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Trained listeners with normal hearing are used at Harman International for all standard listening tests related to research and competitive benchmarking of consumer, professional and automotive audio products. This article explains why we use trained listeners, and describes a new computer-based software program developed for training and selecting Harman listeners.
Why Train Listeners?
There are many compelling reasons for training listeners. First, trained listeners produce more discriminating and reliable judgments of sound quality than untrained listeners. This means that fewer listeners are needed to achieve the same statistical confidence, resulting in considerable cost savings. Second, trained listeners are taught to identify, classify and rate important sound quality attributes using precise, well-defined terms to explain their preferences for certain audio systems and products. Vague audiophile terms such as "chocolaty", "silky" or "the bass lacks pace, rhythm or musicality" are NOT part of the trained listener's vocabulary since these descriptors are not easily interpreted by audio engineers who must use the feedback from the listening tests to improve the product. Third, the Harman training itself, so far, has produced no apparent bias when comparing the loudspeaker preferences of trained versus untrained listeners. This allows us to safely extrapolate the preferences of trained listeners to those of the general untrained population of listeners (e.g. most consumers).
Harman's "How to Listen" Listener Training Program
Harman's "How to Listen" is a new computer-based software application that helps Harman scientists efficiently train and select listeners used for psychoacoustic research and product evaluation. The self-administered program has 17 different training tasks that focus on four different attributes of sound quality: timbre (spectral effects), spatial attributes(localization and auditory imagery characteristics), dynamics, and nonlinear distortion artifacts. Each training task starts at a novice level, and gradually advances in difficulty based on the listeners' performance. Constant feedback on the listener's responses is provided to improve their learning and performance. A presentation of the training software can be viewed in parts 1 and 2
Spectral Training Tasks
There are two different spectral training tasks. In the Band Identification training task, the listener compares a reference (Flat) and an equalized version of the music program (EQ), and must determine which frequency band is affected by the equalization (see slide 5 of part 2). The types of filters include peaks, dips, peak and dips, high/low shelving and low/high/bandpass filters. The task is aimed at teaching listeners to identify spectral distortions in precise, quantitative terms (filter type, frequency, Q and gain) that directly correspond to a frequency response measurement.
At the easiest skill level, there are only 2 frequency band choices, which are easily detected and classified. However, as the listener advances, the audio bandwidth is subdivided into multiple frequency bands making the audibility and identification of the affected frequency band more challenging.
The Spectral Plot training exercise takes this one step further. The listener compares different music selections equalized to simulate more complex frequency response shapes commonly found in measurements of loudspeakers in rooms and automotive spaces. The listener is given a choice of frequency curves which they must correctly match to the perceived spectral balances of the stimuli. This teaches listeners to graphically draw the perceived timbre of an audio component as a frequency response curve. Once trained, listeners become quite adept at drawing the perceived spectral balance of different loudspeakers, and these graphs closely correspond to their acoustical measurements,.
Sound Quality Attribute Tasks
The purpose of this task is to familiarize the listener with each of the four sound quality attributes (timbre, spatial, dynamics and nonlinear distortion) and their sub-attributes, and measure the listener's ability to reliably rate differences in the attribute's intensity. For example, in one task the listener must rank order the relative brightness/dullness of two or more stimuli based on the intensities of the brightness/dullness of the processed music selection. As the difficulty of the task increases, the listener must rate more stimuli that have incrementally smaller differences in intensity of the tested attribute. Listener performance is calculated using Spearman's rank correlation coefficient which expresses the degree to which stimuli have been correctly rank ordered on the attribute scale.
In this task, the listener enters preference ratings for different music selections that have had one or more attributes (timbre, spatial, dynamics and nonlinear distortion) modified by incremental amounts.
By studying the interrelationship between the modification of these attributes and the preference ratings, Harman scientists can uncover how listeners weight different attributes when formulating their preferences. From this, the preference profile of a listener can be mapped based on the importance they place on certain sound quality attributes. The performance metric in the preference task is based on the F-statistic calculated from an ANOVA performed on the individual listeners' data. The higher the F-statistic, the more discriminating and/or consistent the listeners' ratings are --- a highly desirable trait in the selection of a listener.
Other Key Features
Harman's "How to Listen" training software runs on both Windows and Mac OSX platforms, and includes a real-time DSP engine for manipulating the various sound quality attributes. Most common stereo and multichannel sound formats are supported. In "Practice Mode", the user can easily add their own music selections.
All of the training results from the 100+ listeners located at Harman locations world-wide are stored on a centralized database server. A web-based front end will allow listeners to log in to monitor and compare their performances to those of other listeners currently in training. Of course, the identifies of the other listeners always remain confidential.
In summary, Harman's "How to Listen" is a new computer-based, self-guided software program that teaches listeners how to identify, classify and rate the quality of recorded and reproduced sounds according to their timbral, spatial, dynamic and nonlinear distortion attributes. The training program gives constant performance feedback and analytics that allow the software to adapt to the ability of the listener. These performance metrics are used for selecting the most discriminating and reliable listeners used for research and subjective testing of Harman audio products.
 Sean. E Olive, "Differences in Performance and Preference of Trained Versus Untrained Listeners in Loudspeaker Tests: A Case Study," J. AES, Vol. 51, issue 9, pp. 806-825, September 2003. Download for free here, courtesy of Harman International.
 Sean E. Olive, "A Multiple Regression Model for Predicting Loudspeaker Preference Using Objective Measurements: Part I - Listening Test Results," presented at the 116th AES Convention (May 2004).
 Floyd E. Toole, Sound Reproduction: The Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Loudspeakers and Rooms, Focal press (July 2008). Available from Amazon here


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Royal Preston Hospital is a teaching hospital which provides a full range of district general hospital services, several specialist regional services, and the major trauma centre for Lancashire and South Cumbria. The hospital has around 700 beds, operating theatre complex, outpatient suites, and education facilities.
The hospital environment can be extremely chaotic. However, it is of the utmost importance that patients, particularly in critical care and other high dependency wards, experience good quality sleep. Royal Preston Hospital was researching how adequate sleep on the ward affects patient recovery. Their staff measured ambient noise in decibels with a traffic light system used to indicate high levels (bad) and low levels (good), collating this data over several points of a 24-hour period in order to identify patterns.
They demonstrated that reductions in noise levels can improve sleep and reduce the incidence of delirium and therefore the overall length of stay of patients. Devices that give traffic light indications for noise levels and other parameters already exist, prompting ward staff to change behaviours. Royal Preston Hospital wanted a similar system that warns when light levels are too high when patients are trying to rest, which could help contribute to quality sleep and therefore to recovery.
A team of four third-year MEng Engineering students developed a potential solution in just over two weeks. They started by developing a product specification with hospital staff, outlining and agreeing on objectives. The group then conducted assessments of the different technologies that could be used, reviewing criteria such as cost, sensitivity, durability, and integration into the ward environment.
They undertook mind-mapping exercises and then developed system concepts illustrating their ideas and shared them with NHS staff to gather feedback. Following this, they developed the prototype, including designs for software and hardware, and tested it at the University. Based on feedback and testing, they produced a final system which included housing, electronics and fully-configurable software.

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Peder Engstrom
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Peder Engstrom
Junior Scientist
Global Landscapes Initiative
Peder Engstrom is a scientist with the Global Landscapes Initiative. Peder has a background in geographic information science (GIS) and a passion for agriculture and food systems. He focuses on stakeholder engagement, data visualization, and map and data production. Peder also maintains the group's geo-data sharing platform, Research interests include crop species distribution patterns, better understanding gaps in agricultural data, smallholder agriculture, and equitable farm systems.
In his spare time, Peder enjoys urban gardening and landscaping, biking around Minneapolis, and exploring the natural areas of outstate Minnesota.


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- Use the sun to fry, bake or broil food.
- Experience and learn about solar radiation
- Great for Hunters, Hikers or Campers
Oven has reflective surfaces that concentrate heat radiation in the central chamber, resulting in temperatures up to 350 degrees or more.
Bake brownies, potatoes, hamburgers, etc. Caution: Recommend parent/teacher supervision as heat could reach 450 degrees.
Grades 3-12. Teacher's Guide gives suggestions for classroom experiments.
Ages 14 and up.

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ADDING COPIES 1. Search shelflist for card. a. If card has IO on it, or is an IO shelflist card, do not pull, mark "IO" on printout. b. If card has any other designation, pull card. 2. Search IO for matching record. a. Make sure to look at bib record to make sure it really is a match. Some things to check are publisher, edition, year of publication, number of pages and parts. b. If not a match give to Karen. 3. Write call number on title page. 4. Make processing card with call number and author/title information for any items that need to be bound. Make sure to stamp with bindery instructions. 5. Go to holdings record to add copy. a. Change copy status and classification type code. Usually they will be 1I when you initially look at the record, you need to change it to 1L. b. If the item is part of a multi-volume set, the copy status will be 2 for an incomplete set and 3 for a complete set. (1) Make volume (MARC) holdings record (Ask for more explanation) c. Type location code. Usually it is "mus". d. Add call number if necessary. EXAMPLE: 002 1L CN mus |b M222.C43 |c W3 6. Create item record for added copy. a. With holdings record on screen, type "citm ". For example above the command would be "citm 2" b. Add enum/chron. info., if applicable c. Scan barcode in Item ID. If the item needs to go to bindery staple the barcode to the processing card. 7. Add any other copy holding needed to match shelflist card. a. Do not create item records for these. b. Write "IO" in top right hand corner of card.


Your plastic chopping board could be harbouring potentially deadly bacteria including salmonella and E.coli.
With their wipe clean services, many cooks mistakenly believe plastic chopping boards are the way forward to stop bacteria from raw meat contaminating their food.
However several shocking studies have revealed bacteria actually multiplies much quicker on plastic boards, which could leave you more likely to give yourself a bout of food poisoning - or worse.
A study by the University of Wisconsin found that bacteria including potentially deadly salmonella left overnight on a plastic chopping board "thrived and multiplied."
Perhaps surprisingly, the bacteria on a wooden chopping board did not survive overnight.
Many believe this is because plastic boards, which wear out quickly, are more likely to have dents and grooves caused by cutting.
These dents and grooves make them much harder to clean and provide the perfect environment for bacteria to thrive and multiply.
Researchers also raised concerns that mould can grow under the surface of plastic boards, leading to staining and potential health risks.
Salmonella infections, known as salmonellosis, can prove deadly to children, the elderly or those with a weakened immune systems.
However - the problem can be avoided if you have a dishwasher.
Dr Ben Chapman, an associate professor and food safety specialist at North Carolina State University says the high temperatures inside a dishwasher will kill bacteria on a plastic chopping board, while wooden boards are not suitable for dishwashers.
His advice is to use a plastic chopping board for raw meat, and wash it in a dishwasher. However, for ready prepared foods or vegetables, wooden boards are the preferred alternative.
Cooking website AllRecipes recommends the best way to prevent illness is to clean chopping boards with hot water and soap before and after each time they're used, as well as drying them with a towel as soon as they're washed.


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On the eve of Daeboreum, the first full moon of the lunar year, the markets are full of foodstuffs associated with the festival such as peanuts, walnuts, red beans, millet and wild vegetables. The signature dish for the festival, which falls this Thursday, is ogokbap or five different kinds of grain -- rice, millet, red beans and beans.
Choi Myung-lim, a curator at the National Folk Museum of Korea, says some farmers include any crop they grow, since that augurs well for a good harvest of it. People shared ogokbap with neighbors because they believed that eating the ogokbap of more than three households would bring them luck throughout a year.
According to the Korean Almanac, a book on the changing seasons and customs of Korea, ogokbap also has a healing effect for children. If their skin turns dark and they lose weight in spring affected by the change of the season, having them share ogokbap gathered from 100 homes in the neighborhood with a dog will solve the problem -- child and dog should sit face to face and take turns having a spoonful of the dish.
After they eat their ogokbap in the morning, people give it to cattle together with wild vegetables. At that time, it is said, if the cattle eat the ogokbap first, it will be a fat year, and if the cows eat the wild vegetables first, it will be a lean year. Another saying recommends eating ogokbap nine times a day, implying the importance of hard work.
On the morning of Daeboreum, Koreans practice the custom of cracking different kinds of nuts such as chestnuts, walnuts, gingko nuts, pine nuts and peanuts.
What significance does this custom have? Koreans in old times believed that cracking as many nuts as their age in the morning of Daeboreum prevented them from suffering skin trouble like boils and gave them good teeth.
Cho Hoo-jong, a former professor of the Department of Food and Nutrition at Myongji University, said people in the old days practiced the custom to supplement the vitamins and minerals that had been lacking during winter when fresh vegetables and fruit were not available.


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This article explains how to view the hardware serial number in EMC Elastic Cloud Search (ECS). There is a difference between the License Serial number and the Hardware Serial number.
OnCommand Insight (OCI) always displays the License Serial Number of ECS.
In EMC ECS, we have the following information:
PSNT = Hardware serial number
SWID = License serial number
ECS uses the SWID as the identifier on how storage nodes are identified. The SWID is also visible in OCI as the serial number; this is the License serial number.


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Endogenous opioid peptides have been studied extensively as potential therapeutics for the treatment of pain.
The major problems of using natural opioid peptides as drug candidates are their poor receptor specificity, metabolic instability
and inability to reach the brain after systemic administration. A lot of synthetic efforts have been made to opioid
analogs with improved pharmacological properties. One important structural modification leading to such analogs is cyclization
of linear sequences. Intramolecular cyclization has been shown to improve biological properties of various bioactive
peptides. Cyclization reduces conformational freedom responsible for the simultaneous activation of two or more receptors,
increases metabolic stability and lipophilicity which may result in a longer half-life and easier penetration across
biological membranes. This review deals with various strategies that have been employed to synthesize cyclic analogs of
opioid peptides. Discussed are such bridging bonds as amide and amine linkages, sulfur-containing bonds, including
monosulfide, disulfide and dithioether bridges, bismethylene bonds, monosulfide bridges of lanthionine and, finally, carbonyl
and guanidine linkages. Opioid affinities and activities of cyclic analogs are given and compared with linear opioid
peptides. Analgesic activities of analogs evaluated in the in vivo pain tests are also discussed.


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This is a part of a series where I ask the question, "What is the healing process and how does it take place?"
In the second part of this trilogy is where the Peacock emerges surrounded in light. The Peacock represents the embodiment of the Quan Yin energy, the goddess of self-compassion.
Self-compassion is the core to the healing process and moves us forward to our true nature.
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Seven meditations on the creation narrative of Genesis 1-2.3 use the text as a starting point for the developing life of prayer. Each chapter concludes with a summary and seven suggestions for ways of praying. These meditations are suitable for individuals or groups as a lent course.
Let There Be Light
- Author: Angela Tilby
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BULACAN STATE UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
COMPUTER ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
CITY OF MALOLOS, BULACAN
BASIC INPUT-OUTPUT SYSTEM (BIOS)
In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements in Research and Technical Writing A Thesis Proposal Presented to Professor Marjorie M. Miguel
Ayeng, Katrina N.
Manila, Kimberly R.
Manio, Klarryze Jenel B.
Mundo, Justine DB.
Salamat, Norman Jan R.
PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND
The Importance and Functions of the Basic Input-Output System (BIOS) Introduction
Nowadays, many computer users around the world encounter a problem regarding Basic Input-Output System (BIOS). It is usually seen when a computer failed to shut down successfully where one can read the phrase "Enter BIOS system" on the options but not everyone knows what is it for, how does it function and is it necessary to be familiar with. That is why we have chosen to conduct a research paper regarding BIOS. It is important to have knowledge or idea about it because of its many uses, importance and functions on a computer system that will be stated on the following chapters of this research paper. It is an exciting and interesting topic to be discussed and to be researched. Not only that, in this research paper, one can learn or have ideas on upgrading BIOS, what are the effects of upgrading it and why is it necessary to be upgraded and updated.
Statement of the Problem/ Objectives
What are the importance and functions of Basic Input-Output System (BIOS)? 1. To know the importance or significance of Basic Input-Output System (BIOS) in a computer system. 2. To increase the knowledge of people about Basic Input-Output System (BIOS); to know its history. 3. To enumerate the functions of Basic Input-Output System (BIOS). 4. To lessen the number of people who doesn't know Basic Input-Output System (BIOS). 5. To contribute new ideas about Basic Input-Output System (BIOS) in the field of computers.
Significance of the Study
The research contributes to knowledge production in general about BIOS. The purpose of this research is to gain a better understanding of the importance, uses and functions of Basic Input-Output System (BIOS). The benefit of the study is for the ordinary student and for the people to have deeper understanding about BIOs problems. * Students, who were in the field of computer. This will help them to have more information about BIOS and how this affects the performance of a computer. * Teachers/Professors. For them to have an additional information about BIOS and what are the things that they need to tackle more to their students in the field of computer. * Specialists/Developer of computers. For them to have an idea on the things that they need to develop more based on its functions and performance. * Ordinary students/people. To correct their misconceptions about BIOS.
Scope and Delimitation
The coverage of this study is all about the definition, importance and functions of Basic Input-Output System (BIOS). It focuses on every student who uses computer on their field of studies and also to those people who use computer in their everyday life and looks for information about BIOS.
This study limits its coverage on the hardware system particularly Basic Input-Output System (BIOS) only and to those people who encounters regarding BIOS.
"If it is not broken, don't fix it" (Perkins, David N, 2007). "Intel says that if the mobo is working properly that bios and drivers shouldn't be updated. Mine is working properly and I know if it isn't broke don't fix it, but what are the advantages and disadvantages to updating it anyway?" (webhead68, 2007) (Intel,2006 para. 2) stated that update the BIOS on your computer only if the newer BIOS version specifically solves a problem you have. It is not recommend updating your BIOS for computers that do not need it.
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The sea as a symbol in the awakening
The awakening is a novel full of symbolism symbols in the awakening ocean, gulf, or sea: the ocean is a symbol of both freedom and escape edna remembers the kentucky fields of her childhood as an ocean. The awakening symbols topics: piano when edna is unable to rationalize her old and new selves, she surrenders her life to the sea as an escape from domestic compliance and solitary freedom. Usually, 'the sea' is used as a symbol in literature to represent life and its hardships the sea, with its daunting width and depth, simply stands for life itself. Detailed information on kate chopin's the awakening: characters, setting, questions for students, scholars, and readers katechopinorg the kate chopin of the awakening traces the heroine's emotional journey, exploring her relationships with friends, lovers, and the sea. Start studying the awakening questions learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools search create log in sign up log in sign up 64 terms katiecoogan the sea is a symbol of edna's awakening.
In kate chopin's the awakening the symbols in the awakening english literature essay print reference this published: 23rd march the second symbol to be analyzed is the frequent appearance of the ocean/sea of all the symbols in the novel. This essay symbols in the awakening and other 63,000+ term papers whereas a symbol as complicated as the sea symbols are message within a word that must be analyzed to discover in the awakening. Essay/term paper: the awakening's symbolic significance of the sea essay, term paper, research paper: kate chopin. In kate chopin's the awakening, edna develops her sense of self through her discovery of freedom in the powerful presence of the sea ultimately, the sea serves as a symbol of edna's desired solitude and freedom and as the influence that allows her to achieve an authentic sense of individuality.
Quotes from kate chopin's novel, the awakening (1899) 'the awakening' quotes search the site go literature quotations funny quotes love quotes the voice of the sea is seductive, never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander in abysses of solitude all along. Get everything you need to know about the sea in the awakening analysis, related quotes, timeline.
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The sea as a symbol in the awakening
Symbols are everywhere in literature, including kate chopin's feminist novella ''the awakening'' in this lesson, learn about a couple of the. 236 quotes from kate chopin: 'the voice of the sea speaks to the soul','she wanted something to happen - something, anything: she did not know what', and 'perhaps it is better to wake up after all ― kate chopin, the awakening.
- On one hand the sea is a symbol of empowerment in the awakening in the sea, edna learns to swim (and, by extension, learns that she does in fact have control over her own body.
- Symbolism and imagery i specifically focused on the symbolism the mentioning of birds, the sea and romanticism portrayed in the novel the posts i created serve the purpose of contributing analysis on the major themes and symbolism portrayed in the awakening.
- Author: rich christie the sea is an important element in the awakening by kate chopin the story is rich in description and detail and uses metaphoric symbols and foreshadowing.
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More than 25 companies operate commercial vessels in the Great Lakes-Seaway System. The largest Great Lakes freighters are massive and can carry more than 70,000 tons of cargo in a single voyage. Stood on end, these ships would be as tall as a 100 story building. Ships offer the most efficient means of transporting large quantities of cargo. For example, the largest Great Lakes vessels can transport the same amount of cargo as 700 rail cars or 2,800 trucks.
Lakers / Salties
- Lake Vessels
Most Great Lakes-Seaway commercial cargo ships are specially designed and constructed for use in the system. Known as "lakers," these vessels carry bulk cargo and have a unique configuration that enable them to fit through our navigation locks and operate under the weather and fresh-water hydrologic conditions in the Great Lakes.
- Ocean-going Vessels
The waterway is also served by ocean-going vessels designed to operate not only in the Great Lakes, but also in the harsh conditions of the world's salt-water oceans. For this reason, these vessels are known as "salties." Most salties are multipurpose in their design, able to carry bulk cargo, break bulk cargo and project cargo.
The Great Lakes-Seaway system is served by three distinct vessel operator communities:
- U.S.-flag operators are those companies whose vessels are documented under the laws of the United States. Generally these carriers operate between U.S. ports within the Great Lakes.
- Canadian-flag operators are those companies whose vessels are documented under Canadian law. These carriers generally operate between lower St. Lawrence River ports and Great Lakes ports, carrying both domestic and bi-national commerce.
- Foreign-flag operators are those carriers whose vessels are documented under the laws of a country other than the United States or Canada. These vessels operate between system ports and overseas destinations.


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"Growing in Christ, striving for excellence, influencing the world."
"The Christ-centred purpose of Heatherton Christian College is to partner with parents and the church in raising and discipling children, in a learning environment that develops character and inspires every student to excel in their unique gifts and talents, to realise their God intended potential."
'Distinctive' of Heatherton Christian College
Research proves conclusively that children benefit greatly when parented and educated in the basis of secure attachment and safe foundations. Nurturing and responsive relationships build healthy brain architecture that provides a strong foundation for learning, behaviour and health.
Time and time again as new families are shown around the school for the first time they inevitably remark that there is such a caring, peaceful and nurturing environment at Heatherton Christian College. People sense it when they first walk in the building. Why do they sense this? Students at Heatherton Christian College are here in a loving and supportive environment, where teachers love them, genuinely care for them and are praying for them. It is the presence of God in this place.
What better environment is there to have your child educated in?!


Human Resources
Alumni Office Specialist
Primary Role
Performs essential office-wide support functions for the office of Alumni Relations.
Typical Duties and Responsibilities
 1. Maintains alumni records; monitors and tracks volunteers; works with database; and performs data entry in Datatel's Benefactor program.
 2. Organizes; creates file folders; monitors event timelines; oversees regional event registration; runs or requests reports and mailing labels.
 3. Provides clerical support to an office including services such as arranging appointments/travel, sorting and distributing mail and departmental email, composing letters, postcards and other mailings, ordering office supplies & promotional items, allocating and approving purchasing card transactions for all cardholders, making bank deposits and handling other accounting functions, typing, filing, etc.
 4. Acts as staff liaison for certain reunion classes at Alumni Weekend and Homecoming; oversees registration process for both events; tracks and helps coordinate Student Alumni Association activities; communicates with Affinity Groups; and occasionally travels to regional events. This position involves overtime (including weekends) in February, June and October each year.
 5. Writes bi-monthly articles for the employee newspaper; proofreads materials; helps with newsletters; and communicates with alumni, friends, students, Student Alumni Association members and the campus community regarding alumni events and volunteer activities.
 6. Greets and directs visitors, answers phone inquiries and provides routine information to callers and visitors. Completes and collects forms, applications, work orders, requisitions, reports, etc. Helps maintain the Alumni Web Page and sends e-communications.
 7. Performs related duties as assigned
Supervision Required/Given
Works independently within established policies and procedures. Must work cooperatively with diverse individuals and customers. Some direct supervision of student workers.
Position Qualifications
 1. Knowledge and capabilities normally acquired through completion of a high school diploma. Additional academic training preferred.
 2. Three years experience in an office setting sufficient to demonstrate proficiency in: customer service skills, volunteer management, project planning and management, PC based office software, budget planning and tracking, staff supervision, advances word processing skills, and effective handling of confidential materials.


Foreign Currency Translation, A Need-to-Know in International Accounting
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It is a frequent practice for most organizations or entities to engage in transactions that use and involve foreign money. While generally a wise business move, operating this way sometimes presents complications, as the methods of handling foreign and local currencies may vary. Specifically, the issue lies in consolidating the organization's financial statements.
With foreign currency regularly flowing through a company's system, accurate conversion is the biggest concern, as using the wrong exchange rates could lead to discrepancies in accounting. A scenario of this, for example, is using different exchange rates for the same set of data. Should a similar instance happen repeatedly, the result would be a large buildup of inaccurate numbers on file. Eventually, this leads to bigger problems, especially when filing for more official purposes, such as for annual taxes or when appealing to potential investors.
This is the exact reason why international companies must make themselves familiar with the fundamental concepts in international accounting. In this particular case, the applicable process is foreign currency translation. Find out more about this basic international accounting method below.
What is Foreign Currency Translation?
Foreign currency translation is, quite literally, the method of translating foreign money into the currency of the primary economic environment. This is one of the basic tenets of international accounting; any entity dealing with foreign currency must convert said money in a way that is suitable to their existing financial accounts. Failure to properly translate the amounts involved could possibly lead to bigger accounting problems in the future.
In this case, "foreign" refers to any countries, territories, and businesses that are outside of the organization's main area of operation. This includes business deals done with foreign companies or business conducted by an overseas branch of the parent company. Additionally, having an international business means that while a branch may record their finances in the functional currency of their location, the main branch still must translate those figures for accounting.
As a side note, although some words in currency translation accounting seem daunting and technical, it is very easy to understand. To help you out, here are a few basic words to add to your accounting vocabulary:
 - Parent Company
This is the "original" or main company that subsequently launched branches or subsidiaries. Parent companies are the ones to mitigate the issues for foreign currency translation. They translate currency data from their branches and subsidiaries to combine the organization's overall financial statement.
 - Functional Currency
Functional currency is the main currency used by a business for most of its transactions. For example, a British company with subsidiaries in the United States would have the US dollar as its functional currency for the said subsidiary. This is despite the parent company's financial statement being recorded in British pounds.
 - Reporting Currency
Following functional currencies, a reporting currency is that which entities use to report their financial statement. Once the functional currency is established, this data must be consolidated for translation into the company's reporting currency. The transition between this and functional currency is where some adjustments happen according to exchange rates and other factors.
 - Constant Currency
Since the translation of currency is affected by multiple external variables (e.g., exchange rates), fluctuating numbers cannot be helped. Organizations try to circumvent the impact on their financial performance by publishing both the outright financial report (which reflects fluctuations), and the data without these fluctuations. This information is vital for potential and existing investors because it is a more accurate representation of the company's performance, and thus a better judge for its future.
 - TranslationRisk
Speaking of external variables and fluctuations, translation risk is the risk that comes with transacting in foreign currencies. Companies face a problem when the exchange rates fluctuate before they are able to fully consolidate their financial statements. Even accounting for company assets is tricky since their value is also dependent on different factors, including the flow of exchange rates.
Typically, it is the big corporations that are most affected by translation risks. Nevertheless, this risk applies to small businesses that deal in foreign currencies as well. This means that the income they gained from foreign transactions must also be accordingly translated and included in the financial reports.
Foreign Currency Translation Process
The procedure for foreign currency translation is relatively simple and can be done in three moves:
 1. Identify the functional currency of the foreign party. This applies to all sources, whether it's from a subsidiary, branch, or individual client based overseas. For example, if a client from Canada pays an Australian business in Canadian dollars, the functional currency is CA dollar and not AU dollar.
 2. Translate the foreign functional currency into the parent/main branch's functional currency. This step is where a foreign subsidiary's functional currency turns into the company's reporting currency. It is important to align and use a uniform currency for financial statements to avoid discrepancies in accounting.
 3. Consolidate and record all data to find profit gained and lost in the currency translation process. Translation risk comes to play because of the volatile exchange rates. This is also where companies make use of constant currencies to avoid rate fluctuations from affecting their financial performance on paper.
Foreign Currency Translation Methods
To mitigate currency translation risks and effects, companies make use of different foreign currency translation methods. Rather than solely relying on current exchange rates, some organizations may opt to use another rate, depending on different factors.
 - Current Rate Method
This is a straightforward way of converting foreign business assets and liabilities. It simply goes off of the current exchange rate, exposing finances more to fluctuating exchange rates. Because of the risks present, the effect of this currency translation method is often detailed on a separate account, apart from the rest of the company's consolidated income report.
 - Temporal Rate Method
The temporal rate method can also be called the "historical method" because it is used based on varying time factors. Typically, this means applying exchange rates according to either of two time-based events. One is the date of transaction; the other is the date of the company's most recent assessment of the asset's fair market value.
 - Monetary-Nonmonetary Translation Method
Monetary-nonmonetary translation entails combining the two other foreign currency translation methods. This technique is most useful for entities with regular and heavily ingrained foreign transactions. It is particularly beneficial for parent companies with active branches and subsidiaries abroad.
This method separates an organization's monetary assets from the nonmonetary. The money is then translated using the current rate method, basing on the present exchange rate. All nonmonetary items (e.g., equipment, inventories, properties) are then converted through the temporal rate method.
What is Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment?
Also known as cumulative translation adjustment (CTA), foreign currency translation adjustment pertains to the combination of all the fluctuations from exchange rates. This accounts for the gains and losses inflicted by the fluctuating exchange rate and thereby helps in showing a company's true financial abilities. Along with the organization's foreign profits, assets and services acquired internationally are also subject to translation, and consequently, exposed to the risks of exchange rate variations.
In compliance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), CTAs must enable investors to discern the difference in the company's actual financial performance without the impact of gains and losses caused by foreign currency translation. Currency translation accounting can be a complicated and grueling task. Because of this, it is recommended to have a licensed accountant go over the necessary financial statements.
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Meaning of (आगे निकल जाना) age nikal jana in english
Meaning of (आगे निकल जाना) age nikal jana in english
As verb : outstrip
Suggested : to move past go by a close-fitting covering for the head, usually of soft supple material and having no visor or brim to outdo surpass excel to catch up with in traveling or pursuit draw even with to give forth or glow with light shed or cast light
Exampleआगे निकल जाना का हिन्दी मे अर्थ
Word of the day 17th-May-2021
Usage of आगे निकल जाना: 1. Washing machine wears the shine off the colored clothes. 2. Following World War II Rome's economic growth began to overtake its rivals 3. New South Wales continued to outstrip Victoria as the centre of industry 4. Fez cap is generally worn by turkish people. 5. The hiker negociated the high mountain pass 6. You should overhaul your car engine 7. Timmy tried but failed to jump across the puddle. 8. Common methods of public outreach include press releases 9. You can not always catch up 10. Striving to outdo each other in magnificence
(आगे निकल जाना) age nikal jana can be used as noun or verb and have more than one meaning. No of characters: 13 including vowels consonants matras. Transliteration : aage nikala jaanaa
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JELTA closes its 10th English conference with a burst of new spirit
The Johor English Language Teaching Association (JELTA) concluded their 10th English Conference at New York Hotel, Johor Bahru on the 29th July 2019, on a high note with special guest renowned author and activist, Datin Paduka Marina Mahathir and Setiawangsa MP Nik Nazmi.
Also present at the closing ceremony were the Deputy Head of Academic Sector Johor State Education Department, Shahilon Abd Halim, JELTA President, Vincent D'Silva, teachers, students and other guests.
Parallel to the conference's theme of "Multiple Perspectives in the Teaching and Learning of English as a Second Language", Marina in her special address as an author, columnist and social activist, told her story on how going back to learning creative writing formally helped her discover the need to be critical on what we have consumed daily. She also encouraged teachers to pass on the importance to read and write, taking examples of how the world gets to know popular countries like China and India because of the books that were written by their local authors.
Nik Nazmi brought up the importance of learning and teaching the English language to equip teachers, tutors, and anyone who are in charge to teach or lead in the language department and most importantly for the next generation. He cited that the English language has remained the main medium of communication including educational materials like journals, periodicals, text books and many more. Taking example from neighbouring country, Singapore, he talked about the importance to strengthen the core of national school's education and becoming the first choice for parents to enroll their children into.
One plenary and 2 workshop were held on the final day of the conference and it officially closed after a session of group photography and handing out the token of appreciation to the special invited guests.


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You can create DWFx files (DWF and XPS) to publish your drawings on the web or across an intranet.
You can use the DWFx ePlot (XPS Compatible) plot configuration file to plot to a DWFx file. Each DWFx file can contain one or more drawing sheets.
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The first version of this mud brick Friday mosque, begun in 1962, took the form of a rectangular hypostyle prayer hall with the projecting mihrab as the only secondary volume. In subsequent repairs a central dome was added and four corner towers built. Each tower is an individual sculpture with banded tapering walls becoming gradually more elaborate toward its pinnacle. Crenellations of half circles decorate the parapets and rounded cones mark the corners. Mud brick structures require cyclical maintenance, alterations and repairs. For the Yaama mosque this activity was from the beginning an act of religious devotion in which the entire community participates, and so it continues to be. Everyone contributes to the caretaking of the mosque in proportion to his or her ability to do so. Some make mud bricks; others carry them to the building site. Women carry water for brick and mortar production while others cut and gather wood. The jury commended the manifest will to use traditional techniques in a creative manner, to experiment with them and to achieve results that induce a new awareness of their possibilities.
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Postings from May 2001
From: Garrett Goebel
May 22, 2001 08:11
Message ID: 71BEC0D4E1DED3118F7A009027B12028703308@EXCH_MISSION
From: Graham Barr [_EMAIL_]
> On Tue, May 22, 2001, Damian Conway wrote:
> > > if so, then wouldn't it be safer to put properties
> > > inside a special object associated with each object
> > > (the 'traits' object) so there would be little
> > > namespace collision?
> > We actually want the possibility of that kind of namespace
> > collision: for polymorphism.
> Many people keep bringing this up as a confusion and you give
> the same reply.
> However there has not yet, AFAIK, been any description of how
> having a method overload a property is useful.
What I don't understand is why we need properties as yet another layer of
polymorphism enabling pseudo OO-Perl? Why not use the "everything is an
object" paradigm and say that variable and value objects have default
"property" methods that can be called and/or overridden? Hell, why not do
tying by overloading default variable methods while we're at it? Or make
magic accessible to mere demigods by providing something akin to
What is UNIVERSAL::can($foo, 'new') going to return if there is a variable
and/or value property 'new' set on $foo?
Blurring properties and object methods screws with "\L$object" "\u$class"
method vs. "\L$built" "\u$user" property naming conventions.
To my knowledge, no one has yet proposed how you can clear a user-defined
property on a value?


Freight Brokers
It has often been asked here at this site, what exactly are freight brokers and what role they play in the industry as a whole.
Freight brokers are basically the go betweens acting for the persons requiring goods to be transported and the freight forwarders and transportation companies themselves. A freight brokerage could also be known as that which is legally termed a Property Broker. It is this term that has been established in the US by the FMCSA (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration). The FMCSA is a division of the Department of Transportation in the US.
A freight broker or property broker is therefore a term which is used to describe a licensed individual, or a corporation acting to assist in facilitating the successful transportation of goods undertaken by a freight shipper or authorized motor carrier and the customer.
Brokers are not, by law required to carry cargo or liability insurance. However, these entities are required to hold several legal documents which include:
 - A Broker's Authority
 - Surety Bond or Trust Fund
 - Processing Agent
A Broker's Authority is obtained for a $300 fee (currently) through the FMCSA upon filing out the form OP-1 and filing for authority.
A Surety Bond or Trust Fund is obtained from either a bank or a bonding company. The form that is required to be filed with this is known as the BMC-84 or BMC-85. Each brokerage company or individual entity is required to prove they are able to pay the various truck lines, airlines, railroads, or any other entity being used by the broker. Before a bond is issued, the individual's credit and/or financial capacity is thoroughly investigated. This is because for some reason if the brokerage fails to pay the freight forwarder or transport company, the bonding company must instead pay.For this reason the bonding company is extremely cautious about who they decide to insure.
The Processing Agent is obtained by filling out form BOC-3 and costs $50.
This type of entity does not require a lawyer or other professional entity in order to file for a motor carrier or property broker authority. As for certification, there is actually only one level of brokerage, which is the Property Broker, or more commonly called the Freight Broker. The FMCSA does not recognize any other title.
That concludes this article, which we trust you found informative and useful.
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Earliest Canadian-made chanukiyah discovered
MONTREAL — What is believed to be the earliest known Canadian-made ceremonial chanukiyah has been identified by Eiran Harris, archivist emeritus of Montreal's Jewish Public Library Archives.
It was discovered in the collection of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, Canada's oldest existing Ashkenazi congregation, founded in 1858. The chanukiyah is now prominently displayed in the synagogue's Edward Bronfman Museum.
In 1904, during his presidency of the congregation, Lyon Cohen donated the brass chanukiyah to the synagogue on the occasion of his son's bar mitzvah.
The 40-by-32-centimetre candelabra was cast at the W.R. Cuthbert Brass Foundry, which was owned by the Cohen family. In his youth, prior to achieving international renown as a poet and singer, Lyon Cohen's grandson, Leonard, worked at the foundry, Harris said.
On the base is engraved the following, "Presented to Shaar Hashomayim Congregation by Lyon Cohen, President, on the occasion of the Bar Mitzvah of his eldest son, Chanukah 5665, December 3, 1904."
The eldest son was Nathan "Natty" Bernard Cohen, Leonard's father.
Lyon Cohen would become the first president of Canadian Jewish Congress in 1919.
Harris is confident of his claim. "No other older Canadian-made chanukiyah in Canada or anywhere else has been identified," he said.
"Hundreds of Chanukah lamps are displayed in museums throughout the world as examples of ornate Jewish art produced in various countries. Now a Canadian example is also proudly displayed," Harris said.


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According to a study by the Fraunhofer Institute UMSICHT in Oberhausen, vehicle tire wear is the world's largest source of microplastic. On average, a car tire weighs 1 to 1.5 kg less at the end of its life than at the beginning. This difference is largely released into the environment as microplastic particles.
In order to answer the question of the whereabouts of microplastic particles from tire abrasion, new analysis methods are urgently needed to reliably detect and count these particles. We have carried out a pilot study to explore the possibilities of automatic SEM-EDX analysis when quantifying tire abrasion in environmental samples.
Our project partner provided us with a sample taken from a real street. We prepared a portion of this particulate sample by means of vacuum filtration on a membrane.
In order to find the tire abrasion particles in the sample, we first took reference particles from real tires and analyzed them by SEM-EDX. The following shows a microscopic image and an element spectrum of a tire rubber particle on a silver membrane from the reference sample.
A comparison of the abrasion of different brands has shown that tire rubber contains not only carbon (C), oxygen (O) and nitrogen (N), but also sulfur (S). Depending on the manufacturer, mineral and metallic fillers (Si, Ca, Al, Fe, Zn) are also added to define the hardness of the rubber. This chemical "fingerprint" is unique and allows the precise differentiation of tire wear from other inorganic and organic components that occur in street sweepings.
With this knowledge, we successfully identified and quantified the portion of tire wear in the sample by automated SEM-EDX particle analysis. In the following table we show exemplary results of the sample, the analysis shows all particles larger than 5 µm.


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Occupants of flophouses generally share bathroom facilities and reside in very tight quarters. The people who make use of these places are often transients. Quarters in flophouses are typically very small, and may resemble office cubicles more than a regular room in a hotel or apartment building.
American flophouses date at least to the 19th century, but the term "flophouse" itself is only attested from 1904, originating in hobo slang. In the past, flophouses were sometimes called "lodging houses" or "workingmen's hotels" and catered to hobos and transient workers such as seasonal railroad and agriculture workers, or migrant lumberjacks who would travel west during the summer to work and then return to an eastern or midwestern city such as Chicago to stay in a flophouse during the winter. This is described in the 1930 novel The Rambling Kid by Charles Ashleigh and the 1976 book The Human Cougar by Lloyd Morain. Another theme in Morain's book is the gentrification which was then beginning and which has led cities to pressure flophouses to close.
Some city districts that currently have or once had flophouses in abundance became well known in their own right, such as the Bowery in Manhattan, New York City. As of 2006, building prices and value in the Bowery have significantly increased, and this combined with increased gentrification in the area seriously threatens the ability of flophouses and inexpensive boarding-style hotels to remain open.
In 1950s Hong Kong, cage homes, which have been described as "wire mesh cages resembling rabbit hutches crammed into a dilapidated apartment" were built for single working men from Mainland China. As of 2012, the number of impoverished residents in Hong Kong was estimated at 1.19 million, and cage homes, along with substandard housing such as cubicle apartments, were still serving a portion of this sector's housing needs. The combination of high rents and income inequality has been given as one reason that cage homes persist.
These were lofts or other large, open buildings that were subdivided into tiny cubicles using boards or sheets of corrugated iron. Since these walls were always one to three feet short of the floor or ceiling, the open space was sealed off with chicken wire, hence the name "cage hotels."
A similar preference for cage hotels over shelters was reported in turn of the century New York City, where single working men ranked their housing preference in the following order:
They preferred lodging and boarding houses to cages, cages to dormitories, dormitories to flops, and flops to the city's shelters. Men could act on these preferences by moving as their incomes increased.
|Look up flophouse in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.|


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JUnitLoop is a tiny Eclipse plug-in that executes all JUnit test cases in the workspace that might be affected when a class is saved. This minimizes the feedback loop between writing and testing code. Whenever a code modification results in a test failure, one will immediately recognize this. To enable JUnitLoop use the context menu of the JUnit view:
JLoop is a tiny Eclipse plug-in that can execute Java classes in a loop, which means that whenever a class is changed, a new instance of the class is created and its run() method is called. This is particularly useful when developing applications that produce side effects that cannot be easily detected by JUnit test cases (e.g., developing UIs). To run a class in a loop, use the JLoop context menu:
JLoop does not run classes when the respective launch project in the workspace is created for the first time. Once the project has been created by JLoop (after the first save operation), the classes run fine.
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Higher Diploma in Engineering in Building Information ModellingOpen for Applications
Discipline: Building & Civil Engineering
Location: Galway - Dublin Road
NFQ Level: 8
Programme Duration: One year
Mode of Study: Full time
Application Route: Apply direct to GMIT
Entry Requirements: Relevant Level 7 qualification or Recognition of Prior Learning
Building Information Modelling (BIM) is an innovative new approach to building design, construction, and management.
BIM has changed the way industry professionals worldwide think about how technology can be applied to building design, construction, and management. BIM also supports the continuous and immediate availability of project design, scope, schedule, and cost information that is high quality, reliable, integrated, and fully coordinated.
This programme is designed as a direct response to the skill and competency needs of the construction industry. The Higher Diploma in Engineering in BIM programme has completed a pilot phase with construction industry partners and is now being offered as a full-time programme in GMIT. The delivery of the programme is designed to allow participants stay in the work-place while completing this one year post-graduate award.
Modules undertaken are:
BIM Virtual Modelling Fundamentals (10 Credits) - CIVE08051 - Mandatory
Building Information Modelling Collaboration (10 Credits) - CIVE08056 - Mandatory - Must have completed CIVE08051
Building Information Modelling Architecture (10 credits) - CIVE08052 - Elective - Must have completed CIVE08051
Building Information Modelling Structure (10 credits) – CIVE08053 - Elective - Must have completed CIVE08051
Building Information Modelling Infrastructure (10 credits) - CIVE08054 - Elective - Must have completed CIVE08051
Building Information Modelling Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing (MEP) (10 Credits) – CIVE08055 - Elective - Must have completed CIVE08051
Building Information Modelling Research Project (30 Credits) - CIVE08057 - Mandatory - Must have completed a minimum of three modules
Overall Learning Outcomes - on completion of this programme the student will:
- Understand and evaluate the interaction processes involved in designing, constructing and managing a building through use of BIM 3D models and data sets.
- Analyse and select BIM management techniques to achieve the desired deliverables and performance outcomes, including how BIM can contribute to making buildings energy and carbon efficient, sustainable and environmentally friendly and manage the processes required to optimise these outcomes.
- Be able to construct 3D Virtual Building Models for a variety of situations including Architectural, Infrastructure, Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing.
- Be able to manage the application of various BIM software packages, their integration, the necessary protocols and procedures needed for networks, database systems and information sharing.
BIM Virtual Modelling Fundamentals (10 Credits) - CIVE08051
- Building Information Modelling: Introduction to Building Information Modelling, BIM concepts and terminologies. BIM benefits and evolution. BIM modelling requirements, BIM modelling methods. BIM software tools, interoperability and design integration. BIM application areas.
- Regulatory Environment: PAS1192. Construction Industry Council (CIC) BIM Protocols - the legal framework which facilitates and promotes the use of BIM. Current developments and frameworks for BIM adoption. A knowledge of Uniclass 2 classification system. Legal issues. BIM Execution plans.
- Revit Architecture Basics: Exploring the User Interface, Working with Revit Elements and Families, Starting a Project, Starting a Design: Creating and Modifying Levels, Creating and Modifying Grids.
- Fundamentals of the Architectural Building Model: Creating a Basic Floor Plan, Adding and Modifying Walls. Working with Compound Walls, Roof Construction. Using Editing Tools, Adding and Modifying Doors, Adding and Modifying Windows.
- Fundamentals of the structural Building Model: Creating a structural slab and floor, Adding and Modifying structural Walls, Using Editing Tools, Adding and Modifying structural columns and beams.
- Loading Additional Building Components: Working with Component Families.
- Viewing the Building Model: Managing Views, Controlling Object Visibility, Working with Section and Elevation Views, Creating and Modifying 3D Views.
- Using Dimensions and Constraints: Working with Dimensions, Applying and Removing Constraints.
- Detailing and Drafting: Creating Callout Views, Working with Text and Tags, Working with Detail Views, Working with Drafting Views.
- Construction Documentation: Creating and Modifying Schedules, Creating Rooms and Room Schedules, Creating Legends and Keynotes.
- Presenting the Building Model: Working with Drawing Sheets, Working with Title blocks, Managing Revisions, Creating Renderings, Using Walkthroughs, Using Sun and Shadow Settings.
- Detailing in Revit: Setting Up Detail Views, Creating Details, Annotating Details, Patterning.
- Schedules: Creating Schedules, Creating Material Take-off Schedules, Scheduling Structural Elements.
- Advanced Annotation: Keynoting and Keynote Legends, Creating Legends, Revision Tracking.
- Advanced View Setup: View Templates, Working with Dependent Views, Enhancing Views.
Building Information Modelling Collaboration (10 Credits) - CIVE08056
- Fundamentals of Navisworks: Workspace Overview, Opening and Appending Files in NavisWorks, Saving, Merging, and Refreshing Files, Database Support (Data Tools).
- 3D Model Review: Navigation, The NavisWorks Engine, Selection Tree and Selecting Objects, Hiding Objects and Overriding Materials, Object Properties, Measuring and Moving Objects, Selection and Search Sets, Viewpoints, Comments and Redlining, Animations, Sectioning, Hyperlinks, Comparing Models, Switchback, NavisWorks Real-Time Rendering.
- Clash Detective: Clash Detective Overview, Selecting Items to Be Clashed, Clash Test Settings, Setting Clash Rules, Clash Results, Clash Test Reporting, Audit Checks, Create and Save Batches of Clash Tests, Export and Import Clash Tests, Custom Clash Tests, Laser Scan Data Clashing, Holding and Releasing Objects, SwitchBack in Clash Detective, Time-Based Clashings.
- Groups and Links: Using Groups, Linking Revit Files, Links and Groups, Visibility and Graphic Overrides in Linked Views, Interference Checking.
- Importing and Exporting Files: Importing Vector Files, Working with Imported Files, Importing Raster Image Files, Exporting Files, Exporting for Energy Analysis.
- Project Team Collaboration: Introduction to Worksets, Opening Workset-Related Projects, Working in Workset-Related Projects, Setting up Worksets, Best Practices for Worksets.
- Project Team Collaboration using on-line virtual collaboration systems
- Linked Projects - Managing Shared Coordinates, Linked Locations, Acquiring and Reporting Shared Coordinates, Monitoring and Coordinating Linked Projects, Project Collaboration, Monitoring and Coordinating Linked Projects
- Virtual Collaboration - Introduction to on-line tools and practices to experience engagement with others to solve problems in a virtual environment.
- BIM Regulatory Environment: PAS 1192 and other documents and regulations as they apply to the the BIM process.
Building Information Modelling Architecture (10 credits) - CIVE08052
- Revit Architecture
- Massing Studies: Fundamentals Mass Elements, Custom Mass Elements, From Massing to Building,
- Space Planning & Area Analysis: Space Planning, Creating Colour Schemes
- Structural Elements, Ceilings, Stairs, etc.
- Visualization: Perspectives, Creating Walkthroughs, Solar Studies
- Rendering: Rendering, Working with Lighting, Enhancing Renderings
- Creating Custom Templates: Preparing Templates, Pre-setting Annotation Styles, Creating Title blocks, Creating Object Styles, Materials and Fill Patterns
- Custom Walls, Roofs, & Sections: Creating Wall, Roof, and Floor Types, Adding 3D Profiles, Vertically Stacked Walls, Vertically Compound Walls
- Family Concepts & Techniques: Introduction to Families, Creating Parametric Dimensions, Creating Family Elements, Creating Family Types, Adding Family Parameters, Visibility Display Settings
- Creating Specific Families: Creating Custom Doors & Windows, Creating In-Place Families, Creating Profiles, Creating Angled Cornices and Copings, Creating Custom Railings, Adding Custom Posts, Creating Annotation Families, Working with Shared Parameters. Adaptive Components and Adaptive Component Families.
- Visaul Basic Programming - Tutorials and exercises on the fundamentals of Visual Basic programming
- Dynamo Visual Programming Introduction to the fundamentals of visual programming within the Autodesk Revit conceptual design environment. Custom coding to efficiently automate basic design tasks. Tutorials on step-by-step examples for automating geometry creation, adjusting family parameters using external data, and sharing information with different design platforms.
- Open BIM Workflow-level compatibility between a range of BIM software. Using IFC (Industry Foundation Classes) file format for open BIM solutions.
- Open BIM approach enabling numerous companies located throughout the world to work, collaborate and communicate effectively regardless of software platforms.
Building Information Modelling Structure (10 credits) – CIVE08053
- Revit Structure Basics - Exploring the User Interface, Working with Structural Elements and Families
- Viewing the Structural Model - Working with Views, Controlling Object Visibility, Working with Elevation and Section Views, Working with 3D Views, View specific overrides, Project-wide settings. Starting a New Project - Starting a Project, Adding and Modifying Levels, Creating and Modifying Grids
- Creating Structural Columns and Walls - Working with Structural Columns, Placing Slanted Structural Columns, Drawing and Modifying Walls
- Creating Frames - Adding Floor Framing, Working with Beams and Beam Systems, Working with Structural Steel, Working with Concrete Beams
- Creating Floors and Roofs - Adding Floors and slab edges, Creating Roofs and Adding Structural Framing
- Creating Foundations - Adding Foundations, Ground Beams, Step


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Ultrasonic water meter is a new type of water meter which can be used to analyze and deal with the time difference caused by the change of velocity when ultrasonic beam propagates downstream and counter-current in water, so as to further calculate the discharge of water.
ow initial flow rate, wide range ratio, high measuring accuracy and stable operation.No internal moving parts open flow components, not affected by impurities in water, long service life. The output communication function is complete, meeting all kinds of communication and wireless networking requirements.With excellent small-flow detection ability, it can solve the problems of many traditional water meters. It is more suitable for gradient charging of water charges, more suitable for saving and rational utilization of water resources, and has broad market and use prospects.
The principle of ultrasonic flow measurement is to use ultrasonic transducer to produce ultrasonic wave and make it propagate in water; When ultrasonic wave propagates in flowing water, it produces "propagation velocity difference", which is directly proportional to the flow velocity of water. Ultrasonic water meter uses this principle and is also called velocity difference ultrasonic water meter.
1, industrial process measurement and control.
2, replace the mechanical flowmeter to improve the reliability of measurement.
3, Replace all kinds of high-performance flowmeters.


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To use FILESTREAM feature both Windows administrator and SQL Server administrator have to enable it. While enabling from Windows there are three options to choose from:
- Enable FILESTREAM for Transact-SQL Access check box.
- Enable FILESTREAM for file I/O streaming access. This is to read and write FILESTREAM data from Windows. Enter the name of the Windows share in the Windows Share Name box.
- Select Allow remote clients to have streaming access to FILESTREAM data. This is to let remote clients access the FILESTREAM data stored on this share.
For SQL Server instance there are three options to choose from:
- 0 – Disable FILESTREAM support for this instance
- 1 – enable FILESTREAM for Transact-SQL access only
- 2 – enable FILESTREAM for Transact-SQL and Win32 streaming access
Note that FILESTREAM would perform worse for 1MB+ size files for full read/write if Transact-SQL is chosen (and Win32 streaming is not chosen) than no FILESTREAM BLOB.
Now that FILESTREAM is enabled, we can go ahead to do the rest of the setups.
First, create a file group to keep the FILESTREAM data. There is a 1:1 mapping between data containers and file groups.
ALTER DATABASE MyDatabase ADD FILEGROUP MyFileStreamGroup1 CONTAINS FILESTREAM;
Second, define data container. In the below example, "D:\Production" must exist already. "D:\Production\FileStreamDataContainerRoot" is going to be the root of the data container.
ALTER DATABASE MyDatabase ADD FILE ( NAME = FileStreamGroup1File, FILENAME = 'D:\Production\FileStreamDataContainerRoot') TO FILEGROUP MyFileStreamGroup1 ;
Third, create a table with a FILESTREAM column. All FILESTREAM columns of a table must go to a single FILESTREAM group that can be specified, defaulting to default FILESTREAM filegroup. Table must have a column of the non-null uniqueidentifier data type with ROWGUIDCOL attribute and either a UNIQUE or PRIMARY KEY single-column constraint. FILESTREAM data container will have a directory for a table with subdirectory corresponding to the FILESTREAM column of the table.
USE MyDatabase ; GO CREATE TABLE TableWithFileStreamColumn ( DocumentID INT IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY, Document VARBINARY (MAX) FILESTREAM NULL, DocGUID UNIQUEIDENTIFIER NOT NULL ROWGUIDCOL UNIQUE DEFAULT NEWID ()) FILESTREAM_ON MyFileStreamGroup1;


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I am working on a MapInfo plugin to convert MapInfo files to GeoJSON files.
I am having trouble matching up the object types of the two formats. Each GeoJSON object type is described in the documentation. The MapInfo object types are a bit more ambiguous. The best I can find is in the MapBasic reference file which says, for example:
- OBJ_INFO_TYPE value: OBJ_TYPE_REGION
- ID: 7
- Object type: Region Object
This is obvious enough but what exactly is a region? Is it analogous to a Polygon? Or is it any closed object?
Can anyone point me towards a decent definition of each object type?
I sent a message to the MapInfo support people who pointed me towards a section in the MapInfo User Guide headed "Map Objects as Part of Layers" which spells things out perfectly. I still can't find this page in the guide that I have (version 10.5) so I'll paste the relevant section below for anyone else in my position.
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MapInfo Professional are made up of layers of map objects. There are five basic types of objects:
- Regions: closed objects that cover a given area. These include polygons, ellipses, and rectangles. For example, country boundaries, postal code boundaries, sales territories.
- Point objects: represent single locations of data. For example, customer locations, restaurants, parking meters. Points can also be combined into multipoint objects.
- Line objects: open objects that cover a given distance. These include lines, polylines, and arcs. Examples are streets, rivers, power lines.
- Text objects: text that describes a map or another object, such as labels and titles.
- Collection objects: combination of region, line, and multipoint objects.
You can have each type of object in a separate layer (most common), or you can combine objects in the same layer.


May Kaidee's Guide for Vegetarians and Vegans in Thailand
An app that helps navigate the vegetarian and vegan culinary challenges while traveling and living in Thailand.
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Cooking class students with May sampling food
Our app is popular with vegetarians and vegans traveling in Thailand, helping to eliminate the challenges of avoiding food with animal products while still enjoying the best Thai taste cuisine has to offer. The app contains in-depth text on vegetarian concepts in Thailand, as well as helpful features for ordering food.
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The audio translator feature allows anyone to communicate the dietary restrictions of a vegetarian or vegan diet to native Thai speakers by simply pressing a button – an especially useful feature when traveling in areas where restaurants rarely make recipes without animal products.
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Inside our guide you find numerous useful tips for finding vegetarian and vegan friendly locations in Thailand, understanding the different types of vegetarian diets as understood by locals, and relevant Thai language tips. Additionally, there is a section specifically for learning to identify ingredients.
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With more and more clients and architecture schools demanding green design, both student and professional architects need to get up to speed quickly with the vast range of techniques in this fast moving area.
This extensive and user-friendly handbook presents practical guidelines for applying environmental strategies during the schematic design of green buildings.
For each strategy, the book provides: brief descriptions of principles and concepts, step-by-step approaches for integrating technologies into the early stages of design, annotated tables and charts to assist with preliminary design sizing, key issues to be aware of when implementing a given strategy, and references to the most recent international standards and rating systems, guidelines, and internet resources.
The text is reinforced with conceptual sketches and photos in full color, illustrating each strategy.
A discussion of the green design process and case studies of several green building projects puts the strategies presented in context.* Provides information required to implement green design ideas with confidence and accuracy.* Practical information provided in an easy-to-use format.* Full colour images throughout..
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This video makes clear, with several tests, the big differences between a 4x4 with summer tires and a 4x2 with winter tires.
Front-wheel drive with Vs 4 × 4 winter tires with conventional wheels? (video)
Comparison in the snow: Front wheel drive and winter wheels Vs 4x4 drive and summer wheels
cold climates, rain, ice or snow, there was nothing like a good four-wheel drive system. By having four driving wheels, the torque is distributed better and, therefore, it is easier to channel the energy of the propeller to the ground and move forward. Also, with a all-wheel drive car it is less likely to lose grip when exiting a curve.
However, the new winter tires are achieving that a normal tourism with front-wheel drive can face situations with even more guarantees than an identical vehicle with integral traction and summer wheels. Of course, let's not talk about a front tire with summer tires anymore.
The main advantage of the 4 × 4 traction - compared to a 4 × 2 - is the motricity, the lateral grip difference is minimal unless the driver has a lot of expertise. In braking, as you imagine, the grip is identical. Therefore, it is easy to be aware that in snow with winter tires we have secured a shorter braking distance and a greater lateral grip. And what about the acceleration when the coefficient of adhesion is so low?
In the previous video you saw several tests on snow comparing a BMW X1 with front-wheel drive and winter tires, and another car identical only with four-wheel drive and summer tires. Already in the first test, where a 0 - 50 - 0 km/h is made, the difference is abysmal, even from the first meters.
Later continue making other interesting tests like a braking from 50 km/h until it stops completely, ascent of slope, braking downhill, avoiding obstacle or going through a circuit on snow looking for the best time. The differences in all of them were huge, leaving always favored the front-wheel drive vehicle with winter tires.
It is true that the four-wheel drive vehicle had some tires for very sporty asphalt, a Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3, which are very good at dry and at optimum temperatures, but penalize a lot in rain or cold. The winter tires were a Goodyear Ultragrip Performance Gen-1. Despite this, the difference has been very big.
Obviously, for areas where snow, ice and cold are common, a traction car is most advisable Integral with good winter tires. But in view of the above, it has become clear that any tourism will behave much better in the snow with front-wheel drive and winter tires, than with four-wheel drive and summer wheels.
Source - Tire Reviews
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As shot from the 'Twenty Two' movie trailer. Photo: YouTube
Wolf Warriors 2 is hot, but a surprising documentary titled Twenty Two arguably is hotter. Making its China debut this week, the movie featuring now-elderly Chinese women who survived forced prostitution during the Sino-Japanese War took in 15 million yuan (US$2.25 million) at the box office in the first two days.
Its attendance rate was even better than that of Wolf Warriors 2, the best-ever Chinese movie in terms of box-office receipts, having beaten Spiderman: Homecoming this summer.
The film Twenty Two was named after 22 surviving Chinese "comfort women" who had been forced into prostitution by the Japanese army in World War II.
The actual number of survivors is now down to eight, as the movie was held by Chinese authorities for two years before finally making it on to the screen in its home country (it made its international debut at the Busan Film Festival in 2015). But the movie, the first Chinese film to honor comfort women, is expected to surge at the box office after favorable comments from critics.
Movie website Douban gave it a rating of 9.1 out of 10 because it triggers national sentiments to pay a final tribute to these elderly women.
An estimated 200,000 Chinese women were forced into prostitution during the Sino-Japanese War (_PHONE_), and the survivors, now in their very last stages of life, shared similar yet distinctive experiences.
The documentary is likely to strike a chord of nationalistic feelings among Chinese who feel that war may once again be imminent because of the current geopolitical situation.
It is hitting the screens around the same time as the Korean film The Battleship Island, which depicts the story of 400 Korean slave laborers' attempt to escape from mining coal on Battleship Island (Hashima Island in Nagasaki prefecture) during the Japanese colonial days.
The film, No 1 at the South Korean box office, also shows Korean women being badly treated by Japanese soldiers, and urges Japan to honor its promise to set up a sign before the end of this year stating that forced labor occurred on the island.
Both movies come as a reminder of the 72nd anniversary of the Japanese surrender on August 15, 1945, during World War II that put a stop to the notorious Japanese Unit 731, which had been involved in biological and chemical warfare and undertook lethal human experimentation.
This week, Japanese television broadcaster NHK ran a three-episode documentary about 12 members of Unit 731 in an oral history of the rape and human experimentation that was said to shock the Japanese audience because of the rare admission of their guilt.
Also hot in the summer box office is the Hollywood production Dunkirk, which portrays the evacuation of the famous French beach in World War II.
In addition to Wolf Warriors 2, a Chinese fictional movie about a former soldier saving his peers during a political riot in Africa, the war movies have conquered the summer box office usually dominated by Disney's animated films.
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Xbox Game DVR is an application that lets you capture video clips or screenshots of your games. When you are playing game from your Xbox, you can enable the Game DVR by pressing Windows+G key combinations. Then you will find options to record or capture screenshots. The screenshots and clips are not only meant to be stored, but also to be shared on your Xbox feed for yours friends to see. You have to upload the screenshots or clips anf the process of doing so is very simple. Check out the steps below:
1. Open Xbox App and click on the hamburger sign located at top left corner of the app screen.
2. Your Xbox will appear. Scroll down and find Game DVR. Tap on it.
3. Now tap on either "On this PC" or "Xbox Live" to find out the screenshots or clips that have been captured by you. Tap on the screenshot that you want to share or upload.
4. Now tap on Upload.
5. If you want to share a clip or an image you didn't capture using Xbox Game bar, you can share it by copyingg it to the following loctation:


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Exam-Style Question on Circle Equations
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Question id: 253. This question is similar to one that appeared on a GCSE Higher paper (practice) for 2017. The use of a calculator is allowed.
(a) The circumference of a circle is \(16 \pi \) cm and its centre is at the origin. Find the equation of the circle.
(b) The line \(12x+ ay = b\) is a tangent at the point (6, 5) to a different circle with centre at the origin. Find the values of a and b.
The worked solutions to these exam-style questions are only available to those who have a Transum Subscription.
Subscribers can drag down the panel to reveal the solution line by line. This is a very helpful strategy for the student who does not know how to do the question but given a clue, a peep at the beginnings of a method, they may be able to make progress themselves.
This could be a great resource for a teacher using a projector or for a parent helping their child work through the solution to this question. The worked solutions also contain screen shots (where needed) of the step by step calculator procedures.
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The government and roles it plays in accident prevention in Kenya
The government and roles it plays in accident prevention in Kenya
As a driver, you need to ensure your car is in a safe state when it's on the road. You don't want to have an accident due to a faulty brake system or a defective steering wheel.
Road accidents in Kenya have been warring in the number of victims. It seems impossible to reduce these instances, as the numbers seem to increase.
The government plays a significant role in accident prevention in Kenya. It can impose rules and regulations that every driver can obey and lead to a reduction of road accident cases.
 1. The government fails to arrest corrupt police officers
Sometimes, you as a passenger see a police officer taking a bribe and fail to report that officer because of fear. You fear that you can get into trouble.
It can be because police officers seem to be associated with corruption, and reporting them can land you in trouble.
If the government fails to arrest corrupt police officers, drivers can break many road safety rules and regulations; this can increase the cases of road accidents.
 1. Un-maintained roads
Another major cause of road accidents in Kenya is improper or poorly maintained roads. It causes accidents to occur quickly. If a road has potholes, it's easy for a vehicle to get into them and cause its tires to burst and hence leading to an accident.
The government can help to reduce cases of road accidents by maintaining roads in good shape. It can ensure that roads have less or no potholes.
 1. Fewer road signs
Imagine driving on a path that has less or no road signs? Causing an accident is easy. If you approach a zebra crossing and there is no sign to show that, you can drive all along fast and cause an accident.
The government can try to put enough road signs on most roads to reduce instances of road accidents. If a road is steep, a warning should be placed to inform the driver that the way is steep and help him/her to adjust the speed.
 1. Imposition of rules and regulation
If there are fewer rules regarding road transport, there can be an increase in the instances of road accident. Rules make road transport safe. However, the imposition of those rules makes it more reliable.
The government though members of parliament can come up with rules that can lead to a reduction of accidents. It can impose such rules by using traffic police officers.
Your vehicle needs to be safe. People don't have to experience road accidents in Kenya. When everyone takes the initiative to ensure they follow road safety rules to the latter, road accident cases in Kenya can reduce.
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