760 yards, or exactly 1,609.344 meters. Square Kilometers to Square Miles Conversion Chart. Simply use our calculator above, or apply the formula to change the length 1 mi to km. It's easy to convert kilometers to miles or miles to kilometers in Python. In this case we should multiply 100 Kilometers/Hour by 0.62137119223783 to get the equivalent result in Miles/Hour: Sometimes fractions are easier than decimals. Mile. It is commonly used to measure the distance between places in the United States and United Kingdom. Use an old trick to do the calculation. Definition of Kilometer. For example, if you want to convert 6 km into miles, then you have to divide 6 by 1.609344. i.e 6 / 1.609344 = 3.728227 miles.. Here, the kilometers variable is used to store the kilometer value from the user. To. Km. 2. A kilometer, or kilometre, is a unit of length equal to 1,000 meters, or about 0.621 miles. Enter value in kilometers: 2.2 2.2 kilometers is equal to 1.3670162000000001 miles. km to mi mi to km; 1km = 0.62 miles: 1 miles = 1.61km: 2km = 1.24 miles: 2 miles = 3.22km: 3km = 1.86 miles: 3 miles = 4.83km: 4km = 2.49 miles: 4 miles = … Conversion Table. To calculate 100 Kilometers/Hour to the corresponding value in Miles/Hour, multiply the quantity in Kilometers/Hour by 0.62137119223783 (conversion factor). Definition: A kilometer (symbol: km) is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI).One kilometer is equivalent to 0.6214 miles. Use this page to learn how to convert between miles and kilometres. Guide to the Appliance. This is a web form that converts Kilometres (km) into Miles (mi) and vice versa. Complete the function by having it return the result, then call the function to convert 55 miles, and print "The distance in kilometers is " with the result of the function. Since 1 kilometer is equal to 0.621371 miles, we can get the equivalent miles by multiplying kilometers with this factor. Distance Unit: is the unit of distance, you can choose kilometers, miles or meters. A kilometer (abbreviation km), a unit of length, is a common measure of distance equal to 1000 meters and is equivalent to 0.621371192 mile or 3280._PHONE_ feet. Kilometers (km): is the unit of length equal to 1000 meters or 0.62137 miles. A kilometer (km) is a decimal multiple of the meter, The international standard unit of length, approximately equivalent to 39.37 inches. The definition of a mile as 5,280 feet (or 8 furlongs), sometimes referred to as the statute mile, international mile, or land mile, which differs from the Roman mile of 5,000 feet, developed due to the importance of the furlong in England, back in 1593. In most of the world, it is the most common unit for measuring distance between places. 1 miles equal 1.609344 kilometers (1mi = 1.609344km). Approximation only.


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Unit of Study NATM6005 - Integrative Mental Health (2023)
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Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
reflect on mental health care systems in Australia and internationally
apply psychiatric aetiology and classification to integrative management of mental health conditions
critically describe the integrative approaches to mental health
recognise role of the therapeutic relationship in mental health and mental health emergencies
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Readings and resources are provided for each module in this unit. See MySCU for details.
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If the sqlite3_vtab_nochange(X) routine is called within the xColumn method of a virtual table, then it might return true if the column is being fetched as part of an UPDATE operation during which the column value will not change. The virtual table implementation can use this hint as permission to substitute a return value that is less expensive to compute and that the corresponding xUpdate method understands as a "no-change" value.
If the xColumn method calls sqlite3_vtab_nochange() and finds that the column is not changed by the UPDATE statement, then the xColumn method can optionally return without setting a result, without calling any of the sqlite3_result_xxxxx() interfaces. In that case, sqlite3_value_nochange(X) will return true for the same column in the xUpdate method.
The sqlite3_vtab_nochange() routine is an optimization. Virtual table implementations should continue to give a correct answer even if the sqlite3_vtab_nochange() interface were to always return false. In the current implementation, the sqlite3_vtab_nochange() interface does always returns false for the enhanced UPDATE FROM statement.
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Why the name: Dar es Salaam?
Dar es Salaam
Dar es Salaam
I always thought that the name of the Tanzanian city Dar es Salaam had something to do with peace, since it made me think of the Arabic greeting As-salamu alaykum which means peace be upon you. Great was my joy when I found out that it was indeed true. Dar es Salaam means 'the abode of peace' or 'the house of peace.'
Flag of Tanzania
Flag of Tanzania
Formerly Mzizima or 'the healthy town' in Kiswahili, Dar es Salaam is Tanzania's largest and richest city today. It is a regional important economic center. In the 19th century, it was a coastal fishing village on the periphery of the Indian ocean trade routes. In 1865, Sultan Majid bin Said of Zanzibar began building a city near Mzizima, and named it Dar es Salaam or harbor/haven of peace with Dar in Arabic meaning house, and es salaam meaning peace. Dar es Salaam fell into decline after Sultan Majid's death in 1870, but was revived in 1887 when the German East Africa Company established a station there. The town's growth was facilitated by its role as the administrative and commercial centre of German East Africa and industrial expansion resulting from the construction of the Central Railway Line in the early 1900s.
Map of Tanzania
Map of Tanzania
As Germany lost World War I, German East Africa was captured by the British and from then on was referred to as Tanganyika. Dar es Salaam was retained as the territory's administrative and commercial centre. Under British indirect rule, separate European (e.g., Oyster Bay) and African (e.g., Kariakoo and Ilala) areas developed at a distance from the city center. The town's population also included a large number of south Asians. After World War II, Dar es Salaam experienced a period of rapid growth including political development with the formation of the Tanganyika African National Union or TANU which will lead Tanganyika to independence from British rule in 1961.
Dar es Salaam, once the capital of Tanzania, lost its status of capital city to Dodoma in 1974. Please enjoy the singer Momba who sings Dar es Salaam, and feel at peace in this haven.
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22% of British Adults Unaware Bacon Comes From a Pig, Surveys Suggest
According to several surveys, at least 22% of the British public are unaware of the fact that bacon comes from a pig.
Over the past decade, studies have been reported by several media sites which reveal some concerning statistics about the British public's knowledge of where food comes from.
According to a DJS report, the Linking Environment and Farming (LEAF) organisation found that one in five children were unaware that bacon comes from pigs, and one in twenty children thought that cheese came from pigs and not cows. Similarly, in 2007, the BBC reported that 22% of British adults were unaware of the origin of bacon.
Earlier this year the Daily Mail discussed a survey conducted by Panasonic which claimed that one in five children were also unaware that eggs came from chickens. Metro reported this same figure.
The findings show a worrying disconnect between our food and where it comes from. With health problems on the rise in western countries, knowing the origin of food could play a vital role in the British public making an informed decision about what they put on their plates.
The survey conducted by Panasonic showed that children living in cities were less likely to know where their food came from than those living in the country.
The question that remains is if the British public knew where their food came from, would they still eat it? Current trends suggest that perhaps they would not.
There is an increasing number of reports detailing farmers' decisions to give their animals to sanctuaries and go vegan. Prominent figures Lucy and Tiffany Watson both grew up on a farm and it was their love of animals from a young age that convinced them to go vegetarian and eventually vegan.
In addition to this, the vegan movement in Britain has gained momentum in the past few years, with many more chains and independents choosing to offer vegan options. Recently it was suggested that veganism is becoming more accepted in Britain in general and it has certainly received a great deal of good press even being praised in a Guardian editorial.
Given the current health epidemic in the UK, it is likely that nutrition and how our food is made will become a prominent issue in terms of educating the next generation. Perhaps in years to come, the statistics surrounding the UK's knowledge of food will not look so troubling.


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Mar 28, 2012 / ENERGY GLOBE Award
Project presentation - "Onshore power supply"
The Port of Gothenburg was one of the first ports in the world to offer onshore power supply with high voltage to commercial vessels (year 2000), a technology that reduces local air pollutants, greenhouse gas emissions and noise to a minimum when using environmentally labeled energy.
In total, one in every three vessels that calls at the Port of Gothenburg can now turn off its diesel engines at the quayside and use onshore power supply instead.
The power is supplied by environmentally labeled electricity like wind power. Today the Port is involved in several global collaborative networks for example World Ports Climate Initiative and Clean North Sea Shipping, which are aimed at spreading this technology to other ports around the world.
One result has been the development of the website: _URL_.


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the little known jewish influence on the art of funerary violin
Over the past couple of years as I have toured Britain and America giving talks on the history of Funerary Violin I have been asked with surprising regularity if there is any major Jewish influence upon the tradition. Whether this is due to the nature of the audiences that attend my lectures, or perhaps to the superficial notion that Jewish violin music is filled with tragedy and therefore in some ways similar to the Funerary genre I cannot say, but the question is more interesting than one would expect. For, although Funerary Violin itself is profoundly steeped in European Christian Funerary practices, it has, from its very beginnings, been associated with certain notable Jewish musicians, albeit somewhat from the sidelines, without whom it probably would not have evolved into the noble Art practiced by the great masters of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Indeed, were it not for the unquestioned reputation of Jewish musicians during the 16th century, a time when professional musicians were almost exclusively either of Jewish or Gypsy origin, it is doubtful whether the tradition would have begun at all, for it is now thought that it was they who unintentionally provided George Babcotte, founder of the Guild of Funerary Violinists, with his violin, an instrument previously unknown in England.
How George Babcotte came upon his violin was for many years one of the great mysteries of the Funerary Violin tradition, however recent scholarship has finally revealed what can at least be considered a most likely scenario. In 1540 Thomas Cromwell was sent to Italy by King Henry VIII with orders to employ a troop of high quality musicians with the intention of improving the standards of music in his court for his impending marriage to Anne of Cleves. Cromwell returned with six Jewish musicians, Alexander, Ambrose and Romano of Milan, Albert and Vincenzo of Venice and Juan Maria of Cremona, who are listed as being "performers on the viol and violin" making them the very first violinists in England. However, it was illegal to practice Judaism in England at the time and the unfortunate musicians were arrested two years later. Privy Council records dated 4th February 1542 record their apprehension by Phillip Hobbin, Sir Edward Kerne and Dr. Peter and Parish records indicate that Joseph Babcotte, George Babcotte's father, was head jailer, and later sheriff to Sir Edward Kerne, and is known to have accompanied his master to conduct the arrests. The inventory of the goods of the individuals involved is also listed; this included 6 viols (of various sizes), 2 violins, 2 violas and a violoncello. It is worth noting that this uneven number of instruments, six viols yet only 5 members of the violin family, was not questioned at the time, but clearly suggests that an instrument may have gone missing. The first known account of George Babcotte "performyng on the vyolyn" is in 1566 in George Gascoigne's play Supposes, at a "carnival" at Gray's Inn, and as there were still very few violins in England, each accounted for, and belonging to the musicians of Queen Mary's court (such an instrument would cost a princely sum (around the yearly salary of 4 serving maids and a cook)), it is a logical conclusion that this was the same instrument that was missing from the 1542 inventory.
Very little is known about specific Funerary Violinists during the following 100 years, largely due to the not inconsiderable social chaos created by the various wars across Europe during the 17th century. And indeed the essentially religious nature of funerary practice meant that the very notion of a Jewish Funerary Violinist was at best unlikely, if not an outright impossibility. By the 18th century a professional class of musicians had evolved amongst the non-Jewish people of Europe and, as a result, many Jewish musicians would hide their religious background, making it all the more difficult to track any Jewish influence upon the Art. However, in 1983 a large box of papers was discovered hidden inside a tomb in the soon to be demolished ruins of a church in Hildesheim, Germany. Now known as the Hildesheim Trunk, its contents included a hand-written Testament by Herr Hieronymous Gratchenfleiss, probably the greatest and most important of all Funerary Violinists, in which he makes passing mention of his early years, and specifically a Jewish violin teacher:
…after much begging and pestering, my father, who, though stern, was not an ungenerous man, finally agreed to send me for lessons. We were not rich, and could not afford the fees charged by Schweitzer, Wolfsburg's violin maestro, but it seems my father had connections in the Jewish Quarter and, if my memory serves, had struck a deal exchanging my lessons for his own occasional services as a carpenter. And so it was that twice a week I made the trip across town to visit Blumenthal, an elderly and somewhat severe gentleman with a long beard, usually encrusted with the remnants from past meals. He was not a great violinist, and I recall his tone was weak by comparison with the wondrous sound that had so inspired me on hearing Kurfürstentrauerviolinistenmeister Schinker a year earlier, but his soul was truly musical, and even today I can hear the solemn tragedy of his playing as I look back upon my youth…were it not for his many severe strictures and particularly his overwhelming concern for melancholic phrasing I may not have set out upon the path which has led me where I am today… [translated from the original German]
Herr Gratchenfleiss was to become the unquestioned grand master of the art, rising to the position of Kurfürstentrauerviolinistenmeister in 1782, and his musical and spiritual vision was to expand the very concept of Funerary Violin from its earlier ritualised form into the rich and varied genre of the early 19th century. Therefore, if his comment about Blumenthal is to be taken at face value it can be said that once again the Jewish influence, though only occasional, was indeed pivotal in the evolution of Funerary Violin.
It is impossible to know how many, if any, Funerary Violinists were amongst the numbers of converted Jews or Jews who hid their Jewish identity, as records do not reveal such information, and, as has been stated, the notion of a openly practising Jewish Funerary Violinist is unlikely, however there is one known exception to prove the rule. Josef Nussbaum, a Viennese Jewish Funerary Violinist who went by the professional name of Adolf Nuß, presumably to disguise his Jewish background, was born in 1782. He first appears on record as a Funerary Violinist in 1806, as having played at the funeral of Karl Kreisky, a notable Viennese cabinetmaker. Although very little is known about his life, a number of his works have survived, and it is these that clearly demonstrate not only that he was Jewish, but that he was interested in bringing the Art of Funerary Violin into Jewish funerary practice, a somewhat misbegotten notion given the overtly stoical nature of Jewish funerals to this day. In 1819 a selection of his pieces was published by the Viennese music publisher Carlo Artaria entitled Jüdische Beerdigungbegleitungsmusik / Shtikelach tsu oysshpiln bay Yiddishe Levayes (Works for Performance at Jewish Funerals) with a preface written both in German and in Yiddish. What sets these works apart from other Funerary Suites of the period is their self-consciously Jewish narratives, which frequently refer to passages from the Torah. Amongst them is a set of two suites now known as the Plague Suites. These follow, to a large extent, the then popular pattern of the seven movement Funerary Suite, (3 marches, Dream, Flight, Panic and Eulogy) however in this case each of the inner movements is subtitled with a passage from the Torah depicting one of the plagues sent down by God upon Egypt. Only two copies of this book are known to exist today, both in the hands of private collectors, however in 1962 an original hand-written manuscript of the second Plague Suite was purchased at auction by the Guild of Funerary Violinists, and is soon to be published in its collection The Art of Funerary Violin.
By 1840 the venerable tradition of Funerary Violin was falling into decline, partly due to changes in funerary practice across Europe, and partly due to the persecution of its practitioners and repression of the form by the Catholic Church, now known as the Great Funerary Purges. Had it continued into the age of emancipation we may have seen a far greater and more open Jewish influence upon the tradition, but of course that is mere speculation. What is clear, however, is that despite the overwhelmingly Christian nature of the form it would not have evolved as it did without the occasional influence of Jewish musicians.


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Size-dependent vibration of bi-directional functionally graded microbeams with arbitrary boundary conditions
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© 2017 Elsevier Ltd In this paper, the free vibration behaviour of bi-dimensional functionally graded (BDFG) microbeams under arbitrary boundary conditions (BCs) is studied. Based on the frame work of the modified couple stress theory and Hamilton's principle, governing equations of motion are developed for the BDFG microbeams using a quasi-3D theory. The formula then can be reduced to a higher-order beam theory (HOBT) of conventional functionally graded (FG) microbeams with the material properties varying along the thickness direction only. Two types of BDFG microbeams with different patterns of material volume distribution are considered. The material properties used in this study are assumed to vary exponentially along both longitudinal and thickness directions of microbeams. Based on the state-space concept, the governing equations are solved for natural frequencies and vibration mode shapes of microbeams under various BCs. The effects of material distribution, geometric parameters and BCs are also investigated to examine the size-dependent behaviour of BDFG microbeams.
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Wristwatch gives remote control of computer
October 10, 2001 | Source: New Scientist
A new high-tech watchstrap that gives its wearer remote control over a wearable computer has been demonstrated in Switzerland.The GestureWrist, developed by Jun Rekimoto of Sony's Computer Science Laboratory in Tokyo, Japan, uses sensors embedded into a normal watch strap. These track a wearer's arm movements and the opening and closing their hand, relaying this information to a computer kept somewhere on their person.
GestureWrist uses a tilt sensor beneath the wrist watch to measure directional movement and acceleration and "capacitance sensing" to detect different hand shapes, such as open and closed.


CPU Case fan: What is Positive, Neutral, and Negative Pressure?
The Cooling system in your PC depends on a lot of configurations. Such as Case configurations, Fan layout, and the Type of Pressure inside the case. Out of these, the most important is the Pressure because it can change the effects you can have on your PC.
So here we are going to talk about the Positive Pressure, Neutral Pressure, and Negative Pressure and what it does means for your Cooling System?
The very first you get when you are trying to build a PC is the Case or Cabinet or Chassis or whatever you call it. The case serves multiple purposes:
1. It houses all of your other computer parts.
2. It creates a cooling environment.
So by creating a cooling environment, the case gives you full control over the AirFlow.
Do you know? The Radiator and Processor is not the only component which is needed to be, but there are a lot of other elements which requires the AirFlow for the Transfer of heat.
The Question Arises here is how does the system get heats up?
It because of the Radiation, where the heat from the components gets radiated into the Atmosphere which is needed to remove from your Case.
What is Positive, Neutral, and Negative Pressure?
Positive Pressure
Positive Pressure means you have more intake of air than the air which exhausts. Or in Simple Words, you have more air entering the case than the air which is going out. Now when there is more air in the Cooling environment, how does it get out? The air moves out via the vents in the bottom of the vents on the back and top, vents where you have the slots or other holes in your Case and so on. Positive pressure only removes specks of dust from the system when the vents you have contains a dust filter.
Neutral Pressure
As you guys might have already guessed, Neutral Pressure means you have the Same amount of Air intake and the same amount of Air exhaust. This effect neither creates Positive Pressure nor Negative pressure as the Air which is entering the case is the same as the Air which goes out of the fact.
Negative Pressure
In the case of Negative Pressure, More amount of Air gets exhausted than the Air intake. So when you remove more air out than the Air which comes in the case, the air vents in your case becomes intake and comes in through the same vents, gaps, and holes just like Positive Pressure. Why? Because it has to draw air from somewhere in other to exhaust it.
Why do we care about these things?
There are specific reasons like:
1. Temperature Control
2. Dust Control
If you can manage more cool air entering the case, then you will have the much better cooling environment. Dust Control is also an important thing one should care about when it comes to Positive and Negative pressure.
Creating a positive pressure has certain advantages, it provides a much better cooling environment, and it keeps your vents as out-take and helps you reduce dusts in your computer because that's where most of the sand enters your cooling environment.
You can have Positive pressure in your case by having a CPU Case fan with Higher RPM (Rotation per minute) in the front than the back. So you have more Air in and less air Out.
On the other hand, Negative pressure makes the system pulls more air from the side and creates more restrictions it also sucks in more dust in and might block the fans and decrease the cooling ability of your system.
So Positive Pressure is something you should go for because neutral pressure is tough to achieve these days.
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Visual Expert for PowerBuilder allows you to find dynamic calls to DataWindows.
The "Dynamic DW" feature helps to find which DataWindow controls change their DataObject at runtime.
How to Find Dynamic Calls to DataWindows:
- Select "DataWindows" in the Main View.
- Click the "Dynamic DW" macro in the navigation bar.
- The result displayed, is divided into two parts:
- DataObjects called dynamically
- Methods calling DataObjects dynamically
Analyze DataObjects called dynamically:
- Select a DataWindow and click on 'Impact Analysis' in the navigation bar:
the methods calling this object are listed.
- Select a method: Its code is displayed and references to the DataObject are highlighted
- Mouse over the highlighted reference to display a tooltip which indicates where the DataObject is located.
- You can also navigate back to the highlighted DataWindow by clicking on its name as shown below:
Analyze Methods dynamically calling DataObjects:
- Select a method in the treeview: Its code is displayed and references to the DataObject are highlighted.
- Mouse over a reference: A tooltip shows some details about the DataObject.


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The Integrated Use of Audio Diaries, Photography, and Interviews in Research with Disabled Young Men
In this article we provide a critical reflection on the integrated use of solicited audio diaries, photography, and interviews in a study with disabled young men transitioning to adulthood. In the study, we developed a methodological approach for illuminating the intersectionality of gender, disability, and generation (life stage) identities. Drawing from a critical Bourdieusian perspective, we suggest that rather than producing single or "true" accounts, the combination of methods can be used to elucidate how participants establish, maintain, and reform their identities in everyday practices. Furthermore, we discuss how participants' acts of data creation are analyzable events in themselves, wherein participants do work to establish, maintain, and reform their identities. We conclude with some lessons learned and future directions.


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Spending quality time with your child is important for many reasons. Whether a newborn or a preschooler, your child wants to spend time with you – he needs you.
You already know your child wants to spend time with you – and you with her. But with today's hectic schedules and busy lives, how much time is considered enough?
Although there is no magic number of minutes you should spend with your child each day, it is important to know that it's not the quantity of time together but rather the quality of time together. Spending 15 minutes reading a book with your baby snuggled in your lap, asking questions, and acting out the characters is better than being in the same room with your baby for an hour while your baby plays and you smile at her every so often. So, if you worry that you're not spending enough time with your child, remember to make the moments you do have together count by being present and engaged with your little one.
By engaging in conversation on the way to preschool or singing a song before bed, you're already having wonderful moments with your child. Keep it up – and know that those quality moments add up to a lot.
Parent Tip: When you are with your child, put your phone and other electronic devices away – not just down, but out of sight. This will enable you to be more present with your child.


Welcome to your Indian Space Missions
1. What is the full form of ASLV?
2. Which is India's first experimental satellite launch vehicle?
3. Which type of fuel is used by GSLV in its operations?
4. When The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) was set up?
5. Where is the Headquarter of ISRO?
6. Which of the following is NOT true about Indian space research?
7. IRNSS is a ……………..
8. Who was the india's first man/women in the space?
9. Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), SHAR is situated at…….
10. What was the Chandrayan I……..


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Gan Cao can treat diabetes
A new German study has found that liquorice root may contain anti-diabetic properties.
In addition to having anti-inflammatory properties, substances called amorfrutins from the plant's root were found to reduce blood sugar levels in mice.
Furthermore, the study, published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences this week, found the substance helped prevent the mice from developing a fatty liver and improved insulin resistance, leading scientists to suggest that liquorice root could be used in the treatment of complex metabolic disorders.
In their study, the amorfrutins worked by activating various genes that reduced the plasma concentration of certain fatty acids and glucose, researchers said. The reduced glucose level, in turn, prevented the development of insulin resistance.
But before you go tucking into a bag of black liquorice candy, scientists point out that the concentration of amorfrutins is too low to be effective in sweets or tea.
Extracting the nutrients in large concentrations, however, could be used on an industrial scale, they say.
Earlier this year, another study published in the Journal of Natural Products found that two substances in liquorice were able to kill the major bacteria responsible for tooth decay and gum disease.
In traditional Chinese herbal medicine, liquorice root has also been used extensively to treat everything from respiratory to digestive problems.
Meanwhile, last year the US Food and Drug Administration issued a warning to adults over the age of 40 to limit their consumption of black liquorice, which has been shown to cause irregular heart rhythms or arrhythmia.


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Swagger Codegen for Eiffel
What's Swagger RESTful API Documentation Specification?
The Swagger specification (lately renamed as OpenAPI Specification) offers a language-agnostic approach for describing RESTful APIs.
In a few words it provides:
 - API Design: A simple and powerful representation for your APIs.
 - API Consumer: An automated way to generate API clients for third-party RESTful APIs using Swagger specification.
 - API Producer: An automated way to generate server stubs from an API specification.
What's Swagger code generator?
It's an Open-source project which allows generation of API client libraries (SDK generation), server stubs and documentation automatically given an OpenAPI Spec.At the moment we only have support for API client code generator.
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First, check the following document to get started with Swagger code generator.
Generating Client Side Code
One of the main advantages of Swagger code generator to wrap API clients is that it reduces the time to write glue code and API documentation. Swagger code generator enables us to automate this process using a language agnostic approach.
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To generate a client API in Eiffel, the command line tool swagger-codegen is used as follows: Here we will describe the options we are using to run the command.
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Tuesday, November 21, 2017
"Making Ballet American"
New from Oxford University Press: Making Ballet American: Modernism Before and Beyond Balanchine by Andrea Harris.
About the book, from the publisher:
George Balanchine's arrival in the United States in 1933, it is widely thought, changed the course of ballet history by creating a bold neoclassical style that is celebrated as the first American manifestation of the art form. In Making Ballet American, author Andrea Harris challenges this narrative by revealing the complex social, cultural, and political forces that actually shaped the construction of American neoclassical ballet. Situating American ballet within a larger context of modernisms, the book examines critical efforts to craft new, modernist ideas about the relevance of classical dancing for American society and democracy. Through cultural and choreographic analysis, it illustrates the evolution of modernist ballet during a turbulent historical period. Ultimately, the book argues that the Americanization of Balanchine's neoclassicism was not the inevitable outcome of his immigration or his creative genius, but rather a far more complicated story that pivots on the question of modern art's relationship to America and the larger world.
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Refereed Article Identification key to scarabaeid larvae attacking sugarcane in South Africa
Citation: Dittrich-Schröder, G., Conlong, D.E., Way, M., Harrison, J.duG. & Mitchell, A.. 2009. Identification key to scarabaeid larvae attacking sugarcane in South Africa. Proceedings of the South African Sugarcane Technologists' Association. 82. 500-524.Abstract:
Scarabaeid pests in South Africa and especially KwaZulu-Natal are characterised by a very long larval life cycle and short pupal and adult periods. However, it has nearly always been the adults of the species that have been identified, with very little attention paid to larval identification. This is unfortunate, as it is mainly the larval stage that is found to be associated with crop damage. Inadequate keys for the taxonomy of larvae of these groups, as well as the lack of taxonomists working on these groups have been identified as constraints. Using mitochondrial DNA data variation in the base pair sequence of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase sub unit I (cox 1) gene, sequences of cox 1 from scarabaeid larvae collected from sugarcane fields were compared with sequences from scarabaeid adults of known species in order to identify the species attacking sugarcane. The major groupings delimited specimens belonging to the subfamilies Dynastinae, Melolonthinae and Rutelinae. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of larval specimens was linked with mtDNA of identified adult specimens through phylogenetic analysis. This allowed the identification of those larvae through morphological characteristics unique to certain species. Keys were produced during this study which will allow workers to identify larvae, in many cases to species. Obtaining species identifications for larvae will allow the application of species-specific control measures and also will facilitate analysis of interactions among species. These taxonomic advances are a start to the improvement of knowledge of the species composition of scarabaeid larvae in sugarcane fields, thus making management and biological control of these pests a greater possibility.
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Europe unveils British astronaut
By Jonathan Amos
Science reporter, BBC News, Paris
The BBC's Alasdair Sandford speaks to Timothy Peake
Timothy Peake, a 37-year-old test pilot in the Army Air Corps, has been accepted into the European Space Agency's (Esa) Astronaut Corps.
The spaceman, who hails from Chichester, was unveiled at a ceremony in Paris, along with five other new colleagues from across Europe.
The other recruits to emerge from Esa's latest trawl for new candidates include a woman astronaut.
There are two Italians, a Frenchman, a German, and a Dane.
But it is the UK citizen who is sure to command a lion's share of the headlines.
Successive British governments have considered human spaceflight an expensive distraction, preferring to fund robotic exploration instead.
This policy has made it extremely difficult for British-born individuals to get into orbit.
"I hope it will now encourage the British government to contribute," said Jean-Jacques Dordain, director-general of Esa. "With such a good guy [in Timothy Peake], how can they not contribute?"
Major Peake currently lives in Salisbury, Wiltshire. He is a helicopter test pilot and has a degree in flight dynamics.
He has been in the armed forces for 18 years. He flies primarily Apache helicopters and has over 3,000 hours to his credit.
New recruits
The 37-year-old Briton thanked his friends and family for their support during the selection process. He said: "It has been quite a difficult year and the waiting has been quite difficult during the past few weeks.
"If it wasn't for the British Army, I wouldn't be in this position, so I'm very grateful for the training and support I've received from them also."
The first Briton in space was Sheffield-born chemist Helen Sharman. She had to secure private funding to fly to the Mir space station on a Russian Soyuz craft in 1991.
Four British-born astronauts have flown into space under an American flag: Michael Foale, Piers Sellers, Nicholas Patrick and Greg Johnson.
Esa astronauts (Esa)
From 8,000 to six: Esa announced its new astronauts in Paris
The most recent non-governmental British-born astronaut was Richard Garriott. The wealthy games developer paid for his trip, again through the Russians.
But the European Space agency says its new astronauts were judged solely on their ability to do the job, not on national government policy.
Timothy Peake and his new colleagues will now train to fly to the space station and with renewed interest in the Moon, they could conceivably also get to walk on the lunar surface one day.
He reflected on how he might feel, sitting on a launch pad atop a rocket waiting to blast into space.
J-J Dordain (AFP)
"I think it's going to be the most incredible experience in the world, without a shadow of a doubt. The adrenalin will be thoroughly flowing at that stage," he told BBC News.
The other new recruits comprise Frenchman Thomas Pesquet, Italians Samantha Cristoforetti and Luca Parmitano, Germany's Alexander Gerst, Denmark's Andreas Mogensen.
"One day hopefully I will have the opportunity to walk on the Moon. That's the biggest dream I have at the moment," said Mogensen, who has been working in the UK at the Surrey Space Centre.
The astronauts will begin their basic education in September for a period of 18 months. They will then get assigned to a mission for more specific training.
But it will be a minimum of 3.5 years before they can get into orbit.
Pressed about the selection of a Briton as one of the astronauts when the UK chose not to fund manned spaceflight, Mr Dordain said: "I have taken the decision after consultation and there was unanimity about the ranking of the candidates."
Mr Dordain named British-born officials who had taken prominent roles in the running of Esa's human spaceflight programme, adding: "You can contribute with something other than money... you can contribute with expertise."
Nick Spall, co-ordinator of the UK human spaceflight campaign at the British Interplanetary Society, told BBC News: "The UK astronaut campaign is delighted that a British candidate has been chosen by Esa to join the growing cadre of European astronauts.
"Despite its rich heritage of aerospace experience, for many years the UK has been absent from government-organised human spaceflight activity.
"As a result, the nation has missed out on the science, industrial, exploration and inspirational benefits that this international endeavour has provided for the rest of the developed world"
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I've heard that Japanese is spoken by some Taiwanese people who were old enough to have lived during Japanese rule, along with some people who've learnt it for other reasons. For younger people, I've been told Mandarin or English would be the best means of communication, but I have a tendency to socialize a lot with retirees.
How similar is the Japanese spoken in Taiwan by native speakers to the Japanese used in Japan? Did the two diverge after 1945? Are words that entered Japanese after 1945 also used in the Japanese spoken in Taiwan?
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As far as I know, there is no difference, because Japanese is mainly used as a language to talk to people in Japan which is right close by, and to enjoy media and products from Japan. Japanese is still widely studied in Korea for the same reasons. Japanese textbooks in Taiwan seem to demonstrate an eagerness for fluency and avoiding confusion in business conversation.
Taiwan was under Japanese administration until 1945 and the language has not changed significantly since then.
On the other hand, the Japanese used in Hawaii and Brazil, among the lower-class immigrant Japanese communities there, may preserve some older forms. That immigration happened around 1900.
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I have also heard that many of the immigrants to Hawai'i came from the south (or west, depending on how you look at it) of Japan, biasing the selection of dialects there. – Trevor Alexander Dec 30 '13 at 3:17
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Essential job skills required for commerce graduates
Essential job skills required for commerce graduates
job skills required for commerce students
If you are following the latest job trends from up close, you'd know the importance of having relevant job skills. Be it any field of study, companies are more inclined towards candidates with appropriate job skills.
Talking about different fields of education, commerce is arguably the second most popular field of graduation in India; after engineering. The field owes its popularity to the gamut of employment opportunities that crop up after graduation in commerce.
It is an extensive field to make a career in Accountancy, Finance, Management, Economics, Law, Taxation, Banking, Human Resource, and Export-Import; to name a few.
Also, the stream of commerce is continuously evolving and growing and developing which means there is a constant need for students to stay updated with the latest trends in business, finance and, economics.
So, not just academic knowledge, students must also possess the necessary job skills that make them perfect for jobs.
Upon conducting skill assessments, we have realized that there is a huge talent gap between the kind of abilities that students learn in college and what corporates really need.
So, if you're an aspiring commerce graduate with a fancy degree but no job skills, give this one a read.
Essential job skills for commerce graduates
A mere degree is not enough for you to fetch respectable jobs. There is a need for some on-the-job skills that students must master before they make their way into the corporate world.
The right kind of job skills makes you more employable for any corporate organization. As for students, job skills can help you advance your professional career faster than any degree or diploma. Whether it be non-technical skills or technical skills for commerce students, you should always be hands-on and showcase that you know what you are bringing to the table.
Here are some of the most essential job skills required for jobs –
Numeracy skills
In order to have a bright career in a commerce-related field, you must have excellent numeracy skills. You must already know that jobs in fields of finance, data management, taxes and banking do consider your aptitude with numbers while recruitment. You should be able to understand and work with numerical and graphical information, draw conclusions, and explain your findings.
Related Read: Best jobs for freshers who are strong in quant
Communication skills
Given the well-paying standards and growth prospects of management jobs, most commerce students opt for a career with such corporate.
Now, working in a multi-national corporate honcho requires you to be a great communicator along with being a good manager.
So, great communication skills qualify as 'must-have' job skills for commerce students. Right from managing clients to internal team to delivering board room presentations; a commerce student must ace all of it.
Problem-solving ability
Almost all employers wish to hire problem solvers for all their job vacancies. The capability to draw out practical, economical, and effective solutions, is expected out of all commerce graduates.
Remember, all products and services that exist today are nothing but solutions to some or the other day-to-day problems of our lives. For instance: Why do we have cars when we can commute through bikes? The car designers dissected the problem of travelling long distances and travelling with family. So, this leads to the innovation of a product that eased long distance and family travels and today we call them cars.
Great problem-solving skills show how well you perform in alternative case scenarios.
Leadership skills
The commerce graduation courses are designed for those who have the potential to become leaders and be part of the team that works towards the same goal.
As a commerce graduate, you must possess excellent team management and leadership job skills because this is what the corporate world is about. The employers want to hire team players who will eventually turn into great team leaders instead of lone wolves.
Also Read: Resume Hacks – Must Have Leadership Skills On A Resume
This is because we are all cog in the wheel, not the wheel itself. The organization needs you and a hundred others like you to operate.
Besides the basics of economics, business, finance and, management that you've learnt in college there are plenty of job skills that should be mastered. Analytical thinking, knowledge of MS Excel, verbal and written communication ability, time management, organizational skills are some more of the job skills that you should continuously hone in order to rise up the corporate ladder.
For all the commerce graduates who are ready with their set of job skills and knowledge can look for a career break with AMCAT.
The AMCAT Job Portal is the Ideal platform to find the most desirable jobs for you. Over 700 companies of all sizes, from anywhere in the country come looking for fresh B.School talent with some sort of unique job skills.


Laser Tag Parties – Interesting, Innovative and Exciting
When it comes to games, many parents will fall back on the usual suspects. These could include games like Pin the Tail or Musical Chairs. However, in recent times, a plethora of games and entertainment options has emerged for kids. For example, laser tag parties are quite popular in Chatswood and the adjoining areas.
Many entertainment services in major cities provide entertainment services for kids. They typically provide a venue, where kids of all ages can have a blast. These facilities usually have ample space for kids to play a wide range of games, including laser tag and skirmish. The latter, in particular, is quite popular. Visit any major shopping centre and you will find kids enjoying a game of laser skirmish in Sydney and other major cities.
In laser tag, each child has a laser tag gun. In addition, the child typically wears a vest that is sensitive to the laser. Thereafter, the participating kids typically enter a dark maze, where they try to tag each other with the laser gun. When a laser beam hits a vest, the vest lights up. This indicates that the child is now out of the game. The winner of the game is the child who remains unconquered without a single tag inside the laser room.


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* Vision of the Fearless Financing & Fundraising Group (FFFG)
· To function as the CFO of the Vision to Action planning process by helping the other working groups be aware of what it will take financially to actualize their vision. The FFFG will help facilitate the execution of the other groups visions by providing useful information about the current state of the Center's financial status, as well as offer projections of what financial resources might be required under various growth/expansion scenarios. This will be done in a transparent manner with information readily shared about current expenses and income, as well as the about the number of hours (and staff resources) it takes to run the Center at present.· The FFFG provides financial stewardship and serves as the voice of reality for the broader community to understand what's practical and how to manifest the vision overtime. The FFFG is responsible for facilitating a realistic understanding of prioritizing various ideas and the importance of first building a strong foundation (three pillars). This involves offering a realistic plan of how much money might need to be raised and how it might best be spent in order to ensure long-term success of the three pillars.


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A landing craft with mass 1.26×104 is in a circular orbit a distance 5.90×105 above the surface of a planet. The period of the orbit is 5600. The astronauts in the lander measure the diameter of the planet to be 9.80×106. The lander sets down at the north pole of the planet.
What is the weight of an astronaut of mass 84.9 as he steps out onto the planet's surface?


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Biology Undergraduates Use Special Awards to Support Amazing Research
Tracy Tabib is performing experiments examining the role of the Tpl2 gene in a particular type of skin cancer called squamous cell carcinoma. As a sophomore she became interested in this work when she took Cell Biology from Dr. Katie DeCicco-Skinner. Now she is doing research in Dr. DeCicco-Skinner's lab because she is the recipient of both the 2011 Likins Award and the Grebe Award. The Likins award is given to an outstanding female student who is majoring in Biology to encourage more women to enter the research field. The purpose of the Grebe Award is to support students who perform research in laboratories in the biology department over the summer months. Tracy's work on the Tpl2 gene is helping to determine how this gene normally suppresses skin cancer development, and how in its absence susceptibility to skin cancer increases. She has learned how to do western blots, quantitative PCR, cell cultures, and proliferation assays to list a few techniques. The possibility of getting her work published and the importance of having this research experience will help her fulfill her dream of entering a MD/PhD program when she graduates.


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Energy demand dropping in Australia
In Australia, energy peak demand may be disappearing. For the past several years, the country has experienced periods in which the cost of energy would be pushed beyond $5,000 per megawatt-hour due to high demand. These "super peaks" generally lasted between 36 and 100 hours, but still cause a significant financial impact on the country when they occur. The super peaks are often caused due to the energy demands of citizens during the hottest seasons of the year or the energy needs of various projects occurring throughout the nation. As the country continues to focus on the adoption of alternative energy, it may no longer see these costly super peaks.
Exact financial information concerning the trend not yet released
The Australian Energy Regulator (AER), the country's regulatory authority of wholesale electricity, has released a new report documenting the disappearance of super peaks. The report shows that the country has experienced a significantly lower number of super peaks in 2011 and that this trend has persisted into 2012. Though the AER has not released precise information concerning the disappearance of the super peaks, it is expected that the trend will put some degree of financial pressure on energy companies in the coming months as they experience lower revenues. Savings generated by this trend are not being experienced by consumers at this time.
Super peaks offset by the adoption of alternative energy and efficiency standards
Milder weather and increased focus on efficiency and alternative energy are contributors to the disappearance of super peaks. Energy costs are beginning to be taken more seriously by consumers and businesses alike, leading to new consumption patterns that have all but obliterated the occurrence of super peaks. Australia's insistence on the use of alternative energy and the adoption of ambitious efficiency standards have driven down the demand for power significantly.
Time will tell whether super peaks are gone for good
Whether the trend will continue is uncertain. Australia may still experience high temperatures in the coming months which could lead to higher energy consumption. AER does not expect super peaks to make an appearance for the remainder of the year. If they do, their financial impact is expected to be offset by their absence through much of 2011 and 2012.
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DescriptionThe Magellanic penguin is named in honour of the maritime explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who first recorded it during an expedition in 1519 (3). A medium-sized penguin, this species can be identified by the distinctive white bands which loop over the eye, down the side of the neck and meet at the throat (4). A thick, black band also runs adjacent to the border of the breast and belly, extending down the flanks to the thighs (2) (4) Aside from these markings, the colouration of the Magellanic penguin is almost entirely uniform black on the upperparts and white on the breast and belly. However, during the breeding season, the adults lose feathers from around the eye and bill, leaving a distinctive patch of pink skin, with an area of dark pigment in the centre. The Magellanic penguin produces a loud call, similar to that of a donkey bray, which is used most commonly by the males when seeking a mate, but also during other activities such as territorial disputes (4).


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In this paper, we address the problem of adaptive detection in homogeneous Gaussian interference, with unknown covariance matrix, after reduction by invariance. Starting from a maximal invariant statistic, which contains all the information for the synthesis of an invariant detector, we devise the Rao test, generalized likelihood ratio test (GLRT), and Durbin test. Moreover, we compare their decision statistics with those of the receivers designed according to the same criteria from the raw data (i.e., before reduction by invariance). We prove that the GLRT in the original data space is statistically equivalent to the GLRT designed after reduction by invariance (under a very mild assumption) and coincide with the conditional uniformly most powerful invariant (C-UMPI) test, obtained conditioning on an ancillary part of the maximal invariant statistic. As to the Rao and Durbin criteria, when they are applied after reduction by invariance, lead to detectors different from the counterparts devised in the raw data domain. At the analysis stage, the performance of the receivers devised in the invariant domain is analyzed in comparison with that of the counterparts synthesized from the original observations.