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Loading a Brush (abr file) using Photoshop CS or Creative Cloud:
1.) open your brush pallete
2.) in the upper right hand corner you will see either a triangle or a symbol that looks like a flower (depends on what version you are using).
3.) click on this icon and a menu will appear. Click "load brush."
4.) choose that brush you would like from your computer. The brush will be in ABR format
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organized meaning in hindi
Pronunciation of organized
organized Antonyms
organized Definitions and meaning in English
 1. formed into a structured or coherent whole
 2. methodical and efficient in arrangement or function
 3. being a member of or formed into a labor union
 4. arranged
 5. systematized
organized Sentences in English
 1. सुनियोजित
 An organized crime
 2. संगठित
 An organized body of workers
 3. व्यवस्थित
 A well organized event
 4. व्यवस्थित = disorgnised
 A well orgnised office
 5. एकीकृत = united
 An orgnised society.
 6. संगठित = integrated
 An orgnised society.
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How to Ask for and Understand Directions in Japanese
7 of 10 in Series: The Essentials of Japanese Words and Phrases for Traveling
Exploring Japan can be quite an adventure, but you need to know how to ask for directions in Japanese and how to understand the directions you are given. After all, if you don't know how to understand what you're told, you might miss the very things you hoped to see.
The first thing you need to know is how to ask for directions. To get help you can say Sumimasen. (Excuse me.); or Michi o kiite mo ii desu ka. (May I ask you for directions?); or Tasukete kudasasimasen ka. (Will you help me?).
The following words can be used when asking for or receiving directions in Japan.
tonari (next to)
mae (in front of)
michi (street, road)
massugu iku (to go straight)
migi ni magaru (to turn right)
kōsaten o hidari ni magaru (to turn left at the intersection)
Be forewarned. It can be very difficult to find streets and houses based on addresses in Japan. An address is usually used to indicate the area of a building rather than its exact location. In fact, most streets are usually not laid out in a grid pattern and most of the time there are no street signs. So, having an address might not be enough information to actually find your destination address.
Here are some phrases that might come in handy when you need directions.
Takushī de nan-pun gurai desu ka. (How many minutes by taxi approximately?)
Mō ichido onegaishimasu. (Could you repeat that, please?)
Yukkuri onegaishimasu. (Could you speak slower, please?)
Chikatetsu de ikemasu ka. (Can we go there by subway?)
Try putting some phrases and direction words together. The following conversation is typical of getting and receiving directions in Japan.
Tom: Chotto sumimasen. Michi o kiite mo ii desu ka. (Excuse me. May I ask you for directions?)
Hiro: Mochiron. (Of course!)
Tom: Hoteru wa doko desu ka. (Where is the hotel?)
Hiro: Daigaku no kita desu. [(It) is north of the university.]
Tom: ATM wa doko desu ka. (Where is the ATM?)
Hiro: Asoko desu. [(It's) over there.]
Tom: Benten to iu resutoran o shirimasen ka. (Do you know the restaurant called Benten?)
Hiro: Hai. Daigaku no minami desu. (Yes. (It) is south of the university.)
Tom: Eigakan wa dono tōri ni arimasu ka. (What street is the movie theater on?)
Hiro: Eigakan wa migi ni arimasu. (The movie theater is on your right.)
Tom: Gakkō ni wa dōyatte iku n-desu ka. (How do I get to the school?)
Hiro: Migi ni magatte, hidari no hito-tsu-me no michi desu. (Turn right, and it is the first street on your left.)
Tom: Sakura Hoteru wa doko desu ka. (Where is Sakura Hotel located?)
Hiro: Hoteru wa eki no tonari desu. (The hotel is next to the train station.)
Tom: Ginkō to yūbinkyoku no aida desu. [(It) is between the bank and the post office.]
Hiro: Massugu iku to arimasu. (Go straight and you will find it.)
Tom: Hakubutsukan wa koko kara tōi desu ka. (Is the museum far from here?)
Hiro: Koko kara hakubutsukan made yaku ichi-kiromētoru desu. (The museum is about one kilometer from here.)
The measurement units used in Japan are different than those used in the United States. For expressing the distance between two locations, Japanese commonly uses kiromētoru (kilometer) instead of mile. One kilometer is 0.621 miles.

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Hey! Directory Localizer
Directory Localizer helps you localize directories.
Periodically, you'll want to know where a Python source file is actually located on disk. You might want this for all sorts of reasons, and it's always a bit messy when you do want to know.
DirectoryLocalizer solves two problems:
- it lets you know where you are on disk, assuming you're not anywhere crazy, like in a zip import, and
- it lets you pass that location to other code that might want to know where you are.
Usage is extremely simple:
- Make a DirectoryLocalizer object, dl (or whatever).
- Call dl.set() from the file you want to locate on disk.
- Any code that can access dl can now call:
- dl.dir(): for the directory of the file where dl.set() was called,
- dl.path(fn): for the filename of a file in the directory where dl.set() was called,
- dl.file(fn): for a file object of the file in dl.path(fn), and
- dl.read(fn): to get a read of the file in d.file(fn).

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Thursday, May 15, 2014
Using miniBloq as an IDE
One of the main features of the new v0.82 version is that it allows to make text coded programs. And not just in C/C++ and Arduino-compatible syntax, but also in Python and, if the community adds more targets, in nearly any imperative/OOP language (such as JavaScript, Java, Ruby, etc.). Although in future versions this will be simpler and I'm improving the user experience as much as I can, right now it's fully functional. And it has a feature which I really like: the possibility of switching between a text and a graphical program at anytime during the development. This way, you can make fast test with the blocks, while programming the core of your application with the full power of C/C++ (or whatever language your hardware is using with miniBloq). Let's see how to create an example text coded "echo" program for an Arduino board:
1. Open miniBloq (we will be using Arduino Mega 2560 for this example, but you can select any other Arduino-compatible board from miniBloq's hardware list):
2. Since we will create the whole code for the project, we don't want to initialize the board automatically. So we will change the first call to initBoard, for a call to the function go():
What does this mean? It means that at the very beginning of your program, it will do nothing but calling the go() function. And what is the go() function? Is a function that you will write by your own, and where your program will start. It's like the main() function in C/C++, but we can not name it main() because that name is already used internally by the Arduino kernel (I will post more about this soon). In "Arduino terms", the go() function is equivalent to the setup() function.
3. Add a new cpp file (created just as a text file). First, go to the File->Add menu:
save the component (miniBloq's jargon for your program):
And inside the component's folder, create the text file:
We will name it echo.cpp but you can use any (valid) name of your preference:
You will see this message box when you change the file extension from txt to cpp. Of course say Yes:
Now, you will see the echo.cpp open in the file editor in miniBloq:
You can hide the blocks editor to gain space in the screen to work with your text file:
4. Let's add some code there. You will need to include the mbq.h file, which gives you access to the libraries for the motors, the sensors, the Arduino API functions, etc.:
5. If you compile that, it should compile just fine, but it's an empty program. Now, please try the following piece of code, which is our final echo program:
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void go()
if (serial0.available())
int inByte =;
6. Run it and you will see how it works by using miniBloq's terminal:
Finally, if you want to use blocks to test, you just need to select initBoard() in the Start block, and start adding your blocks there. The files that you have added will remain there (unless you close them). Once you want to return to the text coding, just select go() again in your start block.
In a future post, I want to show you how to work with multiple file projects. But probably you can just try to experiment a bit by yourself using the Add file feature.
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Dr Laura Carter
- Position: Associate Professor in Soil and Environmental Chemistry, UKRI Future Leaders Fellow
- Areas of expertise: soil; pharmaceuticals; emerging contaminants; plastics; uptake; fate; sorption; plants; ecotoxicity antimicrobial resistance
- Email: _EMAIL_
- Phone: +44(0)113 _PHONE_
- Location: 10.29 Garstang
- Website: Twitter | Researchgate
Laura Carter is an Associate Professor in Soil and Environmental Chemistry at the University of Leeds, UK. Laura's research focuses on understanding the fate and uptake of emerging contaminants in the natural environment, with particular focus on soil-plant systems.
Laura currently holds a prestigious UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship which funds the project: 'Contaminants of emerging concern in agricultural systems: a risk to soil and plant health?'
This project will establish a science platform that uses multidisciplinary approaches to evaluate the global risk of chemicals in agricultural systems. Through a combination of laboratory and field work, it will offer a fundamental change in how we assess the risks of emerging contaminants in the environment by combining expertise in the fields of agriculture, soil and plant health.
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Pharmaceuticals Interest Group Committee Member
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) UK Council Member
Since completing her PhD at The University of York under supervision of Prof. Alistair Boxall, Laura has spent time as a Risk Assessor at Unilever's Safety and Environmental Assurance Centre (SEAC) and as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Adelaide, Australia where she investigated the biological effects of pharmaceutical uptake into plants. Most recently, Laura has worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of York, UK where she contributed to the European iPiE project on the intelligent assessment of pharmaceuticals in the environment, developing soil sorption models and monitoring pharmaceuticals in river catchments.
2022 – Associate Professor in Soil and Environmental Chemistry University of Leeds, UK
2018 – 2022 University Academic Fellow in Soil Science University of Leeds, UK
2015 - 2018 Postdoctoral Researcher University of York, UK
2014 - 2015 OCE Postdoctoral Research Fellow CSIRO Adelaide, Australia
My research focuses on understanding the fate and uptake of emerging contaminants in the natural environment, with particular focus on terrestrial systems. I am particularly interested in the following research areas;
- Fate and uptake of pharmaceuticals in soil-plant systems
- Formation and uptake of pharmaceutical transformation products in non-target organisms
- Impacts of sewage derived emerging contaminants on agroecosystem health
- Food-web transfer of emerging contaminants
- Impacts of manufacturing discharge on environmental health
- Contaminants of emerging concern in agricultural systems: a risk to soil and plant health?
- SELECTAR - Selection for antimicrobial resistance by antimicrobial production waste
- SPADE – Soil Pollution Assessment Delivery
- PhD Environmental Science University of York
- BSc Environmental Science University of York
Research groups and institutes
- River Basin Processes and Management


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|Origin:||bledan, from blod; BLOOD|
bleed past tense and past participle bled
to lose blood, especially because of an injury:
Your nose is bleeding.
Tragically, she bled to death.
bleed profusely/heavily (=bleed a lot)
Mrs Burke was found unconscious and bleeding profusely.
to take some blood from someone's body, done in the past in order to treat a disease:
When he fell sick several days later, he had a doctor bleed him.
to force someone to pay an unreasonable amount of money over a period of time:
His ex-wife clearly intends to bleed him for every last penny.
bleed somebody dry/white (=take all their money, possessions etc)
The ten-year war has bled the country dry.
to remove air or liquid from a system in order to make it work properly, for example from a heating system:
We need to bleed the radiators.
to spread from one area of cloth or paper to another [= run]:
Wash it in cold water so the colours don't bleed.
if a company or business bleeds red ink, it loses a lot of money rather than making money:
Analysts predict the retailer will continue to bleed red ink, with losses topping $180 million.


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Council for Spiritual and Ethical Education supports the moral and spiritual development of young people by providing resources and educational opportunities to elementary, middle, and secondary schools.
Council for Spiritual and Ethical Education is a broad consortium of schools committed to
- effective education for moral leadership and ethical decision making
- quality instruction about the world's religious traditions
- spiritual growth in a religiously diverse world
- service, in our communities, to our world community
CSEE has a 106-year history. For most of the 20th century we were known as Council for Religion in Independent Schools. The Council changed its name in the late 1990s, out of sensitivity to schools working on moral and spiritual growth, but with no firmly identifiable religious affiliation.
Today we serve some 300 institutions across the United States and Canada, and work with both schools and parents to foster moral development, ethical leadership, and spiritual growth.


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According to my understanding, it is a Roman adaptation of the Epitrachelion and Orarion - essentially priestly neck-garments. I wouldn't read too much into the clothing style itself, as it changes infrequently and often erratically and illogically. But the garment itself, functionally, is simply the symbol of the priesthood or diaconate, but styled differently. It's also important to note how simple they can be, so it is likely that they were adapted as priestly garments some time after they were in common use by aristocracy.
The interesting part is that while in the Orthodox tradition the stole is two different garments for the priest and deacon, in the West it is almost the same garment simply worn differently, albeit with the final effect being identical: the priest's is symmetrical and comes down like a beard, and the deacon's is asymmetrical and worn like a sash.
This suggests a common origin to all of the stoles, but does not tell us what the proto-garment was, or if one of the two was the proto-garment. I would be inclined to assume the Orthodox garments, partly because of the Oriental Churches (Non-Chalcedonians):
etc... the naming is Western (stole) but it seems like the garment is mostly unchanged and similar to the Eastern Orthodox one.


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Types for benchmarking.
The core class is Benchmarkable, which admits both pure functions
and IO actions.
For a pure function of type Int -> a, the benchmarking harness
calls this function repeatedly, each time with a different Int
argument, and reduces the result the function returns to weak head
normal form. If you need the result reduced to normal form, that
is your responsibility.
For an action of type IO a, the benchmarking harness calls the
action repeatedly, but does not reduce the result.
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|A benchmarkable function or action.
|A benchmark may consist of either a single Benchmarkable item
with a name, created with bench, or a (possibly nested) group of
Benchmarks, created with bgroup.
|:: String||A name to identify the group of benchmarks.
|-> [Benchmark]||Benchmarks to group under this name.
|Group several benchmarks together under a common name.
|Retrieve the names of all benchmarks. Grouped benchmarks are
prefixed with the name of the group they're in.
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The Irian Jaya training RAP was made possible with funding from the Smart Family Foundation, The MacArthur Foundation, and USAID.
Special thanks to CI's Irian Jaya and Indonesia programs, the University of Cenderawasih, the Irian Jaya Environmental Foundation, and Dewan Adat Mamberamo Raya.
Irian Jaya Training Rapid Assessment Program (RAP)
The biological diversity of Irian Jaya is extremely high and unique, but virtually unstudied. To collect biodiversity data to fill this knowledge gap and contribute to conservation planning, CI's RAP program is conducting its second expedition to Irian Jaya. On this expedition they will also conduct a training course for local scientists.
Expert biologists will train Indonesian participants in rapid biodiversity assessment methods for six taxonomic groups. The hands-on training course will lead to an actual scientific survey of birds, insects, freshwater fish, mammals, herpetofauna and vegetation.
Yongsu and the Mamberamo River basin, Irian Jaya, Indonesia
Located in the western portion of the world's highest and largest tropical island, Irian Jaya is considered the last great rainforest wilderness in Indonesia. The province's range of altitudes (from sea level to the highest mountains in the Asia-Pacific region) helps to create an extraordinary array of ecosystems, biodiversity, and endemic species (those species found nowhere else in the world).
This island treasure is at risk, however, from land conversion, which is ascribed to logging, transmigration, plantation agriculture, mining, oil and gas operations, the introduction of alien (non-native) species, and infrastructure projects such as dams and roads.
August 19 - September 15, 2000
From August 19 to August 30, more than 20 participants will take part in the training course. Then six participants will join the expert biologists in the Mamberamo River basin to conduct a rapid biodiversity assessment from September 1-15.
August 19-30, 2000: Yongsu Research Camp
August 31, 2000: Jayapura
September 1-7, 2000: Furu River Site in the Mamberamo River Basin
September 8-15, 2000: Tiri River Site in the Mamberamo River Basin
September 16-18, 2000: Sentani
International Team of Scientists and Indonesian Participants Conservation biologists from Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, the Netherlands, and the United States will teach participants from Indonesian universities, non-government organizations (NGOs), and government organizations. Meet the team >>
Objectives of the Biological RAP training in Irian Jaya
- To build capacity among Indonesian biologists in methods for rapid biological assessments, in data analysis and in report preparation.
- To collect biological data, which is currently severely lacking, and to build an understanding of ecological processes and biodiversity of Irian Jaya and the Mamberamo River basin specifically.
- To create a framework for further conservation recommendations about the areas surveyed to decision-makers.
- To publish the results and make them available to decision-makers, stakeholders, scientists, and other interested parties.
LEARN MORE: Find more information about RAP training and adventures studying biodiversity.


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Decorating golf balls is an activity that can be fun for adults and children alike. Whether you're making a gift for the golfer in your life or accenting your home décor, you can use golf balls for original artwork by adding designs with permanent marker or with paint. You can also use red, black, and white paint to enhance your garden with golf ball ladybugs.
Method 1 of 3:
Decorating Golf Balls with Permanent Marker
 1. 1
 Choose a design. There are a lot of designs to choose from. Floral patterns are an easy, fun, and cute pattern to draw if you're new to decorating golf balls. You could also recreate the solar system or make minions and popular characters. You have endless options, so come up with a plan for how you will want your golf balls to look.
 - Some creative ideas include fruit, bugs and animals, holiday themes, and other types of sports balls like soccer and basket balls.[1]
 2. 2
 Gather golf balls and markers. Use quality permanent markers that won't easily rub or wash off and won't fade over time. Choose an array of colors. For color that stands out brightest on turf, look for reds and yellows.[2]
 - Gather a lot of golf balls. As you work, you may want to discard some that you don't like, or you may come up with new designs that you want to try along the way. Try as many different designs and illustrations as you like.
 - Place all materials in a cardboard box or other flat surface where the balls will not roll away.
 3. 3
 Wash the golf balls thoroughly with dish soap. Place them in a sink and scrub them with hot, soapy water to remove dirt or other elements from the surface. Dry them off with a dish towel before drawing on them with permanent marker.[3]
 4. 4
 Draw lines around the golf ball. Set the golf ball on a flat surface and hold the marker steady with the tip touching the ball. Slowly roll the golf ball for a straight line going all the way around the ball. Then move the marker to the next point on the ball where you want to draw another line.[4]
 - Lines can be decorative by themselves or they can be used as stems for flowers in a floral pattern.
 - Use different colors for a specific theme. For example, use red and green for a Christmas themed design or black and yellow to make the golf ball look like a bumblebee.
 5. 5
 Make a floral pattern on the ball. Color in the ridges on the ball with the tip of the marker. You can make a flower pattern by coloring in one ridge with one color, and each of the surrounding ridges with a brighter color.
 - This process also works well for paw prints if you use neutral colors like black and brown.
 6. 6
 Color in the ridges. Color every other ridge for a checkered pattern or color in ridges sparingly for a polka-dot pattern. You can use different colors or all one color depending on how you want your pattern to look. The technique is simple but the finished design will be fun to see. [5]
 - You can create a great piece of home décor by coloring golf balls with simple designs and placing them in a vase or frame.[6]
Method 2 of 3:
Painting Golf Balls
 1. 1
 Choose how you want your golf balls to look. You can use acrylic paint and paint brushes, or spray paint for a more solid look of one color. Depending on the design, you may need to gather a lot of golf balls. It's better to have too many golf balls than not enough as you might want to change your design along the way. Use as many golf balls as you need.
 - Knowing what type of design you want before you start can help you decide if you want spray paint or acrylic paint and what size brushes to use.
 2. 2
 Set up your workspace. Painting golf balls is best when done outdoors due to the mess and fumes. Place empty egg cartons upside down outside on a flat surface. Then place the golf balls on the egg carton to hold them firmly in place while you're working.[7]
 3. 3
 Sandpaper the golf balls. This will remove the gloss on the outer surface of the ball so that the paint will stick better. This will also help remove any dirt and grime.[8]
 4. 4
 Add primer to the golf balls. Keep them on the egg cartons and spray over the golf balls with paint primer spray. This will also ensure that the paint will stick and have a longer lasting hold. Hold away from your face as you spray, and then wait for the balls to dry.[9]
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 Paint a solid color with spray paint. You can make a ball one solid color by placing it on the empty egg carton and spraying it with spray paint. Once it is dry, turn it over and spray the other side. If you don't have spray paint, you can also use a large brush to coat the balls with acrylic paint.
 - Once you have a solid-colored golf ball that isn't white, you can continue to create designs with a more colorful background.
 6. 6
 Use stickers and paint to make a clean-cut design. Stickers of stars, letters, flowers, and other shapes will work well for designs, initials or names when you place the sticker on the ball and paint over it with either a brush or spray paint. Allow the paint to dry before you remove stickers.[10]
 7. 7
 Use a fine brush to draw smaller designs. Use the tip of a small brush to paint intricate designs or make a floral pattern by filling in the ridges with different colors. Do this by painting one ridge a dark neutral color and each surrounding ridge a bright color.
Method 3 of 3:
Making Golf Ball Ladybugs
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 Set up a workspace where you can paint. Outdoors is usually the best place to work due to the mess and fumes. If you will be working indoors, lay down newspaper and open a window. Lay empty egg cartons on top of the newspaper or flat surface area where you will be painting.
 - The empty egg cartons will be used to hold the golf balls while you work so that they remain steady and you can keep one hand free.[11]
 2. 2
 Sandpaper the surface of each golf ball. This will remove the gloss from the ball and any residual dirt. Golf balls have a layer of gloss on the surface that can keep paint from sticking, so it's important to make sure all the gloss is removed. After sandpapering each ball, brush off any extra sand or dust.
 3. 3
 Spray a paint primer on the balls. This is easiest to do while the balls are sitting on the upside-down egg carton. This will help to give the paint a better hold and will also help the colors look more vibrant. Allow the primer to fully dry before moving on.[12]
 4. 4
 Coat the ball with red paint. Keep the balls on the egg carton while you paint. You can use a large brush, or for an easy and solid coating you can use spray paint. Allow the red paint to fully dry before adding any black. This will prevent the black paint from running into the red paint and making a mess on the ball.[13]
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 Paint a large black circle for the head and fill it in with black paint. Continue to draw a line from the top of the head in a semi-circle around the ball. This is the line between the two wings. Continue to use the black paint to fill in ridges on the ball for spots.[14]
 - You don't have to make a lot of black spots. Just a few will look great.
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 Paint two small white rings inside the head of the ladybug. These will be the eyes, so put them towards the top half of the head close to the wings. At this point the design is complete, so wait for the ball to dry.[15]
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 Add varnish to protect your new ladybug golf balls from rain and weathering. Apply the varnish with a clean brush and allow it to sit. Once the varnish is dry you can start putting them around your garden or in your flower beds.[16]
 - Try to keep them in shaded areas to avoid the color from fading quickly in the sunlight.
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 - Collect as many golf balls as you can. Depending on the project, you might want a lot of them. Ask a golfer that you know or pick some up when you're on the golf course. You can also purchase them at any sporting goods store.
 - If you want to personalize golf balls with a professional logo or design, order them online through a customization company. Have them represent your team, league, or group, or keep them as a reminder of someone or something you love.
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When choosing a drilling method, especially for exploration and grade control, one must consider many factors such as cost, time, environmental impact, depth of drilling and sample quality. Reverse Circulation drilling offers many advantages over other drilling methods, such as Rotary Air Blast drilling or diamond drilling. This article will explain what Reverse Circulation drilling is, its benefits, its health and safety considerations, and why it is the best method of grade control.
1. What is Reverse Circulation drilling?
Reverse Circulation drilling, or RC drilling, is a method of drilling which uses dual wall drill rods that consist of an outer drill rod with an inner tube. These hollow inner tubes allow the drill cuttings to be transported back to the surface in a continuous, steady flow.
Unlike diamond drilling, it compiles sample rock cuttings instead of rock core. The drilling mechanism is most often a pneumatic reciprocating piston called a hammer, which in turn is driving a tungsten-steel drill bit, specifically made to be able to crush hard rock.
The hammer is used to remove rock samples which are pushed through the machine with compressed air. When air is blown down the annulus (ring-shaped structure) of the rod, the pressure shift creates a reverse circulation, bringing the cuttings up the inner tube. When the cuttings reach a deflector box at the top of the rig, the matter is moved through a hose attached to the top of the cyclone.
The drill cuttings will travel around the cyclone until they fall through the bottom opening into a sample bag. These bags are marked with the location and depth of the place where the sample was collected and can be transported directly to the assay lab for analysis.
2. The benefits of RC drilling
Reliable and uncontaminated samples:
When the cutting travels through the bit into the inner tube towards the cyclone, it is not introduced to other areas of the hole, keeping it free of cross-contamination. This creates the possibility of producing large quantities of high quality, reliable samples.
Sample cuttings are easier to catalogue and keep track of. Because the samples collected will have an exact location and depth at which they were found, surveyors and interested parties will be able to locate mineral deposits more precisely.
High drilling penetration rates:
RC penetration rates are comparable to open drilling methods and are often faster at greater depths. Sample velocity through the inner tube can reach speeds of 250 m/sec, making the retrieval of drill cuttings a rapid but safe method requiring fewer man-hours.
Production rates are superior to diamond drilling; rates of 200-300 m/day are routine at speeds faster than 10 m/h. Therefore, results from RC drilling can be revealed to clients much faster because the drilling process takes less time.
Versatile in tough conditions:
RC drilling is fairly straightforward and requires far less water than diamond drilling, making it ideal in places such as Australia, where water may be scarce or costly. RC drilling is also a more cost-effective method than diamond drilling, with operating costs reduced by up to 40% compared to diamond drilling.
Cost reduction is especially noticeable in geologically challenging locations, which would increase the cost of more conventional drilling methods even more. RC drilling will keep those costs down since it is more resilient in harsh environments.
3. Why is RC drilling best for grade control?
Grade control is used to define the ore grades and blocks in the pit. For an exploration program, the quality of the samples is imperative for mine planning and blasting—the samples must be reliably accurate.
RC drilling is the superior method used for grade control in open pit mining operations because:
- samples obtained via RC drilling are free of contaminants
- the samples are collected at the drill and sent directly to the lab to be assessed
- RC sampling requires less handling than other methods
- less handling results in cost reduction and faster turnaround times
The reliability of the cuttings produced during RC drilling is an industry asset. RC grade control is the most cost effective and efficient method to differentiate between waste rock and minerals.
4. Key safety and environmental considerations
Exploration drilling is strictly controlled and regulated when an exploration licence is approved. Most drilling requires further governmental approval, which will demand a thorough environmental survey, proposed methodology, administrative plan, and environmental mitigation.
RC drilling safety regulations will vary depending on location, but there are general precautions to observe. RC drilling has some inherent risks to be aware of.
The sounds of constant hammering of drill bits into rock combined with the use of loud air compressors may cause hearing loss. That's why occupational health and safety laws require workers to wear some sort of hearing loss protection as well as all other appropriate personal protective equipment. This includes not only ear plugs or ear muffs but also respiratory masks, safety footwear, hard hats and industrial work gloves.
RC drilling requires 'Samplers' or 'Offsiders' to process the cutting samples from the cyclone. They may have to manually handle some of the downhole equipment, putting them in a more hazardous situation than in a standard drilling site such as well drilling. They must remain vigilant about a number of hazards such as:
- the physical strain they could receive from manually handling samples,
- the potential of falling objects,
- proximity to compressed air, and
- pinch points or areas around the rig that could be the source of crush injuries.
However, adopted control measures make it more difficult to access potential pinch points, and added interlocks prohibit operation under unsafe conditions.
Because RC drilling has a small rig footprint, it eliminates the need for extensive earthworks. This means RC drilling has a minimal environmental impact.
5. RC drilling best practices
There are many procedures and techniques required to achieve the best possible results from RC drilling. Holes are set up similarly to conventional holes, and the most important element of RC drilling is the sample. The goal is to capture as much sample as possible from the hole, preferably through the inner tube.
High inside sample circulation is achieved by having the appropriate clearance between the bit shroud and the hole wall. This should forge a seal, thereby forcing the sample inside. If there is water in the hole, allow the hole to collar off as this helps to keep the samples dry, making them easier to transport and process.
Since its inception in the early 1970s in Australia, RC drilling has become a preferred method for initial exploration and grade control due to its many advantages:
- the samples extracted by RC drilling are reliable and free of contaminants,
- the method is timely and cost-efficient,
- it is well-suited for difficult terrains,
- it has high penetration rates, and
- it has minimal environmental impact.
Taken together, these positive aspects of RC drilling make it an excellent choice for mining exploration and grade control.


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Emergency Management is the discipline and profession of applying science, technology, planning, and management to deal with extreme events that can kill or injure large numbers of people, do extensive damage, and disrupt a community.
Mitigation refers to activities that actually eliminate or reduce the chance of occurrence or the effects of a disaster. Recent research has shown that much can be done to either prevent major emergencies or disasters from ever happening or if nothing else, at least reduce the damaging impact if they cannot be prevented.
The planning of how to respond in case an emergency or disaster occurs and working to increase resources available to respond effectively. Preparedness activities are designed to help save lives and minimize damage by preparing people to respond appropriately when an emergency is imminent. To respond properly, Gloucester County must have a plan for response, trained personnel to respond and necessary resources with which to respond.
Response is the activities occurring during and immediately after a disaster. These activities are designed to provide emergency assistance to victims of the event and reduce the likely hood of secondary damage. Gloucester County Office of Emergency Management, Gloucester County Police, and Local Fire, Police, and Emergency Medical Service providers are primary responders.
This is the final phase of the emergency management cycle. Recovery continues until all systems return to normal or near normal. Short term recovery returns vital life support systems to minimal operating standards. Long term recovery from a disaster may go on for years until the entire disaster area is completely redeveloped, either as it was in the past or for entirely new purposes that are less disaster-prone.


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- Get Involved
The Toledo Zoo Education department offers fun programs and services for learners of all ages; check out the programs below for more information.
We have a variety of fun courses for children six months to four years old and also for the whole family. Our programs are offered on weekdays and weekends and feature a variety of fun learning experiences at the Toledo Zoo.
Summer Safari Camps
These wildly popular summer programs let kids have fun, hands-on learning at the Zoo and beyond! Campers make enrichment items for Zoo animals, take special tours, make crafts, play wild games and so much more!
Nature's Neighborhood is the Zoo's year-round children's zoo where kids learn through play. Each day Nature's Neighborhood has great opportunities for fun, learning, and exploration! (free with regular Zoo admission)
Toledo Zoo Preschool
Your 3 or 4-year-old will love coming to the Zoo each day; or certified teachers have great lessons and activities waiting for your child.
Our programs, offered throughout the school year, help homeschool students meet academic standards. Programs fill up quickly, so register today.
Our teachers bring live animals, biofacts and animal expertise to your location for a wild lesson. Programs for convalescent centers, libraries, hospitals, senior centers, and special-needs organizations within Lucas County are free. Sign up today—programs fill quickly.
Our Discovery Box collection has great learning tools to enhance your lessons for students of all ages. Discovery Boxes can be checked out and used at the location of your choice.
Scout Badge Programs
Do you have Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts in your family? Check into our seasonal badge programs offered at the Zoo.
This overnight program at the Zoo offers a one-of-a-kind experience. Ideal for school classes, scout troops, clubs, home school groups, church groups and more.


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Can subjective resilience indicators predict future food security? Evidence from three communities in rural Kyrgyzstan
Recent attempts to develop a standardised tool to quantify levels of household resilience to climate extremes have typically generated very large household surveys, which take a number of hours to complete. Moreover, there are significant questions over which resilience capacities to measure, how to measure them, and how to weight them for their relative importance in facilitating or hindering resilience in any given context.
This paper is the first to quantitatively compare the power of subjective and objective resilience measures to predict future wellbeing (in this case, represented by household food security) in the face of socio-environmental shocks and stressors. It finds that subjective approaches to resilience measurement may offer an attractive alternative to objective surveys.
Key points for decision-makers
- A subjective approach asks respondents to rate their overall perceived resilience. Therefore more emphasis is placed on what resilience means to local people and it leaves the choice of which capacities, in what combination and quantities up to them.
- The study used a household panel data set collected in three contrasting rural Kyrgyzstan villages. The results reveal that subjective resilience indicators are strong independent predictors of future food security.
- The subjective indicators capture variance that is not picked up by standard objective indicators and increase the accuracy of models that predict future levels of household food security.
- There is tentative evidence that the subjective resilience indicators may be comparable across contexts, but more research is required to confirm this early-stage observation.
This work was undertaken as part of the Pathways to Resilience in Semi-Arid Economies (PRISE) project.
ISSN 2515-5717 (Online) – Grantham Research Institute Working Paper series
ISSN 2515-5709 (Online) – CCCEP Working Paper series


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Superkilen, designed by BIG, TOPOTEK 1 and SUPERFLEX, is a kilometer-long urban space wedged within one of the most ethnically diverse and socially challenged neighbourhoods in Denmark. The wedge (in Danish: kilen) is structured along three spatial zones (red, black and green) and is populated by 108 objects and 11 trees from around the world.
Since its inception, Superkilen has been widely and controversially debated. The book invites readers behind the scenes of its making through the reflections of its main protagonists. It discusses the implications of the project in relation to changes in the conception of public space and to the increasing expectations connected to public investments nowadays. It places emphasis on urban planning, modes of participation, collaboration and conflicts, and discusses the possibilities of a shared, yet heterogeneous space.
By providing firsthand and background information about Superkilen, the book aims to further stimulate public discourses on the project, encouraging reflection and action in equal measure.


text: Polarization state is of fundamental importance in electromagnetic scattering from periodic and random systems. Here we demonstrated that electromagnetic wave can be perfectly and achromatically transformed into its orthogonal polarization state by utilizing the huge anisotropy of meta-surface. More importantly, it is proved that the phase shift between two coherent inputs can be utilized to dynamically tune the polarization states of output waves. Depending on the phase difference, the outputs can be y-polarization, left handed polarization and right handed polarization for x-polarized inputs. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.


Beautiful arrays ICPC16B-Can some one say what is wrong with my code..i get a correct answer in other compilers..but code chef gives wrong answer..PLS HELP!
using namespace std;
int main()
int i,g,n,noe;
int* arr=NULL;
int* k=NULL;
cin >> n;
int flag=0;
int car=noe-1;
arr = new int[noe];
k= new int[car];
flag= ++flag;
if(flag == car)
return 0;
Your code gives a "Yes" for the following test case but it should not give a "Yes".
Test Case:
2 0 3
in both the above cases the number is beautiful because the answer is one of the multiplicands right…Is that the case?An array a is called beautiful if for every pair of numbers ai, aj, (i ≠ j), there exists an ak such that ak = ai * aj. Note that k can be equal to i or j too.Here 1st pair ai =2,aj=0;2nd pair-ai=0,aj=3…Can you please tell what i understood is right or wrong?
Please include the test cases with the explanation…
Hey _USER_,
I think your approach is wrong.
For every value of Ak = Ai*Aj exist, then it's for sure that a number greater than can be only one. If we have more than one number greater than one, so for that to happen we have to create a chain of never ending sequence.
assume 1,2,3
than to if 2 and 3 are present than 6 must also be present, if 6 is there than 12 and 18 should also be there and so on.
Now condition's are only on 1 and -1. I want to you to figure it out yourself by making some test cases. If aren't able to figure out than I'll try to help you out.
You can also see this Code. for better explaination.
Hope this helps!
Thank you, Mr.Sandeep.I understood the concept after having working out your code…I understood your code better! but can you please do some corrections in my code which is posted above to get the result because I want to know that the array method which I have used is working or not!If possible pls can you do that?If you are busy don't need
your welcome, _USER_
if you feel, your question is being answered than a gentle request to accept the answer so that this question can be removed from an unanswered question list.
Oh, i am sorry!


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Repeaters, extenders, and boosters are excellent ways to cover larger areas using a router's Wi-Fi signals. If you have a three-story house and want to increase wireless coverage, you can set up a separate network and direct new clients to it.
The NETGEAR N600, on the other hand, can be used as a repeater or booster to extend the range of your wireless network. Since it is quite a common question of using NETGEAR N600 as a repeater we will go over its step-by-step procedure in this article.
NETGEAR N600 as A Repeater:
You can configure your NETGEAR as a wireless repeater, which significantly improves the signal strength and range of your NETGEAR N600 router by adding new clients to a separate network. Setting up your NETGEAR N600 as a Wi-Fi extender may require a few steps, so we've created a step-by-step guide to walk you through the entire process.
- Firstly, you need to connect your computer to the hosting network. You can use an Ethernet cable and connect it to your PC using the Ethernet port. If your computer primarily operates on the NETGEAR N600 network then it will work fine in that case too.
- Now open your web browser and access the default web address of your NETGEAR by typing 192.168.1.1 in your address bar.
- Now sign in to your admin page by using the login credentials. The username and the password.
- Click OK.
- Once you enter your administrative page, navigate to the Setup tab and click the Wireless Settings tab beneath it.
- Now you have to write down the network name, network mode, and the channel of your network in the space provided for each field.
- Now go to the Security tab and choose WEP from the options. Enter the security key.
- Click the Apply button.
- Go to the Advanced option and click on the Wireless Repeating Function.
- Now enter the MAC (Media Access Control) address of your device.
- Now remove the Ethernet cable from your router and connect it to your NETGEAR device.
- Make sure that your router is not connected to the modem.
- Now you have to use the same router and log on to it by performing steps 2 and 3.
- Now match the configurations as that of the router you previously set. The network mode, channel, security, and service identifiers should be the same as the previous one.
- Navigate to Router Status and enter the IP address associated with your router's LAN port.
- Now, select the Wireless Repeating Function and enter the MAC address shown.
- Select the Wireless Repeater and enable the Wireless Repeating Function.
- Enter the previously recorded IP address and uncheck the Disable Wireless Client Association box.
- Now disconnect the Ethernet cable and sign in to the network.
- Access the Wireless Repeating Function page and choose Enable Wireless Repeater.
- Then select the option Wireless Base Station.
- Disable the Wireless client as needed and enter the MAC address of the repeater in the respective field.
- Click the Apply button to finish the configuration.


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./blakely "RPN formula" resolution > output.gif
./blakely "xx*yy*+" 64 > paraboloid.gif./blakely 9 32 > empty.gif time./blakely 0 250 > flat.gif
Several IOCCC themes (RPN calculator, animated GIF generator, ray tracing) in one package! Very impressive!
The checkerboard pattern in the output can be broken. Could you figure out how?
Larger GIF files confuse some image viewers.
This program renders a generic RPN expression in ray-traced animated GIF form. The expression in spatial variables x and y is specified on the command-line with the required resolution, and an animated GIF showing a fly-around of the resulting surface is output to stdout.
The program should be run as:
./blakely xy* 32 > pic.gif
where the first parameter is a RPN expression, and the second is the width of the required GIF, up to a maximum of 250.
The expressions are written in Reverse Polish Notation with the following characters recognised:
NB all arithmetic is done in double precision, so 23/ is two-thirds, rather than 0
The surface plotted corresponds to -1 <= x,y <= 1 and for best results, the generated z value should lie between -1 and 1.
If there is a division by zero, square-root of a negative number, or similar operation, then the results are undefined.
For test-runs, use a resolution of 32. For simple expressions, the GIF generation should take only a few seconds with a modern processor and full optimization. Run-time scales as O(N3) with resolution N, and more complex expressions take longer to compute. For example, increasing the resolution of ripple.gif to 250 took ~35 minutes to render on an i7 processor.
./blakely xy* 32 > saddle.gif./blakely xx*yy*1++d5*ct/ 64 > ripple.gif
A generic root-finding algorithm to find the point of intersection between a ray and the surface is done using a simple forward search from the eye. In order to make the rendering realistic, both the value of the expression, and its derivative with respect to x and y must be tracked. This is done using an obvious stack-based approach.
Much of the obfuscation is achieved through the use of single-letter variables and _TAG_. The characters output for the GIF format are generated in myriad and wonderful ways, making use of XOR, return values from putchar, and odd expressions. The layout is in the form of X Y Z.
ASCII is assumed since many bytes for the GIF output are generated from characters given in the source code. On compilation a few warnings about parentheses come up when using gcc 4.6.3, and one about no return value from main() (who uses exit codes anyway?), but clang 3.1 emits no warnings.
(Note that the author may or may not be able to answer all of the above questions.)
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Leo Broukhis, Simon Cooper, Landon Curt Noll
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What is Forsythia Fruit?
- Basic Botanical Data of Forsythia Fruit.
- Forsythia Fruit Constituents and Phytochemicals.
- Properties and Effects of Forsythia Fruit.
- Forsythia Fruit Actions and Indications.
- Modern applications of Forsythia Fruit.
- Forsythia Fruit:Cautions and Contraindications.
- Forsythia Fruit:Part Used and Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations.
- Indications and Combinations of Forsythia Fruit.
- Research Update:Forsythia suspensa.
Applications and Properties:
Clear heat and detoxifier.
Scrofula and subcutaneous nodule treatment.
Exopathogenic wind-heat affection, or the epidemic febrile diseases at the early stage treatment.
Pathogenic heat invasion of ying division, high fever, delirium, deep red and dry tongue.
Boils, carbuncles and furuncles.
Properties:Antimicrobial effect, antiparasitic effect, antiemetic effect, for retina hemorrhage, for acute kidney infection, for pus forming in lungs, acute liver infection, and psoriasis.
Dosage: 6~15 g per day. 500mgs to 200mgs daily for dry extract powder.
Safety and Toxicity:
No toxic data available.
- 1.What is Forsythia Fruit?
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Ontario Bee Keepers Association does not want Bees Classified under the Animal Health and Welfare Act.
Ontario Bee Keepers Association does not want to participate in a Smart Phone App Program for Farmers and Bee Keepers.
- Ontario BeeKeepers say 'NO' to Animal Health And Welfare Act Link
- Repeal of the Ontario Bees Act to one that folds bees into the Animal Health and Welfare Act could result in less responsive legislation for bees.
- A bee hive locator app was developed for smart phones to plot where bee hives are located and to facilitate communication but the OBA pulled out.
- Grain Farmers of Ontario has developed a new SmartPhone app called 'BeConnected' to allow farmers and beekeepers to locate each other (by GPS location) quickly and easily, and to facilitate communication


General Conventions
This part of the Best Practices Guide explains general conventions.
Chart Names
Chart names must be lower case letters and numbers. Words may be separated with dashes (-):
Neither uppercase letters nor underscores can be used in chart names. Dots should not be used in chart names.
The directory that contains a chart MUST have the same name as the chart. Thus, the chart nginx-lego MUST be created in a directory called nginx-lego/. This is not merely a stylistic detail, but a requirement of the Helm Chart format.
Version Numbers
Wherever possible, Helm uses SemVer 2 to represent version numbers. (Note that Docker image tags do not necessarily follow SemVer, and are thus considered an unfortunate exception to the rule.)
When SemVer versions are stored in Kubernetes labels, we conventionally alter the + character to an _ character, as labels do not allow the + sign as a value.
Formatting YAML
YAML files should be indented using two spaces (and never tabs).
Usage of the Words Helm and Chart
There are a few conventions for using the words Helm and helm.
 - Helm refers to the project as a whole
 - helm refers to the client-side command
 - The term chart does not need to be capitalized, as it is not a proper noun
 - However, Chart.yaml does need to be capitalized because the file name is case sensitive
When in doubt, use Helm (with an uppercase 'H').


GridGain Developers Hub
Data Skew
Dealing with Data Skew with Control Center
You may encounter issues with clusters allocating data to each other constantly. In this topic we will show how to debug the issue when you notice high CPU usage with Control Center.
In this example we will look at a 4-node cluster, an application that runs read operations, and Control Center displays an alert about high CPU usage.
In Control Center dashboards you can see that one of the nodes is using a lot of CPU.
One of the possible reasons is incorrect data distribution. This can be checked in the Caches screen. The Partition Distribution screen contains information about partitions and keys on each node.
If everything is fine, you should look into the number of operations performed at each node. If, for example, one of the caches has a lot of operations performed on a single node, the problem is localized. In this case it is likely to be what is known as Celebrity Users problem. For example, a company is much bigger than others and has a lot more operations related to it.
Yet another possible issue is in cache configuration options, available from the Caches screen. Check the readFromBackup parameter. If it is set to false, GridGain always tries to read data from the cache, and this can cause a lot of load. If you have this parameter disabled, you will always read the latest update, but at a cost of repeated read requests. Set the patameter to true and recreate the cache.


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Definition: (1) A function with exactly n arguments. (2) A function which takes any number of arguments, or a variable number of arguments.
See also constant function, unary function, binary function, trinary function.
Note: By analogy with unary, binary, etc.
If you have suggestions, corrections, or comments, please get in touch with Paul E. Black.
Entry modified 17 December 2004.
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 - § 201. Definitions
 The word "child," as used in this subchapter, shall mean a child who is under the age of 18 years, or is under the age of 21 years and is a student regularly attending a school, college or university or their equivalent, or is regularly attending a course of vocational or technical training designed to fit him for gainful employment, and shall include a "stepchild" under such age. The words "adult child," as so used, shall mean a child over the age of minority. (Amended 1971, No. 98, § 1, eff. April 22, 1971.)


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On 20 July 1976 a spacecraft touched down on the planet Mars. It had the very fitting name "Viking I".
The envelope with the first-day cover illustrating that mankind had taken a new, long step into the unknown shows a recognizable Oseberg ship.
The name chosen for the pioneer project was no coincidence. The Vikings' reputation as explorers is widely known across the globe. And the fact that they discovered America 500 years before Columbus has long since been confirmed.
The Oseberg ship is both past and future. Her elegant lines and advanced boatbuilding skills are combined with our humanistic ideals. The ship will be sailing to create bonds between people and generate meaningful experiences. The new ship is attracting interested people from many nations; some contribute their hard labour, others financial support. Tønsberg has never had a project that to such an extent has encouraged its citizens to join forces.
Oseberg on planet Mars: The envelope with the first-day cover to commemorate the first landing on Mars. We can make out the Oseberg ship.


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Bayesian Stochastic Differential Equation Modelling with Application to Finance
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In this thesis, we consider some popular stochastic differential equation models used in finance, such as the Vasicek Interest Rate model, the Heston model and a new fractional Heston model. We discuss how to perform inference about unknown quantities associated with these models in the Bayesian framework. We describe sequential importance sampling, the particle filter and the auxiliary particle filter. We apply these inference methods to the Vasicek Interest Rate model and the standard stochastic volatility model, both to sample from the posterior distribution of the underlying processes and to update the posterior distribution of the parameters sequentially, as data arrive over time. We discuss the sensitivity of our results to prior assumptions. We then consider the use of Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methodology to sample from the posterior distribution of the underlying volatility process and of the unknown model parameters in the Heston model. The particle filter and the auxiliary particle filter are also employed to perform sequential inference. Next we extend the Heston model to the fractional Heston model, by replacing the Brownian motions that drive the underlying stochastic differential equations by fractional Brownian motions, so allowing a richer dependence structure across time. Again, we use a variety of methods to perform inference. We apply our methodology to simulated and real financial data with success. We then discuss how to make forecasts using both the Heston and the fractional Heston model. We make comparisons between the models and show that using our new fractional Heston model can lead to improve forecasts for real financial data.
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Avista is a comprehensive risk report – offering clear risk assessments, plain English explanations and next steps with the majority of pass reports being on average fewer than 20 pages.
The most comprehensive environmental search report available, Avista includes assessments of Contaminated Land, all major flood risks, ground stability, radon, current and planned energy features and transportation, and 10 years of planning data.
Avista has been developed to offer something better. Better data with over 106 million data points analysed and filtered covering seven key environmental categories, including planning. Based on Land Registry polygons, results are more accurate and deliver more passed reports as a result.
By filtering these environmental datasets, using Land Registry polygons, only relevant results are returned making it easy to locate vital information and next steps.
Avista includes JBA groundwater 5m resolution flood data, meaning:
- Risk assessment is more targeted and accurate
- Data is risk-based rather than being based on geological potential. It has been calculated on a return period of 1 in 100 years
- The Avista risk calculator has been adjusted to take into account this data, making the flood calculator more accurate
Features and benefits
- Seven environmental searches, including planning applications
- Based on Land Registry polygon data for the highest level of accuracy
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- Transparent information and plain English explanations make any risks clear
- Less than 20 pages saves everyone time
- From Groundsure utilising the environmental expertise of 30+ consultants
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At this point of time 90-95% of Maize is grown under film in Ireland.
The use of film allows maize to be sown 2 – 3 weeks earlier than conventional open crops. Sowing under film creates a micro climate when the plant can be challenged during the first few weeks. This helps to develop a much larger root system which will increase yield and bring harvest date forward. Trial results and experience have shown that certain maize hybrids are more suited to sowing under film than others. Planting dates and growing location should determine the maturity of hybrid to be sown. Other features such as high relative yield and standing ability can identify the appropriate hybrid to be grown.


text: Three experiments were conducted to test the hypothesis if a sniff of others' body odor was comfortable then it could promote their motor mimicry. Participants（ N = 52, 68, 102 respectively） were asked to pair up with a person sitting around and to rate each others' hands on the favorability of their skin, shape warmth, and odor. Then they played a paper-rock-scissors game twelve times. Results showed that the frequency of draws in the game was not influenced by the partners' scent but slightly increased as the difference between the two evaluations of odor likability increased. The findings suggest the body odor can play a certain role in developing an empathic bond.


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A Narrative Inquiry of Women in Administration: Their Voices Heard
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This narrative study examined women's experiences in leadership positions in an educational setting in Southern Ontario. Semi-structured interviews with 4 women (2 principals and 2 vice principals) revealed 4 key themes: (a) considerations prior to entering into leadership and confidence instilled by others to continue on that path; (b) ongoing challenge of maintaining work−life balance; (c) others' perceptions of women in leadership positions; and (d) increasing number of women in leadership positions. The researcher used feminist standpoint theory to analyze data collected during interviews, which gave voice to the study's participants and shed some light on women's gendered experiences in leadership positions. Findings suggest that historical roots significantly influence society to continue with stereotypical gender roles, though some participants have overcome certain stereotypes. The literature review and participants' experiences suggest that women have made some progress throughout history yet society needs to remain vigilant while striving for gender equality.


Developing lld Readers
The purpose of a "Reader" is to take an object file in a particular format and create an lld::File (which is a graph of Atoms) representing the object file. A Reader inherits from lld::Reader which lives in include/lld/Core/Reader.h and lib/Core/Reader.cpp.
The Reader infrastructure for an object format Foo requires the following pieces in order to fit into lld:
class ReaderOptionsFoo : public ReaderOptions
This Options class is the only way to configure how the Reader will parse any file into an lld::Reader object. This class should be declared in the lld namespace.
Reader *createReaderFoo(ReaderOptionsFoo &reader)
This factory function configures and create the Reader. This function should be declared in the lld namespace.
class ReaderFoo : public Reader
This is the concrete Reader class which can be called to parse object files. It should be declared in an anonymous namespace or if there is shared code with the lld::WriterFoo you can make a nested namespace (e.g. lld::foo).
You may have noticed that ReaderFoo is not declared in the.h file. An important design aspect of lld is that all Readers are created only through an object-format-specific createReaderFoo() factory function. The creation of the Reader is parametrized through a ReaderOptionsFoo class. This options class is the one-and-only way to control how the Reader operates when parsing an input file into an Atom graph. For instance, you may want the Reader to only accept certain architectures. The options class can be instantiated from command line options or be programmatically configured.
Where to start
The lld project already has a skeleton of source code for Readers for ELF, PECOFF, MachO, and lld's native YAML graph format. If your file format is a variant of one of those, you should modify the existing Reader to support your variant. This is done by customizing the Options class for the Reader and making appropriate changes to the.cpp file to interpret those options and act accordingly.
If your object file format is not a variant of any existing Reader, you'll need to create a new Reader subclass with the organization described above.
Readers are factories
The linker will usually only instantiate your Reader once. That one Reader will have its loadFile() method called many times with different input files. To support multithreaded linking, the Reader may be parsing multiple input files in parallel. Therefore, there should be no parsing state in you Reader object. Any parsing state should be in ivars of your File subclass or in some temporary object.
The key function to implement in a reader is:
virtual error_code loadFile(LinkerInput &input,
 std::vector> &result);
It takes a memory buffer (which contains the contents of the object file being read) and returns an instantiated lld::File object which is a collection of Atoms. The result is a vector of File pointers (instead of simple a File pointer) because some file formats allow multiple object "files" to be encoded in one file system file.
Memory Ownership
Atoms are always owned by their File object. During core linking when Atoms are coalesced or stripped away, core linking does not delete them. Core linking just removes those unused Atoms from its internal list. The destructor of a File object is responsible for deleting all Atoms it owns, and if ownership of the MemoryBuffer was passed to it, the File destructor needs to delete that too.
Making Atoms
The internal model of lld is purely Atom based. But most object files do not have an explicit concept of Atoms, instead most have "sections". The way to think of this is that a section is just a list of Atoms with common attributes.
The first step in parsing section-based object files is to cleave each section into a list of Atoms. The technique may vary by section type. For code sections (e.g..text), there are usually symbols at the start of each function. Those symbol addresses are the points at which the section is cleaved into discrete Atoms. Some file formats (like ELF) also include the length of each symbol in the symbol table. Otherwise, the length of each Atom is calculated to run to the start of the next symbol or the end of the section.
Other sections types can be implicitly cleaved. For instance c-string literals or unwind info (e.g..eh_frame) can be cleaved by having the Reader look at the content of the section. It is important to cleave sections into Atoms to remove false dependencies. For instance the.eh_frame section often has no symbols, but contains "pointers" to the functions for which it has unwind info. If the.eh_frame section was not cleaved (but left as one big Atom), there would always be a reference (from the eh_frame Atom) to each function. So the linker would be unable to coalesce or dead stripped away the function atoms.
The lld Atom model also requires that a reference to an undefined symbol be modeled as a Reference to an UndefinedAtom. So the Reader also needs to create an UndefinedAtom for each undefined symbol in the object file.
Once all Atoms have been created, the second step is to create References (recall that Atoms are "nodes" and References are "edges"). Most References are created by looking at the "relocation records" in the object file. If a function contains a call to "malloc", there is usually a relocation record specifying the address in the section and the symbol table index. Your Reader will need to convert the address to an Atom and offset and the symbol table index into a target Atom. If "malloc" is not defined in the object file, the target Atom of the Reference will be an UndefinedAtom.
Once you have the above working to parse an object file into Atoms and References, you'll want to look at performance. Some techniques that can help performance are:
 - Use llvm::BumpPtrAllocator or pre-allocate one big vector and then just have each atom point to its subrange of References in that vector. This can be faster that allocating each Reference as separate object.
 - Pre-scan the symbol table and determine how many atoms are in each section then allocate space for all the Atom objects at once.
 - Don't copy symbol names or section content to each Atom, instead use StringRef and ArrayRef in each Atom to point to its name and content in the MemoryBuffer.
We are still working on infrastructure to test Readers. The issue is that you don't want to check in binary files to the test suite. And the tools for creating your object file from assembly source may not be available on every OS.
We are investigating a way to use YAML to describe the section, symbols, and content of a file. Then have some code which will write out an object file from that YAML description.
Once that is in place, you can write test cases that contain section/symbols YAML and is run through the linker to produce Atom/References based YAML which is then run through FileCheck to verify the Atoms and References are as expected.


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Bird Nest (ush-el-bul-bul)
What is Bird's Nest?
Very fine stringy dough wrapped around pistachios or cashews and lightly fried to boldness.
Pistachios or cashews, ghee, wheat flour, sugar, corn starch.
Bird's Nest is a very light dessert. It is so light, one can eat a few dozen pieces before noticing. It is the lightest among all Middle Eastern sweets and pastries.
Meaning and Pronunciation
In Arabic, Bird's Nest is called Osh El Bulbul and pronounced [ush-el-bul-bul],. Its circular shape and filamentary structure resemble closely that of a bird's nest.
How is Bird's Nest Made?
To make Bird's Nest, first the stringy Knafeh dough and the sugar syrup are prepared, then the dough is formed into circular shapes resembling bird's nests, filled with nuts, and baked.
Preparation of Strings of Knafeh Dough
Preparation of Bird's Nest
For each Bird's Nest piece, a few strings of the freshly made Knafeh dough are formed into a circular shape resembling a bird's nest and filled with pistachios or Cashews.
The bird's nest shaped pieces are the left to dry for about 12 hours.
Ghee is added on top of the Bird's Nest pieces which are then baked for one hour on medium temperature. After baking, the remaining ghee is drained and sugar syrup is added.
Serving Suggestions
Bird's Nest is offered as a dessert. It is however so light and so small in size, make sure you offer at least a dozen pieces for each person.
It is most popular in Syria. It is also popular in Lebanon, Palestine, and Jordan.
It is one of the assorted Baklava pastries that are made with knafeh dough.
Assorted baklava pastries are made of two forms of dough: Paper thin sheets of phyllo dough and thin strings of dough called knafeh dough. While many types require the knafeh strings of dough to be shredded, Bird's Nest takes advantage of the stringy shape of the dough to give it a unique texture.
Where to buy Baklava?


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(1771–1834) Supreme Court justice; born in Charleston, S.C. He served in the South Carolina legislature (1794–98) and the state's high court (1798–1804) before President Jefferson named him to the U.S. Supreme Court (1804–34). He often dissented from the opinions of Chief Justice John Marshall, thereby establishing the model for recording dissenting court opinions.


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University of Chicago Press
The Star-Crossed Stone by Kenneth J. McNamara Summary
Throughout the four hundred thousand years that humanity has been collecting fossils, sea urchin fossils, or echinoids, have continually been among the most prized, from the Paleolithic era, when they decorated flint axes, to today, when paleobiologists study them for clues to the earth's history. In The Star-Crossed Stone, Kenneth J. McNamara, an expert on fossil echinoids, takes readers on an incredible fossil hunt, with stops in history, paleontology, folklore, mythology, art, religion, and much more. Beginning with prehistoric times, when urchin fossils were used as jewelry, McNamara reveals how the fossil crept into the religious and cultural lives of societies around the world—the roots of the familiar five-pointed star, for example, can be traced to the pattern found on urchins. But McNamara's vision is even broader than that: using our knowledge of early habits of fossil collecting, he explores the evolution of the human mind itself, drawing striking conclusions about humanity's earliest appreciation of beauty and the first stirrings of artistic expression. Along the way, the fossil becomes a nexus through which we meet brilliant eccentrics and visionary archaeologists and develop new insights into topics as seemingly disparate as hieroglyphics, Beowulf, and even church organs. An idiosyncratic celebration of science, nature, and human ingenuity, The Star-Crossed Stone is as charming and unforgettable as the fossil at its heart.


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Situations that make us try to restart the Apple Watch :
- Hang the apple due to wrong operation during software update
- A lot of lag after a long time of use
- Do not install new software from iPhone
When you have the above situations, try restarting the Apple Watch in the following 2 ways:
Method 1: Turn off restart ( Restart Apple Watch )
- Press and hold down the Side button until the start screen appears again
- Slide the Power Off bar (Power Off) to turn off Apple Watch
- After Apple Watch has turned off, press and hold the button next to the hip again until the apple logo appears. Apple Watch will be restarted after these operations
- Note: This process cannot be performed if the Apple Watch is being placed on the charging dock.
Method 2: Forced start ( Force restart Apple Watch )
Apple recommends that users only apply this method as a last resort when Apple Watch hangs an apple or doesn't have any feedback. Do the following:
- Press and hold silent while two Digital Crown buttons and Side button at least 10 seconds.
- After seeing Apple Watch appear apple logo, release both buttons at the same time. Apple Watch will restart.
- Note: Do not conduct Force restart if Apple Watch is in the process of updating the software.
Do not hang / lag while copying photos and music from iPhone to Apple Watch:
- Split the number of pictures that you want to copy into Apple Watch, do not copy too much then Apple Watch will easily hang.
- Copy specific music playlist one by one.
- When suspended, stop the copying process and restart Apple Watch as instructed above.
In order not to hang apples during the software update process, you should note the following:
- The Apple Watch battery is over 50% and it is being placed on the charging dock with the charger (Be careful not to touch it to drop it from the charging dock, the Apple Watch will easily hang or restart, very time consuming).
- iPhone needs to be near Apple Watch during the download and installation process (You pay attention while charging don't hold the iPhone around and lose connection with Apple Watch, this is very easy to cause installation error later).
Basically, the Apple Watch works very stable and rarely hangs / lag / slow. However, when you do, you should try to restart each step as before applying other measures.


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Earth, Moon and Sun | Fujitsu Planetarium
May 14 @ 2:45 pm - 3:45 pm$10.00
Today: Earth, Moon and Sun at Fujitsu Planetarium at De Anza College.
Description: Explore the relationship between the Earth, Moon and Sun with the help of an amusing character adapted from Native American oral traditions who has many misconceptions about our home planet and its most familiar neighbors. How do the Earth, Moon and Sun work together as a system and what is the myth and science behind it? Why does the Sun rise and set? Why do we see different constellations during different seasons? What is an eclipse? Learn about the Moon's phases and orbit. Explore past and future space travel to our Moon and beyond.
Family Audience/ Children 6yrs and older.


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Tear Catchers – For Those In Mourning
According to legend tear bottles were prevalent in ancient Roman times, when mourners filled small glass vials or cups with tears and placed them in burial tombs as symbols of love and respect. Sometimes women were even paid to cry into "cups", as they walked along the mourning procession. Those crying the loudest and producing the most tears received the most compensation, or so the legend goes. The more anguish and tears produced, the more important and valued the deceased person was perceived to be.The bottles used during the Roman era were lavishly decorated and some measured up to four inches in height.
In ancient Persia it is said that when a sultan returned from battle, he checked his wives' tear catchers to see who among them had wept in his absence and missed him the most.
Tear bottles reappeared during the Victorian period of the 19th century, when those mourning the loss of loved ones would collect their tears in bottles ornately decorated with silver and pewter. Special stoppers allowed the tears to evaporate. When the tears were gone, the mourning period would end.
However, the truth is perhaps somewhat different as most historians and archaeologists believe that these so-called "tear bottles" contained oily substances, perhaps fragrant ointments used as libations or to anoint the dead. Oddly enough, this theory was known well before modern chemical analyses, but so ingrained was the idea that these ancient bottles were "tear catchers," that people simply chose to ignore the facts and believe the romantic Victorian idea that they were tear catchers. The myth likely began with archaeologists and an oddly chosen term. Small glass bottles were often found in Greek and Roman tombs, and early scholars romantically dubbed them lachrymatories or tear bottles.


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After struggling to break the ice, the next obstacle is to keep the conversation going beyond the initial conversation. For this reason, this lesson aims to provide students with a bank of around 15 questions that they would feel comfortable asking in a conversation with a new acquaintance. They will also learn more general techniques involving different types of questions and the skill of turn-taking. Finally, they will practise all the skills from the lesson in a role-play game.
Topic: Socialising and keeping conversations going
Romesh Gunesekera was born in Sri Lanka, and has been living and writing in London since the 1970s. His writing is frequently elegiac and wistful, casting reflective eyes at 'the spoiled paradise' of his original home.


December 4, 2020
Divine essence: what animals are worshipped in different countries
Animal worship-zoolatry-was part of the culture of our ancestors. To us, these customs seem to be remnants of the past, but some peoples treat animals as deities, and today it is considered part of everyday life. What animals are most likely to be the object of worship?
The elephant is still considered a sacred animal in Asian countries. In Thailand, it is believed that the white elephant is the bearer of the soul of the deceased person. Such elephants are the property of the king. If a person meets a white elephant in the forest, they should bring it to the Royal residence. For this, he receives a lifetime allowance.
In South India, there are special temples where the servants raise elephants and then worship them. This sight attracts many tourists.
The cult of sacred animals is widespread in India. In addition to elephants, cows are revered in India. The Hindus'respect for these animals is so great that when a cow enters the roadway, both pedestrians and cars, including police and ambulances, give way to it.
Cows walk freely on the streets, and local residents feed them when they need the support of higher powers in some important matter, for example, before an operation or exam. Cow's milk is considered a particularly pure product and is used in Hindu religious rituals.
This also applies to cows in neighboring Nepal.
Crocodiles have been sacred animals since Ancient Egypt. The crocodile God Sobek was the patron of the Nile's flood waters. It was believed that it protects people by scaring away the forces of evil.
Now crocodiles are revered in some areas of Burkina Faso. In the village of Sabu, there is a special pond of the sacred crocodiles. Usually they are calm and not aggressive, they can even be petted, because the servants of the cult feed them to their fill. But it is believed that crocodiles sense bad thoughts and intentions and can bite a bad person. For local residents, they serve as a kind of "lie detector". If someone is suspected of cheating, they are asked to go to the edge of the pond. The villagers are sure that the crocodiles will attack the liar and will not touch an honest person.
Another sacred reptile, revered by many ancient religions - the snake. Today, the biggest fans of snakes are Indians. This attitude to these animals is rooted in their religion. According to Indian beliefs, there is a nation of Nagas - powerful beings with the body of a snake and one or more human heads. Naga women are beautiful, and sometimes marry earth rulers. A dynasty of Maharaj was considered to be the descendants of Nagas. Temples were built and continue to be built in honor of the Nagas and their closest relatives, the snakes.
Snakes in India feel no less at ease than cows. If a snake crawls into a house, the Indian will never turn it out or harm it, but will try to politely persuade it to leave. If this doesn't work, he uses the services of a street snake Charmer.5.jpg
This situation is not uncommon in India, especially during the rainy season, when snakes often crawl out of their burrows flooded by a tropical downpour and seek shelter in dry human dwellings.
In addition, every year on the fifth day of the month of shravana (end of July), the snake festival — nagapanchami-is celebrated throughout the country. The main culprits of the celebration are brought from the forest and released directly into the street and courtyards. They are greeted, showered with pollen and thanked for the harvest saved from rodents, and treated to milk, ghee, honey, turmeric and toasted rice. To snake holes put flowers of oleander, Jasmine and red Lotus.6.jpg
At the same time, India has the highest death rate from snake bites. Every year, about 250,000 people suffer from their bites, 75,000 of them die. This is 30 times more than the number of deaths from attacks by tigers, leopards and Panthers combined.
According to legend, snakes are able to heal with the help of medicinal herbs and know the remedy for their own poison, but only open it to ascetics.
And what is the situation with the generation of sacred animals in Russia?
Officially in our country, the veneration of animals is not accepted. But our Slavic ancestors believed that wild animals were their progenitors, so they should have been worshipped.
The owner of the forest was considered the most powerful animal-a bear. He was revered as a God of fertility and a protector from all evil. It was with the awakening of the bear that spring came to the Slavs.
The true name of this beast-deity was sacred and was not pronounced aloud, and therefore has not reached our days. Bear is the nickname of the beast, meaning "honey-eater", in the word" den "there is also an older root - "ber", i.e." brown " (den - den of ber)8.jpg
Even after the arrival of Christianity, the bear was still revered as a sacred animal for a long time, and hunters did not dare to pronounce the word "bear" and called it either Toptygin, Mishka, or Mikhail Potapych.
Everyone chooses what to believe. It doesn't matter if you consider animals sacred creatures or just neighbors on the planet, the most important thing is to treat them with respect and not interfere with their lives.
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November 21, 2020
The most caring parents in the wild
Who bears their offspring in the stomach, and who in the vocal sacs? Whose parents can program the sex of their unborn child, and whose parents can determine the temperature of the air with the accuracy of a laboratory thermometer? The answers are in our article.
November 13, 2020
People out of time
The Amazon jungle is home to a tribe of people who do not think about money and do not worry about the past and future. They are the happiest people on the planet.
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Euclidean space is the space Euclidean geometry uses. In essence, it is described in Euclid's Elements. The Euclidean plane () and three-dimensional space () are part of Euclidean space, which can be generalized to any dimension n (in which case one writes ).[1]
Euclidian space is sometimes called Cartesian space.[2] A few other spaces and mathematical objects that are similar were added later. Euclid based his work Elements on certain axioms. Euclidean space can be described using such axioms.[3]
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 2. Weisstein, Eric W. "Euclidean Space". Retrieved 2020-10-12.
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Announcement: Addition of Households with Only Cellular Telephone Service to the National Immunization Survey, 2011
Before 2011, the National Immunization Survey (NIS) used a random-digit–dialed, list-assisted landline telephone sample of households to monitor national, state, and selected local area vaccination coverage among noninstitutionalized children aged 19–35 months and 13–17 years (NIS-Teen) in the United States. Since NIS was begun in 1994, landline telephone use has decreased while cellular telephone use has increased. By the second half of 2011, the proportion of children in the United States living in households with only cellular telephone service was 38.1% (1). At least one factor, poverty, has been associated both with having only cellular telephone service and lower vaccination coverage, increasing the potential for bias in landline telephone surveys because of a lack of a representative sampling frame (1–3).
Beginning in 2011, the NIS sampling frame was expanded from a single landline frame to dual landline and cellular telephone sampling frames. This change increased the representativeness of the sample characteristics but had little effect on the final 2011 NIS and NIS-Teen national estimates of vaccination coverage overall and when stratified by poverty status (4,5).
Public health surveillance systems must occasionally change methods, and telephone surveys particularly need to include households with only cellular telephone service (6). The impact of this change on the validity of NIS estimates will be monitored annually. Further information, including a description of the dual landline and cellular sampling frames, specific weighting methods, and detailed national, state, and local area tables comparing estimates from the landline and dual frames by poverty level, is available at _URL_
- Blumberg S, Luke J. Wireless substitution: early release of estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, July–December 2011. Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC; 2012. Available at _URL_ Accessed August 24, 2012.
- CDC. National and state vaccination coverage among adolescents aged 13 through 17 years—United States, 2010. MMWR 2011;60:1117–23.
- CDC. National and state vaccination coverage among children aged 19–35 months—United States, 2010. MMWR 2011;60:1157–63.
- CDC. National and state vaccination coverage among adolescents aged 13 through 17 years—United States, 2011. MMWR 2012;61:671–7.
- CDC. National and state vaccination coverage among children aged 19–35 months—United States, 2011. MMWR 2012. In press.
- CDC. Methodologic changes in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System in 2011 and potential effects on prevalence estimates. MMWR 2012;61:410–3.
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(DEUTSCHE WELLE) A new report by activists and economists about Myanmar's taxation system highlights its lack of transparency and accountability. In Myanmar, taxes may include arbitrary cash payments and even forced labor.
The report released this week says while Myanmar has legislation governing taxation, the actual tax system often includes forced labor, forced purchasing of goods or even confiscation of land and other property.
The report, based on a survey of over 340 people over a two year period, says taxes on households are generally collected by local village councils and the armed forces. State organisations such as the Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) also levy taxes including funds ahead of November's general elections.
People are also forced to pay arbitrary fees at checkpoints and to give donations for festivals, school buildings, school registration and equipment.
Alison Vicary, an economist from Australia's Macquarie University, said the officials collecting the taxes, often members of the local military and other armed forces, are often also involved in human rights abuses. "We need to say that the system of taxation is oppressive and has no legitimacy", she told Deutsche Welle. "The agencies collecting taxes are actively involved in the control and suppression of the population."
In Myanmar, also known as Burma, the military has been in power since 1962. Over the time it has maintained a high degree of control over the economy, despite steps towards economic reforms in the 1980s and 1990s.
Population cannot save money
The report says taxation is "so corrupt that it is directly contributing to the deteriorating living conditions of the people and especially children."
Cheery Zahau, a coordinator with the Human Rights Education Institute of Burma, said the system's lack of accountability has a wide-ranging impact on society. Ms Zahau said rates of tax are generally unplanned. "The people of Burma already have a low income. So this adds to the problems of basic survival. They cannot save money; they cannot in many cases send their children to school and they don't have enough money for hospitals, for health care any more."
According to the report, the tax system denies most people of Myanmar the right to an adequate standard of living, health care, food and education.
Army's mismanagement of the economy
Macquarie University's Dr Vicary said the tax system highlights the military's mismanagement of Myanmar's economy over the past 50 years. "One of the biggest damages that this government has done is that it has impoverished people for several generations and for several generations into the future because of the damage that has been done. Burma's now so poor that it is going to take a long time to right the economic problems that the regime has caused."
Dr Vicary said the arbitrary level of taxation contributes to a further deterioration of the economy, in turn placing more pressure on provincial military units and other armed groups to extort resources from the local population.
Author: Ron Corben (Bangkok)
Editor: Thomas Baerthlein


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Lapbooking Made Easy by Catherine Jaime
Price: $0.99 USD. 1700 words.
Published on November 2, 2011..
A lapbook is a portable project filled with pictures and other neat information about a topic. It's a great hands-on way for students to start learning about a topic, or to wrap up a study. But many teachers/parents are intimidated by where to begin with these great resources. Our goal is to take the unknown out of lapbooking and show you how easy it is to incorporate lapbooks.


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The Patient Registry is an invaluable tool for researchers conducting observational studies about people with CF in the U.S. About 50,000 individuals have been followed in the Registry since its inception in 1986; many of them have been included for over 20 years.
People with cystic fibrosis continue to live longer and healthier lives, and the Patient Registry data support this general trend. To understand what this means for our community, however, it is important to understand how these numbers are calculated and what they represent.
Ever wonder about an aspect of cystic fibrosis that you would love someone to research? Find out how you can submit a question in our first community-driven research project.
In the third plenary, Dr. Wayne Morgan talked about the connection between cystic fibrosis care and the Patient Registry, and introduced a new way for people with CF, along with their families, to help shape the research conducted using the Registry.
The Cystic Fibrosis Lung Transplant Consortium Biorepository and Patient Registry, in collaboration with Cleveland Clinic, will provide critical clinical data and samples to support future research investigating complications of lung transplant.
Today, there are close to 40,000 people in the United States with CF due in large part to more people living longer into adulthood, signaling a shift in what it means to live with CF in the modern era.