text:
There is a YouTube video of synchronized swimmer Mary Killman performing what is called a Rocket maneuver to the song "Johnny B. Goode" as part of her final solo at the 2011 synchronized swimming world championships in Shanghai. Killman, who will compete in this summer's Olympics, says it is one of her favorite figures, and she can do some of the highest Rocket maneuvers worldwide. Submerged, laying on her back, with her legs held straight above her she forms a perfect floating right angle. Gracefully she moves towards the surface, almost like an illusion as if something or someone is pushing her up from below. Suddenly she bursts legs first, kicking high up and out of the water, flips over and emerges again arm raised like she is now being pulled up from above.
Synchronized swimming, or synchro, as it is often called, is a unique, beautiful hybrid form of swimming, dance and gymnastics. Swimmers are often vertical and upside down with their legs above the surface, performing spins, splits and other movements all which require exceptional strength, flexibility and breath control. Swimmers are not permitted to touch the bottom of the pool and using arm motions ("sculling") and leg kicking ("eggbeaters"), depend completely on their own strength and stamina to stay afloat. The choreographed routines swimmers perform are composed of complex leg movements and arm strokes that incorporate an elaborate series of lifts and throws.
Accompanied by music, the figures and maneuvers performed above and underwater combine split-second timing, precision and grace. The music and its interpretation is an amalgam of artistic expression and sheer athleticism. Because half of what happens in synchronized swimming is done underwater, the audience is blind to the much of the mechanics used by and the strength of the athletes. That, combined with their smiling faces has led many to conclude that the sport requires little of either. During a particularly aerobic four minute routine, a synchronized swimmer may spend more than a minute underwater without coming up for air and more than two and one half minutes cumulative underwater.
Killman says her teammates use the expression "fake it till you make it" to describe the effort to push past the urge to breathe. "You are underwater and you feel like you are going to pass out, your muscles are tired aching all you want to do is lay on your back but you have to come up and perform. With a big smile on your face…That's part of the sport. That's what you have to do. The easier you make it look the better you are doing."
After more than half a century of tireless advocacy from pioneering coaches and swimmers, the sport of synchronized swimming formerly known as water ballet, officially debuted at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Fifty women from 21 countries competed, with Esther Williams—the indelible synchro pop-culture icon—providing the televised commentary.
It was the United States that originally dominated synchronized swimming and during the first three Olympiads the US Team along with Canada won all the gold Olympic medals awarded in the sport. But in 2000, Russia won gold medals in both the duet and team competitions,and the US none. In 2004 the US came back to win bronze medals in both the duet and team competition but since 2000 it is Russia that has won every gold. This year with eight team spots available (and one of those reserved for the host country) the US team did not qualify to compete.
"Usually it's like every four years synchro is this huge thing because of the Olympics," says Cheryl Furjanic, who directed and produced the documentary film, Sync or Swim, the story of the U.S. synchronized swimming team's journey to the 2004 Olympics, "I think that it's going to be a little bit of a difficult thing for the U.S. to come back from. Just in terms of keeping their numbers up and keeping the interest and the visibility going."
- The Peacock's Unearned Strut
- A Handball Nation with a Basketball Problem
- Hog Wild
- When Right Field Was Home Plate: The Ichiro Suzuki Era
- Yakkin' About Baseball: Ichiro Goes To Dave and Buster's
Today Mary Killman and her duet team partner Mariya Koroleva make up the United States great wet hope for Olympic synchronized swimming success. This summer in London, the U.S. synchronized swimming duet team will compete along with 24 other pairings from around the world but for the first time since 2000, the United States synchronized swimming team will not. For an Olympic sport that is relatively new and has struggled for decades to gain recognition, synchronized swimming in the United States now appears to be in danger of going under.
The reasons behind the United States' inability to qualify for the Olympic team competition are not just issues with athletic ability but with the changing aesthetic of the sport overall, which increasingly placed value upon and emphasized its athletic and gymnastic side and less so its artistic impression—the component of judging a routine that includes choreography, interpretation of music and presentation. This, combined with fewer girls coming up in the sport and the seemingly irreversible dominance of the Russians, has created a perfect storm that could sink the sport in the U.S.
"We are still out there performing with huge smiles on our faces, and we have sequins and glitter," says Killman, "but it's gotten a lot faster. It's gotten more—how fast can you do this and still be just as high or how high can you throw someone out of the water and how acrobatic can they look?"
Mary Killman says she considers herself more of an athlete than a performer, but her favorite part of the sport remains the choreography. "I like the choreography phase of everything. When you first get the music and it's raw. All you have is a piece of music, and you have to sit there in the water and go okay, what does this sound like? Does this sound like a spin, does it sound like a really high rocket, flexibility, like a crash? Does this feel like a lift?" Synchro swimmers also must make their routines look effortless. "Compared to a track athlete," Killman says, "who is running as hard as they can and you see the sweat pouring down their face at the end of itwe have to do the same thing, but we have to hold our breath."
"They have gone too far telling everyone how difficult it is," says Dawn Bean, who wrote a book on the history of synchronized swimming, served on the U.S. Olympic Committee for twelve years and now, well into her 80's, still coaches synchro masters teams. The shift in aesthetic away from artistic expression and much more towards that of athleticism has left sychnro she says with "… too many thrashing legs and feet above water."
Bean is not the only prominent figure in synchro's storied history that has noticed the shift towards athleticism. "Everything now is fast," says Chris Carver who began coaching in 1960 and has coached three U.S. synchro Olympic teams. She recounts the negative reactions of the judges just weeks ago at a national competition. "I sat with the judges and they were saying, 'this is frantic. It's built up to such a frantic pace, I don't enjoy it and I almost can't judge it'." Carver gives the example of Spain recently performing a technical duet that was very artistic and with a wide range of motion. "People said, 'I've never seen anything like this before'. "Well they have seen something like this before, just not in their time. We (the U.S.) were more like that."
"I would hope that there is room for all of these incarnations of what synchronized swimming is or can be," says filmmaker Furjanic, I do think it's an open-ended question, and I don't know that it can be answered. I would hate to see it answered by its disappearance."
For some observers, the outward appearance of a synchro swimmer suggests spectacle, with their helmeted hair secured tightly back with gelatin, sporting shimmering, bright sequined suits, flashing their legs and turning like a cork screw around and upside down in the water. But the performance of synchro swimmers as a duet or team is dedicated to both unity of movement and precise athletic maneuvers. For the duration of a routine, the viewing audience is not intended to focus solely on an individual athlete or a particular maneuver but to experience the swimmers collectively, as a whole creating synchronicity, as the name implies. Water is the medium and setting for the harmony of a precisely choreographed expression of athleticism. Synchro unites the body with water in a way that is literally fluid but dramatic. As swimmers repeatedly fall back into and emerge from the water, sink down and explode upward with forceful, assertive strength and rhythm, the element of water serves to hold, shelter and rebirth them. The combined athleticism and artistry that make up synchro was in the past amplified by water and today often appears to be constrained by it.
Russia raised the bar of competition by incorporating new hybrid figures. Forms and higher lifts were combined with speed that no one knew was possible. Anna Kozlova, a former synchronized swimmer who defected to the United States from Russia in 1993, competed in three Olympic Games and won two bronze medals for the U.S, says she was sad but not surprised when the United States team didn't qualify. She recalls that in the early days, the rule was "be careful not to splash the water." "But now," she continues, "it's definitely gone the other way. It doesn't bother me that it's more


text:
In this paper, the limitations of the performance of electroabsorption modulators (EAMs) as optical transceivers in passive picocell systems by using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method are theoretically investigated. EAMs with no bias voltage are modeled by the FDTD method with consideration of the interaction between electromagnetic fields and optical powers in optical waveguides. Transmission and responsivity of EAMs according to various optical input powers and chip lengths are calculated. Then, power margins of the downlink and uplink paths are estimated to define the service ranges of the passive picocell systems. In addition, EAMs with biased voltage are characterized for comparison. The results suggest that the service range of the passive picocell system using a no-biased EAM can be extended up to 20 m with a chip length of 400 μm and an optical input power larger than 10 dBm.
© 2006 IEEEPDF Article

source: openbmb/Ultra-FineWeb


How long does chlorine gas stay in the air? It does not gas-off as easily and it is more long-lasting. Might take a … At 1–3 ppm, there is mild mucus membrane irritation that can usually be tolerated for about an hour. Chlorine gas can enter your body through your nose or your mouth.
bags absorb moisture from humid air, and bags can dissolve in 12-24 months (! "; Chloramine does not dissipate easily compared to chlorine.
So I was wondering how long the Chlorine gas might stay in a basement??? Chlorine gas injury is seen after industrial and occupational exposure, accidental spills and deliberate poisoning. Does boiling the water efficiently withdraw the Chlorine?
It takes about 4-8 weeks from the time chlorine bleach is made to when it gets to a store so that you can buy it to take home. Pool shock in 1 lb. Rick P. 1 decade ago.
Favorite Answer.
Answer Save. Relevance.
Chlorine is a yellow-green gas at room temperature. Once the CO2 gets into the atmosphere, carbon dioxide may keep on affecting climate for thousands of years afterwards.
Calcium Hypochlorite, aka pool shock or granular chlorine also has a long shelf life, if kept in an air tight container, in a cool and dry (indoor) location. 1 Answer. Chlorine is added to pools in a powder or liquid form — not as a gas — and by itself, it typically can't form gas clouds unless there's an incredible amount of it, Calello said.
At low concentrations (less than 10 ppm), almost all of the chlorine is removed from the air in the upper part of the respiratory airways and only a very small amount may reach your lungs. Chloramine is a less effective disinfectant than chlorine.
More recently, chlorine gas has again been used as a weapon of war.
5.3.3 Chlorine dioxide gas. Acute chlorine toxicity causes damage to the respiratory tract and usually occurs with short-term, high-level exposures such as spills. Somewhere between 65% and 80% of carbon dioxide that remains into the air is prone to dissolve into the ocean. Breathing elevated chlorine levels causes build-up of fluid in the lungs, a condition known as the pulmonary edema. How does chlorine gas affect the body? Depends on the air flow down there.
The free residual chlorine dissipates rapidly as treated effluent is released through receiving waters.
Humans can detect low levels of chlorine gas. Another alternative for chemical sterilization is chlorine dioxide gas (ClO 2), an oxidative gas, which is most efficient at temperatures ranging from 25°C to 30°C (Kowalski and Morrissey, 2004).
Chlorine gas enters your body only when you breathe it in. The World Health Organization (WHO, PDF 145 KB) says that "monochloramine is about 2,000 and 100,000 times less effective than free chlorine for the inactivation of E. Coli and rotaviruses, respectively. ).
At 5–15 ppm, there is moderate mucus membrane irritation. That small an amount will diffuse quickly down to safe levels though. In humans, the threshold concentration for detection of the odor of chlorine gas ranges from 0.1–0.3 ppm. Chloramine stays in the water distribution system longer than chlorine. This leaves you 3-5 months where the bleach is at the effectiveness level stated on its label. The rest of it vanishes through slower processes that can last for several hundreds of years.
Monkey Wrench Lyrics, Jacques Anquetil Bike, Christmas Message To Sailors, The Huggabug Club, Doing It Book, Get List Of Active Directory Users Powershell, Marine Corps Mos List, Apple Barrel Paint, Mls Teams Map, List Of Villain Parents, I Only Care About You, IL‑2 Sturmovik: 1946, Civil Services Posts, Anglo-eastern Maritime Training Centre, Tutor Duties And Responsibilities, Interstellar Netflix Singapore, 3-2 Engineering Programs, Arulmigu Ramanathaswamy Temple, My Little Riding Champion, Fay Grim Cast, Boston Breakers Usfl, 3ds Cia Games, Cedar Cove Imdb, Deep Purple - Hush, 2021 Chevy Sonic, Road Safety Rules For Cyclists, Greek Fire Ships, Rockstar Lyrics Nickelback - Chords, Weapons Of Mass Instruction Pdf, Justice For Ursula, Crysis 4 System Requirements,


a five-point U-turn
Discussion in 'French-English Vocabulary / Vocabulaire Français-Anglais' started by elmingo, Sep 1, 2011.
 1. elmingo Senior Member
 France, French
 It's about someone doing a U-turn with his car. Does it mean it is like three-moves, drawing a five-point star from above? Or something else?
 Thanks for your help
 2. jann
 jann co-mod'
 English - USA
 This is a three-point turn, named for the three lines of motion involved (forward, reverse, forward).
 If space is very limited, or if the driver is incompetent, you can imagine that it might take a little extra maneuvering to turn around... forcing the driver to make "five point" turn instead (forward, reverse, forward, reverse, forward). Neither of these turns are technically "U-turns," but the point is that they all reverse the direction of travel by 180°.
 3. elmingo Senior Member
 France, French
 Thanks a lot for the explanation, jann.
Share This Page


text:
Use this tutorial to learn how to have enemies, opponents, or NPCs look at the player in a top-down game.
Tommy Leung from Ourcade writes: "Are you making a top-down game where enemies or opponents should track or keep their eye on the player?
Maybe you have a turret that should face a moving target before firing?
You know that you need to rotate the turret but how do you know what that angle should be?
If you remember your trigonometry classes then you can probably figure it out but Phaser can do the math work for us!
In this article, we will show you how to get that angle using the player's position and the position of the enemy that should face the player."
The first book on the creation of HTML5 cross platform games using Phaser 3 and other free software.
- By Emanuele Feronato
- 155 Pages
- 28 Source Code Examples
- Build a complete game from start to finish
- Cross Platform
- Scaling for devices


text:
Special Needs Registry
The Special Needs Registry allows residents with medical needs and organizations assisting those with social needs an opportunity to provide information to Fairfax County so that agencies can communicate emergency preparedness, response and recovery resources to our vulnerable, at risk and hard-to-reach residents.
The information collected will only be shared with Fairfax County agencies and partner agencies and organizations to improve their ability to serve and will not be available to the public.
Fairfax County defines a person with medical needs as a person who has a high-risk health condition that is either temporary or chronic who cannot manage for themselves in a shelter or evacuation center and will require assistance in performing the activities of daily living and/or will require care for and the monitoring of a health condition. For example: people with mobility impairment; people with condition which make them dependent on electricity; people with medical conditions that will require additional support during emergencies.
Medical Needs Brochure (PDF Format)
Social Needs refers to people considered to be vulnerable, at-risk, or hard to reach in the event of an emergency, but who are not medically dependent. These people may require targeted communication, transportation support, or sheltering in the event of an emergency. The nature of the assistance provided to people with social needs will be determined by the individual, the emergency and the resources available to the county.
Social Needs Brochure (PDF Format)

source: HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu


How to Create Your Own Curriculum
Design a Personalized Teaching Plan that Fits Your Family's Needs
Mother son computer
Blend Images/Ariel Skelley/Getty Images
Here are some general steps to follow to help you design a curriculum for any subject.
1. Review Typical Courses of Study by Grade
First, you may want to research what other children in public and private schools are studying in each grade in order to make sure your children are covering approximately the same material as other students their age. The detailed guidelines linked below can help you set standards and goals for your own curriculum.
2. Do Your Research.
Once you have determined what subjects you will cover, you may need to do some research to make sure you are up-to-date on the particular topic, particularly if it's one you are not already familiar with.
Other resources you can use include:
 - Popular nonfiction young adult books
 - Websites about a subject for students
 - Review books written for high school students
 - Textbooks, particularly ones that are recommended by other homeschoolers
3. Identify Topics to Cover.
4. Ask Your Students.
5. Create a Timetable.
I recommend creating a schedule around units instead of individual topics. Within that time period, you can list all the topics you think your family would like to learn about. But don't worry about individual topics until you get there. That way, if you decide to drop a topic, you'll avoid doing extra work.
6. Select High-quality Resources.
7. Schedule Related Activities.
There's more to learning a topic than accumulating facts. Help your kids put the topics you cover into context by scheduling in field trips, classes, and community events that relate to the subject you are studying.
8. Find Ways to Demonstrate What Your Kids Have Learned.
Written tests are just one way to see how much your students have learned about a subject. You can have them put together a research project that includes an essay, charts, timelines, and written or visual presentations.
Writing your own curriculum doesn't have to be a daunting task. You might be surprised to discover how much you enjoy personalizing your family's curriculum—and how much you learn along the way.
mla apa chicago
Your Citation
Ceceri, Kathy. "How to Create Your Own Curriculum." ThoughtCo, Aug. 26, 2020, Ceceri, Kathy. (2020, August 26). How to Create Your Own Curriculum. Retrieved from Ceceri, Kathy. "How to Create Your Own Curriculum." ThoughtCo. (accessed June 18, 2021).


text:
Tuntung Sungai in Malay
Reaching a carapace length of at least 60 cm and has only 4 claws on the forefeet. The size of the
female is somewhat larger than the male.
Size & Weight
Omnivorous feeders but vegetable food predominates. Molluscs, crustaceans and fish are also consumed.
Habitat & Range
Lives in the brackish water of estuaries and areas under tidal influence. Found only in South and Southeast
Asia. Rivers in Malaysia: Setiu, Dungun, Trengganu, Perak and Kedah.
Around November, an average of 24 eggs are laid each time, up 3 times per season.
Human consumption and habitat destruction are major threats. Extinction in next 10 years if no


Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 123
Question 1
What virus does the devil grip you with?
Reveal the funtabulous answer
Coxsackie B
Commonly known as Devil's grip or Bornholm disease (A Danish Island where the most famous cases were documented).
The disease is characterised by attacks of severe pain in the lower chest, often on one side.Thus making it difficult to breath like you have an "iron grip" around your chest. Symptoms usually last about a week
Dr William C Dabney (_PHONE_) recorded 29 cases of pleurodynia during an epidemic in 1888. His colleague Dr William Francis Cooper (_PHONE_) in Rapahannock County recounted to him the local name for the epidemic affliction as 'the devils grip
Question 2
What is Friggatriskaidekaphobia?
Reveal the funtabulous answer
Fear of Friday the 13th.
You could have also had paraskavedekatriaphobia or paraskevidekatriaphobia for the same fear.
Question 3
In the UK, what accident is more likely to happen on Friday the 13th as opposed to any other Friday?
Reveal the funtabulous answer
Road Traffic Collision.
A study in the BMJ, published in 1993, concluded that there:
Question 4
What is Coulrophobia?
Reveal the funtabulous answer
Fear of clowns (not just restricted to the evil ones)
Question 5
Which magician famously died on Halloween and what medical condition was the cause of his death?
Reveal the funtabulous answer
Harry Houdini
Houdini died on the 31st of October 1926 of a ruptured appendix.
The injury was reportedly caused on October 20 by J. Gordon Whitehead, a student at McGill University in Canada, who hit Houdini in the abdomen several times to test his claim that he could withstand being hit anywhere above the waist without being hurt. [Reference]
FFFF More More
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five
Leave a Reply


1. Avocado Pits: Cut your avocado in half lengthwise. Using a large knife, hit the pit with the blade and twist. The pit will pop right out. If you're making fresh guacamole, save the pit for storing in with your leftover guac. Keeping the pit with the avocado will keep it nice and green instead of letting it go brown.
2. Sliceable Cherry Tomatoes: Here's one of those life hacks so simple you'll be shocked that you probably never thought of it before: put cherry tomatoes (or any fruit that rolls about, really) between two small plastic container lids. Slide your knife in-between the lids to cut the tomatoes in half.
5. Bacon: What cooking tips list would be complete without a bacon tip? It's tricky to cook perfectly. Try this easy method a la Alton Brown. Cook your bacon in your waffle iron. So simple and mess-free!
6. Bell Pepper Seeds: Cut the top and bottom off your bell peppers. Then use the knife to slice the entire flesh ring off of the seed pod. Once it's off, you can slice or dice your pepper as desired.
7. Ginger Skin: Use a spoon or metal teaspoon to scrape the skin off of your ginger root. Though it looks super gnarly, the skin's actually quite soft and scrapes away easily.
8. Egg Shells: If you get a bit of egg shell in your bowl, don't use your fingers to chase it out. Take another piece of shell and stick it in the bowl near the fragment. Like attracts like and the shell piece will stick easily. The same method works with yolk bits that slip into your egg whites, too!
Related on Organic Authority
15 Tips To Rescue Forgotten Produce and Eliminate Food Waste
10 Eco Friendly Kitchen Tips For A Healthy Kitchen
Reusing Kitchen Food Waste: 3 Great Tips
Image: Barbara K.
Shop Editors' Picks
Related Stories


Acoustic Blues Guitar Teacher 4725 Tara Station Queensland
acoustic blues guitar instructor Tara Station Queensland 4725
Acoustic Blues Guitar Teacher 4725 Tara Station Queensland
From its origin in the South, the blues' simple but expressive forms had become by the 1960s among the most important influences on the development of popular music throughout America.
Although instrumental accompaniment is nearly worldwide in the blues, the blues is basically a vocal kind. Blues songs are lyrical rather than narrative; blues singers are expressing feelings as opposed to telling stories. The emotion expressed is normally one of depression or melancholy, often due to difficulties in love.
As a musical style, the blues is defined by expressive "microtonal" pitch inflections (blue notes), a three-line textual stanza of the form AAB, and a 12-measure form. Normally the first two and a half measures of each line are committed to a half, the last measure and singing composed of an instrumental "break" that complements the vocal line, answers, or repeats. In terms of practical (i.e., traditional European) harmony, the simplest blues harmonic progression is described as follows (I, IV, and V refer respectively to the first or tonic, fourth or subdominant, and fifth or dominant notes of the scale):
Oops, something went wrong.
Acoustic Blues Guitar Teacher Queensland 4725 Tara Station.
African influences are evident in the blues tonality, the call-and-response pattern of the falsetto break in the vocal style, the repeated refrain structure of the blues stanza, and the imitation of vocal idioms by instruments, especially the guitar and harmonica.
The origins of the blues are poorly documented. Blues developed in the southern United States after the American Civil War (1861–65). Blues derived from and was mostly played by Southern black men, most of whom came from the milieu of agricultural workers.
The first references to blues date s back to the 1890s and early 1900. In 1912 black bandleader W.C. Handy's composition "Memphis Blues" was released. It became very popular, and thereafter many other Tin Pan Alley tunes entitled blues started to appear.
Jefferson, Blind Lemon [Credit: Archive Photographs]The rural blues grown in the Carolinas, Georgia and three main regions, Texas, and Mississippi. The blues of Georgia and the Carolinas is noted for its clarity of enunciation and regularity of beat. Influenced by ragtime and white folk music, it is more melodic than the Mississippi and Texas styles. Blind Willie McTell and Blind Boy Fuller were representative of this style.
High, clean singing accompanied by supple guitar lines that consist typically of single characterizes the Texas blues -string picked arpeggios rather than strummed chords. Blind Lemon Jefferson was by far the most powerful Texas bluesman. Mississippi Delta blues has been the most powerful and is the most extreme of the three styles. Vocally, it is the most language-like, and the guitar accompaniment is percussive and rhythmic; a slide or bottleneck is frequently used. The Mississippi style is signified by Charley Patton, Eddie ("Son") House, and Robert Johnson, among others.
Blues Guitar Lessons - Acoustic Blues Guitar Teacher Tara Station Queensland 4725
Acoustic Blues Guitar Teacher Queensland 4725 Tara Station.
Rainey, Ma [Credit: Archive Photos]The first blues recordings were made in the 1920s by black women such as Mamie Smith, Ma Rainey, Ida Cox, and Bessie Smith. These performers were mostly stage singers backed by jazz bands; their style is referred to as classic blues.
As millions of blacks left the South for the cities of the North the Great Depression and the World Wars caused the geographic dispersal of the blues. The blues became adapted to the more advanced urban environment. Lyrics took up urban themes, as the solo bluesman was joined by a pianist or harmonica player and then by a rhythm section consisting of drums and bass and the blues ensemble developed. The harmonica that was amplified and the electric guitar created a driving sound of great psychological and rhythmic intensity.
Hooker, John Lee [Credit:
It was Chicago, however, that played the greatest part in the growth of urban blues. In the 1920s and '30s Memphis Minnie, Tampa Red, Big Bill Broonzy, and John Lee ("Sonny Boy") Williamson were popular Chicago performers.
Many other musical styles have been influenced by the blues. Blues and jazz are closely linked; blues elements were employed by such seminal jazzmen as Jelly Roll Morton and Louis Armstrong in their music. Rhythm and soul music and blues also reveal forms and apparent blues tonalities. The blues have had their biggest effect on rock music.
Early rock singers like Elvis Presley often used blues content. British rock musicians in the 1960s, especially the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, and John Mayall, were powerfully influenced by the blues, as were such American rock musicians as Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield, and the Allman Brothers Band.
local blues guitar teacher Tara Station Queensland 4725
Acoustic Blues Guitar Teacher Queensland 4725 Tara Station
Please follow and like us:


text:
Once again it's time for a historic Quiz Bowl. Okay, maybe historic is a bit much, but I'm trying to make a point here. The point has to do with the subject of this month's AMA Manual of Style quiz—articles. Is it a historic or an historic Quiz Bowl? Did you guess a historic? If so, you're right. The article a is used before the aspirate h (eg, a historic occasion) and nonvocalic y (eg, a ubiquitous organism) (§11.9, Articles, p 412 in print).
Try another example from this month's quiz.
The physician told that patient that he should have a/an ultrasound examination performed.
Here's a hint. Sometimes it helps to read the sentence aloud.
The answer is as follows (use your mouse to highlight the text box):
The physician told that patient that he should have an ultrasound examination performed.
Words beginning with vowels are preceded by a or an according to the sound following (in this case, the u sound) (§11.9, Articles, p 412 in print).
Sound plays an important role in determining whether to use a or an. Test your skills by taking the full Articles Quiz on the AMA Manual of Style online. It will be a (or is that an?) unique experience.—Laura King, MA, ELS


DIA100xH220mm, China
This cute little man is in fact a gourd! It doesnt have the normal "8" shape (see entry Small Gourd) as it was been formed with the string bounded technique. When the gourd is still green and tender, a string is fastened to it tightly, the string is use as a guide and restriction for its growth, by the time when it is ripe and fully grown a certain shape is formed. This reminded me some of Araki Nobuyoshi's work, perhaps both has a feeling of manipulation and distortion. The drawing on the gourd is done by a technique known as heat engraving; a metal needle is inserted into a large joss stick (finger thick), the joss stick is then lighted up, using the heat the score skin of on the air dried fruit, creating a mark. The heat can be lowered by clipping away portion of the burning joss stick. There are different needles for different lines and shade; mainly, the pointed set for lines, horse shoe shape set for shading and knife shape for smoother lines. Now the function of this little man, its a toy cricket cage for children to keep their pets. The man will be at a headstand position with the lid on top, the shape of the gourd will give a resonance for the song of the crickets.
For the bamboo cage, see entry cricket cage


- A seismometer is the detecting and recording parts of a larger apparatus known as seismograph. Seismometers are pendulum type devices mounted on the ground that measure the displacement of the ground with respect to a stationary reference point.
 - Since a seismometer records the motion in only one orthogonal direction, three seismometers are needed to record all components of ground motion.
Vertical Component Seismometer
Horizontal Component Seismometer
Creep meter
Creep meter measures minute gradual movement along a fault. In the past, such meters used to use wire stretched across a fault. Current creep meters use laser technology.
Creep Meter
Gravimeter measures the variations in the local force of gravity. Such variations are the result of changes in underground rock density.
Laser can measure the round-trip travel time of a light beam between two points. When the relative positions of the two points changes as a direct result of an earthquake, the travel time also changes.
 - An accelerometer (accelerograph) is a seismometer which records large accelerations, thus they are also known as strong motion seismometer.
 - An accelerometer located in a building does not run continually. It is triggered by a P-wave and runs for a fixed period of time.
 Scintillation Counters
 - Scintillation counters are installed in wells to measure amount of radioactive radon gas in the water. Minute amounts of radon are released into well water by rocks under stress.
 Scintillation Counter
 I'd certainly appreciate it.
 My site: somatodrol funciona []
 Share your views or discuss.


text:
Moderate-vigorous physical activity improves long-term clinical outcomes without worsening pain in fibromyalgia.
– Source: Arthritis Care and Research, February 11, 2013
By A.S Kaleth, et al.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship between long-term maintenance of moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and clinical outcomes in fibromyalgia (FM).
METHODS: Patients with FM (n=170) received individualized exercise prescriptions and completed baseline and follow-up physical activity assessments using the Community Health Activities Model Program for Seniors (CHAMPS) questionnaire at weeks 12, 24, and 36. The primary outcome was the change in the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire-Physical Impairment (FIQ-PI) score. Secondary outcomes included improvements in overall well-being (FIQ-Total), pain severity ratings, and depression.
RESULTS: Using a threshold increase in MVPA of?10 metabolic equivalent hours per week (MET h/wk) above usual activities,
27 subjects (15.9%) increased and sustained (SUS-PA),
68 (40%) increased, but then declined (UNSUS-PA),
and 75 (44.1%) did not achieve this benchmark (LO-PA).
Compared to LO-PA subjects,
both SUS-PA and UNSUS-PA subjects reported greater improvement in FIQ-PI (p<0.01) and FIQ-Total (p<0.05).
Additionally, the SUS-PA group reported greater improvement in pain severity compared to the LO-PA group (p<0.05).
However, there were no significant group differences between SUS-PA and UNSUS-PA for any primary or secondary outcome measure.
CONCLUSION: Increased participation in MVPA for at least 12 weeks improves physical function and overall well-being in patients with FM.
Although sustained physical activity was not associated with greater clinical benefit compared to unsustained physical activity, these findings also suggest that performing greater volumes of physical activity is not associated with worsening pain in FM.
Future research is needed to determine the relationship between sustained MVPA participation and subsequent improvement in patient outcomes.
Source: Arthritis Care and Research, February 11, 2013. By A.S. Kaleth, C.K. Saha, M.P. Jensen, J.E. Slaven and D.C. Ang. Department of Kinesiology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, IN, USA. E-mail: _EMAIL_.


text:
Trusted Madison Attorneys
Building Relationships that Last a Lifetime
Step-Parent Adoption Lawyer in Madison, MS
Our Family Lawyers Handle Step-Parent Adoptions Throughout Madison County
At Hancock Law Firm, PLLC, our Madison, MS step-parent adoption lawyers provide personalized, solutions-based legal representation to parents and families. We have experience handling both uncontested and contested step-parent adoptions. If you have questions or concerns about the process, we are more than happy to help you understand the next steps. Call us now to schedule your fully private appointment with an experienced Mississippi step-parent adoption attorney.
Know the Law: Three Parents Cannot Have Custody/Visitation Rights in Mississippi
In a minority of U.S. states, step-parent may be eligible to acquire court-protected child visitation rights even if a child's two biological parents both still have their legal rights. For example, in Louisiana, step-parent may be able to access visitation rights even as a "third" parent. However, this is not true in Mississippi. Under Mississippi state laws, no more than two individuals can have parental rights/parental responsibilities for a child. In effect, this means that a step-parent cannot get access to parental rights unless:
- The child's other parent is deceased;
- The child's other parent had their rights terminated; or
- The child's other parent is willing to relinquish their rights.
An Overview of Step-Parent Adoptions in Mississippi
Adoption is the legal process through which a person assumes parental rights/parental responsibility for a child. A significant share of adoptions in Mississippi are step-parent adoptions. Most often, this occurs when a step-parent is married to or in a domestic relationship with one of the child's legal parents. There are two broad categories of step-parent adoptions in Mississippi:
- Uncontested Step-Parent Adoption: An uncontested step-parent adoption is one in which there is no active dispute from the child's other parent. An uncontested adoption can occur in a few different scenarios. Your spouse's former partner may be deceased. Alternatively, they may have already lost their parental rights—meaning they have no authority to dispute the adoption. Finally, the other parent may also be willing to give their consent to the adoption. If they do so, it will make the process significantly easier. That being said, they will lose their parental rights if they consent to step-parent adoption. Essentially, they have to voluntarily relinquish their parental rights in order to consent to step-parent adoption.
- Contested Step-Parent Adoption: A contested step-parent is one in which the child's other parent (your spouse's former partner) still has parental rights and refuses to give their consent for the adoption to move forward. Typically, this occurs in two different scenarios. In the first, the other actively and aggressively tries to thwart the adoption process—potentially even filing motions in court. In the second scenario, the other parent simply refuses to cooperate at all. They may be difficult to locate or unwilling to engage.
As you probably already recognize, contested step-parent adoptions are more challenging. Under Mississippi law, you have to make a good faith effort to engage the other parent in the step-parent adoption process, including making a proactive attempt to provide them with official legal notice of any proceedings. A court can still approve a step-parent adoption over the objections of one of the child's legal parents—but typically this requires demonstrating that the parent in question is unfit and should lose their rights.
How Our Mississippi Step-Parent Adoption Lawyers Can Help
Step-parent adoptions can be complicated and stressful—even an uncontested step-parent adoption is not an easy process in Mississippi. At Hancock Law Firm, PLLC, we are here to walk with you every step of the way. Our mission is to make sure that you are able to get the best possible outcome for your family. Among other things, our Madison, MS step-parent adoption attorneys will:
- Conduct a comprehensive, confidential review and evaluation of your case;
- Answer any questions you may have about the Mississippi adoption laws;
- Handle all of the legal paperwork involved in the adoption process; and
- Take action to protect your rights and help you overcome any obstacles.
Call Our Madison, MS Step-Parent Adoption Lawyers for Guidance and Support
At Hancock Law Firm, PLLC, our Madison family attorneys have the specialized skills and professional expertise needed to handle the complete spectrum of step-parent adoption cases. If you have questions about a specific situation, we will get answers you can rely on. Give us a call or connect with us online for a strictly private initial consultation. We provide family law representation in Madison, Madison County, and all around the wider region.
To set up a consultation, call us at _PHONE_ or contact us online.
- Family law
- Estate Planning
- Probate & Estate Administration
- Personal Injury
- Criminal law


text: basic steps in benificiaion plant,Basic Steps for Diagnosing Plant Problems - Master Gardener.Basic Steps for Diagnosing Plant Problems. Barb Larson, Kenosha County Horticulture Educator. Diagnostic Steps. 1. Identify the Problem. 2. Identify Signs & Symptoms. 3. Collect Information. 4. Research. 5. Follow up with Client. Step 1: Identify Problem. • Identify Plant (or Insect). • Clarify if using common names/terms.basic steps in benificiaion plant,Gardening for Beginners: 8 Easy Steps to Planting a Shrub or Tree.Mar 6, 2018. There's more to planting a tree or shrub than digging a hole and plonking it into the ground. Some plants aren't the least bit fussy and will tolerate this, but most trees and shrubs will benefit from a little care. If you plant your trees or shrubs properly, you will ensure that they will have a good start in life and.6 Simple Steps to Grow Plants from Seed - Earl MayNov 16, 2017. In addition to saving you money, growing your own herbs, vegetables and ornamental plants from seed is extremely rewarding.


text:
Reaction Paper to One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.
In the novel entitled, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Solzhenitsyn continuously refers to the pleasures of food and how the characters in the novel describe and treat it. Throughout the novel, the main character, Shukhov, emphasizes upon what food means to him. After reading these descriptions of food, I noticed that the prisoners in the prison camp treat food differently from the way I treat food.
When describing food, Shukhov describes it as a source of life. When Shukhov goes to the mess hall, one can notice how much appreciation he has for food. He thinks of it as warmth and life. He even mentions that food is more important than freedom. As a result of this appreciation, the prisoners tend to be very frugal with the food that they receive. In many cases, the prisoners would save and hide it in secret pockets for future use.
Contrastingly, I do not appreciate food as much as the prisoners in the camp. The prisoners receive a limited amount of food, while for me, it is always reachable. Because food is never out of reach, I do not see it the same way prisoners, like Shukhov, do. I tend to be less frugal with food and see food as disposable. It is never hard for me to get more food if I am hungry. However, Shukhov only receives food three times a day and can only eat otherwise if he has saved food. Furthermore, to me, food is enjoyable. The prisoners in the camp do not mind eating gruel and bread everyday and they seem to never complain because they do not have any other options. Dissimilarly, I have many options and choices when it comes to food and I even complain when food does not taste acceptable. After analyzing the ways in which the prisoners and I treat food, I realized that I should appreciate food to a certain extent. I am lucky to have food that is always reachable, and I am also lucky to have options.


text:
A comparison of curve number based methods for runoff estimation from small watersheds in a semi-arid region of India
Hydrology Research (2008) 39 (3): 191–200.
This article has been cited by the following articles in journals that are participating in CrossRef Cited-by Linking.
Evaluation of the Soil Conservation Service curve number methodology using data from agricultural plots
- Mohan Lal
- S. K. Mishra
- Ashish Pandey
- R. P. Pandey
- P. K. Meena
- Anubhav Chaudhary
- Ranjit Kumar Jha
- Ajit Kumar Shreevastava
- Yogendra Kumar
Hydrogeology Journal (2017) 25 (1): 151.
- Pablo Durán-Barroso
- Javier González
- Juan B. Valdés
Hydrological Processes (2017) 31 (22): 3898.
Flash flood prediction using an uncalibrated hydrological model and radar rainfall data in a Mediterranean watershed under changing hydrological conditions
- Shahar Rozalis
- Efrat Morin
- Yoav Yair
- Colin Price
Journal of Hydrology (2010) 394 (1-2): 245.
- Christopher J. Woltemade
JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association (2010) 46 (4): 700.


Vegetable Glycerin
Vegetable Glycerin is derived from palm or coconut, GMO free, and also Kosher and allergen free. Vegetable Glycerin is the result of a sophisticated extraction method called Hydrolysis, with the final product being referred to as Vegetable Glycerin. This system is based on the fats and oils of a raw product (typically palm or coconut) that are then split into crude glycerol fats, under the combined action of water, temperature and pressure. These temperatures can exceed 400° degrees and the material is usually kept under pressure for 20-30 minutes. What is actually occurring is a sort of counter-flow where the water absorbs glycerol from the fatty acid phase of the oil production. After this phase this glycerol is isolated and further distilled to give buyers a standard 99% Glycerin product.
Vegetable Glycerin is a clear, colourless, and odourless viscous liquid. It is used as an agent in cosmetics, shampoos, soaps, herbal remedies, pharmaceuticals, and other household items. Because it is soluble in both, water and alcohol, its versatility is a major benefactor in its purported growth and popularity within the manufacturing sector. It is invaluable as a natural source ingredient with emollient-like properties which can soften and soothe the skin and it assists the outer epidermis to retain moisture. This helps to explain why it is one of the most popular cosmetic additives used today.
Availability: In Stock
Your Price:
Related Items
Zinc Oxide
Average Rating
Your Price: $0.65
Zinc Oxide
Recently Viewed Items


Ex-situ lift-out
Sample preparation is a necessary prerequisite for transmission electron microscopy (TEM), but it can be time consuming and costly. The procedure for transferring the lamella to the TEM grid can be performed faster outside the focused ion beam (FIB) by making use of a light microscope and a highly stable and precise micromanipulator. The time required for preparation of the specimen can thus be reduced and the expensive use of the FIB can also be saved.
Below is an example of how ex-situ lift-out using our products.


text:
Q: Where does the name "Boston Butt" come from, especially considering that the cut comes from the shoulder of the animal?
A: In pre-revolutionary New England and into the Revolutionary War, some pork cuts (not those of high value, like the loin and ham) were packed into casks or barrels for storage and shipment. These barrels were known as "butts." In the Boston area, the cut from the hog's shoulder became known in other regions as the Boston Butt. The name stuck, and today it is still referred to as the Boston Butt almost everywhere in the U.S., except in Boston!


text:
Elicitation Techniques, counterintelligence
Download print version (pdf)
This brochure is an introduction to elicitation and elicitation techniques. Understanding the techniques and the threat may help you detect and deflect elicitation attempts.
Elicitation is a technique used to discreetly gather information. It is a conversation with a specific purpose: collect information that is not readily available and do so without raising suspicion that specific facts are being sought. It is usually non-threatening, easy to disguise, deniable, and effective. The conversation can be in person, over the phone, or in writing.
Conducted by a skilled collector, elicitation will appear to be normal social or professional conversation. A person may never realize she was the target of elicitation or that she provided meaningful information.
Many competitive business intelligence collectors and foreign intelligence officers are trained in elicitation tactics. Their job is to obtain non-public information. A business competitor may want information in order to out-compete your company, or a foreign intelligence officer may want insider information or details on US defense technologies.
The strategic use of conversation to extract information from people without giving them the feeling they are being interrogated.
Elicitation attempts can be simple, and sometimes are obvious. If they are obvious, it is easier to detect and deflect. On the other hand, elicitation may be imaginative, persistent, involve extensive planning, and may employ a co-conspirator. Elicitors may use a cover story to account for the conversation topic and why they ask certain questions.
Elicitors may collect information about you or your colleagues that could facilitate future targeting attempts.
Elicitation can occur anywhere— at social gatherings, at conferences, over the phone, on the street, on the Internet, or in someone's home.
Elicitation is Not Rare
It is not uncommon for people to discover information about a person without letting on the purpose. For example, have you ever planned a surprise party for someone and needed to know their schedule, wish list, food likes and dislikes or other information without that person finding out you were collecting the information or for what purpose? The problem comes when a skilled elicitor is able to obtain valuable information from you, which you did not intend to share, because you did not recognize and divert the elicitation.
Why Elicitation Works
A trained elicitor understands certain human or cultural predispositions and uses techniques to exploit those. Natural tendencies an elicitor may try to exploit include:
- A desire to be polite and helpful, even to strangers or new acquaintances
- A desire to appear well informed, especially about our profession
- A desire to feel appreciated and believe we are contributing to something important
- A tendency to expand on a topic when given praise or encouragement; to show off
- A tendency to gossip
- A tendency to correct others
- A tendency to underestimate the value of the information being sought or given, especially if we are unfamiliar with how else that information could be used
- A tendency to believe others are honest; a disinclination to be suspicious of others
- A tendency to answer truthfully when asked an "honest" question
- A desire to convert someone to our opinion
For example, you meet someone at a public function and the natural getting-to-know-you questions eventually turn to your work. You never mention the name of your organization. The new person asks questions about job satisfaction at your company, perhaps while complaining about his job. You may think, "He has no idea where I work or what I really do. He's just making idle chat. There's no harm in answering." However, he may know exactly what you do but he relies on his anonymity, your desire to be honest and appear knowledgeable, and your disinclination to be suspicious to get the information he wants. He may be hunting for a disgruntled employee who he can entice to give him insider information.
There are many elicitation techniques, and multiple techniques may be used in an elicitation attempt. The following are descriptions of some of those techniques.
Assumed Knowledge: Pretend to have knowledge or associations in common with a person. "According to the computer network guys I used to work with…"
Bracketing: Provide a high and low estimate in order to entice a more specific number. "I assume rates will have to go up soon. I'd guess between five and 15 dollars." Response: "Probably around seven dollars."
Can you top this? Tell an extreme story in hopes the person will want to top it. "I heard Company M is developing an amazing new product that is capable of …"
Confidential Bait: Pretend to divulge confidential information in hopes of receiving confidential information in return. "Just between you and me…" "Off the record…"
Criticism: Criticize an individual or organization in which the person has an interest in hopes the person will disclose information during a defense. "How did your company get that contract? Everybody knows Company B has better engineers for that type of work."
Deliberate False Statements / Denial of the Obvious: Say something wrong in the hopes that the person will correct your statement with true information. "Everybody knows that process won't work—it's just a DARPA dream project that will never get off the ground."
Feigned Ignorance: Pretend to be ignorant of a topic in order to exploit the person's tendency to educate. "I'm new to this field and could use all the help I can get." "How does this thing work?"
Flattery: Use praise to coax a person into providing information. "I bet you were the key person in designing this new product."
Good Listener: Exploit the instinct to complain or brag, by listening patiently and validating the person's feelings (whether positive or negative). If a person feels they have someone to confide in, he/she may share more information.
The Leading Question: Ask a question to which the answer is "yes" or "no," but which contains at least one presumption. "Did you work with integrated systems testing before you left that company?" (As opposed to: "What were your responsibilities at your prior job?")
Macro to Micro: Start a conversation on the macro level, and then gradually guide the person toward the topic of actual interest. Start talking about the economy, then government spending, then potential defense budget cuts, then "what will happen to your X program if there are budget cuts?" A good elicitor will then reverse the process taking the conversation back to macro topics.
Mutual Interest: Suggest you are similar to a person based on shared interests, hobbies, or experiences, as a way to obtain information or build a rapport before soliciting information. "Your brother served in the Iraq war? So did mine. Which unit was your brother with?"
Oblique Reference: Discuss one topic that may provide insight into a different topic. A question about the catering of a work party may actually be an attempt to understand the type of access outside vendors have to the facility.
Opposition/Feigned Incredulity: Indicate disbelief or opposition in order to prompt a person to offer information in defense of their position. "There's no way you could design and produce this that fast!" "That's good in theory, but…"
Provocative Statement: Entice the person to direct a question toward you, in order to set up the rest of the conversation. "I could kick myself for not taking that job offer." Response: "Why didn't you?" Since the other person is asking the question, it makes your part in the subsequent conversation more innocuous.
Questionnaires and Surveys: State a benign purpose for the survey. Surround a few questions you want answered with other logical questions. Or use a survey merely to get people to agree to talk with you.
Quote Reported Facts: Reference real or false information so the person believes that bit of information is in the public domain. "Will you comment on reports that your company is laying off employees?" "Did you read how analysts predict…"
Ruse Interviews: Someone pretending to be a headhunter calls and asks about your experience, qualifications, and recent projects.
Target the Outsider: Ask about an organization that the person does not belong to. Often friends, family, vendors, subsidiaries, or competitors know information but may not be sensitized about what not to share.
Volunteering Information / Quid Pro Quo: Give information in hopes that the person will reciprocate. "Our company's infrared sensors are only accurate 80% of the time at that distance. Are yours any better?"
Word Repetition: Repeat core words or concepts to encourage a person to expand on what he/she already said. "3,000 meter range, huh? Interesting."
Deflecting Elicitation Attempts
Know what information should not be shared, and be suspicious of people who seek such information. Do not tell people any information they are not authorized to know, to include personal information about you, your family, or your colleagues.
You can politely discourage conversation topics and deflect possible elicitations by:
- Referring them to public sources (websites, press releases)
- Ignoring any question or statement you think is improper and changing the topic
- Deflecting a question with one of your own
- Responding with "Why do you ask?"
- Giving a nondescript answer
- Stating that you do not know
- Stating that you would have to clear such discussions with your security office
- Stating that you cannot discuss the matter
If you believe someone has tried to elicit information from you, especially about your work, report it to your security officer.


How Well Do You Know Alice?
You may think you know everything there is to know about Alice and her friends. Here are more things to add to that list before watching the upcoing movie in the silver screen.
It's been alsmost six years since we fell down the rabbit hole in TIm Burton's Alice in Wonderland. Once again, Alice steps into the imaginative world of Mad Hatter, White Queen, Cheshire Cat, Dormouse, Tweedledum, and Tweedledee for another round of adventure in Alice Through the Looking Glass.
In this installment, Alice returns to discover Mad Hatter dying of sadness, and the whole Underland in disarray. It's now up to her to save her friend and make things right once more.
Film adaptations of a novel
While it may be common knowledge that Alice in Wonderland is based on Lewis Carroll's 1865 book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, not a great deal know that the sequel is likewise based on a novel by the same author. The upcoming movie is loosely based on Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, which was published in 1871.
She's no child!
In both movies we see a teenage Alice grow up to be a headstrong young adilt. However, in Carroll''s books, Alice is is a curious, witty, and imaginative young girl who falls down a rabbit hole.
Independent woman
Set in England during the Victorian era, women are expected to be a "proper lady". Alice break the sterotype by being strong and independent, captaining her own ship and traveling the world. Speaking of girl-power, she shows women can be just as successful—despite objections from people and society. Atta girl!
New friends join in on the fun
Alice Through the Looking Glass brings back all your lovable characters from the first movie, with a few new additions. Sacha Baron Cohen plays the half-clock, half-human Time, while Rhys Ifans fill in the hsoes of the Mad Hatter's father.
Before the curtains fall, a final performance from Alan RIckman
Veteran actor Alan Rickman, widely known to the younger generation for his role as Professor Snape in the Harry Potter series, is the voice behind the character of Absolem, the oracle-like, caterpillar-turned-butterfly character. The award-winning actor passed away earlier this year. Alice Through the Looking Glass is his last role in a movie, which is dedicated in his memory.
Words by: Paula Abiog
Photos by: Alice Through the Looking Glass Facebook Page
How does this make you feel?


Indian Diversity Bundle |0-3yrs|
$40.00 $42.00
What is the Diversity Bundle for 0-3yr olds you ask?
Well, it's a joy ride designed to spark the imagination of your littlest of ones. With India as the backdrop & delightful mini stories this is a great gift!
So, what does it come with?
1. Our bestselling A to Z of India Alphabet Story Book
A wonderful snapshot of India on every page, a story in every letter, this book helps your little ones imagine, explore and grow with India. Watch them go on a magical journey of India as they learn the alphabet.
Why should A be for Apple and B be for ball? Go for a fun drive in an Auto instead or pretend to be Bijli the Buffalo learning Bharatnatyam. Feel the warmth in your heart as your munchkins start to recognise and use words that are so innately Indian.
2. Adorable On-The-Go Flash Cards
These delightful, imaginative flash cards will keep your little one mesmerised on every journey you take. Just hook the ring onto your stroller or diaper bag and off you go! Beautiful, hand painted visuals of Indian images will keep your little one fascinated through those long, car rides. Smile as your little one starts to recognise an auto or a tabla. A wonderful start to ensuring your child grows up with a little bit of India.
How does it work?
The Story Book & Flash Cards are a perfect combination for little ones starting out on their journey of wonder and imagination. Kids learn through imaginative play. From 18-24 months old, they start to "pretend play" naturally. It is important to nurture this, as it forms the foundation for their thinking process. And they're learning about the diversity of India the whole time!
Step 1: Read the Book
As an adult, you read a story book to your little ones. You bring the characters alive for them in the way you read. But, your little ones want more. "Please read again!" We hear that often, right? They want to engage with the story on their own terms. And that's where our On-The-Go Flashcards come into play.
Step 2: Introduce our Flashcards
Leave them with it to explore. They're super sturdy for little hands but oh so fun. By keeping the images the same, we have created a little magical universe for your little ones to deep dive into and form connections for life. They will turn it, bend it, flip it - and absorb what's on it, in their own way.
Step 3: Bring things alive in other ways
Make up stories, pretend to drive an auto or play a tabla, dance like the buffalo or have a conversation about all the places mentioned in the book!
Every time your little ones read the book with you and play with the flashcards by themselves, they will dive a little deeper into their own imaginative, magical, mystical world and if you're lucky, they might just invite you to join them!
Follow us on instagram (_USER_) for more ideas!


text:
Regarding the downcomer duct, similar factors need to be taken into account as with the gas cooling tower. Owing to the smaller cross-sections and the higher velocity that results, the evaporation time is reduced compared to the gas cooling tower. The required outlet temperature and the available evaporation distance determine the amount of water required and the droplet size necessary for complete evaporation.
Complete evaporation is required to prevent material build-up and to ensure the durability of the downstream fan. Due to the higher gas velocity and the resulting decrease in evaporation time, finer droplets are required. This is why almost exclusively twin-fluid systems are used. In order to provide the perfect solution, we configure the systems according to your process data and duct dimensions.


Role Conflict: Canada's Withdrawal from Combat Operations Against ISIL
Massie, Justin
With Laura Pelletier
This paper seeks to understand the peculiarity of the Trudeau government's decision to withdraw Canadian fighter jets from Iraq and Syria. Most studies have focused on electoral turnover to account for early withdrawal from coalition operations. Yet no study offers a plausible explanation for why a centrist challenger, such as Trudeau, favoured early withdrawal despite public support and alliance pressure for continued involvement, and committed when in power to a bolder and riskier mission while withdrawing valued military assets from coalition operations. Building on foreign policy role theory, we argue that role conflict best explains the particularity of the Trudeau government's withdrawal decision. In the wake of the 2015 federal election, the Liberal Party of Canada witnessed an intra-party conflict over which role to perform between that of a faithful ally and a good international citizen. The party leader finally proposed a compromise mission making Canada more involved on the frontlines.
Pelletier, L., Massie. (2017). «Role Conflict: Canada's Withdrawal from Combat Operations Against ISIL », International Journal, vol. 72, no 3, p. 298-317. DOI:
Observatoire des Diasporas
Observatoire des Diasporas
Bibliothèque virtuelle
Appels à communication
Bourses et concours
Le balado du CRIDAQ
Notre infolettre
CRIDAQ filigrane


text: It is the mission of Grizzly Robotics to foster self-confidence, critical thinking, communication, and leadership skills in our members by engaging them in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) based activities. Students are introduced to engineering and business concepts through management, design, and construction of robots that compete in the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC). Our goal is to impact our community and culture by inspiring students to pursue higher education and careers in STEM. Team 66 started the Ypsilanti STEMM Middle College in 2013, based on FIRST's Principles, where all students are deeply engaged in engineering design processes. Serving an at-risk, urban population, Grizzly Robotics impact on the students and community has been immeasurable. We are truly changing the world, one life at a time.


text:
Sensei Zen's Pro Tips:
Master a consistent fling:
Try sliding your finger the same distance each time, and adjust the speed accordingly. Sliding your finger too short usually will result in your fling either going faster or slower than you intended.
Master the straight shot:
If you don't like the angle you are sliding your finger, rotate your iPhone to provide an easier sliding path, usually vertical.
Master the world tricks:
Each world will provide a different type of challenge, so be sure to read the tutorial screen at the beginning of each world to find out what to expect from that world.
Master the round name:
Each round name will provide a hint to what the round will be like.
Master a top score:
Gather extra points by causes ricochets and combos to increase your score. However, gaining small bonuses at the cost of a fling is rarely worth it. The best way to gain a high score is to free play each world to master its tricks.
Master the edges:
When you are too close to an edge it may be difficult to put your finger in the right place to get the power of the slide you want. You can easily solve this by placing your finger anywhere on the screen and slide it at the same angle you would if it wasn't on the edge.


text:
CPR Labels are used to indicate if a person has received CPR certification. This allows easy and quick identification of personnel who have been trained to perform CPR during emergencies. These labels also provide a visible reminder to the employees that they are a valuable part of the workforce, entrusted by the company to help save lives of people when an emergency happens.CPR Labels help identify which employees are trained to perform CPR
CPR Labels are used to indicate if a person has received CPR certification. If a person has CPR training, they are qualified to provide emergency assistance to a person whose heart has stopped beating. The process involves the proper positioning of the patient, breathing, and compressions, which all help stabilize the victim and relieve distress. During CPR training courses, students are taught how to assist victims suffering and keep oxygenated blood going to the brain to keep the patient alive. Individuals can also obtain online certification from various websites.


Export (0) Print
Expand All
Creating SQL Server Agent Proxies
A SQL Server Agent proxy defines the security context for a job step. A proxy provides SQL Server Agent with access to the security credentials for a Microsoft Windows user. Each proxy can be associated with one or more subsystems. A job step that uses the proxy can access the specified subsystems by using the security context of the Windows user. Before SQL Server Agent runs a job step that uses a proxy, SQL Server Agent impersonates the credentials defined in the proxy, and then runs the job step by using that security context.
Job steps that execute Transact-SQL do not use SQL Server Agent proxies. Transact-SQL job steps run in the security context of the owner of the job. To set the security context for a Transact-SQL job step, use the database_user_name parameter in the sp_add_jobstep stored procedure. For more information, see sp_add_jobstep (Transact-SQL).
SQL Server Agent proxies use credentials to store information about Windows user accounts. The user specified in the credential must have "Log on as a batch job" permission on the computer on which SQL Server is running.
SQL Server Agent checks subsystem access for a proxy and gives access to the proxy each time the job step runs. If the proxy no longer has access to the subsystem, the job step fails. Otherwise, SQL Server Agent impersonates the user that is specified in the proxy and runs the job step.
Creation of a proxy does not change the permissions for the user that is specified in the credential for the proxy. For example, you can create a proxy for a user that does not have permission to connect to an instance of SQL Server. In this case, job steps that use that proxy are unable to connect to SQL Server.
A user must have access to a proxy to use the proxy in a job step. Access can be granted to three types of security principals:
 - SQL Server logins
 - Server roles
 - Roles within the msdb database
If the login for the user has access to the proxy, or the user belongs to any role with access to the proxy, the user can use the proxy in a job step.
Members of the sysadmin fixed server role have access to all proxies in the instance.
The following section provides links to common tasks for working with proxies.
Was this page helpful?
(1500 characters remaining)
Thank you for your feedback
Community Additions
© 2014 Microsoft


text:
Major Section: PROGRAMMING
(String>= str1 str2) is nonnil if and only if the string
str2 precedes the string
str1 lexicographically or the strings
are equal. When non-
(string>= str1 str2) is the first
position (zero-based) at which the strings differ, if they differ,
and otherwise is their common length. See string>.
The guard for
string>= specifies that its arguments are strings.
String>= is a Common Lisp function. See any Common Lisp
documentation for more information.


The Egyptian Mummy
Tash Pen Khonsu, the Egyptian Mummy, is one of the most loved ongoing exhibits in Canterbury Museum.
She was acquired from the English antiquarian George Hilton Price in 1887 by the Museum's first Director Sir Julius von Haast, while he was visiting London as a New Zealand Commissioner to the Colonial and Indian Exhibition. She arrived in Christchurch in 1888 and was immediately placed on display.
From the style of her coffin it could be deduced that Tash Pen Khonsu lived during the late Ptolemaic Period and it was recorded that her home was in Akhmim in Upper Egypt. New research in 1998 revealed new information about the social and medical life history of Tash Pen Khonsu.
The hieroglyphics on her coffin revealed that she was a married woman of noble birth and actively worshipped the god Amun Ra. A CT scan of her wrapped torso revealed that she was a slightly built woman standing around 147 cms tall and weighing between 50 and 56 kgs. She was only 25 years old when she died of unknown causes.
Radiocarbon dates from her shroud and from her elaborate one piece decorated wooden coffin produced a surprising result. While the linen shroud around her body showed she died about 185 BC, threads from her coffin were some 300 years older dating to about 485 BC. The logical explanation for this discrepancy is that after mummification she was placed into a recycled coffin.
Currently Tash Pen Khonsu rests in a tomb like setting surrounded by the many treasures she might have expected to accompany her in the afterlife.


Skip to main content
Best Standing Freezers to Buy During Lockdown
Have You Seen This Game Before?
Image result for Nintendo Labo Review: A Clever Building Kit for Crafty Kids
Labo is a blend of a cardboard development unit and a progression of computer games that combine with the Nintendo Switch, a gaming console comprising of a tablet and two handheld controllers. You can utilize the Switch's controllers and tablet independently, append the Switch controllers to the tablet to do the Switch a convenient gaming framework like a Nintendo 3DS, or disconnect the controllers previously setting the tablet in a docking station to connect it to your TV, which makes it more like a Nintendo Wii. Diverse Labo ventures call for designing your Switch in various ways.
In a meeting posted on the Nintendo Labo site, Labo executive Tsubasa Sakaguchi says Labo became out of a mission to make something "simple to get a handle on, something that must be finished with the Nintendo Switch comfort and its Joy-Con controllers." Sakaguchi proceeds with, "I just took after the rationale of that inquiry to the extent I could, and it transformed into Nintendo Labo."
Sakaguchi needed Labo to exploit the way that the two Joy-Con controllers can work autonomously for various purposes. The two controllers sense movement with accelerometers and spinners, and one controller can identify motions and questions with an infrared profundity sensor. When you put the controllers inside the Labo angling pole, for instance, their accelerometers and gyrators can detect whether you wind the cardboard reel or draw back on the bar. Inside the Labo piano, the IR-empowered controller detects the intelligent tape set on each key to know which key is played when, and after that signs the sound for the proper note.
Both Labo packs necessitate that you have a Nintendo Switch. The Variety Kit accompanies five ventures—a playable piano, an angling pole, a RC auto, a motorbike handlebar, and a house—that take between 10 minutes and three and a half hours to finish. The majority of the activities consolidate the controllers into the cardboard toy for movement or profundity detecting and after that show a diversion on the tablet. The Robot Kit is one bigger venture—including a wearable rucksack, headset, and hand and feet connections you incorporate that turn you with a monster robot—that takes three or four hours to construct. For this situation despite everything you incorporate the controllers with the cardboard toy, yet you connect the tablet to a TV to get a bigger and more immersive screen where you can watch yourself as a mammoth robot stepping around a city.
a nintendo labo pack for the nintendo switch
The Labo angling pole bar goes about as a controller that gives you a chance to reel in virtual fish on the Nintendo Switch's screen. Photo: Signe Brewster
Each Labo pack accompanies cardboard, string, washers, and different supplies required to assemble a toy that connects with the Switch amusements on the included memory card. In spite of the fact that the cardboard is sufficiently solid for you to manufacture the units once, it's not intended to be dismantled and revamped; you assemble each pack and afterward play with the finished undertaking. It's conceivable to follow the pieces onto new sheets of your own cardboard and cut them out, yet that cardboard won't have the accommodating markings and premade folds of Labo's incorporated materials. A Labo venture left immaculate could likely last inconclusively, however a portion of the undertakings we transported between analyzers' homes penniless separated in places. Treat them like they're made of, well, cardboard.
Following intuitive building guidelines showed on the Switch's screen, you overlay the cardboard pieces along premarked lines and embed tabs into spaces to make 3D shapes. The structures are astutely built; the angling pole's cardboard reel truly turns and clicks, and the piano's keys push down with a persuading sum regarding opposition. Strings make pulley frameworks that turn cardboard bits on your feet and in your grasp into the appendages of a mammoth robot. When you wrap up a task, you embed the two Joy-Con controllers to match the cardboard structure with the Switch tablet. At that point you embed the tablet into the undertaking to include a computerized screen.
The angling pole venture incorporates a remain for the tablet, which demonstrates a submerged scene loaded up with angle. The bar's line vanishes into an opening behind the tablet, creating the figment that it broadens onto the screen. As fish chomp at your trap on screen, you utilize your cardboard pole to reel them in. In the mean time, the Robot Kit is intended to be a greater amount of a functioning knowledge: To play, you connect the tablet to your TV for a bigger screen, begin the diversion, and afterward lash on the robot rucksack, headset, and hand/feet connections to control the mammoth robot showed on the TV. By moving your arms and feet, you can influence your robot to step around and punch.
Labo can likewise fill in as a prologue to fundamental programming. Each unit accompanies an educational programs considered Garage that gives you a chance to change how each venture functions or make altogether new tasks. In spite of the fact that our child analyzers didn't have enough time to utilize Garage (or didn't understand it was there, as it's to some degree covered up inside the Labo application), we attempted it. The Garage programming educational programs doesn't delve as profound into the points of interest as the apply autonomy units we've evaluated, yet it introduces children to the fundamentals. Children can develop their comprehension of designing and how sensors function by building a venture and after that figuring out how the undertaking is customized. We likewise like that Garage is discretionary; regardless of whether a kid doesn't have enough of an enthusiasm for programming to utilize Garage broadly, despite everything they get a lot of utilization out of Labo with the implicit amusements.
Who is Labo for?
a youngster playing with a nintendo labo unit for the nintendo switch
Eight-year-old Mae sticks out on the Labo piano she built. Photo: Anne Lagerstedt
Labo can be a good time for grown-ups (we positively appreciated building the tasks), yet it's basically for grade school-age kids. Nintendo says it is fitting for a very long time 6 and up, however we tried it with kids 8 to 12, and we trust anybody more seasoned won't receive much pleasure in return. Then again, 6-year-olds will probably require help with Labo from a more seasoned kin or parent. Be that as it may, regardless of a youngster's age, they should be patient and great at following bearings to finish the activities, as Labo packs can incorporate many advances and long stretches of building time. Jennifer Eichenberger, the mother of two of our analyzers, said that in spite of the fact that her 12-year-old child stayed with the undertaking, her 10-year-old little girl's commonly long ability to focus and exact tender loving care were put under serious scrutiny by Labo's Robot Kit, and she "lost intrigue" halfway through: "I think if [both children] would have encountered a couple basic building ventures first and after that worked up to the robot venture, they may have been more comfortable with the procedure and felt more certain. I figure Ella may have felt overpowered by the quantity of pieces and ventures alongside the restricted time to finish the undertaking."
Regardless of whether your kid adores the Nintendo Switch, they'll most likely appreciate Labo packs just on the off chance that they appreciate making and building things. Labo is more like a specialty venture than a computer game, so if your child is more keen on the last than the previous, it most likely isn't right for them. Children who like illustration, chiseling, weaving, working with Legos, and other imaginative or designing interests will like the hands-on nature of Labo ventures. It can likewise be a springboard for children to dive into more unpredictable building, regardless of whether they choose to explore different avenues regarding Labo Garage or build up an enthusiasm for more-complex building units like gadgets and mechanical autonomy packs.
At present the Labo Variety Kit costs nearly $70 and the Robot Kit costs about $80; those costs can appear somewhat steep since the included undertakings are intended to be assembled once and will in the end go to pieces. In any case, on the off chance that you contrast the Labo Variety Kit and the picks in our apply autonomy unit manage, it offers a moderately reasonable approach to acquaint a tyke with an intricate building venture that incorporates five distinctive straightforward computer games. One parent noticed that in spite of the fact that she wouldn't purchase a Labo pack as a general advancement toy, she would consider offering it to her youngsters as a birthday or occasion display.
Force Quote
Labo is more like a specialty venture than a computer game, so if your child is more intrigued by the last than the previous, it presumably isn't right for them.
We propose purchasing a Labo unit just on the off chance that you effectively possess a Switch, in light of the fact that the two Labo packs accessible at the season of this composition don't include enough esteem their own particular to legitimize purchasing a Switch.
How we tried
a youngster playing with a nintendo labo unit for the nintendo switch
Ten-year-old Ella, wearing the finished Labo Robot Kit.
We started by setting up the Switch, which took minutes, and a short time later we constructed two of the Variety Kit ventures ourselves: the angling pole bar and the house. While building, we thought about the clearness of the computerized guidelines, the plan of the cardboard toys, the durability of the building materials,


Why We Keep Looking and Looking for Lost Items
Jan. 18, 2010 -- SUNDAY, Jan. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Looking for something? New research provides insight into why we miss things when they're uncommon.
"We know that if you don't find it often, you often don't find it," said Jeremy Wolfe of Harvard Medical School. "Rare stuff gets missed." Wolfe's comments came in a news release from Cell Press, which published a study on the phenomenon online Jan. 14 in Current Biology.
Anyone who's ever tried to find the so-called needle in a haystack knows of what he speaks. But why does this happen?
In a new study, researchers say that people who look for common things don't stop. "When nothing is there, they don't give up on the response," Wolfe said. "It's all terribly adaptive behavior for a beast in the world. If you know berries are there, you keep looking until you find them. If they are never there, you don't spend your time hunting."
When something is rare, we try hard to look for it, but "we aren't well-built for that and make more errors than we'd like," he said.
What to do in places like airports, where security screeners have to look for uncommon objects like weapons? Wolfe said it might be wise to prime people at the beginning of shifts by having them search for common things, then let them go on duty and look for rare things.
The researchers plan to test their theories in airports and in health clinics, where medical employees look for rare things like tumors.
More information
The Franklin Institute has more about the brain.
SOURCE: Cell Press, news release, Jan. 14, 2010


text:
Shielding causes capacitance. Capacitance can form a filter which can filter out highs. Depends on the application.
Best bet is to try it and listen.
ToN gave the main way it could affect tone.
You can look up the formula for factors that affect capacitance. Among them are area of the plates forming the capacitor, and the distance between the plates. If the area of the plates gets larger, capacitance goes up, and if the plates are placed closer together, capaciance goes up.
It's a bigger concerned with shielded cables, where the insulation between the shield and the center conductor forms a capacitor, and the "plates" (the 2 conductors) are fairly close together. But shielding in guitars is usually a matter of shielding the control and pickup cavities. The area of the shielding could be huge, but the distance between the shield and the rest of the circuitry is huge by comparison to a shielded cable.
I think it's a non-issue. People realized what I described, but didn't put numbers to it, look at where the "hidden capacitor is connected in the circuit, or realize that the resulting capacitance is likely in the fraction-of-a-pF range. If it shunted any signal, it would shunt extreme high RF energy, and that's good.


What are coarse fibre?
Is jute coarse fibre?
Plz expert answer fast anyway plz
Dear Student,
Coarse fibres are rough appeared, stiff and thick fibres. Khadi is an example of coarse fibre obtain from jute. But jute itself is a soft fibre not a coarse fibre. It is a natural fibre.
 - 1
What are you looking for?


text:
Munida subrugosa is the most abundant galatheid crab species in the Beagle Channel (55°S 68°W) off Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Samples of crabs and the epibenthic community were taken on a monthly basis at two different depth strata (<40m and >70m), by means of epibenthic trawling from 1998 to 1999. Stomach contents from 1582 crabs were analysed, out of which only 2% had empty stomachs. The quantity of food in the stomach contents was clearly seasonal and similar at both depths. The organic matter varied throughout the year and between both depths, being significantly higher in summer/spring than in autumn/winter. Munida subrugosa shows two different and simultaneous feeding habits: (1) as a predator M. subrugosa feeds on crustaceans, algae, and polychaetes; and (2) as a deposit feeder M. subrugosa consumes particulate organic matter and organisms associated with the superficial layer of of the sediment. The composition of the diet of Munida subrugosa was similar for both years, and independent of depth, sex or season. Munida subrugosa selected crustaceans only in autumn and winter, whereas most food items were found according to their availability in the habitat.
Helmholtz Research Programs > MARCOPOLI (2004-2008) > POL4-Response of higher marine life to change


text:
Codes of Conduct Salle Kiss Fencing Club
Junior Code of Conduct
As a junior member of the club you are expected to abide by the following code of conduct:
- You must play within the rules and respect officials and their decisions.
- You must respect the rights, dignity and worth of all participants regardless of gender, ability, cultural background or religion.
- You should keep to agreed timings for training and competitions and inform your coach or team manager if you are going to be late.
- You must wear suitable kit that conforms to the appropriate safety standards for training and tournaments as defined by British Fencing, and announced by your coach/team manager.
- You must pay any fees for training or events promptly.
- You are not allowed to smoke anywhere in or around the venue or whilst fencing at competitions.
- You are not allowed to consume alcohol or drugs of any kind in or around the venue or whilst fencing at competitions.
Parents and Carers
As a parent or carer of a junior member of Salle Kiss you are expected to abide by the following code of conduct:
- Encourage your child to learn the rules and play within them.
- Discourage unfair play and arguing with officials.
- Help your child to recognise good performance, not just results.
- Never force your child to take part in sport.
- Set a good example by recognising fair play and applauding the good performances of all.
Coaches, Officials and Volunteers
The essence of good ethical conduct and practice is summarised below. All coaches, club officials and volunteers at Salle Kiss Fencing Club must:
- Consider the well-being and safety of participants before the development of performance.
- Develop an appropriate working relationship with participants based on mutual trust and respect.
- Make sure that all activities are appropriate to the age, ability and experience of those taking part.
- Promote the positive aspects of sport (e.g. fair play).
- Display consistently high standards of behaviour and appearance.
- Follow all the guidelines laid down by the British Fencing Association, England Fencing, British Fencing North West and Salle Kiss Fencing Club
- Hold the appropriate, valid qualifications and insurance cover.
- Never exert undue influence over performers to obtain personal benefit or reward.
- Never condone rule violations, rough play or the use of prohibited substances.
- Encourage participants to value their performances and not just results.
- Encourage and guide participants to accept responsibility for their own performance and behaviour.
- Never punish or belittle a child for losing or making mistakes.
- Publicly accept officials' judgements.
- Support your child's involvement and help them to enjoy their sport.
- Use correct and proper language at all times.
- Encourage and guide performers to accept responsibility for their own performance and behaviour.


Ambato · Population
Question: What is the population of Ambato? Answer: Ambato, Ecuador (Administrative unit: Tungurahua) - last known population is ≈ 165 200 (year 2010). This was 1.106% of total Ecuador population. If population growth rate would be same as in period 2001-2010 (+0.78%/year), Ambato population in 2021 would be: 179 829*.
Population history [1]
Annual population change
[_PHONE_] +3.21 %/year
[_PHONE_] +3.21 %/year
[_PHONE_] +2.68 %/year
[_PHONE_] +1.98 %/year
[2001-2010] +0.78 %/year
GPS coordinates: -1.254, -78.623
Local time in Ambato: 11:46 Sunday GMT-5.
share this..
Ambato on city and population density map
Sources, Notices
1962c, 1974c, 1982c, 1990c, 2001c, 2010c. Legend: e-estimate, c-census, o-other,..
* Unofficial, calculated population.
[1] Sources
El Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos del Ecuador In Spanish
INEC, Resultados de Búsqueda Population files (Spanish)
List of cities in Ecuador (DE) Ret. 2018-04-27
- Hammond world atlas 1976, 1998 (Census 1962, 1974)


Question: What Is The Root Word Of Utilisation?
What is the Utilisation?
utilisation – the act of using; "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers" usage, use, utilization, exercise, employment.
activity – any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity".
What is the root word of summarize?
summary (adj.) early 15c., "brief, abbreviated; containing the sum or substance only," from Medieval Latin summarius "of or pertaining to the sum or substance," from Latin summa "whole, totality, gist" (see sum (n.
What is the root word of practical?
What is the meaning of over Utilisation?
transitive verb. : to utilize (something) too much : to use (something) excessively or too frequently overutilizing medical services overutilizes credit cards.
What is a practical man?
How do we calculate time?
To solve for speed or rate use the formula for speed, s = d/t which means speed equals distance divided by time. To solve for time use the formula for time, t = d/s which means time equals distance divided by speed.
How do you calculate Utilisation?
So, the formula for ideal utilization rate is:(Resource costs + overhead + profit margin) / Total available hours x Target billable rate.144,000 / 2,000 x 80 =144,000 / 180,000 =.80.
What is over utilization of resources?
If "Utilized Resources" is greater than "Dedicated Resources", the job is over utilizing resources. The greater the number of over utilized procs (compared to dedicated procs), the more resources the job is over utilizing.
Is being practical good or bad?
What does practical mean in English?
What is the efficiency formula?
The work efficiency formula is efficiency = output / input, and you can multiply the result by 100 to get work efficiency as a percentage. This is used across different methods of measuring energy and work, whether it's energy production or machine efficiency.
Can utilization be more than 100?


Take the 2-minute tour ×
When you spin an asymmetrically weighted, 2D disk-shaped top, the heavy part actually rises to the top. Why is this?
 1. _URL_
 2. _URL_
In the second video it shows that this is because of friction but trying this on a frictionless surface won't do much: The disk will go up and down and still the heavy part will be on the top.
share|improve this question
2 Answers 2
up vote 8 down vote accepted
I think the solution has more to do with the tennis racket effect (see: _URL_
Let me clarify the disk with hole in it has two stable axes of rotation and one unstable one. The unstable one is through the hole and the stable one is across (below in green) and normal to the disk.
Axes Def
I have confirmed that without friction (and from the videos in the link above) when the disk is spun on the unstable axis, it will perdiodically flip. This is what caused it to flip when the disk was falling without friction.
The additional nuiance here is the once it is on the "upsidedown" oriention and friction is present then the unstable axis becomes stable.
If the hole spans from the center to the edge of the disk, then the center of gravity is at $$ \vec{c} = (0,-\frac{R}{6},0)$$ where $R$ is the outside radius of the disk. The principal moments of inertia about the center of mass are $$ \begin{aligned} I_{XX} & = m \left( \frac{\ell^2}{12} + \frac{29 R^2}{144} \right) \approx 0.2 m R^2 \\ I_{YY} & = m \left( \frac{\ell^2}{12} + \frac{5 R^2}{16} \right) \approx 0.31 m R^2 \\ I_{ZZ} & = m \left( \frac{37 R^2}{72} \right) \approx 0.51 m R^2 \end{aligned} $$
where $\ell$ is the thickness of the disk. Since $I_{YY}-I_{XX} = \frac{8}{37} I_{ZZ}$ this means that the y direction is the medium inertia value, x the minimum and z the maximum. Hence the instability about the y axis according to the Tennis Racket Effect.
I am working to qualify the above statement and I am going to update this post with my findings.
share|improve this answer
may you please explain why the axis through the hole is unstable, I would say it should be the one on the x-axis because it is not symmetrical. – Mhmd Dec 31 '13 at 12:43
_USER_ Any rigid body has three principal moments of inertia of different values. Rotation about the smallest and largest direction is stable, whilst rotation about the medium value is unstable. This is the tennis racket effect. – ja72 Dec 31 '13 at 16:17
I have added a little more about the mass moments of inertia on the post. – ja72 Dec 31 '13 at 16:58
The tennis racket effect/theorem can be accurately understood by the Poinsot-Binet Energy Ellipsoid. More reference is in Goldstein – Torsten Hĕrculĕ Cärlemän Dec 31 '13 at 17:24
I) Here we will give a qualitative rather than quantitative analysis. Consider first the axially symmetric 3D tippe top, which means that there will be two principal axis with maximal moment of inertia. (If we wish, we can for simplicity model the top as a spherically symmetric ball, with a heavy point mass off the geometric center $O$.) Empirically, we observe to a first approximation that:
 1. The angular vector $\vec{\omega}$ is mostly vertical and completes a small precession for each revolution of the top. (Let's assume that $\vec{\omega}$ is upwards rather than downwards.)
 2. The rotation of the top is around a point $Q$ somewhere between the geometric center $O$ and the center of mass $C$.
 3. The point $P$ of contact completes a small circular orbit for each revolution of the top.
 4. The top is mostly rolling without sliding. In other words, to a first approximation, it is static friction rather than kinetic friction, and hence the mechanical energy is conserved.
The angular momentum vector $\vec{L}$ will mostly point upwards but tilted a bit to the same (opposite) side as $C$ iff $O$ is above (below) $C$. In other words, the angular momentum vector $\vec{L}$ completes a small precession for each revolution of the top. We will assume that this precession of $\vec{L}$ (and the corresponding net torque needed for this precession) remains very small during the entire inversion process.
Now the torques of gravity and the normal force work in unison to increase the precession of $\vec{L}$. The cancellation of this torque can only come from the friction force acting in the same direction (horizontally speaking) as where the center of mass $C$ is.$^1$
Naturally, due to an imperfect rolling motion, the friction force will then tend to slide the point of contact in the direction of the friction force, thereby raising the center of mass $C$. (Del Campo showed that sliding friction must play an essential role in the inversion process, cf. Ref. 1. Of course sliding friction is also responsible for that the top eventually comes to rest and looses its mechanical energy.)
II) The asymmetric 2D discs$^2$ works similarly, although now the rotation will mainly be around the unstable principal axis with intermediate moment of inertia, leading to the tennis racket/Dzhanibekov effect, as correctly pointed out by ja72 in his answer, see also e.g. this Phys.SE post and links therein. In situations without friction, the tennis racket/Dzhanibekov effect explains the last unresolved part of the solution video.
 1. Richard J. Cohen, The tippe top revisited, _URL_ (hat tip: Leonida)
$^1$ Note that the friction torque argument in this Basic Saucer Physics 101 video seems to lead to the opposite effect where the center of mass $C$ gets lowered (rather than raised).
$^2$ The geometric details of the asymmetric 2D discs is to a large extent irrelevant for the effect.
share|improve this answer
Correction to the answer (v1): Del Campo's argument only guarantee that friction is involved, not that it is necessarily sliding friction. – Qmechanic Apr 28 at 8:21
Also the word is in the last sentence of the answer should be are. – Qmechanic Apr 30 at 16:19
Your Answer


text:
Definition of Dendrite
Dendrite: A short arm-like protuberance from a nerve cell (a neuron). Dendrites from neurons next to one another are tipped by synapses (tiny transmitters and receivers for chemical messages between the cells).
The word "dendrite" means "branched like a tree." It comes from the Greek "dendron" (tree).
See also neuron and axon.Source: MedTerms™ Medical Dictionary
Last Editorial Review: 4/27/2011 5:27:15 PM
Allergies & Asthma
Improve treatments & prevent attacks.