How to cook rice in rice cooker
What is the ratio of rice to water in a rice cooker?
How do you cook white rice in a rice cooker?
Ingredient amounts in the recipe summary are for the default serving size. Wash rice. Wash 1 cup of rice in cold water. Add water. Add 1 cup of water. Cook. Place it in the rice cooker and select white rice (if there is an option). Serve. With a rice spatula, flip through the rice very gently.
How much water do I put in a rice cooker for 2 cups of rice?
Please note, I use the same measuring cup for BOTH rice and water in order for the ratios below to work. For any type of grain size (short, medium, or long) you can follow a 1:1 ratio of water to rice. If you want to add more rice, you can adjust the recipe in a similar way, 2 cups of rice to 2 cups of water.
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Why is my rice sticky?
How do you keep rice from sticking in a rice cooker?
Many ricemakers go into " keep warm" mode upon completion. When the rice is cooked, unplug the pot and let it sit without any additional heat added. Make sure you stir the rice and water before starting to cook. Just putting in rice and pouring in water (without stirring) tends to cause sticking.
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How does a rice cooker Know When rice is done?
A rice cooker cooks using a water to rice ratio that varies by type of rice. As the water gets absorbed, the temperature of the insert begins to rise. Once the water is gone, that increase speeds up. When it reaches a set point, it triggers to cooker to lower or turn off the heat, indicating the rice is done.
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EPA takes action against Del Monte Fresh Produce to protect community, workers from hazardous waste Company fined $190,000 for improperly stored and handled hazardous waste
Release Date: 09/25/2008
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(09/25/08) HONOLULU -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today fined Del Monte Fresh Produce Co., a Kunia, Oahu, fruit grower, $190,000 for hazardous waste storage, handling, and used oil management violations.
In August 2007, EPA inspectors found open and unlabeled containers of hazardous waste at the facility and evidence of a release of used oil.
"Companies must properly store and handle hazardous waste to protect the community, workers and the environment," said Jeff Scott, director of Waste Programs for the EPA's Pacific Southwest region. "I am pleased that Del Monte has corrected the violations and that the facility no longer presents a potential risk to human health and the environment."
Additionally, the EPA found the facility had stored containers of hazardous waste without a permit and stored hazardous waste for longer than the 90 days allowed by the EPA's hazardous waste storage rules. At the time of the inspection, the company had ceased its pineapple growing operations.
The facility also failed to:
* have a response plan for hazardous waste and used oil spills and have an emergency response coordinator;
* properly manage other wastes, such as lead acid batteries;
* keep adequate hazardous waste training records for its staff;
* properly store used oil and label the containers; and
* respond to releases of used oil, and comply with oil pollution control requirements.
The EPA's hazardous waste rules require facilities to properly store, label and seal hazardous waste containers. Facilities must also have trained staff, as improperly stored hazardous waste can potentially spill and pose a risk to workers and the environment. Proper disposal of hazardous waste is required at a permitted disposal site, with the required permits and notifications made to the EPA.
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JACKSON, SOLOMON HENRY
JACKSON, SOLOMON HENRY (d. 1847), first Jewish printer in New York City. His printing shop had both English and Hebrew type fonts, and he was thus able to print material in both languages, which he did for the various congregations of the city. His most important works were The Form of Daily Prayers, According to the Custom of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews (1826), a translation of the Sephardi prayer book into English, and his editorship and publication of The Jew (1823–25), a monthly, the first Jewish periodical in the United States. In 1827 he was active in the Ḥevrat Ḥinnukh Ne'arim, a society to promote Jewish education, and in 1837 he led a movement to settle Jews on the land.
H.B. Grinstein, Rise of the Jewish Community of New York 1654–1860 (1945), index.
[Hyman B. Grinstein]
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Gabriel Sanchez, RWJF Executive Director and Post-doc Edward D. Vargas co-authored this article, Language bias and self-rated health status among the Latino population: evidence of the influence of translation in a wording experiment which was recently published in Springer.
This research uses a translation experiment to assess the Spanish translation of the "fair" response in the self-rated health measure among a representative study of the Latino population in the USA.
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This toy will mesmerize you. When inverted, the gooey fluid flows down slowly from top to bottom. Watch as the fluid begins to flow down, and touches bottom, and from there it gradually piles up. As the name suggests, it oozes down. This slowly moving fluid is called, in physics terms, highly viscous, because of how slowly it flows from one place to another. Water, on the other hand, is much less viscous because of how much easier it flows from one place to another. The viscosity of a fluid is a measure of its resistance to gradual deformation. Viscosity is due to the friction between fluid particles as the fluid moves.
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This takes us immediately to the major problem with the recording though. Memory leakage! Since the recording keeps references to the data it can keep data from being freed (zero reference count) when you expect it to be. For instance, in this example, we lose totally track of the original $im variable, but since there is a reference to it in the state it will not be freed
 $im = sequence(1000,1000)
 imag $im
 $s = retrieve_state
 $im = rvals(10,10)
Thus after the execution of these commands we still have a reference to a 1000x1000 array which takes up a lot of memory...
The solution is to call clear on the state variable:
(This is done automatically if the variable goes out of scope). I forsee this problem to most acute when working on the perldl or pdl2 command line, but since this is exactly where the recording is most useful the best advice is just to be careful and call clear on state variables.
If you are working with scripts and use large images for instance I would instead recommend that you do not turn on recording unless you need it.
A more detailed listing of the functions and their usage follows. For all functions we specify which options take effect and what other options exist for the given function. The function descriptions below are all given for the non-OO usage for historical reasons, but since the conversion to an OO method is trivial there is no major need for concern. Whenever you see a function example of the form
 Usage: a_simple_function($x, $y, $z [, $opt]);
and you wish to use the OO version, just let your mind read the above line as:
 Usage: $win->a_simple_function($x, $y, $z [, $opt]);
where $win is a PDL::Graphics::PGPLOT::Window object. That is all.
Window control functions.
Exported constructor for PGPLOT object/device/plot window.
 Usage: pgwin($opt);
 Usage: pgwin($option->$value,...);
 Usage: pgwin($device);
Parameters are passed on to new() and can either be specified by hash reference or as a list.
See the documentation fo PDL::Graphics::PGPLOT::Window::new for details.
Because pgwin is a convenience function, you can specify the device by passing in a single non-ref parameter. For even further convenience, you can even omit the '/' in the device specifier, so these two lines deliver the same result:
 $a = pgwin(gif);
 $a = new PDL::Graphics::PGPLOT::Window({Dev=>'/gif'});
Constructor for PGPLOT object/device/plot window.
 Usage: PDL::Graphics::PGPLOT::Window->new($opt);
 Usage: PDL::Graphics::PGPLOT::Window->new($option=>$value,...);
Options to new() can either be specified via a reference to a hash
 $win = PDL::Graphics::PGPLOT::Window->new({Dev=>'/xserve',ny=>2});
or directly, as an array
 # NOTE: no more {}!
 $win = PDL::Graphics::PGPLOT::Window->new(Dev=>'/xserve',ny=>2);
The following lists the recognised options:
The aspect ratio of the image, in the sense vertical/horizontal. See the discussion on size setting.
The type of device to use. The syntax of this is the one used by PGPLOT.
Hold the plot window so that subsequent plots can plot over existing plots. This can be adjusted with the hold() and release() methods.
The number of panels in the X-direction
The number of panels in the Y-direction
Yet another way to identify the plot window size -- this takes a scalar or an array ref containing one, two, or three numbers. One number gives you a square window. Two gives you a rectangular window (X,Y). Three lets you specify the unit compactly (e.g. [,,1] for inches, [,,2] for mm) but is deprecated in favor of using the Unit option. See the discussion on size setting.
The unit to use for size setting. PGPLOT accepts inch, mm, or pixel. The default unit is inches for historical reasons, but you can choose millimeters or (God forbid) pixels as well. String or numeric specifications are OK (0=normalized, 1=inches, 2=mm, 3=pixels). Normalized units make no sense here and are not accepted. Ideally someone will one day hook this into the CPAN units parser so you can specify window size in rods or attoparsecs.
The name to give to the window. No particular use is made of this at present. It would be great if it was possible to change the title of the window frame.
The width of the window in inches (or the specified Unit). See the discussion on size setting.
WindowXSize and WindowYSize
The width and height of the window in inches (or the specified Unit). See the discussion on size setting.
An important point to note is that the default values of most options can be specified by passing these to the constructor. All general options (common to several functions) can be adjusted in such a way, but function specific options can not be set in this way (this is a design limitation which is unlikely to be changed).
Thus the following call will set up a window where the default axis colour will be yellow and where plot lines normally have red colour and dashed linestyle.
 AxisColour => 'Yellow', Colour => 'Red', LineStyle => 'Dashed');
Size setting: There are a gazillion ways to set window size, in keeping with TIMTOWTDI. In general you can get away with passing any unique combination of an size, a size, and/or an aspect ratio. In increasing order of precedence, the options are: (Units, AspectRatio, WindowWidth, WindowSize, Size).
So if you specify an AspectRatio *and* an X and a Y coordinate, the AspectRatio is ignored. Likewise, if you specify Units and a three-component Size, the Units option is ignored in favor of the numeric unit in the Size.
If you don't specify enough information to set the size of the window, you get the default pane size and shape for that device.
Close a plot window
 Usage: $win->close()
Close the current window. This does not necessarily mean that the window is removed from your screen, but it does ensure that the device is closed.
A message will be printed to STDOUT giving the name of the file created if the plot was made to a hardcopy device and $PDL::verbose is true.
Check if a window is on hold
 $is_held = $win->held();
Function to check whether the window is held or not.
Hold the present window.
 Usage: $win->hold()
Holds the present window so that subsequent plot commands overplots.
Switch to a different panel
Move to a different panel on the plotting surface. Note that you will need to erase it manually if that is what you require.
This routine currently does something you probably don't want, and hence is deprecated for most use: if you say
then $image will actually be displayed in panel 2. That's because the main plotting routines such as line and imag all advance the panel when necessary. Instead, it's better to use the Panel option within plotting commands, if you want to set the panel explicitly.
Release a plot window.
Release a plot window so that subsequent plot commands move to the next panel or erase the plot and create a new plot.
Erase plot
Erase a plot area. This accepts the option Panel or alternatively a number or array reference which makes it possible to specify the panel to erase when working with several panels.
Plotting functions
Define a plot window, and put graphics on 'hold'
 $win->env( $xmin, $xmax, $ymin, $ymax, [$justify, $axis] );
 $win->env( $xmin, $xmax, $ymin, $ymax, [$options] );
$xmin, $xmax, $ymin, $ymax are the plot boundaries. $justify is a boolean value (default is 0); if true the axes scales will be the same (see justify). $axis describes how the axes should be drawn (see axis) and defaults to 0.
If the second form is used, $justify and $axis can be set in the options hash, for example:
 $win->env( 0, 100, 0, 50, {JUSTIFY => 1, AXIS => 'GRID',
 CHARSIZE => 0.7} );
In addition the following options can also be set for env:
The position of the plot on the page relative to the view surface in normalised coordinates as an anonymous array. The array should contain the lower and upper X-limits and then the lower and upper Y-limits. To place two plots above each other with no space between them you could do
 $win->env(0, 1, 0, 1, {PlotPosition => [0.1, 0.5, 0.1, 0.5]});
 $win->env(5, 9, 0, 8, {PlotPosition => [0.1, 0.5, 0.5, 0.9]});
Axis, Justify, Border
See the description of general options


What is the prevalence of antichlamydia immunoglobulin M (IgM) in sexually active adults and what does it suggest?
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Antichlamydia immunoglobulin M (IgM) is uncommon in adults with genital tract infection. The prevalence of antichlamydial immunoglobulin G (IgG) is high in sexually active adults, even in those who do not have an active infection, and it likely is due to past infection. A statistically significant association exists between chlamydia-specific serum immunoglobulin A (IgA) and active disease.
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Michigan University study recommends banning use of facial recognition tools in schools
University of Michigan study finds the use of facial recognition technology in schools invades privacy, promotes racial discrimination; recommends a total ban
Many schools use facial recognition technology for keeping an eye on students as well as preventing outsiders from entering the school premises. However, a new study by the University of Michigan researchers finds that using facial recognition technology schools is bad.
The research team led by Shobita Parthasarathy found that the security aspect of the facial recognition technology is flawed and presents many other problems. The study found that the facial recognition technology actually invades the students' privacy and promotes racial discrimination. The report adds that the tech also normalizes surveillance while institutionalizing inaccuracy and marginalizing non-conforming students.
The study was conducted at the behest of the University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy and comes in a time when there is a general anti-facial recognition tech feeling among Americans. There are growing instances of states banning the use of facial recognition tech by law enforcement agencies. Tech companies like Amazon, Microsoft, etc. have already announced that they will not deliver facial recognition tech to the U.S. law enforcement agencies until there is a regulation in place. IBM has gone further and said that it will never venture into the facial recognition technology business.
The study which is titled, "Cameras in the Classroom," states that facial recognition tech is not accurate and should be banned from schools. "We have focused on facial recognition in schools because it is not yet widespread and because it will impact particularly vulnerable populations. The research shows that prematurely deploying the technology without understanding its implications would be unethical and dangerous," said Parthasarathy.
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What does water represent in the Bible? What does the number 7 represent?
To my knowledge water in the Bible stands for nothing except water. As to why God utilized it as He did we are not told. It could be that since water is the predominant element in physical cleansing God utilized it in the spiritual cleansing as well. We are not given any reason for His utilization of water and we are not told that it represents anything. As to the number 7 and its meaning; Seven is the number used is scripture extensively representing perfection or completion. It was used primarily in the apocalyptic writings; Ezekiel, Daniel and Revelation signifying such. Apocalyptic literature was written in signs and symbols to veil the meaning of the message from certain enemies but readily understood by the people of God. What does "cor jesu adveniat regnam tuum adveniat per marian" mean? It is a Latin phrase meaning "Heart of Jesus may you come (to me). May your kingdom come through Mary." What is the canonization of the old testament. The word canon comes from the Greek kanon,

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On using the theory of regular functions to prove the ε-Optimality of the Continuous Pursuit Learning Automaton
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Original versionZhang, X., Granmo, O.-C., Oommen, B. J., & Jiao, L. (2013). On using the theory of regular functions to prove the ε-Optimality of the Continuous Pursuit Learning Automaton. In M. Ali, T. Bosse, K. Hindriks, M. Hoogendoorn, C. Jonker & J. Treur (Eds.), Recent Trends in Applied Artificial Intelligence (Vol. 7906, pp. 262-271): Springer. 10.1007/978-3-642-38577-3_27
There are various families of Learning Automata (LA) such as Fixed Structure, Variable Structure, Discretized etc. Informally, if the environment is stationary, their ε-optimality is defined as their ability to converge to the optimal action with an arbitrarily large probability, if the learning parameter is sufficiently small/large. Of these LA families, Estimator Algorithms (EAs) are certainly the fastest, and within this family, the set of Pursuit algorithms have been considered to be the pioneering schemes. The existing proofs of the ε-optimality of all the reported EAs follow the same fundamental principles. Recently, it has been reported that the previous proofs for the ε-optimality of all the reported EAs have a common flaw. In other words, people have worked with this flawed reasoning for almost three decades. The flaw lies in the condition which apparently supports the so-called "monotonicity" property of the probability of selecting the optimal action, explained in the paper. In this paper, we provide a new method to prove the ε-optimality of the Continuous Pursuit Algorithm (CPA), which was the pioneering EA. The new proof follows the same outline of the previous proofs, but instead of examining the monotonicity property of the action probabilities, it rather examines their submartingale property, and then, unlike the traditional approach, invokes the theory of Regular functions to prove the ε-optimality. We believe that the proof is both unique and pioneering, and that it can form the basis for formally demonstrating the ε-optimality of other EAs.
Published version of a chapter in the book: Recent Trends in Applied Artificial Intelligence. Also available from the publisher at: _URL_


text: This document specifies the requirements for the sampling and processing of complex matrices in order to obtain a liquid dispersion having a sufficiently high concentration of nano-objects of interest. This document provides guidelines for the detection and identification of specific nano-objects in complex matrices, such as liquid environmental compartments, wastewater, and consumer goods (e.g. food and cosmetics). For identification, this document requires prior knowledge of the nature of the nano-objects, such as their chemical composition. The detection and identification methods chosen are based on a combination of size classification and chemical composition analysis. Characterization of morphology can, for example, also support identification. At present, only the techniques of field flow fractionation (FFF), electron microscopy (ME) and inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (spICP-MS) fulfill this combination requirement.


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What to do if you received a bill from a lab for services rendered at Family Care, PA.
If you are reading this, you probably received a bill from a lab and had a question, so you were directed to this blog post for answers. There are a few pieces of information you'll want to collect before determining if the bill is accurate.
Check the Explanation of Benefits (EOB) letter from your Insurer. For any claim against your health insurance, you will receive a statement of benefits from your insurer after the claims has been processed. This is an insurance-side verification document to be sure you are being billed the proper amount from the rendering facilities. This document also explains why something wasn't covered – in many cases, the reason is something that can easily be fixed once you review the explanation and compare the result to your plan's details.
Seriously, check your EOB. This step answers 90% of the questions by itself and helps answer the other 10% much faster. Please take the time to find and evaluate a paper or electronic copy of this document before asking questions or paying a bill.
 - Check statement dates. If your EOB shows the claim was processed after the bill was generated, you may receive an updated bill to reflect the changes.
 - Check denial codes. If something wasn't covered, the EOB will tell you why. If you disagree with the reason and think it should have been covered differently, you still have a chance to fix or appeal the denial. If the denial reason makes sense, you'll likely owe that amount.
 - Check each line item. Often, large bills are the result of a single, uncovered service, among a set of otherwise covered services. Narrow your focus on the specific line items that need to be fixed in your appeal.
If your insurer does not have record of the claim (eg. there is no EOB), then the lab did not file your claim with your correct insurance. You will need to contact the lab to update your insurance information and have them re-file the claim.
Find the portion of the EOB that states your patient responsibility. Based on the denial reasons stated in your EOB, we may have the potential to appeal and/or re-file your claim to have it re-processed by your insurer. If you think there is something that should have been paid, this annotated portion of your EOB will give you a clue as to why the service was denied. From there, we have a few options. In order of most likely, here are a few of the common situations we encounter:
Amount applied to deductible.
This probably means the reason/diagnosis used for the testing was not considered a preventive code. If your bill shows a primary diagnosis code starting with a Z, it was probably filed as preventive. If not, many plans have a lab deductible to meet prior to covering non-preventive services. If you believe the service should have been considered preventive, read this information regarding preventive wellness services and/or check your insurer's benefit package to verify potential coverage.
Coinsurance owed.
Even after you meet your deductible, many plans still have a coinsurance percentage that will apply to lab services. Instead of paying 100% prior to meeting your deductible, you will pay a smaller portion (usually 10% or 20%) until you reach your out-of-pocket maximum. Basically, if your insurer allows $10 for a service, you can expect to pay $1. If you have not yet met your out-of-pocket maximum, you should expect to owe some amount for all non-preventive services.
Non-covered services.
This service is not considered a part of your insurer's benefits package. This is rare, but it does happen. In certain cases, mostly regarding lab procedures, the lab and/or your provider may not be allowed to bill you for non-covered services. Always contact the rendering provider of any non-covered service within 2-3 weeks of receiving your EOB to verify your claim's status to be sure. For services that are ultimately considered non-covered and billable, we can potentially have you pay our uninsured prices, rather than paying the lab directly.
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Over 90% of the world is right-handed, and the way we write is strongly informed by that fact… but it makes it difficult for the people who use their left hand to write/draw with. The minute you write with your left hand, you risk smudging the text with your palm every single time. The FELEF caters to a relatively small group of people but solves a large problem for them.
Created as a simple extension of the pen's cylindrical design, the Felef helps offset your writing instrument, maintaining a safe distance between your palm and your pen's nib. By putting the palm below the nib rather than beside it, the FELEF makes sure your palm's always resting against the blank paper, preventing any accidental smudges.
The FELEF works with any pen, simply fastening to it using a tightening screw. Its organic design offers a more comfortable gripping experience and the fact that it is ambidextrous means you can use it with your right hand too, especially if you find your hand cramping, or if you're working with text that's written from right to left!
Designers: Aakash Dolas, Shruthi Iyer & Tanay Dhongade.


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9 Benefits of Mango for Pregnant Women, Important for Fetal Development
7. Magnesium prevents preeclampsia
Magnesium, present in reasonable amounts in mangoes, acts as an excellent natural remedy for preeclampsia, while the vitamin E in this fruit helps build fetal muscles and prevents preeclampsia.
8. Beat morning sickness
The fresh mango flavor helps prevent morning sickness. The vitamin B6 in this fruit also plays a key role in relieving you of morning sickness and nausea.
9. Balancing body fluids
When blood volume increases during pregnancy, your body needs extra minerals. Mangoes contain electrolytes such as potassium, calcium, magnesium and sodium which help maintain fluid balance.
Electrolytes make sure your nerves, heart, brain and muscles work as they should.
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Research is core of science and improving methodology leads to realistic findings. Assessing the impact of main factors on a given factor is important in various fields of psychological research. There are some methodological and statistical methods to tackle that problem. Recently, other methods and algorithms are being developed for this purpose. One of the methods is Fuzzy Cognitive Maps, which are recurrent neural network for modelling and simulations. The main advantage of this method is that it provides flexibility to model complex systems using causal relationships, thus allowing for what-if simulations. The key purpose of this lecture is to introduce and apply this method in the Psychology field. More explicitly, this paper discusses this model in depth and applies it to a psychological well-being case study.
What will audience learn from your presentation?
- Theory of fuzzy set theory
- Fuzzy cognitive mapping
- Developing FCM
- Testing FCM as an inference fuzzy method
- Being familiar with R package for running FCM


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Imagine electric conductor,copper wire for example,that is fully coated with thin teflon coating and this coated wire is surrounded by air.
The classis high voltage air ionisation happens when the electrons start to escape naked non-insulated conductor and go into the air,its called corona discharge.
My question is,is it possible to cause ionisation of air by high voltage conductor that is fully coated by thin layer of strong insulator like teflon?
I think it my work in following way,near the insulated high voltage conductor,close to its surface there exist strong electric field that can accelerate positive ions or electrons,ofcourse,molecules and atoms of air are neutral,but its a fact that cosmic radiation,radon gas and ultraviolet light causes constant ionisation of air in the enviroment where we live,its very small amount but it exist and these small ionisation events,while invisible happen relatively often.
I think that maybe if one ionisation event happens near the insulated conductor where the electric field is strong,the field might be strong enough at that location to accelerate that electron to such degree it will cause ionisation by colliding with neutral air atom thus causing sort of avalanche where more electrons are ejected,they are accelerated and they ionise more atoms and it repeats and grows exponentialy.
Could all this happen like I described it? Could teflon insulated conductor really cause air ionisation without any current flowing from it into air?


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My life in the workhouse
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A recount of a child's life in a typical Victorian workhouse, complete with a virtual tour. Children can click on hot spots to reveal labels, captions and further information and to hear sound effects.
Leaflet 1 and Leaflet 2 offer extracts from Berlie Doherty's novel and play Street Child, featuring a London workhouse. This on-screen resource can be used before or after the group reading sessions to explore the fact behind the fiction. It includes a virtual tour of a workhouse. Children can click on hot spots to reveal labels, captions and further information and to hear sound effects.
- What do the children know about workhouses? What do they expect to find in the text? What are their feelings about workhouses?
- Discuss how to navigate the text and what to click on first.
- Read the text together or read it in pairs/as a group/independently.
- Challenge the children to find specific information and to explain how they found it. Was the resource easy to use? How has the writer brought the information to life?
- Compare a daily workhouse routine with the school timetable.
- Compare the text with that in Leaflet 1 (from Street Child by Berlie Doherty). How does the purpose and language of each text differ?
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On some websites, there are fixed mini contact forms on the bottom corner of a web page. An example website is Olark.
I couldn't find out the name of this kind of form apps.
Does anybody know what they are called and is there any ready made component or tutorial how to implement them?
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This is simply DOM manipulation using - more often than not using a JavaScript library like or similar.
The HTML containing the form (or whatever content) is hidden until the action element is clicked revealing the hidden content (either immediately or with a transition).
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Analyzing an Exported Apigee API Proxy
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Before deploying your API proxy to production, you need to make sure that it is thoroughly reviewed and tested. Static code analysis is an important procedure you can run that helps to ensure your code is consistent and clean. This process is known as _linting_, and Apigee API proxies can take advantage of an open-source tool called apigeelint. In this hands-on lab, we'll take the preliminary steps necessary to run apigeelint, exporting our API proxy using the Apigee Edge Management APIs. Then, we'll install apigeelint and use it to validate our code, displaying the results in a table format.
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Successfully complete this lab by achieving the following learning objectives:
Export the API Proxy
 1. On the Apigee dashboard page, click API Proxies.
 2. Click the link for the proxy you want to analyze.
 3. Review the name and revision number.
 4. In your browser, navigate to
 5. In the Apigee Management APIs navigation menu, select API Proxies > Export API Proxy.
 6. Scroll down the page to the Resource URL section.
 7. Complete the Resource URL by filling in the following elements:
 - Your organization name
 - Your API proxy name
 - Your proxy's revision number
 8. In the HTTP Basic box, click Set…
 9. In the Set Authentication dialog, enter your Apigee email and password.
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 11. Click Send this request.
 12. Select the cURL tab.
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 cd ~/downloads
 2. Verify that the file is in the Downloads directory.
 3. Install apigeelint.
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 4. Enter your password at the prompt.
 5. Unzip the downloaded proxy.
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 apigeelint -s apiproxy/ -f table.js
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Including line numbers in typeset output
For general numbering of lines, there are two packages for use with LaTeX, lineno (which permits labels attached to individual lines of typeset output) and numline. (Numline is considered obsolete, but remains available from the archive.)
Both of these packages play fast and loose with the LaTeX output routine, which can cause problems: the user should beware…
If the requirement is for numbering verbatim text, moreverb, or fancyvrb (see including files verbatim) may be used. Class memoir also provides the necessary facilities.
One common use of line numbers is in critical editions of texts, and for this the edmac package offers comprehensive support; ledmac is a LaTeX port of edmac.
The vruler package sidesteps many of the problems associated with line-numbering, by offering (as its name suggests) a rule that numbers positions on the page. The effect is good, applied to even-looking text, but is poor in texts that involve breaks such as interpolated mathematics or figures. Documentation of the package, in the package itself, is pretty tough going, though there is an example (also inside the package file).
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A multimodal analysis of linguistic landscapes in and around Botswana parliament
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This study investigates the use of language and signage in and around Parliament of Botswana by drawing from Linguistic Landscapes (LL) found in the area. The main aim of this study is to explore the symbolic and functional values of signs and languages found in and around Parliament of Botswana. Its main objective is to analyse the visual language in display in and around Parliament looking at the visibility and clarity of language and information/ messages on the signage and to interpret the distribution and frequency of each one of the languages in signage. Secondly, considering that embassies, international companies, organizations and one of the oldest and busiest malls are within the vicinity of Parliament, the study explored whether their presence is captured in the LL.Following Gorter (2006), Shohamy and Gorter (2009) and Shohamy, Ben Rafael and Barni(2010), the data used was drawn from the different types of signs in and around parliament and its neighborhood and included signs with municipal and infrastructural discourses as well as commercial discourses. Using descriptive qualitative research and a thematic approach for data analysis, the study captures the distribution, function, composition and size, clarity of intended information or messages of language on multilingual and monophonic signs.The study gives an insight on the dominance of English against other Botswana languages in LL.In terms of language vitality, the linguistic landscape gives the incorrect picture as if English and Setswana are the only languages spoken in Botswana. Interestingly, Chinese is occasionally found in the linguistic landscape. The presence of Chinese in the shops near Parliament, I argue, is a ploy to attract people to ostensibly "cheap" products. The linguistic landscape shows the apparent contradiction in which even monuments of heroes and pictures of past "Dikgosi"(Chiefs) are constructed in English. The study further reveals even where Setswana is used it is always on bilingual signs and the quality of translation is sometimes poor. The study also suggests that most of the signage was constructed in English and then translated to Setswana. It is not surprising then that the information on the Setswana LL is not always as complete as one on English. In some cases, it says something quite unrelated to the intended message. The different signs and discourses analysed clearly show that people are aware of the signs that surround them and the marketing strategies employed. The signage revealed multiplicity and fusion of discourses with types ranging from low budget to the modern visual signs by individuals to established companies. Both the consumers and the authors are aware of the link between the LL and economics. For this reason, signage is placed where it is expected to achieve maximum visibility and for maximum consumer impact. It is not uncommon to find someone placing their LL on someone else's, and "ambush" marketing is common place. The diversity of signs used in the study have illustrated and given an insight into the contrasting marketing strategies adopted not only by Batswana, but also by foreign investors, all vying for a piece of space in the Botswana landscape.


Fiery Pit Of Hell
The concept of a fiery pit that people associate with the concept called hell comes, of course, from the Archons.
When they created religions it was, in their eyes, necessary to create punishment for any and all misdeeds and so it occurred to them that the worst thing that they could create was a fiery pit where god threw anyone who did not conform to any particular religion, complete with everlasting suffering inflicted on them by demons and Imps working under the direction of this heartless god.
They did this because religions were first introduced into the middle East. Those countries are hot and so people suffered from the heat.
Thus, it made sense to the Archons to push the concept of heat to its limit.
So the concept was introduced into at least two of the major religions and seized upon with great eagerness by the priests in order to terrorize their congregation.
This concept exists to this day and is still propounded from pulpit to terrorize people.
Thus, people who have been brought up in a religion that expands this false doctrine, if they have a near death experience, before quite losing consciousness, enter a state where they expect to go to this burning hell as they still consider themselves guilty of various things and think that they are unworthy of going to Heaven.
So, with their imagination, they create this image and it remains uppermost in their mind even though they might, in fact, proceed down the tunnel of light towards heaven.
The concept of going to hell remains uppermost in their memory and so, when they return to physical life, that is what they describe.
But it is just imagination rather like a bad dream. It has no place in reality.
The truth is as we have described in various books and publications.
It is high time that this lie was chased from the words and writings of misguided Preachers.
It will fade gradually as people start to comprehend spirituality and the noble, loving nature of God and that replaces the heartless tyrant invented by religions.
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G also operates on Y by restricting the action to Y. The subset Y is called fixed under G if g.y = y for all g in G and all y in Y. Every subset that is fixed under G is also invariant under G, but not vice versa.
Fixed points and stabilizer subgroups[edit]
Given g in G and x in X with g.x = x, we say x is a fixed point of g and g fixes x.
For every x in X, we define the stabilizer subgroup of x (also called the isotropy group) as the set of all elements in G that fix x:
G_x = \{g \in G \mid g.x = x\}.
This is a subgroup of G, though typically not a normal one. The action of G on X is free if and only if all stabilizers are trivial. The kernel N of the homomorphism G → Sym(X) is given by the intersection of the stabilizers Gx for all x in X. If N is trivial, the action is said to be faithful (or effective).
Let x and y be two elements in X, and let g be a group element such that y = g.x. Then the two stabilizer groups Gx and Gy are related by Gy = g Gx g−1. Proof: by definition, hGy if and only if h.(g.x) = g.x. Applying g−1 to both sides of this equality yields (g−1hg).x = (g−1g).x = x; that is, g−1hgGx.
The above says that the stabilizers of elements in the same orbit are conjugate to each other. Thus, to each orbit, one can associate a conjugacy class of a subgroup of G (i.e., the set of all conjugates of the subgroup). Let (H) denote the conjugacy class of H. Then one says that the orbit O has type (H) if the stabilizer G_x of some/any x in O belongs to (H).
Orbit-stabilizer theorem and Burnside's lemma[edit]
Orbits and stabilizers are closely related. For a fixed x in X, consider the map from G to X given by gg.x for all gG. The image of this map is the orbit of x and the coimage is the set of all left cosets of Gx. The standard quotient theorem of set theory then gives a natural bijection between G/Gx and G.x. Specifically, the bijection is given by hGxh.x. This result is known as the orbit-stabilizer theorem. From a more categorical perspective, the orbit-stabilizer theorem comes from the fact that every G-set is a sum of quotients of the G-set G.
If G and X are finite then the orbit-stabilizer theorem, together with Lagrange's theorem, gives
|G.x| = [G\,:\,G_x] = |G| / |G_x|.
This result is especially useful since it can be employed for counting arguments.
\left|X/G\right|=\frac{1}{\left|G\right|}\sum_{g\in G}\left|X^g\right|
where Xg is the set of points fixed by g. This result is mainly of use when G and X are finite, when it can be interpreted as follows: the number of orbits is equal to the average number of points fixed per group element.
Fixing a group G, the set of formal differences of finite G-sets forms a ring called the Burnside ring of G, where addition corresponds to disjoint union, and multiplication to Cartesian product.
Group actions and groupoids[edit]
The notion of group action can be put in a broader context by using the action groupoid \scriptstyle G' \;=\; G \,\ltimes\, X associated to the group action, thus allowing techniques from groupoid theory such as presentations and fibrations. Further the stabilisers of the action are the vertex groups, and the orbits of the action are the components, of the action groupoid. For more details, see the book Topology and groupoids referenced below.
This action groupoid comes with a morphism \scriptstyle p:\; G' \,\rightarrow\, G which is a covering morphism of groupoids. This allows a relation between such morphisms and covering maps in topology.
Morphisms and isomorphisms between G-sets[edit]
If X and Y are two G-sets, we define a morphism from X to Y to be a function f : XY such that f(g.x) = g.f(x) for all g in G and all x in X. Morphisms of G-sets are also called equivariant maps or G-maps.
The composition of two morphisms is again a morphism.
Some example isomorphisms:
Continuous group actions[edit]
If G is a discrete group acting on a topological space X, the action is properly discontinuous if for any point x in X there is an open neighborhood U of x in X, such that the set of all g in G for which \scriptstyle g(U) \,\cap\, U \;\ne\; \emptyset consists of the identity only. If X is a regular covering space of another topological space Y, then the action of the deck transformation group on X is properly discontinuous as well as being free. Every free, properly discontinuous action of a group G on a path-connected topological space X arises in this manner: the quotient map XX/G is a regular covering map, and the deck transformation group is the given action of G on X. Furthermore, if X is simply connected, the fundamental group of X/G will be isomorphic to G.
The action of G on X is said to be proper if the mapping G × XX × X that sends (g, x) ↦ (g.x, x) is a proper map.
Strongly continuous group action and smooth points[edit]
A group action of a topological group G on a topological space X is said to be strongly continuous if for all x in X, the map gg.x is continuous with respect to the respective topologies. Such an action induces an action on the space of continuous functions on X by defining (g.f)(x) = f(g−1.x) for every g in G, f a continuous function on X, and x in X. Note that, while every continuous group action is strongly continuous, the converse is not in general true.[4]
The subspace of smooth points for the action is the subspace of X of points x such that gg.x is smooth; i.e., it is continuous and all derivatives[where?] are continuous.
Variants and generalizations[edit]
One can view a group G as a category with a single object in which every morphism is invertible. A group action is then nothing but a functor from G to the category of sets, and a group representation is a functor from G to the category of vector spaces. A morphism between G-sets is then a natural transformation between the group action functors. In analogy, an action of a groupoid is a functor from the groupoid to the category of sets or to some other category.
See also[edit]
 2. ^ This is done e.g. by Smith (2008). Introduction to abstract algebra. p. 253.
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What is a Nose Rider?
A nose rider is a popular option for AXYZ CNC routers. It is a relatively simple accessory which fits onto the bottom of the routing spindle and fixes its position relative to the pressure foot. The end result of this is to effectively 'lock' the height of the spindle to the surface of the material. The final depth of cut into the material is determined by how far the router bit is protruding from the lower face of the pressure foot. The nose rider includes an adjustable ring which allows very fine tuning of the vertical position of the spindle relative to the pressure foot and therefore the cut depth.
When to use a Nose Rider?
The primary reason for using a nose rider is when an application requires an accurate and constant cut depth when measured from the surface of the material.
If the sacrificial bed of the machine is absolutely flat and if the thickness of the material being processed is accurate and consistent then there should be no need to use a nose rider. However, if either of these cases is in doubt then the nose rider provides an excellent means of simple yet accurate compensation.
One example of this is engraving. For best visual results, engraving demands a very consistent depth of cut and quite often materials to be engraved are not consistent in their thickness and can vary by as much as 1.5mm over the area of a sheet. Even if the material does have a consistent thickness, any minor variations in bed flatness can spoil a fine engraving job. The nose rider will easily compensate in these situations and ensure constant depth engraving over the entire bed area.
Another example is when V-grooving composite materials which need to be folded. The depth of cut is quite critical in order to ensure consistent fold lines and final visual appearance. The AXYZ PANELBuilder machines which are designed for panel fabrication applications are almost always supplied with a nose rider accessory.
How to use a Nose Rider?
This video shows how a nose rider can be fitted and adjusted on an AXYZ machine.
Author: Ged Lodge is an Applications Specialist for AXYZ, a global manufacturer of CNC router and knife systems. Ged has over 10 years' experience with AXYZ and over 25 years' experience with CNC routers.


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Pub. date: 2009 | Online Pub. Date: December 16, 2009 | DOI: 10.4135/9781412972048 | Print ISBN: 9780761929574 | Online ISBN: 9781412972048| Publisher:SAGE Publications, Inc.About this encyclopedia
Richard K. Popp
Press clipping services monitor media for content of interest to their clients. They scan through newspapers, magazines, and electronic media, select pertinent items, and then package ("clip") them for easy perusal. The industry's name derives from the traditional practice of clipping items with a pair of scissors from the newspaper for safekeeping. Modern-day services track not only newspapers but nearly every print, broadcast, cable, and web-based information outlet, running the spectrum from network news broadcasts to teenagers' blogs. Clipping services have their origins in the expanding media environments of late-nineteenth-century cities. As the number of newspaper titles grew, editions multiplied, and issues expanded in length, a handful of entrepreneurs independently hit on the idea of a press monitoring service. Henry Romeike started the earliest clipping (or cutting) service in London in 1881 and quickly expanded its operations to New York, Paris, and Berlin. Romeike relocated to the United States in...


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Analytical Equivalent Circuit Model
Mechanical systems can be converted into electrical circuits by using the analogy between the mechanical and the electrical domains. One way to implement this analogy is to replace the forces in the mechanical domain by voltage sources and velocities by electrical currents. Then, an equivalent circuit of the system is constructed. This method becomes an even more powerful tool for the analysis of electromechanical systems where some parts of the system are already in the electrical domain. For example, equivalent circuit analysis is successfully used for piezoelectric transducers for their design and optimization.
Recently, the equivalent circuit model was employed for the characterization of CMUTs [2, 3]. Fig. 1 shows the equivalent circuit for a CMUT transducer. In the electrical part, C0 is the clamped capacitance of the device at the bias voltage. Spring softening capacitance and the mechanical membrane impedance constitute the mechanical part. The two parts are coupled together through an electromechanical transformer.
Compared to the FEM, the equivalent circuit provides quick solutions for many analyses. For example, collapse voltage is one of the critical parameters of a CMUT device. It may very well take about several hours to calculate the collapse voltage of a specific design. Therefore, there is a need for a fast, yet reliable, design tool. We have developed software, specifically for the CMUT, that outputs most of the important parameters, within an acceptable error margin for most of the practical cases. For example, compared to FEM, this software is capable of calculating the collapse voltage in couple of seconds with less than five percent error. The heart of this software is the ability to find the static displacement profile of the CMUT membrane under a uniform pressure (i.e. atmospheric pressure) and a specific DC voltage. It relies on plate theory to find the exact displacement profile. The calculated profile using this software matches very well the result of FEM simulation. For dynamic simulations, this software uses the well-known equivalent circuit models, depicted in Fig. 1. The value of parameters associated with CMUT in these circuit models (i.e. C0, n and Zmem) are calculated using the displacement profile of the membrane and plate theory. Using these circuits, it is easy to find the input impedance, output pressure, output receive signal, signal-to-noise ratio, etc.
FIGURE 1. (a) Equivalent circuit model of CMUT in transmit. (b) Equivalent circuit model of CMUT in receive. R s: Source Impedance, L TUN: Tuning Inductance, C P,S: Parasitic Series Capacitance, R P,S: Parasitic Series Resistance, R P,P: Parasitic Parallel Resistance, C P,P: Parasitic Parallel Capacitance, C 0: Device Capacitance, n: Electromechanical Conversion Factor, Z mem: Membrane Mechanical Impedance, R loss: Mechanical Loss, Z med: Medium Impedance, C amp: Amplifier Input Capacitance, R amp: Amplifier Input Resistance.
 Mason WP, "Electromechanical Transducers and Wave Filters". New York, NY: Van Nostrand, 1948.
 Ladabaum I, Jin X, Soh HT, Atalar A, and Khuri-Yakub BT, "Surface Micromachined Capacitive Ultrasonic Transducers," IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, vol. 45, pp. 678-690, May 1998.
 Khuri-Yakub BT, Cheng CH, Degertekin FL, Ergun S, Hansen S, Jin XC, and Oralkan Ö, "Silicon Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers," Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 39, pp. 2883-2887, 2000.
 A. Nikoozadeh, B. Bayram, G. G. Yaralioglu, and B. T. Khuri-Yakub, "Analytical calculation of collapse voltage of CMUT membrane", Proc. IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, Vol. 1, Aug. 2004, pp. 256-259.


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PUBLIC EXHIBITION SPACE
Is it possible to create a public debate on urban space - around town and on the Internet? A debate that reaches out to a wider audience than the traditional exhibition form where the viewer only meets a work in a confined physical space removed from the context of the exhibited project. Is it possible to create a virtual extension of exhibition space and simultaneously involve the spectators in the manufacturing process as active and interacting users of the exhibit space? These were some of the questions we asked ourselves when developing the concept for the project [parc] at Nørrebro in central Copenhagen in 2002.
Technologically [parc] was based on a discussion about augmented reality, which means that the physical world, we usually move in is augmented with an added digital dimension or layers of digital information. In the project we experimented with different notions of AR to create a public exhibition space in an area designated for the development of a park area for the residents of Nørrebro.
The project consisted of a physical cube printed with 4 different characters [p, a, r, and c] and a user guide inviting the viewer to enter an Internet address where he or she had various opportunities to expand the traditional poster as a means of communication. By installing a piece of software from _URL_ and using a laptop and a webcam it was possible for the user to participate in the public debate. The camera could record and understand letters [p, a, r, and c] and create a digital space around the physical cube, allowing users to co-create the exhibition space.


A Comparative Study of Logic Programs with Preference: Preliminary Report
Torsten Schaub and Kewen Wang
We are interested in semantical underpinnings for existing approaches to preference handling in extended logic programming (within the framework of answer set programming). As a starting point, we explore three different approaches that have been recently proposed in the literature. Because these approaches use rather different formal means, we furnish a series of uniform characterizations that allow us to gain insights into the relationships among these approaches. To be more precise, we provide different characterizations in terms of (i) fixpoints, (ii) order preservation, and (iii) translations into standard logic programs. While the two former provide semantics for logic programming with preference information, the latter furnishes implementation techniques for these approaches.


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Thursday, March 28, 2013
"Making Saltpetre" Seminar in Boston, 2 April
On Tuesday, 2 April, the Massachusetts Historical Society will host a session of the Boston Area Early American History Seminar starting at 5:15. David Hsiung, professor at Juniata College, will present a paper on "Making Saltpetre for the Continental Army: How Americans Understood the Environment During the War of Independence." His précis:
This case study focuses on how Americans understood the workings of the natural world as they imperfectly made gunpowder for the Continental Army. It argues that paying attention to the interactions between humans and the natural environment leads to a richer understanding of the war, and that modern American attitudes towards the environment have important roots in the Revolutionary period.
Juniata is known for its environmental study programs, and Prof. Hsiung is working on a history of the siege of Boston through the lens of environmental history.
The expert commenter on this paper will be Rob Martello from the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, who wrote a book on Paul Revere as manufacturer. I look forward to another uncommon perspective on the past. The paper is available online to seminar subscribers (in three pieces), and some hard copies might be available for members of the public to read before the discussion that afternoon.
American governments scrambled to promote the manufacture of gunpowder in 1775, but they had actually been trying that off and on for over a century. Back in June 1642, the Massachusetts General Court passed this resolution:
by raising and producing such materials amongst us as will perfect the making of gunpowder, the instrumental meanes that all nations lay hould on for their preservation, &c., do order that every plantation within this Colony shall erect a house in length about 20 or 30 foote, and twenty foote wide within one half year next coming, &c., to make saltpetre from urine of men, beasts, goates, henns, hogs, and horses' dung, &c.
Urine provided nitrogen, a crucial ingredient of gunpowder. But it's not hard to think why towns didn't keep up that part of their local infrastructure.
(Satirical print from 1783 Britain courtesy of the Library of Congress.)
John L Smith Jr said...
I have generally understood that colonists & people of the 18th century cared nothing of the environment because there was so much of it! Obviously if they relieved themselves near water supplies, they were ignorant of "pollution". But more so it seemed like in their minds things like wooded forests were of no use to anyone because they weren't cleared for planting. Plus they made great hiding places for Indians. Thoughts?
Robert S. Paul said...
Makes me hate every time I accidentally get powder in my mouth.
J. L. Bell said...
In researching this posting I came across information on how eighteenth-century gunpowder dealers refreshed old supply. It involved mixing in fresh powder, wetting everything down with urine, regrinding the mix, and selling as new. Tips you can use!
J. L. Bell said...
To the first comment, I agree that eighteenth-century Americans didn't share our concepts of pollution and littering. But they did understand the environment, albeit in different terms. With almost all of them farmers, fishermen, and others relying on natural resources, they were keenly attuned to the world around them, seasonal changes, and so on.
What really set them apart from us, I think, is the concept of preservation. They didn't see that natural world as something to be preserved for its own sake. In fact, I sense they had a hard time pulling back for more than a year or two in order to preserve that environment as productive. Their theology and lifestyle was based on getting as much out of the environment as possible by "improving"—i.e., using—it. Already there were signs that their activity was changing things: farmland being depleted, whales having to be hunted farther from shore. But no one was suggesting major compromises to avoid making those problems worse.
Not valuing preservation also affected how eighteenth-century Americans dealt with the historic landscape, preserving battlefields and buildings from replacement. That's why the Battle of Bunker Hill, the bloodiest and one of the most important fights of the war on American soil, is now commemorated with only a patch of land in a dense urban development.
My values developed in the twentieth century mean I dislike pollution and favor environmental and historical preservation. But my lifestyle also means I don't need to keep track of how bright the Moon will be tonight, when the first freeze will come, or how the tides will flow. So am I more or less attuned to the environment?


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I've created a rectangle, and I want to cut some text out of it, so that the text will appear as the background pattern.
I expected to be able to achieve this by selecting the rectangle and the text, using Pathfinder > Minus Front - however this hasn't worked. I've tried searching for the solution everywhere and can't find an answer.
Can anyone tell me where I'm going wrong?
How do I cut out / minus / subtract text from a shape / object in Adobe Illustrator?
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Sometimes the path direction causes the effect to not be visible. After creating outlines from the text, try selecting the outlined text as well as the rectangle and create a Compound Path via the Object menu.
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The National Trust for Historic Preservation defines heritage tourism as the act of, "traveling to experience the places and activities that authentically represent the stories and people of the past and present."
Heritage-based tourism contains two benefits:
Heritage Tourism Plans
Heritage tourism plans are useful to the development, management, and promotion for historic communities. Planning for heritage tourism is a service the Center for HIstoric Preservation offers to communities throughout the Midwest and is an important tool in utilizing historic resources to promote community pride and sustainability. A good heritage tourism plan serves both the residents of the community as well as the tourist the community is trying to attract. Benefits of heritage tourism plans are positive local economic impacts, diversification of economies, job creation and new businesses. Successful preservation efforts also evolve from heritage tourism development as communities begin to realize their historic value and importance, and take pride in their heritage and culture.
Walking & Driving Tour Brochures
Hand-in-hand with heritage tourism plans, walking and driving tour brochures are important tools for tourists visiting historic communities. The center has worked on many brochures and is well versed in how to best use communities' resources.
Communication through the internet is becoming an increasingly effective method of informing the public at large. At the Center for Historic Preservation, we understand the importance of keeping in step with technological advances in our promotion efforts. Podcasts are a great and effective way of informing target groups about historic resources and community heritage.
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have some tweaking to do in the next section.)
For the Xylotex, the setup and hold times are very short, 200nS each (0.2uS). The longest time is the 2uS high time. If you have 11uS latency, then you can set the BASE_PERIOD as low as 11+2=13uS. Getting rid of the long 20uS hold time really helps! With a period of 13uS, a complete step takes 2x13 = 26uS, and the maximum step rate is 38,461 steps per second!
But you can't start celebrating yet. Note that 13uS is a very short period. If you try to run the step generator every 13uS, there might not be enough time left to run anything else, and your computer will lock up. If you are aiming for periods of less than 25uS, you should start at 25uS or more, run LinuxCNC, and see how things respond. If all is well, you can gradually decrease the period. If the mouse pointer starts getting sluggish, and everything else on the PC slows down, your period is a little too short. Go back to the previous value that let the computer run smoothly.
In this case, sppose you started at 25uS, trying to get to 13uS, but you find that around 16uS is the limit - any less and the computer doesn't respond very well. So you use 16uS. With a 16uS period and 11uS latency, the shortest output time will be 16-11 = 5uS. The drive only needs 2uS, so you have some margin. Margin is good - you don't want to lose steps because you cut the timing too close.
What is the maximum step rate? Remember, two periods to make a step. You settled on 16uS for the period, so a step takes 32uS. That works out to a not bad 31,250 steps per second.
In the last section, we got the Xylotex drive to a 16uS period and a 31,250 step per second maximum speed. But the Gecko was stuck at 31uS and a not-so-nice 16,129 steps per second. The Xylotex example is as good as we can make it. But the Gecko can be improved.
The problem with the G202 is the 20uS hold time requirement. That plus the 11uS latency is what forces us to use a slow 31uS period. But the LinuxCNC software step generator has some parameters that let you increase the various time from one period to several. For example, if steplen is changed from 1 to 2, then it there will be two periods between the beginning and end of the step pulse. Likewise, if dirhold is changed from 1 to 3, there will be at least three periods between the step pulse and a change of the direction pin.
If we can use dirhold to meet the 20uS hold time requirement, then the next longest time is the 4.5uS high time. Add the 11uS latency to the 4.5uS high time, and you get a minimum period of 15.5uS. When you try 15.5uS, you find that the computer is sluggish, so you settle on 16uS. If we leave dirhold at 1 (the default), then the minimum time between step and direction is the 16uS period minus the 11uS latency = 5uS, which is not enough. We need another 15uS. Since the period is 16uS, we need one more period. So we change dirhold from 1 to 2. Now the minimum time from the end of the step pulse to the changing direction pin is 5+16=21uS, and we don't have to worry about the Gecko stepping the wrong direction because of latency.
If the computer has a latency of 11uS, then a combination of a 16uS base period, and a dirhold value of 2 ensures that we will always meet the timing requirements of the Gecko. For normal stepping (no direction change), the increased dirhold value has no effect. It takes two periods totalling 32uS to make each step, and we have the same 31,250 step per second rate that we got with the Xylotex.
The 11uS latency number used in this example is very good. If you work through these examples with larger latency, like 20 or 25uS, the top step rate for both the Xylotex and the Gecko will be lower. But the same formulas apply for calculating the optimum BASE_PERIOD, and for tweaking dirhold or other step generator parameters.
For a fast AND reliable software based stepper system, you cannot just guess at periods and other configuration paremeters. You need to make measurements on your computer, and do the math to ensure that your drives get the signals they need.
To make the math easier, I've created an Open Office spreadsheet (_URL_ You enter your latency test result and your stepper drive timing requirements and the spreadsheet calculates the optimum BASE_PERIOD. Next, you test the period to make sure it won't slow down or lock up your PC. Finally, you enter the actual period, and the spreadsheet will tell you the stepgen parameter settings that are needed to meet your drive's timing requirements. It also calculates the maximum step rate that you will be able to generate.
I've added a few things to the spreadsheet to calculate max speed and stepper electrical calculations. (_URL_
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23 Jun Conducting Clinical Studies in Romania and Bulgaria
Conducting clinical Studies in Romania and Bulgaria
Why Romania and Bulgaria?
Population (potential patient pool)
According to Eurostat there are 20,1 million inhabitants in Romania and 7.28 million inhabitants in Bulgaria, Taken together, 5.3% of total EU population, Romania being ranked the 7th largest country within the EU in terms of number of inhabitants
Both Romania and Bulgaria have adopted and fully implemented the EU Clinical Trials Directives. It takes 2 months to obtain regulatory and EC approval in these two countries, the regulatory environment being one of the principal reasons behind the important figures of completed and active studies in both countries in 2015 (figure1).
There is an abundance of high quality investigational sites in Romania and Bulgaria because of the high number of teaching hospitals, university clinics and postgraduate medical schools. There are 17 medical university schools in Romania and 5 medical schools in Bulgaria, while the number of university clinics stands at 39 units in Romania and 15 in Bulgaria, with similar infrastructure and diagnostic capabilities compared to western standards. More practitioners are employed by teaching hospitals and university clinics compared to Western Europe. GCP guidelines are fully implemented, and GCP training of the investigators is compulsorily required by the regulatory authorities. The overall quality of work delivered by investigational sites is very high and comparable to Western Europe and the US.
High recruitment rate:
Recruitment performance is consistently high throughout the region and this is maintained by many factors:
- A large heterogeneous patient population
- A wide availability of naive patients
- Shortage of available therapy
- The insufficient availability of preventive medicine
- Patient willingness to participate in clinical trials sponsored by Western companies
- Availability of multi-specialty medical institutions with highly educated medical personnel. Investigators are motivated to take part in clinical trials and perform well, as they largely acknowledge that co-operating with Western companies in scientific research is a sign of academic distinction, merit, and prestige,
Logistics and communication:
Our synergic operations covering Romania and Bulgaria facilitates your access to highly specialised & fully trained ICH-GCP investigators that have a vast experience in running clinical trials.The site staff (English-speaking investigators in a dense network of healthcare facilities) makes a great deal of efforts to ensure the studies are run according to the protocol and in line with local and international regulations. The guidance provided by CRO's and sponsors is largely accepted and there is a refreshing willingness to learn and improve practice.
Both the monitoring and investigator fees of a clinical trial in Romania and Bulgaria are significantly lower than those in Western Europe (Figure 2).
The monitoring costs are probably 50 – 70 % higher in Western Europe, while the investigator & hospital fees levels have remained relatively lower compared to Western demands. Moreover, additional accountable costs, such as travel, accommodation and postage are also considerably lower.


3 Essential Guidelines when Giving Feedback to Sales Candidates
Crawford Thomas Recruiting Blog
Contrary to popular belief, the process of sales recruitment does not end at the stage where you give the candidate notice on whether or not they have been hired. On the contrary, expert Dallas recruiters understand the importance of providing constructive feedback to those candidates who have not succeeded in getting the position. The main purpose of this final stage in the recruitment process is to enable the candidate to grow in the sales profession, refine themselves and ultimately land the job that is a perfect fit for them.
Providing helpful feedback is also in the best interest of the recruiter because the relationship between recruiter and candidate is a progressive one. If the candidate remains stagnant, it reflects poorly on the recruiter because it appears as though they have been unsuccessful in placing.
How to Give Constructive Feedback
1. Make it Clear
As a sales recruiter, the feedback that you give to candidates should be easy to understand. Be direct and avoid evasive responses. Being evasive may feel like you have wisely diffused a situation that could have potentially been explosive; but feedback of this kind has no effect on the candidate in whose progress you should be invested.
2. Personalize it
Personalize your feedback to suit individual candidates. In order to do this effectively, first-rate sales recruiters keep comprehensive notes on each candidate throughout the recruitment process. That way, they are able to describe the highs and lows that the candidate had, with the aim of equipping the candidate for change and growth. More than likely, the candidate has received generic feedback from other sales recruiters in the past; which is why they are still stuck.
3. Make it Actionable
Always provide feedback that the sales candidate will be able to act on. By taking conscious steps towards their success, the candidate is able to consistently evolve and improve. This puts them in a better position to be a strong and viable contender for future sales positions. Some steps that the candidate can take as a result of actionable feedback include:
 - Presenting themselves better during the recruitment process. This refers either to personal presentation or the manner in which they present their papers, showcase their skills, etc.
 - Getting additional training to specialize in sales
 - Being authentic in order to integrate more easily into the culture of a new company
 - Keeping up with different trends within the sales industry
Constructive feedback is essential in ensuring that the recruitment process is transparent and well-structured. By integrating this step, the candidate has a better idea of what to expect at the end of the process. Even when he/she does not get hired, they know that the constructive feedback they receive will enable them to develop their careers. Providing helpful feedback also demonstrates to the sales candidate that you are beneficial to them; thus causing them to be more motivated to pursue their career path and to work with you in the long-term.
As a sales candidate, it also helps to request feedback if you are unsuccessful during recruitment. Some Dallas recruiters may be more inclined to give honest and constructive feedback to candidates who seek it out because they recognize that you are invested in your own success.
Crawford Thomas Recruiting3 Essential Guidelines when Giving Feedback to Sales Candidates


The Doodlewash Bash
ArtworkZebra Pen Technical Pen in a Hahnemühle Nostalgie sketchbook
Doodlewash prompts: Walk, Monster, Party, Door
Sung to the tune of Monster Mash
On a walk through the graveyard, late one night
My eyes beheld an eerie sight.
All the monsters were gathered there,
To party down and paint plein air.
They did the wash, they did the Doodlewash
October prompts, they were awesomesauce.
They did them all, it was quite the romp
When the monsters did the Doodlewash prompts.
With watercolor, a zombie clown,
He was painting with mummy brown.
Wolfman was sketching Frankenstein,
With Conte crayon in bone and sanguine.
Repeat Chorus
On vellum skin worked the graveyard ghouls,
Rubbing headstones with their graphite tools,
With oozing hands, the living dead,
Smeared face paint on Pumpkin Head.
Repeat Chorus
Engraving symbols into the floor,
And onto the mausoleum door,
Skeleton shaved into stone
Using nothing but his finger bone.
Repeat Chorus
For history buffs, in the 16th and 17th centuries,Mummy brown was made from the ground-up remains of real people mummies. Eventually, artists found out and the practice was ended. You can still get a color called Mummy brown, but we hope no mummies were harmed in the making of it.
Sanguine is the Latin word for blood, and some chalk, crayons, pastels and ink of color that resembles dried blood are commonly called by that name.
Vellum was originally made from calf or sheep skin, but legends often refer to occult books bound with human vellum skin.
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 1. All so clever — the artwork and the poem! But, although very interesting, the descriptions of the…ingredients…of the art supplies is totally gross! Perfect for Halloween. :O
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Sea Star Shape Silicone Mold DIY Fondant Cake Chocolate Mould Baking Decoration Tool
1. US FDA quality, non-toxic, tasteless and environmentally friendly, baking necessary mold.
2. Temperature resistant -40 ° C to +230 ° C, baking necessary mold.
3. Can cultivate children\'s ability to develop manual skills, art literacy tools.
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Microbiological characterization of gut symbiotic bacteria in a limited number of stinkbugs of the families Acanthosomatidae, Plataspidae, Pentatomidae, Scutelleridae, Parastrachiidae, Alydidae and Pyrrhocoridae has shown symbiotic association with midgut bacteria to be common in phytophagous taxa of these heteropteran insects. Here we investigated the midgut bacterial symbiont of Eucorysses grandis, a stinkbug of the family Scutelleridae. A specific gammaproteobacterium was consistently identified in insects from five different geographic origins. The bacterium was detected in 64 of 64 insects sampled from three host populations. Phylogenetic analyses revealed that the bacterium constitutes a distinct lineage in the Gammaproteobacteria, neither closely related to the gut symbiont of another scutellerid stinkbug, Cantao ocellatus, nor to gut symbionts of other stinkbugs. Diagnostic PCR, in situ hybridization and electron microscopy demonstrated that the bacterium is located extracelluarly, in the midgut fourth section, which possesses crypts. These results indicate that the primary gut symbionts have multiple evolutionary origins in the Scutelleridae. A Sodalis-allied facultative symbiont was also identified in some insects from natural populations. Biological aspects of the primary gut symbiont and the secondary Sodalis-allied symbiont are discussed.
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What makes someone a great athlete? As the 2012 Summer Olympics open, that's a question that people worldwide might be pondering. Here at Sanford-Burnham it led us to wonder, do exceptional minds and exceptional bodies tend to co-exist? Perhaps competing in sports informs scientific pursuits, and vice-versa. For example, Sally Ride—who, sadly, the world lost this week—was a nationally ranked tennis player before she became a physicist and astronaut.
We turned to our own scientists to find out what's in the intersection between science and sports. "San Diego County is filled with scientist-athletes," one of them told us. Below, meet just a few.
Christine Gould, Ph.D., a postdoctoral researcher in Sanford-Burnham's NCI-Designated Cancer Center, recently qualified for the Half Ironman World Championship. She credits the same personality traits that drove her to achieve in academia with her success as an athlete. "Triathletes in particular are extremely 'Type A'," she says. "These people are usually very motivated and successful in their careers. They want to be the best at what they do in their careers as well as wanting to compete well."
Christine goes on to say that, while triathletes come from all walks of life, the lifestyle aligns well with the traits found among scientists. "With the type of work that you do [as a scientist], you need a lot of independence and motivation and the ability to overcome obstacles."
Climbing with curiosity
Rachel Zarndt Ellison is a graduate student working in the lab of Rolf Bodmer, Ph.D. This September she will climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, where she will observe tourists' reactions to extreme altitude. She started climbing mountains as an undergraduate. On her first climb, she fell behind her group, strongly affected by the altitude. Her scientific curiosity kicked in. "When I got back down I kept thinking, 'What happened up there?' I stayed up really late at night on PubMed trying to figure it out," Rachel says, referring to a database of scientific publications maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
As she continued her education, she took that experience with her. "I realized that very few people in the climbing or scientific communities understand how the human body acclimatizes to high altitude. Questions from mountaineering led directly to my current Ph.D. work." Rachel is studying how Drosophila (fruit fly) hearts respond to reduced oxygen levels, a condition known as hypoxia. She's also interested in cross-species adaptations to living permanently at high altitude.
Cycling for the mind
For Ryon Graf, a Sanford-Burnham graduate student and avid cyclist who won the 2011 amateur Southern California Time Trial Championship, riding feeds the scientific mind, so to speak. He says, "Cycling, and sports in general, provides a critical cornerstone of health, fitness, and perspective that I see necessary for the mental clarity required for research."
He goes on to say, "I have had some of my best ideas while on the bike. It provides a very good filter for mental noise and offers a certain amount of time where I'm unreachable via email! Cruising along the coast in the early mornings before work, away from the bustle of the lab, is a little bit of moving meditation for me."
Ryon studies cancer, specifically metastasis and resistance to apoptosis (cell death). He often meets other researchers through cycling. "Cycling provides a common ground and a slightly less formal format for discussions with diverse minds," he says.
Our own CEO, John C. Reed, M.D., Ph.D., is an Ironman triathlete himself. He has often expressed the pride he takes in the successes of the Sanford-Burnham community, both in the lab and out. "I know that, for me, competing athletically is part of who I am as a scientist. I'm so pleased to see young, up-and-coming scientists and students achieving so much, whether it's at the lab bench, on a bicycle, or wherever they find their inspiration."
Know any great scientist-athletes? Tell us about them in the comments below!


Evaluating the effect of body fluid mixture on the relative expression ratio of blood-specific RNA markers
Suaad Alshehhi, Penelope R. Haddrill
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The estimation of the time elapsed since a biological stain was deposited at a crime scene can provide crucial information to a forensic investigation, indicating either when a crime was committed, or whether the biological evidence was deposited at the time of a known crime event. This would enable the investigators to limit the number of suspects and to assess alibis. The relative expression ratios (RERs) of body fluid-specific RNA markers are promising molecular tools for indicating the age of biological stains. However, the nature of some forensic samples found at crime scenes could be challenging, as they frequently occur in a mixture of different body fluid types. The research presented here has utilised reverse transcription quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) to explore the impact of bloodstains being present in mixtures with other body fluids (saliva or semen) on the resulting RERs of blood-specific markers. The expression level of three blood-specific markers (HBA, HBB and miR16) along with two reference genes (18S and U6) were analysed across multiple ageing time points in pure and mixed bloodstains. For some markers, no significant differences were found when comparing RERs in pure and mixed bloodstains, however some RERs were altered in mixed stains. This indicates that the presence of body fluid mixtures may have a significant effect on the RERs of some blood-specific markers. This should therefore be considered when selecting markers for estimating the age of stains, particularly when multiple body fluids are thought to be present.
Original languageEnglish
Article number110116
JournalForensic Science International
Early online date18 Dec 2019
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2020
 - deposition time
 - relative expression ratio
 - RNA markers
 - blood-specific markers
 - fluid mixture
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Question by ashwin (19)
How many leg lifts should be done with ankle weights?
Answer by brendalea2121 (206)
You should only do about 12 lifts. Take a break for about a minute and do it again. You should do about three sets with 12 reps each, then move onto your next exercise.
Answer by Rian (52)
There is no set number. The weights vary as does ankle resistance. I would recommend starting from the lighter end to get feel of how comfortable they are then start adding the weight. Remember it is easy to tear a tendon - so go easy and gauge your resistance.
Answer by mjl10 (282)
It depends what weight of ankle weights you are using. If you are using light weights, you should aim for more repetition (15-20 reps). If you are using a heavier weight, you should aim for less repetition (5 reps).
Answer by barkley (951)
Assuming you do not have any medical issues, you should start with a set of 15 leg lifts or until the muscle feels tired. You can increase the number of sets or the amount of weight as you get stronger.
Answer by rabbits123 (85)
not alot, you can pull a muscle/
Answer by alz (2329)
This completely depends on each individual and their ability. I would start with 3 sets of 10, and then see how you feel. If this is too easy, increase the number of reps.
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Texas Electricity Generation, by Fuel Source, 2006
Exhibit 20 shows electricity generated by source in Texas in 2006.
- Natural Gas: 49.0%
- Coal: 36.5%
- Nuclear: 10.3%
- All Other Renewable Energy Sources: 2.0%
- Other Gases: 1.2%
- Petroleum: 0.4%
- Hydroelectric: 0.2%
Note: Other gases include manufactured gas, coke-oven gas, blast-furnace gas and refinery gas. Renewable resources include biomass, geothermal, solar, wind, ocean thermal, wave action and tidal action. Other includes fuel cells, coal dust, wood and waste products.
Source: Energy Information Administration


Daughter calls for national holiday to mark Mabo decision
14 November 2012
June 3 should be declared a public holiday in honour of Eddie Mabo, according to his daughter, Gail.
"On June 3, 20 years ago, he changed history and that is something to be celebrated," Gail Mabo said in delivering the 2012 Charles Perkins Oration at the University on October 25. "The Americans have Martin Luther King Day. Why can't we have Eddie Mabo Day?" she continued, to an enthusiastic audience in the Great Hall.
The Mabo decision by the High Court, made in 1992 after 10 years of struggle led by Eddie Mabo, rejected the doctrine of terra nullius and recognised the common law concept of native title, giving the Meriam people of Murray Island legal possession of their traditional lands.
"My father was a very powerful man. Short in stature but big in voice. He was a man who could speak to everyone, a man who could command a room," Gail Mabo told the audience.
"He forced a way for others to come through. But he said 'I am just laying a stone'. Yet the recognising of prior ownership allows us to move forward. He made us realise that people are not all the same... and that not all indigenous people are the same."
Gail Mabo said that when she was growing up, her father stressed the importance of words and speech to her. "We have to learn to articulate out words," he told me, because he could not speak very well. English was his second language."
Gail was one of two speakers at this year's oration. She was followed by Brian Keon-Cohen AM QC, who was junior counsel for the plaintiffs throughout the Mabo litigation.
Brian began his address, about the complexity and conflict of the case, with an age-old question: "Did history make the man or did the man make history? Being a conservative lawyer, I think it is a mix of both."
He added that despite the historic nature and principle recognized by the Mabo judgement, it has not yet delivered great benefits to Aboriginal people because of problems within the Native Title Act.
The Dr Charles Perkins AO Memorial Oration was launched in 2001 in collaboration with the University's Koori Centre, and each year features an oration by a leading figure within the field of Indigenous and non-Indigenous race relations.
Established with the full support of the Perkins family, the oration acknowledges Dr Perkins' tireless dedication to human rights and social justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.


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The CHISQ.DIST.RT function is one of the statistical functions. It is used to return the right-tailed probability of the chi-squared distribution.
The CHISQ.DIST.RT function syntax is:
CHISQ.DIST.RT(x, deg-freedom)
x is the value at which you want to evaluate the chi-squared distribution. A numeric value greater than or equal to 0.
deg-freedom is the number of degrees of freedom. A numeric value greater than or equal to 1 but less than or equal to 10^10.
To apply the CHISQ.DIST.RT function,
 or click the Function icon icon situated at the formula bar,
 3. select the Statistical function group from the list,
 4. click the CHISQ.DIST.RT function,
 5. enter the required arguments separating them by commas,
 6. press the Enter button.
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u can get every thing using FileIOPermission
The following examples illustrate code that uses FileIOPermission. After the following two lines of code, the object f represents permission to read all files on the client computer's local disks. The code example then demands the permission to determine whether the application has permission to read the files.
FileIOPermission f = new FileIOPermission(PermissionState.None);
f.AllLocalFiles = FileIOPermissionAccess.Read;
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Finger puppets are a fantastic method to get children interested in crafts. Making wild animal finger puppets is a simple craft that takes only a few minutes. This article will show you how to make wild animal finger puppets for kids using only a few materials and no stitching needed. This is a fantastic creative art and craft project for kids who enjoy playing and creating things with their imaginations!
What you will need
- Orange and black felt
- Brown and light brown felt
- Grey and light pink felt
- Yellow felt
- Googly eyes
- A Circle-shaped object for tracing
Tiger Finger Puppet
- A circle-shaped object is needed to trace a circle on the orange felt.
- Draw two triangles on your orange felt.
- Then cut out your circles and the triangles. Stick the ears on the head of your tiger.
- Cut out zig-zag patterns from black felt. Then make your tigers face by sticking the googly eyes and black felt on to your circle.
- With your marker, draw on your nose and mouth to complete your tigers face.
- Turn your tiger around, and get some black felt. Put some glue on left and right, but be sure not to put any in the middle, so your finger fits through!
This is your first wild animal finger puppet!
Monkey Finger Puppet
- A circle-shaped object is needed to trace a circle on the dark brown felt. Draw half circles on each side of the circle to make ears for your monkey. Then cut it out.
- With your light brown felt, draw your monkey's face. See video for more detail on this.
- Cut out after drawing and stick on to your circle.
- Draw on your nose and month at the bottom of the circle with your marker.
- Then stick your googly eyes on the top.
- Turn the monkey around and get some light brown felt. Put some glue on left and right, but be sure not to put any on the middle, so your finger fits through!
Here is your second and most chattery wild animal!
Elephant Finger Puppet
- Get some grey felt and draw an elephant shape. If you need some help with the check out the video above.
- Cut out the elephant's face and trunk.
- Cut out oval shapes from light pink felt for the elephant's ears.
- Also cut out a little circle for the elephant's trunk from the light pink felt.
- Attach the pink felt and googly eyes to the elephant's face.
- Turn your elephant around, and grab some light pink felt. Put some glue on the left and right, but make sure not to put any in the middle, so your finger fits through!
Then you get your lovely third wild animal puppet!
Giraffe Finger puppet
- Draw a circle on your yellow felt. Add two small triangles for your ears and two horns.
- Cut out everything above with scissors.
- Stick on the horns and ears to the circle.
- Then you can add your googly eyes.
- With a brown marker, draw spots all over the face and draw the nose and mouth to finish your giraffe's face.
- Turn your giraffe around and get some orange felt. Put some glue on the left and right, but be sure not to put any in the middle so your finger fits through!
You have now completed all four of the wild animal's finger puppets!
This is a fantastic project for your children to work on.
They're ideal for adding to your animal collection! I created my craft using felt, but you may also do it with a card or paper.
Making the wild animal finger puppets when it's raining outside is simple and a pleasant activity to create!
Check out my other puppets on my website, YouTube, and Pinterest. I've got some fantastic farm animals puppets that are lots of fun to create!