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Medical Negligence Solicitors in Derby
 If you have suffered an injury or illness due to medical negligence in Derby, then you need to talk to a medical negligence solicitor. We work with medical negligence solicitors in Derby with years of experience in the medical injury claim field. As such, they help people to obtain compensation for their injuries from medical accidents.
 We understand that suffering from an illness or injury can be daunting and life-changing. It is even more devastating when it is no fault of your own. If you have suffered injury through someone else's negligence, then we can help you receive the best possible compensation, as well as provide the support you need to rebuild your life. We have some of the best medical negligence solicitors in Derby with expert knowledge and extensive experience of obtaining positive results.
 What is Medical Negligence?
 No matter how high the standards of care and treatment in our health service, things can sometimes go wrong. Medical negligence is a situation whereby a person receives substandard treatment from medical professionals, either directly causing an injury or making an injury worse. Medical negligence can also happen if a patient has been misdiagnosed, received the wrong treatment, or suffered a mistake made in surgery.
 An action on medical negligence must be able to prove the following elements
 - The health institution owed you a duty of care as a patient.
 - The doctor or health institution acted negligently, breaching that duty of care.
 - Resultant injury to the patient as a result of the breach of duty.
 In practice, medical negligence may occur in any healthcare setting, whether it is due to negligent behaviour on the part of a surgeon, GP, dentist, nurse, clinician, or any other medical professional, environments in which medical malpractice may occur include; GP practice, NHS hospitals, private clinics, care homes, dental practice, and pharmacies. The consequences of these incidents can often have a significant impact on those affected.
 Medical Negligence Claims in Derby
 Pursuing a medical negligence claim in Derby can go a long way in ensuring you are fairly compensated for the negligent medical treatment you have received. In order for your claim to be successful, we need to prove that; the healthcare professional in question failed to adequately carry out their duties and you have suffered avoidable harm as a result of negligence.
 Medical negligence claims are usually subjected to a 3 years' time limit that starts from the moment you first knew you received medical negligent care. A different time limit applies to cases that involve children or individuals that lack the mental capacity to pursue compensation. Our team of medical negligence solicitors can advise you on the specific requirements that apply to your case.
 Suing for medical negligence can be a very daunting process and that is why we provide the best medical negligence experts in derby to ensure that your case runs as smoothly as possible. The first step is to get in touch with us, and one of our team of medical negligence solicitors can conduct a free no obligation consultation with you in Derby. They will talk with you about what happened and listen to your experience so that they see if making a claim is a good choice.
 This information that is shared is treated with privacy and would only be used only by our medical negligence solicitors dealing with your inquiry. Whether you have been hurt due to substandard care or cancer misdiagnosis, the Medical Negligence Direct is here to ensure that you are paid every penny of compensation you need to make the best recovery possible.
 Types of Medical Negligence Claims
 In Derby, our medical negligence solicitors can help whether you are claiming against the NHS or private practice. Furthermore, whether your treatment was elective or essential, you should never endure financial penalty alone simple because of someone else' mistake. We handle many different types of claims including;
 Birth Injury Compensation Claims
 Medical professionals have a duty of care in which they must take the maximum precautions and necessary action to ensure that a patient's welfare is a priority. If you or your child has been injured or harmed during childbirth due to mistakes or the negligence of a nurse, midwife, obstetrician, surgeon, consultant, or other healthcare providers, you could be entitled to make a birth injury compensation claim.
 Birth injury compensation claims usually have the benefit of funding through legal aid with parents having to pay nothing. Such claims are often high-value claims such as cerebral palsy claims, medical negligence stillbirth, or erb's palsy claims, but claims can be brought for any value. Usually they involve obtaining expert evidence from medical experts such as obstetricians, paediatricians, and neurologist and midwifes. The claim is brought by the child's litigation friend, who is usually one of the child's parents. Any settlement must be approved by a judge to ensure that the child receives the correct level of compensation.
 NHS Claims
 If a medical professional has provided substandard treatment and care to you, which has resulted in an injury or worsening of your medical condition, then, our medical negligence solicitors in Derby can help you make medical negligence compensation Claims against NHS. We can also make claims against private hospitals that have provided substandard care.
 The thought of suing the NHS can be frightening but with us, you have nothing to worry about. Claim against the NHS aims to try and put you back in the same position that you were in had the negligence not occurred. By claiming compensation for NHS clinical negligence, you may also highlight the lack of suitable medical care you received to reduce the risk of the same thing happening to someone else.
 NHS Complaints Procedures:
 If you injury occurred at an NHS hospital you have a right to request a thorough investigation of your complaint. You should also receive information about the outcome and any subsequent action the hospital may take. If your accident was a result of the unlawful treatment you can request a judicial review. It is not necessary to go through NHS formal system before you put forward a hospital injury claim. Nevertheless, it is beneficial if you do as their investigation will give a good understanding of whether your injury was due to negligence and you are therefore eligible to claim compensation.
 While making a compensation claim against the NHS complaint for negligence can help you answer and reassurance that no one needs to go through what you did, it can take several months to resolve. As there is a strict statutory limit of three years in which to submit a request for compensation that may be the time you don't want to waste. It is possible to file a complaint and begin a compensation claim simultaneously. Even if the outcome of the investigation into your complaint is that your care was negligent, the NHS complaint process cannot pay you compensation also, a successful compensation claim wills not necessarily lead to any changes in the hospital practice or discipline of the person responsible.
 Hospital Compensation Claims
 If you believe you have experienced medical negligence that could have been avoided, our panel of medical negligence solicitors in Derby could be of assistance. There is a variety of ways in which you could endure injury or harm in a hospital, and some of the causes could be as a result of the negligence of a medical professional. For example, if you have received an incorrect diagnosis or incorrect medicine for an injury or illness, it could worsen your prior condition.
 In the event this occurs, it is the prime example of neglect action, and you could be eligible for compensation. Depending on the injury or harm these wrongful actions have caused, our panel of medical negligence solicitors in Derby could assist you when claiming for compensation.
 GP Negligence Claims
 General practice claims result from medical negligence by a general practitioner (GP). Our medical negligence solicitors have successfully pursued cases against general practitioners for negligence. Many people are reluctant to sue for medical malpractice against GP through loyalty or concern over future treatment. But the impact of GP negligence and the need for care and financial assistance can be similar to hospital negligence.
 GP Negligence Claims include:
 - Failure to investigate symptoms
 - Failure to refer to a specialist
 - Failure to act on test results
 - Poor record-keeping
 - Inappropriate prescribing of drugs or failure to review medication.
 - Failure to attend a home visit.
 Surgeon Negligence Claims
 Surgical negligence happens when surgeons or other medical professionals make mistakes during your operation leaving you with further problems or injuries. Your surgery and care should meet certain standards, but sometimes mistakes are made.
 If you are wondering whether you can make an unnecessary surgery compensation claim, the simple answer is yes. In a situation where the surgeon or medical professional performed the wrong operation or operated on the wrong body part, you could be eligible to seek unnecessary surgery compensation.
 Cauda Equina Claims
 Cauda Equina syndrome is a serious condition that results in permanent paralysis if not treated promptly and correctly. It is a rare condition that occurs when nerves in the lower spine become compressed and start to swell. As it is a rare condition, it can be difficult to spot. Surgery is needed to treat the condition as soon as possible; otherwise, the consequences could be as severe as permanent paralysis.
 Cauda equina syndrome can be very devastating as it affects the quality of life. It may lead to series of problems like bowel and sexual dysfunction as well as permanent loss of bladder, and the resulting neurological pain that cause patients their relationships. If you have suffered a medical negligence delay in treatment or an inaccurate diagnosis for it, you may be entitled to make a compensation claim. Our cauda equine solicitors can help you secure the compensation you deserve.
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The postcards lined up in racks outside the village shops show cliff faces of brilliantly coloured houses stacked above an azure blue sea. You have to search to find a card whose colours reflect reality. Yes, the sea is azure blue when the sun shines but are the houses really post box red, rose pink and canary yellow?
Manarola is a three dimensional jigsaw of buildings clinging to the steep slopes of a rocky promontory around a tiny harbour. All but one of the village streets are narrow alleys threading through the layers of houses, joined by flights of steep stone steps. The stucco walls of many of the houses are painted in the warm earth pigments common to many Italian villages. It is the interlocking forms of the narrow houses (maybe two storeys high on the uphill side but seven storey when seen from below) which gives Manarola its distinctive character.
Founded some time around 1200 by farmers from the older, uphill settlement of Volastra, Manarola is one of the five 'lands' that make up the Cinque Terre. Together the five communities are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, not because of the picturesque nature or colourful paintwork of the village houses but for the remarkable, ancient and enduring man-made landscape which sustains those villages.
Manarola is still an agricultural village. Look down from the village square by the church and you'll see plots of beans, tomatoes and lemon trees nestled between the layers of houses. Look up from the square and you'll see garden terraces stepping up to merge with the vineyards above. Follow the steep, stepped paths that climb through the vineyards to the olive groves of Volastra above and you start to really feel the extraordinary nature of this place. Leaf green and stone grey are the true colours of Manarola.
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What Does Duck and Weave Mean?
Duck and Weave Meaning
Definition: To move from side to side, bobbing up and down.
People often move this way when trying to navigate through a large crowd. This expression describes a type of motion.
Origin of Duck and Weave
The verb duck predates the animal duck, although the two are related. One meaning of duck means to dive. The animal is named for the diving motion it makes through the water, and how it bobs its head in and out of the water.
Another meaning of duck is avoid a blow by moving down quickly. This meaning of duck appears in the literal meaning of the expression duck and weave, which describes a motion common in boxing.
In the sport of boxing, the athletes will move their head up and down, and move their bodies from side to side, trying to avoid the other boxer's punches.
Nowadays, people still use this expression for boxing, but also for anything with a similar motion.
Examples of Duck and Weave
duck and weave boxing duck and weave Here is an example of a teacher using the expression in a math class.
Teacher: Okay, class is finished. Don't forget to turn in your homework. Hey, you, stop ducking and weaving through your classmates. I see you trying to escape through the crowd without giving me your homework.
Student: I'm sorry, but I forgot to do it. I thought you might not notice if I escaped the classroom before you saw me leave.
Teacher: Well, next time don't move in such an obvious way. Uh, I mean, next time just finish your homework.
what does ducked mean In this example, two friends are coming back home from a party.
Monica: I think I'm done going to parties that are at nightclubs.
Janice: How come? Didn't you have fun?
Monica: Yes, I enjoyed the music and seeing my friends, but the dance floor was too crowded. There was no room to move freely to dance. I felt like I was just ducking and weaving through the crowd all night.
More Examples
This excerpt is from an article that questions the safety of dog parks. It describes the movement of a family pet.
 - Kyle Hurt and his 6-year-old son, Mason, lounged on a bench watching their energetic boxer, Jersey, duck and weave around a feisty Australian shepherd in the Hound Hill dog park near Quebec and Lincoln streets. –Denver Post
The second excerpt shows a food critic describing his walk through a restaurant.
 - My guest and I duck and weave through the crowd as we follow the hostess to our table. The dining room is just as loud. It's an echo chamber of shouted conversation and the uniquely screechy mating calls of the tequila-infused. –OC Register
The phrase duck and weave comes from the sport of boxing and describes the motion the boxer makes to avoid blows.
People now use it to describe the same type of motion when used in other activities, such as walking through a crowd.


How to Find Upper & Lower Quintiles in Excel
by Shawn McClain, Demand Media
Quintiles are simply four numbers that break up numerical data sets into five equal parts. For example, if you took the number set of 1,2,3 and 4, the quintiles would be 1.6, 2.2, 2.8 and 3.4, as the five sections are all equal at 0.6. The upper and lower quintiles are simply the highest and lowest of the quintile numbers, which show the top and bottom 20 percent of the data set. Excel doesn't have a specific function to determine quintiles, but you can use the PERCENTILE function to get your desired result.
Step 1
Open a blank Excel 2010 spreadsheet.
Step 2
Click on cell "A1" and enter your numerical data down the spreadsheet's first column. Take note of the number of the last row where you enter data.
Step 3
Select cell "B1." Type the following formula into the cell, without quotes: "=PERCENTILE.INC(A1:AX,.2)". Change the "X" to whatever number corresponds to the last row where you entered data in the first column. Press "Enter" to complete the formula, and the lower quintile will appear in the cell.
Step 4
Select cell "B2" and enter the same formula, with one difference, altering the last number from ".2" to ".8." Press "Enter," and the number that corresponds to the upper quintile will appear in the cell.
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Compound (stacked) Taxes are special taxes calculated after and on top of a primary tax.
For example, you can have a Compound Tax @ 7% charged on the selling price of $10 + Sales Tax @ 5%
1. To set up a Compound (Stacked) Tax:
- Go to Settings>Taxes
- Click on the New tax button to create a new tax.
2. In the General section, set the tax Name in the name field - the name will be shown to your customers in the price breakdown, before any payment is required to proceed with the booking
3. Tick the Enabled checkbox to enable the tax.
4. Tick the Compound tax checkbox
5. In the Tax Rate section, select Percentage from the scroll down menu, and input the per cent rate. If your Compound Tax is @ 5%, input 5%.
6. Set Compound Tax exemption (by location)
In the Apply to section, you can set a Compound Tax exemption for customers depending on their location. Some Compound Taxes may only apply to customers from your country, from your state and so on. If your Compound Tax applies to all your customers, leave everyone.
7. Set Compound Tax as included/not included in item price. In the Prices section, select if the prices listed:
- include or
- do not include this tax
8. Set when the Compound Tax should/should not be applied
You can set that the Sales Tax will ONLY be applied by Bookeo if the booking is created during a specific period of time and/or if the time booked is between a specific period of time.
This feature is useful, for example, when a tax is replaced by a new tax.
Simply click on the New period button to create a time when the tax should or should not be applied.
In Bookeo, you can set what taxes apply to every single service, class, tour you offer and to every single additional option. You can also set what taxes apply to your prepaid packages and memberships.

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I am debugging a python program with pdb. The program will start a new thread.
newThread = Thread(group = None,target = dosomething,name = "thename",
 args = (),kwargs = {})
def dosomething():
Use the normal pdb command e.g. -b to set break point in the line of the new thread(e.g. line of balaba), seems will not trigger the breakpoint.
The question I want to ask is: is there a way I can break into the new thread target function to look into the behavor the new thread?
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This code doesn't run. Could you past your real code? – Mike Jun 19 '12 at 0:00
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One problem to begin with, you have to explicitly start the thread by using.start() - they do not start automatically when you create your Thread object (assuming you are using Python's built in threading library?).
then see if your line of code is triggered using your debug method.
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Bringing Natural Gas to Copenhagen
Washington, D.C. -The American Clean Skies Foundation (ACSF), the UN Foundation, and the Worldwatch Institute announced today that they are joining forces at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen to explore the potential for natural gas to accelerate the world's transition to a low-carbon economy. New sources of unconventional gas could make possible the more rapid displacement of oil and coal, while providing back-up power that will enable faster adoption of wind, solar, and other intermittent renewables.
The event, "Natural Gas, Renewables and Efficiency: Pathways to a Low-Carbon Economy," will be held at the Danish Society of Engineers building on December 12 from 13.30 to 17.30 and will focus on actions and policies to replace high-emitting fuels with natural gas and increase energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy. Confirmed speakers include Christopher Flavin, President of Worldwatch, Aubrey K. McClendon, Chairman of ACSF, and Timothy E. Wirth, President of the United Nations Foundation.
Panels of industry and government experts will discuss concrete strategies for boosting natural gas's role in national climate change policies, and to facilitate the introduction of intermittent renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power. Compared with coal, natural gas allows a 50-70 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, depending on the application.
A full agenda for the Copenhagen program will be posted on the websites of all sponsoring organizations in advance of the event.

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Measuring Client Performance with Endpoint Analytics
We've all heard reports from end-users that their device is too slow or takes too long to do something. Reports from users, however, can be subjective, so how can we certify the results and get tangible metrics to support the claims? With Microsoft Intune and Endpoint Analytics is how.
Whether it be a laptop that takes so long to boot you can make a coffee and drink it or whether it's a logon process that is so slow it's time for the user to take their next break already, we've all seen and heard of performance issues before. As IT or as someone making financial decisions about hardware purchases for end-users, knowing that what you have or what you buy is good is important and for that you need data and we can use Endpoint Analytics in Microsoft Intune exactly for this purpose.
What is Endpoint Analytics?
Simply put, Endpoint Analytics is a feature we can enable in Microsoft Intune to collect data from client systems registered with Microsoft Intune running Windows 10 to understand how they behave and perform.
Once enabled, we can see how devices perform against performance baselines and you can either use the baseline recommended by Microsoft or specify your own.
What information does Endpoint Analytics provide?
Endpoint Analytics in Microsoft Intune provides information about boot time, sign-in and logon times. The information is broken down into how long each portion of the start-up was attributed to the device vs. time attributed to Group Policy processing for Hybrid Azure AD Joined devices allowing you to see the impact of your Active Directory Domain Services Group Policy Objects.
With data collected by Endpoint Analytics, we can see how devices perform across various metrics and report it per device type or even for individual devices.
With the information collected, Endpoint Analytics allows you to display it overall for your whole organisation, per-device model, or per individual device. With these breakdowns, you can see whether a specific device model has a performance issue to address or whether it is only impacting specific users and devices so you can work on targeted fixes and remediation.
When it comes to remediation and fixing issues, Endpoint Analytics provides information such as which start-up processes are causing delays so that you can look into them and try to fix them.
Proactive remediations provides some pre-defined scripts you can deploy for fixing common issues and the Recommended software section provides you with a summary report of what modern management features are being used such as Cloud identity, Cloud management, and Windows Autopilot.
How do I implement it?
Implementing Endpoint Analytics in Microsoft Intune is as simple as creating and assigning a Device Configuration Profile to enable the feature on devices. Once enabled, you simply wait for device metrics to start coming through.
Get started with Microsoft Intune, Endpoint Analytics, and modern management
If you need to get your devices in shape, manage them better, faster, or more easily. Maybe you've got an on-premises management solution and you want to move to a cloud-based modern management alternative.
Speak to us at Arcible about how we can help you implement Microsoft Intune and to find out more.


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sequence is a high performance sequential log analyzer and parser. It sequentially goes through a log message, parses out the meaningful parts, without the use regular expressions. It can achieve high performance parsing of 100,000 - 200,000 messages per second (MPS) without the need to separate parsing rules by log source type.
sequence is currently under active development and should be considered unstable until further notice.
If you have a set of logs you would like me to test out, please feel free to open an issue and we can arrange a way for me to download and test your logs.
Log messages are notoriusly difficult to parse because they all have different formats. Industries (see Splunk, ArcSight, Tibco LogLogic, Sumo Logic, Logentries, Loggly, LogRhythm, etc etc etc) have been built to solve the problems of parsing, analyzing and understanding log messages.
Let's say you have a bunch of log files you like to parse. The first problem you will typically run into is you have no way of telling how many DIFFERENT types of messages there are, so you have no idea how much work there will be to develop rules to parse all the messages. Not only that, you have hundreds of thousands, if not millions of messages, in front of you, and you have no idea what messages are worth parsing, and what's not.
The typical workflow is develop a set of regular expressions and keeps testing against the logs until some magical moment where all the logs you want parsed are parsed. Ask anyone who does this for a living and they will tell you this process is long, frustrating and error-prone.
Sequence is developed to make analyzing and parsing log messages a lot easier and faster.
The industry has came up with a couple of different approaches to solving the log parsing problem. In a way, you can say the log parsing problem has been solved, because analysts have a lot of different tools to choose from when they need to understand logs.
Commercially, there are companies such as Splunk, ArcSight, Tibco LogLogic, SumoLogic, LogEntries, Loggly, LogRhythm, etc etc etc that can provide you either an on-premise or in-the-cloud (SaaS) solution. They provide different capabilities and feature sets depending on the primary use case you are targetting.
Open source wise, you have tools such as ElasticSearch, Greylog2, OSSIM, and a few others that wants to provide you end-to-end capabilities similar to the commercial offerings. There are also libraries such as liblognorm and logstash you can use to build your own tools.
And then there's Fedora's Project Lumberjack, which "is an open-source project to update and enhance the event log architecture" and "aims to improve the creation and standardize the content of event logs by implementing the concepts and specifications proposed by the Common Event Expression (CEE)."
Unfortunately all of these tools have one or more of the following problems.
First, it looks like many of these open source efforts have all been abandoned or put in hibernation, and haven't been updated since 2012 or 2013. liblognrom did put out a couple of updates in the past couple of years.
It is understandable. Log parsing is BORING. I mean, who wants to sit there and stare at logs all day and try to come up with regular expressions or other types of parsing rules? LogLogic used to have a team of LogLabs analysts that did that, and I have to say I truly appreciated their effort and patience, because I cannot do that.
Second, many of these commercial and open source tools uses regular expression to parse log messages. This approach is widely adopted because regular expression (regex) is a known quantity. Many administrators already know regex to some extend, and tools are widely available to interpret regex. In the early days of log analysis, Perl was used most often, so most rules you see are written in PCRE, or Perl Compatible Regular Expression. However, the process of writing regex rules is long, frustrating, and error-prone.
Even after you have developed a set of regular expressions that match the original set of messages, if new messages come in, you will have to determine which of the new messages need to be parsed. And if you develop a new set of regular expressions to parse those new messages, you still have no idea if the regular expressions will conflict with the ones you wrote before. If you write your regex parsers too liberally, it can easily parse the wrong messages.
Third, even after the regex rules are written, the performance is far from acceptable. This is mainly due to the fact that there's no way to match multiple regular expressions at the same time. The engine would have to go through each individual rule separately. It can typically parse several thousands messages per second. Given enough CPU resources on a large enough machine, regex parsers can probably parse tens of thousands of messages per second. Even to achieve this type of performance, you will likely need to limit the number of regular expressions the parser has. The more regex rules, the slower the parser will go.
To work around this performance issue, companies have tried to separate the regex rules for different log message types into different parsers. For example, they will have a parser for Cisco ASA logs, a parser for sshd logs, a parser for Apache logs, etc etc. And then they will require the analysts to tell them which parser to use (usually by indicating the log source type of the originating IP address or host.)
Last but not least, none of the existing tools can help analysts determine what patterns to write in order to parse their log files. Large companies can sometimes generate hundreds of gigabytes, if not terabytes, of data and billions of log messages per day. Sometimes it will take a team of analysts hundreds of hours to comb through log files, develop regex rules, test for conflicts and then repeat this whole process.comments powered by Disqus


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Definitions for knockdownˈnɒkˌdaʊn
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
capable of knocking something down; overwhelming; irresistible:
a knockdown blow.
constructed of parts that can readily be disassembled and assembled:
Category: Building Trades
offered or acquired for less than the prevailing rate:
Category: Common Vocabulary
(n.)a knockdown object.
an act or instance of knocking down, esp. by a blow.
something that fells or overwhelms.
a reduction or lowering, as in price or number.
Origin of knockdown:
a blow that knocks the opponent off his feet
(furniture) easily assembled and dismantled
"I bought a knockdown chest at the do-it-yourself store"
An act of knocking down or the condition of being knocked down.
An overwhelming blow.
A genetically modified organism that carries one or more genes in its chromosomes that has been made less active or had its expression reduced.
The use of a reagent such as an oligonucleotide with sequence complementary to an active gene or its mRNA transcript, to interfere with the expression of said gene.
The condition of a sailboat being pushed abruptly to horizontal, with the mast parallel to the water surface.
a short pass played downwards, for example from the head onto someone's feet.
powerful enough to overwhelm or knock down
reduced in price
a felling by a knock, as of a combatant, or of an animal
of force sufficient to fell or completely overthrow; as, a knockdown blow; a knockdown argument


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By Lisa Buchanan
December 13, 2011, 3:56 pm
Whether on a stage or in the shower, everybody sings and for some, this everyday activity has important health benefits.
Thanks to a team of researchers at the University of Saskatchewan, patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may soon be singing as part of their standard care. COPD affects the air passages in the lungs and makes it hard to breathe. U of S nursing Professor Donna Goodridge and her team are examining how singing can help people already involved in traditional pulmonary rehabilitation further improve their health and wellness.
The study, the first of its kind in Canada, is already showing results.
"My breathing has really improved," said participant Betty Braun. "Even though I'm not the best singer, we've been encouraged to sing at home and I've been doing that, too. It's all been working really, really well."
Symptoms of COPD include a persistent cough, shortness of breath and fatigue. As a result, people with COPD often have trouble carrying out normal activities. "Over 1.5 million Canadians currently report a diagnosis of COPD and there may be just as many Canadians who have the condition, but haven't been diagnosed yet," said Goodridge. She said singing has received relatively little attention as a form of pulmonary rehabilitation.
Rehabilitation programs focus on education and exercise, and as an exercise for the lungs, singing is a natural fit. It requires effective control of the breath and engages respiratory muscles in ways that are different from just talking or exercise.
"Singing is physical work," said music therapist Ruth Eliason. "It takes effort to sing, to have breath control and support of that breath."
Funded by the Lung Association's Canadian Respiratory Health Professionals section, the project involves researchers from nursing, physiotherapy, medicine, education and music therapy.
The first phase of the research project was completed earlier this year. A group of 13 participants met weekly with the music therapist. "In our singing group, we work on breath exercises, vocal warm-ups and singing, all of which engage the breath in helpful ways," Eliason said.
"The results were very positive in terms of quality of life, perceptions about control over illness, and participants' perceptions of their ability to control their breath," Goodridge said.
Along with the physical benefits, the program is also concerned with the social aspect. Because COPD limits the activities of patients, it can be isolating and lead to depression.
To gather with the group each week "lifts the spirits," said participant Roy Parker, "and you're getting stronger at the same time, so it's a multi-faceted program."
Recruitment of participants for the second phase of the study will begin in January. This phase involves more rigorous cardiopulmonary exercise testing where the researchers hope to detect physiological changes brought on by singing.
The team produced a short video—Singing for Pulmonary Rehabilitation—which will be posted on the Canadian Lung Association website.
Lisa Buchanan is a graduate student intern in the Research Communications SPARK (Students Promoting Awareness of Research Knowledge) program.


Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Why Make Swatches?
Why Make Swatches?
I recently read this from a crochet Yahoo group called 'crochet wearables':
 If you want your garment to fit properly after it is completed, it is important to take the time to make a swatch. Then treat it exactly as you will treat your finished garment.
 First, chain about 20 stitches (staying in pattern may require you to start with a few more than 20 chains).
 Work your pattern until it measures about 4 or 5 inches.
 Lay it flat and let it rest.
 Measure the length and width and write these measurements down.
 Wash and dry the swatch the same way you will be washing and drying your finished garment.
 Measure the length and width of the laundered swatch and write these measurements down.
 Determine how much (if any) your swatch has changed from before it was washed and dried. This will help you figure how to adjust your pattern to fit properly. You may need to make your garment much larger if your swatch shrank a lot. Or you may need to make your garment smaller if your swatch grew (stretched).
 Mark out a 4 inch square in the center of the swatch. You can do this by pinning the 4 outermost corner stitches of the square.
 Count how many stitches and rows are contained in those 4 inches. This will help you determine how many stitches and/or rows to add to or subtract from your pattern in order for your garment to equal the correct finished measurement.
 You should do this every time you begin a new (large) project, even if it is the same pattern with the same brand of yarn and the same hook size.
 ( Personally, I'd be more concerned about all this in regards to wearables.)
 Sometimes different colors of the same yarn brand will work up to different gauges. Sometimes the yarn companies change something in the fiber content or manufacturing process of their yarns. And sometimes your tension will be tighter or looser than it was before. A lot of things could make your tension change your gauge, such as whether you are happy, sad, angry, tired, rushed, very relaxed, etc.
 So, start a small piece with a seperate ball of yarn with the same hook for a few minutes, just to get your hands warmed up, and your muscles relaxed before going back to your main project. This is good when you plan to go back to a earlier project you haven't worked on in awhile. ;-)
 If you do a gauge swatch before you start your project, there shouldn't be any unpleasant surprises.
So, get your 'Crochet On'!


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Exit tickets are not a new idea by any means. I have been aware of exit tickets for many years of my teaching but must confess I have not used them. I must say I don't really know why, I just preferred other activities for plenaries.
A new colleague of mine shared an exit ticket and I was talking to them about it. I decided to give an exit ticket a try and get out of my plenary 'rut' sort of speak.
I decided a great opportunity was with my year 9 students when we had been looking at how to factorise more complex expressions. I planned my lesson and activities and so had my examples and questions in mind when I was creating my exit ticket. I also remembered a great piece of advice from Mr Barton in his book 'How I wish I had taught maths' which is that the plenary can potentially be the 5 minutes of our lesson that students really remember. He suggested that a plenary may not be a time to introduce a problem solving type question or an exam question but instead a question that will actually build the students confidence and allow them to leave the room feeling that they have achieved something and remember that final question that they could answer. With this in the back of my mind I chose my question carefully for the exit ticket.
I handed out the exit tickets at the end of the lesson and asked the students to bring them to my desk before they left. I know some teachers chose to check them once the students have gone but I decided to check the tickets whilst the student was there and had conversations with students if necessary and asked them to make any corrections there and then. Of course you could just ask for a pile on your desk and then check them in your own time ready for the next lesson.
Some examples of students exit tickets are below:
The top left exit ticket is an example of a very small mistake that a few of my students made which was that they had placed a plus sign between the terms instead of a negative because the second term is negative. This mistake was very quickly rectified by me simply asking 'why is your second term in the bracket positive?'. The top left exit ticket was again an example that I saw and showed that this student had understood the concept of factorising but had not selected the highest common factor. Again, I just had to point out that the terms in the bracket had a common factor greater than 1 therefore this was not fully factorised. The bottom example is one of a student who had struggled more and therefore a more detailed conversation was needed and I had to help guide the student more.
I definitely think that this exit ticket brought a great insight into what my students had truly understood. It also helped me decide upon what to use for my next starter. It had become apparent from the exit tickets that some students had struggled with identifying the highest common factor of numbers, some had struggled with the highest common factor being a letter that is not linear and some had made mistakes with the second term being negative. My next starter addressed these issues and was designed to help students rectify these areas. In the same lesson that I used this starter I handed back the exit tickets and asked my students to stick them in their books.
Overall, I certainly feel the exit ticket was a valuable plenary. The ticket itself did not take long for me to make. I already had the template and then printed 4 to a page and just had to print and cut them out. The information I was able to glean from them in a matter of minutes was excellent and certainly allowed me to really understand which of my students understood the lesson and which had struggled. It also gave my students the opportunity to decide how confident they felt. I would recommend using an exit ticket for a plenary.
The template which I used can be found here: factorising an expression exit ticket


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Feminine Identity in Contemporary American Photography
By Susan Fisher Stering and Kathryn A. Wat
Photographs by Mary Ellen Mark
In our image‑conscious world, photography is one of the most powerful mediators of our sense of self; it is a truism of contemporary life that we view ourselves through the camera's eye. Role Models: Feminine Identity in Contemporary American Photography explores the ways in which female identity is constructed through the art of photography. The exhibition features seventy works by eighteen artists from two generations whose portraiture, self‑portraiture, and narrative photographs have indelibly inflected our understanding of gender and identity over the past twenty-five years.
The First Generation
In the 1980s, American photography experienced a remarkable sea change as women such as postmodern artist Cindy
Sherman (b. 1954) and documentary photographer Nan Goldin (b. 1953) re‑envisioned how identity and gender could be defined by the camera. In her Untitled Film Stills of 1977‑80, Sherman simulated feminine roles as expressed through magazines, television, and film. She worked in a performative mode, serving as her own model and using makeup and props to develop a number of identities.
Goldin was intent on closely documenting her own life's story. Her photographs of friends, lovers, and herself in the intimate spaces of their homes and hangouts are gritty and unsparing. The images from Goldin's Ballad of Sexual Dependency, 1981‑96, are so relentlessly personal that they have both a decadence and an allure that confounds their journalistic premise. Sherman's and Goldin's photographs established a new and much larger arena for women's self representation in contemporary photography. As complementary approaches, their work stands at the center of Role Models. The first‑generation artists in the exhibition amplified photography's ability to weave a story and express truth, often simultaneously.
In the 1980s many women artists and photographers realized that they could be the creator and the subject of their work. Liberated by the feminist and civil rights movements of the 1970s, the first generation photographers in Role Models avidly explored how gender and identity reflected the changing social order. They took on roles and acted out a feminine masquerade for the camera, using staged setups, stand‑ins, and synecdoche. Documentary photography also was being recalibrated as artists drew upon the special bond of kinship or friendship to create photographs of and about children,
families, acquaintances, and/or themselves. They regularly depicted the varied roles that girls and young women "tried on" as part of the internal, subjective struggle to find a gendered identity that fit.
Like Sherman, Laurie Simmons (b. 1949) critiqued women's roles in modern society in her photographs. She centered on the narrow ideals of 1950s‑ and '60s‑style feminine domesticity by photographing dolls in tiny kitchens, living rooms, and yards that she had constructed. Simmons's images are frankly staged and sometimes eerie, but their humble content also makes them comfortingly familiar. Her art is about the seductive quality of memories and stereotypes.
Below: Sally Mann, Lithe and the Birthday Cake, 19B3‑B5; Gelatin silver print; B x 10 in.; Courtesy of the artist and Gagosian Gallery, New York
Conceptual artist Eleanor Antin (b. 1935) documented her performances exploring the mutability of female identity in photographs and videos. In the late 1970s, Antin assumed the roles of the "King" of a beach in southern California, a ballerina, and a nurse. She felt that the mythologies that defined historical characters such as Florence Nightingale fueled the outsider status of women in the twentieth century. To more fully inhabit—and transform these characters, Antin dressed in historically accurate costumes and even printed her photographs in period formats.
Lorna Simpson's (b. 1960) evocative imagery often paired with allusive texts—makes powerful reference to a history of racial and sexual oppression. She created carefully posed photographs in which her black female models' faces are covered, cropped out of the frame of vision, or turned away from the viewer. Some models are dressed in plain white shifts, others in men's suits.
Other first‑generation photographers sought the immediacy of documentary‑style photography to explore the complicated state of contemporary womanhood. Mary Ellen Mark (b. 1940) preferred a quirkiness and on‑the‑run style of shooting that give her images a distinctly raw quality that exposes the plight of the disenfranchised. In the 1980s, Mark photographed female prostitutes, women confined in a hospital for the mentally ill, and, with a commission in 1983 from Life magazine, street children in Seattle. Her images of "Tiny" drinking, despairing over a boyfriend, fighting with her mother, and bathing her children—paint the picture of a life that is fraught, complex, and unresolved. Similarly, in her expansive body of work depicting children, Sally Mann (b. 1951) recorded the wildly varied identities that her models expressed for her. Her preteen sitters are alternately worldly and disinterested, or ladylike and ingratiating.
Tina Barney (b. 1945) shared Mark's goal of revealing a world (on the opposite end of the economic spectrum) that is foreign to most of us: affluent subjects ensconced in lavish interiors that signify their identity as much as their clothing, posture, or expression. At Barney's direction, the women stand in doorways and at windows, perch on beds, and repeat unconscious gestures that allude to underlying emotional discomfiture. Barney acknowledges the tension in her photographs between what seems real and spontaneous and what
appears to be fictional and affected.
In Untitled (Kitchen Table Series), 1999, Carrie Mae Weems (b. 1953) combined fictional texts and staged photographs (in which she herself is the central figure) to tell the story of a woman's relationship to her man, their child, and her friends within a domestic setting. In 1995‑96, she represented nineteenth‑century ethnographic daguerreotypes of enslaved African, and African Americans, printing them on a large scale and overlaying them with text that alludes to their original degrading purpose. Weems's works expose the abuses of "straight" photography while expanding on its capacity for deeper meaning, demonstrating how often and powerfully political ideologies shape our notions and visions of truth.
Above: Detail: Carrie Mae Weems, From Here I Saw What Happened and
I Cried(House/Field/Yard/Kitchen), 1995‑96; Four monochromatic chromogenic prints with sandblasted text on glass; 26 ½ x 22 ¾ in. each.; Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
Left: Mary Ellen Mark, Tiny in Her Halloween Costume, Seattle, 1983; Gelatin silver print: 11 x 14 in.; courtesy of the artist and the Mary Ellen Mark Library/Studio


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The purpose of this paper is to identify and analyze resources and capabilities that distinguish between traditional, slow born‐global and rapid born‐global micro‐firms.
The study uses multiple case study methodology. Three case studies are presented to compare the internationalization pathways of three French micro‐firms.
The paper emphasizes the importance of leveraging between internal and external resources for rapid internationalization of micro‐firms. The rapid internationalization is driving and facilitated by managerial abilities, innovation and network. The study shows that analysis of micro‐firms in terms of resources and capabilities enhances the understanding of internationalization.
Because it is limited to three case studies, the generalization of findings to a broad sample of French micro‐firms will be needed.
The research suggests that two‐level analysis (i.e. individual level and micro‐firm level) should be considered when examining rapid internationalization. Micro‐firm top managers need to be aware of the importance of developing internal resources to facilitate incorporation of new external resources. Their experience and expertise in addition to the micro‐firm's innovation capacity or reputation can be used to expand rapidly abroad.
The distinction between traditional, slow born‐global and rapid born‐global French micro‐firms in terms of resources and capabilities makes this study original.
Hermel, P. and Khayat, I. (2011), "The role of resources: micro‐firms internationalization in the French context", Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, Vol. 18 No. 2, pp. 298-310. _URL_
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2011, Emerald Group Publishing Limited


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Every time the server is started and for each hour thereafter, a date and time check occurs. An invalid date can be one of the following:
- Earlier than the server installation date and time.
- More than one hour earlier than the last time the date was check
- More than 30 days later than the last time the date was checked.
As a preventive measure, when TSM detects an invalid date or time, server sessions become disabled so that the TSM server does not perform undesired actions based on the new system date/time. For example, expiration processing uses the system date/time to determine when to purge files from server storage.
An error message (ANR0110E) is displayed and expiration, migration, reclamation, and volume history deletion operations are not allowed. You may either change the system date if it is in error, or issue the ACCEPT DATE command to force the server to accept the current system date as valid. Use the ENABLE SESSIONS command after you issue the ACCEPT DATE command to re-enable the server for client node activity.
In order to correct this problem, perform the following commands on the TSM server:
- Run the QUERY STATUS command and check for the availability parameter value, which should say 'disabled'
- Run the ACCEPT DATE command, which tells the TSM Server that you are aware of and accept the date/time change.
- Run the ENABLE SESSIONS command, which re-enables the TSM Server again for normal operations.
- Re-run the QUERY STATUS command and check for the availability parameter value, which should say 'enabled'
For the PDF version of this document, send a blank email, with subject line "System date/time change causes ANR0110E unexpected date sessions disabled", to TSM Assist


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29 students from SMK Puterijaya Girl's Secondary School in Kuala Lumpur participated in Global Peace Foundation Malaysia's Self Discovery Workshop on November 9th, 2016. GPF representatives and students bonded in a day of icebreakers, team activities, and discussion, learning more about themselves in the process. The program seeks to empower students to transform their schools and communities.
GPF Malaysia Director, Dr. Su Thye Teh, talked about the importance of self-discovery. Understanding one's personality, strengths and weaknesses is an important step to creating positive change both as individuals and within a team.


Inefficiencies in barcode label printing can decrease a company's throughput, resulting in customer dissatisfaction, delays, missed deadlines, fines, and ultimately a significant impact to overall business performance. Today, companies must be able to easily scale and handle high volumes of label throughput accurately and without fail. To efficiently meet these expanding business requirements, it is essential to optimize speed and network efficiency to print labels quickly and efficiently, independent of printer make and model. Implementing an Enterprise Labeling Solution with high-volume global printing capabilities allows companies to optimize their investment in printers, maximize print performance, and scale globally.
This brief Q&A explores printing barcode labels across a global enterprise.
What Challenges Do Companies Encounter When Trying to Address Requirements For HighVolume Global Printing?
There are a host of things you need to consider when addressing high volume global printing, ranging from network throughput and latency, to print speeds, to issues with label and device management, as well as security. When businesses aren't able to print labels at a predetermined or expected speeds, this can mean a disruption and even a stop in production. It also could result in significant downtime, which can cost companies millions and impact customer satisfaction. Also, when faced with printing performance issues and slow production times, companies may need to arrange for more capacity by having multiple different lines for print requests. This undoubtedly increases maintenance and cost for the company.
There are also issues with label management and having to manage a wide range of label templates, as well as device management since there are so many different types of devices involved in label printing today. And, then there is integrating the company's data into the printing process, since that data may not be located in the same place as the printers. Another important challenge is security. When you're dealing with access to data, companies need to think about prevent unauthorized access to data to limit the possibility of making mistakes resulting in mislabeling.
What Capabilities Facilitate High-Volume Global Printing?
The primary one is the ability for LAN based networks to have performance that is similar to that of a WAN based network. What that means is that you can look at a printer that's in Japan from a system in the United States and treat that printer as though it were right next to you. The infrastructure has to support that at the company site, but the labeling solution you use also has to support that concept. It can't look at that printer and say that's some Windows printer on the other side of the world. It has to look like it's right next to you.
Also, browser-based capabilities facilitate global scaling and high volume global printing. With browser-based labeling solutions you don't need to install any client software to be able to use the system. You simply bring your browser up and you're off and running. Also, standardization and the sophisticated integration capabilities today make a single source of truth more accessible to labeling solutions facilitating printing on a global scale.
Network technology is also important. The technology, which offers access on a global level, has developed substantially over the past ten years and continues to evolve. The concept of high-speed VPNs fifteen years ago looked like magic, but today they are commonplace. The idea that today you could have an office in Germany that could simply pull a large file off a drive in the United States in a couple of seconds is amazing. To continue to embrace these technologies and to keep pace with demands of global organizations, companies need to consider an Enterprise Labeling approach to address expanding business requirements for high volume global printing.
How Can an Enterprise Labeling Solution Enable Companies to Meet High-Volume Label Printing Requirements?
I think the functionality of an Enterprise Labeling Solution offers a variety of benefits for high volume printing. First, there's the performance side of it. The solution has got to be fast and it needs to be delivering as little data as possible to get the label printed. Also, it has to be scalable, not just in terms of the number of labels that are being printed but also the number of printers being used. Using an Enterprise Labeling Solution, which offers access to native printer drivers, reduces print streams to minimize network traffic, optimizes print performance and limits maintenance to meet these high volume requirements.
When you can reduce the size of print streams you're able to dramatically increase print speed. It's especially important for remote sites where you want to provide the smallest possible print stream or amount of data to these sites as possible. If you can do this, you can save substantial time and money with your label printing. The key here is to simplify the printing process with fewer moving parts in your labeling solution and enable companies to manage and support a broad set of printers across locations. This ultimately reduces maintenance and management of the printer network, increasing control and ensuring consistency. It also makes it easier to scale your labeling solution as demand increases, which can result in significant cost savings.
Enterprise Labeling Solutions utilize modern, multi-tier architectures to offer a standardized and centralized way of managing labels throughout a global supply chain. Companies are able to access data from their systems of record or their sources of truth, and have that data available at the right spot so that label printing can be done efficiently with the correct data. When a company adds a new location, a division, or even does an acquisition, the increased labeling can be managed centrally, reducing maintenance and limiting the need for additional resources throughout multiple regions, creating substantial savings for the company. Also, the approach allows controls over the quality of what's being printed which is especially critical in a validated environment. From a global standpoint an Enterprise Labeling Solution lets you manage what you're doing from one location and still print anywhere.
Mark Wick, Vice President, Software Development, Loftware, has over 25 years experience in the architecting and delivering world-class supply chain, enterprise application integration, and enterprise labeling software. He led the development of the labeling industry's first browser-based, all-in-one Enterprise Labeling Solution, Loftware Spectrum. Mr. Wick is an expert in labeling technologies and holds a BS in computer science from MIT.


Quick Answer: What Is Black Money?
How can I use black money?
You can ask your relative to gift you Rs.
10 lacs by way of cheque and you will in turn transfer your black money to him/her.
Here 56(2)(vii) is not attracted as gift is received from a relative.
People also give the black money to a person (say a family member or a friend) and take a cheque from them..
Can I deposit 50000 cash in bank?
The Bank Secrecy Act is officially called the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act, started in 1970. It states that banks must report any deposits (and withdrawals, for that matter) that they receive over $10,000 to the Internal Revenue Service. For this, they'll fill out IRS Form 8300.
What are the effects of black money?
Black money is largely attributed to tax evasion. Its direct impact is the loss of the Government revenue. Since the Government fails to get sufficient tax revenue due to large-scale tax evasion, it is forced to resort to high taxation and deficit financing which again carry their ill-economic effects.
Why Swiss bank is famous for black money?
The secrecy in Swiss banks is so deep that the rich with undisclosed, untaxed slush funds still consider them to be safer than banks in other tax havens. Swiss banks pay little or nothing on deposits. They even charge a fee for holding the money. Their famed walls of secrecy have become porous.
Can I deposit 50 lakhs in my account?
Thus, as cash deposits and withdrawals of Rs 10 lakh or more in a bank account in a financial year are required to be reported to the tax authorities, you need to be careful if you are exceeding the prescribed threshold. This limit is Rs 50 lakh and more in case of current accounts.
How much black money does India have?
(ii) The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) – concluded that the total amount of illicit wealth or black money, accumulated outside India between the years 1980 and 2010 was in the range of $384 billion (approximately Rs. 27 lakh crore at the exchange rate) to $490 billion.
Can I deposit 100k cash in the bank?
The bank will accept your cash deposit. They will scan the notes to make sure that it isn't counterfeit notes. However, they are required by law to report all large sums of cash money deposited into accounts to the Feds. This is to ensure that it is legal money reported as income at IRS.
Can banks seize your money?
The law states that a U.S. bank may take its depositors' funds (i.e. your checking, savings, CD's, IRA & 401(k) accounts) and use those funds when necessary to keep itself, the bank, afloat.
How is black money converted to white money legally?
Go to known jeweler and give him all black money you want to convert. He will give you cheque for the same amount. He will also give you purchase bill showing you sold your personal Jewelry to him. By this way your Black money is converted to white and you need not to pay capital gain tax even.
How is black money created?
A large number of small shops around the country almost exclusively do business in cash without receipts. All of this could potentially be black money. Another major source of black money is income earned by companies that is routed through shell companies abroad, thereby evading tax authorities.
Can I deposit 20 lakhs in bank?
If you cash deposit or cash withdraw more than Rs. 50 lakhs to / from your current bank account – Bank will report to Income Tax authority. If you cash deposit more than Rs. 10 lakhs from your savings bank account – Bank will report to Income Tax authority.
Black money includes all funds earned through illegal activity and otherwise legal income that is not recorded for tax purposes. … On the other hand, black money can reduce the negative impact of oppressive laws. Black money can be illegally disguised as legitimate money through money laundering.
How can we avoid black money?
The government has come up with a Gold Amnesty scheme to prevent black money in this asset. This is similar to Voluntary Income Disclosure scheme to tap black money in income taxes. Again any cash transaction above Rs 2 lakh demands PAN number. So any large cash deal won't be able to generate black money.
Who are responsible for black money?
Thus the promoters of the public limited companies who hold rarely more than 10% of share capital, earn black money abroad at the cost of majority share holders and tax income to the Indian government.
How much black money is recovered after Demonetisation?
In total, Rs 69,350 core was recovered under Income Declaration Scheme and Black Money and Imposition of Tax Act, and another Rs 5,000 crore under PMGKY. In 2015, the Narendra Modi government enacted Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act.
What is black money and its causes?
The increase in prices of commodities like petrol, etc., in international market, increase in prices of commodities due to high increase in duties and taxes imposed by the government, conspicuous consumption indulged in by people with unaccounted money, diverting resources from production to speculation—all these cause …
Why is black money bad for the economy?
Loss of revenue to the government and running of parallel economy in the country– The increase and spread of black money has a serious impact on the economy as it results in the reduction if government revenues. … Black money has added to this corruption by the illegal transactions which are made to hide the black money.
How much money can be deposit in post office?
And now the limit has been hiked from ₹5,000 to ₹20,000 per customer. The move is aimed at increasing post office deposits over time. 2) No branch postmaster (BPM) shall accept cash deposit transaction for more than ₹50,000 in an account in a day.
Can I deposit 2 lakhs in my account?
Since there is a system of Annual Information Return being filed by banks, your cash deposit exceeding Rs. 10 Lakhs in a Savings account / exceeding Rs. … 2 lakhs is not allowed as per Section 269ST of the Income tax, which will land you in a penaly of Rs. 10 Lakhs.
How much money can I keep in my bank account?
Can I put 15000 cash in the bank?
It is perfectly legal to deposit cash in any amount into your bank account. If the money came from illegal activities the bank may ask snoopy questions and you might feel awkward. If the money can from legal sources, then no problem.


How to Make Black Coffee at Home?
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How to Make Black Coffee at Home?
What is Coffee Beans?
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No doubt, Coffee is the most popular drinks in the world. Coffee is a brewed drink made from roasted coffee beans. It's the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. It's tropical plant can be found close to equatorial regions in Ethiopia, Sudan, Madagascar, Comoros, Southeast Asia,Brazil, Africa etc...
There are 2 main types of coffee beans. Arabica and Robusta.
Basically Coffee Beans are Dried coffee seeds. You roast to vary degrees depending on desired flavor and Voila! our coffee beans are ready to be coffee.
From 15th century (From Arabia, Turkey, Persia) to now (all over world). Green, unroasted coffee became the most traded agricultural commodities in the world.
What are the different ways of making Black coffee?
You have 3 parameters to make a coffee and depends their ratio, you coffee can be acidic, smooth, cold, strong, aromatic. You need to use Temperature, Pressure, Time and of course a clean water.
Espresso machine : You put hot pressurized water directly to grinded coffee beans. It's really fast but you need an expensive machine for home.
Moka Pot : It's also a faster solution but you need finer than a drip coffee grind.
French Press: Basically you put how water on your grinded coffee and filter it what you put to your cup. No pressure, 90C water suggested. Very simple and easy solution. Metallic Filter cannot filter all particules.
Filter Paper / V60 / Drip / Pourover : They are very similar methods that use a paper filter which really stops particules and gives you very soft and smooth taste.
Tricks to make coffee taste better
Never use boiling water. Don't forget max: 90Celcius
Start with Cold water then heat it.
Use Cleaned, Filtered Water.
Use Fresh Coffee beans, If possible use your own grinder to keep beans fresh. grind as you needed.
Enjoy with music, love, books and friends
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Mars Society Analog Rover Teams Given Green Light Mars Society
In a major step forward for the group, The Mars Society today announced that three teams will receive funds to build an analog Mars rover. The goal of the analog Mars rover project is to allow direct member participation in important humans-to-Mars research, while at the same time raising public awareness that Mars is a goal in humankind


The Calming Effect of Horses
The Calming Effect of Horses
Wednesday 18th September 2019
There are many benefits of horse riding for children with autism. Autistic people see, hear and feel the world differently to other people and this can cause considerable anxiety.
The rhythmic movement experienced during horse riding has been found to calm this distress and the actual physical contact with the horse may also help to build other relationships and reduce negative reactions.
Communication and empathy may also be increased by the interaction with the horse as their excitement of riding encourages them to speak to their horse and they begin to understand that their reactions can have an impact on how the horse behaves.
Riding different horses, introducing new activities and the rotation of volunteers that help out during riding sessions can assist with the resistance to change that is often associated with autism.
Cameron Branchett has riding been since 2011. When he began to get frustrated with his progress, Malvern Riding School, an Accessibility Mark accredited centre, stepped in to help. Here his Dad, Jonathan, tells his story.
Cameron's Story
Cameron was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in December 2006. In 2011, after discovering that the rocking motion on the pelvis when riding a horse released oxytocin that can help calm people, Cameron tried his first riding lesson.
The effect on him was immediate. Trying to cope in a main stream school, Cameron was showing symptoms of Tourette's Syndrome alongside his ASD. All of this stopped every time he sat on the horse.
He was hooked and we were amazed that a half hour lesson could have such a profound effect on him. They say certain animals have an affinity with humans and this is certainly the case with every horse Cameron has ridden. He forms a genuine bond with them all and they seem to instinctively understand his needs.
With ASD comes difficulties, listening to and understanding complex sets of instructions can be challenging at times. Cameron never expressed any desire to be a champion rider, or show jumper, he just enjoyed riding and trotting.
However, he began to get frustrated with his own limited progress and was starting to find the lessons troubling. In 2016, he was on the verge of giving up. That's when we turned to Malvern Riding School. Julie and the staff there are simply wonderful.
Within a few months he had mastered his rising trot, something he had never managed in five years! He now canters and jumps with ease and he is so much more confident and enthusiastic about his riding now and determined to become as good as he can be to help him with his dream of becoming an actor.
Julie and the staff, have a way of sensing when Cameron is getting a little disengaged with his riding and quickly change the lessons to keep him interested.
The way they communicate with him really resonates and he responds well to them. The little things like stopping the horse and talking towards him rather than shouting to his back as he rides past make all the difference. They also know the best way to challenge and support him even when he doubts himself.
There are currently 53 Accessibility Mark-approved centres across the country.
To find your nearest RDA Group or Accessibility Mark centre visit
In other news: Activity Alliance releases updated profile toolkit


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Electromagnetic field distributions in 3-dimensional irregular cavities
Ulrich Dörr · Hans-Jürgen Stöckmann · Michael Barth · Ulrich Kuhl
The eigenfrequencies νn of the cavity are measured in
dependance of the metallic bead position r:
Wavefunctions and their Δν distribution
|wave functions||distributions of Δν|
Δν distribution of wavefunctions
Distribution P(Δν) is defined by:
If all components of E and B are independently Gaussian distributed, i.e,
Only for chaotic wave functions the ansatz is valid. If the wave function is scarred, deviations from the expected deviations can be seen. Therefore the distribution can be used as a check whether the wave function is chaotic or not.
Δν distribution at the walls
Close to the walls three field components must be zero, due to the boundary conditions. Thus the distribution of Δν must be different and can be calculated by using only three independent components of the fields.
At the walls (d < 10mm) the deviations from the volume distribution (dashed dotted line) clearly can be seen. The sharp peak of the expected distribution (dashed line) can't be resolved.
In the intermediate regime (10mm < d < 20mm) a transition from border to volume distribution is found.
For the data well inside the cavity (d > 20mm) the volume distribution describes the experimental findings.
Spatial correlation functions
(in cooperation with B. Eckhardt)
The spatial correlation function is defined by:
Longitudinal correlation function along the displacement:
Transversal correlation function:
If the polarization is not considered, one expects:
Experimental correlation functions(- - - - including polarization, · · · · excluding polarization)
ResultsThough the electromagnetic fields E and B are coupled by the Maxwell equations, the six components can be considered as independently Gaussian distributed.
==> Field distributions can be described by random superposition of plane waves.


text: Many insects are able to precisely control their jumping movements. Once in the air, the properties of the actual landing site, however, are almost impossible to predict. Falling insects thus have to cope with the situation at impact. In particular, for insects jumping to escape predators, a controlled landing movement appears to be a major evolutionary advantage. A quick recovery into an upright and stable body posture minimizes the time to prepare for the next escape jump. In this study, we used high-speed recordings to investigate the falling and in particular the impact behavior of Schistocerca gregaria locusts, a common model organism for studies on the biomechanics of jumping. Detailed impact analyses of free-falling locusts show that most insects typically crashed onto the substrate. Although free-falling locusts tended to spread their legs, they mostly fell onto the head and thorax first. The presence of wings did not significantly reduce impact speed; however, it did affect the orientation of the body at impact and significantly reduced the time to recover. Our results also show that alive warm locusts fell significantly faster than inactive or dead locusts. This indicates a possible tradeoff between active control versus reduced speed. Interestingly, alive insects also tended to perform a characteristic bending movement of the body at impact. This biomechanical adaptation might reduce the rebound and shorten the time to recover. The adhesive pads also play an important role in reducing the time to recover by allowing the insect to anchor itself to the substrate.


jective, this means that
for every vector
Non-commutative case: a caveat
Proposition. Let Template:Mvar be the ring of non-commutative real polynomials in Template:Mvar and Template:Mvar. Let Template:Mvar be the principal two-sided ideal generated by Template:Mvar and Template:Mvar the principal two-sided ideal generated by xy + 1. Then I + J = R but IJIJ.
Proof. Observe that Template:Mvar is formed by all polynomials with an Template:Mvar in every term and that every polynomial in Template:Mvar vanishes under the substitution y = − {{ safesubst:_TAG_:Unsubst||$B=1/x}}. Then clearly p = (xy + 1)xIJ. Define a "term in Template:Mvar", as an element of the multiplicative monoid of Template:Mvar generated by Template:Mvar and Template:Mvar, and its degree as the usual degree of the term after the substitution y = x. On the other hand, suppose qJ. Observe that a term in Template:Mvar of maximum degree depends on Template:Mvar otherwise Template:Mvar under the substitution y = − {{ safesubst:_TAG_:Unsubst||$B=1/x}} can not vanish. The same happens then for an element qIJ. Note that the last Template:Mvar, from left to right, in a term of maximum degree in an element of Template:Mvar is preceded by more than one Template:Mvar. (We are counting here all the preceding Template:Mvars. E.g., in x2yxyx5 the last Template:Mvar is preceded by three Template:Mvars.) This proves that p = (xy + 1)xIJ since the last Template:Mvar in the term of maximum degree in Template:Mvar (Template:Mvar) is preceded by only one Template:Mvar. Hence IJIJ.
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NLM and National Endowment for the Humanities to Cooperate on Initiatives of Common Interest
The National Library of Medicine (NLM), the world's largest medical library and a component of the National Institutes of Health, and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), are forming a new partnership. They will collaborate to develop initiatives that bring together scholars, scientists, librarians, doctors and cultural heritage professionals from the humanities and biomedical communities in order to share expertise and develop new research agendas.
Representatives from the NLM and the NEH signed a memorandum of understanding that outlines their partnership and recognizes their shared interest in advancing health and medical education, training and information dissemination for research, teaching and learning by the humanities and biomedical communities.
As initial efforts, the partners will work together to:
- Explore areas of mutual interest for research, particularly in the fields of digital humanities and the history of medicine;
- Develop and participate in curricula and courses, training and internship opportunities, and other educational initiatives; and
- Develop initiatives to increase access to careers in medicine and health, with a particular interest in reaching students who are under-represented in the fields


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The fifth webinar of our special COVID-19 and NCDs in the Caribbean series: 'Re-opening Schools: Shared perspectives on navigating mental health during COVID-19' in partnership with the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), was held on September 25th, 2020 it focused on the major mental health concerns of key actors, namely, students, teachers and parents as a new school year, comprising of both in-person and virtual classes, begins across the region. These key actors along with epidemiological and mental health experts shared perspectives on strategies that can be used to support positive mental health wellbeing in this new school setting. Almost 300 participants took part in this very informative webinar.
On March 27th 2020, the HCC published an Open Letter to CARICOM Heads calling for 'urgent action to protect those living with NCDs from COVID-19'. On March 31st, 2020, the HCC released the HCC COVID-19 Advocacy and Communication Strategy to guide HCC advocacy efforts and communication during the COVID-19 pandemic. The strategy has five primary objectives: increase knowledge about COVID-19 and NCDs; promote access to, and consumption of, healthy foods; promote access to essential medicines and treatments for people living with NCDs (PLWNCDs; promote good mental and physical health; and engage young people as key players in the COVID-19 response. The strategy aims to contribute to universal health and universal health coverage (UH/UHC) and reduction of inequities, in support of achieving the sustainable development goals, specifically the prevention, treatment and promotion of mental health and wellbeing (target 3.4).
The webinar series fulfils two of the four strategies identified to deliver on the objectives of the HCC COVID-19 Communication Strategy: information dissemination and strengthening of civil society organisation (CSO) communication networks for information and experience sharing. The webinars will target a number of stakeholder groups, foremost of which are HCC CSO member organisations and PLWNCDs. Secondary target groups include regional policymakers and technical personnel across various ministries (including health, education, finance, trade etc.), health care providers, members of academia, national, regional and international partners, the general public including students and the private sector.
The webinar series aims to build advocacy capacity for the promotion of initiatives and policies that support the long-term health of all, particularly vulnerable persons, PLWNCDs and children and young people. The webinars will leverage the expertise of diverse stakeholders and partners including civil society actors, technical officers, academics, health care practitioners, and youth to bring awareness to the varied and complex dimensions of COVID-19 and NCDs in the Caribbean in order to guide the multisectoral approach needed to pave the way forward. They will showcase the experiences and lessons learned thus far and highlight good practices in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of these efforts. Current initiatives, solutions and policy recommendations will be discussed to ensure that we respond effectively to the pandemic and "build back better" by strengthening our whole-of-society response in shaping the COVID-19 health legacy.
The HCC has been an NGO in Official Relations with PAHO since 2012 and over this period we have had two joint Letters of Agreement (LoAs) which have supported the civil society capacity building in the area of childhood obesity prevention, identification, prevention, mitigation and management of conflict of interest in NCD policymaking, and reducing the harmful use of alcohol. As part of our Official Relations we have a joint workplan which covers a number of areas across the spectrum of NCDs and their risk factors.
The HCC is pleased to continue our collaboration with PAHO in support of Caribbean Wellness Week 2020 under the banner of PAHO's regional Stronger Together mental health campaign. The theme of CWD 2020 is mental health in the context of the coronavirus pandemic. Together the HCC and PAHO have produced a Mental Health PSA and a Get Moving for Mental Health Exercise Video using the PAHO Stronger Together campaign Jingle. This joint webinar is the final piece of this collaboration.
WEBINAR 5: RE-OPENING SCHOOLS: SHARED PERSPECTIVES ON NAVIGATING MENTAL HEALTH IN THE "CLASSROOM" DURING COVID-19
The objective of this webinar, "Re-opening Schools: Shared perspectives on navigating mental health during COVID-19" was to explore the mental health concerns of key actors within schools as they reopen across the region and to discuss strategies to cultivate school ecosystems that support positive mental health and well-being.
The COVID-19 pandemic has radically transformed schooling as we know it – largely shutting down traditional face to face education and forcing children, teachers and parents to struggle with an entirely new world of virtual learning. Significant uncertainty still looms as educational institutions across the Caribbean prepare for the 20/21 academic year. Schools that will reopen may consider shift systems to reduce class sizes, staggering drop off times and mealtimes, moving classes to temporary spaces or outdoors and blending face to face and virtual learning – all of which can dramatically affect how students will learn, play and interact with their peers, teachers and parents. These changes are compounded by the residual emotions linked to the unprecedented COVID-19 lockdown which interrupted the school term preceding summer holidays and left many students, parents and teachers mentally exhausted and frustrated.
We are already beginning to see the negative mental health impacts of the pandemic on students and teachers in the school community. Guidance counselors designated to provide in-school support may be ill-equipped to handle the anticipated rise in mental health issues experienced by children. Additional training for guidance counselors may become an emerging priority to ensure they can adequately respond to these new challenges and provide extended support to parents and caregivers.
Parents and caregivers have been highlighted as key actors in this new school system serving their role as a parent while also navigating virtual learning / homeschooling and providing holistic support for their children during this time.
All of these challenges are further exacerbated for children living with disabilities who very often require face to face, hands on support from highly trained professionals. The loss of this specialized care is having devastating emotional impacts on the children, families and their teachers.
This is a new and challenging space for many, and discussions that highlight concerns and guide strategies that will support positive mental health and wellbeing are critical.
Through a guided discussion, panellists will explored the following key themes:
- Overview of COVID-19 protocols within the school context and mental health concerns that may manifest in the "classroom".
- Sharing student, parent, teacher/ guidance counsellor experiences with COVID-19 and the school environment.
- Navigating student, parent and teacher/guidance counsellor's concerns related to adjusting to the new school environment (virtual, face to face learning or the blended approach).
- Strategies, tools and policy-level recommendations to support mental health resilience in a new school ecosystem.
Dr. Elisa Prieto
Caribbean Subregional NCD and Mental Health Advisor, PAHO
Mr. Pierre Cooke Jr
HCC Youth Technical Advisor
Dr. Eldonna Boisson
Epidemiologist PAHO Advisor, Disease Surveillance and Epidemiology
Dr. Claudina Cayetano
Psychiatrist, PAHO Mental Health Regional Advisor (NMH/MH)
Ms. Harriet Liddie
Counsellor, Antiguan Ministry of Education, Science & Technology
Mrs. Nekeisha Reid
Ms. Jara Emtage-Cave
Student, 6th Form Graduate
See the promotional flyer here.
WEBINAR 1: CIVIL SOCIETY ROUNDTABLE: COVID-19 AND NCDS IN THE CARIBBEAN
The objective of the first webinar: Civil Society Perspectives on COVID-19 and NCDs in the Caribbean was to provide a platform for Caribbean CSO leadership to share and showcase their experiences, challenges, successes and lessons learned in responding to COVID-19 and planning for the future beyond COVID-19. Read moreWEBINAR 2: THE FUTURE TALKS: COVID-19 AND NCDS IN THE CARIBBEAN
WEBINAR 2: THE FUTURE TALKS: COVID-19 AND NCDS IN THE CARIBBEAN
The objective of the second webinar: THE FUTURE TALKS: COVID-19 AND NCDS IN THE CARIBBEAN was to highlight the experiences youth face during COVID, including those living with NCDs. The webinar also served as a platform to amplify the youth's perspective on the monumental change needed moving forward to protect PLWNCDs and lessen the burden for future generations. Read more
WEBINAR 3: THE FUTURE TALKS: COVID-19 AND NCDS IN THE CARIBBEAN – THE LEGACY
The objective of the third webinar: "The Future Talks": COVID AND NCDs in the CARIBBEAN – THE LEGACY was to gain insight from youth experts who will present their professional and personal perspectives on how the region's health systems can "build back better" from the COVID experience. Read more
WEBINAR 4: WEIGHING THE IMPACT OF COVID-19: NUTRITION, OVERWEIGHT, OBESITY AND NCDS
The objective of the fourth webinar: "Weighing the Impact of COVID-19: Nutrition, Overweight, Obesity and NCDs" was to reflect on the nutrition environment over the course of the pandemic and the resulting direct and indirect impacts on health; and discuss individual and population level strategies to encourage improved nutrition and management of diet-related NCDs during and after the pandemic. Read more


The UMAP Credit Transfer Scheme (UCTS) was developed to simplify the process of transferring credits earned in overseas exchange programs to the students' home universities.
UCTS uses the 60 credit point scale originally developed for the European Credit Transfer Scheme (ECTS). These points can be applied to both trimester-based and semester-based academic years.
The UCTS credit point scale facilitates the conversion of credits between different grading systems. It is not intended to supplant the existing credit point scales (or other measures of student workload) used by the host and home universities, nor is it meant to replace universities' regulations and autonomy in terms of assessing students' learning outcomes.


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Message from the Parkside Principal
Welcome to Parkside School, where we build positive relationships and maintain high levels of academic rigor to support the social, intellectual, emotional and physical needs of all students. Students and staff at Parkside School are known for our friendliness, enthusiasm and hard work. Parent involvement is crucial in the success of our students, and we strive to build relationships and maintain regular communication with parents. Parkside School includes elementary grades 4 and 5, as well as, middle school grades 6, 7 and 8. In the elementary grades, teachers prepare students for the transition to middle school, while middle school teachers prepare students for the transition to high school. This is a time for students to explore their interests and begin career planning so they will be successful inside and outside of school.
-Deb Premo, Parkside School Principal
-Jim Rauchle, Parkside School Assistant Principal


Web Crawling As An AI Project
Christopher Brooks
This paper argues for the introduction of real-world programming projects into AI curricula, specifically using Python as an implementation language. We describe a modular set of projects centered around a focused web crawler, along with potential extensions. The author's experiences using this project in a class of undergraduates and Master's students are also discussed.
Subjects: 1. Applications; 1.3 Computer-Aided Education
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How exactly should we combine three orbitals when we have three orbitals that are of correct symmetry to interact?
Take $\ce{H2O}$ for example. $\mathrm{2s},$ $\mathrm{2p}_z$ and the $A_1$ group $(\ce{H2})$ orbitals can interact. It would seem trivial that the lowest bonding orbital is $\mathrm{2s}$ in phase with $A_1,$ but what about the anti binding orbital? Most resources suggest $\mathrm{2p}_z-A_1$ out-of-phase interaction, but is $\mathrm{2s}$ with $A_1$ out of phase not correct?
Could this be due to we try to construct the anti bonding orbital with least overlap possible?
 - $\begingroup$ Three AOs produce three MOs. $\endgroup$ – Ivan Neretin Oct 29 '20 at 9:58
 - $\begingroup$ Yea, so there will be a non-bonding orbital in the middle right, but what about the anti bonding orbital? $\endgroup$ – Tsz Oct 29 '20 at 10:22
 - $\begingroup$ It depends on the geometry. You might have a non-bonding orbital in the middle and an antibonding one above, or you may have two roughly equal no-so-antibonding orbitals. $\endgroup$ – Ivan Neretin Oct 29 '20 at 10:31
 - $\begingroup$ What I am asking is how will they mix? If you have two orbitals their linear combination is trivial, one combination is in phase while the other is not. What if there are three? $\endgroup$ – Tsz Oct 29 '20 at 11:50
 - $\begingroup$ It will be something like $(+++),\;(+0-),\text{ and }(+-+)$. $\endgroup$ – Ivan Neretin Oct 29 '20 at 12:55
You can estimate what happens by using a Huckel MO approach and, even though it is approximate, it shows the trends. With three similar orbitals on three atoms, such as 3 p orbitals these can be combined in two ways depending on whether the molecule is triangular or linear in shape. The MO's produced always sum to the same energy as that of the three p orbitals.
Without going into details, if we place them in a triangular arrangement each of the p orbitals can interact with each of the other two and the MO orbitals produced have relative energies -2,+1, +1 so when three electrons are added there is an overall lowering of energy with two in the lowest energy orbital and one in either of the two degenerate orbitals.
If linear, the three p orbitals will only interact significantly with the one next to it, 1 to 2, 2 to 3 for example. The MO orbitals all have different energy with one lowered a lot and two raised less so, so that the total energy is the same as the initial p orbitals. None are degenerate.
The conclusion is that the energy of the MO orbitals produced depend on the interactions between the p orbitals and this often depends on the geometry with closest p orbitals interacting most.
The Huckel method is described in many places, Wikipedia and most phys. chem. textbooks, if you want to try the calculation for yourself.
Another answer addressed the situation of three p orbitals, each on separate atoms. However, the example of $\ce{H2O}$ given in the question is a bit more complicated, since two of the orbitals are on the same atom (s and p on O). The short answer is that we cannot determine qualitatively what the orbitals look like, specifically the nonbonding one that is intermediate in energy.
If we first consider the s and p orbital independently, we have four possible combinations:
 1. s + A1 (where " + " means same phase) [bonding]
 2. s - A1 [antibonding]
 3. p + A1 [bonding]
 4. p - A1 [antibonding]
But we know that only three orbitals actually result, since three went in. SO already we have a problem that we don't know which three to use. It gets even more complicated when we realize that the s and p orbitals can both contribute to the same MO. (This is often described as "s-p mixing", though it formally is a mixing of the MOs, not the AOs.) If we don't worry about the exact value of the coefficients of each orbital and just focus on sign, we have four distinct results:
 1. s + p + A1 [strongly bonding]
 2. s - p + A1 [essentially nonbonding, since the portions of s and p that are oriented towards A1 are out of phase with each other and at least partially cancel out so there is very little overlap with A1]
 3. s + p - A1 [strongly antibonding] here the portions of s and p oriented towards A1 are additive to make a large lobe that is out of phase with A1
 4. s - p - A1 [essentially nonbonding, since the portions of s and p that are oriented towards A1 are out of phase with each other and partially cancel out as in (2)]
Of these, (1) and (3) are good representations of the known bonding and antibonding orbitals in $\ce{H2O}$ that you will find in pictures of MOs of $\ce{H2O}$, although the contribution of p to (1) is small enough that it closely resembles a simple s + A1 orbital.
The challenge is the third orbital. Determining whether it will more closely resemble (2) or (4) is not something that can be done with simple qualitative analysis. We must instead do a more quantitative analysis, which tells us that (4) is more accurate; the density on O has a small lobe pointed towards A1 that is in phase with A1 but overlaps very little and a large lobe that points away from A1 that is out of phase with A1. This quantitative analysis is covered in advance MO theory texts.
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This set of images of Korea was acquired by the American Geographical Society from Shannon McCune (_PHONE_), Professor of Geography and Asian Studies. The pictures were taken between 1938 and 1939 during McCune's stay in Korea when he conducted research for his doctoral dissertation "Climatic Regions of Tyosen (Korea)". In his captions McCune uses Japanese names for Korean places, e.g. Tyosen (Korea), Heizyo (Pyongyang), or Keizyo (Seoul). For more information, please see McCune, Shannon. Climatic Regions of Korea and Their Economy. Geographical Review, Vol. 31, No. 1. (Jan., 1941), pp. 95-99.
Wongaksa Pagoda is a ten-storey marble pagoda constructed in 1467 two years after Wongaksa Temple was founded. It is designated as National Treasure #2 and very similar to the Gyongcheonsa Pagoda, which was formerly made during the Koryo Dynasty (_PHONE_) and designated as National Treasure #86.