ing to each other is a vital corner stone for being successful in tier 3 implementations.
The below diagram shows a part of TOGAF relevant to building a governance, risk and compliance framework enabled Enterprise Architecture.
When developing a governance, risk and compliance framework you will have to ensure that this framework will be adopted in the Enterprise Architecture framework as a standard. This means that the framework will have to be implemented in the standards information base. By doing so it will ensure that it is included in the architecture landscape and as a result will end up in the solution building blocks.
The "Standards Information Base" will hold standards on architecture, standards on configuration as well as coding and development standards. This will also hold all standards coming from the governance, risk and compliance framework to ensure that this is embedded in the foundation of the architecture.
It is of vital importance to ensure that not only the standards coming from the governance, risk and compliance framework are included in the "Standards Information Base". It is equally important to ensure that they are applied and used and that an architecture compliance review process is in place to ensure this.
Having the standards derived from the governance, risk and compliance framework embedded in the enterprise architecture and ensuring that it is applied on an architecture level and used in the right manner will help enforcing the implementation in tier 3.
Compliance assessment
Having a governance, risk and compliance framework in place, embedding it in the "Standards Information Base" of your Enterprise Architecture Repository and ensuring with a architecture compliance review process that the standards are included in the resulting architectures and solution building blocks in only a part of the end-to-end solution.
Ensuring that your architecture is in line with the requirements stated in the governance, risk and compliance framework is not a guarantee that it is implemented in this manner. And when it is implemented in compliance with the standards it is not a guarantee that it will remain that way during operations.
What is required to ensure a correct level of compliance with he standards is a constant monitoring of the current deployments and to what level they are compliant. Solutions like Puppet can be used up to a certain level to complete this task and report the level of deviation from the standard requirements however solutions like Puppet (and others) are not designed for this specific purpose and are only able to do this task up to a certain level.
Oracle provides a fully build for purpose solution as part of the Oracle Management Cloud Service. The Oracle Compliance Cloud Service is a software-as-a service solution that enables the IT and Business Compliance function to assess and score industry standard benchmarks, REST-based cloud resources and your own custom rules. With the Oracle compliance Cloud Service you can score, assign and remediate compliance violations both on premise and in the cloud.
The Oracle Compliance Cloud Service will allow you to monitor systems and applications deployed in the Oracle cloud in other public clouds, in your local datacenter and in your private cloud. Providing a constant monitoring and reporting to enable you to have a realtime insight into the level of compliance. This can be against the standards defined by your own organisation or against industry and regulatory standards.
Having the ability to constant have a realtime insight and define automatic actions in case a check fails ensures that you gain more control over the actual implementation of the governance, risk and compliance framework in tier 3. having the option to do realtime and constant assessments will uncover situations that might lead to possible issues directly and empowers IT to ensure security, reliability and compliance at all times.
Tuesday, December 27, 2016
Oracle Linux - Peer cert cannot be verified or peer cert invalid
Whenever trying to update a package or install a package with Oracle Linux using YUM you will connect to a local or a remote YUM server which will serve you a list of packages available. By default and based upon good practice this connection will be encrypted. In some cases however a secure connection cannot be made. An example of such a case is when you need to rely on a proxy to the outside world and the proxy is not configured in the right manner to allow you to setup a correct certificate based connection.
In those cases you might end with an error as shown below:
: [Errno 14] Peer cert cannot be verified or peer cert invalid
A couple of options are available to resolve this issue. The most simple way to resolve the issue is to enforce YUM to simply not verify the SSL connection between the server and the YUM repository. To set this as a global setting to ensure you resolve error number 14 (as shown above) you have to edit the configuration file /etc/yum.conf
In /etc/yum.conf you have to ensure that sslverify is set to false. This means the below setting should be changed from true to false;
Thursday, December 22, 2016
Oracle cloud – code, deploy, test, destroy (and repeat)
Traditionally in old fashion environments it was hard to quickly build and test your code in any other way than on the system you developed the code on. Traditionally developers would develop code on a develop system, do the unit testing on this system and after that move the code to a test system. The next phase would be integration testing, user acceptance testing and production stage. Or any other form which you company adopted.
However, when developing code you do want to quickly deploy code, test the things you created, find the bugs and mistakes and repeat the process. Up until recent it was quite hard to build your code quickly and deploy it on a test system which only was used for this specific test and could be discarded afterwards.
Having the option to do so, quickly and often test without the burden of requesting a infrastructure team to prepare a new fresh test system is a big benefit for developers and ensures that the quality of code and the speed of development are increasing. The below image shows a more modern approach to DevOps and a more modern way of developing code.
DevOps Flow in the Oracle Cloud
Using an integrated environment
The above image outlines multiple streams for unit testing, integration testing and production deployments in a DevOps environment. When using such a model developers will be able to push code to a central version control system and state which version of the code has to be build (compiled) automatically, deployed on a fresh provisioned and environment and (automatically) tested.
This model only works in a highly automated cloud environment. To achieve this you will have to ensure that all components are driven by automated processes, fully self service, where DevOps developers can start a build process and the deployment of new environments and build code deployments. The solution needs to be a fully integrated environment where all nodes (deployed server builds) are fully stateless and code is pulled from the source repository.
Using an integrated environment in this manner will enable you do automatically build your code, deploy in on servers, and test it in an automatic manner. The same can be applied in exact the same manner for the integration testing and for the deployment to production phase. Making use of exactly the same routines, source code and by doing so ensuring the production state will be exactly what is tested without the riks of human errors.
At the same moment, the entire testing and deploying steps will only take a fraction of the time of what it might take when done manually.
Automated code building / build automation
The process of build automation in this DevOps based deployment cycle will take care of downloading a specific branch of the source repository tree and build it into a "product" that can be deployed on a node. Depending on the language you use to develop your code in, the way you automate other parts of the "stream" and other aspects you will have to select a certain build automation tool.
Hudson and Jenkins are currently popular build automation tools used for continuous integration. However, depending on your situation other tools might very well be applicable. As an example, you might want to use BuildBot or Team Foundation Server. When using the Oracle Developer Cloud Service you will be able to use a hosted version of Hudson
Deployment automation
When using the Oracle Cloud you will have the desire to ensure that the automatically build code will be deployed on one or multiple systems. In this case "systems" can refer to multiple type of Oracle Public Cloud Solutions. As an example, it can be a docker container in the Oracle Container Cloud Service, it can be an application server running on an Oracle Linux instance in the Oracle Compute Cloud service. However, it can very well be PL/SQL code deployed in a database in the Oracle Database Cloud Service.
Ensuring you "pack" all the different targets where the code needs to be deployed, the configuration of the individual nodes and all the configuration to bind them together. A growing number of tools and platforms are available to asist in this task, from complex solutions to the more easy to maintain and understand solutions like for example RunDeck.
Binding it all together
When you intend to build a solution like shown above and make use of the benefits of a fully automated end-to-end continues deployment and integration you will have to build a vision and direction and arrange the according tools in a DevOps tool Chain. When developing this vision and the underlying technology the biggest challenge is to ensure that everything can be integrated into one single fully automated deployment orchestration.
Oracle is supporting in this with a set of tooling within the Oracle Developer Cloud service and with a rich set of API driven services. However, to ensure a totally fitted deployment automation solution it is very likely you will select a number of tools that are not by default in the Oracle Cloud Services however very capable of running on the Oracle Cloud.
Monday, December 19, 2016
Oracle Cloud – Changing the tool chain for DevOps
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First Forgive the Silence
Thirteen hour durational performance, Boya Quarry. 2015
An act of tender gratitude, release and homage, Jacobus's series of works stand as a heartfelt farewell.
A letter, two images and a censored book (held dearly by the artist for the last decade) all document a durational performance undertaken at a site that once bred a reverence for the uneasy relationship upheld by the self and the perpetual abyss it finds itself surrounded in.
Reflecting upon his own experience as a teenager with the site (Boya Quarry), and the role it played in shaping a humble reverence for his own interaction with the landscape, Jacobus blends and reconciles it with the long standing impact a certain author had in extending and transforming this relationship.
Engaged in the durational act of censoring a complete novel in one sitting, each sentence is ultimately silenced. By refusing each individual word, first the word in its isolation must be acknowledged. The constant action and concentration the performance demands ultimately stunts the flow of reading and interpretation, and thus subsequently closes off the immediate surroundings form exerting influence.
A new space is entered into where words and their meaning no longer exist: instead all that is left is the spaces inbetween, the vital silences.


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Recycled vs Fresh Fiber
NCASI assesses the environmental aspects of recycled and virgin fibers from their source through manufacture, and use. There are a multitude of considerations that manufacturers make when deciding the amounts of recycled and fresh fiber for their products such as performance, market demand, manufacturing capabilities and resource availability. NCASI has extensive expertise in helping our Member Companies better understand the environmental footprints of each type of fiber throughout the production value chain. This information is useful in both optimizing manufacturing performance and meeting customer requests for information.

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Depending on the regional genre, a suling can be tuned into different scales. Sulings can be found in the following regions:
There are two factors that affect a fine suling's tone:
The fingering position changes the wavelength of sound resonance inside the suling's body. Depending on the distance of nearest hole to the suling's head, different notes can be produced. The airflow speed also can modify the tone's frequency. A note with twice frequency can be produced mostly by blowing the air into suling's head's hole with twice speed.
In the music of Bali the suling is an essential instrument and it appears to be similar to other forms of Javanese suling. The way it is played, however, sets it apart from other forms of Indonesian suling. Namely, it is necessary for the performers to use the technique circular breathing in order to create a highly strung sense of constancy that continues even at moments of dramatic climax by the percussive gamelan instruments.
In the Sundanese region, a suling is used as
Sulings can have either 4 holes or 6 holes. The 6-holed Sundanese suling can play at least three different scales.
The Suling can be many sizes
In Brunei, the suling today is played during a cultural festival and other events together with other Bruneian traditional instruments especially the Gulintangan. While in East Malaysia, especially in Sabah with a wide variety of aerophone, the instrument is played by all the interior ethnic groups in the state of Kadazan-Dusun, Murut, Rungus and Lun Bawang/Lundayeh. In Sarawak, the suling is mostly played by men in a Dayak people longhouse.
The Maguindanaon suling is the smallest bamboo flute of the Maguindanaon and the only one classified as a ring-flute (the other two bamboo flutes of the Maguindanaon, the tumpong and the palendag are both lip-valley flutes). Air is passed through the suling via a blowing hole found at the bottom of the instrument and pitch is controlled via five finger holes on the top and one finger hole located on the bottom. Traditionally only the palendag was commonly played but because of the difficult nature of playing the palendag, both the tumpong and the suling have come to replace the palendag as the Maguindanaon's most common aerophones.


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 1. For inmates in the study that were released in FY 2001-02, the recommitment rate for the inmates who attended 10 or more sign-in chapel programs per month was 26% less than the recommitment rate for those inmates who did not attend any chapel programs. The data is as of December 31, 2004.
 2. The recommitment rate showed an inverse relationship to the number of times per month that the inmate attended a chapel program. The more the inmates attended a chapel program the smaller the recommitment rate.
 3. The percentage of inmates released who participated in religious programming was at least 13.5% higher than inmates who had no participation in religious programming. (see table on p.7)
 4. There is an inverse relationship between the disciplinary report rate for those inmates that remained incarcerated between 07/07/01 and 12/31/04 and the number of times per month (in the original study period only) that the inmate attended a sign-in chapel program. The more the inmates attended a chapel program the smaller the inmate disciplinary report rate.
 5. Fifty-four percent of inmate respondents to survey questions attributed better behavior (as measured in Disciplinary Reports received) to Chaplaincy Programs. The inmates surveyed were all measured in some capacity in the original study and still remain in custody in a FDC facility. Twenty-six percent of these same inmates duplicated in the "Additional Comments" area of the survey that in their opinion it was the Chaplain, a chapel program or a religious volunteer that was the catalyst for improved behavior. These unsolicited responses provide an indication of the sincerity of the inmate responses.


Continuously Variable Emission for Mechanical Deformation Induced Radiative Cooling
Dynamically tuning thermal emittance induced by reconfigurable photonic metamaterials through nanoscale mechanical deformation.
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The concept of this work arose from a well-known technology of "Continuously Variable Transmission" in the automotive industry. The question here is "How can people tune thermal emittance in a similar manner?" The authors were genuinely intrigued by a similar context and then developed this novel technology of "Continuously Variable Emission."
The growing demand for thermal comfort boosts the increase in the consumption of various energy sources for cooling and heating and exerts enormous stress on electricity systems over the world. Nearly 20% of the total electricity is used by air conditioners or electric fans to regulate the temperature of buildings to be comfortable. Coincidently, the peak wavelength (∼ 9.7 µm) of blackbody radiation for objects on Earth (∼ 300 K) coincides with the atmospheric highly transparent window (8 µm ∼ 13 µm) that scarcely absorbs infrared thermal radiation. Therefore, terrestrial objects can naturally radiate thermal energy to the outer space (∼ 3 K) through the atmospheric window and hence lower their temperature, which is called passive radiative cooling.
In the past years, Prof. Yi Zheng's Nano Energy Laboratory at Northeastern University has studied effective passive daytime radiative cooling materials such as spectrally selective metalized polymer thin film and cellulose fiber-based-composites that exhibit high reflectance in the solar wavelengths and high emittance over the atmospheric transparent window. These materials provide us alternatives for applications of radiative cooling, temperature regulation without energy consumption, and sustainable cooling throughout the day. They can be used for static radiative cooling systems that can effectively save energy in summer; however, the cooling functionality will increase the energy consumption for heating in winter.
To overcome this difficulty, Prof. Zheng's group conceptively proposes a reconfigurable nanophotonic structure for mechanical deformation induced radiative cooling basing on the continuously variable emission in the atmospheric window to attain diverse desired stagnation temperatures. The proposed reconfigurable nanophotonic structure consists of one layer of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) thin film embedded with three species of nanoparticles: silicon carbide (SiC), silicon nitride (Si3N4), and boron nitride (BN), and a one-dimensional rectangular grating of PDMS coated with silver (Ag) thin film beneath the top PDMS layer. Different strains of the nanophotonic structure yield various stagnation temperatures. The dynamic tuning of the precisely-controlled mechanical deformation will result in fluctuational temperature control of the nanophotonic structure around a set temperature. This elastic material based nanophotonic structure sheds light on the dynamic regulations of thermal emission.
Figure: Thermal regulation mechanism of the reconfigurable photonic structure. a, Case I: the structure has high solar reflectivity Rsolar that reflects most of the solar irradiance and has high emissivity εIR in the atmospheric window that can radiate heat out to the outer space when it is released. b, Case II: it keeps unchanged high solar reflectivity Rsolar, while the emissivity εIR is reduced since the PDMS layer gets elongated and thinner and the period of the onedimensional PDMS layer is increased due to the stretching, but the width of the Ag grating structure does not change. c, Schematic showing the concept of mechanical deformation induced "ON"/ "OFF" mode radiative cooling. The blue shading area displays the infrared atmospheric transparent window. The inset shows different stagnation temperatures under various strains of the nanophotonic structure.
For more information please check out our article "Continuously variable emission for mechanical deformation induced radiative cooling" published in Communications Materials, 1, 95 (2020).
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Associate Professor, Northeastern University
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Based on the functions of the basic module PSIroads-OM provides functions for maintenance and fault management for telematic infrastructure as well as traffic management functions. The main functions are:
- Service Manual: In the service manuals all actions are defined to be performed during maintenance for each equipment or type of equipment. Each action has a cycle time and checklists to document the execution.
- Order Generator: Based on the defined service manuals maintenance orders can be generated for all equipment. The maintenance tasks are assigned to the service provider automatically according to their responsibilities.
- Planning and scheduling: Maintenance orders are scheduled and monitored annually and weekly on dispatching boards. In addition to the automatic generation and allocation maintenance orders can also be created and dispatched manually. Gantt diagrams, functions of determining responsibility and audits of resource bottlenecks are supporting the user.
- Availability check: The execution of maintenance orders is automatically checked and the equipment availability determined. This is the basis for strategic maintenance scheduling. Problems specific to equipment can be identified fast and can be reduced by appropriate maintenance strategies.
- Warehouse management: The availabilty of materials used for maintenance work. With PSIroad warehouses and warehouse positions can be managed. Material used in maintenence orders is updated automatically in the warehouse.
- Fault Management: Faults are detected automatically by events of the monitored telematic infrastructure or can be entered manually. Depending on the type of faults orders are created and assigned to the service provider. The status of fault clearing is monitored. Repairs over the agreed recovery times can be penalized.
- Performance Management: The operation states of monitored telematic infrastructure (such as accessibility, error counters, work load) can be monitored constantly. Deviations from the normal states are logged and forwarded according to theire severity as faults to the fault management.
- Help Desk: Hotlines are supported by parameterizable interviews. In interviews, answers to questions for isolatinge problems are logged. Depending on the answers context related follow-up questions are offered to the user. Recurring problems can be answered in this way, simply and effectively.


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Red Plum Trees: Everything You Need To Know About Red Plums
Red plums and red plum trees are actually canopy terms that encompass many specific plum cultivars.
We on this site talk about all the fantastic and exotic types of plums out there, so it can be baffling to go to grocery store after grocery store and see exactly two types: red and black. How is it possible to read about plums like the Methley and Bruce but only find something as tame as a red plum? Believe it or not, you are might just be buying a Methley or Bruce plum as they are popular red plum varieties.
Basket of Red Plums
It is also a description that can have a couple of meanings. Read on to learn about those red plums you see in stores and what you are actually buying.
What Are Red Plums
The term 'red plum' is used in two primary ways. First, it can be used to describe the two native North American plums. They are the Prunus americana and the Prunus nigra. The Prunus americana is more commonly known as the American plum, Marshall's sweet yellow plum, or the wild plum. The Prunus nigra is more commonly known as the Canada plum or the red plum. Together, these types of plums are often called wild plums.
Wild Plum Tree At Sunset
Second, the term 'red plum' describes any plum cultivar that has a red-toned skin and yellow-ish flesh. The Methley, Bruce, and Burbank all meet this description. You will also find them labeled as red plums in stores. Most varieties belong to a group of Japanese plums, Prunus salycina
Regardless of the use of the term, red plum encompasses a selection of plums with overlapping physical characteristics. Know though that when you purchase something called a red plum, you are most likely purchasing a Methley plum or other Japanese red plum.
History of Red Plums
The history of the red plum varies wildly based on whether it is a Japanese plum or one of the plums native to North American. Both have been known to humans for at least 1,000 years.
How Do Red Plums Taste
A tart flavor or sour tinge characterizes most red plums. The wild plums of North America are a rangier, tougher fruit. They are also smaller and less ideal for fresh eating. As you might imagine, these characteristics do not make for a widely grown grocery store fruit.
Homemade Plum Pie
Thee Methley plum, however, is a red plum known for a mild flavor. They really represent the plum flavor most of us think of thanks to their mild flavor and wide growing range. The so-called red plums in the grocery store can easily be other types of Japanese plums or hybrid plums though. Unfortunately, there is no good way for the consumer to know what they are buying before they bite into the fruit.
How to Use Red Plums
Red plums hold their own with both fresh eating, canning, and cooking. The more mild Methleys plums generally make for better fresh eating than the wild plums because they are not as tart. However, most red plums do get sweeter as they ripen. If fresh eating is on your mind, stay away from the firmest red plums.
Red plums bring a bit of zing to cut the sweetness in baked goods. Try them in an eggless plum cake or in a gooey plum crisp. They also make great jellies and jams because they add some depth to an otherwise sweet dish. For more red plum ideas, take a look at 21 Plum Recipes to Try at Home.
Red Plum Jam
The wild red plums can be very hit or miss in terms of flavor. When using them in baking, I strongly recommend taste-testing each batch (as if we need an excuse!). Even within one tree, you may notice a taste variation, so keep sampling.
Where to Buy Red Plums and Red Plum Trees
If your grocery store has any plums, they are likely red plums. They are one of the most widely available plums in the United States.
You can also grow your own red plum trees at home. Because red plum trees can be so many different types of trees, you have a fantastic chance finding one near you.
If you are new to fruit tree growing, the Methley plum is one red plum perfect for beginners. Methley plums are very popular trees because they are so accessible, and they have a wide growing range, meaning there is a strong chance you can pick one up at your local nursery.
If you find that your local, in-person options are limited, you may have more success online. The variety is very popular because it can be grown in most of the country.
Our preferred online nursery is Nature Hills Nursery. They offer 1 to 3 foot trees that can produce fruit the first growing season.
For the best selection of trees, always plan to make online purchases well before you want to plant. For spring planting, you will need to purchase in late winter, if not the previous fall.
For those of us who like to plant in the fall, it can be challenging to find the most popular trees, like the Methley, for a summer or fall purchase.
Nature Hills does have other red plum trees, including a North American plum tree, an Ozark Premier Japanese plum,
How to Grow Red Plum Trees
Japanese red plum trees bloom white flowers in early spring, as early as February and March, and its plums will be ready to harvest in May to July, depending on the weather and climate.
Planting Trees
Wild red plum trees both bloom later and yield fruit later in the season.
Both wild red plums and Japanese red plums are among the easiest trees to grow. Among plum trees, they both bear fruit earlier in the tree's life cycle than other types of plums.
Red Plum Tree Characteristics
Red plum trees come in all shapes and sizes. For all the consistency regarding appearance that the fruit holds, the trees themselves have enough variety to fit any yard or commercial space.
Your Methley plum tree will have a rather fast growth rate and should be mature in 3 years. Growers can have the best of both worlds of cost savings by purchasing a bare root tree but still enjoy a well-developed tree in just a few years.
This type of consistency and convenience can be hard to find in the world of fruit trees.
Red Plum Tree in Blossom
Red Plum Tree in blossom
Planting Zones
The recommended USDA growing zones vary based on the specific red plum tree. The Methley plum tree and Prunus nigra are recommended for USDA zones 4 through 9 and are cold hardy down to -15 degrees Fahrenheit. Prunus americana grows in zones 3 through 8, but actually has the best cold hardiness of plums and can survive down to -50 degrees when fully dormant! The wild plum certainly demonstrates the value in choosing native species
Red Plum Tree Size and Spacing
I address Methley plums in this article specifically because they are so popular. One of the many reasons that it is such a popular fruit tree is that it has a really convenient shape and size for both private homes and commercial applications. They naturally only reach about 12 feet in height, but with minor pruning can easily be kept under 10 feet. It has an upright shape and a spreading canopy, so it produces an aesthetically pleasing shape for yards and can fit in even a small space.
Red Plums on a Tree
The North American plums naturally reach a higher height of 15 to 25 feet, and the canopy is correspondingly larger. If you have space for this and want a large shade tree, this could be a good fit. The wild trees are less tolerant of drought than the Japanese red plum tres.
The great thing about modern tree growing is that larger trees are often grown on the rootstock of smaller trees, like peach and cherry trees. This means that you can get the fruit of a larger plum tree on a much shorter and more compact tree.
When spacing your trees, be sure to situate them far enough apart to allow them to grow to their intended size. Planting to allow for growth is ultimately easier than aggressively pruning every year.
Japanese plums, including Methley plums are considered self-fertile, but the tree will bear more plentiful yields when within 50 feet of another plum tree. Remember, Japanese plums and European plums do not pollinate each other because the two types have a different number of chromosomes. The Methley is a Japanese plum, so you cannot rely on any nearby European plums for assistance
Japanese plums can be cross-pollinated with American plums. American or wild plums are self-fruitful.
Similar Fruits
If you are looking for a more familiar plum to compare the Japanese red plum to before committing to a tree, you can think of it as something of a mix between an Italian plum and a Chickasaw plum. It looks similar to the Chickasaw plum in that it is a smaller, lighter colored plum, but its juicy sweet flavor has more in common with an Italian plum.
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At the end of May, the Minneapolis City Council passed a controversial ordinance that will require all employers with at least one employee working in the city of Minneapolis to provide sick leave. The ordinance will become effective on July 1, 2017. Highlights of the ordinance include:
- Eligible employees include any employee who works within the geographical boundaries of the City and works at least 80 hours in a year. Eligible employees include full-time, part-time, and temporary employees so long as they work the requisite number of hours for the employer.
- If there are six or more employees, employers must compensate an employee at the same hourly rate with the same benefits as the employee was scheduled to earn during use of accrued sick leave.
- If there are five or less employees, employers must give employees unpaid use of accrued sick and safe time.
- Employers who already provide paid time off (PTO) or other paid leave policies that meet or exceed the requirements in this ordinance do not have to provide additional sick time. But, if the employer has an existing PTO policy, it does not mean it meets or exceeds the ordinance requirements. Instead, the PTO policy must (1) define "family member" as broadly as the ordinance defines it; and (2) allow for carryover of accrued but unused time.
Amount of Sick Time:
- Employees can accrue one hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked.
- Unless the employer chooses a higher amount, employees cannot accrue more than 48 hours of paid sick time in a calendar year. Employees must be permitted to carry over up to 80 hours of unused sick time.
Use of Sick Time:
- Accruals begin on July 1, 2017.
- For employees hired after that date, accruals begin on the date the employee commences work in Minneapolis.
- Employees can begin to use accrued sick leave beginning 90 calendar days after they start employment.
- Employees can use the sick leave to care for themselves, for a sick family member (who includes a child, step-child, adopted child, foster child, adult child, spouse, sibling, parent, step-parent, mother-in-ordinance, father-in-ordinance, grandchild, grandparent, guardian, ward, members of the employee's household and registered domestic partners), or for an absence due to domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking.
- If the sick leave is for three or more consecutive days, employers can require reasonable documentation supporting the need for leave.
- If the need for sick leave is foreseeable, employers can require that the employee provide seven days' prior notice.
- Employers must allow employees to use sick time in the smallest amount of time tracked in the payroll system.
- Although not required, employers can pay out any unused, accrued sick leave in the event of termination or resignation of employment.
Notices and Record Keeping:
- Employers must post notices informing employees of their rights under the ordinance.
- This notice must be included in a handbook if the employer has a handbook.
- Upon request by an employee, employers must provide information stating the current amount of accrued sick time available to the employee and used sick time.
- For a period of three years, employers must keep records showing accrued sick time and used sick time for each day of the workweek.
Construction Industry Employers:
- For employers with construction industry employees, those employers have the option of satisfying the ordinance by paying at least the prevailing wage rate or the required rate established in an applicable apprenticeship agreement for apprentices, regardless of whether the employee is working on a public or private project.
Violation and Relief:
- Suspected violations can be reported to the Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights, which has the sole discretion to pursue an investigation.
- Penalties can include:
- Back pay, crediting the employee accrued but uncredited or withheld time plus payment of the dollar value of the uncredited or withheld time multiplied by two
- Administrative penalty of up to $1,500
- Additional administrative fines of up to $50 per day for continued violations


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Evidence of reduced health-related quality of life in older Mexican Americans with arthritis
TitleEvidence of reduced health-related quality of life in older Mexican Americans with arthritis
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2011
AuthorsBindawas, SM, Snih, SA, Grady, JJ, Protas, EJ, Graham, JE, Markides, KS, Ottenbacher, KJ
JournalEthn DisEthn Dis
Date PublishedSpring
ISBN Number1049-510X (Print)1049-510X (Linking)
Accession Number21749029
KeywordsAge Factors, Aged, Aged, 80 and Over, Arthritis/complications/ ethnology/psychology, Case-Control Studies, Female, Health Status, Health Surveys, Humans, Male, Mexican Americans, Quality of Life, Socioeconomic Factors
AbstractOBJECTIVE: To examine the association between self-reported physician-diagnosed arthritis and health-related quality of life among older Mexican Americans. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study involving population-based survey. SETTING: Hispanic Established Population for the Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly (EPESE) survey conducted in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and California. PARTICIPANTS: 839 non-institutionalized Mexican American older adults (> or = 75 years) participating in Hispanic EPESE. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Self-reported physician-diagnosed arthritis; sociodemographic variables; medical conditions; body mass index; and the physical and mental composite scales from the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36). RESULTS: 518 (62%) of the subjects reported physician-diagnosed arthritis. Participants with arthritis had significantly lower scores on the physical composite scale (PCS) (mean = 35.3, SD = 11.3) and the mental composite scale (MCS) (mean = 53.5, SD = 10.8) of the SF-36 compared to persons without arthritis (PCS mean = 42.9, SD = 10.9; MCS mean = 57.0, SD = 8.8). Multiple regression showed that arthritis was associated with decreased PCS and MCS (model estimates of -5.74 [SE =.83]; and -3.16 [SE =.64]), respectively, after controlling for sociodemographic and clinical covariates. CONCLUSIONS: Arthritis is a highly prevalent medical condition in Mexican American older adults. Our findings suggest that deficits in both physical health and mental function contribute to reduced quality-of-life in this population.


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Yungaburra, a rural town of over 900 people on the Atherton Tableland is 45 km south-west of Cairns.
Originally named Allumbah Pocket, Yungaburra was on a track formed by John Atherton and John Robson in 1878. Robson's track proved to be a good means of access to Cairns, and was joined to others when mining discoveries were made at Herberton in 1880.
Allumbah was chosen as a village settlement site in 1886, but settlement of any consequence did not occur until the 1890s. The district was under dense tree cover, much of it rainforest cedar, silver ash and giant fig. So prolific was the timber, an early pit-sawn home was mostly silky oak, including the roof shingles. Dairying and mixed farming was taken up, particularly as families left towns such as Charters Towers and Herberton when mining prospects faltered. A school was opened in 1909.
When the Cairns railway was extended to Yungaburra in 1910 it enabled dairy produce to be transported to the Golden Grove factory at Atherton (1913) and timber to be marketed in large volumes. The Lake Eacham Hotel was also opened, to grasp the possibilities brought by rail tourists. In 1911 the inhabitants of Tolga, Millaa Millaa and Yungaburra, dissatisfied with the distant Shire Councils, successfully petitioned for the creation of Eacham Shire, headquartered at Yungaburra and, soon afterwards, Malanda.
When the railway reached Allumbah is was realised that it sounded like Alloomba, and the change of name was made. It is thought the name was derived from an Aboriginal expression describing the silver ash (Flindersia schottiana), a good furniture timber.
Anglican and Catholic churches were opened in 1911 and 1913, and a Methodist church in 1925. Pugh's Queensland directory (1925) revealed something of a timber town - two sawmills, a timber merchant and a cabinet maker - as well as the hotel. A change came in 1926 when the Gillies Highway from Gordonvale was opened. Lakes Barrine and Eacham were serviced by tourist boats, the hotel installed tennis courts and a golf course, and visitors could marvel at the giant fig trees with an arch and a curtain wall formed from their aerial roots.
Yungaburra became the tourist centre of Eacham Shire (Malanda became the administrative centre), and the creation of Lake Tinaroo for irrigation and hydro-electricity (1958) provided a recreational destination about a kilometre from the town centre. The heritage-listed Lake Eacham Hotel has retained a strong profile, complemented by three motels, restaurants and art and craft galleries. There is also a heritage walk.
Cedar Street has nine of Yungaburra's sites listed on the Queensland heritage register. They include the court house and police station (1921) and the post office (1926). A plywood and timber mill complex in Eacham Road (1910-86) is heritage-listed, as are the Anglican and Catholic churches (1912, 1914).
Yungaburra has local shops, three churches, a community hall, a primary school and a bowling club. Its median weekly income per person in 2001 was $332, higher than that in Malanda and Millaa Millaa. Yungaburra's census populations have been:
Yungaburra: place of haunted spirits, Eacham, Eacham Historical Society, 1983


method, be sure to take things one step at a time with your rat. If you start off baths early in your pet rat's life, bathing will get easier over time. Just remember—baths don't have to be stressful for you or your rat.
Gadget's tail is far less dirty than Patches' tail, as she is many months younger.
Fun Facts About Rats
 1. Rats know how to swim.
 - True
 - False
 2. Rat's have a poor sense of balance.
 - True
 - False
 3. Rats are one of the most intelligent pets.
 - True
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 4. A rat's tail helps regulate body temperature.
 - True
 - False
 5. Rat's are unable to vomit.
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Answer Key
 1. True
 2. False
 3. True
 4. True
 5. True
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Question: Why is my rat breathing heavily?
Answer: What kind of bedding are you using for your rat? Things like cedar wood shavings can bring on respiratory infection. Use paper bedding instead. Some people also line the cage with fleece, but this has to be frequently washed. Rats can also get sick if it's too cold, or of the cage is in a drafty area. Either way, I would find an exotic vet in your area and bring the rat in. If it has a respiratory infection, it will need antibiotics to treat it. Respiratory illness does not get better on its own.
Question: What food can I give my picky rats?
Answer: Will they not eat rat blocks at all? There are seed diets out there, but they aren't very healthy and can be fattening. I know some people actually make their own rat diets by combining different food items, but I've never done that. Have you tried different brands of foods? It could be they don't like the taste of a particular brand of block.
Question: There is no pet shampoo in our pet shops. Is it OK to bathe my mouse with dish soap or sulphate-free baby shampoo? This mouse has a permanent head tilt from a babyhood ear infection, so he can't clean himself properly.
Answer: Dawn dish soap would be okay, but you'd only need the tiniest amount. I'm unsure about baby shampoo.
Question: Is it OK to give your rat a bath if the water is contaminated/has a chlorine smell?
Answer: Is it your tap water that smells like chlorine? If it is a strong smell and enough to concern you, could you use room temperature bottled water instead? Many pet stores also sell waterless shampoo for small pets that you just spray on and rub in, or grooming wipes for a quick clean.
Question: How do I feed my rat?
Answer: You can keep a full bowl of rat food in its cage. They tend to eat when hungry, or hoard food in a special spot.
Question: How many times should I wash my rats? Should I give them a bath once a week or like every day?
Answer: Rats are very good at keeping themselves clean, and do not need to bathed constantly. If they get especially smelly, every once in a while is fine. When my rats got older and cleaning themselves was more difficult, I washed them more often.
Question: is there any way to re-introduce my rat to water?
Answer: You could try only filling up the bathtub slightly, so there is hardly any water, and increase the amount over time. My rats never enjoyed water, so I don't have the best hands-on advice!
Question: What do I wash my rat with?
Answer: Most pet stores sell small animal shampoo - if your rats have an aversion to water, you can try waterless spray shampoo.
Question: What happens if I have had my rats for over two years and they hate the bath tub? I know I could use the dry shampoo stuff but I don't know where to find it.
Answer: My rats have always hated getting wet. Do you have any pet stores in your area? Or can you order the dry shampoo online?
Question: Can I use small animal grooming wipes on my rats?
Answer: Yes, small animal grooming wipes are fine for rats. I wouldn't wipe them all the time though, to avoid drying out their skin.
Jessica Peri (author) from United States on August 25, 2020:
_USER_ You don't have to wash your rats much at all. If they get accidentally dirty, or have trouble cleaning themselves due to age, baths may become more necessary. Rats are otherwise very good at cleaning themselves. If you'd like to get them used to water, you can draw them a warm water bath without shampoo.
Miapegasi on August 09, 2020:
I have four male rats around 5 weeks old. I'm thinking about giving them their first bath. Should I use shampoo the first time I bathe them or no? How many times should I wash my rats a week?
Jessica Peri (author) from United States on January 10, 2020:
If you had a rat live to 4 years, you've been doing something right! Most rats don't have such a long lifespan. The oldest I ever had was between 2.5 and 3 years old. But you can always message me with more specific questions!
Tinariva on January 04, 2020:
any and alll info. on rats is very much appreciated, my last boy just passed he was going on 4 yrs old so after 2days of filling up crossword grids with cuss words, my b.f bought me a baby Russian blue i just want to be more knowledgeable this tme thnx!
Jessica Peri (author) from United States on September 12, 2019:
_USER_ I've read that they are actually really great swimmers! I never tried to teach mine, though - they always freaked out at the introduction of water.
Brooke on September 05, 2019:
If you fill your tub with luke warm water, just about an inch, and plug the bottom of the tub, the rats will learn to swim! Just bring them in slow, and never put shampoo into the water, because they might swallow it!
Jessica Peri (author) from United States on November 23, 2018:
_USER_ That's great! Mine would destroy our sheets, run around all night, and probably sneak onto the floor.
Dave on November 16, 2018:
I still have a rat who just spent the night with me and snuggled into my sheets with me
Jessica Peri (author) from United States on December 21, 2017:
_USER_ Rats are so sweet, I'm not surprised to hear you've never been bitten! Thanks for reading.
Emma on December 16, 2017:
Rats are not as much trouble as people hype about. I have an Autistic grandson I'm raising and 5 other grandbabies in and out at different times,ages between 13 and 2 months. I've never been bit. Nor has my grandchildren.I supervise. And all is well.
Jessica Peri (author) from United States on June 07, 2013:
Thank you! I love my rats to pieces. Introducing them to friends and seeing their reactions is always fun.
moonlake from America on June 06, 2013:
Great information. I had a pet rat when I was a kid. Voted up.
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The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux is the fine arts museum of the city of Bordeaux, France. Established in 1801 by the painter Pierre Lacour,[1] it is one of the largest art galleries of France outside Paris. The museum is housed in a dependency of the Palais Rohan in central Bordeaux. Its collections regroup paintings, sculptures and drawings. The painting collection is the largest one and its strong points are works by French and Dutch painters. The museum holds several paintings that were looted by the French during the French revolution (so-called'saisies révolutionnaires') and were never returned to their lawful owners such as the Martyrdom of Saint Georges by Peter Paul Rubens.[2]
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In 2009, plans for a new museum building designed by David Chipperfield were launched. Originally due to open in 2018, the €55 million project was later pushed back until 2020. The expansion was necessary not least because more space is required to take up a promised donation of 663 works by Tsuguharu Foujita.[3]
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text: The human oral microbiome is formed early in development. Its composition is influenced by environmental factors including diet, substance use, oral health, and overall health and disease. The influence of human genes on the composition and stability of the oral microbiome is still poorly understood. We studied both environmental and genetic characteristics on the oral microbiome in a large twin sample as well as in a large cohort of unrelated individuals. We identify several significantly heritable features of the oral microbiome. The heritability persists in twins even when their cohabitation changes. The heritability of these traits correlates with the cumulative genetic contributions of over half a million single nucleotide sequence variants measured in a different population of unrelated individuals. Comparison of same-sex and opposite sex cotwins showed no significant differences. We show that two new loci on chromosomes 7 and 12 are associated with the most heritable traits.An analysis of 752 twin pairs from the Colorado Twin Registry, shows that the beta-diversity of monozygotic twins is significantly lower than for dizygotic or unrelated individuals. This is independent of cohabitation status. Intraclass correlation coefficients of nearly all taxa examined were higher for MZ than DZ twin pairs. A comparison of individuals sampled over 2-7 years confirmed previous reports that the oral microbiome remains relatively more stable in individuals over that time than to unrelated people. Twin modeling shows that a number of microbiome phenotypes were more than 50% heritable consistent with the hypothesis that human genes influence microbial populations. To identify loci that could influence microbiome phenotypes, we carried out an unbiased GWAS analysis which identified one locus on chromosome 7 near the gene IMMPL2 that reached genome-wide significance after correcting for multiple testing. Another locus on chromosome 12 near the non-coding RNA gene INHBA-AS1 achieved genome-wide significance when analyzed using KGG4 that sums SNP significance across coding genes.Using multiple methods, we have demonstrated that some aspects of the human oral microbiome are heritable and that with a relatively small sample we were able to identify two previously unidentified loci that may be involved.


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- The strength of local feeling was such that they were hastily withdrawn.
- 2 (rashly)(speak/act)
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I'm kind of new with objective c and I'm trying to pass an argument by reference but is behaving like it were a value. Do you know why this doesn't work?
This is the function:
- (void) checkRedColorText:(UILabel *)labelToChange {
 NSComparisonResult startLaterThanEnd = [startDate compare:endDate];
 if (startLaterThanEnd == NSOrderedDescending){
 labelToChange.textColor = [UIColor redColor];
 labelToChange.textColor = [UIColor blackColor];
And this the call:
UILabel *startHourLabel; (this is properly initialized in other part of the code)
[self checkRedColorText:startHourLabel];
Thanks for your help
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What do you mean by "behaving like it were a value"? – Ben Zotto May 23 '10 at 16:49
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Jared P is wrong, objective-C only support passing parameters by value. The problem here has probably been fixed already (Since this question is more than a year old) but I need to clarify some things regarding arguments and Objective-C.
Objective-C is a strict superset of C which means that everything C does, Obj-C does it too.
By having a quick look at Wikipedia, you can see that Function parameters are always passed by value
Objective-C is no different. What's happening here is that whenever we are passing an object to a function (In this case a UILabel *), we pass the value contained at the pointer's address.
Whatever you do, it will always be the value of what you are passing. If you want to pass the value of the reference you would have to pass it a **object (Like often seen when passing NSError).
This is the same thing with scalars, they are passed by value, hence you can modify the value of the variable you received in your method and that won't change the value of the original variable that you passed to the function.
Here's an example to ease the understanding:
- (void)parentFunction {
 int i = 0;
 [self modifyValueOfPassedArgument:i];
 //i == 0 still!
- (void)modifyValueOfPassedArgument:(NSInteger)j {
 //j == 0! but j is a copied variable. It is _NOT_ i
 j = 23;
 //j now == 23, but this hasn't changed the value of i.
If you wanted to be able to modify i, you would have to pass the value of the reference by doing the following:
- (void)parentFunction {
 int i = 0; //Stack allocated. Kept it that way for sake of simplicity
 [self modifyValueOfPassedReference:&i];
 //i == 23!
- (void)modifyValueOfPassedReference:(NSInteger *)j {
 //j == 0, and this points to i! We can modify i from here.
 *j = 23;
 //j now == 23, and i also == 23!
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Yep, I solved this long time ago... :) But thanks for your answer – Rafael Oct 9 '11 at 1:52
Technically, yes, you only pass the primitives by value. However this is entirely misleading in that while the pointer to an object is passed by value, that pointer is pointing to the same object. As there is NO OTHER WAY TO PASS (or deal with) OBJECTS, objects are always passed by reference. The only time they behave as if they're not is if OP said labelToChange = nil; or something like that, but that's something everyone here knows wouldn't work and aren't discussing. – Jared Pochtar Oct 22 '11 at 16:49
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Objective-C, like Java, only has pass-by-value. Like Java, objects are always accessed through pointers. "objects" are never values directly, hence you never assign or pass an object. You are passing an object pointer by value. But that does not seem to be the issue -- you are trying to modify the object pointed to by the pointer, which is perfectly allowed and has nothing to do with pass-by-value vs. pass-by-reference. I don't see any problem with your code.
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+1 for the java comparison – Matt Logan Nov 11 '13 at 2:24
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In objective-c, there is no way to pass objects by value (unless you explicitly copy it, but that's another story). Poke around your code -- are you sure checkRedColorText: is called? What about [startDate compare:endDate], does it ever not equal NSOrderedDescending? Is labelToChange nil?
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In the method, NSOrderedDescending sometimes is true as I expected. The label is no nil. Actually, if I wired labelToChange to startHourLabel it works... It seems to me that is behaving like if I were passing the label as a value and not as a reference :S.. I don't understand.. Thanks for your help! – Rafael May 24 '10 at 7:25
What do you mean by " wired labelToChange to startHourLabel"? You can't wire a method argument to anything except by passing it as a parameter. – JeremyP May 24 '10 at 9:49
I mean by wiring to don't use labelToChange and use the startHourLabel variable directly(just for debugging puroposes). The startHourLabel is global and it could be reach in the method. But I want to use the same method for other labels in the view. That's why I added the labelToChange parameter. Thanks! – Rafael May 24 '10 at 17:48
gah! Global Variables == BAD. Refactor the code, then come back to this. Basically, I stand by what I said before; it is impossible to pass objects by value in objective-c; therefore this is not the problem. Far more likely it has something to do with your using of a global variable. – Jared Pochtar May 24 '10 at 20:05
Actually, I just went back and read the problem and i think _USER_ might have been partially right -- does the line 'UILabel *startHourLabel;' actually exist in the same method as the checkRedColorText: call? If so, and it is a global variable, you would be redeclaring the variable in local scope, and basically that means it ignores the previous definition. If so, it would not be pointing to the real label. If the variable is declared globally in the same file as the calling method, just leave out the line redeclaring it. If not, replace it with 'extern UILabel *startHourLabel;' – Jared Pochtar May 24 '10 at 20:13
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Did you edit out code between this line
UILabel *startHourLabel;
and this line?
[self checkRedColorText:startHourLabel];
If not, the problem is that you're re-declaring your startHourLabel variable, so you're losing any sort of initialization that was there previously. You should be getting a compiler error here.
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Presumably that was for illustrative purposes, because if nothing else, there would (likely) be an EXE_BAD_ACCESS if you did anything with an uninitialized local variable. – Jared Pochtar May 23 '10 at 16:50
Hello, thanks. No the startHourLabel is not there, the initialization is other part of the code. I declared it in the interface and I made a constructor for it. I'm not having errors there... – Rafael May 24 '10 at 7:24
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Here are the possibilities for why this doesn't work:
 1. the label you pass in to checkRedColorText is not the one you think it is.
 2. the comparison result is always coming out the same way.
 3.... actually, there is no 3.
You claim you initialised startHourLabel elsewhere, but, if it is a label from a nib file, you should not be initialising it at all. It should be declared as an IBOutlet and connected to the label in the nib with interface builder.
If it is not a label in the nib i.e. you are deliberately creating it programmatically, you need to check the address of the label you initialise and check the address of the label passed in to checkRedColorText. Either NSLog its address at initialisation and in checkRedColorText or inspect it with the debugger.
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Ball & Beam: System Modeling
A ball is placed on a beam, see figure below, where it is allowed to roll with 1 degree of freedom along the length of the beam. A lever arm is attached to the beam at one end and a servo gear at the other. As the servo gear turns by an angle, the lever changes the angle of the beam by. When the angle is changed from the horizontal position, gravity causes the ball to roll along the beam. A controller will be designed for this system so that the ball's position can be manipulated.
For this problem, we will assume that the ball rolls without slipping and friction between the beam and ball is negligible. The constants and variables for this example are defined as follows:
(m) mass of the ball 0.11 kg
(R) radius of the ball 0.015 m
(d) lever arm offset 0.03 m
(g) gravitational acceleration 9.8 m/s^2
(L) length of the beam 1.0 m
(J) ball's moment of inertia 9.99e-6 kg.m^2
(r) ball position coordinate
(alpha) beam angle coordinate
(theta) servo gear angle
- Settling time < 3 seconds
- Overshoot < 5%
The second derivative of the input angle actually affects the second derivative of. However, we will ignore this contribution. The Lagrangian equation of motion for the ball is then given by the following:
Linearization of this equation about the beam angle,, gives us the following linear approximation of the system:
The equation which relates the beam angle to the angle of the gear can be approximated as linear by the equation below:
Substituting this into the previous equation, we get:
1. Transfer Function
Taking the Laplace transform of the equation above, the following equation is found:
Rearranging we find the transfer function from the gear angle () to the ball position ().
It should be noted that the above plant transfer function is a double integrator. As such it is marginally stable and will provide a challenging control problem.
The transfer function can be implemented in MATLAB as follows:
m = 0.111; R = 0.015; g = -9.8; L = 1.0; d = 0.03; J = 9.99e-6; s = tf('s'); P_ball = -m*g*d/L/(J/R^2+m)/s^2
P_ball = 0.21 ---- s^2 Continuous-time transfer function.
The linearized system equations can also be represented in state-space form. This can be done by selecting the ball's position () and velocity () as the state variable and the gear angle () as the input. The state-space representation is shown below:
However, for our state-space example we will be using a slightly different model. The same equation for the ball still applies but instead of controlling the position through the gear angle,, we will control the torque of the beam. Below is the representation of this system:
Note: For this system the gear and lever arm would not be used, instead a motor at the center of the beam will apply torque to the beam, to control the ball's position.
The state-space equations can be represented in MATLAB with the following commands (these equations are for the torque control model).
H = -m*g/(J/(R^2)+m); A = [0 1 0 0 0 0 H 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0]; B = [0 0 0 1]'; C = [1 0 0 0]; D = ; ball_ss = ss(A,B,C,D)
ball_ss = a = x1 x2 x3 x4 x1 0 1 0 0 x2 0 0 7 0 x3 0 0 0 1 x4 0 0 0 0 b = u1 x1 0 x2 0 x3 0 x4 1 c = x1 x2 x3 x4 y1 1 0 0 0 d = u1 y1 0 Continuous-time state-space model.


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What is FACE?
FACE is a registered charity which is independent of any political party or movement.
We rely on donations, fees and subscriptions to carry out our work.
Our aim is to educate children and young people about food and farming in a sustainable countryside.
See the FACE Strategic Plan 2013 - 2015
What does FACE do?
For a summary of what FACE offers to schools read:
Countryside Matters - Your guide to resources, activities and farm visits.
We have over 80 partner membership organisations. All have a commitment to educational work associated with food, farming and the countryside. We are always keen to recruit more members, from any part of the sector, who share our aims and objectives and would like to work in partnership. For more information about how to join FACE please go to the "Membership" section on this website.
There is widespread concern about the way children, young people, and their families, have become disassociated from where their food comes from and do not know what is required for a healthy diet and lifestyle. They are also unaware of the many opportunities in the countryside for leisure and social activities, and for employment.
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What else does FACE do to help achieve its aims?
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Curriculum support through the development of new resources
Work is constantly going on to produce new materials to support curriculum delivery in schools. One recent development is a free resource to support the delivery of Key Stage 3 and 4 geography, focusing on the Windward Isles as a global place and looking at many topics including Fairtrade, Banana growing and Tourism.. For more information on this and many other materials please see the "Resources" section on this website.


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Background In rheumatoid arthritis (RA) the attachment of synovial fibroblasts to articular cartilage is an important prerequisite in the process of cartilage degradation. The actin-associated protein Lasp-1 is involved in processes of actin organisation and polymerization and focal adhesion turnover, respectively. Therefore, we investigated its role in regulating cell-cell contacts and ECM interactions of synovial fibroblasts in RA.
Methods Lasp-1 expression was analysed in human RA tissue and in arthritic mouse models such as the hTNFtg and G6PI mouse model by using WB and immunohistochemistry. Lasp-1 expression and its subcellular distribution was investigated in isolated synovial fibroblasts by immunofluorescence in all genotypes. Furthermore, the formation of cell-cell and -ECM contacts was investigated in an electrical cell/substrate impedance sensing assay (ECIS) as well as by immunofluorescence. Additionally, we performed an in vitro three-dimensional organ culture system to identify genotype-specific differences of cellular distribution and formation of the artificial synovial lining layer.
Results An increased Lasp-1 expression was observed in synovial tissue from RA patients as well as in RASF. Isolated SF from hTNFtg mice also produced higher levels of Lasp-1 compared to wild type (wt) SF. Interestingly, this was completely reproducible in the G6PI model. Lasp-1 deficient mice that had been crossed into the hTNFtg background exhibited less cartilage degradation (−4% vs. hTNFtg) and less attachment of synovial tissue to the cartilage (−30% vs. hTNFtg) compared to hTNFtg mice. Functional analyses indicated that Lasp-1-/- hTNFtg SF form closer (+20% vs hTNFtg SF) and more stable cell-cell contacts in comparison to hTNFtg SF. Furthermore, we detected Lasp-1 to be located at structures of adherens junction complexes. The loss of Lasp-1 led to alterations of these structures. Histological analysis of 3D matrices showed that Lasp-1 deletion in the hTNFtg background resulted in an organised cellular lining layer at the interface between the matrix and fluid phases comparable with wild type SF. In contrast, hTNFtg SF formed unorganised cellular condensations with no synovial architecture evident.
Conclusions Lasp-1 regulates the migratory behaviour of synovial fibroblasts and their invasion into cartilage matrix in rheumatoid arthritis by controlling the dynamics of cell-cell contacts.
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Read/Write streamline files
DIPY_ can read and write many different file formats. In this example we give a short introduction on how to use it for loading or saving streamlines. The new statefull tractogram class was made to reduce errors caused by spatial transformation and complex file format convention.
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import os
import nibabel as nib
import numpy as np
from import Space, StatefulTractogram
from import load_tractogram, save_tractogram
from import (create_nifti_header, get_reference_info,
from dipy.tracking.streamline import select_random_set_of_streamlines
from dipy.tracking.utils import density_map
from import (fetch_file_formats,
First fetch the dataset that contains 5 tractography file of 5 file formats:
 - cc_m_sub.trk
 - laf_m_sub.tck
 - lpt_m_sub.fib
 - raf_m_sub.vtk
 - rpt_m_sub.dpy
And their reference anatomy, common to all 5 files:
 - template0.nii.gz
bundles_filename, ref_anat_filename = get_file_formats()
for filename in bundles_filename:
reference_anatomy = nib.load(ref_anat_filename)
Load tractogram will support 5 file formats, functions like load_trk or load_tck will simply be restricted to one file format
TRK files contain their own header (when writen properly), so they technically do not need a reference. (See how below)
cc_trk = load_tractogram(bundles_filename[0],'same')
cc_sft = load_tractogram(bundles_filename[0], reference_anatomy)
laf_sft = load_tractogram(bundles_filename[1], reference_anatomy)
raf_sft = load_tractogram(bundles_filename[3], reference_anatomy)
These files contain invalid streamlines (negative values once in voxel space) This is not considered a valid tractography file, but it is possible to load it anyway.
lpt_sft = load_tractogram(bundles_filename[2], reference_anatomy,
rpt_sft = load_tractogram(bundles_filename[4], reference_anatomy,
The function load_tractogram requires a reference, any of the following inputs is considered valid (as long as they are in the same share space) - Nifti filename - Trk filename - nib.nifti1.Nifti1Image - nib.streamlines.trk.TrkFile - nib.nifti1.Nifti1Header - Trk header (dict) - Stateful Tractogram
The reason why this parameters is required is to guarantee all informations related to space attribute are always present.
affine, dimensions, voxel_sizes, voxel_order = get_reference_info(
If you have a Trk file that was generated using a particular anatomy, to be considered valid all fields must correspond between the headers. It can be easily verified using this function, which also accept the same variety of input as get_reference_info
print(is_header_compatible(reference_anatomy, bundles_filename[0]))
If a TRK was generated with a valid header, but the reference NIFTI was lost a header can be generated to then generate a fake NIFTI file.
If you wish to manually save Trk and Tck file using nibabel streamlines API for more freedom of action (not recommended for beginners) you can create a valid header using create_tractogram_header
nifti_header = create_nifti_header(affine, dimensions, voxel_sizes), affine, nifti_header),
 'fake.nii.gz'), os.path.basename(ref_anat_filename))
Once loaded, no matter the original file format, the stateful tractogram is self-contained and maintains a valid state. By requiring a reference the tractogram's spatial transformation can be easily manipulated.
Let's save all files as TRK to visualize in TrackVis for example. However, when loaded the lpt and rpt files contain invalid streamlines and for particular operations/tools/functions it is safer to remove them
save_tractogram(cc_sft, 'cc.trk')
save_tractogram(laf_sft, 'laf.trk')
save_tractogram(raf_sft, 'raf.trk')
save_tractogram(lpt_sft, 'lpt.trk')
save_tractogram(rpt_sft, 'rpt.trk')
Some functions in DIPY require streamlines to be in voxel space so computation can be perfomed on a grid (connectivity matrix, ROIs masking, density map). The stateful tractogram class provides safe functions for such manipulation. These functions can be called safely over and over, by knowing in which state the tractogram is operating, and compute only necessary transformations
No matter the state, functions such as save_tractogram or removing_invalid_coordinates can be called safely and the transformations are handled internally when needed.
Now lets move them all to voxel space, subsample them to 100 streamlines, compute a density map and save everything for visualisation in another software such as Trackvis or MI-Brain.
To access volume information in a grid, the corner of the voxel must be considered the origin in order to prevent negative values. Any operation doing interpolation or accessing a grid must use the function 'to_vox()' and 'to_corner()'
cc_streamlines_vox = select_random_set_of_streamlines(cc_sft.streamlines,
laf_streamlines_vox = select_random_set_of_streamlines(laf_sft.streamlines,
raf_streamlines_vox = select_random_set_of_streamlines(raf_sft.streamlines,
lpt_streamlines_vox = select_random_set_of_streamlines(lpt_sft.streamlines,
rpt_streamlines_vox = select_random_set_of_streamlines(rpt_sft.streamlines,
# Same dimensions for every stateful tractogram, can be re-use
affine, dimensions, voxel_sizes, voxel_order = cc_sft.space_attributes
cc_density = density_map(cc_streamlines_vox, np.eye(4), dimensions)
laf_density = density_map(laf_streamlines_vox, np.eye(4), dimensions)
raf_density = density_map(raf_streamlines_vox, np.eye(4), dimensions)
lpt_density = density_map(lpt_streamlines_vox, np.eye(4), dimensions)
rpt_density = density_map(rpt_streamlines_vox, np.eye(4), dimensions)
Replacing streamlines is possible, but if the state was modified between operations such as this one is not recommended: -> cc_sft.streamlines = cc_streamlines_vox
It is recommended to re-create a new StatefulTractogram object and explicitly specify in which space the streamlines are. Be careful to follow the order of operations.
If the tractogram was from a Trk file with metadata, this will be lost. If you wish to keep metadata while manipulating the number or the order look at the function StatefulTractogram.remove_invalid_streamlines() for more details
It is important to mention that once the object is created in a consistent state the save_tractogram function will save a valid file. And then the function load_tractogram will load them in a valid state.
cc_sft = StatefulTractogram(cc_streamlines_vox, reference_anatomy, Space.VOX)
laf_sft = StatefulTractogram(laf_streamlines_vox, reference_anatomy, Space.VOX)
raf_sft = StatefulTractogram(raf_streamlines_vox, reference_anatomy, Space.VOX)
lpt_sft = StatefulTractogram(lpt_streamlines_vox, reference_anatomy, Space.VOX)
rpt_sft = StatefulTractogram(rpt_streamlines_vox, reference_anatomy, Space.VOX)
print(len(cc_sft), len(laf_sft), len(raf_sft), len(lpt_sft), len(rpt_sft))
save_tractogram(cc_sft, 'cc_1000.trk')
save_tractogram(laf_sft, 'laf_1000.trk')
save_tractogram(raf_sft, 'raf_1000.trk')
save_tractogram(lpt_sft, 'lpt_1000.trk')
save_tractogram(rpt_sft, 'rpt_1000.trk'), affine, nifti_header),
 'cc_density.nii.gz'), affine, nifti_header),
 'laf_density.nii.gz'), affine, nifti_header),
 'raf_density.nii.gz'), affine, nifti_header),
 'lpt_density.nii.gz'), affine, nifti_header),
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Witch - Lisa ListerSold Out
A witch is a wise woman, a healer. Yet for so long the word 'witch' has had negative connotations. In this book, third generation hereditary witch Lisa Lister explains the history behind witchcraft, why identifying as a healing in past centuries led women to be burned at the stake, and why the witch is reawakening in women across the world today.
This book provides an overview of the different schools of witchcraft and the core principals and practices within them. Discover ancient wisdom made relevant for modern witches:
- The wheel of the year, the sabbats, the cycles of the moon.
- Tools to enhance your intuition, including oracle cards and dowsing, so that you can make decisions quickly and comfortably.
- Understanding the ancient use of the word'medicine'.
- How to work with herbs, crystals and power animals so that you have support in your spiritual work.
- Work with the elements to achieve deep connection with the world around you.
In addition, Lisa teaches personal, hands-on rituals and spells from her family lineage of gypsy witch magic to help you heal, manifest and rediscover your powers.
A compelling book urging modern women to reconnect with their inborn feminine powers and bring the ancient traditions of healing and 'witchcraft' back into their lives. You'll learn how to align your energy with the wheel of the year, the sabbats and the cycles of the Moon, connect with and trust your intuition, use divination tools such as oracle cards, scrying and rune reading to help make decisions about your future, cast circles, create altars and set sacred space.


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Specialized root structures of bald cypress that grow vertically above water or moist soil. It is thought that these structures aid the oxygen/carbon dioxide exchange in the roots.
| Bald Cypress - knees
Montezuma Cypress - no knees
Q: I have bald cypress trees in my yard. The root nodules are becoming a problem with my lawn mower. Would it damage the trees if I trimmed them off at ground level? B.D., Dallas.
A: Yes, the knees are part of the root system. Change the area to mulch or ground cover and try to dry out the soil. The knees grow in overly moist soil.
QUESTION: I have a bald cypress, and the roots are coming out of the ground all around the yard. Some are close to the tree and some are far away. The roots come out of the ground for about 12 inches or less and then go back into the ground. How can I keep this from happening? Can I cut the roots that are already protruding without hurting the tree? K.E., Fort Worth
ANSWER: This is a characteristic of bald cypress. Their roots always do this to some degree, especially when the ground stays moist to wet. Improving the drainage and reducing your use of water will help, but the only way to eliminate the protruding roots is to remove the tree. I would suggest instead that you use mulch or plant a groundcover around the tree so you won't need to mow over or around cypress roots.


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Why Choose to Cycle in a Middle-Income Country?
Research on the adoption of the bicycle as a means of transport has been booming in high-income countries. However, little is known about bicycle adoption in lower-income countries where air pollution is high and cycling infrastructure is poor. Understanding the drivers of cycling adoption in developing economies can increase the efficiency of transport policies while reducing local air pollution, improving health, and cutting greenhouse gas emissions. The objective of this study is to identify the factors affecting cycling uptake in a low-income country using the city of Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan as a case study. The analysis is based on the Theory of Planned Behavior, a questionnaire-based survey of 900 respondents, factor analysis, and a logit model. In contrast to studies carried out in developed countries, this study finds that students are less likely to adopt cycling than other population groups. Other findings suggest that support for public transport, a desire for regular exercise and perceptions of the environmental benefits of cycling increase the probability of the use of cycling as a mode of transport in a low-income country. The paper also identifies positive and negative perceptions of cycling among cyclists and non-cyclists.


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" The Sky Between Two Worlds is a thought provoking and well researched novel. " – C Poor
A novel of intrigue, love, battle and survival in a future world of titanic East-West conflict. In 2027, fate tosses Kantak Johnson and friends into the struggle when he and another separately recognize how to make stealth warplanes undetectable. Kantak discloses it in the West; the other secretly discloses it to a hostile East. Thus two nuclear powers each develop bombers that the other cannot detect. Then the hostility over oil ratchets up….
This reader gave it five stars!
Using colorful characters and situations, this book is a tantalizing plot of where our future world might be politically, economically, and militarily following a shift in power to the Middle East.
Within ninety-six pages of fast moving description Mr Books holds your interest. His profound intellect and education enables him to write a book with factual projections about our future technological advances and the plots to control the world's future.
Hopefully, there will be a sequel. – John B. White


RESO - Relais pour l'émergence d'une jeunesse sociale
RESO aims to help citizens become more involved in the democracy-building process in Tunisia.
Relais pour l'emergence d'une jeunesse sociale (Relay for the Development of Social Youth, RESO) aims to help citizens become more involved in the democracy-building process in Tunisia. It focuses on capacity building to help provide citizens with the tools to do this.
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Main activities and achievements
RESO decided to start by focusing on the issue of employability. It aimed to provide assistance and guidance to help young people build their confidence and improve their career opportunities, to. This has included work to:
 - Match qualifications to suit specific employment opportunities
 - Write persuasive CVs and job applications.
 - Provide interview training and help.
Convinced that democratisation and peacebuilding should start at the local and community leveles, RESO has also created a series of five local workshops, or Houmeta (meaning 'our neighbourhood' in Arabic) in order to promote citizens' participation in public life. For this, different training sessions focused on the value and ways in which citizens can contribute to local and public life.
RESO has also begun a project called Kolna Baladeya ('we are all the municipality'), in cooperation with the municipality authorities, to encourage young people to be more interactive and contribute to decision-making processes. This includes work on:
 1. Debating: developing communication skills and participating in debates.
 2. Teamwork: how to build an effective and collaborative team.
 3. Petition: introducinge the rules of petitions in TUnisai and how to get public support for a collective issue.
 4. Public administration: providing information about the different mechanisms of the Tunisian administration and the management of community governance.
 5. Citizen journalism: providing training on how citizen media can commuicate alternative information.
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A Closer Look at Thermal Radical Cure Adhesives for the Electronics Industry
Thermal radical cure (TRC) adhesives are 100% solid formulations based on UV curable resins. This type of adhesive is commonly as hot melt and semi-structural adhesives. These adhesives were created to harness some of the best features of traditional silicone adhesives while eliminating or reducing many of the drawbacks.
This blog post will discuss why thermal radical curing technology is beneficial, discuss the properties of these adhesives, and offer examples of common applications.
WHY USE TRC TECHNOLOGY?
There are many benefits offered by thermal radial curing technology. Some of the primary benefits include:
- Enhanced adhesive performance. The adhesion strength of TRC adhesives is retained across a broad temperature range and throughout a variety of adverse conditions, such as water immersion, salt water exposure, and other corrosive environments.
- Design flexibility. TRC adhesives provide adhesion to a wide range of surfaces. They adhere to plastics, metals, cured silicones, wet substrates, and more. These adhesives will bond with most traditional and alternative materials, enabling improved performance and many new design opportunities.
- Cost control. TRC adhesives facilitate cost savings in the form of reduced energy expenditures and streamlined production processes. They cure much faster than standard silicone adhesives by reducing the heat-up time and cutting the cure down to as little as three minutes.
HOW EXACTLY DO TRC ADHESIVES WORK?
TRC adhesives provide reliable adhesion with a comprehensive array of metals, ceramics, and plastics—even those that haven't experienced good adhesion with more traditional silicone-based adhesives. Once the adhesive is fully cured, the substrate materials benefit from strong but flexible bonds. With thermal curing processes, these adhesives significantly reduce curing time without sacrificing adhesion strength.
Cationically curable resins and free-radical curable unsaturated esters are the two most common resins used for creating UV-curable adhesives. Cation resins are typically more expensive, but offer better overall performance, higher heat resistance, less shrinkage, and superior strength. Free-radical type adhesives feature reduced properties in comparison, but cure much faster.
There are many use cases for TRC adhesives within the electronics industry. Examples may include:
- Housing assembly
- Attaching connectors to substrates
- Adhering sensors and electronic control units to substrates
- Facilitating power supply and energy conversion
More advanced assembly applications for TRC adhesives may include:
- Engine or transmission control units
- Power control units
- Lighting modules
- Printed circuit boards
TRC ADHESIVES FROM ROBERT MCKEOWN, INC.
TRC adhesives are cost-effective, offer strong and reliable adhesion, and work with a comprehensive range of surface types and materials. The application potential for these adhesives is nearly limitless, especially in sectors such as automotive, electronics, and general manufacturing.
At Robert McKeown, we partner with Dow, a global leader in adhesives and sealants, to provide thermal radical cure adhesive solutions. We're happy to offer a sample of EA-7100 TRC adhesive from Dow so you can test it in your application. Please contact us today to obtain a sample or with any questions about any of our products and services.


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Many older people are discovering the benefits of using computers and the Internet.
Older people and the Internet
Older people may not have used the Internet much at work or home, but they may have seen their family or friends get real value and fun out of being online. Some really useful things for older people include:
catching up with news and information
keeping in touch with families and friends
learning new skills and subjects
even helping their grandchildren with homework research
Googling is good for the ageing brain
There is interesting research to suggest that using the Internet and Google searching is good for you, see research on the benefit of computer use by older people*.
In May each year, Hampshire runs introduction to the Internet sessions across the County, in many Libraries, Schools and Community Centres.
Useful information for older people
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