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During the different phases of a masonry project, contractors collect detailed information about the labor productivity of its workers and the factors that influence productivity. Information includes quantitative data such as hours, activities, and tasks, and qualitative data such as ratings and personality factors. Personality factors have been found to be a key aspect that influences the compatibility of a crew and the productivity in masonry construction. This paper proposes a mathematical framework to determine how the compatibility between the workers in a crew can be used to predict productivity. A standard method for quantifying personality is used to determine the compatibility of a crew and empirically define a probability density to predict productivity. The probability density determines, for a given compatibility, the average productivity for a crew. The most interesting part of this probability density is that it accounts for variations in the productivity, resulting from the interaction and the relationships between the workers in a crew. The proposed probability distribution can be used to make more realistic predictions, by calculating confidence intervals, of the productivity of masonry crews and to better estimate times of construction, avoid crew conflicts, and find practical ways to increase production.
masonry construction, productivity, process improvement, crew formation, probability density
Florez, L. & Cortissoz, J. C. 2017, 'Probability Density Function for Predicting Productivity in Masonry Construction Based on the Compatibility of a Crew' In:, 25th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction. Heraklion, Greece, 9-12 Jul 2017. pp 655-662


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Metal puzzles are a fun and challenging way to test your brain. But after hours of working through the same puzzle with no results, you may feel a little stumped! If you're desperate for a solution, a puzzle guide might be your best bet! The P-shaped, horseshoe ring, and double-M puzzle are among the most common metal puzzles—once you've mastered these 3 puzzles, you'll be ready to work through any puzzle design on your own!
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Working Through a P-Shaped Puzzle
 1. 1
 Grab one end of each P-shaped ring with both of your hands. Hold the puzzle as evenly as possible to prevent twisting the puzzle the wrong way while you work. Align the puzzle horizontally before you begin twisting it, with both ends of the P-shaped rings facing outwards.[1]
 - The two Ps should make something resembling a "W" shape before you begin twisting them.
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 Turn your left P-shaped ring down. Then, loop the right ring around the upper "P" loop of the left ring. Your two P-shaped rings should look stacked on top of each other and mirroring each other at the loops.[2]
 - The rings should resemble a heart shape at this stage.
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 Pull the right ring from the top and through the left loop. As you string the right ring through the left loop, it should slide off once you reach the bottom end. Once the two rings are separated, you have completed the puzzle.[3]
 - Set them down somewhere you won't forget to prevent losing them.
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 Slide one ring through the "P" loop of the other ring to reset the puzzle. To prevent losing either ring and to put the puzzle together again, insert one ring through the top loop of the other ring. Pull the first ring all the way through the second ring, then turn the second ring up to secure both in place.
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Beating a Horseshoe Ring Puzzle
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 Hold the ring up evenly in front of you. Align the ring as evenly and as tightly as you can. Avoid holding one end of the right higher or lower than the other to prevent the ring from twisting or tangling as you work on it.[4]
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 Twist one horseshoe in a counterclockwise direction. Keep the metal ring in-between the two rings. Continue twisting it until the ring is tight between the two rings and you cannot twist the horseshoe any further.[5]
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 Bend and align the two horseshoes. Push the two horseshoes together into the middle of the chain until it bends in half. Line up the horseshoes as evenly as possible, allowing the ring to fall to the bottom of the horseshoes.[6]
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 Slide the ring up and off of the horseshoe. Grab hold of the metal ring and lift it up through 1 side of the horseshoes. If the horseshoes are aligned, the ring should come off without forcing it. Check the horseshoe alignment if your ring appears stuck or you cannot locate an opening at the top of the horseshoes.[7]
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 Re-align the horseshoes to put the puzzle back together. When you're ready to put the puzzle together again, twist and bend the chain in half to align the horseshoes back together. Drop the ring through one end of the horseshoes, then fold the horseshoes back up and twist 1 horseshoe in the opposite direction to secure the ring.
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 Lift one double M ring above the other ring. Both double M rings have a large curve around the top of the ring. Position your rings so that 1 ring is facing with their curve up and the other is facing downward in the opposite direction.[8]
 - Because the pieces are identical, they should look like a reflection of each other.
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 Turn the rings at a 90-degree angle. Lift the bottom ring up through the top ring's side, then tilt them sideways at a 90-degree angle. The two ring curves should still be facing in opposite directions.[9]
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 Slide the bottom piece up through the top piece's curve. Keep the rings even and at the 90-degree angle to prevent twisting or complicating your puzzle. When you have reached the top, make the bottom ring aligned with the middle of the top ring's curve.[10]
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 Lower the bottom ring through the middle of the top ring's "M." Turn both rings upright again and slide the bottom ring down through the top ring's "M." If you have aligned the rings correctly, it should go through the middle without twisting or catching.[11]
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 Insert one ring through the other ring's "M" to put the puzzle together again. To attach the two rings together again, raise one ring through the middle of the other ring's "M." Then, twist the rings at a 90-degree angle and slide it over the top curve and to the bottom of the ring. This will secure the rings together for storage.
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I used generalized linear mixed models (with the
glmmADMB package) to identify environmental factors related to parasite abundance in rodents. I used stepwise backward elimination to sequentially simplify the full model until only significant factors and interaction terms remained (Crawley, 2007). However, when I checked the final model's summary, one of the factors is no longer significant (
p = 0.087). However, in the ANOVA tests that led to the final model, this variable (temperature) is significant:
Final model's summary:
Coefficients: Estimate Std. Error z value Pr(>|z|) (Intercept) 3.131658 0.213630 15.33 < 2e-16 temperature -0.004019 0._PHONE_ -1.71 0.08673.
Model 1: parasites ~ age + vegetation + synchrony Model 2: parasites ~ temperature + age + vegetation + synchrony NoPar LogLik Df Deviance Pr(>Chi) 1 7 -550.75 2 8 -546.81 1 7.898 **0.004949**
My questions are which significance value should I report? Does this mean that temperature is not important? I've seen manuscripts that report values from final's model summary but also some that report significance values from model comparisons, which one is correct?

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Where Islam and Judaism Join Together
A Perspective on Reconciliation
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This book is the result of many years of the author's thinking, speaking, and writing about peace. It is the fruit of many years of philanthropic activity in the Middle East Peace Network (MEPN), which the author founded in 1990. To a certain degree, it is a personal journey of a Jew into the heart of Islam in search of a common ground and possible Jewish-Muslim reconciliation. The purpose of Where Islam and Judaism Join Together: A Perspective on Reconciliation is to create an environment that could help reshape the future of Jewish-Muslim relations, and consequently shift the context of the Arab-Israeli conflict.


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Thermoplastic Concrete Casting
Thermoplastic Concrete Casting explores formwork making and concrete casting with thermoplastic textile. Casting in concrete typically requires extensive formwork that takes time, material, and a tremendous amount of labor to produce. This novel way of creating formwork for casting eliminates heavy rigid molds and scaffoldings for support. Instead, using sartorial techniques borrowed from tailoring and patterning in clothing production, pliable non-woven thermoplastic textile is cut and felted together (a process of needle punching), and then heat-stiffened to rigid form, ready for glass fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC) casting. The project explores the relationship between form, material behavior, and performance of both non-woven thermoplastics as formwork with complex geometries and concrete casting to create thin-shell, materially efficient structures.
Wes McGee, Assistant Professor of Architecture
Tsz Yan Ng, Assistant Professor of Architecture


What is Contract Testing?
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And Consumer-driven contract testing
This is a follow on from Contract testing: Why do it
First some quick definitions:
Is someone (a dev team for instance) that makes use of a third party component or a combination of components (a system). They consume the service provided by the component/system.
Are the people (a dev team) who build the component or system and make it available to others to use.
Test double
To keep the tests fast you will be using a Test double of the producer in the majority of your tests. More specifically a stub that is very simple and responds how you tell it to.
Remember don't mock what your don't own.
Avoid using mocks for contract tests otherwise you'll be creating another job for yourself if you attempt to mock the behaviour of your producers. Always think of the producer as a blackbox so don't make assumption on how the internals of the producer work. That is not your responsibility. A stub should be simple and easy to see how it works and will generally just respond with a simple response.
What is a Contract test?
Contract tests are automated code level tests written from the viewpoint of the consumer. They check that the producer exists, responds to a given request and responds in the format expected by the consumer. A simple rule could be
 - For every unique call you make to the producer write a contract test
 - If output from a producer is going to cause a unique behaviour change in you (the consumer) then write a contract test e.g. an error condition would fall into this category
They wouldn't go further then this and begin to check that the response contains all the correct data or the behaviour of the producer. That's the job of the producer not the consumer. The producer will be a black box to the consumer, simply input and output. Whatever transformations that happen to the data on the inside of the producer are unknown.
If you do test that a response contains the correct data then I would only test very specific types of data. Specifically ones that if they where not returned would cause problems for your system. For which your system should handle gracefully in response.
How will Contract testing help?
If the test follows the guidance above they will focus on just the boundary at which the consumer and producer interact. Therefore if they fail you know exactly where the problem is but also what the issue is as they cover only a small area of interaction. This will allow you to quickly identify if the problem is with your integration of the producer or some other part of your code.
These test will be written at the code level usually with a native unit testing framework of the language you are working with. The vast majority of the tests will also execute against a stub to keep them fast. If you ran them against the actual producer then they could run slower. Also due to each test being so focused on the interaction boundary they will run well under a second allowing the whole suite of tests to execute in a matter of seconds.
Circle of control / Circle of influence
Do to the simplicity of the tests the number of false positives is very low and will only fail if something had changed within the test, your interaction with the test double or the test double itself. Everything is now within your circle of control therefore any brittleness can be remedied quickly and easily.
Automated documentation
You now have tests that document your usage of the dependency that are also executable so will stay up-to-date with every change you or your dependency makes.
Running the tests
These test can now be easily kept as part of the main suite of tests within the code base and run through the development pipeline as usual. Any change to the code base would result in the whole suite of contract tests running and letting the dev team know if there was any issues.
Occasionally you would also want to run the contract tests against the real dependency separately from the main build pipeline just to let you know if the contract had changed and that your test double is still a true stand-in for the real thing.
New version of the dependency
Now when a new version of the dependency is released you can run the contract tests against it and check to see if there are any breaking changes. If no issues are detected then maybe some light exploratory testing of changes detailed in the release notes.
If running the contract tests does detect an issue then it should be quick and easy to pinpoint where the issue is (you or them) and what the necessary mitigation steps should be (fix in your code or reject the release). All this while keeping your build pipeline running and your code base shippable.
If an issue is detected in the live environment then it's going to be easy to know what changed and how to fix it. Which could be either fixing forward or backing out the change.
Confidence for the Consumer team
Contract tests allow the consuming team to move to a new version of a producer much quicker and with greater confidence than before. If something in the release notes looks risky still then your test team can carry out focused exploratory regression testing and if possible putting the update behind a feature flag for a controlled release to your end users.
What is Consumer-driven Contract Testing?
The thing with contract tests is that they are very much in the consumer domain. If the producer is making regular releases which result in the contract tests failing often then in one hand at least you know before taking the actual update but in the other you still can't take it without work arounds or additional new releases from the producer. This may lead you to thinking about a new supplier. Why even bother with all the pain with writing contract tests when you knew this already?
What if you could help your producer see that each update is going to cause you issues before they even made a release? What if they told you prior to making the release that they need to introduce a breaking change or better yet that the current API will be deprecated after a certain date/version allowing you to move to the new API in your own time? What if you could work with your producers collaboratively that way they get what they want (easy and quick uptake of new versions) and you get what you need (new bug fixes/features, improved confidence of each update working as intended, less time testing)? This is where Consumer-driven Contract testing can help and really starts to show the benefits of Contract testing.
Benefits of Consumer-driven Contract Testing
As mentioned earlier the Contract Test sit in your circle of control. That is everything in this domain is in your direct control. The producer however is out of your control but can be in your circle of influence.
 - Note the level to which you will have influence over your dependency will depend on your overall relationship. If they are within the same organisation then things maybe easier, outside of your org but a supplier that you have a financial contract with then probably require some contract negotiation so not impossible but still some effort. No financial contract and just something you use through an open source license then contract testing is all you will likely have as a relationship.
One of the ways to start moving your producers into your circle of influence is to start a dialogue with them around your contract tests. These tests will show the producer exactly how you integrate their service and the types of response you expect from them. Also due to the simplicity of the tests and test doubles it should be easy for them to understand without your intervention (another good reason to keep them focused and simple).
Showing them the tests is a good place to start (it's just code that's what we are all working with none of that touchy, feely stuff about relationships) but a better way to progress the relationship, sorry, chat would be see if they could run the contract tests as a part of their development pipeline. Perhaps every time they plan to make a release or better yet on every commit (another reason to keep the tests fast and reliable).
This way they not only see how you use them, but they get an early warning if any changes in their code is likely to cause their consumers any problems. They can then see if they really need to make that change or see how they can mitigate the impact to their consumers. If they need to do it they can start a dialog with their consumers and start to migrate them onto a new API. This all helps to improve the relationship between consumer and producers, facilitated with some simple tests. Who knew testing could build stronger relationships between development teams?
Who owns the Contract tests?
Just in case it's not clear the responsibility to write the contract tests in the first place is always with the consumers. It's only them that know how they plan to use and integrate the producers. The producers can always offer best practice and how they intend consumer to use their services but it's up to the consumers to decide if they plan to use the service the way it was intended.
Contract tests only become Consumer-driven once they are executed by the producers. Until then they are just Contract tests and even then just in name. If they test anything more then what was outlined earlier they become something else entirely.
New problems to solve
Figuring out how to share the tests, run them, making the results visible and letting consumers and producers know about breaking changes is a whole host of other issues that need to be resolved. The web testing frameworks have already made some progress in this area but I don't know of any tools that facilitate this between internal teams other then having access to each other's build infrastructure and source code repos.
Don't use contract tests to do functional testing
Contract tests need to be quick and simple to understand and therefore only test at the boundary. If you go further than this they will become more complicated and harder for other teams to understand.
It's not the producers team to understand how you use their service but giving them some insight into how you integrate it could be beneficial to both teams. There is nothing stopping you from writing more integrated tests


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Please join us for a Luncheon Panel Discussion featuring Gillian Tett, US Managing Editor of The Financial Times, along with Laura Tyson, Professor of Economics, Aihwa Ong, Professor of Anthropology, and Clare Talwalker, Vice Chair, Global Poverty and Practice Minor, UC Berkeley.
In an era of growing BRIC economies, alarming rates of poverty persist in much of the developing world. Given this human paradox, actually deepened by globalization, we cannot be soothed by formulaic answers proposed for "The End of Poverty." Beyond abstract statements and statistics, anthropological insights and findings are crucial for grasping how the interactions between market and culture, and beliefs and action, crystallize conditions for creating wealth and poverty on the ground. Our panel will explore how Anthropology is in conversation with Economics, Policy Studies, and Regional Studies on concerns of poverty and development.
Gillian Tett received a PhD in social anthropology from Cambridge University and currently serves as managing editor of the Financial Times. Her writing, which includes Fool's Gold: How Unrestrained Greed Corrupted a Dream, Shattered Global Markets and Unleashed a Catastrophe, reflects the critical role of anthropology in current economic debates and policy development.


Cover a word-by-word explanation of the Arabic of the Qasida al-Burda, a much-celebrated poem written in praise of the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace).
The text will be explained from a grammatical, morphological, rhetorical, and prosodical point of view, and the historical and religious references will also be unpacked.
As an introduction to Arabic poetry, the course also introduces the concept of poetic metre. This is extremely important for the Arabist and Talib ilm as most of the literature that is used to explain the Quran and Sunna are in poem form.
The Burda has been chosen as a case study because it is one of the most common metres of Arabic poetry (al-basit), it demonstrates common rhetorical devices, and has a deeply spiritual and religious theme.
Course Outline
Lesson 1: The Original Burda; Poetic Metre
Lesson 2: Style and rhetoric in the Burda
Lesson 3: Chapter 1: On Yearning
Lesson 4: Chapter 2: On Warnings about the Caprices of the Self
Lesson 5: Chapter 3: On the Praise of the Prophet
Lesson 6: Chapter 4: On His Birth
Lesson 7: Chapter 5: On His Miracles
Lesson 8: Chapter 6: On the Exalted Stature and Miraculous Merits of the Qur'an
Lesson 9: Chapter 7: On the Ascension of the Prophet
Lesson 10: Chapter 8: On the Struggle of Allah's Messenger
Lesson 11: Chapter 9: On Seeking Intercession through the Prophet
Lesson 12: Chapter 10: On Intimate Discourse and the Petition of One's State.
What You Will Learn:
 - What poetic is
 - What poetic styles influences Imam al-Busiri's Burda
 - How the poem translates line by line
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The poem is celebrated praise of the Prophet in poem form.


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The uniformity coefficient (Cu), curvature coefficient (Cc) and the effective size (D10) are the grading characteristics of the soil. These are the geometric properties of a grading curve that describe a particular type of soil.
The features and determination of uniformity coefficient, curvature coefficient and the effective size is described in this article.
Grade Curve Characteristics
A grade size distribution curve is analyzed by using different particle sizes : D60, D30, and D10. The curve is the graph plotted between the percentage finer in y-axis to the particle size in x-axis in logarithmic scale. This is plotted based on the observations from sieve analysis conducted on the soil sample.
Also Read: Sieve Analysis of Soil
In the graph, the different particle sizes D10, D30 and D60 are represented as shown in figure-1 above.
D10 is called as effective particle size. This means that 10% percent of the particles are finer and 90% of the particles are coarser than D10. This is the size at 10% finer by weight.
Similarly, D60 is the particle size at which 60% of the particles are finer and 40% of the particles are coarser than D60 size. D30 is the size at which 30% is finer by weight and remaining 70% particles are coarser than D30 size. Hence, D10, D30 and D60 are used to determine the measures of gradation.
Measures of Gradation
The uniformity coefficient (Cu) and the coefficient of gradation (Cc) are the measures of soil gradation. These coefficients help to classify the soil as well graded or poorly graded ones.
Uniformity Coefficient (Cu)
The uniformity coefficient (Cu) is defined as the ratio of D60 to D10. A value of Cu greater than 4 to 6 classifies the soil as well graded. When Cu is less than 4, it is classified as poorly graded or uniformly graded soil.
Uniformly graded soil has identical particles with Cu value approximately equal to 1. A uniformity coefficient value of 2 or 3 classifies the soil as poorly graded. Beach sand comes under this category.
Higher value of Cu indicates that the soil mass consists of soil particles with different size ranges.
Coefficient of Curvature (Cc)
Coefficient of curvature is given by the formula:
For the soil to be well graded, the value of Cc must range between 1 and 3.
For any single sized soil mass, the value of both Cu and Cc is 1.


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The Church opened its doors for worship March 17, 1895, and was designed by a distinguished group of architects including the celebrated Bernard Maybeck. Its founding pastor, Rev. Joseph Worcester, was longtime friend of John Muir. Rev. Worcester purchased the land on which the Church and its grounds are located.
A Statement of Significance reads: "The Swedenborgian Church ecclesiastical complex is an ensemble of buildings that is exceptionally valuable to our understanding of the development of a style of architecture we now call the First Bay Tradition, the harbinger of the Arts and Crafts Movement in the western United States. Natural materials, domestic scale and appearance, traditional and earthy structural forms, and site-specific designs define the First Bay Tradition. The visionary Swedenborgian minister Joseph Worcester brought together leading architects of the First Bay Tradition, A. Page Brown, A.C. Schweinfurth, and Bernard Maybeck, as well as the contemporary painter William Keith, stained-glass artist Bruce Porter, artist Mary Curtis Richardson and other designers and craftsmen to create an integrated complex of buildings.... Like the closely-allied Arts and Crafts Movement, the First Bay Tradition developed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and stressed a comprehensive design approach: from architecture to interior furnishings, from fixtures to artwork. The church is one of the earliest, most influential and best surviving examples of this important national and regional building tradition."
The following is an excerpt of the National Landmarking Committee's commentary supporting its decision to grant Landmark status: The Swedenborgian Church of San Francisco is "…a critically important example of the American contribution to the Arts and Crafts Movement as exemplified in new architectural imagery, integration with the site, garden design, and use of natural materials. The interior shows the employment of the decorative arts to create a special atmosphere, and also the first examples of the'mission chairs.'... The Church is important as an example of the Swedenborgian contribution to American religious, social theory and intellectual life."

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This National Land Cover Database Evaluation Visualization and Analysis (NLCD EVA) tool provides user-friendly access to national and state land cover and land cover change information developed through the Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics (MRLC) Consortium. NLCD EVA eliminates the need for desktop geographic information system software, or advanced technical expertise, by processing NLCD data for the user and providing easy access to that distilled information. As well as displaying land cover information the tool also summarizes general land change trends as well as providing users with the option to specify and explore specific land change classes of interest (e.g., forest to urban).
- Help users of all abilities to visually analyze and explore NLCD land cover data
- Allow users to query specific types of land cover changes between 2001 and 2006
- Generate national and state summary reports and data tables of land cover changes to enhance communication and advance understanding of land changes and trends


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Princess Isabella returns from a ride to find her castle completely ruined and locked under an evil spell. While she was away, a wicked witch trapped the castle residents inside mirrors, shattered the glass and scattered the pieces. With the help of a fairy, the princess must rescue her people and restore the place to finally marry Prince Adam.
Princess Isabella: A Witch's Curse is a hidden object game with adventure elements. The main objective is to collect several key objects from the castle grounds, to solve puzzles and free the castle folk. The castle can be explored in a typical point-and-click manner, where each location is represented by an static image of the scenery, and the player moves from room to room by clicking on the exit hotspots, usually placed over obvious and logical areas like doors and entrances. Some portions of the building are locked, and can only be accessed after solving one of the puzzles.
The objects can be found laying around in the background, or in some separate close-up views of the scenery. These zoom windows show another angle of the scene, with a list of objects to be found and collected at the bottom. Some of the collected items are stored in the inventory slots, from where they can be dragged and dropped on puzzles and other portions of the screen to interact with the environment. Mirror shards have to be inserted in one of the empty frames at the grand hall, and reassembled as jigsaw puzzles to liberate one of the captive souls. The rescued character usually unlocks a castle passage as a reward.
Each room has several puzzles that have to be solved to lift the curse and move to the next place. Some of the puzzles are self-contained mechanisms that can be solved through direct manipulation. Others block access to other parts of the castle, and require the use of inventory objects. After solving all the pending puzzles, the room is restored to its pristine condition.
One unique feature is the fairy assistant. She is the hint button, flying towards one of the required items when selected, and can also perform a series of special actions. She gradually learns new abilities that can be used to reveal hidden objects and solve puzzles. With the rock ability, she can break small containers like bottles and vases. The flame ability can be used to light something on fire, or attack an enemy. The wind ability blows away dust and other deposits, often revealing some obscured item. The water ability can be used to nourish plants. The hint option take some time to recharge after use, and becomes a skip option when playing one of the puzzles.
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Logic will get you from A to B.
Imagination will take you everywhere
Albert Einstein
As a logical connection between two Technical Pavillions a simple, yet elegant poedestrian bridge has been created. Joyfully a line jumps from one building to the other, hugging the bridge. As a contrast to the sharp angles a blue line elegantly folds itsself around the bridge. Symbolic for the three schools that are located in the two buildings, six small neon markings have been applied that from three plus subols from a certain viewing angle.
Both seen from the inside and the outside the blue line and the bridge engage in an exciting play connecting the two buildings. In the evening the neon is lit and the marking become visible.


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You know that strategy classes are easy to make and use. For example, you want to encapsulate your output formats in such a way that you can select the appropriate wrapper without affecting client code.
package Output_Strategy::HTML; package Output_Strategy::CSV;... my $output_strategy = $opt{'html'}? 'Output_Strategy::HTML' : 'Output_Strategy::CSV'; $output_strategy->preamble; $output_strategy->render(_USER_); $output_strategy->postamble; # whatever
One of the nice aspects of this technique is that it is run-time dynamic: you can reassign (or re-bless, if the strategy classes don't differ by data) the strategy object ($output_strategy) at any time, to select a different strategy.
Now, this technique makes the following assumption (or, more accurately, imposes the following constraint): the entity to be strategized (output format, in the example above) is a stand-alone class or object. It could even be a delegate within another object.
But, suppose you are extending the capabilities of a class via inheritance rather than delegation/composition. How can you apply a strategy pattern in the inheritance?
My answer is quite simple, and, again, it exploits Perl's highly dynamic nature. It involves modifying the inheritance tree at run time. And to make it more flexible, I insert a level of indirection in the inheritance chain, so that the "end user" classes don't need to be affected.
Suppose we have a set of classes (e.g. Foo) that want to "mix in" the methods of our output interface. Let Foo and Bar inherit from Output_Strategy; and let Output_Strategy inherit — based on a run-time setting — from one of the actual strategy classes.
package Foo; use base 'Output_Strategy'; # this is a'strategy handle class'... # set the inheritance path at run time: _USER_::ISA = ( $opt{'html'}? 'Output_Strategy::HTML' : 'Output_Strategy::CSV' );
And any time you need to change the strategy, you don't have to change the inheritance list (_USER_) of the "end user" classes (e.g. Foo).
Note: I'm not saying this is better than delegation. I just think it's a potentially interesting alternative technique.
Update: I have referred to this "double-indirection" of classes as "handles" because the technique reminded me of the double-indirection of memory management, used in some operating systems. In Windows, these are called handles, and it makes sense; it's the same idea as file handles, and in fact (IIUC), Windows handles are an abstraction over all of the system resources a process can access. Wikipedia has an article on Handles, and it says a handle is "an abstract reference to a resource". But that doesn't really describe what I'm doing here, which is more accurately called a bridge. Wikipedia's article on Opaque pointers helpfully/confusingly refers to both handles and the Bridge pattern. :-)
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Brisk is one of those delightful words that sounds like what it means: quick, lively, bracing, and refreshing. There's nothing like a brisk walk in the morning to get the blood flowing and the spirit ready for the day.
Anything brisk is happening quickly but not too fast. Probably taken from the French brusque, which also means "quick," but in a more negative way, brisk can be used to describe not only physical actions but also more conceptual notions, such as brisk business around the holidays or brisk interactions at a speed-dating event. The soft-drink called Brisk must be called that for a good reason. Perhaps it picks you up!
Definitions of brisk
 1. adjective
 quick and energetic
 "a brisk walk in the park"
 synonyms: alert, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy
 possessing or exerting or displaying energy
 2. adjective
 very active
 "doing a brisk business"
 full of activity or engaged in continuous activity
 3. adjective
 imparting vitality and energy
 synonyms: bracing, fresh, refreshful, refreshing, tonic
 imparting strength and vitality
 4. verb
 become brisk
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The most common reasons for school administrators to avoid lead in water testing is the fear of the unknown.
The 2 most commonly sited reasons are:
- Fear that Lead is discovered
- Fear of high costs of remediation
These fears are legitimate and understandable. Many schools face limited budgets and need to be wise and make due with the funding that is available to them.
However, when you compare these 2 reasons with the downsides of NOT testing, they seem quite trivial.
These downsides include:
- Lead is having mental and physical impacts on your student's health
- Refusing to test opens yourself up to a tarnished reputation within the community
- Lead in drinking water is a hot button topic in the media and is heavily reported in the media.
School administrators are FAR better off testing for lead, identifying any problems and fixing them. In this scenario, even if lead is discovered and remediated the school is deemed a hero by parents, faculty, the community and the media.
By ignoring the need to test, school administrators put themselves in an unnecessarily difficult situation.


Breastfeeding: Can brewer's yeast increase your milk supply?
I understand that brewers yeast is helpful in increasing the production of breastmilk. Is this true?
Debbi Donovan
Brewer's yeast, the same yeast that is used in the brewing of beer, is high in protein, iron and rich in B vitamins, along with various minerals and trace elements.
Many years ago it was commonly recommended that nursing mothers who suspected they had a low milk supply try adding it to their daily diet; some found it helped their milk supply and increased their energy level.
The traditional American diet is low in B vitamins. Though most nutrients in human milk are not affected by a mother's diet, B6 and B12 can be present in low concentrations if the mother is chronically deficient.
If you do decide to try brewer's yeast, check with your doctor first. A tablespoon of the powder each day. It can be mixed into tomato juice to help make it more palatable. If your baby becomes fussy from the addition of this supplement (as sometimes happens), you could try incorporating some B-rich foods into your diet instead: beef, pork, tuna, chicken, milk, eggs, whole grains, beans, peanuts, bananas and dark green leafy vegetables.
You may also want to see a lactation consultant -- she may be able to tell whether you do in face have an insufficient milk supply.
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So, finally we have the answer to how steam makes a crust crisp. Note though that this effect is only applicable in the early stages of baking. Injecting steam into the oven at later stages would re-moisten the bread.
Bread going stale is not just a matter of it drying out, although this is a part of the problem. The main reason for staling is the crystallisation of the starch molecules within bread, whereby the molecules lock together. This crystallisation takes time, so the longer the bread sits out, the more that it occurs, and the harder the bread gets.
Moisture in bread sits between the starch molecules, inhibitting the crystallisation process. Evaporation of this moisture therefore contributes to a speedier staling. Evaporation occurs more quickly in loaves with more surface area, which is why baguettes are known for going stale so quickly, and why a big thick loaf can sit on your counter for a day or two and still be edible.
Addition of fats to the recipe (butter, shortening, etc.) can delay the staling effect.
Some Selected Bread Recipes
- Cardamom Bread
- Easy Batter Bread
- Easy No-knead Raisin Bread
- Focaccia Bread
- Olive Oil Bread
- Rustic Beer Bread
- White Bread
Bread Machine Breads
Quick Breads, etc.
- Banana Bread
- Golden Corn Bread
- Corn Bread
- Corn Bread 2
- Corn Sticks
- Fried Bread
- Native American Fry Bread
- Orange Bread
- Pumpkin Bread
- Skillet Corn Bread
- Southern Cornbread
- Sourdough Starter
- Pain au levain naturel (Pain levain) "Wild yeast bread"
- San Francisco Sourdough Bread
- Rye Bread
- Yoghurt Bread
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Visit, one of many websites dedicated to bread recipes.
For information on the history of bread visit or try the books History of Bread by Bernard Dupaigne and Six Thousand Years of Bread: Its Holy and Unholy History by H.E. Jacob.


How to Use a Jointer Efficiently and Safely
How to Use a Jointer Efficiently and Safely
Jointers are wonderful machines to have in your woodworking shop. They are excellent for straightening and flattening the edges of a board, and the faces, to a certain degree. That said, using a jointer properly and safely takes some skill and knowledge.
That's exactly what we'll talk about below.
How to Use a Jointer
Let's go through an in-depth step-by-step process on how to use a jointer.
Step 1: Read the Manual
You do want to be intimately familiar with your machine before you start using it, which means that reading the user's manual is highly recommended. No, you don't have to become a world-leading expert on jointers, but knowing what all of the parts and their functions are, as well as the safety rules is very important.
Something else you will want to find out here is what size of stock your jointer can accept, because using stock larger than the accepted range won't work, and trying to mill very small pieces can be dangerous.
Step 2: Tune the Jointer
To ensure that you can actually achieve the results that you want, you will need to tune the jointer, which can be done on most jointers by using the included tune-up function. If you cannot use the tune-up function for your purposes, or you do not have one, you will need to tune it on your own.
First, you need to ensure that the infeed and outfeed tables are aligned, which is done by raising both tables to the same height and then using a bubble level to ensure that both are perfectly level with the main table. To lower the tables at their outer ends, loosen the gib screws.
You will also need to ensure that the fence is completely square with the main table. Use a triangle to measure the angle between the fence and the table. If the angle is not 90 degrees, now is the time to make the adjustment.
At this point, you also want to ensure that the jointer's blades or cutting heads are in good condition. If they are not in good condition, sharpening or replacing them may be called for. Now is also the time where you want to adjust the depth of the cutterheads, so you can face-joint your stock.
Setting Up a Jointer
Step 3: Do Some Face-Jointing
One of the most important steps here is to ensure that one of the faces of your board is completely flat and straight. At least one face needs to be flat and straight so you can rest it against the fence as you joint the edge of the board.
If one face-side of the board is not perfectly flat and straight, when you go to joint either of the edge-sides of the board, you will run into problems. When you edge-joint the crooked board, your edge-jointing results will be equally as crooked. Remember, when all has been said and done, you want the faces and edges of your board to all meet at precise 90-degree angles.
Therefore, set the depth of the cut accordingly, measure and mark a perfectly straight line across one face of the board, and then run it through the jointer. You should now have one edge of the board (the skinny side along the length), that is perfectly flat and straight, perfect for resting against the fence as you joint the edges. To ensure perfection, you can use a bubble level.
Step 4: Measure, Set the Fence, & Set the Cutterheads
Now it is time to finish things off. Now that the faces of your board are jointed and flat, you can move onto jointing the edges of the board. First and foremost, you now need to set the jointer to the appropriate cutting depth.
For instance, if you need to joint 1/4-inch off the edge of your board to achieve straightness and flatness, you will want to set your jointer's cutting heads to be even more precise than that, such as 1/16-inch, or even more precise. Yes, this means that you will need to make a couple of passes on the same edge, but it also ensures that you don't cut away too much at once, which would of course not be good.
You need to examine your board and do some measuring to see exactly where and how much of the wood you need to remove to achieve a flat and straight edge. Use a pencil or something similar to mark your board so you can see what your progress is like, so you don't joint off too much or too little.
You now also need to set the fence so that it is in the right position to edge-joint the board. You really just need to make sure that the fence is set to a perfect 90 degrees, which you can technically do with a digital angle scale, designed exactly for this purpose. With the cutter heads and the fence of the jointer set properly, and the board marked and ready to go, you can move onto the next step.
Step 5: Edge-Joint the Board
The only thing left to do now is to feed the edge of the board through the jointer. Remember that the edge being jointed needs to be facing down into the cutterheads of the jointer.
To properly do this, first, turn the jointer on, and then place the edge being jointed down on the table surface, and make sure to rest the board against the fence.
Place your left hand on top of the board near the front edge (applying just enough downward pressure to make sure that the wood doesn't bounce over the cutterheads), and then use your right hand to push the board through the cutterheads. Keep repeating this process until you have achieved the desired result.
Jointing a Board
The Basics of Jointer Safety
Jointers are some pretty dangerous tools. After all, they have very sharp and fast moving cutterheads that can cause serious damage. Let's go over some basic jointer safety rules to keep your fingers and the rest of you in one piece.
First, when using a jointer, always wear the appropriate protective gear, mainly some high-quality safety goggles to protect your eyes, and if you feel that it is necessary, you may also wear ear protection. Also, never have loose and long hair, never wear jewellery that hands down (such as long necklaces), and never wear loose-sleeved clothing. Anything that can potentially get caught in the jointer is a no-go.
Always turn the jointer on and have it running at full speed before attempting to pass a board through it. If you do this the other way, if you put the board on the cutterheads while they are stationary, and then turn the jointer on, it will cause the board to bounce and move around, potentially causing injury, and at the very least, damaging the workpiece.
Before using the jointer, always make sure that anything that can be loosened or adjusted is tight and secure. Make sure that the infeed and outfeed tables are secure, that the fence does not wobble, and that the cutterheads are securely locked into place.
One of the biggest mistakes that you could make with a jointer in terms of safety is trying to make adjustments when the machine is running. Never make adjustments or get your fingers near those cutting heads when they are still in motion.
When working on stock, always keep both hands on it, on top of it, in order to keep it in the proper position and to prevent any injuries or damage from occurring. If necessary, if the piece is too short or narrow, use push blocks to push it through the jointer, in order to keep your fingers safe.
Finally, always have the board resting against the fence. Trying to freehand a piece of wood without the fence is very dangerous and can result in serious injury.
Mistakes to Avoid, Tips & Tricks
To finish things off, let's go over some other tips and tricks to help make life easier, and to produce the best possible results when using a jointer:
 - You generally want to flatten or joint the faces of the board first, as this is the only way that you can achieve a solid 90-degree angle when jointing the edges.
 - Although it is not always necessary, it is generally best to joint wood with the grain to prevent tear-out, not against the grain.
 - Do not try to remove more than 1/16-inch at once. Attempting to make cuts that are too deep can damage the board, cause tear-out, and may even damage the cutter heads. In many cases this means having to make more than one pass to achieve the desired end result.
 - Whatever wood you are working on, it is good to limit it to no more than twice the length of the infeed table.
There you have it folks, everything that you need to know about using a jointer safely and efficiently.
They really aren't overly hard to use, as long as you follow the proper usage and safety directions. Remember, these are dangerous tools and your safety always comes first.


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Katharine Meyer Graham
When Katharine Meyer Graham succeeded her husband as publisher of The Washington Post and the top executive of Washington Post Company, she became one of the most powerful women in business. But before Graham reached the height of her profession, she gracefully overcame circumstances that would have caused most people — men included — to cry uncle.
Her story began like a fairytale: Graham was the daughter of a multimillionaire. In 1933 her father purchased The Washington Post at a bankruptcy auction. Her mother, a lover of knowledge, art and political activism, worked as a journalist. Graham began working for the Post in the late 1930s and married Harvard Law graduate Philip Graham in 1940. When her father died, he bequeathed the Post to Phillip. But Phillip was plagued by alcoholism and mental-health problems and committed suicide in 1963.
After her husband's death, Graham gained leadership of the company and the Post. She also chaired the board of directors from 1973 through 1991. Under her remarkable leadership, the Post adopted a higher standard of investigative journalism and changed history by unearthing the Watergate scandal. The Post was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for its coverage of Watergate. Graham earned a Pulitzer of her own for her autobiography, Personal History.


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THE Tarkine contains the second-largest temperate rainforest in the southern hemisphere and is also one of Australia's oldest mining fields.
Its boom towns faded back into the wilderness as the minerals which encouraged hundreds of people to move to the region ran out or were no longer in demand.
However, prospective miners are again casting their eyes over the area.
Eighty-six mining tenements are held, or are being applied for, in the Tarkine.
Some of them, including Venture Minerals' Mt Lindsay tin project, near Tullah, and Shree Minerals' Nelson Bay iron ore proposal, are moving closer to becoming working mines but are still waiting for state and federal approvals.
For their part, conservationists are determined to stop this new wave of mines.
The Tarkine National Coalition has threatened to stage an anti-mining campaign to rival the bitter Franklin Dam protests of the 1980s.
The coalition says 10 new mines are planned for the Tarkine in the next five years, nine of them open-cut proposals inside conservation reserves.
It says habitats will be deforested to build mine pits, tailings dams and rock dumps, and that rivers will be poisoned by leaching acid and heavy metals run-off.
Conservationists also fear mine-related road traffic will increase the roadkill pressure on already threatened scavenger species such as the wedge-tailed eagle, spotted-tail quoll and Tasmanian devil.
"I believe that the Government and recalcitrant elements in the mining industry have fatally under-estimated the resolve of the conservation movement to see the Tarkine protected," coalition spokesman Scott Jordan said.
"The sleeping giant of public support seen at the Franklin will rise again larger than ever to defend the Tarkine."
In the 1990s, the Tarkine Tigers fought to save the area from logging, and a State Government plan to build a new road to give tourists and loggers better access sparked a furore in 2009 and was ultimately shelved.
Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke has until the end of next year to decide whether the Tarkine will be granted a National Heritage listing.
Mr Burke, who recently visited the Tarkine, said he had been lobbied heavily by conservationists and the mining industry.
"There is no doubt that there are parts of this area which are truly magnificent and special," he said.
"I camped and kayaked there, and I realise why people are so passionate about the area.
"But it is also true that this area is not... entirely pristine, and in some places there is nothing special to be seen."
The Savage River iron ore mine operates within the Tarkine's boundary. There are also mining "legacy" sites where acid leaches into rivers and needs to be cleaned up.
Mr Burke said any new mining operations might need to clean up the pollution of previous mining. "It is a complex issue and each decision will be made on its merits," he said.
Mining companies and the Tasmanian Minerals Council have joined forces to push for new jobs in their sector.
The Tarkine became a mining frontier in 1871 when a massive tin deposit was discovered at Mt Bischoff near Waratah.
This North-West outpost contributed great wealth to Launceston; and St James Church at Waratah was the first place in Tasmania to use an electric light after the manager of the Mt Bischoff mine had power for the mine's lighting connected to the church.
Western Tasmania soon became the focus of explorers, prospectors and track cutters.
However, the environment began to suffer. Trees were cut down to provide fuel and structural support at the mines.
There are still spots where acid leaches from the sites of these early operations.
As early as 1872 Chinese gold diggers diverted the Arthur River to improve access to mine workings.
Corinna, which is now marketed as a pristine stepping stone to the Tarkine wilderness, was a much rowdier place in the late 1880s when more than 2500 people came to the Pieman River to mine for gold.
It is the only surviving settlement of remote-area historical mining in the state. Trees and buttongrass have reclaimed old towns such as Balfour and Luina.
At Balfour, only the chimney of the Imperial Hotel remains of what was once a thriving tin town of 500.
And the only signs of the mining community at Luina, on the Whyte River, are a few streets, gutters and culverts, and flowers which once had pride of place in gardens.
Some mining companies hope to start digging next year.
Venture Minerals says its workings near Tullah are in an area with more than 120 years of mining history. The roads, railway lines and high-tensile powerlines are already in place.
Venture says it has also received a mining licence for its Livingston ore deposit and is working through the environmental approval processes of state and federal authorities for each of its three proposals.
Venture has attracted the financial backing of Tasmanian entrepreneur Dale Elphinstone.
A Venture spokesman said 60 jobs had been created in the North-West during the past five years as the company spent $1 million a month on developing its mining projects.
The Mt Lindsay project has the potential to deliver $250 million in annual revenue, lifting Tasmania's exports by 5 per cent, and to directly employ _PHONE_ people during its development phase.
The operational workforce would be more than 200.
FOR mining in the Tarkine:
TERRY LONG, Tasmanian Minerals Council
THE Tarkine has a long mining history and new mines will provide economic benefits for 100 years, Mr Long said.
"In the Tarkine's present [area], it covers about 7 per cent of Tasmania's land mass and about 80 per cent of it is already covered by formal, statutory reserves," he said.
Mr Long said the reserves were declared in multiple-use categories of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature in the 1990s.
"The idea is that resource exploitation and nature can co-exist," he said. "Any more restrictions on mining in the Tarkine will result in the withdrawal of potential and substantial investment."
He said Tasmanians needed to trust the Environmental Protection Authority to assess mining applications and objectively decide if they could proceed.
Pointing to widespread support for the industry, Mr Long said Tasmanian Mining -- a website promoting the state's mining industry -- had up to 5000 visitors a week.
The employment and economic benefits of Tarkine mining proposals were massive, he said.
Venture Minerals' Mt Lindsay project would create about 1000 jobs during its construction phase and more than 200 long-term jobs.
"In addition to the $150 million capital outlay, this project will pump $250 million a year into the Tasmanian economy and boost exports by 5 per cent or more," Mr Long said.
AGAINST mining in the Tarkine
SCOTT JORDAN, Tarkine National Coalition
THE Tarkine is an amazing wilderness containing many rare and endangered species, Mr Jordan said.
It is also one of the last disease-free refuges of the Tasmanian devil, he said.
The Tarkine's natural and heritage values have been recognised by the Australian Heritage Council and in the West Report commissioned by the Commonwealth and Tasmanian governments.
The report recommended the Tarkine for National Heritage and World Heritage listings.
Mr Jordan said federal Environment Minister Tony Burke had ignored the advice of the Australian Heritage Council by removing the Tarkine's Emergency National Heritage listing and ordering it to re-assess the area.
"While governments delay, the Tarkine is under threat," Mr Jordan said.
"Six mining proposals before the Commonwealth are being assessed without reference to impacts on national heritage values."
Mr Jordan said Environment Protection Authority permits for Shree Minerals' Nelson Bay proposal included a clause that did not require a copy of the rehabilitation plan until 12 months after mining had started.
"How ludicrous that the clean-up of the site is not even considered as part of the environmental assessments," he said.


Duolingo's Bilingual True Crime Podcast Helps Makes it Fun to Learn Spanish
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If you've ever talked to someone who spent time living in another country, you probably heard them say they really started to pick up the local language by jumping in and engaging with native speakers. That's exactly why Duolingo decided to launch its new bilingual true crime podcast, El Gran Robo Argentino.
This serialized season actually marks a decisive new turn for Duolingo's Spanish podcast, which has been around since 2017. Now, with El Gran Robo Argentino (or, The Great Argentine Heist), language learners can experience some immersive language-learning experiences of their own. The serialized podcast will span six episodes, and is narrated by bilingual podcast host and producer Martina Castro.
The Spanish-for-English-speakers podcast tells the story of one of the greatest bank robberies in Latin American history. In it, learners will be able to listen to interviews from actual people involved in the Buenos Aires robbery, including investigators, journalists, and even one of the actual bank robbers.
El Gran Robo Argentino includes native speakers telling their stories in easy-to-understand Spanish, alongside Castro, who deftly weaves between Spanish and English to help listeners follow along. The podcast launched on October 22, and you can listen to it wherever you prefer to listen to podcasts.
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Why a 'purposeful' workplace is the key to future success
Rebecca Edwards - Head of Digital Marketing & Content at Champions UK plc
Written by Rebecca Edwards
Does it sometimes feel as though you spend a lot of time at work? Well, you'd be right - around a third of our lives are spent working, according to research, which amounts to around 1,800 hours a year, or 90,000 hours over the course of a lifetime.
It is no secret that working demands a large portion of our lives, but our reasons for getting up every morning are shifting. Where many employees once saw the typical 9 to 5 as a means of earning a salary, more people than ever want to gain purpose and meaning from their job.
Employees these days crave open collaboration and in-depth projects, both creative and commercial, that reward them with a feeling of purpose.
Creating a 'purposeful' workplace is the key to building a successful business in the world today.
What is a purposeful workplace?
Employers these days should protect the emotional well-being of their employees if they want to stay ahead of the curve. A happy, fulfilled worker is a productive and profitable one and a purposeful workplace cultivates engagement, meaning and motivation.
From investing in personal development training, to encouraging inter-personal relationships, the traditional hierarchy of the workplace in recent years has gained another layer - to personally care for those you manage.
Why is a purposeful workplace important?
A purposeful workplace promotes an internal drive to learn, improve and succeed.
Employers need to provide a foundation for their employees to grow and to feel motivated, by encouraging autonomy over their responsibilities. They should be empowered to have control over their job role and their tasks, schedule and responsibilities. Without that, there is a risk that they may lose purpose.
Today, many modern offices or even the best coworking spaces are being designed to cater to both psychological and physical needs. Businesses are choosing to work in spaces that offer wider flexibility, psychological support and a bigger investment in developing their workforce's skill set.
Employees who feel supported and motivated are more likely to commit long term to their role and less likely to feel burnt out.
That also helps to reduce the amount of turnover a business experiences. Encouraging longevity does not just ensure strong connections and a dedicated workforce but it is also an investment - training a new employee can take some time.
How do I nurture a purposeful workplace?
Nurturing a purposeful workplace can be done by making small, meaningful changes. You can instil a sense of purpose in your employees by simply altering your management style.
Rather than relying on the simple equation that "meeting your job expectations = wage packet", encourage a collaborative effort for your businesses' future.
Consider these pointers to ensure your workforce is motivated:
 1. Complete assessments and implement the findings
Ask your employees what drives, inspires and motivates them. Explore with your team which area of their job does not give them purpose, or if there are any factors which prevent them from being productive.
Listen and don't judge - if an employee feels like their answer will land them in trouble, they will be more likely to hide the truth.
Once you learn about their day-to-day activities, find areas that you could improve on to encourage a heightened sense of purpose. For example, if your employee highlights that they don't feel valued in meetings, then try altering how you respond to their contributions, no matter whether the suggestion is right or wrong.
 1. Get to know your employees
Your employees are people with lives and issues outside of the office that can affect their workplace motivation.
Don't just ask your team how their projects are going, but also ask them if they have any issues they may want to discuss. Building strong interpersonal relations can create a heightened sense of unity.
 1. Deliver validation and gratification
Though it is important to highlight areas for improvement in a constructive way, expressing gratification and validation for your employees' hard work will be gladly received.
Try to avoid solely focusing on the quality of the work, and instead find a balance with validating the effort made. In doing so, they will value their hard work and purpose in the company.
 1. Always discuss "Why"
Never set a task without explaining why it is important. It is challenging to fully commit yourself to a task without understanding the influence it has on the bigger picture, and nobody knows this more than low-level employees.
Rather than imposing meaningless tasks, explain to your team why it is important that they complete the project efficiently. Not just because you said so, but because it is important to the business's future. If your employees understand why their role is important, then they will find purpose in their work.
 1. Encourage personal, not just professional, development
The benefits of a purposeful workplace are endless, ranging from monetary savings to increased productivity. Employees can be trained to do a professional job but it is the 'soft' skills, like teamwork, leadership and resilience, that will set your company apart from the rest.
Creating a purposeful workplace is all about making your employees feel valued, respected and needed. It involves nurturing an appreciation of them as individual people, each with unique issues and needs.
That will help them to experience a heightened sense of purpose towards their job role and lead to a collaborative, more meaningful future.
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Sets up and operates a multi-unit offset web printing press and coordinates press team members interactions on the press, ensuring each job is run according to customer specifications and meeting internal and external deadlines; maintains quality control and reduces waste or press downtime.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Examine job orders to determine quantities to be printed, stock specifications, colors, or special printing instructions. Ensure that press team members know job details to ensure proper press utilization.
- Ensure plates are correct for current job, or order plates when necessary and provide appropriate information when placing order, and/or coordinate with 2nd Press Operator.
- Verify that paper and ink meet the specifications for the job and/or coordinate with 2nd Press Operator.
- Initiate and perform make-readies, including instruction to other press team members to assist.
- Perform press operations to operate and run press, such as make-ready, folder operation, register color, and general press operations maintenance activities. Ensure press speed and quality are maintained.
- Coordinate efforts of all press team members to ensure press is set up and operated according to press schedule(s).
- Determine first save copies on all start-ups and/or instruct 2nd Press Operator to obtain copies.
- Collect and inspect random samples during print runs to identify any necessary adjustments and coordinate such efforts with 2nd Press Operator.
- Ensure quality standards required by customer are met and maintained. Perform press duties to achieve, maintain and monitor quality of signatures throughout the press run, including such things as: maintaining consistent color, registration and folds.
- Insure that correct proofs are available for each job and returned upon completion of the job (includes O.K.'d sheets).
- Pull proofs to check for ink coverage and density, alignment, and registration
- Direct press team members to establish and review a list of maintenance tasks to be performed during major make-readies.
- Direct and coordinate press team members interactions to insure proper press operations.
- Ensure proper color by setting color and adjusting color as required by quality requirements.
- Monitoring and direct press activities to ensure proper print quality.
- Verify that 2nd Press Operator uses the correct plates and determine when additional plates/blankets are necessary. Direct other press team members to dispose of plates in approved recycling containers.
- Ensure that 2nd Press Operator pulls and labels samples and/or office copies as required by job order or quality control or assist with pulls and samples.
- Ensure proper web tension to allow job to run at correct speed, direct other press team members to adjust and maintain proper web tension.
- Generate required records and waste reports or direct other press team members to complete documentation.
- Maintain waste within acceptable range as defined by management per the job.
- Assist other press team members as necessary to ensure that the press continues to run.
- Ensure proper housekeeping on and around press and work area by directing other press team members.
- Ensure that all safety mechanisms (such as guards, interlocks and other devices) are in proper condition and report any deficiencies to supervision immediately. Engage Lockout/Tagout if necessary.
- Attend and participate in required meetings and training.
- Must follow all company policies and procedures as specified in the departmental SOP's and in the Employee Handbook.
- Perform routine maintenance on the press with press team members as required to maintain press functionality. Direct other press team members on necessary work to keep press operational.
- Follow all company policies and procedures as specified in the departmental SOP's and in the Employee Handbook.
The above list of essential functions is not exhaustive and may be supplemented as necessary.
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Basic Computer skills related to press operations
- Basic Math skills
- High School Diploma or GED, or
- 5-7 years work experience gained through training in all phases of press work in the printing industry including, but not limited to:
- Knowledge of applicability of jobs to individual presses
- Ability to read and understand written instructions and set-up the press to carry out instructions
- Ability to problem-solve issues related to the press or press operations
- Thorough knowledge of press operations and functions
- Understanding of quality systems and how they relate to customer expectations
- 2+ years of work experience as a 2nd Press Operator in offset web environment
- 1+ years Heidelberg Harris 4/6/8 color presses in offset web environment
- 1+ years Goss Press experience in offset web environment
- Mechanical ability (working with machinery)
SUCCESS FACTORS/JOB COMPETENCIES:
Must be able to meet stringent deadlines. Must be organized and have the ability to plan, prioritize and follow through on projects assigned with minimal supervision required. Must be able to interact and cooperate with press team members and show an enthusiastic/positive attitude. Must have ability to communicate (verbal/written) with press team members and supervisors. Must be flexible in job shift assignments according to job press schedules, work overtime when required, and be able to cover other shifts when needed.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Physical Demands: While performing duties of job, incumbent is constantly required to stand; walk. Must frequently use hands to finger, handle, grasp, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear; use close vision, distant vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds; crawl; crouch; stoop; twist.
- Work Environment: This position requires work in a production environment. The production environment has a loud noise level and requires PPE (hearing protection), ambient temperatures are warmer in the summer and colder in the winter, and may have exposure to vapors, chemicals, dust, and odors. Other PPE may be required related to specific tasks.
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in the TOSHIBA HW Setup program. If any of the following conditions are present, the self test failed: The computer stops and does not proceed to display information or messages except the TOSHIBA logo. Random characters appear on the screen, and the system does not function normally. The screen displays an error message. Turn off the computer and check all cable connections. If the test fails again, contact your dealer.
When the computer is not plugged into an AC outlet, the battery pack is the primary power source. However, your computer has a number of other power resources, including intelligent power supply, Real Time Clock battery. These resources are interrelated and any one could affect apparent power problems. This section provides checklists for AC power and the battery. If you cannot resolve a problem after following them, the cause could lie with another power resource. In such case, contact your dealer.
Overheating power down
If the computers internal temperature becomes too high, the computer will automatically enter Hibernation or Resume mode and shut down. Problem Procedure
Computer shuts down Leave the computer off until the DC IN 15V indicator stops blinking. and DC IN 15V indicator blinks orange It is recommended to leave the computer off until the its interior reaches room temperature even though the DC IN 15V indicator stops blinking. If the computer has reached room temperature and still does not start, or if it starts but shuts down quickly contact your dealer. Computer shuts down and its DC IN 15V indicator is flashing in green Indicates a problem with the heat dispersal system. Please contact your dealer.
AC power
If you have trouble turning on the computer with the AC adaptor connected, check the DC IN 15V indicator. Refer to Chapter 6, Power for more information. Problem AC adaptor doesnt power the computer (DC IN 15V indicator does not glow green) Procedure Check the connections. Make sure the cord is firmly connected to the computer and a power outlet. Check the condition of the cord and terminals. If the cord is frayed or damaged, replace it. If the terminals are soiled, wipe them with cotton or a clean cloth. If the AC adaptor still does not power the computer, contact your dealer.
If you suspect a problem with the battery, check the DC IN 15V indicator as well as the Battery indicator. For information on indicators and battery operation Refer to Chapter 6, Power. Problem Battery doesnt power the computer Battery doesnt charge when the AC adaptor is attached (Battery indicator does not glow in orange.) Procedure The battery may be discharged. Connect the AC adaptor to charge the battery. If the battery is completely discharged, it will not begin charging immediately. Wait a few minutes. If the battery still does not charge, make sure the outlet of the AC adaptor is supplying power. Test it by plugging in an appliance. Check whether the battery is hot or cold to the touch. If the battery is too hot or too cold, it will not charge properly. Let it reach room temperature.
Procedure Unplug the AC adaptor and remove the battery to make sure the terminals are clean. If necessary wipe them with a soft dry cloth dipped in alcohol. Connect the AC adaptor and replace the battery. Make sure it is securely seated. Check the Battery indicator. If it does not glow, let the computer charge the battery for at least 20 minutes. If the Battery indicator glows after 20 minutes, let the battery continue to charge at least another 20 minutes before turning on the computer. If the indicator still does not glow, the battery may be at the end of its operating life. Replace it. If you do not think the battery is at the end of its operating life, see your dealer.
Battery doesnt power the computer as long as expected
If you frequently recharge a partially charged battery, the battery might not charge to its full potential. Fully discharge the battery, then try to charge it again. Check the power consumption settings in Power Saver utility. Consider using a power saving mode.
Real Time Clock
Problem The following message is Displayed on the LCD: RTC battery is low or CMOS checksum is inconsistent. Press [F1] key to set Date/Time. Procedure The battery for RTC is wearing. Set the date and time in BIOS setup with the following steps: 1. Press F1 key. BIOS setup will boot up. 2. Set the date in System Date. 3. Set the time in System Time. 4. Press End key. Confirmation message will appear. 5. Press Y key. BIOS setup will terminate and the computer will be rebooted.
Problem Cannot enter or forgot password Procedure Contact your dealer.
asynchronous: Lacking regular time relationship. As applied to computer communications, asynchronous refers to the method of transmitting data that does not require a steady stream of bits to be transmitted at regular time intervals.
backup: A duplicate copy of files kept as a spare in case the original is destroyed. batch file: A file that can be executed from the system prompt containing a sequence of operating system commands or executable files. binary: The base two number system composed of zeros and ones (off or on), used by most digital computers. The right-most digit of a binary number has a value of 1, the next a value of 2, then 4, 8, 16, and so on. For example, the binary number 101 has a value of 5. See also ASCII. BIOS: Basic Input Output System. The firmware that controls data flow within the computer. See also firmware. bit: Derived from "binary digit," the basic unit of information used by the computer. It is either zero or one. Eight bits is one byte. See also byte. board: A circuit board. An internal card containing electronic components, called chips, which perform a specific function or increase the capabilities of the system. boot: Short for bootstrap. A program that starts or restarts the computer. The program reads instructions from a storage device into the computers memory. bps: Bits per second. Typically used to describe the data transmission speed of a modem. buffer: The portion of the computers memory where data is temporarily stored. Buffers often compensate for differences in the rate of flow from one device to another. bus: An interface for transmission of signals, data or electric power. byte: The representation of a single character. A sequence of eight bits treated as a single unit; also the smallest addressable unit within the system.
cache memory: High speed memory which stores data that increases processor speed and data transfer rate. When the CPU reads data from main memory, it stores a copy of this data in cache memory. The next time the CPU needs that same data, it looks for it in the cache memory rather than the main memory, which saves time. The computer has two cache levels. Level one is incorporated into the processor and level two resides in external memory.
capacity: The amount of data that can be stored on a magnetic storage device such as a floppy disk or hard disk. It is usually described in terms of kilobytes (KB), where one KB = 1024 bytes and megabytes (MB), where one MB = 1024 KB. card: Synonym for board. See board. CardBus: An industry standard bus for 32-bit PC cards. CD-ROM: A Compact Disc-Read Only Memory is a high capacity disc that can be read from but not written to. The CD-ROM drive uses a laser, rather than magnetic heads, to read data from the disc. CD-R: A Compact Disc-Recordable disc can be written once and read many times. See also CD-ROM. CD-RW: A Compact Disc-Read/Write disc can be rewritten many times. See also CD-ROM. character: Any letter, number, punctuation mark, or symbol used by the computer. Also synonymous with byte. chassis: The frame containing the computer. chip: A small semiconductor containing computer logic and circuitry for processing, memory, input/output functions and controlling other chips. CMOS: Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor. An electronic circuit fabricated on a silicon wafer that requires very little power. Integrated circuits implemented in CMOS technology can be tightly packaged and are highly reliable. cold start: Starting a computer that is currently off (turning on the power). COM1, COM2, COM3 and COM4: The names assigned to the serial and communication ports. commands: Instructions you enter at the terminal keyboard that direct the actions of the computer or its peripheral devices. communications: The means by which a computer transmits and receives data to and from another computer or device. See parallel interface; serial interface. compatibility: 1) The ability of one computer to accept and process data in the same manner as another computer without modifying the data or the media upon which it is being transferred. 2) the ability of one device to connect to or communicate with another system or component. components: Elements or parts (of a system) which make up the whole (system). computer program: A set of instructions written for a computer that enable it to achieve a desired result. computer system: A combination of hardware, software, firmware, and peripheral components assembled to process data into useful information.
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Do you know there's a Stickies app that comes pre-installed on the Mac? If this is the first time you have heard about it, then you are certainly not alone. Every Mac has Stickies app that is hidden inside the Launchpad's Others folder. The app allows users to create sticky notes that can be placed on the desktop. These sticky notes make it easier for users to remind themselves of pending tasks and useful information.
What makes Stickies app even cooler is that it comes with a built-in macOS keyboard shortcut, which makes it possible for users to select any text and then automatically create a sticky note for it.
To create a sticky note of highlighted text all you have to do is press Command + Shift + Y keys from the keyboard. Once you do the macOS will launch the Stickies app, create a new sticky note and automatically paste the selected text on it.
For example, when you are browsing the Internet on the web browser of your choice and you come across useful tip, address or a phone number and you want to create a sticky note out of it. You just highlight it using the cursor and then press Command + Shift + Y keys, and a sticky note will be created.
The note is placed on the desktop where it will remind you about the highlighted text whenever you look at it. To get rid of the note you can click on the close button.


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Oracle Database provides scheduling capabilities with an inbuilt Oracle Job Scheduler. Oracle has the DBMS_SCHEDULER (dbms scheduler) package which provides a collection of scheduling functions and procedures that are callable from any PL/SQL program. We can even use SQL Developer IDE to create and schedule jobs.
In this 3 part article, we will see everything about jobs scheduling in Oracle. We will see examples and illustration code to understand things better.
In the first part of the article, we will briefly visit the components used for scheduler jobs and what are the prerequisites that need to be done before any of the component is created.
A job is the combination of a schedule and a program, along with any additional arguments required by the program. A schedule is nothing but the frequency of job execution. A job can perform a task that is defined by one of these –
A program is a collection of metadata about a particular task. The programs are not schedulable on their own. You need to define program using one of –
- PL/SQL block
- Stored Procedure
- Remote Stored Procedure
A chain is a series of programs that are linked together to perform a particular group of activities. To create a chain, you need to follow below steps –
- Create a chain
- Define the steps in the chain
- Add rules
- Enable (If you are using SQL Developer, you can skip this step as you have the option to enable chain at creation time.)
- Create a job that runs this chain as scheduled.
To create a database jobs, program, and chains we need to grant our users some privileges. To do that connect to the database using SQL plus command line and execute below code blocks. You need to connect as SYSDBA
GRANT CREATE ANY JOB TO ;
GRANT EXECUTE ON DBMS_SCHEDULER TO ;
GRANT MANAGE SCHEDULER TO ;
DBMS_RULE_ADM.GRANT_SYSTEM_PRIVILEGE(DBMS_RULE_ADM.CREATE_RULE_OBJ, '');
DBMS_RULE_ADM.GRANT_SYSTEM_PRIVILEGE(DBMS_RULE_ADM.CREATE_RULE_SET_OBJ, '');
DBMS_RULE_ADM.GRANT_SYSTEM_PRIVILEGE(DBMS_RULE_ADM.CREATE_EVALUATION_CONTEXT_OBJ, '');
For illustrations purpose, we have defined 2 tables and 3 procedures. Brief description of them is as
- JOB_PARAMETERS – To store some intermediate parameter and corresponding values
- JOB_LOG – To store logging statements.
- PROCEDURE JOB_PROC_STEP_1 – This procedure will create a random file name and put it in table job_parameters
- PROCEDURE JOB_PROC_STEP_2 – This procedure will create a file using file name generated in the above step.
- PROCEDURE JOB_PROC_STEP_3 – This procedure will update job_parameters table and mark the parameter as archived.
The code for the above illustrations can be downloaded from our GIT Repository
So far we have covered the basics of Oracle job scheduling now let's see it in action. In this part, we will go through an example of creating a job using a stored procedure.
Oracle Job Scheduler – Create a Job with Stored Procedure
As mentioned earlier, we will create a job stored procedure. We are using SQL Developer to create our Job. Depending upon the type of job you choose to create it will prompt you to define the parameters. E.g. if you choose to create PL/SQL block it will give you space to write your code. If you choose the stored procedure, then it will list down all the procedures available for that user and you can select any one of that to be scheduled as a job.
Let's see each of the steps for the same
- In the SQL developer right click on Job and select New Job (Wizard)
- You will see the below screen. Specify the name and description.
- Keep Job class as default.
- Select the "Repeating" from when to execute the job
- Click on the pencil icon, it will open up another window where you can specify when this job will be executed. Set the frequency as desired and click ok.
- You can see above how the interval is set for this job to be executed every 15 minutes.
- Click on Next. Keep default setting for step 2 and 3
- On step 4 change the priority and set it to 1 as shown below. Keep the rest of the settings as default.
- Click on Finish.
The Job is scheduled and it will be executed every 15 mins. For output purposes, I have set the job to run every 2 minutes. Below are the entries form JOB_LOG table.
If you don't want to use SQL developer, you can also use below PL/SQL to create a job and schedule it.
job_name => '"PAVANS"."ORACLE_JOB_PROC"',
job_type => 'STORED_PROCEDURE',
job_action => 'PAVANS.PKG_TEST_SCHEDULER.JOB_PROC_STEP_1',
number_of_arguments => 0,
start_date => NULL,
repeat_interval => 'FREQ=MINUTELY;INTERVAL=15',
end_date => NULL,
enabled => FALSE,
auto_drop => FALSE,
comments => 'Oracle Job');
name => '"PAVANS"."ORACLE_JOB_PROC"',
attribute => 'job_priority', value => '1');
name => '"PAVANS"."ORACLE_JOB_PROC"',
attribute => 'logging_level', value => DBMS_SCHEDULER.LOGGING_OFF);
name => '"PAVANS"."ORACLE_JOB_PROC"');
That's it for this article. We will see how we can create programs and chains in our upcoming posts. Stay tuned.
- Oracle Job Scheduler Guide With Examples – Part I
- Oracle Job Scheduler Guide With Examples – Part II
- Oracle Job Scheduler Guide With Examples – Part III
You can refer the Oracle package and table script from out Git Repository.
Download from Git
You may also be interested in our basic SQL Tutorials from scratch :
SQL For QA : Tutorial#1 – Select Query


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Teaching quality has a significant impact on academic access, retention and performance. Yet many teachers in sub-Saharan Africa, conditioned by male-dominated values in their communities, employ teaching methods that do not provide equal opportunity to participation for girls and boys. Neither do these methods take into account the individual needs of learners, especially girls.
FAWE developed the Gender-Responsive Pedagogy (GRP) model to address the quality of teaching in African schools.
The model trains teachers to be more gender aware and equips them with the skills to understand and address the specific learning needs of both sexes. It develops teaching practices that engender equal treatment and participation of girls and boys in the classroom and in the wider school community.
Features of FAWE's GRP model
The GRP model trains teachers in the design and use of gender-responsive:
- Teaching and learning materials.
- Lesson plans.
- Language in the classroom.
- Classroom interaction.
- Classroom set-up.
- Strategies to eliminate sexual harassment.
- Management of sexual maturation.
- School management systems.
- Monitoring and evaluation.
Gender-Responsive Pedagogy was initiated in 2005 and has been introduced in Burkina Faso, Chad, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
Impact of FAWE's GRP model
- Improvement in girls' retention and performance.
- Greater participation of girls' in the classroom.
- Improved gender relations within schools.
Over 6,600 teachers have benefited from FAWE's GRP training since 2005.


text: An empirical mode decomposition (EMD) was applied to 20-year (_PHONE_) time series of Maps of Absolute Dynamic Topography (MADT) distributed by the AVISO. The Hilbert-Huang transform (HHT) uses the EMD method to decompose a complicated dataset into a finite number of components, the so-called intrinsic mode functions (IMFs). As a result, low frequency and higher relationships have been found in the vicinity of the Western Drake Passage. Lee (2005) has provided a hypothesis that vortex shedding in the eastern South America might trigger El Niño in the tropical Pacific. It could provide a mechanism to explain that there exists a mechanism to trigger both phenomena simultaneously.


text: This study was made to reveal the plants used as traditional folk medicine in Yuksekova (Hakkari) situated in Southeastern of Turkey. The specimens of the plants used as folk remedies were collected and the information about the local names, the part(s) used, the ailments treated, the therapeutic effect, the preparation, the methods of administration, and the duration of treatment have been recorded. The plant specimens are kept in the Herbarium of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Marmara University. As a result of identification of the plant specimens, 25 species, used as a traditional folk medicine in Yuksekova, were determined. Among them, 18 species were wild and 7 species were cultivated plants. According to the majority of the plants which have similar usages, the plants were mostly used for urinary system diseases, wound, diabetes and stomach diseases.


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activity is once more in equilibrium with the much smaller quantity of 226Ra that survived the separation process. Assuming the concentration ratio of 210Pb to 226Ra is
100:1 in the sample after extraction, it would take 270 years to reestablish radioactive
equilibrium for 210Pb.
If Vermeer did paint Emmaus around the mid-seventeenth century, the radioactive
equilibrium would have been restored in the white lead pigment by 1960. But this was
not the case. Radiochemical analysis showed that the paint used was less than one hundred years old. Therefore, the painting could not have been the work of Vermeer. 936 Back Forward Main Menu TOC Study Guide TOC Textbook Website MHHE Website "Christ and His Disciples at Emmaus," a
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2. Write equations for the decay of 226Ra and 210Pb.
Consider the following consecutive decay series:
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half-life of A is 100 times that of B, plot the concentrations of all three species versus time on the same graph. If only A was present initially, which species would
reach radioactive equilibrium?
3. The radioactive decay rates for 210Pb and 226Ra in white lead paint taken from
Emmaus in 1968 were 8.5 and 0.8 disintegrations per minute per gram of lead
(dpm/g), respectively. (a) How many half lives of 210Pb had elapsed between 1660
and 1968? (b) If Vermeer had painted Emmaus, what would have been the decay
rate of 210Pb in 1660? Comment on the reasonableness of this rate value.
4. To make his forgeries look authentic, van Meegeren re-used canvases of old paintings. He rolled one of his paintings to create cracks in the paint to resemble old
works. X-ray examination of this painting showed not only the underlying painting, but also the cracks in it. How did this discovery reveal to the scientists that
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