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Who Does Bear the Costs of Compliance with Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures in Poor Countries?
Shafaeddin, Mehdi (2007): Who Does Bear the Costs of Compliance with Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures in Poor Countries?
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Abstract This article is a part of a twin study. Drawing on the available evidence, in this paper the author examines the cost of compliance with Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) measures for poor countries with reference to Africa. He shows that the burden of cost of compliance is entirely on the exporters despite the fact that their capacity for the compliance is limited. He further indicate that that, in fact, the literature often disregards the cost of loss of exports, or rejection of products at the border of an importing country, let alone the cost of reorganization of the supply chain; the existing organization of supply chain in poor countries would result in the lack of export expansion. The purpose of the paper is not to have an exhaustive literature survey, but to draw on the scanty evidence related to the main argument of the study. More specifically, it is shown that the main characteristics of the SPS Agreement and the related measures applied by main importing countries are such that they require a complex, difficult and high cost "SPS" system. Such a system involves regulatory measures, policy re-orientation, and development of the necessary infrastructure, re-organization of the supply chain, enhanced capacity building and a forward looking strategy, particularly for exports. The preparation for the compliance is also difficult for the poor countries as it is knowledge intensive, requires a learning period, training and a close cooperation between the public and private sector in various stages of the supply chain. Yet the socio-economic cost of the lack of compliance is enormous. Generally speaking, the operational cost, alone, of compliance is estimated to be between 2 to 11 percent of value of export in the case of Africa; in each case it depends, however, on the type of product, the destination of exports, the capacity of the country for the compliance and the size of farm holdings and exporting enterprises and the organization of the supply chain. Further, the investment cost can be colossal; in some cases (e.g Mozambique) exceeding the total food exports of the country. The available studies provide estimates for the administrative cost of control, inspection, testing and certification at the border; but disregard more important costs such as the costs of delays in exportation or rejection at the port of importing countries. Thus they downplay the need for taking preventive measures and the related cost of reorganization of the supply chain. In a separate paper the author proposes alternative organization of the supply chain for reducing the cost of compliance while increasing its benefits (Shafaeddin, 2007). 2
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Here is a general implementation. It uses a templatized class, therefore it will get the combinations of any type of variable, not just characters.
The program takes advantage of the next_permutation algorithm and uses a set of bits to determine what to output. The way it works is that you call the NextCombination() function until there are no more combinations left.
I attached the full code, but I'll go over the main() function briefly:
All this does is initialize my vectors that will be used. The "elements" vector is a vector of all of the items I want to take the combination of. The "results" will hold the results of each time I get a combination. Note that the template allows combinations of char type. If I wanted to get the combination of integers, I change the type to (this is done by template magic).
int nItems = 2;
CombinationGenerator CG(elements, nItems);
This declares an instance of a CombinationGenerator class that will generate combinations. The first argument is the vector of all the items, and the second argument is the number I want to choose. For your case, it would be 2 characters. Also note that this is a templatized class that is based on "char", since the items are char items.
int nTries = 0;
// Output our results
int nSize = results.size();
for ( int j = 0; j < nSize; j++ )
cout << results[j] << " ";
cout << endl;
cout << "Number of combinations is " << nTries << endl;
I just call CG.NextCombination() in a loop. The arguments to NextCombination is the vector that will be used to store the next combination.
You should compile and run the program through a debugger. You will see that it will choose 2 letters out of 26 and output all of them. Again, this is a generalized function that will work with any type of data, not just chars. For example you can have a vector of complex structures (call it YourType), and if you want to take the combination of them, do the following:
CombinationGenerator(vector_of_YourType, number to_choose);
And call NextCombination() as I did in a loop.
Last edited by Paul McKenzie; April 21st, 2003 at 04:42 AM.
I changed the string to "ABCDEF" and the number of items to choose is 3. The number of combinations is 6! / (3! * 3!) = 20.
Here is the output from the program I posted:
D E F
C E F
C D F
C D E
B E F
B D F
B D E
B C F
B C E
B C D
A E F
A D F
A D E
A C F
A C E
A C D
A B F
A B E
A B D
A B C
Number of combinations is 20
I would just like to say that I found your sample for outputting combinations very elegant. I had not thought of using next_permutation on a vector of bools to provide combinations.
I was wondering if you came up with this yourself, or if it came from some book (and if so, what book did you find it in).
Actually, I learned this in my second Comp Sci. course I took in college. The original code was written in PL/I and there was no official name for doing combinations this way. Just something I also thought was elegant and unique.
For those who want to understand what is really going on, to get the combination of N things taken R at a time, my code creates an array of N bools. I then set the right-most "R" bools to "true" and the other N-R bools are set to "false".
Assume the array of bools is B and the array of original items is O. For each element "i" of the B array, if the value in B[ i ] is "true", you output the corresponding O[ i ] element. Once this loop is done, you have outputted one combination. The next step is now to take the array of bools and get the next permutation of bools. This will move the "true" values around in the bool array. You repeat the loop again, checking it against the O[i] array. Again, you will output another combination.
Combination of 6 things taken 3 at a time.
The O array consists of "ABCDEF" (the 6 items)
The B array consists of 000111 (the '1' is true, '0' is false)
Compare B for 1's:
The first combination would be ---DEF
Permute the bools:
The next combination would be ---CD-F
Permute the bools:
The next combination would be --CDESo basically, if you have the code to output a permutation, you also have the code to output a combination. For C++, the next_permutation solves the permutation problem. Then it's all a piece of cake to do the combination using the "marching true values" method (there, I made up a name for it)
If I would like to write it in C, how can i change it? This use of STL just works in WinConsole to test its algorithm.. i mean in case I want to do something in Borland Builder or something to simulate its flow...

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10cells - the Ballast Water (BW) Tester on cruise: bbe took part in a scientific expedition with the German research vessel "Meteor" in June 2015. The trip took 12 days, started in Cape Verde (Africa) and ended in Hamburg (Germany). One of the cruise's goals was to test different rapid testing methods for checking ballast water. The test conditions were very well prepared and 10cells performed well throughout.
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Regulations will come into force soon: Once the BWM convention of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) is ratified, ballast water may only contain less than 10 living cells per ml in the size range of 10-50µm. Algae represent the greatest amount of biomass in ballast water in this size range. Therefore, they are an ideal parameter for ballast water quality control. bbe Moldaenke is one of the leading manufacturers of algae measuring devices. With over 20 years' experience in this field, bbe has developed a highly sensitive Ballast Water Testing Device: the 10cells. The measuring principle is based on the natural fluorescence of algal cells, but we have greatly improved the sensitivity using a modified PAM method. The 10cells is able to identify down to one living cell per ml. Thus, it's 10 times more sensitive than the amount of living cells allowed in ballast water by the IMO convention. The sensitivity can be enhanced over a great range by increasing the amount of filtered water. Additionally, the 10cells is light-weight, easy handling and takes less than 1 minute per measurement.
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Frustration toolboxes are a visual tool that help students learn to regulate their own emotions and behaviours.
Of course, with enough practice, students will have enough tools to deal with more than just frustration, but that emotion is easy to identify and works as a relatable starting point.
On the front of the toolbox graphic is a place for students to write their name, as well as a space for them to make a list of 5 strategies that they can use to help them calm when they are upset or frustrated, de-escalate when they are agitated or angry, or refocus their energy when they are overly excited or active(or tired).
- "Creating Strategies for Self-Regulation" – detailed lesson plan outlining the creation of the frustration toolboxes, from when you first start discussion of self-regulation strategies to the moment you post them on the wall
- Colourful and original handouts for student brainstorming
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- Copies of Frustration Toolbox clipart using "Self-Regulation Toolbox" for higher grades
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- 5 versions of "Weekly Toolbox Check" journal prompt pages to engage students in regular conversations about their strategies, and offer opportunities to update and adapt their toolbox
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- Colour and black and white versions of all handouts
This package is meant to accompany instruction in behavioural self-management and is intended to aid in increased engagement in a special needs setting such as a Behaviour and Learning Assistance or similar program classroom. The graphics and act of physically making a frustration toolbox, then posting it in the room has proven, in my experience, to facilitate students' critical thinking about their emotional states and the behavioural responses attributed to them. The tools act as a visual aid to help them remember that they have options available when things are getting difficult, and being able to physically choose a tool to work with adds a tangible element to an otherwise very intangible and abstract social development task. The toolboxes aid in the development of independent self-regulation, and as an added bonus, they can work as an aid in communication between the student and classroom staff. Let's say for example that you notice a student has gone to the Chill Zone, or has left the room unexpectedly. Once students are familiar with the process of grabbing a tool from their toolbox as they work to calm or de-escalate, you would be able to check that student's toolbox, and perhaps see that his "Go for a walk to the office and back" measuring tape is gone.
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Indian floods leave tens of thousands stranded in Uttarakhand state
Death toll from catastrophic floods during mass pilgrimage in Himalayan state put at over 1,000 after monsoon deluge
A pilgrim is helped by a villager along a path damaged by a landslide in the state of Uttarakhand
A pilgrim is helped by a villager along a path damaged by a landslide in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
Tens of thousands of people, including pilgrims, tourists and local villagers, remained stranded on Thursday and an unknown number have been killed after torrential rains in the eastern Himalayas breached a glacier, flooded mountain rivers and triggered scores of landslides.
The horrific natural disaster, described by some as a "Himalayan tsunami", was triggered by excessively heavy rainfall of more than 220mm (8.6in) on Sunday in a region home to the headwaters of the river Ganges.
As army helicopters ferried survivors down to the plains for a second day on Thursday, the official death toll passed 150, but unofficial estimates put the number of dead in the thousands.
Floods and landslides are an annual occurrence in Uttarakhand state – where the disaster struck – but the loss of life is much larger than in previous years as the monsoon arrived in India a month early, well before more than 60,000 Hindu and Sikh pilgrims who had trekked to the Himalayan holy sites of Kedarnath and Hemkund had returned home.
According to the Hindu religious calendar, Tuesday marked the day on which the Ganges descended to earth and when the rush of pilgrims is at its peak at the ancient Shiva temple in Kedarnath, a steep nine mile (14km) trek from the nearest bus stop.
Just three miles further north across the Kedar Dome mountain peak lies the Charbari glacier. The rains appear to have breached this glacier, sending a huge torrent of ice, rock, mud and water across the mountain, engulfing Kedarnath town.
It is unclear how many pilgrims and priests died at Kedarnath, but the account of one survivor, Kalyan Singh Jadaun, a middle-aged shopkeeper from Rajasthan, suggests a heavy loss of life.
Jadaun and his wife had just emerged from a guest house at 6.30am on Monday to join a stream of pilgrims heading toward the temple when the debris began rushing in.
"We were walking the 50 metres to the temple when we saw a huge chunk of ice and rock breaking not far away, and heard commotion and shouting," he told the Indian Express.
"Local priests were telling people to run to high ground as the glacier broke up and a huge stream came rushing down the mountain. We ran back to our house. There was a mad scramble to climb the stairs to the third floor as everyone tried to reach as high as they could."
In the melee, his wife was pushed back and when the torrent of water hit the building she was still on the second floor. "It swept her away, tossing her along with rocks and huge blocks of ice," said Jadaun. "I saw her being washed away."
Jadaun was rescued by an army helicopter. He said that after the deluge he saw "a large number of bodies strewn around" Kedarnath.
Heavy rain and swollen rivers also caused havoc over a swath of mountainous territory extending from Kedarnath down to the plains, washing away homes, hotels, roads and bridges. The impact was also felt in the western Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, where many foreign tourists were also stranded. Even parts of the capital, Delhi, are flooded due to the overflowing river Yamuna.
"Several factors, both natural and man-made, came together to cause this extraordinary disaster," said Deb Mukherjee, an expert on the Himalayas. "The sudden cloud burst, the nature of Himalayan geology and the often environmentally unsound development of the region have all contributed to the tragedy."


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After discussing many types of foods, the class decided to make pizza. The students were put into groups to make different types of pizzas using pepperoni shaped like circles, cheese cut into rectangles, and ham cut into cubes and squares. They cut the cooked pizzas into triangles. They enjoyed learning about shapes they could eat!!! Mr. Chancey is the principal of Wacona Elementary.
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Using Attributes to Improve Image Classification Accuracy
Jason Wolfe
In this article I will show an example of how you can improve the accuracy of a supervised classification by considering different attributes.
Supervised classification typically involves a multi-band image and ground-truth data for training. The classification is thus restricted to spectral information only; for example, radiance or reflectance values in various wavelengths. However, adding different types of data to the source image gives a classifier more information to consider when assigning pixels to classes.
Attributes are unique characteristics that can help distinguish between different objects in an image. Examples include elevation, texture, and saturation. In ENVI you can create a georeferenced layer stack image where each band is a separate attribute. Then you can classify the attribute image using training data.
Creating an attribute image is an example of data fusion in remote sensing. This is the process of combining data from multiple sources to produce a dataset that contains more detailed information than each of the individual sources.
Think about what attributes will best distinguish between the different classes. Spectral indices are easy to create and can help identify different features. Vegetation indices are a good addition to an attribute image if different vegetation types will be classified.
Here are some other attributes to experiment with:
 - Texture measures (occurrence and co-occurrence)
 - Synthetic aperture rader (SAR) data
 - Color transforms (hue, saturation, intensity, lightness)
Including elevation data with your source imagery helps to identify features with noticeable height such as buildings and trees. If point clouds are available for the study area, you can use ENVI LiDAR to create digital surface model (DSM) and digital elevation model (DEM) images. Use Band Math to subtract the DEM from the DSM to create a height image, where pixels represent absolute heights in meters. In the following example, the brightest pixels represent trees. You can also see building outlines.
Example height image at 1-meter spatial resolution
Locating coincident point cloud data for your study area (preferably around the same date) can be a challenge. Luckily I found the perfect set of coincident data for a classification experiment.
The National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) provides field measurements and airborne remote sensing datasets for terrestrial and aquatic study sites throughout the world. Their Airborne Observation Platform (AOP) carries an imaging spectrometer with 428 narrow spectral bands extending from 380 to 2510 nanometers with a spectral sampling of 5 nanometers. Also onboard is a full-waveform LiDAR sensor and a high-resolution red/green/blue (RGB) camera. For a given observation site, the hyperspectral data, LiDAR data, and high-resolution orthophotography are available for the same sampling period.
I acquired a sample of NEON data near Grand Junction, Colorado from July 2013. My goal was to create an urban land-use classification map using an attribute image and training data. For experimentation and to reduce processing time, I only extracted the RGB and near-infrared bands from the hyperspectral dataset and created a multispectral image with these bands. I used ENVI LiDAR to extract a DEM and DSM from the point clouds. Then I created a height image whose pixels lined up exactly with the multispectral image.
I created an Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) image using the Spectral Indices tool. Finally, I combined the RGB/NIR images, the relative height image, and the EVI image into a single attribute image using the Layer Stacking tool.
Next, I used the Region of Interest (ROI) tool to collect samples of pixels from the multispectral image that I knew represented five dominant classes in the scene: Water, Asphalt, Concrete, Grass, and Trees. I used a NEON orthophoto to help verify the different land-cover types.
I ran seven different supervised classifiers with the multispectral image, then again with the attribute image. Here are some examples of Maximum Likelihood classifier results:
Maximum Likelihood classification result from the NEON multispectral image
Notice how the classifier assigned some Building pixels to Asphalt throughout the image.
Here is an improved result using the attribute image. Those pixels are correctly classified as Building now.
Maximum Likelihood classification result using the attribute image
A confusion matrix and accuracy metrics can help verify the accuracy of the classification.
Confusion matrix calculated from the attribute image classification
The following table shows how the Overall Accuracy value is higher with the attribute image when using different supervised classifiers:
 Multispectral image Attribute Image
 Mahalanobis Distance 72.5 83.8
 Minimum Distance 57.69 95.22
 Maximum Likelihood 91.3 98.91
 Parallelepiped 57.18 95.8
 Spectral Angle Mapper 54.97 61.79
 Spectral Information Divergence 62.1 66.93
 Support Vector Machine 85.03 99.16
The accuracy of a supervised classification depends on the quality of your training data as well as a good selection of attributes. In some cases, too many attributes added to a multispectral image can make the classification result worse, so you should experiment with what works best for your study area. Also, some classifiers work better than others when considering different spatial and spectral attributes. Finally, you may need to normalize the different data layers in the attribute image if their pixel values have a wide variation.
New tutorials will be available in ENVI 5.4 for creating attribute images and for defining training data for supervised classification.
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The size and type of prey taken by adult rainbow bee-eaters in the south-west of Australia
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Bee-eaters are known to '… have an astonishingly narrow spectrum of [prey] preference, in effect, for most of them, only honeybees and social wasps' (Fry 1984). Their predilection for honeybees (Apis spp.) has, in fact, led to conflict with apiarists (Lamothe 1979). However, they also are known to be opportunistic, exploiting transient foods (Fry 1984). The Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus is no exception to these generalisations: Lea & Grey (1935) found hymenopteran remains in all the gizzards of 11 adult Rainbow Beeeaters they examined; Serventy & Whittell (1976) reported that hymenopterans comprised 63% of the 2753 head capsules retrieved from a single nest chamber excavated near Perth; and Calver et al. (1987) found that 95% of prey recovered from nest chambers on Rottnest Island, Western Australia, were hymenopterans. However, Rainbow Bee-eaters also have been observed feeding opportunistically on butterflies (Draffan et al. 1983), while Fry (1984) reported personal communications stating that moths, large flies, dragonflies and damselflies (odonatans) are fed to nestlings and that odonatans are the principal food for the young in Victoria. Barker & Vestjens (1989) also listed a wide range of arthropods and a single amphibian identified in the oesophagus or gizzard of Rainbow Bee-eaters but did not indicate the relative proportions of prey taken. Less is known of the preferred size range of prey for bee-eaters. Estimations have been made of the size of prey fed to nestlings (e.g. Hegner 1982 (Merops bullockoides), Krebs & Avery 1984 (Merops apiaster)), and Calver et al. (1987) determined the size of prey fed to nestling Rainbow Bee-eaters from measurements of prey remains. Helbig (1982, cited in Fry 1984) claimed that bee-eaters select prey of particular sizes and types, but we have been unable to locate data on the size of prey taken by adult Rainbow Bee-eaters in Australia. This paper reports data on the size of prey recovered from pellets regurgitated by adult Rainbow Bee-eaters at two widely separated sites in the south of Western Australia.
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The characters will find themselves tied up to trees. What skill check will they need to use - Athletics?
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Escaping is an Acrobatics check.
Set the DC according to the difficulty of escaping from the bonds (set the difficulty as easy/hard/medium and give it a level, then go the the DC table and see what it should be).
Depending on how you've tied up your PCs, athletics may also be appropriate (see Escape section linked and quoted below). Generally though Acrobatics is preferred here.
If you would like you can set one skill as the easy or medium (wriggling from the bonds is easier than breaking them or some such) and one as medium or hard to give some consequence as to how your PCs choose to escape.
From Acrobatics:
ESCAPE FROM RESTRAINTS Make an Acrobatics check to slip free of physical restraints such as manacles.
Action: The check takes 5 minutes of uninterrupted effort. Alternatively, a creature can make the check as a standard action, but doing so increases the DC by 5. DC: Hard DC of the creature's level.
Success: The creature slips free of the restraint.
Failure: The creature can try again only if someone else provides assistance, most often by using the aid another action.
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Escape a Grab or Immobilizing Effect
Action: Move action.
Acrobatics or Athletics Check: The creature makes either an Acrobatics or an Athletics check. Normally, the immobilizing effect specifies the DC for the check. If no DC is specified, an Acrobatics check is opposed by the Reflex of the immobilizing creature or effect, and an Athletics check is opposed by its Fortitude.
Success: If the check succeeds, the immobilizing effect ends on the creature, which can then shift 1 square.
Something else to consider, if this is an out of combat scenario, you almost certainly want to work this out as a skill challenge. Design it so that athletics, acrobatics, and perhaps thievery are primary stats, and things like perception, endurance and another skill are secondary things.
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Also a strength or Dexterity check would also be appropriate if the PCs lack training in acrobatics or athletics. – Joshua Aslan Smith Apr 7 '14 at 14:40
I think Thievery would be more appropriate. – Lucifer Apr 7 '14 at 14:42
Thank you for help, I think now it's all clear :-) – IreneSunset Apr 7 '14 at 14:43
_USER_ I suppose you could, but it's pretty clear from the rules it's intended to be Athletics/Acrobatics, see cites. – wax eagle Apr 7 '14 at 14:46
_USER_ aye, see my last paragraph, if this isn't a combat situation (or is the lead up to one), make a skill challenge weaving in several relevant skills (and in these cases the skills that are used aren't necessarily by the book, it's more how the story is told via the skill challenge) – wax eagle Apr 7 '14 at 15:09
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A condominium is a specific property type and the term can have a different meaning in different regions of the country. In Tucson, we see the term applied to a building with:
 - Multiple-units
 - Each unit is individually owned
 - Each owner receives a recordable deed to the unit purchased, including the right to sell, mortgage, etc.,
 - Owner of the unit has joint ownership of any common grounds, passageways, etc.
Since the term: "Condo" is generally understood to mean something like an apartment, we often see the title of a property project mislabeled. The only way we know for sure if a home is a condo or not is by reviewing the legal description as recorded with the county. That gives us the surest way of knowing if something is truly a condo, townhome or single family house.
The distinction is important for lending purposes. There are more hurdles to clear if a home is a condo. As with all loans, a mortgage lender will evaluate the borrower's credit and financial status.The lender will also need to determine the value of the home is sufficient collateral for the loan. Additionally, on a condo, the lender must evaluate the financial strength of the condo's homeowner's association (HOA). Since much of the value is tied to the physical structure, which is maintained by the HOA for a condo, the lender needs to know there is sufficient resources for the upkeep. It is possible a borrower to have excellent credit and financial portfolio and not be able to obtain a mortgage because the HOA is unable to provide enough information to satisfy the lending guidelines
The type of loan and the purpose of buyers purchase will impact how much information is required to be verified.
 - FHA and VA will only lend on previously approved projects
 - There are only a small number of condos in Tucson approved or FHA or VA
 - Conventional loans have more flexibility and allow for lenders to review the HOA if it hasn't already been approved.
If using a conventional loan, the lender is required to complete a full or limited review on the property – A limited review has a much higher success rate – The determining factors of which review is needed are:
 - Whether the home is used as a primary, secondary or investment home
 - How much of down payment is being made.
 - is the complex new or existing.
Financing on a condominium happens all the time and isn't something to keep you from considering them as your next home purchase. Make sure to have a clear conversation with your lender and know the best path to approval. If a full review is needed, it would be better to get it done early in the process.
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Simply energy efficiency is about media size. Smaller media has more surface area and higher media / particle collision frequency making it more efficient. The high intensity in the IsaMill™ means small media can break coarse particles. The large scale of the IsaMill™ makes that efficiency available to mainstream grinding.
The high energy efficiency of stirred mills compared to ball mills is well understood. The use of tower mills as an energy efficient alternative to secondary and regrind ball milling became a common inclusion in the latter part of the previous century. Traditionally the higher energy efficiency was attributed to the difference between attrition grinding in tower mills and impact grinding in ball milling. However by far the most important factor for fine grinding is media size and therefore the breakage rate. Small media has a larger surface area which translates to better transfer of energy. Although Tower Mills are full attrition grinding, they are constrained to using relatively coarse media 12-25mm balls. In contrast the IsaMill™ can operate with much finer media (e.g. 1mm) and much higher intensity of power input.
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Drivers who turn on their high-beam headlights during heavy snowfall quickly learn what the term "blinding snowstorm" really means. Light bounces off the flakes and returns to the driver's eye, ruining forward vision. Now, however, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's (CMU) Robotics Institute believe they've found a solution to that problem. By combining projector-type headlights with camera-based sensors, they believe they can direct light between snowflakes or raindrops, reducing the reflection that temporarily blinds the driver.
"We can illuminate the space around the particles," Srinivasa Narasimhan, associate professor of robotics at CMU, told us. "And we can do it because we now have a way to control light over space and time."
Carnegie Mellon University created a smart headlight system that directs light between rain drops or snowflakes.
CMU's development relies on automakers to go beyond traditional headlights, to light sources such as light-emitting diodes (LEDs), liquid crystal displays (LCDs), or Digital Light Processing (DLP). By combining one of those light sources with camera-based sensors and a microprocessor, CMU researchers have proven that they can locate the offending droplets and turn off the light pixels that would otherwise scatter off them.
"For a long time, the automotive headlight has been a bulb with mirrors and lenses to process the beam," Narasimhan said. "Here, we want to use a light projector instead of a bulb. That way, we have a million pixels that we can control."
The heart of the system is the powerful software developed at CMU, which recognizes the speeding precipitation droplet and turns off the correct pixel in response to it. The software -- along with the light source, sensor, and an Intel quad core i7 processor -- form an embedded system that that reads the sensor signal and orchestrates the on/off reaction at each pixel.
The key to the system's ability to do that is the co-location of the light projector and the camera. CMU employs a splitter to send out a beam of light and pick up the reflected light from the same pixel. It does all this -- captures the image, processes the data, and projects the light -- in a scant 13ms. Ultimately, the researchers want to reduce that time to about 2ms to 3 ms, which they said would enable the system to work in a raging thunderstorm on a car driving 60 mph. To bring the time down, they plan to incorporate the light source, sensor, and processor chip in a single embedded system. "What we need is tight integration between the LCD, camera, and embedded computer," Narasimhan said. "With everything tightly coupled, we can bring the time down by eight milliseconds."


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Kintu created the kingdom of Buganda by forcefully taking over the five clans that lived in the region. To signify his victory over a clan, he would sleep in the conquered leader's home; tradition says that Buganda was the name of the first house that he slept in after his victory over Bemba and his tribe. Buganda was later used to refer to the entire area he subdued.
Kintu Kato is not to be confused with Kintu, the first person on the earth according to Buganda legend. Kato Kintu gave himself the name Kintu, a name that he knew the Baganda associated with the father of all people.


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The Lainzer Tiergarten is a 24.50 km² (6,054-acre) wildlife preserve in the southwest corner of Vienna, Austria, 80% of it being covered in woodland. It dates back to 1561, when Ferdinand I of Austria created it as a fenced-in hunting ground for his family to use. Since 1919, it has been open to the public. Its name consists of its location by the Lainz district of Vienna's 13th District, and Tiergarten, which means zoo (literally, "animal garden").
The Lainzer Tiergarten is located mostly in Vienna's 13th district, with a small adjacent portion lying in Laab im Walde, Lower Austria. The Wien River is located to its north, the Liesingerbach to its south.
The Lainzer Tiergarten was created by Emperor Ferdinand I in 1561, when the area was fenced off by a wooden fence, to allow for a private hunting ground. In 1781, the wooden fence was replaced by a stone wall. After the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the hunting grounds became a public nature preserve, and have remained so ever since, with the exception of the time period of 1940 to 1955, when the entire grounds were closed. An admission fee existed until 1973, after which the preserve became accessible for free.
A large portion of the Lainzer Tiergarten was lost after World War I, when the Friedenstadt ("Peace City") neighborhood was constructed in its eastern portion. The old wall can still be seen in the Hörndlwald woods east of the Lainzer Tor.
Due to construction of the Westautobahn in the 1960s, a corner in the northwest of the preserve was also lost. This time there was compensation, however, as a portion of the Laaber Wald, adjacent to the southwest corner, was annexed.
The preserve is surrounded by approximately 22 kilometers (14 mi) of wall. There are seven gates, with different operating hours. Clockwise these are:
- Lainzer Tor (main gate)
- Laaber Tor
- Sankt Veiter Tor
The entire preserve is open for approximately nine months of the year, from early March to early November. In the remaining months only the park around the Hermesvilla, accessible from the Lainzer Tor is open. Between Christmas and the New Year, the entire park opens, but is only accessible from the Lainzer Tor and Nikolaitor.
Lainzer Tor
As it is open year-round, and is home to a visitor center, the Lainzer Tor is the preserve's main gate. It is also the origin and the terminus of a 2.2 km (1.4 mi) walk to the Hermesvilla, which can often also be ridden via horse carriage. Public restrooms are also located near the gate, as is a water fountain. This is also one of two gates that has a parking lot.
The Lainzer Tor is located at the end of Hermesstraße, and is reachable using the 60B bus, which connects the gate to the 60 and 62 trams line at 15- to 30-minute intervals. These tram lines can be taken from the stop Hermesstraße, and connect to multiple U-Bahn and S-Bahn lines. Line 62 can also be taken directly from the Vienna Staatsoper to Hermesstraße.
The Gütenbachtor is located on Gütenbachstraße, and accesses the southeastern corner of the Lainzer Tiergarten. It also features a water fountain and a parking lot, but is a 45-minute walk from the nearest public transportation, regional bus line 254.
Laaber Tor
The Laaber Tor is located by the Lower Austrian town of Laab am Walde. It accesses a separate corner of the Lainzer Tiergarten that was added in the 1960s as a compensation for territory that was lost in the north of the preserve when a highway was built. Visitors using this gate will pass the Dianator, which was the gate in this corner before the annexation of additional land. The Laaber Tor also has a water fountain.
Similar to the Gütenbachtor, the only public transportation within reach is the regional bus line 254, which is a 15-minute walk from this gate.
The Pulverstampftor is located in the northwest corner of the preserve, near the Auhof neighborhood of Vienna's 14th district. It features a water fountain, and can be accessed from the Umspannwerk Auhof stop of the regional bus line 151 from Hütteldorf (five-minute walk).
Due to its location near the Hütteldorf railway station, the Nikolaitor is an important gate of the Lainzer Tiergarten. Hütteldorf can be accessed with the U-Bahn U4, S-Bahn S3/S15, S45, and S50, tram line 49, as well as multiple regional bus lines. From the station it is a 10-minute walk across the Wien River to Nikolaigasse. This gate also features a water fountain.
The Adolfstor was located along the eastern wall of the Lainzer Tiergarten. It is now closed until further notice.
Sankt Veiter Tor
The Sankt Veiter Tor is directly accessible using a special hourly-served branch of the 55B bus line from the Ober Sankt Veit U-Bahn station, which only runs during the main season. Higher-frequented bus lines to Hütteldorf and the terminus of the 62 tram line, Wolkersbergenstraße, are available by walking down Hanschweg to Stock im Weg.
Locations in the preserve
There are three eateries, two scenic viewpoints, and one museum located within the Lainzer Tiergarten.
Hermesvilla and park
Franz Joseph I of Austria commissioned the construction of the Hermesvilla, which was completed in 1886, and served as a getaway mansion for his wife. Today it serves as a museum and also contains a restaurant and café, which is highly frequented due to its close location to the Lainzer Tor. The property around the Hermevilla is a special area of the Lainzer Tiergarten, fenced off from the rest of the preserve. Separate gates on the paths leading deeper into the park allow access to the larger section when this is open.
Hirschgstemm and Rohrhaus
Besides the Hermesvilla, visitors to the Lainzer Tiergarten can also eat and drink at the Hirschgstemm and Rohrhaus eateries. These are located deeper in the preserve than the Hermesvilla, but also feature full menus.
The Hubertuswarte is an observation tower, built in 1927, and located on the Kaltbründel Berg, the highest point in the preserve (508 meters/1667 ft). From the top of the tower, visitors have a 360-degree view of the region, including Vienna and neighboring villages.
Wiener Blick
Closer to the city side of the Lainzer Tiergarten, the Wiener Blick offers a view of the city from 434 m (1424 ft). In July 2002, this observation point was visited by the Japanese Emperor Akihito and his wife Michiko.
- (German) Geschichte des Lainzer Tiergartens - City of Vienna Website
- (German) Karl Johann Tichy, Hannes Mayer: "Das Eichen-Naturschutzgebiet Johannser Kogel im Lainzer Tiergarten, Wienerwald". Sonderdruck aus: Centralblatt für das gesamte Forstwesen, Jahrgang 96. 1979, Heft 4. Österreichischer Agrarverlag, Vienna, 1979.
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- (German) Lainzer Tiergarten - Official website
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Homocystinuria and Marfan syndrome represent distinct genetic conditions that share phenotypically similar skeletal features. An overview of the current understanding of genetic and physiologic contributing to the etiology of these conditions is summarized. The focus of this review is to explore the present understanding of the pathophysiology of Marfan syndrome and homocystinuria relative to the occurrence of osteoporosis in both conditions. Osteoporosis has been reported in association with homocystinuria. However, evidence supporting an association of osteoporosis with Marfan syndrome is equivocal and sources of ambiguity are critically reviewed. Advisability and approaches to bone mineral density monitoring in patients with Marfan syndrome or homocystinuria to inform clinical management are discussed. Finally, future research foci are proposed which will improve understanding of association of osteoporosis with Marfan syndrome or homocystinuria.


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2012 Scaup Numbers
Greater and lesser scaup are counted together, because they are difficult to distinguish during aerial surveys. Greater scaup are estimated to constitute roughly 11 percent of the continental scaup population. Scaup populations have steadily declined since the 1980s.
2012: 5.239 million +21% from 2011
2011: 4.319 million
% Change from long-term average: +4%
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LMI Gocator is a true stand-alone system, with no additional controllers required. It can be accessed via industry standard Ethernet and simple cabling is provided for inputs, outputs, and power. Versatile I/O capabilities allow the camera trigger to be chosen from time, encoder, external input, or software, while data and decisions can be transmitted a via RS-485 serial output channel or measurement decisions can be output digitally to external devices or measurement values and decisions can be converted to analogue output signals.
Calibration is extremely straightforward since the integral laser and camera are precision factory aligned to provide consistent, reliable measurements in real-world coordinates, even in applications where temperature variation normally would introduce measurement errors. The field of view ranges from 14 mm to 1260 mm depending on the Gocator model selected. Advanced features include dynamic exposure modes to deal with surfaces with a high variation of surface reflectivity where the camera combines multiple exposures to deliver an accurate profile every time.
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Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 14/10/2019
Pharmacy context
This is a community pharmacy set next to a medical practice in Thornton Heath. The pharmacy opens five days a week. And most people who use it are patients of the medical practice. It sells a range of over-the-counter medicines and dispenses NHS and private prescriptions. It provides multi-compartment compliance packs to help people take their medicines. And it offers winter influenza (flu) vaccinations and a paid-for travel clinic.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Standards met
The pharmacy has written procedures to help make sure its team works safely. It continually monitors the safety of its services to protect people and further improve patient safety. Its team members log and review the mistakes they make. So, they can learn from these and act to avoid problems being repeated. The pharmacy has appropriate insurance to protect people if things do go wrong. It mostly keeps all the records it needs to by law. And it asks people using its services for their views. People who work in the pharmacy can explain what they do, what they're responsible for and when they might seek help. They work to professional standards and identify and manage risks appropriately. They understand their role in protecting vulnerable people. And they keep people's private information safe.
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The pharmacy has enough suitably qualified team members to provide its services safely and effectively. And it encourages its team members to give feedback. Staff work well together as a team and have a work culture of openness, honesty and learning. And they learn from their own and other people's mistakes. The pharmacy team makes appropriate decisions about what is right for the people it cares for. Staff know how to raise a concern if they have one. And their professional judgement and patient safety are not affected by targets.
Principle 3. Premises
Standards met
The pharmacy provides a secure and professional environment for people to receive healthcare. It has a room where people can have private conversations with members of the pharmacy team.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
Standards met
The pharmacy's working practices are safe and effective. The pharmacy helps people access its services. It gets its medicines from reputable sources and it stores them appropriately and securely. Its team usually disposes of people's waste medicines safely too. The pharmacy's team members check stocks of medicines to make sure they are fit for purpose. And they make sure people have the information they need to take their medicines safely.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
Standards met
The pharmacy has the right equipment and facilities to provide its services safely. It uses these to keep people's private information safe.
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Spark Detection System Spark Detection System
Fire & Explosions
Every year, people are injured and even killed as a result of industrial fires and dust explosions. Process industries worldwide lose millions per year in damages and production interruptions due to fire or dust explosions.
As opposed to taking action after the event of a fire or dust explosion, it is also possible to implement proactive measures to prevent a fire or explosion to occur in the first place. Intelligent process design and proper housekeeping are examples of vital measures. The installation of a Firefly spark detection system is another.
The principle of spark detection
A spark detection system consists of a detector that identifies dangerous particles (ignition sources) in process flows. Once a particle is detected, it is within milliseconds automatically extinguished before it can create a fire or a dust explosion. The detection and extinguishing functionalities are controlled by a control unit. This proactive way of eliminating ignition sources is why Firefly spark detection systems are called 'preventive systems'.
The installation of a Firefly spark detection system can save the industry from costly fires and dust explosions. By combining unique and patented technology with 40 years of experience in the process industry, Firefly offers premium safety solutions that minimize false alarms and keep the industries in production.
Scientific research shows at which temperatures and energy levels different combustible materials can ignite. To be considered adequate, a spark detection system should detect ignition sources at these levels.
Ignition temperatures & energies
Different materials have different minimum ignition temperatures (MIT) and different minimum ignition energies (MIE). Only when both the MIT and MIE levels are met or exceeded, ignition can take place. The expression 'spark detection systems' may be misleading; one would believe that sparks are the only cause of industrial fires and explosions. An impact spark can have a very high temperature; it can very well be 1000°C. But, an impact spark normally contains a very low amount of energy and is therefore not likely to cause an ignition. In many cases, a piece of overheated material from the process most often contains more energy. This overheated material is therefore much more likely to cause an ignition compared to an impact spark.
Hot black particles
A hot particle will emit light, visible to the human eye when it has a temperature of about 700°C or more*. All particles below this temperature are perceived by the human eye as 'black' particles. As previously shown, most combustible materials can ignite at much lower temperatures than 700°C. Note that many fire problems in industrial processes are friction-related, i.e. initially creating hot black particles and not visible sparks.
All Firefly detectors are insensitive to daylight. Besides detecting down to the relevant temperature and energy levels, avoiding false alarms is a crucial aspect in the detection functionality of a spark detection system. Because each daylight detection results in the injection of unnecessary water into the process, secondary losses and often also costly production downtime are the unwanted results.
By detecting down to the relevant minimum ignition temperature and energy for different combustible material, and being insensitive to daylight, a Firefly spark detection system offers a premium detection functionality which is unrivalled on the market.
Why Firefly - Detection
Firefly's TrueDetect technology™ enables detection down to the right ignition temperatures and energy levels for different materials without being sensitive to daylight. A Firefly True IR detector is based on led sulphide cells (PbS) and is therefore insensitive to daylight. Conventional spark detectors are based on silicone photodiodes (Si) and will therefore detect visible light and near infrared radiation (i.e. temperatures from about 650°C or higher).
As the only supplier in the world, Firefly equips all its True IR detectors with the patented Multi-checkpoint technology™ to ensure detection quickness and reliability. Using a derivative measuring principle, Firefly True IR detectors can detect dangerous particles at transport speeds up to 50m/sec.
To consider when choosing suitable detector type:
- determine the minimum ignition temperature (MIT) and minimum ignition energy (MIE) of the processed material.
- choose the detection technology that will meet the MIT and MIE of that material.
- analyze possible detection disturbance sources and make sure that the chosen detector will not cause false triggering
Process industries generally handle large material flows; from hundreds of kilos up to hundreds of tons per hour. High flows of compact material demand a powerful extinguishing which is able to fully penetrate these flows.
Water is the most common method of extinguishing. However, dangerous particles can also be eliminated by means of mechanical diversion, isolation, steam or gas in applications where water is not suitable for use in the process.
If you use water extinguishing to protect your process from fires and dust explosions:
- require extinguishing from different directions in order to secure full coverage of the entire cross-section of a duct or chute.
- extinguishing needs to be powerful enough to penetrate also large and compact material flows.
- extinguishing needs to react within milliseconds after detection.
Why Firefly – Water Extinguishing
Firefly provides high-speed and powerful full-cone extinguishing with a unique nozzle design and placement from different directions aimed to penetrate and cover the entire material flow inside a pneumatic conveying system or chute.
Conventional extinguishing systems use hollow-cone spray nozzles with relatively small water droplets, often installed only from one direction. Consequently, conventional extinguishing provides less ability to penetrate the entire material flow and can leave uncovered areas inside a pneumatic conveying system or chute.
Other extinguishing methods
Firefly offers a wide variety of methods for extinguishing, isolation or diversion of ignition sources for processes where the use of water is not suitable.
Firefly's ultra-fast isolation and diverter valves are known for their high quality and superb functionality and are available in many types and sizes. CO2 gas is often used in combination with isolation valves to inert the isolated process volume.
Also other extinguishing methods such as inert gas, foam, steam or other chemical agents can be included in Firefly's system solutions.


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Interactions between plants and herbivores can have a significant effect on plant growth and development, and ultimately, on a plant's economic value. Research has traditionally focused on aboveground herbivores, despite the considerable role that belowground herbivory by both vertebrates and invertebrates can play within a range of ecosystem processes. Root feeders have been classified as agricultural pests but can also be used as biological control agents against invasive species and can affect community dynamics of plants, soil micro-organisms and populations of aboveground organisms. Bringing together a broad range of viewpoints and approaches, Root Feeders presents a comprehensive review of knowledge on root herbivores and illustrates their importance within ecosystems. Chapters discuss problems of visualizing the organisms in the soil, their role in agriculture, grassland and forest ecosystems, and present specific case studies on the management, control and influence of root feeders. Covering all aspects from food web ecology to the effects of climate change, this will be valuable reading for researchers and professionals in agricultural entomology, plant science, ecology and soil science.
1: Methods for studying root herbivory 2: New experimental techniques for studying root herbivores 3: Root herbivory in agricultural ecosystems 4: Root herbivory in grassland ecosystems 5: Root herbivory in forest ecosystems 6: Grape phylloxera - an overview 7: Using biocontrol against root feeding pests, with particular reference to Sitona root weevils 8: Invasive root feeding insects in natural forest ecosystems of North America 9: Linking aboveand belowground herbivory 10: Root feeders in heterogeneous systems: foraging responses and trophic interactions 11: Climate change impacts on root herbivores


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In a corrosive or an acid environment, you are always up against the challenge of maintaining your buildings. These buildings are affected by the acid mist and condensation that are the result of the electro-winning process or the result of any acid chemical reaction or environmental factor. Our anti corrosion, acid resistant or acid proof coatings and linings will be effective and beneficial in:
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How To Make Rice Wine Without Yeast
Ingredients you will need:
The minimal amount of ingredients you will be needing are simple and readily available
1. Sticky or muggy rice (2 cups)
2. One wine ball (mold)
Directions for the process:
Step 1
The first thing you need to do is to wash and clean the rice. For this purpose, fill the computing cup with cups of water and wash them thoroughly under the tap water in a sink basin. Wash them until the water runs clear. Prefer to use the muggy water as it generates delicious taste as compared to the plain rice.
Step 2
After you are done cleaning and washing the rice, keep them in boiling water for about an hour. The muggy rice you chose, cooks better after it has been flooded with water. When you are done keeping the rice in water for solid one hour, take them out using a strainer or a filter to get rid of the excess water.
Step 3
Take a steamer and boil 2 cups of water at its base, if do not possess a steamer then it is also okay as you can see use a pan (preferably an average size) to boil water.
Step 4
Give steam to the rice.
Step 5
When you notice that the water is starting to bubble, place the rice at the top section of the steamer and let it thoroughly fog for 25 to 30 minutes. If you are not using a steamer then you can set a strainer full of rice over the boiling hot water in the pan. However, you need to make sure one thing the rice do not feel the boiling, hot water. Place the lid of the pan and let the rice fog for about 25 minutes as explained above.
Step 6
After you done waiting for the steaming of the rice for approx. 25 mins. Remove the lid of the steamer and view the rice. If you still find them a little a crispy or solid, spin them over with the help of heatproof utensil, let the rice vapor a little more, and check every five minutes to see if the process is completed. Remove the rice from warmth when you are done having them steamed properly. Increase the rice on the cooking piece. When the rice has end baking, spoon the rice out on the cooking piece and let them cool properly. Before beginning the fermentation process, it is necessary to cool the properly and disperse the rice to displace the warmth properly among the rice.
Step 7
The fermentation process will take plenty of time so it needs patience but it will be worth the wait. As the rice wine can be decorated in different ways you can choose the one the suits you. You can select the same design and style bowls in which you processed the rice and then swirl it on a dish, you will achieve the for you will desire. In addition to, you can for the balls in various shapes, such as rabbit shape and soft bear toys and lots of different designs and styles.
Step 8
You can be creative and think of other unique and innovative ways to make your food more aesthetically pleasing such using chilies, coriander, cucumber and lots of different things.


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by Simon Peth, Harald Sterly and Patrick Sakapoldrak
This paper explores the mobilities and structural moorings of Thai labour migrants in Singapore from a translocal perspective. We argue that combining the mobilities paradigm with the concept of translocality offers a fruitful avenue of investigation not only of the production of translocal spaces, but also of their temporality and mutability. Through a multi-sited research approach we shed light on the genesis as well as the decay of translocal connections. This paper shows that translocal structures are important moorings of migration, and raises the question of what happens to translocal spaces when migration flows dissolve.


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The "spoons" as a musical instrument are the later cousins of the ancient,
Irish bones. Spoons are two pieces of flatware held in one hand and rhythmically
struck back and forth between the hand and thigh. Combined with a series of different
hand positions and finger manipulations, this instrument can produce intricate
rhythms. Spoons are made of varying types of wood and metal.
The WORLD BEATS video features live,
costumed performances of ancient, ethnic, percussive traditions. Aaron Plunkett
puts it all together in this fascinating 33 minute program. SEE


Are There Sharks in Greece?
Should you be worried?
Family swimming in an idyllic turquoise cove
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Sparkling seas and gorgeous Greek islands on the horizon — it's an idyllic vision of Greece. But should you be watching out for a shark fin slicing through those beautiful waters?
Sharks in Greece: Myth or Reality?
While there are sharks in Greece, most species are harmless. Sightings are extremely rare and, in general, shark attacks in the Mediterranean are also rarely reported. Given the vast number of people spending time in the warm and often shallow waters along the shores of Greece, encounters with sharks are few.
In the existing records of sharks in the Mediterranean, there is only one anecdotal tale of a fatal shark attack in the Greek islands, and that was reported nearly a century ago. Other official sources list a total of 15 shark attacks in Greece over the last 170 or so years. It's not clear what species of shark may have been responsible; one Greek fisherman swore he saw a great white shark in the Aegean Sea a couple of decades ago, but it was probably a small whale, which are also rare but present in Greece.
While there are some Mediterranean shark attacks reported each year, they seem to cluster around the shores of France, not Greece.
All sharks are rare in Greece, and those that are seen or caught by fishermen are usually from less-dangerous types—basking sharks, thresher sharks, and dogfish. In recent years, sharks have been found or caught around Milos, Symi, and Crete. Numbers have been declining over the past few decades; if you're actually a fan of sharks in Greece and elsewhere, and want to help with conserving them, you may want to check out the Shark Alliance's Greece page.
Sharks do make an appearance in Greek mythology, and that may mean that they were more numerous in ancient times than they are now. Lamia, a daughter of the sea god Poseidon, was known as a sea monster, while a son of hers, Akheilos, was a shark.
Greek mythology also has plenty of mythical sea beasts, including the multi-tentacled Hydra which may have been the inspiration for the non-Greek Kraken in "Clash of the Titans."
So if you're wondering if there could be a "Sharknado" in Greece, don't. Sharks are rare in Greek waters and are usually harmless.
Forget the Sharks: The Most Dangerous Sea Creatures in the Mediterranean
Other dangers are far more real and much more likely to impact your vacation in Greece.
 - Jellyfish: Real dangers include jellyfish stings and turning your foot into a temporary cactus by stepping on a needle-spined sea anemone barefoot. It's always good to be wearing sea sandals, both for the anemones and for the often-scratchy lava rocks which line the coasts of many of the islands. Sea sandals may sell out in Greece during the summer, so you may want to squeeze them into your bag rather than rely on picking them up in Greece. Children's sizes often sell out first.
 - Scorpionfish: Sea sandals are also likely to protect you from the sand-burrowing Scorpionfish, whose stings have been known to be fatal.
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Report: Aviation Workforce Challenges in the United States and the United Kingdom
March 27, 2019 | Brianne Eby, Paul Lewis
The global aviation industry faces growing workforce challenges. Strong competition for workers, the changing nature of high-skill jobs, and a retiring generation all profoundly affect many countries' modern economies. The problem is especially acute in the United States and the United Kingdom, the largest and third largest aviation markets in the world, respectively. Both countries need to attract new workers to fly and maintain aircraft, manage airports, control air traffic, build and run terminals, and conduct every other job related to advancing a safe, secure, and high-tech aviation industry. Unfortunately, pragmatic policy solutions that comprehensively address workforce challenges across all aviation subsectors are limited.
This report reviews workforce challenges across the critical sectors of the aviation industry in the US and the UK: professional pilots, air traffic controllers, aircraft maintenance and repair, airport workers, flight attendants, and aerospace manufacturing. It finds common themes that are important to understanding how to prepare the industry and its workforce for the future:
 - The aviation industry will face a number of workforce pipeline challenges as demand for air travel grows in the coming years. Though the outlook on worker availability varies depending on the specific occupation, the number of jobs in aviation is expected to grow.
 - The degree to which technology will replace jobs is unknown, but technology will change the nature of jobs across the entire aviation workforce. The industry must ensure that new and existing personnel are trained to utilize new technologies.
 - Workforce demographics are shifting, as a wave of current employees prepares to retire and the generations that replace them are more diverse. To fill future jobs, the industry will need to appeal to a broader demographic.
 - Following a number of challenges that resulted in cost cuts between roughly 2001 and 2009, the aviation industry has since begun to increase wages. The industry has used incentives, signing bonuses, and higher salaries to attract and retain workers.
 - The aviation industry is competing with itself, other professions, and other countries to retain workers. "Workforce bleed" to other industries, offshoring to other countries, and recruiting established personnel from other sectors (e.g. airlines hiring military pilots) are all manifestations of this competition.
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and Lake Caliraya are two connected man-made lakes
which was the result of an infrastructure project. It was
actually a large reservoir built by American engineers in
1943 to supply water to the Caliraya Hydroelectric Plant.
As the dams were constructed, entrepreneurs with foresight
created two adjacent communities which were envisioned to
be ecological communities, where one can enjoy the beauty
and richness of unspoiled nature. The results were
man-made mountain lakes complete with coves and sand bars
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also seeded the lake with Largemouth Black Bass imported
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15 Foods To Try in Yucatan, Mexico
Yucatan is the most visited part of Mexico, mostly because of its unbelievably beautiful sandy beaches and turquoise waters, fascinating nature and marine life. The Yucatan Peninsula however has even more to offer beyond the famous resorts of Cancun and Tulum: its unique culture and history. And what can be a better way to experience it rather than through food? Heavily influenced by Mayan and European cultures, the traditional foods prepared in this region are full of flavor and unique ingredients. Take a look at our list of 15 foods that you must try in the Yucatan Peninsula!
1) Sopa de Lima
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Sopa de Lima is considered the chicken noodle soup of the Yucatan Peninsula. This chicken soup has a tangy kick of sour lima, or Citrus Limetta – if you want to get technical – which is grown everywhere in the region, that leaves you feeling refreshed and full.
2) Cochinita Pibil
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This is by far one of the most popular dishes of the Yucatan Peninsula. Cochinita Pibil is pork, baby pig to be exact, that is marinated overnight in bitter orange juices, seasoned with achiote paste and other spices, wrapped in fresh banana leaves then cooked in an earthen pit, or pib. Pollo Pibil is another variation of this dish where pork is replaced with chicken.
3) Huevos Motuleños
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A typical breakfast served in the small city of Motul located in the North-West of the Yucatan Peninsula is Huevos Motuleños. This dish originated from Motul, hence the name, and is made up of a combination of ingredients and flavors. Eggs, tortillas, black beans, cheese and other various foods can be added to this delicious breakfast.
4) Pavo en Relleno Negro
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Pavo en Relleno Negro may not be an eye catcher, but it's a book that shouldn't be judged by its cover. This stew like dish consists of perfectly seasoned turkey in a relleno negro sauce. This sauce is what makes this dish so tasty with its numerous ingredients. The key ingredient to the sauce is burnt chiles de arbol, which give the sauce its black color.
5) Queso Relleno
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Normally prepared on special occasions, but so delicious you should eat it whenever you want! Queso Relleno is a clash of flavors and cultures all in one. Its signature ingredient is Edam cheese, a famous Dutch brand, which is stuffed with beef, onions, tomatoes and raisins (there are different variations available).
6) Salbutes
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Salbutes are basically the Yucatan version of Tostados. They're made of a puffed deep fried tortilla then smothered with pulled chicken or turkey, avocado, cabbage and pickled red onion and jalapeño. You can usually find them in Panucherias; fast food type restaurants.
7) Panuchos
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Panuchos are like a cousin to Salbutes. They are made exactly the same way except that Panuchos have tortillas filled with refried black beans.
8) Pescado Tikin-xic
Pescado en Tikin-Xic just out of the oven.
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In Yucatan Mayan the word Tikin-xic means "dry fish". Pescado Tikin-xic is a whole fish prepared and marinated with the classic achiote paste, adobo and bitter oranges. To cook, its wrapped in banana leaves and put in an earthen oven.
9) Pan de Cazón
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Pan de Cazón is another dish you must try even though you might be afraid of one of the surprises inside! This casserole like delicacy is prepared the same way you would make lasagna, but with different ingredients. Tortillas, black beans, refried beans, and the main ingredient… shark!
10) Tamales
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In the Yucatan Peninsula they put a spin on their Tamales. Normally Tamales consist of corn-based dough stuffed with meats, cheeses, vegetables or fruits and then wrapped in dried corn husks. Now, what makes the ones in the Yucatan Peninsula so different is that they are wrapped in banana leaves, not corn husks, which produce a different end result.
11) Papadzules
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Papadzules can be compared to enchiladas since both dishes look quite similar. However Papadzules are corn tortillas dipped in a pumpkin-seed sauce and filled with chopped hard-boiled eggs. A great option if you want to try a lighter plate.
12) Kibis
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Adapted from Lebanese culture, Kibis are a football shaped fried food. They are typically made of rough ground wheat which is then filled with different meats and cheeses. To finish it off, it is deep fried and topped with shredded cabbage, pickled red onion and jalapeño.
13) Arroz con Pulpo
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Another light and refreshing food to try in the Yucatan Peninsula is Arroz con Pulpo. This warm salad consists of rice, chopped octopus, red peppers, onions, herbs and sweet fruits like mango or papaya.
14) Chilaquiles
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Chilaquiles are another dish that has received their own special touch from the Yucatan Peninsula. Baked tortilla chips with salsa (verde or rojo), onions, cheese, sour cream, eggs and sometimes beans are all ingredients in this dish. In the Yucatan Peninsula, Chilaquiles have a unique taste by including local spices and flavors.
15) Marquesitas
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Marquesitas are one of the most beloved desserts in Yucatan and you will see it being sold everywhere from the street stalls. It is basically a crispy wafer, which is made right in front of you and filled with delicious fillings like cheese or nutella.
Do you have other favourite foods in Yucatan which you think we missed out? Let us know in the comments, and we will gladly add them!
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Rotationplasty is a type of autograft wherein a portion of a limb is removed, while the remaining limb below the involved portion is rotated and reattached. This procedure is used when a portion of an extremity is injured or involved with a disease, such as cancer.
Typically the ankle joint becomes the knee joint. The limb is rotated because the ankle flexes in the opposite direction compared to the knee. The benefit to the patient is that they have a functioning knee joint and can run and jump.
The operation is also called a Van-ness rotation.
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Advanced excremeditation by a trained professional
Excremeditation is the most Slackful form of meditation, and is promoted by the Church of the SubGenius. It is a form of meditation involving defecating into a toilet and enjoying it. Here is a 12-step set of directions for advanced excremeditation (beginners should have already learned the basics of how to defecate into a toilet and enjoy it by now, so only do this AFTER mastering the basics, and please note the risks involved in this activity before attempting it, listed in the warnings after the 12 steps):
1) Eat a can of baked beans. Well, not the can itself, but the baked beans inside of the can. The can is made of metal, and eating it isn't good for you. Just eat the food inside a can of baked beans. If the can was big, you're all set with step 1. If it was a small can, eat another small can of baked beans (not the can itself, but the food inside)! Now you're ready for step 2.
2) Drink some coffee. The exact amount of coffee for step 2 varies depending on the person, but it should be caffeinated coffee, not decaf. If you are used to drinking coffee and can handle a lot of it, drink much more than usual. If you are especially sensitive to coffee and just a little makes you go Over The Edge, one cup of coffee is the perfect amount. For an average SubGenius, 2 or 3 cups of coffee should do the trick.
3) Eat some prunes, raisins, dried apricots, dried cherries, sun-dried tomatoes, dried apples, or some other manner of dried fruit. It doesn't matter if it's freeze-dried like the way astronauts eat or if it is the sticky sort of dried fruit like prunes. All that matters is that it's dried fruit.
4) Go outside and start jogging. The moderate exercise should have a good effect on your digestion. Keep jogging in the area near your home until you start to feel a bit ill and are farting a bit.
5) Rush immediately to your bathroom, slam the door, sit on the toilet, and take a dump. Push out as much fecal matter as possible, while having your eyes closed, your head resting on your hands, and your elbows resting on your knees. Remember to keep your hands clean and away from your rear end.
6) After the fecal matter has stopped flowing, stay in this pose, with your eyes closed, your head resting on your hands, and your elbows resting on your knees. Do not move an inch, or open your eyes, or use toilet paper, or anything. Focus all of your thoughts and energies on your colon and any feces that is still in there and needs to come out. Continue doing this until you feel that your colon has been emptied completely. Your hands should still be clean.
7) Your hands are still clean and your colon is empty, correct? Without getting up from the toilet, masturbate to some pornography (do this REGARDLESS of your gender... girls, this means you should have remembered a vibrator). Also, if you like to smoke cigarettes or frop, do that at this time as well. If you forgot to bring any of those things to the area near the toilet, well remember to leave them there next time.
8) Get yourself cleaned up. You probably need a VERY thorough shower at this point, and that's AFTER using up all the toilet paper.
9) Take some anti-diarrheal and anti-gas medicine (2 mg Loperamide HCl combined with 125 mg Simethicone). Combine this with some type of central nervous system depressant (a benzodiazepine or a sleep drug like Ambien if you are prescribed that type of drug, or some alcohol or a sleep-inducing antihistamine like Diphenhydramine HCl if you aren't on that type of prescription). Only use ONE central nervous system depressant though, and don't take too much, just a little. Then go straight to bed and fall asleep, and you will have very weird dreams.
10) With any luck, The Rupture will happen to you during your sleep, and you will wake up on the Pleasure Saucers surrounded by Alien Sex Goddesses, on the way to Planet X.
11) If you wake up back on Earth, this means The Conspiracy has prevailed yet again. Do not despair. This is what usually happens. You can try excremeditation again another time if you want.
12) Fnord. That is all.
WARNINGS: Excremeditation is for trained professionals only. Do not try this at home. Excremeditation may be hazardous to your health. Side effects may include abortion, ADHD, aging, agnosticism, AIDS, alcoholism, allergies, Alzhemer's, anaphylactic shock, anarchism, anhedonia, anorexia, anthrax, apostasy, asexuality, Asperger's, asthma, Astrocism, atheism, autism, becoming an alt.slack kook, bisexuality, blasphemy, blood clots, "Bob", Bozoid metamorphosis, brain damage, brainwashing, a British accent, broken bones, bronchitis, Buddhism, bulldada, cancer, Capitalism, cardiac arrest, cerebral hemorrhage, Christianity, clenched anus, coma, Communism, Confucianism, confusion, congestive heart failure, conservatism, constipation, coughing, delusions of grandeur, deportation to North Korea, deprogramming, diabetes, diarrhea, Discordianism, drowning, drug addiction, dry mouth, the Ebola virus, election to Congress, The End Times, endocrine disruption, epilepsy, erectile dysfunction, eternal salvation, excommunication, excremeditation, exorcism, falling down, fascism, fever, fibromyalgia, flatulence, fnord, furry fandom, Gender Identity Disorder, giraffe obsession, hallucinations, heterosexuality, Hinduism, homicide, homophobia, homosexuality, immortality, incarceration, incontinence, infectious diseases, influenza, insanity, insomnia, internal bleeding, invisibility, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Islam, Judaism, kidney failure, lactation, legal arrest, liberalism, libertarianism, liver damage, loose stools, lunacy, magical abilities, mental retardation, Mermaid Syndrome, misdiagnosis, mud butt, Multiple Personality Disorder, nationalism, nausea, neurosis, nihilism, nuclear war, the number 23, obesity, omnipotence, omniscience, pacifism, paganism, pain, Parkinson's, Pastafarianism, PatrioPsychotic AnarchoMaterialism, perversion, pinkeye, PMS, poisoning, poverty, promotion to CEO, prostitution, psychic powers, psychopathy, psychosis, PTSD, racism, reincarnation, resurrection, revitiligo, rigor mortis, runny nose, schism, schizophrenia, Scientology, sexhurt, sexism, Shintoism, Slack, sleep apnea, sneezing, sociopathy, species dysphoria, spontaneous human combustion, stroke, stupidity, sudden death, suicide, supernatural powers, surreality, sweating, swollen pineal gland, talking in palindromes, Taoism, tardive dyskinesia, telekinesis, terrorism, time travel, unemployment, viral infection, vitiligo, watery eyes, xenophobia, Yetinsyny, Zoroastrianism, and any other condition not mentioned. The Church of the SubGenius is not responsible for any damages. Void where prohibited by law. All rights reserved. Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.
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SANTA MONICA, CA – Human factors/ergonomics researchers at three universities are working to ensure that improved weather radar data gathered through the Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA) project will help emergency managers make faster, more accurate, and more confident decisions about approaching severe weather. The researchers will present the findings of their study at the Hilton San Francisco Hotel on Thursday, October 19, 2006, during the HFES 50th Annual Meeting, October 16–20.
Since the 1990s, the weather community has used a network of 158 nationwide Doppler radars to observe the atmosphere. Emergency managers are usually glued to these screens so they can predict approaching major weather systems. There are limitations to the Doppler radar, however; low-altitude areas where severe weather strikes the hardest--the Gulf Coast, for example – are extremely undersampled.
CASA radars can detect weather systems lower to the ground, more frequently, with shorter ranges, and with finer spatial and temporal resolution. Four CASA radars covering a 100 x 100-kilometer testing area in Oklahoma will be up and running in late 2006. To determine the impact of this improved data, the researchers first created a model of how emergency managers make decisions. Then they asked 11 experienced emergency managers to make decisions about two simulated severe weather scenarios and to complete questionnaires based on their techniques, experiences, and observations following the simulations.
This study helped the researchers refine the decision-making model by revealing difficulties that the emergency managers encountered. For example, many did not understand the relationship between radar location and storm velocity data, and some became distracted by the fine-grained details and lost the "big picture" perspective. These findings will aid in the design of improved training and better visualizations of the data.
To obtain a press copy of the 50th Annual Meeting paper "Emergency Management Decision-Making Suring Severe Weather" by Leigh A. Baumgart and coauthors, or a press pass for the HFES 50th Annual Meeting, please contact HFES Communications Director Lois Smith (_EMAIL_, 310/_PHONE_). The entire meeting program may be viewed at _URL_
The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, which celebrates its 50th anniversary in September 2007, is a multidisciplinary professional association of more than 4,500 persons in the United States and throughout the world. Its members include psychologists and other scientists, designers, and engineers, all of whom have a common interest in designing systems and equipment to be safe and effective for the people who operate and maintain them.
The work reported in this release was supported in part by the Engineering Research Centers Program of the National Science Foundation under NSF Award Number _PHONE_ for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the National Science Foundation.
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