if you are performing multiple single-span measurements in a sequence at different frequencies then the fast tuning speed will improve the measurement time.
Why does setting "Tuning Speed" to "Fast" speed up measurements with "Cleaner Spectrum" enabled?
When "Cleaner Spectrum" is enabled for a measurement, the FFT Width of the analyzer is set to take narrower bandwidth acquisitions and avoid spurs inherent to RF mixing process. As a result, if the span of the acquisition is greater than 24.9MHz (5665) or 100MHz (5668R), multiple spans will be acquired for the measurement. Since the LO would need to be re-tuned to cover the multiple spans, a faster tuning speed will help to decrease the total measurement time.
What's the tuning speed of my VSA device?
Refer to the Frequency Tuning Time specification for your device. Typically, Frequency Tuning Time consists of Lock Time + Settling Time to Required Accuracy. For example, for NI 5653, in Fast Configuration mode, a 50 MHz step requires 1.1 ms (the frequency lock time) + 0.75 (the frequency settling time), or 1.85 ms to lock and settle to 0.1 ppm accuracy.
Advanced: IF Filter Bandwidth
IF filter bandwidth is an important characteristic of an RF instrument and it can have significant effect on measurement speed. Not all VSA HW support setting the IF filter bandwidth property. Only super heterodyne VSA supports setting this property. NI-RFmx SpecAn automatically selects the best IF filter for the selected measurements. However, for custom measurements, IF filter bandwidth can be manually set. In some applications, wide IF filter bandwidth is highly desirable. For example, when conducting a modulation quality measurement, such as error vector magnitude (EVM), the signal analyzer needs to capture the entire modulation bandwidth to demodulate the signal. In other applications, a small IF filter bandwidth is needed. For example, when conducting an adjacent channel power measurement (ACP), which measures the level of undesired signals around the main signal channel, it is important to minimize the noise contribution coming from the instrument and cut off the power from the main signal channel. A narrowband IF filter allows the signal analyzer to maximize the IF gain to better utilize the full dynamic range of the ADC with a finite SNR. Typically, there are a few IF filter options for super-heterodyne VSAs. For example, NI PXIe-5665 has three different IF filter bandwidths that can be selected: 300kHz, 5MHz and 50MHz (IF throughpath). When it comes to increasing the measurement speed, a wide IF filter should be used. Wider IF bandwidths translate to fewer individual spectrum acquisitions and faster measurement speeds. By contrast, narrow IF bandwidth configurations require more spectrum acquisitions for a given span and lead to longer measurement times. Although the drawback of a narrow IF bandwidth is longer measurement times, using a narrow IF bandwidth can significantly improve the instrument's performance in some applications as discussed earlier [6].
Advanced: Cleaner Spectrum Property
The Cleaner Spectrum Property makes a tradeoff between obtaining the lowest noise floor or faster measurement speed. If this property is enabled, the noise floor will be cleaner at the expense of measurement time being increased. The impact on the measurement speed will depend on the hardware that is being used for the RF measurement. The following table provides the summary of trade-offs being made to obtain a cleaner spectrum:
NI 5665
Sets the FFT Width property to take narrower bandwidth (24.9MHz) acquisitions and avoid digitizer spurs. Uses IF filters (5MHz, 300kHz) to reduce the noise floor for frequencies below 80MHz.
Effect on measurement speed:
Since only half of 50MHz bandwidth is used for frequencies above 80MHz, this leads to more acquisition and longer measurement time. Below 80 MHz, the use of narrower IF filters leads to longer measurement times.
NI 5644R/5645R/5646R,
NI 5840
Sets a narrower acquisition bandwidth on the device to avoid spurs.
Effect on measurement speed:
Since only a portion of the available bandwidth is used, this leads to more acquisition and longer measurement time.
NI 5668R
To provide the best spectrum measurement, the acquisition is reduced to 100 MHz segments for any center frequency.
Effect on measurement speed:
Since only 100MHz bandwidth is used instead of the wider 320 MHz bandwidth, this leads to more acquisitions and longer measurement times.
Other devices This property is ignored.
Table 1. Cleaner Spectrum settings per RF device
For faster measurement, set the "cleaner spectrum" property to Disabled.
Frequency-Domain Measurement Settings
Span (Hz)
Span is directly proportional to the measurement time; the measurement takes longer to acquire for larger spans. Consider only acquiring the span needed for your measurement. Keep in mind that when the RBW filter is enabled, the actual acquisition span for your measurement will be slightly larger than the specified span. The RBW filter is enabled by default.
Figure 7. Acquisition Span
Once you set the span for your measurement, NI-RFmx SpecAn will automatically select the IF Filter Bandwidth and FFT width (effective bandwidth) that is appropriate for the specified span. For some of the span values, FFT width would not necessarily be equal to the specified span. This is the case when "Cleaner Spectrum" property is enabled and the span is greater than 24.9MHz (5665). Refer to Table 1.
Refer to Spectral Measurements for more details.
For some measurements, such as adjacent channel power (ACP), the total span of the measurement is controlled by integration bandwidth of the main channel as well as the number of adjacent (offset) channels. To reduce the overall span of the measurement and increase the measurement speed, consider reducing the number of measured offset channels within the constraints of the measurement requirements.
RBW Filter Width (Hz)
A traditional swept spectrum analyzer reports the spectrum as seen through an RBW filter with filter characteristics that affect the power measurement. For FFT-based instruments, this behavior is achieved by emulating the RBW filter digitally.
Figure 8. RBW Filter comparison
As the RBW is lowered, the resolution in the frequency domain becomes finer, allowing the individual frequency domain peaks to become visible. A narrow RBW lowers the displayed average noise floor (DANL) of the analyzer, thereby improving the sensitivity of the instrument. Moreover, a narrow RBW also increases the dynamic range of the spectrum analyzer. However, this is only applicable for narrowband signals, such as sine waves, with bandwidths that fit entirely within a frequency bin. Modulated signals with signal power that spans several frequency bins will have their peak powers reduced by the same amount as the noise floor, leaving the final dynamic range the same.
The trade-off of using a narrow RBW is that it requires a longer acquisition time, meaning more samples, longer transfer time, longer computation time, and overall slower measurement speed. In addition, since the type of the RBW filter affects the total span required for the measurement, certain RBW filter types will lead to higher measurement times than others. The following table summarizes the RBW filter type options available in RFmx SpecAn:
Figure 9. RBW filter types
Unless required by a particular standard, consider increasing the RBW to further improve the measurement speed. Furthermore, for faster spectral measurements set the RBW Filter type to "FFT Based", which effectively turns off RBW filtering. Based on the spectrum configuration, setting the filter type to "FFT based" can give up to 10x+ speed improvement compared to other filter types. For faster time domain measurements, set RBW filter to FFT Based.
Figure 10. Gaussian –2230ms
Figure 11. FFT Based –200ms
White paper: Resolution Bandwidth (RBW)
Sweep Time
RFmx acquires and digitally processes signals using a windowed FFT followed by digital RBW filtering to obtain the spectrum.
Figure 12. Digital processing of acquired signal
In this approach, sweep time determines the signal acquisition time and is inversely proportional to RBW as shown below.
Since the sweep time effectively controls the acquisition time for the measurement, for faster measurement speed consider reducing the sweep time to the minimum value as required by the measurement. For example, when conducting a channel power measurement, CHP on 10ms LTE FDD frame, consider setting the sweep time to 1ms which corresponds to the duration of one LTE sub-frame. Also, to increase repeatability of the results, use a digital trigger synchronized with the start of the LTE frame to always make sure the measurement is done on the same part of the signal. The sweep time also applies when performing adjacent channel power measurements, ACP. If Sweep time is set to "Auto", the measurement sets the sweep time to the following value (in seconds):
 - 1/RBW; when the RBW filter is FFT based
 - 10/RBW; for other RBW filter types
Typically, to improve repeatability of ACP measurements, longer sweep times are needed. However, longer sweep times also lead to longer measurement times. To achieve measurement repeatability without sacrificing measurement time, the sweep time can be kept short and a digital trigger can be used to ensure that the same portion of the incoming RF signal is used each time for the measurement.
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Figure 13. WCDMA ACP measurement (a) Sweep Time=1ms (b) Sweep Time=2ms
ACP: Measurement Method Property
ACP measurement supports three measurement methods based on the requirement of measurement speed


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What do you think?There's an equivocation on 4. 'music'. You want it to mean music as such, and also this particular piece of music which is a percussion piece.
Sorry for the confusion. My latest example was not meant to be merged with the previous examples. It was meant to stand alone. What I mean is, #4 'music' can simply be thought of as 'that which the composer wrote'. #1 is now 'percussion' or 'percussion section' (rhythm section), not percussion piece. So, just as anything found in the Bible is "of the Bible" or 'Biblical', anything found in the music is "of the music" or 'musical'. In this case, the composer included percussion in the piece s/he composed, and even if the percussion section consisted of pots and pans being hit with sticks, they are a part of this music and must be considered 'musical'. So the author (me) is not being equivocal, but instead just states how the percussion (even if the composer wrote for pots and pans in the parts) is musical even though the composer didn't write a melodic line for the percussion, in the same way the original author's point was that the doctrine was Biblical, even if the author(s) of the Bible didn't write the formula in a single statement.
The 4. 'Bible' must be the ultimate determiner of what is 2. 'Biblical doctrine'.
However, 4. 'this piece of music' cannot be the ultimate determiner of what is 2. 'musical'.
The #4 'Bible' is the determiner of what is 'Biblical'. Are you sure that #4 'Music' cannot be the determiner of what is 'musical'? I would think even dynamic markings, tempo markings, and even articulations which the composer indicated in the music, can be considered as being "of the music" and therefore, musical.
I don't think you'll ever write a strictly parallel analogy, because the concepts involved in the original are different and possibly unique.
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Healing children's smiles. Making the world a better place.
At Operation Smile, they measure themselves by the joy they see on children's faces. They're more than a charity. More than an NGO. They're a mobilized force of medical professionals and caring hearts who provide safe, effective reconstructive surgery for children born with facial deformities such as cleft lip and cleft palate.
More than 200,000 children are born with a severe cleft condition each year — often unable to eat, speak, socialize or smile. In some places these children are shunned and rejected…in too many cases, their parents can't afford to give them the surgeries they need to live a normal life.
That's where Operation Smile comes in. Since 1982, through the help of dedicated medical volunteers, Operation Smile has provided free surgeries to children in more than 50 countries, healing their smiles and bringing hope for a better future.
Thanks to the generosity and spirit of volunteerism shown by Operation Smile supporters, they heal thousands of children per year. Today, more than 135,000 girls and boys have a chance at a new life because of their work. With more support from people around the world, think about how many more smiles could be saved tomorrow.
Every dollar counts. Every gift helps change a hurting child's life.
GIFTS TRANSFORM LIVES:
- For a little as $240, a supporter can help provide a cleft lip or cleft palate surgery. This surgery can change a child's life forever and can take as few as 45 minutes.
- Contributions in excess of surgical costs are invested into sustainability programs, which empower Operation Smile partner countries to treat more children on their own.
- Operation Smile has more than 4,000 credentialed medical volunteers ready to donate their time and talent. Supporting gifts help send them to countries where desperate children are waiting to be healed.
GIFTS HELP TRAIN HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS:
- They have a worldwide network of teaching hospitals and university partners, including Duke University, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Penn State Hershey Medical Center and many others.
- Gifts help support their life-support training programs worldwide. Today, Operation Smile is authorized by the American Heart Association to function as a global and mobile International Training Organization.
- Their annual Physicians' Training Program (PTP) brings doctors and nurses from around the world to the United States for advanced training in their specialized fields.
GIFTS BUILD AWARENESS AND LEADERSHIP:
- Their International Foundations and U.S. Chapters raise funds, recruit volunteers and raise awareness on a grassroots level.
- With support, Operation Smile continues to lead the way in effective, safe surgeries worldwide through medical diplomacy and research.
- 600 Operation Smile Student Clubs in the United States and around the world build awareness, conduct grassroots fundraising and educate students about values of commitment, leadership and volunteerism.
- The World Care Program brings children and young adults to the U.S. and other countries for surgeries that are too complicated to be performed during in-country missions.
For more information, please check out Operation Smile.


I've got a strange problem with our terminal servers. Here in the office we run two terminal servers that both employees inside the office at their workstations and outside the office at home and abroad connect to for work.
A user connected to a remote session on the terminal server from a workstation inside the same LAN can stay connected indefinitely until he/she terminates the connection, even if they sit idle for a while (which is how it should be).
However, it's a different story for users connecting from the outside WAN world. A WAN terminal server connection will be automatically terminated if they sit idle for a few minutes.
I tested this by moving my computer from inside our LAN to a DMZ, connecting it to an extra port on the router and thus going around the LAN so it's seen as a box from the WAN. Sure enough, my terminal services connection died after I sat idle for a few minutes. Rejoined the LAN, and it stayed connected indefinitely.
So what could cause this difference between WAN and LAN terminal services connections? How can I change things so that a user from the WAN can stay connected to our terminal servers without being booted for idle time?


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Ever-increasing computational power, along with ever-more sophisticated statistical computing techniques, is making it possible to fit ever-more complex statistical models. Among the more computationally intensive methods, the Gibbs sampler is popular because of its simplicity and power to effectively generate samples from a high-dimensional probability distribution. Despite its simple implementation and description, however, the Gibbs sampler is criticized for its sometimes slow convergence, especially when it is used to fit highly structured complex models. Here we present partially collapsed Gibbs sampling strategies that improve the convergence by capitalizing on a set of functionally incompatible conditional distributions. Such incompatibility generally is avoided in the construction of a Gibbs sampler, because the resulting convergence properties are not well understood. We introduce three basic tools (marginalization, permutation, and trimming) that allow us to transform a Gibbs sampler into a partially collapsed Gibbs sampler with known stationary distribution and faster convergence.
Bibliographical noteFunding Information:
David A. van Dyk is Professor, Department of Statistics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697 (E-mail: _EMAIL_). Taeyoung Park is Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 (E-mail: _EMAIL_). This project was supported in part by National Science Foundation grant DMS-01-04129, DMS-04-38240, and DMS-04-06085 and by National Aeronautic and Space Administration contracts NAS8-39073 and NAS8-03060 (CXC).
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Statistics and Probability
- Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty


Slime Twister (Click Here) and Slop-stacle Course (Click Here).
Back to Top Jello Belly Flop
In the winter, have a belly flop contest in a baby pool full of Jello. Lay a tarp over a big old mattress under the baby pool.
Idea by Young Life
Also see Jello Twister (Click Here).
Back to Top Joust : Sick & Twisted
Just like Joust (Click Here), only played outside over a baby pool filled with gross ingredients (oatmeal, instant potatoes, etc.). You can either use buckets or a 4x4 plank of sturdy wood long enough to reach across your pool. (Prop up the ends of your plank so the pool is not crushed).
Two contestants with Nerf joust sticks (or pool noodles) and helmets battle on the plank to knock each other off into the pool.
Lots of preparation required and safety consciousness on this one. Make sure the board doesn't get too slippery. You might even want gymnastic mats around the pool.
Play near a bathroom and have towels (or a hose) handy for clean-up.
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Back to Top King of Goats
Outdoor or Indoor. Choose a "goat" from the group (or one from each team) and have it removed while the groups are given instructions. The crowd (one group) is instructed to stand on the sidelines and shout instructions to the goat, while the circle group (the other group) is told to form a circle holding hands. The goat is to be put in the center of the circle blindfolded.
At the signal, the goat is to start chasing the circle and the circle is to move as a whole to avoid being caught. When the goat is ready to start, the circle group is instructed in his presence to move silently and to make no sound. The goat is to listen to the sideline crowd for instructions where to go to catch the circle. As soon as the start signal is given, the crowd starts shouting instructions to the goat, such as, "Go to the right, the right, now go back, straight ahead."
The minute the game starts, the circle team, instructed before the goat arrived, immediately disbands and joins the crowd, leaving the goat in a an empty field. Let the goat run for a short time or until the goat guesses what is going on.
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Back to Top Land Mines
Materials needed:
water balloons for outside
styrofoam cups for inside.
Set up a "mine field" by randomly placing the water balloons (or cups) in a marked section of ground. A concrete slab or basketball court works well for this. Grass also works, but you will need to set boundaries.
Divide students into teams of 4 or 5. Give each team a blindfold. Put the blindfolds on one member of each team. The point of the game is for the team to get across the mine field with the fewest casualties the fastest.
If a person touches a mine he/she is out (if it bursts water on them, it just makes it more fun). A quick twist can be that if a person is out, then the ref makes it known by pouring a glass of water on their head. The team members must be their eyes and tell them which way to go. The blindfolded people crossing the field must stay within the set boundaries, and only one person per team may be on the mine field at a time (so they can't lead them by touch). Team members help each other by shouting directions. Works best if mines are close together and if teams are close together. Sponsors may yell out random directions to try to throw them off.
The trick is (don't tell the kids this until after it's over) for the person in the mine field to pick out a certain voice and listen to that one voice.
The Point: Just like we need to listen to God's voice instead of all the voices that the world throws at us.
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Back to Top Line Tag
This works great in a gym with lots of lines or an AWANA circle.
-No one may step off the line.
-When you are tagged, you are "dazed and confused". Sit down!
-You may not go around anyone, including the dazed and confused, unless you are 'it'.
-You may not cut corners; hence, you must step on the intersection of the line.
'It' tends to get tired quick, so when this happens, tell 'it' to choose a "lovely assistant" to trap people easier. Make sure the lovely assistant walks, not runs.
You can also use the same concept for line basketball and line soccer, depending on your facility.
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Back to Top Marshmallow Splat Ball
Outdoor or Indoor. Have students wear grubby clothes that can be thrown away. Divide into 4 or more teams and arm each person with a small Styrofoam plate and 4 marshmallows.
Give each team captain (adult) a different color dipping sauce (we used Mustard, Red, & Green Catsup, and Chocolate Syrup, but you can use your imagination). Then map out the boundaries, and send each team to a corner of the playing field as a designated area to load up. Fill each plate with the splat substance. Then tell them to dip and on your signal begin throwing them at the other teams. The team with the most hits wins, but once the slime pellets start to fly no one cares.
When they run out of marshmallows they can either pick one up from the ground, and re-dip, or run back to the supply station until the ammo runs out. When the fun was done we had a contest to see which team could pick up the most marshmallows. The prize was dumping a bottle of maple syrup over a leader's head (stolen from the 'Ten Bags of Doom'). We serve a fun God!
Added by Jon Nowlin
Also see Ten Bags of Doom! (Click Here).
Back to Top Melon Fest
Watermelon Helmet Contest
That's right, have each team carve a helmet (or helmets) out of watermelons. You can go for the gladiator look or more of the Darth Vador look. Team members must wear helmets throughout the event.
Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest
(Need I explain?)
Cantaloupe Bowling
Create a bowling alley in the parking lot and set up 2 liter bottles at the end. Leave the 2 liters full and give a bonus if you bust the 2 liter bottles open.
Melon Armor
Give each team a ball of string, a roll of duct tape, a knife, and about 5 of each melon. Have each team dress one of their team members in FULL MELON ARMOR. That's right, dress up this person in as much armor, made of melons, as humanly possible. (You might want to make the team member a guy!)
Watermelon Toss
You guessed it! Get your two strongest guys to do the age old egg toss (line up facing each other, toss to team mate, back up a step, toss back, and so on...) but with a much heavier item! CAN'T hit the ground. Last pair still tossing wins!
Seedless Watermelon Eating Contest
Bring 2 representatives from each team up front-- an eater and a cutter. At "Go" the cutter starts cutting watermelon for the eater to eat. Eater scarfs down as many watermelons down in a given period of time.
Ultimate Cantaloupe
This is just like Ultimate Frisbee... but with a cantaloupe! Divide into two teams, each trying to get to the opposite end zone. Instead of a kick-off, just have one team start on their side of the field. When a player catches the cantaloupe, they can take only 3 steps then they must throw/toss it. Team work their way down the field, passing to each other until a team scores. If the team's melon hits the ground, it's the other teams ball (frisbee actually).
 An added twist: if one team busts the cantaloupe, the other team automatically scores (have extra cantaloupes available). No knocking the melon down, like in ultimate frisbeein Ultimate Cantaloupe, it always goes to the opposite team of the last person to touch it before it hits the ground. Defensive players must give any person already holding a cantaloupe at least 3 feet clearance.
Bobbing for Melons
This game requires a pool or some other large body of water. You can play this many waysone way is to fill a pool with all kinds of melons, even a few vegetables of choice (cucumbers, squash, etc.) Then give a team a certain amount of time to retrieve the melons, vegetables, etc.
Increase the degree of difficulty by doing this at night with no lights, or putting Vasoline all over the watermelon.
Steal the Melon
That's right. Plain ol' "Steal the Bacon" with greased watermelon in the center. (Line up two teams facing each other, number them off, call a number and that person has to grab the watermelon and get it back to their side).
Also see Watermelon Polo (Click Here).
Back to Top Mess Mix
Get 30 cut-up pieces of paper. Have 10 blank and on the other 20 put different types of "Mess" (examples: Pie in face, Syrup on head, etc.). Be prepared for a big mess by telling kids


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Estudio fitosociológico de los bosques de Nothofagus glauca (Phil.) Krasser del Centro-Sur de Chile
[A phytosociological study of the Nothofagus glauca (Phil.) Krasser woodlands of South-Central Chile]
Amigo, Javier; San Martín, José; García Quintanilla, Luis
This study characterized the woodlands dominated by the deciduous Chilean endemic species Nothofagus glauca (local name hualo) in the Cordillera de la Costa and foothills of the Andes, between latitudes 35° and 37° South. Fieldwork and subsequent analysis followed Braun-Blanquet methodology, and considered both hualo-dominated woodland and the associated scrub communities arising after disturbance. These woodlands are considered to form part of a single association, which we denominate Bomareo salsillae-Nothofagetum glaucae ass. nova. The syntaxonomic position of the new association is discussed, and a new suballiance including it is proposed, Nothofagenion glauco-alessandri suball. nova.


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AssebArticle Free Pass
Formerly a terminus of caravan routes across the arid Denakil Plain, the Asseb coastal strip was acquired by Italian shipping interests in 1869 and in 1882 became the first Italian colonial possession in Africa. Under Italian rule, the port became a free-trade zone for landlocked Ethiopia and was connected by road to Dese, in the Ethiopian highlands on the Addis Ababa–Asmara highway. After Eritrea's federation with Ethiopia in 1952 (and incorporation in 1962), Asseb became an important port of entry for the southern and central parts of the country. It eventually handled 70 percent of Ethiopia's export-import trade, acquired a small naval garrison, and in 1967 became the site of Ethiopia's first petroleum refinery. After the secession of Eritrea in 1993, Asseb remained an open port for Ethiopia. Besides the refinery, the town has a saltworks and a water distillation plant. Pop. (2002 est.) 21,300.
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text: The synthesis and characterization of mullite composite nanocrystaline from high-silica kaolin sampled from Tianyang County of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is presented in this paper. Rough kaolin is firstly grounded and processed to remove impurities, iron and carbon before burned to produce composite oxides with mullite as major components. The composite oxides are further synthesized into composite mullite nanocrystaline by using hydrothermal crystallization process under low temperature and normal pressure. Tests on the composite nanocrystalline by TEM, TG-TDA, and X-ray diffraction methods show that the nanocrystalline range in size from 40 to 100 nm and are well textured. They also show significantly enhanced thermal stability at temperature as high as 1000oC.


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Horace Mann alumnus Amos Kamil uncovered decades of sexual abuse at his school in a shocking New York Times Magazine cover story.
Here are some highlights from the article:
-Shortly after Kamil arrived at the school, he was warned by another student about certain teachers who were known as perverts.
-One former student says his art teacher, Mark Wright, asked to draw a portrait of him after-hours. He then allegedly made the boy strip and assaulted him.
-The same teacher performed physicals for boys' sports and allegedly assaulted boys then.
-Another teacher, Stanley Kops, coached the swim team and was known to allegedly join the boys in the shower. He later resigned after allegations of misconduct and committed suicide.
-Johannes Somary was a brilliant music teacher who allegedly took one student on solo trips to Europe, where the student accuses him of rape.
-Another student, Ben, eventually admitted to his parents he had a sexual relationship with Somary. When his mother confronted the teacher he said "That's how we Swiss kiss!" Ben eventually committed suicide.
-When the author tried to contact the school, they said: "The article contains allegations dating back, in some instances, 30 years, long before the current administration took office, which makes it difficult to accurately respond to the factual allegations therein. In addition, on June 13, 1984, there was a fire in the attic of the business office that destroyed some records."
-The school has since released this letter to parents responding to the article.


'Show Us Who You Are'
The Role of Social Media in Creating Personal Identity
Many people in the world use social media as a public personal diary. Individuals narrate their lives, reveal personal details, promote themselves and even talk to themselves. Anyone can be a public raconteur. Some even become viral raconteurs. In the session, we will reflect on the different types of narratives that are used in the world of social media and how people play with their own identities.


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Q: What was the precise cause of death in those who were crucified?
A: The cause of death from crucifixion has long been a source of debate among pathologists (for a recent review, see "Execution by crucifixion", by J. E. Holoubek and A. B. Holoubek, Journal of Medicine vol 26, p1).
For many years it was believed that the principal cause of death was asphyxiation, a conclusion based on eyewitness accounts of the crucifixion of prisoners of the Austro-Hungarian army in the First World War, and of concentration camp inmates at Dachau.
Victims left hanging by their arms, their feet off the ground, were seen to have severe difficulty exhaling which was caused by hyperexpansion of the lungs, and drew themselves up by their arms to relieve their suffering. After a short while the muscles of the victims went into spasms and, unable to lift themselves and exhale, they died...
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When animal performance and growth rates of animals do not meet target weights, when production levels or reproductive performance of mature animals is poor…..MINERAL DEFICIENCIES ARE THE MOST LIKELY CAUSE.
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What are the causes of trace mineral deficiencies and imbalances soils and animals?
- The soils are depleted on one or more trace elements and livestock could be grazing on poor quality pastures
- Nutrient intake may be limited by low feed availability
- Worm burden can reduce the absorption of minerals
- Mineral deficiencies can predispose livestock to production limiting diseases such as gastrointestinal parasitism
- Forage fibre may be resistant to ruminal digestion
- Seasonal mineral deficiencies can be the result of climatic conditions, delayed arrival of rain to start the usual growth season, drought or the early closure of the growth season because of the absence of rain
- The overzealous use of chemical fertiliser can produce a copper and cobalt deficiency
- Rapid "lush" pasture growth due to favourable climatic conditions can also result in greatly reduced mineral levels in the pasture
TNN Mineral Plus for Cattle and Sheep is a trace element that will increase dietary intake of certain tract minerals where intake by livestock may be low. TNN Mineral Plus employs a unique chelation process to assist in mineral uptake.
- Reducing Sugars
- Crude Protein Equivalent
- Micro Fine Kelp. Increases the digestive function of all ruminants to give optimal digestion of food intake.


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Busy hands build strong minds! Learn about the human skull with this fun 4D anatomy model. Comes with 17 detailed, realistic bones to show the skull structure. Challenge your critical thought and mental acuity. Build dexterity, fine motor skills and problem solving skills. Reinforce learning through hands-on exploration! The model is 5.75″ in size and comes with a display stand, illustrated assembly guide, and a learning guide with the description of the anatomy and how a human skull works along with some fun questions to test your knowledge!
Ages 8 - 98


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Captain Falcon (SSB)/Down aerial
Captain Falcon stomps below him, dealing 14% damage. The move's hitbox lasts a very long time, but it has very quick startup. The move functions as a meteor smash, striking airborne opponents downwards when they are hit by the move. The move's reach is also extended by a small hitbox above Captain Falcon's legs. The move is a powerful meteor smash (even if it hits during the latter frames), and it can KO at moderately low percentages offstage. Due to the move having high power throughout the entire duration, it can easily be used after an edge drop and a midair jump to cover the area around Falcon, being very difficult for most recovering characters to get past. If the move is used on a grounded opponent, it produces very weak knockback that only just lifts them off the ground at around 80-90%, though at around 80% it can lead into an up smash to get the opponent into the air, and at around 100-150% (depending on the falling speed of the opponent) it can lead straight into a back aerial or occasionally a neutral aerial for a KO. Used on a grounded opponent at lower to moderate percentages, it can also tech-chase rather easily. This can be performed out of a short hop or after an aerial down aerial onstage. In addition to this, it can be used effectively with the help of platforms; for example, Falcon can use it almost immediately after dropping through a soft platform. Additionally, a down aerial can be used on a grounded opponent right next to the edge of the stage to combo into another down aerial, a forward smash, or even a Falcon Punch.
Captain Falcon can also perform a Ken Combo variation by jumping, using his back aerial (at lower percentages) or forward aerial (at moderate percentages), jumping again and using a down aerial to meteor smash the opponent. A down aerial can also be used to finish a string of up aerials. According to Ken himself, the Ken Combo was initially developed in Smash 64 using an up aerial → down aerial combo with Captain Falcon.


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Decomposition Analyses Applied to a Complex Ultradian Biorhythm: The Oscillating NADH Oxidase Activity of Plasma Membranes Having a Potential Time-Keeping (Clock) Function
Seasonal decomposition analyses were applied to the statistical evaluation of an oscillating activity for a plasma membrane NADH oxidase activity with a temperature compensated period of 24 min. The decomposition fits were used to validate the cyclic oscillatory pattern. Three measured values, average percentage error (MAPE), a measure of the periodic oscillation, mean average deviation (MAD), a measure of the absolute average deviations from the fitted values, and mean standard deviation (MSD), the measure of standard deviation from the fitted values plus R-squared and the Henriksson-Merton p value were used to evaluate accuracy.
Decomposition was carried out by fitting a trend line to the data, then detrending the data if necessary, by subtracting the trend component. The data, with or without detrending, were then smoothed by subtracting a centered moving average of length equal to the period length determined by Fourier analysis. Finally, the time series were decomposed into cyclic and error components. The findings not only validate the periodic nature of the major oscillations but suggest, as well, that the minor intervening fluctuations also recur within each period with a reproducible pattern of recurrence. biological clockdecomposition analysesultradian rhythmtemperature compensationcircadian rhythmcultured cells.
Foster, Ken; Anwar, Nasim; Pogue, Rhea; MorrE, Dorothy M.; Keenan, T. W.; and Morr', D. James
"Decomposition Analyses Applied to a Complex Ultradian Biorhythm: The Oscillating NADH Oxidase Activity of Plasma Membranes Having a Potential Time-Keeping (Clock) Function,"
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Fetch! First clear evidence that dogs do not naturally distinguish objects by shape
22 November 2012
University of Lincoln
Researchers have provided the first empirical evidence that the way in which dogs relate words to objects is fundamentally different to humans.
Many pet owners marvel at their dog's ability to fetch different objects such as toys on instruction, perceiving this as evidence that the dog 'understands' these words in a similar way to us.
Psychologists and animal behaviour specialists from the University of Lincoln in the UK have shown through a series of unique behavioural experiments that the mental lexicon of domestic dogs is constructed in a substantially different manner to our own.
The findings, published in the peer-reviewed online journal PLOS ONE, may help to advance understanding of the foundations of language in humans and the critical differences with other species.
From the onset of word learning, young children generalise names to new objects on the basis of shape, and continue to do so as adults – a tendency known as'shape bias'. This is crucial to language development because it enables children to assign new objects to pre-established classes - for example, to recognise that a tennis ball and a football both belong to the category 'ball'.
The Lincoln researchers found that when dogs are introduced to new words to refer to new objects, they first generalise based on object size, then on object texture. Unlike humans, they do not appear to naturally discriminate based on shape.
The study was conducted by Dr Emile van der Zee from the University of Lincoln's School of Psychology with Helen Zulch and Professor Daniel Mills from the University's School of Life Sciences.
Dr van der Zee said: "A number of recent studies have suggested that the domestic dog's word comprehension is human-like. Arguments have been made to refute this claim but until now there has been no clear empirical evidence to resolve the debate. Our findings bring a fundamental new insight into this discussion and add to our understanding of the cognitive equipment necessary for true human word learning."
Dr van der Zee and his colleagues worked with a five-year-old border collie called Gable who had shown remarkable abilities to learn new object words.
They devised four different challenges for Gable to determine the extent and nature of his word comprehension.
On a number of occasions a selection of ten different objects known to Gable were placed in an enclosure out of sight of Gable and the researchers, and he was then given a verbal instruction to fetch a particular object from the ten.
Initial tests confirmed that Gable could easily distinguish between toys he knew well.
It was when the researchers introduced new words and novel objects of varying shape, size and texture that Gable began to reveal the absence of shape bias in his choices.
He appeared to make distinctions based first on object size, then, when he had longer to become familiar with the new objects, on the basis of texture. Object shape appeared to have no influence.
The researchers concluded that the mental lexicon - the long-term mental store containing sound-to-meaning mappings – appears to be fundamentally different in dogs and humans, both in terms of how it is built (word knowledge development) and in how it operates (word reference quality).
Dr van der Zee added: "This would suggest that an important factor in the natural structuring of the mental lexicon may be the way in which sensory information is organised in a particular species. The human visual system is tuned to detect object shape for the purpose of object recognition. In our experiments we excluded Gable using scent cues. It seems that his visual system and sensory cues linked to his mouth region are focused not on shape, but on size and texture. Only future experiments will reveal what role scent plays for the dog in generalising words. It is only by comparing other species with humans that we can find out more about the neural and genetic foundations of word reference in language."
Besides the significance for researchers interested in the roots of language development, awareness of the absence of shape bias in dogs may also inform refinements to the training programmes for pets, working dogs or assistance animals.
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Tribute Equine Nutrition Wellness System
The effectiveness of a nutrition program is often evaluated by observation of Body Condition Score but this gives an incomplete picture.
The Henneke Body Condition Scoring system was developed in the 1980s to measure the horse's body fat over 6 areas of the horse's body and then rates the combined evaluations on a scale of 1-9 see Henneke Scale here. It can be complicated by conformation, breed, and fitness.
Equine science has evolved considerably since the original body scoring system and we now know that fat coverage over the ribs is the most accurate place to determine if a horse is taking in too many or too few calories.
Discreet fat deposits over the crest of the neck and on either side of the tail-head are more indicative of equine metabolic syndrome and/or insulin resistance than merely too many calories. It suggests the horse is sensitive to the NSC (non-structural carbohydrate = sugar + starch) content of the diet. Thus, we need to alter the type of calories fed to these horses by providing more calories from fat and fiber and reducing the intake of traditional grains and molasses.
Topline evaluation is more indicative of amino acid status than fat cover, except in obese horses. If a horse is a body score over the ribs of 6 or less, that crease is most likely due to muscle, not fat.
The Tribute® Equine Nutrition Wellness System combines evaluations of fat cover, topline muscling and discreet fat deposits to give a more holistic picture of horse condition.
Henneke Body Scoring System


sound intensity terms - acoustic glossary
Acoustic Glossary
Sound Intensity Terms
Sound Intensity
Sound Intensity is the sound energy flowing through a specified area - the product of the sound pressure and the acoustic particle velocity.
Sound Intensity Definition IEC 801-21-38, sound energy flux in a specified direction and sense through an area perpendicular to that direction, divided by the area.
Sound Intensity (I) is a vector quantity, having both magnitude and direction of the sound energy flow.
Sound Intensity is also known as the sound energy flux density and the sound power density.
Sound Intensity Relationships;
Sound Intensity = sound pressure × particle velocity.
Sound Intensity = (sound pressure)² ÷ acoustic impedance
Sound Intensity = (particle velocity)² × acoustic impedance
The Sound Intensity Unit is the watt per square metre (W/m²), however the immense range of human hearing, 0.000000000001 W/m² up to 20 W/m² or more, means the W/m² is not practical for everyday use. The sound intensity level in decibels neatly solves this problem.
Sound Intensity Level
Sound Intensity Level is the logarithmic ratio of the measured sound intensity to the reference sound intensity in decibels.
Sound Intensity Level Formula, Li = 10 log (I/Io) dB, where I is the sound intensity in W/m² and Io is the reference sound intensity of 10-12 W/m².
Thus converting the W/m² (watts per square metre) levels into the more manageable range of 0 to 140 dB as the following list demonstrates.
140 dB = 100 W/m² (watts per metre squared)
130 dB = 10 W/m²
123 dB = 2 W/m²
120 dB = 1 W/m² ≡ threshold of pain
100 dB = 0.10 W/m²
 80 dB = 0.0001 W/m²
 60 dB = 0.000001 W/m²
 40 dB = 0.00000001 W/m²
 20 dB = 0._PHONE_ W/m²
 0 dB = 0.000000000001 W/m² = 10-12 W/m² the threshold of hearing
Sound Intensity Level (LI) uses the 10 log equation, so, as a rule of thumb:
 3 dB = a factor of 2 in sound intensity
 10 dB = a factor of 10 in sound intensity
 20 dB = a factor of 100 in sound intensity
 30 dB is a factor of 1000
 40 dB is a factor of 10000
Sound Intensity Level Definition IEC 801-22-06, logarithm of the ratio of a given intensity of sound, in a stated direction to the reference sound intensity. Such intensity level in decibels is ten times the logarithm to the base ten of the ratio, and is also known as the sound energy flux density level.
Note : unless otherwise specified, the reference sound intensity is 1 pW/m²
Sound intensity Level is also known as the SIL
See also our sound level calculations page and the IEC Definition of Level
Sound Intensity Levels are measured with a sound intensity probe to establish both the sound pressure and the particle velocity levels - more details.
Sound Intensity Related Terms - listed alphabetically
Active Sound Intensity
Active Sound Intensity is the propagating part of a sound field, producing a net flow of sound energy, predominant in the free sound field.
Effective Sound Intensity
Effective Sound Intensity is the root-mean-square of the instantaneous sound intensity, over a given period of time.
Instantaneous Sound Intensity
Instantaneous Sound Intensity is the sound intensity at a specific point in the sound field.
Instantaneous Sound Intensity Definition IEC 802-01-10, acoustic energy flow rate in the direction of propagation per unit area normal to the direction of propagation.
Note : instantaneous intensity is the product of instantaneous acoustic pressure and instantaneous particle velocity.
Lk under pressure intensity index
Phase Index under pressure intensity index
PI Index under pressure intensity index
Pressure Gradient under sound intensity pressure gradient
Pressure Intensity Index
Pressure Intensity Index is the difference between the sound pressure and the sound intensity, a good guide to the quality of the measurement - also known as Lk and PI Index.
In a free-field environment the sound pressure = sound intensity so the pressure-intensity index = 0.
In reactive sound fields, the sound pressure may be 20 dB higher than the sound intensity. A high pressure-intensity index indicates that accurate sound intensity measurements will be difficult.
(previously known as the phase index or reactivity index) Bruel and Kjaer.
Pressure Residual Intensity Index
Pressure-residual Intensity Index for a given measurement system, is the difference between the indicated sound intensity level and the measured sound pressure level, when exactly the same signal is fed into the two channels of the sound intensity analysing system. Ideally the pressure residual intensity should be 'zero' but in practice the difference is due to any phase mismatch between channels.
The difference is also known as the residual intensity and some use the term Lkvo
Because the microphones have to be included in the measurement of residual intensity, specialised calibrators are required - like the Bruel & Kjaer sound intensity calibrator.
Reactive Sound Intensity
Reactive Sound Intensity, the part of a sound field that does not contribute to the net flow of sound energy, however it influences the intensity pressure index and therefore the 'quality' of the measurement.
Reactivity Index under pressure intensity index
Reference Sound Intensity
Reference Sound Intensity (Io) = 10-12 W/m² = 0dB ≡ the threshold of hearing at 1Khz
Used in the calculation of sound intensity levels in decibels for the more practical range of 0 to 120 dB, instead of 0.000000000001 to 1 W/m² - see our dB and W/m² comparison table.
Other acoustic reference quantities
Residual Sound Intensity under pressure-residual intensity index.
Sound Intensity Inverse Square Law under Inverse Square Law
Sound Intensity Measurements
Sound Intensity is the product of the sound pressure and particle velocity, beyond the scope of sound level meters. However both quantities can be measured using a sound intensity probe and the associated instrumentation.
Sound Intensity Pressure Gradient
Sound Intensity Pressure Gradient is the change in sound pressure with distance. So if the sound intensity pressure gradient is determined during sound intensity measurements, the particle velocity is also known.
Sound Intensity Pressure Intensity Index under pressure intensity index
Sound Intensity Probes
Sound Intensity p-p probes include two closely spaced* phase matched microphones are widely used, enabling the pressure gradient to be measured and the particle velocity to be calculated. The sound intensity is the sound pressure multiplied by the particle velocity at any given position.
* the frequency range is dependent on the distance between the microphones, so the probes are delivered with interchangeable spacers to enable measurements from 50 Hz to 10 kHz.
Sound Intensity p-u probes measure the sound pressure using a pressure microphone and the particle velocity directly using a particle velocity sensor
Sound Intensity Reactivity Index under pressure intensity index.
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homogeneous nature of the strings is both acknowledged and challenged as the piece moves between light and dark shades while retaining a sense of unease and instability.


How Do You Spell OPEA?
Correct spelling for the English word "OPEA" is [ˈə͡ʊpi͡ə], [ˈə‍ʊpiə], [ˈəʊ_p_iə] (IPA phonetic alphabet).
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What does OPEA stand for?
Abbreviation OPEA means:
 1. Outdoor Power Equipment Association
 2. Office of Planning Environmental Analysis


Question: Why Is Brazil Called Latin America?
How was Brazil's independence different from the rest of Latin America?
Brazil's independence differed from the rest of Latin America in that it was: declared and led by the Portuguese regent in Brazil, who became emperor.
Leaders of Latin American independence revolts were generally: moderates, who wanted some democratic institutions but feared the masses..
What does Mexican mean?
Are Caribbeans from Africa?
People of Afro-Caribbean descent today mainly have between 40–95% African ancestry with their remaining DNA being of non-African ancestry, such as those of European and South Asian descent, as there has been extensive intermarriage and unions among the peoples over the centuries.
What does Latin America mean?
Are Caribbeans Latino?
Are Venezuelans Latino or Hispanic?
Why is Brazil part of Latin America?
Geographically and organizationally, Brazil is considered part of Latin America. … Language: While the rest of Latin America speaks Spanish, Brazil is the lone country on the continent whose primary language is Portuguese.
Are Mexicans Latin?
Mexican refers to an inhabitant or a native of Mexico which is a Latin American country. Hispanic refers to a person who speaks Spanish, one of Latin American descent and resides in the USA.
What is the largest country in Latin America?
Why do they call it Latin America?
Latin America consists of Mexico, the Caribbean and most of Central and South America. In these countries, residents speak mostly Spanish and Portuguese. These two languages are classified as Romance languages, which are derived from Latin. So hence the name Latin America.
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CaliforniaIn 2019, California had the highest Hispanic population in the United States, with over 15.57 million people claiming Hispanic heritage. Texas, Florida, New York, and Arizona rounded out the top five states.
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Personal watercraft have a jet drive system which requires some extra precautions to avoid spreading harmful aquatic exotic species. A pump pulls water in through an opening under the craft, and the impeller (an internal propeller) forces water out, moving the craft forward. Exotic species can easily get lodged in the jet drive system and get transported if the watercraft is taken from one water body to another. A small piece of Eurasian watermilfoil, or other harmful exotic species, caught in the impeller can infest a new lake or river. Zebra mussels could live in excess water in the jet drive and spread to another body of water.
In the water:
Avoid running the engine through aquatic plants near the boat access.
After the engine has stopped, turn the watercraft over while still in the water and pull plants from the water-intake area (this may be easier than crawling under the watercraft while trailered to check for plants). Check the edges of the grate over the water-intake area.
Push or winch the watercraft up on the traler without running the engine.
After you have pulled the watercraft out of the water, start and run the engine for 5 to 10 seconds, to blow out any excess water and vegetation. (The dark, damp closed area of the impeller provides an ideal environment for exotic plants to survive).
After the engine has stopped, pull plants out of the steering nozzle.
Inspect your trailer and any other sporting equipment for aquatic plant fragments, and remove them before you leave the access.
Learn how to identify exotic species, if you believe they have spread to a new location in Ontario, please call the province-wide Invading Species Hotline at _PHONE_.


Welly Walk Thursdays
Kitted out in welly boots we take the children on a weekly walk around the village to help them connect with their local surroundings and embrace the great outdoors! Jumping in muddy puddles, building dens, climbing through bushes, exploring the woods or visiting a local farm – Welly Walk Thursdays are all about adventure!
During this time outdoors the children will be given a task or activity to complete, such as making a stick person, collecting different coloured leaves or searching for seasonal items – perhaps a conker or a tadpole!
These outdoor trips always provide a lot of fun and wonder – but they also develop practical skills such as listening and communication as the children learn the importance of staying safe and keeping together as a group.


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This is an excerpt from an upcoming article on In it I cover the 3 main physical differences between road riding and mountain biking and why these difference mean we need a very different approach to training…
Here are three things that must be considered with a mountain bike training program:
1) Slower RPMs require more muscular strength:
One of the foundations of the famous Carmichael Training System is that higher RPMs require less muscular strength and more aerobic capacity to keep going. That is why 90-110 RPMs is goal for a lot of road riders – spinning that fast produces the most power in the most energy efficient manner possible. What this means for the mountain biker, however, is completely different.
While you can keep a good, consistent spin on the road it is impossible to do on the trail. Rocks, roots and loose dirt all conspire to steal your momentum and traction and you can not just "spin" your way through them. You have to stop pedaling in certain areas, slow down in other and accelerate in yet others.
This means that, on average, a mountain biker uses a lower RPM than a road cyclist would over the same distance. The lower RPMs require more muscular strength to produce and more anaerobic strength endurance to maintain. For this reason strength training and intervals will have a more direct impact on a mountain biker's performance than a road cyclist.
2) Standing pedaling requires more core strength:
One of the reasons that mountain bikers use a slower RPM is because they are forced to stand a lot more than a road cyclist. Standing up to navigate a technical trail section or to sprint up a short, loose climb are common occurrences for the mountain biker. Because they spend more time standing, they need to gain more core strength and hip drive to be efficient in that position.
When you are sitting down the seat and seatpost help support your weight and provide a point of stability for you to drive against. When you stand up you lose those things and your core is asked to make up for it. Most riders lack the core strength to hold themselves up and provide a platform for the legs which is why they always feel "slow" on the trail when they have to stand up and lay down the horsepower.
The other thing to consider is that standing pedaling is more hip dominant than seated pedaling is. In the standing position your hips are driving straight down, making this movement more of a sprint than a jog. Because it is powered differently than seated pedaling you have to emphasize that in the mountain bikers training program.
3) Hip mobility and control is the key to technical skills:
The thing that really separates mountain biking from road riding is the technical skill required on the trail. Many a super fit roadie has been smoked on the trail by a less fit but more skilled mountain biker. More than just helping you go fast, good technical skills also keep it rubber side down, a.k.a. keep you from crashing.
The fluidity, balance and control needed to flow through technical single track require a lot of hip mobility and control. This all starts with the "attack position" where the rider is standing up with their hips back and chest down. This is the base position and from here they are balanced and neutral on the bike, setting them up for everything else.
However, most riders are locked up in the hips and lack the foundational core strength and hip mobility to get into that position. This means that instead of sliding their hips back and getting their chest down, they drop their hips down and keep their chest upright. They are essentially off balance and spend most of their time riding defensively instead of being able to let it flow.
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>> Kasp wrote:
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>> >I am a little confused with Normal Forms and BCNF.
>> >I have some relations and I am trying to determine it's normal form. I
>> >also need to decompose it to BCNF forms...Any help would be
>> >appreciated.
>> We don't just simply give answers here because that way you wouldn't learn
>> anything. But if you tell us what you do and do not understand of the
>> definitions of the normal forms and the procedures to obtain them, we will
>> be glad to give you some hints about what it is your instructor tried to
>> tell you.
>I have read the book. But I can't get started on even one question.
>How do I go about it?
>I find it pretty easy to understand with book examples...but Amake it cryptic. Can you please explain how to do any one?
That wouldn't be very instructive.
Here are the steps that need to be performed: 1. From the FDs you have to derive the candidate keys. 2. Then you check if given these derived candidate keys there is a
 dependency that violates the 2NF.
3. If it does then you split this dependency off into another relation. 4. You repeat 2. and 3. for all the resulting relations until there are no more
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After this you repeat 2, 3 and 4 for subsequently the 3NF and BCNF.
Let's start with step 1. So what does the book say about deriving candidate keys? Does it tell you what they are? Does it tell you how to derive them? Received on Wed Nov 13 2002 - 18:14:05 CET
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What is a test pattern?
It is a picture or pattern that is broadcasted so that the quality of the television picture received can be examined and improved if necessary by using the controls on the equipment.
History of test pattern
During 1939, the Indian Head test pattern was developed for testing. It often appeared just before the broadcasting started in the morning and just after the broadcast ended at night. The Indian head image was integrated into lines and patterns which was used for calibrating broadcast equipment. This was then later replaced by color bars when in the year 1960 the color television made its debut.
Color test pattern
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A new low-carbon 16Cr-5Ni stainless martensitic cast steel (S + C 4405) is presented as an advancement of CA6NM with improved corrosion resistance, excellent ductility, less susceptibility to hardening cracks, and good weldability, filling the gap between CA6NM and CF8M. The chemical composition is balanced so that a homogeneous microstructure consisting of annealed martensite with small amounts of δ-ferrite and finely dispersed austenite is obtained after hardening and tempering. Because of limited δ-ferrite, the impact values obtained correspond to CA6NM, and limited austenite still allows yield strength values comparable to those of CA6NM.
Due to its excellent ductility combined with good fabricability, the material is also suitable for cryogenic applications down to −200°C. Furthermore, favorable fatigue tests, and particularly test results in artificial seawater, show a remarkable improvement over CA6NM. Pittingand crevice-corrosion tests by the International Nickel Co. multiple-crevice tetrafluoroethylene washer method suggest a corrosion resistance between that of CA6NM and CF8M and that this steel is suitable for seawater application in connection with cathodic protection. Stress-corrosion cracking in hydrogen sulfide-containing media was investigated according to the National Association of Corrosion Engineers Specification MR-01-75, and the resistance of 16Cr-5Ni under sour-gas conditions was found to be superior to that of CA6NM. The castability of this alloy was found to be favorable and comparable to that of CA6NM.
These characteristics are important for the following applications: offshore engineering, seawater desalination, chemical and petrochemical industries, shipbuilding, cryogenics, power generation, food industry, paper machine construction, and especially for pumps, compressors, fittings, centrifuges, waterturbines, and ship propellers.
stainless martensitic cast steel, high ductility, good weldability, low-temperature application, seawater corrosion, sour-gas service, corrosion fatigue, aceticacid test
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Effect of salts on the structure-function relationships of sodium kappa-carrageenan
Carrageenans are sulfated marine polysaccharides used in a wide variety of food applications such as bodying, gelling, thickening and emulsion stabilization in waterand milk-based systems. They also find promising pharmaceutical usage due to antiinflammatory, anti-tumor and anti-coagulant activities, to name a few. Among them, kappa-carrageenan is favored owing to its desirable properties such as high gel strength and stability. Though the significance of cations on the structure-function relationships is well-documented, the role of anions is still elusive. This investigation aims at providing the pertinent details, especially in the presence of halide ions such as Cl-, Brand I-. In this regard, sodium salts as well as sodium kappa-carrageenan have been chosen as the model systems. In addition, the effect of chaotropic salts urea and guanidinium chloride has been studied to understand their influence. Dynamic rheological measurements and melting properties were obtained for 1.5% and 2% w/w solutions in the presence of 0, 50, and 100 mM salts. X-ray diffraction has been carried out on oriented fibers to assess the extent of association among the carrageenan chains towards network formation. The addition of sodium chloride, sodium bromide or guanidinium chloride appears to promote aggregation among the carrageenan chains leading to increased elastic moduli, whereas urea has marginal effect. However, sodium iodide promotes soft gelling solutions as well as well-oriented and crystalline fibers. Furthermore, melting peak temperature and associated enthalpies are higher with sodium iodide than with the other salts, suggesting the important role of iodide ions in preventing the carrageenan chain aggregation leading to ordered networks. The outcome indeed aids in the enhanced utility of kappa-carrageenan, especially towards the design and development of novel functional materials such as carriers of bioactive compounds.
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Quick Description: Stone house in region was built in 1753 - likely to protect against Indian attacks.
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The stone house to the south is Fort Bowman, or Harmony Hall, built about 1753 for George Bowman who emigrated from Pennsylvania in _PHONE_. The house is an important example of the Pennsylvania German influence on Shenandoah Valley architecture. There was born Maj. Joseph Bowman, second in command in Gen. George Rogers Clark's expedition for the conquest of the Northwest in _PHONE_ during the Revolutionary War. Among those buried in the Bowman family cemetery nearby are Joseph Bowman's brother, Capt. Isaac Bowman, and Samuel Kercheval, the early-19th-century historian of the Valley.
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Negotiating Physician Employment Contracts: Attitude Is Everything
Negotiating Physician Employment Contracts: Attitude Is Everything
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I had a very unpleasant phone call this morning with a lawyer representing a young resident taking his first job in Chicago. This lawyer was a litigator and cousin of the physician. He had no prior experience with a physician contract.
While I represent many physician practices, I also work with residents and fellows from across the country to review their employment agreements. As such, I have been on both sides of the employment contract equation numerous times.
Although I could offer valuable advice on the terms of an employment agreement, what is equally valuable (but not often discussed) is the appropriate conduct of physicians and medical practices (as well as their representatives) when negotiating employment contracts.
The following are some items to consider:
1. Find a lawyer familiar with physician contracts. It's worth the time and expense to get proper advice and a quality contract. Your real estate lawyer may not be the right person for the job, no matter how great his rates may be. Whether you are the employer or the employee, you need a representative who will ask the right questions and seek out the most protective language so as to avoid future misunderstanding and litigation.
2. Decide how you want the lawyer, consultant, or practice manager to handle negotiations and express your wishes. Negotiations go more easily and quickly when parties seek an efficient and fair resolution to issues. An overly aggressive or hostile lawyer, for example, who demands what they want at all costs, is not well suited to negotiations and is a poor representative of your interests. Contract negotiations should not be personal. Sometimes you get everything you want and sometimes you do not. In my opinion, a lawyer or consultant has done his or her job when they help their client to understand the contract terms, focus on the real issues, communicate the need (or denial) for the requested changes in a professional manner to the other side, and help the parties reach as amicable a conclusion as possible.
3. Sometimes it's easier to fight over deal points than it is to compromise. For example there are certain parts of a contract that are going to seem unfair to a physician joining a practice, but no matter what your hear, in most states restrictive covenants are enforceable when properly drafted, tail coverage is typically paid for by a terminated physician, and partnership is often not mentioned in the contract at all. Arguing over the legitimacy of these basic physician contract provisions distracts from the negotiating that can be done: What if the covenant applies only if the physician quits or is terminated with cause? What if the tail is paid by the practice if the associate stays for a certain length of time? What if the parties agree to discuss partnership by a certain date? Many significant issues can be compromised in some cordial manner.
4. Practices should pay attention to criticisms of their contract. Your agreement may have served you well for many years, but is it outdated? Inaccurate? A contract should be updated regularly to remain competitive and to minimize liability. Make sure your advisors share all comments from opposing counsel with you and consider them carefully before refusing changes. A fantastic surgeon you want to recruit for your group is not going to sign a contract her lawyer reports is poorly drafted and uncompetitive unless changes are made.
Remember that tough negotiations can leave a bad taste for all parties long after the contracts are signed. I have had groups retract an offer and physicians look for another position as a result of negotiation tactics, even when the personalities were otherwise a great fit. The manner in which a contract is handled can set the tone for the parties' entire relationship.
Physician practices are like marriages. You join a practice hoping to have a long-term connection and to spend a career working together. Like any marriage, however, it's important to enter into the relationship thoughtfully, with flexibility and some humility. Contract negotiations can tell you a lot about whether there's a divorce or a golden anniversary in your future.
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