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Fuelling Performance In Fashion Retail Through Legitimate LeadershipJun 2019Share by Email
Fashion retail is a notoriously demanding industry as more and more brands compete for an ever-shrinking consumer purse. Converting 'window shoppers' into customers who fill their baskets rather than buy a single item, and come back again and again, is what it is all about.
Two well-known South African fashion brands embraced the Legitimate Leadership principles and practices to effect a step-change in the calibre of their leaders at three levels in their operations. Their focus on enabling those in the front line in their stores countrywide has impacted positively, not only on turnover but on all of their performance indicators. The intervention showed conclusively that you don't have to trade off between people and results. You can have both.
- INTRODUCING THE FRAMEWORK – FROM 'GETTING THE RESULTS ACHIEVED THROUGH OTHERS' TO 'CARING FOR AND GROWING PEOPLE'
A three-day breakaway is traditionally held every year by the business for its top 50+ people. On this occasion, the agenda was split between business strategy and leadership.
Legitimate Leadership facilitated a highly interactive session which engaged participants in a debate regarding what accounts for individual, team and organisational excellence.
Participants were introduced to this unique perspective on leadership and gained the key insight that leadership is not about what leaders can 'get' out of their people but rather what they can 'give' to their people to enable their above-and-beyond contribution and make them the best that they can be. The operations director for one of the brands led the way in demonstrating the 'mind shift' made by most of those present when, at the end of the session, he deleted his 30-slide presentation on the year's targets and instead showed a single slide. It read: "Everyone has a contribution to make. How can I help you make your contribution?" He received a standing ovation for his commitment to serving down the line. The next 18 months was about translating this into action.
- INITIAL LEADERSHIP ASSESSMENT – TO WHAT DEGREE ARE WE ALIGNED TO THE LEGITIMATE LEADERSHIP CRITERIA?
The initial leadership assessment (via leadership profiles) diagnosed the current state of leadership against the criteria for leadership excellence, thus holding up a mirror to leaders, and acting as a catalyst for change.
It provided a baseline measure, both individually and collectively, of the current degree of alignment against the criteria of Care, Means, Ability and Accountability as well as a reading of what was happening with respect to leadership 'on the ground'.
The overall picture was of an intensely results-driven environment, where people were the resources to achieve the results. More specifically the leadership audit revealed the following reality.
- Managers were not seen to care about the welfare of their people.
- People respected their managers but did not feel respected by them.
- Despite managers being in the field most days in the month, their people did not feel that they spent sufficient time with them.
- Store managers were not empowered to run their stores.
- The obsession with measurement meant that store managers were forced to report three times a day on the numbers.
- There was little coaching, guidance or support.
The 1.5-hour one-on-one feedback sessions on their profiles gave each leader clarity on the shifts in behaviour and leadership practice that they needed to make. The overall results also informed the choice of Application Modules and Review Sessions to be run on a drip-feed basis over the next six-month period.
- APPLICATION MODULES AND APPLICATION REVIEW SESSIONS – EFFECTING CRITICAL CHANGES IN LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOUR AND PRACTICE
Application Modules deepen leaders' understanding of the framework and provide the tools and skills to translate the model into practice. Between each workshop leaders are tasked with applying what they have learned in the workplace – they share their experience with their colleagues in a structured review session before engaging with another aspect of the framework. In this process of ongoing insight, practice and feedback they gain both competence and confidence in this way of leading.
The primary insights and behavioural shifts over the six months are outlined below.
LEGITIMATE LEADERSHIP APPLICATION MODULE, PRACTICE AND REVIEW PROCESS
||Primary Insights and Mindset Shifts
||Behavioural Shifts and Changes in Leadership Practice
|1. Earning Trust Through Care, Time And Attention – 'take care of your people and they will take care of your business'.
- People trust people who care about them.
- Care is definitely not a 'soft' and 'fluffy' thing.
- You can't care for someone if you don't know what makes them 'tick'.
- Care and growth are face-to-face activities – they happen in one-on-one and team meetings and when 'watching the game'.
- There should be equal time given to all direct reports but what the leader needs to 'give' will differ according to individuals' needs.
- Seeing and getting to know the human being behind the human resource.
- Spending time with the middle and small stores – not just the big or high-turnover stores.
- Giving people undivided attention by closing the laptop and switching off the phone when in the store.
- Making the focus the people not the KPIs.
- Demonstrating appropriate care (tough love).
- Having one-on-ones where the direct report sets the agenda not his/her manager.
|2. Increasing Impact By Clarifying Contribution – 'there is no such thing as a confused, productive employee'.
- Clarifying contribution is an enabler of contribution.
- People should be held accountable for their contribution – what they have control over.
- Those in leadership positions should be held accountable primarily for the care and growth of direct reports.
- Defining contribution for the next reporting period gives clarity, focus, enables proactivity and promotes business and individual growth.
- Communicating and helping direct reports to understand the business results; teaching the store managers how to analyse their numbers.
- Clarifying and agreeing the unique value add of each level in the hierarchy.
- Collaboratively agreeing quality deliverables for all direct reports.
- Holding leaders accountable, not for the KPIs, not for the state of the store or even for the performance of their staff in stores. Rather, holding them accountable for the calibre of their direct reports (e.g. accountable not for fixing a problem with merchandising but for enabling those in the stores to effectively manage the visuals in the store).
|3. Elevating Performance By Assessing, Enabling And Reviewing Contribution – 'it is fine for a manager to have the same people as a year ago but not the have the same people the same'.
- The measure of success of 'watching the game' is that the leader has a better understanding of what to GIVE the person to enable his/her contribution and growth.
- When the standard has not been met, find out why.
- Good leadership is about increasing the number of exemplary contributors and decreasing the number of poor contributors.
- Leadership and employee action should match the contribution made.
- Stopping store visits to examine only business performance and replacing them with store / area / regional manager visits with the focus on enabling and growing people.
- Asking managers to talk about their direct reports, not to talk about their KPIs.
- Finding out why people are failing and how to help them – rather than slapping them with a written warning for a poor audit.
- Stopping rescuing people and rather enabling them.
- Holding one-on-ones and team meetings where the focus is on progressing the person rather than progressing the work.
- 'Watching the game' more and auditing less.
|4. Cultivating Accountability by Handing Over Controls –' the purpose of empowerment is to grow people'.
- The more managers trust their people the more they are trusted.
- Empowerment means letting them decide and living with their decisions – not your decisions.
- The level of control which is exercised must be commensurate with the level of maturity of the person being empowered.
- Empowerment implies the incremental suspension of control in order to enable.
- Taking our hands off and starting to trust our people.
- Deliberately identifying and pushing decision-making authority down the line.
- Stopping doing our people's jobs for them.
- Following the 5 Steps To Empowerment when handing over accountability.
|5. Delivering A Step Change By Holding People Accountable – 'when the leaves on the tree turn yellow don't paint them green, water the roots'.
- You only engage people's will to contribute when you hold them accountable for their contribution.
- When you do not hold people accountable you have no option but to institute a control.
- People should be censured for carelessness and disciplined for deliberate malevolence.
- Praise 'careful'; reward 'the extra mile'.
- Finding the right balance between positive and negative accountability.
- Seeing what is 'right' not only what is 'wrong'.
- Holding people accountable rather than imposing a control on everyone.
- Removing people who are not capable from their roles.
- REPEAT LEADERSHIP ASSESSMENT – ARE WE MORE ALIGNED TO THE CRITERIA FOR LEGITIMATE POWER?
A second assessment via repeat Leadership Profiles was done at the end of the process to assess what shifts in leadership behaviour and practice had been made. The results were stunning; the highlights of the repeat assessment are shown below.
REPEAT AUDIT HIGHLIGHTS:
- The overall score had shifted by 0.5, which is significant especially given people's raised expectations of their leaders' alignment against the criteria.
- There was a positive shift in all four categories (Care, Means, Ability, Accountability), with the biggest improvement being in Care.
- 115 people


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With the recent passing by parliament of the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act, 1998 (Act 120 of 1998), it is now possible to increase the coverage of registered marriages and divorces in South Africa. In the past, since certain unions were legally not recognised, the marriage statistics collected by the Department of Home Affairs excluded a large proportion of marriages, for example customary marriages among Africans. However, the passing of legislation on its own is a necessary but not sufficient condition to ensure that customary marriages are indeed registered. The aim of the paper is to explore ways of making sure that these marriages in particular and marriages in general, are adequately registered. The paper starts by outlining the relevance of statistics on marriages and divorces, drawing from published literature. This is followed by a discussion on registration issues and the challenges to be faced in trying to improve the registration of marriages and divorces. The paper ends with a discussion followed by a conclusion.
"The Improvement of Marriages and Divorces Statistics in South Africa: Relevance, Registration Issues and Challenges,"
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The profuse white flowers of the tree is also used in curries. They taste like mushrooms. The tiny leaves of the drumstick tree is also a valuable vegetable. It can be eaten with a salad, or cooked with garlic and chillies to make a tasty dish.
The roots of the tree are used as a medicine for snake bite. The flowers, leaves and the seedpods all contain high amounts of calcium, iron vitamin C and beta carotene. The soup made from the drumstick leaves make you feel energetic.


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Scrambled Eggs Beef and Cheese.
You can cook Scrambled Eggs Beef and Cheese using 8 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Scrambled Eggs Beef and Cheese
- It's 1/2 cup of dried beef.
- Prepare 1 cup of tomatoes.
- Prepare 1/4 cup of grated cheese.
- Prepare 2 tablespoons of butter.
- Prepare of Paprika.
- It's 3 of eggs.
- It's of Black pepper.
- You need of Few grains red pepper.
Scrambled Eggs Beef and Cheese step by step
- Chop beef heat over hot water.
- Heat tomatoes add cheese butter seasoning well beaten eggs and later beef.
- Cook until eggs are creamy but not dry.
- Serve on hot buttered toast.


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Computer Can Pick You Out From Your Eyes In A Crowd: 'Needle in Haystack' Search Capability
Identifying people by acquiring pictures of their eyes is becoming easier, according to a new report* from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). NIST researchers evaluated the performance of iris recognition software from 11 different organizations and found that some techniques produced very rapid results—though this speed was often at the cost of accuracy.
NIST evaluated 92 different iris recognition algorithms from nine private companies and two university labs, all of which submitted software to an open competition held by NIST. The task was to identify individuals from a database of eye images taken from more than 2.2 million people.
"If, for example, you are trying to pick out a fugitive who is trying to cross a national border, you need to know your software can identify that person from among millions of records," says Patrick Grother, a scientist in NIST's Information Access Division. "This ability to pick out a 'needle in a haystack' quickly and accurately is crucial, and we found some algorithms can search a haystack thousands of times larger than others. This is important because often there is no corresponding record, no needle to be found."
Among the results: Accuracy varied substantially across the algorithms the NIST team tested. Success rates ranged between 90 and 99 percent among the algorithms, meaning that no software was perfect, and some produced as many as 10 times more errors than others. Also, the tests found that while some algorithms would be fast enough to run through a dataset equivalent to the size of the entire U.S. population in less than 10 seconds using a typical computer, there could be limitations to their accuracy. A related NIST report showed that accuracy could be improved if operators control image collection more tightly during acquisition, thereby obtaining better quality iris images.
"When combined with the feedback that this study provides to the industry and the use of the iris in combination with other biometrics, the findings will push accuracy toward 100 percent," Grother says. Grother adds that the new findings should be useful to policy makers, who are increasingly incorporating iris recognition in official systems in places as far-flung as India, Mexico and Indonesia, as well as the United States and Canada.
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Reclaiming the Cowboy Way
Time constraints and mechanization can get in the way of horseback cowboying traditions. A veteran cowboy offers his advice on increasing your riding time, and becoming a better 21st-century hand.
Ranch people, those who own cattle and have a horse or two, often say they'd love to spend more time cowboying their own cattle or maybe helping with their neighbors' herds when the opportunity arises. Such people want to use their horses more, work afoot in the corrals less, count on their roping skills, and work cattle in the open.
They want to cowboy. And they want those around them - family, friends and neighbors - to share the satisfaction of working cattle quietly, efficiently and from the back of a horse.
For horsemen, these reasonable requests are fundamental to healthy souls. The ability to use horses in harmony with the land and cattle, and the people we hold dear, is a liberty few are lucky enough to enjoy.
So, if cowboying is so important to them, why can't they make it happen? The answer is simple: They've lost touch with the Cowboy Way.
For the rest of this article, see the July 2006 issue of Western Horseman.


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A brief history of public inquiries
As was stated in the First Report of the Select Committee on Public Affairs there has been "a trend, from the primacy of parliamentary committees and royal commissions up to the second decade of the century to the dominance of 1921 Act inquiries until the 1970s, then the predominance of ad hoc or subject specific statutory inquiries subsequently."
Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Act 1921
Before the Inquiries Act 2005, statutory tribunals of inquiry were established under the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Act 1921.
Oonagh Gay, in the parliamentary paper Investigatory inquiries and the Inquiries Act comments that public inquiries set up under the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Act 1921, "were independent of Parliament, although their establishment depended upon parliamentary resolution and upon the willingness of the Government to find the necessary time to debate such a motion." Sir Andrew Turnbull KCB KVO, Cabinet Secretary and head of the Civil Service between 2002 and 2005, in giving evidence to the Select Committee was rather more scathing in his description of "this rather clunking instrument of the 1921 Act, which assumes everything is in public, with full legal representation and so on…"
The Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Act 1921 primarily deals with the powers of the inquiry once it has been set up, rather than the determination of public concern that the Inquiries Act 2005 stipulates. Gay comments that "the tribunals were designed to replace an earlier system of investigation by parliamentary committee into matters of urgent public concern after that system was discredited by the unsatisfactory outcome of an inquiry by a Commons committee into the Marconi Affair in 1913."
The focus of public inquiries held under the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Act 1921 has been allegations of serious misconduct by the government or public officials. They have included investigations into allegations of political corruption, police brutality and serious disasters. The Salmon Commission opined that tribunals held under the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Act 1921 should "always be confined to matters of vital public importance concerning which there is something of a nation-wide crisis of confidence." The limiting wording of the commission was not carried into the Inquiries Act 2005 however, which simply requires "public concern".
Since 1921, the British Government invoked the act around 20 times. Prior to four public inquiries, listed below, held in the 1990s, the Act fell out of use for some time. It is now repealed by the Inquiries Act 2005.
Notable public inquiries held under the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Act 1921 include:
- Aberfan landslide disaster
- Dunblane School Inquiry
- Harold Shipman Inquiry
The Republic of Ireland
The Republic of Ireland retains some United Kingdom legislation pre-dating independence in 1922. The Smithwick Tribunal of Inquiry, an inquiry set up to enquire into suggestions that members of An Garda Síochána or other employees of the State colluded in the fatal shootings of RUC Chief Superintendent Harry Breen and RUC Superintendent Robert Buchanan, was established by resolution of the Dail Eireann and Seanad Eireann and under the 1921 Act.
The Salmon Commission
The Royal Commission on Tribunals of Inquiry, 'The Salmon Commission' was chaired by Lord Justice Salmon. It made recommendations affecting the protection of witnesses, in particular the Salmon Principles.
Since the Salmon Commission
A useful and comprehensive narrative on the development of public inquiries can be found in the Report of the Select Committee.
Inquiries held under other legislation
Schedule 3 of the Inquiries Act 2005 repealed a range of sections or whole pieces of legislation that gave authority to hold a public inquiry.
Inquiries that had been held under such legislation include:
- Rosemary Nelson Inquiry (Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998)
- Robert Hamill Inquiry and Billy Wright Inquiry (Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 before conversion to Inquiries Act 2005)
- Marchioness-Bowbell Inquiry (Merchant Shipping Act 1995)
- Victoria Climbié Inquiry (Children Act 1989; NHS Act 1977; and Police Act 1996)
- Ladbroke Grove Rail Inquiry (Health and Safety at Work Act 1974)
A number of public inquiries have been held on an ad hoc basis. These include:


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text: This resource contains two title pages and 20 vocal exploration cards. There are 10 different animal slides with vocal explorations and 10 animal slides with create your own vocal explorations. Your students will practice making their voices match the melodic direction of the farm animal sounds. Pair this activity with your favorite farm songs and you have a great lesson. My favorite song to pair this with is I Had a Rooster by Pete Seeger. I hope you enjoy this Made For Music Teachers resource.


Mini Succulent Garden DIY
I love miniature gardens and polymer clay – this little project has them both! One thing that makes this garden extra special is the container. When I saw this old metal ladle at a sort of yardsale my grandma was having, I thought, "This would be perfect for a fairy garden!"
And it was.
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Isn't it so cute? 🙂 I filled the ladle with dirt, added some moss, and stuck in the mushrooms and succulents I made from polymer clay.
I took some pictures while I was making the succulents so I could show you guys how to do it yourself. Let's start with a really easy succulent.
Step 1: Roll lots of little balls from green polymer clay. (More than it shows here.)
Step 2: Shape the balls into teardrops.
Step 3: Arrange the teardrops as the leaves of the succulent.
Step 4: Smush together layers of teardrop leaves. Start with small teardrops, then surround them with slightly large teardrops and so on and so forth until the desired shape is formed. Attach the teardrops together pointed side down.
Step 5: If you wish, paint a little red-brown artist's pastel onto the ends of the leaves.
Now let's try a harder succulent: (But this is definitely one of my favorites.)
Step 1: Roll a medium sized log of green polymer clay.
Step 2: Cut the log into many small chunks with a knife of some kind (if you don't have an exacto knife, a kitchen paring knife will work too.)
Step 3: Roll one end of each piece to a point so you have a forest of little clay trees.
Step 4: Pinch one of your trees between your thumb and forefinger, like so:Steallisonclay_succulents_mums_038
Step 5: Squish five of these deformed tree shapes into a star, like this: Add a tiny cone in the center.
Step 6: Keep adding layers of five around and around until you reach the desired shape. You can also dent the leaves with the end of a paintbrush or a toothpick.
Step 7: Paint the tip of each leaf with red-brown artist's pastel powder. (Rub some of the chalk onto paper, then brush it on with a small paintbrush.) This makes your succulent a lot more realistic.
There we go! Know you know how to make two kinds of succulents. Play around with different shaped leaves to make different kinds of succulents.
Do you like making miniature gardens? If so keep watching for another post about them soon!
Thanks for reading, guys! 🙂
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 1. Wow!! I have been wanting to find a way to make a garden that will stay alive for a long time! This is soooo cool!!
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 2. That was hysterical, I saw the picture at the top and seeing the title I assumed that they were real, because they LOOKED real! But then I read that it was all made out of polymer clay, and I was like "What?!" Ha-ha! I LOVE mini-gardens, so I'm looking forward to the next post! 😀
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There is an ever-increasing demand for dependability, efficiency and energy savings when selecting valves and a function that is often overlooked is the valve's ability to minimize energy consumption.
An essential element in the design of pumping systems is the proper selection of the pump discharge check valve, whose purpose is to automatically open to allow forward flow and automatically return to the closed position to prevent reverse flow when the pump is not in operation.
Check valves are generally made up of plastic or metal. In most sanitary applications you will find the composition of the valve is typically 316L stainless steel and are Clean In Place (CIP) capable.
Cracking pressure (the minimum upstream pressure at which the valve will operate) is also an important design element of the sanitary check valve. When selecting a sanitary check valve, you should look at the following criteria:
- Non-slamming characteristics – The amount of time it takes for the Check Valve to close and the way in which the disc travels from the open to the closed position.
- Disk design – Location is a key factor here.
- Cost – Is the initial purchase price competitive? The main things a buyer should consider are system downtime, valve location and cost of parts and labor.
- Application – The importance of each selection criteria must be weighed to make an informed selection on the valve best suited for the application.


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I made this device, which cost me about 5 euro, to create engravings without the use of an expensive laser machine.
With just a magnifying glass and a few tricks I am able to make detailed engravings such as logos.
All you need for this instruction:
- a magnifying glass
- some wood
- pvc pipe 5/8"
- 2 pipe clamps
- 2 wire clamps
- 2 screws m2
- 2 screws m2,5
and of cource enough sun!!!
Step 1: Making the Stand
- Cut the pvc pipe to lenght
- Create a plate with a hole for the pvc pipe
- Make a plate to attach the clamps, use the screws instead of the nails to fasten
- Connect the parts and attach the magnifying glass
Step 2: Making the Bed
- Get yourself a wooden plate
- Make some feet and glue them to the plate
- Use a nail from the clamps to make a pin and attach it to the center of the plate
Let the pin stick out for about 3mm (no more than the thickness of the feet)
Step 3: Making Shapes
You can use a positive or negative shape. Or maybe both.
I used wood and made the shapes with a dremel, file and sandpaper.
You can also use foamboard or whatever to make shapes quicker.
Step 4: Engrave
Stick your magnifying glass stand and form to a solid base and stick the material you want to engrave to the bed.
You can now follow the shape with the pin in the bed and make your perfect smooth engraving!
I haven't actually finished this step because of the weather.
I will update this last step with some of my own work when the sun starts to shine!


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City of Alexandria, VA
History of the Alexandria's Human Rights Code
On March 25, 1975, Alexandria City Council passed one of the first human rights ordinances in Virginia.
The Code, which became effective April 21, 1975, prohibited discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodation, credit, health and social services, education and city contracts on the basis of race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital status, or physical handicap.
Throughout the years, a number of changes have expanded the reach of the Code. In 1988, the Code was amended to include sexual orientation as a protected class; in 1991, the Code was amended to include fair housing protection for families with children, and the protection for the "physically handicapped" was expanded to cover all disabilities. Last, amendments to the Code in 1996 prohibited discriminatory practices in commercial real estate.


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Examples of rife sentences. Journalists, word game players, and people looking to increase their knowledge of English might especially like this page. The lines of text below use rife in a sentence, and provide visitors a sentence for rife.
- In spite of all reticence, rumour was busy and curiosity still rife. (8)
- In these days dangers, pitfalls, snares, were rife; in these days men went about and openly, unashamedly advocated shameful doctrines. (8)
- Pogis, and from the instinct of a society woman, already rife in her. (9)
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I just ran across the sentence "Unicorns don't have wings." It strikes me as a good example of the sticky problem of truth-conditions. We say that a statement is well-formed iff it describes a possible world. It is true iff it describes an actual situation in that possible world. You can say "Harry Potter has a scar" and this is true because in the possible world of Harry Potter (yes, we have a loose definition of "possible" here) he does have a scar. You can say "Harry Potter is married to Hermione," and although well-formed, this statement is false. The statement to be true need not describe this world, merely one that is "possible." In a possible world with unicorns, the statement "Unicorns don't have wings" is true.
Similarly, we can say "There is no such things as unicorns" and this statement is true.
But what if you say *"Unicorns don't have wings, and there is no such thing as unicorns." That doesn't even seem well-formed; it's neither true nor false, but meaningless. And if you reverse it, it's even more clearly ill-formed: *"There is no such thing as unicorns, and unicorns don't have wings."
I think the problem is that the two statements are not consistently describing the *same* possible world. To say "unicorns" is to presuppose the existence of unicorns, and to immediately shift to a possible world different from this one.
But wait. Let's say "The King of France drives a sports car." Fine, there might indeed be a possible world where the King of France drives a sports car, but in our world there is no King of France. My instinct is that this sentence doesn't invoke a possible world the same way that the mention of the unicorn does. Is it because we could plausibly assume that someone in our world might not realize that France does not have a king? If I say this sentence someone would be justified saying "Wait, there is no such thing as a King of France." If I say "Unicorns don't have wings," I'd find it at best oddly marked for someone to gravely inform me that there is no such thing as a unicorn.
What if I say "The king of France rides a unicorn." Huh, my instinct, purely my instinct alone, is that this is not as ill-formed as "The king of France drives a sports car."
Huh. Is there a semantic feature of certain words that invokes a possible world, thus asserting a different set of truth conditions? If so, what? +[mythological], maybe. That would mean that semantics interact with pragmatic schemata. But if that's the case, it'd seem possible and maybe even reasonable to imagine that other features might trigger other schemata. In fact, it seems — just guessing here, I'd have to figure it all out formally — but maybe semantic features are just schematic triggers or something of that nature.
Normal people lie in bed thinking about their bills. Me, it's semantics. I have a vague recollection of reading something along these lines in grad school. I should dig through my files and see if I can find it.


Gem Cutting Abrasives
"Compounds-1," diamond compounds, micron diamond powder, and felt bobs, by cpxmn is licensed under CC By-SA 2.0
Basically, grit, mesh, and micron are three different ways to measure particle size. For lapidaries, this is important because particle size defines the coarseness of gem cutting abrasives, such as polishes, cutting compounds, and laps.
What Do Grit, Mesh, and Micron Mean?
Grit refers to the size of particles embedded in an abrasive material. The higher the grit, the finer the abrasive. There are different standards for grit used internationally and by manufacturers. For example, just because a polish or compound is labeled as 14,000 grit doesn't mean that all its content is that size. It depends on the methods used to make and grade the compound. Some manufacturers use an average particle size and some use a "nothing larger than" standard, and so on. Read the label or ask the retailer if you're not sure of the standard used.
Mesh refers to the number of evenly spaced holes in a screen per square inch. This refers to a traditional technique used to winnow material through a series of screens with increasingly finer mesh sizes. Particles stopped by a screen of a particular mesh were measured by that mesh number.
Shopping Advice For Gem Cutting Abrasives
In general, the more expensive brands of gem cutting abrasives have better quality control for the sizing and grading of their polishes and compounds. You get what you pay for. Beware of very inexpensive abrasives. They're usually not graded well. It only takes one piece of grit the wrong size to scratch your gemstone and cause problems.
Grit, Mesh, And Micron Conversion Chart
Some of the grits described in the chart below are not commonly available in gem cutting abrasives for various reasons. Nonetheless, they're shown here for conversion purposes. For example, 60,000 grit is the conversion for 0.5 microns, but you'll almost never find it available. 50,000 grit is commonly used.
Grit (American Standard) Mesh Micron Comments
100,000 0-0.5 0.25 Very fine and not used often commercially. Mainly for contest cutting or hobby cutters. Seldom needed.
60,000 0-1 0.5 Seldom used. 50,000 grit is more common and used for polishing sapphire and other hard materials.
14,000 0-2 1 This is the standard commercial polish for sapphires, although I recommend going another step to 50,000.
13,000 1-2 1.5 Seldom used because it's so close to 14,000.
9,000 2-3 2.5 Seldom used because it's so close to 8,000.
8,000 2-4 3 This is my standard pre-polish for sapphires and other hard materials.
5,000 2-6 4 Seldom used.
4,500 4-6 5 Seldom used.
2,800 5-10 7 Seldom used. 3,000 is commonly used.
1,800 6-12 9 Seldom used.
1,400 8-20 14 Seldom used.
1,200 10-20 15 Seldom used.
1,050 12-25 18 Seldom used.
800 20-30 25 Seldom used.
600 20-40 30 Commonly used for charging copper laps. I prefer plated laps.
500 30-40 35 Seldom used.
325 40-50 45 Commonly used for charging copper laps. I prefer plated laps.
285 50-60 55 Seldom used.
240 60-80 70 Seldom used. 260 is commonly used for charging copper laps. I prefer plated laps.
225 80-100 90 Commonly used for charging copper laps. I prefer plated laps.
160 100-120 110 Seldom used.
100 120-160 150 Commonly used for charging copper laps. I prefer plated laps.


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JACKSON, Tenn. – Dec. 3, 2002– In a classroom on Union's campus, a biology professor is teaching students on the various types of insects found in the West Tennessee region. Down the hall, another class is learning about the different forms of bacteria that exist in the area. Still another class is learning how to put it all together in the form of genetic engineering – learning how to control insect populations with various bacterial methods while conserving the resources around us. Research biologists are being born.
Science, seen and unseen, plays a huge part in how we eat, work, travel, the clothes we wear, and even the furniture we sit on. In an increasing technological age that demands our dependence on the sciences, Union University is building for the future – designing a high-tech new science building that will serve the needs of future research chemists, pharmacists, nurses, doctors and engineers for decades to come and in turn, serve the West Tennessee community and beyond.
In a recent meeting in November with the university's newly formed Board of Regents and science building advisors, the university announced the projected design of the new building which is the final piece of the first phase of Union's campus master plan set in motion back in 1997. The groundbreaking, which will occur Friday, Dec. 6 across from the new performing arts building, Jennings Hall, is a significant event representing two years of hard work and thought which went into the initial planning of this important building.
Made initially possible by a $2 million gift from Roy White, $500,000 from Jackson-General Hospital and an anonymous pledge of $1.4 million, the two-story science building will house biology on the first floor and chemistry on the second – with other science areas such as physics, engineering and computer science to be added later. Project completion is scheduled for 2005 with classes to begin in the new building in August of that year.
"The sciences as much as anything else we do at Union symbolize the university's commitment to excellence," said Union President David S. Dockery at the meeting. "We are very excited about where this process is going and we are very hopeful for the next two years."
According to TLM Associates, who were awarded the architectural and engineering aspects of the campus master plan, a science building is one of the more difficult buildings to design due to the complexity of the laboratories and the ventilation challenges. Union science faculty and administrators have spent many hours visiting other science facilities on other university campuses, and a nationally known consultant was hired who specializes in designing science buildings.
"We want to provide a space where serious learning can take place among science majors as well as an appropriate place for Union students who are taking the required science core classes," said Union Provost Carla Sanderson.
Barbara McMillin, dean of Union's College of Arts and Sciences, spoke highly of the work that the science faculty in particular has done so far in planning the building to meet class and curriculum specifications
"I cannot estimate the number of hours that this faculty has invested in getting us to this point," said McMillin.
Thinking ahead for the future has also been an important part of the process, examining what equipment will be needed both now and later.
"If it's a piece of equipment that sits on a counter, we need to know so that we will have the counter space for later down the road when we finally obtain that particular piece of equipment," explained McMillin, pointing out the complicated details that must each be thought through one by one.
Special features of the 42,000 square foot building include a green house for the biology area, bulk storage areas for hazardous chemicals, large state-of-the-art lecture rooms, a microbiology/immunology lab, as well as lab areas for physiology and human gross anatomy, with storage for human cadavers that are used by the human gross anatomy class in the summer. The roof also has unique features for the special ventilation needs of the chemistry labs.
"Union has always been good as an academic resource and as an important part of this community," said Madison County Mayor Jerry Gist. "Any addition can only serve to benefit West Tennessee. The latest figures, particularly showing the university's economic impact on this region rang loud and clear – we're looking forward to great things."
Sara B. Horn,


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BREAKING DOWN 'Weighted Average Credit Rating'
To arrive at the weighted average credit rating, the calculation starts with dividing the value of each bond in the fund by the total value of the fund. This gives the individual bond weights. The weight of a bond in the fund determines how much that bond influences the weighted average credit rating. For example, if a bond fund has 95% AAA government bonds and 5% junk bonds, the bond fund would still have a weighted average credit rating of AAA.
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Classification Rules and Regulations
IPC Powerlifting published an updated version of the IPC Powerlifting Classification Rules and Regulations – version 3 (March 2015). This document replaces any previous version of the IPC Powerlifting Classification Rules and Regulations and came into force on 1 March 2015.
The rules reflect the wording of the IPC Classification Code and are a revised version of the previous IPC Classification Rules.
To ensure competition is fair and equal, all Paralympic sports have a system in place which ensures that winning is determined by skill, fitness, power, endurance, tactical ability and mental focus, the same factors that account for success in sport for able bodied athletes.
This process is called classification and its purpose is to minimise the impact of impairments on the activity (sport discipline). Having the impairment thus is not sufficient. The impact on the sport must be proved, and each in Paralympic sport, the criteria of grouping athletes by the degree of activity limitation resulting from the impairment are named 'Sport Classes'. Through classification, it is determined which athletes are eligible to compete in a sport and how athletes are grouped together for competition. This, to a certain extent, is similar to grouping athletes by age, gender or weight.
Classification is sport-specific because an impairment affects the ability to perform in different sports to a different extent. As a consequence, an athlete may meet the criteria in one sport, but may not meet the criteria in another sport.
Powerlifting is open for athletes with all eight eligible physical impairments listed in the introduction, if these impairments have a certain severity that impacts on sport performance. All athletes have an impairment in their lower limbs or hips, which would prohibit them to compete in able-bodied weightlifting. For example, athletes with a single or double amputation through or above the ankle or stiffness of the knee joint would be eligible to compete. All eligible athletes compete in one sport class, but in different weight categories.


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 3. From editor it should be possible to open the disassembly view for the currently selected line in the editor (maybe a context-menu).
 4. We should have an optional synchronization mechanism that would keep the disassembly view showing the matching source line as the editor when the editor cursor moves. All instructions corresponding to the source line should be shown if possible, with priority given to the first instruction
 5. Support for parallel instructions in the disassembly view
 1. If all // instructions are on the same line, Eclipse can probably handle it already
 2. If we want to show // instructions on different
 1. PC highlighting should highlight all the // instructions lines
 2. Address should only be shown for the first of the // instructions
 3. Setting a breakpoint could be ok to limit to the // instruction that has an address if necessary
 6. Syntax highlighting for Disassembly code. This may already be available through CDT extension points
Assembly in the Editor
It would be nice to be able to use the Editor to display the assembly code as generated by the compiler and to step and perform the different debugging operations in that editor. Maybe this would fit in the Disassembly view, but showing the assembly code instead. The assembly code is valuable beyond the disassembly code because it contains more information given by the compiler. A way to show the instruction manual for an assembly instruction would be valuable.


The 31 California Fun Facts You'll Wish You Knew Sooner
The 31 California Fun Facts You'll Wish You Knew Sooner
September 09, 2020
The Golden State is full of surprises—and it's no wonder inspiration and innovation take on many forms in this majestic land of beaches, valleys, and mountains. Recognized internationally for its unique history and unconventional spirit, California (unsurprisingly) has quite a few fascinating stories and interesting facts to share. From the spooky to the intriguing, here are the best California fun facts.
1. In 1850, California became the 31st state. Prior to its statehood, California was an independent country for one month in 1846.
2. California is home to approximately 40 million residents, which is about ⅛ of the U.S. population and more than the entire population of Canada.
3. The majority of California's residents belong to a minority ethnic group; in fact, one out of every four Californians was not born in the U.S.
4. Almonds are California's top exports. Most of the state's almonds are grown in the Central Valley, which is considered the world's almond capital.
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 5. Many of the Native American tribes—including the Quechan (Yuma), Maidu, Pomo, and Hupa—lived in California.
6. The Golden State ranks third amongst the largest territories in the U.S., after Alaska and Texas.
7. Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Jose are among the top 10 biggest cities in the U.S.
8. With nearly three million acres of land, San Bernardino County is the largest county in the U.S.
9. Contrasting San Bernardino, Alpine County is California's smallest county, with 465,030 acres of land.
10. There are many interesting facts about California, but one of the most impressive is that it the first state to reach $1 trillion in GDP.
When traveling in California, make sure to stop by San Diego, the second-largest city in the state.
11. The California redwood tree became the designated California state tree in 1937.
12. Eureka—the Greek word for "I have found it!"—is a cry of happiness when you've achieved something; Archimedes uttered this very word when he discovered the method of determining the purity of gold. In honor of the California Gold Rush, the state later adopted "Eureka" as its official motto.
13. During the Great Depression, San Francisco successfully survived the worldwide recession. None of its banks went bankrupt during this time.
14. On average, California experiences over 100,000 earthquakes a year. Luckily, many of these earthquakes are quite feeble.
Despite its appearance on the state flag, the California grizzly bear hasn't been seen in the state for more than a century.
15. California was initially named "the Grizzly Bear State" (hence the bear on the flag), but as the human population increased in California, trouble escalated between bear and man. As a result, the bears were hunted for sport, thus leading to their extinction. When there were no longer any bears left, California was renamed the Golden State.
16. California is truly a hub of innovation and inspires the brightest of minds; many innovations were created here, including wetsuits, skateboards, Barbie dolls, Apple products, Frisbee, and even the Internet.
17. Here's an especially weird fact about California: In the summer months, the Sierra Nevada surprises and delights visitors with its magnificent "watermelon snow." As a result of microscopic algae, pink-tinted snow drapes the mountains, and some even say it smells and tastes just like watermelon.
While fortune cookies are often served with Chinese food, they were popularized and invented in California, not China.
18. Many people love to crack open these vanilla-flavored treats after enjoying a Chinese meal to read the riddles and fortunes tucked inside—that's right, we're talking about the fortune cookie. This post-dinner delight was created in California, with both Los Angeles and San Francisco taking credit for the invention.
19. Get ready to steam your worries away in California—Sonoma County boasts the world's largest geothermal field. Before power plants were built in the region, native tribes used it for healing purposes and steam baths for over 12,000 years.
20. With nine national parks to explore, California is home to the most national parks in the country and offers an abundance of incredibly beautiful scenery.
21. San Francisco is the only city where you can walk on guns—yes, you read that right. Known for its bizarre facts, S.F. is quite the headliner. (For instance, did you know that it's illegal to store anything but automobiles in the garages in the city?) In an attempt to make the city streets free of mud and dirt—settlers paved the streets with guns during the late 1800s and early 1900s.
22. San Francisco is also known as "The City of Dogs," thanks to its unusually large pup population. As of 2016, there are only 115,000 children in the city but between 120,000 and 150,000 dogs. It seems like San Francisco's residents are in favor of having four-legged babies.
Famous for its groves of giant sequoias, California's official state tree is the redwood.
23. California defies gravity, literally. There are several mysterious places in California where gravity just doesn't seem to play the same role as it should. The gravity hills in certain spots of California are known to push your car uphill, without using any power and while the car is in neutral.
24. California has the largest amphitheater in the United States: The classic Hollywood Bowl opened in 1922, serving as an amphitheater, public park, and picnic area.
25. Most of the movies filmed in the U.S. were filmed in California. (Following the Golden State is New York and Texas.) So, take a drive to the most iconic film locations in Southern California or add Northern California film spots to your to-do list
26. Enjoying everything from avocado toast to avocado smoothies, Californians are so in love with the avocado that it's become the official state fruit and one of the most iconic foods in California. San Diego County's Fallbrook, known as the "Avocado Capital of the World," hosts an annual avocado festival.
27. The stylish city of San Francisco is where blue jeans were invented. Levi Strauss and business partner Jacob Davis introduced the jeans to the world in 1873. Initially worn by factory workers, miners, and farmers, jeans eventually became a staple and made their way into closets around the nation and beyond.
Salute General Sherman, the world's largest tree by volume, and soak in the ancient wisdom of this massive sequoia.
28. In California's Sequoia National Park, you'll find the world's largest tree by volume. Named General Sherman, this giant sequoia is about 52,500 cubic feet by volume, and its circumference at the ground is 102.6 feet.
29. The iconic zip code 90210 is one of the state's most expensive zip codes and among L.A.'s most expensive neighborhoods, but Beverly Hills has actually humble roots. What began as a Spanish lima bean ranch quickly transformed into the most prestigious Golden State neighborhood and is now home to many Hollywood starlets.
30. California has an incredibly diverse climate and environment. The weather varies from blazing desert heat to subarctic climates, depending on the latitude and elevation.
31. California is the only state that has hosted both the summer and winter Olympics. The city of Los Angeles hosted the 1932 and 1984 Summer Olympics, while Squaw Valley hosted the 1960 Winter Olympics.
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Hippocampal remapping as hidden state inference
TitleHippocampal remapping as hidden state inference
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2020
AuthorsSanders, H, Wilson, MA, Gershman, SJ
Date Published06/2020
Cells in the hippocampus tuned to spatial location (place cells) typically change their tuning when an animal changes context, a phenomenon known as remapping. A fundamental challenge to understanding remapping is the fact that what counts as a ‚Äò‚Äòcontext change‚Äô‚Äô has never been precisely defined. Furthermore, different remapping phenomena have been classified on the basis of how much the tuning changes after different types and degrees of context change, but the relationship between these variables is not clear. We address these ambiguities by formalizing remapping in terms of hidden state inference. According to this view, remapping does not directly reflect objective, observable properties of the environment, but rather subjective beliefs about the hidden state of the environment. We show how the hidden state framework can resolve a number of puzzles about the nature of remapping.
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Citrix Networking
To provide secure access to applications and desktops for external users, an on-premises Citrix ADC VPX or MPX appliance is required. Using smart cards with Citrix Gateway is a common access scenario for Citrix Cloud Government customers. This article describes Citrix recommendations for using smart cards with Citrix Gateway.
 1. Create a primary Gateway virtual server for authenticating users. Select the Client Authentication setting and set it to Mandatory. The Mandatory option enforces the need for smart cards by disallowing any SSL handshake that doesn't include a client certificate.
 2. Create a secondary Gateway virtual server that only handles ICA proxy. This Gateway is not configured to prompt for Client Authentication, so the SSL ICA connection doesn't prompt the user again for a PIN. In StoreFront, use this virtual server to route connections to resources. This allows users to log on to the primary Gateway, which handles the initial authentication, and access resources through the secondary Gateway.
 3. Create a third Gateway virtual server to provide the callback URL for StoreFront. Only StoreFront uses this Gateway to verify requests from the Gateway appliance and doesn't need to be publicly accessible. This virtual server is required when client certificate authentication is mandatory because StoreFront can't present a certificate to authenticate.
Additional information
For more information about creating Citrix Gateway virtual servers, see Creating Virtual Servers.
For more information about configuring smart card authentication in StoreFront, see Configure smart card authentication.
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As part of the overall environment for RF87, I had envisioned alien creatures wandering around. I wanted them to behave more like animals than traditional monsters, such that they may or may not be hostile, and that they would also potentially chase each other in predator/prey fashion. I also though about incorporating terrain passability parameters, similar to the global map simulator, but in real time. Again, there were no tutorials covering this type of behavior, so I had to develop an AI myself. I set up a state machine with various creature behaviors, but soon came to the conclusion that there were too many exceptions
in animal behavior to model with a single state engine, so I set up a couple of parameters. A creature would have a basic set of behavior like wandering, pursuing, fleeing and attacking,
however these would be modified by parameters like "creature mood" and "creature hunger." That way, a creature that was hungry would behave more aggressively, or a powerful herbivorous creature might generally be harmless, but fight aggressively if attacked.
The project was successful, and I even added a few other features like a terrain speed – where my demo swamp slugs could move quickly in swamp terrain, and slowly on hard ground, but other creatures were the opposite. I also played around with a point and click interface, rather than the using the arrow keys to move like in my original RF87, and in the Witch of Darkmoore Forrest. You can click to select a character, and click again to move them.


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How Cane Sugar is Made - Extraction
There are several important aspects to extraction which involve the energy balance of the factory, the efficiency of extraction and therefore ultimately the profitability of operations:
- The manager needs to process the cane as soon as possible if sugar losses are to be avoided yet needs to have a sufficient supply in storage for times when cutting and transport are stopped, whether deliberately or not. Typically, cane is processed within 24 hours of cutting;
- Cane preparation is critical to good sugar extraction, particularly with diffusion extraction. This is achieved with rotating knives and sometimes hammer mills called "shredders". However shredding requires extra energy and more equipment;
- The extraction is actually conducted as a counter-current process using fresh hot water at one end being pumped in the opposite direction to the cane. The more water that is used, the more sugar is extracted but the more dilute the mixed juice is and hence the more energy that is required to evaporate the juice;
- The more accurately that the mills are set [adjusted], the drier is the residual fibre and hence the less sugar remaining in the fibre;
A typical mixed juice from extraction will contain perhaps 15% sugar and the residual fibre, called bagasse, will contain 1 to 2% sugar, about 50% moisture and some of the sand and grit from the field as "ash". A typical cane might contain 12 to 14% fibre which, at 50% moisture content gives about 25 to 30 tons of bagasse per 100 tons of cane or 10 tons of sugar.


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Oracle fusion application security mechanism is designed on the base of role-based access control (RBAC). Oracle recommend to implement roles with functional security and data security and then assign roles to user, which bring benefits from maintenance and reusability. We should not directly assign functional security and data security to user, even though it looks ok from technical perspective.
First, let's have a look at the Oracle recommended security setup process with a real business scenario, and then have a review of Oracle fusion security architecture and concept for further understanding.
Oracle recommended Security Setup Process, which is the most safe for your implementation.
Considering you have a financial manager called Ning Yun, who is responsible for all financial modules as a manager role in business unit A, B, C, Ledger X, Y, and asset book Z.
1. Create a user ning with person information (generally employee information). A person will auto created in HCM. Or you can create person in HCM and user will be auto created.
2. You should have had job roles, like general ledger manager, payables manager, receivables manager, etc. in your system, generally they are predefined by oracle.
3. Create data roles for above job roles through data role template. Or the data role can be generated automatically when you create BU, asset book, GL data access set.
4. Assign the necessary data role to user.
I recommend that you always generate data role by data role template or generate automatically and NOT try to generate your own data security, because it is not completed. If you try to research the Oracle-predefined data role template, it is very complex. You can duplicate it by data security easily. So, always use data template or auto generation.
Oracle fusion security architecture and concepts
1. Resource: Very technical concept that the technical components used by privilege.
2. Entitlement (Privilege): A task/action of duty role. An entitlement is one or more allowable actions applied to a set of database resources.
3. Application Role (Duty/Duty role): Duty roles cannot be provisioned directly to users, but are inherited by enterprise roles to control access to applications. Duty roles may carry both function and data security grants.
4. External Role (Job/Job role): Specific to a job, and controls access to functions through inherited duty roles that carry the entitlement necessary for performing specific tasks associated with the duties of the job, such as access for a procurement manager.
5. User: application user registered in system.
6. Database resource: A database resource specifies access to a table, view, or flexfield that is secured by a data security policy.
7. HCM Security Profile: HCM data roles are generated using the Manage Data Roles and Security Profiles task, which uses HCM security profiles, not data role templates, to define the data security condition.
8. Data role template: You use data role templates to generate data roles. You generate such data roles, and create and maintain data role templates in the Authorization Policy Manager (APM).
Data Role (Also external role in APM): Specific to a job within a dimension of data, and augments the inherited abstract, duty, or job roles with entitlement to access specific data, such as access for a procurement manager in a particular business unit. Job role with data security.
External Role/Job Role: Accounts Payable Manager (which is mapping to real AP manager in business)
Duties assigned directly and indirectly to the job role Accounts Payable Manager
Application Role/Duty Role
Accounts Payable Managerial Analysis Duty: Analyzes Invoices and related documents along with Payments, Holds Discounts, and Payables Balances
Accounts Payable Period Status Management Duty: Manages Oracle Fusion Payables period status.
Accounts Payable Period Status Review Duty: Reviews Oracle Fusion Payables period status.
Actual Procurement Cost Collection Duty: Subscribes to costing service for interfacing invoice transactions to receipt accounting.
The relationship between external role (data role) and job role: (first page for functional hierarchy, second page for data security)
The relationship between job role and application rule:
The relationship between application role and entitlement:
The relationship between entitlement and resource:
(From my own opinion, the security mechanism, especially data security is very complex in current version of Fusion Application, so please always use data role template or auto-generation. That's enough)


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Simplified Chinese is a simplification of Chinese characters that was adopted as the official orthography of the People's Republic of China in 1949. It is also used in Singapore. Traditional Chinese characters remain in use in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and Malaysia. The characters were simplified in may ways, including using commonly used abbreviations, retaining only part of a traditional character, replacing the phonetic element with a simpler one, and replacing several traditional characters with one simplified character.[1]
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Two fishing cats born at National Zoo9:02 am - 06/16/2012
Looks like the National Zoo has two new young additions! Twin fishing cats were born May 18, marking an important milestone for the endangered species.
The twin kittens were the first-ever fishing cats to be bred and produced in the D.C. area — making future breeding possibilities a more tangible option. Just 27 of out of 30 fishing cats in North America are considered reproductively viable.
The fishing cat population has decreased 50 percent over the past 18 years due to poaching in Southeast Asia, and scientists are working hard to help this endangered species thrive in the future. Named for their hunting technique, fishing cats tend to find the majority of their diet living in water.
These kittens are going through procedures most human babies experience after birth — physical examinations and vaccinations. They are being closely monitored by specialized scientists.
They will make their first public appearance late this summer, but their father, 2-year-old Lek, can be seen now on the National Zoo's Asia trail. Their mother, Electra, has heightened maternal instincts and doesn't let the twins go too far.
Apparently the zoo originally planned to pair Electra with another male, but the original pair showed no interest in each other. When Electra met Lek, they instantly showed their affection by nuzzling and grooming each other.
The match made in heaven is definitely a step in the right direction toward saving another endangered species, as these cute young kittens show.


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Changing Movement
How the player moves is a big part of how your game feels. nes-starter-kit tries to pick reasonable defaults, but if the movement is too fast or slow, it's not hard to change. In addition, you may want to make your character move faster in certain circumstances – such as when you press a button or get a powerup. This chapter should help!
Adjusting the player's base speed
Your player's speed is mainly controlled by a few constants, as well as some logic in the player sprite file. To adjust your base speed, we simply have to tweak these constants. To start, open up source/sprites/player.h. About halfway through the file, you should see something like this:
// Handles player movement - we start slow and accelerate/decelerate up to a max speed. As a player,
// you probably won't notice this outright, but it feels a lot more natural like this.
// NOTE: The max velocity needs to be evenly divided by the acceleration. (Eg 20/4 = 5)
_TAG_ PLAYER_MAX_VELOCITY 20 // Max speed of the player; we won't let you go past this.
_TAG_ PLAYER_VELOCITY_ACCEL 4 // How quickly do we get up to max velocity?
These two constants are what we have to change. Make sure to read and understand the NOTE message here - if these two variables are adjusted in a way where acceleration does not divide cleanly into the max velocity, the player will move erratically.
Let's speed the player up a bit - let's add two more increments to PLAYER_MAX_VELOCITY (bringing it to 28), then try the game to see how it feels.
_TAG_ PLAYER_MAX_VELOCITY 28 // Max speed of the player; we won't let you go past this.
If you rebuild the game, the player's movement should feel a bit faster. Now, let's explore the acceleration a bit. We can slow it down by reducing PLAYER_VELOCITY_ACCEL to 2. (Which still evenly divides 28, so it is ok.)
_TAG_ PLAYER_VELOCITY_ACCEL 2 // How quickly do we get up to max velocity?
This should make the player's controls a bit less responsive - the player takes longer to get to their max speed, then decelerates more slowly as well. It will feel sort of like ice physics in some games.
Before moving on, adjust these variables back to something that seems right to your game. You can use the built-in defaults, or something a little faster if you like.
Adding a "run" button
Next, let's adjust some of these things during gameplay! As an example, we are going to adjust your speed when a button is pressed. That said, you should be able to tweak this code to run in other cases, such as when a powerup is picked up for a short time.
Let's start by adding a second max speed constant to source/sprites/player.h for run speed. Make sure that both speeds can be evenly divided by PLAYER_VELOCITY_ACCEL!
_TAG_ PLAYER_MAX_RUNNING_VELOCITY 36 // Max speed of the player when running.
Next up, we have to change how we use these constants a bit. Open up source/sprites/player.c and look for the handle_player_movement() method. At the top of it, you should see a familiar constant being used.
void handle_player_movement(void) {
 // Using a variable, so we can change the velocity based on pressing a button, having a special item,
 // or whatever you like!
 int maxVelocity = PLAYER_MAX_VELOCITY;
 lastControllerState = controllerState;
 controllerState = pad_poll(0);
 // If Start is pressed now, and was not pressed before...
 if (controllerState & PAD_START &&!(lastControllerState & PAD_START)) {
 gameState = GAME_STATE_PAUSED;
All that we need to do is alter maxVelocity based on whether or not the player is running. The code is set up to automatically shift the player's speed up or down based on maxVelocity. We just need to change it when B is pressed… here's what it looks like:
// Put this under the if statement for PAD_START
 if (controllerState & PAD_B) {
 maxVelocity = PLAYER_MAX_RUNNING_VELOCITY;
That's really all there is to it. Rebuild the game and run it, and when you hold B you should move a lot faster than without.
Adjusting the player's hitbox
One other thing that matters is the player hitbox. If you change the player sprite at all, you may find that parts of it overlap the walls, or perhaps don't get as close to the walls as you expect. You might also find that sprite collisions are too small. If so, the reason is your hitbox.
If you aren't familiar with the concept, a hitbox is like an imaginary rectangle around your sprite that is used for collisions. We do this because testing each pixel is far too slow, as are many other methods. This is a quick and simple method to implement, and also easy to visualize and understand.
Our case is a little special though - we calculate position and size using larger numbers than the number of pixels shown on the screen. Our sprites are 16 pixels wide and 16 pixels tall, and the screen is 256 pixels by 240 pixels. We use larger numbers to make movement more fluid - so you can move 1.5 pixels per frame, for example. In our case, the main sprite is 256 units wide, and 256 units tall. The screen is actually 4096 units by 3840 units.
Here are the values that make up the hitbox of the main character - we cut a number of units off on all 4 sides, just to make collisions feel more accurate. The constants for this are in source/sprites/player.h. Look for the following:
// This is the width and height of player as used in collisions. This is shifted by 4 to allow for sub-pixel
// sizes. (And smoother acceleration/deceleration.) A 16px wide sprite is 256 units here.
This basically means that on the Y axis, we're starting your hitbox 8.5 pixels below the main sprite, and ending it at the bottom of the sprite itself. We're cutting just shy of 2 pixels off the left of the sprite, and a little bit less on the right. You can change these values to suit any different character sprites you add.
As an example, let's dramatically increase the player's hitbox to the height of the full sprite. Let's use 15px as the height. We also have to adjust the Y offset to be much smaller. (in this case 1px) Here is what that could look like:
If you build your game and run it like this, you should see the player sprite collide with walls at its full height, instead of the half height that we use by default. Hopefully this makes it a little clearer.
Breaking out of the grid
By default, the engine guides the player onto an 8px grid when moving. This allows the player to navigate around objects more consistently. A similar tactic is used in the original Legend of Zelda. If you change the size of the main sprite, or otherwise tweak the hitbox in the above section, this might not work.
We make this configurable with a piece of configuration named PLAYER_MOVEMENT_STYLE in source/sprites/player.h:
// This is simple movement style that leaves everything up to the player.
// This is a movement style that guides the player onto an 8px "grid", to make it harder to get
// stuck on edges.
// This define changes how the player moves to be one of the two movement styles above.
If you swap that last line to be:
the player will no longer be confined to the grid. For the curious, the code this effects is in source/sprites/player.c - search for PlAYER_MOVEMENT_STYLE to find it.
With that, you've made it through chapter two! (Or at least this part of it.) Next up, we'll start adding some new features in.
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 1. Why does yooz grapefruit leak liquid?
In fact, liquid leakage from electronic atomization is a relatively common phenomenon, and the mainstream electronic atomization products currently on the market basically have such problems. It can be said that if you choose electronic atomization, you must accept and understand such a phenomenon. This is not a question of which agency or brand. It is a common industry problem, and yooz vape pod system grapefruit is no exception.
In fact, in many cases, the liquid leaks when the manufacturer sends it to the distributors, and the distributors are helpless. Under normal circumstances, slight liquid leakage in the cartridge is a normal phenomenon, as long as you open the package and wipe it clean and install it, it will not affect normal use.
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|Biosphere Reserve Information|
CABO DE HORNOS
Cabo de Hornos Biosphere Reserve, the first nominated in Chile in more than 20 years, is located in the extreme south of the American continent, comprising marine areas, islands and forested coast. It includes an extensive and remote area of temperate forests, the sub-antarctic or sub-polar forests of Magellanic Chile, that recently have been identified as one of the 37 most pristine ecoregions in the world. This ecoregion corresponds to one of the unique areas where non-fragmented or altered temperate forests are conserved. The Archipelago of Cabo de Hornos is one of the few insular groups that remain free of human impact. The mosaic of terrestrial ecosystems includes evergreen broadleaf forests, deciduous forests, alpine habitats with formations of cushion plants and lichens, a complex of tundra formations ranging from Juncaceae wetlands to Sphagnum peat bogs, glaciers and snowdrifts, and a series of freshwater ecosystems. These ecosystems are located in an insular system, in the middle of an intricate system of fjords, channels, estuaries and bays. In this regional heterogeneity several types of intertidal systems are distinguished with extensive meadows and belts of brown seaweed (Macrocystis pyrifera). Recent analysis has shown that the sub-antarctic ecoregion of Magellanic Chile includes the greatest diversity of non-vascular floral species in Chile, and constitutes a hotspot of bryophyte diversity.
The region to the south of 50°S also represents a hotspot of invertebrate and marine mammal diversity, with cetaceans such as the Peale's dolphin (Lagenorhynchus australis) and black dolphin (Cephalorhynchus eutropia), and occasional visits by killer whales (Orcinus orca) and antarctic minke whales (Balaenoptera bonaerensis). The presence of penguins are remarkable, principally the Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) and the rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes crestatus).
The core areas are constituted of the Cabo de Hornos and Agostini National Parks, which in spite of their proximity, are not interconnected. The biosphere reserve will contribute to initiate scientific education, research and conservation programs in both national parks and establish a biological corridor between them.
Cabo de Hornos represents the southernmost territory in the world with pre-Columbian populations, since the territory corresponds to the ancestral territory of the Yagán people. Some 2.200 people live in the transition area with a concentration in Puerto Williams. The resident civil population mainly includes the indigenous community of Yagán descending from the first colonists. The main economic activities are artisanal fishery, public services, diverse small-scale commercial activities and some cattle raising. The Yagán people constitute a nomad culture that has inhabited the southern end of the American continent at 56°S. They live in the coastal sectors, navigating the channels of Cabo de Hornos and the sub-antarctic archipelago region to the south of the Tierra del Fuego. Today it is the most threatened of the Chilean indigenous cultures. The Biosphere Reserve supports economic and human development through an 'alliance between science and tourism to promote sustainable development'. It also provides advice to stimulate the sustainable use of marine and silvoagricultural natural resources on which the extractive and productive activities are based that constitute the base of the local economy.
|Major ecosystem type||Temperate forest; Sub-polar evergreen rainforest; Coastal marine systems|
|Major habitats & land cover types||Intertidal and sub-marine forests with brown seaweed Macrocystis pyrifera and Lessonia vadosa, L. flavescens and L. trabeculata; Intertidal zones with macroalgae communities dominated by Lessonia nigrescens and Durvillaea antartica; Intertidal zones and rocky bottoms formed by great quarry stones with D. antartica and L. nigrescens in exposed intertidal zones and with M. pyrifera, L. vadosa and L. flavescens in more protected areas; Intertidal and sub-tidal zones formed by fine sediments (sands and muds) dominated by Enteromorpha sp. and Ulva sp.; Intertidal and steep rocky subtidal zones with algae species such as Adenocystis utricularis, Porphira sp. and Polysiphonia sp.; Pelagic - demersal habitat.|
55°15'S; 69°30'W (Central point)
54°09'S; 70°92'W (Northern limit)
54°67'S; 72°50'W (Western limit)
56°18'S; 67°28'W (Southern limit)
55°21'S; 66°06'W (Eastern limit)
|Buffer zone(s)||1,711,318.34 - terrestre: 399,831.14 (of which marine: 1,311,487.20)|
|Transition area(s) when given||1,848,921.86 - terrestre: 193,373.04 (of which marine: 1,655,548.82)|
|Altitude (metres above sea level)||about -500 to +2,234|
|Administrative authorities||Gobernación de la Provincia Antártica Chilena|
The zonation protects a vast complex of unique ecosystems in the extreme south-western end of the American continent. This complex of ecosystems includes the subantarctic rain forests of Magellanic Chile dominated by the evergreen species Drimys winteri and Nothofagus betuloides, the last one which is endemic to this type of ecosystem. The complex of ecosystems includes tundra formations that also have endemic species of flora and fauna. The zonation scheme integrates marine-terrestrial conservation, protecting species that use both types of environments. Among them, various endangered species such as the sea cat (Lontra felina) and southern river otter (L. provocax) are recorded. In the coastal area, the zonation scheme allows for the protection of extensive meadows of brown seaweed and subantarctic kelp forests composed by species of Lessonia, Druvillea and/or Macrocystis. In the marine zones, the scheme protects benthic and pelagic species of seaweed, invertebrates and vertebrates, among which several species of cetaceaes. Above all, the present zonation scheme is new for Chile in the sense that it is protecting an integrated system of marine and terrestrial habitats that contribute not only to the protection of species, but also of ecological and evolutionary processes of local, regional and global relevance. The core areas include the Cabo de Hornos and Agostini National Parks. The buffer zones include the high-priority sites for biodiversity conservation and the coastal strip around the terrestrial core areas. The disposition of the buffer zones also allows mitigating the impacts of the urban centres of Puerto Williams and Ushuaia (Argentina). Both the buffer zones and transition areas promote sustainable activities especially related to tourism and fishery, and only low impact activities are permitted in the buffer zones. The local population mainly lives in the transition area and works in tourism and artisanal fishery in the buffer zones and transition areas.
Long-term meteorological monitoring; Monitoring of water temperature in three rivers; Geomorphology and quantification of nutrients in rivers that have been affected by beavers, an introduced species; Studies on rodents (life cycles and ecology); permanent plots for the monitoring of the dynamics and changes in vegetation due to global climatic change; Studies on birds (DNA, diet, nesting, migration and behaviour); Expeditions for the collection of mosses and hepaticas that has resulted in the discovery of new species; Studies on aquatic ecology, terrestrial insects and invasive exotic species; Demographic and social studies; Poverty; Socio-economic factors; Publication on traditional knowledge; Studies on marine ecosystems: biological, geological and hydrological characterization of the coasts of Isla Navarion, Isla Hoste and Cabo de Hornos archipelago, Qualitative and quantitative studies on marine biodiversity, Qualitative studies of ficologia; Qualitative studies on faunal diversity in coastal areas; Quantitative studies on marine flora and fauna; Characterization of the algae Macrocystis pyrifera; Studies on the distribution and dynamics of exotic and invasive species in the coastal-marine area.
|Abiotic||Abiotic factors, climate, geology, geomorphology, global change, hydrology, meteorology, monitoring/methodologies, nutrients.|
|Biodiversity||Algae, alien/invasive/exotic/introduced species, biodiversity, biology, birds, coastal/marine, ecology, ethology, fauna, flora, freshwater/inland water, invertebrates/insects/spiders, island systems/islands, mammals, migrating populations/migration, monitoring/methodologies, species inventorying/inventory, vegetation studies/plant cover.|
|Socio-economic||Cultural aspects, demography, poverty, social/socio-economic aspects, traditional practices/ethnology/traditional knowledge.|
|Integrated monitoring||Impact and risk studies/Environmental impact.|
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Posted on Wednesday 27th July 2011
Professor Carole Torgerson from the School of Education, has led a major evaluation of Every Child Counts (ECC), a numeracy programme that was introduced into English primary schools in 2008. The evaluation project, conducted by Researchers from the Universities of Birmingham, Durham and York for the Department for Education, has shown a positive short term effect on children's numeracy skills and equated the improvement to seven additional weeks' progress in numeracy skills for each child.
Every Child Counts (through the Numbers Count intervention) provides intensive support to the lowest-achieving Year 2 children. Children are taught on a one-to-one basis by a specialist teacher for half an hour a day over the course of a term. The programme is currently being provided to over 20,000 children in about 1700 schools.
A randomised controlled trial (RCT) involving 409 children in 44 schools across England assessed the effect of receiving Numbers Count (NC) teaching compared with not receiving the programme. Children receiving Numbers Count showed a greater level of improvement – when measured using the GL progress in Maths 96) test – compared with control children. This improvement was consistent across all groups irrespective of gender, free school meal status, age, and prior achievement.
Professor Carole Torgerson explained 'We conducted a rigorous evaluation of NC to give a robust assessment of the effect it has on children. Our trial showed that the programme made a moderate improvement in children's numeracy. However, this improvement needs to be assessed in the context of the programme's cost, which was high, and the fact that we don't know if the effect is maintained beyond a single term.
The DfE is to be congratulated for funding a large-scale independent evaluation of ECC using a randomised controlled trial design. Large scale randomised evaluations of educational initiatives have an important role to play in supporting policy in education.'